User:Huligan0/2016–17 FC Basel season

The 2016–17 FC Basel season is the 124thd season in club history and the club's 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. Basel are the reigning Swiss Super League champions. They prepare their season with various warm-up matches against teams from Germany and Netherlands. The 2016–17 Swiss Super League season starts on the week-end 23/24 July, the last round will be played on 2 June 2017.

Basel are qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League in the Group stage. The draw for the third qualifying round will be held towards the end of 17 August 2016.

The first round of the 2016–17 Swiss Cup will be played in August 2016.

Management
Urs Fischer has a running three-year contract as first team manager, which started in June 2015. His assistants are Marco Walker and Markus Hoffmann. Massimo Colomba is the Goalkeeper coach. Massimo Ceccaroni is head of the FCB Youth System. The new coach of the Youth Team (U–21) will be Raphaël Wicky.

Offseason and preseason
At the end of the 2015–16 FC Basel season Behrang Safari left the club to continue his career by his home club Malmö FF. Walter Samuel and Philipp Degen ended thier football careers.

On 4 May Basel announced that they had signed 18 year old paraguayan defender Blás Riveros from Olimpia Asunción on a five year deal. Due to Riveros commitments with the Paraguay national football team and the oncoming Copa America, he will not be expected to join the Basel first team until the beginning of July. On 10 May Basel also announced that they had signed egyptian defender Omar Gaber from Zamalek on a four year deal.

Domestic League
Basel's priority aim for the new season is to win the league championship for the eigth consecutive time.

Domestic Cup
Basel's clear aim for the 2016–17 Swiss Cup is to regain the title that they last won in 2011–12.

Champions League
Basel entered into this season's Champions League in the in the Group stage. Their initial aim is to remain in the competition after the group stage.

First team squad
The following is the list of the Basel first team squad. It also includes players that were in the squad the day the season started on 18 July but subsequently left the club after that date.

Results and Fixtures
Kickoff times are in CET

First half of season
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Second half of season
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Group stage
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