1978–79 FC Basel season

Helmut Benthaus was first team manager for the fourteenth consecutive season. There were only a few changes in the squad. Eigil Nielsen moved on to Luzern. Serge Muhmenthaler was forced to terminate his playing career early due to his injury. Muhmenthaler would return a few years later as referee. From the season 1984–85 as referee in the Swiss Football Association and from 1989 as FIFA-Referee. From 1980 until the end of his career in December 1997 he conducted about 250 Swiss and some 75 international games. Walter Mundschin retired from active football. During his time with Basel from 1965 to 1978, Mundschin played a total of 437 games and scored 67 goals. 230 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, 52 in the Swiss Cup or Swiss League Cup, in the European competitions (European Cup, Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA cup and Cup of the Alps) and 98 were friendly games. He scored 44 goals in the domestic league, five in the cup competitions, four in the European competitions and the other 14 were scored during the test games. Mundschin won the Swiss championship six times, the Swiss Cup twice and the League Cup once.[1]

There were also a few new players in the squad. Robert Baldinger joined from Wettingen, Erwin Meyer joined from SC Emmen and Rolf Schönauer joined from local club SC Binningen. All other mutations were internal between the first team and the reserves.

Benthaus led the team in a total of 59 games in their 1978–79 season. 32 of these games were in the domestic league, three in the Swiss Cup, six in the Swiss League Cup, two in the 1978–79 UEFA Cup, four in the Cup of the Alps and 12 were friendly matches. The team scored a total of 110 goals and conceded 97.[2]

Basel played in the 1978–79 Nationalliga A. This was contested by the first 10 teams from the previous season and the newly promoted teams Nordstern Basel and Chiasso. After a double round-robin in the qualification phase, the top six teams played in a championship group for the title and the bottom six teams in the relegation group. The teams in these two groups started with the bonus of half the points from the qualifying phase (rounded up). The champions were to qualify for 1979–80 European Cup, the second and third teams to qualify for the 1979–80 UEFA Cup. Basel ended the qualification round in fourth position and finished the Championship Group in sixth position with 18 points. They ended the season 17 points behind championship winners Servette who won all ten matches in the championship stage. Basel scored a total of 54 goals conceding 53 in 32 games. Detlev Lauscher was the team's top goal scorer with 14 league goals.[3]

In the first round of the Swiss Cup Basel were drawn against FC Glattbrugg and this was the first time that these two clubs had ever played against each other. The game was played on 7 October 1978 and Basel won 7–0. In the second round Basel were drawn away and won against Zürich. In the third round Basel were away against Xamax and were knocked out of the competition. In the final on 20 June 1979 in the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern Servette were matched against Young Boys and won the cup winning the game 3–2. The Cup winners were to qualify for the 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup, but because Servette became champions the runners-up inherited this slot.[4]

In the first round of the Swiss League Cup Basel were drawn against Grenchen. This was played as a two legged affair, winning the home game and losing away game, Basel advanced 4–3 on aggregate. Basel won in the round of 16 against Nordstern Basel. In the quarter-final they won against Luzern and in the semi-final they won against Xamax to reach the final. The final was played on 5 May 1979 in the Wankdorf Stadium. This was against Servette and after extra time the score was 2–2. In the end Servette won 4–3 on penalties and completed the national treble, Championshup, Cup and League Cup.[5]

In the 1978–79 UEFA Cup Basel were drawn against VfB Stuttgart. The first game was lost 2–3 in St. Jakob Stadium and the away game in the Neckarstadion was lost 1–4. VfB Stuttgart won 7–3 on aggregate and continued to the second round.[6]

In the Coppa delle Alpi (to English Cup of the Alps) Basel played with Stade de Reims and Sochaux in Group B together with Lausanne-Sport.[7] Lausanne-Sport won the group and thus advanced to play in the final only to lose this against the winners of group A, Servette FC, 0–4.[8]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   SUI Hans Küng 2 MF   SUI Walter Geisser 3 FW   SUI Robert Baldinger (from Wettingen) 4 DF   SUI Urs Siegenthaler 5 DF   SUI Paul Fischli 6 MF   SUI Otto Demarmels 7 FW   SUI Peter Marti 8 FW   SUI Markus Tanner 9 FW   SUI Roland Schönenberger 10 MF   SUI Arthur von Wartburg 11 MF  GER Detlev Lauscher

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 MF   SUI Jean-Pierre Maradan 13 DF   SUI Rolf Schönauer (from SC Binningen) 14 DF   SUI Jörg Stohler 15 MF   SUI Erwin Meyer (from SC Emmen) 16 MF   SUI Hansruedi Schär 17 MF   SUI Silvan Corbat (reserves) 18 MF   SUI Erni Maissen 22 GK   SUI Hans Müller —   SUI Daniel Hagenbuch (reserves) — GK   SUI Felix Wälchli (reserves)

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   SUI Jürg Wenger — DF   SUI Walter Mundschin (retired)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  DEN Eigil Nielsen (to Luzern) — MF   SUI Serge Muhmenthaler (retired)

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

RC Strasbourg v Basel

14 July 1978 Pre-season	RC Strasbourg	1 – 2	Basel	Haguenau
	65' (1:1)	Summary	2' (0:1) Maissen  75' (1:2) Stohler	Attendance: 1,000

Basel v Biel-Bienne

3 August 1978 Uhrencup	Basel	7 – 0	Biel-Bienne	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:15	Demarmels  20' (1:0) Lauscher  21' (2:0) Tanner  23' (3:0) Schönenberger  43' (4:0) von Wartburg  48' (5:0) Lauscher  55' (6:0) Tanner  64' (7:0)	Summary		Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Peter Rotschi Oensingen

Basel v Liverpool

6 August 1978 Pre-season	Basel	0 – 6	Liverpool	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:00		Summary	7' (o.g. 0:1)  20' (0:2) Dalglish  35' (0:3) Hughes  45' (0:4) Kennedy  60' (0:5) Case  71' (0:6) Kennedy	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Otto Isler Zürich

Basel v Xamax

9 August 1978 Uhrencup	Basel	2 – 1	Xamax	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:15	Stohler  27' (pen. 1:0) Lauscher  44' (2:0)	Summary	66' (2:1) Lüthi	Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Franz Gächter

Winter break and mid-season

Violette AC v Basel

19 January 1979 Winter break	Violette AC	2 – 1	Basel	Port-au-Prince, Haiti
	70' (1:1)  81' (2:1)	Summary	43' (0:1) Demarmels	Attendance: 9,000

Racing CH v Basel

20 January 1979 Winter break	Racing CH	0 – 1	Basel	Port-au-Prince, Haiti
		Summary	41' (0:1) Baldinger	Attendance: 6,500

Biel-Bienne v Basel

10 February 1979 Winter break	Biel-Bienne	2 – 1	Basel	Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
	Ciullo  61' (1:0) Nussbaum  84' (2:1)	Summary	69' (1:1) Lauscher	Attendance: 300 Referee: Werner Bösch

SV Muttenz v Basel

14 February 1979 Winter beak	SV Muttenz	1 – 4	Basel	Sportplatz Margelacker, Muttenz
18:30	Harrisberger  68' (1:2)	Summary	15' (0:1) Stohler  25' (0:2) Marti 28′ Stohler  85' (1:3) Maissen  86' (1:4) Lauscher	Attendance: 300 Referee: Martin Arisdorf

Luzern v Basel

17 February 1979 Winter break	Luzern	0 – 1	Basel	Luzern
		Summary	39' (0:1) Demarmels	Attendance: 300 Referee: Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern

Aarau v Basel

21 February 1979 Winter break	Aarau	3 – 2	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
19:15	Hegi  12' (pen. 1:1) Franz  35' (2:1) Franz  67' (3:2)	Summary	1' (0:1) Marti  46' (2:2) Demarmels	Attendance: 700 Referee: Franz Gächter

Kriens v Basel

27 March 1979 Mid-season	Kriens	1 – 3	Basel	Kriens
	Fischer  40' (1:3)	Summary	12' (0:1) Meyer  18' (0:2) Marti  37' (0:3) Marti	Attendance: 250 Referee: Bruno Burgener

FC Bern v Basel

5 June 1979 Mid-season	FC Bern	3 – 4	Basel	Bern
	Jauner  29' (1:1) Rohner  35' (2:2) Getzmann  83' (3:4)	Summary	26' (0:1) Lauscher  33' (1:2) Schönenberger  70' (2:3) Maissen  80' (2:4) Maissen	Attendance: 150 Referee: Werner Liebi

Qualifying phase matches

Chiasso v Basel

12 August 1978 Round 1	Chiasso	2 – 1	Basel	Stadio Comunale, Chiasso
20:30	Bosco  35' (1:1) Cucinotta  45' (2:1)	Summary	23' (0:1) Lauscher	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Rudolf Renggli Luzern

Basel v Young Boys

19 August 1978 Round 2	Basel	2 – 2	Young Boys	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Corbat  22' (1:0) Stohler  33' (pen. 2:0) Stohler  36' Maissen  61'	Summary	14′ Hussner  39' (2:1) Hussner  53' (2:2) Zwahlen	Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Rudolf Affolter

Nordstern Basel v Basel

23 August 1975 Round 3	Nordstern Basel	1 – 1	Basel	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Degen  2' (pen. 1:0)	Summary	35' (1:1) Stohler	Attendance: 13,200 Referee:

Servette v Basel

26 August 1978 Round 4	Servette	6 – 0	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
20:30	Barberis  4' (1:0) Schnyder  26' (2:0) Schnyder  30' (3:0) Schnyder  66' (4:0) Weber  73' (5:0) Elia  84' (6:0)	Summary	von Wartburg	Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Jakob Baumann

Basel v Chênois

2 September 1978 Round 5	Basel	2 – 1	Chênois	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Maissen  59' (1:0) Maradan  84' (pen. 2:1)	Summary	68' (1:1) Rufli Mustapha	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Hans Wolfer

Sion v Basel

9 September 1978 Round 6	Sion	0 – 0	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:15		Summary		Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Jean-Marie Macheret

Basel v Xamax

16 September 1978 Round 7	Basel	5 – 2	Xamax	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00	Schönenberger  1' (1:0) Schönenberger  31' (2:1) Demarmels  48' (3:1) Schönenberger  60' (4:1) Schönenberger  64' (5:1)	[ Summary]	18' (1:1) Rub  74' (5:2) Hasler  79' Rub	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern

Zürich v Basel

24 September 1978 Round 8	Zürich	1 – 1	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
14:30	Botteron  36' (1:0) Jerkovic  83'	Summary	46' (1:1) Marti	Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Bruno Galler

Basel v Grasshopper Club

30 September 1978 Round 9	Basel	3 – 2	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Tanner  63' (1:2) Maradan  65' (2:2) von Wartburg  87' (3:2) Fischli	Summary	30' (0:1) Sulser  56' (0:2) Sulser	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: André Daina

Lausanne-Sport v Basel

14 October 1978 Round 10	Lausanne-Sport	0 – 1	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:30	Favre	Summary	55' (0:1) Lauscher Schönenberger	Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Jakob Baumann

Basel v St. Gallen

22 October 1978 Round 11	Basel	4 – 2	St. Gallen	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00	Schär  1' (1:0) Stohler  16' (2:1) Marti  77' (3:2) Maissen  89' (4:2)	Summary	13' (1:1) Stomeo  70' (2:2) Stomeo Stöckl Seger	Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Othmar Winter

Basel v Chiasso

29 October 1978 Round 12	Basel	4 – 0	Chiasso	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00	Lauscher  6' (1:0) Tanner  47' (2:0) Schär  49' (3:0) Tanner  54' (4:0)	Summary		Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Rudolf Renggli Luzern

Young Boys v Basel

4 November 1978 Round 13	Young Boys	2 – 0	Basel	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
17:30	Hussner  41' (1:0) Küttel  88' (2:0) Feuz Küttel Zwahlen	Summary	Tanner von Wartburg	Attendance: 12,200 Referee: Bruno Galler

Basel v Servette

19 November 1978 Round 14	Basel	4 – 1	Servette	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00	Stohler  25' (1:0) Lauscher  27' (2:0) Schönenberger  39' (3:0) Lauscher  43' (4:0) Maradan	Summary	55' (4:1) Schnyder	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern

Chênois v Basel

25 November 1978 Round 15	Chênois	1 – 0	Basel	Stade des Trois-Chêne, Thônex
15:45	Lopez  3' (1:0)	Summary		Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Rudolf Renggli Luzern

Basel v Sion

3 December 1978 Round 16	Basel	2 – 0	Sion	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00	Lauscher  14' (1:0) Demarmels  63' Marti  85' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ernest Guignet Yverdon

Xamax v Basel

4 March 1979 Round 17	Xamax	2 – 0	Basel	Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
15:00	Gross  39' (1:0) Bianchi 66' (2:0) Weller	Summary	Schönenberger	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Jakob Baumann

Basel v Zürich

11 March 1979 Round 18	Basel	1 – 0	Zürich	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00	Demarmels  5' (1:0) Geisser Demarmels	Summary	Lüdi	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: André Daina

Grasshopper Club v Basel

17 March 1979 Round 19	Grasshopper Club	2 – 1	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
20:00	Ponte  17' (1:0) Heinz Hermann  89' (2:1)	Summary	52' (pen. 1:1) Stohler	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern

Basel v Lausanne-Sport

31 March 1979 Round 20	Basel	2 – 0	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Lauscher  8' (1:0) Meyer  26' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Othmar Winter

Basel v Nordstern Basel

4 April 1979 Round 21	Basel	1 – 1	Nordstern Basel	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:15	Meyer  9' (1:0) Maradan	Summary	80' (1:1) Rietmann	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Peter Rotschi Oensingen

St. Gallen v Basel

7 April 1979 Round 22	St. Gallen	1 – 1	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
20:00	Brander  22' (1:0)	Summary	89' (1:1) Maissen Demarmels	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Jean-Marie Macheret

Championship group matches

Basel v Young Boys

21 April 1979 Round 1	Basel	6 – 0	Young Boys	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Lauscher  24' (1:0) Lauscher  36' (2:0) Stohler  44' (3:0) Meyer  57' (4:0) Maradan  62' (5:0) Demarmels  73' (6:0)	Summary		Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Rudolf Renggli Luzern

Grasshopper Club v Basel

28 April 1979 Round 2	Grasshopper Club	2 – 1	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
20:00	Traber  11' (1:0) Sulser  13' (2:0)	Summary	82' (2:1) Lauscher Fischli Stohler	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: André Daina

Basel v St. Gallen

8 May 1979 Round 3	Basel	2 – 0	St. Gallen	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Maissen  87' (1:0) Lauscher  90+1' (2:0)	Summary	Schüepp Fleury	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Franz Gächter

Basel v Zürich

12 May 1979 Round 4	Basel	1 – 3	Zürich	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Marti  65' (1:1)	Summary	3' (0:1) Risi  80' (1:2) Risi  90' (1:3) Zwicker Lüdi Zappa	Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Peter Scherz

Servette v Basel

17 May 1979 Round 5	Servette	2 – 0	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
20:30	Coutaz  16' (1:0) Peterhans  33' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Jakob Baumann

Young Boys v Basel

26 May 1979 Round 6	Young Boys	2 – 2	Basel	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
20:00	Pelfini  45' (1:2) Odermatt  62' (pen. 2:2)	Summary	3' (0:1) Lauscher  14' (0:2) Schönenberger	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern

Basel v Grasshopper Club

31 May 1979 Round 7	Basel	2 – 3	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Maissen  26' (1:1) Lauscher  31' (2:1)	Summary	11' (0:1) Koller  32' (2:2) Koller  39' (2:3) Bauer	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: André Daina

St. Gallen v Basel

13 June 1979 Round 8	St. Gallen	4 – 0	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
20:00	Stomeo  11' (1:0) Stomeo  33' (2:0) Friberg  55' (3:0) Müller  75' (4:0) Stöckl Labhart	Summary	Tanner	Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Jean-Marie Macheret

Zürich v Basel

16 June 1979 Round 9	Zürich	4 – 2	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00	Botteron  5' (1:0) Bauer  26' (2:0) Botteron  38' (3:0) Zwicker  70' (4:0)	Summary	43' (3:1) Baldinger  46' (3:2) Lauscher	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Werner BöschL

Basel v Servette

23 June 1979 Round 10	Basel	1 – 4	Servette	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Demarmels  2' (1:0)	Summary	8' (1:1) Andrey  53' (1:2) Barberis  68' (1:3) Pfister  61' (1:4) Pfister	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Othmar Winter

Swiss Cup

Main article: Swiss Cup

FC Glattbrugg v Basel

8 October 1978 Round of 32	FC Glattbrugg	0 – 7	Basel	Sportanlage Au, Glattbrugg
15:00		Summary	32' (0:1) von Wartburg  36' (0:2) Lauscher  48' (0:3) Schönenberger  54' (0:4) Schönenberger  71' (0:5) Schönenberger  79' (0:6) Baldinger  84' (0:7) Baldinger	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Franz Gächter

Zürich v Basel

10 December 1978 Round of 16	Zürich	1 – 3	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
14:30	Botteron  (1:1)	Summary	36' (0:1) Stohler  68' (1:2) Marti  89' (1:3) Lauscher	Attendance: 13,800 Referee: Jakob Baumann

Xamax v Basel

20 March 1979 Quarter-final	Xamax	5 – 0	Basel	Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
	Decastel  21' (1:0) Küffer  70' (2:0) Richard  77' (3:0) Lüthi  (4:0) Decastel  87' (5:0)	Summary		Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Peter Scherz

Swiss League Cup

Main article: Swiss League Cup

Basel v Grenchen

22 July 1978 Round of 32 First leg	Basel	2 – 0	Grenchen	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
18:30	Siegenthaler  24' (1:0) Maissen  56' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 900 Referee: Bruno Burgener

Grenchen v Basel

29 July 1978 Second leg	Grenchen	3 – 2 (3 – 4 agg.)	Basel	Stadium Brühl, Grenchen
19:00	Wirth  43' (1:1) Albanese  51' (2:1) Huser  80' (3:2)	Summary	14' (0:1) Stohler  57' (2:2) Baldinger	Attendance: 900 Referee: Gerald Corminboeuf

Basel v Nordstern Basel

4 October 1978 Round of 16	Basel	1 – 0	Nordstern Basel	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
	Stohler 52′ Schönenberger	Summary		Attendance: 6,600 Referee: Denis Perrenoud

Basel v Luzern

11 November 1978 Quarter-final	Basel	3 – 1	Luzern	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00	Demarmels  42' (1:0) Marti  52' (2:0) Baldinger  54' (3:0)	Summary	66' (pen. 3:1) Christen	Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Werner Bösch

Xamax v Basel

24 February 1979 Semi-final	Xamax	0 – 2	Basel	Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
15:00		Summary	40' (0:1) Baldinger  66' Schönenberger	Attendance: 1,150 Referee: Hans Wolfer

Servette v Basel

1 May 1979 Final	Servette	2 – 2 (4 – 3 p)	Basel	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:00	Peterhans  5' Barberis  37'	Summary	18', 87' Schönenberger	Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Jean-Marie Macheret
	Penalties
	Schnyder Barberis Guyot Trinchero Engel		Stohler Maradan Schönenberger von Wartburg Tanner

Servette won 4–3 on penalties

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1978–79 UEFA Cup

First round

Basel v VfB Stuttgart

13 September 1978 First leg	Basel	2 – 3	VfB Stuttgart	Basel
20:00	Stohler  30' von Wartburg  30'  40' Tanner  78'	Report	44' D. Hoeneß  54', 70' Ohlicher  85' Förster	Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium Referee: Brian McGinlay

VfB Stuttgart v Basel

27 September 1978 Second leg	VfB Stuttgart	4 – 1	Basel	Stuttgart
20:00	Kelsch  24', 48', 68' Müller  64'	Report	35' Schönenberger	Stadium: Neckarstadion Referee: Miroslav Stupar

VfB Stuttgart won 7–3 on aggregate.

Coppa delle Alpi

Main article: Cup of the Alps

Group B

Basel v Stade de Reims

1 July 1978 Round 1	Basel	2 – 1	Stade de Reims	St. Jakob Stadium Basel
20:00	Lauscher  12' (1:0) Stohler  87' (pen. 87)	Summary	35' (1:1) Coste	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Alain Delmer

Sochaux v Basel

4 July 1978 Round 2	Sochaux	1 – 1	Basel	Stade René Blum, Montbéliard
17:00	Revelli  56' (1:0)	Summary	(pen. 1:1) Stohler	Referee: Rudolf Affolter

Stade de Reims v Basel

8 July 1978 Round 3	Stade de Reims	1 – 1	Basel	Reims
	Santamaria  73' (1:1)	Summary	40' (0:1) Demarmels	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ernest Guignet Yverdon

Basel v Sochaux

11 July 1978 Round 4	Basel	0 – 2	Sochaux	St. Jakob Stadium Basel
20 :00		Summary	30' (0:1) Benoit  40' (0:2) Parizon	Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Achille Verbecke

NB: teams did not play compatriots

Group table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	Lausanne-Sport	4	2	1	1	12	8	+4	1	6[lower-alpha 1]	Continue to final
2	Sochaux	4	1	2	1	7	7	0	0	4
3	Basel	4	1	2	1	4	5	−1	0	4
4	Stade de Reims	4	1	1	2	6	9	−3	0	3

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

1. 1 bonus point awarded for a victory by 3 or more goals

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