1991–92 FC Basel season
The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1991–92 season was their 98th season since the club's foundation. Charles Röthlisberger was the club's chairman for the fourth consecutive year. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Following their relegation in the 1987–88 season this was their fourth season in the second tier of Swiss football.
1991–92 season | |
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Chairman | |
Manager | Coach (from April 1992) |
Ground | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Nationalliga B | Qualifying Phase 1st |
Nationalliga B/A | Promotion Phase 4th |
Swiss Cup | Quarterfinal |
Highest home attendance | 8,000 (25 April 1992) Locarno |
Average home league attendance | 3,756[1] |
Overview
Ernst August Künnecke was first-team coach for the second consecutive season. After missing promotion in the previous season, the club's repeated priority aim was to return to the top flight of Swiss football. Basel were assigned to the South East group. Also in this group were local rivals Old Boys. Although Basel lost the away game against the Old Boys, 0–4, and could only manage a goalless draw against them in their home stadium, they ended the Qualifying Phase in top position in the league table. In the 22 matches Basel totaled 31 points with 13 victories, five draws and four defeats. The team scored 42 goals and conceded 30.
Basel qualified for the promotion stage and were assigned to group A. Also assigned to this group from the Nationalliga B were Yverdon-Sports, Baden, Locarno, ES Malley and AC Bellinzona and fighting against relegation from the Nationalliga A were Lugano and Aarau. However, the promotion-relegation phase started badly; Basel could only draw four games and lost two from the first six games. Trainer Ernst August Künnecke was released from his position. The two former players Karl Odermatt and Bruno Rahmen took over ad interim until the end of the season. The team ended their 14 matches in this stage with just four victories, six draws, suffering four defeats with 14 points in a very disappointing fourth position in the league table, scoring 20, conceding 22 goals. Therefore, they missed promotion once again.
In the second round of the Swiss Cup Basel were drawn away from home against lower-tier FC Einsiedeln and in the round of 64 away against lower tier FC Willisau. Both games were won easily (6–2 and 2–0). In the round of 32 Basel were drawn at home against Bulle and the game ended with a 1–1 draw after extra time. Basel secured the victory in the penalty shoot-out. In the next round they were drawn at home against FC Bern (5–1 victory). But in the quarterfinals Basel were drawn at home against Lugano. Because this match ended in a 2–3 defeat they were eliminated.
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 South East
24 July 1991 Round 1 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Yverdon-Sports | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
27 July 1991 Round 2 | Bulle | 1 – 2 | Basel | Stade de Bouleyres, Bulle |
3 August 1991 Round 3 | Basel | 0 – 2 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
6 August 1991 Round 4 | Urania Genève Sport | 4 – 1 | Basel | Stade de Frontenex, Geneva |
10 August 1991 Round 5 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Etoile Carouge | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
17 August 1991 Round 6 | Old Boys | 4 – 0 | Basel | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
Attendance: 5,400[1] |
4 August 1991 Round 7 | Châtel-Saint-Denis | 0 – 4 | Basel | Stade du Lussy, Châtel-Saint-Denis |
28 August 1991 Round 8 | Basel | 3 – 0 | Fribourg | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
4 September 1991 Round 9 | Grenchen | 2 – 4 | Basel | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
7 September 1991 Round 10 | Basel | 3 – 2 | SR Delémont | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14 September 1991 Round 11 | Basel | 2 – 2 | ES Malley | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
21 September 1991 Round 12 | Yverdon-Sports | 0 – 1 | Basel | Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains |
5 October 1991 Round 13 | Basel | 1 – 0 | Bulle | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
12 October 1991 Round 14 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 3 – 3 | Basel | Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds |
15 October 1991 Round 15 | Basel | 3 – 1 | Urania Genève Sport | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
19 October 1991 Round 16 | Etoile Carouge | 0 – 0 | Basel | Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge |
26 October 1991 Round 17 | Basel | 0 – 0 | Old Boys | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
3 November 1991 Round 18 | Basel | 5 – 2 | Châtel-Saint-Denis | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
24 November 1991 Round 21 | SR Delémont | 0 – 2 | Basel | La Blancherie, Delémont |
1 December 1991 Round 22 | Basel | 1 – 3 | Grenchen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Basel | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 31 | Promotion round |
2 | Grenchen | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 40 | 27 | +13 | 27 | |
3 | Yverdon-Sports | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 27 | |
4 | Bulle | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 29 | +16 | 26 | |
5 | ES Malley | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 26 | |
6 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 23 | +10 | 25 | |
7 | Old Boys | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 26 | +12 | 23 | |
8 | Urania Genève Sport | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 23 | |
9 | Fribourg | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 20 | Relegation group |
10 | Etoile Carouge | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 56 | −23 | 15 | |
11 | Châtel-Saint-Denis | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 45 | −23 | 14 | |
12 | SR Delémont | 22 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 22 | 60 | −38 | 7 |
Promotion/Relegation Phase Group A
1 March 1992 Round 1 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Yverdon-Sports | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
8 March 1992 Round 2 | Aarau | 0 – 0 | Basel | Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau |
15 March 1992 Round 3 | Basel | 2 – 2 | Lugano | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
22 March 1992 Round 4 | Bellinzona | 2 – 1 | Basel | Stadio Comunale Bellinzona |
4 April 1992 Round 5 | Basel | 3 – 3 | Baden | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
8 April 1992 Round 6 | Locarno | 3 – 0 | Basel | Stadio del Lido, Locarno |
20 April 1992 Round 8 | Basel | 1 – 0 | ES Malley | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
25 April 1992 Round 9 | Basel | 2 – 2 | Locarno | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Attendance: 8,000[1] |
2 May 1992 Round 10 | Baden | 2 – 1 | Basel | Esp Stadium, Fislisbach |
9 May 1992 Round 11 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Bellinzona | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
23 May 1992 Round 13 | Basel | 2 – 4 | Aarau | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
30 May 1992 Round 14 | Yverdon-Sports | 1 – 2 | Basel | Stade Municipal, Yverdon |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | AC Lugano | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 8 | +17 | 22 | Remain in Nationalliga A 1992–93 |
2 | FC Aarau | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 19 | |
3 | Yverdon-Sport FC | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 18 | Remain in Nationalliga B 1992–93 |
4 | FC Basel | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 14 | |
5 | FC Baden | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 13 | |
6 | FC Locarno | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 10 | |
7 | ES Malley | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 30 | −12 | 10 | |
8 | AC Bellinzona | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 29 | −15 | 6 |
Swiss Cup
1 September 1991 Second principal round | FC Einsiedeln | 2 – 6 | Basel | Rappenmöösli, Einsiedeln |
16 April 1992 Round of 16 | Basel | 5 – 1 | Bern | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
5 May 1992 Quarterfinal | Basel | 2 – 3 | Lugano | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Sources and references
- Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
- 1991–92 at RSSSF
- Stefan Peter. "Überregionale Meisterschaften, Schweizer und Basler Cup". Retrieved 2016-11-16.