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FC Basel
Despite having 10 games to go, FC Basel have virtually wrapped up the Swiss Super League and in 14 league matches, they’ve only lost one. In fact, since the 2011/12 season, the club have lost just seven league games at home.
They’ve been a regular on the European circuit over the last few years, and their fans carry quite the reputation. At home, this equates to 38,000 of them cramming into St Jakob-Park, flares clouding the sky and flags creating a sea of terror for both opposing fans and players.
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Where people claim the Swiss are neutral, the fans based in Basel certainly aren’t. There rivalry with FC Zurich is huge. The teams drew 2-2 just last weekend, causing clashes outside the ground between fans.
On the pitch they’ve been magnificent this season, largely thanks to Marc Janko who has bagged 16 goals in just 17 league games for the club, and their run in the Europa League could only be halted by Sevilla, one of the favourites to win the tournament.
The club’s fans even stopped a match once by throwing hundreds of tennis balls onto the pitch to protest transfer of the match due to a tennis tournament.
