His assistant is Massimo Lombardo and further members of the training staff are Werner Leuthard and Marco Walker.

Source: FCB Official Site The FC Basel annual general meeting took place on 9 June 2017.

[6] Seydou Doumbia's loan came to an end and Basel neither wanted to prolong nor enter the option to buy him.

Adama Traoré left the club mid-August because he no longer played a part in the teams planning.

On 14 June 2017 Basel announced that they had signed Ricky van Wolfswinkel from SBV Vitesse.

[7] A few days later, on 20 June, the club announced that they had loaned Dimitri Oberlin from Red Bull Salzburg.

[8] During the season, on 13 September 2017 Basel announced that they had recalled striker Cedric Itten from the loan to Luzern.

[9] Then following the injury suffered by Ricky van Wolfswinkel Basel were forced to hire another striker and on 2 October 2017 they announced that Albian Ajeti had been signed a five-year contract.

On 23 December 2017 FC Basel announced that Fabian Frei would return to the club, signing a four-and-a-half-year contract dated up until June 2022.

[11] On 27 December the club announced that Samuele Campo, a former Basel youth player, was also returning, signing a four-and-a-half-year contract dated up until June 2022.

Basel's priority aim for the new season is to win the league championship for the ninth consecutive time.

Following three victories Basel played four games without a win (two draws, two defeats) and slipped down to fourth position in the league table.

This was won 2–1 and Basel advance to the semi-final in the Stade de Suisse against Young Boys on 27 February 2018.

Basels initial aim is to remain in a European competition after the Champions League group stage.

But it was also a particularly special night for Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford, both of whom found the net on their Champions League debuts with second-half strikes.

in the 85 minute Fellaini crossed, the ball was missed by Mkhitaryan and Suchý before Rashford, opening his body, sidefooted into the ground and high into the net.

Impressively, the 20-year-old composed himself after the run upon receiving the pass from Renato Steffen before sending the ball past the goalkeeper Júlio César.

The Switzerland U21 international made his run from the halfway line and finished with composure, slotting it calmly in the corner of goal.

It also includes players that were in the squad the day the season started on 22 July 2017 but subsequently left the club after that date.

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