FC Basel

2009–10 season
Manager	Thorsten Fink
Chairman	Gisela Oeri
Swiss Super League 2009-10	-
Swiss Cup 2009-10	-
Top goalscorer	League: Marco Streller (5) All: Marco Streller (12)
Highest home attendance	27,087 vs Young Boys (30 August 2009)
Lowest home attendance	20,239 vs FC St. Gallen (23 September 2009)
← 2008–09

FC Basel began their 2009-10 season with various warm-up matches against Swiss lower league, Ukrainian Vyscha Liha, and Super League Greece clubs. The goals for FC Basel during the 2009-10 season were to take back the league and cup titles as well as to qualify for the UEFA Europa League.

Contents 1 Overall season 2 Club 2.1 Management 2.2 Kit 2.3 Other information 2.4 First team 2.5 First team 2.6 Multiple Nationality 3 2009-10 Summer transfers 3.1 In 3.2 Out 3.3 Out on loan 4 Pre-season/First Half Season friendlies 5 Swiss Super League season 2009-10 6 Basel League Goalscorers/Assist in the 2009-10 Season 7 UEFA Europa League 8 Basel European Goalscorers/Assist in the 2009-10 Season 9 Swiss Cup 2009-10 10 Basel's Swiss Cup Goalscorers in 2008/09 11 Basel's Total Goalscorers/Assist in 2009-10 12 References 13 External links

[edit] Overall season

The pre-season started with several major changes, the biggest being the sacking of coach Christian Gross, who was replaced by the German Thorsten Fink.

[edit] Club

[edit] Other information

Chairman	Mrs Gisela Oeri
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	St. Jakob-Park (42,500 / 120x80 m)

Source: Official Site

[edit] First team

[edit] First team

As of 7 October 2009, accounting for official transfers^[2]:

No. Position Player 1 GK Franco Costanzo (Captain) 3 DF Sabri Boumelaha 4 DF Çağdaş Atan 5 DF Dominik Ritter 6 MF Marcos Gelabert 7 MF Pascal Schürpf 8 MF Benjamin Huggel (Vice-captain) 9 FW Marco Streller 10 MF Marko Perović 11 MF Scott Chipperfield 13 FW Alexander Frei 14 MF Valentin Stocker 15 FW Federico Almerares 17 MF Xherdan Shaqiri 18 GK Stefan Wessels

No. Position Player 19 DF David Abraham 20 DF Behrang Safari 21 DF François Marque 22 DF Samuel Inkoom 23 GK Massimo Colomba 24 MF Cabral 25 MF Antônio da Silva 26 MF Daniel Ünal 27 MF Marco Aratore 28 DF Beg Ferati 30 MF Carlitos 31 FW Jacques Zoua 32 DF Reto Zanni (Vice-captain) 33 DF Serkan Şahin 35 GK Oliver Klaus

[edit] Multiple Nationality

• 1 Franco Costanzo
• 3 Sabri Boumelaha
• 11 Scott Chipperfield
• 13 Daniel Unal
• 15 Federico Almerares
• 17 Xherdan Shaqiri
• 20 Behrang Safari
• 23 Massimo Colomba
• 24 Cabral
• 28 Beg Ferati
• 33 Serkan Şahin

[edit] 2009-10 Summer transfers

[edit] In

3		DF	Sabri Boumelaha (from Basel U-21)
4		DF	Çağdaş Atan (from Energie Cottbus - Free)
5		DF	Dominik Ritter (loan return from Concordia Basel)
7		MF	Pascal Schürpf (loan return from Concordia Basel)
13		FW	Alexander Frei (from Borussia Dortmund - 6.4 million SFr)
17		MF	Xherdan Shaqiri (from Basel U-21)
18		GK	Stefan Wessels (Free Agent)
22		DF	Samuel Inkoom (from Asante Kotoko - 800,000 SFr)
23		GK	Massimo Colomba (from Grasshopper-Club Zürich - Free)
24		MF	Cabral (loan return from Sevilla)
25		MF	Antônio da Silva (Loan from Karlsruhe - 450,000 SFr)
27		MF	Marco Aratore (from Basel U-21)
31		FW	Jacques Zoua (from Cotonsport Garoua)
35		GK	Oliver Klaus (from Basel U-21)

[edit] Out

2		DF	Ronny Hodel (to FK Ventspils - Free)
7		MF	Jürgen Gjasula (to FSV Frankfurt - Free)
17		FW	Eduardo Rubio (loan return to Cruz Azul)
22		MF	Ivan Ergić (to Bursaspor - Free)
23		FW	Eduardo (contract not re-newed)
31		FW	Eren Derdiyok (to Bayer 04 Leverkusen - 7.4 million SFr)
35		GK	Oliver Stöckli (retired)

[edit] Out on loan

16		MF	Fabian Frei (on loan to St. Gallen)
18		GK	Jayson Leutwiler (on loan to Yverdon Sport)
27		GK	Yann Sommer (on loan to Grasshopper)
29		FW	Orhan Mustafi (on loan to FC Aarau)

[edit] Pre-season/First Half Season friendlies

Date	Competition	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Score	Basel's Goal Scorers
22.Jun.2009	Pre-Season Friendly	FC Gossau	1	Basel	3	Almerares (11'), Mustafi (38'), Aratore (71')
24.Jun.2009	Pre-Season Friendly	FC Wohlen	0	Basel	2	Gelabert (10'), F. Frei (73')
24.Jun.2009	Pre-Season Friendly	AC Bellinzona	2	Basel	2	Mustafi (7'), Schindelholz (88')
26.Jun.2009	Pre-Season Friendly	FC Vaduz	0	Basel	5	Almerares (7'), Huggel (33'), Mustafi (69'), Perović (84'), Gelabert (88')
30.Jun.2009	Pre-Season Friendly	Basel	2	FC Grenchen	0	Gelabert (53'), Almerares (57')
6.Jul.2009	Uhrencup	Panathinaikos FC	0	Basel	2	Almerares (65'), Huggel (86')
8.Jul.2009	Uhrencup	Shakhtar Donetsk	3	Basel	0
4.Sep.2009	Friendly	FC Biel	1	Basel	3	Almerares (41'), Kulcar (44'), Xhaka (64')
5.Oct.2009	Friendly	SV Rust	1	Basel	5	Almerares (22', 41', 76', 89'), Unal (62')
13.Oct.2009	Friendly	SV Sissach / FC Gelterkinden	1	Basel	12	Almerares (29'), Streller (42', 49'), Shaqiri (51', 71'), Aratore (58'), Da Silva (63', 72', 80'), Osmani (68', 82'), Unal (73')
13.Nov.2009	Friendly	Basel	2	SC Freiburg	3	Zanni (pen 39'), Perović (88')
24.Nov.2009	Friendly	Basel	3	FC Basel U21	2	Unal (21'), Gelabert (35'), Aratore (45')

[edit] Swiss Super League season 2009-10

For more information, see Swiss Super League 2009-10

Round	Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Score	Basel's Goal Scorers
1	12.Jul.2009	St. Gallen	2	Basel	0
2	19.Jul.2009	Basel	2	Aarau	1	Stocker (5'), Streller (93')
3	26.Jul.2009	Sion	1	Basel	2	Stocker (21'), Frei (90')
4	2.Aug.2009	Basel	1	Luzern	1	Streller (13')
5	9.Aug.2009	Basel	1	Zürich	1	Huggel (89')
6	16.Aug.2009	Grasshoppers	3	Basel	1	Chipperfield (24')
7	23.Aug.2009	Xamax	2	Basel	2	Streller (65'), Frei (pen 89')
8	30.Aug.2009	Basel	1	Young Boys	2	Frei (7')
9	13.Sep.2009	Bellinzona	2	Basel	3	Huggel (6', pen 90'), Stocker (32')
10	23.Sep.2009	Basel	4	St. Gallen	0	Stocker (20'), Streller (46', 53') Frei (60')
11	26.Sep.2009	Aarau	0	Basel	2	Frei (27'), Stocker (28')
12	4.Oct.2009	Basel	5	Sion	0	Streller (43', 44'), Frei (78'), Chipperfield (84', 86')
13	25.Oct.2009	Luzern	4	Basel	5	Huggel (2'), Frei (8', 91'), Streller (73', 93')
14	28.Oct.2009	Zürich	2	Basel	2	Huggel (61'), Stocker (63')
15	31.Oct.2009	Basel	3	Grasshoppers	1	Huggel (34', pen 94'), Streller (41')
16	9.Nov.2009	Basel	4	Xamax	1	Chipperfield (40'), Frei (pen 58'), Shaqiri (90'), Streller (94')
17	29.Nov.2009	Young Boys	-	Basel	-	-
18	6.Dec.2009	Basel	-	Bellinzona	-	-

[edit] Basel League Goalscorers/Assist in the 2009-10 Season

Updated to games played 9 November 2009

League Scorer Goals Marco Streller 11 Alexander Frei 9 Benjamin Huggel 7 Valentin Stocker 6 Scott Chipperfield 4 Xherdan Shaqiri 1 Total goals scored 38

Name League Assists Alexander Frei 6 Valentin Stocker 6 Marco Streller 5 Antônio da Silva 4 Carlitos 2 Scott Chipperfield 2 Behrang Safari 1 Samuel Inkoom 1 Benjamin Huggel 1 Federico Almerares 1 David Abraham 1

[edit] UEFA Europa League

For more information, see 2009–10 UEFA Europa League

Round	Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Score	Basel's Goal Scorers
QR2 Leg 1	16.Jul.2009	Basel	3	FC Santa Coloma	0	Sahin (23'), Streller (47'), Almerares (58')
QR2 Leg 2	23.Jul.2009	FC Santa Coloma	1	Basel	4	Streller (12', 40'), Gelabert (15'), Almerares (88')
QR3 Leg 1	30.Jul.2009	KR	2	Basel	2	Chipperfield (58'), Almerares (83')
QR3 Leg 2	6.Aug.2009	Basel	3	KR	1	Frei (29', pen 80'), Shaqiri (77')
POR Leg 1	20.Aug.2009	FK Baku	1	Basel	3	Streller (71', 74'), Huggel (77')
POR Leg 2	27.Aug.2009	Basel	5	FK Baku	1	Almerares (32'), Gelabert (36'), Frei (63'), Shaqiri (73'), Mustafi (82')
GS1	17.Sep.2008	Basel	2	AS Roma	0	Carlitos (10'), Almerares (87')
GS2	1.Oct.2008	Fulham F.C.	1	Basel	0
GS3	22.Oct.2008	CSKA Sofia	0	Basel	2	Frei (20', 63')
GS4	5.Nov.2008	Basel	3	CSKA Sofia	1	Gelabert (35'), Frei (pen 41', 67')
GS5	3.Dec.2008	AS Roma	-	Basel	-	-
GS6	16.Dec.2008	Basel	-	Fulham F.C.	-	-

[edit] Basel European Goalscorers/Assist in the 2009-10 Season

Updated to games played 5 November 2009

European Scorers Goals Alexander Frei 7 Marco Streller 5 Federico Almerares 5 Xherdan Shaqiri 2 Marcos Gelabert 2 Carlitos 1 Scott Chipperfield 1 Benjamin Huggel 1 Marcos Gelabert 1 Orhan Mustafi 1 Serkan Sahin 1 Total goals scored 25

Name European Assists Alexander Frei 4 Xherdan Shaqiri 3 Antônio da Silva 3 Benjamin Huggel 2 Marco Aratore 2 Valentin Stocker 1 Samuel Inkoom 1 Carlitos 1 Marco Streller 1 Cabral 1 Behrang Safari 1 Federico Almerares 1 Dominik Ritter 1 Marcos Gelabert 1

[edit] Swiss Cup 2009-10

For more information, see Swiss Cup 2009–10

Round	Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Score	Basel's Goal Scorers
Round 1	20.Sep.2008	SC Cham	0	Basel	3	Almerares (44', 54'), Mustafi (76')
Round 2	17.Oct.2009	FC Le Mont LS	1	Basel	3	Aratore (13'), Streller (19'), Almerares (39')
Round 3	21-22.Oct.2009	FC Zürich	2	Basel	4	Stocker (17'), Frei (53', 58'), Streller (75')

[edit] Basel's Swiss Cup Goalscorers in 2008/09

Updated to games played 20 November 2009

Cup Scorers Goals Federico Almerares 3 Alexander Frei 2 Marco Streller 2 Valentin Stocker 1 Marco Aratore 1 Orhan Mustafi 1 Total goals scored 10

Name Cup Assists Marco Streller 2 Scott Chipperfield 1 Valentin Stocker 1 Serkan Sahin 1 Federico Almerares 1

[edit] Basel's Total Goalscorers/Assist in 2009-10

Updated to games played 24 November 2009

All Game Scorer Goals Marco Streller 20 Alexander Frei 18 Federico Almerares 18 Benjamin Huggel 10 Valentin Stocker 7 Marcos Gelabert 7 Scott Chipperfield 5 Xherdan Shaqiri 5 Orhan Mustafi 5 Marco Aratore 4 Daniel Unal 3 Antônio da Silva 3 Altin Osmani 2 Marko Perović 2 Carlitos 1 Serkan Sahin 1 Reto Zanni 1 Fabian Frei 1 Granit Xhaka 1 Nicolas Schindelholz 1 Kristjan Kulcar 1 Total goals scored 105

Name All Assists Alexander Frei 10 Valentin Stocker 9 Marco Streller 8 Antônio da Silva 7 Federico Almerares 4 Scott Chipperfield 3 Xherdan Shaqiri 3 Carlitos 3 Samuel Inkoom 3 Benjamin Huggel 3 Behrang Safari 2 Marco Aratore 2 Cabral 1 David Abraham 1 Serkan Sahin 1 Dominik Ritter 1 Marcos Gelabert 1 Reto Zanni 1 Ivan Santini 1 Total Assist Made 55 some friendlies are missing due to lack of information

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official site
• football.ch
• Transfermarkt.de

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