1984–85 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1984–85 season
Chairman	Urs Gribi
Manager	Ernst August Künnecke; until December 1984; Emil Müller; from January 1985
Ground	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A	8th
Swiss Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	Peter Nadig (11)

The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1984–85 season was their 91st season since their foundation. It was their 39th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football since their promotion in the 1945–46 season. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. For the second year running the clubs chairman was Urs Gribi.

Overview

It was Ernst August Künnecke's second year as first team manager. He had taken over from Rainer Ohlhauser a year earlier. In the winter break Künnecke was sacked and Emil Müller took over as caretaker manager up until the end of the season.

Basel played in the 1984–85 Nationalliga A and they ended the season in eighth position, 15 points behind Servette Genève who became Swiss champions that year. In their 30 league matches Basel won eleven, drew nine and lost ten games. At the end of the championship season Basel had obtained 31 points, had scored 46 and had conceded 49 goals. Peter Nadig was the teams top goal scorer in the league with eleven goals and Beat Sutter second highest scorer with ten.

Basel entered the Swiss Cup in the round of 64 with an away game against lower classed FC Dürrenast. This was won 4–0. In the second round they had a home match, also against a lower classed team FC Langenthal. This match resulted in a 6–0 victory. However with the third round home game against Servette Basels cup season came to an end because they lost the match 0–1.

Players

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No.		Position	Player
		GK	Urs Suter
		GK	Thomas Paul
		DF	Martin Andermatt
		DF	Stefano Ceccaroni
		DF	Fredy Grossenbacher
		DF	Dominique Herr
		DF	Ertan Irizik
		DF	Rolf Lauper
		DF	Alfred Lüthi
		DF	Thomas Süss
		DF	Adrie van Kraay

No.		Position	Player
		MF	René Botteron
		MF	Thomas Hauser
		MF	Martin Jeitziner
		MF	Nicolas Keller
		MF	Guido Rudin
		MF	Erni Maissen
		MF	Peter Nadig
		FW	Beat Sutter
		FW	Ruedi Zbinden
			Felix Rudin
			Dominik Leder

Results

Nationalliga A

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Remarks
1	Servette FC Genève	30	19	8	3	71	28	46	Champions / 1985–86 European Cup
2	FC Aarau	30	16	10	4	62	43	42	Swiss Cup winners: 1985–86 Cup Winners' Cup
3	Neuchâtel Xamax	30	14	11	5	59	34	39	1985–86 UEFA Cup
4	FC St. Gallen	30	13	11	6	66	32	37	1985–86 UEFA Cup
5	FC Sion	30	14	8	8	56	49	36
6	Grasshopper Club Zürich	30	11	10	9	53	47	32
7	FC Zürich	30	11	9	10	59	52	31
8	FC Basel	30	11	9	10	46	49	31
9	BSC Young Boys	30	10	10	10	42	45	30
10	Lausanne Sports	30	10	9	11	50	57	29
11	FC Wettingen	30	7	12	11	31	35	26
12	FC Lucerne	30	9	8	13	33	53	26
13	FC Vevey	30	9	6	15	40	47	24
14	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	30	6	12	12	41	54	24
15	SC Zug	30	4	6	20	27	71	14	Relegated / 1985–86 Nationalliga B
16	FC Winterthur	30	4	5	21	32	72	13	Relegated / 1985–86 Nationalliga B

Swiss Cup

16 September 1984 Round of 64	FC Dürrenast	0 – 4	Basel	Sportplatz Lachen, Dürrenast

20 October 1984 Round of 32	Basel	6 – 0	FC Langenthal	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

16 March 1985 Round of 16	Basel	0 – 1	Servette	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

Sources and references

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
1984–85 at RSSSF

External links

FC Basel official site

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