1996–97 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1996–97 season
Chairman	René C. Jäggi
Manager	Karl Engel (until March 1997); Heinz Hermann (interim); Salvatore Andracchio (ad interim from April)
Ground	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A	Qualifying Phase 8th
Nationalliga A	Champions Group 8th
Swiss Cup	Round of 16
1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup	2nd in Group 7
Top goalscorer	League: Gaetano Giallanza (17); All: Gaetano Giallanza (19)
Average home league attendance	10,800[1]

The 1996–97 Fussball Club Basel 1893 season was their 103rd season since the club's foundation. Peter Epting retired from the chairmanship and René C. Jäggi became the club's new chairman following the annual general meeting that was held in November. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Following their promotion in the 1993–94 season this was their third consecutive season in the highest tier of Swiss football.

Overview

Karl Engel was trainer at the start of the season, but he was replaced by Heinz Hermann in March 1997. Hermann only remained manager for a few weeks and was replaced by Salvatore Andracchio (ad interim) until the end of the season.[1] The clubs priority aim was to remain in the top flight of Swiss football. The club made some new signings as the season started. Adrian Knup returned to the club, signed in after a short spell by Galatasaray, Gaetano Giallanza and Jean-Pierre La Placa, signed in from Sion, Mario Frick came from St. Gallen and Adrian Falub came from Universitatea Cluj.[2] In the other direction Ike Shorunmu transferred to Zürich, Mario Cantaluppi to Servette and Gabriel Okolosi to Young Boys. Further players who left the club were Marco Walker, Andre Meier and Lars Olsen.

The season did not start too well, it took until the twelfth round until the team recorded their second victory. As the first half of the season came to an end, Basel were in eighth position in the league table. Therefore, they qualified for the Championship round. They had gathered five victories, ten draws and had suffered seven defeats. The team scored 32 goals and conceded 33. Gaetano Giallanza was the team's top scorer with eleven goals.

During the winter break Markus Schupp was in on loan from Hamburger SV, Franco Foda signed in from VfB Stuttgart and Fabrice Henry signed in from CD Toledo. Also during the winter break Admir Smajić transferred to Young Boys. In the Championship round the team suffered nine defeats, winning only three games and so they ended the season in the bottom position in the league table. The team scored 16 goals and conceded 28. Gaetano Giallanza was the team's top scorer, he had netted eight times.[3]

In the Swiss Cup the opponent in the round of 64 was lower tier FC Münsingen. Basel won the match in extra time. In the round of 32 Basel hosted the game against Young Boys and won 2–1. Oumar Kondé and Jean-Pierre La Placa each scored a goal and turned the game, after the team had been a goal behind early in the match. In the round of 16 Basel hosted Servette but they were knocked out, losing 1–4. In the 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup Basel played in group 7 together with Rotor Volgograd, Antalyaspor, Shakhtar Donetsk and Ataka-Aura Minsk. Basel ended the competition as second-placed team in the group league table.

Players

The following is the list of the Basel first team squad. It also includes players that were in the squad the day the season started on 10 July 1996 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	Stefan Huber
2	DF	Massimo Ceccaroni
3	DF	Yann Poulard
4	DF	Samir Tabakovic
5	DF	Daniel Salvi
6	MF	Alex Nyarko
6	MF	Bruno Sutter
8	MF	Mario Frick
8	MF	Mario Cantaluppi
9	FW	Dario Zuffi
10	MF	Admir Smajić
11	FW	Gaetano Giallanza
12	GK	Thomas Grüter
13	FW	Adrian Knup
14	MF	Theodoros Disseris

No.	Position	Player
15	MF	Fabrice Henry
16	DF	Ivan Reimann
17	MF	Jean-Pierre La Placa
17	MF	Hakan Yakin
18	DF	Cyrill Schmidiger
19	DF	Davide Orlando
20	DF	Oumar Kondé
21	MF	Mariano Armentano
22	GK	Oliver Stöckli
23	MF	Adrian Falub
24	DF	Yannick Hasler
24	MF	Markus Schupp
25	MF	Franco Foda
	DF	Marco Tschopp
	MF	Dominic Moser

Results

Nationalliga A

Qualifying Phase

10 July 1996 Round 1	Aarau	0 – 1	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
20:00	Georgiew 89'	Summary	58' La Placa 74' Smajić	Attendance: 7,900 Referee: Dieter Schoch

17 July 1996 Round 2	Basel	0 – 1	Xamax	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Orlando 21' Frick 29'	Summary	18' Vernier 88' Isabella	Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Karl Strässle

24 July 1996 Round 3

Basel

Postponed

Luzern

St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

27 July 1996 Round 4	Young Boys	2 – 2	Basel	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
20:00	Okolosi 27' Neqrouz 82' Gerber 38' 85'	Summary	23' Tabakovic Nyarko 44' Orlando 64' Frick	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Marcel Vollenweider

31 July 1996 Round 5	St. Gallen	1 – 0	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
20:00	Allenspach 50' Motaung 81'	Summary	30' Dominic Moser 52' Ceccaroni 82' Armentano 90' Smajić	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Werner Müller

3 August 1996 Round 6	Basel	1 – 1	Servette	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	La Placa 72' 34' Frick 37'	Summary	7' Pouget 35' Müller 65' Margarini	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Dieter Schoch

11 August 1996 Round 7	Sion	2 – 2	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
18:00	Kombouaré 8' Gaspoz 41' Bonvin 85'	Summary	30' Nyarko 32' Frick 75' Zuffi	Attendance: 9,800 Referee: Carlo Bertolini

17 August 1996 Round 8	Basel	4 – 5	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	H. Yakin 10', 12' Frick 35' Giallanza 90'	Summary	6' Gämperle 13', 14' Moldovan 20', 73' Türkyilmaz 42' Comisetti 59' Esposito 64' Thüler	Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler

24 August 1996 Round 9	Lugano	1 – 1	Basel	Cornaredo, Lugano
20:00	Bugnard 65' Giannini 48' 86'	Summary	50' H. Yakin 68' Giallanza	Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Kurt Zuppinger

27 August 1996 Round 3	Basel	2 – 2	Luzern	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	La Placa 4' Smajić 68' Frick 88' (pen.)	Summary	27' 66' Fink 33' Sermeter 78' Wolf	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Roland Beck

4 September 1996 Round 10	Basel	2 – 4	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Nyarko 19' Frick 65' 30' Giallanza 90+1'	Summary	32' Udovič 36' Ohrel 40' Sané 53' Iglesias 76', 84' Douglas	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Markus Nobs

7 September 1996 Round 11	Zürich	1 – 1	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00	Mazzarelli 77'	Summary	36' Ceccaroni 38' Giallanza 73' Grüter 75' Salvi	Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Urs Meier

14 September 1996 Round 12	Basel	2 – 0	Aarau	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Falub 4' Armentano 18' 18' Nyarko 24' Frick 90'	Summary	12' Bader 66' Wiederkehr 41' Christ	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Jürg Herrmann

18 September 1996 Round 13	Xamax	3 – 3	Basel	Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
20:00	Leśniak 18' Kunz 19' Gigon 21' 43'	Summary	36' La Placa 55' Giallanza 56' Smajić 67' 11' Frick	Attendance: 7,200 Referee: Claude Détruche

28 September 1996 Round 14	Luzern	0 – 3	Basel	Stadion Allmend Luzern
20:00		Summary	19', 45' Giallanza 19' 34' La Placa	Attendance: 14,850 Referee: Carlo Bertolini

9 October 1996 Round 15	Basel	1 – 1	Young Boys	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Giallanza 76' 10'	Summary	8' Neqrouz 35' 79' Okolosi 44' Streun 56' Ivanov	Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Marcel Vollenweider

13 October 1996 Round 16	Basel	2 – 2	St. Gallen	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Orlando 19' Giallanza 39' Zuffi 79' H. Yakin 85'	Summary	4' Motaung 27' Regtop 35' Mouidi 65' Eugster 69' Brunner 75' 90' Dittgen	Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Serge Muhmenthale

20 October 1996 Round 17	Servette	2 – 0	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
14:30	Nava 12' Němeček 53' 25' Pizzinat 31'	Summary	11' Zuffi	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Jürg Herrmann

27 October 1996 Round 18	Basel	0 – 3	Sion	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Salvi 44' H. Yakin 78'	Summary	17' Chassot 34' Bonvin 49' Biaggi 55' Lehmann 75' Vercruysse	Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Claude Détruche

3 November 1996 Round 19	Grasshopper Club	4 – 2	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
14:30	Esposito 4' Moldovan 15', 22' Smiljanić 54' Subiat 86'	Summary	32' Armentano 58' Poulard 70' Nyarko	Attendance: 12,750 Referee: Dieter Schoch

17 November 1996 Round 20	Basel	2 – 0	Lugano	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Giallanza 42', 55' Nyarko 86'	Summary	24' Morf 62' Karić	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Urs Meier

24 November 1996 Round 21	Lausanne-Sport	0 – 0	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
14:30	Iglesias 61' Ohrel 88'	Summary	81' Frick 82' Disseris	Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Carlo Bertolini

1 December 1996 Round 22	Basel	0 – 0	Zürich	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Disseris 9' Falub 84'	Summary	22' Gambino 42' Di Jorio 45' Tarone	Attendance: 21,000 Referee:

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
6	FC St. Gallen	22	6	10	6	20	26	−6	28	To championship round
7	FC Zürich	22	6	9	7	24	25	−1	27
8	FC Basel	22	5	11	6	32	32	0	26
9	Servette FC	22	5	9	8	24	25	−1	24	To promotion/relegation round
10	FC Lucerne	22	4	11	7	27	32	−5	23	To promotion/relegation round

Source: rsssf.com

Champions Group

2 March 1997 Round 1	Basel	1 – 0	Zürich	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00	Zuffi 3' Giallanza 22' 55' (pen.) Ceccaroni 84'	Summary	9' Andersen 87' Konjić	Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Kurt Zuppinger

9 March 1997 Round 2	Aarau	2 – 1	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
14:30	Christ 21' Ćirić 66' Bader Hodel 84'	Summary	17' Falub 44' 59' Foda 79' Giallanza 87' H. Yakin	Attendance: 9,700 Referee: Dieter Schoch

23 March 1997 Round 3	Basel	0 – 1	Sion	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00	Ceccaroni 31'	Summary	13' Quentin 20' Ouattara 83' Murray	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Carlo Bertolin

26 March 1997 Round 4	Xamax	3 – 0	Basel	Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
20:00	Kunz 19' Perret 45' Wittl 65' Cyprien 90'	Summary	60' Reimann	Attendance: 8,800 Referee: Urs Meier

5 April 1997 Round 5	Basel	1 – 2	St. Gallen	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Giallanza 67'	Summary	30' Allenspach 81', 88' Regtop	Attendance: 7,400 Referee: Claude Détruche

13 April 1997 Round 6	Grasshopper Club	4 – 1	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
14:30	Türkyilmaz 39' Moldovan 56' (pen) Vogel 57', 68' Haas 61'	Summary	20' Nyarko 32' Sutter 35' Huber 38' Giallanza	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Dominique Tavel

19 April 1997 Round 7	Lausanne-Sport	2 – 0	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:00	Hänzi 17' Douglas 52' Sané 83'	Summary		Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Kurt Zuppinge

24 April 1997 Round 8	Basel	3 – 2	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
	Giallanza 29', 35' Kondé 79' Nyarko 79'	Summary	8' Sané 31' Iglesias 59' Rehn 66' 87' Piffaretti	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Carlo Bertolin

3 May 1997 Round 9	Basel	3 – 3	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Knup 7', 72' Giallanza 23' Kondé 43'	Summary	15' Smiljanić 19' Moldovan 35' Haas 43' Türkyilmaz 76' Magnin 80' Ahinful	Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Urs Meier

10 May 1997 Round 10	St. Gallen	2 – 1	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
17:30	Regtop 82' 18', 82' Hellinga 57' Allenspach 61' Tsawa 74' Contini 76'	Summary	22' 43' Giallanza 25' Foda 45' Falub	Referee:

15 May 1997 Round 11	Basel	1 – 3	Xamax	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Knup 39' (pen.) Frick 44' Tabakovic 48'	Summary	39' Corminbœuf 47' Leśniak 52' Isabella 65' Martin Rueda 80' Wittl	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler

24 May 1997 Round 12	Sion	1 – 0	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:00	Lukić 32' Wicky 43'	Summary	45' Kondé 53' Schupp	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Kurt Zuppinger

31 May 1997 Round 13	Basel	3 – 2	Aarau	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Giallanza 49' Knup 54', 60' Ceccaroni 72'	Summary	77' Brugnoli 90+1' Kilian	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Werner Müller

4 June 1997 Round 14	Zürich	1 – 1	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00	La Placa 50'	Summary	74' 39' Studer	Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Markus Nobs

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
4	Lausanne Sports	14	8	2	4	20	16	+4	17	43
5	FC Aarau	14	3	4	7	17	22	−5	18	31
6	FC St. Gallen	14	3	4	7	13	26	−13	14	27
7	FC Zürich	14	1	7	6	9	18	−9	14	24
8	FC Basel	14	3	2	9	16	28	−12	13	24

Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

22 September 1996 Round of 64	FC Münsingen	1 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Sportanlage Sandreutenen, Münsingen
14:30	Moreno 17' Bruttin 90' P. Leimgruber 102'	Summary	30' Tabakovic 36' Nyarko 49' Giallanza 70' Smajić 98' Frick 117' Armentano	Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Vincent Dafflon

15 March 1997 Round of 32	Basel	2 – 1	Young Boys	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Giallanza 20' Kondé 70' 26' La Placa 46' Tabakovic 88' H. Yakin 90'	Summary	5' Baumann 21' Okolosi 65' Lengen	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Marcel Vollenweider

29 March 1997 Round of 16	Basel	1 – 4	Servette	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Foda 4' Schupp 79' (pen.)	Summary	5' (pen.) Sesa 10' Němeček 17' Margarini 35' 67' Cantaluppi 45' Juárez 70' Karlen 83' (o.g.) Schupp	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Dieter Schoch

Intertoto Cup

Group stage

22 June 1996 Round 1	Basel	2 – 2	Shakhtar Donetsk	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
10:15	Zuffi 12' H. Yakin 80'	Summary	22' Ostachov 29' Jaksmanutski 45' Pyatenko 57' Pyatenko	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Darko Cvitkovic

29 June 1997 Round 2	Antalyaspor	2 – 5	Basel	Isparta Atatürk Stadium, Isparta
17:30	Aliriza 2' Nuri 34' Murat 39'	Summary	23' Smajić 25' Moser 29' H. Yakin 56' Giallanza 57' Poulard 61' La Placa 69' Frick 85' Armentano	Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Gheorghe Constantin

13 July 1996 Round 3	Basel	5 – 0	Ataka-Aura Minsk	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Nyarko 20' Moser 22' La Placa 42' Frick 53' Armentano 67' Salvi 89'	Summary	50' Ermakovich	Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Vanco Kocev (Macedonia)

20 July 1996 Round 4	Rotor Volgograd	3 – 2	Basel	Central Stadium, Volgograd
18:00	Niederhaus 18' Yesipov 61' 38' Veretennikov 57'	Summary	29' Orlando 30' 31' Giallanza 49' Salvi	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Branimir Babarogić (FR Yugoslavia)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rotor Volgograd	4	3	0	1	12	5	+7	9	Advanced to semi-finals
2	Basel	4	2	1	1	14	7	+7	7
3	Antalyaspor	4	2	0	2	7	7	0	6
4	Shakhtar Donetsk	4	1	1	2	5	8	−3	4
5	Ataka-Aura Minsk	4	1	0	3	2	13	−11	3

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Sources and references

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2189-1
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1996–97 at RSSSF

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External links

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1996–97 FC Basel season

Overview

Players

Results

Nationalliga A

Qualifying Phase

League table

Champions Group

League table

Swiss Cup

Intertoto Cup

Group stage

See also

Sources and references

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