About Basel XI

The Basel XI was a representative football team of the Swiss city of Basel, put together for the first Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1955–58. Only one team from each trade-fair city was allowed to take part, so Basel entered a combined side instead of one of its clubs.

On 4 June 1955 the Basel XI played the very first match of the Fairs Cup, losing 5–0 to the London XI at the St. Jakob Stadium. It played in a group with London and the Frankfurt XI and used the St. Jakob Stadium and the Landhof as home grounds.

Basel lost 1–0 in London and 5–1 in Frankfurt and beat Frankfurt 6–2 at home, finishing behind the London XI, which went through to the semi-finals.