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FC Basel
1978–79 season
ChairmanSwitzerland René Theler
ManagerGermany Helmut Benthaus
GroundSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A3rd
Swiss CupQuarter-finals
Swiss League CupRunners-up
UEFA CupRound 1
Cup of the AlpsGroup stage
Top goalscorerGermany Detlev Lauscher (10)

The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1978–79 season was their 85th season since the club was founded. It was their 33rd 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.

Overview

Helmut Benthaus was first team manager for the thirteenth consecutive season. Basel played in the 1978–79 Nationalliga A They ended the qualification round in fourth position and finished the Championship Group in sixth position with 18 points, 17 behind championship winners Servette. They scored a total of 54 goals conceding 53 in 32 games. Detlev Lauscher was the teams top goal scorer with 10 league goals.

In the first round of the Swiss Cup Basel were drawn against FC Glattbrugg and this was the first time that these two teams had played against each other. The game was played on 7 October 1978 and Basel won 7–0. In the second round Basel were drawn away to Zürich and in the third round away against Xamax. In the first round of the Swiss League Cup Basel were drawn against Grenchen. In a two legged affair, winning the home game and losing away game, Basel won 4–3 on aggregate. Basel won in the round of 32 against Nordstern Basel, in the quarter-final against Luzern and in the semi-final against Xamax to reach the final, which was played on 5 May 1979 against Servette. After extra time the score was 2–2, but Servette won 4–3 on penalties.

In the 1978–79 UEFA Cup Basel were drawn against VfB Stuttgart. The first game was lost 2–3 in St. Jakob Stadium and the away game in the Neckarstadion was lost 1–4. VfB Stuttgart won 7–3 on aggregate and continued to the second round.[1]

In the Coppa delle Alpi (to English Cup of the Alps) Basel played with Stade de Reims and Sochaux in Group B together with Lausanne-Sport.[2] Lausanne-Sport won the group and thus played in the final only to lose this against the winners of group A, Servette FC, 4–0.[3]

Players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Switzerland SUI Jean Müller
— GK Switzerland SUI Hans Küng
— GK Switzerland SUI Jürg Wenger
— MF Switzerland SUI Otto Demarmels
— DF Switzerland SUI Paul Fischli
— MF Switzerland SUI Walter Geisser
— MF Switzerland SUI Jean-Pierre Maradan
— DF Switzerland SUI Walter Mundschin
— DF Switzerland SUI Urs Siegenthaler
— DF Switzerland SUI Jörg Stohler
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Switzerland SUI Erni Maissen
— MF Switzerland SUI Erwin Meyer
— MF Denmark DEN Eigil Nielsen
— MF Switzerland SUI Hansruedi Schär
— FW Switzerland SUI Markus Tanner
— MF Switzerland SUI Arthur von Wartburg
— MF Germany GER Detlev Lauscher
— FW Switzerland SUI Peter Marti
— MF Switzerland SUI Serge Muhmenthaler
— FW Switzerland SUI Roland Schönenberger
— FW Switzerland SUI Robert Baldinger

Results

Nationalliga

Main article: 1978–79 Nationalliga A

Qualifying Phase

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Remarks
1 FC Zürich 22 13 6 3 51 19 32 To championship round
2 Servette FC Genève 22 12 6 4 56 23 30 To championship round
3 Grasshopper Club Zürich 22 9 9 4 35 24 27 To championship round
4 FC Basel 22 10 6 6 36 29 26 To championship round
5 BSC Young Boys 22 11 4 7 39 34 26 To championship round
6 FC St. Gallen 22 11 4 7 34 34 26 To championship round
7 Neuchâtel Xamax 22 8 8 6 42 33 24 To playout round
8 CS Chênois 22 9 4 9 30 32 22 To playout round
9 Lausanne Sports 22 6 3 13 28 40 15 To playout round
10 FC Chiasso 22 5 3 14 20 46 13 To playout round
11 FC Nordstern Basel 22 2 8 12 19 44 12 To playout round
12 FC Sion 22 3 5 14 20 52 11 To playout round

Championship Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts (B) Remarks
1 Servette FC Genève 10 10 0 0 23 5 35 (15) Champions: 1979–80 European Cup
Swiss Cup winners
2 FC Zürich 10 6 1 3 19 14 29 (16) 1979–80 UEFA Cup
3 Grasshopper Club Zürich 10 3 3 4 11 13 23 (14) 1979–80 UEFA Cup
4 FC St. Gallen 10 2 3 5 8 11 20 (13)
5 BSC Young Boys 10 1 4 5 5 17 19 (13) Swiss Cup rinners-up: 1979–80 Cup Winners' Cup
6 FC Basel 10 2 1 7 18 24 18 (13)

Swiss Cup

Main article: Swiss Cup
7 October 1978 Round of 32 FC Glattbrugg 0 – 7 Basel Sportanlage Au, Glattbrugg
10 December 1978 Round of 16 Zürich 1 – 3 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
20 March 1979 Quarter-final Xamax 5 – 0 Basel Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel

Swiss League Cup

Main article: Swiss League Cup
Round of 32
First leg Basel 2 – 0 Grenchen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Second leg Grenchen 3 – 2 Basel Stadium Brühl, Grenchen

Basel won 4–3 on aggregate

Round of 16 Basel 2 – 0 Nordstern Basel St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Quarter-final Basel 3 – 1 Luzern St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Semi-final Xamax 0 – 2 Basel Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
5 May 1979 Final Servette 2 – 2
(4 – 3 p)		 Basel St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Peterhans 5'
Barberis 37'		 18', 87' Schönenberger
Penalties
Schnyder soccer ball with check mark
Barberis soccer ball with check mark
Guyot soccer ball with red X
Trinchero soccer ball with check mark
Engel soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Stohler
soccer ball with check mark Maradan
soccer ball with red X Schönenberger
soccer ball with check mark von Wartburg
soccer ball with red X Tanner

Servette won 4–3 on penalties

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1978–79 UEFA Cup
First round
13 September 1978 First leg Basel Switzerland 2 – 3 Germany VfB Stuttgart Basel
20:00 Stohler 30'
von Wartburg Yellow card 30' Red card 40'
Tanner 78'		 Report 44' D. Hoeneß
54', 70' Ohlicher
Yellow card 85' Förster		 Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium
Referee: Scotland Brian McGinlay
27 September 1978 Second leg VfB Stuttgart Germany 4 – 1 Switzerland Basel Stuttgart
20:00 Kelsch 24', 48', 68'
Müller 64'		 Report 35' Schönenberger Stadium: Neckarstadion
Referee: Ukraine Miroslav Stupar

VfB Stuttgart won 7–3 on aggregate.

Coppa delle Alpi

Main article: Cup of the Alps
Group B
round 1 Basel Switzerland 2 – 1 France Stade de Reims St. Jakob Stadium Basel
round 2 Stade de Reims France 1 – 1 Switzerland Basel
round 3 Basel Switzerland 0 – 2 France Sochaux St. Jakob Stadium Basel
round 4 Sochaux France 1 – 1 Switzerland Basel

NB: teams did not play compatriots

Group table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts (B)
1 Lausanne-Sport 4 3 0 1 12 8 7 1
2 Sochaux 4 1 2 1 7 7 4
3 Basel 4 1 2 1 4 5 4
4 Stade de Reims 4 1 1 2 6 9 3

NB: 1 bonus point awarded for victory by 3 or more goals

See also

Sources and references

  • Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
  • Switzerland 1978–79 at RSSSF
  • Swiss League Cup at RSSSF
  • Cup of the Alps 1978 at RSSSF
  1. ^ "Stuttgart-Basel Aggregate 7:3". uefa.com. 1978. Retrieved 2016-11-06. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ Garin, Erik (2000). "Cup of the Alps 1978". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2016-11-13. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ super-servette (1978). "Alle Servette Spieler in einem Alpencup Finale" (PDF). super-servette.ch. Retrieved 2016-11-13. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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