List of FC Basel players
FC Basel 1893 (Fussball Club Basel 1893) is a Swiss football club based in Basel, Switzerland. This is a list of footballers who have played for FC Basel since the club was first founded. "For a list of FC Basel players with a Wikipedia article see . For the current squad see the main FC Basel article or the current 2020–21 season." The club "Fussball Club Basel" was founded on 15 November 1893. The club colours from the first day on were red and blue. FC Basel's first game was on 26 November 1893 against  itself, an internal match between two ad hoc formed FCB teams against each other. Two weeks later FCB had their first official appearance, in a game against a team formed by students from the high school gymnastic club. FCB won 2–0. In the early days, the club's team played only friendly matches, for example the local derby against BSC Old Boys (founded as FC Old Boys Basel in 1894) and also against Grasshopper Club Zurich (founded in 1886). Basel did not compete in the first (unofficial) Swiss football championship which was held 1897–1898. However, they did contest in the  second Serie A championship 1898–1899 which was organized by the Swiss Football Association. Legend. NB: Players who are still active for FC Basel are marked in grey. "(NB: Despite all efforts, the editors of these books and the authors in "Basler Fussballarchiv" have failed to be able to identify all the players, their date and place of birth or date and place of death, who played in the games during the early years of FC Basel)"