1990–91 FC Basel season

The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1990–91 season was their 97th season since the club's foundation. Charles Röthlisberger was the club's chairman for the third consecutive year. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Following their relegation in the 1987–88 season this was their third season in the second tier of Swiss football.

FC Basel
1990–91 season
Chairman Charles Röthlisberger
Manager Ernst August Künnecke
GroundSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga BQualifying Phase 4th
Nationalliga BPromotion Phase 4th
Swiss CupEliminated in 2nd round
Top goalscorerLeague: Brian Bertelsen (11)
All: Brian Bertelsen (11)
Highest home attendance8,000 on 17 March 1991
vs St. Gallen
Lowest home attendance900 on 22 December 1990
vs Schaffhausen
Average home league attendance3,538[1]

Overview

Ernst August Künnecke returned to the club, having taken over from Urs Siegenthaler as first-team coach during the previous. After missing promotion the previous two seasons, the club's repeated priority aim was to return to the top flight of Swiss football. Only a few players left the team. Andre Rindlisbacher transferred to Bellinzona, Uwe Wassmer to Aarau and Ralph Thoma returned to his club of origin FC Rheinfelden. Rolf Baumann ended his active football career and returned to his hometown club VfL Kirchheim/Teck as head-coach. Four other players left the squad because their contracts were not renewed. In the other direction Brian Bertelsen and Reto Baumgartner moved in from Wettingen. Maximilian Heidenreich transferred in from Hannover 96. Three young players came in from local, lower-tier teams, Roman Künzli from FC Breitenbach, Roman Hangarter from FC Brüttisellen and Christian Marcolli from FC Aesch. Seven young players were brought up from the Basel youth team.

The 24 teams in the Nationalliga B were divided into two groups, a South/East and a West group, to first play a qualification round. In the second stage the tops six teams in each group and the last four teams of the Nationalliga A would play a promotion/relegation round, also divided into two groups. The top two teams in each of these groups would play in the top flight the next season. Basel were assigned to the South East group. The first stage ran very moderately, there was no consistency in their games and matches were lost that should have been won. They ended their 22 matches in the Qualifying Phase with 9 victories, 8 draws and 5 defeats with 26 points in a disappointing fourth position in the league table. The team scored 40 goals and conceded 30.[2]

Basel qualified for a Promotion group and were assigned to group A. Also qualified for this group from the Nationalliga B were Chiasso, Yverdon-Sports, Fribourg, Baden and Etoile Carouge. Fighting against their relegation from the Nationalliga A were St. Gallen and Wettingen. At the start of this phase Basel lost two games, away against Yverdon-Sports and at home against St. Gallen and therefore they were in arrears right from the beginning. Even the away victory against Wettingen didn't help much, because they were defeated at home by FC Baden just two rounds later. A few weeks later the back to back home defeat against Wettingen and the defeat in the Espenmoos against St. Gallen decided the promotion/relegation phase to the benefit of these two teams. Basel ended their 14 matches in the Promotion/Relegation Phase with just four victories, four draws, suffering six defeats with 12 points in a very disappointing fourth position in the league table and missed promotion again.[3]

In the Swiss Cup second round Basel were drawn with an away game against lower tier, local club FC Pratteln. But Basel were sent home suffering an embarrassing 4–0 defeat. A red card for Peter Bernauer just after half time, as the game was still goalless, made Basel very unsure. Pratteln took the lead and Basel were not able to give an adequate answer. In fact, in the last few minutes of the game, they fell completely apart and gave up two counter goals within less than 60 seconds.[3]

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
— GK   SUI Roger Glanzmann
— GK   SUI Thomas Grüter
— GK   SUI Roman Künzli (from FC Breitenbach)
— DF   SUI Olivier Bauer
— DF   SUI Reto Baumgartner (from Wettingen)
— DF  GER Peter Bernauer
— DF   SUI Massimo Ceccaroni
— MF  GER Uwe Dittus
— DF  YUG Miodrag Đurđević
— DF   SUI Patrick Liniger (from youth team)
— DF   SUI Thomas Karrer (from youth team)
— DF   SUI Sascha Reich
— DF   SUI Martin Thalmann (from youth team)
— MF  GER Rolf Baumann (to VfL Kirchheim/Teck as coach)
— MF  DEN Brian Bertelsen (from Wettingen)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  ITA Vittorio Gottardi
— MF  GER Maximilian Heidenreich (from Hannover 96)
— MF  ITA Boris Mancastroppa
— MF  ESP Enrique Mata
— MF   SUI Andreas Steiner (from youth team)
— MF  GER Manfred Wagner
— FW  ITA Germano Fanciulli
— FW   SUI Roman Hangarter (from FC Brüttisellen)
— FW   SUI Erni Maissen
— FW   SUI Christian Marcolli (from FC Aesch)
— FW   SUI Patrick Rahmen
— FW  GER Frank Wittmann (from youth team)
— FW   SUI Ruedi Zbinden
—   SUI Rocco Verrelli (from youth team)
—   SUI Mathias Walther (from youth team)
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
— DF   SUI Markus Hodel
— MF   SUI Beat Aebi
— MF  GER Olaf Berg
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   SUI Andre Rindlisbacher (to Bellinzona)
— MF   SUI René Spicher
— FW  GER Uwe Wassmer (to Aarau)
— FW   SUI Ralph Thoma (to FC Rheinfelden)

Results
Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season
10 July 1990 Pre-season FV Möhringen 0 – 9 Basel Möhringen an der Donau
Summary Referee:
11 July 1990 Pre-season Aarau 0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(5 – 3 p)		 Basel Moos, Balsthal
19:30 Summary Attendance: 550
Referee: Francis Fischer
Penalties
14 July 1990 Pre-season Basel 1 – 2 Zürich Moos, Balsthal
17:00 Zbinden  6' (pen. 1:0) Summary  14' (1:1) Tréllez
 49' (1:2) Kok		 Attendance: 500
Referee: Urs Meier
17 July 1990 Uhrencup preliminary Lugano 0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(3 – 4 p)		 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
18:00 Summary Attendance: 500
Referee: René Gemperle
Penalties
Tami
Hertig
Ladner
Piserchia
Degiovannini 		Rahmen
Maissen
Dittus
Mata
Zbinden
19 July 1990 Uhrencup preliminary Basel 3 – 1 Zürich Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:00 Bertelsen  29' (1:0)
Gottardi  31'
Maissen  52' (2:0)
Zbinden  90' (3:1)		 Summary  63' Gilli
 80' (2:1) Kok		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Urs Meier
21 July 1990 Uhrencup final Basel 1 – 4 Górnik Zabrze Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:00 Rahmen  17' (1:0) Summary  8' Kraus
 41' (1:1) Brzoza
 46' (1:2) Staniek
 60' (1:3) Warzycha
 72' (1:4) Jegor		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Manfred Schlup Grenchen

Winter break
2 February 1991 Winter break FC Laufen 0 – 4 Basel Im Nau, Laufen
14:30 Summary  2' (o.g. 0:1) R. Cueni
 22' (0:2) Marcolli
 33' (0:3) Mata
 48' (0:4) Bertelsen		 Attendance: 200
Referee: Gottfried Friedrich
9 February 1991 Winter break Basel 0 – 0 SC Freiburg St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Summary Attendance: 150
Referee: Rolf Blattmann
12 February 1991 Winter break Basel 1 – 3 Karlsruher SC St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Rahmen  59' (1:2)
 Summary  14' (0:1) Reichert
 45' (0:2) Schütterle
 90' (1:3) Wittwer		 Attendance: 350
Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler
24 February 1991 Winter break Basel 1 – 2 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Bertelsen  46' (1:1) Summary  13' (0:1) Salvi
 83' (1:2) Sforza
Gren		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Werner Müller
26 February 1991 Winter break Basel 0 – 1 Strasbourg St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:00 Summary  4' (0:1) Jenner Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Manfred Schlup Grenchen

Qualifying Phase South East
25 July 1990 Round 1 Kriens 0 – 3 Basel Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens
20:00 Rohrer  71' Summary  33' (0:1) Mata
 40' (0:2) Maissen
 48' (0:3) Bertelsen		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: René Gemperle
28 July 1990 Round 2 Basel 1 – 2 Locarno St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Mata  35'
Gottardi  54' (1:1)		 Summary  9' Bützer
 52' (0:1) Schönwetter
 90' (1:2) Omini		 Attendance: 4,300
Referee: Pierre-Alain Eschmann
4 August 1990 Round 3 Zug 0 – 2 Basel Herti Allmend Stadion, Zug
17:30 Schneider 8′
Büeler  47'
di Muro  78'		 Summary  59' (0:1) Bertelsen
 75' Gottardi
 88' (0:2) Rahmen		 Attendance: 750
Referee: Rudolf Schödl
8 August 1990 Round 4 Basel 1 – 1 Winterthur St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Reich  31' (1:1) Summary  23' (0:1) Maiano
 40' Battaini		 Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Hans Weber
11 August 1990 Round 5 Baden 2 – 0 Basel Esp Stadium, Fislisbach
20:00 Sitek  22' (1:0)
Lüdi  54'
Isler  71'
Zimmermann  74' (2:0)		 Summary  14' Wagner
 68' Đurđević		 Referee:
14 August 1990 Round 6 Basel 2 – 1 Emmenbrücke St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Maissen  11' (1:1)
Dittus  69' (2:1)
Bernauer  84'		 Summary  8' (0:1) Eggeling
 29' Stadler
 40' Wicht
 51' Bühler
 66' Roland Wyss
 78' Eggellng
 82' Schmid		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Roman Ullmann
25 August 1990 Round 7 Basel 2 – 2 Chiasso St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Reich  19' (1:0)
Mata  44'
Zbinden  41' (2:0)		 Summary  71' (2:1) Jeannoteguy
 75' Gatti
 81' (2:2) Da Silva		 Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Paul-Louis Christe
1 September 1990 Round 8 Bellinzona 0 – 0 Basel Stadio Comunale Bellinzona
[ Summary] Referee:
5 September 1990 Round 9 Glarus 0 – 0 Basel Sportplatz Buchholz, Glarus
[ Summary] Referee:
15 September 1990 Round 10 Basel 0 – 3 Chur St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Gottardi  46'
Dittus  68'		 Summary  29' (o.g.)
 34' (pen. 0:2) Costantini
 37' Sommerhalder
 67' Costantini
 88' (0:3) Costantini
 89' Camenisch		 Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Francesco Bianchi
22 September 1990 Round 11 Schaffhausen 3 – 2 Basel Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen
20:00 Löw  14' (1:0)
Engesser  28' (2:0)
Engesser  80' (pen. 3:1)		 Summary  72' (pen. 2:1) Dittus
 86' (3:2) Bernauer		 Attendance: 1,700
Referee: Werner Müller
6 October 1990 Round 12 Basel 2 – 1 Kriens St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Bertelsen  61' (1:0)
Reich  82' (2:1)		 Summary  24' Lötscher
 33' Künzi
 63' (1:1) Pekas		 Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Jean-Claude Tagliabue
9 October 1990 Round 13 Locarno 2 – 3 Basel Stadio del Lido, Locarno
20:00 Giani  27'
Costas  24' (1:0)
Pedrotti  52' (2:1)		 Summary  40' (1:1) Baumgartner
 55' (2:2) Baumgartner
 61' Reich
 77' (2:3) Bertelsen
 84' Dittus		 Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Oswald Gritsch
20 October 1990 Round 14 Basel 2 – 2 Zug St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Maissen  21' (1:0)
Wagner  39' (2:0)
Maissen  62'
Wittmann  84'		 Summary  45' (2:1) Marin
 72' Paradiso
 87' (2:2) Müller		 Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Karl Strässle Heiden
27 October 1990 Round 15 Winterthur 2 – 2 Basel Schützenwiese, Winterthur
20:00 Ramsauer  11' (1:0)
Bacchini  50' (2:1)		 Summary  26' (1:1) Bertelsen
 45' Gottardi
 49' Bernauer
 55' (2:2) Bertelsen		 Attendance: 1,700
Referee: Pierre-Alain Eschmann
4 November 1990 Round 16 Basel 1 – 3 Baden St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Dittus  63' (pen. 1:3) Summary  1' (o.g. 0:1) Bernauer
 23' (0:2) Sitek
 29' Born
 40' Sitek
 48' (0:3) Wagner de Aquinho Valente
 51' Wagner de Aquinho Valente		 Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler
11 November 1990 Round 17 Emmenbrücke 0 – 3 Basel Stadion Gersag, Emmenbrücke
14:30 Chritian Wyss  51'
Heinz Siegrist  79'		 Summary  24' (0:1) Wagner
 53' Heidenreich
 66' (0:2) Baumgartner
 71' Gottardi
 74' (0:3) Wagner		 Attendance: 600
Referee: Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern
18 November 1990 Round 18 Chiasso 2 – 2 Basel Stadio Comunale (Chiasso)
14:30 Dario  5' (1:0)
Wanderley  43'
Minelli  64'
Bernaschina  80' (pen. 2:2)		 Summary  35' Bernauer
 43' (1:1) Zbinden
 48' (1:2) Heidenreich		 Attendance: 700
Referee: Erwin Schuler
25 November 1990 Round 19 Basel 2 – 1 Bellinzona St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Baumgartner  31' (1:0)
Đurđević  69'
Gottardi  86' (2:1)		 Summary  33' Rindlisbacher
 44' (1:1) Rindlisbacher
 48' Schär
 78' Pestoni		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger Suhr
2 December 1990 Round 20 Basel 3 – 0 Glarus St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Wagner  5' (1:0)
Bertelsen  26' (2:0)
Wagner  43' (3:0)
Ceccaroni  60'
Gottardi  75'		 Summary  41' April
 67' Oswald
 71' Stoob
 83' Gänssler		 Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Urs Meier
9 December 1990 Round 21 Chur 1 – 1 Basel Ringstrasse, Chur
14:30 de Gani  78' (1:1) Summary  38' (0:1) Wittmann
 81' Maissen		 Attendance: 162
Referee: Francesco Bianchi
16 December 1990 Round 22 Basel 6 – 2 Schaffhausen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Bernauer  30' (1:1)
Wagner  39' (2:1)
Bossi  48' (o.g. 3:1)
Bertelsen  55' (4:1)
Zbinden  59' (5:1)
Bertelsen  71' (6:2)		 Summary  14' (0:1) Sternkopf
 69' (5:2) Harder		 Attendance: 900
Referee: Pierre-Alain Vuillemin

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Locarno 22 13 6 3 44 23 +21 32 Promotion round
2 Baden 22 13 5 4 41 19 +22 31
3 Schaffhausen 22 12 4 6 45 29 +16 28
4 Basel 22 9 8 5 40 30 +10 26
5 Zug 22 8 10 4 29 22 +7 26
6 Chiasso 22 10 5 7 43 26 +17 25
7 Bellinzona 22 7 6 9 34 32 +2 20 Relegation group
8 Winterthur 22 7 6 9 26 35 −9 20
9 Chur 22 5 7 10 20 25 −5 17
10 Glarus 22 4 6 12 23 58 −35 14
11 Emmenbrücke 22 3 7 12 18 39 −21 13
12 Kriens 22 4 4 14 22 47 −25 12
Source: rsssf.com

Promotion/relegation phase Group A
3 March 1991 Round 1 Basel 3 – 1 Etoile Carouge St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Dittus  33' (1:0)
Dittus  52'
Wagner  68' (2:0)
Zbinden  77' (3:0)		 Summary  32' Thomé
 53' Celso
 85' (3:1) Castella		 Attendance: 4,300
Referee: Paul-Louis Christe
10 March 1991 Round 2 Yverdon-Sports 2 – 0 Basel Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains
14:30 Vialatte  27'
Castro  29'
Castro  50' (1:0)
Dajka  71' (2:0)
Bonato  73'		 Summary  15' Heidenreich
 87' Bertelsen		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Michel Zen Ruffinen
17 March 1991 Round 3 Basel 0 – 1 St. Gallen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Zbinden  66' Summary  7'  61' Blättler
 29' (0:1) Cardozo
 32' Cardozo
 81' Rubio
 89' Thüler		 Attendance: 8,000[1]
Referee: Fredy Phillippoz
27 March 1991 Round 4 Wettingen 1 – 3 Basel Stadion Altenburg, Wettingen
20:00 Fink  20' (1:1)
Andermatt  37'
Widmer  40'
Mathy  47'
Widmer  57'		 Summary  16' (0:1) Bertelsen
 37' Heidenreich
 41' (1:2) Zbinden
 50' Ceccaroni
 86' (1:3) Bertelsen		 Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Erwin Schuler
6 April 1991 Round 5 Fribourg 2 – 2 Basel Stade Universitaire, Freiburg
20:00 Dittus  22' (pen. 1:1)
Baumgartner  39'
Reich  42' (2:1)
Reich  79'		 Summary  16' (pen. 0:1) Bucheli
 43' (2:2) Bucheli
 51' Bwalya
 83' Cross		 Attendance: 2,040
Referee: Erwin Fölmli
13 April 1991 Round 6 Basel 1 – 4 Baden St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Marcolli  37' (1:1)
Zbinden  45'		 Summary  23' (0:1) Wagner de Aquinho
 41' (1:2) Sitek
 49' (1:3) Born
 64' (1:4) Sitek
 90' Wagner de Aquinho		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Strässle (Steinach)
20 April 1991 Round 7 Chiasso 0 – 0 Basel Stadio Comunale (Chiasso)
20:00 Summary Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Oswald Gritsch
4 May 1991 Round 8 Basel 3 – 0 Chiasso St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Bernauer  17'
Dittus  63' (1:0)
Heidenreich  67' (2:0)
Mancastroppa 73' (3:0)
Rahmen  89'		 Summary  29' Kalbermatter
 87' Milton		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Michel Zen Ruffinen
11 May 1991 Round 9 Baden 1 – 1 Basel Esp Stadium, Fislisbach
17:30 Zbinden  19'
Hodel  61'
Maissen  22' (1:0)		 Summary  11' Lüdi
 81' Hedinger
 85' (o.g. 1:1) Maissen		 Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Paul-Louis Christe
18 May 1991 Round 10 Basel 0 – 0 Fribourg St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Bernauer  80'
Baumgartner  90'		 Summary  28' Buntschu
 50' Bourquenoud
 64' Brülhart
 90+1' Buntschu		 Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Charles-Henri Morex
25 May 1991 Round 11 Basel 1 – 2 Wettingen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Mancastroppa  1:0'
Bertelsen  69'		 Summary  43' Widmer
 71' (1:1) Heldmann
 83' (1:2) Kundert
 88' Heldmann		 Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Jean-Claude Craviolini
1 June 1991 Round 12 St. Gallen 1 – 0 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
17:30 Raschle  16' (pen. 1:0)
Irizik  85'		 Summary Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Peter Kellenberger
Note: Debut for Olivier Bauer
8 June 1991 Round 13 Basel 3 – 0 Yverdon-Sports St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Baumgartner  32'
Ceccaroni  48'
Rahmen  62' (1:0)
Karrer  84' (2:0)
Zbinden  87' (3:0)		 Summary  18' Rochat
 52' Castro		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Fredy Phillippoz
Note: Debut for Thomas Karrer
12 June 1991 Round 14 Etoile Carouge 2 – 1 Basel Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge
20:00 da Silva  6' (1:0)
da Silva  56' (2:0)		 Summary  65' Heidenreich
 76' (2:1) Rahmen		 Attendance: 250
Referee: Willy Hänni

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 St. Gallen 14 10 2 2 33 11 +22 22 Remain in Nationalliga A 1991–92
2 Wettingen 14 9 2 3 25 15 +10 20
3 Chiasso 14 6 4 4 19 21 −2 16 Remain in Nationalliga B 1991–92
4 Basel 14 4 4 6 18 17 +1 12
5 Yverdon-Sports 14 5 2 7 21 22 −1 12
6 Fribourg 14 4 3 7 18 25 −7 11
7 Baden 14 4 3 7 19 26 −7 11
8 Etoile Carouge 14 4 0 10 16 32 −16 8
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup
Main article: Swiss Cup
18 August 1990 2nd principal round FC Pratteln 4 – 0 Basel In den Sandgruben, Pratteln
17:30 Ferreira  41'
Böni  67'
Füri  62' (1:0)
Utvic  86' (2:0)
Weng  86' (3:0)
Steiner  90' (4:0)		 Summary  49' Bernauer
 83' Reich		 Attendance: 1,389[1]
Referee: Walter Rudin (Birsfelden)

See also

References
  1. Stefan Peter. "Überregionale Meisterschaften, Schweizer und Basler Cup". Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  2. Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A 1990/91". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  3. Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1990/91". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

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