1981–82 FC Basel season

The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1981–82 season was their 88th season since the club was founded. It was their 36th 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 club chairman for the second year running.

FC Basel
1981–82 season
Chairman Pierre Jacques Lieblich
Manager Helmut Benthaus
GroundSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A8th
Swiss CupRunners-up
Swiss League CupQuarter-final
Coppa delle AlpiWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Martin Jeitziner (8)
Maissen (8)
All: Maissen (13)
Highest home attendance10,500 on 28 March 1982
vs Servette
Lowest home attendance3,000 on 24 April 1982
vs Sion
Average home league attendance6,126

Overview

Helmut Benthaus was first-team manager for the seventeenth consecutive season. During the off-season four players left the squad, Ernst Schleiffer moved on to Grenchen, Peter Marti to Aarau, Markus Tanner to Luzern and Joseph Küttel moved on to Lugano. During the season Hansruedi Schär was loaned out to Nordstern Basel and during the winter break Detlev Lauscher moved on to Luzern. In the other direction goalkeeper Walter Eichenberger joined from Young Boys and defender Bruno Graf joined from Chiasso. Basel also signed two youngsters, Alfred Lüthi from FC Subingen and Beat Sutter joined from local club FC Gelterkinden. The biggest transfer this summer was that of former West German international Harald Nickel from Borussia Mönchengladbach.[1]

Basel played a total of 54 games in their 1981–82 season. 30 matches were played in the domestic league, six in the Swiss Cup, three in the Swiss League Cup, five in the Cup of the Alps and 10 were friendly matches. The team scored a total of 101 goals and conceded 80. Of their 10 test games, six were won and four ended with a defeat. Five of these games were played at home in St. Jakob Stadium and five were played away.[2]

Basel played in the 1981–82 Nationalliga A. The league championship format was expanded from the 1980–81 season to include sixteen teams and the last two teams were to be relegated. Basel ended the season in eighth position, 21 points behind Grasshopper Club who became champions. In their 30 league games Basel won eleven, drew six and lost thirteen matches, which meant that the totaled 28 points. They scored 47 goals, conceding 51. Local rivals Nordstern Basel and Chiasso finished in the last two slots and suffered relegation.[3]

Basel entered into the Swiss Cup in the round of 64. Here they were drawn away against Sursee and on 26 September they won the match, 9–1. In the round of 32 they were drawn away against Bellinzona and this match was on 31 October and Basel won, 1–0. In the round of 16 they were drawn away from home against Aarau on 30 March 1982 and this match was won, 3–2. In the quarterfinal Basel played at home against Lausanne-Sport and this ended with a 2–1 victory. The semi-final was played on 4 May in the St. Jakob Stadium against SR Delémont and Basel won 3–0. In the Final, played in the Wankdorf Stadium, was against Sion. After a free kick on the sideline, in the 21st minute, a headed goal from Alain Balet secured Sion the trophy.[4]

In first round of the Swiss League Cup Basel were also drawn at home against Young Boys and a 1–0 victory took them to the next round. Here they played away against Grenchen and came away with a 2–1 victory. In the quarterfinal Basel played on the Stadion Brügglifeld but were eliminated by Aarau.[5]

Basel were not qualified to play any of the European competitions, but they did enter the Coppa delle Alpi. They played together with Lausanne-Sport in Group A against Bordeaux and Bastia. Basel won the group and continued to the final, which was played on 29 September 1981 in Basel against Sochaux. They game ended 2–2 after extra time and Basel won on penalties.

Players

The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the season 1981–92. The list includes players that were in the squad the day the Nationalliga A season started on 15 August 1981 but subsequently left the club after that date.

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 Walter Eichenberger (from Young Boys)
1 GK   SUI Hans Küng
2 DF   SUI Walter Geisser
3 DF  FRA Serge Duvernois
4 DF   SUI Bruno Graf (from Chiasso)
5 DF   SUI René Hasler
6 MF   SUI Otto Demarmels
7 FW   SUI Beat Sutter (from FC Gelterkinden)
8 MF   SUI Erni Maissen
9 FW  GER Harald Nickel (from Borussia Mönchengladbach)
10 MF   SUI Arthur von Wartburg
11 FW  GER Detlev Lauscher (mid-season to Luzern)
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 DF   SUI Jean-Pierre Maradan
13 DF   SUI Alfred Lüthi (from FC Subingen)
14 DF   SUI Jörg Stohler
15 MF   SUI Martin Mullis
16 MF   SUI Hansruedi Schär (loan to Nordstern Basel)
17 DF  FRA Serge Gaisser
18 DF   SUI Stefano Ceccaroni
19 MF   SUI René Zingg
20 MF   SUI Martin Jeitziner
22 GK   SUI Hans Müller
— GK   SUI Thomas Paul (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
— MF   SUI Ernst Schleiffer (to Grenchen)
— FW   SUI Peter Marti (to Aarau)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   SUI Markus Tanner (to Luzern)
— FW   SUI Joseph Küttel (to Lugano)

Results
Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre- and mid-season
22 July 1981 Pre-season Karlsruher SC 1 – 4 Basel Schopfheim
18:30 Wiesner  13' (1:0) Summary  35' (1:1) Gaisser
 43' (1:2) Nickel
 63' (1:3) Gaisser
 75' (1:4) von Wartburg		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ehrenfried Grether
25 July 1981 Uhrencup Basel 4 – 0 Biel-Bienne Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
Nickel  12' (1:0)
Lauscher  37' (2:0)
Demarmels  45' (3:0)
Gaisser  87' (4:0)		 Summary Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Roland Chapuis
7 August 1981 Pre-season Basel 5 – 0 Young Boys Brunnen
Lauscher  20' (1:0)
Gaisser  27' (2:0)
Lauscher  28' (3:0)
Stohler  83' (4:0)
Sutter  85' (5:0)		 Summary Attendance: 1,400
Referee:
11 August 1981 Uhrencup Grenchen 1 – 1
(5 – 4 p)		 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
Fleury  37' (1:1) Summary  36' (0:1) Stohler
77′ Nickel		 Attendance: 4,300
Referee: Alfred Heinis
Penalties
Wirth
Nüssing
Fleury
Nussbaumer
Radakovic 		Nickel
Stohler
Maradan
von Wartburg
Mullis
9 October 1981 Mid-season Basel 0 – 5 1. FC Köln St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Summary  49' (0:1) Fischer
 52' (0:2) Woodcock
 55' (0:3) Littbarski
 75' (0:4) Woodcock
 82' (0:5) Woodcock		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Georges Sandoz
13 October 1981 Mid-season Monthey 1 – 2 Basel Stade Philippe Pottier, Monthey
Schürmann  44' (1:1) Summary  14' (0:1) Maissen
 77' (1:2) Stohler		 Attendance: 400
Referee: Winter

Winter break
13 February 1982 Winter break FC Mendrisiostar 1 – 2 Basel Centro Sportivo Comunale, Mendrisio
13:45 Venzi  24' (1:0)
Ambroggi  51'		 Summary  75' (1:1) Ceccaroni
 77' (1:2) Maissen		 Attendance: 400
Referee: Francesco Bianchi
14 February 1982 Winter break Basel 4 – 0 Winterthur Centro Sportivo Comunale, Mendrisio
Ceccaroni  4' (1:0)
Ceccaroni  11' (2:0)
Ceccaroni  31' (3:0)
Sutter  51' (4:0)		 Summary 88′ Rapolder Attendance: 500
Referee:
17 February 1982 Winter break Basel 0 – 2 Juventus St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Summary  1' (0:1) Virdis
 68' (0:2) Bonini		 Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Jean-Marie Macheret
27 February 1982 Winter break Basel 0 – 5 Luzern St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Summary  10' (0:1) Bachmann
 36' (0:2) Schär
 48' (0:3) Tanner
 53' (0:4) Fischer
 84' (o.g. 0:5)		 Referee: Weisskopf


Nationalliga A
Main article: 1981–82 Nationalliga A

Nationalliga Matches
15 August 1981 Round 1 Basel 2 – 0 Aarau St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Maissen  71' (1:0)
Fritsch  83 o.g. 2:0'		 Summary Attendance: 8,500
Referee: André Daina
22 August 1981 Round 2 Vevey-Sports 0 – 1 Basel Stade de Copet, Vevey
20:00 Summary  35' Graf
 58' (0:1) Stohler		 Attendance: 4,400
Referee: Fredy Phillippoz
29 August 1981 Round 3 Basel 1 – 0 Bulle St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Lüthi  86' (1:0) Summary  88' Bapst
 89' Mantoan		 Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Alfred Heinis
5 September 1981 Round 4 Chiasso 0 – 0 Basel Stadio Comunale Riva IV, Chiasso
20:30 Gianola  75' Summary  68' Nickel Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Philippe Mercier
12 September 1981 Round 5 Basel 3 – 0 Nordstern Basel St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Nickel  15' (1:0)
Nickel  40' (2:0)
Nickel  86' (pen. 3:0)		 Summary Moser Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Rudolf Renggli Luzern
19 September 1981 Round 6 Servette 1 – 0 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
20:00 Pleimelding  37' (1:0) Summary  40' Mullis
 89' Maissen		 Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Renzo Peduzzi
22 September 1981 Round 7 Basel 1 – 1 Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Geisser  84'
Nickel  87' (1:1)
Graf  52'  90'		 Summary  38' (0:1) Müller
 74'  80' Bauer		 Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Georges Sandoz
4 October 1981 Round 8 Zürich 3 – 1 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
14:30 Seiler  12' (1:0)
Maradan  44' (o.g. 2:0)
Seiler  89' (3:1)		 Summary  49' (2:1) Jeitziner Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Ulrich Nyffenegger
17 October 1981 Round 9 Basel 1 – 3 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Jeitziner  70' (1:2)
 Summary  31' (0:1) Tachet
 61' (pen. 0:2) Tachet
 83' (1:3) Tachet		 Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Bruno Galler
24 October 1980 Round 10 Sion 3 – 2 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:15 Cucinotta  4' (1:0)
Brigger  72' (2:2)
Richard  79' (3:2)
Richard 		Summary  17' (1:1) Sutter
 65' (1:2) Maissen
Graf
Demarmels		 Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Rudolf Affolter
7 November 1981 Round 11 Basel 1 – 1 Xamax St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:30 Stohler  84' (1:1) Summary  18' (0:1) Küffer Attendance: 3,700
Referee: Alfred Heinis
15 November 1981 Round 12 Bellinzona 1 – 1 Basel Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona
14:45 Maccini  10' (1:0) Summary  58' Duvernois
 88' (1:1) Stohler		 Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Bruno Galler
22 November 1981 Round 13 Basel 5 – 2 St. Gallen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Sutter  6' (1:0)
von Wartburg  39' (2:1)
Sutter  56' (3:1)
Sutter  59' (4:1)
Mullis  62' (5:1)		 Summary  19' (1:1) Gorgon
 90' (5:2) Sengör		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Roland Chapuis
29 November 1981 Round 14 Grasshopper Club 3 – 0 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
14:30 Sulser  34' (1:0)
Heinz Hermann  47' (2:0)
Sulser  77' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 6,100
Referee: Willy Hänni
6 December 1981 Round 15 Luzern 2 – 2 Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
14:30 Tanner  29' (1:2)
Risi  85' (2:2)		 Summary  10' (0:1) Demarmels
 12' (0:2) Maissen		 Attendance: 9,300
Referee: Georges SandozD
Round 16 Bulle P – P Basel Stade de Bouleyres, Bulle
7 March 1982 Round 17 Basel 3 – 0 Chiasso St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Jeitziner  5' (1:0)
Nickel  32' (2:0)
Jeitziner  86' (3:0)
Jeitziner		 Summary Manzoni Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Roland Chapuis
10 March 1982 Round 16 Bulle 1 – 0 Basel Stade de Bouleyres, Bulle
20:00 Bapst  77' (1:0) Summary  86' Maradan Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern
14 March 1982 Round 18 Nordstern Basel 3 – 4 Basel Stadion Rankhof, Basel
14:30 Schär  43' (1:2)
Grimm  58' (2:2)
Holenstein  88' (3:4)
Sprunger 		Summary  19' (0:1) Demarmels
 40' (0:2) Maissen
 84' (2:3) Ceccaroni
 88' (2:4) Ceccaroni
Demarmels		 Attendance: 6,100
Referee: Jean-Marie Macheret
28 March 1982 Round 19 Basel 0 – 1 Servette St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Summary  83' (0:1) Schnyder Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Ulrich Nyffenegger
31 March 1982 Round 20 Young Boys 3 – 1 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
20:00 Schönenberger  34' (1:1)
Conz  57' (pen. 2:1)
Peterhans  86' (3:1)		 Summary  19' (o.g. 0:1) Conz Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Fredy Phillippoz
3 April 1982 Round 21 Basel 0 – 2 Zürich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Summary  16' (0:1) Jerković
 42' Iselin
 69' (0:2) Erba
 84' Jerković
 86' Landolt		 Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Werner Föckler Bad Dürkheim
4 April 1982 Round 22 Basel 4 – 2 Vevey-Sports St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
18:00 von Wartburg  26' (1:0)
Jeitziner  34' (2:0)
Ceccaroni  55' (3:0)
Maissen  64' (4:1)
Graf  85'		 Summary  62' (3:1) Débonnaire
 74' (4:2) Nicolet		 Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Jean-Marie Macheret
17 April 1982 Round 23 Lausanne-Sport 2 – 3 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:30 Pfister  20' (1:1)
Mauron  80' (2:2)
Batardon 		Summary  14' (pen. 0:1) Stohler
 23' Nickel
 52' (1:2) Jeitziner
 90+2' (2:3) Mullis
Lüthi		 Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Franz Gächter
24 April 1982 Round 24 Basel 2 – 1 Sion St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
24:00 Stohler  9' (pen. 1:0)
Duvernois  80' (2:1)		 Summary  44' (1:1) Cucinotta Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Werner Liebi
1 May 1982 Round 25 Xamax 4 – 2 Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
20:00 Givens  34' (1:0)
Forestier  69' (2:1)
Givens  81' (3:1)
Andrey 87' (pen. 4:2)		 Summary  63' (1:1) Sutter
 85' (3:2) Mullis		 Attendance: 7,300
Referee: Marco Raveglia
8 May 1982 Round 26 Basel 3 – 1 Bellinzona St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Maissen  21' (1:0)
Nickel  58' (2:0)
Maissen  79' (3:1)
Maissen
Stohler
Graf		 Summary  65' (2:1) Leoni Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Walter Nussbaumer
15 May 1982 Round 27 St. Gallen 4 – 0 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
17:30 Gisinger  7' (1:0)
Germann  10' (2:0)
Ritter  57' (pen. 3:0)
Briberg  68' (4:0)		 Summary Attendance: 5,700
Referee: André Daina
25 May 1982 Round 28 Aarau 2 – 1 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
20:00 Marti  6' (1:0)
Herberth  8' (2:0)		 Summary  24' (2:1) Jeitziner Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Charles-Henri Morex
5 June 1982 Round 29 Basel 1 – 3 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Maissen  55' (1:2) Summary  8' (0:1) Koller
 14' (0:2) Zanetti
 85' (1:3) Wehrli		 Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Rudolf Renggli Luzern
9 June 1982 Round 30 Basel 2 – 2 Luzern St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Jeitziner  3' (1:0)
Sutter  22' (2:0)		 Summary  67' (2:1) Tanner
 74' (2:2) Lauscher		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Werner Liebi

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Grasshopper Club 30 21 7 2 72 24 +48 49 Champions, qualified for 1982–83 European Cup
2 Servette 30 20 6 4 76 32 +44 46 qualified for 1982–83 UEFA Cup
3 Zürich 30 18 10 2 62 25 +37 46 qualified for 1982–83 UEFA Cup
4 Xamax 30 18 9 3 67 30 +37 45
5 Young Boys 30 15 9 6 52 40 +12 39
6 Sion 30 12 7 11 51 46 +5 31 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup
7 Aarau 30 10 8 12 51 55 −4 28
8 Basel 30 11 6 13 47 51 −4 28
9 Luzern 30 10 7 13 54 59 −5 27
10 St. Gallen 30 10 5 15 40 45 −5 25
11 Vevey-Sports 30 6 11 13 44 57 −13 23
12 Bellinzona 30 7 7 16 34 66 −32 21
13 Lausanne-Sport 30 6 8 16 39 52 −13 20
14 Bulle 30 5 9 16 29 58 −29 19
15 Nordstern Basel 30 6 5 19 29 69 −40 17 Relegated
16 Chiasso 30 4 8 18 25 63 −38 16 Relegated
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Swiss Cup
Main article: Swiss Cup
26 September 1981 Round of 64 Sursee 1 – 9 Basel Stadion Schlottermilch, Sursee
Hummel  53' (pen. 1:5) Summary  20' (0:1) Demarmels
 23' (0:2) Duvernois
 26' (0:3) Sutter
 32' (0:4) Nickel
 48' (0:5) Maissen
 79' (1:6) Gaisser
 82' (1:7) Jeitziner
 83' (1:8) Maissen
 90' (1:9) Geisser		 Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Willi Jaus
31 October 1981 Round of 32 Bellinzona 0 – 1 Basel Stadio Comunale Bellinzona
14:45 Summary  26' (0:1) Maissen Attendance: 2,400
Referee: Othmar Winter
21 March 1982 Round of 16 Aarau 2 – 3 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
15:00 Herberth  36' (1:1)
Da Costa  77' (2:3)		 Summary  6' (0:1) Hasler
 48' (1:2) Ceccaroni
 65' (1:3) Maradan
Hasler		 Attendance: 6,800
Referee: Arturo Martino
12 April 1982 Quarter-final Basel 2 – 1 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
16:30 Maradan  6' (1:0)
Maissen  11' (2:0)		 Summary  90' (2:1) Dario
Dario		 Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Rudolf Affolter
4 May 1982 Semi-final Basel 3 – 0 SR Delémont St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Maissen  23' (1:0)
Schribertschnig  86' (o.g. 2:0)
Sutter  90' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 10,200
Referee: Jean-Marie Macheret
31 May 1982 Final Sion 1 – 0 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
14:30 Balet  23' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 44,000
Referee: Jean-Marie Macheret

Swiss League Cup
Main article: Swiss League Cup
4 August 1981 Round of 32 Basel 1 – 0 Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:00 Sutter  63' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 6,400
Referee: Bruno Galler
9 September 1981 Round of 16 Grenchen 1 – 2 Basel Stadium Brühl, Grenchen
Nüssing  62' (1:1) Summary  3' (0:1) Stohler
 73' (1:2) Hasler		 Attendance: 2,400
Referee: Willy Hänni
21 February 1982 Quarter-final Aarau 1 – 0 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
15:00 Graf  8' (o.g. 1:0) Summary Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Willy Hänni

Coppa delle Alpi
Main article: Cup of the Alps
Group A
4 July 1981 Round 1 Basel 0 – 3 Bordeaux Stade du Tirage, Porrentruy
Summary  26' (0:1) Lacombe
 35' (0:2) Giresse
 44' (0:3) Giresse		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Baccoud
11 July 1981 Round 2 Basel 4 – 1 Bastia Parc des Sports, Delémont
18:30 Maissen  5' (1:1)
Nickel  33' (2:1)
Nickel  38' (3:1)
Mullis  66' (4:1)		 Summary  3' (0:1) Marini Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Jacques Ferrary
15 July 1981 Round 3 Bordeaux 0 – 1 Basel Bordeaux
Summary  18' (0:1) Nickel Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Walter Nussbaumer
18 July 1981 Round 4 Bastia 0 – 4 Basel Stade Armand Cesari, Furiani
Summary  28' (0:1) Nickel
 30' (0:2) Demarmels
 33' (0:3) Sutter
 66' (pen. 0:4) Nickel		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Bruno Burgener

NB: teams did not play compatriots

Group table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA (B) Pts
1Basel43019428
2Bordeaux42116216
3Bastia411271014
4Lausanne-Sport40223902

NB: 1 bonus point awarded for victory by 3 or more goals

Final
29 September 1981 Final Basel 2 – 2 (a.e.t.)
(5 – 3 p)		 Sochaux St. Jakob Stadium Basel
Gaisser  1'
Mullis  33'		  27' Genghini
 55' Bonnevay
Penalties
Stohler
Sutter
von Wartburg
Gaisser
Nickel 		Bezaz
Bonnevay
Stopyra
Zimako

See also

References
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  2. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1981/82". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. Erik Garin and Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A 1981/82". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
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