2025–26 FC Basel season
| 2025–26 season | ||||
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| Owner | FCB Holding David Degen | |||
| Club president | Reto Baumgartner | |||
| Head coach | Ludovic Magnin unti 26 January 2025 since then Stephan Lichtsteiner | |||
| Ground | St. Jakob-Park | |||
| Swiss Super League | 2nd | |||
| Swiss Cup | Quarter-finals | |||
| UEFA Champions League | Play-off round | |||
| UEFA Europa League | League stage | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Xherdan Shaqiri (10) All: Xherdan Shaqiri (18) | |||
| Highest home attendance | 29,958 (28 September 2025 vs. Luzern) | |||
| Lowest home attendance | 23,562 (14 December 2025 vs. Lausanne-Sport) | |||
| Average home league attendance | 26,267 | |||
| Biggest win | 4–1 (6 August 2025 vs. Young Boys) | |||
| Biggest defeat | 1–5 (26 October 2025 vs. Lausanne-Sport) | |||
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| All statistics correct as of 9 November 2025. | ||||
The 2025–26 season is FC Basel's 132nd season in their existence and the club's 31st consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football since their promotion in the 1993–94 season. The 2025–26 Swiss Super League season starts on 25 July 2025 and will be completed by 17 May 2026. In addition to the Swiss Super League, Basel also participate in this season's edition of the Swiss Cup, starting in the third round. As Swiss champions, Basel qualified for the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League and here they will start in the play-off round.
Club
FC Basel Holding AG
The FC Basel Holding AG owns 75% of FC Basel 1893 AG and the other 25% is owned by the club FC Basel 1893. The club FC Basel 1893 functions as a base club independent of the holding company and the AG. FC Basel 1893 AG is responsible for the operational business of the club, e.g. the first team, the women's first team, a part of the youth department and the back office are affiliated there. All decisions that affect the club FC Basel 1893 are made within the AG. The FC Basel 1893 AG has following board members: David Degen (president), Andreas Rey (vice-president), Ursula Rey-Krayer, Dan Holzmann, plus a delegate of the club FC Basel. Since 12 May 2025 this was the actual club president Reto Baumgartner.
On 12 May 2025 the AGM of the FC Basel Holding AG and the FC Basel 1893 AG were held and both boards were confirmed. The Holding AG with following members: David Degen (president), Andreas Rey (vice-president), Ursula Rey-Krayer and Dan Holzmann. Holzmann, by this time, had bought out the shares from his former co-investors, Johannes Barth, Marco Gadola, Dani Büchi. Further smaller Holding AG share holders had been Manor AG, Novasearch AG, MCH Group AG and Weitnauer Holding AG. But these has sold their shares back to the Holding AG in the meantime. The private Bank J.Safra Sarasin still held a small package of the shares.
On 25 September 2025 the club announced that Dan Holzmann was stepping down from his position in the directors board of the Holding AG. This because he had sold his shares to the brothers Jörg und Lukas Duschmalé. The Duschmalé brothers are fifth-generation members of the founding family of F.Hoffmann-La Roche AG. Jörg Duschmalé is a member of the Roche Board of Directors, and Lukas Duschmalé is a restaurant entrepreneur. They stated that they would not assume any operational or strategic tasks within the club.[1]
Club management
Basel is the only professional club in Switzerland where the position of holding company's president and the club's president is not the same person. The club AGM also took place on 12 May 2025. All the existing members of the club's board were re-elected. These being Reto Baumgartner (club president), Carol Etter, Edward Turner, Tobias Adler, Andrea Häner-Roth and Nicole Leuthard, each unanimously without a vote against or an abstention. Due to Carol Etter's resignation as the club's delegate on the Board of Directors of the Holding AG, a new election was necessary. Club president Reto Baumgartner was nominated to succeed Etter and was elected to this position with an overwhelming majority.[2]
The board of directors of the club are:
| Club chairman | .svg.png){kind=small} Reto Baumgartner
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| Director | Carol Etter
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| Director | Edward Turner
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| Director | Tobias Adler
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| Director | Andrea Häner-Roth
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| Director | Nicole Leuthard
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| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | St. Jakob-Park (37,994)[3] (36,000 for international matches)[4] / (120x80 m) |
Updated to match played 6 May 2024
Source: FCB Official Site
Team management
On 15 May 2024 FCB announced that Daniel Stucki had been appointed as new sports director.[5]
During the off-season, on 13 June 2025 the club announced that their head coach Fabio Celestini was leaving the club. They stated that the 49-year-old was retiring at his own request, after one and a half successful seasons, stating he would like to seek a new challenge.[6]
As awaited by the local press, following this, on 16 June, FCB announced that Ludovic Magnin had signed a two-year contract as new FCB head-coach.[7] One week later, on 21 June the remainer of the staff were named, following the departures of Davide Callà and Thomas Bernhard to the Swiss national football team.[8]
On 26 January 2026 the club announced, that due to a lack of sporting development, FC Basel 1893 had decided to change the personelle of the head coach. Magnin was released immediately.[9] Later, on the same day it was annouced that the club had appointed Stephan Lichtsteiner as the new head coach of the first team. The 42-year-old, who already knows the club very well from his work within the youth academy, had signed a contract until summer 2029. Pascal Bader (43) joined FCB as assistant coach alongside Lichtsteiner.[10]
| Position | Staff |
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| Sport director | Daniel Stucki since 15 May 2024 |
| Head coach | Ludovic Magnin until 26 January 2026 |
| Head coach | Stephan Lichtsteiner from 26 January 2026 |
| Assistant coach | Pascal Bader from 26 January 2026 |
| Assistant coach | Luigi Nocentini
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| Assistant coach |  Matthias Kohler
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| Athletics coach | Carlos Menéndez
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| Athletics coach | Roger Thöni
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| Goalkeeper coach | Gabriel Wüthrich
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| Youth Team U-21 coach | Mario Cantaluppi
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| Youth Team U-21 co-coach | Erkan Aktas
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| Youth Team U-21 co-coach | Michaël Bauch
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Source: FCB official site
Overview
Off and pre-season
About an hour before the kick-off of Basel's last game of the previous season, on 24 May 2025, a supporting program began. This was an honoring and a farewell of their midfield player and former captain, their #34, Taulant Xhaka, who on that day, after appearing in 407 competitive matches for the RedBlue team, played his last league game for FCB and played for the last time in their home stadium Joggeli.[11] Between the years 2010 and 2025, Xhaka played a total of 561 games for Basel's first team scoring a total of 10 goals. 280 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, 42 in the Swiss Cup, 85 in the UEFA competitions (Champions League, Europa League and Conference League) and 154 were friendly games. He scored 6 goals in the domestic league, 2 in the cup, 1 in the European games and the other 1 was scored during the test games. Xhaka had joined the club in 2002 at the age of ten. After advancing through their your department, Xhaka played his entire football career with FCB, with the exception of a one-and-a-half year loan to Grasshopper Club in 2012–13.[12]
Philip Otele had been on loan to FCB from Al Wahda since January and his contract held a buy-out option. On 4 June FCB announced that they had decided to activate this option and Otele would remain with the club on a three-year contract. In that same announcement it also became clear that Romário Baró and Joe Mendes, who had both been in on loan the previous season, would return to their previous clubs Porto and Braga respectively.[13]
On 12 June FC Basel 1893 announced that their former youth player Leon Avdullahu was moving to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in the German Bundesliga.[14] Hoffenheim confirmed the signing of Avdullahu on a long-term contract the same day.[15] Avdullahu had moved from FC Solothurn to Basel's youth department in 2018. He regularly advanced from their U-14 to their U-21 team and celebrated winning the Swiss U-18 championship at the end of June 2023. In July 2023 he signed his first professional contract and advanced to their first team for their 2023–24 season.[16] Then, a few months later, as Fabio Celestini became FCB head-coach, Avdullahu became a regular starter and at the end of the 2024–25 Swiss Super League season he became Swiss champion and Cup winner with them. During his two seasons with FCB's first team, Avdullahu played a total of 71 games for them, scoring a total of three goals. 63 of these games were in the Swiss Super League and 8 in the Swiss Cup. He scored two goals in the domestic league and the other was scored in the cup.[17]
On 27 June, FCB announced that had signed Koba Koindredi in from Sporting CP on a one-year loan contract. Koindredi had played the previous season with Lausanne-Sport, also on loan.[18] On the same day, 27 June, the club also announced that Bradley Fink had transferred out to Wycombe Wanderers in the League One, the third level of the English football league system.[19] Between the years 2022 and 2025, which also included a one-year loan to Grasshopper Club, Fink played a total of 57 games for Basel scoring a total of 8 goals. 41 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, 7 in the Swiss Cup, 9 in the UEFA Conference League and he appeared in a further 13 friendly games. He scored six goals in the domestic league and two in the cup. He scored a further 5 Goals during the test games.[20]
On 1 July, FCB announced that they had signed Keigo Tsunemoto from Servette on a three-year contract.[21]
Then on 4 July a further player transfer and a further loan contract were confirmed. First, Arnau Comas, who had been on loan to Eibar transferred to Deportivo de La Coruña for an undisclosed fee.[22] Then Đorđe Jovanović, who had been on loan to FK Partizan, moved on to Maccabi Haifa also on loan.[23]
FCB announced on 17 July that they had reached an agreement with the City Football Group, who are the owners of ES Troyes, about a definite transfer of Metinho and that the player had signed in on a five-year contract.[24] A further transfer in was Andrej Bačanin from FK Čukarički, from the Serbian Super League, to strengthen the FCB midfield. This was announced on 1 July 2025.[25] Then FCB signed striker Moritz Broschinski in from VfL Bochum on 12 Ausgust.[26] On 25 August the club announced that they had signed Jeremy Agbonifo in on loan from Lens until the end of the season.[27] On 1 September another transfer announcement was made by the club, Flavius Daniliuc, an Austrian national player, was signed in from Salernitana to strengthen the FCB defence.[28] On the same day Ibrahim Salah joined FCB with a four-year contract. Born in Belgium, he has represented Morocco at international level, he had been with Rennes before he signed for Basel.[29]
In the other direction, on 25 July, the club announced that Roméo Beney had transferred out to Portuguese club Famalicão.[30] On 30 July it was announced that Andrin Hunziker was loaned out to Winterthur until 30 June 2026 so that he could obtain further playing experience.[31] On 18 August FCB announced that they were loaning out Gabriel Sigua to Lausanne-Sport until the end of the season.[32] In a further announcement on the same day, the club stated that Kevin Carlos had signed a contract with OGC Nice and had left the team after just one season with them.[33] On 19 August the club announced that Emmanuel Essiam had been loaned out until the end of the season to Francs Borains in Belgium.[34]
On 25 August FCB announced that, after three years with the club, Anton Kade had left FC Basel 1893 and moved to FC Augsburg in the German Bundesliga. He played his last game for the FCB on 10 August in Lugano.[35] In his time with the club, Kade played a total of 132 games for Basel scoring a total of 18 goals. 88 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, 12 in the Swiss Cup, 7 in the UEFA Conference League and 25 were friendly games. He scored 9 goals in the domestic league, 2 in the cup, 2 in the European games and the other 5 were scored during the test games.[36]
Winter break
On the evening of 2 February 2026, FCB announced the departure of two players. The first was Philip Otele, who moved out on loan to Hamburger SV [37] and the other was Jonas Adjetey who transferred to VfL Wolfsburg on a perminant basis.[38]
Players
First-team squad
The following is the list of the Basel first team squad. It also includes players that were in the squad the day the season started on 26 July 2025, but subsequently left the club after that date.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Players in on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Players out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers in
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers out
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Results and fixtures
Kickoff times are in CET.
Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches
Pre-season
| 5 July 2025 Friendly | SC Rheindorf Altach | 1–1 | Basel | Sportanlage Walgaubad, Nenzing |
| 15:00 | Fetahu  82' (pen.) |
FCB report | 69' Ajeti |
Referee:  Stefan Macanovic |
| Note: Fair game, no yellow cards | ||||
| 10 July 2025 Friendly | FC Rapperswil-Jona | 2–4 | Basel | Stadion Grünfeld, Jona |
| 18:00 | Kamberi 7' Saliji 19' |
FCB report | 1' Ajeti 26' Otele 48' Traoré 70' Carlos |
Attendance: 2,438 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich |
| Note: Fair game, no yellow cards | ||||
| 12 July 2025 Friendly | Basel | 1–1 | Winterthur | Youth Campus Basel, Münchenstein |
| 13:00 | Shaqiri  63′Adjetey 64' |
FCB report | 34' (pen.) Di Giusto |
Attendance: 0 Referee: Mirel Turkes |
| Note: Fair game, no yellow cards. Due to capacity and safety reasons played behind closed doors. | ||||
| 16 July 2025 Friendly | Basel | 1–1 | FC Wil | Youth Campus Basel, Münchenstein |
| 13:00 | Schmid 24' |
FCB summary | 68' Bytyqi |
Attendance: 0 Referee: |
| Note: Fair game, no yellow cards. Due to capacity and safety reasons played behind closed doors. | ||||
| 19 July 2025 Friendly | Basel | 1–1 | Schaffhausen | Youth Campus Basel, Münchenstein |
| 11:00 | Hunziker 38' (1:0) |
FCB report | 88' (1:1) Gegaj |
Attendance: 0 Referee: Logan Berchier |
| Note: Fair game, no yellow cards. Due to capacity and safety reasons played behind closed doors. | ||||
| 19 July 2025 Friendly | Basel | 3–3 | Villarreal CF | Stadion Schnabelholz |
| 13:00 | Shaqiri 12' Ajeti 27'Carlos 65'Traoré  83' |
FCB report | 24' (o.g.) Ajeti 32' Pérez 68' Gueye 87' Danjuma 90+1' Yeremy |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Matthias Gächter |
Swiss Super League
The 2025–26 Super League season was the 129th season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland. The Swiss Football League (SFL) drew and published the fixtures of the first 22 rounds on 20 June 2025. The rest were to be drawn at a later date.
First and second round
| 26 July 2025 1 | St. Gallen | 2–1 | Basel | Kybunpark, St. Gallen |
| 18:00 | Görtler 21' Görtler 56'Geubbels 75'Owusu 90' |
FCB summary | 14' Leroy 40' (o.g.) Görtler 62' Koindredi 72' Shaqiri |
Attendance: 19,555 Referee: Urs Schnyder |
| 2 August 2025 2 | Basel | 2–1 | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 20:30 | Otele 44' (Schmid) 58' 75' (Shaqiri) Leroy 77' |
Report | 13' Imourane 24' Muci 29' Decarli 69' (Zvonarek) 78' Paskotši |
Attendance: 25,556 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger |
| 6 August 2025 4 | Basel | 4–1 | Young Boys | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 20:30 | Shaqiri 39' (Schmid) 60' (pen) Leroy 45'Magnin 45'Ajeti 45+3'Schmid 59'Kevin Carlos 75' (Otele)Adjetey 71'Metinho 90+1' (Tsunemoto) |
Report | 14' Benito 17' (Fernendes) Maleš 58' Fernandes 59' Keller 68' Athekame 83' Monteiro |
Attendance: 26,978 Referee: Luca Cibelli |
| Note: This match was pulled forward from 23 August. | ||||
| 10 August 2025 3 | Lugano | 3–1 | Basel | Cornaredo, Lugano |
| 16:30 | Grgić 11' (pen) 55' Papadopoulos 31' (Steffen)Koutsias 87' 90+6' (Daniel Dos Santos) |
Report | 29' Kade 39' Metinho 63' Ajeti (Otele) 90+4' Shaqiri |
Attendance: 4,256 Referee: Mirel Turkes |
| 30 August 2025 5 | Sion | 0–1 | Basel | Stade Tourbillon, Sion |
| 20:30 | Lukembila 42' Chouaref 66'Kronig 77'Bouchlarhem 77' |
FCB summary | 14' Junior Zé 23' Leroy 31' Schmid |
Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger |
| 13 September 2025 6 | Thun | 1–3 | Basel | Stockhorn Arena, Thun |
| 18:00 | Meichtry 36' Reichmuth 40'Heule 73'Montolio 78'Matoshi 90+1' |
FCB summary | 24' Shaqiri 41' Ajeti 85' Metinho Broschinski 90+8' (pen.) Shaqiri |
Attendance: 10,014 Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Neuchâtel) |
| 28 September 2025 7 | Basel | 1–2 | Luzern | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 16:30 | Schmid 53' |
FCB summary | 15' (0:1) Owusu Ferreira 59' Dorn 64' Nocentini (co-trainer) 90+7' Loretz |
Attendance: 29,958 Referee: Alessandro Dudic |
| 5 October 2025 8 | Servette | 0–3 | Basel | Stade de Genève, Geneva |
| 16:30 | Cognat 28' |
FCB summary | 5' Ajeti 17' Agbonifo 41' Otele 45+1' Barišić 59' Otele |
Attendance: 12,120 Referee: Anojen Kanagasingam |
| 18 October 2025 9 | Basel | 3–0 | Winterthur | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 18:00 | Leroy 4' Otele 16'Shaqiri 30'Daniliuc 33' |
FCB summary | 29' Citherlet 47' Jankewitz 49' Martins 56' Sahita |
Attendance: 25,500 Referee: Urs Schnyder |
| 26 October 2025 10 | Lausanne-Sport | 5–1 | Basel | Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne |
| 16:30 | Bair 6' Custodio 17' (pen.)Bair 35'Diakité 55' 55'Ajdini 66' |
FCB summary | 16' Ajeti 62' Metinho 85' (pen.) Traoré 89' Šotiček |
Attendance: 7,956 Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Neuchâtel) |
| 29 October 2025 11 | Basel | 2–0 | Zürich | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 20:30 | Traoré 13' Vouilloz 42'Salah 50'Salah 76' |
FCB summary | 12' Ligue 39' Comenencia |
Attendance: 27,073 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich |
| 2 November 2025 12 | Young Boys | 0–0 | Basel | Stadion Wankdorf, Bern |
| 16:30 | Traoré 56' Broschinski 86'Rüegg 90+3'Shaqiri 90+4' |
FCB summery | 33'  48' Gigović |
Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf) |
| 9 November 2025 13 | Basel | 0–1 | Lugano | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 14:00 | Metinho 45' |
FCB summery | 8' Papadopoulos 62' Behrens 84' Saipi 86' El Wafi |
Attendance: 27,676 Referee: Urs Schnyder |
| 23 November 2025 14 | Grasshopper Club | 1–1 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
| 16:30 | Ullmann 13' (1:0) Marques 44' 74'Stroscio 63' 90'Arigoni 82' |
FCB summary | 33' (1:1) Traoré 61' 64' Bačanin |
Attendance: 7,900 Referee: Luca Piccolo |
| 30 November 2025 15 | Basel | 0–0 | St. Gallen | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 16:30 | FCB summary | 26' Stanić 34' May 80' Vallçi 81' Witzig |
Attendance: 27,666 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Buttikon) |
| 7 December 2025 16 | Winterthur | 1–2 | Basel | Schützenwiese, Winterthur |
| 14:00 | Hunziker 51' (1:1) Arnold 69'Zuffi 73' |
FCB summary | 29' (0:1) Shaqiri 65′ Otele 90+3' (1:2) Tsunemoto |
Attendance: 8,700 (sold out) Referee: Lukas Fähndrich |
| Note: 43rd minute: shot from Goillard hits the post; 62nd minute: shot from Maluvunu hits the post; 65th minute: Kapino saves Otele's penalty. | ||||
| 14 December 2025 17 | Basel | 0–0 | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 16:30 | Tsunemoto 53' Adjetey 65' |
FCB summary | 26' Roche 28' Abdallah 59' Lekweiry 84' 90+5' Soppy |
Attendance: 23,562 Referee: Nico Gianforte |
| 17 December 2025 18 | Luzern | 1–2 | Basel | Swissporarena, Luzern |
| 20:30 | Winkler 16' Fernandes 39'Von Moos 54' (1:1)Von Moos 63'Knezevic 87' |
FCB summary | 18′ Shaqiri 21' Traoré 28' Leroy 49' (0:1) Broschinski 75′ (1:2) Koindredi 83' Šotiček |
Attendance: 11,703 Referee: Luca Piccolo |
| 20 December 2025 19 | Basel | 1–1 | Servette | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 20:30 | Otele 42' Traoré 64' (1:1)Salah 90+4' |
FCB summary | 29' (0:1) Guillemenot 33' Cognat 51' Allix 68' Rouiller 85' Ishuayed |
Attendance: 24,103 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger |
| 18 January 2026 20 | Basel | 1–1 | Sion | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 16:30 | Daniliuc 4' (1:0) Eduardo 50'Koindredi 90+2' |
FCB summary | 58' (1:1) [[Chipperfield]] 90' Lukembila 90+1' Hefti |
Attendance: 23,886 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger |
| Note: A minute's silence was observed before kickoff in remembrance of the victims of the Crans-Montana fire disaster. Both teams and the refereeing trio wore black armbands. | ||||
| 25 January 2026 21 | Zürich | 3–4 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
| 16:30 | Phaëton 1' (1:0) Phaëton 2'Kény 43' (2:1)Reverson 64' (3:3)Kény 70'Di Giusto 74' |
FCB summary | 11' (1_1) Shaqiri 42' Ajeti 44' Shaqiri 45+3' (2:2) Shaqiri 51' (2:3) Otele 80' Koindredi 90+4' (3:4) Shaqiri |
Attendance: 18,878 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf) |
| 1 February 2026 22 | Basel | 1–2 | Thun | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 16:30 | Schmid 57' (1:1) Leroy 90+4' |
FCB summary | 15' (0:1) Bertone 28' Meichtry 49' Fehr 80' (1:2) Matoshi |
Attendance: 26,374 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger |
| Note: FCB-Debüt für Giacomo Koloto. | ||||
Third round
The fixtures and dates for the third round were announced on 20 December 2025.
| 8 February 2026 Round 23 | Basel | 2–1 | Zürich | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 16:30 | Leroy 36' Shaqiri 90' (pen.)Salah 90+6' (2:1) |
FCB summary | 5' Sauter 16' (0:1) Sauter 85' Reverson 88' Comenencia 89' Nvendo 89' Palacio |
Attendance: 28,790 Referee: Urs Schnyder |
| 12 February 2026 Round 24 | Sion | v | Basel | Stade Tourbillon, Sion |
| 20:30 |
| 15 February 2026 Round 25 | Basel | v | Lugano | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 16:30 |
| 22 February 2026 Round 26 | Luzern | v | Basel | Swissporarena, Luzern |
| 16:30 |
| 1 March 2026 Round 27 | Lausanne-Sport | v | Basel | Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne |
| 14:00 |
| 5 March 2026 Round 28 | Basel | v | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 20:30 |
| 8 March 2026 Round 29 | St. Gallen | v | Basel | Kybunpark, St. Gallen |
| 14:00 |
| 15 March 2026 Round 30 | Basel | 16:30 | Servette | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| [ FCB summary] |
| 22 March 2026 Round 31 | Winterthur | v | Basel | Schützenwiese, Winterthur |
| 14:00 |
| 4 April 2026 Round 32 | Basel | v | Young Boys | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 20:30 | [ FCB summary] |
| 11 April 2026 Round 33 | Thun | v | Basel | Stockhorn Arena, Thun |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
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| 2 | St. Gallen | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 30 | +15 | 43 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round[b] |
| 3 | Lugano | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 30 | +11 | 43 | |
| 4 | Basel | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 40 | |
| 5 | Sion | 25 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 37 | |
| 6 | Young Boys | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 51 | 49 | +2 | 36 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored 6) Away goals scored; 7) Draw.[39]
Notes:
- ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
- ^ The 2025–26 Swiss Cup winner qualifies for the Europa League first qualifying round. If the cup winner finishes in the top three, the remaining European berths will pass down to the next highest qualifying teams.
Swiss Cup
The fixtues and dates of the first round were drawn in June 2025.
| 16 August 2025 First round | Biel-Bienne | 1–6 | Basel | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 20:30 | Doucouré 45' Ssebunya 47'Vasic 74' |
Report | 2' (o.g.) Monney 18' Metinho 24' Broschinski Shaqiri 28' Otele Tsunemoto 41' Shaqiri 54' Šotiček 64' Broschinski |
Attendance: 16,323 Referee: Désirée Grundbacher |
| Note: Biel-Bienne played this season in the 2025–26 Promotion League. This match was originally scheduled to be played in Biel/Bienne. However, since the Tissot Arena was unavailable for this encounter on the third weekend of August, a venue swap was arranged, this at the request of the home club.[40] | ||||
| 19 September 2025 Second round | Étoile Carouge | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p) | Basel | Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge |
| 19:00 | Essiena 40' 26' 76' Zrankeon 60'El Jaouhari 68'Antonio 88'Sene 117' |
FCB report | 62′ Shaqiri 90+3' Agbonifo 97' Junior Zé 104' Adjetey |
Attendance: 3,105 Referee: Johannes von Mandach |
| Penalties | ||||
| Bua Hysenaj Maouche (Salvi saves) Traoré (Salvi saves) Sene (Salvi saves) |
Shaqiri Metinho Broschinski Agbonifo |
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| Note: Étoile Carouge played this season in the 2025–26 Swiss Challenge League. | ||||
| 4 December 2025 Third round | FC du Grand-Saconnex | 3–1 | Basel | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 18:30 | Matuvunu 9' (1:1) |
FCB summary | 6' (0:1) Traoré 58' (1:2) Otele 61'Metinho 68' (1:3) Traoré |
Attendance: 25,778 Referee: Luca Piccolo |
| Note: FC du Grand-Saconnex played this season in the 2025–26 Promotion League. This match was originally scheduled to be played in Grand-Saconnex. However, due to the fact that their home ground in much too small for this encounter, a venue swap was arranged, this at the request of the home club. FC Basel and their sponsor take over all the costs and invite all spectators in and that free of charge.[41] Free entry sponsored by jersey sponsor Bitpanda. | ||||
| 4 February 2026 Quarter-final | St. Gallen | 2–1 | Basel | Kybunpark, St. Gallen |
| 20:15 | Baldé 1' (1:0) Stanić 16'Görtler 45'Gaal 55'Boukhalfa 90+3' (2:1) |
[FCB summary] | 51' Rüegg 65' (1:1) Koloto 87' Koloto |
Attendance: 16,955 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich |
UEFA Champions League
Play-off round
| 20 Aug 2025 First Leg | Basel | 1–1 |  Copenhagen | Basel |
| 14:00 CEST | Shaqiri 14' (pen) Tsunemoto 28'Adjetey 43' 82'Leroy 45+2'Barišić 90' |
FCB summery | Huescas 12' Pereira López 45+3' 53' Lerager 62' Larsson |
Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 25,847 Referee: Anthony Taylor  |
| 27 Aug 2025 Second Leg | Copenhagen | 2–0 (3–1 agg.) | Basel | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 21:00 CEST | Cornelius (Achouri) 46' Moukoko 84' (pen)Claesson 85' |
FCB summery | Stadium: Parken Attendance: 34,854 Referee: István Kovács  |
UEFA Europa League
League Phase
Matches
| 24 September 2025 Matchday 1 | SC Freiburg | 2–1 | Basel | Europa-Park Stadion, Freiburg im Breisgau |
| 21:00 | Osterhage 31' Eggestein 57' |
Report[43] FCB summery |
84' Otele |
Attendance: 34,300 (sold out)[42] Referee: .svg.png){kind=small} Luis Godinho |
| 2 October 2025 Matchday 2 | Basel | 2–0 | VfB Stuttgart | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 21:00 | Ajeti 3' Ajeti 30'Schmid 69'Salah 78'Shaqiri 84' |
Report[44] FCB summery |
Attendance: 33,650 Referee: Davide Massa (Italy) |
| 23 October 2025 Matchday 3 | Lyon  | 2–0 | Basel | Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu |
| 18:45 | Tolisso 3' (1:0) Niakhaté 89'Moreira 90' (2:0) |
Report[45] FCB summery |
45+3' Vouilloz |
Attendance: 35,860 Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania) |
| 6 November 2025 Matchday 4 | Basel | 3–1 | FCSB | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 18:45 | Shaqiri 19' (pen.) Shaqiri 73' (2:1)Salah 88' (3:1) |
Report[47] FCB summery |
57' (1:1) Olaru |
Attendance: 21,925[46] Referee: Juxhin Xhaja (Albania) |
| 27 November 2025 Matchday 5 | Genk .svg.png){kind=small} | 2–1 | Basel | Cegeka Arena, Genk |
| 21:00 | Oh Hyeon-gyu 14' (1:0) Karetsas 45+2' (2:0) |
Report[48] FCB summary |
57' (2:1) Otele |
Attendance: 13,104[49] Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel) |
| 11 December 2025 Matchday 6 | Basel | 1–2 | Aston Villa | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 21:00 | Daniliuc 34' (1:1) |
Report[50] FCB summary |
12' (0:1) Guessand 53' (1:2) Tielemans |
Attendance: 27,509[51] Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey) |
| 22 January 2026 Matchday 7 | Red Bull Salzburg | 3–1 | Basel | Red Bull Arena, Salzburg |
| 21:00 | Alajbegović 4' (1:0) Alajbegović 12' (2:0)Krätzig 35' (3:0)Kitano 45' |
Report[52] FCB summary |
37' Agbonifo 40' Bačanin 50' Vouilloz 56' (3:1) Agbonifo |
Attendance: 6,741 Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece) |
| 29 January 2026 Matchday 8 | Basel | 0–1 |  Viktoria Plzeň | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 21:00 | Adjetey 33' Rüegg 43' |
Report[53] FCB summary |
39' (0:1) Panoš 68' Dweh 90+3' Memić |
Attendance: 20,454 Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia) |
League phase table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 |  Go Ahead Eagles
|
8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 7 |
| 29 | Feyenoord
|
8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 6 |
| 30 | Basel
|
8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 6 |
| 31 | Red Bull Salzburg
|
8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 6 |
| 32 |  Rangers
|
8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 4 |
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
See also
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