1975–76 FC Basel season
The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1975–76 season was their 82nd season since the club was founded. It was their 30th 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. Félix Musfeld was club chairman for the sixth consecutive period.
| 1975–76 season | |
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| Chairman |  Félix Musfeld |
| Manager |  Helmut Benthaus |
| Ground | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| Nationalliga A | 3rd |
| Swiss Cup | Round of 16 |
| Swiss League Cup | Semi-final |
| UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | First round |
| Coppa delle Alpi | Runners-up |
| Top goalscorer | League: Roland Schönenberger (10) All: Serge Muhmenthaler (15) |
| Highest home attendance | 28,000 on 4 October 1975 vs Zürich |
| Lowest home attendance | 4,500 on 4 May 1976 vs St. Gallen |
| Average home league attendance | 10,307 |
Overview
Helmut Benthaus was first team manager for the eleventh consecutive season. There were a number of changes in the team during the pre-season. Goalkeeper Marcel Kunz would have liked to have stayed for another season, but his contract was not prolonged, so he moved on to Nordstern Basel one tier lower for one season before he retired from active football. Kunz had been with the club for 12 seasons. Between the years 1963 and 1975 he had played a total of 373 games for Basel, exactly 200 of these games were in the domestic league. He had won the championship five times, the Swiss Cup twice and the Swiss League Cup once. Karl Odermatt would have stayed with the club, but the board of directors refused to pay the desired wages, so he moved to Young Boys. Odermatt had been with the club for 13 seasons. In that time he played a total of 534 games for Basel, 296 of these in the domestic league scoring 92 league goals. He had also won the championship five times, the Swiss League Cup once, but the Swiss Cup three times. After four seasons with the club Ottmar Hitzfeld moved on to VfB Stuttgart, for him this was a large step forward in his career. Hitzfeld had played 177 games, of these 92 in the league with 66 league goals. Walter Balmer retired from active football, he had been with Basel seven seasons, had played 306 games, 156 in the league scoring 65 goals. Roland Paolucci was also reaching the end of his career, but he decided to add another season with Nordstern Basel. Between the years 1965 and 1975 Paolucci played a total of 133 games for Basel's first team and 65 of these games were in the Nationalliga A (four goals). During this time Paolucci also played for Basel's reserve team.
In the other direction Swiss international Peter Marti signed in from Swiss champions Zürich, Serge Muhmenthaler signed in from Young Boys and Walter Geisser joined from local club Nordstern Basel who played one tier lower. As seen in the previous years Benthaus relied on young players who came up from the reserve team to help, when needed in the first team.
Basel played a total of 56 games in their 1975–76 season. 26 in the domestic league, seven in the Swiss Cup, two in the Swiss League Cup, four in the Cup of the Alps, five in the Cup of the Alps, two in the 1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup and 17 were friendly matches. The team scored a total of 129 goals and conceded 96. Basel won six friendly games, drew six and lost five.[1]
The Swiss Football Association was reforming the Swiss football league system this year, reducing the number of teams in the Nationalliga A from 14 to 12 and increasing the Nationalliga B teams from 14 to 16. Therefore, three teams were being relegated and only one promoted. These 14 teams were the top 12 teams from the previous 1974–75 season and the two newly promoted teams Biel-Bienne and La Chaux-de-Fonds. The champions would qualify for the 1975–76 European Cup. Basel played a good season. But reigning champions Zürich ran away with the title, they won the championship with 44 points, five points clear of second placed Servette and ten points clear of third placed Basel. The second and third placed teams were to have qualified for UEFA Cup, but because Zürich won the double the cup runners-up Servette advanced to the 1976–77 Cup Winners' Cup and the third and forth placed teams advanced tp the 1975–76 UEFA Cup. Lugano and the two newly promoted teams, Biel-Bienne amd La Chaux-de-Fonds, suffered relegation.[2]
Basel started in the Swiss Cup tournament in the round of 32 on 25 September 1975 away against lower tier Grenchen and won this game 2–0 to qualify for the round of 16. Here they were drawn away against Young Boys and here the competition came to an end because they were defeated 1–3.[3]
In the Swiss League Cup Basel started in the round of 32 on 9 August away against St. Gallen and won 4–1. In the round of 16 Basel played away against second tier Young Fellows Zürich and won this easily 8–1. Lower tier Grenchen were drawn as hosts for the quarter-finals and Basel won this easily as well 6–2. Basel were drawn as hosts in the semi-final against Young Boys. There was no revenge for the defeat in the Swiss Cup earlier this season because YB won this clash as well, in overtime 3–5.[4]
As Swiss Cup winners in the previous season, Basel were qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup. In the first round of the 1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup Basel were drawn against Spanisch Cup 1974–75 runners-up Atlético Madrid. Atlético had been beaten in the final by Real Madrid 3–4 after a penalty shoot out, but because Real became Spanish champions they thus entered the 1975–76 European Cup and Atlético competed in this competition as runners-up. The 1st leg was played in St. Jakob Stadium in front of 33,000 spectators and Basel took an early lead through Roland Schönenberger in the third minute. But a double strike from José Eulogio Gárate and Rubén Ayala in the 65th and 68th minute turned the game and Basel were defeated 2–3. In the return leg in Vicente Calderón Stadium, with over 25,000 spectators, Heraldo Bezerra put Atlético in the lead in the 74th minute, Otto Demarmels leveled the score, but this was not enough to stop Atlético advancing to the next round.[5]
In the Cup of the Alps Basel were in a goup with Stade de Reims, Olympique Lyonnais and Lausanne-Sport. Two wins and two draws were enough for Basel to qualify for the final. But here they faced Servette in the Charmilles Stadium and lost 0–3.[6]
Players
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- Players who left the squad
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Results
- Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Pre-season and mid-season
| 10 July 1975 Pre-season | SR Delémont | 1 – 4 | Basel | Parc des Sports, Delémont |
Greppin  50' (1:3) |
Summary | 18' (0:1) Tanner 36' (0:1) Schönenberger 40' (0:3) Schönenberger 65' (1:4) Demarmels |
Attendance: 500 Referee: Bloesch Biel/Bienne |
| 16 July 1975 Pre-season | Freiburger FC | 1 – 5 | Basel | Freiburg |
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Summary | (1x) Tanner (1x) Marti (1x) Demarmels (1x) Schönenberger (o.g.) |
| 2 September 1975 Mid-season | FV Lörrach | 0 – 3 | Basel | Lörrach |
| Summary | 37' (0:1) Dörflinger 42' (0:2) Wirth 57' (0:3) Dörflinger |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Bruno Sahner |
| 10 September 1975 Mid-season | Italian national team  | 6 – 0 | Basel | Stadio Comunale Artemio Franchi, Florence |
| 16:00 | Graziani 30' (1:0) Savoldi 34' (2:0)Benetti 58' (3:0)Antognoni 74' (4:0)Antognoni 76' (5:0)Pulici 77' (6:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Gino Menicucci |
| 15 November 1975 Mid-season | Luzern | 1 – 1 | Basel | Stadion Allmend, Luzern |
| Küttel (1x) |
[ Summary] | (1x) Schönenberger |
Attendance: 860 Referee: Willi Dreier Zürich |
Winter break to end of season
| 7 December 1975 Winter break | Nordstern Basel | 1 – 3 | Basel | Stadion Rankhof, Basel |
| 14:30 | Zoppelletto 43' (1:1) |
Summary | 34' (0:1) Fischli 50' (1:2) Just 86' (1:3) Muhmenthaler |
Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Josef Schnidrig |
| 14 December 1975 Winter break | Basel | 2 – 2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 14:30 | Muhmenthaler 78' (1:1) Muhmenthaler 80' (2:1) |
Summary | 8' (pen. 0:1) Simonsen 85' (2:2) Simonsen |
Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Bruno Galler Baden |
| January 1976 Training camp | Martinique XI  | 1 – 2 | Basel | Martinique |
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| January 1976 Training camp | Guadeloupe XI | 1 – 1 | Basel | Guadeloupe |
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Summary | |
| January 1976 Training camp | ASG Juventus de Sainte-Anne | 3 – 3 | Basel | Guadeloupe |
| Philippe Alexandre 1' (1:0) Tibere 52' (2:2)Maya (3:3) |
Summary | 5' (1:1) Muhmenthaler 7' (1:2) Muhmenthaler 56' (2:3) Marti |
| 8 February 1986 Winter break | Grenchen | 1 – 1 | Basel | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
| Waeber 62' (1:1) |
Summary | 21' (0:1) Tanner |
Attendance: 400 Referee: Werner Bösch |
| 15 February 1986 Winter break | Basel | 1 – 1 | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 14:30 | Muhmenthaler 20' (1:1) |
Summary | 3' (0:1) Santrac |
Attendance: 512 Referee: Kurt Fuchs Basel |
| 20 March 1986 Mid-season | Sion | 2 – 0 | Basel | Stade Tourbillon, Sion |
| Parini 7' (1:0) Coutaz 19' (2:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 750 Referee: Jean-Daniel Pralong |
| 15 April 1986 Mid-season | Luzern | 2 – 3 | Basel | Stadion Allmend, Luzern |
| Mentasti 6' (1:0) L. Kaufmann 34' (2:1) |
Summary | 18' (1:1) Tanner 54' (2:2) Nielsen 75' (2:3) Nielsen |
Attendance: 400 Referee: Alfred Heinis |
| 21 April 1986 Mid-season | Basel | 0 – 2 | Schalke | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Summary | 23' (0:2) E. Kremers 28' (0:2) Rüssmann |
Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Ernest Guignet Yverdon |
| 21 May 1976 Mid-season | Basel | 3 – 4 | Hamburger SV | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Demarmels 24' (1:0) Demarmels 55' (2:2)Rahmen 59' (3:3) |
Summary | 30' (1:1) Eigl 36' (1:2) Zaczyk 59' (2:3) Ettmayer 90' (3:4) Reimann |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne |
| 16 June 1976 End of season | Basel | 2 – 3 | Perugia | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Schönenberger 20' (1:0) Rahmen 30' (2:1) |
Summary | 24' (1:1) Ciccotelli 35' (2:2) Frosio 50' (2:3) Ciccotelli |
Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Peter Scherz |
Nationalliga
League matches
| 16 August 1975 Round 1 | Basel | 5 – 1 | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Muhmenthaler 23' (1:0) Nielsen 38' (2:1)Muhmenthaler 54' (3:1)Marti 65' (4:1)Muhmenthaler 76' (5:1) |
Summary | 35' (1:1) Barberis |
Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Jean Dubach Nidau |
| 23 August 1975 Round 2 | Winterthur | 2 – 3 | Basel | Schützenwiese, Winterthur |
| 20:15 | Conway 8' (1:0) Meili  38'Bollmann 45'Meili 81' (2:3) |
Summary | 29' (1:1) Muhmenthaler 38' Marti 41' (1:2) Marti 49' (pen. 1:3) Hasler |
Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Peter Scherz |
| 30 August 1975 Round 3 | Basel | 1 – 2 | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Schönenberger 90+1' (1:2) |
Summary | 52' (0:1) Zappella 87' (0:2) Duvillard |
Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Rudolf Renggli Luzern |
| 6 September 1975 Round 4 | Biel-Bienne | 1 – 5 | Basel | Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne |
| 20:15 | Elsig 2' Heutschi 75' (pen. 1:5) |
Summary | 8' (0:1) Nielsen 10' (0:2) Muhmenthaler 28' Marti 38' (0:3) Schönenberger 48' Schönenberger 60' (0:4) Ramseier 68' (0:2) Schönenberger |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne |
| 13 September 1975 Round 5 | Basel | 3 – 0 | Lugano | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Muhmenthaler 3' (1:0) Marti 49' (2:0)Schönenberger 64' (3:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne |
| 20 September 1975 Round 6 | Xamax | 2 – 2 | Basel | Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel |
| 17:45 | Zaugg 55' Müller 56' (pen. 1:2)Müller 81' (2:2) |
Summary | 5' (0:1) Mundschin 33' (0:2) Muhmenthaler 65' Muhmenthaler |
Attendance: 8,700 Referee: Otto Wyniger Wetzikon |
| 4 October 1975 Round 7 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Zürich | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Rahmen 89' (1:1) |
Summary | 11' (0:1) Kuhn 43' Zigerlig 50' Heer |
Attendance: 28,000 Referee: René Matthieu |
| 15 October 1975 Round 8 | St. Gallen | 2 – 2 | Basel | Espenmoos, St. Gallen |
| 20:15 | Schneeberger 53' (1:1) Schneeberger 64'Blättler 70' (2:2) |
Summary | 26' (0:1) Muhmenthaler 27' Nielsen 57' (1:2) Nielsen 66' Fischli 69' Mundschin |
Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern |
| 18 October 1975 Round 9 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Sion | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Tanner 26' (1:1) |
Summary | 69' Coutaz 74' Dayen |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne |
| 25 October 1975 Round 10 | Young Boys | 3 – 1 | Basel | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
| 17:30 | Trümpler 56' Rebmann 66' (1:0)Siegenthaler 68' (2:1)Bruttin 73' (3:1) |
Summary | 23' von Wartburg 49' Nielsen 55' (0:1) Nielsen |
Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Otto Isler Zürich |
| 1 November 1975 Round 11 | Basel | 3 – 0 | Chênois | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20;00 | Schönenberger 36' (1:0) Ramseier 70' (2:0)Rahmen 86' (3:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Willy Utz Oensingen |
| 8 November 1975 Round 12 | Basel | 2 – 0 | Servette | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Stohler 21' (1:0) Müller 58'Schönenberger 73' (2:0)Schönenberger 90+1' |
Summary | 36' Marchi |
Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Attilio Bignasca Lugano |
| 23 November 1975 Round 13 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 1 – 2 | Basel | Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| 14:30 | Brossard 87' (1:2) |
Summary | 53' (0:1) Schönenberger 77' (0:2) Marti |
Attendance: 1,300 Referee: André Daina |
| 30 November 1975 Round 14 | Grasshopper Club | 4 – 1 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
| 15:00 | Bosco 48' (1:0) Bosco 72' (2:0)Elsener 83' (3:0)Santrač 85' (4:1) |
Summary | 84' (3:1) Mundschin |
Attendance: 7,900 Referee: Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne |
| 7 March 1976 Round 15 | Basel | 5 – 1 | Winterthur | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 14:30 | Stohler 37' (1:0) Mundschin 59' (2:1)Marti 70' (3:1)Stohler 78' (4:1)Schönenberger 84' (5:1) |
Summary | 46' (1:1) Wehrli |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Peter Kellenberger |
| 14 March 1976 Round 16 | Lausanne-Sport | 0 – 1 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
| 14:30 | Summary | 72' (0:1) Rahmen |
Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Peter Scherz |
| 27 March 1976 Round 17 | Basel | 3 – 1 | Biel-Bienne | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Stohler 40' (1:0) Demarmels 41' (2:0)Marti 71' (3:0) |
Summary | 79' (3:1) Elsig |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ernest Guignet Yverdon |
| 3 April 1976 Round 18 | Lugano | 1 – 1 | Basel | Cornaredo, Lugano |
| 20:45 | Lalie 64' (1:1) Brenna 85' |
Summary | 30' (0:1) Marti 89' Marti |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne |
| 10 April 1976 Round 19 | Basel | 0 – 0 | Xamax | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Summary | Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Werner Bösch |
| 24 April 1976 Round 20 | Zürich | 1 – 1 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
| 17:00 | Katić 55' (1:0) |
Summary | 73' (1:1) Hasler |
Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Walter Hungerbühler St. Gallen |
| 4 May 1976 Round 21 | Basel | 2 – 2 | St. Gallen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Hasler 27' (1:0) Mundschin 32' (2:0) |
Summary | 66' (pen. 2:1) Stöckl 80' (2:2) Nasdalla |
Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne |
| 8 May 1976 Round 22 | Sion | 5 – 1 | Basel | Stade Tourbillon, Sion |
| 20:15 | Vergeres 22' (1:0) Luisier 51' (2:0)Vergeres 58' (3:1)Vergeres 63' (4:1)Vergeres 85' (5:1) |
Summary | 17' Tanner 57' (pen. 2:1) Stohler |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Bruno Della Bruna Lumino |
| 15 May 1976 Round 23 | Basel | 5 – 1 | Young Boys | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Stohler 24' (1:1) von Wartburg 30' (2:1)Schönenberger 39' (3:1)Nielsen 46' (4:1)Tanner 83' (5:41) |
Summary | 3' (0:1) Burkhardt |
Attendance: 13,000 Referee: René Maire Geneva |
| 30 May 1976 Round 24 | Chênois | 1 – 3 | Basel | Stade des Trois-Chêne, Thônex |
| 20:00 | Mabillard 88' (1:3) |
Summary | 13' (0:1) von Wartburg 36' (0:2) Demarmels 77' (0:3) Tanner |
Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Peter Scherz |
| 5 June 1976 Round 25 | Servette | 3 – 0 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
| 20:15 | Barriquand 19' (1:0) Hussner 84' (2:0)Riner 88' (3:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Bruno Galler |
| 13 June 1976 Round 26 | Basel | 5 – 2 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Landhof, Basel |
| 20:15 | von Wartburg 6' (1:0) Schönenberger 9' (2:0)Stohler 20' (3:0)Mundschin 30' (4:0)Hasler 45' (5:0) |
Summary | 55' (5:1) Schermesser 72' (5:2) Zwygart |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: André Daina |
League standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Zürich (C) | 26 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 69 | 26 | +43 | 44 | Swiss champions, qualified for 1976–77 European Cup and Swiss Cup winners, entered 1976 Intertoto Cup |
| 2 | Servette | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 50 | 14 | +36 | 39 | Swiss Cup runners-up, qualified for 1976–77 Cup Winners' Cup |
| 3 | Basel | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 59 | 38 | +21 | 34 | qualified for 1976–77 UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Grasshopper Club | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 54 | 37 | +17 | 32 | qualified for 1976–77 UEFA Cup and entered 1976 Intertoto Cup |
| 5 | Young Boys | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 41 | 27 | +14 | 31 | entered 1976 Intertoto Cup |
| 6 | Xamax | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 30 | |
| 7 | St. Gallen | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 27 | entered 1976 Intertoto Cup |
| 8 | Lausanne-Sport | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 26 | |
| 9 | Sion | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 54 | −14 | 21 | |
| 10 | Chênois | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 42 | −12 | 19 | |
| 11 | Winterthur | 26 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 34 | 65 | −31 | 18 | |
| 12 | Lugano | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 37 | −18 | 16 | Relegated to Nationalliga B |
| 13 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 27 | 61 | −34 | 14 | Relegated to Nationalliga B |
| 14 | Biel-Bienne | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 26 | 58 | −32 | 13 | Relegated to Nationalliga B |
Swiss Cup
| 27 September 1975 Round of 32 | Grenchen | 0 – 2 | Basel | Stadium Brühl, Grenchen |
| 20:00 | Scheller 50' |
Summary | 17' (0:1) Nielsen 74' (0:2) Muhmenthaler |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Peter Kellenberger |
| 29 October 1975 Round of 16 | Young Boys | 3 – 1 | Basel | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
| 19:30 | Odermatt 3' (1:0) Burkhardt 47' (2:0)Burkhardt 52' (3:0) |
Summary | 74' (3:1) Schönenberger |
Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Walter Hungerbühler St. Gallen |
Swiss League Cup
| 9 August 1995 Round of 32 | St. Gallen | 1 – 4 | Basel | Espenmoos, St. Gallen |
| 20:15 | Brander 63' Schneeberger 81' (1:3) |
Summary | 7' (0:1) Muhmenthaler 41' (0:2) Muhmenthaler 52' (0:3) Marti 88' (1:4) Marti |
Attendance: 4,300 Referee: Otto Wyniger Wetzikon |
| 22 February 1976 Round of 16 | Young Fellows Zürich | 1 – 8 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
| 14:30 | Senn 11' (1:3) |
Summary | 3' (0:1) Marti 7' (0:2) Hasler 10' (0:3) Muhmenthaler 24' (1:4) Muhmenthaler 37' (pen. 1:5) Mundschin 59' (1:6) Hasler 63' (1:7) von Wartburg 75' (1:8) Marti |
Attendance: 1,029 Referee: Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern |
| 28 February 1976 Quarter-final | Grenchen | 2 – 6 | Basel | Stadium Brühl, Grenchen |
| 17:00 | Braun 21' Wirth 78' (1:4)Waeber 86' (2:6) |
Summary | 6' (0:1) von Wartburg 13' Nielsen 30' (0:2) Marti 51' (0:3) Tanner 74' (0:4) Marti 80' (1:5) Marti 85' (1:6) Schönenberger |
Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Mario Osta Oberuzwil |
| 27 April 1976 Semi-final | Basel | 3 – 5 (a.e.t.) | BSC Young Boys | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Mundschin 38' (1:2) Mundschin 58' (2:2)Hasler 63'Stohler 99' (pen. 3:2)Fischli 113' |
Summary | 11' (0:1) Burkhardt 25' (0:2) Rebmann 101' (pen. 3:3) Odermatt 103' (3:4) Bruttin 105' Vögeli 108' (3:5) Küttel |
Attendance: 10,300 Referee: Mario Osta Oberuzwil |
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
- First round
| 17 September 1975 First leg | Basel | 1 – 2 |  Atlético Madrid | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Schönenberger 3' (1:0) Nielsen 43' |
Summary | 65' (1:1) Gárate 66' Díaz 68' (1:2) Ayala 76' Salcedo |
Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Robert Wurtz |
| 1 October 1975 Second leg | Atlético Madrid | 1 – 1 (3 – 2 agg.) | Basel | Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid |
| 21:00 | Bezerra 74' (1:0) |
Summary | 83' Mundschin 89' (1:1) Demarmels |
Attendance: 25,000 Referee:  Paul Schiller |
Atlético Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.
Cup of the Alps
- Group B
| 19 July 1975 round 1 | Stade de Reims | 3 – 4 | Basel | Reims |
| 20:30 | Bianchi 1' (1:0) Bianchi 59' (2:3)Vergnes 75' (3:3) |
Summary | 40' (1:1) Demarmels 52' (pen. 1:2) Schönenberger 54' (1:3) Demarmels 82' (3:4) Nielsen |
Attendance: 6,300 Referee: Jean Dubach Nidau |
| 26 July 1975 round 2 | Basel | 2 – 2 | Olympique Lyonnais | St. Jakob Stadium Basel |
| 20:00 | Tanner (1x) Muhmenthaler (1x) |
Summary | (1x) Bernad (1x) Chiesa |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Robert Wurtz |
| 29 July 1975 round 3 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Stade de Reims | St. Jakob Stadium Basel |
| 20:00 | Stohler 76' (pen. 1:1) Tanner 90' (2:1) |
Summary | 73' (0:1) Laraignée |
Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Robert Helies |
| 2 August 1975 round 4 | Olympique Lyonnais | 2 – 2 | Basel | Stade de Gerland, Lyon |
| 20:30 | Maillard 25' (1:1) Delestre 75' (2:2) |
Summary | 20' (0:1) Tanner 50' (1:2) Muhmenthaler |
Attendance: 4,923 Referee: Ernest Guignet Yverdon |
NB: teams did not play compatriots
- Group table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts | |
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| 1 | Basel | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | Advance to final |
| 2 | Olympique Lyonnais | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 0 | 5 | |
| 3 | Stade de Reims | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Lausanne-Sport | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 | 1 |
Notes:
- 1 bonus point awarded for victory by 3 or more goals
- Final
| 5 August 1975 Final | Servette | 3 – 0 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
| 20:30 | Barriquand 30' (1:0) Hussner 58' (2:0) Pfister 86' (3:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Peter Scherz |
References
- Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1975/76". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A 1975/76". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
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- Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
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