FC Basel
1999–2000 season
ChairmanSwitzerland René C. Jäggi
ManagerChristian Gross
GroundStadion Schützenmatte
Nationalliga AQualifying Phase 2nd
Nationalliga AChampions Group 3rd
Swiss CupQuarterfinals
Top goalscorerLeague: George Koumantarakis (13)
All: George Koumantarakis (24)
Highest home attendance11,750 on 29 August 1999
vs Zürich
Lowest home attendance5,203 on 27 November 1999
vs Lausanne-Sport
Average home league attendance7,680[1]

The 1999–2000 Fussball Club Basel 1893 season was their 106th season since the club's foundation. Following their promotion in the 1993–94 season this was their sixth consecutive season in the highest tier of Swiss football. René C. Jäggi was the club's chairman for the fourth year. FC Basel played their home games in the Stadion Schützenmatte while the new stadium was being built.

Overview

On 15 June 1999 Christian Gross was appointed as the new first team trainer and he assigned Ruedi Zbinden as his co-trainer. Forming his new team, Gross made a number of signings before the season started. These new signings included defensive players such as Alexandre Quennoz, who signed from Sion, Ivan Knez from Luzern and Murat Yakin who came from Fenerbahçe and forwards such as George Koumantarakis who signed in from Luzern, Didier Tholot from Sion and Thomas Häberli from Kriens. The most interest was raised in the signing of Pascal Zuberbühler in a goalkeeper swap with Stefan Huber who then went to Grasshopper Club. In the outwards direction Mario Frick transferred to Zürich, Abedi to Yverdon and Fabrice Henry to Hibernian (on loan).

The Campaign

Pre-season friendlies

Before the domestic League season started on 7 July Basel had little time to get things ready. They organised one test game against lower tier SR Delémont, which was played in Laufen and won 2–0, and they entered the Sempione Cup, which was played in Balsthal. Here Basel played the semi-final against Brazilian team Ituano FC, which was lost, and the third place match against Croatian Dinamo Zagreb, in which they also suffered a defeat.[2]

Domestic League

The qualifying round of the League season 1999–2000 was contested by twelve teams. The first eight teams of the First Stage (or Qualification) were then to compete in the Championship Round. The season started on 7 July. Basel's priority aim was to reach the Championship stage and end the season in the top three. The season started sub-optimal, the team remained unbeaten, but with just three wins and four draws in the first seven rounds, they lost contact to the table leaders. Following their first defeat, in the away game against Lausanne-Sport, Basel improved their position in the table with another three victories. Basel suffered their first home defeat on 2 October against Yverdon-Sports, but they ended the Qualification Round in second position in the league table.

The Championship Round started on 12 March 2000. The participating teams took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the Qualification as bonus with them. Basel played amongst the table leaders and in the tenth round they even managed a 3–1 victory against league leaders St. Gallen. However, in their last four matches Basel won only two further points and dropped to third position behind champions St Gallen and Lausanne, against whom the final game of the season ended in a 0–3 home defeat on 7 June 2000. Nevertheless, Basel qualified for the 2000–01 UEFA Cup.[3]

Domestic Cup

Basel's clear aim for the Swiss Cup was to win the title. In the round of 32, they were drawn away against Mendrisio. In the next round a home game against Grasshopper Club, ended in a draw and was eventually won in the penalty shoot out. The quarterfinal against Lausanne-Sport ended the cup run.[1] Lausanne continued and advanced to the final, but here they were beaten by Zürich in a penalty shoot-out.[3]

Europe

Basel were qualified for the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup. The first round was played against Slovenian team Korotan Prevalje on 20 and 26 June 1999 and won 6–0 on aggregate. The second round draw brought the Czech Republic club Boby Brno to Basel on 4 July. The return leg a week later gave Basel a 4–2 victory on aggregate. Although the first leg of the third round was won away from home against Hamburg, the Germans won the second leg in the Stadion Schützenmatte and Hamburg proceeded due to the away goals rule.[4]

Players

First team squad

The following is the list of the Basel first team squad. It includes all players that were in the squad the day the season started on 7 July 1999 but subsequently left the club after that date and it includes all players that transferred in during the season.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Switzerland SUI Pascal Zuberbühler
2 DF Switzerland SUI Massimo Ceccaroni
3 DF Switzerland SUI Luís Calapes
4 DF Switzerland SUI Alexandre Quennoz
5 DF Germany GER Oliver Kreuzer
6 DF Switzerland SUI Philippe Cravero
7 FW Liechtenstein LIE Marco Pérez (loan to SR Delémont)
8 MF Switzerland SUI Raphael Kehrli
9 FW South Africa RSA George Koumantarakis
10 MF Russia RUS Aleksandr Rytchkov
11 FW Turkey TUR Cetin Güner
12 DF Switzerland SUI Sébastien Barberis
13 DF Switzerland SUI Marco Tschopp
14 FW Russia RUS Nenad Savić
16 MF Switzerland SUI Benjamin Huggel
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Switzerland SUI Mario Cantaluppi
18 GK Switzerland SUI Oliver Stöckli
19 DF Brazil BRA Fabinho (contract ended)
20 DF Switzerland SUI Ivan Knez
21 MF Switzerland SUI Didier Tholot
22 MF Turkey TUR Atilla Sahin (loan to Göztepe Izmir)
23 DF Switzerland SUI Murat Yakin
24 DF Switzerland SUI Thomas Häberli
25 GK Ivory Coast CIV Slaven Matan (on loan to Young Boys)
26 FW Ghana GHA Edmond N'Tiamoah (from youth team)
27 FW Zimbabwe ZIM Agent Sawu
29 FW Switzerland SUI Urs Güntensperger
— FW Russia RUS Daniel Dobrovoljski
— FW Switzerland SUI Deniz Mendi
— FW France FRA Olivier Boumelaha (from youth team)

Transfers in

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Switzerland SUI Pascal Zuberbühler (from Grasshopper Club)
4 DF Switzerland SUI Alexandre Quennoz (from Sion)
8 MF Switzerland SUI Raphael Kehrli (from Young Boys)
9 FW South Africa RSA George Koumantarakis (from Luzern)
14 FW Russia RUS Nenad Savić (from Xamax)
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 GK Switzerland SUI Oliver Stöckli (from Baden)
20 DF Switzerland SUI Ivan Knez (from Luzern)
21 MF Switzerland SUI Didier Tholot (from Sion)
23 DF Switzerland SUI Murat Yakin (from Fenerbahçe)
24 DF Switzerland SUI Thomas Häberli (from Kriens)
27 FW Zimbabwe ZIM Agent Sawu (from Young Boys)

Transfers out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Switzerland SUI Stefan Huber (to Grasshopper Club)
8 MF Liechtenstein LIE Mario Frick (to Zürich)
No. Pos. Nation Player
9 MF France FRA Fabrice Henry (to Hibernian (loan))
24 DF Brazil BRA Abedi (to Yverdon)

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season

23 June 1999 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 2 – 0 Switzerland SR Delémont Im Nau, Laufen
19:00 Mendi 11' (1:0)
Kehrli 24' (2:0)		 Report Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Andreas Schluchter
1 July 1999 Sempione-Cup
Semi-final		 Basel Switzerland 1 – 3 Brazil Ituano FC Moos, Balsthal
20:00 Tschopp 41' (1:0) Summary Yellow card 8' Hermes
51' (1:1) Nene
Yellow card 65' Nene
76' (1:2) Didi
82' (1:3) Brasilia		 Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Switzerland Dieter Schoch
Note: The Sempione Cup was a club tournament played in summer at Sportanlage Moos, Balsthal, during the years 1987 to 2004.[2]
3 July 1999 Sempione-Cup
3rd place match		 Basel Switzerland 0 – 3 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb Moos, Balsthal
19:00 Summary 69' (0:1) Šokota
70' (0:2) Mikulėnas
81' (0:3) Mujcin		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Urs Meier
Note: The Sempione Cup was a club tournament played in summer at Sportanlage Moos, Balsthal, during the years 1987 to 2004.[2]
17 August 1999 Mid-season SV Muttenz Switzerland 1 – 3 Switzerland Basel Margelacker, Muttenz
Küpfe Yellow card 76'
Cecere 83' (1:3)		 Summary 8' (0:1) Fabinho
Yellow card 42' Bedzigui
43' (0:2) Dobrovoljski
47' (0:3) Bedzigui		 Attendance: 400
Referee: Switzerland Jürg Burkhart
7 September 1999 Mid-season Baden Switzerland 5 – 2 Switzerland Basel Esp Stadium, Fislisbach
17:00 Lüthi 15' (1:0)
Berardi Yellow card 26'
Lüthi 43' (2:2)
Dnibi Yellow card 52'
Fiechter 65' (3:2)
Lelis 67' (4:2)
Ramondetta 70' (5:2)		 Summary 30' (1:1) Kreuzer
32' (1:2) Sahin
Yellow card 64' Yellow-red card 72' Cravero		 Attendance: 450
Referee: Switzerland René Rogalla
28 September 1999 Mid-season Old Boys Switzerland 0 – 6 Switzerland Basel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:00 Vujasinovic Yellow card 79' Summary 1' (0:1) Kehrli
29' (0:2) Cetin Güner
38' (0:3) Huggel
41' (0:4) Tholot
42' (0:5) Tholot
44' (0:6) Kehrli		 Attendance: 500
Referee: Switzerland Jürg Burkhart
13 October 1999 Mid-season Concordia Basel Switzerland 0 – 5 Switzerland Basel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
Summary 5' (0:1) Cantaluppi
26' (0:2) Cantaluppi
54' (0:3) Güner
81' (0:4) Kreuzer
88' (0:5) Barberis		 Attendance: 350
Referee: Switzerland Claudio Circhetta
30 November 1999 Mid season SC Dornach Switzerland 0 – 1 Switzerland Basel Gigersloch, Dornach
19:00 Summary soccer ball with red X 4′ Güner
35' (0:1) Pérez		 Attendance: 80
Referee: Switzerland Claudio Circhetta

Winter break

18 January 2000 Winter break Baden Switzerland 2 – 0 Switzerland Basel Esp Stadium, Fislisbach
18:00 Lüthi 41' (pen.)
Oldani 54' (2:0)
Berger Yellow card 73'
Mehmeti Yellow card 79'		 Summary Attendance: 325
Referee: Switzerland René Rogalla
22 January 2000 Winter break Grenchen Switzerland 1 – 2 Switzerland Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
14:30 Becker 3' (1:0) Summary 15' (1:1) Tholot
Yellow card 57' Arslan
90' (1:2) Tholot		 Attendance: 100
Referee: Switzerland Daniel Gilliand
29 January 2000 Winter break SC Freiburg Germany 4 – 0 Switzerland Basel Dreisamstadion, Freiburg
19:30 Kobiashvili 3' (1:0)
Iashvili 47' (2:0)
Ben Slimane 54' (3:0)
Iashvili 74' (4:0)		 Summary Yellow card 14' Ceccaroni
Yellow card 68' Savić		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Germany Markus Schmidt
2 February 2000 Winter break Karlsruher SC Germany 1 – 2 Switzerland Basel Waldsportplatz, Renchen
18:00 da Silva Yellow card 50'
Edman Yellow card 57'
Lakies 82' (1:2)		 Summary 36' (0:1) Calapes
62' (0:2) Kreuzer		 Attendance: 800
Referee: Germany Bernhard Zerr
5 February 2000 Winter break Bellinzona Switzerland 2 – 2 Switzerland Basel Campo Sportivo, Carasso, Bellinzona
14:30 Tato 24' (1:0)
Miccolis Yellow card 41'
Lustrinelli 43' (2:1)
Martin Yellow card 83'		 Summary 34' (1:1) Tholot
88' (2:2) Cravero		 Attendance: 900
Referee: Switzerland Reto Rutz
10 February 2000 Trainings camp Basel Switzerland 1 – 0 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv Wingate Institute, Netanya, Israel
17:30 Koumantarakis 38' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 15
Referee: Russia Alex Schterngel
13 February 2000 Trainings camp Lokomotiv Moscow Russia 3 – 2 Switzerland Basel Haifa, Israel
Ewsewew 5' (1:0)
Bulykin 20' (2:0)
Teryokhin 49' (3:0)
Sarkisyan Yellow card 85'		 Summary 51' (pen. 3:1) Kreuzer
69' (3:2) Kehrli		 Attendance: 20
Referee: Russia Alex Schterngel
20 February 2000 Winter break Basel Switzerland 0 – 2 Switzerland SR Delémont Im Nau, Laufen
14:30 Yakin Yellow card 79' Summary 57' (0:1) Fabinho
Yellow card 57' Froidevaux
80' (0:2) Shereni		 Attendance: 804
Referee: Switzerland Andreas Schluchter, (Schönenbuch)
26 February 2000 Winter break Aarau Switzerland 1 – 3 Switzerland Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
14:30 Senn 90' (1:3) Summary 72' (0:1) Calapes
76' (0:2) Tholot
79' (0:3) Kehrli		 Attendance: 800
Referee: Switzerland Markus Nobs, (Wohlen)
7 March 2000 Winter break Basel Switzerland 3 – 2 Switzerland Concordia Basel Stadion Rankhof, Basel
Batista
Batista
Kehrli 		Summary Brogno
Busetti		 Attendance: 0
Note: Played behind closed doors. Test player Everson Batista from Borussia Dortmund
18 April 2000 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 1 – 0 Switzerland Wangen bei Olten Stadion Rankhof, Basel
19:00 Cantaluppi 65' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 200
Referee: Switzerland Andreas Schluchter
2 May 2000 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 2 – 0 Switzerland Concordia Basel Stadion Rankhof, Basel
19:30 Güner 78' (1:0)
Aziawonou 86' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 300
Referee: Switzerland Jürg Burkhart
Note: Concordia competed with goalkeepers Rutz and Rapic (both FC Basel). Basel with Yao Aziawonou
16 May 2000 Mid-season FC Schönbühl Switzerland 0 – 4 Switzerland Basel Sportplatz Sand West, Schönbühl
19:00 Summary 3' (0:1) Sawu
16' (0:2) Kehrli
43' (0:3) Quennoz
60' (0:4) Calapes		 Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Switzerland Markus Nobs, (Wohlen)

Nationalliga A

Qualifying phase

7 July 1999 Round 1 Lugano 1 – 1 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
19:30 Rossi Yellow card 29'
Magnin 90' (1:1)		 Summary 12' (0:1) Red card 33' Kreuzer
Yellow card 25' Koumantarakis		 Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Switzerland Dieter Schoch
14 July 1999 Round 2 Basel 1 – 1 Xamax Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:30 Tholot soccer ball with red X 17′
Tholot 35' (1:0)
Savić Yellow card 80'		 Summary Yellow card 68' Wittl
Yellow card 81' Sansoni
90+2' (1:1) Bieli		 Attendance: 8,679
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca
Note: Swiss national team head coach Gilbert Gress amongst the spectators
17 July 1999 Round 3 Yverdon-Sports Postponed Basel Stade Municipal, Yverdon
[ Summary]
21 July 1999 Round 4 Basel 1 – 1 Grasshopper Club Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:30 Güner Yellow card 17'
Cravero 36' (1:0)
Knez Yellow card 70'
Kreuzer Yellow card 76'		 Summary Yellow card 22' Cabanas
74' (1:1) Yellow card 89' de Napoli		 Attendance: 8,431
Referee: Switzerland Roland Beck
24 July 1999 Round 5 St. Gallen Postponed Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
[ Summary]
31 July 1999 Round 6 Basel 3 – 0 SR Delémont Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
17:30 Tholot 6' (1:0)
Tholot 42' (2:0)
Kreuzer 76' (3:0)
Cravero Yellow card 83'		 Summary Yellow card 6' Fabinho Attendance: 7,535
Referee: Switzerland Philippe Leuba
5 August 1999 Round 7 Servette 1 – 1 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
20:00 Koumantarakis 12' (1:0)
Kreuzer Yellow card 51'
Barberis Yellow card 65'
Cantaluppi Yellow card 83'
Sahin Yellow card 90'		 Summary JeanneretYellow card 26'
81' (1:1) Thurre		 Attendance: 6,142
Referee: Switzerland Carlo Bertolini
10 August 1999 Round 3 Yverdon-Sports 0 – 1 Basel Stade Municipal, Yverdon
19:30 Peço Yellow card 50'
Abedi (Gonçalves) Yellow card 67'
Diogo Yellow card 88'		 Summary Yellow card 16' Kreuzer
31' (0:1) Tholot
Savić Yellow card 33'
Koumantarakis Yellow card 41'		 Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Switzerland Marcel Vollenweider
15 August 1999 Round 8 Basel 2 – 0 Luzern Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:15 Tholot Yellow card 39'
Koumantarakis 43' (1:0)
Kehrli Yellow card 45'
Güner Yellow card 55'
Kreuzer Yellow card 67'
Huggel 81' (2:0)		 Summary Yellow card 43' A. Frei
Yellow card 73' Arnold		 Attendance: 7,850
Referee: Switzerland Urs Meier
21 August 1999 Round 9 Lausanne-Sport 1 – 0 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
19:30 Mazzoni 21' (1:0) Summary Yellow card 17' Knez
Yellow card 60' Ceccaroni		 Attendance: 5,700
Referee: Switzerland Nicole Petignat
24 August 1999 Round 5 St. Gallen 1 – 1 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
19:30 Hellinga Yellow card 32'
Winkler Yellow card 57'
Contini Yellow card 78'
Jairo Yellow card 88'
Amoah 90+4' (1:1)		 Summary Yellow card 25' Tschopp
Yellow card 27' Huggel
90+1' (0:1) Knez
Yellow card 94' Kreuzer		 Attendance: 11.600
Referee: Switzerland René Rogalla
29 August 1999 Round 10 Basel 0 – 0 Zürich Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:15 Güner Yellow card 57' Summary Yellow card 11' Eydelie
Yellow card 34' Stocklasa
Yellow card 45' Fischer		 Attendance: 11,750
Referee: Switzerland Reto Rutz
11 September 1999 Round 11 Aarau 1 – 3 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
19:30 Baldassarri Yellow card 60'
Wojciechowski 81' (1:2)		 Summary 8' (0:1) Huggel
Yellow card 15' Tholot
71' (0:2) Cantaluppi
87' (1:3) Savić		 Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Switzerland Marcus Nobs
18 September 1999 Round 12 Basel 1 – 0 Lugano Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:30 Huggel Yellow card 13'
Barberis 32' (1:0)
Calapes Yellow card 58'
Knez Yellow card 77'
Tholot Yellow card 85'		 Summary Yellow card 27' Yellow-red card 59' Barea Attendance: 6,950
Referee: Switzerland Urs Meier
Note: Joël Magnin's equaliser was denied due to Mohamed Kader's offside position
23 September 1999 Round 13 Xamax 1 – 2 Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
19:30 Delay Yellow card 54'
Moret Yellow card 69'
Bieli 90+3' (1:2)		 Summary 51' (0:1) Tholot
70' (0:2) Tschopp
Yellow card 87' Calapes		 Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Switzerland Dominique Tavel
2 October 1999 Round 14 Basel 1 – 2 Yverdon-Sports Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:30 Cantaluppi Yellow card 13'
Koumantarakis 87' (1:2)		 Summary Yellow card 29' Biaggi
Yellow card 34' Adoazinho
Yellow card 36' Jenny
69' (0:1) Tchouga
Yellow card 76' Friedli
85' (0:2) Tchouga		 Attendance: 9,250
Referee: Switzerland Claude Détruche
Note: Swiss national team head coach Gilbert Gress amongst the spectators
17 October 1999 Round 15 Grasshopper Club 1 – 1 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
16:15 Sermeter Yellow card 25'
Ekoku 72' (1:1)		 Summary 3' (0:1) Kreuzer
Yellow card 21' Knez
Yellow card 44' Huggel
Yellow card 67' Savić		 Attendance: 10,700
Referee: Switzerland Dieter Schoch
Note: Swiss national team head coach Gilbert Gress amongst the spectators
24 October 1999 Round 16 Basel 4 – 1 St. Gallen Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:05 Koumantarakis 35' (1:0)
Kreuzer 47' (2:0)
Koumantarakis 63' (3:0)
Koumantarakis 70' (4:0)
Güntensperger Yellow card 80'		 Summary Yellow card 30' Müller
Yellow card 37' Mazzarelli
78' (4:1) Amoah
Yellow card 84' Helinga
Yellow card 84' Zellweger		 Attendance: 7,861
Referee: Switzerland Guido Wildhaber
31 October 1999 Round 17 SR Delémont 2 – 2 Basel La Blancherie, Delémont
14:30 Fabinho Yellow card 19' 10' (1:1)
Rytchkov Yellow card 33' 17' (pen. 2:1)
Hushi Yellow card 90'		 Summary 8' (0:1) Huggel
soccer ball with red X 16′ Koumantarakis
Yellow card 17' Knez
Yellow card 24' Cantaluppi
61' (2:2) Yellow card 9' Kreuzer		 Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca
7 November 1999 Round 18 Basel 0 – 0 Servette Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
17:30 Quennoz Yellow card 16'
Cravero Yellow card 58'		 Summary Yellow card 50' Vurens
Yellow card 51' Ouadja
Yellow card 79' Vanetta		 Attendance: 6,535
Referee: Switzerland René Rogalla
21 November 1999 Round 19 Luzern 3 – 0 Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
14:30 A. Frei 34' (1:0)
Türkyılmaz 52' (2:0)
A. Frei 62' (3:0)		 Summary Yellow card 16' Cravero
Yellow card 61' Knez
Yellow card 79' Cantaluppi		 Attendance: 8,845
Referee: Switzerland Marcel Vollenweider
27 November 1999 Round 20 Basel 3 – 3 Lausanne-Sport Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
17:30 Cravero 10' (1:0)
Koumantarakis 15' (2:0)
Cantaluppi Yellow card 76'
Kreuzer 78' (3:3)		 Summary 27' (2:1) Gerber
36' (2:2) Rehn
39' (pen. 2:3) Diogo
Yellow card 74' Horjak
Yellow card 80' Christ
Red card 81' Kuźba		 Attendance: 5,203
Referee: Switzerland Nicole Petignat
5 December 1999 Round 21 Zürich 0 – 1 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
14:30 Stocklasa Yellow card 22'
Eydelie Yellow card 36'		 Summary 27' (0:1) Koumantarakis
Yellow card 53' Tschopp		 Attendance: 6,600
Referee: Switzerland Roland Beck
12 December 1999 Round 22 Basel 2 – 1 Aarau Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:30 Cantaluppi 8' (1:0)
Knez Yellow card 60'
Kreuzer 79' (pen. 2:1)		 Summary 21' (1:1) Skrzypczak
Yellow card 63' Tarone
Yellow card 82' Baudry
Yellow card 90+2' Pavlicevic		 Attendance: 6,900
Referee: Switzerland Carlo Bertolini

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 St. Gallen 22 13 6 3 42 25 +17 45 Advance to championship round
halved points (rounded up) as bonus
2 Basel 22 9 10 3 31 21 +10 37
3 Lausanne-Sport 22 9 9 4 35 25 +10 36
4 Grasshopper Club 22 9 7 6 40 25 +15 34
5 Yverdon-Sports 22 7 9 6 28 25 +3 30
6 Xamax 22 7 7 8 34 33 +1 28
7 Luzern 22 8 4 10 28 29 −1 28
8 Servette 22 8 4 10 32 36 −4 28
9 Zürich 22 6 8 8 21 29 −8 26 Continue to promotion/relegation round
10 Aarau 22 7 5 10 30 42 −12 26
11 Lugano 22 5 6 11 27 34 −7 21
12 SR Delémont 22 4 5 13 24 48 −24 17
Source: rsssf.com

Championship group

12 March 2000 Round 1 Lausanne-Sport 0 – 0 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
16:15 PuceYellow card 62' Summary Yellow card 17' Tholot
soccer ball with red X 84′ M. Yakin
Yellow card 88' M. Yakin		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland
19 March 2000 Round 2 Basel 2 – 2 Grasshopper Club Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:15 Savić 23' (1:0)
Savić Yellow card 26'
Huggel Yellow card 19' Yellow-red card 35'
Cantaluppi 82' (2:2)		 Summary Yellow card 18' Gren
47' (1:1) Tikva
51' (1:2) Chapuisat
Yellow card 63' Smiljanić		 Attendance: 6,600
Referee: Switzerland Reto Rutz
26 March 2000 Round 3 Luzern 3 – 2 Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
16:15 Sander 37' (1:1)
BlunschiYellow card 66'
A. Frei 69' (2:2)
Branca 87' (3:2)		 Summary 31' (0:1) Koumantarakis
64' (1:2) Kreuzer
Yellow card 85' Ceccaroni		 Attendance: 9,132
Referee: Switzerland Philippe Leuba
1 April 2000 Round 4 Basel 1 – 0 Servette Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:30 Koumantarakis 69' (1:0)
Tholot Yellow card 74'
M. Yakin Yellow card 83'		 Summary Yellow card 10' Wolf
Red card 70' El Brazi		 Attendance: 6,120
Referee: Switzerland Marcel Vollenweider
7 April 2000 Round 5 St. Gallen 1 – 1 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
20:15 Winkler Yellow card 19'
Gane 43' (1:1)		 Sumarry 17' (0:1) Barberis
Yellow card 20' M. Yakin
Yellow card 44' Knez
Yellow card 76' Kreuzer
Yellow card 85' Barberis
Yellow card 89' Cantaluppi		 Attendance: 11,300
Referee: Switzerland René Rogalla
15 April 2000 Round 6 Basel 2 – 0 Yverdon-Sports Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:30 Koumantarakis 3' (1:0)
Quennoz Yellow card 7'
Cantaluppi Yellow card 24'
Kreuzer 37' (pen. 2:0)
Kreuzer Yellow card 30' Yellow-red card 58'		 Summary Yellow card 38' Jenny
soccer ball with red X 58′ Renfer		 Attendance: 6,334
Referee: Switzerland Nicole Petignat
22 April 2000 Round 7 Basel 1 – 1 Xamax Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:30 Huggel 90+1' (1:1) Summary Yellow card 38' Boughanem
66' (0:1) Bieli
Yellow card 85' Bieli		 Attendance: 7,273
Referee: Switzerland Marcus Nobs
29 April 2000 Round 8 Xamax 1 – 2 Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
19:30 Simo Yellow card 25'
Sène Yellow card 81'
Bieli 90+4' (pen. 1:2)		 Summary Yellow card 2' Savić
29' (0:1) Koumantarakis
82' (pen. 0:2) M. Yakin
Yellow card 90+3' Tschopp		 Attendance: 6,700
Referee: Switzerland Philippe Leuba
7 May 2000 Round 9 Yverdon-Sports 0 – 1 Basel Stade Municipal, Yverdon
14:30 Cavalho Yellow card 74' Summary 3' (0:1) Koumantarakis
Yellow card 54' Huggel
Yellow card 59' Häberli		 Attendance: 3,212
Referee: Switzerland Urs Meier
12 May 2000 Round 10 Basel 3 – 1 St. Gallen Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
20:15 Tholot 7' (1:0)
Savić 20' (2:1)
Cantaluppi Yellow card 55'
Tholot 57' (3:1)
Kehrli Yellow card 77'		 Summary 17' (1:1) Amoah
Yellow card 32' Mazzarelli
Yellow card 49' Jairo
Yellow card 66' Müller		 Attendance: 10,550
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca
21 May 2000 Round 11 Servette 1 – 1 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
16:15 Šiljak 88' (1:1) Summary 26' (0:1) Tholot Attendance: 3,374
Referee: Switzerland Urs Meier
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards
28 May 2000 Round 12 Basel 0 – 0 Luzern Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:30 Summary Yellow card 21' Yellow-red card 33' Sander Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Liechtenstein Roland Beck
2 June 2000 Round 13 Grasshopper Club 3 – 0 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
20:15 Esposito 13' (1:0)
Berner 48' (2:0)
Muff 51' (3:0)
Cabanas Yellow card 63'
Esposito Yellow card 70'		 Summary Yellow card 90+2' Knez
Yellow card 90+3' M. Yakin		 Attendance: 10,900
Referee: Switzerland Guido Wildhaber
7 June 2000 Round 14 Basel 0 – 3 Lausanne-Sport Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:30 Summary 33' (0:1) Londono
51' (0:2) Gerber
Yellow card 63' Londono
80' (0:3) Kuźba		 Attendance: 7,053
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca

League table

The first eight teams of the Qualification phase competed in the Championship Playoff Round. They took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the Qualification as Bonus with them.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification
1 St. Gallen (C) 14 9 4 1 33 14 +19 23 54 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Lausanne-Sport 14 8 2 4 22 13 +9 18 44 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Basel 14 5 6 3 16 16 0 19 40 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
4 Grasshopper Club 14 5 5 4 30 26 +4 17 37 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
5 Luzern 14 5 2 7 17 30 −13 14 31
6 Servette 14 4 5 5 25 21 +4 14 31
7 Xamax 14 4 3 7 25 29 −4 14 29 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
8 Yverdon-Sports 14 2 1 11 16 35 −19 15 22
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Swiss Cup

13 November 1999 Round of 32 Mendrisio 1 – 5 Basel Centro Sportivo Comunale, Mendrisio
15:30 Summary 25' (1:0), 55', 75' Koumantarakis
27' (2:0) Tschopp
Yellow card 43' Huggel
55' (3:0) Koumantarakis
75' (4:0) Koumantarakis
83' (5:0) Güner		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Liechtenstein Roland Beck
12 April 2000 Quarterfinal Lausanne-Sport 3 – 2 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
19:30 Magnin Yellow card 18'
Kuźba 32' (1:0)
Gerber 34' (2:0)
Kuźba Yellow card 78'
Gerber 88' (3:2)		 Summary 50' (2:1) Koumantarakis
Yellow card 72' M. Yakin
71' (2:2) N'Tiamoah		 Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Switzerland Dieter Schoch

1999 UIC

First round
20 June 1999 First leg Korotan Prevalje Slovenia 0 – 0 Switzerland Basel Stadion na Prevaljah, Prevalje
17:00 Benedejcic Yellow card 4'
Ristic Yellow card 71'		 Summary Yellow card 69' Cantaluppi
Yellow card 73' Huggel
Yellow card 77' Ceccaroni		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)
26 June 1999 Second leg Basel Switzerland 6 – 0
(6 – 0 agg.)		 Slovenia Korotan Prevalje Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
17:30 Kreuzer 10' (pen. 1:0)
Koumantarakis 18' (2:0)
Koumantarakis 24' (3:0)
Ceccaroni Yellow card 38'
Koumantarakis 43' (4:0)
Cantaluppi 58' (5:0)
Koumantarakis 78' (6:0)		 Summary Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

Basel won 6–0 on aggregate.

Second round
4 July 1999 First leg Basel Switzerland 0 – 0 Czech Republic Boby Brno Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
17:30 Summary Yellow card 75' Zubek
Yellow card 80' Zbončák		 Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania)
11 July 1999 Second leg Boby Brno Czech Republic 2 – 4
(2 – 4 agg.)		 Switzerland Basel Stadion Za Lužánkami, Brno
18:00 Křivánek Yellow card 9'
Křivánek 19' (1:1)
Patrik Holomek Yellow card 46'
Siegl Yellow card 50'
Zbončák 51' (2:2)
Cihlar Yellow card 84'		 Summary 10' (pen. 0:1) Tholot
Yellow card 24' Güner
37' (1:2) Cantaluppi
71' (2:3) Savić
Yellow card 79' Pérez
89' (2:4)Kehrli		 Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

Basel won 4–2 on aggregate.

Third round
18 July 1999 First leg Hamburg Germany 0 – 1 Switzerland Basel Lohmühle, Lübeck
18:00 Hoogma Yellow card 65' Summary 15' Koumantarakis
Yellow card 47' Quennoz
Yellow card 72' Zuberbühler		 Attendance: 8,192
Referee: Miroslav Radoman (FR Yugoslavia)
24 July 1999 Second leg Basel Switzerland 2 – 3
(3 – 3 agg.)		 Germany Hamburg Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:45 Quennoz Yellow card 29'
Koumantarakis 50' (1:3)
Koumantarakis 57' (2:3)
Koumantarakis Yellow card 84'
Huggel Yellow card 90+3'		 Summary 37' (0:1) Fischer
44' (0:2) Groth
48' (0:3) Yeboah
Yellow card 62' Grammozis
Yellow card 64' Hashemian		 Attendance: 3,756
Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)

3–3 on aggregate, Hamburg won on away goals rule.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Stefan Peter. "Überregionale Meisterschaften, Schweizer und Basler Cup". Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  2. 1 2 3 Garin, Erik (2004). "Sempione Cup (Switzerland)". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  3. 1 2 Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1999/2000". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  4. 1 2 Karel Stokkermans. "Intertoto Cup-1999". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

Sources

  • Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
  • Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2189-1
  • Die ersten 125 Jahre / 2018. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
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  • 1999–2000 at RSSSF
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