1981–82 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1981–82 season
Chairman	Pierre Jacques Lieblich
Manager	Helmut Benthaus
Ground	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A	8th
Swiss Cup	Runners-up
Swiss League Cup	Quarter-final
Coppa delle Alpi	Winners

The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1981–82 season was their 88th season since the club was founded. It was their 36th 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. Pierre Jacques Lieblich was club chairman for the second year running.

Overview

Helmut Benthaus was first-team manager for the sixteenth consecutive season. Basel played a total of 54 games in their 1981–82 season. 30 matches were played in the domestic league, six in the Swiss Cup, three in the Swiss League Cup, five in the Cup of the Alps and 10 were friendly matches. The team scored a total of 101 goals and conceded 80. Of their 10 test games, six were won and four ended with a defeat. Five of these games were played at home in St. Jakob Stadium and five were played away.[1]

Basel played in the 1981–82 Nationalliga A. The league championship format was expanded from the 1980–81 season to include sixteen teams. Basel ended the season in eighth position, 21 points behind Zürich who became champions. In their 30 league games Basel won eleven, drew six and lost thirteen matches, which meant that the totaled 28 points. They scored 47 goals, conceding 51.

Basel entered into the Swiss Cup in the round of 64. Here they were drawn away against Sursee and on 26 September they won the match, 9–1. In the round of 32 they were drawn away against Bellinzona and this match was on 31 October and Basel won, 1–0. In the round of 16 they were drawn away from home against Aarau on 30 March 1982 and this match was won, 3–2. In the quarterfinal Basel played at home against Lausanne-Sport and this ended with a 2–1 victory. The semi-final was played on 4 May in the St. Jakob Stadium against SR Delémont and Basel won 3–0. In the Final, played in the Wankdorf Stadium, was against Sion. After a free kick on the sideline, in the 21st minute, a headed goal from Alain Balet secured Sion the trophy.

In first round of the Swiss League Cup Basel were also drawn at home against Young Boys and a 1–0 victory took them to the next round. Here they played away against Grenchen and came away with a 2–1 victory. In the quarterfinal Basel played on the Stadion Brügglifeld but were eliminated by Aarau.

Basel were not qualified to play any of the European competitions, but they did enter the Coppa delle Alpi. They played together with Lausanne-Sport in Group A against Bordeaux and Bastia. Basel won the group and continued to the final, which was played on 29 September 1981 in Basel against Sochaux. They game ended 2–2 after extra time and Basel won on penalties.

Players

The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the season 1981–92. The list includes players that were in the squad the day the Nationalliga A season started on 15 August 1981 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	Walter Eichenberger
1	GK	Hans Küng
2	DF	Walter Geisser
3	DF	Serge Duvernois
4	DF	Bruno Graf
5	DF	René Hasler
6	MF	Otto Demarmels
7	FW	Beat Sutter
8	MF	Erni Maissen
9	FW	Harald Nickel
10	MF	Arthur von Wartburg
11	FW	Detlev Lauscher

No.	Position	Player
12	DF	Jean-Pierre Maradan
13	DF	Alfred Lüthi
14	DF	Jörg Stohler
15	MF	Martin Mullis
16	MF	Hansruedi Schär
17	DF	Serge Gaisser
18	DF	Stefano Ceccaroni
19	MF	René Zingg
20	MF	Martin Jeitziner
	GK	Thomas Paul
	GK	Hans Müller

Results

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season

22 July 1981 Pre-season	Karlsruher SC	1 – 4	Basel	Schopfheim
18:30	Wiesner 13' (1:0)	Summary	35' (1:1) Gaisser 43' (1:2) Nickel 63' (1:3) Gaisser 75' (1:4) von Wartburg	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ehrenfried Grether

25 July 1981 Uhrencup	Basel	4 – 0	Biel-Bienne	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
	Nickel 12' (1:0) Lauscher 37' (2:0) Demarmels 45' (3:0) Gaisser 87' (4:0)	Summary		Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Roland Chapuis

7 August 1981 Pre-season	Basel	5 – 0	Young Boys	Brunnen
	Lauscher 20' (1:0) Gaisser 27' (2:0) Lauscher 28' (3:0) Stohler 83' (4:0) Sutter 85' (5:0)	Summary		Attendance: 1,400 Referee:

11 August 1981 Uhrencup	Grenchen	1 – 1 (5 – 4 p)	Basel	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
	Fleury 37' (1:1)	Summary	36' (0:1) Stohler 77′ Nickel	Attendance: 4,300 Referee: Alfred Heinis
	Penalties
	Wirth Nüssing Fleury Nussbaumer Radakovic		Nickel Stohler Maradan von Wartburg Mullis

9 October 1981 Mid-season	Basel	0 – 5	1. FC Köln	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00		Summary	49' (0:1) Fischer 52' (0:2) Woodcock 55' (0:3) Littbarski 75' (0:4) Woodcock 82' (0:5) Woodcock	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Georges Sandoz

13 October 1981 Mid-season	Monthey	1 – 2	Basel	Stade Philippe Pottier, Monthey
	Schürmann 44' (1:1)	Summary	14' (0:1) Maissen 77' (1:2) Stohler	Attendance: 400 Referee: Winter

Winter break

13 February 1982 Winter break	FC Mendrisiostar	1 – 2	Basel	Centro Sportivo Comunale, Mendrisio
13:45	Venzi 24' (1:0) Ambroggi 51'	Summary	75' (1:1) Ceccaroni 77' (1:2) Maissen	Attendance: 400 Referee: Francesco Bianchi

14 February 1982 Winter break	Basel	4 – 0	Winterthur	Centro Sportivo Comunale, Mendrisio
	Ceccaroni 4' (1:0) Ceccaroni 11' (2:0) Ceccaroni 31' (3:0) Sutter 51' (4:0)	Summary	88′ Rapolder	Attendance: 500 Referee:

17 February 1982 Winter break	Basel	0 – 2	Juventus	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
		Summary	1' (0:1) Virdis 68' (0:2) Bonini	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Jean-Marie Macheret

27 February 1982 Winter break	Basel	0 – 5	Luzern	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
		Summary	10' (0:1) Bachmann 36' (0:2) Schär 48' (0:3) Tanner 53' (0:4) Fischer 84' (o.g. 0:5)	Referee: Weisskopf

Nationalliga A

Nationalliga Matches

15 August 1981 Round 1	Basel	2 – 0	Aarau	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Maissen 71' (1:0) Fritsch 83 o.g. 2:0'	Summary		Attendance: 8,500 Referee: André Daina

22 August 1981 Round 2	Vevey-Sports	0 – 1	Basel	Stade de Copet, Vevey
20:00		Summary	35' Graf 58' (0:1) Stohler	Attendance: 4,400 Referee: Fredy Phillippoz

29 August 1981 Round 3	Basel	1 – 0	Bulle	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Lüthi 86' (1:0)	Summary	88' Bapst 89' Mantoan	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Alfred Heinis

5 September 1981 Round 4	Chiasso	0 – 0	Basel	Stadio Comunale Riva IV, Chiasso
20:30	Gianola 75'	Summary	68' Nickel	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Philippe Mercier

12 September 1981 Round 5	Basel	3 – 0	Nordstern Basel	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Nickel 15' (1:0) Nickel 40' (2:0) Nickel 86' (pen. 3:0)	Summary	Moser	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Rudolf Renggli Luzern

19 September 1981 Round 6	Servette	1 – 0	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
20:00	Pleimelding 37' (1:0)	Summary	40' Mullis 89' Maissen	Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Renzo Peduzzi

22 September 1981 Round 7	Basel	1 – 1	Young Boys	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Geisser 84' Nickel 87' (1:1) Graf 52' 90'	Summary	38' (0:1) Müller 74' 80' Bauer	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Georges Sandoz

4 October 1981 Round 8	Zürich	3 – 1	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
14:30	Seiler 12' (1:0) Maradan 44' (o.g. 2:0) Seiler 89' (3:1)	Summary	49' (2:1) Jeitziner	Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Ulrich Nyffenegger

17 October 1981 Round 9	Basel	1 – 3	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Jeitziner 70' (1:2)	Summary	31' (0:1) Tachet 61' (pen. 0:2) Tachet 83' (1:3) Tachet	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Bruno Galler

24 October 1980 Round 10	Sion	3 – 2	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:15	Cucinotta 4' (1:0) Brigger 72' (2:2) Richard 79' (3:2) Richard	Summary	17' (1:1) Sutter 65' (1:2) Maissen Graf Demarmels	Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Rudolf Affolter

7 November 1981 Round 11	Basel	1 – 1	Xamax	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:30	Stohler 84' (1:1)	Summary	18' (0:1) Küffer	Attendance: 3,700 Referee: Alfred Heinis

15 November 1981 Round 12	Bellinzona	1 – 1	Basel	Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona
14:45	Maccini 10' (1:0)	Summary	58' Duvernois 88' (1:1) Stohler	Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Bruno Galler

22 November 1981 Round 13	Basel	5 – 2	St. Gallen	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Sutter 6' (1:0) von Wartburg 39' (2:1) Sutter 56' (3:1) Sutter 59' (4:1) Mullis 62' (5:1)	Summary	19' (1:1) Gorgon 90' (5:2) Sengör	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Roland Chapuis

29 November 1981 Round 14	Grasshopper Club	3 – 0	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
14:30	Sulser 34' (1:0) Heinz Hermann 47' (2:0) Sulser 77' (3:0)	Summary		Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Willy Hänni

6 December 1981 Round 15	Luzern	2 – 2	Basel	Stadion Allmend, Luzern
14:30	Tanner 29' (1:2) Risi 85' (2:2)	Summary	10' (0:1) Demarmels 12' (0:2) Maissen	Attendance: 9,300 Referee: Georges SandozD

Round 16

Bulle

P – P

Basel

Stade de Bouleyres, Bulle

7 March 1982 Round 17	Basel	3 – 0	Chiasso	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00	Jeitziner 5' (1:0) Nickel 32' (2:0) Jeitziner 86' (3:0) Jeitziner	Summary	Manzoni	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Roland Chapuis

10 March 1982 Round 16	Bulle	1 – 0	Basel	Stade de Bouleyres, Bulle
20:00	Bapst 77' (1:0)	Summary	86' Maradan	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern

14 March 1982 Round 18	Nordstern Basel	3 – 4	Basel	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
14:30	Schär 43' (1:2) Grimm 58' (2:2) Holenstein 88' (3:4) Sprunger	Summary	19' (0:1) Demarmels 40' (0:2) Maissen 84' (2:3) Ceccaroni 88' (2:4) Ceccaroni Demarmels	Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Jean-Marie Macheret

28 March 1982 Round 19	Basel	0 – 1	Servette	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00		Summary	83' (0:1) Schnyder	Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Ulrich Nyffenegger

31 March 1982 Round 20	Young Boys	3 – 1	Basel	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
20:00	Schönenberger 34' (1:1) Conz 57' (pen. 2:1) Peterhans 86' (3:1)	Summary	19' (o.g. 0:1) Conz	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Fredy Phillippoz

3 April 1982 Round 21	Basel	0 – 2	Zürich	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00		Summary	16' (0:1) Jerković 42' Iselin 69' (0:2) Erba 84' Jerković 86' Landolt	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Werner Föckler Bad Dürkheim

4 April 1982 Round 22	Basel	4 – 2	Vevey-Sports	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
18:00	von Wartburg 26' (1:0) Jeitziner 34' (2:0) Ceccaroni 55' (3:0) Maissen 64' (4:1) Graf 85'	Summary	62' (3:1) Débonnaire 74' (4:2) Nicolet	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Jean-Marie Macheret

17 April 1982 Round 23	Lausanne-Sport	2 – 3	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:30	Pfister 20' (1:1) Mauron 80' (2:2) Batardon	Summary	14' (pen. 0:1) Stohler 23' Nickel 52' (1:2) Jeitziner 90+2' (2:3) Mullis Lüthi	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Franz Gächter

24 April 1982 Round 24	Basel	2 – 1	Sion	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
24:00	Stohler 9' (pen. 1:0) Duvernois 80' (2:1)	Summary	44' (1:1) Cucinotta	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Werner Liebi

1 May 1982 Round 25	Xamax	4 – 2	Basel	Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
20:00	Givens 34' (1:0) Forestier 69' (2:1) Givens 81' (3:1) Andrey 87' (pen. 4:2)	Summary	63' (1:1) Sutter 85' (3:2) Mullis	Attendance: 7,300 Referee: Marco Raveglia

8 May 1982 Round 26	Basel	3 – 1	Bellinzona	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Maissen 21' (1:0) Nickel 58' (2:0) Maissen 79' (3:1) Maissen Stohler Graf	Summary	65' (2:1) Leoni	Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Walter Nussbaumer

15 May 1982 Round 27	St. Gallen	4 – 0	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
17:30	Gisinger 7' (1:0) Germann 10' (2:0) Ritter 57' (pen. 3:0) Briberg 68' (4:0)	Summary		Attendance: 5,700 Referee: André Daina

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Grasshopper Club	30	21	7	2	72	24	+48	49	Champions, qualified for 1982–83 European Cup
2	Servette	30	20	6	4	76	32	+44	46	qualified for 1982–83 UEFA Cup
3	Zürich	30	18	10	2	62	25	+37	46	qualified for 1982–83 UEFA Cup
4	Xamax	30	18	9	3	67	30	+37	45
5	Young Boys	30	15	9	6	52	40	+12	39
6	Sion	30	12	7	11	51	46	+5	31	Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup
7	Aarau	30	10	8	12	51	55	−4	28
8	Basel	30	11	6	13	47	51	−4	28
9	Luzern	30	10	7	13	54	59	−5	27
10	St. Gallen	30	10	5	15	40	45	−5	25
11	Vevey-Sports	30	6	11	13	44	57	−13	23
12	Bellinzona	30	7	7	16	34	66	−32	21
13	Lausanne-Sport	30	6	8	16	39	52	−13	20
14	Bulle	30	5	9	16	29	58	−29	19
15	Nordstern Basel	30	6	5	19	29	69	−40	17	Relegated
16	Chiasso	30	4	8	18	25	63	−38	16	Relegated

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Swiss Cup

26 September 1981 Round of 64	Sursee	1 – 9	Basel	Stadion Schlottermilch, Sursee
	Hummel 53' (pen. 1:5)	Summary	20' (0:1) Demarmels 23' (0:2) Duvernois 26' (0:3) Sutter 32' (0:4) Nickel 48' (0:5) Maissen 79' (1:6) Gaisser 82' (1:7) Jeitziner 83' (1:8) Maissen 90' (1:9) Geisser	Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Willi Jaus

31 October 1981 Round of 32	Bellinzona	0 – 1	Basel	Stadio Comunale Bellinzona
14:45		Summary	26' (0:1) Maissen	Attendance: 2,400 Referee: Othmar Winter

21 March 1982 Round of 16	Aarau	2 – 3	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
15:00	Herberth 36' (1:1) Da Costa 77' (2:3)	Summary	6' (0:1) Hasler 48' (1:2) Ceccaroni 65' (1:3) Maradan Hasler	Attendance: 6,800 Referee: Arturo Martino

12 April 1982 Quarter-final	Basel	2 – 1	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
16:30	Maradan 6' (1:0) Maissen 11' (2:0)	Summary	90' (2:1) Dario Dario	Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Rudolf Affolter

4 May 1982 Semi-final	Basel	3 – 0	SR Delémont	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Maissen 23' (1:0) Schribertschnig 86' (o.g. 2:0) Sutter 90' (3:0)	Summary		Attendance: 10,200 Referee: Jean-Marie Macheret

31 May 1982 Final	Sion	1 – 0	Basel	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
14:30	Balet 23' (1:0)	Summary		Attendance: 44,000 Referee: Jean-Marie Macheret

Swiss League Cup

4 August 1981 Round of 32	Basel	1 – 0	Young Boys	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:00	Sutter 63' (1:0)	Summary		Attendance: 6,400 Referee: Bruno Galler

9 September 1981 Round of 16	Grenchen	1 – 2	Basel	Stadium Brühl, Grenchen
	Nüssing 62' (1:1)	Summary	3' (0:1) Stohler 73' (1:2) Hasler	Attendance: 2,400 Referee: Willy Hänni

21 February 1982 Quarter-final	Aarau	1 – 0	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
15:00	Graf 8' (o.g. 1:0)	Summary		Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Willy Hänni

Coppa delle Alpi

Group A

4 July 1981 Round 1	Basel	0 – 3	Bordeaux	Stade du Tirage, Porrentruy
		Summary	26' (0:1) Lacombe 35' (0:2) Giresse 44' (0:3) Giresse	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Baccoud

11 July 1981 Round 2	Basel	4 – 1	Bastia	Parc des Sports, Delémont
18:30	Maissen 5' (1:1) Nickel 33' (2:1) Nickel 38' (3:1) Mullis 66' (4:1)	Summary	3' (0:1) Marini	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Jacques Ferrary

15 July 1981 Round 3	Bordeaux	0 – 1	Basel	Bordeaux
		Summary	18' (0:1) Nickel	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Walter Nussbaumer

18 July 1981 Round 4	Bastia	0 – 4	Basel	Stade Armand Cesari, Furiani
		Summary	28' (0:1) Nickel 30' (0:2) Demarmels 33' (0:3) Sutter 66' (pen. 0:4) Nickel	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Bruno Burgener

NB: teams did not play compatriots

Group table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	(B)	Pts
1	Basel	4	3	0	1	9	4	2	8
2	Bordeaux	4	2	1	1	6	2	1	6
3	Bastia	4	1	1	2	7	10	1	4
4	Lausanne-Sport	4	0	2	2	3	9	0	2

NB: 1 bonus point awarded for victory by 3 or more goals

Final

29 September 1981 Final	Basel	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (5 – 3 p)	Sochaux	St. Jakob Stadium Basel
	Gaisser 1' Mullis 33'		27' Genghini 55' Bonnevay
	Penalties
	Stohler Sutter von Wartburg Gaisser Nickel		Bezaz Bonnevay Stopyra Zimako

References

Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1981/82". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

Sources

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
The FCB squad 1981–82 at fcb-archiv.ch
Switzerland 1981–82 at RSSSF
Swiss League Cup at RSSSF
Cup of the Alps 1981 at RSSSF

External links

FC Basel official site

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