1991–92 FC Basel season

The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1991–92 season was their 98th season since the club's foundation. Charles Röthlisberger was the club's chairman for the fourth consecutive year. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Following their relegation in the 1987–88 season this was their fourth season in the second tier of Swiss football.

FC Basel
1991–92 season
Chairman Charles Röthlisberger
Manager Ernst August Künnecke (until March 1992)
Coach (from April 1992)
Karl Odermatt with
Bruno Rahmen
GroundSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga BQualifying Phase 1st
Nationalliga B/APromotion Phase 4th
Swiss CupQuarterfinal
Highest home attendance8,000 (25 April 1992)
Locarno
Average home league attendance3,756[1]

Overview

Ernst August Künnecke was first-team coach for the second consecutive season. After missing promotion in the previous season, the club's repeated priority aim was to return to the top flight of Swiss football. Basel were assigned to the South East group. Also in this group were local rivals Old Boys. Although Basel lost the away game against the Old Boys, 0–4, and could only manage a goalless draw against them in their home stadium, they ended the Qualifying Phase in top position in the league table. In the 22 matches Basel totaled 31 points with 13 victories, five draws and four defeats. The team scored 42 goals and conceded 30.

Basel qualified for the promotion stage and were assigned to group A. Also assigned to this group from the Nationalliga B were Yverdon-Sports, Baden, Locarno, ES Malley and AC Bellinzona and fighting against relegation from the Nationalliga A were Lugano and Aarau. However, the promotion-relegation phase started badly; Basel could only draw four games and lost two from the first six games. Trainer Ernst August Künnecke was released from his position. The two former players Karl Odermatt and Bruno Rahmen took over ad interim until the end of the season. The team ended their 14 matches in this stage with just four victories, six draws, suffering four defeats with 14 points in a very disappointing fourth position in the league table, scoring 20, conceding 22 goals. Therefore, they missed promotion once again.

In the second round of the Swiss Cup Basel were drawn away from home against lower-tier FC Einsiedeln and in the round of 64 away against lower tier FC Willisau. Both games were won easily (6–2 and 2–0). In the round of 32 Basel were drawn at home against Bulle and the game ended with a 1–1 draw after extra time. Basel secured the victory in the penalty shoot-out. In the next round they were drawn at home against FC Bern (5–1 victory). But in the quarterfinals Basel were drawn at home against Lugano. Because this match ended in a 2–3 defeat they were eliminated.

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 Thomas Grüter
GK Roger Glanzmann
DF Olivier Bauer
DF Reto Baumgartner
DF Massimo Ceccaroni
DF Miodrag Đurđević
DF Thomas Karrer
DF Martin Thalmann
MF Mourad Bounoua
MF Vittorio Gottardi
MF Maximilian Heidenreich
MF Martin Jeitziner
MF Adrian Jenzer
No. Position Player
MF Boris Mancastroppa
MF Christian Marcolli
MF Micha Rahmen
MF Thomas Schweizer
FW Manfred Wagner
FW Robert Kok
FW André Sitek
FW Ruedi Zbinden
Walter Bernhard
Gilbert Epars
Andreas Steiner
Mathias Walther
Frank Wittmann

Results

Nationalliga B

Qualifying Phase South East

27 July 1991 Round 2Bulle1 – 2BaselStade de Bouleyres, Bulle
10 August 1991 Round 5Basel2 – 1Etoile CarougeSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17 August 1991 Round 6Old Boys4 – 0BaselStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
Attendance: 5,400[1]
4 August 1991 Round 7Châtel-Saint-Denis0 – 4BaselStade du Lussy, Châtel-Saint-Denis
28 August 1991 Round 8Basel3 – 0FribourgSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
4 September 1991 Round 9Grenchen2 – 4BaselStadion Brühl, Grenchen
7 September 1991 Round 10Basel3 – 2SR DelémontSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14 September 1991 Round 11Basel2 – 2ES MalleySt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
5 October 1991 Round 13Basel1 – 0BulleSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
12 October 1991 Round 14La Chaux-de-Fonds3 – 3BaselStade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
19 October 1991 Round 16Etoile Carouge0 – 0BaselStade de la Fontenette, Carouge
26 October 1991 Round 17Basel0 – 0Old BoysSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
3 November 1991 Round 18Basel5 – 2Châtel-Saint-DenisSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
9 November 1991 Round 19ES Malley0 – 1BaselStade du Bois Gentil, Malley
17 November 1991 Round 20Fribourg2 – 3BaselStade Universitaire, Freiburg
24 November 1991 Round 21SR Delémont0 – 2BaselLa Blancherie, Delémont
1 December 1991 Round 22Basel1 – 3GrenchenSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Basel 22 13 5 4 42 30 +12 31 Promotion round
2 Grenchen 22 10 7 5 40 27 +13 27
3 Yverdon-Sports 22 11 5 6 47 34 +13 27
4 Bulle 22 9 8 5 45 29 +16 26
5 ES Malley 22 11 4 7 36 30 +6 26
6 La Chaux-de-Fonds 22 8 9 5 33 23 +10 25
7 Old Boys 22 9 5 8 38 26 +12 23
8 Urania Genève Sport 22 9 5 8 37 33 +4 23
9 Fribourg 22 8 4 10 35 37 2 20 Relegation group
10 Etoile Carouge 22 5 5 12 33 56 23 15
11 Châtel-Saint-Denis 22 5 4 13 22 45 23 14
12 SR Delémont 22 2 3 17 22 60 38 7
Source:

Promotion/Relegation Phase Group A

8 March 1992 Round 2Aarau0 – 0BaselStadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
15 March 1992 Round 3Basel2 – 2LuganoSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
4 April 1992 Round 5Basel3 – 3BadenSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
8 April 1992 Round 6Locarno3 – 0BaselStadio del Lido, Locarno
11 April 1992 Round 7ES Malley0 – 2BaselStade du Bois Gentil, Malley
20 April 1992 Round 8Basel1 – 0ES MalleySt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
25 April 1992 Round 9Basel2 – 2LocarnoSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Attendance: 8,000[1]
2 May 1992 Round 10Baden2 – 1BaselEsp Stadium, Fislisbach
16 May 1992 Round 12Lugano1 – 1BaselCornaredo, Lugano
23 May 1992 Round 13Basel2 – 4AarauSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 AC Lugano 14 8 6 0 25 8 +17 22 Remain in Nationalliga A 1992–93
2 FC Aarau 14 7 5 2 20 13 +7 19
3 Yverdon-Sport FC 14 6 6 2 24 17 +7 18 Remain in Nationalliga B 1992–93
4 FC Basel 14 4 6 4 20 22 2 14
5 FC Baden 14 2 9 3 14 16 2 13
6 FC Locarno 14 3 4 7 19 19 0 10
7 ES Malley 14 3 4 7 18 30 12 10
8 AC Bellinzona 14 2 2 10 14 29 15 6
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

1 September 1991 Second principal roundFC Einsiedeln2 – 6BaselRappenmöösli, Einsiedeln
29 September 1991 Round of 64FC Willisau0 – 2BaselSportzentrum Schlossfeld, Willisau
28 March 1992 Round of 32Basel1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 2 p)
BulleSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Penalties
16 April 1992 Round of 16Basel5 – 1BernSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
5 May 1992 QuarterfinalBasel2 – 3LuganoSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel

See also

Sources and references

  • Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
  • 1991–92 at RSSSF
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