2024–25 FC Basel season

The 2024–25 season was FC Basel's 131st season in their existence and the club's 30th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football since their promotion in the 1993–94 season. The 2024–25 Swiss Super League season started on 20 July 2024 and was completed on 24 May 2025. In addition to the Swiss Super League, Basel also participated in this season's edition of the Swiss Cup, starting in the third round. This was the club's first season in 25 years that they did not compete in any European competition, as since their 1999–2000 season they had always qualified for an UEFA competition, but in the previous season they had failed.

FC Basel

2024–25 season
Owner	FCB Holding David Degen
Club president	Reto Baumgartner
Head coach	Fabio Celestini
Ground	St. Jakob-Park
Swiss Super League	1st
Swiss Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Xherdan Shaqiri (18) All: Xherdan Shaqiri (21)
Highest home attendance	36,000 (sold-out) 21 September 2024 (Zürich) 24 May 2025 (Luzern)
Lowest home attendance	19,866 27 July 2024 (Lugano)
Biggest win	6–0 vs Servette (11 August 2024)
Biggest defeat	2–6 vs Young Boys (18 May 2025)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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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 first team, the women's first team, a large part of the youth department and the back office are affiliated there. All decisions that affect the club FC Basel 1893 are made within the AG.

On 6 May 2024 the AGM of the FC Basel Holding AG and the FC Basel 1893 AG were held and 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

Basel is the only professional club in Switzerland where the position of holding company's president and the club's president is not the same person. The club AGM also took place on 6 May 2024. With the exception of Dominik Donzé, who left the board of directors voluntarily, the entire board was re-elected with large majorities. These being Reto Baumgartner (club president), Carol Etter, Edward Turner and Tobias Adler. Donzé has held various positions on the FCB board since 2009. Two new members were also voted into the board of directors.^[1]

The board of directors of the club are:

Club chairman	Reto Baumgartner
Director	Carol Etter
Director	Edward Turner
Director	Tobias Adler
Director	Andrea Häner-Roth
Director	Nicole Leuthard
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	St. Jakob-Park (37,994)[2] (36,000 for international matches)[3] / (120x80 m)

Updated to match played 6 May 2024
Source: FCB Official Site

Team management

During the previous season the position of the FCB sport director had been left vacant following the dismissal of Heiko Vogel on 31 October 2023. On 15 May 2024 FCB announced that Daniel Stucki had been appointed as new sports director.^[4]

During May Fabio Celestini signed a new two-year contract as head coach and on 31 May 2024 they announced their training staff for the coming season:^[5]

Position	Staff
Sport director	Daniel Stucki from 15 May 2024
Head coach	Fabio Celestini
Assistant coach	Davide Callà
Assistant coach	Luigi Nocentini
Athletics coach	Carlos Menéndez
Athletics coach	Thomas Bernhard
Goalkeeper coach	Gabriel Wüthrich
Youth Team U-21 coach	Mario Cantaluppi
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 31 May 2024 Basel announced that they had reached an agreement with Hellas Verona for the permanent acquisition of Kevin Rüegg. The 25-year-old full-back, who had joined FCB on loan in September 2023 had signed a three-year contract with the club, dated until the summer of 2027.^[6] Further on 21 June the club announced that they had signed the French professional footballer Léo Leroy from Ligue 1 club Montpellier.^[7]

On 7 June FCB announced that they had loaned Đorđe Jovanović to FK Partizan for the coming season.^[8] Also on that day, they announced that Sergio López had not prolonged his contract with them and that he had moved to SV Darmstadt 98.^[9] On 22 June it was announced that Maurice Malone had been loaned to FK Austria Wien.^[10]

On 28 and 29 June the club announced that they prolonged the contracts of two of their youth players until summer 2027, these were Adriano Onyegbule^[11] and Arlet Junior Zé.^[12] They also extended their contract with Andrin Hunziker until summer 2027 but loaned him out to Karlsruher SC, so as he could gain more playing experience.^[13]

On 12 July 2024 the club announced that they load Dion Kacuri out to Yverdon-Sport until the end of the season, so as the player could gain more playing time at top-level Swiss football.^[14] Further on that day, they announced that Renato Veiga had signed a contract with Chelsea.^[15] At the same time Chelsea confirmed that Veiga had signed a seven-year contract at Stamford Bridge, the contract includes a further one-year option.^[16][17]

A further player player who moved in was Marin Šotiček. On 18 July FCB announced the transfer from NK Lokomotiva Zagreb on a four-year deal.^[18] Then, on 22 July 2024, FCB announced the transfer of Bénie Traoré, who came in from Sheffield United for an undisclosed fee, signing a four-year deal.^[19]

On 25 July 2024 Basel announced that by mutual agreement, Michael Lang and the club had terminated their contract.^[20] It therefore turned out, that the last match of their 2023–24 season against Yverdon-Sport, which ended in a goalless draw on 21 May 2024, had been his last competition game with the team.^[21] Between the years 2015 to 2018 and again from 2021 to 2024, Lang played a total of 263 games for Basel scoring a total of 36 goals. 151 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, 14 in the Swiss Cup, 56 in the UEFA competitions (Champions League, Europa League and Conference League) and 42 were friendly games. He scored 21 goals in the domestic league, 6 in the cup, 8 in the European games and the other was scored during the test games.^[22]

On 9 August, the club announced that Liam Millar had moved on to Hull City in the EFL Championship.^[23] He had signed a permanent three-year deal, he transferred for an undisclosed fee.^[24]

Chicago Fire and Xherdan Shaqiri mutually agreed to terminate their contract on 14 August. The separation was officially amicable, with Shaqiri explaining that he felt it was the "right time" to "explore new opportunities".^[25] On 16 August, two days later, Shaqiri returned to his club of origen, rejoining them on a three-year contract.^[26]

Last season's Super League joint-top-scorer Kevin Carlos was signed by FCB on 23 August from Yverdon-Sport.^[27] Then, on 30 August the club announced the signing of Moussa Cissé from VfB Stuttgart II.^[28] On the same day the club announced that they had loaned Juan Gauto to Deportivo de La Coruña^[29] and that they had signed Romário Baró in on a one-year loan from Porto with the option of a buy-out release.^[30] At the end of the season, however, the club decided not to pull the release option and Baró returned to Porto.^[31]

Further, the club announced on 31 August that the contract with Jean-Kévin Augustin had been terminated by mutual agreement.^[32] Augustin left the club as free agent. In his two seasons with the club, he had played a total of 63 games for them scoring a total of 12 goals. 38 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, four in the Swiss Cup, nine in the UEFA Conference League and 12 were friendly games. He scored five goals in the domestic league, one in the cup, two in the European games and the other two were scored during the test games.^[33]

On 2 September, the club announced another player in on loan. The Swede Joe Mendes had joined them from Portuguese club Braga.^[34] The contract also had a buy-out option, but at the end of the season Basel decided not to pull the release option and Mendes returned to Braga.^[31]

On the final day of the transfer window, FCB announced that their captain Fabian Frei had decided to rejoin his youth club Winterthur.^[35] Between the years 2007 to 2015 and again from 2018 to 2024 Frei played a total of 679 games for Basel scoring a total of 94 goals. 386 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, 46 in the Swiss Cup, 111 in the UEFA competitions (Champions League, Europa League and Conference League) and 136 were friendly games. He scored 41 goals in the domestic league, 10 in the cup, 13 in the European games and the other 30 were scored during the test games. Fabian Frei is the clubs record holder for the number of competition matches played with the club. He played 543 games in league, cup and UEFA.^[36]

During the winter break Basel announced that they had singed Philip Otele in on a six-month loan from Al Wahda with a realse option. At the end of the season Basel announced that they had pulled the option and that Otele had signed a contract until summer 2028.^[31]

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SUI Marwin Hitz (vice-captain) 3 DF  SUI Nicolas Vouilloz 4 DF  ESP Arnau Comas (out) 5 MF  BRA Metinho (on loan from Troyes) 6 DF  TUN Mohamed Dräger (out) 7 FW  NGA Philip Otele (on loan from Al Wahda) 7 MF  SUI Benjamin Kololli (out) 7 FW  CAN Liam Millar (out) 8 MF  POR Romário Baró 9 FW  FRA Thierno Barry (out) 9 FW  ESP Kevin Carlos 10 FW  SUI Xherdan Shaqiri (captain) 11 FW  CIV Bénie Traoré 13 GK  SUI Mirko Salvi 14 FW  SUI Bradley Fink 17 MF  SWE Joe Mendes 18 MF  GHA Emmanuel Essiam 19 FW  CRO Marin Šotiček 20 MF  SUI Fabian Frei (out (former captain)) 21 MF  GEO Gabriel Sigua 22 MF  FRA Léo Leroy

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 FW  SUI Albian Ajeti 25 DF  SUI Finn van Breemen 26 DF  BIH Adrian Leon Barišić 27 DF  SUI Kevin Rüegg 28 DF  FRA Hugo Vogel (U-21) 29 MF  GER Adriano Onyegbule 29 DF  FRA Moussa Cissé 30 FW  GER Anton Kade 31 MF  SUI Dominik Schmid (vice-captain) 32 DF  GHA Jonas Adjetey 33 MF  ARG Juan Gauto 34 MF  ALB Taulant Xhaka (vice-captain) 35 FW  SUI Roméo Beney (U-21) 37 MF  SUI Leon Avdullahu 38 MF  COD Axel Kayombo 39 MF  SUI Arlet Junior Zé 43 DF  SUI Marvin Akahomen (U-21) 48 FW  FRA Aaron Akalé (U-21) 49 GK  GER Tim Pfeiffer (U-21) — FW  FRA Jean-Kévin Augustin — GK  SUI Tim Spycher

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  ESP Arnau Comas (to Eibar until 30 June 2025)[37] 11 FW  GER Maurice Malone (to FK Austria Wien until 30 June 2025)[10] 17 FW  SUI Andrin Hunziker (to Karlsruher SC until 30 June 2025)[13] 28 MF  SUI Dion Kacuri (to Yverdon-Sport until 30 June 2025)[14] 29 MF  GER Adriano Onyegbule (to FC Schaffhausen until 30 June 2025)[38] 33 MF  ARG Juan Gauto (to Deportivo de La Coruña until 30 June 2025)[29] 38 MF  COD Axel Kayombo (to FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy until 30 June 2025)[39] 99 FW  SRB Đorđe Jovanović (to FK Partizan until 30 June 2025)[8] — GK  SUI Tim Spycher (to Nyon until 10 January 2025)[40] — MF  BEL Jonathan Dubasin (to Real Sporting de Gijón until 30 June 2025)[41] — FW  BRA Kaio Eduardo (to Vaduz until 30 June 2025)

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player 5 MF  BRA Metinho (on loan from Troyes)[42] 8 MF  POR Romário Baró (from Porto)[30] 17 MF  SWE Joe Mendes (from Braga until 30 June 2025)[34] 7 FW  NGA Philip Otele (on loan from Al Wahda until 30 June 2025)

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 7 FW  NGA Philip Otele (on loan from Al Wahda)[43] 11 FW  CIV Bénie Traoré (from Sheffield United)[19] 19 FW  CRO Marin Šotiček (from Lokomotiva Zagreb)[18] 22 MF  FRA Léo Leroy (from Montpellier)[7] 27 DF  SUI Kevin Rüegg (permanent from Hellas Verona)[6] 29 DF  FRA Moussa Cissé (from VfB Stuttgart II)[28] 10 FW  SUI Xherdan Shaqiri (free transfer, previously at Chicago Fire)[26] 9 FW  ESP Kevin Carlos (from Yverdon-Sport)[27]

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 5 DF  SUI Michael Lang (contract terminated)[20] 6 DF  TUN Mohamed Dräger (to Eintracht Braunschweig)[44] 7 MF  SUI Benjamin Kololli (to Sion)[45] 7 FW  CAN Liam Millar (to Hull City)[23] 16 GK  SUI Nils de Mol (end of contract) 19 MF  AUT Yusuf Demir (end of loan) 20 MF  SUI Fabian Frei (to Winterthur)[36] 22 DF  GER Sergio López (to SV Darmstadt 98)[9] 40 MF  POR Renato Veiga (to Chelsea)[15][16] 9 FW  FRA Thierno Barry (to Villareal)[46] — FW  FRA Jean-Kévin Augustin (contract terminated)[32]

Results and fixtures

Kickoff times are in CET.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre-season

Basel v Eintracht Braunschweig

5 July 2024 Friendly	Basel	1–1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Silberstadt Arena, Schwaz, Austria
15:00	Beney 35' Adjetey  51'	FCB report	38' Lucoqui	Attendance: 350 Referee: Walter Altmann
Note: The game kicked off 20 minutes late because FCB coach was delayed by a traffic jam on the way to the venue. Due to the delay and the high temperatures, the teams played only twice 40 minutes.

Basel v Górnik Zabrze

6 July 2024 Friendly	Basel	2–1	Górnik Zabrze	Arena Jenbach, Jenbach, Austria
15:00	Fink 53' Kololli 88'	FCB report	Lukoszek	Attendance: 255 Referee: Stefan Gamper
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards

Basel v Bellinzona

10 July 2024 Friendly	Basel	4–0	Bellinzona	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
16:00	Barry 19' Beney 47' Ajeti 73' Kayombo 80'	FCB report		Attendance: 0 Referee: Hüseyin Sanli
Note: Played behind closed doors. Fair game, no yellow cards

Basel v SSV Ulm

13 July 2024 Friendly	Basel	1–1	SSV Ulm	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00	Frei 12'	Summary	82' Higl	Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Désirée Grundbacher
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards

SC Freiburg v FC Basel

6 September 2024 Friendly	SC Freiburg	6–0	FC Basel	Freiburg
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Wörner 24', 30', 38' Höler 57', 68' Grifo 87'	SCF report FCB report		Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Marc-Philip Eckermann
Note: Played behind closed doors. Fair game, no yellow cards

VfR Kleinhüningen^[47] v Basel

9 October 2024 Mid-season friendly	VfR Kleinhüningen[47]	0–3	Basel	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
18:30	Sylla  31'	Summary	12' Carlos 48' Carlos 72' Streit	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Johannes von Mandach

SC Dornach v Basel

13 Nov. 2024 Mid-season friendly	SC Dornach	0–6	Basel	Gigersloch, Dornach
18:30	Xheladini  43'	FCB summary	22' Fink 27' Kololli 32' Fink 65' Casadei 67' Jordan  71' Casadei 85' Streit	Attendance: 2,300 (sold out) Referee: David Huwiler

Swiss Super League

Main article: 2024–25 Swiss Super League

The 2024–25 Super League season was the 128th season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland. The Swiss Football League (SFL) drew and published the fixtures of the first 22 rounds on 18 June 2024. The rest were drawn at a later date.

First and second round

Lausanne-Sport v Basel

21 July 2024 Round 1	Lausanne-Sport	3–2	Basel	Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne
16:30	Okou 2' Diabaté 22' Sène 44' Bernède  49' Sanches  51' Mouanga  57' Abdallah  86'	FCB report	17' Beney  34' Comas  35' Kade 43', 87' (pen.) Barry  63' Barišić	Attendance: 6,850 Referee: Anojen Kanagasingam

Basel v Lugano

27 July 2024 Round 2	Basel	1–2	Lugano	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30	Leroy 50',  59'	FCB report	Aliseda 8' Hajdari  53' Przybyłko 69'	Attendance: 19,866 Referee: Urs Schnyder

Grasshopper Club v Basel

3 August 2024 Round 3	Grasshopper Club	0–3	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
18:00	Schürpf  22' Tobers  52' Paskotši  54' Babunski  75' Stroscio  90+5'	FCB report	25' Traoré 36', 58' Barry	Attendance: 9,099 Referee:

Servette v Basel

11 August 2024 Round 4	Servette	0–6	Basel	Stade de Genève, Geneva
16:30		FCB report	37' Barry 46' Traoré 63' Ajeti  69' Adjetey  74' van Breemen 76' Ajeti 81' Šotiček 87' Kololli	Attendance: 8,327 Referee: Mirel Turkes

Basel v Yverdon

25 August 2024 Round 5	Basel	2–0	Yverdon	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30	Ajeti 8' Fink 55'	FCB report	40' Komano  49' Sylla	Attendance: 30,013 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

Sion v Basel

31 August 2024 Round 6	Sion	1–1	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
18:00	Chouaref 26' Hefti  44' Dejan Sorgić  87'	FCB report	5' Ajeti  45+2' Avdullahu  81' Carlos	Attendance: 13,200 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

Basel v Zürich

21 September 2024 Round 7	Basel	0–2	Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30	Baró  77'  86'	FCB report	31' Chouiar  35' Nikola Katić 55' Perea  57' Condé  63' Marchesano  83' Gómez	Attendance: 36,000 (sold-out) Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Neuchâtel)

Luzern v Basel

29 September 2024 Round 8	Luzern	1–0	Basel	Swissporarena, Luzern
16:30	Beloko  48' Jaquez 78' Ottiger  87'	FCB report	45+4' Vouilloz  56' Avdullahu  85' Fink	Attendance: 15,680 (sold-out) Referee: Sven Wolfensberger

Basel v Young Boys

6 October 2024 Round 9	Basel	1–0	Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30	Leroy  35' Avdullahu  42' Barišić 52' Šotiček  78' Xhaka  90+3'	FCB report	19' Niasse  40' Lauper  42' Ganvoula  59' Ugrinić  70' Hadjam	Attendance: 28,463 Referee: Luca Cibelli
Note: 16' shot from Ugrinić hits the post. 61' header from Carlos hits the crossbar.

Basel v St. Gallen

20 October 2024 Round 10	Basel	2–1	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30	Carlos 51' Traoré  56' Carlos 90+5'	FCB report	7' Geubbels  8' Geubbels  24' Görtler  61' Stanić  82' Vallçi	Attendance: 27,009 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
Note: 74' header from Carlos hits the crossbar.

Winterthur v Basel

26 October 2024 Round 11	Winterthur	1–6	Basel	Schützenwiese, Winterthur
18:00	Frei  50' Schneider 90'	FCB summary	8' Carlos 25' Traoré 33' Shaqiri  45+1' Barišić 48' Baró 57' Shaqiri 72' Šotiček	Attendance: 8,700 (sold ou) Referee: Alessandro Dudic
Note: 23' Corner-kick from Shaqiri hit the cross-bar

Young Boys v Basel

30 October 2024 Round 12	Young Boys	3–2	Basel	Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
20:30	Blum  6' Ugrinić 64' Virginius  69' Dräger 81' (o.g.) Barišić 87' (o.g.)	FCB summary	19' Kade  26' Vouilloz  35' Kade  68' Shaqiri  70' Mendes  81' Leroy 89' Schmid	Attendance: 30,024 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)

Basel v Winterthur

2 November 2024 Round 13	Basel	5–0	Winterthur	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:00	Kade 14' Mendes  25' Traoré 28' Carlos 39' Traoré 55' Schmid  64' Ajeti 81'	FCB summary	56' Lekaj	Attendance: 22,670 Referee: Luca Piccolo

Yverdon-Sport v Basel

9 November 2024 Round 14	Yverdon-Sport	1–4	Basel	Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains
18:00	Rodrigues  62' Rodrigues 89'	FCB summary	32' Schmid  45' Traoré 45+1' Traoré 51' Avdullahu 60' Carlos  66' Kade  85' Carlos	Attendance: 4,250 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger

Basel v Servette

24 November 2024 Round 15	Basel	3–1	Servette	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30	Barišić  32' Shaqiri 40', 90+1', 90+2'	FCB summary	55' Cognat  69' Cognat	Attendance: 26,247 Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Neuchâtel)

Basel v Lausanne-Sport

30 November 2024 Round 16	Basel	1–1	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:00	Šotiček 14' Vouilloz  63'	Report	Sow  34' Okou 55' Bernède  65' Polster  76' Diabaté  90+3'	Attendance: 22,204 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

St. Gallen v Basel

8 December 2024 Round 17	St. Gallen	1–1	Basel	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
16:30	Vallçi 38' Stevanović  62' Jordi Quintillà  87'	FCB report	17' Schmid  55' Avdullahu  74' Traoré 85' Kade	Attendance: 19,700 Referee: Lionel Tschudi

Basel v Grasshopper Club

14 December 2024 Round 18	Basel	0–1	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30	van Breemen  73'	FCB report	21' Persson  28' Decarli  43' Abrashi  54' Meyer  56' Lee	Attendance: 23,486 Referee: Luca Piccolo Assistant referees: Mirel Turkes (VAR) Man of the Match: Noah Persson[48]

Lugano v Basel

19 January 2025 Round 19	Lugano	2–2	Basel	Cornaredo, Lugano
16:30	Grgić 45+2' (pen.) Hajdari 53' Steffen  57' Brault-Guillard  90+2'	FCB report	Kevin Carlos 24' Mendes  28' Leroy  36' Schmid  42' Cissé  74' Shaqiri 87' (pen.)	Attendance: 4,888 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger

Basel v Sion

26 January 2025 Round 20	Basel	4–1	Sion	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30	Carlos  30' 53' Schmid 45' Mendes 66' Otele 76' Ajeti  90+5'	FCB report	Berdayes 20' Hefti  55'	Attendance: 22,301 Referee: Sandro Schärer

Zürich v Basel

2 February 2025 Round 21	Zürich	0–1	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30	Chouiar 33′ Ballet  35' Markelo  41'	FCB report	32' Avdullahu 36' Carlos  41' Schmid	Attendance: 21,690 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
Note: 33 minute: Hitz saved the penalty from Chouiar

Basel v Luzern

6 February 2025 Round 22	Basel	2–1	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30	Shaqiri 4' (pen.) Avdullahu  51' Shaqiri 57' (pen.) Mendes  89'	FCB report	1' Winkler  58' Knezevic  81' Kadák  90+4' Cigaņiks	Attendance: 21,594 Referee: Alessandro Dudic

Third round

The fixtures and dates for the third round were announced on 20 December.^[49]

Servette v Basel

9 February 2025 Round 23	Servette	2–1	Basel	Stade de Genève, Geneva
14:15	Tsunemoto  27' Cognat  46' Antunes 50' Kutesa 61' Kutesa  62'	FCB report	73' Otele  79' Schmid	Attendance: 10,021 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger

Basel v Lausanne-Sport

16 February 2025 Round 24	Basel	1–1	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30	Carlos 3'	FCB report	16' Ludovic Magnin (coach)  20' Okou  20' Baldé  55' Custodio 67' (o.g.) Hitz  80' Letica  90+3' Giger	Attendance: 22,754 Referee:

St. Gallen v Basel

22 February 2025 Round 25	St. Gallen	2–2	Basel	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
20:30	Vallçi  38' Witzig 78' Geubbels 87' Vandermersch  90'	FCB report	10' Leroy  63' Mendes 71' (o.g.) Yannick  84' Carlos  90+3' Schmid	Attendance: 19,335 Referee: Urs Schnyder

Basel v Sion

1 March 2025 Round 26	Basel	2–0	Sion	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:00	Avdullahu  1' Kololli 17' (o.g.) Shaqiri 25' Otele 29' Leroy  83'	FCB report		Attendance: 22,298 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger
Note: 7' goal from Bouriga disallowed due to off-side. 79' shot against crossbar from van Breemen. 88' shot against crossbar from Sorgić

Luzern v Basel

9 March 2025 Round 27	Luzern	1–1	Basel	Swissporarena, Luzern
16:30	Knezevic 78'	FCB report	31' Barišić 41' Traoré  76' Mendes	Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Urs Schnyder

Basel v Young Boys

16 March 2025 Round 28	Basel	1–2	Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30	Otele 67'	Report	Fassnacht 1'  45' 78' Blum  23' Keller  38'	Attendance: 28,570 Referee: Urs Schnyder

Winterthur v Basel

30 March 2025 Round 29	Winterthur	0–2	Basel	Schützenwiese, Winterthur
14:15	Ulrich  45' Diaby  90+3'	Report	Shaqiri 49'  90+3' Traoré 70'	Attendance: 8,700 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

Basel v Grasshopper Club

3 April 2025 Round 30	Basel	2–1	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30	Schmid 16' Otele 40' Mendes  69' Vouilloz  82' Kevin Carlos  86'	Report	Paskotši  50' Hassane  57' Morandi 70' (pen.) Hammel  89'	Attendance: 21,705 Referee: Fedayi San

Basel v Lugano

6 April 2025 Round 31	Basel	2–0	Lugano	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30	Shaqiri  12' 63' Ajeti  33' Metinho  39' Šotiček 82'	Report	Mai  45+2' Bislimi  87'	Attendance: 28,662 Referee: Johannes von Mandach

Zürich v Basel

12 April 2025 Round 32	Zürich	0–4	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
20:30	David Vujevic  24' Cheveyo Tsawa  50' Vincent Nvendo  75' Kamberi  87'	Report	Otele 10' 58' Vouilloz  19' Metinho  28' Shaqiri 43' 52' Akahomen  77'	Attendance: 23,130 Referee: Luca Cibelli

Basel v Yverdon

21 April 2025 Round 33	Basel	5–0	Yverdon	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30 CET	Otele 16' 56' Shaqiri 27' Traoré 30' 37' Sigua  82'	Report	Céspedes  6' Piccini  25' Łęgowski  44' Moussa Baradji  47' Tijani  66' Núñez  68' Kongsro  86'	Referee: Alessandro Dudic

League table at split

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	[a]
1	Basel	33	18	7	8	72	32	+40	61	To championship group
2	Servette	33	15	10	8	51	42	+9	55
3	Young Boys	33	15	8	10	49	42	+7	53
4	Luzern	33	14	9	10	61	51	+10	51
5	Lugano	33	14	7	12	48	47	+1	49
6	Lausanne-Sport	33	13	8	12	52	44	+8	47
7	St. Gallen	33	12	11	10	46	43	+3	47	To relegation group
8	Zürich	33	13	8	12	44	48	−4	47
9	Sion	33	9	9	15	41	51	−10	36
10	Grasshopper Club	33	7	12	14	35	46	−11	33
11	Yverdon-Sport	33	8	9	16	33	57	−24	33
12	Winterthur	33	8	6	19	32	61	−29	30

Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2025. Source: Swiss Super 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.^[50]
Notes:

1. Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Championship group

Basel v Servette

4 May 2025 Round 34	Basel	5–1	Servette	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30	Shaqiri 28' Avdullahu  33' Ajeti 34' Ajeti 38' Traoré 76' Vouilloz 79'	FCB report	55' Adams  19'  48' Alexis Antunes	Attendance: 32,580 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

Lugano v Basel

10 May 2025 Round 35	Lugano	2–5	Basel	Cornaredo, Lugano
20:30	Bislimi 2' Steffen  59' Brault-Guillard  64' Grgić 69' (pen.) Zanotti  75'	FCB report	4' Ajeti  33'  42' Ajeti 48' Shaqiri 51' Shaqiri 57' Shaqiri 60' Leroy	Attendance: 5,318 Referee: Alessandro Dudic

Lausanne-Sport v Basel

14 May 2025 Round 36	Lausanne-Sport	2–3	Basel	Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne
20:30	Roche 13' Sène 78'	FCB report	19' Carlos 30' Carlos 55' Traoré	Attendance: 9,494 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Buttikon)
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards

Young Boys v Basel

18 May 2025 Round 37	Young Boys	6–2	Basel	Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
14:15	Lauper  1' Itten 10' Colley  17' Maleš 29' Itten 46' Fassnacht 86' Fassnacht 90+3'	FCB report	7' Ajeti  17' Avdullahu  29' Hitz 72' Carlos	Attendance: 31,500 (sold-out) Referee: Urs Schnyder

Basel v Luzern

24 May 2025 Round 38	Basel	4–0	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:00	Ajeti 18' Otele 40' Kade  49' Kade 55' Traoré 70'	FCB report	29' Rrudhani  84' Dorn	Attendance: 36,000 (sold-out) Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[a]
1	Basel (C)	38	22	7	9	91	43	+48	73	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2	Servette	38	17	12	9	64	55	+9	63	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Young Boys	38	17	10	11	60	49	+11	61	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[b]
4	Lugano	38	15	9	14	55	58	−3	54	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5	Lausanne-Sport	38	14	11	13	62	54	+8	53	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
6	Luzern	38	14	10	14	66	64	+2	52
7	Zürich	38	15	8	15	56	57	−1	53
8	St. Gallen	38	13	13	12	52	53	−1	52
9	Sion	38	11	11	16	47	57	−10	44
10	Winterthur	38	11	7	20	43	68	−25	40
11	Grasshopper Club (O)	38	9	12	17	43	53	−10	39	Qualification for the Relegation play-off
12	Yverdon-Sport (R)	38	9	12	17	40	68	−28	39	Relegation to Swiss Challenge League

Source: Swiss Super 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.^[50]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
2. The 2024–25 Swiss Cup winner (Basel) qualifies for the Europa League play-off round. Since the cup winner finished in the top three, the remaining European berths were passed down to the next highest qualifying teams.

Swiss Cup

Main article: 2024–25 Swiss Cup

The fixtues and dates of the first round were drawn in June 2024

FC Subingen v Basel

17 August 2024 Round 1	FC Subingen	0–8	Basel	Sportplatz Affoltern, Subingen
16:00		FCB report	4' (pen.) Kololli 10' Ajeti (Kololli) 14' Barry Traoré 34' Barry (Ajeti) 39' Barry (van Breemen) 53' Ajeti (Šotiček) 74' Fink (Šotiček) 87' Šotiček (Beney)	Attendance: 4,537 (stadium record, sold-out) Referee: Stefan Horisberger
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards

Stade Nyonnais v Basel

15 September 2024 Round 2	Stade Nyonnais	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Stade de Colovray
16:30	Gazzetta  22' Escorza  82' Pasche  89' Jaiteh  120+2' Petit  120+3' Koré 120+4′	FCB report	22' Adjetey  68'  117' Avdullahu 120+3' (pen.) Shaqiri  120+4' Xhaka	Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Luca Cibelli
Note: Hitz held the penalty shot from Koré in the fourth minute of added time.

Basel v Sion

4 December 2024 Round 3	Basel	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	Sion	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15	Shaqiri 5' Vouilloz  40' Kade 86'	Report	30' Bouchlarhem 38' Bouchlarhem  42' Chouaref  51'Bouchlarhem  98' Batata  101' Ali Kabacalman	Attendance: 16,301 Referee: Sandro Schärer
	Penalties
	Shaqiri Kade Carlos Fink		Souza Schmied Batata

Étoile Carouge v Basel

24 February 2025 Quarter-final	Étoile Carouge	1–3	Basel	Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge
19:30	Alves  19' Zoukit  49' Correia 55' Petit  78'	FCB report	84' Sigua 85' Carlos 87' Carlos	Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Neuchâtel)

Basel v Lausanne-Sport

27 April 2025 Semi-final	Basel	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
15:30	Traoré 46' Baldé 74' (o.g.) Ajeti  92' Schmid  107' Leroy 110'	FCB report	27' Mouanga 66' Baldé  85' Roche  116' Dussenne	Attendance: 33,071 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)

FC Biel-Bienne v FC Basel

1 June 2025 Final	FC Biel-Bienne	1–4	FC Basel	Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
14:00	Beyer 61' (pen.) Radtke  65'	Fussball-Schweiz summary	De Freitas 35' (o.g.) Shaqiri 67' (pen.) Šotiček 78' Cissé 80'	Attendance: 30,897 (sold-out) Referee: Stefan Horisberger
Note: For the first time in the 100-year history of the Swiss Cup, a team from the third highest league (Promotion League) had reached final of the competition. It was the last game at the highest level as referee for Stefan Horisberger who retired after the final whistle.

See also

• History of FC Basel
• List of FC Basel players
• List of FC Basel seasons