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CL 2013/14, Group Stage Matchday 3

FC Steaua Bucharest vs FC Basel 1893







Half time stats:

Spoiler:

Goals:
48.) 0:1 - Marcelo Díaz
88.) 1:1 - Leandro Tatu

FT: FC Steaua Bucharest 1:1 FC Basel 1893

Full time stats:

Spoiler:

Good team. Now we can hope only for 3 rd place. The next match it's crucial.

Well, I was not amused about the 88th minute equalizer, although I think you might have a different notion there  

Murat Yakin made the same mistake he did in other matches that went wrong - he decided to sub in more defensive players. And as one could expect it was Arlind Ajeti who just came on in the 87th minute who lost the player he should have looked after and so the goal happened.

Swiss Super League Matchday 13:

FC Zürich vs FC Basel 1893

FC Zürich: Malloth; Philippe Koch, Nef, Texeira, Glarner; Benito (55. Kukuruzovic), Mariani; Rikan (77. Chermiti), Chiumento, Perdo Henrique; Gavranovic (87. Etoundi).

FC Basel:  Sommer; Xhaka, Schär, Ivanov, Voser; Serey Die; Diaz (76. Salah), Frei, Delgado, Stocker; Streller.

FT - FC Zürich 0:0 FC Basel 1893


My favourite Swiss goalie saved a penalty today

Swiss Super League Matchday 14:

FC Aarau vs FC Basel 1893

FC Aarau: Mall; Nganga, Garat, Jaggy; Burki;  Lüscher, Ionita, Callà, Teichmann (66. Martignoni); Hallenius (86. Foschini), Senger (62. Staubli).

FC Basel: Sommer; Voser (82. Pak), Ajeti, Ivanov, Xhaka; Serey Die; Salah, Elneny (58. Diaz), Frei, Delgado (69. David Degen); Streller.

Goals:
50.) 1:0 - Linus Hallenius
93.) 1:1 - Marco Streller  (assist by Fabian Frei)

FT - FC Aarau  1:1 FC Basel 1893


Some chaots threw paper onto the pitch and so the halftime break was a little longer as it was needed to tidy up the pitch

CL 2013/14, Group Stage Matchday 4

FC Basel 1893 vs FC Steaua Bucharest





Goals:
17.) 0:1 - Federico Piovaccari
90.) 1:1 - Giovanni Sio (assist by Valentin Stocker)

FT: FC Basel 1893 1:1 FC Steaua Bucharest

Full time stats:

Swiss Cup 2013/14, 3rd Round

FC Tuggen vs FC Basel 1893

The 3rd round Swiss Cup match took place at the Stadion Linthstrasse on Sunday, 10 Nov 2013, 14:30 GMT+1.

As usual, the Swiss Football Association streamed the Swiss Cup matches with Super League team participation live at http://www.cupplay.ch/de/Cup-Play/Live.aspx

FC Tuggen: Bernet; Manca (76. Huber), Tinner, Peters, Hämmerli; Baykal, Gugelmann (69. Durand); Senn (46. Krasniqi), Schiendorfer, Doda; Murati.

FC Basel 1893: Vailati; Philipp Degen, Sauro, Ajeti, Xhaka; Elneny; David Degen, Diaz, Stocker (69. Frei), Salah (77. Andrist); Sio (89. Seferagic).

Goals:
51.) 0:1 - Mohamed Salah
58.) 0:2 - Giovanni Sio
74.) 1:2 - Krasniqi (assist by Manca)
81.) 1:3 - Marcelo Diaz (asssist by Giovanni Sio)

FT - FC Tuggen 1:3 FC Basel 1893

The Swiss Cup QF wll take place away against  FC Le Mont-sur-Lausanne on 4 Dec 2013.

CL 2013/14, Group Stage Matchday 5

FC Basel 1893 vs Chelsea FC





Goals:
87.) 1:0 - Mohamed Salah

FT: FC Basel 1893 1:0 Chelsea FC

Swiss Super League Matchday 16:

BSC Young Boys vs FC Basel 1893

BSC Young Boys: Wölfli; Sutter, Veskovac, von Bergen, Spycher; Gajic, Costanzo; Zarate, Frey (62. Kubo), Nuzzolo (89. Tabakovic); Gerndt (73. Afum).

FC Basel 1893: Sommer; Ajeti, Schär, Ivanov, Voser; Frei; Salah, Elneny , Xhaka, Stocker (90. Delgado); Streller (82. Sio).

Goals:
38.) 1:0 - Milan Gajic (PK)
40.) 1:1 - Mohamed Salah
44.) 1:2 - Mohamed Salah (assist by Kay Voser)
68.) 2:1 - Yuya Kubo

FT - BSC Young Boys 2:2 FC Basel 1893


Yann Sommer gets the captain's armband <3

Today you have the decisive match. Good luck!

Thank you *smile*

I'm really looking forward to that match, although I'm a bit torn - I would have loved both Basel and Schalke to proceed, and now one of them will miss out

CL 2013/14, Group Stage Matchday 6

Schalke 04 - FC Basel 1893C

Schalke 04: Fährmann; Uchida, Höwedes (30. Szalai), Felipe Santana, Kolasinac; Matip, Neustädter; Farfán, Meyer (88. Goretzka), Draxler (66. Fuchs); Boateng.

FC Basel: Sommer; Voser, Schär, Ivanov, Xhaka; Frei; Salah, Elneny (61. Sio), Serey Die (72. Ajeti), Stocker (72. Delgado); Streller.

Goals:
51.) 1:0 - Julian Draxler (assist by Jefferson Farfán)
77.) 2:0 - Joel Matip (assist by Jefferson Farfán)

FT: Schalke 04 2:0 FC Basel 1893

Best player on the pitch

Yann Sommer totally not amused by the atrocious performance of the Italian referee team.


Defying gravity...

Swiss Super League Matchday 18:

FC Basel 1893 vs FC Luzern

FC Basel 1893: Sommer; Degen Ph, Ajeti, Schär, Voser; Frei; Degen D. (54. Salah), Elneny, Delgado (68. Sauro), Stocker; Sio (84. Serey Die).

FC Luzern Zibung; Sarr, Stahel, Lustenberger, Mikari (74. Kahraba); Renggli; Thiesson, Wiss (74. Lezcano); Winter, Rangelov (90. Kryeziu), Hyka.

Goals:
27.) 0:1 - Alain Wiss (assist by Mikari)
62.) 1:1 - Fabian Schär (assist by Delgado)

FT - FC Basel 1893 1:1 FC Luzern

So... Basel are Winter Champions in 2013/14:

Swiss Raiffeisen Super League is back after the winter break, and FC Basel is back in action after the loss of Mohamed Salah to Chelsea FC and the loan (with option to buy) of Marek Suchy from Spartak Moskau. As you can see, Basel kept up with their habit of signing mainly players whose names start with either "S" or "D".

Swiss Super League Matchday 19:

FC Lausanne-Sport vs FC Basel 1893

Venue: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise.

FC Lausanne-Sport: Signori; Chakhsi, Banana, Mevlja, Sonnerat (90. Dessarzin); Plessis; Tafer, Yang (86. Waidi), Facchinetti; Feinduno, Ravet.

FC Basel: Sommer; Voser, Frei, Suchy, Safari; Elneny, Serey Die; David Degen (65. Sauro), Delgado (82. Philipp Degen), Xhaka; Sio (90. Andrist).

Goals:
10.) 0:1 - Mevlja (OG)
51.) 1:1 - Feindouno
68.) 1:2 - Fabian Frei (assist by Kay Voser)
92.) 1:3 - Philipp Degen  (assist by Mohamed Elneny)

FT - FC Lausanne-Sport 1:3  FC Basel 1893


With Valentin Stocker (injured) and Marco Streller (suspended) missing, Yann Sommer took the captain's armband today <3

Wow Suchy at Basel, huh. Intresting.

Surprised to see that Stocker is still at Basel. I thought he would've been playing at the Bundesliga by now.

Well, Basel have no need to sell, so they usually ask a healthy price for players with a still valid contract. I assume that in summer they might lose several players (Valentin Stocker, Fabian Schär and Yann Sommer), though.

Oh, by the way - Basel won their Swiss Cup match against Le Mont 6:1. Germano Vailati was in goal as usual for the most Cup matches. ^^

Basel just seem to win everthing nawadays in the Swiss Tournaments. They're starting to remind me of Lyon in the past decade. Defo a big club ATM.

Almost forgot about Sommer. Where would he go if he leaves this summer?

How could you forget about the cutest goalie ever?

Well, I hope that he'll go to Borussia Mönchengladbach. The coach is Lucien Favre, his former team mate Granit Xhaka is already there and it is BMG who are interested in Schär and Stocker, too.

Swiss Super League Matchday 20:

FC Basel 1893 vs BSC Young Boys

FC Basel 1893: Sommer; Voser, Suchy, Sauro, Safari; Frei, Serey Die (46. Stocker); Elneny (46. Diaz), Delgado (77. Andrist), Xhaka; Streller.

BSC Young Boys:  Mvogo; Bertone, von Bergen, Vilotic, Sutter; Gajic, Rochat (64. Hadergjonaj); Martinez, Frey (79. Afum), Nuzzolo; Gerndt (71. Kubo).

Goals:
29.) 0:1 - Leonardo Bertone
33.) 0:2 - Alexander Gerndt
44.) 1:2 - Marco Streller
81.) 2:2 - Marcelo Diaz
89.) 3:2 - Fabian Frei (PK)

FT - FC Basel 1893 3:2 BSC Young Boys

Very entertaining match, although the start was not exactly perfect...


Happy with the hard-fought win

Swiss Super League Matchday 21 (15.02.2014):

FC Basel 1893 vs FC Sion

FC Basel 1893: Sommer; Voser, Sauro, Suchy, Safari; Diaz, Frei, Xhaka (67. Elneny); Callà (90. Ajeti), Stocker; Streller.

FC Sion:  Vanins; Rüfli, Vanczak, Ferati, Bühler; Basha (62. Itaperuna), Kouassi; Christofi, Perrier (74. Yartey), Pa Modou; Assifuah (51. Vidosic).

Goals:
57.) 1:0 - Fabian Frei (PK)

FT - FC Basel 1893 1:0 FC Sion

Totally forgot to add this match as I was not feeling well that day...

EL 2013/14, Last 32

Maccabi Tel Aviv vs FC Basel 1893





Goals:
None whatsoever.

Murat Yakin successfully mixed concrete and told his team that it might be a good idea to keep as much possession as possible - unfortunately mainly in front of their own goal. Yann Sommer probably was both the player with the most touches and also the most offensive player - after all, he was the only one who actually kicked the ball into the direction of Maccabi Tel Aviv's goal.

FT: Maccabi Tel Aviv 0:0 FC Basel 1893


One of the extremely scarce scenes worth looking at in this dire match ^^

Yann Sommer MotM: http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/31831/16/7

Swiss Super League Matchday 22:

Grasshopper Club Zürich vs FC Basel 1893

Grasshopper Club Zürich: Bürki; Michael Lang, Dingsdag, Grichting, Pavlovic; Toko, Salatic; Gashi (82. Ngakumol), Ben Khalifa, Caio; Dabbur.

FC Basel 1893: Sommer; Voser, Sauro, Suchy, Safari; Diaz (82. Philipp Degen), Frei; Callà, Delgado (62. Elneny), Stocker; Streller.

Goals:
51.) 1:0 - Daniel Pavlovic (assist by Caio)
57.) 1:1 - Valentin Stocker (assist by Marco Streller)

FT - Grasshopper Club Zürich 1:1 FC Basel 1893


And once more Yann Sommer saved his club important points by saving a foul penalty in the 90th minute!

EL 2013/14, Last 32

FC Basel 1893 vs Maccabi Tel Aviv

FC Basel 1893: Sommer; Ajeti, Sauro, Suchy; Frei (80. Delgado); Philipp Degen, Serey Die, Elneny, Safari; Stocker (71. Xhaka), Streller (77. Sio).

Maccabi Tel Aviv: Juan Pablo; Ben Harusch, Yeini, Tibi, Ziv; Radi (59. Mikha), Alberman; Mareval (63. Ben Haim), Zahavi, Altman (46. Mitrovic); Prica.

Goals:
18.) 1:0 - Valentin Stocker (assist by Behrang Safari)
60.) 2:0 - Marco Streller (assist by Serey Die)
71.) 3:0 - Marco Streller (assist by Valentin Stocker)

FT: FC Basel 1893 3:0 Maccabi Tel Aviv (3:0 on aggregate)


Yann Sommer after his crucial double save from two point blanc range shots by which Maccabi could have equalized.

Swiss Super League Matchday 23:

FC Thun vs FC Basel 1893

FC Thun: Faivre; Lüthi, Sulmoni, Reinamann, Schirinzi (69. Ferreira); Sanogo, Zuffi; Cassio (59. Marco Schneuwly), Christian Schneuwly, Nikci (69. Wittwer); Sadik.

FC Basel 1893: Sommer; Frei, Ajeti, Sauro; Philipp Degen, Xhaka (72. Callà), Elney, Serey Die, Voser; Streller (80. Sio), Stocker.

Goals:
24.) 0:1 - Marco Streller (assist by Philipp Degen)
60.) 0:2 - Philipp Degen (assist by Valentin Stocker)
79.) 1:2 - Andreas Wittwer (assist by Sekou Sanogo)
93.) 2:2 - OG Arlind Ajeti (assist by Thun's GK Guillaume Faivre )

FT - FC Thun 2:2 FC Basel 1893

This weekend obviously was a weekend of slapstick fails. First Braunschweig vs M'gladbach ended 1:1 with an own goal by each of their keepers, while FC Thun vs FC Basel was also decided by a slapstick own goal, albeit this time it was Basel's defender Arlind Ajeti who managed to head the long pass that came from Thun's GK Guillaume Faivre over Yann Sommer into Basel's goal.


Not amused after the match....

Here's a GIF of that slapstick own goal:

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