1988–89 FC Basel season
The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1988–89 season was their 95th season since the clubs foundation. Charles Röthlisberger was the clubs chairman, in the clubs history he was their 31st chairman and this was his second year in this position. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Following their relegation the season before this was their first season in the second tier of Swiss football since the 1945–46 season.
Overview
Following their relegation after the previous Nationalliga A season the clubs priority aim was to return immediately to the top flight of Swiss football. Urs Siegenthaler was first team coach for the second consecutive season. Basel were assigned to the East group. They ended their 22 matches in the Qualifying Phase with 14 victories, four draws and four defeats with 32 points. They were group winners. The team scored 48 goals and conceeded just 23. Lucio Esposito was the teams top goal scorer with 10 goals and Ralph Thoma second in the internal ranking with eight goals.
Thus Basel qualified themselves for a Promotion group. Basel were assigned to group A. Also qualified for this group from the Nationalliga B were Zürich, CS Chênois, Grenchen, ES Malley and the Old Boys. The teams goal scoring quality was missed during the Promotion stage. In the fifth, sixth and seventh round Basel lost the two away games against Lausanne-Sports 1–4 and St. Gallen 0-3, as well as the home match against local rivals Old Boys 0–1, therefore losing very valuable points. Basel ended the group with just 19 scored goals and just 14 obtained points in fourth position and thus they missed promotion. They were nine respectively eight points behind St. Gallen and Lausanne-Sports, both of whom were quite easily able to avoid relegation.
In the second round of the Swiss Cup Basel were matched away against local team Oberwil. The game was won easily 5–0. In the next round Basel were drawn against higher classed Young Boys. Basel mastered their opponents well, winning 4–1. In the round of 32 and round of 16 Basel had two ties against lower tier teams winning both to qualify for the quarterfinals. Here their cup season game to an end because they lost against top tier team Aarau.
Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Position |
Player
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7 |
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MF |
Mario Moscatelli
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3 |
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MF |
Andre Rindlisbacher
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14 |
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FW |
Lucio Esposito
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16 |
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FW |
Patrick Rahmen
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17 |
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FW |
Remo Steiner
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11 |
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FW |
Ralph Thoma
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15 |
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Beat Aebi
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Andre Cueni
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Germano Fanciulli
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Jörg Heuting
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Patrick Liniger
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18 |
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Kurt Spirig |
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Results
Nationalliga B
Qualifying Phase East
FC Glarus v Basel
30 October 1988 Round 17 |
FC Glarus |
0 – 3 |
Basel |
Sportplatz Buchholz, Glarus |
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League Table
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
Pts |
Remarks |
1 | FC Basel | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 23 | 32 | Promotion round |
2 | FC Locarno | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 58 | 28 | 30 | Promotion round |
3 | FC Zürich | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 62 | 32 | 30 | Promotion round |
4 | FC Baden | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 44 | 29 | 24 | Promotion round |
5 | BSC Old Boys Basel | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 29 | 24 | Promotion round |
6 | FC Chiasso | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 33 | 24 | Promotion round |
7 | FC Schaffhausen | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 36 | 24 | Relegation group |
8 | FC Winterthur | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 36 | 22 | Relegation group |
9 | FC Emmenbrücke | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 41 | 19 | Relegation group |
10 | FC Chur | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 54 | 16 | Relegation group |
11 | SC Zug | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 47 | 11 | Relegation group |
12 | FC Glarus | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 58 | 8 | Relegation group |
League Table
Swiss Cup
Oberwil v Basel
20 August 1988 2nd round |
Oberwil |
0 – 5 |
Basel |
Sportanlage Eisweiher, Oberwil |
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FC Olten v Basel
12 March 1989 Round of 16 |
FC Olten |
1 – 2 |
Basel |
Sportanlagen Kleinholz, Olten |
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See also
Sources and references
- Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
- 1988–89 at RSSSF
External links