1982–83 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1982–83 season
Chairman	Roland Rasi
Manager	Rainer Ohlhauser
Ground	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A	11th
Swiss Cup	Round of 16
Coppa delle Alpi	Group stage

The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1982–83 season was their 89th season since the club was founded. It was their 37th 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. Roland Rasi was their newly appointed chairmann, he replaced Pierre Jacques Lieblich who stood down at the AGM.

Overview

Rainer Ohlhauser was the first team manager. He had taken over from Helmut Benthaus, who had been manager for 17 years between 1965 and 1982, and who had taken over as manager of VfB Stuttgart. Basel played in the 1982–83 Nationalliga A. Basel ended the season in eleventh position, 24 points behind Grasshopper Club Zürich who became champions. In their 30 league games Basel won ten, drew five and lost fifteen matches, obtaining 25 points. They scored 47 goals, conceding 56.

Basel entered into the Swiss Cup in the round of 64. Here they were drawn away against FC Breitenbach and on 9 October they won the match 4–0. In the round of 32 Basel were drawn at home against Lausanne-Sport. The game was played on 12 March 1983 and Basel won 2–1. On 4 April the away defeat against Mendrisio meant the end of this cup season. The Swiss League Cup was not competed this year.

In the Coppa delle Alpi Basel were drawn against AJ Auxerre and Metz. Two draws against Auxerre and one victory and a defeat against Metz left them in third position in the Swiss teams group table. Xamax and Nantes played in the final.

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	Bruno Graf
		DF	Jörg Stohler

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Roger Bossert
		MF	Cesare Cosenza
		MF	Nicolas Keller
		MF	Guido Rudin
		MF	Winfried Berkemeier
		MF	Serge Gaisser
		MF	Thomas Hauser
		MF	Martin Jeitziner
		MF	Arthur von Wartburg
		FW	Peter Marti
		FW	Beat Sutter
		FW	Ruedi Zbinden

Results

Nationalliga A

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Remarks
1	Grasshopper Club Zürich	30	24	1	5	86	29	49	Champions: 1983–84 European Cup
2	Servette FC Genève	30	22	4	4	65	24	48	Swiss Cup winners: 1983–84 Cup Winners' Cup
3	FC St. Gallen	30	17	6	7	61	31	40	1983–84 UEFA Cup
4	FC Zürich	30	17	4	9	55	39	38	1983–84 UEFA Cup
5	Lausanne Sports	30	15	7	8	51	28	37
6	Neuchâtel Xamax	30	15	7	8	61	40	37
7	FC Sion	30	12	11	7	51	36	35
8	FC Lucerne	30	14	3	13	57	56	31
9	BSC Young Boys	30	11	8	11	35	42	30
10	FC Wettingen	30	8	9	13	40	47	25
11	FC Basel	30	10	5	15	47	56	25
12	FC Vevey	30	9	4	17	42	61	22
13	AC Bellinzona	30	8	5	17	36	74	21
14	FC Aarau	30	8	4	18	32	52	20
15	FC Bulle	30	4	4	22	27	87	12	Relegated: 1983–84 Nationalliga B
16	FC Winterthur	30	2	6	22	30	74	10	Relegated: 1983–84 Nationalliga B

Swiss Cup

9 October 1982 Round of 64	FC Breitenbach	0 – 4	Basel

12 March 1983 Round of 32	Basel	2 – 1	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

4 April 1983 Round of 16	Mendrisio	2 – 1	Basel	Centro Sportivo Comunale, Mendrisio

Coppa delle Alpi

Group A

Round 1	Basel	0 – 0	AJ Auxerre	St. Jakob Stadium Basel

Round 2	AJ Auxerre	2 – 2	Basel

Round 3	Metz	5 – 1	Basel

Round 4	Basel	3 – 2	Metz	St. Jakob Stadium Basel

Swiss teams group table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Xamax	4	3	0	1	11	6	6
2	Servette	4	2	2	0	5	2	6
3	Basel	4	1	2	1	6	9	4
4	Grasshopper Club	4	0	3	1	4	5	3
5	Sion	4	1	0	3	5	9	2

NB: teams played two teams of the other country home and away

Sources and references

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
Switzerland 1982–83 at RSSSF
Cup of the Alps 1982 at RSSSF

External links

FC Basel official site

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