Third qualifying round

Debreceni VSC (28 July 2010)

Basel played the first match away from home, it was played in Budapest at Szusza Ferenc Stadium as Debrecen's Stadion Oláh Gábor Út did not meet UEFA criteria. It was a clear night, the pitch was dry and the match played in front of a crowd of 5,000 people. Both sides started well and created good opportunities in the opening stages of the match. Adamo Coulibaly had a good volley, but goalkeeper Franco Costanzo was able to save it. Then Alexander Frei nodded a right-wing cross from Samuel Inkoom just wide of the far post. Then Coulibaly played a neat ball to Péter Czvitkovics, but he drove his shot from ten metres against his team-mate. Xherdan Shaqiri had the best chances, but his header from close range went straight at Debrecen goalkeeper István Verpecz. In the 34th minute Jacques Zoua set up Valentin Stocker, who slammed his left-footed shot into the bottom corner of the goal. Both Shaqiri (60) and Stocker (69) had further good chances but failed to add the next goal to the scoresheet. In the later stages as József Varga danced between the Basel defenders but his shot was too weak and Costanzo held with ease. In the 88th minute, Basel head coach Thorsten Fink replaced Stocker and substituted in Granit Xhaka who had been brought up from the youth team only two months earlier. In the third minute of added time, he saw his chance and tried his luck from 25 metres out and indeed the teenage substitute was rewarded with a goal to remember and complete the 2–0 victory.^[7]

Return match (4 August 2010)

The second leg of this fixture was played in the St. Jakob-Park a week later on 4 August. The weather was warm and dry, the pitch was dry and the match was played in front of 17,376 spectators. Basel took control of the game early. In the ninth minute, from just five metres out, Scott Chipperfield headed his first chance to the wrong side of the goal-post. But Basel needed just 26 minutes before they vanquished any hopes of a Debrecen comeback in the return leg. Defender Çağdaş Atan scored the first goal of the match as Benjamin Huggel's header rebounded off the crossbar and Çağdaş was positioned in the right place at the right time and was ready to put the ball into the net. Despite the fact that Jacques Zoua also struck the woodwork seven minutes later, it was only a matter of time before the next goal came. In the second half Chipperfield added the second in the 59th minute. Huggel was again the player that gave the assist, flicking on a cross for Chipperfield to leap in front of goalkeeper István Verpecz and turn the ball in. Xherdan Shaqiri then added the third in the 64th minute, having outplayed the Debrecen defence. Adamo Coulibaly's goal 16 minutes from time, on rebound after Franco Costanzo had saved his penalty, was only a small consolation, because Basel had already decided the tie for themselves and knocking the Hungarian titleholders out of the competition 3–1 on the day and 5–1 on aggregate.^[8]

Play-off round

In the [2010–11 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round#Play-off round|play-off round] Basel were again top seeded. Here they were drawn against the Moldovan champions, FC Sheriff Tiraspol. The winning side would enter into the 2010–11 Champions League Group Stage while the defeated side would enter into the 2010–11 Europa League Group Stage.

Sheriff Tiraspol (18 August 2010)

The first leg was played at home in the St. Jakob-Park in front of 13,640 spectators against Sheriff Tiraspol. Due to the rainy evening the pitch was described as wet. Referee was Terje Hauge from the Football Association of Norway. Both teams started well, but it soon showed that Basel were better. After 11 minutes it seemed that Alexander Frei had given his team the lead as he took on Behrang Safari's cross and applied a neat finish, but he was offside. Minutes later at the other end Vladimir Volkov shot flew wide of the goal, but these were rare attacking moments in the first half. It was not until the stroke of half-time that Frei, with a curling free-kick, forced keeper Vladislav Stoyanov to make his first real save. At the start of the second period Florent Rouamba had a good effort but home goalkeeper Franco Costanzo was ready. Basel responded to this with their best spell of the match. Only a timely tackle could stop Jacques Zoua from taking his chance in front of goal after a good cross from Xherdan Shaqiri. A corner from Frei was met well by Benjamin Huggel but he headed the ball onto the post. In the 54th minute Valentin Stocker was left unmarked and he headed the ball into the net after a looping cross from Shaqiri. Immediately the Moldovan champions tried to level things out. Sheriff were now on top, but first Basel captain and goalie Costanzo denied Wilfried Balima and then substitute Marko Đurović twice headed over from close range and later had a shot that hit the post. Basel caught themselves and fought back into the game. Aleksandr Yerokhin received a second booking for dissent and was sent off. Following this keeper Stoyanov brought down Basel’s substitute Federico Almerares but he made amends by diving low to save Huggel's penalty. The game ended with the 1–0 win for the home side.^[9]

Return match (24 August 2010)

The second leg of this fixture was played in Sheriff Stadium in Tiraspol with 12,000 supports watching on this clear and warm evening. Referee was Martin Hansson from the Sweden and the pitch was declared as dry. Alexander Frei scored twice and gave the assist to the other as FC Basel won the match 3–0, and 4–0 on aggregate, to qualify for the group stage. One goal up following the first leg, Marco Streller doubled Basel's aggregate lead in the 74th minute, heading home a Frei free-kick that came in from the left. Soon after that Sheriff captain Vazha Tarkhnishvili received a second booking and was dismissed. Frei, with two late efforts, then sealed his team’s comfortable victory and the passage to the group stage, sending Sheriff into the UEFA Europa League.^[10]

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held in Monaco on 26 August 2010. Teams were seeded into four pots based on their 2010 UEFA club coefficients.^[11] Basel were seeded into the third pot. And they were drawn into Group E together with Bayern Munich, Roma and CFR Cluj.

CFR Cluj (15 September 2010)

Matchday 1 for Basel was played in the stadium Dr. Constantin Rădulescu in Cluj-Napoca which had a crowd of 9,395. Referee was Alan Kelly from the Football Association of Ireland. Cluj started fast and furious into the game and Basel never quite recovered after Juan Culio set up goals for Ionuţ Rada and Lacina Traoré inside the opening 12 minutes. Cluj head-coach Sorin Cârţu had only been appointed into his position at the beginning of the week and this was the perfect start to his new job. The victory owed everything to the hosts opening few minutes and to Argentinian midfielder Culio, who proved his qualities in giving two fine left-footed assists during this time. His first assist came from a set piece, a corner, and the second was out of open play down the right. The beneficiaries were Rada, from the corner, in the ninth minute, and Traoré, following a cross in the 12th, both of whom hit strong headers beyond Basel captain and keeper Franco Costanzo. Basel, who had started as favourites, only recovered their composure slowly. It was in the added time before the break that Valentin Stocker with a header at the near post following a corner kick from Alexander Frei. This lifted Basel’s spirits and gave Thorsten Fink's men something to play for during the second half. Indeed, the visitors could have claimed a point, Xherdan Shaqiri volleyed over bar and on 77 minutes goalkeeper Nuno Claro did well to tip the ball over as Scott Chipperfield sent a powerful header towards the goal. However, the score 2–1 remained until the final whistle and this was considered as a disappointing result by the visitors.^[12]

Bayern Munich (28 September 2010)

Bayern Munich were the visiting team on matchday two in the St. Jakob-Park in front of a sold out 37.500 crowd. Referee was Craig Thomson from the Scottish Football Association on this cloudy, but cool evening. Both teams started quickly and well into the match and were looking for the early goal. Bayern took control of the game as it settled. The first chance came from Toni Kroos, but his low strike was excellently saved one-handed by Basel goalkeeper and captain Franco Costanzo. Bayern continually increased the pressure, but Daniel Van Buyten shot over the bar shortly afterwards. Then, after 18 minutes, the evening took an unexpected change of course as Basel's two attackers combined well to score the first goal. Marco Streller raced into the penalty area, he then out-tricked defender Van Buyten back heeling to Alexander Frei who curled his shot past the helpless Jörg Butt. After this Bayern grappled to find a response and Basel’s confidence grew. Xherdan Shaqiri took a fierce drive, but this was parried by Butt. The closest that the visitors came before the interval was a long distance shot from captain Mark van Bommel. After the break Bayern improved and as Benjamin Huggel brought Thomas Müller to fall in the box, Bastian Schweinsteiger coolly sank the penalty kick to level things out. Coach Louis van Gaal then attempted to strengthen the Bayern attack and brought on Mario Gómez and Ivica Olić, but neither managed to finish off a good cross from Philipp Lahm on 68 minutes. With a quick reaction, Butt was able to deny Streller with his effort and then Gilles Yapi went close with a good shot. Moving into the latter stages it was the visitors who looked more likely to snatch victory. But both Müller and Olić sent their chances over the top. Then one minute from time Schweinsteiger converted a Danijel Pranjić free-kick to turn tables and give Bayern the 2 – 1 victory and all three points.^[13]

Roma (19 October 2010)

Referee Aleksey Nikolaev from the Russian Football Union was in charge of the game in the Stadio Olimpico on matchday three between Roma and Basel. A crowd of 22,365 saw the visitors take the lead on 12 minutes and this thanks to a fine team move that began deep back in their own half of the field. Gilles Yapi played the ball diagonally wide to Xherdan Shaqiri, his cross from the right was controlled by Marco Streller and his cushioned header back into the centre was met by Alexander Frei who fired home from 14 metres. The hosts then controlled the activities and had most of the possession. Marco Borriello fired his first shot over the goal, but he didn’t have to wait long for his next chance. Francesco Totti showed skill and vision and played a long pass from deep within his own half beyond the entire defence. Borriello kept cool and drew Basel keeper Franco Costanzo out, then chipped the ball beyond him into the goal to level things out. Roma continued their good work. Totti was unlucky twice not to score. On 37 minutes, he beat Yapi and moved inwards, but shot just wide of the far post with his left foot and, following the restart, another long-distance shot flew narrowly wide of goal. However, by this time Basel had reclaimed the lead. In the 44th minute Samuel Inkoom had been far too quick for Simone Perrotta and he controlled Xherdan Shaqiri's clever angled pass to hit an unstoppable low effort past the helpless Bogdan Lobonț. After the interval Roma stepped up the tempo of their game, and forced the visitors back into their own half most of the time, as they strived for an equaliser. Both sides missed presentable headed opportunities. Benjamin Huggel nodding centimetres wide and Roma duo Matteo Brighi and Philippe Mexès also headed over. With one minute to go a Totti' free-kick was well saved by Costanzo and his clearance flew to Cabral, who sneaked though at the other end to score the final goal in Basel’s 3–1 win.^[14]

Roma (3 November 2010)

Matchday four was the return game of that played a fortnight before. Basel hosted Roma in the St. Jakob-Park with a sold-out attendance of 36,375 spectators. The two teams were level in the group on three points, but straight away both sides pressed forwards looking for an early lead. Jérémy Ménez had the first chance, but from a tight angle his shot scraped the cross bar and went over. Then at the other end keeper Júlio Sérgio bravely dived in to deny Benjamin Huggel. The hosts were looking better and more dangerous and so it was against the run of play as the visitors took the lead on 16 minutes. Samuel Inkoom did well to stop Mirko Vučinić before he could fire off his shot, but the entire defence was helpless as Ménez pushed home the loose ball. The visitors were then able to double their lead with 25 minutes gone. Valentin Stocker pulled down John Arne Riise as he entered the box, this enabled Francesco Totti to score with the spot-kick. It took until midway through the second period before the Basel’s attacking moves became threatening. First, Gilles Yapi sent a dipping volley narrowly over the top. Then David Abraham marched forward from his centre-back position, but he blasted his powerful shot just wide. Eventually Basel's attacking efforts were rewarded on 69 minutes. Stocker sent in a left-wing cross and this was deflected beyond Sérgio, allowing Alexander Frei to nod the ball into the unguarded goal. Shortly afterwards Basel again pressed forward, but Marco Streller's shot flew against the post. Again, it was against the run of play as in the 76th minute substitute Leandro Greco smashed home Roma's third goal. Nevertheless, Basel pushed forward and Xherdan Shaqiri's late goal for Basel on 83 minutes set up the tense final phase. Ultimately Roma held on for the crucial three points, winning 3–2 and climbed in the table to second position. To make things worse for Basel, during the added time Stocker was shown a second yellow card by referee Björn Kuipers and was therefore dismissed.^[15]

Cluj (23 November 2010)

Visitors to the St. Jakob-Park, with an attendance of 34,239 spectators, on matchday five was CFR Cluj and referee on this damp and cold evening was Laurent Duhamel from the French Football Federation. In the early stages the play was slow, the nervousness was evident, because both sides were aware that only a win would guarantee their survival in the competition. Xherdan Shaqiri had the first two chances and both were long range shots. At the other end Emmanuel Culio mis controlled the ball after a good pass by Léo Veloso into the centre. With 15 minutes gone Samuel Inkoom set Federico Almerares free with a fine low ball into the box to which the Argentinian striker applied a sliding finish. Following this, the home side almost managed a second goal, but Alexander Frei's shot was cleared off the line by Felice Piccolo. The hosts had another threatening chance as Behrang Safari's double effort was blocked first by Tony and then by captain Cadú on the line. Up front CFR's struggled to create chances and this struggling continued into the second half. It wasn’t until the 60th minute until the next chance was created. Again, it came from the Basel, but Fwayo Tembo's shot was deflected onto the cross-bar by goalkeeper Nuno Claro’s outstretched leg. On 73 minutes Alexander Frei netted the ball with a close-range finish. Basel celebrated because they thought that he had put the game beyond doubt, but the goal was ruled out for offside. In the finishing stages the Basel defence had little to worry about, CRF attacking moves were definitely not dangerous and after Piccolo was given a straight red two minutes from time, they were non-existent. With the 1–0 victory Basel were guaranteed at least third spot, which would see them advance to the Europa League knockout phase. CFR were eliminated.^[16]

Bayern Munich (8 December 2010)

Matchday six for Basel was played at the Allianz Arena as visitors to German champions Bayern Munich. Referee was Martin Hansson from the Swedish Football Association. Despite the evening being cloudy and cold, the match had an attendance of 64,000. The requirements were clear, FCB needed to win and AS Roma had to lose in order for Basel to progress, on the other hand Bayern had already secured the top spot in the group. Basel started well and fast. A long ball from Marco Streller sent Xherdan Shaqiri rushing behind the back four to deliver a cross for Alexander Frei, who shot the ball fiercely across the goal mouth, but goalkeeper Thomas Kraft parried superbly. The early Basel rush subsided and Bayern played forward. First Philipp Lahm played a good cross, then Thomas Müller a cross from the other side, before a Toni Kroos corner was somehow missed by three Bayern players stood within short distance of Franco Costanzo's goal. Basel remained dangerous with their counterattacks and Kraft reacted well twice as both Frei and Streller had good chances. Bayern brought the game under their control. Diego Contento snatched the ball from Cabral and set up Franck Ribéry to score the opener. Two minutes later Mario Gómez lengthened a Toni Kroos corner and this enabled Anatoliy Tymoshchuk to stab home the second from close range. Basel play stunned completely after this double burst and their moves did not improve after the break either. In the 49th minute Müller burst forward, played a quick through ball to Ribéry, which left him only to side-foot beyond keeper Franco Costanzo. The game was decided at this point and it lost on footballing quality. Bayern with another chance and only a brilliant reflex stop at point-blank range from Costanzo denied Bastian Schweinsteiger from adding a fourth. Basel substitute Federico Almerares wasted an excellent chance to pull one back. Late in the game only Costanzo's alertness prevented first Mark van Bommel and then Gomez from adding to the visitors suffering. The score remained at 3–0 and for Bayern this was their seventh successive home win in European competition.^[17]

Knockout phase

It involved 32 teams: the 24 teams that finished in the top two in each group in the group stage and the eight teams that finished in third place in the UEFA Champions League group stage. Basel were unseeded and were drawn, with the first leg at home, against Spartak Moscow, who as Russian Premier League vice-champions had also dropped from the Champions League.

Spartak Moscow (15 February 2011)

The match at the St. Jakob-Park with an attendance of 13,073 people was held on a cloudy and cold evening with the temperature at freezing point. Aleksandar Stavrev of the Football Federation of Macedonia was the referee and the pitch was reported as being soft. Both teams started well and shared equal possession of play. Alexander Frei broke the deadlock on 36 minutes. After a Xherdan Shaqiri corner was directed on towards Frei at the near post he headed the ball beyond the reach of Spartak’s goalkeeper Andriy Dykan. Five minutes later Marco Streller headed in another Shaqiri corner, Dykan had misjudged its flight and it stood 2-0. After the break Spartak pressed forward constantly. On 61 minutes captain Alex battled forward to the edge of the box and took aim, but his shot was blocked and fell into the path of Dmitri Kombarov, who smashed the ball in via keeper Franco Costanzo’s left-hand post. Just ten minutes later the scores were levelled as Artyom Dzyuba controlled the ball with his thigh and punted it home. On 78 minutes Shaqiri saw a direct red for his violent behaviour and from then Basel just attempted to hold on. But two minutes into added time captain Alex was presented with a free-kick just outside the penalty area. Instead of shooting, he pushed the ball across to Jano Ananidze and his low drive passed the wall and bounced into the target off Costanzo’s right-hand post. Spartak had taken a significant step towards the next round after recovering from being two down to secure an unlikely 3–2 victory.^[18]

Return match (24 February 2011)

The second leg in the Luzhniki Stadium took place one week later. Referee was Cristian Balaj of the Romanian Football Federation and the pitch was reported as dry. The match had an attendance of 14,977 spectators, despite the cold temperature of minus 14 degrees. Trailing 3–2 following their last-minute defeat in the first leg, the requirements for Swiss champions were clear, they had to score at least two goals to have any chance of advancing to the next round. But it was Spartak Moscow that started better. Their mobile attacking trio Dmitri Kombarov, Aiden McGeady and Artem Dzyuba caused early problems for the visitors’ defence with their speedy runs up front. On 15 minutes, however, it was the visitors who opened the score. Spartak keeper Andriy Dykan attempted to punch away a left-wing cross, but this fell to the feet of Scott Chipperfield. The Australian international was left to complete the simplest of things and he was able to side-foot the ball into an unguarded net. This put his team on their way in the early stages of the first half, but many good chances were not created. In the second-half, irrespective of the fact that they had plenty of ball possession, the visitors could rarely test the Spartak goalie. Despite Basel’s head coach Thorsten Fink bringing on substitute Alexander Frei, who pushed a late chance wide of the goal, Basel rarely looked like finding their vital second goal. Spartak forward McGeady finally put the result beyond doubt with his added-time equaliser tapping the ball into the net after Dzyuba had rounded goalkeeper Franco Costanzo. Spartak advanced to the round of 16 in the Europa League following their 1–1 home draw which gave them a 4–3 aggregate victory over Basel.^[19]

Conclusion

From the Basel group, Group E, Bayern Munich and Roma advanced to the knock-out phase, but both were knocked out in the next round. Barcelona and Manchester United advanced to the final, which the Spaniards won 3–1. From Basel’s point of few they reached the aim by reaching the group stage. The second aim was, if possible, to advance to the knock-out stage. They did not reach the knock-out stage of the Champions League but did reach the knock-out round of the Europa League. In the Europa League the final was played between Porto and Braga and Porto won the title with a 1–0 win. Therefore, for the club this was indeed a very pleasing result.^[20]

In

10	MF	CIV	Gilles Yapi (from BSC Young Boys - Free)
16	DF	SUI	Taulant Xhaka (from Basel U-21)
18	GK	SUI	Yann Sommer (loan return from Grasshopper Club Zürich)
21	DF	SUI	Genséric Kusunga (from Servette FC - Free)
29	DF	SUI	Janick Kamber (from Basel U-21)
30	FW	ZAM	Fwayo Tembo (from Étoile du Sahel - 1,300,000 SFr)
34	MF	SUI	Granit Xhaka (from Basel U-21)
35	FW	GER	Matthias Baron (from Basel U-21)

Out

15	FW	ARG	Marcos Gelabert (to Neuchâtel Xamax - ?)
18	GK	GER	Stefan Wessels (to FK Ventspils - Free)
25	MF	BRA	Antonio da Silva (footballer) (loan return to Karlsruher SC)
30	MF	POR	Carlitos (to Malaga - Free)
33	DF	TUR	Serkan Sahin (to Konyaspor - 875,000 SFr)

Out on loan

3	DF	ALG	Sabri Boumelaha (out on loan to FC Wil)
5	DF	SUI	Dominik Ritter (on loan to FC Winterthur)
16	FW	SUI	Orhan Mustafi (on loan to Arminia Bielefeld)
18	GK	SUI	Jayson Leutwiler (on loan to Yverdon Sport)
27	MF	SUI	Marco Aratore (on loan to FC Aarau)

In

6	DF	AUT	Aleksandar Dragović (from Austria Wien)
27	DF	GER	Markus Steinhöfer (from Eintracht Frankfurt)

First half of season

Basel v Zurich

20 July 2010 Round 1	Basel	3 – 2	Zurich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15	Frei 18' (1:1) Shaqiri  30' Çağdaş  38' Zoua 45' (2:2) Kusunga  50' Stocker  56' Frei  69' Frei 80' (3:2)	Summary	13' (0:1) Teixeira  29' Zouaghi 36' (1:2) Djurić  76' Margairaz	Attendance: 30,520 Referee: Sascha Kever

Sion v Basel

24 July 2010 Round 2	Sion	1 – 2	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
17:45	Dingsdag 19' (1:1)	Summary	13' (0:1) Frei  19' Costanzo  57' Safari  75' Cabral  78' Stocker 90+3' (1:2) D. Abraham	Attendance: 13,200 Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

Basel v St. Gallen

1 August 2010 Round 3	Basel	3 – 0	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Frei 20' (1:0) Yapi 27' (2:0) Almerares 81' (3:0)	Summary	49' Winter	Attendance: 27,813 Referee: Alain Bieri

Bellinzona v Basel

7 August 2010 Round 4	Bellinzona	1 – 0	Basel	Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona
17:45	Lustrinelli 52' (1:0) Ciarrocchi  56' La Rocca  72' Mihajlovic  90+4'	Summary	32' Safari  84' Ferati	Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Daniel Wermelinger

Basel v Luzern

14 August 2010 Round 5	Basel	1 – 4	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45	Chipperfield  45' Costanzo  52' Tembo 90' (1:4)  64'	Summary	13' (0:1) Gygax  25' Puljić  31' Ferreira 33' (0:2) Yakin 55' (pen. 0:3) Yakin  59' Lustenberger  64' Gygax  66' Zibung 72' (0:4) Pacar	Attendance: 29,049 Referee: Massimo Busacca

Thun v Basel

21 August 2010 Round 6	Thun	1 – 1	Basel	Stadion Lachen, Thun
17:45	Rama 85' (1:1) Rama  86' Schneider  89' Andrist  90'	Summary	50' Ferati  70' Almerares 81' (0:1) Schürpf  90' Abraham	Attendance: 7,100 Referee: Stephan Studer

Basel v Neuchatel

28 August 2010 Round 7	Basel	4 – 1	Neuchatel	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45	Çağdaş  22' Streller 26' (1:0) Frei 36' (2:0) Frei 53' (3:0) Frei 65' (4:0)	Summary	38' Nuzzolo  65' Wüthrich  66' Kuljić 77' (4:1) Gohou	Attendance: 27,063 Referee: Alain Bieri

Young Boys v Basel

12 September 2010 Round 8	Young Boys	2 – 2	Basel	Wankdorf, Bern
16:00	Jemal 4' (1:0) Degen 22' (2:0)	Summary	39' (2:1) Frei 74' (2:2) Chipperfield	Attendance: 25,772 Referee: Stephan Studer

Basel v Grasshopper

22 September 2010 Round 9	Basel	2 – 2	Grasshopper	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	3' D. Abraham 34' (1:1) Streller 44' (2:1)  70'  73'	Summary	8' (0:1) Menezes  43' 51' (2:2) Emeghara  64'  80'  90+4'	Attendance: 28,274 Referee: Sascha Kever

Zurich v Basel

25 September 2010 Round 10	Zurich	1 – 4	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
17:45	Margairaz 51' (1:3)	Summary	10' (0:1) Inkoom 44' (0:2) Streller 46' (0:3) Stocker 67' (1:4) Streller	Attendance: 12,700 Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

Basel v Sion

3 October 2010 Round 11	Basel	1 – 1	Sion	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Stocker 67'	Summary	33'  Ogăraru 43' Bühler	Attendance: 29,033 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

St. Gallen v Basel

24 October 2010 Round 12	St. Gallen	1 – 3	Basel	AFG Arena, St. Gallen
16:00	Frei 83' (1:3)	Summary	8' (0:1) Streller 37' (0:2) Streller 76' (0:3) Streller	Attendance: 15,070 Referee: Bernhard Brugger

Basel v Bellinzona

30 October 2010 Round 13	Basel	3 – 1	Bellinzona	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45	Chipperfield 30' (1:0) Almerares 41' (2:0) Chipperfield 54' (3:0)	Summary	37' Edusei  42' Mihoubi 61' (3:1) Feltscher  70' Lustrinelli  89' Mattila	Attendance: 27,780 Referee: Bruno Grossen

Luzern v Basel

7 November 2010 Round 14	Luzern	1 – 1	Basel	Stadion Allmend, Luzern
12:45	Veskovac  25' Kibebe  45' Pulji  53' Ferreira 64' (1:0) Luqmon  92'	Summary	25' Stocker  54' Tembo  90+2' Abraham 90+4' (1:1) Almerares  90+4' Almerares	Attendance: 8,700 Referee: Stephan Studer
Note: Game interrupted for almost 6 minutes after 8 minutes play, because hundreds of tennis balls from the FCB fan sector flew onto the terrain (protest against the early play-off time, due to a tennis match).

Basel v Thun

13 November 2010 Round 15	Basel	1 – 3	Thun	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45	Inkoom  5' Zanni  50' Abraham  51' Chipperfield 61' (1:2) Yapi  67'	Summary	8' (pen. 0:1) Scarione 27' (0:2) Proschwitz  59' Taljević 76' (1:3) Taljević	Attendance: 29,670 Referee: Dietmar Drabek

Neuchâtel v Basel

27 November 2010 Round 16	Neuchâtel	1 – 2	Basel	Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
17:45	Nuzzolo 43' (1:0)	Summary	63' (1:1) Almerares 79' (1:2) Valentin Stocker	Attendance: 3,988 Referee: Daniel Wermelinger

Basel v Young Boys

5 December 2010 Round 17	Basel	3 – 1	Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Frei 52' (1:1) Shaqiri 68' (2:1) Frei 77' (3:1)	Summary	41' (0:1) Doubai	Attendance: 30,499 Referee: Claudio Circhetta

Grasshopper v Basel

12 December 2010 Round 18	Grasshopper	2 – 1	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
16:00	Emeghara 12' (1:0) Emeghara 14' (2:0)	Summary	80' (2:1) Streller  59'  87' Tembo	Attendance: 7,700 Referee: Stephan Studer

Second half of season

Thun v Basel

6 February 2011 Round 19	Thun	2 – 3	Basel	Stadion Lachen, Thun
16:00	Scarione 19' (1:0) Lezcano 92' (2:3)	Summary	50' (1:1) Stocker 57' (1:2) Abraham 71' (1:3) Frei	Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann

Basel v St. Gallen

12 February 2011 Round 20	Basel	3 – 0	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45	Huggel 11' (1:0) Frei 40' (2:0) Abraham 86' (3:0)	Summary		Attendance: 26,534 Referee: Massimo Busacca

Basel v Sion

20 February 2011 Round 21	Basel	1 – 0	Sion	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Shaqiri 61' (1:0) Stocker  88'	Summary	16' Sio  28' Dingsdag  87' Ogăraru  90+4' Marin	Attendance: 25,349 Referee: Stephan Studer

Luzern v Basel

27 February 2011 Round 22	Luzern	0 – 1	Basel	Stadion Gersag, Lucerne
16:00	Zverotić  56' H. Yakin  70' Puljić  90+4' Zibung  90+6'	Summary	14' (0:1) A. Frei  80' A. Frei  90+1' Steinhöfer  90+3' Yapi  90+3' Chipperfield  90+4' Dragović	Attendance: 8,700 Referee: Alain Bieri

Basel v Zurich

6 March 2011 Round 23	Basel	3 – 1	Zurich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Cabral  40' Zoua 50' (1:1) A. Frei 61' (2:1) A. Frei  62' G. Xhaka  65' Costanzo  68' Shaqiri  72' Streller  78' A. Frei 89' (3:1)	Summary	2' (0:1) Chermiti  19' Stahel  21' Mehmedi  34' Djuric  75' Zouaghi	Attendance: 30,418 Referee: Stephan Studer

AC Bellinzona v Basel

13 March 2011 Round 24	AC Bellinzona	0 – 4	Basel	Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona
16:00	Mihajlovic  24' Diana  42' Pergl  42'	Summary	9' (0:1) Shaqiri 21' (0:2) Zoua  42' Chipperfield 55' (0:3) Stocker 64' (0:4) Stocker	Attendance: 2,563 Referee: Patrick Graf

Grasshopper Club Zürich v Basel

20 March 2011 Round 25	Grasshopper Club Zürich	1 – 2	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
16:00	Emeghara  31' Toko 65' (1:1) Zuber  85'	Summary	20' Stocker 43' (0:1) Streller  48' Yapi  70' Chipperfield 81' (1:2) Frei  85' Streller	Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Alain Bieri

Basel v Neuchâtel Xamax

2 April 2011 Round 26	Basel	1 – 0	Neuchâtel Xamax	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45	Unal  10' Frei 39' (1:0) Abraham  41' Steinhöfer  91'	Summary	87' Gelabert  88' Besle	Attendance: 26,440 Referee: Stephan Klossner

Young Boys v Basel

10 April 2011 Round 27	Young Boys	3 – 3	Basel	Wankdorf, Bern
16:00	Bienvenu 26' (1:0) Lulić 33' (2:0) Nef  40' Raimondi 80' (3:3) Wölfli  90+1'	Summary	30' G. Xhaka 38' (2:1) A. Frei 65' (2:2) Streller 77' (2:3) Tembo	Attendance: 31,120 Referee: Massimo Busacca

Basel v Grasshopper

17 April 2011 Round 28	Basel	2 – 2	Grasshopper	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	A. Frei 58' (1:2) Abraham 69' (2:2) Yapi  70'	Summary	9' (0:1) Pavlović 13' (0:2) Callà	Attendance: 30,071 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann

Neuchâtel v Basel

20 April 2011 Round 29	Neuchâtel	2 – 2	Basel	Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
20:00	Gelabert  25' Ismaeel  27' Niasse 43' (1:1) Binya  53' Nuzzolo 90+3' (2:2)	Summary	25' (0:1) Stocker  45' Streller 73' (1:2) A. Frei	Attendance: 5,450 Referee: Ludovic Gremaud

Basel v Young Boys

23 April 2011 Round 30	Basel	2 – 1	Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45	Chipperfield 25' (1:1) Stocker  46' G. Xhaka  85' A. Frei 85' (2:1) Costanzo  90+2'	Summary	19' Farnerud 21' (0:1) Bienvenu  40' Sutter  70'  79' Lulić	Attendance: 31,595 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

Sion v Basel

1 May 2011 Round 31	Sion	3 – 0	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
16:00	Prijović 26' (1:0) Sio 28' (2:0) Sio  40' Prijović 47' (3:0) Zambrella  84'	Summary	20' Safari Cabral	Attendance: 11,800 Referee: Daniel Wermelinger

Basel v Bellinzona

8 May 2011 Round 32	Basel	2 – 0	Bellinzona	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Huggel 39' (1:0) A. Frei 89' (2:0)	Summary	41' Feltscher  72' Mattila  89' Wahab  90+4' Mihajlović	Attendance: 26,114 Referee: Thomas Prammer

Zurich v Basel

11 May 2011 Round 33	Zurich	2 – 2	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
19:45	Schönbächler  33' Djurić 43' (1:0) Nikci 75' (2:1) Béda  12'  90+3'	Summary	52' Shaqiri 69' (1:1) A. Frei 77' (2:2) A. Frei  79' Huggel  90+1' Abraham	Attendance: 22,800 Referee: Stephan Studer

Basel v Thun

15 May 2011 Round 34	Basel	5 – 1	Thun	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Dragović  25' Huggel 34' (1:0) A. Frei 43' (2:1) G. Xhaka 45' (3:1) A. Frei 59' (4:1) Shaqiri 79' (5:1)	Summary	32' Glarner 38' (1:1) Andrist  42' Matić  61' Da Costa	Attendance: 29,063 Referee: Massimo Busacca