1984–85 FC Basel season

The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1984–85 season was their 91st season since their foundation. It was their 39th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football since their promotion in the 1945–46 season. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. For the second year running the club's chairman was Urs Gribi.

FC Basel
1984–85 season
Chairman Urs Gribi
Manager Ernst August Künnecke
until December 1984
Emil Müller
from January 1985
GroundSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A8th
Swiss CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerPeter Nadig (11)

Overview

It was Ernst August Künnecke's second year as first team manager. He had taken over from Rainer Ohlhauser a year earlier. In the winter break Künnecke was sacked and Emil Müller took over as caretaker manager up until the end of the season.

Basel played in the 1984–85 Nationalliga A and they ended the season in eighth position, 15 points behind Servette Genève who became Swiss champions that year. In their 30 league matches Basel won eleven, drew nine and lost ten games. At the end of the championship season Basel had obtained 31 points, had scored 46 and had conceded 49 goals. Peter Nadig was the team's top goal scorer in the league with eleven goals and Beat Sutter second highest scorer with ten.

Basel entered the Swiss Cup in the round of 64 with an away game against lower classed FC Dürrenast. This was won 4–0. In the second round they had a home match, also against a lower classed team FC Langenthal. This match resulted in a 6–0 victory. However, with the third round home game against Servette Basels cup season came to an end because they lost the match 0–1.

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 Urs Suter
GK Thomas Paul
DF Martin Andermatt
DF Stefano Ceccaroni
DF Fredy Grossenbacher
DF Dominique Herr
DF Ertan Irizik
DF Rolf Lauper
DF Alfred Lüthi
DF Thomas Süss
DF Adrie van Kraay
No. Position Player
MF René Botteron
MF Thomas Hauser
MF Martin Jeitziner
MF Nicolas Keller
MF Guido Rudin
MF Erni Maissen
MF Peter Nadig
FW Beat Sutter
FW Ruedi Zbinden
Felix Rudin
Dominik Leder

Results

Nationalliga A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
6 Grasshopper Club Zürich 30 11 10 9 53 47 +6 32
7 FC Zürich 30 11 9 10 59 52 +7 31
8 FC Basel 30 11 9 10 46 49 3 31
9 BSC Young Boys 30 10 10 10 42 45 3 30
10 Lausanne Sports 30 10 9 11 50 57 7 29
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

16 September 1984 Round of 64FC Dürrenast0 – 4BaselSportplatz Lachen, Dürrenast
20 October 1984 Round of 32Basel6 – 0FC LangenthalSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
16 March 1985 Round of 16Basel0 – 1ServetteSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel

See also

Sources and references

  • Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
  • 1984–85 at RSSSF
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