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{{main|2011–12 Swiss Super League}}
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Kickoff times are in [[Central European Time|CET]]
Kickoff times are in [[Central European Time|CET]]

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As [[Neuchâtel Xamax]] had their license revoked during the winter break, the club's second-half matches were entirely cancelled. The second half of the season is being competed with only nine clubs. These will play another double round-robin schedule. Each of the nine clubs will have played 34 matches at the end of the season.<ref name="sfl1">{{cite web | last = Suisse Football League | year = 2012 | url = http://www.football.ch/sfl/de/Ranglisten-Resultate-ASL.aspx | title = Neuchâtel Xamax FC | publisher = Suisse Football League | access-date = 2012-01-01|language=de}}</ref>


====First half of season====
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|result= W
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|round= Round 8
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|team1= [[Servette FC|Servette]]
|team1= [[Servette FC|Servette]]
|score= 0–4
|score= 0–4
|report= [ FCB summary]
|report= [https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=19745 FCB summary]
|team2= [[FC Basel|Basel]]
|team2= [[FC Basel|Basel]]
|goals1= [[Tibert Pont|Pont]] {{yel|58}}<br />[[Vincent Rüfli|Rüfli]] {{yel|66}}<br />[[Matías Vitkieviez|Vitkieviez]] {{penmiss}} <small>79′</small>
|goals1=
|goals2= [[Fabian Frei|F. Frei]] {{goal|33||60}}<br />[[Marco Streller|Streller]] {{goal|69}}<br />[[Granit Xhaka|G. Xhaka]] {{goal|86}}
|goals2= {{goal|33|0:1}} [[Fabian Frei|F. Frei]]<br />{{yel|38}} [[David Abraham (footballer)|Abraham]]<br />{{yel|53}} [[Fabian Frei|F. Frei]]<br />{{goal|60|0:2}} [[Fabian Frei|F. Frei]]<br />{{goal|69|0:3}} [[Marco Streller|Streller]]<br />{{yel|77}} [[Aleksandar Dragović|Dragović]]<br />{{goal|86|0:4}} [[Granit Xhaka|G. Xhaka]]
|stadium= [[Stade de Genève]], [[Geneva]]
|stadium= [[Stade de Genève]], [[Geneva]]
|attendance= 20,838
|attendance= 20,838
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|result= W
|result= W
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|round= Round 9
|round= Round 9
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|team1= [[FC Basel|Basel]]
|team1= [[FC Basel|Basel]]
|score= 6–0
|score= 6–0
|report= [ FCB summary}]
|report= [https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=19749 FCB summary}]
|team2= [[FC Lausanne-Sport|Lausanne-Sport]]
|team2= [[FC Lausanne-Sport|Lausanne-Sport]]
|goals1= [[Marco Streller|Streller]] {{goal|9}}<br />[[Alexander Frei|A. Frei]] {{goal|14||27|pen.|73}}<br />[[Benjamin Huggel|Huggel]] {{goal|22}}<br />[[Xherdan Shaqiri]] {{goal|52}}
|goals1= [[Marco Streller|Streller]] {{goal|91:0}}<br />[[Alexander Frei|A. Frei]] {{goal|14|2:0|}}<br />[[Benjamin Huggel|Huggel]] {{goal|22|3:0}}<br /> [[Alexander Frei|A. Frei]] {{goal|27|pen. 4:0}}<br />[[Xherdan Shaqiri]] {{goal|52|5:0}}<br />[[Alexander Frei|A. Frei]] {{goal|73|6:0}}
|goals2= {{yel|26}} [[Sébastien Meoli|Meoli]]<br />{{yel|49}} [[Janick Kamber|Kamber]]
|goals2=
|stadium= [[St. Jakob-Park]], [[Basel]]
|stadium= [[St. Jakob-Park]], [[Basel]]
|attendance= 26,046
|attendance= 26,046
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|result= W
|result= W
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|round= Round 11
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====Second half of season====
====Second half of season====
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[[Neuchâtel Xamax]] had their license revoked during the winter break, the club's second-half matches were cancelled entirely. The [[Swiss Football Association]] competed the second half of the season with only nine clubs. The remaining nine played another double round-robin schedule. Each of the nine clubs had then played 34 matches at the end of the season.<ref name="sfl1">{{cite web | last = Suisse Football League | year = 2012 | url = http://www.football.ch/sfl/de/Ranglisten-Resultate-ASL.aspx | title = Neuchâtel Xamax FC | publisher = Suisse Football League | access-date = 2012-01-01|language=de}}</ref>

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|round= Round 19
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|stadium= [[St. Jakob-Park]], [[Basel]]
|stadium= [[St. Jakob-Park]], [[Basel]]
|attendance= 25,762
|attendance= 25,762
|referee= Damien Carrel
|referee= {{flagicon|SUI}} Damien Carrel
|result= D
|result= D
}}
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|stadium= [[Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf|Stade de Suisse]], [[Bern]]
|stadium= [[Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf|Stade de Suisse]], [[Bern]]
|attendance= 20,246
|attendance= 20,246
|referee= Sascha Kever
|referee= {{flagicon|SUI}} Sascha Kever
|result= D
|result= D
}}
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|stadium = [[St. Jakob-Park]], [[Basel]]
|stadium = [[St. Jakob-Park]], [[Basel]]
|attendance = 28,516
|attendance = 28,516
|referee = Stephan Klossner
|referee = {{flagicon|SUI}} Stephan Klossner
|result = W
|result = W
}}
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|stadium = [[St. Jakob-Park]], [[Basel]]
|stadium = [[St. Jakob-Park]], [[Basel]]
|attendance = 30,261
|attendance = 30,261
|referee = Patrick Graf
|referee = {{flagicon|SUI}} Patrick Graf
|result = W
|result = W
}}
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|stadium = [[Letzigrund]], [[Zurich]]
|stadium = [[Letzigrund]], [[Zurich]]
|attendance = 7,000
|attendance = 7,000
|referee = Damien Carrel
|referee = {{flagicon|SUI}} Damien Carrel
|result = W
|result = W
}}
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|stadium= [[St. Jakob-Park]], [[Basel]]
|stadium= [[St. Jakob-Park]], [[Basel]]
|attendance= 28,932
|attendance= 28,932
|referee= [[Daniel Wermelinger]]
|referee= {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Daniel Wermelinger]]
|result= W
|result= W
}}
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|stadium = [[Arena Thun]], [[Thun]]
|stadium = [[Arena Thun]], [[Thun]]
|attendance = 7,624
|attendance = 7,624
|referee = Sascha Amhof
|referee = {{flagicon|SUI}} Sascha Amhof
|result = W
|result = W
}}
}}
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|stadium= [[Stade Olympique de la Pontaise|Pontaise]], [[Lausanne]]
|stadium= [[Stade Olympique de la Pontaise|Pontaise]], [[Lausanne]]
|attendance= 5,218
|attendance= 5,218
|referee= Ludovic Gremaud
|referee= {{flagicon|SUI}} Ludovic Gremaud
|result= W
|result= W
}}
}}
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|stadium= [[Swissporarena]], [[Luzern]]
|stadium= [[Swissporarena]], [[Luzern]]
|attendance= 17,000
|attendance= 17,000
|referee= Sascha Kever
|referee= {{flagicon|SUI}} Sascha Kever
|result= D
|result= D
}}
}}
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|stadium= [[Stade Tourbillon|Tourbillon]], [[Sion, Switzerland|Sion]]
|stadium= [[Stade Tourbillon|Tourbillon]], [[Sion, Switzerland|Sion]]
|attendance= 12,500
|attendance= 12,500
|referee= [[Stephan Studer]]
|referee= {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Stephan Studer]]
|result= W
|result= W
}}
}}
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|stadium= [[St. Jakob-Park]], [[Basel]]
|stadium= [[St. Jakob-Park]], [[Basel]]
|attendance= 36,000
|attendance= 36,000
|referee= Ludovic Gremaud
|referee= {{flagicon|SUI}} Ludovic Gremaud
|result= W
|result= W
}}
}}
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|stadium= [[St. Jakob-Park]], [[Basel]]
|stadium= [[St. Jakob-Park]], [[Basel]]
|attendance= 26,561
|attendance= 26,561
|referee= Patrick Graf
|referee= {{flagicon|SUI}} Patrick Graf
|result= W
|result= W
}}
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|stadium= [[Letzigrund]], [[Zurich]]
|stadium= [[Letzigrund]], [[Zurich]]
|attendance= 12,500
|attendance= 12,500
|referee= Sascha Kever
|referee= {{flagicon|SUI}} Sascha Kever
|result= W
|result= W
}}
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|stadium= [[St. Jakob-Park]], [[Basel]]
|stadium= [[St. Jakob-Park]], [[Basel]]
|attendance= 30,026
|attendance= 30,026
|referee= Alain Bieri
|referee= {{flagicon|SUI}} Alain Bieri
|result= W
|result= W
}}
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|stadium= [[Stade de Genève]], [[Geneva]]
|stadium= [[Stade de Genève]], [[Geneva]]
|attendance= 21,821
|attendance= 21,821
|referee={{flagicon|AUT}} Dominik Ouschan
|referee= {{flagicon|AUT}} Dominik Ouschan
|result= L
|result= L
}}
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|stadium= [[St. Jakob-Park]], [[Basel]]
|stadium= [[St. Jakob-Park]], [[Basel]]
|attendance= 36,000
|attendance= 36,000
|referee= [[Stephan Studer]]
|referee= {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Stephan Studer]]
|result= L
|result= L
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Revision as of 18:42, 22 November 2021

FC Basel
2011–12 season
FC Basel Logo
ChairmanSwitzerland Gisela Oeri
until 16 January 2012
Switzerland Bernhard Heusler
from 16 January 2012
ManagerGermany Thorsten Fink
until 13 October 2011
Germany Heiko Vogel
from 13 October 2011
GroundSt. Jakob-Park
Swiss Super LeagueChampions
Swiss CupWinners
UEFA Champions LeagueLast 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Switzerland Alexander Frei (24)
All: Switzerland Alexander Frei (42)
Highest home attendanceSwiss Super League:
36,000 vs. Lausanne-Sport
(29 April 2012)
36,000 vs. Young Boys
(23 May 2012)
Champions League:
36,894 vs. Manchester United
(7 December 2011)
Lowest home attendanceSwiss Super League:
25,762 vs. Sion
(5 February 2012)
Swiss Cup:
8,028 vs. Lausanne-Sport
(21 March 2012)

The 2011–12 season is FC Basel'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 BSC and West Ham United at the 2011 Uhrencup in Grenchen. This season, Basel earned the so-called "Title Hattrick", that is, three consecutive Swiss Super League championships. They won the Swiss Cup after defeating FC Luzern in the final, and reached the knockout phase of the Champions League, losing to the eventual finalists Bayern Munich 1–7 on aggregate.

Club

FC Basel Holding AG

The FC Basel Holding AG (Holding) owns 75% of the club FC Basel (FC Basel 1893 AG) and the other 25% is owned by the club and its members. Chairwoman of the Holding was Gisela Oeri. She owned 91.96% of the Holding’s shares. The other 8,04% of the shares were owned by a group of investors, these being Manor AG, J. Safra Sarasin, Novasearch AG, MCH Group AG and Weitnauer Holding AG. As chairwoman of the holding Ms Oeri was also chairwoman of the club. At the AGM Oeri announced that she was stepping down from her position of presiding the club. She handed her shares over to her vice chairman Bernhard Heusler, the finance chief Stephan Werthmüller and Sportdirector Georg Heitz.

Club management

To the beginning of the season the club’s board of directors remained in the same constellation as in the previous season. Then at the club’s Extraordinary General Assembly on 16 January 2012 the 601 attending members confirmed these three directors in their positions and Adrian Knup joined them to become new vice chairman. They also appointed Oeri as honorary president. [1]

Chairman Switzerland Mrs Gisela Oeri
until 16 January 2012
Chairman Switzerland Mr Bernhard Heusler
from 16 January 2012
Vice Chairman Switzerland Mr Bernhard Heusler
until 16 January 2012
Vice Chairman Switzerland Mr Adrian Knup
from 16 January 2012
Ground (capacity and dimensions) St. Jakob-Park (38,512[2])
(37,500 for international matches[3] / 120x80 m)

Source: Official Site

Team management

Position Staff
Manager Germany Thorsten Fink
until 13 October 2011
Manager Germany Heiko Vogel
from 13 October 2011
Assistant manager Germany Heiko Vogel
until 13 October 2011
Assistant manager Austria Markus Hoffmann
from 6 January 2012
Fitness Coach Croatia Nikola Vidović
Conditioning Coach Switzerland Marco Walker
Goalkeeper Coach Switzerland Romain Crevoisier
Technology and analysis Scotland Nnamdi Aghanya
Team Administration Switzerland Gustav Nussbaumer
Youth Team Coach Switzerland Patrick Rahmen
until 13 October 2011
Youth Team Co-Coach Switzerland Sandro Kamber

Last updated: 6 January 2012
Source: [citation needed]

Overview

At the beginning of the season the German Thorsten Fink remained head-coach. It was to be his third consecutive season. His assistant was Heiko Vogel and fitness coach was Nikola Vidović. Fink brought three youngsters up from the U-21 team, being Arlind Ajeti, Roman Buess and Darko Jevtić. Two players returned after spending the previous season on loan, these were Fabian Frei after his loan to [FC St. Gallen|St. Gallen]] and Pascal Schürpf returned from Lugano. There were also a number of transfers, Radoslav Kováč came from West Ham United, Park Joo-ho transferred in from Júbilo Iwata, Pak Kwang-ryong from Wil and Stephan Andrist signed in from Thun. Two players signed in on free transfers, these being Kay Voser and Marcel Herzog.

At the end of the previous season the club did not renew the contracts with four players, who then had to leave. These were Beg Ferati, Behrang Safari, Matthias Baron and Dominik Ritter. Orhan Mustafi transferred to Grasshopper Club and Sandro Wieser transferred to 1899 Hoffenheim. Three players were loaned out to obtain more playing time, Fwayo Tembo to ES Sahel, Pascal Schürpf to Aarau and Taulant Xhaka to Grasshopper Club.

Another player who left the club was their captain and goalkeeper Franco Costanzo. Costanzo played for FC Basel for five years, in which time they won the Swiss Cup three times and the national Championship also three times. He also played twice in the Champions League group-stages. During this period, he played 141 league games, including cup and international UEFA games he had 199 club appearances. He played his last match for the team on 25 May 2011 and was substituted out in the 87th minute to a standing ovation. He was replaced by his designated successor Yann Sommer.[4]

Head coach Thorsten Fink left the club and on 13 October he signed a contract with Hamburger SV to manage the German Bundesliga club through to 2014. Fink took the coach of Basel’s U-21 team Patrick Rahmen with him as his assistant. As replacement for Fink, the club chose his former assistant Vogel, who served as caretaker manager until the winter break.[5] Vogel's first three games in charge of the team were the Swiss Cup fixture on 15 October, a 5–1 away win against FC Schötz,[6] the Champions League Group C fixture on 18 October 2011, a 0–2 home defeat against Benfica,[7] and a 1–0 away win in the Super League against FC Zürich.[8] On 7 December 2011, he guided Basel to the round of 16 in the Champions League, defeating the 2011 runners-up Manchester United 2–1.[9] After 11 games, four of which in the Champions League, with eight wins, two draws and only one defeat, it was announced on 12 December that Vogel had signed as head coach and manager.[10] A few days later, it was also announced that Markus Hoffmann had been signed as an assistant.[11]

On 31 August 2011, Liverpool had announced the release of Philipp Degen following his long-term calf injury. Just a short time later, he made the request to the then Basel manager Fink if he could keep fit with his home club's first team, which was granted. Fink left the club and his replacement Heiko Vogel offered Degen a contract which Degen signed on 20 November 2011.[12]

The Campaign

Domestic league

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 Young Boys. The start of the season was poor, with three draws and two defeats in the first six league matches. The team refound their strengths and things changed to the better. Basel then won ten and drew the other two of the next 12 games. The first half of the domestic season ended on 11 December with the home match against Neuchâtel Xamax. To this point, Basel remained as League leaders.

Basel continued their undefeated run in the domestic season and equaled the Swiss record of longest undefeated run (26 games) in the Swiss league (previously held by Grasshoppers) ironically by beating Grasshoppers 6–3 on 12 May 2012.[13] Although they could not surpass the record, they still managed to defend their Super League title despite losing to Young Boys 2–1 on the final day of the season.[14] As they have done in previous seasons, the title win was celebrated at Barfüsserplatz later that night.[15] After retaining first place, Basel will enter the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League in the second round of qualification.

Domestic cup

Basel won the Swiss Cup after a 4–2 penalty shootout win following a 1–1 draw after extra time with FC Luzern. This was Basel's 11th Swiss Cup title.[16]

Champions League

Basel's positioning in the 2010–11 Swiss Super League entered them directly into the group stage of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League. The seeding and draw for this stage took take place on 25 August in Monaco. Basel were drawn in Group C with Benfica, Manchester United and Oțelul Galați, the first match was a home game on 14 September. Basel played very impressive away games remaining undefeated, winning in Romania and drawing in Lisbon and Manchester. They finished the group in second place after a decisive home win against Manchester United 2–1, thus securing qualification for the knockout phase, the round of 16). Here Basel were drawn against Bayern Munich. They won the home tie in St. Jakob Park 1–0 through a goal from Valentin Stocker in the 86th minute, but lost the second leg in Munich 0–7, thus being eliminated of the Champions League.

Players

First team

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 2011 but subsequently left the club after that date.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Switzerland SUI Yann Sommer
3 DF South Korea KOR Park Joo-Ho (from Júbilo Iwata)
4 DF Switzerland SUI Philipp Degen (Free agant)
5 DF Switzerland SUI Arlind Ajeti (from U-21)
6 DF Austria AUT Aleksandar Dragović
7 MF Switzerland SUI Pascal Schürpf (loan to Aarau)
8 MF Switzerland SUI Benjamin Huggel (Captain)
9 FW Switzerland SUI Marco Streller
10 MF Ivory Coast CIV Gilles Yapi
11 MF Australia AUS Scott Chipperfield
13 FW Switzerland SUI Alexander Frei
14 MF Switzerland SUI Valentin Stocker
15 MF Switzerland SUI Kay Voser (from Grasshopper Club)
16 MF Switzerland SUI Taulant Xhaka (loan to Grasshopper Club)
17 MF Switzerland SUI Xherdan Shaqiri
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 GK Switzerland SUI Marcel Herzog (from MSV Duisburg)
19 DF Argentina ARG David Abraham
20 MF Switzerland SUI Fabian Frei (returned after loan to St. Gallen)
21 DF Switzerland SUI Genséric Kusunga
23 GK Switzerland SUI Massimo Colomba
24 MF Switzerland SUI Cabral
25 MF Switzerland SUI Darko Jevtić (played in U-21)
26 FW Switzerland SUI Roman Buess (played in U-21)
27 DF Germany GER Markus Steinhöfer
28 MF Switzerland SUI Stephan Andrist (from Thun)
29 DF Czech Republic CZE Radoslav Kovac (from West Ham United)
30 FW Zambia ZAM Fwayo Tembo (loan to ES Sahel)
31 FW Cameroon CMR Jacques Zoua
32 MF Switzerland SUI Sandro Wieser (to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim)
34 MF Switzerland SUI Granit Xhaka
35 FW North Korea PRK Pak Kwang-Ryong (from Wil)


Summer transfers

In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF South Korea KOR Park Joo-Ho (from Júbilo Iwata)
4 DF Switzerland SUI Philipp Degen (Free agant)
5 DF Switzerland SUI Arlind Ajeti (from U-21)
20 MF Switzerland SUI Fabian Frei (returned after loan to St. Gallen)
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF Switzerland SUI Darko Jevtić (played in U-21)
26 FW Switzerland SUI Roman Buess (played in U-21)
28 MF Switzerland SUI Stephan Andrist (from Thun)
29 DF Czech Republic CZE Radoslav Kovac (from West Ham United)
35 FW North Korea PRK Pak Kwang-Ryong (from Wil)

Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
- DF Turkey TUR Çağdaş Atan (to Mersin İdman Yurdu)
- MF Switzerland SUI Dominik Ritter (to Winterthur)
- MF Switzerland SUI Orhan Mustafi (to Grasshopper Club)
15 FW Argentina ARG Federico Almerares (to Xamax)
16 MF Switzerland SUI Taulant Xhaka (loan to Grasshopper Club)
20 DF Sweden SWE Behrang Safari (to Malmö FF)
22 DF Ghana GHA Samuel Inkoom (to FC Dnipro)
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 MF Switzerland SUI Daniel Unal (to Locarno)
28 DF Switzerland SUI Beg Ferati (to SC Freiburg )
29 DF Switzerland SUI Janick Kamber (to Lausanne-Sport)
32 DF Switzerland SUI Reto Zanni (to Vaduz)
35 FW Germany GER Matthias Baron (to Vaduz)
30 FW Zambia ZAM Fwayo Tembo (loan to ES Sahel)
32 MF Switzerland SUI Sandro Wieser (to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim)

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

Pre-season

24 June 2011 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 1–3 Switzerland Neuchâtel Xamax Stades des Places, Glovelier
18:30 CEST A. Frei 66' (pen. 1:1) FCB summary Gelabert 46' (0:1)
Niasse 74' (1:2)
Veloso 90+1' (1:3)		 Attendance: 2'900
Referee: Switzerland Damir Omerovic
25 June 2011 Pre-season St. Gallen Switzerland 3–3 Switzerland Basel Rüti, Henau
15:00 CEST Etoundi 4' (1:0)
Lüchinger 59' (pen. 2:2)
Owona 68' (3:2)		 FCB summary A. Frei 30' (1:1)
Zoua 32' (1:2)
Huggel 82' (3:3)		 Attendance: 2'500
Referee: Switzerland Daniel Stocker
28 June 2011 Pre-season Landkreisauswahl Miesbach Germany 0–15 Switzerland Basel Sport-Arena, Warngau
18:00 CEST FCB summary 2' (0:1) Streller
13' (0:2) A. Frei
15' (0:3)Schürpf
23' (0:4) Streller
28' (0:5) Dragović
37' (0:6) A. Frei
45' (0:7) A. Frei
57' (0:8) Pak
63' (0:9) Buess
71' (0:10) Zoua
72' (0:11) Pak
77' (0:12) Zoua
79' (0:13) Pak
85' (0:14) Pak
89' (0:15) Buess		 Attendance: 300
Referee: Germany Philipp Rank
30 June 2011 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 4–0 Georgia (country) Zestafoni Grenzlandstadion, Kufstein
18:30 CEST Pak 9' (1:0)
Yapi Yellow card 37'
A. Frei 45' (2:0)
A. Frei 67' (3:0)
Buess 81' (4;0)		 FCB summary Yellow card 16' Tsinamdzgvrishvili Attendance: 100
Referee: Switzerland Andreas Heiss
2 July 2011 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 1–2 Romania Dinamo București Sportzentrum, Schwaz
16:30 CEST A. Frei 66' (1:1) FCB summary 6' (0:1) Dănciulescu
89' (1:2) Ţucudean		 Attendance: 200
Referee: Switzerland Michael Schiffmann
3 July 2011 Pre-season Lustenau 07 Austria 1–1 Switzerland Basel Stadion an der Holzstrasse, Lustenau
14:00 CEST Luxbacher 80' FCB summary 81' Vuleta
Yellow card 85' Cabral		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Austria Peter Gruber
8 July 2011 Pre-season Hégenheim France 0–4 Switzerland Basel Stade de l'Eisweiher, Hégenheim
18:30 CEST FCB summary 28' (0:1) A. Frei
37' (0:2) Zoua
Yellow card 38' Steinhöfer
77' (0:3) Abraham
87' (0:4) Vuleta		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Eric Sommer

Uhrencup

The Uhrencup is a club football tournament, held annually in Grenchen.

11 July 2011 Uhrencup
Round 1		 Basel Switzerland 3–0 Germany Hertha BSC Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:30 CEST A. Frei 33' (pen. 1:0)
A. Frei 44' (2:0)
A. Frei 53' (3:0)		 FCB summary Attendance: 8,321
Referee: Switzerland Alain Bieri
13 July 2011 Uhrencup
Round 2		 Basel Switzerland 2–1 England West Ham United Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
19:30 CEST Pak 53' (1:0)
Yapi 90+1' (pen. 2:1)		 FCB summary Yellow card 16' O'Brien
75' (pen. 1:1) Stanislas		 Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Switzerland Cyril Zimmermann

Mid-season

20 July 2011 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 5–0 Switzerland Schaffhausen Stadion Rankhof, Basel
17:00 F. Frei 3' (1:0)
F. Frei 59' (2:0)
Schürpf 68' (3:0)
F. Frei 70' (4:0)
Schürpf 82' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 550
Referee: Switzerland Pascal Erlachner
24 August 2011 Mid-season SC Dornach Switzerland 0–6 Switzerland Basel Gigersloch, Dornach
19:00 Summary 42' (0:1) Cabral
45' (0:2) A. Frei
48' (pen.) A. Frei
70' (0:4) Streller
84' (0:5) Buess
90+1' (0:6) Shaqiri		 Attendance: 600
Referee: Switzerland Patrick Winter
1 Septeber 2011 Mid-season SV Muttenz Switzerland 0–5 Switzerland Basel Sportplatz Margelacker, Muttenz
19:00 Summary 20' (0:1) Nafiu
44' (0:2) Huggel
61' (pen.) A. Frei
70' (0:4) A. Frei
73' (0:5) Buess		 Attendance: 750
Referee: Switzerland Adrien Jaccottet
6 September 2011 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 3–1 Switzerland Chiasso Stadion Rankhof, Basel
16:30 Buess 15' (1:0)
Zoua 27' (2:0)
Huggel 40' (3:1)		 Summary 71' (3:1) Graf Attendance: 950
Referee: Switzerland Pascal Erlachner
6 October 2011 Mid-season Solothurn Switzerland 0–1 Switzerland Basel Stadion FC Solothurn, Solothurn
19:00 Meier Yellow card 36'
Steffen Yellow card 58'		 Summary 15' (0:1) Huggel
Yellow card 40' Andrist		 Attendance: 650
Referee: Switzerland Fedayi San
11 October 2011 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 4–0 Switzerland Wohlen Stadion Rankhof, Basel
16:00 Chipperfield 17' (1:0)
Andrist 28' (2:0)
Abraham 66' (3:0)
Andrist 81' (4:0)		 Summary Attendance: 780
Referee: Switzerland Daniel Wermelinger
10 November 2011 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 10–0 Switzerland SC Dornach Stadion Rankhof, Basel
18:30 Schürpf 4' (1:0)
Buess 20' (2:0)
Andrist 27' (3:0)
Buess 31' (4:0)
Kusunga 36' (5:0)
Chipperfield 51' (6:0)
Buess 57' (7:0)
Schürpf 61' (8:0)
Andrist 76' (9:0)
Marko Bicvic (10:0)		 Summary Attendance: 350
Referee: Switzerland Lukas Fähndrich
15 November 2011 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 2–3 Switzerland St. Gallen Stadion Rankhof, Basel
16:00 Andrist 67' (1:3)
Vuleta 78' (2:3)		 Summary 8' (0:1) Valente
31' (0:2) Pa Modou
44' (pen. 44) Scarione		 Attendance: 950
Referee: Switzerland Fedayi San

Winter break and Mid-season

12 January 2012 Winter break Basel Switzerland 0–0 Netherlands NEC Marbella Football Center, Marbella
16:00 CEST FCB summary Attendance: 200
Referee: Juan Francisco Caravaca (Estepona)
14 January 2012 Winter break Basel Switzerland 3–3 Netherlands Feyenoord Marbella Football Center, Marbella
16:00 CEST Zoua 21' (1:1)
Chipperfield 28' (2:1)
Zoua 43' (3:1)		 FCB summary 12' (0:1) Guidetti
54' (3:2) Schaken
67' (3:3) Guidetti		 Attendance: 400
Referee: Ismael Pino Blanco
17 January 2012 Winter break Basel Switzerland 1–0 Hungary Videoton Marbella Football Center, Marbella
16:00 CEST Andrist 62' (1:0) FCB summary Attendance: 200
Referee: Rafael Domingo Cervantes (Málaga)
18 January 2012 Winter break Basel Switzerland 0–0 Morocco Morocco Marbella Football Center Marbella
11:00 CEST FCB summary Attendance: 60
Referee: Juan Francisco Caravaca (Estepona)
Note: Playing time reduced to 2x 25 minutes
25 January 2012 Winter break Basel Switzerland 2–3 Liechtenstein Vaduz Stadion Rankhof, Basel
14:00 Kováč 49' (1:2)
A. Frei 79' (2:2)
A. Frei Yellow card 87'		 FCB summary 4' (0:1) Burgmeier
20' (0:2) Baron
81' (pen. 2:3) Merenda		 Attendance: 750
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet
29 January 2012 Winter break Basel Switzerland 7–1 Switzerland Delémont Stadion Rankhof, Basel
15:00 A. Frei 38' (1:0)
Dragović Yellow card 36'
Streller 54' (2:0)
Andrist 59' (3:1)
A. Frei 74' (4:1)
Zoua 77' (5:1)
Dragović 81' (6:1)
Zoua 88' (7:1)		 FCB summary 55' (2:1) Hengel
Yellow card 59' B. Hulmann
Yellow card 73' Sirufo		 Attendance: 850
Referee: Daniel Wermelinger
12 February 2012 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 2–0 Switzerland Lausanne-Sport Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:00 A. Frei 38' (pen. 1:0)
Kusunga 71' (2:0)		 FCB summary Attendance: 500
Referee: Sandro Schärer
16 March 2012 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 3–4 Egypt Egypt U-23 Stadion Rankhof, Basel
18:30 Zoua 11' (1:0)
Zoua 80' (2:3)
Shaqiri 93' (pen. 3:4)		 FCB summary 28' (pen. 1:1) Elneny
56' (2:1) Salah
66' (3:1) Mohsen
85' (2:4) Salah		 Attendance: 500
Referee: Sascha Amhof

Swiss Super League

Main article: 2011–12 Swiss Super League

Kickoff times are in CET

First half of season

16 July 2011 Round 1 Young Boys 1–1 Basel Stade de Suisse, Bern
20:15 Nef Yellow card 29'
Mayuka 56'		 FCB summary 50' Zoua
Yellow card 65' Voser
Yellow card 75' Dragović		 Attendance: 31,120
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Studer
24 July 2011 Round 2 Basel 2–0 Neuchâtel Xamax St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Huggel 2' (1:0)
Binya 37' (o.g. 2:0)
Cabral Yellow card 85'		 FCB summary Yellow card 38' Navarro
Yellow card 76' Sánchez		 Attendance: 27,833
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Klossner
30 July 2011 Round 3 Grasshopper 2–2 Basel Letzigrund, Zurich
17:45 Feltscher 67' (1:1)
Feltscher Yellow card 74'
Emeghara 77' (2:1)		 FCB summary Yellow card 24' A. Frei
Yellow card 29' Huggel
54' (1:0) A. Frei
Yellow card 70' Shaqiri
Yellow card 84' Steinhöfer
88' (2:2) A. Frei
Yellow card 90+2' Kovac		 Attendance: 7'500
Referee: Switzerland Jérôme Laperrière
6 August 2011 Round 4 Basel 3–3 Sion St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45 Kovac Yellow card 5'
Zoua 15' (1:1)
Shaqiri 24' (2:2)
Huggel Yellow card 75'
Cabral 90+2' (3:3)		 FCB summary 6' (0:1) Vanczák
Yellow card 18' Sio
20' (1:2) Adaílton
Yellow card 27' Serey Dié
80' (2:3) Sio
Yellow card 89' Vaņins
Yellow card 90+5' Rodrigo		 Attendance: 27,702
Referee: Switzerland Patrick Graf
13 August 2011 Round 5 Basel 1–2 Zürich St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45 Abraham 30'
Cabral Yellow card 79'		 FCB summary Yellow card 45' Béda
Yellow card 55' Teixeira
Yellow card 68' Chermiti
Yellow card 79' Buff
87' Béda
Yellow card 88' Mehmedi
90+3' Chermiti		 Attendance: 30,642
Referee: Switzerland Nikolaj Hänni
20 August 2011 Round 6 Luzern 3–1 Basel Swissporarena, Luzern
17:45 Ferreira 72' (3:1)
Hochstrasser 21' (2:0)
Ferreira Yellow card 42'
Ferreira 72' (3:1)
Zibung Yellow card 74'
Wiss Yellow card 87'		 FCB summary 33' (2:1) Streller
Yellow card 75' Voser
Yellow card 83' Yellow-red card 84' Huggel
Yellow card 87' A. Frei		 Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Switzerland Sacha Kever
28 August 2011 Round 7 Basel 2–1 Thun St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 A. Frei 13' (1:0)
Dragović Yellow card 32'
F. Frei 49' (2:0)
Schürpf Yellow card 56'
Andrist Yellow card 83'
A. Frei Yellow card 84'
G. Xhaka Yellow card 90+2'		 FCB summary Yellow card 36' Schindelholz
Yellow card 49' Lüthi
Yellow card 61' Hediger
69' (2:1) Lustrinelli		 Attendance: 29,344
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Studer
10 September 2011 Round 8 Servette 0–4 Basel Stade de Genève, Geneva
17:45 Pont Yellow card 58'
Rüfli Yellow card 66'
Vitkieviez soccer ball with red X 79′		 FCB summary 33' (0:1) F. Frei
Yellow card 38' Abraham
Yellow card 53' F. Frei
60' (0:2) F. Frei
69' (0:3) Streller
Yellow card 77' Dragović
86' (0:4) G. Xhaka		 Attendance: 20,838
Referee: Switzerland Nikolaj Hänni
21 September 2011 Round 9 Basel 6–0 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45 Streller 91:0'
A. Frei 14' (2:0)
Huggel 22' (3:0)
A. Frei 27' (pen. 4:0)
Xherdan Shaqiri 52' (5:0)
A. Frei 73' (6:0)		 FCB summary} Yellow card 26' Meoli
Yellow card 49' Kamber		 Attendance: 26,046
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Klossner
24 September 2011 Round 10 Thun 1–1 Basel Arena Thun, Thun
17:45 Rama 81' [ FCB summary] Streller 72' Attendance: 7,801
Referee: Switzerland Damien Carrel
1 October 2011 Round 11 Basel 3–0 Servette St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45 Dragović 42'
A. Frei 44', 76'		 [ FCB summary] Attendance: 30,214
Referee: Switzerland Patrick Graf
23 October 2011 Round 12 Zürich 0–1 Basel Letzigrund, Zurich
16:00 [ FCB summary] Shaqiri 55' Attendance: 14,400
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Studer
26 October 2011 Round 13 Sion 0–1 Basel Tourbillon, Sion
19:45 [ FCB summary] Zoua 45' Attendance: 10,800
Referee: Switzerland Sascha Kever
29 October 2011 Round 14 Basel 4–1 Grasshopper St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45 Shaqiri 6'
Andrist 19'
A. Frei 26'
F. Frei 77'		 [ FCB summary] Toko 68' Attendance: 29,245
Referee: Switzerland Cyril Zimmermann
5 November 2011 Round 15 Lausanne-Sport 2–3 Basel Pontaise, Lausanne
17:45 CEST Moussilou 7'
Roux Yellow card 29'
Meoli Yellow card 33'
Pasche Yellow card 35'
Moussilou 43'
Moussilou Yellow card 76'
Kamber Yellow card 83'		 [ FCB summary] Huggel 13'
Cabral Yellow card 23'
A. Frei 34', 65'
Streller Yellow card 44'		 Attendance: 7,950
Referee: Switzerland Daniel Wermelinger
19 November 2011 Round 16 Basel 1–0 Young Boys St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45 Streller 27' [ FCB summary] Attendance: 32,006
Referee: Switzerland Sascha Kever
3 December 2011 Round 17 Basel 1–0 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45 Streller 70' [ FCB summary] Attendance: 31,081
Referee: Switzerland Alain Bieri
11 December 2011 Round 18 Neuchâtel Xamax 1–1 Basel Maladière, Neuchâtel
16:00 Navarro Yellow card 43'
Besle Yellow card 48' Yellow-red card 53'
Dampha 80'		 [ FCB summary] Yellow card 43' Dragović
77', Yellow card 90+2' Streller
Yellow card 90+1'Shaqiri		 Attendance: 5,504
Referee: Switzerland Nikolaj Hänni

Second half of season

Neuchâtel Xamax had their license revoked during the winter break, the club's second-half matches were cancelled entirely. The Swiss Football Association competed the second half of the season with only nine clubs. The remaining nine played another double round-robin schedule. Each of the nine clubs had then played 34 matches at the end of the season.[17]

5 February 2012 Round 19 Basel 0–0 Sion St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Shaqiri Yellow card 62' [] Yellow card 41' Adaílton
Yellow card 57' Dingsdag
Yellow card 67' Basha		 Attendance: 25,762
Referee: Switzerland Damien Carrel
11 February 2012 Round 20[18] Lausanne-Sport P–P Basel Pontaise, Lausanne
17:45 (Report)
16 February 2012 Round 21 Young Boys 2–2 Basel Stade de Suisse, Bern
20:15 Spycher 32' (pen.), Yellow card 81'
Wölfli Yellow card 35'
Farnerud Yellow card 46'
Costanzo 76'		 [summary)] Yellow card 14' Steinhöfer
Yellow card 31' Dragović
Yellow card 35' A. Frei
Yellow card 59' Shaqiri
71' Streller
90' Stocker
Yellow card 90+2' G. Xhaka		 Attendance: 20,246
Referee: Switzerland Sascha Kever
26 February 2012 Round 22 Basel 1–0 Zürich St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 A. Frei 56'
Streller Yellow card 60'
DragovićYellow card 83'
Degen Yellow card 85'		 [summary] Yellow card 15' Buff
Yellow card 52' Pedro Henrique
Yellow card 54' Drmić		 Attendance: 28,516
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Klossner
4 March 2012 Round 23 Basel 3–1 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Abraham 28'
Kováč Yellow card 42'
Steinhöfer Yellow card 45'
Stocker Yellow card 59'
A. Frei Yellow card 63' 78', 81'		 [summary] Yellow card 15' Renggli
Yellow card 27' Puljić
68' Ohayon
Red card 90+2' Lustenberger		 Attendance: 30,261
Referee: Switzerland Patrick Graf
10 March 2012 Round 24 Grasshopper 0–2 Basel Letzigrund, Zurich
17:45 Toko Yellow card 42'
Mustafi Yellow card 47'		 [summary] 5' Shaqiri
40' Degen
Yellow card 47' Abraham		 Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Switzerland Damien Carrel
18 March 2012 Round 25 Neuchâtel Xamax Cancelled[17] Basel Maladière, Neuchâtel
24 March 2012 Round 26 Basel 5–0 Servette St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45 Abraham 44'
A. Frei 52' (pen.), 87', 90'
Streller 59'		 [summary] Yellow card 44' De Azevedo
Yellow card 76' Pizzinat		 Attendance: 28,932
Referee: Switzerland Daniel Wermelinger
31 March 2012 Round 27 Thun 2–3 Basel Arena Thun, Thun
17:45 Matić 9' (pen.), Red card 23'
Wittwer Yellow card 37'
Ch. Schneuwly Yellow card 77'
(Hediger)/Sommer 79' (o.g.)		 [summary] 6', Yellow card 90+1' Streller
Yellow card 8' Red card 28' Cabral
41' Stocker
59', Yellow card 81' A. Frei		 Attendance: 7,624
Referee: Switzerland Sascha Amhof
4 April 2012 Round 20[18] Lausanne-Sport 0–2 Basel Pontaise, Lausanne
18:30 Tall Yellow card 11'
Sonnerat Yellow card 77'		 [summary] 66' A. Frei
87' Pak		 Attendance: 5,218
Referee: Switzerland Ludovic Gremaud
7 April 2012 Round 28 Luzern 1–1 Basel Swissporarena, Luzern
17:45 Lezcano 59', Yellow card 63' [summary] 3' Shaqiri Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Switzerland Sascha Kever
15 April 2012 Round 29 Basel Cancelled[17] Neuchâtel Xamax St. Jakob-Park, Basel
22 April 2012 Round 30 Sion 0–3 Basel Tourbillon, Sion
16:00 Basha Yellow card 41'
Die Yellow card 63'
Danilo Yellow card 71'		 [summary] Yellow card 24' G. Xhaka
49', 83' A. Frei
Yellow card 53' Streller
74' Steinhöfer		 Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Studer
29 April 2012 Round 31 Basel 3–1 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Streller 9'
Shaqiri Yellow card 58'
A. Frei 64'
Dragović Yellow card 90'
Zoua 90'		 [summary] 20' Júnior Negrão
Yellow card 40' Chakhsi
Yellow card 44' Marazzi
Yellow card 56' Sonnerat		 Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Switzerland Ludovic Gremaud
2 May 2012 Round 32 Basel 2–1 Thun St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45 Andrist 16'
Kováč Yellow card 59'
Yapi Yellow card 62'
A. Frei Yellow card 64', 70' (pen.)		 [summary] 45+1' (o.g.) Park
Yellow card 54' Bigler
Yellow card 69' Da Costa		 Attendance: 26,561
Referee: Switzerland Patrick Graf
6 May 2012 Round 33 Zürich 1–5 Basel Letzigrund, Zurich
16:00 Buff 6', Yellow card 79'
Glarner Yellow card 71'
Chermiti Yellow card 22' Red card 82'
Drmić Yellow card 79'		 [summary] 10' (pen.), 19', Yellow card 54' Shaqiri
64' Stocker
72' (pen.), 82' Streller		 Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Switzerland Sascha Kever
12 May 2012 Round 34 Basel 6–3 Grasshopper St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45 Stocker 4'
Zoua 28', 81'
Feltscher 46' (o.g.)
A. Frei 69'
Huggel 71'		 [summary] 4', 72' Paiva
Yellow card 12' La Rocca
Yellow card 24' Bauer
Yellow card 57' Landeka
Yellow card 63' Bertucci
73' Zuber		 Attendance: 30,026
Referee: Switzerland Alain Bieri
20 May 2012 Round 35 Servette 2–1 Basel Stade de Genève, Geneva
16:00 Yartey 12'
De Azevedo Yellow card 67'
Moubandje Yellow card 78'
Eudis 84'
Rüfli Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Kusunga Yellow card 21' Yellow-red card 52'
Zoua 62'
Degen Yellow card 77'
Streller Yellow card 90'		 Attendance: 21,821
Referee: Austria Dominik Ouschan
23 May 2012 Round 36 Basel 1–2 Young Boys St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15 Shaqiri 33' Report Costanzo 18'
Vitkieviez 80'		 Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Studer

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Basel (C) 34 22 8 4 78 33 +45 74 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Luzern 34 14 12 8 46 32 +14 54 Qualification to Europa League play-off round[a]
3 Young Boys 34 13 12 9 52 38 +14 51 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[a]
4 Servette 34 14 6 14 45 53 −8 48
5 Thun 34 11 10 13 38 41 −3 43
6 Zürich 34 11 8 15 43 44 −1 41
7 Lausanne-Sport 34 8 6 20 29 61 −32 30
8 Grasshopper 34 7 5 22 32 66 −34 26
9 Sion (O) 34 15 8 11 40 35 +5 17[b] Qualification to relegation play-offs
10 Neuchâtel Xamax (D) 18 7 5 6 22 22 0 26[c] Demotion to the 2. Liga interregional
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Because 2011–12 Swiss Cup winners Basel qualified for the Champions League, and runners-up Luzern qualified for the Europa League through league position, the distribution of the Europa League spots reverted to league position.
  2. ^ Sion were deducted 36 points for fielding ineligible players.[19]
  3. ^ Neuchâtel Xamax's license was revoked with immediate effect and they were expelled from the Swiss Football League on 18 January 2012 after not providing necessary financial documents and guarantees.[20] The first-half results of the club will be kept while any matches in spring involving Xamax were cancelled.[21]

Swiss Cup

Main article: 2011–12 Swiss Cup
17 September 2011 Round 1 FC Eschenbach 0–4 Basel Sportplatz Weiherhaus, Eschenbach LU
17:00 [summary] Pak 11', 36'
Zoua 44' (pen.)
Chipperfield 71'		 Attendance: 3,700
Referee: Sascha Amhof
15 October 2011 Round 2 Schötz 1–5 Basel Sportplatz Wissenhusen, Schötz
17:00 Koch 84' [summary] Andrist 8', 57'
Huggel 34'
Zoua 79'
A. Frei 89'		 Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Pascal Erlachner
26 November 2011 Round 3 Wil 2–3 (a.e.t.) Basel Bergholz, Wil
17:30 Lombardi 84'
Čavušević 111', Red card 120'		 [summary] F. Frei 8'
Sommer Red card 59'
Degen 113'
A. Frei 117'
Kunsunga Red card 120'		 Attendance: 4,400
Referee: Damien Carrel
21 March 2012 Quarterfinal Basel 5–2 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45 Katz 24' (o.g.)
Streller 50', 89'
A. Frei 59' (pen.)
F. Frei 90+2'		 SFV Report 45', 71' Roux Attendance: 8,028
Referee: Cyril Zimmermann (Münsingen)
15 April 2012[22] Semifinal Winterthur 1–2 Basel Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur
14:00 Bengondo Yellow card 42'
Lüscher Yellow card 68'
Kuzmanovic Yellow card 45', 90+3' (pen.)		 SFV Report Yellow card 26' Yapi
38' Streller
Yellow card 64' F. Frei
89', Yellow card 90+4' A. Frei		 Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Alain Bieri (Bern)
16 May 2012 Final Basel 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)		 Luzern Stade de Suisse, Berne
20:30 CEST Dragović Yellow card 40'
Huggel 56'
G. Xhaka Yellow card 90'		 Report (in German) Yellow card 57' Wiss
67' Puljić
Yellow card 90' Gygax		 Attendance: 30,100
Referee: Daniel Wermelinger
Penalties
Yapi Yapo soccer ball with check mark
Streller soccer ball with check mark
Zoua soccer ball with check mark
Shaqiri soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Renggli
soccer ball with red X Ohayon
soccer ball with check mark Gygax
soccer ball with red X Stahel

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group C
14 September 2011 1 Basel Switzerland 2–1 Romania Oțelul Galaţi Basel, Switzerland
20:45 CEST Streller Yellow card 35'
F. Frei 39'
Benjamin Huggel Yellow card 52' Red card 87'
A. Frei 84' (pen.)		 (Report) Râpă Yellow card 49'
Pena 58'
Sălăgeanu Red card 82'
Antal Yellow card 90+1'
Grahovac Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: St. Jakob Park
Attendance: 30,126
Referee: William Collum (Scotland)
27 September 2011 2 Manchester United England 3–3 Switzerland Basel Manchester, England
20:45 CEST Welbeck 16', 17'
Young 90'		 (Report) A. Frei Yellow card 34', 61', 76' (pen.)
F. Frei 58'
G. Xhaka Yellow card 71'		 Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 73,115
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
18 October 2011 3 Basel Switzerland 0–2 Portugal Benfica Basel, Switzerland
20:45 CEST Streller Yellow card 35'
Huggel Yellow card 74'
Shaqiri Yellow card 90+1'
A. Frei Yellow card 90+3'		 (Report) Bruno César 20'
Emerson Yellow card 41' Red card 86'
Cardozo 75'
Artur Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: St. Jakob Park
Attendance: 35,831
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
2 November 2011 4 Benfica Portugal 1–1 Switzerland Basel Lisbon, Portugal
20:45 CET Rodrigo 4'
Aimar Yellow card 45+1'
Garay Yellow card 45+2'
Pereira Yellow card 57'
Vítor Yellow card 89'		 (Report) Park Yellow card 18'
Huggel Yellow card 34', 64'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 39,270
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)
22 November 2011 5 Oțelul Galați Romania 2–3 Switzerland Basel Bucharest, Romania
20:45 CET Sălăgeanu Yellow card 33'
Giurgiu 75'
Antal 81'		 (Report) F. Frei 10'
A. Frei 14'
Streller 37'
Dragović Yellow card 62'
Cabral Yellow card 72'		 Stadium: Stadionul Național
Attendance: 5,787
Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (Norway)
7 December 2011 6 Basel Switzerland 2–1 England Manchester United Basel, Switzerland
20:45 CET Streller 9'
T. Xhaka Yellow card 28'
A. Frei 84'
F. Frei Yellow card 90+1'		 (UEFA Report)
(BBC Sport Report)		 Young Yellow card 45+3'
Evra Yellow card 87'
Jones 89'		 Stadium: St. Jakob Park
Attendance: 36,894
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Portugal Benfica 6 3 3 0 8 4 +4 12 Advance to knockout phase
2 Switzerland Basel 6 3 2 1 11 10 +1 11
3 England Manchester United 6 2 3 1 11 8 +3 9 Transfer to Europa League
4 Romania Oțelul Galați 6 0 0 6 3 11 −8 0
Source: Soccerway

Knockout phase

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League knockout phase
22 February 2012 RO16 1st leg Basel Switzerland 1–0 Germany Bayern Munich Basel, Switzerland
20:45 CEST Abraham Yellow card 63'
Stocker 86'		 Report Yellow card 72' Müller
Yellow card 82' Rafinha		 Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Attendance: 36,000 (sold out)
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
13 March 2012 RO16 2nd leg Bayern Munich Germany 7–0
(7–1 agg.)		 Switzerland Basel Munich, Germany
20:45 CEST Robben 10', 81'
Müller 42'
Gómez 44', 50', 61', 67'
Boateng Yellow card 80'		 Report Yellow card 60' Streller
Yellow card 82' Cabral		 Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 66,000 (sold out)
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Statistics

Match statistics

Total Swiss Super League UEFA Champions League Swiss Cup
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Sts
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
1 GK Switzerland Yann Sommer 25 25 18 6 1
27 RWB Germany Markus Steinhöfer 25 25 18 6 1
19 CB Argentina David Abraham 17 17 1 11 1 6
6 CB Austria Aleksandar Dragović 23 23 1 17 1 6
3 LB South Korea Park Joo-ho 20 21 13 6 2
17 RM Switzerland Xherdan Shaqiri[23] 20 23 4 18 4 4 1
8 DM Switzerland Benjamin Huggel 20 20 5 15 3 4 1 1 1
34 CM Switzerland Granit Xhaka[24] 16 21 1 12 1 6 3
20 CM Switzerland Fabian Frei 22 26 8 18 4 6 3 2 1
9 CF Switzerland Marco Streller 23 23 9 18 7 5 2
13 CF Switzerland Alexander Frei 24 24 18 17 11 5 5 2 2
31 FW Cameroon Jacques Zoua 14 21 5 13 3 5 3 2
35 CF North Korea Pak Kwang-ryong 2 14 2 10 3 1 2
24 DM Switzerland Cabral[25] 11 17 1 10 1 5 2
15 FB Switzerland Kay Voser 6 7 6 1
29 CB Czech Republic Radoslav Kováč 12 14 10 1 3
30 RW Zambia Fwayo Tembo 2 5 5
28 RW Switzerland Stephan Andrist 5 9 3 7 1 2 2
7 LW Switzerland Pascal Schürpf 3 5 3 2
5 CB Switzerland Arlind Ajeti 2 3 1 2
10 CM Ivory Coast Gilles Yapi Yapo 2 2 2
23 GK Switzerland Massimo Colomba 3 4 1 3
16 FB Switzerland Taulant Xhaka[26] 3 7 4 1 2
21 CB Switzerland Genséric Kusunga 2 7 4 2 1
11 LM Switzerland
Australia 		Scott Chipperfield 5 13 1 5 5 3 1
4 RWB Switzerland Philipp Degen 1 3 1 2 1 1
26 MF Switzerland Roman Buess 1 1
18 GK Switzerland Marcel Herzog
14 LM Switzerland Valentin Stocker 2 1 1
33 CM Liechtenstein Sandro Wieser
Last updated: 7 December
Source: [1]
Ordered by Starting 11 then appearances
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