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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SUI	Dominik Leder
1	GK	SUI	Thomas Paul
1	GK	SUI	Urs Suter
2	DF	SUI	André Ladner (from Grasshopper Club)
3	DF	SUI	Ertan Irizik
4	DF	GER	Thomas Süss
5	DF	GER	Gerhard Strack (from 1. FC Köln)
6	DF	SUI	Marco Schällibaum (from Grasshopper Club)
7	MF	SUI	Martin Jeitziner
8	FW	SUI	Beat Sutter
9	MF	GER	Thomas Hauser
10	MF	SUI	Erni Maissen


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
11	FW	SUI	Ruedi Zbinden
12	DF	SUI	Francois Laydu (from La Chaux-de-Fonds)
13	DF	SUI	Alfred Lüthi
14	MF	ESP	Enrique Mata (from Xamax)
15	MF	SUI	Peter Nadig
16	DF	SUI	Fredy Grossenbacher
17	MF	SUI	René Botteron
18	DF	SUI	Stefano Ceccaroni
19	DF	SUI	Dominique Herr
—	NF	SUI	Heinz Reichen (from FC Oensingen)
—	FW	SUI	Adrian Knup
—	MF	SUI	Felix Rudin

Players who left the squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	SUI	Beat Feigenwinter
—	DF	NED	Adrie van Kraay (retired)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	SUI	Martin Andermatt (to Grasshopper Club)
—	DF	SUI	Livio Bordoli (to Locarno)
—	MF	SUI	Nicolas Keller

Results

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season

13 July 1985 Pre-season	Wasseramt (Water Works) XI	1 – 7	Basel	Galmis, Rüttenen
17:00	Rickli 70' (1:7)	Summary	11' (0:1) Ceccaroni 17' (0:2) Mata 24' (0:3) Mata 36' (0:4) Sutter 58' (0:5) Schällibaum 59' (0:6) Maissen 66' (0:7) Lüthi	Referee: Francis Fischer

16 July 1985 Semi-final Nissan Cup	Basel	5 – 2	Grenchen	Wyler, Bern
19:00	Sutter 27' (1:0) Maissen 56' (2:0) Botteron 57' (3:0) Sutter 72' (4:1) Sutter 75' (5:1)	Summary	64' (3:1) Michelberger 90' (5:2) Michelberger	Attendance: 600 Referee: Willy Hänni

17 July 1985 Semi-final Uhrencup	Basel	3 – 1	Biel-Bienne	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
19:00	Grossenbacher 49' (1:0) Schällibaum 51' (2:0) Ceccaroni 70' (3:0)	Summary	82' (3:1) Rappo	Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Francis Fischer

20 July 1985 Final Uhrencup	Grenchen	4 – 1	Basel	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
19:30	Stohler 17' (1:0) Zaugg 56' (2:0) Jäggi 58' (3:0) Lehnherr 83' (4:1)	Summary	79' (3:1) Strack	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Alfred Heinis

25 July 1958 Final Nissan Cup	Young Boys	0 – 1	Basel	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
19:00	Lunde 66'	Summary	63' (0:1) Maissen 67' Botteron	Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Wenger

30 July 1958 Pre-season	Basel	0 – 1	Bayern Munich	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30		Summary	Lerby	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Manfred Schlup Grenchen

10 September 1985 Mid-season	Old Boys	2 – 7	Basel	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:30	Trojani 51' (1:4) Gilica 66' (2:5)	Summary	7' (0:1) Ceccaroni 35' (0:2) Ceccaroni 46' (0:3) Hauser 50' (0:4) Enrique Mata 62' (1:5) Ceccaroni 68' (2:6) Hauser 69' (2:7) Hauser	Attendance: 240 Referee: Peter Bochsler

Winter break

7 December 1985 Winter break	SC Schw. Bankgesellschaft BS	0 – 13	Basel	Basel
15:00		Summary	(3x) Nadig (3x) Jeitziner (2x) Hauser (2x) Schällibaum (1x) Zbinden (1x) Lüthi (1x) Botteron	Referee: Walter Rudin Birsfelden

Nationalliga A

League matches

7 August 1985 Round 1	Basel	0 – 1	Luzern	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Strack 9'	Summary	Burri 26' Baumann 66' Bernaschina 74' Martin Müller 81' (0:1)	Attendance: 12,800 Referee: Fredy Phillippoz

10 August 1985 Round 2	Vevey-Sports	2 – 2	Basel	Stade de Copet, Vevey
20:00	Abega 35' (1:1) Cacciapaglia 56' Gavillet 73' (2:2)	Summary	6' (0:1) Mata 34' Maissen 49' Irizik 53' Jeitziner 53' (1:2) Botteron 65' Süss	Attendance: 2,900 Referee: Manfred Schlup Grenchen

17 August 1985 Round 3	Basel	0 – 3	Wettingen	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Irizik 10' Sutter 38'	Summary	8' Graf 12' (0:1) Peterhans 74' (pen. 0:2) Dupovac 76' (0:3) Roth	Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Charles-Henri Morex

20 August 1985 Round 4	Lausanne-Sport	2 – 2	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:15	Thychosen 58' (1:1) Duc 64' (2:2) Duc 68' Hertig 90'	Summary	24' (0:1) Grossenbacher 39' Botteron 41' Mata 62' (1:2) Hauser	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Gottfried Friedrich

24 August 1959 Round 5	Zürich	1 – 0	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00	Bickel 90' (1:0)	Summary	27' Botteron 34' Hauser 81' Süss 90' Suter 90+1' Schällibaum	Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Walter Nussbaumer

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

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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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