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2010–11 FC Basel season

FC Basel
2010–11 season
Chairman Switzerland Gisela Oeri
Manager Germany Thorsten Fink
Ground St. Jakob-Park
Swiss Super League Champions
Swiss Cup Quarterfinals
UEFA Champions League Group Stage
2010–11 UEFA Europa League Round of 32
Top goalscorer League:
Alexander Frei (27)

All:
Alexander Frei (33)
Highest home attendance 37,500 vs. Luzern
(25 May 2011)
Lowest home attendance 25,349 vs. Sion
(28 August 2010)
FC Basel Starting 11 in their 4-4–2 formation

FC Basel began their 2010-11 season with various warm-up matches against Swiss lower league, Ukrainian Vyscha Liha, and Ligue 1 clubs. The goals for FC Basel during the 2010-11 season were to take back the league and cup titles as well as to qualify for the UEFA Champions League.

FC Basel entered the 2010–11 Swiss Super League as the reigning champions, having edged Young Boys on the final day of the 2009–10 Swiss Super League. They began the 2010 season on 20 July against FC Zurich. The first half of the domestic season ends on 12 December as Basel heads to Zurich to face Grasshopper.

FC Basel's positioning in the 2009–10 Swiss Super League also enters them into 2010–11 UEFA Champions League qualification. They entered in the third qualifying round for champions kicked their European campaign off on 28 July against the Hungarian champion, Debrecen. In the play-off round, FC Basel drew the Moldovan champions, FC Sheriff Tiraspol. The winning side will then be entered into the 2010-11 Champions League Group Stage while the defeated side will be entered into the 2010-11 Europa League Group Stage.


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