The 2024–25 season is FC Basel's 131st season in their existence and the club's 30th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football since their promotion in the 1993–94 season. The 2024–25 Swiss Super League season starts on 20 July 2024 and ends on 24 May 2025. In addition to the Swiss Super League, Basel also participate in this season's edition of the Swiss Cup, starting in the third round. This will be the club's first season since 25 years that they will not compete in any European competition, as since their 1999–2000 season they always had always qualified for an UEFA competition.
The FC Basel Holding AG owns 75% of FC Basel 1893 AG and the other 25% is owned by the FC Basel 1893 club members. The club FC Basel 1893 functions as a base club independent of the holding company and the AG. FC Basel 1893 AG is responsible for the operational business of the club, e.g. the first team, the women's first team, a large part of the youth department and the back office are affiliated there. All decisions that affect the club FC Basel 1893 are made within the AG.
On 6 May 2024 the AGM of the FC Basel Holding AG and the FC Basel 1893 AG were held and the both boards were confirmed. The Holding AG with following members: David Degen (president), Dan Holzmann, Ursula Rey-Krayer and Andreas Rey (vice-president). FC Basel 1893 AG with following members: David Degen (president), Carol Etter (delegate of the club FC Basel), Dan Holzmann, Ursula Rey-Krayer and Andreas Rey (vice-president).
Basel is the only professional club in Switzerland where the position of holding company's president and the club's president is not the same person. The club AGM also took place on 6 May 2024. With the exception of Dominik Donzé, who left the board of directors voluntarily, the entire board was re-elected with large majorities. These being Reto Baumgartner (club president), Carol Etter, Edward Turner and Tobias Adler. Donzé has held various positions on the FCB board since 2009. Two new members were also voted into the board of directors.[1]
During the previous season the position of the FCB sport director had been left vacant following the dismissal of Heiko Vogel on 31 October 2023. On 15 May 2024 FCB announced that Daniel Stucki had been appointed as new sports director.[4]
During May Fabio Celestini signed a new two-year contract as head coach and on 31 May 2024 they announced their training staff for the coming season:[5]
On 31 May 2024 Basel announced that they had reached an agreement with Hellas Verona for the permanent acquisition of Kevin Rüegg. The 25-year-old full-back, who had joined FCB on loan in September 2023 had signed a three-year contract with the club, dated until the summer of 2027.[6] Further on 21 June the club announced that they had signed the French professional footballer Léo Leroy from Ligue 1 club Montpellier.[7]
On 28 and 29 June the club announced that they prolonged the contracts of two of their youth players until summer 2027, these were Adriano Onyegbule[11] and Arlet Junior Zé.[12] They also extended their contract with Andrin Hunziker until summer 2027 but loaned him out to Karlsruher SC, so as he could gain more playing experience.[13]
The following is the list of the Basel first team squad. It also includes players that were in the squad the day the season started on 16 July 2023, but subsequently left the club after that date.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
The 2024–25 Super League season was the 128th season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland. The Swiss Football League (SFL) drew and published the fixtures of the first 22 rounds on 18 June 2024.
^ abFC Basel 1893 (31 May 2024). "Dreijahresvertrag: Kevin Rüegg bleibt beim FCB" [Three-year contract: Kevin Rüegg stays at FCB] (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2024-05-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ abFC Basel 1893 (21 June 2024). "Der FCB verpflichtet Léo Leroy" [FCB signs Léo Leroy] (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2024-06-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ abFC Basel 1893 (7 June 2024). "Đorđe Jovanović leihweise zu Partizan" [Đorđe Jovanović loan to Partizan] (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2024-06-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ abFC Basel 1893 (7 June 2024). "Sergio López wechselt nach Darmstadt" [Sergio López moves to Darmstadt] (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2024-06-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ abFC Basel 1893 (22 June 2024). "Maurice Malone leihweise zu Austria Wien" [Maurice Malone loaned out to Austria Wien] (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2024-06-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^FC Basel 1893 (28 June 2024). "Adriano Onyegbule mit neuem Vertrag bis 2027" [Adriano Onyegbule with new contract until 2027] (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2024-06-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Reto Baumgartner
