The 32-year-old Australian left back/winger has scored four goals thus far for FC Basel in the 2008-2009 Swiss Super League. He has been with Basel since 2001 and has over 200 league appearance and over 40 goals for the club.

Chipperfield has also been active on the international stage since 1998. Click to continue reading...

Note: When we do our searches for the ever-elusive game highlights, we have to take what we can get. (And we do it with much gratitude to the people who manage to evade the Video Police and host them.) But the ones we find are not always perfect. There's a good chance that [...] Click to continue reading...

Two Greek teams surprised everyone last night scoring a combined six goals and picking up four points from stiff competition. Werder Bremen fell to Panathinaikos 3-0 while Inter Milan, down 3-2 to Anorthosis well into the match, managed to salvage a point and finish 3-3.

OK, so I blew the call on the Inter-Anonthosis match but I think keepers Julio Cesar (Inter) and Arian Begaj (Anorthosis) combined for one of the most noteworthy goalkeeping displays we've seen this year. Click to continue reading...

Matchday 4 should be a pivotal one as many groups may well be decided once the games are completed. Who needs a win and who can afford to slip? Let's take a look at Tuesday's games. Group A Roma need to win at home against Chelsea but that is looking to be a tall order considering the [...] Click to continue reading...

FC Barcelona are meeting FC Basel in the Champions League Group C. Watch the match LIVE here. Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today Click to continue reading...

Uefa Champions League,  Wednesday  October 22th FC Basel are meeting Barcelona in the Champions League Group C Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today  Watch the LIVESTREAM and Highlights here   Don`t forget to sign up 11×2.com - the next big football site    Click to continue reading...

Week 2: Group C: Uefa Champions League Sporting Lisbon are meeting FC Basel in the second round of the Champions League, wednesday 1st of october. Sign up 11×2.com - the next big football site        Watch the match LIVE here! Click to continue reading...

OK everyone, the season is still young but Fenandinho's 36 meter free kick for Shakhtar Donetsk against FC Basel last week is my first nomination for goal of the year. In case you missed it, watch it here. Click to continue reading...

Man, I never woulda had Roma losing to Cluj, a Romanian side, at home.

Christian Panucci had the favored side up 1-0 with a header in the 17th minute, but Emmanuel Culio bagged the next two with goals at 28' and 49' to give the visitors a shocking win.

It wasn't undeserved either, the underdogs played well enough to win and deserved the three points in Group A. Click to continue reading...

Champions League debutants CFR 1907 Cluj came from behind to beat Roma and record a stunning 2-1 victory at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. Beyond the absence of Totti, Roma had a strong squad out on the field and will be disappointed with their performance. There has been a bit of turmoil off the field [. Click to continue reading...

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 Click to continue reading...

Week 1: Group C: Uefa Champions League: FC Basel are meeting Shakhtar Donetsk in their first match in the Champions League this year, tuesday 16th. Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today   Don`t forget to sign up 11×2.com - the next big football site Watch the highlights and LIVESTREAM here Click to continue reading...

FC Basel 1893 How They Got Here:Basel beat Vitoria de Guimaraes (also known as Vitoria SC) 2-1 on aggregate in the third round of qualifying. Basel won the Swiss League last season. Star Performer: MF Benjamin Huggel. An experienced member of the Swiss national squad, Huggel is a strong presence in central midfield. Click to continue reading...

In just under 24 hours as I write this, at 5 p.m. Monday, MLS rosters will be set in stone for the rest of the season, until the day after MLS Cup.

Which means, incidentally, the Galaxy will be stuck with $130,000 a year defender Eduardo Dominguez ("he was all we could afford," one team official allegedly told a colleague of mine).

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Champions League Group Stage Draw
Group A: CHELSEA, AS Roma, Bordeaux, Cluj
Group B: Inter, Werder, Panathinaikos, Anorthosis
Group C: Barcelona, Sporting, FC Basel, Shakhtar
Group D: LIVERPOOL, PSV, Marseille, Atletico
Group E: MAN UTD, Villarreal, CELTIC, Aalborg
Group F: Lyon, Bayern, Steaua, Fiorentina
Group G: ARSENAL, FC Porto, Fenerbahce, Dinamo Kiev
Group H: Real Madrid, Juventus, Zenit, Bate

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The Dutchman saved Liverpool from penalty shootout drama with a goal in the 118th minute at Anfield to put the Reds through.

Here are the other qualifiers, that include Barcelona and Juve from yesterday:

BATE Borisov, Shakhtar Donetsk, AaB, Marseille, Dynamo Kiev, Anorthosis Famagusta, Fiorentina, Steaua Bucuresti, Arsenal, Fenerbahce, FC Basel, Atlético Madrid. Click to continue reading...

Though we were not impressed with Liverpool coming into the season (a view that was not exactly expunged by their first few performances on the pitch), we didn't think qualifying for the Champions League would be anywhere near this difficult. We shrugged off the scoreless draw in the first leg as an anomaly Stevie G and co. Click to continue reading...

From a number of sources, both in English and otherwise, it appears we have signed another goalkeeper. Louis Crayton, formerly of FC Basel in Switzerland, appears to be on his way to the Nation's Capital to provide our buddy, Zach, with some competition. Here is a picture of him. He looks strong. We'll see how [. Click to continue reading...

Anorthosis Famagusta - Olympiakos Vitoria de Guimarães - FC Basel Shaktar Donetsk - Dinamo Zagreb FC Schalke 04 - Atlético Madrid AaB Aalborg - FBK Kaunas Barcelona - Wisła Kraków Levski Sofia - BATE Borisov Standard Liege - Liverpool Partizan Belgrade - Fenerbahçe FC Twente - Arsenal Spartak Moscow - Dynamo Kiev Juventus - Artmedia Petralka Brann Bergen - Marseille Fiorentina - Slavia Prague Galatasaray - Steaua Bucharest Panathinaikos - Sparta Prague Matches are August 12/13 and 26/27. Click to continue reading...

IFK Goteborg are meeting Basel in the 2nd Qualifying Round in UEFA Champions League Wednesday August 06thWatch the highlights and LIVESTREAM here Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today! Click to continue reading...

Below you'll find the results of the 4th Matchday of the Swiss Season: FC Sion - FC Basel 2-0 Neuchatel Xamax - Aarau 0-0 (Saturday 2nd) AC Bellinzona - FC Luzern 2-2 FC Vaduz - Grasshopper Zurich 1-1 FC Zurich - Young Boys 2-1 (Sunday 3rd) Standings: 1. FC Aarau 10 Points 4 Games 2. FC Basel Click to continue reading...

FC Basel and the Champions' League A wonderful Huggel header on a Gjasula corner kick gave Basel the crucial away goal in the first leg of the Second Round of the Champions' League. The Swiss Champions drew 1-1 with the Swedish Champions and now have a great chance to reach the Click to continue reading...

By: Alan
Soccer City FC

Irish champions Drogheda United have set up a dream tie with 1999 semi-finalists Dynamo Kiev in the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round. Drogheda United travelled to Estonia with the comfort of knowing that a draw would see them progress having beaten Levadia Talinn 2-1 in the home leg at Dalymount Park. Click to continue reading...

Kurz mal ein Rant über die "Fans" des BVB und des FC Basel. Wo kommen wir denn hin, wenn schon ein Testspiel in der Saisonvorbereitung unterbrochen werden muss, weil es zu Schlägereien und Feuerwerkskörpern auf der Tribüne/dem Rasen kommt? Geht ja mal garnicht. Dies ist ein Beitrag aus dem Bundesliga-Blog Ausschreitungen beim Testspiel Click to continue reading...

What in the world is Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan doing now? After weeks of silence on the Geordie front, it appears that the club might finally be prepared to make an offer for a new striker. However, I doubt this is the quality man supporters were dreaming of. The Telegraph is reporting that King Kev [. Click to continue reading...

As Guus Hiddink ran onto the pitch at FC Basel's St Jakob Park at around five past ten tonight, fist clenched, face contorted with joy, there was only one man he was heading for. The man crumpled on the turf, completely drained thanks to a combination of the emotion of an extra time win, and [...] Click to continue reading...

Another busy morning filled with transfer and pre-season news to report.

New reports have Mark Hughes targeting Inter Milan midfielder Dejan Stankovic and Espanyol defender Pablo Zabaleta. Also back on the radar is Zenit St Petersburg's playmaker Andrei Arshavin. Click to continue reading...

AEK have signed 31 year old Swedish center back Daniel Majstorovic for three years. Majstorovic's previous team was FC Basel in Switzerland where he scored 23 goals in 85 appearances. His average is 1 goal every 7 games. He turned down offers from Lazio.     Click to continue reading...

The AEK youth club will be participitating at the FIFA Youth Cup. The tournament will take place between the 30th of April to the 1st of May in Zurich, Switzerland. Manchester United and Villareal, along with other clubs from South America and Europe, will be a couple of the other clubs participating. Click to continue reading...

Bare's brace (12' & 75') proved enough as Gamba Osaka defeated Oita Trinita in J-League action.

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Manchester City FC's affiliate club Grasshopper tied FC Basel in Axpo Super League action. Grasshopper-Club Zurich received the equalizer from Argentine forward Raúl Bobadilla in the 90th minute. Click to continue reading...

Sven-Goran Eriksson must be a happy and relieved man at long last. Throughout January, the Manchester City manager was searching entire Europe for a striker and he eventually unearthed one right at the death. Sky Sports reports that the Premiership high flyers have signed Ecuadorian striker Felipe Caicedo from Swiss club FC Basel. Click to continue reading...

As we look forward to Euro 2008, we shouldn't be fooled that domestic Swiss football runs like clockwork. Joe Westhead explores the game there from the passion of the Zurich derby to tragedy in the "Disgrace of Basel". Derby Day It's never just a game. It's never just three points. Grasshoppers Club Zürich are not having [. Click to continue reading...