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Season Guide

2020/2021

Basel

In

Ciriaco Sforza (manager) (Wil), Kaly Sene (att) (Juventus U19), Lirik Vishi (mid) (FC Basel U21), Felix Gebhardt (gk) (FC Basel U18), Dominik Schmid (def) (FC Will 1900), Martin Liechti (mid) (FC Winterhur), Aldo Kalulu (att) (Swansea), Yves Kaiser (def) (FC Schaffhausen), Konstantinos Dimitriou (def) (FC Will 1900), Heinz Lindner (gk) (Wehen)

Out

Marcel Koller (manager), Jonas Omlin (r) (gk) (Montpellier), Kaly Sene (att) (Omonia Nicosia), Zdravko Kuzmanovic (mid) (released), Kevin Bua (sp) (mid) (released), Dominik Schmid (def) (Grasshoppers), Martin Liechti (mid) (released), Edon Zhegrova (r) (att) (KRC Genk - back from loan), Emil Bergström (sp) (def) (FC Utrecht), Ramires (sp) (mid) (Bahia - loan ended)

The sole real positive regarding Basel's 2019/20 season was their Europa League run, while they disappointed domestically, finishing third in the league and losing the cup final to Young Boys. It was announced in mid August that Marcel Koller and the club would be going their own separate ways, with his final game in charge being the cup defeat to the Berners. Their new manager is Ciriaco Sforza, who has had far more success than a player than as manager, with his most recent Super League stint being in charge of Thun in 2015. The Red-Blues have not changed too much over the summer when it comes to their playing squad. The biggest change is in the goalkeeper's position, with Jonas Onlin leaving and Heinz Lindner, whose previous spell in Switzerland saw him impress at Grasshopper, joining. The big news is that Ricky van Wolfswinkel has agreed a contract extension. The striker, who was originally set to depart, missed the majority of the previous season due to an aneurysm and will be like a new signing. He is certainly one of Basel's best players on form. While a big question mark looms over the Red-Blues as Sforza has never managed a club of their size, it is hard to disagree with the assessment that they have underperformed last season and that another similar performance this time around would be seen as unacceptable.

Target

Basel have not fallen enough behind Young Boys to not have any hopes of winning the title, although a lot of things need to fall into place for them to challenge the Berners.

Season Review

2020/2021

№2: Basel

Basel secured second place only very late in the campaign with managerial change in early April proving decisive to turn the season from total disaster into a decent one. Things were difficult last summer when coach Sforza failed to sign the 3 players he most wanted, but still Basel added some very good pieces to their squad with Klose and Kasami in particularly playing very important roles down the season. The signs that it would be difficult campaign were there from very early on though with Basel losing all of their first 4 away league games and then going on a 7-game winless run at home between December and March. The fact that come January there were 12-13 injured players in the squad also didn’t help, but still a lot more was expected from those involved and they kept underperforming. The main issues were in defence, conceded 2 or more in 18 of the 36 games, with the only way to win matches being to score 2 or more goals. This made Cabral’s contributions up front vital and the young centre forward led the line very well. Home defeat vs. Vaduz in early April was the last game in charge for Sforza, with Basel sitting in 6th place after this game and looking in serious trouble. This turned out to be the right decision though as interim coach Rahmen transformed the results straight away (W5 D2 L1) to give Basel place in Europe. Yet to appoint new permanent coach and only then it would be seen what budget he will be given in the summer, with reports suggesting that Basel’s finances are hit hard by COVID.