1997–98 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1997–98 season
Chairman	René C. Jäggi
Manager	Jörg Berger (until October 1997); Salvatore Andracchio (ad interim); Guy Mathez (from 1 January 1998)
Ground	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A	Qualifying Phase 11th
Nationalliga A	Promotion/Relegation Group 3rd
Swiss Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	Mario Frick (14)
Highest home attendance	36,500 vs Solothurn 24.05.1998
Lowest home attendance	3,500 vs Xamax 22.11.1997
Average home league attendance	10,100[1]

The 1997–98 Fussball Club Basel 1893 season was their 104th season since the clubs foundation. René C. Jäggi was the clubs chairmann following the annual general meeting the year before. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Following their promotion in the 1993–94 season this was their fourth consecutive season in the highest tier of Swiss football.

Overview

Jörg Berger was appointed as the new trainer at the start of the season, but in October 1997 he was sacked and was replaced by Salvatore Andracchio (ad interim) until Guy Mathez was appointed as trainer from 1 January 1998. The clubs priority aim was to remain in the top flight of Swiss football.

The club made many new signings as the season started. Amongst these, there were many experienced players, such as Oliver Kreuzer from Bayern Munich, Marco Sas from Bradford City, Maurizio Gaudino from Eintracht Frankfurt, Jürgen Hartmann from Hamburger SV and Nestor Subiat from Grasshopper Club. There were also young players such as Marco Pérez from Vaduz, Jan Berger from Grasshopper Club and Fabinho Santos from Joinville (Brazil) as well as Luís Calapes and Alexander Frei from the clubs own youth section. Many players left the club, under them last seasons top scorer Gaetano Giallanza who transferred to Nantes and Jean-Pierre La Placa who signed for Toulouse .

The season did not start the way that trainer Berger had hoped. Four of the first six games ended in a defeat, the team conceding 12 goals and scoring just three. Berger was put under pressure by the clubs board of directors, but things did not improve. Following another six consecutive defeats Berger was sacked. He was replaced ad interim by Salvatore Andracchio, who had helped out the previous season, and the team managed to improve their results, but could not correct the slip into the Relegation Group.

During the winter break and the early part of the spring season the newly signed Nemtsoudis and Subiat left the club and the contract with Sas was dissolved. Under new trainer Mathez it seemed that the team was heading for relegation. A dramatic finish with three straight victories over the three better placed teams Young Boys, SC Kriens and finally Solothurn saved Basel from the relegation drop.

Players

The following is the list of the Basel first team squad. It also includes players that were in the squad the day the season started on 1 5 July 1997 but subsequently left the club after that date.

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Stefan Huber
2	DF	Massimo Ceccaroni
3	DF	Daniel Salvi
3	DF	Luís Calapes (from Basel youth)
4	DF	Samir Tabakovic (to Waldhof Mannheim)
5	DF	Oliver Kreuzer (from Bayern Munich)
6	DF	Marco Sas (from Bradford City)
7	FW	Dario Zuffi
8	MF	Mario Frick
9	MF	Fabrice Henry
10	MF	Maurizio Gaudino (from Eintracht Frankfurt)
11	FW	Gaetano Giallanza (to Nantes)
12	DF	Sébastien Barberis (from Servette)
13	FW	Adrian Knup
14	FW	Daniel Dobrovoljski
15	FW	Deniz Mendi (from FC Klus-Balsthal)

No.	Position	Player
15	DF	Ivan Reimann
16	DF	Jürgen Hartmann (from Hamburger SV)
17	MF	Jean-Pierre La Placa (to Toulouse)
17	MF	Václav Pěchouček (from Viktoria Plzeň)
18	GK	Oliver Stöckli
19	DF	Marco Tschopp
20	DF	Oumar Kondé
21	DF	Marco Pérez (from Vaduz)
22	MF	Webber (Leandro Dos Santos) (from Guarani)
23	DF	Jan Berger (from Grasshopper Club)
24	DF	Fabinho Santos (from Joinville)
24	DF	Cyrill Schmidiger
25	MF	Theodoros Disseris
27	FW	Alexander Frei (from Basel youth)
28	DF	Giorgios Nemtsoudis (from Grasshopper Club)
30	FW	Nestor Subiat (from Grasshopper Club)

Results

Nationalliga A

Qualifying Phase

5 July 1997 Round 1	Basel	Postponed	Aarau	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

9 July 1997 Round 2	Lausanne-Sport	3 – 0	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
19:30	Piffaretti 40' N'kufo 43' Udovič 87'	Report	32' Barberis 33' Frick 69' La Placa	Attendance: 7,100 Referee: Marcel Vollenweider

12 July 1997 Round 3	Basel	0 – 0	Etoile Carouge	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30	Hartmann 27' Ceccaroni 62' Knup 75'	Report	25' Mosca 78' Duchosal	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Dominique Tavel

19 July 1997 Round 4	Basel	1 – 3	Servette	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30	Gaudino 57' (pen.) Zuffi 70' Ceccaroni 76'	Summary	14' Barea 34' Cantaluppi 45' Margarini 55' 23'Sesa 77' (pen.) Durix	Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Philippe Leuba

26 July 1997 Round 5	Zürich	0 – 0	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
19:30	Tarone 59' Tejeda 70' Yekini 89'	Summary	17' Zuffi	Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Roland Beck

2 August 1997 Round 6	Basel	1 – 3	Sion	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30	Sas 23' Giallanza 41' Hartmann 61'	Summary	3', 64' Camadini 68 ' Zambaz 80' Tholot	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Carlo Bertolini

10 August 1997 Round 7	Kriens	3 – 1	Basel	Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens
16:00	Esposito 7' Gross 74' Schwizer 63' Erni 73'	Summary	43' Frick 57', 70' La Placa 76' Giallanza 84' Salvi	Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Kurt Zuppinger

15 August 1997 Round 1	Basel	2 – 1	Aarau	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30	Ceccaroni 14' Gaudino 21' Giallanza 31' Frick 67' Kreuzer 87'	Summary	19' Aloisi 61' Drakopoulos 65' Zdrilic 70' de Napoli 78' Kilian	Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

23 August 1997 Round 8	Basel	3 – 2	St. Gallen	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30	Zuffi 23' Dobrovoljski 77' Frick 82' Kreuzer 87' Salvi 88'	Summary	4' Hellinga 18' Stiel 35' Vurens 42' Regtop 61' Slavtschev 87' Herrera	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Claude Détruche

30 August 1997 Round 9	Xamax	3 – 0	Basel	Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
19:30	Martin 57' Leśniak 65' Martinović 83' Kunz 90'		66' Kreuzer 77' Ceccaroni	Attendance: 8,100 Referee: Carlo Bertolini

2 September 1997 Round 10	Basel	3 – 4	Luzern	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30	Frick 20', 71' Gaudino 28' Giallanza 74'	Summary	4' van Eck 24' Joller 43' Brunner 58', 87' Petar Aleksandrov 67' Izzo 82' Kögl 89' Ibrahim	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Kurt Zuppinger

13 September 1997 Round 11	Grasshopper Club	3 – 2	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
19:30	Subiat 6' Esposito 13' Gren 48' Kavelashvili 78' 78'	Summary	13' Ceccaroni 15' Barberis 61' Gaudino 69' Giallanza 90+1' Frick	Attendance: 9,150 Referee: Jürg Herrmann

24 September 1997 Round 12	Aarau	1 – 0	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
19:30	Roembiak 32' Kilian 68' Ćirić 75'		64' Kreuzer	Attendance: 5,600 Referee: Dieter Schoch

28 September 1997 Round 13	Basel	0 – 1	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30		Summary	27' Rehn 31' Thurre 38' Ohrel 64' Piffaretti	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Massimo Busacca

5 October 1997 Round 14	Etoile Carouge	2 – 1	Basel	Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge
16:00	Aguilar 67' Hertig 81' (pen.)	Summary	45' Subiat 46' Orlando 51' Barberis 55' Ceccaroni 81' Huber	Attendance: 1,775 Referee: Marcel Vollenweider

19 October 1997 Round 15	Basel	3 – 3	Zürich	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Kreuzer 11' Hartmann 30' Zuffi 44' Subiat 88'	Summary	29' Nonda 73' Tarone 90' 47' Hodel	Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Urs Meier

26 October 1997 Round 16	Servette	0 – 0	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
14:30	Rey 13' Durix 25', 89' Potocianu 61' Sesa 85'		71' Reimann 75' Frei 77' Frick	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Roland Beck

2 November 1997 Round 17	Sion	2 – 2	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
14:30	Seoane 9' Milton 73'	Summary	15' Frick 19' Barberis 41' Kreuzer 87' Ceccaroni	Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler

8 November 1997 Round 18	Basel	4 – 1	Kriens	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:30	Mendi 11', 29' Kreuzer 30' Frick 10' 59' Subiat 61'	Summary	17' Schnüriger 48' Colatrella 78' Melina	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Michael Herrmann

19 November 1997 Round 19	St. Gallen	3 – 1	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
19:30	Slavtchev 10' Regtop 20' Dal Santo 60' Vurens 67'	Summary	21' Kreuzer 79' Barberis	Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Claude Détruche

22 November 1997 Round 20	Basel	1 – 4	Xamax	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:30	Henry 60' Dobrovoljski 64' Pérez 84'	Summary	26' Gazic 32' Jeanneret 39' Hamann 45' Kunz	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Massimo Busacca

30 November 1997 Round 21	Basel	1 – 0	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Frick 22' Subiat 56'	Summary	18' Gämperle 63' Haas 90+1' Tikva	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler

7 December 1997 Round 22	Luzern	0 – 1	Basel	Stadion Allmend Luzern
14:30	Fink 73'	Summary	7' Hartmann 21' Kondé 47' (pen.)	Attendance: 9,050 Referee: Philippe Leuba

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Remarks
1	Grasshopper Club Zürich	22	14	4	4	59	23	46	Qualified for Champions Group
2	Lausanne Sports	22	12	6	4	45	27	42	Qualified for Champions Group
3	Servette FC	22	11	6	5	45	33	39	Qualified for Champions Group
4	FC Aarau	22	10	5	7	38	31	35	Qualified for Champions Group
5	FC St. Gallen	22	7	9	6	38	34	30	Qualified for Champions Group
6	FC Zürich	22	7	9	6	31	28	30	Qualified for Champions Group
7	FC Sion	22	7	9	6	30	27	30	Qualified for Champions Group
8	FC Lucerne	22	7	8	7	26	28	29	Qualified for Champions Group
9	Neuchâtel Xamax	22	7	5	10	37	39	26	Promotion/Relegation Group
10	SC Kriens	22	5	7	10	23	41	22	Promotion/Relegation Group
11	FC Basel	22	5	4	13	28	46	19	Promotion/Relegation Group
12	Étoile Carouge FC	22	1	6	15	20	63	9	Promotion/Relegation Group

Promotion/Relegation Group

1 March 1998 Round 1	Solothurn	2 – 3	Basel	Stadion FC Solothurn, Solothurn
14:30	Plaschy 1' Edward 83' 75' Bürgisser 79' Fluri 64' 81'	Summary	20' 12' Gaudino 71', 74' Berger 80' Zuffi 90+4' Barberis	Attendance: 6,750 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

7 March 1998 Round 2	Basel	4 – 2	Kriens	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:30	Henry 89' 8' Kreuzer 25' Frick 39', 64' Knup 90+2'	Summary	1' Egli 19' Schwizer 32' Benson 38' Zwyssig	Attendance: 7,800 Referee: Dieter Schoch

15 March 1998 Round 3	Young Boys	2 – 2	Basel	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
14:30	Lengen 23' Smajić 5' 50' Ivanov 74' 85' (pen.)	Summary	73' Barberis 73' Gaudino 76' 67' Kreuzer 87' Henry	Referee: Claude Détruche

21 March 1998 Round 4	Basel	3 – 6	Xamax	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:30	Gaudino 66' 2' 24' Pérez 51' Knup 53' Mendi 80'	Summary	7' Rueda 8' Hamann 25' Halili 38' Rothenbühler 61', 90+1' Zambaz 81' Maslow	Attendance: 10,500 Referee: René Rogalla

29 March 1998 Round 5	Lugano	0 – 0	Basel	Cornaredo, Lugano
14:30	Fernandez 41' Wegmann 48' Lendvai 51' Giannini 55' Anderson 85'	Summary	22' Zuffi 34' Tschopp 55' Knup	Attendance: 3,900 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

4 April 1998 Round 6	Basel	3 – 1	Etoile Carouge	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:30	Gaudino 11', 72', 77' Barberis 31' Kondé 49' Orlando 55'	Summary	10' Djorkaeff 42' Duchosal 76' Hertig	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Jürg Herrmann

8 April 1998 Round 7	Baden	3 – 1	Basel	Esp Stadium, Fislisbach
19:30	Dnibi 39' Casamento 56' Lüthi 71'	Summary	6' Knup 70' Pérez 78' Calapes	Attendance: 3,450 Referee: Roland Beck

19 April 1998 Round 8	Basel	0 – 0	Baden	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30	Gaudino 69' Calapes 74'	Summary	62' Rossi 70' Adriano	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Roberto Ferrari

25 April 1998 Round 9	Etoile Carouge	2 – 0	Basel	Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge
17:30	Elmira 37' Croci 57' Djorkaeff 78' Rothenbühler 86'	Summary	46' Barberis 59' Hartmann	Attendance: 1,180 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

29 April 1998 Round 10	Basel	0 – 0	Lugano	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30	Ceccaroni 53'	Summary	44' Giménez 88' Giannini	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Marcel Vollenweider

2 May 1998 Round 11	Xamax	2 – 1	Basel	Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
19:30	Wittl 16' Martinović 45' Maslow 70' Delay 81'	Summary	1' Knup 11' Frick 57' Ceccaroni	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: André Daina

9 May 1998 Round 12	Basel	4 – 1	Young Boys	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30	Frick 25', 47' Pěchouček 32' Kreuzer 34' Knup 43' Gaudino 52' Kondé 71'	Summary	71' (pen.) Vukotić	Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Carlo Bertolini

17 May 1998 Round 13	Kriens	1 – 3	Basel	Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens
16:00	Esposito 16' Disler 66' Erni 68' Rölli 73'	Summary	3' Reimann 49', 75' Frick 90+3' 45' Zuffi	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Dieter Schoch

24 May 1998 Round 14	Basel	3 – 0	Solothurn	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
16:00	Kreuzer 4' Gaudino 41' Reimann 49' Frick 57' Pérez 64'	Summary	40' Roth 42' Aebi	Attendance: 36,500 Referee: Urs Meier

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Remarks
1	Neuchâtel Xamax	14	7	5	2	35	22	26	Remain in Nationalliga A 1998–99
2	AC Lugano	14	6	5	3	15	12	23	Promoted to Nationalliga A 1998–99
3	FC Basel	14	6	4	4	27	22	22	Remain in Nationalliga A 1998–99
4	BSC Young Boys	14	6	4	4	20	23	22	Promoted to Nationalliga A 1998–99
5	FC Solothurn	14	6	3	5	17	15	21	Remain in Nationalliga B 1998–99
6	SC Kriens	14	4	4	6	19	25	16	Relegated to Nationalliga B 1998–99
7	FC Baden	14	3	3	8	15	23	12	Remain in Nationalliga B 1998–99
8	Étoile Carouge FC	14	3	2	9	13	19	11	Relegated to Nationalliga B 1998–99

Swiss Cup

15 November 1997 Round of 32	SC Buochs	2 – 7 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Stadion Seefeld, Buochs
16:00	Cavallucci 22' (pen.) Meier 33' Bieri 54' Von Flüe 90' Barmettler 119'	Summary	17' Zuffi 22' Nemtsoudis 86', 96', 101' Subiat 112', 117' Knup 120+1' 54' Henry	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: René Rogalla

21 February 1998 Round of 16	Xamax	2 – 0	Basel	Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
18:15	Wittl 34' Jeanneret 50' Martinović 64' Halili 71' Hamann 76'	Summary	15' Webber 20', 45' Henry 90+1' Gaudino	Attendance: 3,900 Referee: Massimo Busacca

Sources and references

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2189-1
1997–98 at Joggeli.ch
1997–98 at RSSSF

↑ Stefan Peter. "Überregionale Meisterschaften, Schweizer und Basler Cup". Retrieved 2017-11-16.

External links

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1997–98 FC Basel season

Overview

Players

Results

Nationalliga A

Qualifying Phase

League Table

Promotion/Relegation Group

League Table

Swiss Cup

See also

Sources and references

External links