1998–99 FC Basel season
The 1998–99 Fussball Club Basel 1893 season was their 105th season since the club's foundation. Following their promotion in the 1993–94 season this was their fifth consecutive season in the highest tier of Swiss football. René C. Jäggi was the club's chairman for the third year. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium until 13 Dezember 1998. From 7 March 199 they played their games in the Stadion Schützenmatte while the new stadium was being built.
1998–99 season | |
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Chairman | ![]() |
Manager | Guy Mathez (until 14 May 1999) Marco Schällibaum (ad interim) |
Ground | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel (until 13 Dezember 1998) Stadion Schützenmatte (from 7 March 1999) |
Nationalliga A | Qualifying Phase 6th |
Nationalliga A | Champions Group 5th |
Swiss Cup | Round of 32 |
Top goalscorer | League: Mario Frick (10) All: Mario Frick (11) |
Average home league attendance | 9,870[1] |
Overview
Guy Mathez, who had taken over the coaching in January of that year, was appointed as the new trainer at the start of the season, but on 14 May 1999 he was sacked and was replaced by Marco Schällibaum (ad interim) until the end of the season.
The club made many new signings as the season started, these included Mario Cantaluppi who returned from Servette. Also from Servette came the Romanian international Dan Potocianu and, on loan, the youngster Carlos Varela. Aleksandr Rytchkov was signed from 1. FC Köln and Philippe Cravero signed in from lower classed Etoile Carouge. The Ivorian international Ahmed Ouattara and the young Brazilian Abedi were signed in from Sion. Huggel was brought in from team FC Arlesheim.
In the other direction Adrian Knup and Jürgen Hartmann both ended their football careers and Dario Zuffi returned to his home club Winterthur. Jan Berger moved to Aarau and youngster Alexander Frei was loaned to Thun. Fabinho Santos returned home to Joinville in Brazil.
The Campaign
- Domestic League
The club's priority aim was to remain in the top flight of Swiss football. The season started fairly well, with five victories and three draws in the first ten rounds. Seven defeats in the next nine rounds let the team slip into the bottom areas of the table. But they were able to qualify for Champions Group in the second half of the season. With an average second half of the season, Basel managed to qualify for the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup.
- Domestic Cup
All eyes were set on the cup season. But despite a draw against lower classed Stade Nyonnais, Basel's cup season came to an abrupt end, because they were unable to pass this hurdle, losing the match on penalties.
Players
The following is the list of the Basel first team squad. It includes all players that were in the squad the day the season started on 18 July 1998 but subsequently left the club after that date and it includes all players that transferred in during the season.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers in
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Transfers out
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Results
Nationalliga A
Qualifying Phase
18 July 1998 Round 1 | Basel | 0 – 0 | Sion | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
19:30 | Disseris ![]() Ceccaroni ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 9,000 Referee: ![]() |
21 July 1998 Round 2 | Aarau | 5 – 0 | Basel | Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau |
19:30 | Aleksandrov ![]() Ivanov ![]() Heldmann ![]() Zitola ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Attendance: 5,900 Referee: ![]() |
25 July 1998 Round 3 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Zürich | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
19:30 | Tschopp ![]() Rytchkov ![]() ![]() Sahin ![]() Reimann ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 8,500 Referee: ![]() |
1 August 1998 Round 4 | Servette | 3 – 1 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
17:30 | Juárez ![]() Rey ![]() ![]() Fournier ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,100 Referee: ![]() |
9 August 1998 Round 5 | Basel | 1 – 0 | Luzern | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
16:15 | Kondé ![]() Tschopp ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 7,500 Referee: ![]() |
15 August 1998 Round 6 | Basel | 2 – 0 | Xamax | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
19:30 | Ouattara ![]() Tschopp ![]() Kreuzer ![]() Pérez ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 10,500 Referee: ![]() |
23 August 1998 Round 7 | St. Gallen | 0 – 1 | Basel | Espenmoos, St. Gallen |
16:15 | Hellinga ![]() Vurens ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 9,700 Referee: ![]() |
29 August 1998 Round 8 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
19:30 | Ouattara ![]() Rytchkov ![]() Cravero ![]() Pérez ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 26,600 Referee: ![]() |
8 September 1998 Round 9 | Lausanne-Sport | 0 – 2 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
19:30 | Celestini ![]() Piffaretti ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 5,900 Referee: ![]() |
12 September 1998 Round 10 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Young Boys | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
19:30 | Ouattara ![]() Frick ![]() Barberis ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 16,000 Referee: ![]() |
19 September 1998 Round 11 | Lugano | 5 – 1 | Basel | Cornaredo, Lugano |
19:30 | Gaspoz ![]() Wegmann ![]() Orlando ![]() Giménez ![]() Giallanza ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 4,380 Referee: ![]() |
27 September 1998 Round 12 | Sion | 1 – 0 | Basel | Stade Tourbillon, Sion |
16:15 | Bertone ![]() Benson ![]() Tholot ![]() ![]() Allenspach ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 6,900 Referee: ![]() |
4 October 1998 Round 13 | Basel | 1 – 0 | Aarau | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
16:15 | Ouattara ![]() Abedi ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 7,300 Referee: ![]() |
16 October 1998 Round 14 | Zürich | 1 – 0 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
19:30 | Fischer ![]() Sant'Anna ![]() Chassot ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 11,300 Referee: ![]() |
25 October 1998 Round 15 | Basel | 0 – 2 | Servette | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
16:15 | Rytchkov ![]() Tschopp ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 9,800 Referee: ![]() |
31 October 1998 Round 16 | Luzern | 4 – 1 | Basel | Stadion Allmend, Luzern |
17:30 | Izzo ![]() Koch ![]() Brunner ![]() van Eck ![]() Moser ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 7,960 Referee: ![]() |
7 November 1998 Round 17 | Xamax | 3 – 1 | Basel | Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel |
17:30 | N'Diaye ![]() ![]() Rueda ![]() Njanka ![]() Isabella ![]() N'Do ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 8,100 Referee: ![]() |
17 November 1998 Round 18 | Basel | 1 – 0 | St. Gallen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
16:15 | Tschopp ![]() Reimann ![]() Sahin ![]() Argemiro Veiga ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: ![]() |
21 November 1998 Round 19 | Grasshopper Club | 2 – 1 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
17:30 | Tikva ![]() Tararache ![]() Türkyilmaz ![]() Mazzarelli ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 7,800 Referee: ![]() |
28 November 1998 Round 20 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
17:30 | Frick ![]() Rytchkov ![]() Reimann ![]() Barberis ![]() Ceccaroni ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 5,900 Referee: ![]() |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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4 | Lausanne Sports | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 38 |
5 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 22 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 30 | 23 | +7 | 32 |
6 | FC Basel | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 34 | −13 | 28 |
7 | FC Lucerne | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 27 |
8 | FC St. Gallen | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 27 |
Champions Group
28 February 1999 Round 1 | Luzern | 0 – 2 | Basel | Stadion Allmend, Luzern |
16:15 | Stepanović ![]() Koch ![]() Knez ![]() ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 7,930 Referee: ![]() |
7 March 1999 Round 2 | Basel | 1 – 0 | Xamax | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
14:30 | Cravero ![]() Abedi ![]() Kreuzer ![]() Barberis ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,250 Referee: ![]() |
13 March 1999 Round 3 | Servette | 2 – 1 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
19:30 | Wolf ![]() Rey ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 6,657 Referee: ![]() |
21 March 1999 Round 4 | Basel | 1 – 0 | Zürich | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
14:30 | Cravero ![]() Varela ![]() Pérez ![]() Calapes ![]() Cantaluppi ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 7,500 Referee: ![]() |
5 April 1999 Round 5 | Grasshopper Club | 4 – 2 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
16:15 | de Napoli ![]() Comisetti ![]() Tikva ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 10,500 Referee: ![]() |
10 April 1999 Round 6 | Basel | 1 – 2 | Lausanne-Sport | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
19:30 | Calapes ![]() Frick ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 5,315 Referee: ![]() |
18 April 1999 Round 7 | Basel | 3 – 3 | St. Gallen | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
16:15 | Frick ![]() Cantaluppi ![]() Henry ![]() Kreuzer ![]() Barberis ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,057 Referee: ![]() |
25 April 1999 Round 8 | St. Gallen | 1 – 2 | Basel | Espenmoos, St. Gallen |
16:00 | Pinelli ![]() Damasio ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 7,800 Referee: ![]() |
1 May 1999 Round 9 | Lausanne-Sport | 3 – 0 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
19:30 | Puce ![]() Barberis ![]() Gerber ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 6,100 Referee: ![]() |
8 May 1999 Round 10 | Basel | 2 – 0 | Grasshopper Club | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
19:30 | Rytchkov ![]() Potocianu ![]() Kreuzer ![]() Fabinho ![]() Tschopp ![]() ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 5,460 Referee: ![]() |
16 May 1999 Round 11 | Zürich | 2 – 1 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
16:15 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 12,300 Referee: ![]() |
22 May 1999 Round 12 | Basel | 0 – 0 | Servette | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
19:30 | Potocianu ![]() Sahin ![]() Varela ![]() Rytchkov ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 5,490 Referee: ![]() |
30 May 1999 Round 13 | Xamax | 1 – 1 | Basel | Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel |
16:15 | Isabella ![]() N'Diaye ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 5,500 Referee: ![]() |
2 June 1999 Round 14 | Basel | 0 – 0 | Luzern | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
20:15 | Cantaluppi ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 3,830 Referee: ![]() |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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3 | Lausanne Sports | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 20 | +8 | 45 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1] |
4 | FC Zürich | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 15 | +9 | 42 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
5 | FC Basel | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 33 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
6 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 27 | −15 | 28 | |
7 | FC Lucerne | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 27 | −14 | 28 |
Notes:
- As 1998–99 Swiss Cup winner.
Swiss Cup
21 February 1999 Round of 32 | Stade Nyonnais | 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (4 – 2 p) | Basel | Colovray, Nyon |
14:30 | Oliveira ![]() Margarini ![]() Ceccaroni ![]() Aubert ![]() Bridi ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 622 Referee: Marcel Vollenweider |
Penalties | ||||
Vernaz ![]() Carrasco ![]() Ostermann ![]() Martin ![]() De Siebenthal ![]() |
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Sources and references
- Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
- Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2189-1
- 1998–99 at Joggeli.ch
- 1998–99 at RSSSF
- Stefan Peter. "Überregionale Meisterschaften, Schweizer und Basler Cup". Retrieved 2017-11-16.