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2015–16 FC Basel season

FC Basel
2015–16 season
Chairman Bernhard Heusler
Manager Urs Fischer
Ground St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland
Super League Champions
Swiss Cup Eliminated in Quarterfinal
Champions League Eliminated in Play-off round
Europa League Group stage 1st
Eliminated in Round of 16
Top goalscorer League: Janko (16)
All: Janko (21)
Highest home attendance Swiss League:
33,360 vs. Young Boys
(25 October 2015)
Champions League:
18,200 vs. Lech Poznań
(5 August 2015)
Europa League:
22,550 vs. Fiorentina
(26 November 2015)
Lowest home attendance Swiss League:
24,558 vs. Thun
(10 May 2016)
Champions League:
15,620 vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv
(19 August 2015)
Europa League:
17,275 vs. Belenenses
(22 October 2015)

The 2015–16 FC Basel season was the 123rd season in club history and the club's 21st consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. Basel were the reigning Swiss Super League champions. They prepared their season with various warm-up matches against teams from Ukraine, Germany and Netherlands. Their 2015–16 Swiss Super League season began on 19 July with a home game against Vaduz. By the winter break, having won fourteen and drawing one of the first 18 games, Basel led the league table by 10 points ahead of the Grasshoppers and 15 ahead of the Young Boys.

Basel were qualified for the 2015–16 Champions League in the Third qualifying round. The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 17 July 2015 and they were drawn against Lech Poznań. The first leg was played on 28 July in INEA Stadion, the return leg on 5 August 2015 in St. Jakob-Park. In the Play-off round, their opponents were Maccabi Tel Aviv, but Basel failed to qualify for the Champions League groups stage. Because Basel failed to qualify for the Champions League group stage, they dropped into the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage, where were drawn into Group I alongside Fiorentina, Lech Poznań and Belenenses. Basel's first match was played away in Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence on 17 September 2015. Because they finished as group winners, Basel continued in the knockout phase (which started in February 2016), playing an away game against Saint-Étienne. In the round of 16, Basel played Sevilla, losing 0–3 on aggregate.


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