1992–93 FC Basel season
The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1992–93 season was their 99th season since the club's foundation. Peter Epting took over as the club's chairman that season from Charles Röthlisberger at the Annual General Meeting in March 1993. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Following their relegation in the 1987–88 season this was their fifth season in the second tier of Swiss football.
1992–93 season | |
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Chairman | ![]() |
Manager | ![]() |
Ground | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Nationalliga B | Qualifying Phase 2nd |
Nationalliga B/A | Promotion Phase 4th |
Swiss Cup | Quarterfinal |
Top goalscorer | Qualifying Phase André Sitek (20) Promotion Phase Frédéric Chassot (10) |
Highest home attendance | 34,000 on 24 March 1993 vs Grasshopper Club[1] and on 24 April vs Luzern |
Lowest home attendance | 2,300 on 12 June vs SR Delémont |
Average home league attendance | 8,450[1] |
Overview
Friedel Rausch was appointed as new trainer, following Karl Odermatt and Bruno Rahmen. The duo had taken over ad interim after Ernst-August Künnecke had been sacked toward the end of the previous season. After missing promotion during the last four seasons, the club's repeated priority aim was to return to the top flight of Swiss football.
A number of players left the squad. Robert Kok, who had only been with the club the previous season, retired from active football. Three players moved on to Germany; Mourad Bounoua transferred to TuS Celle, Maximilian Heidenreich and Thomas Schweizer both moved on to SC Freiburg. Other players transferred within the Swiss League, Walter Bernhard transferred to Fribourg, Gilbert Epars transferred to Urania Genève Sport and Boris Mancastroppa to Schaffhausen. A few other players stepped shorter, ending their professional careers and continuing as ammateurs with local clubs; Miodrag Đurđević went to SG Lörrach-Stetten, Martin Thalmann to FC Riehen and Vittorio Gottardi to SC Dornach. Both Roger Glanzmann and Rocco Verrelli left the club because their contracts were not prolonged, but both also continued as ammateurs.[2]
In the other direction Christian Reinwald joined from Chur as the new second goalkeeper. Then there were two transfers from Germany, Dirk Lellek transferred in from VfL Osnabrück and Ørjan Berg transferred in from 1860 Munich. Within the Swiss League, Mario Uccella joined from Winterthur, Marco Walker from Lugano and Pierre-André Schürmann from Lausanne-Sport. Two players joined from Xamax, Admir Smajić transferred in and Frédéric Chassot on loan. Patrick Rahmen returned to his club of origin from Young Boys and youngster Gaetano Giallanza signed his first professional contract, coming from Old Boys. Two other youngsters advanced from Basel's youth team, Pasquale D'Ambrosio and Cedric Jakob.[2]
The 24 teams in the Nationalliga B were divided into two groups, an East and a West group. Both groups would first play a qualification round. Then in the second stage the tops six teams of each group and the last four teams of the Nationalliga A would play a promotion/relegation round, also divided into two separate groups. The top two teams in each of these groups would play in the top flight the next season. Basel were assigned to the West group, together with local rivals Old Boys. In the two local duals, Basel won both games and both with 3–0. Basel ended the Qualifying Phase in second position in the league table. In the 22 matches Basel totaled 36 points with 16 victories, four draws and two defeats. The team scored 54 goals and conceded only 10.
Basel thus qualified for the promotion stage and were assigned to group A. Further teams assigned to this group from the Nationalliga B were Delémont, Chênois, Luzern, Locarno and Wil. Assigned to this group and fighting against relegation from the Nationalliga A were Bulle and Grasshopper Club. Basel ended the promotion stage in a very disappointing fourth position in the league table. The 14 matches resulted in seven victories, four draws and three defeats with 18 points, scoring 25, conceding 17 goals. Therefore, Basel missed promotion again.[3]
Basel entered the Swiss Cup in the second round. Here they were drawn away from home against lower-tier local team FC Baudepartement Basel. André Sitek scored a hat-trick between the 12th and the 31st minute as Basel won 6–0. In the third round they were drawn at home to local rivals Old Boys and this was won 4–0. Basel were drawn away against lower-tier SC Young Fellows Juventus in the third round and this was won 3–0. In the round of 16 they were again drawn at home, also against a lower-tier team, FC Savièse. All four games were won without the team conceding a single goal. However, in the quarterfinals Basel played at home against higher-tier Xamax. Because this match ended with a 2–3 defeat they were eliminated from the competition. Xamax were defeated in the semi-final by Lugano, who went on to win the final 4–1 against Grasshopper Club.[4]
Players
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- Players who left the squad
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Results
- Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Pre-season
29 June 1992 Pre-seasson | SC Freiburg ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() | Schliechtstadion, Lenzkirch, Germany |
Schmidt ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 600 |
2 July 1992 Uhren Cup | Basel ![]() | 1 – 6 | ![]() | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
19:30 | Sitek ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 600 Referee: ![]() |
4 July 1992 Uhren Cup | Grenchen ![]() | 0 – 2 | ![]() | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
17:00 | Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 700 Referee: ![]() |
8 July 1992 Semi-final | Basel ![]() | 5 – 3 | ![]() | Moos, Balsthal |
19:30 | Sitek ![]() Sitek ![]() Baumgartner ![]() P. Rahmen ![]() P. Rahmen ![]() Sitek ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 500 Referee: ![]() |
11 July 1992 Final | Basel ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() | Moos, Balsthal |
19:00 | Walker ![]() P. Rahmen ![]() P. Rahmen ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,200 Referee: ![]() |
15 July 1992 Pre-season | Basel ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() | Wolfstiege, Gelterkinden |
18:00 | Sitek ![]() Sitek ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 4,200 Referee: ![]() |
Winter break
24 January 1993 Winter break | Chiasso ![]() | 0 – 1 | ![]() | Stadio Comunale (second field), Chiasso |
14:00 | Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 250 Referee: ![]() |
27 January 1993 Winter break | Basel ![]() | 3 – 3 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
18:30 | Sitek ![]() Sitek ![]() Sitek ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,100 Referee: ![]() |
1 February 1993 Training camp | Basel ![]() | 4 – 2 | ![]() | Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands |
12:00 | Ceccaroni ![]() Berg ![]() Sitek ![]() Berg ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 100 Referee: ![]() |
3 February 1993 Training camp | CD Maspalomas ![]() | 3 – 2 | ![]() | Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands |
21:00 | Torres Perez ![]() Torres Perez ![]() Medina ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 150 Referee: ![]() |
Note: Basel with test player Marini |
5 February 1993 Training camp | Basel ![]() | 1 – 5 | ![]() | Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands |
21:00 | Uccella ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: ![]() |
8 February 1993 Training camp | Basel ![]() | 0 – 1 | ![]() | Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 50 Referee: ![]() |
13 February 1993 Winter break | Basel ![]() | 2 – 3 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Sitek ![]() Sitek ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 800 Referee: ![]() |
15 February 1993 Winter break | Basel ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() | Athletics stadium, Basel |
19:00 | Plotka ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 500 Referee: ![]() |
Note: Basel with test player Plotka |
17 February 1993 Winter break | Basel ![]() | 0 – 0 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: ![]() |
21 February 1993 Winter break | Basel ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Berg ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 1,300 Referee: ![]() |
Qualifying Phase West
18 July 1992 Round 1 | Grenchen | 1 – 0 | Basel | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
17:30 | Fabrice Sahli ![]() Lombardo ![]() Wenger ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ![]() |
21 July 1992 Round 2 | Basel | 2 – 0 | Etoile Carouge | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
20:00 | Schürmann ![]() P. Rahmen ![]() Berg ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ![]() |
25 July 1992 Round 3 | Chênois | 2 – 2 | Basel | Stade des Trois-Chêne, Thônex |
17:30 | Taddeo ![]() Novo ![]() ![]() Ursea ![]() Ursea ![]() Grange ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 800 Referee: ![]() |
31 July 1992 Round 4 | Basel | 0 – 0 | Yverdon-Sports | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
20:00 | Sitek ![]() Baumgartner ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,500 Referee: ![]() |
8 August 1992 Round 5 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 0 – 3 | Basel | Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds |
17:30 | Guede ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 900 Referee: ![]() |
11 August 1992 Round 6 | Basel | 3 – 0 | Old Boys | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Baumgartner ![]() Jeitziner ![]() Zbinden ![]() Sitek ![]() Jakob ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 5,500 Referee: ![]() |
18 August 1992 Round 7 | Basel | 7 – 0 | Bümpliz | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Lellek ![]() Sitek ![]() Berg ![]() Walker ![]() Schürmann ![]() P. Rahmen ![]() Marcolli ![]() Sitek ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 3,800 Referee: ![]() |
26 August 1992 Round 8 | Urania Genève Sport | 3 – 5 | Basel | Stade de Frontenex, Geneva |
20:00 | Oranci ![]() Studer ![]() Studer ![]() Studer ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 450 Referee: ![]() |
29 August 1992 Round 9 | Châtel-Saint-Denis | 1 – 1 | Basel | Stade du Lussy, Châtel-Saint-Denis |
17:30 | Piguet ![]() Ducret ![]() Sumerauer ![]() Ruiz ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 400 Referee: ![]() |
2 September 1992 Round 10 | Basel | 1 – 0 | SR Delémont | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Zbinden ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 5,800 Referee: ![]() |
12 September 1992 Round 11 | Fribourg | 0 – 3 | Basel | Stade Universitaire, Freiburg |
20:00 | Bernhard ![]() Bourquenoud ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,058 Referee: ![]() |
19 September 1992 Round 12 | Basel | 2 – 0 | Grenchen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Sitek ![]() Uccella ![]() Sitek ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Referee: ![]() |
26 September 1992 Round 13 | Etoile Carouge | 0 – 1 | Basel | Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge |
20:00 | Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 740 Referee: ![]() |
7 October 1992 Round 14 | Basel | 3 – 0 | Chênois | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Ceccaroni ![]() P. Rahmen ![]() P. Rahmen ![]() P. Rahmen ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 11,500 Referee: ![]() |
10 October 1992 Round 15 | Basel | 3 – 0 | Fribourg | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Bauer ![]() Sitek ![]() Sitek ![]() Jenzer ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: ![]() |
18 October 1992 Round 16 | Yverdon-Sports | 3 – 1 | Basel | Stade Municipal, Yverdon |
14:30 | Uccella ![]() Kekesi ![]() Chatelan ![]() Comisetti ![]() Schrago ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 3,750 Referee: ![]() |
24 October 1992 Round 17 | Basel | 2 – 0 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Sitek ![]() Zbinden ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: ![]() |
31 October 1992 Round 18 | Old Boys | 0 – 3 | Basel | Schützenmatte]], Basel |
17:30 | Brechbühl ![]() Léchenne ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: ![]() |
8 November 1992 Round 19 | Bümpliz | 0 – 0 | Basel | Bodenweid, Bern |
14:30 | Zivkovic ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 2,200 Referee: ![]() |
14 November 1992 Round 20 | Basel | 8 – 0 | Urania Genève Sport | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Sitek ![]() Ceccaroni ![]() P. Rahmen ![]() Sitek ![]() P. Rahmen ![]() P. Rahmen ![]() Sitek ![]() Uccella ![]() Berg ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: ![]() |
22 November 1992 Round 21 | Basel | 3 – 0 | Châtel-Saint-Denis | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Berg ![]() Zbinden ![]() Berg ![]() Sitek ![]() Berg ![]() Zbinden ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,700 Referee: ![]() |
29 November 1992 Round 22 | SR Delémont | 0 – 1 | Basel | La Blancherie, Delémont |
14:30 | Borgeaud ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,800 Referee: ![]() |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Yverdon-Sport | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 60 | 24 | +36 | 37 | Promotion round |
2 | Basel | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 54 | 10 | +44 | 36 | |
3 | Etoile Carouge | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 48 | 32 | +16 | 28 | |
4 | CS Chênois | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 26 | |
5 | Grenchen | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 40 | 25 | +15 | 25 | |
6 | Delémont | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 21 | |
7 | Urania Genève Sport | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 18 | |
8 | Old Boys | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 17 | |
9 | Fribourg | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 29 | 42 | −13 | 17 | Relegation group |
10 | SC Bümpliz 78 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 52 | −26 | 15 | |
11 | Châtel-Saint-Denis | 22 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 47 | −22 | 12 | |
12 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 25 | 49 | −24 | 12 |
Promotion/Relegation Phase Group A
28 February 1993 Round 1 | SR Delémont | 0 – 2 | Basel | La Blancherie, Delémont |
14:30 | Sallai ![]() Malllard ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 5,100 Referee: ![]() |
7 March 1993 Round 2 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Wil | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14_30 | Cimino ![]() M. Rahmen ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 9,200 Referee: ![]() |
14 March 1993 Round 3 | Bulle | 1 – 3 | Basel | Stade de Bouleyres, Bulle |
14:30 | Hartmann ![]() Coria ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,500 Referee: ![]() |
24 March 1993 Round 4 | Basel | 0 – 2 | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Ceccaroni ![]() Smajić ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 34,000[1] Referee: ![]() |
3 April 1993 Round 5 | Locarno | 1 – 4 | Basel | Stadio del Lido, Locarno |
20:00 | Gorini ![]() Barbas ![]() Popescu ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,500 Referee: ![]() |
10 April 1993 Round 6 | Basel | 4 – 1 | Chênois | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Ceccaroni ![]() Sitek ![]() Sitek ![]() Schürmann ![]() Chassot ![]() Smajić ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() Taddeo ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 10,200 Referee: ![]() |
24 April 1993 Round 7 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Luzern | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Baumgartner ![]() Walker ![]() Chassot ![]() Uccella ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 32,000[1] Referee: ![]() |
8 May 1993 Round 8 | Luzern | 4 – 1 | Basel | Stadion Allmend Luzern |
20:00 | Gerstenmájer ![]() Rueda ![]() Güntensperger ![]() Birrer ![]() Rueda ![]() Gerstenmájer ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 26,100 Referee: ![]() |
15 May 1993 Round 9 | Chênois | 0 – 1 | Basel | Stade des Trois-Chêne, Thônex |
20:00 | Gianoli ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: ![]() |
22 May 1993 Round 10 | Basel | 2 – 0 | Locarno | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Chassot ![]() Chassot ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 7,500 Referee: ![]() |
25 May 1993 Round 11 | Grasshopper Club | 1 – 1 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
20:00 | Uccella ![]() Schürmann ![]() Walker ![]() Willems ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 14,800 Referee: ![]() |
5 June 1993 Round 12 | Basel | 1 – 2 | Bulle | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Baumgartner ![]() Baumgartner ![]() Bauer ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: ![]() |
9 June 1993 Round 13 | Wil | 1 – 1 | Basel | Stadion Bergholz, Wil |
20:00 | Petruzzi ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 1,700 Referee: ![]() |
12 June 1993 Round 14 | Basel | 3 – 2 | SR Delémont | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Chassot ![]() Chassot ![]() Smajić ![]() Chassot ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,300 Referee: ![]() |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Grasshopper Club | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 8 | +34 | 22 | Remain in Nationalliga A 1993–94 |
2 | Luzern | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 6 | +24 | 22 | Promoted to Nationalliga A 1993–94 |
3 | Bulle | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 20 | +8 | 19 | Relegated to Nationalliga B 1993–94 |
4 | Basel | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 17 | +8 | 18 | Remain in Nationalliga B 1993–94 |
5 | SR Delémont | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 28 | −14 | 10 | |
6 | CS Chênois | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 29 | −20 | 9 | |
7 | Locarno | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 31 | −15 | 7 | |
8 | Wil | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 32 | −25 | 5 |
Swiss Cup
22 August 1992 2nd principal round | SC Baudepartement Basel | 0 – 6 | Basel | Leichtathletik Stadion St. Jakob, Basel |
20:00 | Röösli ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,576[1] Referee: ![]() |
3 October 1992 Round of 64 | Basel | 4 – 0 | Old Boys | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Sitek ![]() Jeitziner ![]() Lellek ![]() Sitek ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 3,900[1] Referee: ![]() |
20 March 1993 Round of 32 | SC Young Fellows Juventus | 0 – 3 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
14:30 | Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,100 Referee: ![]() |
References
- Stefan Peter. "Überregionale Meisterschaften, Schweizer und Basler Cup". Retrieved 2017-11-16.
- Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FCB squad 1992/93". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A+B 1992/93". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1992/93". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
Sources
- Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
- Die ersten 125 Jahre / 2018. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
- The FCB squad 1992–93 at fcb-archiv.ch
- 1992–93 at RSSSF