1980–81 FC Basel season

The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1980–81 season was their 87th season since the club was founded. It was their 35th 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. Pierre Jacques Lieblich was voted as new club chairman, he replaced René Theler who stood down at the AGM.

FC Basel
1980–81 season
Chairman Pierre Jacques Lieblich
Manager Helmut Benthaus
GroundSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga ASixth
Swiss CupQuarter-final
Swiss League CupRound 1
European CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Erni Maissen (10)
All: Erni Maissen (14)
Highest home attendance17,500 on 11 April 1981
vs Grasshopper Club
Lowest home attendance4,000 on 11 October 1980
vs Sion
and on 25 October 1980
vs Servette
Average home league attendance6,630

Overview

Helmut Benthaus was first team manager for the sixteenth consecutive season. There were only a few changes in the squad this off-season. Erwin Meyer moved on to Luzern and Robert Baldinger moved to lower tier Aarau. Serge Duvernois joined from Saint Louis and Martin Mullis joined from St. Gallen. All other mutations were internal between the first team and the reserves.

Basel played a total of 52 games in their 1980–81 season. 26 matches were played in the domestic league, three in the Swiss Cup, one in the Swiss League Cup, four in the 1980–81 European Cup and 18 were friendly matches. The team scored a total of 115 goals and conceded 71. Of their 18 test games, 10 were won, five were drawn and three ended with a defeat. Three of these games were played at home in St. Jakob Stadium, the others were played away from home. In the pre-season Basel played three games in Germany and during the winter break they played three games in Singapore and Malaysia.[1]

Basel played in the 1980–81 Nationalliga A. The league had been reformed and there were no more championship play-offs. Basel played a mediocre season and ended the Nationalliga in sixth position, 12 points behind Zürich who became champions. In their 26 league games Basel won nine, drew ten and lost seven matches, which meant that the totaled 28 points. They scored 48 goals, conceding 44. Erni Maissen was the team's top goalscorer scoring ten league goals. Markus Tanner was second best scorer with six goals.[2]

Basel entered the Swiss Cup in the round of 32. Here they were drawn away against Fribourg and they won the match 3–0. In the round of 16 they were drawn at home against Martigny-Sports and this match was won 6–0. In the quarterfinal, on 28 March 1981, Basel were drawn to play away from home against Zürich in the Letzigrund. The hosts won the tie 3–0. Basel were out of the competition and Zürich continued on to the final and won the trophy. In first round of the Swiss League Cup Basel were also drawn away against Zürich. They lost the home game 1–2 and Zürich continued in this competition and won this trophy as well.[3]

As reigning Swiss champions Basel were qualified for the 1980–81 European Cup. In the first round they were drawn against Club Brugge. The first leg was played in Jan Breydel Stadium in Bruges and Basel won 1–0 through a goal scored by Erni Maissen in 65th minute. The return leg was won 4–1, the goals coming from Markus Tanner (14), Jörg Stohler (48), Arthur von Wartburg (55) and Walter Geisser (81) after Brugge had taken an early lead through Jan Ceulemans (3), but their goalkeeper Leen Barth was sent off in the 17th minute. In the second round Basel were drawn against Red Star Belgrade. Basel decided the first leg for themselves 1–0, the goal scored by Detlev Lauscher. In the second leg, however, Basel were defeated 0–2 and were eliminated from the competition.[4]

Players

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 DF   SUI Walter Geisser
3 DF  FRA Serge Duvernois (from Saint Louis)
4 MF   SUI Ernst Schleiffer
5 DF   SUI René Hasler
6 MF   SUI Otto Demarmels
7 FW   SUI Peter Marti
8 MF   SUI Markus Tanner
9 FW   SUI Joseph Küttel
10 MF   SUI Arthur von Wartburg
11 FW  GER Detlev Lauscher
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 DF   SUI Jean-Pierre Maradan
13 DF   SUI Stefano Ceccaroni (reserves)
14 DF   SUI Jörg Stohler
15 MF   SUI Martin Mullis (from St. Gallen)
16 MF   SUI Hansruedi Schär
17 DF  FRA Serge Gaisser
18 MF   SUI Erni Maissen
22 GK   SUI Hans Müller
— DF   SUI René Zingg
— MF   SUI Martin Jeitziner
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
— MF   SUI Robert Baldinger (to Aarau)
— DF   SUI Rolf Schönauer
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   SUI Erwin Meyer (to Luzern)
— DF  GER Manfred Jungk

Results
Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre- and mid-season
23 July 1980 Pre-season Stuttgarter Kickers 3 – 1 Basel Stuttgart
Nickel  (1:0)
Voise  (2:0)
Dreher  (3:1)		 Summary  (2:1) Lauscher Attendance: 2,000
25 July 1980 Pre-season VfB Eppingen 1 – 2 Basel Hugo-Koch-Stadion, Eppingen
Sterz  37' (1:1)
Gebhardt 61′		 Summary  32' (0:1) Mullis
 88' (1:2)		 Attendance: 1,500
27 July 1980 Pre-season SC Freiburg 2 – 2 Basel Alemannenstadion, Maulburg
18:00  (1:0)
 (2:2)		 Summary  38' (1:1) Tanner
 86' (1:2) Marti		 Attendance: 2,500
31 July 1980 Pre-season Luzern 2 – 3 Basel Wolfwil
20:00 Fischer  20' (1:0)
Gaisser  35' (o.g. 0:2)		 Summary  (2:1) Lauscher
 67' (2:2) Lauscher
 87' (2:3) Schär		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Peter Scherz
1 August 1980 Uhrencup Basel 6 – 0 Biel-Bienne Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
18:00 Hasler  13' (1:0)
Marti  26' (2:0)
Maissen  43' (3:0)
Belafatti  55' (4:0)
Maissen  63' (5:0)
Hasler  81' (6:0)		 Summary Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Manfred Schlup Grenchen
6 August 1980 Uhrencup Final Grenchen 1 – 5 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:15 Bregy  68' (1:5) Summary  6' (0:1) Demarmels
 18' (0:2) von Wartburg
 31' (0:3) Tanner
 39' (0:4) Küttel
 43' (0:5) Marti		 Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Alfred Heinis
10 August 1980 Pre-season Xamax 2 – 0 Basel Oensingen
15:30 Pellegrini  19' (1:0)
Lüthi  84' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 950
Referee: Hauri
12 August 1980 Philips Cup Young Boys 1 – 3 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
20:30 Schönenberger  63' (1:3) Summary  7' (0:1) Hasler
 11' (0:2) Lauscher
 14' (0:3) Küttel		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Werner Bösch
19 August 1980 Philips Cup Final Basel 7 – 2 Zürich Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
20:30 Marti  31' (1:1)
Gaisser  33' (2:1)
Schär  44' (3:1)
Schär  47' (4:1)
Schär  58' (5:1)
Marti  66' (6:1)
Küttel  68' (7:1)		 Summary  25' (0:1) Zappa
 74' (7:2) Seiler		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Jean-Marie Macheret
14 October 1980 Mid-season Bulle 1 – 1 Basel Stade de Bouleyres, Bulle
Blanchard  (1:1) Summary  33' (0:1) von Wartburg Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Willy Hänni
1 November 1980 Mid-season Basel 2 – 2 Kriens St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Maissen  73' (1:2)
Maissen  85' (2:2)		 Summary  61' (0:1) Rhyn
 70' (0:2) Foschini		 Attendance: 200
Referee: Rolf Blattmann

Winter break
12 January 1981 Winter break Singapore XI 1 – 1 Basel Singapore
 (1x) Summary  (1x) Maissen Attendance: 16,000
14 January 1981 Winter break Malaysia XI 0 – 4 Basel Malaysia
Summary  48' (0:1) Gaisser
 58' (0:2) Gaisser
 83' (0:3) Maissen
 89' (0:4) Demarmels		 Attendance: 15,000
21 January 1981 Winter break Penang XI 1 – 2 Basel Penang, Malaysia
 (1x) Summary  (1x) Tanner
 (1x) Lauscher		 Attendance: 4,500
12 February 1981 Winter break FC Allschwil 1 – 6 Basel Gartenhof, Allschwil
Schnetzer  75' (1:5) Summary  7' (0:1) von Wartburg
 13' (0:2) Lauscher
 23' (0:3) Tanner
 25' (0:4) Gaisser
 50' (0:5) Gaisser
 82' (1:6) Demarmels		 Attendance: 500
Referee: Pfister
14 February 19814 Winter break Nordstern Basel 2 – 1 Basel Stadion Rankhof, Basel
Zbinden  5' (1:0)
Kaufmann  27' (2:0)		 Summary  81' (2:1) Lauscher Attendance: 500
Referee: Ernst Dörflinger Basel
18 February 1981 Winter break Basel 2 – 2 SSC Napoli St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30 Geisser  30' (1:0)
Mullis  60' (2:2)		 Summary  44' (1:1) Capone
 45' (1:2) Capone		 Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Rudolf Renggli Luzern
21 February 1981 Winter break Basel 3 – 1 Luzern St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
von Wartburg  36' (1:0)
Küttel  40' (2:0)
Schär  47' (3:0)		 Summary  61' (pen. 3:1) Risi Attendance: 600
Referee: Bruno Burgener

Nationalliga A
Main article: 1980–81 Nationalliga A

Matches
23 August 1980 Round 1 Young Boys 3 – 1 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
20:00 Müller  56' (1:0)
Schönenberger  67' (2:1)
Schönenberger  74' (3:1)
Schönenberger  80'		 Summary  61' (1:1) Maissen Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern
30 August 1980 Round 2 Basel 0 – 0 Chênois St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Summary Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Renzo Peduzzi
6 September 1980 Round 3 Zürich 1 – 3 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00 Zwicker  56' (1:2)
Elsa
Elsener
Zwicker 		Summary  18' (0:1) Marti
 39' (0:2) Stohler
 89' (1:3) Maradan
von Wartburg		 Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Bruno Galler
13 September 1980 Round 4 Basel 1 – 0 St. Gallen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Maissen  50' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Rudolf Affolter
20 September 1980 Round 5 Chiasso 3 – 0 Basel Stadio Comunale Riva IV, Chiasso
20:00 Bevilacqua  41' (1:0)
Untersee  43'
Manzoni  51' (2:0)
Rehmann  74' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Alfred Heinis
4 October 1980 Round 6 Grasshopper Club 2 – 2 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
20:00 Egli  24' (1:1)
Meyer 71′
Egli  84' (2:2)
Hermann 		Summary  17' (0:1) Küttel
 44' (1:2) Küttel
Demarmels
Küttel		 Attendance: 11,800
Referee: Renzo Peduzzi
8 October 1980 Round 7 Basel 3 – 2 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Küttel  5' (1:0)
Küttel  53' (2:0)
Maissen  69' (3:2)
Stohler 		Summary  22' (2:1) Mauron
 57' (2:2) Kok
Bamert
Lei-Ravello		 Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Bruno Galler
11 October 1980 Round 8 Basel 4 – 1 Sion St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Stohler  19' (1:0)
Maissen  23' (2:0)
Küttel  48' (3:0)
Marti  60' (4:1)		 Summary  49' (3:1) Saunier Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Peter Scherz
18 October 1979 Round 9 Xamax 3 – 2 Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
20:00 Bianchi  8' (1:0)
Trinchero  21' (pen. 2:1)
Guillou  62' (3:1)
Favre		 Summary  14' (1:1) Marti
 66' (pen. 3:2) Stohler
Maradan		 Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Walter Nussbaumer
25 October 1980 Round 10 Basel 2 – 2 Servette St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Tanner  44' (1:0)
Lauscher  76' (2:2)		 Summary  55' (1:1) Zwygart
 74' (1:2) Zwygart		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Rudolf Renggli Luzern
15 November 1980 Round 11 Luzern 3 – 1 Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
17:00 Risi  6' (1:0)
Kaufmann  26'
Hitzfeld  66' (2:1)
Risi  84' (3:1)		 Summary  8' (1:1) Maissen
 51' Schär		 Attendance: 8,200
Referee: André Daina
23 November 1980 Round 12 Basel 4 – 0 Bellinzona St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Demarmels  18' (1:0)
Marti  35' (2:0)
Tanner  42' (3:0)
Tanner  81' (4:0)		 Summary Weidle Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Marino Paggiola
7 December 1980 Round 13 Nordstern Basel 1 – 2 Basel Stadion Rankhof, Basel
14:30 Mata  71'
Kälin  77' (1:2)		 Summary  68' (0:1) Maissen
 75' (0:2) Demarmels		 Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Renzo Peduzzi
1 March 1981 Round 14 Basel 2 – 2 Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Maissen  24' (1:1)
Lauscher  68' (2:2)		 Summary  15' (0:1) Brodard
 57' (1:2) Berkemeier
Baur		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Rudolf Renggli Luzern
8 March 1981 Round 15 Chênois 2 – 2 Basel Stade des Trois-Chêne, Thônex
14:30 Lopez  73' (1:2)
Michel  81' (2:2)		 Summary  15' (0:1) Lauscher
 46' (0:2) Mullis		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Werner Bösch
15 March 1981 Round 16 Basel 2 – 0 Zürich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Tanner  56' (1:0)
Marti  90' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Jakob Baumann
21 March 1981 Round 17 St. Gallen 1 – 2 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
17:30 Friberg  34' (1:0) Summary  33' von Wartburg
 52' (1:1) Marti
 61' Maissen
 65' Lauscher
 89' (1:2)		 Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Jean-Marie Macheret
5 April 1981 Round 18 Basel 3 – 0 Chiasso St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Ceccaroni  19' (1:0)
Maissen  30' (2:0)
Tanner  38' (3:0)		 Summary  53' Rehmann Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Georges Sandoz
11 April 1981 Round 19 Basel 1 – 5 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Tanner  14' (1:0)
Maradan  55'
Marti  72'		 Summary  2' Herbert Hermann
 24' (1:1) Pfister
 44' (1:2) Egli
 59' Heinz Hermann
 65' (1:3) Sulser
 67' (1:4) Wehrli
 76' (1:5) Zanetti		 Attendance: 17,500
Referee: André Daina
24 April 1981 Round 20 Sion 1 – 1 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:30 Richard  29' (1:0)
Valentini  62'		 Summary  51' Maissen
 89' (1:1) Ceccaroni		 Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Werner Bösch
2 May 1981 Round 21 Basel 1 – 2 Xamax St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Marti  15' (1:0) Summary  64' (1:1) Pellegrini
 78' (1:2) Pellegrini		 Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Othmar Winter
12 May 1981 Round 22 Servette 2 – 1 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
20:00 Radi  53' (1:1)
Cucinotta  89' (2:1)		 Summary  29' (0:1) Lauscher Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Rudolf Affolter
16 May 1981 Round 23 Basel 4 – 4 Luzern St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Maissen  63' (1:3)
Lauscher  66' (2:4)
Maissen  77' (2:4)
Küttel  80' (2:4)		 Summary  23' (0:1) P. Risi
 52' (0:2) Meyer
 56' (0:3) Binder
 64' (1:4) P. Risi		 Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Walter Nussbaumer
23 May 1981 Round 24 Bellinzona 1 – 1 Basel Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona
20:00 Leoni  49' (1:0) Summary  75' (o.g. 1:1) Degiovannini Attendance: 4,000
Referee: André Daina
4 June 1981 Round 25 Lausanne-Sport 2 – 2 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:15 Tachet  65' (pen. 1:1)
Kok  80' (2:2)		 Summary  40' (0:1) Mullis
 75' (1:2) Lauscher		 Attendance: 3,700
Referee: Marco Raveglia
13 June 1981 Round 26 Basel 1 – 1 Nordstern Basel St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:15 Gaisser  52' (1:0) Summary  57' (1:1) Zeender Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Peter Scherz

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Zürich 26 18 4 4 57 28 +29 40 Champions, qualified for 1981–82 European Cup
2 Grasshopper Club 26 11 12 3 45 24 +21 34 qualified for 1981–82 UEFA Cup
3 Xamax 26 14 6 6 44 25 +19 34 qualified for 1981–82 UEFA Cup
4 Young Boys 26 11 11 4 46 33 +13 33
5 Lausanne-Sport 26 12 6 8 40 29 +11 30 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1981–82 Cup Winners' Cup
6 Basel 26 9 10 7 48 44 +4 28
7 Servette 26 8 10 8 38 36 +2 26
8 Sion 26 8 8 10 35 42 −7 24
9 Luzern 26 6 10 10 39 46 −7 22
10 St. Gallen 26 7 8 11 35 42 −7 22
11 Nordstern Basel 26 6 7 13 28 37 −9 19
12 Bellinzona 26 7 5 14 25 46 −21 19
13 Chiasso 26 5 8 13 28 46 −18 18
14 Chênois 26 3 9 14 23 53 −30 15 Relegated
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup
Main article: Swiss Cup
28 September 1980 Round of 32 Fribourg 0 – 3 Basel Stade Universitaire, Fribourg
20:00 Summary  36' (0:1) Lauscher
 47' (0:2) Maissen
 87' (0:3) Mullis		 Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Othmar Winter
9 November 1980 Round of 16 Basel 6 – 0 Martigny-Sports St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Küttel  1' (1:0)
Maissen  22' (2:0)
Maissen  38' (3:0)
Küttel  48' (4:0)
Stohler 66′
Tanner  67' (5:0)
Gaisser  84' (6:0)		 Summary Attendance: 1,900
Referee: Roland Chapuis
29 March 1981 Quarter-final Zürich 3 – 0 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
Seiler  24' (1:0)
Elsener  42' (2:0)
Seiler  70' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Peter Scherz

Swiss League Cup
Main article: Swiss League Cup
16 August 1980 Round of 32 Basel 1 – 2 Zürich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:00 Lauscher  86' (1:2) Summary  15' (0:1) Lüdi
 18' Moser
 56' (0:2) Zwicker		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Jakob Baumann

European Cup
Main article: 1980–81 European Cup
Round 1
17 September 1980 First leg Club Brugge 0 – 1 Basel Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
20:00 UEFA summary
FCB summary		  55' Schleiffer
 65' Maissen		 Referee: Adolf Mathias
1 October 1980 Second leg Basel 4 – 1 Club Brugge St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Marti  3'
Tanner  14'
Stohler  48' (pen.)
von Wartburg  55'
Geisser  81'		 UEFA summary
FCB summary		  4' Ceulemans
 12' Meeuws
 17' Barth (Goalkeeper)
 44' Leekens		 Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez

Basel won 5–1 on aggregate.

Round 2
22 October 1980 First leg Basel 1 – 0 Red Star Belgrade St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Lauscher  33'
Tanner  35'		 UEFA summary
FCB Summary		  22' Jurišić
 50' Janković		 Referee: António Garrido
5 November 1980 Second leg Red Star Belgrade 2 – 0 Basel Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
17:00 Repčić  6'
Janjanin  18'
Rajković  68'
Blagojević  87'		 UEFA summary
FCB summary		 Referee: John Carpenter

Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.

See also

References
  1. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1980/81". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. Erik Garin. "Nationalliga A 1980-1981". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1980-1981". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. "Champions League 1980/1981". uefa.com. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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