Mart van Duren retired from active football, Martin Jeitziner also retired from professional football and moved on to Old Boys, Ralph Steingruber moved onto St. Gallen, Asif Šarić returned to Germany and joined Sportfreunde Siegen and Thomas Karrer was on loan to Grenchen.

The club's priority aim for the season was to remain in the top flight of Swiss football.

However, there was one change at the start of the 1995–96 Nationalliga A season and that was that the Swiss Football Association introduced the three points for a win standard.

In 1995, FIFA formally adopted the system, and it subsequently became standard in international tournaments, as well as most national football leagues.

In the 22 games, Basel won nine, drew three and suffered ten defeats, scoring just 23 goals conceding 29.

Thus Basel advanced to the quarter-finals and here they travelled to la Maladière in Neuchâtel, but were knocked out of the cup by Xamax 2–1 after extra time.

It also includes players that were in the squad on the day that the season started on 24 June 1995 but subsequently left the club after that date.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.