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2014–15 FC Basel season

FC Basel
2014–15 season
Chairman Switzerland Bernhard Heusler
Manager Portugal Paulo Sousa
Ground St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland
Super League Champions
Swiss Cup Runners-up
Champions League Group stage 2nd
Eliminated in
Round of 16
Top goalscorer League: Albania Gashi (21)
All: Albania Gashi (25)
Highest home attendance Swiss League:
33,372 vs. Zürisch
(9 August 2014)
Champions League:
36,000 vs. Liverpool
(1 October 2014)
36,000 vs. Real Madrid
(26 November 2014 )
Lowest home attendance Swiss League:
25,304 vs. Vaduz
(28 February 2015)
Champions League:
34,464 vs. Porto
(28 February 2015)

The 2014–15 FC Basel season is the 122nd season in club history and the club's 20th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. Basel are the reigning Swiss Super League champions. They prepared their season with various warm-up matches against teams from Switzerland, Austria and Czech Republic. Their 2014–15 Swiss Super League season began on 19 July with an away game against FC Aarau. Basel were qualified to the 2014–15 Champions League in the Group stage. They were drawn into Group B against Real Madrid, Liverpool and Ludogorets Razgrad and started on 16 July with the away tie against Real in the stadium Santiago Bernabéu. In the first round of the 2014–15 Swiss Cup, which was played on 23 August 2014, Basel were drawn away against CS Italia. The Final was played on 7 June 2015.

First team manager is Paulo Sousa. On 28 May 2014 Basel announced that he had signed a three-year contract. His assistants are Ignacio Torreño, Victor Sanchez and Manuel Cordeiro (all three were brought in by Sousa). Massimo Colomba remained the Goalkeeper coach. Massimo Ceccaroni is head of the FCB Youth System. Coach of the Youth Team (U–21) is Thomas Häberli.

Last updated: 1 July 2014
Source: FCB Official Site

Last updated: 1 July 2014
Source: FCB Official Site


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