1980–81 FC Basel season
1980–81 season | |
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Chairman | ![]() |
Manager | ![]() |
Ground | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Nationalliga A | Sixth |
Swiss Cup | Quarter-final |
Swiss League Cup | Round 1 |
European Cup | Round of 16 |
Top goalscorer | League: ![]() All: ![]() |
Highest home attendance | 17,500 on 11 April 1981 vs Grasshopper Club |
Lowest home attendance | 4,000 on 11 October 1980 vs Sion and on 25 October 1980 vs Servette |
Average home league attendance | 6,630 |
The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1980–81 season was their 87th season since the club was founded. It was their 35th 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 voted as new club chairman, he replaced René Theler who stood down at the AGM.
Overview
Helmut Benthaus was first team manager for the sixteenth consecutive season. There were only a few changes in the squad this off-season. Erwin Meyer moved on to Luzern and Robert Baldinger moved to lower tier Aarau. Serge Duvernois joined from Saint Louis and Martin Mullis joined from St. Gallen. All other mutations were internal between the first team and the reserves.
Basel played a total of 52 games in their 1980–81 season. 26 matches were played in the domestic league, three in the Swiss Cup, one in the Swiss League Cup, four in the 1980–81 European Cup and 18 were friendly matches. The team scored a total of 115 goals and conceded 71. Of their 18 test games, 10 were won, five were drawn and three ended with a defeat. Three of these games were played at home in St. Jakob Stadium, the others were played away from home. In the pre-season Basel played three games in Germany and during the winter break they played three games in Singapore and Malaysia.[1]
Basel played in the 1980–81 Nationalliga A. The league had been reformed and there were no more championship play-offs. Basel played a mediocre season and ended the Nationalliga in sixth position, 12 points behind Zürich who became champions. In their 26 league games Basel won nine, drew ten and lost seven matches, which meant that the totaled 28 points. They scored 48 goals, conceding 44. Erni Maissen was the team's top goalscorer scoring ten league goals. Markus Tanner was second best scorer with six goals.[2]
Basel entered the Swiss Cup in the round of 32. Here they were drawn away against Fribourg and they won the match 3–0. In the round of 16 they were drawn at home against Martigny-Sports and this match was won 6–0. In the quarterfinal, on 28 March 1981, Basel were drawn to play away from home against Zürich in the Letzigrund. The hosts won the tie 3–0. Basel were out of the competition and Zürich continued on to the final and won the trophy. In first round of the Swiss League Cup Basel were also drawn away against Zürich. They lost the home game 1–2 and Zürich continued in this competition and won this trophy as well.[3]
As reigning Swiss champions Basel were qualified for the 1980–81 European Cup. In the first round they were drawn against Club Brugge. The first leg was played in Jan Breydel Stadium in Bruges and Basel won 1–0 through a goal scored by Erni Maissen in 65th minute. The return leg was won 4–1, the goals coming from Markus Tanner (14), Jörg Stohler (48), Arthur von Wartburg (55) and Walter Geisser (81) after Brugge had taken an early lead through Jan Ceulemans (3), but their goalkeeper Leen Barth was sent off in the 17th minute. In the second round Basel were drawn against Red Star Belgrade. Basel decided the first leg for themselves 1–0, the goal scored by Detlev Lauscher. In the second leg, however, Basel were defeated 0–2 and were eliminated from the competition.[4]
Players
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- Players who left the squad
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Results
- Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches
Pre- and mid-season
23 July 1980 Pre-season | Stuttgarter Kickers ![]() | 3 – 1 | ![]() | Stuttgart |
Nickel ![]() Voise ![]() Dreher ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 |
25 July 1980 Pre-season | VfB Eppingen ![]() | 1 – 2 | ![]() | Hugo-Koch-Stadion, Eppingen |
Sterz ![]() Gebhardt ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,500 |
27 July 1980 Pre-season | SC Freiburg ![]() | 2 – 2 | ![]() | Alemannenstadion, Maulburg |
18:00 | ![]() ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,500 |
31 July 1980 Pre-season | Luzern ![]() | 2 – 3 | ![]() | Wolfwil |
20:00 | Fischer ![]() Gaisser ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: ![]() |
1 August 1980 Uhrencup | Basel ![]() | 6 – 0 | ![]() | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
18:00 | Hasler ![]() Marti ![]() Maissen ![]() Belafatti ![]() Maissen ![]() Hasler ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 1,100 Referee: ![]() |
6 August 1980 Uhrencup Final | Grenchen ![]() | 1 – 5 | ![]() | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
20:15 | Bregy ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,500 Referee: ![]() |
10 August 1980 Pre-season | Xamax ![]() | 2 – 0 | ![]() | Oensingen |
15:30 | Pellegrini ![]() Lüthi ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 950 Referee: ![]() |
12 August 1980 Philips Cup | Young Boys ![]() | 1 – 3 | ![]() | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
20:30 | Schönenberger ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: ![]() |
19 August 1980 Philips Cup Final | Basel ![]() | 7 – 2 | ![]() | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
20:30 | Marti ![]() Gaisser ![]() Schär ![]() Schär ![]() Schär ![]() Marti ![]() Küttel ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: ![]() |
14 October 1980 Mid-season | Bulle ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() | Stade de Bouleyres, Bulle |
Blanchard ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: ![]() |
1 November 1980 Mid-season | Basel ![]() | 2 – 2 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
15:00 | Maissen ![]() Maissen ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 200 Referee: ![]() |
Winter break
12 January 1981 Winter break | Singapore XI ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() | Singapore |
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Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 16,000 |
14 January 1981 Winter break | Malaysia XI ![]() | 0 – 4 | ![]() | Malaysia |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 15,000 |
21 January 1981 Winter break | Penang XI ![]() | 1 – 2 | ![]() | Penang, Malaysia |
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Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,500 |
12 February 1981 Winter break | FC Allschwil ![]() | 1 – 6 | ![]() | Gartenhof, Allschwil |
Schnetzer ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 500 Referee: ![]() |
14 February 19814 Winter break | Nordstern Basel ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() | Stadion Rankhof, Basel |
Zbinden ![]() Kaufmann ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 500 Referee: ![]() |
18 February 1981 Winter break | Basel ![]() | 2 – 2 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
19:30 | Geisser ![]() Mullis ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 10,000 Referee: ![]() |
21 February 1981 Winter break | Basel ![]() | 3 – 1 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
von Wartburg ![]() Küttel ![]() Schär ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 600 Referee: ![]() |
Nationalliga A
Matches
23 August 1980 Round 1 | Young Boys | 3 – 1 | Basel | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
20:00 | Müller ![]() Schönenberger ![]() Schönenberger ![]() Schönenberger ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 11,500 Referee: ![]() |
30 August 1980 Round 2 | Basel | 0 – 0 | Chênois | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Summary | Attendance: 4,500 Referee: ![]() |
6 September 1980 Round 3 | Zürich | 1 – 3 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
20:00 | Zwicker ![]() Elsa ![]() Elsener ![]() Zwicker ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 11,000 Referee: ![]() |
13 September 1980 Round 4 | Basel | 1 – 0 | St. Gallen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Maissen ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 7,500 Referee: ![]() |
20 September 1980 Round 5 | Chiasso | 3 – 0 | Basel | Stadio Comunale Riva IV, Chiasso |
20:00 | Bevilacqua ![]() Untersee ![]() Manzoni ![]() Rehmann ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 4,000 Referee: ![]() |
4 October 1980 Round 6 | Grasshopper Club | 2 – 2 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
20:00 | Egli ![]() Meyer ![]() Egli ![]() Hermann ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 11,800 Referee: ![]() |
8 October 1980 Round 7 | Basel | 3 – 2 | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Küttel ![]() Küttel ![]() Maissen ![]() Stohler ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,500 Referee: ![]() |
11 October 1980 Round 8 | Basel | 4 – 1 | Sion | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Stohler ![]() Maissen ![]() Küttel ![]() Marti ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: ![]() |
18 October 1979 Round 9 | Xamax | 3 – 2 | Basel | Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel |
20:00 | Bianchi ![]() Trinchero ![]() Guillou ![]() Favre ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 6,200 Referee: ![]() |
25 October 1980 Round 10 | Basel | 2 – 2 | Servette | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Tanner ![]() Lauscher ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: ![]() |
15 November 1980 Round 11 | Luzern | 3 – 1 | Basel | Stadion Allmend, Luzern |
17:00 | Risi ![]() Kaufmann ![]() Hitzfeld ![]() Risi ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 8,200 Referee: ![]() |
23 November 1980 Round 12 | Basel | 4 – 0 | Bellinzona | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Demarmels ![]() Marti ![]() Tanner ![]() Tanner ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 4,500 Referee: ![]() |
7 December 1980 Round 13 | Nordstern Basel | 1 – 2 | Basel | Stadion Rankhof, Basel |
14:30 | Mata ![]() Kälin ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 6,500 Referee: ![]() |
1 March 1981 Round 14 | Basel | 2 – 2 | Young Boys | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Maissen ![]() Lauscher ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: ![]() |
8 March 1981 Round 15 | Chênois | 2 – 2 | Basel | Stade des Trois-Chêne, Thônex |
14:30 | Lopez ![]() Michel ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,200 Referee: ![]() |
15 March 1981 Round 16 | Basel | 2 – 0 | Zürich | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Tanner ![]() Marti ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 13,500 Referee: ![]() |
21 March 1981 Round 17 | St. Gallen | 1 – 2 | Basel | Espenmoos, St. Gallen |
17:30 | Friberg ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 11,000 Referee: ![]() |
5 April 1981 Round 18 | Basel | 3 – 0 | Chiasso | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Ceccaroni ![]() Maissen ![]() Tanner ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 4,200 Referee: ![]() |
11 April 1981 Round 19 | Basel | 1 – 5 | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Tanner ![]() Maradan ![]() Marti ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 17,500 Referee: ![]() |
24 April 1981 Round 20 | Sion | 1 – 1 | Basel | Stade Tourbillon, Sion |
20:30 | Richard ![]() Valentini ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,500 Referee: ![]() |
2 May 1981 Round 21 | Basel | 1 – 2 | Xamax | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Marti ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 6,500 Referee: ![]() |
12 May 1981 Round 22 | Servette | 2 – 1 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
20:00 | Radi ![]() Cucinotta ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 4,500 Referee: ![]() |
16 May 1981 Round 23 | Basel | 4 – 4 | Luzern | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Maissen ![]() Lauscher ![]() Maissen ![]() Küttel ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,500 Referee: ![]() |
23 May 1981 Round 24 | Bellinzona | 1 – 1 | Basel | Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona |
20:00 | Leoni ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: ![]() |
4 June 1981 Round 25 | Lausanne-Sport | 2 – 2 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
20:15 | Tachet ![]() Kok ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 3,700 Referee: ![]() |
13 June 1981 Round 26 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Nordstern Basel | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:15 | Gaisser ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: ![]() |
League standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Zürich | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 57 | 28 | +29 | 40 | Champions, qualified for 1981–82 European Cup |
2 | Grasshopper Club | 26 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 45 | 24 | +21 | 34 | qualified for 1981–82 UEFA Cup |
3 | Xamax | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 25 | +19 | 34 | qualified for 1981–82 UEFA Cup |
4 | Young Boys | 26 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 46 | 33 | +13 | 33 | |
5 | Lausanne-Sport | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 30 | Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1981–82 Cup Winners' Cup |
6 | Basel | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 28 | |
7 | Servette | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 26 | |
8 | Sion | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 24 | |
9 | Luzern | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 22 | |
10 | St. Gallen | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 22 | |
11 | Nordstern Basel | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 19 | |
12 | Bellinzona | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 46 | −21 | 19 | |
13 | Chiasso | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 46 | −18 | 18 | |
14 | Chênois | 26 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 53 | −30 | 15 | Relegated |
Swiss Cup
28 September 1980 Round of 32 | Fribourg | 0 – 3 | Basel | Stade Universitaire, Fribourg |
20:00 | Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,300 Referee: ![]() |
9 November 1980 Round of 16 | Basel | 6 – 0 | Martigny-Sports | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Küttel ![]() Maissen ![]() Maissen ![]() Küttel ![]() Stohler ![]() Tanner ![]() Gaisser ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 1,900 Referee: ![]() |
29 March 1981 Quarter-final | Zürich | 3 – 0 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
Seiler ![]() Elsener ![]() Seiler ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 14,000 Referee: ![]() |
Swiss League Cup
16 August 1980 Round of 32 | Basel | 1 – 2 | Zürich | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
17:00 | Lauscher ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: ![]() |
European Cup
- Round 1
17 September 1980 First leg | Club Brugge ![]() | 0 – 1 | ![]() | Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges |
20:00 | UEFA summary FCB summary |
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Referee: ![]() |
1 October 1980 Second leg | Basel ![]() | 4 – 1 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Marti ![]() Tanner ![]() Stohler ![]() von Wartburg ![]() Geisser ![]() |
UEFA summary FCB summary |
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Referee: ![]() |
Basel won 5–1 on aggregate.
- Round 2
22 October 1980 First leg | Basel ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Lauscher ![]() Tanner ![]() |
UEFA summary FCB Summary |
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Referee: ![]() |
5 November 1980 Second leg | Red Star Belgrade ![]() | 2 – 0 | ![]() | Red Star Stadium, Belgrade |
17:00 | Repčić ![]() Janjanin ![]() Rajković ![]() Blagojević ![]() |
UEFA summary FCB summary |
Referee: ![]() |
Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.
See also
References
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1980/81". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ Erik Garin. "Nationalliga A 1980-1981". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1980-1981". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ "Champions League 1980/1981". uefa.com. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
Sources
- Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
- Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
- The FCB squad 1980–81 at fcb-archiv.ch
- Switzerland 1980–81 at RSSSF
- Swiss League Cup at RSSSF