User:Huligan0/2016–17 FC Basel season
| 2016–17 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | Bernhard Heusler |
| Manager | Urs Fischer |
| Ground | St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland |
| Super League | Season starts on 23 July 2016 |
The 2016–17 FC Basel season is the 124thd season in club history and the club's 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. Basel are the reigning Swiss Super League champions. They prepare their season with various warm-up matches against teams from Germany and Netherlands. The 2016–17 Swiss Super League season starts on the week-end 23/24 July, the last round will be played on 2 June 2017.
Basel are qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League in the Group stage. The draw for the third qualifying round will be held towards the end of 17 August 2016.
The first round of the 2016–17 Swiss Cup will be played in August 2016.
Club
[edit]Management
[edit]Urs Fischer has a running three-year contract as first team manager, which started in June 2015. His assistants are Marco Walker and Markus Hoffmann. Massimo Colomba is the Goalkeeper coach. Massimo Ceccaroni is head of the FCB Youth System. The new coach of the Youth Team (U–21) will be Raphaël Wicky.
| Position | Staff |
|---|---|
| Manager |  Urs Fischer (since 18 June 2015)
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| 1 Assistant manager | Marco Walker
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| 2 Assistant manager |  Markus Hoffmann
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| Goalkeeper Coach | Massimo Colomba
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| Team Administration | Gustav Nussbaumer
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| Youth Team Coach | Raphaël Wicky (from July 2016)
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| Youth Team Co-Coach | Roland Heri
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Last updated: 1 June 2016
Source: FCB Official Site
Further information
[edit]| Chairman | Mr Bernhard Heusler
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| Vice Chairman | Mr Adrian Knup
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| Finances | Mr Stephan Werthmüller
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| Sportdirector | Mr Georg Heitz
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| Marketing | Mr René Kamm
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| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | St. Jakob-Park (38,512[1]) (37,500 for international matches)[2] / 120x80 m) |
Updated to match played 1 June 2016
Source: FCB Official Site
Overview
[edit]Offseason and preseason
[edit]At the end of the 2015–16 FC Basel season Behrang Safari left the club to continue his career by his home club Malmö FF. Walter Samuel and Philipp Degen ended thier football careers.
On 4 May Basel announced that they had signed 18 year old paraguayan defender Blás Riveros from Olimpia Asunción on a five year deal. Due to Riveros commitments with the Paraguay national football team and the oncoming Copa America, he will not be expected to join the Basel first team until the beginning of July.[3] On 10 May Basel also announced that they had signed egyptian defender Omar Gaber from Zamalek on a four year deal.[4][5]
The Campaign
[edit]Domestic League
[edit]Basel's priority aim for the new season is to win the league championship for the eigth consecutive time.
Domestic Cup
[edit]Basel's clear aim for the 2016–17 Swiss Cup is to regain the title that they last won in 2011–12.
Champions League
[edit]Basel entered into this season's Champions League in the in the Group stage. Their initial aim is to remain in the competition after the group stage.
Players
[edit]First team squad
[edit]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 18 July but subsequently left the club after that date.
- As of 1 June 2016[6]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
[edit]| 19 | MF | SUI
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Musa Araz (on loan at Winterthur until 30 June 2016) |
| 20 | MF |  SRB
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Veljko Simić (on loan at Schaffhausen from 30 December 2015 until 30 June 2016)[7] |
| 22 | MF | SRB
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Zdravko Kuzmanović (on loan at Udinese until 30 June 2016)[8] |
| 23 | GK | SUI
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Mirko Salvi (on loan at Lugano from 7 January until 30 June 2016)[9] |
| 24 | FW |  EGY
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Ahmed Hamoudi (on loan at Zamalek until 30 June 2016) |
Transfers summer 2015
[edit]In
[edit]| 4 | DF | SUI
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Omar Gaber (from Olimpia Asunción) |
| 25 | DF | SUI
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Blás Riveros (from Zamalek) |
Out
[edit]| 4 | DF | SUI
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Philipp Degen (end of career) |
| 6 | DF |  ARG
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Walter Samuel (end of career) |
| 19 | DF |  SWE
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Behrang Safari (to Malmö FF) |
Results and Fixtures
[edit]Kickoff times are in CET
Legend
[edit]Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches
[edit]Preseason
[edit]| 1 July 2015 Pre-season | FC Basel | v |  1860 München | Isarau Stadium Geretsried (Germany) |
| 20:00 |
Swiss Super League
[edit]First half of season
[edit]TBA
Second half of season
[edit]TBA
Swiss Cup
[edit]UEFA Champions League
[edit]Group stage
[edit]TBA
Sources and References
[edit]- ^ "The largest stadium in Switzerland". FC Basel 1893. 2015. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/StatDoc/competitions/UCL/01/67/63/78/1676378_DOWNLOAD.pdf
- ^ FC Basel 1893 (2016). "Der FC Basel 1893 verpflichtet Blás Riveros". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ FC Basel 1893 (2016). "Der FC Basel 1893 verpflichtet Omar Gaber". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Talaat, Tarek (2016). "Omar Gaber: Defender aims to emulate success of Salah and Elneny". bbc.com. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Das Kader – Spielerportraits". FC Basel 1893 (in German). fcb.ch. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ FC Basel 1893 (2015). "Simic leihweise zum FC Schaffhausen". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ FC Basel 1893 (2016). "Zdravko Kuzmanovic leihweise zu Udinese Calcio". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Mirko Salvi leihweise zum FC Lugano". FC Basel 1893. 2015. Retrieved 2016-01-07.