- Address: St. Jakobs-Strasse 395, Basel
- Country: Swiss Confederation
- Capacity: 38,000
- Opened: 15 March 2001
- Main use: Football
- Tenants: FC Basel (football)
Extra stadium info – St. Jakob-Park
The construction of the stadium, which is nicknamed Joggeli, started in 1998. It is also known as a venue for concerts. The St. Jakob Park hosted six matches for the 2008 UEFA European Football Championship. On 7 June 2008, the stadium hosted its first match for the European championship for national football teams. The Swiss Confederation lost the match against the Czech Republic. The national football teams of Germany, the Netherlands, the Portuguese Republic, Russia and Türkiye also played at the venue during the 2008 UEFA European Football Championship. The tournament was won by Spain after defeating Germany in the final. Fernando Torres scored the only goal of the match.
FC Basel
FC Basel, the first sports club from the Swiss Confederation with 1 million followers on its main social media page, was founded in 1893. They were crowned Swiss football champions in 1953 for the first time in their history after gathering 42 points in 26 league games. FC Basel became the third football club with 10 Swiss cup tournament titles in 2010. Grasshopper Club Zürich became the first one in 1943 and FC Sion became the second one in 2006. In 2017, FC Basel became the second Swiss football club with 20 top-flight league titles. They drew an average home attendance of 26,000 in that domestic league season.
The European championship for football clubs
FC Basel played various times in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, the European championship for football clubs. In 1973, they reached the quarter-finals of the European championship for football clubs for the first time in their history. FC Basel reached the quarter-finals after beating Club Brugge from Belgium. They faced the Scottish side Celtic in the quarter-finals of the European football tournament.
Roger Federer
Roger Federer, who was born in the Swiss Confederation in 1981, became a supporter of FC Basel. He also has a soft spot for the Italian football giants Juventus, one of the first football clubs in a world championship final. The Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer won world famous tennis tournaments. He became one of the highest-paid athletes in the world.