1987–88 FC Basel season
1987–88 season | |
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Chairman | Charles Röthlisberger |
Manager | Urs Siegenthaler |
Ground | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Nationalliga A, first stage | 11th of 12 |
Promotion/Relegation | 5th of 8, relegated |
Swiss Cup | Round of 64 |
Top goalscorer | League: Peter Nadig (11) All: Peter Nadig (11) |
Highest home attendance | 10,000 on 19 September 1987 vs. Luzern |
Lowest home attendance | 1,400 on 19 May 1988 vs. Old Boys |
Average home league attendance | 5,536 and 4,357 |
The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1987–88 season was their 94th season since the club's foundation. It was their 42nd consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football (Nationalliga A) since they achieved promotion in the 1945–46 season. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Charles Röthlisberger was the club's newly appointed chairman. He was the club's 31st chairman in their history.
Overview
Following the poor previous season, as the team only escaped relegation in the play-out round, Helmut Benthaus retired as head coach and there were also a number of players who left the club. Former Swiss international midfielder René Botteron retired from active football. German former international Gerhard Strack returned to Germany to play for Fortuna Düsseldorf. Another German player also moved to Germany, Thomas Süss moved on to play for Karlsruher SC. French player Jean-Pierre François moved back to France to play for AS Saint-Étienne. Also Fredy Grossenbacher and Marco Schällibaum both moved to Servette, André Ladner moved to Lugano and Erni Maissen transferred to Young Boys. Further reserve goalkeeper Patrick Mäder moved on to Baden and Luiz Gonçalo moved on to Old Boys.
Urs Siegenthaler was appointed as new first team coach and because 11 players left the squad he had to build a new team. But the club was suffering financial difficulties and there was no money to spend. However, one interesting transfer was that of Scottish Gordon Smith coming from Admira Wacker. Another interesting transfer was that of German Uwe Dittus from FC Winterslag. Another two experienced players were Frank Eggeling joined from Grenchen and Ruedi Zahner from Aarau. All other new players were youngsters, goalkeeper Bernard Pulver joined from lower tier FC Bern, Peter Bernauer from German team SV 08 Laufenburg, Remo Steiner from local club FC Aesch, Ralph Thoma from local club FC Rheinfelden, Mathias Wehrli from local club FC Laufen. Six players were brought up from the youth team. These being Philipp Baumberger, Massimo Ceccaroni, Bernd Schramm, Adrian Sedlo, Fotios Karapetsas and Patrick Rahmen.
Another interesting transfer was that of Varadaraju Sundramoorthy from Singapore FA. Sundramoorthy became only the second player from Singapore to play in Europe when he signed during the winter break and one of the first Asian players to play in Switzerland. He is widely touted as one of the country's most skillful and talented footballers ever. Sundramoorthy had problems adapting to European football, he did not have the stamina and strength to play the entire 90 minutes and manager Siegenthaler used him as a substitute because he had the skills to decide a match.[1]
The Swiss Football Association (SFV) had changed the form of the domestic league for this season. The number of teams in the Nationalliga A had been reduced from 16 to 12 and in the Nationalliga B had been increased from 16 to 24, these were divided into two regional groups. The top eight teams after the first stage would compete the second stage as championship group. The last four teams would compete the second stage in two Promotion/Relegation groups with the top six teams from each of the two Nationalliga B groups. Basel started the season badly, losing the first five league games straight off, conceding 17 goals, scoring just three. In the third round on 15 August they were defeated 1–9 by Xamax. Up until today this is still the highest score defeat that Basel have suffered in their domestic league history. Xamax manager at that time was Gilbert Gress. The goal scorers were 2x Robert Lüthi, 2x Robert Lei-Ravello, 2x Beat Sutter, 2x Heinz Hermann and Alain Geiger. The only goal for Basel was scored by Ralph Thoma.[2]
The team never recovered from the bad start and even lost seven of the eleven return games. They ended the qualifying stage of the championship with just 13 points in 11th position. This meant that they had to play in one of the two Promotion/Relegation groups. Despite a good start in this phase, they won their first three matches, they were defeated by Bellinzona and then by Wettingen. Basel thus lost contact to these two teams in the top two positions in the league table. The first two places would qualify for next seasons top flight. In their last six games Basel could not achieve a single victory and therefore they slipped to fifth position in the table and were relegated to the Nationalliga B.[3]
Xamax won the Swiss championship, second and third placed Servette and Aarau qualified for the 1988–89 UEFA Cup. In the Swiss Cup, in round of 64, Basel were drawn against local rivals Old Boys. The game ended with a 1–2 defeat and therefore the cup season was ended much earlier than expected. In the final Grasshopper Club won the cup with a 2–0 victory over Schaffhausen and thus qualified for the 1988–89 Cup Winners' Cup.[4]
Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
- Players who left the squad
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 1987 Uhrencup Semi-final | Young Boys ![]() | 4 – 1 | ![]() | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
19:00 | A. Sutter ![]() A. Sutter ![]() A. Sutter ![]() Zuffi ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 1,900 Referee: ![]() |
25 July 1987 Uhrencup 3rd place | Basel ![]() | 2 – 3 | ![]() | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
17:00 | Knup ![]() Eggeling ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,600 Referee: ![]() |
30 July 1987 Pre-season | FC Klus-Balsthal ![]() | 1 – 5 | ![]() | Moos, Balsthal |
Stucki ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 500 Referee: ![]() |
31 July 1987 Pre-season | Yverdon-Sports ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() | Stade Municipal, Yverdon |
19:00 | Mann ![]() Mann ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 700 Referee: ![]() |
1 August 1987 Pre-season | Aarau ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() | Moos, Balsthal |
19:00 | Wassmer ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 500 |
1 August 1987 Pre-season | Servette ![]() | 3 – 2 | ![]() | Stade municipal, Bernex |
17:00 | Palumbo ![]() Hasler ![]() Kok ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,200 Referee: ![]() |
5 August 1987 Pre-season | Laufen ![]() | 1 – 2 | ![]() | Sportplatz Nau, Laufen |
19:00 | Schneider ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 600 Referee: ![]() |
24 August 1987 Mid-season | Basel ![]() | 13 – 0 | ![]() | Landhof, Basel |
17:45 | Schramm ![]() Bützer ![]() Eggeling ![]() Smith ![]() Hodel ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 200 |
Winter break
27 January 1988 Winter break | Basel ![]() | 6 – 3 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
18:30 | Eggeling ![]() Eggeling ![]() Eggeling ![]() Nadig ![]() Sundramoorthy ![]() Nadig ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 350 Referee: ![]() |
Note: First game with Sundramoorthy from Singapore |
30 January 1988 Winter break | Basel ![]() | 4 – 2 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
16:30 | Hauser ![]() Knup ![]() Knup ![]() Knup ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 500 Referee: ![]() |
2 February 1988 Winter break | Basel ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Herr ![]() Sundramoorthy ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 400 Referee: ![]() |
6 February 1988 Winter break | Chiasso ![]() | 0 – 2 | ![]() | Stadio Comunale, Chiasso |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 47 Referee: ![]() |
12 February 1988 Winter break | FC Ascona ![]() | 2 – 3 | ![]() | Stadio Comunale, Ascona |
Rossi ![]() Sanders ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Referee: ![]() |
14 February 1988 Winter break | Lugano ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() | Cornaredo, Lugano |
Jenser ![]() Gorter ![]() Manfreda ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 300 Referee: ![]() |
17 February 1988 Winter break | Basel ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
18:30 | Dittus ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 300 Referee: ![]() |
20 February 1988 Winter break | Basel ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
16:00 | Eggeling ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 300 Referee: ![]() |
24 February 1988 Winter break | Aarau ![]() | 4 – 1 | ![]() | Im Feld, Oftringen |
Lunde ![]() Schär ![]() Rufer ![]() Lunde ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 73 Referee: ![]() |
Nationalliga A
First stage
8 August 1987 Round 1 | Aarau | 2 – 0 | Basel | Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau |
20:00 | Osterwalder ![]() Nazar ![]() Wehrli ![]() Nazar ![]() Wyss ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 7,400 Referee: ![]() | |
Note: NLA debuts for Bernard Pulver, Peter Bernauer, Mathias Wehrli and Ralph Thoma |
12 August 1987 Round 2 | Basel | 1 – 2 | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Smith ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 6,500 Referee: ![]() |
Note: NLA debut for Philipp Baumberger |
15 August 1987 Round 3 | Xamax | 9 – 1 | Basel | Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel |
20:00 | Lüthi ![]() Lüthi ![]() Lei-Ravello ![]() Sutter ![]() Sutter ![]() Lei-Ravello ![]() Hermann ![]() Geiger ![]() Hermann ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 10,300 Referee: ![]() |
Note: NLA debut for Schramm |
22 August 1987 Round 4 | Basel | 0 – 1 | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Hänni ![]() Bützer ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 6,100 Referee: ![]() |
29 August 1987 Round 5 | Sion | 3 – 1 | Basel | Stade Tourbillon, Sion |
20:00 | Bregy ![]() Rojević ![]() Piffaretti ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 5,400 Referee: ![]() |
2 September 1987 Round 6 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Bellinzona | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Knup ![]() Hänni ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,900 Referee: ![]() |
5 September 1987 Round 7 | Basel | 2 – 1 | St. Gallen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Nadig ![]() Hodel ![]() Thoma ![]() Bützer ![]() Nadig ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: ![]() |
8 September 1987 Round 8 | Servette | 4 – 0 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
20:00 | Decastel ![]() Decastel ![]() Kok ![]() Eriksen ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 3,700 Referee: ![]() |
12 September 1987 Round 9 | Basel | 5 – 4 | Zürich | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Steiner ![]() Steiner ![]() Nadig ![]() Thoma ![]() Thoma ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 6,200 Referee: ![]() |
Note: NLA debut for Remo Steiner |
19 September 1987 Round 10 | Basel | 3 – 3 | Luzern | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Nadig ![]() Zahner ![]() Nadig ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 10,000 Referee: ![]() |
23 September 1987 Round 11 | Young Boys | 1 – 1 | Basel | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
20:00 | Jeitziner ![]() Zuffi ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 7,200 Referee: ![]() |
26 September 1987 Round 12 | Basel | 0 – 1 | Aarau | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Smith ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 6,500 Referee: ![]() |
3 October 1987 Round 13 | Lausanne-Sport | 5 – 0 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
20:00 | Castella ![]() Schürmann ![]() Chapuisat ![]() Castella ![]() Castella ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 4,000 Referee: ![]() | |
Note: NLA debut for Massimo Ceccaroni |
10 October 1987 Round 14 | Basel | 1 – 2 | Xamax | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Smith ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 6,200 Referee: ![]() |
13 October 1987 Round 15 | Grasshopper Club | 5 – 1 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
20:00 | Ponte ![]() Paulo Cesar ![]() Egli ![]() Sforza ![]() Ponte ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 2,100 Referee: ![]() |
24 October 1987 Round 16 | Basel | 3 – 1 | Sion | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Thoma ![]() Smith ![]() Rey ![]() Smith ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: ![]() |
31 October 1987 Round 17 | Bellinzona | 2 – 2 | Basel | Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona |
17:30 | Türkyilmaz ![]() Türkyilmaz ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ![]() |
4 November 1987 Round 18 | St. Gallen | 2 – 0 | Basel | Espenmoos, St. Gallen |
20:00 | Piserchia ![]() Piserchia ![]() Rietmann ![]() Zwicker ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 6,500 Referee: ![]() |
21 November 1987 Round 19 | Basel | 0 – 0 | Servette | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Cacciapaglia ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: ![]() |
28 November 1987 Round 20 | Zürich | 0 – 4 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
14:30 | Rufer | Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,700 Referee: ![]() |
6 December 1987 Round 21 | Luzern | 2 – 0 | Basel | Stadion Allmend Luzern |
14:30 | Mohr ![]() Martin Müller ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 9,100 Referee: ![]() |
Note: NLA debut for Sedlo |
13 December 1987 Round 22 | Basel | 1 – 4 | Young Boys | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Knup ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Referee: ![]() |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 53 | 28 | +25 | 31 | Advance to championship round |
2 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 16 | +14 | 30 | |
3 | BSC Young Boys | 22 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 26 | |
4 | FC Aarau | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 25 | |
5 | FC St. Gallen | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 23 | |
6 | FC Lucerne | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 23 | |
7 | Servette FC | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 23 | |
8 | Lausanne Sports | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 23 | |
9 | FC Sion | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 22 | Advance to Promotion/Relegation Group B |
10 | AC Bellinzona | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 14 | Advance to Promotion/Relegation Group A |
11 | FC Basel | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 55 | −28 | 13 | Advance to Promotion/Relegation Group A |
12 | FC Zürich | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 26 | 46 | −20 | 11 | Advance to Promotion/Relegation Group A |
Second stage
- Promotion/Relegation Group A
5 March 1988 Round 1 | Basel | 4 – 0 | Etoile-Carouge | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Thoma ![]() Thoma ![]() Hauser ![]() Hauser ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,200 Referee: ![]() |
19 March 1988 Round 2 | Bulle | 0 – 2 | Basel | Stade de Bouleyres, Bulle |
14:30 | Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,800 Referee: ![]() |
23 March 1988 Round 3 | Basel | 1 – 0 | Malley | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Thoma ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: ![]() |
30 March 1988 Round 4 | Bellinzona | 4 – 1 | Basel | Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona |
20:00 | Türkyilmaz ![]() Pellegrini ![]() Pellegrini ![]() Pellegrini ![]() Germann ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,100 Referee: ![]() |
4 April 1988 Round 5 | Basel | 0 – 2 | Wettingen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Hauser ![]() ![]() Nadig ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 6,800 Referee: ![]() |
9 April 1988 Round 6 | Old Boys | 3 – 3 | Basel | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
20:00 | Herr ![]() Kägi ![]() Lius ![]() Maurer ![]() de Almeida ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 5,400 Referee: ![]() |
16 April 1988 Round 7 | Basel | 4 – 1 | Schaffhausen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Ceccaroni ![]() Bützer ![]() Dittus ![]() Hauser ![]() Knup ![]() Ralph Thoma ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 5,500 Referee: ![]() |
23 April 1988 Round 8 | Etoile-Carouge | 0 – 6 | Basel | Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge |
17:30 | Harder ![]() Radi ![]() Toth ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 850 Referee: ![]() |
30 April 1988 Round 9 | Basel | 1 – 2 | Bulle | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Knup ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,500 Referee: ![]() |
3 May 1988 Round 10 | Malley | 2 – 2 | Basel | Stade du Bois Gentil, Malley (Lausanne) |
18:45 | Salou ![]() Salou ![]() Martelli ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 920 Referee: ![]() |
7 May 1988 Round 11 | Basel | 0 – 2 | Bellinzona | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Pulver ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 7,600 Referee: ![]() |
14 May 1988 Round 12 | Wettingen | 3 – 2 | Basel | Stadion Altenburg, Wettingen |
20:00 | Svensson ![]() Baumgartner ![]() Merin ![]() Schepull ![]() Häusermann ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: ![]() |
19 May 1988 Round 13 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Old Boys | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Knup ![]() Bützer ![]() Hauser ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,400 Referee: ![]() |
21 May 1988 Round 14 | Schaffhausen | 0 – 0 | Basel | Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen |
20:00 | Summary | Attendance: 2,850 Referee: ![]() |
League standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Wettingen | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 16 | +16 | 22 | Promotion to Nationalliga A 1988–89 |
2 | AC Bellinzona | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 20 | +9 | 17 | Remain in Nationalliga A 1988–89 |
3 | Schaffhausen | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 22 | +3 | 15 | Remain in Nationalliga B |
4 | ES Malley | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 20 | +1 | 15 | |
5 | Basel | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 20 | +7 | 14 | Relegation to Nationalliga B 1988–89 |
6 | Bulle | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 14 | Remain in Nationalliga B |
7 | Etoile Carouge | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 33 | −19 | 9 | |
8 | Old Boys | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 31 | −20 | 6 |
Swiss Cup
15 November 1987 Round of 64 | Old Boys | 2 – 1 | Basel | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
14:30 | Magro ![]() Fanciulli ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 7,800 Referee: ![]() |
See also
References
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Varadaraju Sundram Moorthy - Saison 1987/88". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ Jakob Weber (24 September 2018). "Die 7 höchsten Niederlagen des FC Basel". watson.ch. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A 1987/88". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1987/88". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 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 1987–88 at fcb-archiv.ch
- 1987–88 at RSSSF