1989–90 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1989–90 season
Chairman Switzerland Charles Röthlisberger
Manager Switzerland Urs Siegenthaler
(from November 1989) Coach:
Germany Ernst August Künnecke
Ground St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga B Qualifying Phase West 5th
Nationalliga B Promotion Phase 3rd
Swiss Cup Quarterfinal
Top goalscorer Erni Maissen (16)
Highest home attendance 22,000 vs Zürich
(16 April 1990)
Average home league attendance 6,045[1]

The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1989–90 season was their 96th season since the clubs foundation. Charles Röthlisberger was the clubs chairmann for the second consecutive year. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Following their relegation in the 1987–88 season this was their second season in the second tier of Swiss football.

Overview

Match program

For the third consecutive season Urs Siegenthaler was first team coach. After missing promotion the season before the clubs repeated priority aim was to return to the top flight of Swiss football. Basel were assigned to the West group. Due to the poor results during October Urs Siegenthaler lost his position as first team coach and in November he was replaced by Ernst August Künnecke.[1] The team ended their 22 matches in the Qualifying Phase with 11 victories, five draws and six defeats with 27 points in a disappointing fifth position in the league table. The team scored just 29 goals and conceeded 27. Erni Maissen was the teams top scorer in this stage with 10 goals.

Basel qualified for a Promotion group and were assigned to group A. Also qualified for this group from the Nationalliga B were Zürich, Yverdon-Sports, Fribourg, Chur and Schaffhausen. From the Nationalliga A Servette and Bellinzona were fighting against relegation. Basel started well winnig the first four matches, but could only reach a home draw with both Servette and Zürich. Both away games against these two teams ended in defeats and so Basel could only reach third position in the table behind these two rivals and thus missed promotion.

In the second round of the Swiss Cup Basel were matched away against lower tier FC Moutier and in the round of 64 against lower tier SC Burgdorf. Both games were won easily (8–0 and 3–0). In the round of 32 they were drawn away against Schaffhausen (1–0 victory) and in the next round away against Bulle (6–0 victory). Basel passed the first four rounds scoring 18 and without conceeding a single goal. However in the quarterfinals Basels cup season came to an end after a 0–1 defeat away from home in the Hardturm Stadium against higher tier Grasshopper Club. The Grasshoppers went on to win the trophy.

Players

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

No. Position Player
1 Switzerland GK Thomas Grüter
Switzerland GK Roger Glanzmann
4 Germany DF Peter Bernauer
15 Switzerland DF Massimo Ceccaroni
6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia DF Miodrag Đurđević
2 Switzerland DF Markus Hodel
3 Switzerland DF André Rindlisbacher
14 Germany MF Rolf Baumann
10 Germany MF Uwe Dittus
17 Italy MF Vittorio Gottardi
11 Switzerland MF Erni Maissen
16 Italy MF Boris Mancastroppa
No. Position Player
8 Spain MF Enrique Mata
7 Switzerland MF Mario Moscatelli
5 Switzerland MF Sascha Reich
Switzerland MF Andre Rindlisbacher
13 Germany FW Manfred Wagner
19 Switzerland FW Patrick Rahmen
12 Switzerland FW Ralph Thoma
9 Germany FW Uwe Wassmer
Switzerland FW Ruedi Zbinden
Switzerland Beat Aebi
Italy Germano Fanciulli
18 Germany Jörg Heuting
Switzerland René Spicher

Results

Nationalliga B

Qualifying Phase West

League Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Remarks
1 Fribourg 22 13 5 4 4338 31Promotion round
2 Bulle 22 12 6 4 4623 30Promotion round
3 Yverdon-Sports 22 10 8 4 3921 28Promotion round
4 CS Chênois 22 10 7 5 3824 27Promotion round
5 Basel 22 11 5 6 4029 27Promotion round
6 Grenchen 22 8 9 5 3821 25Promotion round
7 Etoile-Carouge FC 22 9 4 9 3535 22Relegation group
8 La Chaux-de-Fonds 22 8 3 11 4137 19Relegation group
9 Montreux-Sports 22 5 8 9 2738 18Relegation group
10 Old Boys Basel 22 5 6 11 2740 16Relegation group
11 ES Malley 22 3 5 14 1853 11Relegation group
12 Martigny-Sports 22 1 8 13 2659 10 Relegation group

Promotion/Relegation Phase

League Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Remarks
1 Servette14842291320Remain in Nationalliga A 1990–91
2 Zürich14842301720Promoted to Nationalliga A 1990–91
3 Basel14653271717Remain in Nationalliga B
4 AC Bellinzona14554191615 Relegated to Nationalliga B
5 Yverdon-Sport14374141613Remain in Nationalliga B
6 Fribourg14437172711Remain in Nationalliga B
7 Chur143389219Remain in Nationalliga B
8 Schaffhausen1423915337Remain in Nationalliga B

Swiss Cup

See also

Sources and references

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