User:Huligan0/2024–25 FC Basel season
| 2024–25 season | |||
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| Owner | FCB Holding David Degen | ||
| Club president | Reto Baumgartner | ||
| Head coach | Fabio Celestini | ||
| Ground | St. Jakob-Park | ||
| Swiss Super League | tbd | ||
| Swiss Cup | tbd | ||
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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.
Club
[edit]FC Basel Holding AG
[edit]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 womens 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).
Club management
[edit]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]
The board of directors of the club are:
| Club chairman |  Reto Baumgartner
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| Director | Carol Etter
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| Director | Edward Turner
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| Director | Tobias Adler
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| Director | Andrea Häner-Roth
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| Director | Nicole Leuthard
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| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | St. Jakob-Park (37,994)[2] (36,000 for international matches)[3] / (120x80 m) |
Updated to match played 6 May 2024
Source: FCB Official Site
Team management
[edit]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]
| Position | Staff |
|---|---|
| Sport director | Daniel Stucki from 15 May 2024 |
| Head coach | Fabio Celestini
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| Assistant coach | Davide Callà
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| Assistant coach | Luigi Nocentini
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| Athletics coach | Carlos Menéndez
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| Athletics coach | Thomas Bernhard
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| Goalkeeper coach | Gabriel Wüthrich
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| Youth Team U-21 coach | Mario Cantaluppi
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| Youth Team U-21 co-coach | Marco Aratore
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| Youth Team U-21 co-coach | Michaël Bauch
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Source: FCB official site
Overview
[edit]Off and pre-season
[edit]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]
On 7 June FCB announced that they had loaned Đorđe Jovanović to FK Partizan for the coming season.[7]
On 7 June Basel announced that Sergio López did not prolong his contract with them and that he had moved to SV Darmstadt 98.[8]
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 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.
Players out on loan
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers summer 2024
[edit]- In
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
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Results and fixtures
[edit]Kickoff times are in CET.
Legend
[edit]Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches
[edit]Pre-season
[edit]Swiss Super League
[edit]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.
First and second round
[edit]| 21 July 2024 Round 1 | Lausanne-Sport | v | Basel | Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne |
| 16:30 |
| 27 July 2024 Round 2 | Basel | v | Lugano | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 20:30 |
| 3 August 2024 Round 3 | Grasshopper Club | v | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
| 18:00 |
| 11 August 2024 Round 4 | Servette | v | Basel | Stade de Genève, Geneva |
| 16:30 |
| 25 August 2024 Round 5 | Basel | v | Yverdon | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 16:30 |
| 31 August 2024 Round 6 | Sion | v | Basel | Stade Tourbillon, Sion |
| 18:00 |
| 21 September 2024 Round 7 | Basel | v | Zürich | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 29 September 2024 Round 8 | Luzern | v | Basel | Swissporarena, Luzern |
| 16:30 |
| 6 October 2024 Round 9 | Basel | v | Young Boys | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 16:30 |
| 20 October 2024 Round 10 | Basel | v | St. Gallen | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 16:30 |
| 26 October 2024 Round 11 | Winterthur | v | Basel | Schützenwiese, Winterthur |
| 18:00 |
| 29/30/31 October 2024 Round 12 | Young Boys | v | Basel | Stadion Wankdorf, Bern |
| tbd |
| 2/3 November 2024 Round 13 | Basel | v | Winterthur | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| tbd |
| 9/10 November 2024 Round 14 | Yverdon-Sport | v | Basel | Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains |
| tbd |
| 23/24 November 2024 Round 15 | Basel | v | Servette | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| tbd |
| 30 Nov/1 Dec 2024 Round 16 | Basel | v | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| tbd |
| 7/8 December 2024 Round 17 | St. Gallen | v | Basel | Kybunpark, St. Gallen |
| tbd |
| 14/15 December 2024 Round 18 | Basel | v | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| tbd |
| 25/26 January 2025 Round 20 | Basel | v | Sion | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| tbd |
| 1/2 February 2025 Round 21 | Zürich | v | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
| tbd |
| 4/5/6 February 2025 Round 22 | Basel | v | Luzern | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| tbd |
Third round
[edit]The fixtures and dates for the third round will be announced at a later date
Swiss Cup
[edit]First round
[edit]The fixtues and dates of the first round were drawn in June 2024
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ FC Basel 1893 (6 May 2024). "130 ordentliche Mitgliederversammlung 2024". Annual General Meeting 2024. FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Swiss Football League (SFL) (2024). "FC Basel 1893". Swiss Football League (SFL) internet site. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
- ^ FC Basel 1893 (2023). "St. Jakob-Park" (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ FC Basel 1893 (15 May 2024). "Daniel Stucki neuer FCB Sportdirektor" [Daniel Stucki new FCB sports director] (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ FC Basel 1893 (31 May 2024). "Der FCB-Trainerstaff wird teilweise neu aufgestellt" [The FCB coaching staff will be partially reorganized] (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b FC 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) - ^ a b FC 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) - ^ a b FC 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)
Sources
[edit]External links
[edit]{{DEFAULTSORT:2024-25 FC Basel Season}} [[Category:FC Basel seasons]] [[Category:Swiss football clubs 2024–25 season|Basel]]