Domestic league

Basel's priority for the season was to win the league championship. The Swiss Super League season began on 22 July. Basel's first game was at home to FC Zürich which was won 1–0. In the fourth and sixth round of the championship, Basel suffered two defeats, 1–5 against BSC Young Boys and 0–2 against Grasshopper Club, and slid down to the fourth position in the league table. It took them two months before they climbed back to the leading position. In this period they won nine and drew two of eleven games. Basel suffered a home defeat against Xamax directly before the winter break and the suffered another defeat in the away match against Young Boys directly as the second half of the season began. Nevertheless Basel stayed in top position in the league table until virtually the end of the championship, slipping to second position twice. The first time as they lost an away match against Luzern and the second time after an away draw against Aarau. In the last eight games of the season, Basel achieved only four victories and four draws. But the team played strong enough to regain the lead. Basel won the Swiss Super League for the first time since 2005 on the 10 May 2008 at St. Jakob-Park after a 2-0 win over their main title threats BSC Young Boys.

The championship decision was made in the last game of the season. FCB needed only a point from the match to win the Championship, however if YB won then they would have become champions. This was exactly the same situation as the end of the 2005–06 season, then the final match was between Basel and Zürich then. The painful memories of losing the league on the last day of the season in 2006 and the resulting 2006 Basel hooligan incident seemed to spur FCB on. Basel took an early lead through Valentin Stocker and a second goal scored by Marco Streller just a few minutes later wrapped up the victory well before half time.^[1]

FCB obtained 74 points to win the championship and qualify for Champions League second qualifying round. They were four points above YB with 70 points and 18 points ahead of third placed FCZ, who obtained 56 points. These two teams qualified to UEFA Cup second qualifying round. The bottom placed Thun suffered relegation and second last St. Gallen advanced to the relegation/promotion play-pff against Bellinzona. Bellinzona won the play-off and were promoted FCSG suffered relegation. ^[2]

Domestic Cup

Basel's clear aim for the 2007–08 Swiss Cup was to retain the title that they had won the year before. The 10 clubs from the Swiss Super League as well as the 17 clubs of the Swiss Challenge League qualified directly for the cup and entered in the round of 64.

FC Léchelles

Basel were paired away against 5th tier FC Léchelles on 19 September 2007 and won with ease. Carlitos, Scott Chipperfield and Eduardo each scored two goals and David Degen, Kōji Nakata and team captain Ivan Ergić each scored one as Basel achieved the end result 9–0.^[3]

SC Binningen

They then faced local club SC Binningen, also from the 5th tier, away from home at the newly built Spiegelfeld stadium, on 20 October. This time captain Ivan Ergić scored two goals and David Degen, Carlitos, Eduardo and Benjamin Huggel each added another as Basel cruised to a 6–1 victory.^[4]

Grasshopper Club

Basel then faced a much tougher test in the third round. An away match against the Grasshoppers at the Letzigrund on 25 October. The game was equally balanced in a first half low on events. The best chance came from a bicycle kick from Scott Chipperfield. In the second half Basel put on the pressure and after 55 minutes were not awarded a penalty despite a foul on Streller. But nonetheless Basel won 1–0. The goal coming from the penalty spot, scored by Daniel Majstorović after a hand-ball from Guillermo Vallori.^[5]

Stade Nyonnais

On 15 December, third tier Stade Nyonnais travelled to St. Jakob-Park for the quarter-final. Basel played with second goalkeeper Louis Crayton in place of Franco Costanzo, who was rested in advance of the Uefa Cup game against Hamburger SV, which was a few days later. But it was the Nyonnaise keeper Mathey who stole the show, saving four, five good attempts alone in the first half. He kept the game goalless to halftime. Stade Nyonnais fought hard as Basel added more pressure. Eren Derdiyok eventually put the hosts one up in the 53rd minute and they kept pressing giving keeper Mathey more chances to show his abilities. Derdiyok finished the game off with another goal in the 90th minute.^[6]

Thun

The semi-final saw Basel beat FC Thun 1–0 on 27 February. Again played in the St. Jakob-Park Vratislav Lokvenc, who was on loan from Red Bull Salzburg scored the only game of the match as early as the 12th minute.^[7]

Bellinzona

Basel were heavy favourites before the kick-off, not just because they were facing a lower league side but as the cup final was also being held in their home stadium, which is where UEFA Euro 2008 kicked off nine weeks later. It was Bellinzona, though, who had the better of the opening stages with Basel goalkeeper Franco Costanzo called into action several times. However, Eren Derdiyok scored the opening goal on 31 minutes to calm down things for the Swiss league leaders. Bellinzona equalised after 58 minutes through Christian Pouga but their euphoria was short-lived as they conceded three times in as many minutes to lose any chance of causing an upset. Four minutes later Daniel Majstorovic headed in, substitute Marco Streller made it 3-1 and fellow Swiss international Benjamin Huggel put the match beyond doubt in the 66th minute to make the final scoreline 4–1 in Basel's favour. Basel won the Swiss Cup for the second consecutive season after beating second-tier side AC Bellinzona 4–1 at St. Jakob-Park on 6 April 2008. ^[8]

Conclusion

Basel's aim for the Swiss Cup was to retain the title and this was achieved with ease.

Europe

Because Basel entered the 2007–08 UEFA Cup in the second qualifying round, the club set their aim as to reach the group stage. The draw was held on Friday, 3 August 2007 at 13:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. It was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Giorgio Marchetti, UEFA's director of professional football. The matches were to be played on 16 and 30 August 2007.

Mattersburg

Basel were drawn against a tough opponent in the form of SV Mattersburg of Austria. Mattersburg were Austrian league leaders at the time, with an unbeaten run. The first leg was held at the St. Jakob-Park on 16 August 2007 under referee Martin Ingvarsson of the Swedish Football Association. Basel began strongly, had their fifth corner in the twelfth minute but Scott Chipperfield's good shot was deflected only a short distance wide of the goal. Mattersburg's defender Cem Atan saw his second yellow card after just 17 minutes and was sent off. Nevertheless it was the Austrian team who shortly afterwards took the lead. Basel's defender Nakata deflected a shot into their own goal after 20 minutes. Basel's reply was immediate, capitan Ergić equalised just three minutes later. Mattersburg goalkeeper Robert Almer played strongly, showing six or seven good saves and denying Basel the lead. This eventually came in the 57th minute from Caicedo. Mattersburg were overwhelmed but their keeper kept showing good work. In the end the 2–1 victory meant a lot of work, but too little yield.^[9]

Return match

Basel won the tie straight off with an easy away win in the Pappelstadion on 30 August, under referee Selçuk Dereli from the Turkish Football Federation. Felipe Caicedo put the visitors one up after 22 minutes, captain Ergić added a second after 36 and Streller netted the third after 40. Basel had decided the game before half time and they played the rest of the game in a lower gear. Eight minutes after the break Carlitos increased the score to the final score of 4–0 and 6–1 on aggregate.^[10]

FK Sarajevo

In the next round, Basel were drawn against Bosnian minnows FK Sarajevo in the first round. The first leg was played on 20 September in front of 6,000 spectators in the Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium in Sarajevo under referee Lajuks of the Latvian Football Federation. Carlitos put the visitors in the lead in the 11th minute and captain Ergić added a second after 63 minutes. Basel again played the rest of the game in a lower gear. In the third minute of added time Semjon Milošević scored for the hosts, but this was much too late to make a difference.^[11]

Return match

The return leg was played on 4 October in the St. Jakob-Park. Basel started quickly. Carlitos netted the first goal in the eighth minute and added a second just one minute later. Then came Swiss international Streller double into the scorers list, scoring his first in the 19th minute and his second ten minutes later. This was the half time score. Basel played as though it was a friendly match, not wishing to hurt themselves or be injured by their opponents, so not really entering the tackles. Huggel scored the teams fifth goal on 75 minutes and then Felipe Caicedo added a sixth as the game entered the added time. The game ended 6–0 and Basel won 8–1 on aggregate.^[12]

Basel advanced to the group stage. Due to the fact that they had reached the group stage their aim was modified and was set as to remain in the competition over the winter break. The draw for the group stage, which was conducted by UEFA's director of professional football Giorgio Marchetti and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions, was held on Tuesday, 9 October 2007 at 12:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. Basel were then drawn into a group of death, Group D, alongside Brann, Dinamo Zagreb, Hamburger SV and Rennes, all of which were ranked within the top three of their respective leagues at the start of the stage.

Rennes

The first group match was at home, in front of a small crowd of just 11,407 spectators, on 27 October against French team Rennes under referee Nicola Rizzoli from the Italian Football Federation. Basel started well into the match and almost worked themselves an early advantage when Ivan Ergić's fierce free-kick was tipped around the post by Rennes goalkeeper Patrice Luzi. Rennes were second best at the beginning, but gradually began to work their way into the game with Franco Costanzo having to move quickly to save Sylvain Marveaux's effort on 27 minutes, before watching Bruno Cheyrou's powerful shot sail over the bar three minutes later. However, Basel ended the first half as they had begun it, strong. Scott Chipperfield hit a long-range shot that was well caught by Luzi and minutes later Felipe Caicedo fired an effort narrowly wide of the left-hand post. After the restart, Rennes again worked Costanzo, but the goalkeeper was more than equal to Jimmy Briand's strike. The decisive moment came soon after as Marco Streller jumped higher than the Rennes defencef's to head in Chipperfield's corner. Caicedo almost doubled Basel's lead soon after, with a shot out of the distance that flew narrowly wide. Having survived that, Rennes pressed for an equaliser but the closest they came was a shot by Mickaël Pagis that drifted wide as Basel achieved their victory.^[13]

Dinamo Zagreb

Their next game was away to Dinamo Zagreb, in the Maksimir Stadium, in which Basel earned a valuable away point thanks to on form goalkeeper Franco Costanzo, who kept the game at 0–0 for 90 minutes. On the 8 November, in front of 28,000 spectators, FC Basel goalkeeper Costanzo was in inspired form as the Swiss side earned a valuable point. The Argentinian keeper twice tipped good drives over the bar to keep the visitors in the match, but the hosts only had themselves to blame for not capitalising on a dominant performance. Gordon Schildenfeld and Mario Mandžukić were both guilty of bad misses and Dinamo's evening was summed up in the final minute when Ognjen Vukojević saw his effort cannon back off the post. Yet it was Basel that begun the brightest as they sought to build on their 1-0 victory against Stade Rennes a fortnight before. Scott Chipperfield was the instigator of much of their attacking play, and Daniel Majstorovic twice headed over crosses from the Australian when he should have done better. It proved a false dawn, however, and Dinamo soon found their rhythm as Mandžukić and Hrvoje Čale both tried their luck from distance. Ivan Ergić warmed Dinamo keeper George Koch's hands at the other end, though Basel found relief harder and harder to come by as the game went on. Midway through the first half Schildenfeld contrived to head Luka Modrić's corner wide, while Mandžukić, Vukojević and Franck Manga Guela all fired long-distance efforts off target. Costanzo was called upon soon after half-time to tip over Vukojević's curling effort and was on hand to collect Schildenfeld's header soon after. It was all Dinamo as Costanzo made further stops to deny substitute Carlos and then Mandžukić yet again. It was an evening to forget for the 21-year-old Mandžukić who headed a glorious chance wide and when Vukojević saw his effort hit the post, Dinamo knew their luck was out as Basel held on.^[14]

SK Brann

Basel then faced Brann at St. Jakob-Park on 5 December, where they won 1–0 through a Carlitos free-kick and were highly praised for playing attractive and flowing football. Both teams made enterprising starts, although chances were chiefly of the half variety, usually shots from range. Brann midfielder Petter Vaagan Moen and Carlitos traded such efforts before the Basel man broke the deadlock in the 39th minute. Having been fouled by Ramiro Corrales, Carlitos took the free-kick himself and fired beyond Håkon Opdal. The goalkeeper then had to be at his best to ensure Brann went in just a goal behind, diving to keep out a powerful Reto Zanni drive. The Norwegian champions pressed for an equaliser in the second half, but were largely frustrated by a Basel defence that was content to hold on to the narrow advantage. Joakim Sjöhage, Vaagan Moen and Huseklepp all had chances but Franco Costanzo was equal to all of them. ^[15]

Hamburger SV

Basel then went to Germany to face Hamburger SV at the HSH Nordbank Arena on 20 December in front of 48,917 spectators under referee Nicolai Vollquartz from the Danish Football Association. Both clubs had already qualified for the knock out phase, and it was the home side who began better, Nigel de Jong meeting Rafael van der Vaart's free-kick with his head and forcing Franco Costanzo to save with his right foot before he reacted smartly to keep out Bastian Reinhardt's follow-up effort. The Basel goalkeeper held Hamburg at bay throughout the first half, despite the fact that Ivica Olić and Var der Vaart had three presentable chances in quick succession after about half-hours play. Because Basel playmaker Carlitos was well marked by the home defence, Basel struggled to create much in attack and their prospects looked bad when Reto Zanni brought down Vincent Kompany and then saw his second yellow card in the 50th minute. However, eight minutes later Ivan Ergić reacted fastest to push in Benjamin Huggel's mis-hit shot from a Michel Morganella cross. Just as Basel might have been thinking about holding on for the three points, Romeo Castelen raced down the right wing and crossed for the waiting Olić to shoot in the equaliser and ensured his side would finish above their opponents. Hamburger SV claimed first place Group D as Olić's late goal earned a 1-1 draw against ten-man FC Basel. ^[16]

The draw for the round of 32 was held on Friday, 21 December 2007 at 13:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The eight group winners were drawn against the eight third-placed teams, while the eight second-placed teams were drawn against the eight teams who finished third in the Champions League groups. Teams from the same group or the same country cannot be drawn together. Basel then faced Sporting CP in the round of 32 after qualifying in second position in the group alongside Hamburg and Brann. Sporting CP finished third in their group in the UEFA Champions League, which is why they were dropped into the UEFA Cup.

Sporting CP

The first leg took place on the 13 February 2008 at the Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon with referee Kevin Blom from Royal Dutch Football Association. The visitors almost went into the lead inside three minutes when Carlitos' corner came to captain Ivan Ergić whose header went just over. Instead it was Sporting who took went ahead in the eighth minute, Simon Vukčević finishing into the bottom corner after being set up by Leandro Romagnoli's neat pass. But that was a rare foray forward for the home side as Basel dominated possession early on. David Degen going closest to bringing them level with a volley which fizzed over. The visitors suffered a blow a minute before the break when goalkeeper Franco Costanzo was forced off with injury to be replaced by Liberia international Louis Crayton. Vukčević gave the new goalkeeper no chance as he doubled the lead after 58 minutes, drilling João Moutinho's right-wing cross high into the top corner from the right side of the area.^[17]

Return match

One week later, on 21 February 2008, the return leg did not fare any better for Basel. Costanzo was still out injured and Basel lost 3–0 in the home match, resulting in them being knocked out 5–0 on aggregate. The visitors enjoyed a perfect start at St. Jakob-Park when Bruno Pereirinha broke the deadlock after just two minutes. It left Basel needing to score four times. Sporting's keeper Rui Patrício was tested twice after quarter of an hour, first by Eduardo's long-range effort and then Eren Derdiyok's shot from the left side of the area. Patrício also blocked well to deny Ivan Ergić's volley from ten metres. Liédson ended home hopes with two goals either side of half-time.^[18]

Conclusion

This rounded off a highly successful season for Basel, as they conquered on the domestic front, winning both the Swiss Super League and Swiss Cup, and reaching the last 32 of the UEFA Cup. Basel achieved all of their aims. Next season they will have the opportunity to qualify for the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League.

Other information

Chairman	Mrs Gisela Oeri
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	St. Jakob-Park (42,500 / 120x80 m)

Source: Homepage FCB

First team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ARG Franco Costanzo 3 DF  SUI Ronny Hodel 4 DF  SUI Michel Morganella 5 DF  SWE Daniel Majstorović (vicecaptain) 6 DF  JPN Kōji Nakata 8 MF  SUI Benjamin Huggel 9 FW  ARG César Carignano 9 MF  SRB Marko Perović 10 FW  SUI Marco Streller 11 MF  AUS Scott Chipperfield 12 MF  SEN Papa Malick Ba 14 MF  SUI Valentin Stocker 15 MF  LIE Franz Burgmeier 16 MF  SUI Fabian Frei 17 DF  SUI Patrik Baumann

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 GK  LBR Louis Crayton 19 FW  CZE Vratislav Lokvenc 20 MF  ECU Felipe Caicedo 21 DF  FRA François Marque 22 MF  SRB Ivan Ergić (captain) 23 FW  BRA Eduardo 24 MF  SUI Cabral 25 GK  SUI Jayson Leutwiler (25) GK  SUI Riccardo Meili 28 DF  SUI Beg Ferati 30 MF  POR Carlitos 31 FW  SUI Eren Derdiyok 32 DF  SUI Reto Zanni (vicecaptain) 34 GK  SUI Oliver Stöckli 37 MF  SUI David Degen

Transfers summer 2007

In

3	DF	SUI	Ronny Hodel (from Young Boys - for 483,000 SFr)[20]
4	DF	SUI	Michel Morganella (from FC Basel II (U21))[21]
8	MF	SUI	Benjamin Huggel (from Eintracht Frankfurt - for 805,000 SFr)[22]
10	FW	SUI	Marco Streller (from Stuttgart - for 2,415,000 SFr)[23]
14	MF	SUI	Valentin Stocker (from FC Basel II (U21))[24]
16	MF	SUI	Fabian Frei (from FC Basel II (U21))[24]
24	MF	SUI	Cabral (from Lausanne-Sport - free transfer)[25]
25	GK	SUI	Jayson Leutwiler (from FC Basel II (U21))[24][26][27]
30	MF	POR	Carlitos (from Benfica - for 1,610,000 SFr)[28]
31	FW	SUI	Eren Derdiyok (from FC Basel II (U21))
9	FW	ARG	César Carignano (return from loan to América)[24]

In on loan

7	MF	SUI	David Degen (loan from Borussia Mönchengladbach - Loan)[29]
(25)	GK	SUI	Riccardo Meili (on loan from FC Concordia Basel 18 July to 7 August)[26][27]

Out

—	MF	BIH	Damir Džombić (to Vaduz)[24]
—	FW	BRA	Cristiano (to Willem II)[30]
—	MF	AUS	Mile Sterjovski (to Gençlerbirliği - free transfer)[24]
—	FW	CRO	Mladen Petrić (to Borussia Dortmund - 5,635,000 SFr)[31]
—	MF	CRO	Ivan Rakitić (to Schalke 04 - for 4,830,000 SFr)[32]
—	FW	RSA	Delron Buckley (returned to Borussia Dortmund after loan)[24]
—	DF	SUI	Boris Smiljanić (to Grasshopper Club Zürich - 966,000 SFr)[33]

Out on loan

(25)	GK	SUI	Yann Sommer (on loan to Vaduz)[34]
29	MF	SUI	Simone Grippo (on loan to FC Concordia Basel) [24][35]
(25)	GK	SUI	Jayson Leutwiler (on loan to FC Concordia Basel 18 July to 7 August)[26][27]

Transfers winter 2007-08

In

9

MF

SRB

Marko Perović (from Red Star Belgrade)[36][37]

In on loan

19	FW	CZE	Vratislav Lokvenc (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg from 14 February until 30 June 2008)[38]
34	GK	SUI	Oliver Stöckli (on loan from FC Winterthur from 19 February until 30 June 2008)[39]

Out

9	FW	ARG	César Carignano (released from contract)[40]
20	MF	ARG	Caicedo (to Manchester City)[36][37]
--	FW	SUI	Danijel Subotić (to Portsmouth F.C.)[41]

Out on loan

17	DF	SUI	Patrik Baumann (on loan to FC Concordia Basel 1 January to 30 June)[42]
15	MF	LIE	Franz Burgmeier (on loan to Thun 5 January to 30 June)[43]

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season friendlies

Basel v Wil

27 June 2007 Pre-season	Basel	2 – 0	Wil	San Gian, Celerina
18:30	F. Frei 1' (1:0) Hodel  30' Stocker 32' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 600 Referee: Patrick Collet

Basel v Concordia Basel

30 June 2007 Pre-season	Basel	1 – 3	Concordia Basel	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
17:00	Chipperfield 1' (1:0)	Summary	37' (1:1) Kolling 38' (1:2) Sprunger 53' (1:3) Sprunger	Attendance: 3,000 Referee:

Basel v Red Bull Salzburg

3 July 2007 Uhrencup Round 1	Basel	3 – 1	Red Bull Salzburg	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:15	F. Frei 21' (1:0) Eduardo 71' (2:0), 80' (3:0)	Summary	83' (pen. 3:1) Santos	Attendance: 2,754 Referee: Nicole Petignat

Basel v Celtic

5 July 2007 Uhrencup Round 2	Basel	0 – 1	Celtic	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:45		Summary	42' Miller	Attendance: 8,612 (sold out) Referee: Guido Wildhaber

Luzern v Basel

7 July 2007 Pre-season	Luzern	1 – 1	Basel	Seefeld, Horw
18:30	Mendes  45' Lustrinelli 54' (1:0)	Summary	72' Eduardo  75' Huggel 82' (1:1) Eduardo	Attendance: 3,126 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

Basel v RC Lens

11 July 2007 Pre-season	Basel	1 – 2	RC Lens	Stampfi, Rothrist
19:45	Derdiyok 20' (1:0) Ba  38'	Summary	31' (1:1) Monterrubio 49' (1:2) Sablé	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Nicole Petignat
Note: Anniversary game for 50 years of FC Rothrist.

Basel v Werder Bremen

14 July 2007 Pre-season	Basel	2 – 0	Werder Bremen	Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Liechtenstein
19:00	Huggel 27' (1:0) F. Frei 29' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Nicole Petignat
Note: Corners 1:5 (1:2). Fair game, no yellow cards.

SC Dornach v Basel

11 September 2007 Mid-season	SC Dornach	1 – 5	Basel	Gigersloch, Dornach
19:00	Dario Di Giovine 66' (1:4)	Summary	3' (0:1) Carlitos 12' (0:2) Carlitos 25' (pen. 0:3) Ergić 27' (0:4) Chipperfield 83' (1:5) Halimi	Attendance: 500 Referee: Claudio Circhetta
Note: Corners 4:4

FC Rothrist v Basel

16 October 2007 Mid-season	FC Rothrist	0 – 11	Basel	Sportplatz Stampfi
19:15		Summary	14' (0:1) Eduardo 16' (0:2) Ergić 22' (0:3) Nakata 24' (0:4) Caicedo 31' (0:5) Eduardo 37' (o.g. 0:6) Della Porta 45' (0:7) Caicedo 48' (o.g. 0:8) Mijatovic 67' (0:9) F. Frei 81' (0:10) Carlitos 86' (0:11) Ivo Pedro	Attendance: 380 Referee: Sascha Amhof
Note: FCB with test players Ivo Pedro (Ivo Pedro Krenczynski Welter) and Samet Gündüz from youth team

FC Solothurn v Basel

20 November 2007 Mid-season	FC Solothurn	1 – 5	Basel	Stadion FC Solothurn
18:00	Hasler 56' (1:2)	Summary	20′ Ergić 25' (0:1) Carlitos 50' (0:2) Ergić 64' (1:3) Derdiyok 80' (1:4) Carlitos 84' (1:5) F. Frei	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Daniel Käser

Winter break and mid-season friendlies

Basel v FC Solothurn

12 January 2008 Winter break	Basel	6 – 0	FC Solothurn	Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00	Eduardo 8' (1:0) D. Degen 25' (2:0) D. Degen 26' (3:0) Caicedo 29' (4:0) D. Degen 43' (5:0) Derdiyok 87' (6:0)	Summary		Attendance: 650 Referee: Martin Schneider
Note: Corners: 5:1 (3:0)

VfL Bochum v Basel

17 January 2008 Training camp	VfL Bochum	2 – 2	Basel	Sportplatz La Manga, La Manga
16:00	Šesták 8' (1:0) Mięciel 70' (2:1)	Summary	50' (1:1) Derdiyok 90+1' (pen. 2:2) Majstorović	Attendance: 250 Referee: Sanchez Canovas Edward (Alicante)

1899 Hoffenheim v Basel

20 January 2008 Training camp	1899 Hoffenheim	3 – 2	Basel	Sportplatz La Manga, La Manga
11:00	Teber 4' (1:0) Carlos Eduardo 22' (pen. 2:0) Obasi 40' (3:1)	Summary	35' (2:1) Marque 71' (pen. 3:2) D. Degen	Attendance: 100 Referee: Lopez Martinez (Murcia)

Wisła Kraków v Basel

22 January 2008 Training camp	Wisła Kraków	1 – 2	Basel	Stadium Campoamor , Alicante
16:00	Díaz 63.' (o.g. 2:1)	Summary	28' (0:1) Brożek 49' (0:2) Zienzczuk	Attendance: 50 Referee: Canovas Edward (Alcante)

Schalke 04 v Basel

25 January 2008 Winter break	Schalke 04	1 – 0	Basel	Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen
19:00	Asamoah 44' (1:0)	Summary	32' Caicedo	Attendance: 39,158 Referee: Dirk Margenberg (Wermelskirchen)

Basel v Yverdon-Sport

29 January 2008 Winter break	Basel	1 – 0	Yverdon-Sport	Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00	Caicedo 81' (1:0)	Summary	88' Sejmenovic	Attendance: 250 Referee: Claudio Circhetta

Sochaux v Basel

12 March 2008 Mid-season	Sochaux	3 – 1	Basel	Espace 2000, Bartenheim
16:00	Traoré 34' Dramé 64' Sène  67' Pancrate 84'	Summary	53' D. Degen  76' Lokvenc	Attendance: 150 Referee: Fatih Kiligoglu (Strasbourg)

Swiss Super League

First half of season

Basel v Zürich

22 July 2007 Round 1	Basel	1 – 0	Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15	Streller 69' Burgmeier  88'	Summary	26' Rochat  90+1' Tico	Attendance: 27,680 Referee: Carlo Bertolini

St. Gallen v Basel

25 July 2007 Round 2	St. Gallen	0 – 3	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
19:45	Gelabert  59'  78' Marazzi  61'	Summary	16' (0:1) Chipperfield 26' (0:2) Derdiyok  40' Marque 45' (0:3) Derdiyok  49' Ba  51' Majstorović	Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

Basel v Aarau

28 July 2007 Round 3	Basel	1 – 1	Aarau	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45	Zanni  47' Chipperfield 64' (1:1)	Summary	45' (0:1) Rogério  88' Mesbah	Attendance: 20,841 Referee: Bruno Grossen

BSC Young Boys v Basel

5 August 2007 Round 4	BSC Young Boys	5 – 1	Basel	Stade de Suisse, Bern
16:00	João Paulo 2' (1:0) Schneuwly  11' Raimondi 17' (2:0) João Paulo 57' (3:0) Frimpong 71' (4:0) Frimpong 75' (5:0)	Summary	12' Nakata  19' Zanni  34' Majstorović  80' Costanzo 87' (5:1) Chipperfield	Attendance: 25,020 Referee: Massimo Busacca

Basel v Sion

11 August 2007 Round 5	Basel	3 – 2	Sion	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45	Majstorović 28' (1:0) Eduardo 39' (2:0) Carlitos  83' Ergić 90+1' (3:2)	Summary	44' Reset  54' Obradović 69' (2:1) Vanczák  75' M'Futi 84' (2:2) Chedli	Attendance: 23,583 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann

Grasshopper Club v Basel

19 August 2007 Round 6	Grasshopper Club	2 – 0	Basel	Hardturm, Zurich
16:00	Touré 25' (1:0) Smiljanić  45' Eduardo 63' (2:0) Eduardo  68'	Summary	63' Zanni  66' Majstorović  81' Huggel	Attendance: 12,700 Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

Luzern v Basel

25 August 2007 Round 7	Luzern	2 – 4	Basel	Stadion Allmend Luzern
17:45	Lustrinelli 13' (1:0)  18' Cantaluppi 31' (2:2)	Summary	22' (pen. 1:1) Majstorović 27' (1:2) Streller 56' (2:3) Chipperfield 63' (2:4) Chipperfield  73' Morganella	Attendance: 10,287 Referee: Massimo Busacca

Basel v Thun

2 September 2007 Round 8	Basel	2 – 1	Thun	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Caicedo 44' (1:0) Chipperfield  75' Chipperfield 90+1' (2:1)	Summary	70' (1:1) Faye  73' Glarner	Attendance: 22,119 Referee: Daniel Wermelinger

Xamax v Basel

23 September 2007 Round 9	Xamax	0 – 3	Basel	Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
16:00	Everson  74' Rak  74'	Summary	10' Zanni 20' (0:1) Carlitos  63' Huggel 76' (0:2) Ergić 90+3' (pen. 0:3) Huggel	Attendance: 11,997 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

Zurich v Basel

26 September 2007 Round 10	Zurich	2 – 2	Basel	Letzigrund, Zurich
20:15	Chikhaoui 62' (1:0) Raffael  75' Hassli 90+2' (2:2)	Summary	33' D. Degen  60' Huggel 67' (1:1) Eduardo 77' (1:2) Streller  88' Majstorović	Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Massimo Busacca

Basel v St. Gallen

30 September 2007 Round 11	Basel	3 – 0	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Streller 2' (1:0) Streller 65' (2:0) Caicedo 75' (3:0) Caicedo  75'	Summary	20' Garat  21' Muntwiler  27'  52' Longo  71' Fernando	Attendance: 23,491 Referee: Carlo Bertolini

Aarau v Basel

7 October 2007 Round 12	Aarau	0 – 3	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
16:00		Summary	17' (0:1) Nakata 37' (0:2) Eduardo 41' (0:3) Streller  42' Majstorović	Attendance: 8,900 Referee: Sascha Kever

Basel v BSC Young Boys

28 October 2007 Round 13	Basel	4 – 0	BSC Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30	Majstorović 17' (pen. 1:0) Caicedo  30' Streller 34' (2:0) Chipperfield 52' (3:0) Carlitos 74' (4:0)	Summary	26'  31' Varela  45' Regazzoni  46' Zayatte  84' João Paulo	Attendance: 24,720 Referee: Massimo Busacca

Sion v Basel

31 October 2007 Round 14	Sion	1 – 1	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
19:45	Galindo  55' Saborío 57' (1:1) Obradović  66' Alioui  69'	Summary	43' (0:1) Streller  46' Caicedo  57' Eduardo  84' Costanzo	Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Nicole Petignat

Basel v Grasshopper Club

3 November 2007 Round 15	Basel	2 – 0	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45	Majstorović 25' (1:0) Marque  30' D. Degen  44' Caicedo 90+2' (2:0)	Summary	24' Feltscher  40' Bobadilla  87' Smiljanić	Attendance: 24.851 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

Basel v Luzern

11 November 2007 Round 16	Basel	3 – 2	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Streller 3' (1:0) Caicedo 15' (2:0) Majstorović  44' D. Degen 56' (3:1)	Summary	27'  81' Marić 49' (2:1) Wiss 62' (3:2) Tchouga	Attendance: 21,575 Referee: René Rogalla

Thun v Basel

2 December 2007 Round 17	Thun	0 – 2	Basel	Stadion Lachen, Thun
16:00	Lüthi  59'	Summary	27' (0:1) Eduardo 74' (0:2) Carlitos	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann

Basel v Xamax

9 December 2007 Round 18	Basel	0 – 1	Xamax	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Ba  28' Huggel  36' Nakata  58' Carlitos  72'	Summary	32'  90+2' Everson  40' Jenny 65' (pen. 0:1) Rossi	Attendance: 22,022 Referee: Bruno Grossen

Second half of season

BSC Young Boys v Basel

3 February 2008 Round 19	BSC Young Boys	2 – 0	Basel	Stade de Suisse, Bern
16:00	Baykal  15' Häberli 48' (1:0) Hochstrasser  69' H. Yakin  68', 78' (pen. 2:0) Doubai  75' Hodel  90+2'	Summary	75'  79' Majstorović	Attendance: 19,768 Referee: Carlo Bertolini

Basel v Xamax

9 February 2008 Round 20	Basel	3 – 0	Xamax	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45	Carlitos 9' (1:0) Zanni  19' Huggel 74' (2:0) Marque  77' Quennoz  45'  93' Perović 90+4' (4:0)	Summary	77' Rossi  79' Zuberbühler	Attendance: 17,845 Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

Zurich v Basel

17 February 2008 Round 21	Zurich	1 – 1	Basel	Letzigrund, Zurich
16:00	Stucki  29' Tihinen  45' Chikhaoui  38', 90+1' (pen. 1:1) Abdi  78'  90+2'	Summary	37' Derdiyok 41' Derdiyok  64' Perović  84' Carlitos  94' Huggel	Attendance: 14,100 Referee: Massimo Busacca

Basel v Aarau

24 February 2008 Round 22	Basel	2 – 1	Aarau	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Majstorović 14' (pen. 1:0) Eduardo  49' Perović  65' Carlitos 71' (2:1) Crayton  83'	Summary	13' Christ 27' (1:1) Page  88' Mutsch	Attendance: 20,521 Referee: Carlo Bertolini

Thun v Basel

2 March 2008 Round 23	Thun	1 – 3	Basel	Stadion Lachen, Thun
16:00	Burgmeier  27' Zakrzewski 58' (1:0)	Summary	66' (1:1) Derdiyok 79' (1:2) Derdiyok 88' (1:3) Derdiyok	Attendance: 5,050 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

Basel v St. Gallen

9 March 2008 Round 24	Basel	2 – 1	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Carlitos  13' Eduardo 16' (1:0) Marque  18' Carlitos 48' (2:0) Hodel  77'	Summary	7' Muntwiler  53' Gelabert 64' (2:1) Schneider	Attendance: 23,491 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann

Sion v Basel

16 March 2008 Round 25	Sion	4 – 2	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
16:00	Domínguez 11' (1:0) M'Futi  17' Saborío 44' (2:1) Domínguez 66' (3:2) Reset 82' (4:2)	Summary	27' (1:1) Eduardo 53' (2:2) Stocker  63' Stocker	Attendance: 13,000 Referee: René Rogalla

Basel v Grasshopper Club

19 March 2008 Round 26	Basel	2 – 1	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	Ergić 25' (1:0) Eduardo 36' (2:0) Ba  66'	Summary	19' Feltscher  42' Jakupović 67' (2:1) Cabanas  82' Colina	Attendance: 22,019 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

Basel v Luzern

22 March 2008 Round 27	Basel	1 – 0	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45	Majstorović 45' (pen. 1:0) Costanzo  94'	Summary	75' Diarra	Attendance: 20,331 Referee: Daniel Wermelinger

Luzern v Basel

29 March 2008 Round 28	Luzern	1 – 0	Basel	Stadion Allmend Luzern
17:45	Lustrinelli 62' (1:0)	Summary	24' Stocker  79' Zanni	Attendance: 11,623 Referee: Bruno Grossen

Grasshopper Club v Basel

2 April 2008 Round 29	Grasshopper Club	1 – 1	Basel	Hardturm, Zurich
18:45	Bobadilla  79' Bobadilla 91' (1:1)	Summary	60' Majstorović  64' Marque 70' (0:1) Derdiyok  89' Huggel  92' Streller	Attendance: 6,700 Referee: Sascha Kever

Basel v Sion

13 April 2008 Round 30	Basel	1 – 1	Sion	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Eduardo 6' (1:0) Marque  27' Streller  31' Huggel  74'	Summary	28' Brellier  52' Nwaneri  62' Kali 68' (1:1) Saborío  89' Sarni	Attendance: 23,113 Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik (ÖFB)

St. Gallen v Basel

16 April 2008 Round 31	St. Gallen	1 – 4	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
19:45	Aquirre 32' (pen. 1:1) Callà  54' Koubský  59' Zé Vítor  62'	Summary	10' (0:1) Carlitos 37' (1:2) Majstorović  39' D. Degen 43' (1:3) D. Degen  77' Derdiyok 90' (1:4) Perović	Attendance: 11,300 Referee: Carlo Bertolini

Basel v Thun

19 April 2008 Round 32	Basel	3 – 1	Thun	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45	Ergić 10' (1:0) Majstorović 17' (pen. 2:0) D. Degen  66' Perović  67' D. Degen 77' (3:1)	Summary	16' Stulz  27' Andrist 38' (pen. 2:1) Scarione	Attendance: 19,437 Referee: Stephan Studer

Aarau v Basel

26 April 2008 Round 33	Aarau	2 – 2	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
17:45	Rogério 50' (1:1) Sermeter 64' (pen. 2:1)	Summary	19' (0:1) Streller  63' Costanzo 70' (2:2) Ergić	Attendance: 7,900 Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

Basel v Zürich

2 May 2008 Round 34	Basel	4 – 0	Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	Streller 16' (1:0) Stocker 21' (2:0) Huggel  44' Majstorović 50' (pen. 3:0) Majstorović  54' Huggel 78'	Summary	19' Stahel  38' Tico  46' Rochat  53' Abdi	Attendance: 29,098 Referee: Sascha Kever

Xamax v Basel

6 May 2008 Round 35	Xamax	2 – 2	Basel	Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
20:45	Rossi 20' (1:0) Rossi  22' El Haimour  23' Nuzzolo  38' Coly 52' (2:0) Rak  76'	Summary	10' Ba  70' Zanni 72' (2:1) Majstorović  72' Majstorović 90+1' (2:2) Ergić	Attendance: 8,454 Referee: Stephan Studer

Basel v BSC Young Boys

10 May 2008 Round 36	Basel	2 – 0	BSC Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15	Streller  16' Stocker 19' (1:0) Streller 23' (2:0) Stocker  32'	Summary	19' Ghezal  60' Schwegler  81' Regazzoni  82' Zayatte  83' Hochstrasser	Attendance: 38,015 Referee: Massimo Busacca

Season progression chart

2007–08 Swiss Cup

for main article, see 2007–08 Swiss Cup

FC Léchelles v Basel

16 September 2007 Round 1	FC Léchelles	0 – 9	Basel	Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard, Fribourg
15:00		Summary	7' (0:1) Carlitos 21' (0:2) Chipperfield 32' (0:3) Ergić 57' (0:4) D. Degen 62' (0:5) Chipperfield 64' (0:6) Carlitos 66' (0:7) Eduardo 69' (0:8) Eduardo  74' Cabral 75' (0:9) Nakata	Attendance: 3,549 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

SC Binningen v Basel

20 October 2007 Round 2	SC Binningen	1 – 6	Basel	Spiegelfeld, Binningen
15:00	Tobias Fumagalli 35' (1:2)	Summary	7' (0:1) Ergić 23' (0:2) Eduardo 39' (1:3) Carlitos 47' (1:4) Ergić 72' (1:5) D. Degen 82' (1:6) Huggel	Attendance: 6,450 Referee: Claudio Circhetta

Grasshopper Club v Basel

25 November 2007 Round 3	Grasshopper Club	0 – 1	Basel	Letzigrund, Zurich
14:30	Rinaldo  19'	Summary	2' Zanni  56' D. Degen  58' Streller  65' Eduardo  66' Carlitos 90' (pen. 0:1) Majstorović	Attendance: 8,400 Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

Basel v Stade Nyonnais

15 December 2007 Quarterfinal	Basel	2 – 0	Stade Nyonnais	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30	Derdiyok 53' (1:0) Carlitos  83' Derdiyok 90' (2:0)	Summary	39' Germanier  52' Roux	Attendance: 8,430 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

Basel v Thun

27 February 2008 Semifinal	Basel	1 – 0	Thun	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15	Lokvenc 12' (1:0) D. Degen  91'	Summary	22' Zakrzewski  33' Gavatorta  73' Burgmeier	Attendance: 10,759 Referee: René Rogalla

AC Bellinzona v Basel

6 April 2008 Final	AC Bellinzona	1 – 4	Basel	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
15:45	Carbone  20' Pouga 58' (1:1)	Summary	30' (0:1) Derdiyok 62' (1:2) Marque Majstorović 64' (1:3) Streller 66' (1:5) Huggel	Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann (Münsingen)