- Marco Streller
Marco Streller (born 18 June 1981 in Basel) is a Swiss football striker. He currently has 18 caps for the Swiss national team, and has been called up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He was in the squad for the 2004 European Football Championship, but pulled out due to injury. He is considered partly responsible for Switzerland's defeat at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, having opted to go first on penalties against the Ukraine and missing his shot.
- Bruno Berner
Bruno Berner is a Swiss footballer, currently playing for Blackburn Rovers He has spent most of his career playing for Grasshopper Zürich, SC Freiburg, and FC_Basel. Berner moved to Blackburn Rovers for a nominal fee from FC_Basel on January 30, 2007. He has been given the squad number 25. On February 10, …
- Alexander Frei
Alexander Frei (born July 15, 1979 in Basel) is a Swiss footballer. He signed a 4-year contract with Borussia Dortmund on June, 29th. Dortmund paid a transfer fee of approximately 5 million euros for him. He played for Switzerland at Euro 2004 and at the FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany. Until now he has been capped 54 times for his country (as of September 2006). Frei is only 3 goals short from being Switzerland's all time top scorer.
- Philipp Degen
Philipp Degen (born 15 February 1983) is a Swiss national currently playing football for the German Borussia Dortmund team.
- Patrick Müller
Patrick Müller is a Swiss professional footballer who currently plays as a defender for Olympique Lyonnais. Müller began his career at FC Meyrin before moving onto Servette. He also played in Switzerland for Grasshoppers in Zürich. His talent was noted by the French club Olympique Lyonnais, who signed him. He has also played for Real Mallorca and FC Basel.
- Ottmar Hitzfeld
Ottmar Hitzfeld is a German former football player and manager, now serving in his second stint with FC Bayern Munich. With a total of sixteen major titles, mostly accumulated in his tenures with Grasshopper Club Zürich, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich, the trained mathematics teacher is not only the most successful German coach, but also one of the most outstanding in the history of the game. Twice he was elected "World Coach of the Year".
- Ivan Rakitić
Ivan Rakitić is a young Swiss-born Croatian footballer who plays for FC Schalke 04. He plays as a midfielder. Although he has previously competed with the Swiss under-17 and under-19 national team, he decided to take up the call by Slaven Bilić and play for Croatian national team. Rakitić was part of Basel's 2006 UEFA Cup run to the competition's quarter-finals. In 2007 he was proclaimed the 'best young player' of the 2006/2007 Swiss Super League.
- Hakan Yakın
Hakan Yakın is a Swiss-Turkish football player. Hakan plays in the Swiss Super League with Young Boys. His career has been overshadowed by some trouble regarding his club transfers, as his engagements outside Switzerland (Paris St. Germain, Galatasaray and VfB Stuttgart) were not accompanied by luck. Nonetheless he has been one of the best and most important Swiss football players for almost 10 years.
- Matias Delgado
Matías Emilio Delgado is an Argentine footballer playing for Turkish side Beşiktaş J.K.. Delgado started his career in the youth team of CA River Plate. He also played over 50 top division games for Chacarita Juniors before deciding to test himself in Europe. The 23-year-old has spent the past three years with FC Basel 1893 in Switzerland, scoring 41 goals in 113 top-flight matches. On June 27, 2006, Delgado was transferred to Beşiktaş J.K. of Istanbul for $6.5m.
- Delron Buckley
Delron Buckley (born December 7, 1977 in Durban) is a South African football (soccer) player. He also has a German passport. His soccer career began with his local team "Butcherfille Rovers Durban", but when he was 8 years old he was signed for German club VfL Bochum, but he left VfL Bochum in 2004 for Arminia Bielefeld. However, after only one season there, he moved to Borussia Dortmund on July 1, 2005.
- Pascal Zuberbühler
Pascal Zuberbühler is a Swiss football goalkeeper who currently plays for Neuchâtel Xamax in the Challenge League.
- Franco Costanzo
Franco Costanzo (born September 5, 1980 in Río Cuarto in the Córdoba Province of Argentina) is an Argentinian football goalkeeper, who currently plays for FC Basel. Early in his career Costanzo was once considered an excellent prospect; however, due to a few lengthy injuries, he has never managed to fufil his potential. However Costanzo is still a highly respected player if not a World-class one.
- Scott Chipperfield
Scott Chipperfield (born December 30, 1975 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian football (soccer) fullback, who currently plays for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League wearing the number 11 shirt. He is a regular member of the Australian national team and previously played for the Wollongong Wolves in Australia, at which time he also worked as a bus driver.
- Benjamin Huggel
Benjamin Huggel is a defensive midfielder for Swiss soccer team FC Basel. He is also a regular and experienced member of the Swiss national squad. He is a tall, strong and a fearless fighter in the centre of the pitch. Born in July 1977, Huggel began his career with FC Münchenstein and FC Arlesheim, before completing his move to FC Basel in 1998. He first rose to prominence with his displays for FC Basel during their Champions League run in the 2002-2003 season.
- David Degen
David Degen is a Swiss footballer currently playing for Borussia Mönchengladbach. He was selected for the Swiss 2006 World Cup squad. However, he only played in the warmup games Degen recently finished a trial with SPL champions Celtic FC and has expressed a desire to sign for the club. His twin brother Philipp Degenis married and currently plays for Borussia Dortmund. Degen was invited to Bolton Wanderers' pre-season training camp in Austria, …
- Mladen Petrić
Mladen Petrić is a Croatian football striker. He has dual Croatian-Swiss citizenship. Born in Dubrave (village close to Brčko) in Yugoslavia, now Bosnia and Herzegovina, Petrić first moved with his family to Vinkovci, Croatia, due to war and then later to Neuenhof, Switzerland, where he started to play football at the local club FC Neuenhof before moving to FC Baden and starting his professional career at the club in the summer of 1998.
- Mile Sterjovski
Mile Sterjovski (born on May 27, 1979 in Wollongong, New South Wales) is an Australian football (soccer) midfielder of Ethnic Macedonian origin, who currently plays for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League and the Australian national team. He was a member of the Australian national team at the under 20 1999 World Youth Cup finals in Nigeria and also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
- Joan Gamper
Joan Gamper (born Winterthur, Switzerland, November 22 1877, died July 30 1930, Switzerland) also known as Joan Kamper, Hans Gamper, Johannes Gamper and Kans Kamper) was a football pioneer, player and club president. He founded football clubs in Switzerland and Spain, most notably FC Barcelona. As club president, he helped establish FC Barcelona as one of the leading clubs.
- Ronny Hodel
Ronny Hodel (born October 27, 1982) is a footballer from Switzerland who currently plays as defender for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League. He started out with Swiss club FC Luzern in 1990 before moving on to BSC Young Boys Bern in 2005. He played there for 2 years until he was signed by FC Basel at the end of the 2006/07 season. He is considered one of the best left-backs in Switzerland despite never making his full international debut.
- Josef Hügi
Josef "Sepp" Hügi was a Swiss football striker. He played for FC Basle from 1948 to 1962, and for the Swiss national football team. He scored six goals in the 1954 FIFA World Cup, and remains the all-time Swiss World Cup goalscorer with six.
- Maurizio Gaudino
Maurizio Gaudino (born 12 December 1966 in Brühl) is a retired German football midfielder. He was capped five times for Germany in 1993 and 1994, and was in their squad for the 1994 World Cup. Gaudino played 294 Bundesliga games for Waldhof Mannheim, VfB Stuttgart, Eintracht Frankfurt and VfL Bochum. He won the league title with Stuttgart in 1992.
- Felipe Caicedo
Felipe Caicedo is an Ecuadorian football striker. He was born on September 5 1988. He currently plays for FC Basel of the Super League in Switzerland. FC Basel signed Caicedo from Rocafuerte FC in his native Ecuador during the Swiss 2006/07 season for an undisclosed fee while he was just 18 years old. He went on to play 20 games for Basel that season, accompanied by 3 goals.
- Louis Crayton
Louis Crayton is a Liberian football goalkeeper who is currently signed by FC Basel of the Swiss Super League. He has been playing for various clubs in Switzerland since 1997 and also holds Swiss citizenship. He started his career playing for St. Joseph Warriors in Liberia before moving to his first Swiss club, FC Lucerne, in 1997.
- Reto Zanni
Reto Zanni (born 9 February, 1980) is a Swiss football player of Italian descent. He currently plays for FC Basel.
- Franz Burgmeier
Franz Burgmeier (born April 7, 1982 in Triesen, Liechtenstein) is a football player from Liechtenstein.
- Karl Odermatt
Karl Odermatt (born 17 December 1942) is a former Swiss footballer. Odermatt was a striker, and is one of the best players to have worn the FC Basel shirt. With players like Odermatt, Ottmar Hitzfeld and Helmut Benthaus FC Basel flourished and won many titles. Odermatt was capped 50 times for Switzerland, and participated at the 1966 World Cup.
- Kōji Nakata
Kōji Nakata is a Japanese football (soccer) player who played at both the Football World Cup 2002, and the Football World Cup 2006. The 'other Nakata', as he is known to most non-Japanese fans, is a left-footed midfielder. A very versatile player, Nakata has established himself as one of the best defensive midfielders for Japan. Although his preferred position is at defensive midfield, his versatility means he can also operate as left wing-back, …
- Murat Yakın
Murat Yakın is a Swiss-Turkish football coach and former international player, who is currently the coach of Concordia Basel. Murat has been capped over 50 times for Switzerland and played in Euro 2004. His brother Hakan Yakın plays in the Swiss Super League with BSC Young Boys. Murat spent the best years of his career playing for his home town club of FC Basel, where he was the defensive linchpin, captain, and libero, …
- Adrian Knup
Adrian Knup (born 2 July 1968 in Liestal) is a retired Swiss football striker. He was capped 49 times and scored 26 goals for the Swiss national team between 1989 and 1996, including three games at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
- Zdravko Kuzmanović
Zdravko Kuzmanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Здравко Кузмановић; born 22 September, 1987 in Bern, Switzerland) is a Swiss-born Serbian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for ACF Fiorentina in the Italian Serie A. Born in Switzerland to a family of Serbian expats (his father hails from a small Skugrići village near Modriča, Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia), …
- José Gonçalves
José Gonçalves is a Portuguese footballer of Cape Verdean descent currently playing for Scottish Premier League club Hearts. He is Portuguese by birth but has Swiss citizenship, having lived there since he was two years old. Gonçalves initially began his career with La Sallaz before moving to the youth section of Yverdon-Sport FC in 2001, then FC Basel the following season.
- Ivan Ergić
Ivan Ergić is a Serbian football (soccer) midfielder currently playing for FC Basel. Ergić was born in a coastal town of Šibenik, Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia but started his football career in Australia with Perth Glory. He has dual Australian-Serbian citizenship and trained at the Australian Institute of Sport on a government-funded football scholarship. In 2000 Ergić moved to Juventus, but went on loan to FC Basel during the season, …
- Axel Kruse
Axel Kruse (born September 28, 1967 in Wolgast, Germany) was a German footballer who played for several Bundesliga clubs. After retiring from soccer, he played American football as a placekicker for NFL Europe's team Berlin Thunder from 1999-2003.
- Julio Hernan Rossi
Julio Hernan Rossi (born 22 February 1977 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football striker who currently, as of June 2006, plays for FC Nantes Atlantique.
- Marco Zwyssig
Marco Zwyssig (born 24 October 1971) is a retired Swiss football defender. He got 20 caps and 1 goal for the Swiss national team, and was an unused substitute at the 2004 European Football Championship.
- Mario Frick
Mario Frick (born September 7, 1974 in Chur, Switzerland) is a football player (primarily a striker) from Liechtenstein, who holds the record for being their national side's all time top goalscorer, with 11 goals. He started his career at FC Balzers, but has really made a name for himself in Italy, being the first Liechtensteiner to play abroad (has also played in Austria and Switzerland).
- Damir Džombić
Damir Džombić is a footballer from Bosnia and Herzegovina who currently plays as defender for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League. He has failed to break into the FC Basel first team and was loaned out to 2nd division outfit FC Wil in the 2004/05 season to let his talents develop.Since returning he has still failed to make a good impression.
- Gordon Smith
Gordon Duffield Smith (born Kilwinning December 29 1954) was a football player who played for Rangers F.C. and Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. and until worked as a football agent and BBC football pundit. On 1 June 2007, Smith was confirmed as the new chief executive of the Scottish Football Association.
- Hervé Tum
Hervé Tum is a Cameroonian football striker currently playing for Bursaspor in the Turkcell Super League.
- Ljubo Milicevic
Ljubo Milicevic (born 13 February, 1981 in Melbourne) is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for Melbourne Victory in the Australian A-League. Milicevic is of Croatian descent. He began his professional career with Melbourne Knights in Australia playing one game before moving to Perth Glory in 1999, where he played a major role in getting the Western Australian side to its first ever NSL Grand Final in 2000.