1977–78 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1977–78 season
Chairman	René Theler
Manager	Helmut Benthaus
Ground	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A	3rd
Swiss Cup	Semi-finals
Swiss League Cup	Semi-finals
European Cup	Round 1
Coppa delle Alpi	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Roland Schönenberger (16); All: Roland Schönenberger (24)
Highest home attendance	21,500 on 22 April 1978; vs Grasshopper Club
Lowest home attendance	3,500 on 5 November 1977; vs Etoile Carouge
Average home league attendance	9,062

The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1977–78 season was their 84th season since the club was founded. It was their 32nd 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.

Overview

Helmut Benthaus was first team manager for the twelfth consecutive season. Basel played a total of 54 games in their 1977–78 season. 32 in the domestic league, four in the Swiss Cup, four in the Swiss League Cup, two in the European Cup, four in the Cup of the Alps and eight were friendly matches. The team scored a total of 125 goals and conceded 88. Roland Schönenberger was the team's overall top goal scorer with 26 goals, Detlev Lauscher and Erni Maissen each netted 15 times.[1]

Basel played in the 1977–78 Nationalliga A. This was contested by the first 10 teams from the previous season and the newly promoted teams Etoile Carouge and Young Fellows Zürich. After a double round-robin in the qualification phase, the top six teams played in a championship group for the title and the bottom six teams in the relegation group. Basel ended the qualification round in fourth position and ended the championship group in third position with 27 points, two behind Grasshopper Club and one behind Servette. They scored a total of 74 goals conceding 48 in 32 games. Roland Schönenberger was the team's top goal scorer with 16 league goals. Detlev Lauscher, Erni Maissen and Jörg Stohler each scored 9 goals.

In the first round of the Swiss Cup Basel were drawn against FC Lerchenfeld Thun and this was the first time that these two clubs had ever played against each other. Basel advanced to the semi-finals before being knocked out of the competition. In the first round of the Swiss League Cup Basel were drawn against Wettingen. Also in this competition Basel advanced to the semi-finals before being knocked out.

As reigning Swiss champions Basel were qualified for the 1977–78 European Cup and in the first round they were drawn against Austrian champions FC Wacker Innsbruck. After a home defeat[2] and an away win, this competition was concluded after the first round, Wacker won 3–2 on aggregate.[3] In the Coppa delle Alpi Basel played in group B together with Bastia, Olympique Lyonnais and Lausanne-Sport. But with only one win and three defeats they ended the group stage in last position in the table.

Players

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	Hans Küng
2	DF	Walter Geisser
3	DF	Walter Mundschin
4	DF	Peter Ramseier
5	DF	Paul Fischli
6	MF	Otto Demarmels
7	FW	Peter Marti
8	MF	Markus Tanner
9	FW	Serge Muhmenthaler
10	FW	Eigil Nielsen
11	FW	Detlev Lauscher

No.	Position	Player
12	MF	Jean-Pierre Maradan
13	FW	Roland Schönenberger
14	DF	Jörg Stohler
15	MF	Rolf Bucher
16	MF	Hansruedi Schär
17	MF	Arthur von Wartburg
18	MF	Erni Maissen
22	GK	Hans Müller
	GK	Jürg Wenger
	MF	Silvan Corbat

Results

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season

1977 Pre-season	Singapore	2 – 3	Basel	Singapore
		Summary

1 August 1977 Pre-season	Basel	2 – 0	Aarau	Buschweilerhof, Basel
17:30	Schär 35' (1:0) Lauscher (2:0)	Summary

4 August 1977 Uhrencup	Basel	4 – 1	Biel-Bienne	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
17:00	Maissen 26' (1:0) Muhmenthaler 55' (2:1) Maissen 81' (3:1) Maissen 85' (4:1)	Summary	40' (1:1) Tocchini	Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Alfred Heinis

10 August 1977 Uhrencup	Xamax	6 – 1	Basel	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:30	Elsig 18' (1:1) Elsig 37' (2:1) Rub 42' (3:1) Rub 45' (4:1) Küffer 80' (5:1) Claude 88' (6:1)	Summary	10' (0:1) Lauscher	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Peter Scherz

Winter break

28 January 1978 Winter break	Winterthur	1 – 1	Basel	Schützenwiese, Winterthur
	Lüthi 11' (1:1)	Summary	9' (0:1) Maissen	Attendance: 300 Referee: Franz Gächter

1 February 1978 Winter break	Basel	0 – 0	Young Fellows Zürich	Landhof, Basel
16:00		Summary		Attendance: 200 Referee: Kurt Fuchs Basel

5 February 1978 Winter break	Nordstern Basel	0 – 6	Basel	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
		Summary	21' (0:1) Schönenberger 35' (0:2) Marti 51' (0:3) Stohler 65' (0:4) Marti 77' (0:5) Stohler 82' (0:6) Schönenberger	Attendance: 800

19 February 1978 Winter break	Basel	3 – 1	Concordia Basel	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Maissen (1x) Schär (1x) Stohler (1x)	Summary	(1x)	Referee: Triulzi Basel

Nationalliga

Qualifying phase matches

13 August 1977 Round 1	Basel	3 – 1	Chênois	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Ramseier 43' (1:1) Stohler 45' (pen. 2:1) Nielsen 81' (3:1) Maissen	Summary	14' (0:1) Mustapha	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Otto Isler Zürich

20 August 1977 Round 2	Etoile Carouge	1 – 0	Basel	Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge
20:30	Meier 5' (1:0) Zapico	Summary	Lauscher	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Jean-Marie Macheret

23 August 1977 Round 3	Grasshopper Club	0 – 1	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
20:00	Ponte	Summary	46' (0:1) Schönenberger Tanner	Attendance: 10,300 Referee: André Daina

27 August 1977 Round 4	Basel	5 – 0	Young Fellows Zürich	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Nielsen 26' (1:0) Nielsen 62' (2:0) Stohler 71' (3:0) Stohler 81' (pen. 4:0) Marti 86' (5:0) Mundschin	Summary		Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Werner Bösch

30 September 1977 Round 5	Xamax	2 – 5	Basel	Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
20:15	Osterwalder 21' (1:0) Elsig 73' (2:4) Hasler	Summary	28' (pen. 1:1) Stohler 43' (1:2) Stohler 46' (1:3) Schönenberger 67' (1:1) Nielsen 87' (2:5) Lauscher Mundschin Schönenberger Nielsen	Attendance: 6,900 Referee: Peter Scherz

17 September 1977 Round 6	Basel	2 – 2	Zürich	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Mundschin 6' (1:0) Maissen 64' (2:2)	Summary	32' (1:1) Moser 40' (1:2) Cucinotta 68' Baur 90' Grob	Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne

24 September 1977 Round 7	Servette	2 – 0	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
17:00	Chivers 14' (1:0) Andrey 78' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Peter Kellenberger

1 October 1977 Round 8	Basel	0 – 0	Young Boys	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00		Summary		Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Bruno Galler

8 October 1977 Round 9	Basel	4 – 2	St. Gallen	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Schönenberger 40' (1:1) Demarmels 44' (2:1) Schönenberger 70' (3:2) Schönenberger 72' (4:2)	Summary	16' (0:1) Müller 46' (2:2) Müller	Attendance: 5,500 Referee: André Favre Echallens

15 October 1977 Round 10	Sion	4 – 1	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:15	Lusier 1' (1:0) Coutaz 49' (2:0) Coutaz 51' (3:0) Sarrasin 87' (4:1)	Summary	79' (3:1) Marti	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Jakob Baumann

22 October 1977 Round 11	Basel	1 – 4	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:15	Lauscher 37' (1:0) Lauscher	Summary	41' (1:1) Guillaume 47' (1:2) Künzli 65' (1:3) Guillaume 73' (1:4) Künzli	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: René Maire Geneva

26 October 1977 Round 12	Chênois	2 – 0	Basel	Stade des Trois-Chêne, Thônex
20:00	Tachet 20' (1:0) Duvillad 53' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Jean Dubach Nidau

5 November 1977 Round 13	Basel	4 – 0	Etoile Carouge	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:30	Nielsen 27' (1:0) Lauscher 55' (2:0) Schönenberger 83' (2:0) Demarmels 88' (4:0)	Summary	Pont	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Bruno Galler

12 November 1977 Round 14	Young Fellows Zürich	1 – 4	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
17:30	Stomeo 89' (1:4)	Summary	14' (0:1) Schönenberger 15' (0:2) Maissen 72' (0:3) Maissen 88' (0:4) Marti	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Walter Hungerbühler St. Gallen

19 November 1977 Round 15	Basel	6 – 1	Xamax	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:30	Maissen 5' (1:0) Tanner 15' (2:0) Demarmels 32' Tanner 35' (3:0) Nielsen 68' (4:1) Marti 77' (5:1) von Wartburg 83' (6:1)	Summary	32' Decastel 39' (3:1) Decastel	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Ernest Guignet Yverdon

27 November 1977 Round 16	Zürich	1 – 1	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
14:30	Zwicker 15' (1:0) Grob Lüdi Zappa	Summary	78' (1:1) Schönenberger Maradan	Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Rudolf Renggli Luzern

3 December 1977 Round 17	Basel	2 – 1	Servette	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:30	Tanner 38' (1:0) Schönenberger 89' (2:1)	Summary	55' (1:1) Chivers Barberis	Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Jean Dubach Nidau

11 December 1977 Round 18	Young Boys	4 – 5	Basel	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
14:30	Zwygart 36' (1:1) Müller 38' (2:1) Müller 65' (3:5) Brechbühl 90' (4:5) Schmidlin Müller	Summary	20' (0:1) Maissen 44' (2:2) Stohler 48' (2:3) Tanner 52' (2:4) Marti 55' (2:5) Lauscher Maradan	Attendance: 6,400 Referee: Bruno Galler

4 March 1978 Round 20	Basel	5 – 0	Sion	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:30	Schär 10' (1:0) Schönenberger 25' (2:0) Ramseier 50' (3:0) Schönenberger 57' (4:0) Schönenberger 65' (5:0)	Summary	75' Perrier	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Bruno Della Bruna Lumino

12 March 1978 Round 19	St. Gallen	1 – 2	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
15:00	Stöckl 84' (pen. 1:2)	Summary	32' (pen. 0:1) Stohler 59' (0:2) Ramseier Stohler	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Otto Isler Zürich

18 March 1978 Round 21	Lausanne-Sport	0 – 0	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:00	Sampedro 59'	Summary	39' Maissen 46' Schönenberger 77' von Wartburg	Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Bruno Galler

22 March 1978 Round 22	Basel	2 – 5	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Maissen 6' (1:0) Tanner 85' (2:4)	Summary	20' (1:1) Sulser 20' (1:2) Sulser 75' (1:3) Elsener 81' (1:4) Sulser 88' (2:5) Elsener Becker	Attendance: 14,500 Referee: André Daina

Qualifying phase table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Grasshopper Club Zürich	22	15	4	3	60	27	+33	34	To championship round
2	Servette FC Genève	22	14	5	3	44	20	+24	33
3	Lausanne Sports	22	13	4	5	47	21	+26	30
4	FC Basel	22	12	4	6	53	34	+19	28
5	FC Zürich	22	11	6	5	38	27	+11	28
6	FC Sion	22	6	9	7	29	33	−4	21
7	Neuchâtel Xamax	22	8	3	11	32	42	−10	19	To playout round
8	BSC Young Boys	22	7	5	10	27	45	−18	19
9	CS Chênois	22	8	2	12	27	35	−8	18
10	FC St. Gallen	22	5	7	10	27	38	−11	17
11	Étoile Carouge FC	22	5	3	14	22	40	−18	13
12	Young Fellows Zürich	22	1	2	19	14	58	−44	4

Source: rsssf.com

Championship group matches

1 April 1978 Round 1	Lausanne-Sport	1 – 1	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:30	Gross 71' (1:1)	Summary	51 pen. 0:1' Stohler	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Jakob Baumann

8 April 1978 Round 2	Basel	1 – 1	Zürich	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Lauscher 45' (1:0)	Summary	90' (1:1) Risi Zappa Fischbach Chapuisat	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Bruno Galler

15 April 1978 Round 3	Servette	0 – 2	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
20:30	Chivers 41' Trinchero 70'	Summary	13' (0:1) Maissen 40' Fischli 81' (0:2) Marti	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Jean Dubach Nidau

18 April 1978 Round 4	Sion	1 – 4	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20;15	Vergères 82' (1:3) In-Albon	Summary	45' (0:1) Schönenberger 51' (0:2) Tanner 80' (0:3) Maissen 90' (1:4) Schönenberger	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern

22 April 1978 Round 5	Basel	2 – 0	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Stohler 30' (pen. 1:0) Marti 57' (2:0)	Summary	Elsener	Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Rudolf Renggli Luzern

29 April 1978 Round 6	Basel	3 – 1	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Maradan 3′ Lauscher 26' (1:0) Schönenberger 59' (2:1) Schär 84' (3:1)	Summary	58' (1:1) Guillaume	Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Jean Dubach Nidau

6 May 1978 Round 7	Zürich	4 – 2	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00	Scheiwiler 22' (1:0) Risi 35' (2:0) Scheiwiler 61' (3:0) Botteron 88' (4:2)	Summary	64' (3:1) Demarmels 74' (3:2) Marti	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Bruno Galler

20 May 1978 Round 8	Basel	2 – 2	Servette	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Mundschin 3' (1:0) Maissen 49' (2:0)	Summary	71' (2:1) Chivers 83' (2:2) Trinchero Barberis	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Jean Dubach Nidau

24 May 1978 Round 9	Basel	2 – 0	Sion	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:15	Schönenberger 33' (1:0) Lauscher 87' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Rudolf Affolter

27 May 1978 Round 10	Grasshopper Club	4 – 2	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
20:15	Sulser 39' (1:0) Ponte 54' (2:2) Elsener 77' (3:2) Elsener 90' (4:2) Niggl	Summary	43' (1:1) Tanner 50' (1:2) Tanner Küng Demarmels	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Walter Hungerbühler St. Gallen

Championship table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Grasshopper Club	10	4	4	2	17	12	+5	17	29	Swiss Champions
2	Servette	10	3	5	2	10	10	0	17	28	Swiss Cup winners
3	Basel	10	5	3	2	21	14	+7	14	27
4	Lausanne-Sport	10	4	3	3	21	14	+7	15	26
5	Zürich	10	5	2	3	15	15	0	14	26
6	Sion	10	0	1	9	8	27	−19	11	12

Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

10 September 1977 Round of 32	FC Lerchenfeld	2 – 4	Basel	Sportanlagen Waldeck, Lerchenfeld
	Zahnd 23' (1:0) Walther 29' (2:0)	Summary	38' (2:1) Nielsen 44' (2:2) Muhmenthaler 60' (2:3) Muhmenthaler 84' (2:4) Muhmenthaler	Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern

12 October 1977 Round of 16	Zürich	1 – 3	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00	Baur 56' (1:2)	Summary	19' (0:1) Schönenberger 49' (0:2) Schönenberger 66' (1:3) Schönenberger	Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Peter Scherz

9 November 1977 Quarter-final	Basel	4 – 1	St. Gallen	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30	Schönenberger 14' (1:0) Maissen 51' (2:1) Lauscher 54' (3:1) Lauscher 88' (4:1)	Summary	38' (1:1) Ries	Referee:

2 May 1978 Semi-final	Grasshopper Club	5 – 1	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
20:00	Bauer 12' (1:1) Sulser 49' (2:1) Hermann 53' (3:1) Elsener 62' (4:1) Ponte 88' (5:1)	Summary	4' (0:1) Lauscher	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Jakob Baumann

Swiss League Cup

6 August 1977 Round of 32	Wettingen	0 – 3	Basel	Stadion Altenburg, Wettingen
		Summary	8' (0:1) Schönenberger 38' (0:2) Fischli 75' (0:3) Lauscher	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Rudolf Renggli Luzern

11 February 1978 Round of 16	Basel	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Chiasso	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00	Stohler pen. 1:1' Tanner 111' (2:1) Lauscher	Summary	58' (0:1) Franz Ostinelli	Attendance: 1,150 Referee: Otto Isler Zürich

11 April 1978 Quarter-final	Basel	4 – 3 (a.e.t.)	BSC Young Boys	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Marti 68' (1:1) Schönenberger 72' (2:1) Schönenberger 74' (3:1) Rebmann 97' (o.g. 4:3)	Summary	17' (pen. 0:1) Zwygart 88' (3:2) Schmid 88' (3:3) Mast	Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Otto Isler Zürich

9 May 1978 Semi-final	Basel	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 p)	St. Gallen	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
	Schönenberger 51' (1:1)	Summary	16' (0:1) Schlegel	Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Jean-Marie Macheret
	Penalties
	Schönenberger Lauscher Maradan Tanner Küng		Stöckli Brander Feuz Ries Schüepp

St. Gallen won 5–4 on penalties.

European Cup

First round

14 September 1977 First leg	Basel	1 – 3	Wacker	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	von Wartburg 22' (1:0)	Report FCB Summary	41' (1:1) Welzl 45' (pen. 1:2) Welzl 51' (1:3) Constantini	Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Achille Verbecke

28 September 1977 Return leg	Wacker	0 – 1	Basel	Stadion Lehen, Salzburg
19:00		Report FCB Summary	62' (0:1) Maissen	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Adolf Prokop

Wacker won 3–2 on aggregate.

Coppa delle Alpi

Group B

16 July 1977 Round 1	Basel	2 – 3	Bastia	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
	Demarmels 51' (1:1) Lauscher 79' (2:2) Demarmels 82'	Summary	36' (0:1) Larios 72' (1:2) Vesir 82' Larios 87' (2:3) Larios	Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Robert Wurtz

19 July 1977 Round 2	Basel	3 – 2	Olympique Lyonnais	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
	Stohler 28' (1:0) Muhmenthaler 63' (2:0) Lauscher 74' (3:0)	Summary	75' (3:1) Martinez 88' (pen. 3:2) Lacombe 88' Martinez	Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Achille Verbecke

23 July 1977 Round 3	Bastia	3 – 0	Basel	Stade Armand Cesari,[4] Bastia
	Papi 43' (1:0) Mundschin 58' (o.g. 2:0) Orlanducci 67' (3:0)	Summary		Attendance: 2,022 Referee: Ernest Guignet Yverdon

26 July 1977 Round 4	Olympique Lyonnais	4 – 2	Basel	Stade de Gerland, Lyon
	Geisser 39' (1:2) Gallice 45' (2:2) Chiesa 73' (3:2) Genet 88' (4:2)	Summary	3' (0:1) Marti 35' (0:2) von Wartburg	Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Jean-Marie Macheret

NB: teams did not play compatriots

Group table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	Bastia	4	3	1	0	8	3	+5	1	8[lower-alpha 1]	Advance to final
2	Lausanne-Sport	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	0	5
3	Olympique Lyonnais	4	1	0	3	8	9	−1	0	2
4	Basel	4	1	0	3	7	12	−5	0	2

Source:
Notes:

1 bonus point awarded for victory by 3 or more goals

Sources and references

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
Switzerland 1977–78 at RSSSF
Swiss League Cup at RSSSF
Cup of the Alps 1977 at RSSSF

Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1977/78". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
"Saisonstatistik Champions League 1977/1978". sport.de. 1977. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
"Overview". uefa.com. 1977. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
Le Stade Armand Cesari

External links

FC Basel official site

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[table_hth_BST0.10237818495481-5] 1 bonus point awarded for victory by 3 or more goals

[fcb-achiv-1977/78-_bilanz-1] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1977/78". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

[sport_1977-09-14-2] "Saisonstatistik Champions League 1977/1978". sport.de. 1977. Retrieved 2016-10-16.

[uefa_1977-09-28-3] "Overview". uefa.com. 1977. Retrieved 2016-10-16.

[4] Le Stade Armand Cesari