Editing FC Basel (section)

===Return of the glory days===
The [[St. Jakob-Park]] was opened on 15 March 2001, and Basel finished the 2000–01 season in fourth position in the league. Basel ended the qualification round of 2001–02 leading the league table by five points at the winter break. The Championship round began in February and with ten wins and just one defeat in the first 11 games, Basel pulled away at the top of the table to win the championship three games before the end of the season, their first title for 22 years. They went on to complete a domestic [[Double (association football)|double]], beating Grasshoppers in extra time in the Swiss Cup thanks to a penalty scored by [[Murat Yakin]]. Basel also reached the final of the [[UEFA Intertoto Cup]].

In the [[2002–03 FC Basel season|2002–03 season]], Basel became the second Swiss team to play in the revamped [[UEFA Champions League]]. They reached the second group round, but were knocked out on goal difference in a group containing [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]], [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]], and [[Deportivo de La Coruña]]. In domestic competitions, Basel finished second in the Swiss Super League and won the Swiss Cup after beating [[Neuchâtel Xamax]] 6–0 in the final.

Basel started 2003–04 with 13 straight league wins, and went on to complete the first half of the season undefeated, with 17 wins and 1 draw. Basel remained top of the league for the rest of the season, winning their 10th Swiss championship. In the [[2003–04 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]] they were eliminated by [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] in the second round after defeating [[Malatyaspor]] in the previous round.

As Swiss champions, Basel entered the [[2004–05 UEFA Champions League|2004–05 Champions League]] in the third qualifying round. They were drawn against [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]], who beat them 5–2 on aggregate, dropping Basel into the UEFA Cup. After beating Russian side [[FC Terek Grozny|Terek Grozny]] in the third round they were drawn in Group E with [[Feyenoord]], [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]], [[Ferencvárosi TC|Ferencváros]] and [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Hearts]]. They finished third in the group on seven points and qualified for the Round of 32, where they were defeated 2–0 on aggregate by [[Lille OSC|Lille]]. In the domestic league, after a poor start, Basel moved to the top of the league table and went on to win the title by ten points. Basel completed their 17 home league games undefeated, winning 13 and drawing four, including an 8–1 win against Grasshoppers, in which Christian Giménez scored four goals.

Basel were knocked out of the [[2005–06 UEFA Champions League|2005–06 Champions League]] in the third qualifying round by German club [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]]. They again dropped into the UEFA Cup, where they beat [[NK Široki Brijeg|Široki Brijeg]] of [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] to be drawn into Group E alongside [[RC Strasbourg Alsace|Strasbourg]], [[A.S. Roma|Roma]], [[Red Star Belgrade]] and [[Tromsø IL|Tromsø]]. They finished third in the group, qualifying for the knockout stage. After beating [[AS Monaco FC|Monaco]] and Strasbourg once again, they were eliminated by [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]] in the quarter final. On 26 February 2006, Basel broke their own club record of 52 unbeaten league games at home, which they extended to 59. The winning streak was ended on the final day of the season with a last-minute goal by [[Iulian Filipescu]] giving FC Zürich a 2–1 win and, in the process, Zürich's first national championship since 1980–81. This resulted in [[2006 Basel hooligan incident|riots between rival supporters]] after the match.

In 2006–07 Basel were again runners-up to Zürich in the league, and won the Swiss Cup for the eight time, beating [[FC Luzern]] 1–0 in the final. In the 2006–07 UEFA Cup Basel beat [[Kazakhstan|Kazakh]] side [[FC Tobol|Tobol]], [[Liechtenstein]]er team [[FC Vaduz]], and [[Macedonia (country)|Macedonians]] [[FK Rabotnički]]. to qualify for the group stages. Drawn against [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]], [[AS Nancy|Nancy]], Feyenoord and [[Wisła Kraków]], Basel finished bottom of the group and were eliminated.