After gaining promotion during the last season, the club's priority aim was to remain in the top flight of Swiss football.

Reto Baumgartner retired from active football and turned to professional beach soccer and played for the Swiss national team.

Hakan Yakin signed his first professional contract in January 1995 coming in from local club Concordia Basel.

After the first half of the Qualifying Phase, Basel and Young Boys were joint bottom of the league table with just six points.

During the entire phase Basel scored just 18 goals, thus being the poorest attacking team and conceded just 15, thus being the defensive best in the league.

Basel ended the 1994–95 Nationalliga A in seventh position in the table, but were qualified for the newly UEFA-administered Intertoto Cup 1995.

[4] In the Swiss Cup Basel were drawn away from home against lower tier FC Bözingen 34 in the 3rd principal round.