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FC Basel 1893

FC Basel 1893

Switzerland · Super League · Super League
Squad size28
Avg age24.5
Nations17
Latest season2015
Squad value €66.70m

About FC Basel 1893

Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel, FCB, or just Basel, is a Swiss professional football club based in Basel, in the Canton of Basel-Stadt. Formed in 1893, the club has been Swiss national champions 21 times, Swiss Cup winners 14 times, and Swiss League Cup winners once.

Streaks & runs — longest sequences in our dataset

Squad size28active players
Avg age24.5years
Domestic11Switzerland
Foreigners1761% of squad
EU passport22non-EU: 6
Nationalities17different countries

Age distribution

0
U18
10
18–22
11
23–26
4
27–30
3
31+

Position breakdown

GK
4 (14%)
DEF
10 (36%)
MID
6 (21%)
FWD
8 (29%)
71% foreign players
20 of 28
25.0y avg squad age
4 Goalkeepers
10 Defenders
6 Midfielders
8 Attackers
33 seasons in dataset
00/01 – 99/00
258 players ever
€900k biggest signing ever
€9.40m biggest sale ever
27 most goals (single season by one player)
View all-time top scorers & club history →
PlayerPosAgeNationalityFootHeightContractMarket value
Bénie Traoré Attack - Left Winger 23 Cote d'Ivoire right 172.00m 2028-06-30 €10.00m
Jonas Adjetey Defender - Centre-Back 22 Ghana right 188.00m 2028-06-30 €8.00m
Adrian Leon Barisic Defender - Centre-Back 24 Bosnia-Herzegovina Croatia right 192.00m 2027-06-30 €5.00m
Jeremy Agbonifo Attack - Right Winger 20 Sweden Nigeria left 178.00m 2026-06-30 €5.00m
Finn van Breemen Defender - Centre-Back 23 Netherlands left 193.00m 2027-06-30 €4.50m
Koba Koindredi Midfield - Central Midfield 24 France left 184.00m 2026-06-30 €4.50m
Dominik Schmid Defender - Left-Back 28 Switzerland left 182.00m 2027-06-30 €4.00m
Keigo Tsunemoto Defender - Right-Back 27 Japan right 173.00m 2028-06-30 €3.50m
Ibrahim Salah Attack - Left Winger 24 Morocco Belgium right 186.00m 2029-06-30 €3.00m
Metinho Midfield - Central Midfield 23 DR Congo Brazil right 178.00m 2030-06-30 €3.00m
Flavius Daniliuc Defender - Centre-Back 25 Austria right 188.00m 2028-06-30 €2.70m
Léo Leroy Midfield - Central Midfield 26 France right 187.00m 2028-06-30 €2.00m
Moritz Broschinski Attack - Centre-Forward 25 Germany right 190.00m 2029-06-30 €2.00m
Xherdan Shaqiri Midfield - Attacking Midfield 34 Switzerland Kosovo left 169.00m 2027-06-30 €2.00m
Nicolas Vouilloz Defender - Centre-Back 25 Switzerland right 184.00m 2028-06-30 €1.50m
Juan Carlos Gauto Attack - Right Winger 21 Argentina right 172.00m 2028-06-30 €1.20m
Dion Kacuri Midfield - Central Midfield 22 Switzerland Kosovo left 188.00m 2028-06-30 €1.00m
Albian Ajeti Attack - Centre-Forward 29 Switzerland right 181.00m 2028-06-30 €800k
Kevin Rüegg Defender - Right-Back 27 Switzerland right 173.00m 2027-06-30 €500k
Marvin Akahomen Defender - Centre-Back 18 Switzerland left 186.00m 2026-12-31 €500k
Adriano Onyegbule Midfield - Attacking Midfield 19 Germany Nigeria right 184.00m 2027-06-30 €400k
Junior Zé Attack - Left Winger 20 Switzerland Cameroon right 178.00m 2027-06-30 €400k
Moussa Cissé Defender - Left-Back 23 France left 177.00m 2028-06-30 €400k
Kaio Eduardo Attack - Centre-Forward 21 Brazil right 188.00m 2029-06-30 €300k
Tim Spycher Goalkeeper 22 Switzerland left 187.00m 2026-06-30 €200k
Marwin Hitz Goalkeeper 38 Switzerland right 194.00m 2026-06-30 €100k
Mirko Salvi Goalkeeper 32 Switzerland right 188.00m 2027-06-30 €100k
Tim Pfeiffer Goalkeeper 21 Germany right 187.00m 2027-06-30 €100k
SeasonDatePlayerPosFromTypeFee
15/16 2015-07-01 Daniel Høegh Defender - Centre-Back Odense BK Transfer €1.50m
11/12 2011-07-01 Radoslav Kovac Defender - Centre-Back West Ham Transfer €500k
12/13 2012-07-06 Gastón Sauro Defender - Centre-Back Boca Juniors Transfer €1.15m
14/15 2015-06-30 Gastón Sauro Defender - Centre-Back Catania Return from loan
04/05 2004-07-01 Kléber Defender - Left-Back Corinthians Transfer €800k
05/06 2006-06-30 Kléber Defender - Left-Back Santos Return from loan
99/00 1999-07-01 Pascal Zuberbühler Goalkeeper Grasshoppers Transfer
00/01 2000-12-31 Pascal Zuberbühler Goalkeeper B. Leverkusen Return from loan
00/01 2001-05-01 Pascal Zuberbühler Goalkeeper FC Aarau Return from loan
24/25 2024-07-18 NK Lokomotiva Transfer €3.00m
23/24 2023-07-03 Thierno Barry Attack - Centre-Forward SK Beveren Transfer €3.00m
97/98 1997-07-01 E. Frankfurt Transfer
25/26 2025-09-01 Ibrahim Salah Attack - Left Winger Stade Rennais Transfer €2.00m
23/24 2023-07-21 Junior Zé Attack - Left Winger FC Basel U21 Transfer
23/24 2023-07-21 Axel Kayombo Attack - Left Winger FC Basel U21 Transfer
24/25 2025-06-30 Axel Kayombo Attack - Left Winger StadeLO Return from loan
23/24 2023-07-25 Gabriel Sigua Midfield - Central Midfield Dinamo Tbilisi Transfer €700k
25/26 2026-06-30 Gabriel Sigua Midfield - Central Midfield Lausanne-Sport Return from loan
03/04 2003-08-17 Matías Delgado Midfield - Attacking Midfield Chacarita Jrs. Transfer €1.30m
13/14 2013-07-13 Matías Delgado Midfield - Attacking Midfield Al-Jazira Transfer
09/10 2009-07-01 Xherdan Shaqiri Midfield - Attacking Midfield FC Basel U21 Transfer
24/25 2024-08-16 Xherdan Shaqiri Midfield - Attacking Midfield Chicago Transfer
09/10 2009-07-01 FC Basel U21 Transfer
09/10 2010-06-30 FC Thun Return from loan
11/12 2012-06-30 FC Aarau Return from loan
12/13 2013-06-30 FC Winterthur Return from loan
21/22 2022-01-03 Emmanuel Essiam Midfield - Central Midfield Berekum Chelsea Transfer
23/24 2024-01-12 Emmanuel Essiam Midfield - Central Midfield StadeLO Return from loan
24/25 2025-06-30 Emmanuel Essiam Midfield - Central Midfield FC Aarau Return from loan
25/26 2026-06-30 Emmanuel Essiam Midfield - Central Midfield Francs Borains Return from loan
21/22 2021-07-01 Nasser Djiga Defender - Centre-Back Vitesse FC Transfer
22/23 2023-06-30 Nasser Djiga Defender - Centre-Back Nîmes Olympique Return from loan
23/24 2024-06-30 Nasser Djiga Defender - Centre-Back Red Star Return from loan
24/25 2025-01-27 Metinho Midfield - Central Midfield Troyes Loan
25/26 2025-07-17 Metinho Midfield - Central Midfield Troyes Transfer €4.00m
24/25 2024-07-22 Bénie Traoré Attack - Left Winger Sheff Utd Transfer €4.50m
23/24 2023-08-28 Juan Carlos Gauto Attack - Right Winger Huracán Transfer €3.90m
24/25 2025-06-30 Juan Carlos Gauto Attack - Right Winger Dep. La Coruña Return from loan
15/16 2015-07-01 Marc Janko Attack - Centre-Forward Sydney FC Transfer
22/23 2022-07-01 Adriano Onyegbule Midfield - Attacking Midfield RB Leipzig U17 Transfer
SeasonDatePlayerPosToTypeFee
17/18 2017-07-01 Daniel Høegh Defender - Centre-Back Heerenveen Transfer
12/13 2013-01-01 Radoslav Kovac Defender - Centre-Back Slovan Liberec Transfer
14/15 2014-08-20 Gastón Sauro Defender - Centre-Back Catania Loan
15/16 2015-08-05 Gastón Sauro Defender - Centre-Back Columbus Crew Transfer
05/06 2005-07-01 Kléber Defender - Left-Back Santos Loan
06/07 2006-07-01 Kléber Defender - Left-Back Santos Transfer €2.50m
00/01 2000-07-25 Pascal Zuberbühler Goalkeeper B. Leverkusen Loan
00/01 2001-03-31 Pascal Zuberbühler Goalkeeper FC Aarau Loan
06/07 2006-07-14 Pascal Zuberbühler Goalkeeper West Brom Transfer
24/25 2024-08-21 Thierno Barry Attack - Centre-Forward Villarreal Transfer €20.00m
98/99 1998-07-01 VfL Bochum Transfer €125k
24/25 2024-07-31 Axel Kayombo Attack - Left Winger StadeLO Loan
25/26 2025-07-01 Axel Kayombo Attack - Left Winger Sturm Graz Transfer €2.00m
25/26 2025-08-18 Gabriel Sigua Midfield - Central Midfield Lausanne-Sport Loan
06/07 2006-07-11 Matías Delgado Midfield - Attacking Midfield Besiktas Transfer €5.50m
17/18 2017-07-30 Matías Delgado Midfield - Attacking Midfield Retired Transfer
12/13 2012-07-01 Xherdan Shaqiri Midfield - Attacking Midfield Bayern Munich Transfer €11.80m
09/10 2010-03-23 FC Thun Loan
10/11 2010-07-10 FC Aarau Loan
12/13 2013-01-18 FC Winterthur Loan
13/14 2013-07-01 FC Winterthur Transfer
23/24 2023-09-07 Emmanuel Essiam Midfield - Central Midfield StadeLO Loan
24/25 2025-01-03 Emmanuel Essiam Midfield - Central Midfield FC Aarau Loan
25/26 2025-08-19 Emmanuel Essiam Midfield - Central Midfield Francs Borains Loan
22/23 2022-08-28 Nasser Djiga Defender - Centre-Back Nîmes Olympique Loan
23/24 2023-09-04 Nasser Djiga Defender - Centre-Back Red Star Loan
24/25 2024-07-01 Nasser Djiga Defender - Centre-Back Red Star Transfer €4.35m
24/25 2025-06-30 Metinho Midfield - Central Midfield Troyes Return from loan
24/25 2024-08-30 Juan Carlos Gauto Attack - Right Winger Dep. La Coruña Loan
17/18 2017-07-01 Marc Janko Attack - Centre-Forward Sparta Prague Transfer
24/25 2024-07-31 Adriano Onyegbule Midfield - Attacking Midfield FC Schaffhausen Loan
24/25 2025-01-03 Adriano Onyegbule Midfield - Attacking Midfield FC Vaduz Loan
24/25 2024-07-12 Renato Veiga Defender - Centre-Back Chelsea Transfer €14.00m
14/15 2015-02-02 Geoffroy Serey Dié Midfield - Defensive Midfield VfB Stuttgart Transfer €600k
18/19 2019-01-25 Geoffroy Serey Dié Midfield - Defensive Midfield Neuchâtel Xamax Loan
19/20 2019-08-22 Geoffroy Serey Dié Midfield - Defensive Midfield Without Club Transfer
14/15 2015-02-01 Giovanni Sio Attack - Centre-Forward SC Bastia Loan
15/16 2015-07-01 Giovanni Sio Attack - Centre-Forward Stade Rennais Transfer €2.00m
16/17 2017-06-30 AS Roma Return from loan
09/10 2009-10-01 Orhan Mustafi Attack - Centre-Forward FC Aarau Loan
NationalityPlayers% of squad
Switzerland 8 28.6%
France 3 10.7%
Germany 2 7.1%
Switzerland Kosovo 2 7.1%
Cote d'Ivoire 1 3.6%
Ghana 1 3.6%
Bosnia-Herzegovina Croatia 1 3.6%
Sweden Nigeria 1 3.6%
Netherlands 1 3.6%
Japan 1 3.6%
Morocco Belgium 1 3.6%
DR Congo Brazil 1 3.6%
Austria 1 3.6%
Argentina 1 3.6%
Germany Nigeria 1 3.6%
Switzerland Cameroon 1 3.6%
Brazil 1 3.6%
SeasonCompetition
99/00Nationalliga A
99/00Swiss Cup
99/00UI Cup
98/99Nationalliga A
98/99Swiss Cup
97/98Auf-/Abstiegsrunde NLA/NLB
97/98Nationalliga A
97/98Swiss Cup
96/97Nationalliga A
96/97Swiss Cup
96/97UI Cup
95/96Nationalliga A
95/96Swiss Cup
95/96UI Cup
94/95Nationalliga A
93/94Auf-/Abstiegsrunde NLA/NLB
93/94Swiss Cup
25/26Champions League Qu.
25/26Super League
25/26Swiss Cup
24/25Super League
24/25Swiss Cup
23/24Super League
23/24Swiss Cup
23/24UECL Quali
22/23Conference L.
22/23Super League
22/23Swiss Cup
22/23UECL Quali
21/22Conference L.
21/22Super League
21/22Swiss Cup
21/22UECL Quali
20/21Europa League Qualifying
20/21Super League
20/21Swiss Cup
19/20Champions League Qu.
19/20Europa League
19/20Schweizer Cup
19/20Super League
18/19Champions League Qu.
18/19Europa League Qualifying
18/19Schweizer Cup
18/19Super League
17/18Champions League
17/18Schweizer Cup
17/18Super League
16/17Champions League
16/17Schweizer Cup
16/17Super League
38 matches this season · 268 all-time
DateCompStageHomeScoreAwayStatus
2025-05-24 C1 REGULAR SEASON FC Basel 1893 4–0 FC Luzern W
2025-05-18 C1 REGULAR SEASON BSC Young Boys 6–2 FC Basel 1893 L
2025-05-14 C1 REGULAR SEASON FC Lausanne-Sport 2–3 FC Basel 1893 W
2025-05-10 C1 REGULAR SEASON FC Lugano 2–5 FC Basel 1893 W
2025-05-04 C1 REGULAR SEASON FC Basel 1893 5–1 Servette FC W
2025-04-21 C1 REGULAR SEASON FC Basel 1893 5–0 Yverdon Sport FC W
2025-04-12 C1 REGULAR SEASON FC Zürich 0–4 FC Basel 1893 W
2025-04-06 C1 REGULAR SEASON FC Basel 1893 2–0 FC Lugano W
2025-04-03 C1 REGULAR SEASON FC Basel 1893 2–1 Grasshopper Club Zürich W
2025-03-30 C1 REGULAR SEASON FC Winterthur 0–2 FC Basel 1893 W
2025-03-16 C1 REGULAR SEASON FC Basel 1893 1–2 BSC Young Boys L
2025-03-09 C1 REGULAR SEASON FC Luzern 1–1 FC Basel 1893 D
2025-03-01 C1 REGULAR SEASON FC Basel 1893 2–0 FC Sion W
2025-02-22 C1 REGULAR SEASON FC St. Gallen 2–2 FC Basel 1893 D
2025-02-16 C1 REGULAR SEASON FC Basel 1893 1–1 FC Lausanne-Sport D
2025-02-09 C1 REGULAR SEASON Servette FC 2–1 FC Basel 1893 L
2025-02-06 C1 REGULAR SEASON FC Basel 1893 2–1 FC Luzern W
2025-02-02 C1 REGULAR SEASON FC Zürich 0–1 FC Basel 1893 W
2025-01-26 C1 REGULAR SEASON FC Basel 1893 4–1 FC Sion W
2025-01-19 C1 REGULAR SEASON FC Lugano 2–2 FC Basel 1893 D
2024-12-14 C1 REGULAR SEASON FC Basel 1893 0–1 Grasshopper Club Zürich L
2024-12-08 C1 REGULAR SEASON FC St. Gallen 1–1 FC Basel 1893 D
2024-11-30 C1 REGULAR SEASON FC Basel 1893 1–1 FC Lausanne-Sport D
2024-11-24 C1 REGULAR SEASON FC Basel 1893 3–1 Servette FC W
2024-11-09 C1 REGULAR SEASON Yverdon Sport FC 1–4 FC Basel 1893 W
2024-11-02 C1 REGULAR SEASON FC Basel 1893 5–0 FC Winterthur W
2024-10-30 C1 REGULAR SEASON BSC Young Boys 3–2 FC Basel 1893 L
2024-10-26 C1 REGULAR SEASON FC Winterthur 1–6 FC Basel 1893 W
2024-10-20 C1 REGULAR SEASON FC Basel 1893 2–1 FC St. Gallen W
2024-10-06 C1 REGULAR SEASON FC Basel 1893 1–0 BSC Young Boys W
2024-09-29 C1 REGULAR SEASON FC Luzern 1–0 FC Basel 1893 L
2024-09-21 C1 REGULAR SEASON FC Basel 1893 0–2 FC Zürich L
2024-08-31 C1 REGULAR SEASON FC Sion 1–1 FC Basel 1893 D
2024-08-25 C1 REGULAR SEASON FC Basel 1893 2–0 Yverdon Sport FC W
2024-08-11 C1 REGULAR SEASON Servette FC 0–6 FC Basel 1893 W
2024-08-03 C1 REGULAR SEASON Grasshopper Club Zürich 0–3 FC Basel 1893 W
2024-07-27 C1 REGULAR SEASON FC Basel 1893 1–2 FC Lugano L
2024-07-21 C1 REGULAR SEASON FC Lausanne-Sport 3–2 FC Basel 1893 L

Aggregated from 38 completed matches across all competitions in season 2024.

Record 22W-7D-9L 1.92 pts/game
Goals scored 91 2.39 per match
Goals conceded 43 1.13 per match
Goal difference +48
Clean sheets 12 32% of matches
Failed to score 3 8% of matches

Home vs Away

Home record 13W-2D-4L 43-15 goals
Away record 9W-5D-5L 48-28 goals

Highlights

12 players · sum across all competitions for selected season
PlayerPosNat MatMinGAG+APenYCRC G/90A/90G+A/90
Pascal Zuberbühler Goalkeeper Switzerland 42 3,770 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Mario Cantaluppi Midfield - Defensive Midfield Switzerland Italy 39 1,580 4 0 4 0 10 0 0.23 0.00 0.23
Sébastien Barberis Midfield - Right Midfield Switzerland 37 1,145 2 0 2 0 2 0 0.16 0.00 0.16
Murat Yakin Defender - Centre-Back Switzerland Türkiye 14 1,080 1 0 1 1 5 0 0.08 0.00 0.08
Philippe Cravero Defender - Left-Back Switzerland 37 870 3 0 3 0 4 0 0.31 0.00 0.31
Benjamin Huggel Midfield - Defensive Midfield Switzerland 43 702 4 0 4 0 7 0 0.51 0.00 0.51
Didier Tholot Attack - Centre-Forward France 37 562 9 0 9 1 5 0 1.44 0.00 1.44
Raphael Kehrli Defender - Centre-Back Switzerland 30 220 1 0 1 0 2 0 0.41 0.00 0.41
Oliver Stöckli Goalkeeper Switzerland 2 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Alexandre Quennoz Defender - Centre-Back Switzerland 13 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Thomas Häberli Attack - Centre-Forward Switzerland 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Çetin Güner Attack - Right Winger Türkiye Germany 28 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.00 0.00 0.00

Frequently asked about FC Basel 1893

What is FC Basel 1893?

FC Basel 1893 is a professional football club based in Switzerland, competing in Super League.

How many players are in FC Basel 1893's squad?

FC Basel 1893 currently has 28 players in the first-team squad in our database.

What league does FC Basel 1893 play in?

FC Basel 1893 plays in Super League.