1978–79 FC Basel season

The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1978–79 season was their 85th season since the club was founded. It was their 33rd 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.

FC Basel
1978–79 season
Chairman René Theler
Manager Helmut Benthaus
GroundSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A3rd
Swiss CupQuarter-finals
Swiss League CupRunners-up
UEFA CupRound 1
Cup of the AlpsGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Detlev Lauscher (14)
All: Detlev Lauscher (22)
Highest home attendance18,000 on 12 May 1979
vs Zürich
Lowest home attendance3,500 on 31 March 1979
vs Lausanne-Sport
Average home league attendance8,121

Overview

Helmut Benthaus was first team manager for the thirteenth consecutive season. Basel played a total of 59 games in their 1978–79 season. 32 in the domestic league, three in the Swiss Cup, six in the Swiss League Cup, two in the 1978–79 UEFA Cup, four in the Cup of the Alps and 12 were friendly matches. The team scored a total of 110 goals and conceded 97.[1]

Basel played in the 1978–79 Nationalliga A. This was contested by the first 10 teams from the previous season and the newly promoted teams Nordstern Basel and Chiasso. 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. The teams in these two groups started with the bonus of half the points from the qualifying phase (rounded up). Basel ended the qualification round in fourth position and finished the Championship Group in sixth position with 18 points. They ended the season 17 points behind championship winners Servette who won all ten matches in the championship stage. Basel scored a total of 54 goals conceding 53 in 32 games. Detlev Lauscher was the team's top goal scorer with 14 league goals.[2]

In the first round of the Swiss Cup Basel were drawn against FC Glattbrugg and this was the first time that these two clubs had ever played against each other. The game was played on 7 October 1978 and Basel won 7–0. In the second round Basel were drawn away and won against Zürich. In the third round Basel were away against Xamax and were knocked out of the competition. In the first round of the Swiss League Cup Basel were drawn against Grenchen. This was played as a two legged affair, winning the home game and losing away game, Basel advanced 4–3 on aggregate. Basel won in the round of 16 against Nordstern Basel. In the quarter-final they won against Luzern and in the semi-final they won against Xamax to reach the final. The final was played on 5 May 1979 in the Wankdorf Stadium, Bern. This was against Servette. After extra time the score was 2–2, but Servette won 4–3 on penalties.

In the 1978–79 UEFA Cup Basel were drawn against VfB Stuttgart. The first game was lost 2–3 in St. Jakob Stadium and the away game in the Neckarstadion was lost 1–4. VfB Stuttgart won 7–3 on aggregate and continued to the second round.[3]

In the Coppa delle Alpi (to English Cup of the Alps) Basel played with Stade de Reims and Sochaux in Group B together with Lausanne-Sport.[4] Lausanne-Sport won the group and thus played in the final only to lose this against the winners of group A, Servette FC, 4–0.[5]

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 Hans Müller
GK Hans Küng
GK Jürg Wenger
MF Otto Demarmels
DF Paul Fischli
MF Walter Geisser
MF Jean-Pierre Maradan
DF Walter Mundschin
DF Urs Siegenthaler
DF Jörg Stohler
No. Position Player
MF Erni Maissen
MF Erwin Meyer
MF Eigil Nielsen
MF Hansruedi Schär
FW Markus Tanner
MF Arthur von Wartburg
MF Detlev Lauscher
FW Peter Marti
MF Serge Muhmenthaler
FW Roland Schönenberger
FW Robert Baldinger

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre-season

14 July 1978 Pre-seasonRC Strasbourg 1 – 2 BaselHaguenau
 65' (1:1) Summary  2' (0:1) Maissen
 75' (1:2) Stohler
Attendance: 1,000
3 August 1978 UhrencupBasel 7 – 0 Biel-BienneStadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:15 Demarmels  20' (1:0)
Lauscher  21' (2:0)
Tanner  23' (3:0)
Schönenberger  43' (4:0)
von Wartburg  48' (5:0)
Lauscher  55' (6:0)
Tanner  64' (7:0)
Summary Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Peter Rotschi Oensingen
6 August 1978 Pre-seasonBasel 0 – 6 LiverpoolSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:00 Summary  7' (o.g. 0:1)
 20' (0:2) Dalglish
 35' (0:3) Hughes
 45' (0:4) Kennedy
 60' (0:5) Case
 71' (0:6) Kennedy
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Otto Isler Zürich
9 August 1978 UhrencupBasel 2 – 1 XamaxStadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:15 Stohler  27' (pen. 1:0)
Lauscher  44' (2:0)
Summary  66' (2:1) Lüthi Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Franz Gächter

Winter break and mid-season

19 January 1979 Winter breakViolette AC 2 – 1 BaselPort-au-Prince, Haiti
 70' (1:1)
 81' (2:1)
Summary  43' (0:1) Demarmels Attendance: 9,000
20 January 1979 Winter breakRacing CH 0 – 1 BaselPort-au-Prince, Haiti
Summary  41' (0:1) Baldinger Attendance: 6,500
10 February 1979 Winter breakBiel-Bienne 2 – 1 BaselGurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
Ciullo  61' (1:0)
Nussbaum  84' (2:1)
Summary  69' (1:1) Lauscher Attendance: 300
Referee: Werner Bösch
14 February 1979 Winter beakSV Muttenz 1 – 4 BaselSportplatz Margelacker, Muttenz
18:30 Harrisberger  68' (1:2) Summary  15' (0:1) Stohler
 25' (0:2) Marti
28′ Stohler
 85' (1:3) Maissen
 86' (1:4) Lauscher
Attendance: 300
Referee: Martin Arisdorf
17 February 1979 Winter breakLuzern 0 – 1 BaselLuzern
Summary  39' (0:1) Demarmels Attendance: 300
Referee: Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern
21 February 1979 Winter breakAarau 3 – 2 BaselStadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
19:15 Hegi  12' (pen. 1:1)
Franz  35' (2:1)
Franz  67' (3:2)
Summary  1' (0:1) Marti
 46' (2:2) Demarmels
Attendance: 700
Referee: Franz Gächter
27 March 1979 Mid-seasonKriens 1 – 3 BaselKriens
Fischer  40' (1:3) Summary  12' (0:1) Meyer
 18' (0:2) Marti
 37' (0:3) Marti
Attendance: 250
Referee: Bruno Burgener
5 June 1979 Mid-seasonFC Bern 3 – 4 BaselBern
Jauner  29' (1:1)
Rohner  35' (2:2)
Getzmann  83' (3:4)
Summary  26' (0:1) Lauscher
 33' (1:2) Schönenberger
 70' (2:3) Maissen
 80' (2:4) Maissen
Attendance: 150
Referee: Werner Liebi

Nationalliga

Qualifying phase matches

12 August 1978 Round 1Chiasso2 – 1BaselStadio Comunale, Chiasso
20:30 Bosco  35' (1:1)
Cucinotta  45' (2:1)
Summary  23' (0:1) Lauscher Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Rudolf Renggli Luzern
19 August 1978 Round 2Basel2 – 2Young BoysSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Corbat  22' (1:0)
Stohler  33' (pen. 2:0)
Stohler  36'
Maissen  61'
Summary 14′ Hussner
 39' (2:1) Hussner
 53' (2:2) Zwahlen
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Rudolf Affolter
23 August 1975 Round 3Nordstern Basel1 – 1BaselSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Degen  2' (pen. 1:0) Summary  35' (1:1) Stohler Attendance: 13,200
Referee:
26 August 1978 Round 4Servette6 – 0BaselCharmilles Stadium, Geneva
20:30 Barberis  4' (1:0)
Schnyder  26' (2:0)
Schnyder  30' (3:0)
Schnyder  66' (4:0)
Weber  73' (5:0)
Elia  84' (6:0)
Summary von Wartburg Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Jakob Baumann
2 September 1978 Round 5Basel2 – 1ChênoisSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Maissen  59' (1:0)
Maradan  84' (pen. 2:1)
Summary  68' (1:1) Rufli
Mustapha
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Hans Wolfer
9 September 1978 Round 6Sion0 – 0BaselStade Tourbillon, Sion
20:15 Summary Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Jean-Marie Macheret
16 September 1978 Round 7Basel5 – 2XamaxSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Schönenberger  1' (1:0)
Schönenberger  31' (2:1)
Demarmels  48' (3:1)
Schönenberger  60' (4:1)
Schönenberger  64' (5:1)
[ Summary]  18' (1:1) Rub
 74' (5:2) Hasler
 79' Rub
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern
24 September 1978 Round 8Zürich1 – 1BaselLetzigrund, Zürich
14:30 Botteron  36' (1:0)
Jerkovic  83'
Summary  46' (1:1) Marti Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Bruno Galler
30 September 1978 Round 9Basel3 – 2Grasshopper ClubSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Tanner  63' (1:2)
Maradan  65' (2:2)
von Wartburg  87' (3:2)
Fischli
Summary  30' (0:1) Sulser
 56' (0:2) Sulser
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: André Daina
14 October 1978 Round 10Lausanne-Sport0 – 1BaselOlympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:30 Favre Summary  55' (0:1) Lauscher
Schönenberger
Attendance: 15,500
Referee: Jakob Baumann
22 October 1978 Round 11Basel4 – 2St. GallenSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Schär  1' (1:0)
Stohler  16' (2:1)
Marti  77' (3:2)
Maissen  89' (4:2)
Summary  13' (1:1) Stomeo
 70' (2:2) Stomeo
Stöckl
Seger
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Othmar Winter
29 October 1978 Round 12Basel4 – 0ChiassoSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Lauscher  6' (1:0)
Tanner  47' (2:0)
Schär  49' (3:0)
Tanner  54' (4:0)
Summary Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Rudolf Renggli Luzern
4 November 1978 Round 13Young Boys2 – 0BaselWankdorf Stadium, Bern
17:30 Hussner  41' (1:0)
Küttel  88' (2:0)
Feuz
Küttel
Zwahlen
Summary Tanner
von Wartburg
Attendance: 12,200
Referee: Bruno Galler
19 November 1978 Round 14Basel4 – 1ServetteSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Stohler  25' (1:0)
Lauscher  27' (2:0)
Schönenberger  39' (3:0)
Lauscher  43' (4:0)
Maradan
Summary  55' (4:1) Schnyder Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern
25 November 1978 Round 15Chênois1 – 0BaselStade des Trois-Chêne, Thônex
15:45 Lopez  3' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Rudolf Renggli Luzern
3 December 1978 Round 16Basel2 – 0SionSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Lauscher  14' (1:0)
Demarmels  63'
Marti  85' (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ernest Guignet Yverdon
4 March 1979 Round 17Xamax2 – 0BaselStade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
15:00 Gross  39' (1:0)
Bianchi 66' (2:0)
Weller
Summary Schönenberger Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Jakob Baumann
11 March 1979 Round 18Basel1 – 0ZürichSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Demarmels  5' (1:0)
Geisser
Demarmels
Summary Lüdi Attendance: 10,000
Referee: André Daina
17 March 1979 Round 19Grasshopper Club2 – 1BaselHardturm, Zürich
20:00 Ponte  17' (1:0)
Heinz Hermann  89' (2:1)
Summary  52' (pen. 1:1) Stohler Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern
31 March 1979 Round 20Basel2 – 0Lausanne-SportSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Lauscher  8' (1:0)
Meyer  26' (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Othmar Winter
4 April 1979 Round 21Basel1 – 1Nordstern BaselSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:15 Meyer  9' (1:0)
Maradan
Summary  80' (1:1) Rietmann Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Peter Rotschi Oensingen
7 April 1979 Round 22St. Gallen1 – 1BaselEspenmoos, St. Gallen
20:00 Brander  22' (1:0) Summary  89' (1:1) Maissen
Demarmels
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Jean-Marie Macheret

Qualifying round table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Zürich 22 13 6 3 51 19 +32 32 To championship round
2 Servette FC Genève 22 12 6 4 56 23 +33 30
3 Grasshopper Club Zürich 22 9 9 4 35 24 +11 27
4 FC Basel 22 10 6 6 36 29 +7 26
5 BSC Young Boys 22 11 4 7 39 34 +5 26
6 FC St. Gallen 22 11 4 7 34 34 0 26
7 Neuchâtel Xamax 22 8 8 6 42 33 +9 24 To playout round
8 CS Chênois 22 9 4 9 30 32 2 22
9 Lausanne Sports 22 6 3 13 28 40 12 15
10 FC Chiasso 22 5 3 14 20 46 26 13
11 FC Nordstern Basel 22 2 8 12 19 44 25 12
12 FC Sion 22 3 5 14 20 52 32 11
Source: rsssf.com

Championship group matches

21 April 1979 Round 1Basel6 – 0Young BoysSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Lauscher  24' (1:0)
Lauscher  36' (2:0)
Stohler  44' (3:0)
Meyer  57' (4:0)
Maradan  62' (5:0)
Demarmels  73' (6:0)
Summary Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Rudolf Renggli Luzern
28 April 1979 Round 2Grasshopper Club2 – 1BaselHardturm, Zürich
20:00 Traber  11' (1:0)
Sulser  13' (2:0)
Summary  82' (2:1) Lauscher
Fischli
Stohler
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: André Daina
8 May 1979 Round 3Basel2 – 0St. GallenSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Maissen  87' (1:0)
Lauscher  90+1' (2:0)
Summary Schüepp
Fleury
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Franz Gächter
12 May 1979 Round 4Basel1 – 3ZürichSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Marti  65' (1:1) Summary  3' (0:1) Risi
 80' (1:2) Risi
 90' (1:3) Zwicker
Lüdi
Zappa
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: Peter Scherz
17 May 1979 Round 5Servette2 – 0BaselCharmilles Stadium, Geneva
20:30 Coutaz  16' (1:0)
Peterhans  33' (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Jakob Baumann
26 May 1979 Round 6Young Boys2 – 2BaselWankdorf Stadium, Bern
20:00 Pelfini  45' (1:2)
Odermatt  62' (pen. 2:2)
Summary  3' (0:1) Lauscher
 14' (0:2) Schönenberger
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern
31 May 1979 Round 7Basel2 – 3Grasshopper ClubSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Maissen  26' (1:1)
Lauscher  31' (2:1)
Summary  11' (0:1) Koller
 32' (2:2) Koller
 39' (2:3) Bauer
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: André Daina
13 June 1979 Round 8St. Gallen4 – 0BaselEspenmoos, St. Gallen
20:00 Stomeo  11' (1:0)
Stomeo  33' (2:0)
Friberg  55' (3:0)
Müller  75' (4:0)
Stöckl
Labhart
Summary Tanner Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Jean-Marie Macheret
16 June 1979 Round 9Zürich4 – 2BaselLetzigrund, Zürich
20:00 Botteron  5' (1:0)
Bauer  26' (2:0)
Botteron  38' (3:0)
Zwicker  70' (4:0)
Summary  43' (3:1) Baldinger
 46' (3:2) Lauscher
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Werner BöschL
23 June 1979 Round 10Basel1 – 4ServetteSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Demarmels  2' (1:0) Summary  8' (1:1) Andrey
 53' (1:2) Barberis
 68' (1:3) Pfister
 61' (1:4) Pfister
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Othmar Winter

Championship group table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification
1 Servette FC Genève 10 10 0 0 23 5 +18 15 35 Champions and Swiss Cup winners qualified for 1979–80 European Cup
2 FC Zürich 10 6 1 3 19 14 +5 16 29 qualified for 1979–80 UEFA Cup
3 Grasshopper Club Zürich 10 3 3 4 11 13 2 14 23
4 FC St. Gallen 10 2 3 5 8 11 3 13 20
5 BSC Young Boys 10 1 4 5 5 17 12 13 19 Cup finalist qualified for 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup
6 FC Basel 10 2 1 7 18 24 6 13 18
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

8 October 1978 Round of 32FC Glattbrugg0 – 7BaselSportanlage Au, Glattbrugg
15:00 Summary  32' (0:1) von Wartburg
 36' (0:2) Lauscher
 48' (0:3) Schönenberger
 54' (0:4) Schönenberger
 71' (0:5) Schönenberger
 79' (0:6) Baldinger
 84' (0:7) Baldinger
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Franz Gächter
10 December 1978 Round of 16Zürich1 – 3BaselLetzigrund, Zürich
14:30 Botteron  (1:1) Summary  36' (0:1) Stohler
 68' (1:2) Marti
 89' (1:3) Lauscher
Attendance: 13,800
Referee: Jakob Baumann
20 March 1979 Quarter-finalXamax5 – 0BaselStade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
Decastel  21' (1:0)
Küffer  70' (2:0)
Richard  77' (3:0)
Lüthi  (4:0)
Decastel  87' (5:0)
Summary Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Peter Scherz

Swiss League Cup

22 July 1978 Round of 32 First legBasel2 – 0GrenchenSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
18:30 Siegenthaler  24' (1:0)
Maissen  56' (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 900
Referee: Bruno Burgener
29 July 1978 Second legGrenchen3 – 2
(3 – 4 agg.)
BaselStadium Brühl, Grenchen
19:00 Wirth  43' (1:1)
Albanese  51' (2:1)
Huser  80' (3:2)
Summary  14' (0:1) Stohler
 57' (2:2) Baldinger
Attendance: 900
Referee: Gerald Corminboeuf
4 October 1978 Round of 16Basel1 – 0Nordstern BaselSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Stohler 52′
Schönenberger
Summary Attendance: 6,600
Referee: Denis Perrenoud
11 November 1978 Quarter-finalBasel3 – 1LuzernSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Demarmels  42' (1:0)
Marti  52' (2:0)
Baldinger  54' (3:0)
Summary  66' (pen. 3:1) Christen Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Werner Bösch
24 February 1979 Semi-finalXamax0 – 2BaselStade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
15:00 Summary  40' (0:1) Baldinger
 66' Schönenberger
Attendance: 1,150
Referee: Hans Wolfer
1 May 1979 FinalServette2 – 2
(4 – 3 p)
BaselSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:00 Peterhans  5'
Barberis  37'
Summary  18', 87' Schönenberger Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Jean-Marie Macheret
Penalties
Schnyder
Barberis
Guyot
Trinchero
Engel
Stohler
Maradan
Schönenberger
von Wartburg
Tanner

Servette won 4–3 on penalties

UEFA Cup

First round
13 September 1978 First legBasel 2 – 3 VfB StuttgartBasel
20:00 Stohler  30'
von Wartburg  30'  40'
Tanner  78'
Report  44' D. Hoeneß
 54', 70' Ohlicher
 85' Förster
Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium
Referee: Brian McGinlay
27 September 1978 Second legVfB Stuttgart 4 – 1 BaselStuttgart
20:00 Kelsch  24', 48', 68'
Müller  64'
Report  35' Schönenberger Stadium: Neckarstadion
Referee: Miroslav Stupar

VfB Stuttgart won 7–3 on aggregate.

Coppa delle Alpi

Group B
1 July 1978 Round 1Basel 2 – 1 Stade de ReimsSt. Jakob Stadium Basel
20:00 Lauscher  12' (1:0)
Stohler  87' (pen. 87)
Summary  35' (1:1) Coste Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Alain Delmer
4 July 1978 Round 2Sochaux 1 – 1 BaselStade René Blum, Montbéliard
17:00 Revelli  56' (1:0) Summary  (pen. 1:1) Stohler Referee: Rudolf Affolter
8 July 1978 Round 3Stade de Reims 1 – 1 BaselReims
Santamaria  73' (1:1) Summary  40' (0:1) Demarmels Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ernest Guignet Yverdon
11 July 1978 Round 4Basel 0 – 2 SochauxSt. Jakob Stadium Basel
20 :00 Summary  30' (0:1) Benoit
 40' (0:2) Parizon
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Achille Verbecke

NB: teams did not play compatriots

Group table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts
1 Lausanne-Sport 4 2 1 1 12 8 +4 1 6[lower-alpha 1] Continue to final
2 Sochaux 4 1 2 1 7 7 0 0 4
3 Basel 4 1 2 1 4 5 1 0 4
4 Stade de Reims 4 1 1 2 6 9 3 0 3
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. 1 bonus point awarded for a victory by 3 or more goals

See also

Sources and references

  • Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
  • Switzerland 1978–79 at RSSSF
  • Swiss League Cup at RSSSF
  • Cup of the Alps 1978 at RSSSF
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