1985–86 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1985–86 season
Chairman Switzerland Urs Gribi
Manager Germany Helmut Benthaus
Ground St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A 10th
Swiss Cup Semifinal
Top goalscorer Switzerland Erni Maissen (14)

The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1985–86 season was their 92nd season since their foundation on 15 November 1893. It was the clubs 40th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football since their promotion in the 1945–46 season. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Urs Gribi was the clubs chairman for the third consecutive year.

Overview

Helmut Benthaus returned as first team manager, after his successful three-year term with VfB Stuttgart in which they won the Bundesliga in the 1983–84 season. He took over from caretaker manager Emil Müller.

Basel played in the 1985–86 Nationalliga A. They ended the season in tenth position, 14 points behind BSC Young Boys who became that years champions. In their 30 league championship matches Basel won ten games, drew ten and also lost ten, which meant that they obtained 30 points. They scored 44 and conceding 40 goals. Erni Maissen was the teams top league goal scorer with 14 goals.

Basel entered the Swiss Cup in the round of 64 with an away game against lower classed Concordia Basel. The game was played in the St. Jakob Stadium, in which Concordia had home team status, in front of 1,800 spectators and Basel won 9–1. They continued to the round of 32 in which they had a home game against FC Vernier, which was won 6–0. In the round of 16 they had a home game against Lausanne Sports, which ended in a 4–1 victory. The quarterfinal was played as visitors to lower classed FC Lengnau and with a 6–0 victory, Basel advanced to the semifinal. The semi final was played at home in front of 12,000 spectators against Servette on 15 April 1986 and Servette took an early three goal lead. A hat trick form Gerhard Strack in the last 22 minutes of regular time meant that the match had to go into overtime. But with a penalty goal against them in the 4 minute of the extra time meant that Basel did not reach the final.[1]

Players

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

No. Position Player
Switzerland GK Urs Suter
Switzerland GK Thomas Paul
Switzerland DF Stefano Ceccaroni
Switzerland DF Fredy Grossenbacher
Switzerland DF Dominique Herr
Switzerland DF Ertan Irizik
Switzerland DF André Ladner
Switzerland DF Alfred Lüthi
Switzerland DF Marco Schällibaum
Germany DF Gerhard Strack
Germany DF Thomas Süss
No. Position Player
Switzerland MF René Botteron
Spain MF Enrique Mata
Germany MF Thomas Hauser
Switzerland MF Martin Jeitziner
Switzerland MF Erni Maissen
Switzerland MF Peter Nadig
Switzerland FW Beat Sutter
Switzerland FW Adrian Knup
Switzerland Felix Rudin
Switzerland Dominik Leder
Switzerland Francois Laydu

Results

Nationalliga A

League Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Remarks
1BSC Young Boys301884722844 Champions: 1986–87 European Cup
2Neuchâtel Xamax301866783242 1986–87 UEFA Cup
3FC Lucerne301695563941 1986–87 UEFA Cup
4FC Zürich301596644339
5Grasshopper Club Zürich301587643238
6Lausanne Sports301398595035
7FC Aarau3014610624734
8FC Sion3014511543933 Swiss Cup winners: 1986–87 Cup Winners' Cup
9Servette FC Genève3014313495031
10FC Basel30101010444030
11FC St. Gallen3012612484630
12FC Wettingen308814354224
13FC La Chaux-de-Fonds3031215246118
14FC Vevey306519367617
15FC Grenchen305619338116Relegated / 1986–87 Nationalliga B
16FC Baden30162314868Relegated / 1986–87 Nationalliga B

Swiss Cup

See also

Sources and references

  1. fussballstarbasel (1986). "Überregionale Meisterschaften, Schweizer und Basler Cup". fussballstarbasel. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
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