2011–12 FC Basel season
| 2011–12 season | ||||
| Chairman |  Gisela Oeri | |||
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| Manager |  Heiko Vogel (caretaker) | |||
| Ground | St. Jakob-Park | |||
| Swiss Super League | N/A | |||
| Swiss Cup | Round 3 | |||
| UEFA Champions League | Group Stage | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Alexander Frei (11) All: Alexander Frei (15) | |||
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The 2011–12 season is Fussball Club Basel 1893's 119th in existence and the club's 18th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. FC Basel started their season with various warm-up matches against teams from Switzerland, Germany, Georgia, France and Romania and played against Hertha Berlin and West Ham at the 2011 Uhrencup in Grenchen. Basel's aims for this season are the so-called "Title Hattrick", that is, three consecutive Swiss Super League championships, as well as winning the Swiss Cup and stay in the European Cup until at least February 2012.
Season overview
FC Basel entered the 2011–12 Swiss Super League as defending champions, saving their one-point margin on FC Zürich by winning 3-0 against FC Luzern on the last day of the 2010–11 Swiss Super League. They began their season on 16 July in Bern against BSC Young Boys. The first half of the domestic season ends on 11 December with the home match against Neuchâtel Xamax.
FC Basel's positioning in the 2010–11 Swiss Super League enters them directly into the group stage of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League. The seeding for this stage took take place on 25 August in Monaco, the first match was the home game on 14 September.
Club
Management
Thorsten Fink started the season as Manager of the first team. His Assistant was Heiko Vogel and Fitness Coach was Nikola Vidović. On 13 October 2011, Fink left the club and signed a contract with Hamburger SV to manage the club through to 2014. As replacement his assistant Vogel was signed as caretaker Manager until the winter break. Youth Team Coach at the start of the season was Patrick Rahmen. Rahmen moved with Fink to Hamburg as Assistant and therefore Carlos Bernegger took over the position with the U-21 team.
Players
Squad information
Squad stats
Starting 11
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Players in / out
In
Out
Competitions
Pre-season
| Friendly 24 June 2011 | Basel | 1 - 3 | Neuchâtel Xamax | Stade des Places, Glovelier | ||
| 18:30 CEST | Frei  66' (pen.) | (Report) | Gelabert 46' Niasse 74'Veloso 91' | Attendance: 2'900 Referee: Damir Omerovic | ||
| Friendly 25 June 2011 | St. Gallen | 3 - 3 | Basel | Rüti, Henau | ||
| 15:00 CEST | Etoundi 4' 59' (pen.) Owona 68' | (Report) | A. Frei 30' Zoua 32'Huggel 82' | Attendance: 2'500 Referee: Daniel Stocker | ||
| Friendly 28 June 2011 | 0 - 15 | Basel | Sport-Arena, Warngau | |||
| 18:00 CEST | (Report) | Streller 2', 23' A. Frei 13', 37', 45'Schürpf 15'Dragović 28'Pak 57', 72', 79', 85'Buess 63', 89'Zoua 71', 77' | Attendance: 300 Referee: Philipp Rank | |||
| Friendly 30 June 2011 | Basel | 4 - 0 | Zestafoni | Grenzlandstadion, Kufstein | ||
| 18:30 CEST | Pak 9' A. Frei 45'Buess 81' | (Report) | Attendance: 100 Referee: Andreas Heiss | |||
| Friendly 2 July 2011 | Basel | 1 - 2 | Dinamo Bucureşti | Sportzentrum, Schwaz | ||
| 16:30 CEST | A. Frei 66' | (Report) (German) | Dănciulescu 6' Ţucudean 89' | Attendance: 200 Referee: Michael Schiffmann | ||
| Friendly 3 July 2011 | Lustenau | 1 - 1 | Basel | Reichshofstadion, Lustenau | ||
| 14:00 CEST | 80' | (Report) (German) | 81' | Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Peter Gruber | ||
| Friendly 8 July 2011 | 0 - 4 | Basel | Stade de l'Eisweiher, Hégenheim | |||
| 18:30 CEST | (Report) (German) | A. Frei 28' Zoua 37'Abraham 77' 87' | Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Eric Sommer | |||
| Uhrencup Round 1 11 July 2011 | Basel | 3 - 0 | Hertha BSC | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen | ||
| 20:30 CEST | A. Frei 33' (pen.), 44', 53' | (Report) (German) | Attendance: 8,321 Referee: Alain Bieri | |||
| Uhrencup Round 2 13 July 2011 | FC Basel | 2 - 1 | West Ham | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen | ||
| 19:30 CEST | Pak 53' Yapi 91' (pen.) | (Report) (German) | Stanislas 75' (pen.) | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann | ||
Overall
Swiss Super League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
First half of season
Matches
Kickoff times are in CET
| Round 1 16 July 2011 | Young Boys | 1 - 1 | Basel | Stade de Suisse, Bern | ||
| 20:15 | Mayuka 56' | (Report) (German) | Zoua 50' | Attendance: 31,120 Referee: Stephan Studer | ||
| Round 2 24 July 2011 | Basel | 2 - 0 | Neuchâtel Xamax | St. Jakob-Park, Basel | ||
| 16:00 | Huggel 2' Binya 37' (o.g.) | (Report) (German) | Attendance: 27,833 Referee: Stephan Klossner | |||
| Round 3 30 July 2011 | Grasshopper | 2 - 2 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zurich | ||
| 17:45 | Feltscher 67' Emeghara 77' | (Report) (German) | A. Frei 54', 88' | Attendance: 7'500 Referee: Jérôme Laperrière | ||
| Round 4 6 August 2011 | Basel | 3 - 3 | Sion | St. Jakob-Park, Basel | ||
| 17:45 | Zoua 15' Shaqiri 24'Cabral 90+2' | (Report) (German) | Vanczák 6' Adaílton 20'Sio 80' | Attendance: 27,702 Referee: Patrick Graf | ||
| Round 5 13 August 2011 | Basel | 1 - 2 | Zürich | St. Jakob-Park, Basel | ||
| 17:45 | Abraham 30' | (Report) (German) | Béda 87' Chermiti 90+3' | Attendance: 30,642 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni | ||
| Round 6 20 August 2011 | Luzern | 3 - 1 | Basel | Swissporarena, Luzern | ||
| 17:45 | Ferreira 16', 72' Hochstrasser 21' | (Report) (German) | Streller 33' | Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Sacha Kever | ||
| Round 7 28 August 2011 | Basel | 2 - 1 | Thun | St. Jakob-Park, Basel | ||
| 16:00 | A. Frei 13' F. Frei 49' | (Report) (German) | Lustrinelli 69' | Attendance: 29,344 Referee: Stephan Studer | ||
| Round 8 10 September 2011 | Servette | 0 - 4 | Basel | Stade de Genève, Geneva | ||
| 17:45 | (Report) (German) | F. Frei 33', 60' Streller 69'G. Xhaka 86' | Attendance: 20,838 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni | |||
| Round 9 21 September 2011 | Basel | 6 - 0 | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob-Park, Basel | ||
| 19:45 | Streller 9' A. Frei 14', 27' (pen.)Huggel 22'Xherdan Shaqiri 52' | (Report) (German) | Attendance: 26,046 Referee: Stephan Klossner | |||
| Round 10 24 September 2011 | Thun | 1 - 1 | Basel | Arena Thun, Thun | ||
| 17:45 | Rama 81' | (Report) (German) | Streller 72' | Attendance: 7,801 Referee: Damien Carrel | ||
| Round 11 1 October 2011 | Basel | 3 - 0 | Servette | St. Jakob-Park, Basel | ||
| 17:45 | Dragović 42' A. Frei 44', 76' | (Report) (German) | Attendance: 30,214 Referee: Patrick Graf | |||
| Round 12 23 October 2011 | Zürich | 0 - 1 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zurich | ||
| 16:00 | (Report) (German) | Shaqiri 55' | Attendance: 14,400 Referee: Stephan Studer | |||
| Round 13 26 October 2011 | Sion | 0 - 1 | Basel | Tourbillon, Sion | ||
| 19:45 | (Report) (German) | Zoua 45' | Attendance: 10,800 Referee: Sascha Kever | |||
| Round 14 29 October 2011 | Basel | 4 - 1 | Grasshopper | St. Jakob-Park, Basel | ||
| 19:45 | Shaqiri 6' Andrist 19'A. Frei 26'F. Frei 77' | (Report) (German) | Toko 68' | Attendance: 29,245 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann | ||
| Round 15 5 November 2011 | Lausanne-Sport | 2 - 3 | Basel | Pontaise, Lausanne | ||
| 17:45 CEST | Moussilou 7' Roux  29'Meoli 33'Pasche 35'Moussilou 43'Moussilou 76' 83' | (Report) (German) | Huggel 13' Cabral 23'A. Frei 34', 65'Streller 44' | Attendance: 7,950 Referee: Daniel Wermelinger | ||
| Round 16 19 November 2011 | Basel | 1 - 0 | Young Boys | St. Jakob-Park, Basel | ||
| 17:45 | Streller 27' | (Report) (German) | Attendance: 32,006 Referee: Sascha Kever | |||
| Round 17 3 December 2011 | Basel | v | Luzern | St. Jakob-Park, Basel | ||
| 17:45 | ||||||
| Round 18 11 December 2011 | Neuchâtel Xamax | v | Basel | Maladière, Neuchâtel | ||
| 16:00 | ||||||
Swiss Cup
UEFA Champions League
Group stage
References
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