2006–07 FC Basel season
| 2006–07 season | |||
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| Chairman |
 Mrs Gisela Oeri
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| Manager |
Christian Gross
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| Swiss Super League | Runners-up | ||
| Swiss Cup | Winners | ||
| UEFA Cup | Group Stage | ||
| Top goalscorer |
League: Mladen Petrić (19)All: Mladen Petrić (36)
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| Highest home attendance | 34,070 vs Zürich (22.04.2007) |
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| Lowest home attendance | 0 vs Schaffhausen (22.07.2006) 0 vs Grasshoppers (05.08.2006) 11,643 vs Tobol (13.07.2006) |
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The 2006–07 season is Fussball Club Basel 1893's 114th in existence and the club's 13th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. FC Basel started the season of with various warm-up matches. These included teams from the Swiss lower league as well as teams from France, Croatia and the Ukraine. The FC Basel aims for the 2006–07 season were to win back the league and cup titles as well as to stay in the UEFA Cup over the winter break.
Following the last minute loss of the 2005–06 Swiss Championship as a result of the 1-2 home defeat against FC Zürich on 13 May 2006 and the subsequent riots, the so-called Basel Hooligan Incident, the club had to carry consequences. As well as the big fine, the first two home games of the 2006–07 Swiss Super League season were held completely without fans, as so called "ghost matches". The following three matches were held with just a part of the stadium capacity, without the fans from the "Muttenzer Kurve" (the eastern fan block).
Ahead of the 2006–07 Swiss Super League season Basel made a number of transfers. The most notable was the replacement of Swiss international goalkeeper Pascal Zuberbühler, who transferred to West Bromwich Albion, with the Argentinian international Franco Costanzo. Delron Buckley was signed on loan from Borussia Dortmund. Franco Costanzo was voted to player of seasonZdravko Kuzmanović left the club during the Winter break for Fiorentina.
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