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2015–16 FC Basel Season
The 2015-16 FC Basel season was the club's 123rd season and their 21st consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football since their promotion in the 1993-94 season. Basel's 2015-16 Swiss Super League campaign began on July 19 at home against Vaduz. In addition to the Swiss Super League, Basel also participated in the season's Champions League, Europa League, and Swiss Cup. Club FC Basel Holding AG FC Basel Holding AG is a holding company that owns 75% of FC Basel 1893 AG. The club itself owns the other 25%. FC Basel 1893 AG is responsible for all decisions that affect FC Basel as a club, including the operational business, youth department, and back office. Club management The FC Basel AGM took place on 27 April 2015 in Basel's congress center, comprising Team management On June 18, 2015, Basel announced Urs Fischer's appointment as the first team head coach on a three-year contract. His assistants were Marco Walker and Markus Hoffmann. Furthermore, Mas ...
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FC Basel
Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel, FCB, or just Basel, is a Swiss professional Association football, football club based in Basel, in the Basel-Stadt, Canton of Basel-Stadt. Formed in 1893, the club has been List of Swiss football champions, Swiss national champions 21 times, Swiss Cup winners 14 times, and Swiss League Cup winners once. Basel competed in UEFA competitions for 25 consecutive seasons between 1999–2000 and 2023–2024. They have qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, Champions League more times than any other Swiss club – a total of seven times – and are the only Swiss club to have ever qualified to the said phase directly. In 2021, they set the new record for a Swiss team with the most successful international group stage campaign by reaching 14 points in their Europa Conference League group. Since 2001, the club has played its home games at St. Jakob-Park, built on the site of their previous home, St. Jakob St ...
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FC Vaduz
Fussball Club Vaduz (En: ''Football Club Vaduz'') is a professional association football, football club from Vaduz, Liechtenstein that plays in the Challenge League (Switzerland), Challenge League, the second tier of Swiss football. The club plays at the national Rheinpark Stadion, which has a capacity of 5,873 when all are seated but has additional standing places in the North and South ends of the ground, giving a total stadium capacity of 7,838. They currently play in the Challenge League (Switzerland), Challenge League following promotion and relegation, relegation from the Swiss Super League after the 2020–21 Swiss Super League, 2020–21 season. Vaduz is unique in that it represents its own national association in the UEFA Europa Conference League when winning the domestic cup, whilst playing in another country's league. This is due to Liechtenstein not organising its own league. Vaduz has historically had many players from Liechtenstein, many of whom have played for the ...
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Swiss Cup
The Swiss Cup (; ; ; ) is a football cup competition that has been organised annually since 1925–26 season by the Swiss Football Association. The Swiss Cup final is usually the most important game of the year with a high attendance. The competition is also shaped by games in the first rounds when villages celebrate the tie of their club with a professional team leading to infrastructure improvements and often thousands of spectators at the local football pitch. Since 1999 the cup winners earns the chance to qualify for the UEFA Europa League or the UEFA Conference League in accordance with the rankings of Switzerland in the UEFA coefficient. History Forerunners Before the foundation of the Swiss Cup, there were two attempts at creating a Swiss football cup competition: the Anglo Cup (1909-1913) and the Och Cup (1920-1922). Anglo Cup and winners The Anglo Cup was played from 1909–1910 to 1912–1913. Och Cup and winners The Och Cup (named after the sporting goods ...
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Gustav Nussbaumer
Gustav, Gustaf or Gustave may refer to: *Gustav (name), a male given name of Old Swedish origin Art, entertainment, and media * ''Primeval'' (film), a 2007 American horror film * ''Gustav'' (film series), a Hungarian series of animated short cartoons * Gustav (''Zoids''), a transportation mecha in the ''Zoids'' fictional universe *Gustav, a character in ''Sesamstraße'' *Monsieur Gustav H., a leading character in ''The Grand Budapest Hotel'' * Gustaf, an American art punk band from Brooklyn, New York. Weapons *Carl Gustav recoilless rifle, dubbed "the Gustav" by US soldiers *Schwerer Gustav, 800-mm German siege cannon used during World War II Other uses *Gustav (pigeon), a pigeon of the RAF pigeon service in WWII *Gustave (crocodile), a large male Nile crocodile in Burundi *Gustave, South Dakota *Hurricane Gustav (other), a name used for several tropical cyclones and storms *Gustav, a streetwear clothing brand See also *Gustav of Sweden (other) *Gustav Adolf (d ...
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Massimo Ceccaroni
Massimo Ceccaroni (born 15 August 1968) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a defender or midfielder. He played for FC Basel for very nearly his entire career. He was later trainer at amateur club BSC Old Boys and then trainer of the Basel U21 team. Between 2012 and 2020 he was technical manager of the youth department. Since 2017 he is on Board of Directors of the FCB Holding AG and since January 2020 general manager sports project India, Chennai City FC - FC Basel. Career Active football In 1977, Ceccaroni joined FC Basel's youth squad and advanced to their first team for their 1987–88 season signing his first professional contract under head-coach Urs Siegenthaler. After playing in four test games, Ceccaroni played his domestic league debut for his club in an away match on 3 October 1987 as Basel were defeated 5–0 by Lausanne-Sport. His teammates included goalie Urs Suter, defender Peter Bernauer, and Switzerland national team players such as A ...
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Thomas Häberli
Thomas Häberli (born 11 April 1974) is a Swiss football manager and former player. He is the current head coach of Swiss Super League side Servette FC. Club career Häberli was born in Lucerne, Switzerland. He played as midfielder or striker. Häberli started his youth football with the local amateur club FC Eschenbach, based in Eschenbach next to his hometown of Ballwil in Central Switzerland. In 1987 he moved on to FC Hochdorf, where he came through the ranks and advanced to their first team in the fifth tier of the Swiss football pyramid. In 1994, he moved to FC Le Mont, who had just been promoted to the semi-professional third tier, and are based in Le Mont-sur-Lausanne in the French-speaking region of Switzerland. After just four appearances he was quickly snapped up by their bigger local rivals. In January 1995, aged 20, he signed his first profession contract with top-tier FC Lausanne-Sport. However, he played only for their U-21 team because he was suffering with ba ...
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Massimo Colomba
Massimo Colomba (born 24 August 1977) is a Swiss footballer who played as goalkeeper. He is currently the goalkeeper coach of both FC Sion. Career As a child Colomba played in the youth teams of his local side FC Villars-sur-Glâne. In 1995, he moved to Fribourg and played one year for FC Richemond and one for FC Beauregard. Colomba began his professional career with Neuchatel Xamax in 1997. He was their reserve goalkeeper for three years and first-choice keeper during the 2000–01 and 2001–02 seasons. At the beginning of the 2002–03 season he joined FC Aarau and was the club's first-choice goalkeeper. On 26 April 2003 he scored his first and only goal for Aarau in the match against FC St. Gallen. He played in Aarau until the 2007/08 season. Because he was usurped by Ivan Benito he left the club at the end of the season and joined Grasshoppers Zürich as understudy to Eldin Jakupović. On 16 June 2009, he joined FC Basel as reserve goalkeeper, behind first choice k ...
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Markus Hoffmann (footballer)
Markus Hoffmann (born 29 June 1972) is an Austrian football manager and former footballer who played as a forward, He is the currently assistant manager of Bundesliga club Union Berlin 1. Fußballclub Union Berlin e. V., commonly known as Union Berlin (), is a professional Football in Germany, German football club based in Berlin. The club's origins can be traced to 1906, when its predecessor FC Olympia Oberschöneweide was fo .... External links * 1972 births Living people Austrian men's footballers FC Braunau players SV Wacker Burghausen players SV Seekirchen 1945 players FC Spartak Moscow Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Men's association football forwards FC Basel non-playing staff 1. FC Union Berlin non-playing staff {{Austria-footy-forward-stub ...
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Marco Walker
Marco Walker (born 2 May 1970) is a Swiss football manager and a former international who played as a defender during the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Club career Walker started his youth football with local club FC Bellach. From 1983 with he was with FC Solothurn, FC Grenchen, again Solothurn and Bettlach, before signing his first professional contract in 1988 with FC Grenchen in the second tier of Swiss football. He played for Grenchen for two seasons before moving on again. During the pre-season to the 1990–91 Nationalliga A Walker signed for FC Lugano one division higher. Walker also played two seasons for Lugano. Walker joined FC Basel's first team for their 1992–93 season under head-coach Friedel Rausch. After playing in four test games Walker played his domestic league debut for his new club in the opening match of the season, an away game on 18 July 1992 as Basel were defeated 0–1 by Grenchen. Due to injuries Walker only played 16 domestic league games in that season. ...
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Reto Baumgartner
Reto Baumgartner (born 28 April 1967) is a retired Swiss professional footballer who played in the late 1980s and early 1990s as defender. Since FC Basel's AGM in 2008, Baumgartner is a member of the club board of directors and since 16 November 2020, he is president of the club. He is businessman and member of the Basel-Stadt trade association. Football career Baumgartner played his youth football with Wettingen. He advanced to their first team for the first time during the 1984–85 Nationalliga A season, but usually played for their youth team. In 1987 he signed his first professional contract with the club and played solely for their first team. At the end of the 1986–87 season, Baumgartner and the team suffered relegation to the Nationalliga B. But he remained with the team and in the following season they achieved immediate promotion. Following his involvement in the Klötzli incident on 7 October 1989, Baumgartner was given a 10 month professional ban. His contract wi ...
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Adrian Knup
Adrian Knup (born 2 July 1968) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a striker in the 1980s and 1990s. He was capped 49 times and scored 26 goals for the Switzerland national team between 1989 and 1996, including three games at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. From 2009 to 2017 he worked as the head coach of the youth sector at FC Basel. He was also the vice president of the club between 2012 and 2017. Club career Knup played his youth football with local team Basel. He advanced to their first team for their 1985–86 season and signed his first professional contract under manager Helmut Benthaus. After playing in one test match, Knup played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game at the St. Jakob Stadium on 19 April 1986 as Basel won 5–0 against Baden. In his first season Knup had just seven league appearances. During their 1986–87 season Knup advanced and became a regular in the starting team. Knup was a typical No. 9 and was famed for the po ...
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Bernhard Heusler
Bernhard Heusler (born 27 December 1963) is a Swiss businessman, lawyer and former president of the football club FC Basel. Life Heusler studied law at the University of Basel. He was a research assistant to René Rhinow and was awarded his doctorate in law in Basel. In 1994, he completed a post-graduate course at the University of California, Davis and worked for the New York law firm ''Davis Polk & Wardwell''. After that, he worked at the law firm ''Wenger Plattner'' in Basel, where he was a partner from 2000 to 2014. He then worked as a consultant at the law firm ''Walder Wyss'' in Basel until 2017. Today, he is co-founder and partner at ''Heusler Werthmüller Heitz'', an agency for consulting in business, sport and culture. Heusler holds various directorships, including that of Valora Holding AG. He is Chairman of the foundation ''Stiftung für kranke Kinder in Basel'', which benefits sick children in Basel. Heusler is married and has two children. FC Basel Bernhard Heus ...
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