1985–86 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1985–86 season
Chairman	Urs Gribi
Manager	Helmut Benthaus
Ground	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A	10th
Swiss Cup	Semifinal
Top goalscorer	Erni Maissen (14)

The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1985–86 season was their 92nd season since their foundation on 15 November 1893. It was the club's 40th 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. Urs Gribi was the club's chairman for the third consecutive year.

Overview

Helmut Benthaus returned as first team manager, after his successful three-year term with VfB Stuttgart in which they won the Bundesliga in the 1983–84 season. He took over from caretaker manager Emil Müller.

Basel played in the 1985–86 Nationalliga A. They ended the season in tenth position, 14 points behind BSC Young Boys who became that years champions. In their 30 league championship matches Basel won ten games, drew ten and also lost ten, which meant that they obtained 30 points. They scored 44 and conceding 40 goals. Erni Maissen was the team's top league goal scorer with 14 goals.

Basel entered the Swiss Cup in the round of 64 with an away game against lower classed Concordia Basel. The game was played in the St. Jakob Stadium, in which Concordia had home team status, in front of 1,800 spectators and Basel won 9–1. They continued to the round of 32 in which they had a home game against FC Vernier, which was won 6–0. In the round of 16 they had a home game against Lausanne Sports, which ended in a 4–1 victory. The quarterfinal was played as visitors to lower classed FC Lengnau and with a 6–0 victory, Basel advanced to the semifinal. The semi final was played at home in front of 12,000 spectators against Servette on 15 April 1986 and Servette took an early three-goal lead. A hat trick form Gerhard Strack in the last 22 minutes of regular time meant that the match had to go into overtime. But with a penalty goal against them in the 4 minute of the extra time meant that Basel did not reach the final.[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	Stefano Ceccaroni
		DF	Fredy Grossenbacher
		DF	Dominique Herr
		DF	Ertan Irizik
		DF	André Ladner
		DF	Alfred Lüthi
		DF	Marco Schällibaum
		DF	Gerhard Strack
		DF	Thomas Süss

No.		Position	Player
		MF	René Botteron
		MF	Enrique Mata
		MF	Thomas Hauser
		MF	Martin Jeitziner
		MF	Erni Maissen
		MF	Peter Nadig
		FW	Beat Sutter
		FW	Adrian Knup
			Felix Rudin
			Dominik Leder
			Francois Laydu

Results

Nationalliga A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
8	FC Sion	30	14	5	11	54	39	+15	33	Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1986–87 Cup Winners' Cup
9	Servette FC Genève	30	14	3	13	49	50	−1	31
10	FC Basel	30	10	10	10	44	40	+4	30
11	FC St. Gallen	30	12	6	12	48	46	+2	30
12	FC Wettingen	30	8	8	14	35	42	−7	24

Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

22 September 1985 Round of 64	Concordia Basel	1 – 9	Basel	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
				Attendance: 1,800

13 October 1985 Round of 32	Basel	6 – 0	FC Vernier	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

8 November 1985 Round of 16	Basel	4 – 1	Lausanne Sports	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

31 March 1985 Quarterfinal	FC Lengnau	0 – 6	Basel	Sportanlage Moos Lengnau, Lengnau

15 April 1986 Semifinal	Basel	3 – 4 (a.e.t.)	Servette	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
	Strack 68', 79', 90'		Opoku Nti 18', 39' Jaccard 94' (pen.) Geiger

Sources and references

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
1985–86 at RSSSF

fussballstarbasel (1986). "Überregionale Meisterschaften, Schweizer und Basler Cup". fussballstarbasel. Retrieved 2016-11-16.

External links

FC Basel official site

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[fussballstarbasel-1] ussballstarbasel (1986). "Überregionale Meisterschaften, Schweizer und Basler Cup". fussballstarbasel. Retrieved 2016-11-16.

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