2002–03 FC Basel season

The 2002–03 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 110th season in their existence and was the club's 9th consecutive season in the Nationalliga A, the top flight of Swiss football.

As reigning double holders, the club's main aims for the 2002–03 season were to retain the Swiss Nationalliga A and cup titles. The third aim was to stay in the Champions League as long as possible and, if possible, to reach the group stage.

Basel ended the domestic league season as runners-up and Swiss Cup winners. They also reached the second group stage of the Champions League.

Overview

As reigning champions, Basel were favourites to win the domestic championship title. They also entered the 2002-03 Champions League in the second qualifying round.

Basel's biggest pre-season signings were Julio Hernán Rossi from Lugano, Antonio Esposito from St. Étienne and Bernt Haas on loan from West Bromwich Albion. In the other direction, Massimo Ceccaroni retired from his professional career. Ceccaroni is still considered to be a cult figure in Basel, not only because of his loyalty to the club (having spent 25 years at the club) but because he never scored a goal in the top flight of Swiss football.

Basel started the season of with various warm-up matches. Their oppopnent included teams from the Swiss lower league as well as teams from the USL Premier Development League, Major League Soccer and Brazil and PSV Eindhoven of the Netherlands.

The Nationalliga A season began on 6 July 2002 with the game against Aarau and the Champions League qualifying started on 31 July with the away tie against Žilina. In the Swiss Cup, all the league teams were qualified for the round of 32 which was to take place on 22 February 2003.

Campaign

Domestic league

The season started well for Basel and they were undefeated in their first seven matches, winning five and drawing two. The following two games were both lost and Basel slipped down in the league table, but they regrouped to win nine and draw two of the following eleven games. A 1–2 home defeat against Grasshoppers cost them the lead in the league table and Grasshoppers ended the league qualifying stage as table leaders at the winter break. In the championship playoff round Basel lost just two away games, but because both ties against Grasshoppers were drawn the Zurich-based club managed to snatch the title by a single point.

Domestic cup

In the round of 32 of the Swiss Cup, Basel won away at lower league team Yverdon-Sport. In the round of 16 and in the quarter-finals Basel eliminated Servette and Young Boys respectively. Lower league club Schaffhausen was defeated 3–0. The final against Neuchâtel Xamax was a one-sided affair: Basel won 6–0 and won the domestic cup.

Champions League

In the second qualifying round of the Champions League, Basel defeated Slovakian club Žilina 4–1. In the third qualifying round they faced Scottish giants Celtic. In the first leg, away at Celtic Park, the home side won 3–1. Basel were able to rescue the tie in the second leg at St. Jakob-Park, coming away with a 2–0 victory, to draw 3–3 on aggregate, Basel proceeding to the group stage on the away goals rule. Basel's success saw them become only the second Swiss team ever to play in the modern Champions League.

In the group stage Basel were drawn into Group B along with Valencia, Liverpool and Spartak Moscow. Following a 2–0 home win against Spartak, Basel travelled to Anfield to claim a 1–1 draw against Liverpool. After two good results Basel were brought back down to earth by a 6–2 demolition at Valencia's Estadio Mestalla. However, they bounced back and held Valencia to a 2–2 draw in the next fixture. Basel were now sitting in second place in the group, but needing to win at least one of their last two games and needing Liverpool to fail to pick up more than two points. In matchday five, Liverpool lost 1–0 to Valencia and Basel won 2–0 against Spartak at the Luzhniki Stadium. Basel's place in the last 16 was all but secured, although they still had to make sure they did not lose to Liverpool in the last game of the first group stage.

On the last matchday, Basel led 3–0 at half-time through goals from Julio Hernán Rossi, Christian Giménez and Timothée Atouba. Although Liverpool fought back to equalise the game at 3–3 in the second half, Basel qualified for the next round.

In the last 16, Basel faced Manchester United, Juventus and Deportivo de La Coruña. They had a poor start, losing back-to-back games at home to Manchester United and away at Juventus. Basel managed to give themselves hope of reaching the quarter-finals by winning 1-0 home and away at Deportivo. Arguably two of Basel's greatest ever European games came next as they held Manchester United to a 1–1 draw at Old Trafford and claimed a 2–1 victory over Juventus at St. Jakob-Park. Despite being knock-out on tie-breaking criteria, Basel had achieved their seasons European aim.

Club staff

Management

Position	Staff
Manager	Christian Gross
Assistant manager	Fritz Schmid
Fitness coach	Harry Körner
Goalkeeper coach	Thomas Grüter
Goalkeeper coach	Romain Crevoisier
Team manager	Oliver Kreuzer
Team administrator	Gustav Nussbaumer
U-21 coach	Heinz Hermann
U-21 co-coach	Pascal Burger

Last updated: July 2002
Source: FC Basel Marketing AG (2003). Rotblau: FC Basel 1893, Das Magazin. FC Basel Marketing AG. ISSN 1660-0878.

Other information

Chairman	Mr Werner Edelmann
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	St. Jakob-Park (33,433 / 120x80 m)

Source: Homepage FCB

First team squad

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Pascal Zuberbühler
4	DF	Alexandre Quennoz
5	DF	Marco Zwyssig
6	MF	Benjamin Huggel
7	FW	Antonio Esposito
8	FW	Carlos Varela
9	MF	George Koumantarakis
10	MF	Hakan Yakin
11	FW	Hervé Tum
12	MF	Sébastien Barberis
13	FW	Christian Eduardo Giménez
15	DF	Murat Yakin
16	DF	Grégory Duruz

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Mario Cantaluppi
18	GK	Eric Rapo
19	FW	Marco Streller
20	DF	Bernt Haas
21	FW	Jean-Michel Tchouga
22	MF	Ivan Ergić
23	MF	Philipp Degen
24	DF	Timothée Atouba
26	MF	Scott Chipperfield
28	MF	Ljubo Miličević
30	DF	Boris Smiljanić
33	FW	Julio Hernán Rossi

Left club during season

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No.		Position	Player
19		FW	Marco Streller (on loan to Thun from 30 September to 31 December 2002^[1] and 2 April to 30 June 2003^[2])
		DF	Philippe Cravero (to Servette for one year with option to buy)^[3]

No.		Position	Player
21		FW	Jean-Michel Tchouga (to FC Lugano)

Transfers

Summer

In

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No.	Position	Player
18	GK	Eric Rapo (Wil - n/a)
33	FW	Julio Hernán Rossi (Lugano - n/a)^[4]
16	DF	Grégory Duruz (FC Sion – n/a)
7	FW	Antonio Esposito (St. Étienne)

No.	Position	Player
20	DF	Bernt Haas (West Bromwich Albion, loan)^[5]
23	MF	Philipp Degen (promoted from Basel U-21)^[6]
28	MF	Ljubo Miličević (Zürich, loan)^[7]

Out

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No.		Position	Player
1		GK	Miroslav König (to Zürich)^[8]
2		DF	Massimo Ceccaroni (end of career) ^[9]

Winter

Out

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No.		Position	Player
9		MF	George Koumantarakis (to Preston North End – n/a)^[10]

Results

Friendlies

Pre-season and first half-season friendlies

June 2002 Pre-season	Wil	1 – 2	Basel	Stadion Rüti, Henau SG
	Lustrinelli 41'	Report (German)	16' Giménez 69' Rossi	Attendance: 2,100

13 June 2002 Pre-season	Washington DC0	1 – 4	Basel
	? 67'	Report (German)	1' Streller 7' H. Yakin 60' Savić 67' Giménez

15 June 2002 Pre-season	Chesapeake Dragons	2 – 8	Basel	RFK Aux Field, Washington, D.C.
	Gibbons 16' Pablo Graham 80'	Report (German)	2' Rossi 17', 45' Giménez 48' Streller 67', 75' Tum 75' Iandoli	Attendance: 60 Referee: Riesch

19 June 2002 Pre-season	New England Revolution	0 – 5	Basel
		Report (German)	14' Giménez 40' Ergić 49', 71', 83' Tum	Referee: Badea

2 July 2002 Pre-season	Basel	2 – 1	Ituano Futebol Clube	Rankhof Stadium, Basel
	Streller 45' Tum 54'	Report (German)	48' Vincius	Attendance: 3,480 Referee: Claudio Circhetta

9 July 2002 Friendly	Wangen	2 – 2	Basel	Sportplatz Chrüzmatt, Wangen bei Olten
	Povigliaro 28' Dannhäuser 90'	Report (German)	31' Koumantarakis 54' Savić

23 July 2002 Friendly	Basel	2 – 2	PSV Eindhoven	Rankhof Stadium, Basel
	Rossi 24', 62'	Report (German)	42', 70' van Bommel	Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

Winter break and second half-season friendlies

21 January 2003 Winter break	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2 – 1	Basel	Betzenberg, Kaiserslautern
	Adzic 2' Lokvenc 5'	Report (German)	45' H. Yakin	Referee: Volker Raquet

24 January 2003 Winter break	Vitesse Arnhem	1 – 1	Basel	Sportplatz, Rheden
	Amoah 22'	Report (German)	61' Huggel	Attendance: 400

29 January 2003 Winter break	Winterthur	1 – 5	Basel	Türkei
	Vogt 27'	Report (German)	11', 34', 76' Rossi 13' Chipperfield 53' H. Yakin

31 January 2003 Winter break	Partizan Belgrad	1 – 1	Basel	Türkei
	Delbasic 75'	Report (German)	89' Tum	Referee: Gadoski

3 February 2003 Winter break	Sturm Graz	3 – 1	Basel	Türkei
	? ? ?	Report (German)	42' Giménez

8 February 2003 Winter break	Basel	4 – 0	Aarau	Leichtathletikstadion St. Jakob, Basel
	Atouba 32' Rossi 49', 76' Chipperfield 59'	Report (German)		Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Claudio Circhetta

11 February 2003 Winter break	Bellinzona	0 – 1	Basel	Bellinzona
		Report (German)	4' Tum

16 February 2003 Winter break	Basel	0 – 3	Zürich	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
		Report (German)	42' Bastida 70' Keita Yasar 74' Guerrero	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Nicole Petignat

1 April 2003 Friendly	SV Muttenz	1 – 4	Basel	Sportplatz Margelacker, Muttenz
	Ulli 75'	Report (German)	25', 56', 63' Huggel 43' Tum	Attendance: 812 Referee: Claudio Circhetta

Nationalliga A

For more information, see 2002–03 Nationalliga A

Qualification round

The Qualification round to the 2002–03 league season was contested by twelve teams. The eight teams at the top of the table at the end of the regular season (or qualification) were then to compete in the championship play-off round.

6 July 2002 1	Aarau	0 – 1	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
		[ (Report)] (German)

13 July 2002 2	Basel	1 – 1	Neuchâtel Xamax	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Barberis 14' Cantaluppi 20'	Report (German)	15' Wiederkehr 32' Chiquinho 65' Portillo 72' Leandro	Attendance: 23,465 Referee: Etter

17 July 2002 3	Young Boys	1 – 1	Basel	Stadion Neufeld, Bern
	Rochat 2' Chapuisat 47' 52' Petrosyan 56' Descloux 61' Sermeter 89'	(Report) (German)	24' Esposito 32' Cantaluppi 33' Barberis 36' Rossi 42' 90' Giménez	Attendance: 10,700 Referee: René Rogalla

20 July 2002 4	Basel	1 – 0	Delémont	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Ergić 11' Giménez 14'	Report (German)	11' Kebe 30' Nocita 61' Selimi	Attendance: 21,929 Referee: Nicole Petignat

27 July 2002 5	St. Gallen	1 – 2	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
	Barnetta 44'	Report (German)	59' M. Yakin 76' Rossi	Attendance: 11,300 (sold out) Referee: Massimo Busacca

3 August 2002 6	Basel	4 – 2	Servette	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Varela 10' Zwyssig 28' Giménez 45' H. Yakin 57' (pen.) Cantaluppi 75' Esposito 93'	(Report) (German)	38' Oscar Londono 49' Lombardo 60' A. Frei 75' Fournier 78' 25' Gaspoz 84' Thurre	Attendance: 23,257 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

10 August 2002 7	Zürich	0 – 4	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
	Akalé 33'	(Report) (German)	8' Giménez 18', 45' H. Yakin 24' Esposito 28' D. Degen 31' Rossi	Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Carlo Bertolini

18 August 2002 8	Basel	2 – 3	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Giménez 36' Rossi 46' M. Yakin 41', 67' Quennoz 88'	(Report) (German)	12' 10' Monteiro 22' Marić 69' Koch 85' Malacarne 88' Enrique 93' Arrué	Attendance: 23,257 Referee: Beck

24 August 2002 9	Thun	4 – 1	Basel	Stadion Lachen, Thun
	Rama 46', 84' Baumann 65' Moser 86'	[ Report] (German)	51' Tum	Attendance: 6,740 Referee: Marcus Nobs (his 100th NLA game)

1 September 2002 10	Grasshoppers	2 – 3	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
	Barijo 7' Borer 20' Núñez 34' Eduardo 33' Tararache 39' Castillo 66'	(Report) (German)	14' Savić 19' H. Yakin 22' (pen.) 22' Cantaluppi 45' Giménez 63' 90' M. Yakin	Attendance: 17,500 (sold out) Referee: Philippe Leuba

11 September 2002 11	Basel	7 – 1	Wil	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Giménez 8', 32' Cantaluppi 15' Barberis 50' Rossi 69', 71' M. Yakin 80'	(Report) (German)	9' (pen.) Fabinho 22' Mangiaratti 62' Balmer	Attendance: 21,425 Referee: Salm

14 September 2002 12	Basel	4 – 0	Aarau	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Giménez 5', 54' Esposito 51' P. Degen 56' Barberis 71' M. Yakin 91'	(Report) (German)	63' Pogatetz 70' Diop 91' Skrzypczak	Attendance: 25,385 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

21 September 2002 13	Neuchâtel Xamax	1 – 1	Basel	Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
	Leandro 48'	(Report) (German)	52' Esposito 63' Cantaluppi 82' Barberis	Attendance: 5,600 Referee: Nicole Petignat

28 September 2002 14	Basel	2 – 1	Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Duruz 15' Cantaluppi 31' Giménez 68' Tum 68' Varela 78'	(Report) (German)	22' Sermeter 23' Disler 62' Magnin 75' Descloux	Attendance: 29,762 (sold out) Referee: Carlo Bertolini

6 October 2002 15	SR Delémont	1 – 2	Basel	La Blancherie, Delémont
	Saidou Kébé 80'	(Report) (German)	28' Esposito 36' Tum 60' Rossi 80' Cantaluppi	Attendance: 6,300 (stadion record) Referee: Etter

19 October 2002 16	Basel	6 – 0	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Rossi 67' 14', 31', 80' Giménez 45' Tum 84' Savić 90'	(Report) (German)	64' Alex 68' Tato 91' Colacino	Attendance: 27,599 Referee: Marcus Nobs

25 October 2002 17	Servette	0 – 1	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
	Senderos 3' Léonard Thurre 55' Gaspoz 93'	Report (German)	24' Rossi 51' Ergić 54' Varela 59' Esposito	Attendance: 6,511 Referee: Massimo Busacca

1 November 2002 18	Basel	5 – 3	Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30	Ergić 4', 45+3' Rossi 41', 56' Varela 77'	Report (German)	18' Keller 28' 82' Jefferson 33' Luca Iodice 57' Bastida 90' Yasar	Attendance: 28,870 Referee: Carlo Bertolini

17 November 2002 19	Luzern	1 – 1	Basel	Stadion Allmend, Luzern
	Brand 33', pen.' Rota 37', 55' Hilfiker 72' Kavelashvili 90'	Report (German)	32' Zuberbühler 67' Zwyssig 82' (o.g.) Zukic 86' Haas	Attendance: 14,700 Referee: René Rogalla

22 November 2002 20	Basel	3 – 0	Thun	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30	H. Yakin 9' Chipperfield 32' Rossi 51' Giménez 38'	(Report) (German)	45' Hodžić 88' Deumi	Attendance: 30,500 (sold out) Referee: Beck

1 December 2002 21	Basel	1 – 2	Grasshoppers	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Tum 71' Atouba 48' M. Yakin 60' Smiljanić 76' Varela 85'	(Report) (German)	25' Tararache 42' Rozental 60' Núñez 87' Gerber	Attendance: 33,433 (sold out) Referee: Urs Meier

7 December 2002 22	Wil	1 – 4	Basel	Bergholz, Wil
	Romano 89' 40' Balmer 43'	(Report) (German)	4' Giménez 30' H. Yakin 37' Barberis 67' Esposito	Attendance: 5,400 Referee: Marcus Nobs

Qualification league table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Grasshopper Club Zürich !Grasshopper Club Zürich (A)	22	15	4	3	58	26	+32	49
2	Basel !Basel (A)	22	14	5	3	57	25	+32	47
3	Thun !Thun (A)	22	9	4	9	33	33	0	31
4	Wil !Wil (A)	22	8	7	7	43	45	−2	31
5	Zürich !Zürich (A)	22	9	4	9	35	37	−2	31
6	Neuchâtel Xamax !Neuchâtel Xamax (A)	22	8	7	7	30	33	−3	31
7	Young Boys !Young Boys (A)	22	8	6	8	41	41	0	30
8	Servette !Servette (A)	22	8	5	9	45	37	+8	29
9	Luzern !Luzern (R)	22	7	5	10	31	38	−7	26	Qualification to Nationalliga A/B Playoffs
10	St. Gallen !St. Gallen (O)	22	6	6	10	31	48	−17	24
11	Delémont !Delémont (R)	22	6	6	10	31	48	−17	24
12	Aarau !Aarau (O)	22	5	3	14	19	40	−21	18

Updated to games played on 7 December 2002.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Championship play-off rounds

1 March 2003 1	Neuchâtel Xamax	3 – 1	Basel	Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
	M'Futi 57' Buess 74' Simo 79' Wiederkehr 82' Mangane 92'	(Report) (German)	10' Tum 43'Chipperfield 67' Atouba 79' Huggel 82' Zuberbühler 90' Smiljanić	Attendance: 8,200 Referee: Philippe Leuba

8 March 2003 2	Basel	2 – 0	Servette	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Haas 26' M. Yakin 67' (pen.)	(Report) (German)		Attendance: 16,053 Referee: Beck

15 March 2003 3	Thun	1 – 4	Basel	Stadion Lachen, Thun
	Baumann 14' 35' (pen.)	Report (German)	22', 57' H. Yakin 26' Tum 35' Cantaluppi 36' Rossi	Attendance: 7,200 Referee: Massimo Busacca

22 March 2003 4	Basel	2 – 2	Grasshoppers	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Cantaluppi 28' Haas 33' Chipperfield 42' Smiljanić 45' Atouba 65' Giménez 73' Varela 77' M. Yakin 82'	(Report) (German)	5' Eduardo 12' Cabanas 13' Spycher 45' Schwegler 45' Gamboa 74' Petrić 82' Tararache	Attendance: 30,502 Referee: Konrad Plautz

6 April 2003 5	Zürich	1 – 2	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
	Guerrero 49' Chihab 85' Bastida 89'	[ (Report)] (German)	8' Rossi 87' Huggel 92' Atouba	Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Marcus Nobs

12 April 2003 6	Basel	4 – 0	Wil	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Duruz 4' Huggel 13', 59' Rossi 20'	[ (Report)] (German)	29' Pavlović 43' Bamba 47' Mangiarratti 73' Lustrinelli	Attendance: 26,789 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

19 April 2003 7	Basel	3 – 0	Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	H. Yakin 13', 29', 38' Zwyssig 61'	(Report) (German)	38' Disler	Attendance: 29,659 (sold out) Referee: Urs Meier

27 April 2003 8	Young Boys	2 – 0	Basel	Stadion Neufeld, Bern
	Petrosyan 37' Magnin 61' Vonlanthen 90'	(Report) (German)	35' Cantaluppi 62', 75' H. Yakin 76' M. Yakin	Attendance: 11,850 (sold out) Referee: Carlo Bertolini

4 May 2003 9	Wil	4 – 5	Basel	Bergholz, Wil
	Zellweger 26' Pavlović 29' 31' Fabinho 42' Lustrinelli 48' Rizzo 74'	(Report) (German)	3', 25' Huggel 15' Barberis 55' Esposito 65' Giménez	Attendance: 4,700 Referee: Etter

8 May 2003 10	Basel	3 – 1	Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Rossi 34' 31' Duruz 39' Chipperfield 44' Giménez 76'	[ Report] (German)	Guerrero 40' 81' Bastida	Attendance: 29,780 Referee: Beck

17 May 2003 11	Grasshoppers	2 – 2	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
	Petrić 44' 18' Cabanas 45' Tararache 48' Spycher 58' Schwegler 82'	[ (Report)] (German)	20' Atouba 45' Cantaluppi 49' M. Yakin 65' H. Yakin 66' Giménez	Attendance: 17,666 (sold out) Referee: Massimo Busacca

21 May 2003 12	Basel	4 – 0	Thun	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	M. Yakin 3', pen.' H. Yakin 58' Chipperfield 62' Rossi 66'	(Report) (German)	31' Hodžić	Attendance: 28,132 Referee: Schoch

2 May 2003 13	Servette	0 – 4	Basel	Stade de Genève, Geneva
	Bah 82'	[ Report] (German)	17' 71' M. Yakin 21' Rossi 23', 56' Giménez	Attendance: 14,543 Referee: Urs Meier

31 May 2003 14	Basel	3 – 0	Neuchâtel Xamax	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Huggel 18', 38' Rossi 36'	Report (German)		Attendance: 30,939 (sold out) Referee: Marcus Nobs

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	(B)
1	Grasshopper Club Zürich	14	9	5	0	37	15	+22	57	(25)
2	FC Basel	14	10	2	2	38	17	+21	56	(24)
3	Neuchâtel Xamax	14	5	4	5	18	17	+1	35	(16)
4	BSC Young Boys	14	6	1	7	21	29	-8	34	(15)
5	FC Zürich	14	4	3	7	20	23	-3	31	(16)
6	Servette FC	14	4	4	6	16	26	-10	31	(15)
7	FC Thun	14	3	3	8	18	30	-12	28	(16)
8	FC Wil	14	2	4	8	19	30	-11	26	(16)

Swiss Cup

22 February 2003 Round of 32	Yverdon-Sport	0 – 3	Basel	Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains
		(Report) (German)	16', 40' Cantaluppi 41' Rossi 90' Atouba	Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Reto Rutz

4 March 2003 Round of 16	Basel	2 – 0	Servette	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	? ?	[ (Report)] (German)

26 March 2003 Quarter-final	Young Boys	3 – 4 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Stadion Neufeld, Bern
	Petrosyan 16' Häberli 27' Sermeter 120' 39', 42', 55' Patrick 88'	(Report) (German)	2', 28' Giménez 19' Duruz 41', 44' Varela 59' Haas 65' 36' Tum 95' M. Yakin 108' 57' H. Yakin	Attendance: 10,700 (sold out) Referee: Carlo Bertolini

15 April 2003 Semi-final	Basel	3 – 0	Schaffhausen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Esposito 72' 26', 92' Chipperfield 65' Tum 90'	(Report) (German)	Leu 18' Fehr 23'	Attendance: 26,960 Referee: Reto Rutz

11 May 2003 Final	Basel	6 – 0	Neuchâtel Xamax	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Huggel 13' Giménez 35', 43' M. Yakin 65' Smiljanić 77' Barberis 8'	[ Report] (German)	57' Leandro 87' Buess	Attendance: 31,500 (sold out) Referee: René Rogalla

Champions League

Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

31 July 2002 First leg	Žilina	1 – 1	Basel	Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina
18:00	Sninský 55' Barčík 29'	Report	23' Chipperfield 32' Esposito 38' (o.g.) Klago 84' Varela	Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

7 August 2002 Second leg	Basel	3 – 0	Žilina	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30	Giménez 12', 50' M. Yakin 23' Esposito 45'	Report	73' Špendla 80' Staš	Attendance: 16,562 Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia)

Basel won 4–1 on aggregate

Third qualifying round

14 August 2002 First leg	Celtic	3 – 1	Basel	Celtic Park, Glasgow
20:45	Larsson 3' (pen.) Sutton 52' Lambert 64' Sylla 88'	Report	2' Giménez 52' Duruz 62' H. Yakin 64' Cantaluppi 81' Varela	Attendance: 58,520 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

28 August 2002 Second leg	Basel	2 – 0	Celtic	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30	Giménez 9' Rossi 12' M. Yakin 22' Varela 42'	Report	42' Sylla 42' Guppy	Attendance: 30,510 (sold out) Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

3–3 on aggregate, Basel won on away goals

Group stage

Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Champions League group stage

17 September 2002 1	Basel	2 – 0	Spartak Moscow	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45	H. Yakin 50' Rossi 55'	Report		Attendance: 29,500 (sold out) Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

25 September 2002 2	Liverpool	1 – 1	Basel	Anfield, Liverpool
20:45	Baroš 34'	Report	Rossi 43'	Attendance: 37,643 Referee: Dick van Egmond (Netherlands)

2 October 2002 3	Valencia	6 – 2	Basel	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
20:45	Carew 10', 13' Aurélio 17' Baraja 28' Aimar 58' Mista 60'	Report	Rossi 46' H. Yakin 90'	Attendance: 27,394 Referee: Cosimo Bolognino (Italy)

22 October 2002 4	Basel	2 – 2	Valencia	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45	Ergić 32', 90'	Report	Baraja 36' Torres 72'	Attendance: 29,500 (sold out) Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Germany)

5 November 2002 5	Spartak Moscow	0 – 2	Basel	Dynamo Stadium, Moscow
18:00		Report	Rossi 18' Giménez 89'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

12 November 2002 6	Basel	3 – 3	Liverpool	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45	Rossi 2' Giménez 22' Atouba 29'	Report	Murphy 61' Šmicer 64' Owen 85'	Attendance: 29,500 (sold out) Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Valencia	6	5	1	0	17	4	+13	16
Basel	6	2	3	1	12	12	+0	9
Liverpool	6	2	2	2	12	8	+4	8
Spartak Moscow	6	0	0	6	1	18	−17	0

Second group stage

Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Champions League second group stage

26 November 2002 1	Basel	1 – 3	Manchester United	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45	Giménez 1' Zwyssig 19' Atouba 72'	Report	14' Scholes 22' Fortune 62', 63' van Nistelrooy 66' Verón 68' Solskjær	Attendance: 35,000 (sold out) Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

11 December 2002 2	Juventus	4 – 0	Basel	Stadio delle Alpi, Turin
20:45	Trezeguet 3' Montero 34' Tacchinardi 43' Del Piero 51' (pen.) Iuliano 53'	Report	50' Esposito 72' H. Yakin	Attendance: 22,639 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

19 February 2003 3	Basel	1 – 0	Deportivo La Coruña	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45	Yakin 30'	Report		Attendance: 29,031 Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)

25 February 2003 4	Deportivo La Coruña	1 – 0	Basel	Estadio Riazor, A Coruña
20:45	Tristán 4'	Report		Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Stéphane Bré (France)

12 March 2003 5	Manchester United	1 – 1	Basel	Old Trafford, Manchester
20:45	G. Neville 53'	Report	Giménez 14'	Attendance: 66,870 (sold out) Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

18 March 2003 6	Basel	2 – 1	Juventus	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45	Cantaluppi 38' Giménez 90+2'	Report	Tacchinardi 10'	Attendance: 30,501 (sold out) Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Manchester United	6	4	1	1	11	5	+6	13
Juventus	6	2	1	3	11	11	0	7
Basel	6	2	1	3	5	10	−5	7
Deportivo La Coruña	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	7

Sources and references

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
Switzerland 2002–03 at RSSSF

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