1977–78 FC Basel season
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.
1977–78 season | |
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Chairman | |
Manager | |
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: All: |
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 |
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.
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Results
- Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches
Pre- and mid-season
1 August 1977 Pre-season | Basel | 2 – 0 | Buschweilerhof, Basel | |
17:30 | Schär Lauscher |
Summary |
4 August 1977 Uhrencup | Basel | 4 – 1 | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen | |
17:00 | Maissen Muhmenthaler Maissen Maissen |
Summary | Attendance: 1,700 Referee: |
Winter break
28 January 1978 Winter break | Winterthur | 1 – 1 | Basel | Schützenwiese, Winterthur |
Lüthi |
Summary | Attendance: 300 Referee: |
1 February 1978 Winter break | Basel | 0 – 0 | Young Fellows Zürich | Landhof, Basel |
16:00 | Summary | Attendance: 200 Referee: |
5 February 1978 Winter break | Nordstern Basel | 0 – 6 | Basel | Stadion Rankhof, Basel |
Summary | Attendance: 800 |
19 February 1978 Winter break | Basel | 3 – 1 | Concordia Basel | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Maissen Schär Stohler |
Summary | Referee: |
Nationalliga
Qualifying phase matches
13 August 1977 Round 1 | Basel | 3 – 1 | Chênois | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Ramseier Stohler Nielsen Maissen |
Summary | Attendance: 6,000 Referee: |
20 August 1977 Round 2 | Etoile Carouge | 1 – 0 | Basel | Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge |
20:30 | Meier Zapico |
Summary | Attendance: 6,000 Referee: |
23 August 1977 Round 3 | Grasshopper Club | 0 – 1 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
20:00 | Ponte |
Summary | Attendance: 10,300 Referee: |
27 August 1977 Round 4 | Basel | 5 – 0 | Young Fellows Zürich | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Nielsen Nielsen Stohler Stohler Marti Mundschin |
Summary | Attendance: 4,000 Referee: |
30 September 1977 Round 5 | Xamax | 2 – 5 | Basel | Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel |
20:15 | Osterwalder Elsig Hasler |
Summary | Attendance: 6,900 Referee: |
17 September 1977 Round 6 | Basel | 2 – 2 | Zürich | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Mundschin Maissen |
Summary | Attendance: 12,500 Referee: |
24 September 1977 Round 7 | Servette | 2 – 0 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
17:00 | Chivers Andrey |
Summary | Attendance: 10,500 Referee: |
1 October 1977 Round 8 | Basel | 0 – 0 | Young Boys | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Summary | Attendance: 6,000 Referee: |
8 October 1977 Round 9 | Basel | 4 – 2 | St. Gallen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Schönenberger Demarmels Schönenberger Schönenberger |
Summary | Attendance: 5,500 Referee: |
15 October 1977 Round 10 | Sion | 4 – 1 | Basel | Stade Tourbillon, Sion |
20:15 | Lusier Coutaz Coutaz Sarrasin |
Summary | Attendance: 7,500 Referee: |
22 October 1977 Round 11 | Basel | 1 – 4 | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:15 | Lauscher Lauscher |
Summary | Attendance: 10,000 Referee: |
26 October 1977 Round 12 | Chênois | 2 – 0 | Basel | Stade des Trois-Chêne, Thônex |
20:00 | Tachet Duvillad |
Summary | Attendance: 2,800 Referee: |
5 November 1977 Round 13 | Basel | 4 – 0 | Etoile Carouge | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
17:30 | Nielsen Lauscher Schönenberger Demarmels |
Summary | Attendance: 3,500 Referee: |
12 November 1977 Round 14 | Young Fellows Zürich | 1 – 4 | Basel | Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau |
17:30 | Stomeo |
Summary | Attendance: 4,000 Referee: |
19 November 1977 Round 15 | Basel | 6 – 1 | Xamax | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
17:30 | Maissen Tanner Demarmels Tanner Nielsen Marti von Wartburg |
Summary | Attendance: 4,500 Referee: |
27 November 1977 Round 16 | Zürich | 1 – 1 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
14:30 | Zwicker Grob Lüdi Zappa |
Summary | Attendance: 11,500 Referee: |
3 December 1977 Round 17 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Servette | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
17:30 | Tanner Schönenberger |
Summary | Attendance: 9,500 Referee: |
11 December 1977 Round 18 | Young Boys | 4 – 5 | Basel | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
14:30 | Zwygart Müller Müller Brechbühl Schmidlin Müller |
Summary | Attendance: 6,400 Referee: |
4 March 1978 Round 20 | Basel | 5 – 0 | Sion | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
15:30 | Schär Schönenberger Ramseier Schönenberger Schönenberger |
Summary | Attendance: 4,000 Referee: |
12 March 1978 Round 19 | St. Gallen | 1 – 2 | Basel | Espenmoos, St. Gallen |
15:00 | Stöckl |
Summary | Attendance: 5,000 Referee: |
18 March 1978 Round 21 | Lausanne-Sport | 0 – 0 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
20:00 | Sampedro |
Summary | Attendance: 4,200 Referee: |
22 March 1978 Round 22 | Basel | 2 – 5 | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Maissen Tanner |
Summary | Attendance: 14,500 Referee: |
Qualifying phase table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Championship group matches
1 April 1978 Round 1 | Lausanne-Sport | 1 – 1 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
20:30 | Gross |
Summary | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: |
8 April 1978 Round 2 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Zürich | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Lauscher |
Summary | Attendance: 12,000 Referee: |
15 April 1978 Round 3 | Servette | 0 – 2 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
20:30 | Chivers Trinchero |
Summary | Attendance: 7,500 Referee: |
18 April 1978 Round 4 | Sion | 1 – 4 | Basel | Stade Tourbillon, Sion |
20;15 | Vergères In-Albon |
Summary | Attendance: 2,500 Referee: |
22 April 1978 Round 5 | Basel | 2 – 0 | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Stohler Marti |
Summary | Attendance: 21,500 Referee: |
29 April 1978 Round 6 | Basel | 3 – 1 | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Maradan Lauscher Schönenberger Schär |
Summary | Attendance: 18,000 Referee: |
6 May 1978 Round 7 | Zürich | 4 – 2 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
20:00 | Scheiwiler Risi Scheiwiler Botteron |
Summary | Attendance: 11,000 Referee: |
20 May 1978 Round 8 | Basel | 2 – 2 | Servette | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Mundschin Maissen |
Summary | Attendance: 15,000 Referee: |
24 May 1978 Round 9 | Basel | 2 – 0 | Sion | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:15 | Schönenberger Lauscher |
Summary | Attendance: 3,500 Referee: |
27 May 1978 Round 10 | Grasshopper Club | 4 – 2 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
20:15 | Sulser Ponte Elsener Elsener Niggl |
Summary | Attendance: 25,000 Referee: |
Championship table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Swiss Cup
10 September 1977 Round of 32 | FC Lerchenfeld | 2 – 4 | Basel | Sportanlagen Waldeck, Lerchenfeld |
Zahnd Walther |
Summary | Attendance: 3,300 Referee: |
12 October 1977 Round of 16 | Zürich | 1 – 3 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
20:00 | Baur |
Summary | Attendance: 14,000 Referee: |
9 November 1977 Quarter-final | Basel | 4 – 1 | St. Gallen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
19:30 | Schönenberger Maissen Lauscher Lauscher |
Summary | Referee: |
Swiss League Cup
6 August 1977 Round of 32 | Wettingen | 0 – 3 | Basel | Stadion Altenburg, Wettingen |
Summary | Attendance: 3,500 Referee: |
11 February 1978 Round of 16 | Basel | 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Chiasso | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
15:00 | Stohler Tanner Lauscher |
Summary | Attendance: 1,150 Referee: |
11 April 1978 Quarter-final | Basel | 4 – 3 (a.e.t.) | BSC Young Boys | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Marti Schönenberger Schönenberger Rebmann |
Summary | Attendance: 2,600 Referee: |
9 May 1978 Semi-final | Basel | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 p) | St. Gallen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Schönenberger |
Summary | Attendance: 1,700 Referee: | ||
Penalties | ||||
Schönenberger Lauscher Maradan Tanner Küng |
St. Gallen won 5–4 on penalties.
European Cup
- First round
14 September 1977 First leg | Basel | 1 – 3 | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel | |
20:00 | von Wartburg |
Report FCB Summary |
Attendance: 18,000 Referee: |
28 September 1977 Return leg | Wacker | 0 – 1 | Stadion Lehen, Salzburg | |
19:00 | Report FCB Summary |
Attendance: 15,000 Referee: |
Wacker won 3–2 on aggregate.
Coppa delle Alpi
- Group B
16 July 1977 Round 1 | Basel | 2 – 3 | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel | |
Demarmels Lauscher Demarmels |
Summary | Attendance: 2,700 Referee: |
19 July 1977 Round 2 | Basel | 3 – 2 | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel | |
Stohler Muhmenthaler Lauscher |
Summary | Attendance: 1,700 Referee: |
23 July 1977 Round 3 | Bastia | 3 – 0 | Stade Armand Cesari,[4] Bastia | |
Papi Mundschin Orlanducci |
Summary | Attendance: 2,022 Referee: |
26 July 1977 Round 4 | Olympique Lyonnais | 4 – 2 | Stade de Gerland, Lyon | |
Geisser Gallice Chiesa Genet |
Summary | Attendance: 2,300 Referee: |
NB: teams did not play compatriots
- Group table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts | |
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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 |
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