Editing FC Basel (section)

===Recent years===
Basel were drawn against Bosnian team [[FK Sarajevo]] in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup, a tie that Basel won 8–1 on aggregate. In the next round, Basel faced a considerably tougher opponent in the form of [[SV Mattersburg]] of Austria. Nonetheless, Basel finished the tie off with a 4–0 away win after a 2–1 victory at St. Jakob-Park. Basel were then drawn into the [[group of death]] of Group D alongside [[SK Brann|Brann]], [[GNK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]], [[Hamburger SV]] and [[Stade Rennais F.C.|Rennes]], all of which were ranked within the top three of their own leagues at the start of the stage. Basel won their first UEFA Cup group game against Rennes at home 1–0 thanks to a Marco Streller header. Their next game was away to Dinamo Zagreb 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. They then faced Brann at St. Jakob-Park, where they won 1–0 through a [[Carlos Alberto Alves Garcia|Carlitos]] free-kick and were highly praised for playing attractive and flowing football. Basel then went to Germany to face Hamburger SV at the [[HSH Nordbank Arena]], where they were fortunate to escape with a 1–1 draw. The goals came courtesy of captain [[Ivan Ergić]] and Hamburg's [[Ivica Olić]].

Basel then faced [[Sporting Clube de Portugal|Sporting CP]] in the last 32 after qualifying second in the group alongside first-placed Hamburg and third-placed Brann. (Sporting finished third in their group in the Champions League, which is why they were dropped into the UEFA Cup.) The first leg took place on 13 February in [[Lisbon]], where first-choice goalkeeper Franco Costanzo was injured and Basel lost 2–0. The second leg did not fare any better for Basel. Costanzo remained injured and Basel lost 3–0 on 21 February in Basel, falling from the UEFA Cup.

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. [[Eren Derdiyok]] gave Basel the lead in the first half before Bellinzona equalised through [[Christian Pouga]] in the second. Daniel Majstorović restored the lead for Basel with a header and Swiss internationals Marco Streller and Benjamin Huggel scored one goal each to make the final scoreline 4–1 in Basel's favour.

Basel won the Swiss Super League for the first time since 2005 on 10 May 2008 at home after a 2–0 win over title threats BSC Young Boys. It was the last game of the season and Basel only needed a point from the match to win the Championship, but if Young Boys won, then they would be champions, exactly the same situation as the end of the 2005–06 season with FC Zürich. The painful memories of losing the league on the last day of the season in 2006 seemed to spur FCB on as they took an early lead through [[Valentin Stocker]] before Marco Streller wrapped up the victory with the second.

In 2008–09 season, Basel entered the Champions League in the Second Qualifying Round and were drawn against [[IFK Göteborg]] of [[Allsvenskan|Sweden]]. The first leg was on 30 July 2008 at [[Ullevi]] and finished 1–1. Benjamin Huggel put Basel ahead before [[Thomas Olsson]] equalised for the home team. The second leg took place on 6 August at St. Jakob-Park, with Basel coming from behind twice to win 4–2. Basel then faced [[Vitória S.C.|Vitória de Guimarães]] of [[Primeira Liga|Portugal]] in the Third Qualifying Round. The first leg at the [[Estádio D. Afonso Henriques]] on 13 August ended in a 0–0 draw. The second leg took place on 27 August at St. Jakob-Park, where Valentin Stocker gave Basel an early lead on 11 minutes before [[João Alves (footballer, born 1980)|João Alves]] was fouled in the penalty area by [[François Marque]] and [[João Fajardo]] dispatched the spot-kick, just four minutes later to draw Vitória level. In the second half, the away side started well but [[Eren Derdiyok]] gave FCB a 2–1 lead which they hung on to, to qualify for the Champions League Group stages. FCB were drawn into Group C alongside [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]], [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]] and Sporting CP. Basel lost their opening game 2–1 at St. Jakob-Park on 16 September against Shakhtar. [[Fernandinho (footballer, born May 1985)|Fernandinho]] put the [[Ukraine|Ukrainians]] ahead on 25 minutes before [[Jádson]] doubled their lead just before half time. [[David Abraham (footballer)|David Abraham]] scored a late consolation goal for the home team. Sporting CP were the opponents on Matchday 2 (1 October) and despite defending well and causing a few scares at the other end of the park, Basel were defeated 2–0 at the [[Estádio José Alvalade]]. On Matchday 3 (22 October), Barcelona visited Basel and came away with a 5–0 win, but a fortnight later it was a different story as FCB came away with a respectable 1–1 draw at the [[Camp Nou]], with Eren Derdiyok scoring a late equaliser after [[Lionel Messi]] put ''Barça'' ahead. On 26 November, Basel travelled to Ukraine to play Shakhtar, where they were thrashed 5–0. Basel then faced Sporting at home on the final Matchday (9 December) and were defeated 1–0.

Despite remaining in first or second position for most of the season, Basel finished in third place behind FC Zürich and Young Boys. On 27 May, Christian Gross was sacked from his role as FC Basel manager after ten years in the job.

In 2009–10 season, German [[Thorsten Fink]] was appointed as Basel's new manager on 9 June 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/10044/22333/16/7|title=Thorsten Fink ist der neue Cheftrainer des FCB! |date=12 June 2009 |website=www.fcb.ch|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612062711/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/10044/22333/16/7 |archive-date=12 June 2009 }}</ref> Basel entered the [[UEFA Europa League]] in the second qualifying round. They qualified for the group stage and were drawn into Group E alongside Roma, [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] and [[PFC CSKA Sofia|CSKA Sofia]]. Basel finished in third place.

In domestic affairs, Basel s won the title on the last day of the season against favourites Young Boys at the [[Stade de Suisse]]. Marco Streller was the league's top scorer with 21 goals. Basel won the [[2009–10 Swiss Cup]] final with a 6–0 victory over FC Lausanne-Sport, FC Basel's tenth cup win.

In 2010–11 season, Basel entered the [[2010–11 UEFA Champions League]] in the third qualifying round, drawn against [[Debreceni VSC|Debrecen]]; they won both games (2–0, 3–1). In the play-offs to the Champions League, they are drawn against [[FC Sheriff Tiraspol|Sheriff Tiraspol]]. In the first leg, they defeated Tiraspol 1–0 before winning 3–0 on the road. Basel entered the [[2010–11 UEFA Champions League group stage]] in Group E.

On 13 October 2011, Thorsten Fink left the club to join Hamburger SV. As replacement, his assistant Vogel was signed as caretaker manager until the winter break.<ref name="fcb 3">{{cite web | last = Meister | first = Remo | date = 13 October 2011 | url = http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/26760/26/7/7 | title = Bernhard Heusler: "Ein weinendes Auge für Fink und ein lachendes für Vogel" | publisher = FC Basel 1893 | access-date = 13 October 2011 | language = de | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111020144223/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/26760/26/7/7 | archive-date = 20 October 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref> Basel historically qualified for the knockout phase of the [[2011–12 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] with 2–1 win over Manchester United on 7 December 2011. On 12 December, it was announced that Vogel had signed as head coach and manager.<ref name="fcb6">{{cite web | last = FC Basel 1893 | year = 2011 | url = http://fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/27167/16/7 | title = Der 36-jährige Heiko Vogel ist neuer Cheftrainer beim FC Basel 1893 | publisher = FC Basel 1893 | access-date = 12 December 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120502124317/http://fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/27167/16/7 | archive-date = 2 May 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref> On 22 February 2012, Basel defeated [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] in the first leg of the Round of 16 stage in the Champions League. They won with a score of 1–0, scoring in the 86th minute of the game, but then lost in the return leg 7–0, thus eliminating them.

On 15 October 2012, manager [[Heiko Vogel]] was sacked by the club and replaced by former player Murat Yakin.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.kicker.de/vogel-fliegt---yakin-uebernimmt-576290/artikel |title=Vogel fliegt&nbsp;– Yakin übernimmt |publisher=Kicker |date=15 October 2012 |access-date=15 October 2012 |language=de}}</ref> At the end of the first half of the season, Basel were in second position in the domestic league table. In the second half of the season, Basel acquired enough points to finish the season three points ahead of Grasshoppers and to win their fourth title in a row.<ref name="fcb 2013-06-01">{{cite web | last = Marti | first = Caspar | year = 2013 | url = http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/30603/26/7/7 | title = Vier Titel in Folge: Das gab es erst einmal | publisher = FC Basel 1893 | access-date = 1 June 2013 | language = de | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130622234428/http://fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/30603/26/7/7 | archive-date = 22 June 2013 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

As Swiss champions, Basel entered the Champions League in the second qualifying round, where they were drawn against Estonian club [[FC Flora Tallinn|Flora Tallinn]], winning 5–0 on aggregate. In the third round, they were drawn against Norwegian club [[Molde FK|Molde]], winning 2–1 on aggregate. In the playoff round, however, Basel lost both games against [[CFR Cluj]] from Romania, being knocked out 3–1 on aggregate. The team thus qualified for the [[2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage|Europa League group stage]], where they were drawn into Group G alongside Sporting CP, [[K.R.C. Genk|Genk]] and [[Videoton FC|Videoton]]. They finished in second place in the table and thus continued after the winter break in the [[2012–13 UEFA Europa League knockout phase|knockout phase round of 32]]. In the [[2012–13 UEFA Europa League knockout phase|knockout phase round of 32]], Basel were drawn against [[FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]. Basel won 3–1 on aggregate. In the round of 16, they were drawn against [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit Saint Petersburg]] and, despite being the underdogs, they qualified for the [[2012–13 UEFA Europa League knockout phase#Quarter-finals|quarter-finals]] by winning 2–1 on aggregate. Here Basel were drawn against [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]], which they beat 4–1 on [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalties]] after a 4–4 aggregate draw to progress to the semi-finals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22023547|title=BBC Sport&nbsp;– FC Basel 2–2 Tottenham (agg 4–4)|author=Neil Johnston|work=BBC Sport|access-date=1 January 2016}}</ref> The draw for the [[2012–13 UEFA Europa League knockout phase#Semi-finals|semi-final]] matched them against reigning Champions League holders [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]. Both games in the tie ended with a defeat, 1–2 in Basel 1–3 in [[London]].

Basel's [[2013–14 UEFA Champions League]] season started on 30 July 2013 in the third qualifying round with a tie in St. Jakob-Park against [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]], which they won 4–3 on aggregate. In the first match of the main group stage, Basel notched up a surprising 2–1 away win against Chelsea at [[Stamford Bridge (stadium)|Stamford Bridge]] and followed this up with a 1–0 home win in the return fixture at St. Jakob-Park. Despite these two results, they only finished in third position in the league table and thus they qualified for the [[2013–14 UEFA Europa League#Knockout phase|2013–14 Europa League round of 32]]. There, they fought Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv and went on to defeat Red Bull Salzburg 2–1 on aggregate. They would face Valencia in the quarter-finals, winning 3–0 at home, but losing 0–5 in Valencia after extra-time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0210-0e87e9f76bb6-25239a5d9d54-1000--schalke-see-off-ten-man-basel-to-progress/|title=UEFA Champions League|date=11 December 2013|work=[[UEFA]]|access-date=1 January 2016}}</ref>

On 28 May 2014, Basel announced that [[Paulo Sousa]] was to become their trainer for the new season and that he had signed a three-year contract.<ref name="fcb 2014-05-28">{{cite web | last = FC Basel 1893 | year = 2014 | url = http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/32285/26/7/7 | title = Paulo Sousa wird neuer Cheftrainer beim FC Basel 1893 | publisher = FC Basel 1893 | access-date = 28 May 2014 | language = de | archive-url = https://archive.today/20140709071752/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/32285/26/7/7 | archive-date = 9 July 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref> They went on to win the league championship for the sixth time in a row. In the Swiss Cup, Basel ended as runners-up, losing 0–3 to FC Sion in the final.

Basel entered the [[2014–15 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] in the [[2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage|group stage]]. They reached the [[2014–15 UEFA Champions League knockout phase|knockout phase]] against Liverpool on 9 December on a night in which [[Lazar Marković]] was sent off for the opponents.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/29363537|title=Liverpool 1 Basel 1|date=10 December 2014|work=BBC Sport|access-date=10 December 2014}}</ref> Basel then lost to [[FC Porto|Porto]] in the [[2014–15 UEFA Champions League#Round of 16|Round of 16]].

Paulo Sousa left the club prior to the 2015–16 season for Fiorentina; he was replaced by FC Thun head coach [[Urs Fischer (footballer)|Urs Fischer]] on 18 June.

Basel entered into the [[2015–16 UEFA Champions League|2015–16 Champions League season]] in the [[2015–16 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round#Third qualifying round|Third qualifying round]]. Their initial aim was to remain in the competition and reach the [[2015–16 UEFA Champions League group stage|group stage]]. In the third qualifying round, they were drawn against [[Lech Poznań]] and in the play-off round against Maccabi Tel Aviv. Basel failed to qualify for the Champions League group stage, thus they dropped into the [[2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage]]. Here they were drawn into Group I, together with Fiorentina, Lech Poznań and [[C.F. Os Belenenses|Belenenses]]. Because they finished as group winners, Basel continued in the [[2015–16 UEFA Europa League knockout phase|knockout phase]] in February 2016. Basel were drawn against French side [[AS Saint-Étienne|Saint-Étienne]]. They advanced on away goals after a 4–4 aggregate draw with Saint-Étienne. They were knocked out of the tournament by the eventual winners, [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]], 3–0 in the round of 16.

On 30 April 2016, Basel confirmed a seventh consecutive [[List of Swiss football champions|Swiss national championship]] with a 2–1 win over FC Sion at St. Jakob-Park.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/022c-0f8e2ac04420-3d44f77e8a93-1000--basel-champions-with-five-matches-still-to-play/|title=Basel champions with five matches still to play|date=30 April 2016|work=UEFA}}</ref> At the end of the season Basel won the title 14 points ahead of [[BSC Young Boys|Young Boys]].

Basel entered into the [[2016–17 UEFA Champions League]] in the [[2016–17 UEFA Champions League group stage|Group stage]]. Drawn against French champions [[Paris Saint-Germain]], English team [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] and Bulgarian champions [[PFC Ludogorets Razgrad|Ludogorets Razgrad]] they finished bottom of the group and were eliminated.

Basel won the Swiss Super League for the eighth time in a row – the club's 20th championship title in total.<ref name="fcb 2017-06-02">{{cite web | first = Casper | last = Marti | year = 2017 | url = https://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/News/2017/06/02/Der-Saisonabschluss-im-Zeitraffer | title = Der Saisonabschluss im Zeitraffer | publisher = FC Basel 1893 | access-date = 2 June 2017}}</ref> They also won the [[Swiss Cup]] for the twelfth time, completing a sixth double.<ref>{{cite web|title=Swiss football: FC Basel wins 3–0 over Sion in Geneva; police extra vigilant after game|url=https://allaboutgeneva.com/2017/05/25/swiss-football-fc-basel-wins-3-0-over-sion-in-geneva-police-extra-vigilant-after-game|publisher=allaboutgeneva.com|date=25 May 2017}}</ref>

In 2017–18 season, [[Raphaël Wicky]] was appointed as new first team manager, assisted by [[Massimo Lombardo]]. The club's eight-year monopoly over the Swiss league title ended in 2018, as BSC Young Boys won the domestic championship. Basel finished second on 69 points, while Young Boys romped to the title, winning the league by a 15-point margin.

Later on, Basel reached the quarter-finals of the [[2019–20 UEFA Europa League]] for the third time after [[2012–13 UEFA Europa League|2012–13]] and [[2013–14 UEFA Europa League|2013–14]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0260-1013a44ad2e1-60d60bcdc15f-1000--shakhtar-v-basel-facts/ |title=Shakhtar Donetsk 4–1 Basel |website=UEFA |date=11 August 2020 }}</ref>