1981–82 season | |
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Chairman | Pierre Jacques Lieblich |
Manager | Helmut Benthaus |
Ground | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Nationalliga A | 8th |
Swiss Cup | Runners-up |
Swiss League Cup | Quarter-final |
Coppa delle Alpi | Winners |
Top goalscorer | League: Martin Jeitziner (8) Maissen (8) All: Maissen (13) |
Highest home attendance | 10,500 on 28 March 1982 vs Servette |
Lowest home attendance | 3,000 on 24 April 1982 vs Sion |
Average home league attendance | 6,126 |
The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1981–82 season was their 88th season since the club was founded. It was their 36th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football after they won promotion during the season 1945–46. They played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Pierre Jacques Lieblich was club chairman for the second year running.
Overview
Pre-season
Helmut Benthaus was first-team manager for the seventeenth consecutive season. During the off-season four players left the squad, Ernst Schleiffer moved on to Grenchen, Peter Marti to Aarau, Markus Tanner to Luzern and Joseph Küttel moved on to Lugano. During the season Hansruedi Schär was loaned out to Nordstern Basel and during the winter break Detlev Lauscher moved on to Luzern. In the other direction goalkeeper Walter Eichenberger joined from Young Boys and defender Bruno Graf joined from Chiasso. Basel also signed two youngsters, Alfred Lüthi from FC Subingen and Beat Sutter joined from local club FC Gelterkinden. The biggest transfer this summer was that of former West German international Harald Nickel from Borussia Mönchengladbach.[1]
Basel played a total of 54 games in their 1981–82 season. 30 matches were played in the domestic league, six in the Swiss Cup, three in the Swiss League Cup, five in the Cup of the Alps and 10 were friendly matches. The team scored a total of 101 goals and conceded 80. Of their 10 test games, six were won and four ended with a defeat. Five of these games were played at home in St. Jakob Stadium and five were played away.[2]
Domestic league
Basel played in the 1981–82 Nationalliga A. The league championship format was expanded from the 1980–81 season to include sixteen teams and the last two teams were to be relegated. Basel ended the season in eighth position, 21 points behind Grasshopper Club who became champions. In their 30 league games Basel won eleven, drew six and lost thirteen matches, which meant that the totaled 28 points. They scored 47 goals, conceding 51. Local rivals Nordstern Basel and Chiasso finished in the last two slots and suffered relegation.[3]
Swiss Cup
Basel entered into the Swiss Cup in the round of 64. Here they were drawn away against Sursee and on 26 September they won the match, 9–1. In the round of 32 they were drawn away against Bellinzona and this match was on 31 October and Basel won, 1–0. In the round of 16 they were drawn away from home against Aarau on 30 March 1982 and this match was won, 3–2. In the quarterfinal Basel played at home against Lausanne-Sport and this ended with a 2–1 victory. The semi-final was played on 4 May in the St. Jakob Stadium against SR Delémont and Basel won 3–0. In the Final, played in the Wankdorf Stadium, was against Sion. After a free kick on the sideline, in the 21st minute, a headed goal from Alain Balet secured Sion the trophy.[4]
Swiss League Cup
In first round of the Swiss League Cup Basel were also drawn at home against Young Boys and a 1–0 victory took them to the next round. Here they played away against Grenchen and came away with a 2–1 victory. In the quarterfinal Basel played on the Stadion Brügglifeld but were eliminated by Aarau.[5]
Coppa delle Alpi
Basel were not qualified to play any of the European competitions, but they did enter the Coppa delle Alpi. They played together with Lausanne-Sport in Group A against Bordeaux and Bastia. Basel won the group and continued to the final, which was played on 29 September 1981 in Basel against Sochaux. They game ended 2–2 after extra time and Basel won on penalties.
Players
The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the season 1981–92. The list includes players that were in the squad the day the Nationalliga A season started on 15 August 1981 but subsequently left the club after that date.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Results
- Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches
Pre- and mid-season
22 July 1981 Pre-season | Karlsruher SC | 1 – 4 | Basel | Schopfheim |
18:30 | Wiesner 13' (1:0) | Summary | 35' (1:1) Gaisser 43' (1:2) Nickel 63' (1:3) Gaisser 75' (1:4) von Wartburg |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ehrenfried Grether |
25 July 1981 Uhrencup | Basel | 4 – 0 | Biel-Bienne | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
Nickel 12' (1:0) Lauscher 37' (2:0) Demarmels 45' (3:0) Gaisser 87' (4:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Roland Chapuis |
7 August 1981 Pre-season | Basel | 5 – 0 | Young Boys | Brunnen |
Lauscher 20' (1:0) Gaisser 27' (2:0) Lauscher 28' (3:0) Stohler 83' (4:0) Sutter 85' (5:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 1,400 Referee: |
11 August 1981 Uhrencup | Grenchen | 1 – 1 (5 – 4 p) | Basel | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
Fleury 37' (1:1) | Summary | 36' (0:1) Stohler 77′ Nickel |
Attendance: 4,300 Referee: Alfred Heinis | |
Penalties | ||||
Wirth Nüssing Fleury Nussbaumer Radakovic |
Nickel Stohler Maradan von Wartburg Mullis |
9 October 1981 Mid-season | Basel | 0 – 5 | 1. FC Köln | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Summary | 49' (0:1) Fischer 52' (0:2) Woodcock 55' (0:3) Littbarski 75' (0:4) Woodcock 82' (0:5) Woodcock |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Georges Sandoz |
Winter break
13 February 1982 Winter break | FC Mendrisiostar | 1 – 2 | Basel | Centro Sportivo Comunale, Mendrisio |
13:45 | Venzi 24' (1:0) Ambroggi 51' |
Summary | 75' (1:1) Ceccaroni 77' (1:2) Maissen |
Attendance: 400 Referee: Francesco Bianchi |
14 February 1982 Winter break | Basel | 4 – 0 | Winterthur | Centro Sportivo Comunale, Mendrisio |
Ceccaroni 4' (1:0) Ceccaroni 11' (2:0) Ceccaroni 31' (3:0) Sutter 51' (4:0) |
Summary | 88′ Rapolder | Attendance: 500 Referee: |
17 February 1982 Winter break | Basel | 0 – 2 | Juventus | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Summary | 1' (0:1) Virdis 68' (0:2) Bonini |
Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Jean-Marie Macheret |
27 February 1982 Winter break | Basel | 0 – 5 | Luzern | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Summary | 10' (0:1) Bachmann 36' (0:2) Schär 48' (0:3) Tanner 53' (0:4) Fischer 84' (o.g. 0:5) |
Referee: Weisskopf |
Nationalliga A
Nationalliga Matches
15 August 1981 Round 1 | Basel | 2 – 0 | Aarau | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Maissen 71' (1:0) Fritsch 83 o.g. 2:0' |
Summary | Attendance: 8,500 Referee: André Daina |
22 August 1981 Round 2 | Vevey-Sports | 0 – 1 | Basel | Stade de Copet, Vevey |
20:00 | Summary | 35' Graf 58' (0:1) Stohler |
Attendance: 4,400 Referee: Fredy Phillippoz |
29 August 1981 Round 3 | Basel | 1 – 0 | Bulle | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Lüthi 86' (1:0) | Summary | 88' Bapst 89' Mantoan |
Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Alfred Heinis |
5 September 1981 Round 4 | Chiasso | 0 – 0 | Basel | Stadio Comunale Riva IV, Chiasso |
20:30 | Gianola 75' | Summary | 68' Nickel | Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Philippe Mercier |
12 September 1981 Round 5 | Basel | 3 – 0 | Nordstern Basel | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Nickel 15' (1:0) Nickel 40' (2:0) Nickel 86' (pen. 3:0) |
Summary | Moser | Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Rudolf Renggli Luzern |
19 September 1981 Round 6 | Servette | 1 – 0 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
20:00 | Pleimelding 37' (1:0) | Summary | 40' Mullis 89' Maissen |
Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Renzo Peduzzi |
22 September 1981 Round 7 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Young Boys | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Geisser 84' Nickel 87' (1:1) Graf 52' 90' |
Summary | 38' (0:1) Müller 74' 80' Bauer |
Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Georges Sandoz |
4 October 1981 Round 8 | Zürich | 3 – 1 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
14:30 | Seiler 12' (1:0) Maradan 44' (o.g. 2:0) Seiler 89' (3:1) |
Summary | 49' (2:1) Jeitziner | Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Ulrich Nyffenegger |
17 October 1981 Round 9 | Basel | 1 – 3 | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Jeitziner 70' (1:2) | Summary | 31' (0:1) Tachet 61' (pen. 0:2) Tachet 83' (1:3) Tachet |
Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Bruno Galler |
24 October 1980 Round 10 | Sion | 3 – 2 | Basel | Stade Tourbillon, Sion |
20:15 | Cucinotta 4' (1:0) Brigger 72' (2:2) Richard 79' (3:2) Richard |
Summary | 17' (1:1) Sutter 65' (1:2) Maissen Graf Demarmels |
Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Rudolf Affolter |
7 November 1981 Round 11 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Xamax | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
17:30 | Stohler 84' (1:1) | Summary | 18' (0:1) Küffer | Attendance: 3,700 Referee: Alfred Heinis |
15 November 1981 Round 12 | Bellinzona | 1 – 1 | Basel | Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona |
14:45 | Maccini 10' (1:0) | Summary | 58' Duvernois 88' (1:1) Stohler |
Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Bruno Galler |
22 November 1981 Round 13 | Basel | 5 – 2 | St. Gallen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Sutter 6' (1:0) von Wartburg 39' (2:1) Sutter 56' (3:1) Sutter 59' (4:1) Mullis 62' (5:1) |
Summary | 19' (1:1) Gorgon 90' (5:2) Sengör |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Roland Chapuis |
29 November 1981 Round 14 | Grasshopper Club | 3 – 0 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
14:30 | Sulser 34' (1:0) Heinz Hermann 47' (2:0) Sulser 77' (3:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Willy Hänni |
6 December 1981 Round 15 | Luzern | 2 – 2 | Basel | Stadion Allmend, Luzern |
14:30 | Tanner 29' (1:2) Risi 85' (2:2) |
Summary | 10' (0:1) Demarmels 12' (0:2) Maissen |
Attendance: 9,300 Referee: Georges SandozD |
Round 16 | Bulle | P – P | Basel | Stade de Bouleyres, Bulle |
7 March 1982 Round 17 | Basel | 3 – 0 | Chiasso | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
15:00 | Jeitziner 5' (1:0) Nickel 32' (2:0) Jeitziner 86' (3:0) Jeitziner |
Summary | Manzoni | Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Roland Chapuis |
10 March 1982 Round 16 | Bulle | 1 – 0 | Basel | Stade de Bouleyres, Bulle |
20:00 | Bapst 77' (1:0) | Summary | 86' Maradan | Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern |
14 March 1982 Round 18 | Nordstern Basel | 3 – 4 | Basel | Stadion Rankhof, Basel |
14:30 | Schär 43' (1:2) Grimm 58' (2:2) Holenstein 88' (3:4) Sprunger |
Summary | 19' (0:1) Demarmels 40' (0:2) Maissen 84' (2:3) Ceccaroni 88' (2:4) Ceccaroni Demarmels |
Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Jean-Marie Macheret |
28 March 1982 Round 19 | Basel | 0 – 1 | Servette | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
15:00 | Summary | 83' (0:1) Schnyder | Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Ulrich Nyffenegger |
31 March 1982 Round 20 | Young Boys | 3 – 1 | Basel | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
20:00 | Schönenberger 34' (1:1) Conz 57' (pen. 2:1) Peterhans 86' (3:1) |
Summary | 19' (o.g. 0:1) Conz | Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Fredy Phillippoz |
3 April 1982 Round 21 | Basel | 0 – 2 | Zürich | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Summary | 16' (0:1) Jerković 42' Iselin 69' (0:2) Erba 84' Jerković 86' Landolt |
Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Werner Föckler Bad Dürkheim |
4 April 1982 Round 22 | Basel | 4 – 2 | Vevey-Sports | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
18:00 | von Wartburg 26' (1:0) Jeitziner 34' (2:0) Ceccaroni 55' (3:0) Maissen 64' (4:1) Graf 85' |
Summary | 62' (3:1) Débonnaire 74' (4:2) Nicolet |
Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Jean-Marie Macheret |
17 April 1982 Round 23 | Lausanne-Sport | 2 – 3 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
20:30 | Pfister 20' (1:1) Mauron 80' (2:2) Batardon |
Summary | 14' (pen. 0:1) Stohler 23' Nickel 52' (1:2) Jeitziner 90+2' (2:3) Mullis Lüthi |
Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Franz Gächter |
24 April 1982 Round 24 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Sion | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
24:00 | Stohler 9' (pen. 1:0) Duvernois 80' (2:1) |
Summary | 44' (1:1) Cucinotta | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Werner Liebi |
1 May 1982 Round 25 | Xamax | 4 – 2 | Basel | Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel |
20:00 | Givens 34' (1:0) Forestier 69' (2:1) Givens 81' (3:1) Andrey 87' (pen. 4:2) |
Summary | 63' (1:1) Sutter 85' (3:2) Mullis |
Attendance: 7,300 Referee: Marco Raveglia |
8 May 1982 Round 26 | Basel | 3 – 1 | Bellinzona | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Maissen 21' (1:0) Nickel 58' (2:0) Maissen 79' (3:1) Maissen Stohler Graf |
Summary | 65' (2:1) Leoni | Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Walter Nussbaumer |
15 May 1982 Round 27 | St. Gallen | 4 – 0 | Basel | Espenmoos, St. Gallen |
17:30 | Gisinger 7' (1:0) Germann 10' (2:0) Ritter 57' (pen. 3:0) Briberg 68' (4:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 5,700 Referee: André Daina |
25 May 1982 Round 28 | Aarau | 2 – 1 | Basel | Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau |
20:00 | Marti 6' (1:0) Herberth 8' (2:0) |
Summary | 24' (2:1) Jeitziner | Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Charles-Henri Morex |
5 June 1982 Round 29 | Basel | 1 – 3 | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Maissen 55' (1:2) | Summary | 8' (0:1) Koller 14' (0:2) Zanetti 85' (1:3) Wehrli |
Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Rudolf Renggli Luzern |
League standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Grasshopper Club | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 72 | 24 | +48 | 49 | Champions, qualified for 1982–83 European Cup |
2 | Servette | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 76 | 32 | +44 | 46 | qualified for 1982–83 UEFA Cup |
3 | Zürich | 30 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 62 | 25 | +37 | 46 | qualified for 1982–83 UEFA Cup |
4 | Xamax | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 67 | 30 | +37 | 45 | |
5 | Young Boys | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 39 | |
6 | Sion | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 31 | Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup |
7 | Aarau | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 51 | 55 | −4 | 28 | |
8 | Basel | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 28 | |
9 | Luzern | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 54 | 59 | −5 | 27 | |
10 | St. Gallen | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 25 | |
11 | Vevey-Sports | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 23 | |
12 | Bellinzona | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 34 | 66 | −32 | 21 | |
13 | Lausanne-Sport | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 20 | |
14 | Bulle | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 58 | −29 | 19 | |
15 | Nordstern Basel | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 29 | 69 | −40 | 17 | Relegated |
16 | Chiasso | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 63 | −38 | 16 | Relegated |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Swiss Cup
26 September 1981 Round of 64 | Sursee | 1 – 9 | Basel | Stadion Schlottermilch, Sursee |
Hummel 53' (pen. 1:5) | Summary | 20' (0:1) Demarmels 23' (0:2) Duvernois 26' (0:3) Sutter 32' (0:4) Nickel 48' (0:5) Maissen 79' (1:6) Gaisser 82' (1:7) Jeitziner 83' (1:8) Maissen 90' (1:9) Geisser |
Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Willi Jaus |
31 October 1981 Round of 32 | Bellinzona | 0 – 1 | Basel | Stadio Comunale Bellinzona |
14:45 | Summary | 26' (0:1) Maissen | Attendance: 2,400 Referee: Othmar Winter |
21 March 1982 Round of 16 | Aarau | 2 – 3 | Basel | Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau |
15:00 | Herberth 36' (1:1) Da Costa 77' (2:3) |
Summary | 6' (0:1) Hasler 48' (1:2) Ceccaroni 65' (1:3) Maradan Hasler |
Attendance: 6,800 Referee: Arturo Martino |
12 April 1982 Quarter-final | Basel | 2 – 1 | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
16:30 | Maradan 6' (1:0) Maissen 11' (2:0) |
Summary | 90' (2:1) Dario Dario |
Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Rudolf Affolter |
4 May 1982 Semi-final | Basel | 3 – 0 | SR Delémont | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Maissen 23' (1:0) Schribertschnig 86' (o.g. 2:0) Sutter 90' (3:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 10,200 Referee: Jean-Marie Macheret |
31 May 1982 Final | Sion | 1 – 0 | Basel | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
14:30 | Balet 23' (1:0) | Summary | Attendance: 44,000 Referee: Jean-Marie Macheret |
Swiss League Cup
4 August 1981 Round of 32 | Basel | 1 – 0 | Young Boys | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
19:00 | Sutter 63' (1:0) | Summary | Attendance: 6,400 Referee: Bruno Galler |
Coppa delle Alpi
- Group A
4 July 1981 Round 1 | Basel | 0 – 3 | Bordeaux | Stade du Tirage, Porrentruy |
Summary | 26' (0:1) Lacombe 35' (0:2) Giresse 44' (0:3) Giresse |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Baccoud |
11 July 1981 Round 2 | Basel | 4 – 1 | Bastia | Parc des Sports, Delémont |
18:30 | Maissen 5' (1:1) Nickel 33' (2:1) Nickel 38' (3:1) Mullis 66' (4:1) |
Summary | 3' (0:1) Marini | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Jacques Ferrary |
15 July 1981 Round 3 | Bordeaux | 0 – 1 | Basel | Bordeaux |
Summary | 18' (0:1) Nickel | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Walter Nussbaumer |
18 July 1981 Round 4 | Bastia | 0 – 4 | Basel | Stade Armand Cesari, Furiani |
Summary | 28' (0:1) Nickel 30' (0:2) Demarmels 33' (0:3) Sutter 66' (pen. 0:4) Nickel |
Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Bruno Burgener |
NB: teams did not play compatriots
- Group table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | (B) | Pts |
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1 | Basel | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
2 | Bordeaux | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
3 | Bastia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 4 |
4 | Lausanne-Sport | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
NB: 1 bonus point awarded for victory by 3 or more goals
- Final
See also
References
- ↑ FC Basel 1893. "Harald Nickel ist gestorben". FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1981/82". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ↑ Erik Garin and Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A 1981/82". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ↑ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1981/82". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ↑ Erik Garin. "Switzerland - League Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
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