1977–78 FC Basel season

The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1977–78 season was their 84th season since the club was founded. It was their 32nd 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.

Overview

Helmut Benthaus was first team manager for the twelth consecutive season. Basel played in the 1977–78 Nationalliga A They ended the qualification round in forth position and ended the Championship Group in third position with 27 points, two behind Grasshopper Club and one behind Servette. They scored a total of 74 goals conceding 48 in 32 games. Roland Schönenberger was the teams top goal scorer with 16 league goals, Erni Maissen and Jörg Stohler both scored 9 goals each.

In the first round of the Swiss Cup Basel were drawn against FC Lerchenfeld Thun, this was the first time that these two teams had played against each other. In the first round of the Swiss League Cup Basel were drawn against Wettingen. Both these cup competitions ended for Basel in the respective semi finals.

As reigning swiss champions Basel were qualified for the 1977–78 European Cup and in the first round they were drawn against austrian champions FC Wacker Innsbruck. After a home defeat^[1] and an away win, this competition was concluded after the first round, Wacker won 3–2 on aggregate.^[2] In the Coppa delle Alpi Basel played in group B together with Bastia, Olympique Lyonnais and Lausanne-Sport. But with only one win and three defeats they ended the group stage in last position in the table.

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	Jean Müller
		GK	Jürg Wenger
		DF	Paul Fischli
		MF	Walter Geisser
		MF	Jean-Pierre Maradan
		DF	Walter Mundschin
		DF	Jörg Stohler
		MF	Otto Demarmels

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Detlev Lauscher
		MF	Peter Ramseier
		FW	Markus Tanner
		MF	Arthur von Wartburg
		MF	Erni Maissen
		MF	Peter Marti
		MF	Serge Muhmenthaler
		MF	Eigil Nielsen
		FW	Roland Schönenberger

Results

Nationalliga

Main article: 1977–78 Nationalliga A

Qualifying Phase

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Remarks
1	Grasshopper Club Zürich	22	15	4	3	60	27	34	To championship round
2	Servette FC Genève	22	14	5	3	44	20	33	To championship round
3	Lausanne Sports	22	13	4	5	47	21	30	To championship round
4	FC Basel	22	12	4	6	53	34	28	To championship round
5	FC Zürich	22	11	6	5	38	27	28	To championship round
6	FC Sion	22	6	9	7	29	33	21	To championship round
7	Neuchâtel Xamax	22	8	3	11	32	42	19	To playout round
8	BSC Young Boys	22	7	5	10	27	45	19	To playout round
9	CS Chênois	22	8	2	12	27	35	18	To playout round
10	FC St. Gallen	22	5	7	10	27	38	17	To playout round
11	Étoile Carouge FC	22	5	3	14	22	40	13	To playout round
12	Young Fellows Zürich	22	1	2	19	14	58	4	To playout round

Championship Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	(B)	Remarks
1	Grasshopper Club Zürich	10	4	4	2	17	12	29	(17)	Champions
2	Servette FC Genève	10	3	5	2	10	10	28	(17)
3	FC Basel	10	5	3	2	21	14	27	(14)
4	Lausanne Sports	10	4	3	3	21	14	26	(15)
5	FC Zürich	10	5	2	3	15	15	26	(14)
6	FC Sion	10	0	1	9	8	27	12	(11)

Swiss Cup

Main article: Swiss Cup

10 September 1977 Round of 32	FC Lerchenfeld	2 – 4	Basel	Sportanlagen Waldeck, Lerchenfeld

12 October 1977 Round of 16	Zürich	1 – 3	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich

9 November 1977 Quarter-final	Basel	4 – 1	St. Gallen	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

2 May 1978 Semi-final	Grasshopper Club	5 – 1	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich

Swiss League Cup

Main article: Swiss League Cup

Round of 32	Wettingen	0 – 3	Basel	Stadion Altenburg, Wettingen

Round of 16	Basel	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Chiasso	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

Quarter-final	Basel	4 – 3 (a.e.t.)	BSC Young Boys	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

Semi-final	Basel	1 – 1 (pens)	St. Gallen	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

St. Gallen won 5–4 on penalties.

European Cup

Main article: 1977–78 European Cup

First round

14 September 1977 First leg	Basel	1 – 3	Wacker	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
	von Wartburg 22'	Report	Welzl 41', 45' (pen.) Constantini 51'	Referee: Achille Verbecke

28 September 1977 Return leg	Wacker	0 – 1	Basel	Stadion Lehen, Salzburg
		Report	Maissen 62'	Referee: Adolf Prokop

Wacker won 3–2 on aggregate.

Coppa delle Alpi

Main article: Cup of the Alps

Group B

round 1	Basel	2 – 3	Bastia	St. Jakob Stadium Basel

round 2	Bastia	3 – 0	Basel

round 3	Basel	3 – 2	Olympique Lyonnais	St. Jakob Stadium Basel

round 4	Olympique Lyonnais	4 – 2	Basel

NB: teams did not play compatriots

Group table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	(B)
1	Bastia	4	3	1	0	8	3	8	1
2	Lausanne-Sport	4	2	1	1	5	4	5
3	Olympique Lyonnais	4	1	0	3	8	9	2
4	Basel	4	1	0	3	7	12	2

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

Sources and references

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
Switzerland 1977–78 at RSSSF
Swiss League Cup at RSSSF
Cup of the Alps 1977 at RSSSF

↑ "Saisonstatistik Champions League 1977/1978". sport.de. 1977. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
↑ "Overview". uefa.com. 1977. Retrieved 2016-10-16.

External links

FC Basel official site

FC Basel

History Players

Stadiums	Landhof St. Jakob Stadium St. Jakob Park

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