2011–12 FC Basel season
| 2011–12 season | |||
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| Chairman |
 Bernhard Heusler |
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| Manager |
 Heiko Vogel
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| Ground | St. Jakob-Park | ||
| Swiss Super League | Champions | ||
| Swiss Cup | Winners | ||
| UEFA Champions League | Last 16 | ||
| Top goalscorer |
League: Alexander Frei (24) All: Alexander Frei (42) |
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| Highest home attendance |
Swiss Super League: 36,000 vs. Lausanne-Sport (29 April 2012) 36,000 vs. Young Boys (23 May 2012) Champions League: 36,894 vs. Manchester United (7 December 2011) |
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| Lowest home attendance |
Swiss Super League: 25,762 vs. Sion (5 February 2012) Swiss Cup: 8,028 vs. Lausanne-Sport (21 March 2012) |
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The 2011–12 season is FC Basel's 119th in existence and the club's 18th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. FC Basel started their season with various warm-up matches against teams from Switzerland, Germany, Georgia, France and Romania and played against Hertha BSC and West Ham United at the 2011 Uhrencup in Grenchen. This season, Basel earned the so-called "Title Hattrick", that is, three consecutive Swiss Super League championships. They won the Swiss Cup after defeating FC Luzern in the final, and reached the knockout phase of the Champions League, losing to the eventual finalists Bayern Munich 1–7 on aggregate.
Basel entered the 2011–12 Swiss Super League as defending champions, saving their one-point margin on FC Zürich by winning 3–0 against FC Luzern on the last day of the 2010–11 Swiss Super League. They began their season on 16 July in Bern against Young Boys. The start of the season was poor, with three draws and two defeats in the first six league matches. The team refound their strengths and things changed to the better. Basel then won ten and drew the other two of the next 12 games. The first half of the domestic season ended on 11 December with the home match against Neuchâtel Xamax. To this point, Basel remained as League leaders.
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