FC Basel win fourth straight football title
Malcolm Curtis - [email protected]
Published: 30 May, 2013 CET.
Updated: Thu 30 May 2013 07:48 CET
FC Basel won their fourth successive Swiss league football title on Wednesday after beating Young Boys of Berne 1-0 in the penultimate game of the campaign.
A penalty by Fabian Frei was enough to seal the championship in a memorable season that saw them reach the Europa League semi-finals, beating Spurs on the way, where they lost to eventual winners Chelsea.
Basel, winning their 16th league title, hold a three point lead over Grasshoppers but have a significantly better goal difference.
Grasshoppers, though, can be content that they deprived Basel of the domestic double having beaten them in the Swiss Cup final.
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A penalty by Fabian Frei was enough to seal the championship in a memorable season that saw them reach the Europa League semi-finals, beating Spurs on the way, where they lost to eventual winners Chelsea.
Basel, winning their 16th league title, hold a three point lead over Grasshoppers but have a significantly better goal difference.
Grasshoppers, though, can be content that they deprived Basel of the domestic double having beaten them in the Swiss Cup final.
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