Tonight’s game between FC Basel and Barcelona is more than a Champions’ League clash – it is a way for Barcelona to rediscover some sweet memories from the past.
According to legend, the Swiss founder of Barcelona, Joan Gamper, a former player of FC Zurich and FC Basel, was inspired by Basel’s colours when he [...]

2008 will not be remembered as a memorable year in Swiss football history, no doubts about that.
Swiss clubs have only totaled 2,700 points in 2008 (19th position), compared to Cyprus‘ 5,666 and their 13th place (which is paramount to calculate the number of teams that can participate in European competition and from which round they [...]

The title of my post isn’t much of an optimistic one and for good reasons too!
Following the one draw and two defeats (with two home games) in the first leg, hopes are high for Young Boys alone.
The Bernese side only drew 2-2 at home to Club Bruges but they do have the quality to overcome [...]

Aalborg, Cluj, BATE and Anorthosis have all gathered at least one point. Together with FC Basel this quintet is pictured as being the true “underdogs” in the competition this year. The only thing is that the Swiss Champions have lost the opening game to Shakhtar and will risk conceding a second consecutive defeat at Lisbon [...]

In Zurich’s greatest game since the 1974 semifinal against Liverpool, Challandes’ men will defy AC Milan for a spot in the UEFA CUP group stage.
The task appears to be impossible at first yet Milan is undergoing a crisis with two defeats in two games in the start of the Italian Championship and an evident [...]

Chances are that it won’t be the same glorious campaign as 6 years ago for FC Basel – an early home defeat to Shakthar appears to compromise the possibilities of the Swiss Champions not so much for the score, rather for the way Basel played: the team was entirely absent from the pitch.
In a [...]

As the title states, this is the 200th post for the Switzerland blog. Thanks to those who wrote before me and those who regularly read and comment

Big evening for Swiss football tomorrow: FC Basel will attempt to be successful in the lucrative Champions’ League group phase and will begin against Ukrainian Champions Shakhtar Donetsk.
The [...]

With a Dvd FC Basel’s coach Christian Gross hopes to encourage his side before tonight’s clash with Portuguese side Vitoria Guimaraes in the Third Qualifying Round.
No it’s not Goal! or The Miracle of Bern – it’s a Dvd of Basel’s epic 2002-2003 Champions’ League season – a season only 3 current players were part [...]

Basel defeats Goteborg 4-2
In the second leg of the second round of the Champions’ League, Swiss Champions FC Basel have defeated Swedish Champions IFK Goteborg 4-2, totalling a 5-3 aggregate.
Christian Gross’ men came from a goal behind with 20 minutes left. The guest team was leading 2-1 at the 70th minute yet goals by Chipperfield [...]

Bellinzona qualify for the second round of the UEFA CUP
Marco Schallibaum’s men have easily obtained their ticked for the second round of the UEFA Cup by defeating Ararat Yerevan on a 4-1 aggregate score with yesterday’s 3-1 win in Lugano. At the end of the first half the Swiss team was already 3-0 up through [...]