FC Basel

FC Basel 1893 (Fussball Club Basel 1893), widely known as FC Basel, FCB, or just Basel, is a Swiss football club based in Basel, in the Canton of Basel-Stadt. 

FC Basel was started by an advertisement placed by Roland Geldner in the 12 November 1893 edition of the Basler national newspaper. He wanted that a football team is formed. Everybody who wants to play should come in the restaurant Schuhmachern-Zunft. Eleven men attended the meeting, mainly from the academic community, and founded the  Fussball Club Basel on 15 November 1893.  

Since 2009 the club also has a Women soccer team. They also play at the highest level of Swiss Women´s football, the Swiss Women's Super League.

Honours
 National 
Swiss Championship: 21
 1952–53, 1966–67, |1968–69, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1976–77, 1979–80, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2024–25
Swiss Cup: 13
 1932–33, 1946–47, 1962–63, 1966–67, 1974–75, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2016–17, 2018–19
Swiss League Cup: 1
 1972

International
UEFA Champions League
 Quarter-finalists: 1973–74
 Last 16: 2011–12, 2014–15, 2017–18
UEFA Europa League
 Semi-finalists:2012–13
 Quarter-finalists: 2013–14, 2019–20
UEFA Europa Conference League
 Last 16: 2021–22

Current squad 

 References 

 Other websites 

 Official website

Category:1890s establishments in Switzerland
Category:1893 establishments in Europe
Basel
Category:Organizations based in Basel