1981–82 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1981–82 season
Chairman	Pierre Jacques Lieblich
Manager	Helmut Benthaus
Ground	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A	8th
Swiss Cup	Runners-up
Swiss League Cup	Quarter-final
Coppa delle Alpi	Winners

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.

Overview

Helmut Benthaus was first-team manager for the sixteenth consecutive season. Basel played in the 1981–82 Nationalliga A. The league championship format was expanded from the 1980–81 season to include sixteen teams. Basel ended the season in eighth position, 21 points behind Zürich 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.

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.

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.

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

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Hans Küng
		GK	Jean Müller
		GK	Thomas Paul
		DF	Stefano Ceccaroni
		DF	Serge Duvernois
		DF	Walter Geisser
		DF	René Hasler
		DF	Alfred Lüthi
		DF	Jean-Pierre Maradan
		DF	Walter Eichenberger

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Bruno Graf
		DF	Jörg Stohler
		DF	Serge Gaisser
		MF	Otto Demarmels
		MF	Martin Jeitziner
		MF	Erni Maissen
		MF	Martin Mullis
		MF	Arthur von Wartburg
		FW	Harald Nickel
		FW	Beat Sutter

Results

Nationalliga A

League Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Grasshopper Club Zürich	30	21	7	2	72	24	+48	49	1982–83 European Cup
2	Servette	30	20	6	4	76	32	+44	46	1982–83 UEFA Cup
3	Zürich	30	18	10	2	62	25	+37	46	1982–83 UEFA Cup
4	Neuchâtel 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	01982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup0
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	01982–83 Nationalliga B0
16	Chiasso	30	4	8	18	25	63	−38	16	01982–83 Nationalliga B0

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Swiss Cup

26 September 1981 Round of 64	Sursee	1 – 9	Basel	Stadion Schlottermilch, Sursee

31 October 1981 Round of 32	Bellinzona	0 – 1	Basel	Stadio Comunale Bellinzona

20 March 1982 Round of 16	Aarau	2 – 3	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau

12 April 1982 Quarter-final	Basel	2 – 1	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

4 May 1982 Semi-final	Basel	3 – 0	SR Delémont	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
	Maissen 23' Schribertschnig 86' (o.g.) Sutter 90'

31 May 1982 Final	Sion	0 – 1	Basel	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
	Balet 23'

Swiss League Cup

Round of 32	Basel	1 – 0	Young Boys	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

Round of 16	Grenchen	1 – 2	Basel	Stadium Brühl, Grenchen

Quarter-final	Aarau	1 – 0	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau

Coppa delle Alpi

Group A

Round 1	Basel	0 – 3	Bordeaux	St. Jakob Stadium Basel

Round 2	Bordeaux	0 – 1	Basel

Round 3	Basel	4 – 1	Bastia	St. Jakob Stadium Basel

Round 4	Bastia	0 – 4	Basel

NB: teams did not play compatriots

Group table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	(B)
1	Basel	4	3	0	1	9	4	8	2
2	Bordeaux	4	2	1	1	6	2	6	1
3	Bastia	4	1	1	2	7	10	4	1
4	Lausanne-Sport	4	0	2	2	3	9	2

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

Sources and references

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
Switzerland 1981–82 at RSSSF
Swiss League Cup at RSSSF
Cup of the Alps 1981 at RSSSF

External links

FC Basel official site

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