25 August and Basel were drawn at home in the St. Jakob-Park against lower tier Winterthur. This was the club's first home game in the cup for two years. Basel started well into the game, capitain Valentin Stocker and Silvan Widmer put Basel two up after just five minutes, then Ricky van Wolfswinkel added a third after 22 minutes. The former Basel player Roman Buess managed to pull a goal back before half time. In the second half Afimico Pululu, again Van Wolfswinkel and Fabian Frei managed three more goals to make it a definitive 6–1 win. The final was played on 30 August in the Stadion Wankdorf in Bern and the opponents were BSC Young Boys. Basel took a lead through Omar Alderete before half time, but Jean-Pierre Nsame equalised after the half time break. In the last minute of the match Marvin Spielmann scored the winner. Basel were defeated. Champions League Basel were qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League in the qualifying phase (League Path) in the second qualifying round. Here they were drawn against PSV Eindhoven from the Netherlands and won on the away goals rule after the two games ended with a 4–4 aggregate score. After winning the second qualifying round, Basel qualified for the third qualifying round. The draw for this round was held on 22 July 2019 and Basel were drawn against Austrian team LASK. But Basel lost both legs and were knocked out of the competition. Europa League Following their elimination in the UEFA Champions League qualifying phase, Basel were qualified for the Europa League group stage. Here they were drawn into group C together with Russian team Krasnodar, Turkish team Trabzonspor and the Spanish team Getafe. Basel won their three group home games, they also won the match in Spain, drew the away match in Turkey but were defeated in their match in Russia. With 13 points they were top place in the group and therefore advanced to the knockout phase as seeded team. The Round of 32 started on 20 February 2020 and the draw gave them the first leg in Nicosia against APOEL. Raoul Petretta scored Basel's first after 16 minutes, Valentin Stocker added a second eight minutes into the second half and Arthur Cabral scored in the 66th minute to give them a 3–0 victory. It was a comfortable night for the visitors who capitalised on some poor