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FC Basel
2004–05 season
Chairman	Werner Edelmann
Manager	Christian Gross
Swiss Super League	1st
Swiss Cup	Round 3
Champions League	third qualifying round
UEFA Cup	Round of 32
Highest home attendance	31,383 vs; Thun; (07.05.2005)
Lowest home attendance	19,212 vs; Schaffhausen; (16.03.2005); 15,895 vs; Terek Grozny; (16.03.2005)
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 112th in existence and the club's 11th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. FC Basel started the season of with various warm-up matches. These included teams from the Swiss lower league as well as teams from Lichtenstein, France and Germany. The FC Basel aims for the 2004–05 season were to defend their league title, to win the cup and as well as to qualify for the UEFA Champions League group stage.

Overview

As reigning champions Basel were favourites to retain their title and as Swiss champions, they entered the UEFA Champions League in third qualifying round. Basel's biggest signing in advance of the 2004–05 season was Kléber from Hannover 96. But in the other direction the Cameroonian international Timothée Atouba and Swiss internaional Mario Cantaluppi left the club. During the winter break they signed Patrick Müller from Mallorca.

The Campaign

Domestic League

Basel's priority aim for the season was to win the league championship for the second time in a row. The season started somewhat difficult, of first four home matches only two were won. Nevertheless, Basel moved to the top of the league table and one of the seasons highlights was the 8–1 home win against Grasshoppers in which Giménez scored four goals. During September the team lost two away games in a row, but despite this they led the league table by seven points by the winter break.

Basel completed the seasons seventeen home ties undefeated, winning thirteen and drawing four. The highest home attendance being 31,383 in the 4–1 win against their title rivals Thun on 7 May 2005. Just four days later Basel secured the championship in their third last round of the season. At the end of the season they completed their championship aim, winning the title ten points clear of Thun, their nearest rivals.

Domestic Cup

Basel's clear aim for the Swiss Cup was to win it. In the first two rounds of the 2004–05 Swiss Cup Basel were draw away games against lower league teams. In the third round they were drawn away against Thun but lost 5–4 after penalties. Thus Basel missed their aim.

Europe

Because Basel entered the Champions League in the third qualifying round their aim was to reach the group stage. However they were drawn against Internazionale and lost 5–2 on aggregate and were subsequently dropped into the UEFA Cup.

In the First Round of the UEFA Cup Basel defeated the Russian side FC Terek Grozny 3–1 on aggregate. In the Group Stage they faced considerabley tougher opponents, being drawn in Group E with Feyenoord Rotterdam, FC Schalke 04, Ferencvárosi TC and Heart of Midlothian. They drew 1–1 away to Schalke, but were defeated 2–1 at home by Hearts. In the away tie at the Stadium Puskás Ferenc they beat Ferencváros 2–1 and finally winning 1–0 at home against Feyenoord. They finished third in the group on seven points and qualified for the Round of 32 where they were defeated 2–0 on aggregate by Lille OSC. Despite this defeat, the aim for this campaign could be considered as achieved.

Club

The Management

Position	Staff
Manager	Christian Gross
Assistant manager	Fritz Schmid
Fitness Coach	Thomas Grüter
Fitness Coach	Romain Crevoisier
Youth Team Coach	Stefano Ceccaroni Patrick Rahmen
Youth Team Co-Coach	Sandro Kamber

Last updated: June 2004
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Kit

Supplier: Nike
Sponsor(s): Novartis

Home

Away

Source: [1]

Other information

Chairman	Mr Werner Edelmann
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	St. Jakob-Park (33,333 / 120x80 m)

Source: [2]

First team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SUI	Pascal Zuberbühler
4	DF	SUI	Alexandre Quennoz
5	DF	SUI	Marco Zwyssig
6	MF	SUI	Benjamin Huggel
7	FW	CRO	Mladen Petrić
8	MF	AUS	Mile Sterjovski
9	FW	ARG	César Carignano
11	MF	AUS	Scott Chipperfield
12	MF	SUI	Sébastien Barberis
13	FW	ARG	Christian Eduardo Giménez
14	MF	ALG	Djamel Mesbah
15	DF	SUI	Murat Yakin
16	DF	SUI	Patrick Müller


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	SUI	Mario Cantaluppi
18	GK	SUI	Eric Rapo
19	DF	BRA	Kléber
20	MF	ARG	Matías Emilio Delgado
21	MF	SUI	David Degen
22	MF	SRB	Ivan Ergić
23	DF	SUI	Philipp Degen
24	DF	CMR	Timothée Atouba
29	MF	BIH	Damir Džombić
30	DF	SUI	Boris Smiljanić
32	DF	SUI	Reto Zanni
33	FW	ARG	Julio Hernán Rossi
35	GK	AUT	Thomas Mandl
—	MF	SUI	Baykal Kulaksızoğlu

Transfers Summer 2004

In

1	GK	AUT	Thomas Mandl (from Austria Vienna)^[1]
19	DF	BRA	Kléber (from Hannover 96)^[1]
14	DF	ALG	Djamel Mesbah (from Servette)^[2]

Out

—	FW	CMR	Hervé Tum (to FC Metz – n/a)^[3]
—	DF	CMR	Timothée Atouba (to Tottenham Hotspurs – n/a) ^[4]
17	MF	SUI	Mario Cantaluppi (to 1. FC Nuremberg – n/a)^[5]

Transfers Winter 2004-05

In

16	DF	SUI	Patrick Müller (from Mallorca)^[6]
32	DF	SUI	Reto Zanni (from Thun)^[7]
—	MF	SUI	Baykal Kulaksızoğlu (from Thun)^[8]

Out

18

GK

SUI

Eric Rapo (to Stade Nyonnais – n/a)^[7]

Results and Fixtures

Friendlies

Pre-season/First Half Season friendlies

22 June 2004 Pre-season friendly	Celerina Auswahl	0 – 11	Basel	San Gian, Celerina
		Report (in German)	10' Preisig 14', 45' Chipperfield 21', 31', 40' Delgado 32' Giménez 35' Rossi 52', 76' Carignano 87' Petrić	Attendance: 800 Referee: Bognar (Chur)

26 June 2004 Pre-season friendly	Vaduz	0 – 2	Basel	Sportplatz Rheinau, Balzers
		Report (in German)	15' D. Degen 57' Giménez	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Breker

13 July 2004 Pre-season friendly	Basel	1 – 4	Sochaux	Près Dom, Alle
	Carignano 82'	Report (in German)	45' Santos 49' (o.g.) Quennoz 62', 81' de Carvalho	Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Nicole Petignat

20 July 2004 Friendly	Basel	3 – 3	Werder Bremen
	Carignano 56' Rossi 73', 82'	Report (in German)	36' Klasnić 45' Klose 50' Borowski	Attendance: 4,450 Referee: Nicole Petignat

27 July 2004 Friendly	Regio-Auswahl	2 – 8	Basel	Buschweilerhof, Basel
	Eng 17' Leganyi 42'	Report (in German)	17' Delgado 19', 31', 43' (pen.), 48', 89' Carignano 26' D. Degen 80' Rossi	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: von Känel

31 August 2004 Friendly	Wohlen	0 – 7	Basel	Stadion Niedermatten, Wohlen
		Report (in German)	1', 9', 48' Petrić 3', 46' D. Degen 76' Carignano 90' Delgado	Attendance: 3,085 Referee: Nicole Petignat

12 October 2004 Friendly	Basel	8 – 0	Nordstern	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
	Petrić 3', 20' Rossi 7', 57', 89' Giménez 13' D. Degen 39' Delgado 68'	Report (in German)		Attendance: 500 Referee: Claudio Circetta

Sempione Cup

The Sempione Cup was a club football tournament played in summer at Sportanlage Moos, Balsthal, during the years 1987 to 2004.^[9]

29 June 2004 Sempionecup Round 1	Basel	1 – 2	Dinamo Tbilisi	Balsthal
	Petrić 67'	(Report) (in German)	66' Kvirkvelia 70' Akhalaia	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Claudio Chirchetta

3 July 2004 Sempionecup Round 2	Basel	3 – 3	Dinamo București	Balsthal
	Giménez 33', 46' Smiljanić 63'	(Report) (in German)	11' Dănciulescu 66', 85' Niculescu	Attendance: 1,900 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

Uhrencup

The Uhrencup is a club football tournament, held annually in Grenchen.

7 July 2004 Uhrencup Round 1	Basel	0 – 3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
	Rossi 19'	(Report) (in German)	35' Amanatidis 51' Mikić 76' Teber	Attendance: 5,100

9 July 2004 Uhrencup Round 2	Basel	3 – 0	Schalke 04	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
	Giménez 33' Smiljanić 49' Delgado 55'	(Report) (in German)		Attendance: 8,000

Winter Break/Second Half Season friendlies

11 January 2005 Winter Break friendly	Basel	4 – 1	Hamburger SV	Sportplatz La Manga, La Manga
	Giménez 6', 30' (pen.) Carignano 46' P. Degen 68'	http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/-/13717/27/7/7 (Report) (in German)]	26' Reinhardt	Attendance: 500 Referee: Pedro Zamora Romero (Murcia).

13 January 2005 Winter Break friendly	Basel	2 – 2	VfL Wolfsburg	Sportplatz La Manga, La Manga
	Müller 59' D. Degen 62'	http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/-/13717/27/7/7 (Report) (in German)]	34' Topićt 64' Rytter	Attendance: 200 Referee: Antonio Cerezuela Caravaca (Murcia).

19 January 2005 Winter Break friendly	Basel	2 – 0	Concordia	St. Jakob-Areal, Basel
	Carignano 45' Rossi 75'	(Report) (in German)		Attendance: 400 Referee: Salm

22 January 2005 Winter Break friendly	Basel	4 – 1	Wil	St. Jakob-Areal, Basel
	Kléber 38' P. Degen 52' Carignano 68', 73'	(Report) (in German)	85' (pen.) Burki	Attendance: 1'200 Referee: Binggeli

25 January 2005 Winter Break friendly	Basel	1 – 0	Partizan Belgrade	Arcadia, Belek (Turkey)
	Chipperfield 42'	(Report) (in German)		Attendance: 20 Referee: Cihan Burgan, (Antalya)

28 January 2005 Winter Break friendly	Basel	2 – 4	Torpedo Moscow	Gloria Verde, Belek (Turkey)
	Rossi 70' Sterjovski 77'	(Report) (in German)	8', 83' Panow 48', 68' Semshov	Attendance: 50 Referee: Sergej Talagajaw, (Moscow)

4 February 2005 Winter Break friendly	Yverdon-Sport	0 – 2	Basel	Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains
		(Report) (in German)	17' Rossi 85' Ergić	Attendance: 1'480 Referee: Stephan Studer

8 February 2005 Winter Break friendly	Basel	0 – 1	SC Kriens	Leichtathletikstadion St. Jakob, Basel
		(Report) (in German)	7' Marini	Attendance: 350 Referee: Daniel Wermelinger

12 February 2005 Winter Break friendly	Basel	2 – 2	Sparta Prague	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
	Rossi 22' Carignano 61'	(Report) (in German)	44' Jun 70' Kováč	Attendance: 940 Referee: Claudio Chirchetta

26 February 2005 Friendly	Basel	11 – 0	Liestal	St. Jakob-Areal, Basel
	Carignano 7', 44' Sébastien Barberis 25', 53' Rossi 40' Ergić 64' Giménez 70', 75', 84', 88' Delgado 73'	(Report) (in German)		Attendance: 250 Referee: Johan

5 April 2005 Friendly	Wohlen	1 – 2	Basel	Niedermatten, Wohlen
	Berisha 56'	(Report) (in German)	36' Giménez 84' Delgado	Attendance: 1,050 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

17 May 2005 Friendly	Solothurn	1 – 5	Basel	Stadion FC Solothurn, Solothurn
	Koch 87'	(Report) (in German)	3' (pen.), 22' Giménez 23' Delgado 33' D. Degen 58'Rossi	Attendance: 2'450 Referee: Markus von Känel

Swiss Super League 2004–05

For more information, see Swiss Super League 2004–05

First half of season

The Swiss Super League season 2004–05 was originally contested by ten teams.

17 July 2004 Round 1	Basel	6 – 0	Aarau	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Yakin 17' (pen.) Smiljanić 38' Giménez 45' Cantaluppi 53' (pen.) Moretto 61' (o.g.) P. Degen 67' Chipperfield 46' 74'	Report (in German)	25' 33' Christ 90' Tcheuchoua	Attendance: 24,430 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

23 July 2004 Round 2	Basel	1 – 1	Neuchâtel Xamax	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Chipperfield 11' Smiljanić 21'	Report (in German)	28' Soufiani 49' Cordonnier 55' Sébastien Zambaz 80' Margairaz	Attendance: 23,515 Referee: Urs Meier

30 July 2004 Round 3	Servette	1 – 2	Basel	La Praille, Lancy, Canton of Geneva,
	Kader 41' Alicarte 90'	Report (in German)	8' Chipperfield 42' Delgado 44' D. Degen 89' Rossi 90' Huggel	Attendance: 12,300 Referee: Reto Rutz

6 August 2004 Round 4	Basel	2 – 1	Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Giménez 16' Delgado 27' Chipperfield 48' Cantaluppi 85'	Report (in German)	43' Nef 75' Petrosyan	Attendance: 27,835 Referee: Nobs

15 August 2004 Round 5	Young Boys	1 – 1	Basel	Stadion Neufeld, Bern
	Urdaneta 23' Chapuisat 23' Rochat 60' Magnin 76'	(Report) (in German)	26' Rossi 51' Huggel 48' Carignano 68' P. Degen	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: René Rogalla

20 August 2004 Round 6	Basel	1 – 1	Schaffhausen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Cantaluppi 49' Giménez 66'	Report (in German)	41' Pesenti 65' Sereinig 75' Bunjaku	Attendance: 23,590 Referee: Sascha Kever

29 August 2004 Round 7	St. Gallen	0 – 1	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
	Zellweger 39'	Report (in German)	25' Yakin 36' Huggel 62' Giménez 79' P. Degen	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

12 September 2004 Round 8	Basel	8 – 1	Grasshoppers	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Delgado 21' Giménez 32', 42', 45', 57' Chipperfield 34' Petrić 36' Mesbah 86' Carignano 89'	(Report) (in German)	24' Jaggy 40' 87' Cabanas	Attendance: 27,816 Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

22 September 2004 Round 9	Thun	4 – 1	Basel	Stadion Lachen, Thun
	Gerber 31', 46' Deumi 31' Cerrone 58' Raimondi 66' Lustrinelli 87'	Report (in German)	23' Petrić 80' P. Degen	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Urs Meier

25 September 2004 Round 10	Aarau	1 – 0	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
	Varela 6' 68' Opango 70'	(Report) (in German)	15' Degen 35' Kléber	Attendance: 7,200 Referee: Carlos Bertolini

3 October 2004 Round 11	Neuchâtel Xamax	1 – 2	Basel	Centre Sportif de la Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
	Oppliger 47' M'Futi 71'	(Report) (in German)	33' Yakin 51' Petrić 47' Smiljanić	Attendance: 9,100 Referee: Massimo Busacca

16 October 2004 Round 12	Basel	2 – 1	Servette	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Giménez 40' Petrić 36'	(Report) (in German)	16' 27' Joao Paolo	Attendance: 24,754 Referee: Philippe Leuba

31 October 2005 Round 13	Zürich	0 – 0	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
	Tararache 28' Petrosyan 90'	(Report) (in German)	60' Giménez 88' Chipperfield 90' Degen	Attendance: 19,200 (sold out) Referee: Wildhaber

7 November 2004 Round 14	Basel	2 – 1	Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Sterjovski 12' Giménez 52' (pen.)	(Report) (in German)	32' Neri 27' Rochat 90' Friedli	Attendance: 26,860 Referee: Massimo Busacca

14 November 2004 Round 15	Schaffhausen	1 – 0	Basel	Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen
	D. Degen 68' (o.g.) Bunjaku 69'	(Report) (in German)	76' Smiljanić 87' Delgado 89' Rossi	Attendance: 7,250 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann

28 November 2004 Round 16	Basel	1 – 0	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Carignano 22'	(Report) (in German)	6' Fábio 27' Obradović 46' Zellweger 55' Alex 57' Akwuegbu	Attendance: 20,397 Referee: Gerald Lehner, Austria

5 December 2004 Round 17	Grasshoppers	2 – 3	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
	Spycher 15' Muff 48' 50' Núñez 56' Chihab 82' Cabanas 88'	(Report) (in German)	16' 42' Chipperfield 20' Giménez 39' P. Degen 41' Huggel 50' Zwyssig 77' Kléber 85' Zuberbühler	Attendance: 13,200 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

11 December 2004 Round 18	Basel	3 – 3	Thun	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Delgado 7' Carignano 22' Rossi 38'	(Report) (in German)	5' Gerber 28' Cerrone 28' Deumi 62' Aegerter 72' Raimondi	Attendance: 23,677 Referee: Urs Meier

Second half of season

On 4 February 2005 the parent company of Servette FC was declared bankrupt. It had run debts of over 10 million Swiss francs, having not paid the players since the previous November, and consequently the club suffered an exodus of players looking for paying clubs. As a consequence of the bankruptcy Servette FC had their license revoked, the club's second half matches were entirely cancelled. The second half of the season was therefore competed with only nine clubs. These each played another double round-robin schedule. Each of the nine clubs had played 34 matches at the end of the season.

20 February 2005 Round 19	St. Gallen	3 – 1	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
	Eric Hassli 52' 19', 52' Zellweger 26' Montandon 41' 70' Imhof 56'	Report (in German)	35' Huggel 53' Sterjovski 58' Petrić	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Bertolini

27 Februar 2005 Round 20

Basel

Cancelled^[10]

Servette

St. Jakob-Park, Basel

2 March 2005 Round 21

Neuchâtel Xamax

Postponed^[11]

Basel

6 March 2005 Round 22	Basel	4 – 1	Grasshoppers	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Quennoz 16' Carignano 26' Chipperfield 51' Giménez 53' (pen.) Zwyssig 58' Rossi 87'	(Report) (in German)	3' Seoane 24' 56' Muff 51' Lichtsteiner 52' Stepanovs 63' Hleb	Attendance: 21,078 Referee: Massimo Busacca

13 März 2005 Round 23	Thun	3 – 0	Basel	Stadion Lachen, Thun
	Gelson 18' Cerrone 22' Lustrinelli 73', 80'	Report (in German)		Attendance: 4,750 Referee: Reto Rutz

16 March 2005 Round 24	Basel	4 – 3	Schaffhausen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Chipperfield 90' 19' Carignano 39' Kléber 50' Delgado 63'	Report (in German)	40' Yasar 56', 90' 84' Todisco 57' Sereinig 56' Rizzo	Attendance: 19,212 Referee: René Rogalla

20 März 2005 Round 25	Zürich	2 – 2	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
	Margairaz 59' Cesar 93' (pen.)	(Report) (in German)	61' Kléber 65' Zwyssig 76' Delgado 81' P. Degen 87' Huggel 91' Sterjovski	Attendance: 13,200 Referee: Salm

2 April 2005 Round 26	Basel	4 – 2	Aarau	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Huggel 49' Giménez 50' Carignano 53' 53' Zanni 60' 62'	Report (in German)	22' Menezes 39' Giallanza	Attendance: 24,393 Referee: Carlo Bertolini

10 April 2005 Round 27	Young Boys	2 – 5	Basel	Stadion Neufeld, Bern
	Müller 50' (o.g.) Chapuisat 79' (pen.) de Napoli 74'	(Report) (in German)	11' Kléber 13' Zanni 30', 41' Delgado 42' Huggel 46' P. Degen 69'Smiljanić 74' Giménez 88' D. Degen 90' Zwyssig	Attendance: 10,550 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

17 April 2005 Round 28	Basel	1 – 1	Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Zwyssig 35' Zanni 41' Delgado 63'	(Report) (in German)	2' Steinsson 29' Carreño 44' Urdaneta 90' Knez	Attendance: 25,961 Referee: Philippe Leuba

20 April 2005 Round 29	Aarau	0 – 5	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
	Stöckli 15' Simo 17' Motetto 24' Schenker 37'	(Report) (in German)	14' Smiljanić 16', 33', 77', 90' Giménez 61' Chipperfield	Attendance: 5,700 Referee: Sascha Kever

24 April 2005 Round 30	Basel	3 – 2	Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Rossi 43' Barberis 45' Giménez 55', 50' Smiljanić 75'	Report (in German)	3' Margairaz 30' Gygax 38' Di Jorio 56' Taini 61' Džemaili	Attendance: 25,768 Referee: Massimo Busacca

1 May 2005 Round 31	Schaffhausen	0 – 2	Basel	Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen
	Yasar 45'	(Report) (in German)	45' 33' Rossi 45' Kléber 53' Giménez 56' P. Degen	Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Bruno Grossen

4 May 2005 Round 21	Neuchâtel Xamax	0 – 4	Basel	Centre Sportif de la Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
		(Report) (in German)	2' Delgado 14', 21', 39' Giménez	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Marcus Nobs

7 May 2005 Round 32	Basel	4 – 1	Thun	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Rossi 41' (pen.), 80' (pen.) Delgado 56' Zanni 90' Smiljanić 93'	Report (in German)	26' Cerrone 31' Gerber 31' Ojong 72' Renggli 75' Miličević 75' Ferreira	Attendance: 31,383 Referee: Nicole Petignat

11 May 2005 Round 33	Basel	3 – 1	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Giménez 28', 86' 88' P. Degen 63' Rossi 90'	(Report) (in German)	13' Alex 57' Pavlović 85' Fábio	Attendance: 25,099 Referee: Salm

15 May 2005 Round 34	Servette	Cancelled^[10]	Basel	La Praille, Lancy, Canton of Geneva,
		[ Report] (in German)

21 May 2005 Round 35	Grasshoppers	4 – 1	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
	Rogério 7' Cabanas 29' Chihab 42' Touré 86'	(Report) (in German)	72' Delgado 77' Zanni	Attendance: 13,200 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

28 May 2005 Round 36	Basel	2 – 0	Neuchâtel Xamax	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Yakin 40' Ergić 77'	Report (in German)		Attendance: 28,012 Referee: Massimo Busacca

Swiss Cup

For more information, see Swiss Cup

Swiss Cup 2004–05

18 September 2004 Round 1	FC Oberdorf	0 – 4	Basel	z' Hof, Oberdorf
		(Report) (in German)	3', 23' Rossi 69' Sterjovski 69' D. Degen	Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Salm

24 October 2004 Round 2	Meyrin	1 – 3	Basel	Stade de Bois-Carré, Meyrin
	Njanke 35' Petrini 45' Diouf 82'	(Report) (in German)	11' Rossi 69', 76' Giménez	Attendance: 3,145 (record attendance Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

20 November 2004 Round 3	Thun	1 – 1 5 – 4 (after penalties)	Basel	Stadion Lachen, Thun
	Raimondi 57'	(Report) (in German)	67' Rossi 67' P. Degen	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Nicole Petignat

UEFA Champions League

For more information, see 2004–05 UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

11 August 2004 1st Leg	Basel	1 – 1	Internazionale	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Cantaluppi 23' Huggel 25' Yakin 58' Smiljanić 87'	Report	19' Adriano 30' Stanković	Attendance: 29,500 (sold out) Referee: Graham Poll

25 August 2004 2nd Leg	Internazionale	4 – 1	Basel	San Siro, Milan
	Adriano 1', 52' Stanković 12' Álvaro Recoba 59' 60' Edgar Davids 82'	Report	32' Huggel 49' Sterjovski 73' P. Degen	Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Anders Frisk

F.C. Internazionale Milano won 5 – 2 on aggregate.

UEFA Cup

For more information, see 2004–05 UEFA Cup

First round

16 September 2004 1st Leg	Terek Grozny	1 – 1	Basel	Lokomotiv Stadium (Moscow)
	Andrei Fedkov 38'	Report	29' Rossi 57' Giménez	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

30 September 2004 2nd Leg	Basel	2 – 0	Terek Grozny	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Rossi 11' Petrić 35' Kléber 89'	Report	30' Ruslan Azhinzhal	Attendance: 15,895 Referee: Georgios Douros (Greece)

Basel won 3 – 1 on aggregate.

Group stage / Group E

21 October 2004 Matchday one	Schalke 04	1 – 1	Basel	Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
	Kobiaschwili 8' Altıntop 42' Hanke 88'	Report	30' Huggel 66' Smiljanić 70' Kléber 79' D. Degen 82' Delgado	Attendance: 52,870 Referee: Johan Verbist

25 November 2004 Matchday three	Basel	1 – 2	Hearts	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Giménez 65' Carignano 76'	Report	31' Wyness 89' Neilson	Attendance: 21,645 Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson, (Iceland)

1 December 2004 Matchday four	Ferencvárosi TC	1 – 2	Basel	Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest
	Rósa 22' Huszti 27' Kapic 34' Zováth 38'	Report	52' Quennoz 53' P. Degen 59' 68' Rossi 67' Zwyssig 79' Huggel 82' Chipperfield 86' D. Degen	Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Vitaliy Godulyan, (Ukraine)

16 December 2004 Matchday five	Basel	1 – 0	Feyenoord	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Carignano 53'	Report	79' Smolarek 89' Bosschaart	Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila, (Spain)

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Feyenoord	7	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3
Schalke 04	7	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2
Basel	7	4	2	1	1	5	4	-1
Ferencváros	4	4	1	1	2	3	5	-2
Hearts	3	4	1	0	3	2	6	-4

Round of 32

17 February 2005 1st Leg	Basel	0 – 0	Lille OSC	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
		Report	16' Debuchy 69' Chalmé 88' Brunel 90' Cabaye	Attendance: 19,092 Referee: Anton Genov (Bulgaria)

24 February 2005 2nd Leg	Lille OSC	2 – 0	Basel	Stadium Nord Lille Métropole, Lille
	Moussilou 37' Ačimovič 78' (pen.) Bodmer 87'	Report	78' P. Degen	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Lille OSC won 2 – 0 on aggregate.

References

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^ "Freigabe für Cantaluppi". FC Basel 1893. 2004. Retrieved 2004-08-10. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help) (in German)
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^ ^a ^b FC Basel 1893 (2005). "FCB verpflichtet Reto Zanni". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2005-01-04. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) (in German) Cite error: The named reference "fcb15" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
^ FC Basel 1893 (2005). "FCB verpflichtet Baykal vom FC Thun". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2005-02-26. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) (in German)
^ Garin, Erik (2004). "Sempione Cup (Switzerland)". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2004-07-03. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
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External links

[fcb9-1] FC Basel 1893 (2004). "Torhüter und Verteidiger für den FCB". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2004-06-30. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) (in German)

[fcb11-2] FC Basel 1893 (2004). "FCB verpflichet Mesbah". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2004-07-07. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) (in German)

[fcb10-3] FC Basel 1893 (2004). "Hervé Tum nach Metz". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2004-06-25. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) (in German)

[fcb12-4] FC Basel 1893 (2004). "Thimothée Atouba zu den Tottenham Hotspurs". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2004-08-08. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) (in German)

[fcb13-5] "Freigabe für Cantaluppi". FC Basel 1893. 2004. Retrieved 2004-08-10. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help) (in German)

[fcb14-6] FC Basel 1893 (2005). "FCB engagiert Patrick Müller". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2005-01-07. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) (in German)

[fcb15-7] FC Basel 1893 (2005). "FCB verpflichtet Reto Zanni". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2005-01-04. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) (in German) Cite error: The named reference "fcb15" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

[fcb16-8] FC Basel 1893 (2005). "FCB verpflichtet Baykal vom FC Thun". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2005-02-26. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) (in German)

[sempione_1-9] Garin, Erik (2004). "Sempione Cup (Switzerland)". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2004-07-03. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[fcb20-10] FC Basel 1893 (2005). "Definitiv kein Servette-Spiel". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2005-02-22. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) (in German) Cite error: The named reference "fcb20" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

[fcb19-11] FC Basel 1893 (2005). "Spiel gegen Xamax verschoben". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2005-02-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) (in German)

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