2023–24 FC Basel season
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The 2023–24 season was FC Basel's 130th season in their existence and the club's 29th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football since their promotion in the 1993–94 season. The 2023–24 Swiss Super League season started in July 2023 and ended in May 2024. In addition to the Swiss Super League, Basel also participated in this season's edition of the Swiss Cup, starting in the third round. Basel also qualified for the 3rd edition of the UEFA Europa Conference League, beginning play in the second qualifying round where they were seeded.
David Degen
| 2023–24 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 | 8th | |||
| Swiss Cup | Quarter-finals | |||
| UEFA Europa Conference League | Second qualifying round | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Thierno Barry (9) All: Thierno Barry (12) | |||
| Average home league attendance | 21,990 | |||
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Club
FC Basel Holding AG
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 1st 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 20 June 2022 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
The club AGM tool place on 15 May 2023. With the exception of Benno Kaiser, who left the board of directors voluntarily, the entire board was re-elected with large majorities. Kaiser has held various positions on the FCB board since 2009.[1]
The board of directors of the club are:
| Club chairman |  Reto Baumgartner |
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| Sports director |  Heiko Vogeluntil 31 October 2023 |
| Sports director | Daniel Stucki from 15 May 2024 |
| Director | Dominik Donzé |
| Director | Carol Etter |
| Director | Edward Turner |
| Director | Tobias Adler |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | St. Jakob-Park (37,994[2] (37,500 for international matches) / 120x80 m) |
Updated to match played 15 May 2023
Source: FCB Official Site
Team management
On 28 November 2022 FCB had announced that they had taken Heiko Vogel under contract as their new sporting director, as per 1 January 2023. After the end of their previous season, in which Vogel had taken over in charge of the coaching of their first team following the dismissal of Alexander Frei in February, Vogel continued in his role as sports director for this season.[3]
On 12 May 2023 the club announced that Timo Schultz had been signed a contract as head coach of the new FCB first team.[4] On 22 May they announced that the entire trainer staff had been appointed. Loïc Favé would join Davide Callà as assistant coach and Johannes Wieber would become athletic coach, Gabriel Wüthrich remained goalkeeper coach.[5] On 23 May the club announced that the new coach of the U-21 would be the ex-footballer Dennis Hediger, who had been the coach of the U-18 team the previous season.[6] Appointed a his assistant coaches were Marco Aratore and Michaël Bauch.[7]
On 29 September the club announced that they were parting with coach Schultz, together with his assistant Loïc Favé, and that he would be replaced by the current sport director Heiko Vogel.[8] Vogel was dismissed a month later, on 31 October. The position as head coach was then replaced immediately, with Fabio Celestini taking over until the end of the season.[9] On 17 November 2023, Martin Rueda was hired as an additional assistant coach.[10] The position of the sports director was left vacant.
Soon afterwards on 4 December, a change in the coaching staff of the U-21 team was announced by the club. In the announcement it stated that with immediate effect the club and the current U-21 head coach Dennis Hediger were going their separate ways. The management of the youth department had come to this decision after analyzing the Promotion League first half of the season. The team would be led by the previous U-19 coach Mario Cantaluppi.[11]
The position of the sports director had been left vacant, this until 15 May 2024 and then FCB announced that Daniel Stucki had been appointed as new sports director.[12]
| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach | Timo Schultz until 29 September 2023 |
| Head coach | Heiko Vogel 29 September–31 October |
| Head coach | Fabio Celestini from 31 October |
| Assistant coach | Davide Callà |
| Assistant coach | Martin Rueda from 17 November 2023 |
| Assistant coach |  Loïc Favéuntil 29 September |
| Athletics coach | Johannes Wieber |
| Goalkeeper coach | Gabriel Wüthrich |
| Youth Team U-21 coach | Dennis Hediger until 4 December |
| Youth Team U-21 coach | Mario Cantaluppi from 4 December |
| Youth Team U-21 co-coach | Marco Aratore |
| Youth Team U-21 co-coach | Michaël Bauch |
Source: FCB Official Site
Overview
Off and pre-season
On 1 June 2023 the club announced the dates for the run into the new season, these were that on 20 June would be the press conference with the new head coach, then on 21 June would be the start for the first team's training and from 24 June until 1 July a summer trainings camp in Seefeld in Tirol in Austria.[13] One of the most interesting statements that the club owners said, was in a radio interview before the new season, and it was that they wanted to keep 90% of the team together that had played so well in the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League.
As the team planning started, the club announced that they would not exercise the purchase options for three players that had been in on loan the previous season. Darian Males, Andi Zeqiri and Kasim Nuhu, therefore, left the club.[14] On 20 June, it was announced that Finn van Breemen had signed in from ADO Den Haag.[15] Then, on 23 June, it was announced that Kaly Sène had left the club, because his contract had not been extended, and that he had signed a contract with Lausanne-Sport.[16] On 30 June, it was announced that Andy Diouf had transferred out to French club Lens.[17] Then, on 3 July, it was announced that Thierno Barry[18] had signed in from Beveren and that Jonathan Dubasin had signed in from Albacete[19] On 12 July, it was announced that Andy Pelmard had transferred out to Clermont Foot.[20] One day later, on 13 July, it was also announced that the loan contract for Sayfallah Ltaief to FC Winterthur would be extended until 30 June 2024.[21] On 17 July, it was published that young talent Liam Chipperfield, who had spent ten years in the FCB youth department would move to Sion.[22] Two days later, on 19 July, it was announced that Zeki Amdouni had transferred to Burnley.[23] The next day the club announced that Bradley Fink would be loaned out to Grasshoppers until 30 June 2024.[24]
By this time ten players had left the club and only three new players had joined, therefore, the news and the publications kept the flow that had been developed in the meantime. On 20 July, FCB announced that they had signed their former youth footballer Dominik Schmid on a three-year contract from Grasshopper Club.[25] On 21 July, it was then announced that three youngsters, Leon Avdullahu, Axel Kayombo and Arlet Junior Zé, who had been part of the FCB U-18 team that had just won the Swiss championship, had signed professional contracts and advanced to the first team.[26] On 25 July, Basel signed in Georgia international Gabriel Sigua from Dinamo Tbilisi on a five-year contract.[27] On 11 August Basel then signes German youth international Maurice Malone from Augsburg on a four-year contract.[28] Then again on the outwards direction, on 14 August, it was announced that Swiss international Dan Ndoye had moved on to Bologna.[29] Again on the inwards direction, during the following days a number of new signings were announced, Austrian international Yusuf Demir on a one-year loan from Galatasaray,[30] Serbian international Đorđe Jovanović on a four-year contract from Maccabi Tel Aviv,[31] Bosnian international Adrian Leon Barišić also on a four-year contract from Osijek,[32] and then Tunisian international Mohamed Dräger on a three-year contract from Nottingham Forest.[33]
Another player who chose to move out was Wouter Burger, he signed for Stoke City on 25 August.[34] Then, on 28 August, Basel announced two new signings, first that of Juan Gauto from Club Atlético Huracán on a five-year deal,[35] and then that of Renato Veiga, on a four-year contract, from Sporting CP.[36] Further players to move out were Riccardo Calafiori[37] definitely to Bologna on 31 August, Liam Millar on loan to Preston North End,[38] Nasser Djiga on loan to Red Star Belgrade.[39] and Emmanuel Essiam on loan to Stade Lausanne Ouchy.[40] The final signing was Kevin Rüegg who came in on a one-year loan from Hellas Verona.[41]
The summary all of which is, 17 players out and 16 players in.
Winter break
On 23 December, Basel announced that they were loaning Jonathan Dubasin out to Real Oviedo, in the second highest Spanish league, until the end of the season and the loan-contract had a purchase option. They also said that the loan move was primarily for personal reasons. During his time with FCB early in the season, Dubasin was out for a long time on with a ligament injury in his foot. By the winter break he had made eleven appearances in all competitions (ten league, one cup), in which he scored three goals and made one assist.[42] On 26 December 2023, the club announced that they had signed Benjamin Kololli on a free transfer and that he had signed a two-and-a-half-year contract, which contained an option for another year.[43] On 5 January, the club announced that they had signed Nicolas Vouilloz from Servette on a four-and-a-half-year contract, dated up until sommer 2028.[44]
Players
First-team squad
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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Players out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Players in on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers summer 2023
- 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.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers winter 2023–24
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Results and fixtures
Kickoff times are in CET.
Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches
Pre-season
| 27 June 2023 Friendly | CSKA Sofia | 1−0 | Basel | Sportplatz, Kematen in Tirol, Austria |
| 13:00 | Heintz  47'Turitsov  59' |
FCB report |
| 8 July 2023 Friendly | Vaduz | 1−2 | Basel | Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz |
| 14:00 | Chabbi 73' |
FCB report | 34' Frei 47' Augustin |
Attendance: 1,391 |
| Note: Fair game, no yellow cards | ||||
| 16 July 2023 Friendly | Basel | 1–3 | Benfica | Basel, Switzerland |
| 16:00 WEST (UTC+02:00) | Calafiori 76' Onyegbule 81' |
FCB report | Di María 24' Ramos 29'Jurásek 41'Schjelderup 76' |
Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 22,072[49] Referee: Mirel Turkes |
| 18 July 2023 Friendly | Old Boys | 0−3 | Basel | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
| 19:00 | FCB report | 35' Kade 39' Kade 55' Djiga |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Hajrim Qovanaj | |
| Note: Fair game, no yellow cards | ||||
Mid-season
| 8 September 2023 Friendly | Metz | 1−1 | Basel | Longeville-lès-Metz, France |
| 13:00 | Elisor 29' |
FCB Report | 37' Dubasin |
Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien |
| Note: Fair game, no yellow cards | ||||
| 12 October 2023 Friendly | SC Freiburg | 2−2 | Basel | Freiburg, Germany |
| 14:00 | Ginter 62' Avdullahu  90+2' (o.g.) |
FCB report | 9' Frei 19' Gauto 22' Barry 24' Lang 60' Xhaka 76' Comas 90' Senaya |
Stadium: Training pitch by the Europa-Park Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck |
| Note: Played behind closed doors | ||||
| 17 October 2023 Friendly | FC Bubendorf | 0−3 | Basel | Brühl, Bubendorf |
| 18:00 | Summary | 28' (pen.) Frei 79' Augustin 85' Augustin |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Michèle Schmölzer | |
| Note: Fair game, no yellow cards | ||||
| 24 October 2023 Friendly | FC Wallbach-Zeiningen | 1–11 | Basel | Sportanlage Buhnacker, Wallbach |
| 18:00 |
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Summary | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Hajrim Qovanaj |
| 7 November 2023 Friendly | FC Breitenbach | 0–7 | Basel | Sportanlage Grien, Breitenbach |
| 18:30 | FCB report | 14' Lang 17' Malone 24' Barry 28' Dubasin 31' Malone 35' Malone 60' Ulli |
Attendance: 3,048 Referee: Desirée Grundbacher | |
| Note: Fair game, no yellow cards | ||||
Winter break
| 6 January 2024 Friendly | Basel | 1–1 | Bayern Munich | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 15:30 | Avdullahu 45' Gauto 59' |
FC Basel report Bayern report |
70' Aséko |
Attendance: 36,000 (sold-out) Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf) |
| 10 January 2024 Friendly | Basel | 2–3 | Aarau | Buschwilerhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Barry 77' Ismaili 82' |
FCB report | 3' Gjorgjev 45' Demhasaj 71' Qollaku 88' Cvetković |
Attendance: 700 Referee: Andrin Borra |
| 14 January 2024 Friendly | Basel | 2–2 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | Youth Campus Basel, Münchenstein |
| 16:30 | Avdullahu 3' Avdullahu 31' |
FCB report | 66' Green 88' Srbeny |
Attendance: 0 Referee: Urs Schnyder |
| Note: Behind closed doors, fair game no yellow cards. | ||||
Mid-season
| 22 March 2024 Friendly | Basel | 3–0 | Vaduz | Youth Campus Basel, Münchenstein |
| 14:00 | Barry 31' Frei 37'Augustin 80' |
FCB report | 77' Gelmi |
Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Thies |
| Note: Played behind closed doors. | ||||
| 27 April 2024 Friendly | Basel | 4–1 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 14:00 | Kololli 8' Gauto  18′Hunziker 37'Ajeti 55'Kololli 57' |
FCB report | 17' Noundou 26' (pen.) Cattin 50' Doutaz |
Attendance: 0 Referee: Anojen Kanagasingam |
| Note: Played behind closed doors. | ||||
Swiss Super League
The 2023–24 Super League season was the 127th season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland. The Swiss Football League (SFL) drew and published the fixtures of the first 22 rounds on 21 June 2023,[50] together with the match times for the first eleven rounds.[51]
First and second round
| 22 July 2023 Round 1 | St. Gallen | 2–1 | Basel | Kybunpark, St. Gallen |
| 18:00 | Görtler 14' Geubbels 38'Möller 71'Akolo 72'Sutter 77'Görtler 86' |
FCB report | 33'  69' Barry 45' Frei |
Attendance: 19,200 Referee: Fedayi San |
| 30 July 2023 Round 2 | Basel | 5–2 | Winterthur | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 16:30 | D. Schmid 35' van Breemen 41'Millar 55'Ndoye 58'Augustin 63'Frei 90+1'Frei 90+3' (pen.) |
FCB report | 8' Di Giusto 23' Y. Schmid 33' Sidler 65' Buess 80' Stillhart 87' Schneider |
Attendance: 21,370 Referee: Luca Cibelli |
| 6 August 2023 Round 3 | Grasshopper Club | 3–1 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
| 16:30 | de Carvalho 7' Morandi 16'Dadashov 38' |
FCB report SFL summary |
18' Comas |
Attendance: 7,914 Referee: Luca Piccolo |
| Note: Fair game, no yellow cards | ||||
| 13 August 2023 Round 4 | Basel | 1–2 | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 14:15 | Hunziker 18' Burger 71' |
FCB report SFL summary |
4' Dussenne 6' Sène 44' Sène 71' Baldé 90+3' Baldé |
Attendance: 20,490 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich |
| 3 September 2023 Round 6 | Basel | 2–2 | Zürich | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 16:30 | Veiga 73' Sigua 78'Sigua 90+5'Xhaka 90+6'van Breemen 90+8' |
FCB report | 43' 45' (o.g.) Barišić 48' Okita 90+3' Santini 90+8' Guerrero |
Attendance: 27,744 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf) |
| 24 September 2023 Round 7 | Yverdon | 3–2 | Basel | Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains |
| 14:15 | Tasar 12' Mahious 20'Loucif 21'Liziero 47'Beyer 77'Mahious 80'Corness 82'Rodrigues 90+3' |
FCB report | 27' Malone 36' Demir 39' Dräger 87' (pen.) Augustin |
Attendance: 4,200 (sold out) Referee: Lukas Fähndrich |
| 28 September 2023 Round 8 | Basel | 1–1 | Luzern | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 20:30 | van Breemen 25' Jovanović 60' |
FCB report | 81' Jashari 90' Beka |
Attendance: 20,566 Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Neuchâtel) |
| 1 October 2023 Round 9 | Basel | 0–3 | Stade Lausanne Ouchy | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 16:30 | Jovanović 33' Veiga 70'Augustin 70'Callà (assistant coach) 74'Comas  90+5' |
FCB report | 21' Ajdini 43' Abdallah 59' Bamba 68' Mahmoud 70' Qarri 90+4' Qarri 90+6′ Danho |
Attendance: 21,004 Referee: Urs Schnyder |
| 8 October 2023 Round 10 | Young Boys | 3–0 | Basel | Stadion Wankdorf, Bern |
| 16:30 | Nsame 3' Niasse 11'Garcia 39'Itten 79'Camara 89'Benito 90' |
FCB report | Attendance: 31,500 (sold out) Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf) |
| 21 October 2023 Round 11 | Basel | 0–1 | Servette | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 20:30 | Barry 46' van Breemen 68' |
FCB report | Severin 36' Severin 63'Mazikou 77'Bolla 87' |
Attendance: 20,194 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich |
| 29 October 2023 Round 12 | Lausanne-Sport | 3–0 | Basel | Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne |
| 14:15 | Sène 19' (pen.) 66' (pen.) Sanches 69'Kablan 86'Dussenne 90+6' |
FCB report | Xhaka 37' Veiga 64'Rüegg 78'Barišić 90+2'Demir 90+8' |
Referee: Fedayi San |
| 5 November 2023 Round 13 | Basel | 2–1 | Yverdon | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 16:30 | Dräger 2' van Breemen 14'Dräger 26'Frei 45+2'Sigua 85' |
FCB report | 24' Del Fabro 45+2' Tasar 73' (pen.) Céspedes |
Attendance: 19,813 Referee: Urs Schnyder |
| 12 November 2023 Round 14 | Servette | 4–1 | Basel | Stade de Genève, Geneva |
| 16:30 | Guillemenot 45' Crivelli 60'Diba 65'Cognat 81'Guillemenot 90+3' |
FCB report | 18' Sigua 21' Xhaka |
Attendance: 7,273 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Buttikon) |
| 26 November 2023 Round 15 | Basel | 2–0 | St. Gallen | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 16:30 | Kade 11' Kade 13'Xhaka 38'van Breemen 70' |
FCB report | 43' Schmidt 81' Görtler 90+1' Vallci |
Attendance: 24,215 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger |
| 2 December 2023 Round 16 | Stade Lausanne Ouchy | 1–1 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
| 18:00 | Qarri 20' Danho 24' 75'Akichi 43'Gharbi 63'Qarri 71'Kadima 90+4' |
FCB report | 2' Kade 16' Jovanović 52' Dräger 78' Frei |
Attendance: 1,740 Referee: Anojen Kanagasingam |
| 6 December 2023 Round 5 | Lugano | 1–3 | Basel | Cornaredo, Lugano |
| 20:30 | Macek 25' Steffen 49'Macek 54'Vladi 77'Hajrizi 89'Saipi 89' |
FCB report | 18' Schmid 21' Rüegg 29' Dubasin 61' Jovanović 87' Salvi 89' Avdullahu 89' Veiga 90+2' Beney |
Attendance: 3,458 Referee: Alessandro Dudic |
| 9 December 2023 Round 17 | Basel | 0–1 | Grasshopper | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 18:00 | Xhaka 18' Frei 19'Dubasin 64'Veiga 87' |
FCB report SFL summary |
45+5' Hoxha 47' Tobers 72' Babunski |
Attendance: 21,172 Referee: Luca Piccolo |
| 17 December 2023 Round 18 | Luzern | 0–1 | Basel | Swissporarena, Luzern |
| 16:30 | Meyer 34' Dorn 69'Villiger 88'Frýdek 90+3'Jaquez 90+3' |
FCB report | 66' Dubasin 89' Avdullahu 90+3' Barry |
Attendance: 15,418 Referee: Alessandro Dudic |
| 21 January 2024 Round 19 | Zürich | 0–0 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
| 16:30 | Kamberi 36' Krasniqi 56'Henriksen (head coach) 66'Okita 74' |
FCB report | 20' Schmid 76' Avdullahu 83' 90+1' Beney 90+1' After final whistle' Celestini (head coach) |
Attendance: 20,491 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich |
| 27 January 2024 Round 20 | Basel | 1–0 | Young Boys | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 20:30 | Frei 9' Kololli 13'Veiga 52'Schmid 90+3' |
FCB report | 45' Males 69' Monteiro 73' Łakomy 90+3' Amenda |
Attendance: 26,410 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf) |
| 30 January 2024 Round 21 | Winterthur | 1–3 | Basel | Schützenwiese, Winterthur |
| 20:30 | Burkart 28' Lekaj 49' 53'Schneider 50' 56'Diaby 65'Lüthi 79' |
FCB report | 10' Veiga 13' Barry 15' Kade 51' Vouilloz 72' Barry 90+1' Veiga |
Attendance: 8,400 (sold out) Referee: Alessandro Dudic |
| 3 February 2024 Round 22 | Basel | 0–1 | Lugano | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 20:30 | Vouilloz 64' |
FCB report | 69' Steffen 72' Valenzuela 81' Bislimi 89' Žan Celar |
Attendance: 20,561 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf) |
Third round
| 11 February 2024 Round 23 | Basel | 1–0 | St. Gallen | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 16:30 | Veiga 46' Barry 63' |
FCB report | Attendance: 21,519 Referee: Urs Schnyder |
| 17 February 2024 Round 24 | Grasshopper Club | 2–1 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
| 20:30 | Seko 23' Momoh 29'Morandi 25' 36' (pen.)Abels 75' 77'Abrashi 79' |
FCB report | 38' Schmid |
Attendance: 7,025 Referee: Alessandro Dudic |
| 24 February 2024 Round 25 | Yverdon | 0–2 | Basel | Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains |
| 18:00 | Lungoyi 45+1' Del Fabro 79' |
FCB report | 30' Sigua 37' Sigua 69' Schmid 83' Barry |
Attendance: 3,700 Referee: Anojen Kanagasingam |
| Note: 80' Avdullahu with a shot against the cross-bar | ||||
| 2 March 2024 Round 26 | Basel | 1–2 | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 20:30 | Kade 40+4' Schmid 90+2' |
FCB report | 9' Bernède 53' Szalai 72' Kablan 79' Dussenne 85' Diabaté 88' Loucif |
Attendance: 19,959 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger |
| 10 March 2024 Round 27 | Young Boys | 5–1 | Basel | Stadion Wankdorf, Bern |
| 16:30 | Monteiro 2' Itten 11'Camara 13'Elia 16'Hadjam 46'Niasse 48'Monteiro 66'Hadjam 82' |
FCB report | 31' Kololli 70' Barry |
Attendance: 31,500 (sold out) Referee: Sandro Schärer (Buttikon) |
| 16 March 2024 Round 28 | Basel | 1–1 | Winterthur | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 18:00 | Veiga 19' Diaby 85' (o.g.) |
FCB report | 24' Ltaief 40' Stillhart 45' Stillhart |
Attendance: 21,672 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf) |
| 30 March 2024 Round 29 | Basel | 2–2 | Zürich | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 20:30 | Avdullahu 27' Kade 39'Avdullahu 68'Frei 70'Barry 80' |
FCB report | 6' Kamberi 54' Condé 73' Boranijašević 87' Rohner |
Attendance: 29,002 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Buttikon) |
| 2 April 2024 Round 30 | Lugano | 2–0 | Basel | Cornaredo, Lugano |
| 20:30 | Steffen 41' Hajdari 44'Macek 52'Steffen 69' |
FCB report | 55' Dräger 55' Kacuri 64' Augustin 66' Kayombo 67' Frei |
Attendance: 3,975 Referee: Alessandro Dudic |
| 6 April 2024 Round 31 | Stade Lausanne Ouchy | 0–2 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
| 18:00 | Bayard 53' Camara 90+4' |
FCB report | 30' Barry 36' Avdullahu 59' Beney 69' Barry |
Attendance: 3,250 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger |
| 14 April 2024 Round 32 | Basel | 2–1 | Servette | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 14:15 | Barry 34' Kade 44'Barry 45+1' |
FCB report | 58' Rouiller |
Attendance: 25,655 Referee: Urs Schnyder |
| 21 April 2024 Round 33 | Luzern | 1–1 | Basel | Swissporarena, Luzern |
| 16:30 | Grbić 70' Jashari 78' |
FCB report | 2' Kade 41' Kade |
Attendance: 15,291 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Buttikon) |
League table at split
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 1 | Young Boys | 33 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 67 | 32 | +35 | 65 | Advance to championship group |
| 2 | Lugano | 33 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 61 | 44 | +17 | 59 | |
| 3 | Servette | 33 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 57 | |
| 4 | St. Gallen | 33 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 53 | 44 | +9 | 50 | |
| 5 | Winterthur | 33 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 55 | 56 | −1 | 49 | |
| 6 | Zürich | 33 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 44 | 35 | +9 | 48 | |
| 7 | Luzern | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 44 | Enter relegation group |
| 8 | Lausanne-Sport | 33 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 40 | |
| 9 | Basel | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 40 | |
| 10 | Yverdon-Sport | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 43 | 64 | −21 | 40 | |
| 11 | Grasshopper Club | 33 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 35 | 45 | −10 | 30 | |
| 12 | Lausanne Ouchy | 33 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 33 | 66 | −33 | 23 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored 6) Away goals scored; 7) Draw.[52]
Split
After 33 matches, the league was split into two groups of six teams. The top six were grouped into the championship group and the bottom six into the relegation group, with the teams playing every other team in their group once in a single round robin (either at home or away). The exact matches were determined by the position of the teams in the league table at the time of the split.[53]
Relegation group
| 5 May 2024 Round 34 | Basel | 1–1 | Luzern | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 14:15 | Barry 15' Avdullahu 43'Barry 52'Kade 54'Rüegg 86' |
FCB report | 46' Meyer 62' Dorn 69' Jashari 78' Winkler |
Attendance: 21,230 Referee: Alessandro Dudic |
| 10 May 2024 Round 35 | Lausanne-Sport | 0–0 | Basel | Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne |
| 20:30 | Custodio 44' Bernède 52' |
FCB report | 58' Rüegg 63' Kacuri |
Attendance: 7,136 Referee: Luca Cibelli |
| 14 May 2024 Round 36 | Basel | 2–0 | Stade Lausanne Ouchy | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 20:30 | Xhaka 45+6' Schmid 49'Ajeti 52'Dräger 90+6' |
FCB report | 43' Gharbi 45+6' Vachoux 49' Pos |
Attendance: 17,319 Referee: Johannes von Mandach |
| 18 May 2024 Round 37 | Grasshopper Club | 0–1 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
| 18:00 | Morandi 39' Tobers 42'Babunski 73' |
FCB report | 90+4' Frei |
Attendance: 8,297 Referee: Mirel Turkes Assistant referees: Sven Wolfensberger (VAR) |
| 21 May 2024 Round 38 | Basel | 0–0 | Yverdon-Sport | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 20:30 | Barry 8′ van Breemen 23'Schmid 32'Barry 38' |
FCB report | 49' Gunnarsson 57' Kamenović 68' Céspedes 81' Aké |
Attendance: 17,920 Referee: Luca Piccolo |
Final league table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Young Boys (C) | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 76 | 34 | +42 | 77 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 2 | Lugano | 38 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 67 | 51 | +16 | 65 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Servette | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 64 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[b] |
| 4 | Zürich | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 53 | 41 | +12 | 60 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | St. Gallen | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 57 | |
| 6 | Winterthur | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 60 | 71 | −11 | 49 | |
| 7 | Luzern | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 49 | |
| 8 | Basel | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 49 | |
| 9 | Yverdon-Sport | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 50 | 71 | −21 | 47 | |
| 10 | Lausanne-Sport | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 45 | |
| 11 | Grasshopper Club (O) | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 38 | Qualification for the Relegation play-off |
| 12 | Lausanne Ouchy (R) | 38 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 40 | 77 | −37 | 29 | Relegation to 2024–25 Swiss Challenge League |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored 6) Away goals scored; 7) Draw.[52]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
- Servette qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round as the 2023–24 Swiss Cup winners.
Swiss Cup
The matches of the first round were drawn on 3 July 2023. Representatives of the Swiss Football League (SL and ChL) could not be drawn against each other. Furthermore, in the first round, the matchups are regionally restricted. Home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league.[54]
| 20 August 2023 Round 1 | FC Saint-Blaise | 1–8 | Basel | La Fongière, Saint-Blaise |
| 14:00 | Toitot 15' Economidis 62'Pennarossa 74' |
FCB report ASF/SFV summary |
9' Millar 21' Millar 30' Malone 36' Djiga 41' van Breemen 51' Hunziker 63' (pen.) Jovanović 68' Zé |
Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Neuchâtel) |
| 16 September 2023 Round 2 | FC Bosporus | 0–8 | Basel | Fussballfeld Wyler, Bern |
| 19:30 | Mulaj 32' Rebronja 54'Eryilmaz 64' |
FCB report ASF/SFV summary |
4' Malone 11' Jovanović 33' Demir 54' Gauto 72' Gauto 86' Dubasin 87' Avdullahu 90' Jovanović |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: David Huwiler |
| 31 October 2023 Round 3 | Kriens | 0–1 | Basel | Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens |
| 20:30 | Riedmann 38' Uruejoma 41' |
FCB report ASF/SFV summary |
42' Jovanović 82' Xhaka |
Attendance: 3,500 (sold out) Referee: David Schärli |
| 28 February 2024 Quarter-final | Basel | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p) | Lugano | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| tbd | Barišić 14' Schmid 27'Sigua 28'Barry 81'Barry 83'Vouilloz 90+3'Avdullahu 113'Beney 117' |
FCB report | 6' Celar 15' (pen.)Celar 26' Hajdari 48' Mahmoud 54' Hajrizi 70' Sabbatini |
Attendance: 17,975 Referee: Luca Cibelli |
| Penalties | ||||
Veiga  Frei Jovanović Barry Schmid |
Valenzuela Vladi Sabbatini Mahou |
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UEFA Europa Conference League
Second qualifying round
The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 21 June 2023.
| 27 July 2023 1st leg | Basel | 1–3 |  Tobol | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 19:30 | Barry 25' Calafiori 45+1' 68'Barry 56' |
FCB report UEFA summary |
44' Ilić 45+1' Zharynbetov 57' (pen.) Déblé 62' Orazov 71' Chesnokov |
Attendance: 12,287[55] Referee: Gustavo Correia (Portugal) |
| 3 August 2023 2nd leg | Tobol | 1–2 (4–3 agg.) | Basel | Central Stadium, Kostanay |
| 16:00 | Vukadinović 10' Déblé 43' (pen.)Chesnokov 59'Asrankulov 82' |
FCB report UEFA summary |
26' Kade 32' (pen.) Augustin 45' Frei 76' Comas 87' Augustin |
Attendance: 8,420 Referee: Lazar Lukić (Serbia) |