1983–84 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1983–84 season
Chairman	Urs Gribi
Manager	Ernst August Künnecke
Ground	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A	9th
Swiss Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	Beat Sutter (12)

The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1983–84 season was their 90th season since the club was founded. It was their 38th 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. Urs Gribi was their newly appointed chairman, he replaced Roland Rasi who stood down at the AGM after just one year chairmanship.

Overview

Ernst August Künnecke was the first team manager. He had taken over from Rainer Ohlhauser, who had been manager for just one year. Basel played in the 1983–84 Nationalliga A. Basel ended the season in ninth position, 16 points behind Grasshopper Club Zürich who became champions for the second consequetive year. In their 30 league games Basel won eleven matches, drew six and lost thirteen. Basel obtained 28 points, scored 55 and conceding 59 goals.

Basel entered into the Swiss Cup in the round of 64 and here they were drawn away against local lower league club FC Birsfelden. The match was a one sided affair and Basel won 8–0. In the round of 32 they had a home fixture against Luzern but were beaten 0–3. The cup season was beended for Basel because the Swiss League Cup was not competed this year and because they were not qualified for European competitions, nor did they enter the Coppa delle Alpi.

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	Jean Müller
		GK	Urs Suter
		GK	Thomas Paul
		DF	Martin Andermatt
		DF	Stefano Ceccaroni
		DF	Walter Geisser
		DF	Fredy Grossenbacher
		DF	Rolf Lauper
		DF	Alfred Lüthi
		DF	Jean-Pierre Maradan
		DF	Jörg Stohler
		DF	Thomas Süss

No.		Position	Player
		MF	René Botteron
		MF	Thomas Hauser
		MF	Martin Jeitziner
		MF	Nicolas Keller
		MF	Guido Rudin
		MF	Erni Maissen
		MF	Peter Nadig
		MF	Arthur von Wartburg
		FW	Uwe Dreher
		FW	Beat Sutter
		FW	Ruedi Zbinden
			Felix Rudin

Results

Nationalliga A

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Remarks
1	Grasshopper Club Zürich	30	19	6	5	59	32	44	Play-off Champions / 1984–85 European Cup
2	Servette FC Genève	30	19	6	5	67	31	44	Play-off runners-up Swiss Cup winners: 1984–85Cup Winners' Cup
3	FC Sion	30	18	7	5	74	39	43	1984–85 UEFA Cup
4	Neuchâtel Xamax	30	15	10	5	54	27	40	1984–85 UEFA Cup
5	FC St. Gallen	30	16	8	6	57	41	40
6	Lausanne Sports	30	13	8	9	49	37	34
7	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	30	12	9	9	52	47	33
8	FC Wettingen	30	12	6	12	43	43	30
9	FC Basel	30	11	6	13	55	59	28
10	FC Aarau	30	9	9	12	50	42	27
11	BSC Young Boys	30	8	9	13	39	40	25
12	FC Zürich	30	8	8	14	39	56	24
13	FC Vevey	30	9	6	15	43	65	24
14	FC Lucerne	30	9	4	17	35	52	22
15	AC Bellinzona	30	4	4	22	30	79	12	Relegated / 1984–85 Nationalliga B
16	FC Chiasso	30	4	2	24	26	82	10	Relegated / 1984–85 Nationalliga B

Championship play-off

15 June 1984

Play-off

Grasshopper Club	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Servette
Egli 109' (pen.)

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Swiss Cup

10 September 1983 Round of 64	FC Birsfelden	0 – 8	Basel	Sportplatz Sternenfeld, Birsfelden

15 October 1983 Round of 32	Basel	0 – 3	Luzern	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

Sources and references

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
Switzerland 1983–84 at RSSSF

External links

FC Basel official site

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