The 2023–24 season is FC Basel's 130th season in their existence and the club's 29th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football since their promotion in the 1993–94 season. The 2023–24 Swiss Super League season starts in July 2023 and will end in May 2024. In addition to the Swiss Super League, Basel also participate in this season's edition of the Swiss Cup, starting in the third round. Basel also qualified for the 3rd edition of the UEFA Europa Conference League, beginning play in the second qualifying round where they are seeded.

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 1st 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 20 June 2022 the AGM of the FC Basel Holding AG and the FC Basel 1893 AG were held and the 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 
The club AGM tool place on 15 May 2023. With the exception of Benno Kaiser, who left the board of directors voluntarily, the entire board was re-elected with large majorities. Kaiser has held various positions on the FCB board since 2009.

The board of directors of the club are:

Team management 
On 12 May 2023 the club announced that Timo Schultz had been signed a contract as head coach of the new FCB first team. On 22 May they announced that the entire trainer staff had been appointed. Loïc Favé would join Davide Callà as assistant coach and Johannes Wieber would become athletic coach, Gabriel Wüthrich remained goalkeeper coach. On 23 May the club announced that the new coach of the U-21 is the ex-footballer Dennis Hediger, who had been the coach of the U-18 team the previous season.

Overview

Off and pre-season
On 1 June 2023 the club announced the dates for the run in to the new season, these were 20 June; press conference with the new head coach, 21 June start in the first teams training and 24 June until 1 July a summer trainings camp in Seefeld in Tirol in Austria.

The Campaign

Domestic League

Domestic Cup

Europa Conference League

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.

Players out on loan

Transfers summer 2023 
In

Out

Results and fixtures 
Kickoff times are in CET.

Legend

Friendly matches

Pre-season

Swiss Super League 

The 2023–24 Super League season is the 127th season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland. The Swiss Football League (SFL) drew and published the fixtures of the first 22 rounds on 21 June 2023, together with the match times for the first eleven rounds.

First half of season

Second half of season
The fixtures for the second half of the season will be announced at a latter date.

Swiss Cup 

The matches of the first round were drawn on 3 July 2023. Representatives of the Swiss Football League (SL and ChL) could not be drawn against each other. Furthermore, in the first round, the matchups are regionally restricted. Home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league.

UEFA Europa Conference League

Second qualifying round 
The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 21 June 2023.

Tobol won 4–3 on aggregate.

See also
 History of FC Basel
 List of FC Basel players
 List of FC Basel seasons

Notes

References

Sources
 FCB squad 2023–24 at fcb-archiv.ch
 [ Switzerland 2023–24 at RSSSF]

External links
 
 Homepage Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv"

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