The Blues progressed from the quarter-final stage, with a 5-4 aggregrate victory over Russian side Rubin Kazan, and will face Tottenham's conquerors over two legs in April and May.
The other tie sees Turkish side Fenerbahce take on Portuguese club Benfica for a place in the final.
Chelsea club secretary David Barnard admitted Basel was the side the club wanted to draw in the semi-finals.
"I think we would have hoped for Basel," he said. "But then Basel have just put out Tottenham and were responsible for Manchester United not getting through the group stage which is a tough one.
"Credit must go to Rafa (Benitez) because of the way he has handled it and got Chelsea to two semi-finals (in the Europa League and Capital One Cup)."
Barnard also had one eye on the Europa League final, where he has already pinpointed Chelsea's preferred opponents.
"If we play in the final of the Europa League final we will still be holders of the Champions League so we could be holders of both trophies at the same time," he said.
"Fenerbahce and Benfica are both known to us. We played Benfica in last year's Champions League and we have a good relationship with them so I think we would prefer to have Benfica in the final."
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