Thanks to ex-Bayern star: Basel ends champions

Eight years after his last championship to date, FC Basel again won the title in Switzerland. The best shooter of the team is Xherdan Shaqiri.

FC Basel is again Swiss champion. After the goalless draw by pursuer Servette Geneva against Young Boys Bern, the one -time series master is eleven points ahead and can no longer be replaced by first place on the last three match days.

Basel ended an eight -year dry spell in which the club had not brought a championship title.

Xherdan Shaqiri led Basel to the championship

Xherdan Shaqiri led Basel to the championship

When the team last became champion in the 2016/17 season, Urs Fischer was still a coach. Now the coach Fabio Celestini is called, whose team had set the course towards the title with a 5-2 win in Lugano on Saturday.

Xherdan Shaqiri leads in gates and assists

A key part of the success had returnees Xherdan Shaqiri, who switched from Basel to FC Bayern in 2012 and played there for two and a half years.

He returned to Basel before the start of this season. After 31 missions, the 33-year-old veteran in the Swiss league clearly leads both the goal and assist statistics with 18 goals and 20 templates.

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