Jogaram pela última rodada do Mundial Sub-17, na capital da Nigéria, em Abuja, no National Stadium, com uma temperatura de 27º C, as seleções da Suiça (13º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção do Brasil (1ª no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
28-06-1950 - Brasil 2x2 Suiça (Copa do Mundo)
11-04-1956 - Suiça 1x1 Brasil (Amistoso)
21-12-1980 - Brasil 2x0 Suiça (Amistoso)
19-05-1982 - Brasil 1x1 Suiça (Amistoso)
17-06-1983 - Suiça 1x2 Brasil (Amistoso)
21-06-1989 - Suiça 1x0 Brasil (Amistoso)
15-06-2005 - Suiça 0x1 Brasil (Mundial Sub-20)
15-11-2006 - Suiça 1x2 Brasil (Amistoso)
O quarteto de arbitragem foi assim definido:
Árbitro: Eddy MAILLET-SEY
Primeiro Assistente: Evarist MENKOUANDE-CMR
Segundo Assistente: Jason DAMOO-SEY
Quarto Árbitro: Pablo POZO-CHI
Aos 3 minutos do primeiro tempo, o camisa 9, ZEZINHO, jogador do Juventude-BRA recebeu o primeiro cartão amarelo do jogo. Click to continue reading...

A few numbers to have a peer at.

First thing that jumps out:� when the bookies have not got our games quite right (4/9), all four results have been in our favour.

That's interesting isn't it?� I appreciate that bookmakers' odds are not the be all and end all, but they are a good neutral barometer of what we might generally expect to happen in a game.

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While everyone was busy anxiously awaiting FIFA's latest release and the seeding for the playoff spots, UEFA was busy concocting a ranking of their own and releasing it under unsuspecting eyes. At this point it means little and will only serve to put Euro 2012 qualifying seeding into perspective, still some way off yet, but it's always interesting to see how others differ from the entirely rubbish FIFA ranking system.

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Introducing a new series of features on national teams travelling to the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. We start with Switzerland.
Stealth technologists would do well to examine the characteristics of the Swiss national team. It seems that despite their successful qualification for the World Cup, no-one seems to be paying any attention to them. Click to continue reading...

A Danny Murphy strike was enough to see Roy Hodgson's side ease past Swiss side Basel.

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Clint Dempsey can expect to start for a full-strength Fulham team when Basel come for a visit while Tim Howard looks to notch a fifth straight shut-out on Everton's trip to Belarus. Click to continue reading...

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I am deeply saddened to return to the Greece Blog on the heels of a bitter (to say the least) 2-0 loss to Switzerland on Saturday night in Basel. My big return was supposed to be capped with a huge celebration of a big win in Basel, but somebody (I'll deal with him in a sec) really ruined...everything (this is not a conspiracy theory, or me saying England is going to win the World Cup again, ever).

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I'm not super happy, was hoping for Everton or Fulham to be coming to play closer. Oh well.Group A - Ajax, Anderlecht, Dinamo Zagreb, FC TimişoaraGroup B - Valencia, Lille, Slavia Prague, GenoaGroup C - Hamburg, Celtic, Hapoel Tel-Aviv, Rapid ViennaGroup D - Sporting Lisbon, Heerenveen, Hertha Berlin, Ventspils Group E - AS Roma, Basel, Fulham (Demsey, Johnson), CSKA SofiaGroup F - Panathinaikos Click to continue reading...

World Cup in South Africa is less than a year away and decisive qualifying battles are in front of us. As usually, the European qualifying zone is probably the most interesting one, partly as the teams fight for no less than 13 places at the big tournament. Netherlands is the first national team from Europe to have booked their ticket to South Africa, while England and Spain are likely to do the same, but there are still 10 places up for grabs.

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Seven stories you may have missed on WCB and The Offside this week: Péter Kovács plays to the whistle Franco Costanza: the barber of Basel Seba Veron takes one for the team, in his wallet Pierre-Alain Frau will never enjoy Out of Sight again Pick your champions of these six European leagues... ... Click to continue reading...

Mere hours after Jens Lehmann alerted us to his presence on the global footballing scene once again, it would appear that he has a protege learning his trade in the Swiss Super League. Basel's Argentinian keeper Franco Costanzo, who is, yes, everything Frank Costanza wishes he could be with the cooler name to boot, got [. Click to continue reading...

Rightback

0 Goals

2 Appearances (as of the end of 2008-2009)

Signed from Borussia Dortmund in 2008 for free

BACKGROUND BEFORE LFC

Philipp Degen was a flying rightback for Basel and Borussia Dortmund before joining the Reds in 2008, but much like his 2008-2009 season, his career has been set back considerably by injuries.

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Following the departure of Alexander Frei to Basel, Dortmund are preparing to swoop for his replacement.
Names on the list include Nantes' Ivan Klasnic, Robert Lewandoski of Lech Poznan, and interestingly Andriy Voronin of Liverpool.
While Klasnic is reported by Bild to be their number one target, the Croatian only moved to France last season, signing a four-year deal, thus that idea could prove to be too expensive for Dortmund to implement. Click to continue reading...

The highly anticipated debut of Glen Johnson at Liverpool is sure to be hampered by Rafa Benitez's admission that he wants to afford game time to all 24 of his named squad members on Wednesday night in Switzerland.
The Reds take on second-tier Swiss team FC St.Gallen at the AFG Arena as they kick off their pre-season friendly fixtures. Click to continue reading...

In quiet and tranquil Switzerland, where everyone gets along and there is never any trouble, the fans are misbehaving, which is something you don't hear often and they definately won't stand for at the Swiss Football Federation.
'FC Zurich and Basel have each been ordered to play a home game behind closed doors following crowd trouble at a match between the teams in May,' the Federation (SFV) said yesteday. Click to continue reading...

On September 5, 2009, the two nations will meet with first place at stake at St. Jakob-Park in Basel. If Switzerland takes three points here as the nation did in Greece, then the Swiss will be in the driver's seat for the 2010 World Cup hosted in South Africa. The winner of Group 2 is guaranteed a slot in the tournament field. Click to continue reading...

The following appeared on Soccer 365 today:
Soccer365 has learned that at least one Major League Soccer club has made an initial approach to out-of-contract Villarreal defender Sol Campbell, who rejected Turkish side Trabzonspor this weekend and still has an offer from Swiss power Basel. Click to continue reading...

According to the Daily Star, Swiss club Basel is interested in 34-year-old Portsmouth defender Sol Campbell. Campbell's contract ends this summer and Basel are prepared to offer him a three-year deal.

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The Cinderellas are in group B, not A. Cluj was the underdog-come-good story to start out the campaign, and deservedly so. They beat Roma - though who didn't earlier in the season - and nil-niled (yes, that's a verb) with a then high-flying Chelsea team. Now, however, they've come back down to earth, and will be [. Click to continue reading...

Avatar of the day for Barca fans everywhere This is classy. Barcelona's marauding wing-back Dani Alves is not even looking in the right direction when he played this superb assist against Basel in the Champions League last night. Imagine how good the ball would have been if he had looked! If you spot any good footballs GIFs [. Click to continue reading...

Another eight Champions League games today, and I'm going to try and cover them all here in one big LiveBlog. Personally, I think today's games look a bit more interesting than yesterday's. Inter vs Bremen promises excitement and we'll see if Cluj's win at Roma was just a fluke when they host Chelsea in Romania. 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...

Shakhtar Donetsk against Basel...
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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 Click to continue reading...

What do Werder Bremen, Villareal, Atletico Madrid, Panathinaikos, PSV Eindhoven, Marseille, Dynamo Kyiv, Celtic and Fenerbahce have in common (hint: the answer is not "They're all in the Champions League group stage which starts today")? Give up? Well, all of these clubs are in fact in the group stage of the Champions League, but the answer [. Click to continue reading...

We covered the Champions League draw earlier and UEFA just released the schedule of games. Here are the matchups for match day one on September 16th and 17th (home team listed first): Matchday 1 - 16 September 2008 Chelsea 20:45 Bordeaux Roma 20:45 CFR Panathinaikos 20:45 Internazionale Bremen 20:45 Anorthosis Basel 20:45 Shakhtar Barcelona 20:45 Sporting PSV 20:45 Atlético Marseille 20:45 Liverpool Matchday 1 - [. Click to continue reading...

In one sense, Liverpool have had a perfect start to their season. Six points from two Premier League games and successful passage into the next stage of the Champions League is the best they could have accomplished to date. They've been almost-perfect at the back, conceding just one goal in 390 minutes of football. Click to continue reading...

The final 32 clubs who will partake in this year's Champions League campaign have qualified and are all set for tomorrow's draw - set somewhere in Europe which is easy for Michele Platini to travel to (oh it's in Monaco, how nice). And though the qualifying stages are a bit Champions League Lite, they still [. Click to continue reading...

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 Click to continue reading...

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 Click to continue reading...

Ventspils 2-1 Brann Bergen (2-2 agg)FBK Kaunas 2-1 Rangers (2-1 agg)Partizan Belgrade 2-0 Inter Baku (3-1 agg)Dynamo Kiev 2-2 Drogheda United (4-3 agg)Artmedia Petralka 4-2 Tampere United (7-3 agg)Sparta Prague 2-0 Sherif Tiraspol (3-0 agg)Modriča 1-2 AaB Aalborg (1-7 agg)Wisła Kraków 5-0 Beitar Jerusalem (6-2 agg)MTK Budapest 0-5 Fenerbahçe (0-7 agg)Basel 4-2 IFK Göteborg (5-3 agg)BATE Borisov 2-2 Anderlecht (4-3 agg)Rapid Wien 3-1 Anorthosis Famagusta (3-4 agg)Dinamo Zagreb 3-2 Domale (6-2 agg)Dinamo Tbilisi 0-0 Panathinaikos (0-3) 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...

The 2008/2009 Champions League third qualifying round draw has now been made, with winners of the sixteen ties set to advance through to the first round proper of the 2008/2009 Champions League. The draw is as follows: Anorthosis Famagusta/Rapid Vienna v Olympiakos Vitoria Guimaraes v IFK Gothenburg/Basel Shakhtar Donetsk v Domzale/Dinamo Zagreb Schalke 04 v Atletico Madrid Aalborg/Modrica v Click to continue reading...