1987–88 FC Basel season
The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1987–88 season was their 94th season since the club's foundation. It was their 42nd consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football (Nationalliga A) since they achieved promotion in the 1945–46 season. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Charles Röthlisberger was the club's newly appointed chairman. He was the club's 31st chairman in their history.
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Ground | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Nationalliga A | Relegated |
Swiss Cup | Round of 64 |
Overview
Urs Siegenthaler was appointed as first team coach, he replaced Helmut Benthaus who had retired at the end of the previous season. They started the season badly, losing the first five league games, conceding 17 goals, scoring just three. The team never recovered from the bad start and ended the qualifying stage of the championship with just 13 points. This meant that they had to play in one of the two Promotion/Relegation groups. Despite a good start in this phase, they won their first three matches, they soon lost contact to the two top positions, which would have kept them in the top flight. In their last six games the team could not achieve a win and therefore they slipped down the table and were relegated to the Nationalliga B.
In the Swiss Cup, in round of 64, Basel were drawn against local rivals Old Boys. The game ended with a 1–2 defeat and therefore the cup season was ended much earlier than expected.
Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Results
Nationalliga A
First stage
8 August 1987 Round 1 | Aarau | 2 – 0 | Basel | Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau |
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12 August 1987 Round 2 | Basel | 1 – 2 | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
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15 August 1987 Round 3 | Xamax | 9 – 1 | Basel | Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel |
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22 August 1987 Round 4 | Basel | 0 – 1 | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
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29 August 1987 Round 5 | Sion | 3 – 1 | Basel | Stade Tourbillon, Sion |
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2 September 1987 Round 6 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Bellinzona | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
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5 September 1987 Round 7 | Basel | 2 – 1 | St. Gallen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
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8 September 1987 Round 8 | Servette | 4 – 0 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
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12 September 1987 Round 9 | Basel | 5 – 4 | Zürich | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
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19 September 1987 Round 10 | Basel | 3 – 3 | Luzern | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
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23 September 1987 Round 11 | Young Boys | 1 – 1 | Basel | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
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26 September 1987 Round 12 | Basel | 0 – 1 | Aarau | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
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3 October 1987 Round 13 | Lausanne-Sport | 5 – 0 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
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10 October 1987 Round 14 | Basel | 1 – 2 | Xamax | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
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13 October 1987 Round 15 | Grasshopper Club | 5 – 1 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
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24 October 1987 Round 16 | Basel | 3 – 1 | Sion | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
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31 October 1987 Round 17 | Bellinzona | 2 – 2 | Basel | Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona |
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4 November 1987 Round 18 | St. Gallen | 2 – 0 | Basel | Espenmoos, St. Gallen |
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21 November 1987 Round 19 | Basel | 0 – 0 | Servette | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
28 November 1987 Round 20 | Zürich | 0 – 4 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
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6 December 1987 Round 21 | Luzern | 2 – 0 | Basel | Stadion Allmend Luzern |
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12 December 1987 Round 22 | Basel | 1 – 4 | Young Boys | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
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League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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8 | Lausanne Sports | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 23 |
9 | FC Sion | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 22 |
10 | AC Bellinzona | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 14 |
11 | FC Basel | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 55 | −28 | 13 |
12 | FC Zürich | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 26 | 46 | −20 | 11 |
Second stage
- Promotion/Relegation Group A
5 March 1988 Round 1 | Basel | 4 – 0 | Etoile-Carouge | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
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19 March 1988 Round 2 | Bulle | 0 – 2 | Basel | Stade de Bouleyres, Bulle |
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23 March 1988 Round 3 | Basel | 1 – 0 | Malley | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
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30 March 1988 Round 4 | Bellinzona | 4 – 1 | Basel | Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona |
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4 April 1988 Round 5 | Basel | 0 – 2 | Wettingen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
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9 April 1988 Round 6 | Old Boys | 3 – 3 | Basel | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
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16 April 1988 Round 7 | Basel | 4 – 1 | Schaffhausen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
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23 April 1988 Round 8 | Etoile-Carouge | 0 – 6 | Basel | Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge |
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30 April 1988 Round 9 | Basel | 1 – 2 | Bulle | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
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3 May 1988 Round 10 | Malley | 2 – 2 | Basel | Stade du Bois Gentil, Malley (Lausanne) |
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7 May 1988 Round 11 | Basel | 0 – 2 | Bellinzona | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
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Attendance: 7,600 |
14 May 1988 Round 12 | Wettingen | 3 – 2 | Basel | Stadion Altenburg, Wettingen |
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19 May 1988 Round 13 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Old Boys | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
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21 May 1988 Round 14 | Schaffhausen | 0 – 0 | Basel | Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | FC Wettingen | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 16 | +16 | 22 | Promotion to Nationalliga A 1988–89 |
2 | AC Bellinzona | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 20 | +9 | 17 | Remain in Nationalliga A 1988–89 |
3 | FC Schaffhausen | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 22 | +3 | 15 | Remain in Nationalliga B |
4 | ES Malley | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 20 | +1 | 15 | |
5 | FC Basel | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 20 | +7 | 14 | Relegation to Nationalliga B 1988–89 |
6 | FC Bulle | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 14 | Remain in Nationalliga B |
7 | Etoile-Carouge FC | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 33 | −19 | 9 | |
8 | BSC Old Boys Basel | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 31 | −20 | 6 |
Swiss Cup
7 November 1987 Round of 64 | Old Boys | 2 – 1 | Basel | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
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Sources and references
- Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
- 1987–88 at RSSSF