2024–25 FC Basel season
| 2024–25 season | ||||
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| Owner | FCB Holding David Degen | |||
| Club president | Reto Baumgartner | |||
| Head coach | Fabio Celestini | |||
| Ground | St. Jakob-Park | |||
| Swiss Super League | Champions | |||
| Swiss Cup | winners | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Xherdan Shaqiri (18 goals) All: Xherdan Shaqiri (20 goals) | |||
| Highest home attendance | 36,000 (sold-out) 21 September 2024 (Zürich) 24 May 2025 (Luzern) | |||
| Lowest home attendance | 19,866 27 July 2024 (Lugano) | |||
| Biggest win | 6–0 vs Servette (11 August 2024) | |||
| Biggest defeat | 2–6 vs Young Boys (18 May 2025) | |||
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The 2024–25 season was FC Basel's 131st season in their existence and the club's 30th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football since their promotion in the 1993–94 season. The 2024–25 Swiss Super League season started on 20 July 2024 and was completed on 24 May 2025. In addition to the Swiss Super League, Basel also participated in this season's edition of the Swiss Cup, starting in the third round. This was the club's first season in 25 years that they did not compete in any European competition, as since their 1999–2000 season they had always qualified for an UEFA competition, but in the previous season they had failed.
Club
FC Basel Holding AG
The FC Basel Holding AG owns 75% of FC Basel 1893 AG and the other 25% is owned by the FC Basel 1893 club members. The club FC Basel 1893 functions as a base club independent of the holding company and the AG. FC Basel 1893 AG is responsible for the operational business of the club, e.g. the first team, the women's first team, a large part of the youth department and the back office are affiliated there. All decisions that affect the club FC Basel 1893 are made within the AG.
On 6 May 2024 the AGM of the FC Basel Holding AG and the FC Basel 1893 AG were held and both boards were confirmed. The Holding AG with following members: David Degen (president), Dan Holzmann, Ursula Rey-Krayer and Andreas Rey (vice-president). FC Basel 1893 AG with following members: David Degen (president), Carol Etter (delegate of the club FC Basel), Dan Holzmann, Ursula Rey-Krayer and Andreas Rey (vice-president).
Club management
Basel is the only professional club in Switzerland where the position of holding company's president and the club's president is not the same person. The club AGM also took place on 6 May 2024. With the exception of Dominik Donzé, who left the board of directors voluntarily, the entire board was re-elected with large majorities. These being Reto Baumgartner (club president), Carol Etter, Edward Turner and Tobias Adler. Donzé has held various positions on the FCB board since 2009. Two new members were also voted into the board of directors.[1]
The board of directors of the club are:
| Club chairman | Reto Baumgartner |
| Director | Carol Etter |
| Director | Edward Turner |
| Director | Tobias Adler |
| Director | Andrea Häner-Roth |
| Director | Nicole Leuthard |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | St. Jakob-Park (37,994)[2] (36,000 for international matches)[3] / (120x80 m) |
Updated to match played 6 May 2024
Source: FCB Official Site
Team management
During the previous season the position of the FCB sport director had been left vacant following the dismissal of Heiko Vogel on 31 October 2023. On 15 May 2024 FCB announced that Daniel Stucki had been appointed as new sports director.[4]
During May Fabio Celestini signed a new two-year contract as head coach and on 31 May 2024 they announced their training staff for the coming season:[5]
| Position | Staff |
|---|---|
| Sport director | Daniel Stucki from 15 May 2024 |
| Head coach | Fabio Celestini |
| Assistant coach | Davide Callà |
| Assistant coach | Luigi Nocentini |
| Athletics coach | Carlos Menéndez |
| Athletics coach | Thomas Bernhard |
| Goalkeeper coach | Gabriel Wüthrich |
| Youth Team U-21 coach | Mario Cantaluppi |
| Youth Team U-21 co-coach | Marco Aratore |
| Youth Team U-21 co-coach | Michaël Bauch |
Source: FCB official site
Overview
Off and pre-season
On 31 May 2024 Basel announced that they had reached an agreement with Hellas Verona for the permanent acquisition of Kevin Rüegg. The 25-year-old full-back, who had joined FCB on loan in September 2023 had signed a three-year contract with the club, dated until the summer of 2027.[6] Further on 21 June the club announced that they had signed the French professional footballer Léo Leroy from Ligue 1 club Montpellier.[7]
On 7 June FCB announced that they had loaned Đorđe Jovanović to FK Partizan for the coming season.[8] Also on that day, they announced that Sergio López had not prolonged his contract with them and that he had moved to SV Darmstadt 98.[9] On 22 June it was announced that Maurice Malone had been loaned to FK Austria Wien.[10]
On 28 and 29 June the club announced that they prolonged the contracts of two of their youth players until summer 2027, these were Adriano Onyegbule[11] and Arlet Junior Zé.[12] They also extended their contract with Andrin Hunziker until summer 2027 but loaned him out to Karlsruher SC, so as he could gain more playing experience.[13]
On 12 July 2024 the club announced that they load Dion Kacuri out to Yverdon-Sport until the end of the season, so as the player could gain more playing time at top-level Swiss football.[14] Further on that day, they announced that Renato Veiga had signed a contract with Chelsea.[15] At the same time Chelsea confirmed that Veiga had signed a seven-year contract at Stamford Bridge, the contract includes a further one-year option.[16][17]
A further player player who moved in was Marin Šotiček. On 18 July FCB announced the transfer from NK Lokomotiva Zagreb on a four-year deal.[18] Then, on 22 July 2024, FCB announced the transfer of Bénie Traoré, who came in from Sheffield United for an undisclosed fee, signing a four-year deal.[19]
On 25 July 2024 Basel announced that by mutual agreement, Michael Lang and the club had terminated their contract.[20] It therefore turned out, that the last match of their 2023–24 season against Yverdon-Sport, which ended in a goalless draw on 21 May 2024, had been his last competition game with the team.[21] Between the years 2015 to 2018 and again from 2021 to 2024, Lang played a total of 263 games for Basel scoring a total of 36 goals. 151 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, 14 in the Swiss Cup, 56 in the UEFA competitions (Champions League, Europa League and Conference League) and 42 were friendly games. He scored 21 goals in the domestic league, 6 in the cup, 8 in the European games and the other was scored during the test games.[22]
On 9 August, the club announced that Liam Millar had moved on to Hull City in the EFL Championship.[23] He had signed a permanent three-year deal, he transferred for an undisclosed fee.[24]
Chicago Fire and Xherdan Shaqiri mutually agreed to terminate their contract on 14 August. The separation was officially amicable, with Shaqiri explaining that he felt it was the "right time" to "explore new opportunities".[25] On 16 August, two days later, Shaqiri returned to his club of origen, rejoining them on a three-year contract.[26]
Last season's Super League joint-top-scorer Kevin Carlos was signed by FCB on 23 August from Yverdon-Sport.[27] Then, on 30 August the club announced the signing of Moussa Cissé from VfB Stuttgart II.[28] On the same day the club announced that they had loaned Juan Gauto to Deportivo de La Coruña[29] and that they had signed Romário Baró in on a one year loan from Porto with the option of a buy-out release.[30] At the end of the season, however, the club decided not to pull the release option and Baró returned to Porto.[31]
Further, the club announced on 31 August that the contract with Jean-Kévin Augustin had been terminated by mutual agreement.[32] Augustin left the club as free agent. In his two seasons with the club, he had played a total of 63 games for them scoring a total of 12 goals. 38 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, four in the Swiss Cup, nine in the UEFA Conference League and 12 were friendly games. He scored five goals in the domestic league, one in the cup, two in the European games and the other two were scored during the test games.[33]
On 2 September, the club announced another player in on loan. The Swede Joe Mendes had joined them from Portuguese club Braga.[34] The contract also had a buy-out option, but at the end of the season Basel decided not to pull the release option and Mendes returned to Braga.[31]
On the final day of the transfer window, FCB announced that their captain Fabian Frei had decided to rejoin his youth club Winterthur.[35] Between the years 2007 to 2015 and again from 2018 to 2024 Frei played a total of 679 games for Basel scoring a total of 94 goals. 386 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, 46 in the Swiss Cup, 111 in the UEFA competitions (Champions League, Europa League and Conference League) and 136 were friendly games. He scored 41 goals in the domestic league, 10 in the cup, 13 in the European games and the other 30 were scored during the test games. Fabian Frei is the clubs record holder for the number of competition matches played with the club. He played 543 games in league, cup and UEFA.[36]
During the winter break Basel announced that they had singed Philip Otele in on a six month loan from Al Wahda with a realse option. At the end of the season Basel announced that they had pulled the option and that Otele had signed a contract until summer 2028.[31]
Players
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 16 July 2023, but subsequently left the club after that date.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Players out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Players in on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
In
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Out
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Results and fixtures
Kickoff times are in CET.
Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches
Pre-season
| 5 July 2024 Friendly | Basel | 1–1 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Silberstadt Arena, Schwaz, Austria |
| 15:00 | Beney 35' Adjetey 51' |
FCB report | 38' Lucoqui | Attendance: 350 Referee: Walter Altmann |
| Note: The game kicked off 20 minutes late because FCB coach was delayed by a traffic jam on the way to the venue. Due to the delay and the high temperatures, the teams played only twice 40 minutes. | ||||
| 6 July 2024 Friendly | Basel | 2–1 | Górnik Zabrze | Arena Jenbach, Jenbach, Austria |
| 15:00 | Fink 53' Kololli 88' |
FCB report | Lukoszek | Attendance: 255 Referee: Stefan Gamper |
| Note: Fair game, no yellow cards | ||||
| 10 July 2024 Friendly | Basel | 4–0 | Bellinzona | Stadion Rankhof, Basel |
| 16:00 | Barry 19' Beney 47' Ajeti 73' Kayombo 80' |
FCB report | Attendance: 0 Referee: Hüseyin Sanli | |
| Note: Played behind closed doors. Fair game, no yellow cards | ||||
| 13 July 2024 Friendly | Basel | 1–1 | SSV Ulm | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
| 15:00 | Frei 12' | Summary | 82' Higl | Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Désirée Grundbacher |
| Note: Fair game, no yellow cards | ||||
| 6 September 2024 Friendly | SC Freiburg | 6–0 | FC Basel | Freiburg |
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Wörner 24', 30', 38' Höler 57', 68' Grifo 87' |
SCF report FCB report |
Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Marc-Philip Eckermann | |
| Note: Played behind closed doors. Fair game, no yellow cards | ||||
| 9 October 2024 Mid-season friendly | VfR Kleinhüningen[47] | 0–3 | Basel | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
| 18:30 | Sylla 31' | Summary | 12' Carlos 48' Carlos 72' Streit |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Johannes von Mandach |
| 13 Nov. 2024 Mid-season friendly | SC Dornach | 0–6 | Basel | Gigersloch, Dornach |
| 18:30 | Xheladini 43' | FCB summary | 22' Fink 27' Kololli 32' Fink 65' Casadei 67' Jordan 71' Casadei 85' Streit |
Attendance: 2,300 (sold out) Referee: David Huwiler |
Swiss Super League
The 2024–25 Super League season was the 128th season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland. The Swiss Football League (SFL) drew and published the fixtures of the first 22 rounds on 18 June 2024. The rest were drawn at a later date.
First and second round
| 21 July 2024 Round 1 | Lausanne-Sport | 3–2 | Basel | Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne |
| 16:30 | Okou 2' Diabaté 22' Sène 44' Bernède 49' Sanches 51' Mouanga 57' Abdallah 86' |
FCB report | 17' Beney 34' Comas 35' Kade 43', 87' (pen.) Barry 63' Barišić |
Attendance: 6,850 Referee: Anojen Kanagasingam |
| 27 July 2024 Round 2 | Basel | 1–2 | Lugano | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 20:30 | Leroy 50', 59' | FCB report | Aliseda 8' Hajdari 53' Przybyłko 69' |
Attendance: 19,866 Referee: Urs Schnyder |
| 3 August 2024 Round 3 | Grasshopper Club | 0–3 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
| 18:00 | Schürpf 22' Tobers 52' Paskotši 54' Babunski 75' Stroscio 90+5' |
FCB report | 25' Traoré 36', 58' Barry |
Attendance: 9,099 Referee: |
| 11 August 2024 Round 4 | Servette | 0–6 | Basel | Stade de Genève, Geneva |
| 16:30 | FCB report | 37' Barry 46' Traoré 63' Ajeti 69' Adjetey 74' van Breemen 76' Ajeti 81' Šotiček 87' Kololli |
Attendance: 8,327 Referee: Mirel Turkes |
| 25 August 2024 Round 5 | Basel | 2–0 | Yverdon | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 16:30 | Ajeti 8' Fink 55' |
FCB report | 40' Komano 49' Sylla |
Attendance: 30,013 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich |
| 31 August 2024 Round 6 | Sion | 1–1 | Basel | Stade Tourbillon, Sion |
| 18:00 | Chouaref 26' Hefti 44' Dejan Sorgić 87' |
FCB report | 5' Ajeti 45+2' Avdullahu 81' Carlos |
Attendance: 13,200 Referee: Stefan Horisberger |
| 21 September 2024 Round 7 | Basel | 0–2 | Zürich | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 20:30 | Baró 77' 86' | FCB report | 31' Chouiar 35' Nikola Katić 55' Perea 57' Condé 63' Marchesano 83' Gómez |
Attendance: 36,000 (sold-out) Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Neuchâtel) |
| 29 September 2024 Round 8 | Luzern | 1–0 | Basel | Swissporarena, Luzern |
| 16:30 | Beloko 48' Jaquez 78' Ottiger 87' |
FCB report | 45+4' Vouilloz 56' Avdullahu 85' Fink |
Attendance: 15,680 (sold-out) Referee: Sven Wolfensberger |
| 6 October 2024 Round 9 | Basel | 1–0 | Young Boys | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 16:30 | Leroy 35' Avdullahu 42' Barišić 52' Šotiček 78' Xhaka 90+3' |
FCB report | 19' Niasse 40' Lauper 42' Ganvoula 59' Ugrinić 70' Hadjam |
Attendance: 28,463 Referee: Luca Cibelli |
| Note: 16' shot from Ugrinić hits the post. 61' header from Carlos hits the crossbar. | ||||
| 20 October 2024 Round 10 | Basel | 2–1 | St. Gallen | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 16:30 | Carlos 51' Traoré 56' Carlos 90+5' |
FCB report | 7' Geubbels 8' Geubbels 24' Görtler 61' Stanić 82' Vallçi |
Attendance: 27,009 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf) |
| Note: 74' header from Carlos hits the crossbar. | ||||
| 26 October 2024 Round 11 | Winterthur | 1–6 | Basel | Schützenwiese, Winterthur |
| 18:00 | Frei 50' Schneider 90' |
FCB summary | 8' Carlos 25' Traoré 33' Shaqiri 45+1' Barišić 48' Baró 57' Shaqiri 72' Šotiček |
Attendance: 8,700 (sold ou) Referee: Alessandro Dudic |
| Note: 23' Corner-kick from Shaqiri hit the cross-bar | ||||
| 30 October 2024 Round 12 | Young Boys | 3–2 | Basel | Stadion Wankdorf, Bern |
| 20:30 | Blum 6' Ugrinić 64' Virginius 69' Dräger 81' (o.g.) Barišić 87' (o.g.) |
FCB summary | 19' Kade 26' Vouilloz 35' Kade 68' Shaqiri 70' Mendes 81' Leroy 89' Schmid |
Attendance: 30,024 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf) |
| 2 November 2024 Round 13 | Basel | 5–0 | Winterthur | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 18:00 | Kade 14' Mendes 25' Traoré 28' Carlos 39' Traoré 55' Schmid 64' Ajeti 81' |
FCB summary | 56' Lekaj | Attendance: 22,670 Referee: Luca Piccolo |
| 9 November 2024 Round 14 | Yverdon-Sport | 1–4 | Basel | Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains |
| 18:00 | Rodrigues 62' Rodrigues 89' |
FCB summary | 32' Schmid 45' Traoré 45+1' Traoré 51' Avdullahu 60' Carlos 66' Kade 85' Carlos |
Attendance: 4,250 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger |
| 24 November 2024 Round 15 | Basel | 3–1 | Servette | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 16:30 | Barišić 32' Shaqiri 40', 90+1', 90+2' |
FCB summary | 55' Cognat 69' Cognat |
Attendance: 26,247 Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Neuchâtel) |
| 30 November 2024 Round 16 | Basel | 1–1 | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 18:00 | Report | Attendance: 22,204 Referee: Stefan Horisberger |
| 8 December 2024 Round 17 | St. Gallen | 1–1 | Basel | Kybunpark, St. Gallen |
| 16:30 | Vallçi 38' Stevanović 62' Jordi Quintillà 87' |
FCB report | 17' Schmid 55' Avdullahu 74' Traoré 85' Kade |
Attendance: 19,700 Referee: Lionel Tschudi |
| 14 December 2024 Round 18 | Basel | 0–1 | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 20:30 | van Breemen 73' | FCB report | 21' Persson 28' Decarli 43' Abrashi 54' Meyer 56' Lee |
Attendance: 23,486 Referee: Luca Piccolo Assistant referees: Mirel Turkes (VAR) Man of the Match: Noah Persson[48] |
| 19 January 2025 Round 19 | Lugano | 2–2 | Basel | Cornaredo, Lugano |
| 16:30 |
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FCB report | Attendance: 4,888 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger |
| 26 January 2025 Round 20 | Basel | 4–1 | Sion | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 16:30 | FCB report | Attendance: 22,301 Referee: Sandro Schärer |
| 2 February 2025 Round 21 | Zürich | 0–1 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
| 16:30 | Chouiar 33′ Ballet 35' Markelo 41' |
FCB report | 32' Avdullahu 36' Carlos 41' Schmid |
Attendance: 21,690 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf) |
| Note: 33 minute: Hitz saved the penalty from Chouiar | ||||
| 6 February 2025 Round 22 | Basel | 2–1 | Luzern | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 20:30 | Shaqiri 4' (pen.) Avdullahu 51' Shaqiri 57' (pen.) Mendes 89' |
FCB report | 1' Winkler 58' Knezevic 81' Kadák 90+4' Cigaņiks |
Attendance: 21,594 Referee: Alessandro Dudic |
Third round
The fixtures and dates for the third round were announced on 20 December.[49]
| 9 February 2025 Round 23 | Servette | 2–1 | Basel | Stade de Genève, Geneva |
| 14:15 | Tsunemoto 27' Cognat 46' Antunes 50' Kutesa 61' Kutesa 62' |
FCB report | 73' Otele 79' Schmid |
Attendance: 10,021 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger |
| 16 February 2025 Round 24 | Basel | 1–1 | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 16:30 | Carlos 3' |
FCB report | 16' Ludovic Magnin (coach) 20' Okou 20' Baldé 55' Custodio 67' (o.g.) Hitz 80' Letica 90+3' Giger |
Attendance: 22,754 Referee: |
| 22 February 2025 Round 25 | St. Gallen | 2–2 | Basel | Kybunpark, St. Gallen |
| 20:30 | Vallçi 38' Witzig 78' Geubbels 87' Vandermersch 90' |
FCB report | 10' Leroy 63' Mendes 71' (o.g.) Yannick 84' Carlos 90+3' Schmid |
Attendance: 19,335 Referee: Urs Schnyder |
| 1 March 2025 Round 26 | Basel | 2–0 | Sion | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 18:00 | Avdullahu 1' Kololli 17' (o.g.) Shaqiri 25' Otele 29' Leroy 83' |
FCB report | Attendance: 22,298 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger | |
| Note: 7' goal from Bouriga disallowed due to off-side. 79' shot against crossbar from van Breemen. 88' shot against crossbar from Sorgić | ||||
| 9 March 2025 Round 27 | Luzern | 1–1 | Basel | Swissporarena, Luzern |
| 16:30 | Knezevic 78' | FCB report | 31' Barišić 41' Traoré 76' Mendes |
Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Urs Schnyder |
| 16 March 2025 Round 28 | Basel | 1–2 | Young Boys | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 16:30 |
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Report | Attendance: 28,570 Referee: Urs Schnyder |
| 30 March 2025 Round 29 | Winterthur | 0–2 | Basel | Schützenwiese, Winterthur |
| 14:15 | Report | Attendance: 8,700 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich |
| 3 April 2025 Round 30 | Basel | 2–1 | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 20:30 |
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Report | Attendance: 21,705 Referee: Fedayi San |
| 6 April 2025 Round 31 | Basel | 2–0 | Lugano | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 16:30 | Report | Attendance: 28,662 Referee: Johannes von Mandach |
| 12 April 2025 Round 32 | Zürich | 0–4 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
| 20:30 |
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Report | Attendance: 23,130 Referee: Luca Cibelli |
| 21 April 2025 Round 33 | Basel | 5–0 | Yverdon | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 16:30 CET | Report | Referee: Alessandro Dudic |
League table at split
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | [a] |
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| 1 | Basel | 33 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 72 | 32 | +40 | 61 | To championship group |
| 2 | Servette | 33 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 55 | |
| 3 | Young Boys | 33 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 49 | 42 | +7 | 53 | |
| 4 | Luzern | 33 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 61 | 51 | +10 | 51 | |
| 5 | Lugano | 33 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 49 | |
| 6 | Lausanne-Sport | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 52 | 44 | +8 | 47 | |
| 7 | St. Gallen | 33 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 47 | To relegation group |
| 8 | Zürich | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 47 | |
| 9 | Sion | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 36 | |
| 10 | Grasshopper Club | 33 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 33 | |
| 11 | Yverdon-Sport | 33 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 57 | −24 | 33 | |
| 12 | Winterthur | 33 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 32 | 61 | −29 | 30 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored 6) Away goals scored; 7) Draw.[50]
Notes:
- ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
Championship group
| 4 May 2025 Round 34 | Basel | 5–1 | Servette | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 16:30 | Shaqiri 28' Avdullahu 33' Ajeti 34' Ajeti 38' Traoré 76' Vouilloz 79' |
FCB report | 55' Adams 19' 48' Alexis Antunes |
Attendance: 32,580 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich |
| 10 May 2025 Round 35 | Lugano | 2–5 | Basel | Cornaredo, Lugano |
| 20:30 | Bislimi 2' Steffen 59' Brault-Guillard 64' Grgić 69' (pen.) Zanotti 75' |
FCB report | 4' Ajeti 33' 42' Ajeti 48' Shaqiri 51' Shaqiri 57' Shaqiri 60' Leroy |
Attendance: 5,318 Referee: Alessandro Dudic |
| 14 May 2025 Round 36 | Lausanne-Sport | 2–3 | Basel | Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne |
| 20:30 | Roche 13' Sène 78' |
FCB report | 19' Carlos 30' Carlos 55' Traoré |
Attendance: 9,494 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Buttikon) |
| Note: Fair game, no yellow cards | ||||
| 18 May 2025 Round 37 | Young Boys | 6–2 | Basel | Stadion Wankdorf, Bern |
| 14:15 | Lauper 1' Itten 10' Colley 17' Maleš 29' Itten 46' Fassnacht 86' Fassnacht 90+3' |
FCB report | 7' Ajeti 17' Avdullahu 29' Hitz 72' Carlos |
Attendance: 31,500 (sold-out) Referee: Urs Schnyder |
| 24 May 2025 Round 38 | Basel | 4–0 | Luzern | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 18:00 | Ajeti 18' Otele 40' Kade 49' Kade 55' Traoré 70' |
FCB report | 29' Rrudhani 84' Dorn |
Attendance: 36,000 (sold-out) Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf) |
Final league table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
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| 1 | Basel (C) | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 91 | 43 | +48 | 73 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 2 | Servette | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 64 | 55 | +9 | 63 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Young Boys | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 60 | 49 | +11 | 61 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[b] |
| 4 | Lugano | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 55 | 58 | −3 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Lausanne-Sport | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 62 | 54 | +8 | 53 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Luzern | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 66 | 64 | +2 | 52 | |
| 7 | Zürich | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 56 | 57 | −1 | 53 | |
| 8 | St. Gallen | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 52 | 53 | −1 | 52 | |
| 9 | Sion | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 47 | 57 | −10 | 44 | |
| 10 | Winterthur | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 43 | 68 | −25 | 40 | |
| 11 | Grasshopper Club (O) | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 43 | 53 | −10 | 39 | Qualification for the Relegation play-off |
| 12 | Yverdon-Sport (R) | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 40 | 68 | −28 | 39 | Relegation to Swiss Challenge League |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored 6) Away goals scored; 7) Draw.[50]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
- ^ The 2024–25 Swiss Cup winner (Basel) qualifies for the Europa League play-off round. Since the cup winner finished in the top three, the remaining European berths were passed down to the next highest qualifying teams.
Swiss Cup
The fixtues and dates of the first round were drawn in June 2024
| 17 August 2024 Round 1 | FC Subingen | 0–8 | Basel | Sportplatz Affoltern, Subingen |
| 16:00 | FCB report | 4' (pen.) Kololli 10' Ajeti (Kololli) 14' Barry Traoré 34' Barry (Ajeti) 39' Barry (van Breemen) 53' Ajeti (Šotiček) 74' Fink (Šotiček) 87' Šotiček (Beney) |
Attendance: 4,537 (stadium record, sold-out) Referee: Stefan Horisberger | |
| Note: Fair game, no yellow cards | ||||
| 15 September 2024 Round 2 | Stade Nyonnais | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | Basel | Stade de Colovray |
| 16:30 | Gazzetta 22' Escorza 82' Pasche 89' Jaiteh 120+2' Petit 120+3' Koré 120+4′ |
FCB report | 22' Adjetey 68' 117' Avdullahu 120+3' (pen.) Shaqiri 120+4' Xhaka |
Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Luca Cibelli |
| Note: Hitz held the penalty shot from Koré in the fourth minute of added time. | ||||
| 4 December 2024 Round 3 | Basel | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p) | Sion | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 20:15 | Shaqiri 5' Vouilloz 40' Kade 86' |
Report | 30' Bouchlarhem 38' Bouchlarhem 42' Chouaref 51'Bouchlarhem 98' Batata 101' Ali Kabacalman |
Attendance: 16,301 Referee: Sandro Schärer |
| Penalties | ||||
| Shaqiri Kade Carlos Fink |
Souza Schmied Batata |
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| 24 February 2025 Quarter-final | Étoile Carouge | 1–3 | Basel | Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge |
| 19:30 | Alves 19' Zoukit 49' Correia 55' Petit 78' |
FCB report | 84' Sigua 85' Carlos 87' Carlos |
Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Neuchâtel) |
| 27 April 2025 Semi-final | Basel | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 15:30 | Traoré 46' Baldé 74' (o.g.) Ajeti 92' Schmid 107' Leroy 110' |
FCB report | 27' Mouanga 66' Baldé 85' Roche 116' Dussenne |
Attendance: 33,071 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf) |
| 1 June 2025 Final | FC Biel-Bienne | 1–4 | FC Basel | Stadion Wankdorf, Bern |
| 14:00 | Beyer 61' (pen.) Radtke 65' |
[Fussball-Schweiz summary] | De Freitas 35' (o.g.) Shaqiri 67' (pen.) Šotiček 78' Cissé 80' |
Attendance: 30,897 (sold-out) Referee: Stefan Horisberger |
| Note: For the first time in the 100-year history of the Swiss Cup, a team from the third highest league (Promotion League) had reached final of the competition. It was the last game at the highest level as referee for Stefan Horisberger who retired after the final whistle. |
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See also
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