1989–90 FC Basel season
The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1989–90 season was their 96th season since the club's foundation. Charles Röthlisberger was the club's chairman for the second consecutive year. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Following their relegation in the 1987–88 season this was their second season in the second tier of Swiss football.
1989–90 season | |
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Chairman | |
Manager | (from November 1989) Coach: |
Ground | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Nationalliga B | Qualifying Phase West 5th |
Nationalliga B | Promotion Phase 3rd |
Swiss Cup | Quarterfinal |
Top goalscorer | Erni Maissen (16) |
Highest home attendance | 22,000 vs Zürich (16 April 1990) |
Average home league attendance | 6,045[1] |
Overview
For the third consecutive season Urs Siegenthaler was first team coach. After missing promotion the season before the club's repeated priority aim was to return to the top flight of Swiss football. Basel were assigned to the West group. Due to the poor results during October Urs Siegenthaler lost his position as first team coach and in November he was replaced by Ernst August Künnecke.[1] The team ended their 22 matches in the Qualifying Phase with 11 victories, five draws and six defeats with 27 points in a disappointing fifth position in the league table. The team scored just 29 goals and conceded 27. Erni Maissen was the team's top scorer in this stage with 10 goals.
Basel qualified for a Promotion group and were assigned to group A. Also qualified for this group from the Nationalliga B were Zürich, Yverdon-Sports, Fribourg, Chur and Schaffhausen. From the Nationalliga A Servette and Bellinzona were fighting against relegation. Basel started well winnig the first four matches, but could only reach a home draw with both Servette and Zürich. Both away games against these two teams ended in defeats and so Basel could only reach third position in the table behind these two rivals and thus missed promotion.
In the second round of the Swiss Cup Basel were matched away against lower tier FC Moutier and in the round of 64 against lower tier SC Burgdorf. Both games were won easily (8–0 and 3–0). In the round of 32 they were drawn away against Schaffhausen (1–0 victory) and in the next round away against Bulle (6–0 victory). Basel passed the first four rounds scoring 18 and without conceding a single goal. However, in the quarterfinals Basels cup season came to an end after a 0–1 defeat away from home in the Hardturm Stadium against higher tier Grasshopper Club. The Grasshoppers went on to win the trophy.
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 B
Qualifying Phase West
22 July 1989 Round 1 | Basel | 2 – 0 | Old Boys | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
29 July 1989 Round 3 | Basel | 2 – 4 | Fribourg | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
4 August 1989 Round 4 | Montreux-Sports | 2 – 2 | Basel | Stade de Chailly, Montreux |
9 August 1989 Round 5 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Yverdon-Sports | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
12 August 1989 Round 6 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 0 – 4 | Basel | Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds |
15 August 1989 Round 7 | Basel | 3 – 2 | Bulle | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
26 August 1989 Round 9 | Basel | 2 – 0 | Martigny-Sports | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
9 September 1989 Round 10 | Basel | 2 – 0 | Grenchen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
22 September 1989 Round 12 | Old Boys | 1 – 5 | Basel | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
Attendance: 3,300[1] |
30 September 1989 Round 13 | Basel | 0 – 3 | ES Malley | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14 October 1989 Round 15 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Montreux-Sports | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
21 October 1989 Round 16 | Basel | 0 – 1 | Etoile Carouge | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
28 October 1989 Round 17 | Yverdon-Sports | 4 – 0 | Basel | Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains |
4 November 1989 Round 18 | Basel | 2 – 0 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
12 November 1989 Round 19 | Bulle | 2 – 0 | Basel | Stade de Bouleyres, Bulle |
18 November 1989 Round 20 | Basel | 2 – 0 | Chênois | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
26 November 1989 Round 21 | Martigny-Sports | 1 – 1 | Basel | Stade d'Octodure, Martigny |
3 December 1989 Round 22 | Grenchen | 0 – 1 | Basel | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Fribourg | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 31 | Promotion round |
2 | Bulle | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 23 | +23 | 30 | |
3 | Yverdon-Sports | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 39 | 21 | +18 | 28 | |
4 | CS Chênois | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 24 | +14 | 27 | |
5 | Basel | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 27 | |
6 | Grenchen | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 25 | |
7 | Etoile-Carouge FC | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 22 | Relegation group |
8 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 19 | |
9 | Montreux-Sports | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 38 | −11 | 18 | |
10 | Old Boys Basel | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 40 | −13 | 16 | |
11 | ES Malley | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 53 | −35 | 11 | |
12 | Martigny-Sports | 22 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 59 | −33 | 10 |
Promotion/Relegation Phase
25 February 1990 Round 1 | Basel | 1 – 0 | Chur | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Maissen |
11 March 1990 Round 3 | Basel | 3 – 1 | Schaffhausen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Referee: Daniel Roduit (Sion) |
18 March 1990 Round 4 | Bellinzona | 1 – 4 | Basel | Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona |
25 March 1990 Round 5 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Servette | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Referee: Michel Despland (Yverdon) |
11 April 1990 Round 6 | Yverdon-Sports | 1 – 1 | Basel | Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains |
16 April 1990 Round 7 | Basel | 3 – 3 | Zürich | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Attendance: 22,000 |
24 April 1990 Round 8 | Zürich | 3 – 1 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
28 April 1990 Round 9 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Yverdon-Sports | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
5 May 1990 Round 10 | Servette | 3 – 1 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
12 May 1990 Round 11 | Basel | 4 – 1 | Bellinzona | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
19 May 1990 Round 12 | Schaffhausen | 0 – 5 | Basel | Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen |
26 May 1990 Round 13 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Fribourg | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Servette FC | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 13 | +16 | 20 | Remain in Nationalliga A 1990–91 |
2 | FC Zürich | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 17 | +13 | 20 | Promoted to Nationalliga A 1990–91 |
3 | FC Basel | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 17 | +10 | 17 | Remain in Nationalliga B |
4 | AC Bellinzona | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 15 | Relegated to Nationalliga B |
5 | Yverdon-Sport FC | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 13 | Remain in Nationalliga B |
Swiss Cup
8 April 1990 Round of 32 | Schaffhausen | 0 – 1 | Basel | Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen |
21 April 1990 Round of 16 | Bulle | 0 – 6 | Basel | Stade de Bouleyres, Bulle |
1 May 1990 Quarterfinal | Grasshopper Club | 1 – 0 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
Attendance: 6,200[1] |
Sources and references
- Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
- 1989–90 at RSSSF
- Stefan Peter. "Überregionale Meisterschaften, Schweizer und Basler Cup". Retrieved 2016-11-16.