User:Huligan0/2009–10 FC Basel season

FC Basel began their 2009–10 season with various warm-up matches against Swiss lower league, Ukrainian Vyscha Liha, and Super League Greece clubs. The goals for FC Basel during the 2009–10 season were to take back the league and cup titles as well as to qualify for the UEFA Europa League.

Overall season
The pre-season started with several major changes, the biggest being the sacking of coach Christian Gross, who was replaced by the German Thorsten Fink.

First team
As of 7 October 2009, accounting for official transfers :

Multiple Nationality

 * 1  Franco Costanzo
 * 3  Sabri Boumelaha
 * 11  Scott Chipperfield
 * 13  Daniel Unal
 * 15  Federico Almerares
 * 17  Xherdan Shaqiri
 * 20  Behrang Safari
 * 23  Massimo Colomba
 * 24  Cabral
 * 28  Beg Ferati
 * 33  Serkan Şahin

Overall
Basel participated in the following major competitions: the Swiss Super League, the Swiss Cup and the UEFA Europa League.

Swiss Super League 2009–10
For more information, see Swiss Super League 2009–10

Swiss Cup
For more information, see 2009–10 Swiss Cup

UEFA Europa League
For more information, see 2009–10 UEFA Europa League

Qualifing rounds
Basel won 7–1 on aggregate.

Basel won 5–3 on aggregate.

Basel won 8–2 on aggregate.

Group stage, group E

 * Notes
 * Note 1: Played in Baku at Tofik Bakhramov Stadium as Karabakh's Guzanli Olympic Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria.
 * Note 2: CSKA Sofia played their home group matches at Vasil Levski National Stadium as their Balgarska Armiya Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria.

League Goalscorers/Assists
Updated to games played 16 May 2010

Swiss Cup Goalscorers/Assists
Updated to games played 9 May 2010

European Goalscorers/Assist
Updated to games played 16 December 2009

Total Goalscorers/Assists
Updated to games played 16 May 2010