1981–82 FC Basel season
1981–82 season | |
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Chairman | ![]() |
Manager | ![]() |
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
[edit]Pre-season
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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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- 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
[edit]- Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches
[edit]Pre- and mid-season
[edit]22 July 1981 Pre-season | Karlsruher SC ![]() | 1 – 4 | ![]() | Schopfheim |
18:30 | Wiesner ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 4,000 Referee: ![]() |
25 July 1981 Uhrencup | Basel ![]() | 4 – 0 | ![]() | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
Nickel ![]() Lauscher ![]() Demarmels ![]() Gaisser ![]() | Summary | Attendance: 1,500 Referee: ![]() |
7 August 1981 Pre-season | Basel ![]() | 5 – 0 | ![]() | Brunnen |
Lauscher ![]() Gaisser ![]() Lauscher ![]() Stohler ![]() Sutter ![]() | Summary | Attendance: 1,400 Referee: ![]() |
11 August 1981 Uhrencup | Grenchen ![]() | 1 – 1 (5 – 4 p) | ![]() | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
Fleury ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 4,300 Referee: ![]() | |
Penalties | ||||
Wirth ![]() Nüssing ![]() Fleury ![]() Nussbaumer ![]() Radakovic ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
9 October 1981 Mid-season | Basel ![]() | 0 – 5 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 5,000 Referee: ![]() |
13 October 1981 Mid-season | Monthey ![]() | 1 – 2 | ![]() | Stade Philippe Pottier, Monthey |
Schürmann ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 400 Referee: ![]() |
Winter break
[edit]13 February 1982 Winter break | FC Mendrisiostar | 1 – 2 | Basel | Centro Sportivo Comunale, Mendrisio |
13:45 | Venzi ![]() Ambroggi ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 400 Referee: ![]() |
14 February 1982 Winter break | Basel | 4 – 0 | Winterthur | Centro Sportivo Comunale, Mendrisio |
Ceccaroni ![]() Ceccaroni ![]() Ceccaroni ![]() Sutter ![]() | Summary | ![]() | Attendance: 500 Referee: ![]() |
17 February 1982 Winter break | Basel | 0 – 2 | Juventus | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Summary | ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 12,000 Referee: ![]() |
27 February 1982 Winter break | Basel | 0 – 5 | Luzern | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Referee: ![]() |
Nationalliga A
[edit]Nationalliga Matches
[edit]15 August 1981 Round 1 | Basel | 2 – 0 | Aarau | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Maissen ![]() Fritsch ![]() | Summary | Attendance: 8,500 Referee: ![]() |
22 August 1981 Round 2 | Vevey-Sports | 0 – 1 | Basel | Stade de Copet, Vevey |
20:00 | Summary | ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 4,400 Referee: ![]() |
29 August 1981 Round 3 | Basel | 1 – 0 | Bulle | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Lüthi ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 6,500 Referee: ![]() |
5 September 1981 Round 4 | Chiasso | 0 – 0 | Basel | Stadio Comunale Riva IV, Chiasso |
20:30 | Gianola ![]() | Summary | ![]() | Attendance: 2,500 Referee: ![]() |
12 September 1981 Round 5 | Basel | 3 – 0 | Nordstern Basel | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Nickel ![]() Nickel ![]() Nickel ![]() | Summary | ![]() | Attendance: 6,000 Referee: ![]() |
19 September 1981 Round 6 | Servette | 1 – 0 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
20:00 | Pleimelding ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 16,000 Referee: ![]() |
22 September 1981 Round 7 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Young Boys | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Geisser ![]() Nickel ![]() Graf ![]() ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 10,000 Referee: ![]() |
4 October 1981 Round 8 | Zürich | 3 – 1 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
14:30 | Seiler ![]() Maradan ![]() Seiler ![]() | Summary | ![]() | Attendance: 14,500 Referee: ![]() |
17 October 1981 Round 9 | Basel | 1 – 3 | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Jeitziner ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 4,500 Referee: ![]() |
24 October 1980 Round 10 | Sion | 3 – 2 | Basel | Stade Tourbillon, Sion |
20:15 | Cucinotta ![]() Brigger ![]() Richard ![]() Richard ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 3,600 Referee: ![]() |
7 November 1981 Round 11 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Xamax | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
17:30 | Stohler ![]() | Summary | ![]() | Attendance: 3,700 Referee: ![]() |
15 November 1981 Round 12 | Bellinzona | 1 – 1 | Basel | Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona |
14:45 | Maccini ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 2,700 Referee: ![]() |
22 November 1981 Round 13 | Basel | 5 – 2 | St. Gallen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Sutter ![]() von Wartburg ![]() Sutter ![]() Sutter ![]() Mullis ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 5,000 Referee: ![]() |
29 November 1981 Round 14 | Grasshopper Club | 3 – 0 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
14:30 | Sulser ![]() Heinz Hermann ![]() Sulser ![]() | Summary | Attendance: 6,100 Referee: ![]() |
6 December 1981 Round 15 | Luzern | 2 – 2 | Basel | Stadion Allmend, Luzern |
14:30 | Tanner ![]() Risi ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 9,300 Referee: ![]() |
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 ![]() Nickel ![]() Jeitziner ![]() ![]() | Summary | ![]() | Attendance: 3,500 Referee: ![]() |
10 March 1982 Round 16 | Bulle | 1 – 0 | Basel | Stade de Bouleyres, Bulle |
20:00 | Bapst ![]() | Summary | ![]() | Attendance: 1,500 Referee: ![]() |
14 March 1982 Round 18 | Nordstern Basel | 3 – 4 | Basel | Stadion Rankhof, Basel |
14:30 | Schär ![]() Grimm ![]() Holenstein ![]() Sprunger ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 6,100 Referee: ![]() |
28 March 1982 Round 19 | Basel | 0 – 1 | Servette | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
15:00 | Summary | ![]() | Attendance: 10,500 Referee: ![]() |
31 March 1982 Round 20 | Young Boys | 3 – 1 | Basel | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
20:00 | Schönenberger ![]() Conz ![]() Peterhans ![]() | Summary | ![]() | Attendance: 7,500 Referee: ![]() |
3 April 1982 Round 21 | Basel | 0 – 2 | Zürich | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 6,500 Referee: ![]() |
4 April 1982 Round 22 | Basel | 4 – 2 | Vevey-Sports | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
18:00 | von Wartburg ![]() Jeitziner ![]() Ceccaroni ![]() Maissen ![]() Graf ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 7,500 Referee: ![]() |
17 April 1982 Round 23 | Lausanne-Sport | 2 – 3 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
20:30 | Pfister ![]() Mauron ![]() Batardon ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 4,500 Referee: ![]() |
24 April 1982 Round 24 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Sion | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
24:00 | Stohler ![]() Duvernois ![]() | Summary | ![]() | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ![]() |
1 May 1982 Round 25 | Xamax | 4 – 2 | Basel | Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel |
20:00 | Givens ![]() Forestier ![]() Givens ![]() Andrey ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 7,300 Referee: ![]() |
8 May 1982 Round 26 | Basel | 3 – 1 | Bellinzona | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Maissen ![]() Nickel ![]() Maissen ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Summary | ![]() | Attendance: 3,200 Referee: ![]() |
15 May 1982 Round 27 | St. Gallen | 4 – 0 | Basel | Espenmoos, St. Gallen |
17:30 | Gisinger ![]() Germann ![]() Ritter ![]() Briberg ![]() | Summary | Attendance: 5,700 Referee: ![]() |
25 May 1982 Round 28 | Aarau | 2 – 1 | Basel | Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau |
20:00 | Marti ![]() Herberth ![]() | Summary | ![]() | Attendance: 5,200 Referee: ![]() |
5 June 1982 Round 29 | Basel | 1 – 3 | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Maissen ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 9,500 Referee: ![]() |
9 June 1982 Round 30 | Basel | 2 – 2 | Luzern | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Jeitziner ![]() Sutter ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 4,000 Referee: ![]() |
League standings
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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
[edit]26 September 1981 Round of 64 | Sursee | 1 – 9 | Basel | Stadion Schlottermilch, Sursee |
Hummel ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 3,100 Referee: ![]() |
31 October 1981 Round of 32 | Bellinzona | 0 – 1 | Basel | Stadio Comunale Bellinzona |
14:45 | Summary | ![]() | Attendance: 2,400 Referee: ![]() |
21 March 1982 Round of 16 | Aarau | 2 – 3 | Basel | Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau |
15:00 | Herberth ![]() Da Costa ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 6,800 Referee: ![]() |
12 April 1982 Quarter-final | Basel | 2 – 1 | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
16:30 | Maradan ![]() Maissen ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 10,500 Referee: ![]() |
4 May 1982 Semi-final | Basel | 3 – 0 | SR Delémont | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Maissen ![]() Schribertschnig ![]() Sutter ![]() | Summary | Attendance: 10,200 Referee: ![]() |
31 May 1982 Final | Sion | 1 – 0 | Basel | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
14:30 | Balet ![]() | Summary | Attendance: 44,000 Referee: ![]() |
Swiss League Cup
[edit]4 August 1981 Round of 32 | Basel | 1 – 0 | Young Boys | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
19:00 | Sutter ![]() | Summary | Attendance: 6,400 Referee: ![]() |
9 September 1981 Round of 16 | Grenchen | 1 – 2 | Basel | Stadium Brühl, Grenchen |
Nüssing ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 2,400 Referee: ![]() |
21 February 1982 Quarter-final | Aarau | 1 – 0 | Basel | Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau |
15:00 | Graf ![]() | Summary | Attendance: 3,500 Referee: ![]() |
Coppa delle Alpi
[edit]- Group A
4 July 1981 Round 1 | Basel ![]() | 0 – 3 | ![]() | Stade du Tirage, Porrentruy |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: ![]() |
11 July 1981 Round 2 | Basel ![]() | 4 – 1 | ![]() | Parc des Sports, Delémont |
18:30 | Maissen ![]() Nickel ![]() Nickel ![]() Mullis ![]() | Summary | ![]() | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: ![]() |
15 July 1981 Round 3 | Bordeaux ![]() | 0 – 1 | ![]() | Bordeaux |
Summary | ![]() | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ![]() |
18 July 1981 Round 4 | Bastia ![]() | 0 – 4 | ![]() | Stade Armand Cesari, Furiani |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 1,200 Referee: ![]() |
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
29 September 1981 Final | Basel ![]() | 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (5 – 3 p) | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium Basel |
Gaisser ![]() Mullis ![]() | ![]() ![]() | |||
Penalties | ||||
Stohler![]() Sutter ![]() von Wartburg ![]() Gaisser ![]() Nickel ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ FC Basel 1893. "Harald Nickel ist gestorben". FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
{{cite web}}
: 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.
Sources
[edit]- 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 1981–82 at fcb-archiv.ch
- Switzerland 1981–82 at RSSSF
- Swiss League Cup at RSSSF
- Cup of the Alps 1981 at RSSSF