1976–77 FC Basel season

The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1976–77 season was their 83rd season since the club was founded. It was their 31st consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football after they won promotion during the season 1945–46. They played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium.

FC Basel
1976–77 season
Chairman René Theler
Manager Helmut Benthaus
GroundSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga AChampions
Swiss CupRound 5
Swiss League CupRound 2
UEFA CupRound 2
Cup of the AlpsGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Erni Maissen (10)
All: Erni Maissen (12)
Highest home attendance25,500 on 1 September 1976
vs Young Boys
Lowest home attendance4,000 on 2 April 1977
vs Bellinzona
Average home league attendance9,954

Overview

Helmut Benthaus was first team manager for the eleventh consecutive season.

The Swiss Football Association had reformed the Swiss football league system that year reducing the number of teams in the Nationalliga A from 14 to 12 and increasing the Nationalliga B teams from 14 to 16. The Nationalliga A season 1976–77 was contested by the first 11 teams from the previous season and the sole promoted team AC Bellinzona. The Nationalliga A was played in two stages. The qualification phase was played by all teams in a round robin and then after completion it was dived into two groups. The first six teams contended in the championship group (with half of the points obtained in the qualification as bonus) and the positions seventh to twelfth contended the relegation group. Basel finished the qualification phase in second position with 33 points from 22 games and so entered the championship group with a bonus of 17. At the end of the championship phase Servette FC Genève and Basel were level on 29 points. They therefore had to play a play-off for champions. This play-off was held at the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern in front of 55,000 supporters. Basel won the match 2–1, their goals being scored by Walter Mundschin and Arthur von Wartburg.[1]

In the Swiss Cup Basel won away from home against lower tier Fribourg in the round of 32 and in the round of 16 were drawn away against Xamax but were defeated. In the Swiss League Cup they won away from home against lower tier Grenchen. Then in the round of 16 were drawn away against Luzern and here they were defeated.

In the first round of the 1976–77 UEFA Cup Basel were drawn against Northern Ireland team Glentoran F.C.. Basel won 5–3 on aggregate. In the second round they were drawn against Spanish team Athletic Bilbao. After a draw in the 1st leg, they but were defeated 1–3, thus 2–4 on aggregate.[2]

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 Jürg Wenger (league games: 9)
2 MF   SUI Walter Geisser (league games: 19)
3 DF   SUI Walter Mundschin (league games/goals: 30/9)
4 MF   SUI Peter Ramseier (league games/goals: 30/4)
5 DF   SUI Paul Fischli (league games: 22)
6 MF   SUI Otto Demarmels (league games/goals: 29/7)
7 MF   SUI Peter Marti (league games/goals: 21/6)
8 FW   SUI Markus Tanner (league games/goals: 30/5)
9 MF   SUI Serge Muhmenthaler (league games/goals: 13/5)
10 MF  DEN Eigil Nielsen (league games/goals: 28/5)
11 MF  GER Detlev Lauscher (league games/goals: 26/8)
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 MF   SUI Jean-Pierre Maradan (league games/goals: 30/3)
13 FW   SUI Roland Schönenberger (league games/goals: 11/3)
14 DF   SUI Jörg Stohler (league games/goals: 31/6)
15 MF   SUI Rolf Bucher
17 MF   SUI Arthur von Wartburg (league games/goals: 32/3)
18 MF   SUI Erni Maissen (league games/goals: 26/10)
22 GK   SUI Hans Müller (league games: 24)
23 GK   SUI Thomas Manger
GK   SUI Felix Wälchli
DF   SUI Alex Wirth
DF   SUI Markus Just (league games: 1)

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre-season and mid-season

19 August 1976 Pre-seasonFC Saint-Louis 0 – 6 BaselStade de la Frontière
20:00 Summary  21' (0:1) Maissen
 30' (0:2) Mundschin
 (0:3) von Wartburg
 (0:4) Stohler
 68' (0:5) Marti
 83' (0:6) Marti
Attendance: 1,000
7 September 1976 Pre-seasonNordstern Basel 1 – 5 BaselSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Wenger  67' (1:2) Summary  51' (0:1) Muhmenthaler
 59' (0:2) Muhmenthaler
 75' (1:3) Maissen
 77' (1:4) Maissen
 89' (1:5) Tanner
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Kurt Fuchs Basel
6 October 1976 Mid-seasonSC Derendingen 0 – 10 BaselHeidenegg Derendingen
Summary  (3x) Lauscher
 (3x) Maissen
 (1x) Mundschin
 (1x) Maradan
 (1x) Muhmenthaler
 (1x) Stohler
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Peter Rotschi Oensingen

Winter break to end of season

14 January 1977 Training campGuadeloupe XI 1 – 2 BaselGuadeloupe
Summary  (0:1) Marti
 (0:2) Marti
Attendance: 4,000
19 January 1977 Training campGuadeloupe XI 0 – 2 BaselGuadeloupe
Summary  (0:1) Ramseier
 (0:2) Tanner
Attendance: 2,500
29 January 1977 Winter breakBasel 1 – 0 WinterthurLandhof, Basel
15:00 Stohler  62' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 600
Referee: Kurt Fuchs Basel
2 February 1977 Winter breakBasel 4 – 1 GrenchenLanhof, Basel
15:00 Maissen  24' (1:0)
Mundschin  25' (2_0)
Maissen  44' (3:0)
Marti  47' (4:0)
Summary  66' (4:1) Feuz Attendance: 400
Referee: Schnidrig Röschenz
19 February 1976 Winter breakGossau 0 – 2 BaselGemeindesportplatz, Gossau
15:00 Summary  27' (0:1) Marti
 45' (0:2) Marti
Attendance: 700
Referee: Mario Osta Oberuzwil
19 March 1977 Mid-seasonBiel-Bienne 4 – 3 BaselGurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
Lüthi  41' (1:0)
Hurni  52' (2:2)
Gobet  77' (3:3)
Lüthi  83' (4:3)
Summary  43' (1:1) Lauscher
 47' (1:2) Schönenberger
 53' (2:3) von Wartburg
Attendance: 500
Referee: Jean Dubach Nidau
24 April 1977 Mid-seasonBasel 1 – 1 1. FC KaiserslauternLandhof, Basel
15:00 Mundschin  75' (1:0) Summary  85' (1:1) Schwarz Attendance: 1,000
4 June 1977 Mid-seasonGrasshopper Club 3 – 3 BaselBlumberg, Germany
Meyer  (1x)
Bosco  (1x)
Bänziger  (1x)
Summary  (1x) Nielsen
 (1x) Lauscher
 (1x) Mundschin
Attendance: 1,000

Nationalliga A

Qualifying phase matches

14 August 1976 Round 1Basel4 – 1ChênoisSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Tanner  45' (1:1)
Muhmenthaler  60' (2:1)
Marti  64' (3:1)
Lauscher  90' (4:1)
Summary  5' (0:1) Manai
Dumont
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Peter Scherz
21 August 1976 Round 2Lausanne-Sport0 – 1BaselOlympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:30 Summary  43' (0:1) Maissen Attendance: 7,700
Referee: Bruno Della Bruna Lumino
28 August 1976 Round 3Basel6 – 1WinterthurSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Mundschin  9' (1:0)
Maissen  12' (2:0)
Muhmenthaler  21' (3:0)
Stohler  23' (pen. 4:0)
Lauscher  68' (5:0)
Mundschin  82' (6:1)
Lauscher
Summary  81' (5;1) Ackeret
Häni
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Jean-Marie Macheret
1 September 1976 Round 4Basel1 – 4Young BoysSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Maissen  20' (1:0)
Mundschin
Summary  48' (1:1) Lorenz
 51' (1:2) Conz
 56' (1:3) Bruttin
 84' (1:4) Küttel
Eichenberger
Küttel
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Walter Hungerbühler St. Gallen
11 September 1976 Round 5Grasshopper Club1 – 1BaselHardturm, Zürich
20.00 Bauer  24' (1:1) Summary  13' (0:1) Muhmenthaler
von Wartburg
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: André Favre Echallens
18 September 1976 Round 6Zürich1 – 0BaselLetzigrund, Zürich
17:00 Risi  67' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne
2 October 1976 Round 7Basel4 – 1ServetteSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Nielsen  22' (1:0)
Mundschin  38' (2:0)
Maradan  55' (3:1)
Stohler  85' (pen. 4:1)
Summary  50' (2:1) Barberis
Schnyder
Hussner
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Peter Scherz
13 October 1976 Round 8St. Gallen1 – 1BaselEspenmoos, St. Gallen
20:15 Feuz  83' (1:1)
Feuz
Stöckl
Summary  48' (0:1) Maissen Attendance: 6,200
Referee: André Daina
23 October 1976 Round 9Basel2 – 1SionSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Maissen  28' (1:0)
Nielsen  63' (2:1)
Summary  44' (1:1) Lopez
Coutaz
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Attilio Bignasca Lugano
6 November 1976 Round 11Basel3 – 1XamaxSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
18:00 Demarmels  3' (1:0)
Tanner  26' (2:1)
Mundschin  32' (3:1)
Summary  15' (1:1) Rub Attendance: 5,000
Referee: René Maire Geneva
13 November 1976 Round 12Chênois1 – 2BaselStade des Trois-Chêne, Thônex
17:30 Castella  28' (1:0) Summary  36' (1:1) Ramseier
 57' (1:2) Marti
Tanner
Lauscher
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Ernest Guignet Yverdon
20 November 1976 Round 13Basel2 – 2Lausanne-SportSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Lauscher  8' (1:0)
Stohler  18' (2:0)
Summary  36' (2:1) Traber
 70' (2:2) Devčić
Loichat
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Otto Wyniger Wetzikon
27 November 1976 Round 14Winterthur2 – 3BaselSchützenwiese, Winterthur
16:30 R. Meier  51' (1:1)
Thygesen  82' (2:3)
Summary  22' (0:1) Marti
 61' (1:2) Maissen
 77' (1:3) Maissen
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Bruno Della Bruna Lunimo
5 December 1976 Round 15Young Boys0 – 6BaselWankdorf Stadium, Bern
14:30 Rebmann Summary  26' (0:1) Marti
 37' (0:2) Marti
 42' (0:3) Ramseier
 53' (0:4) Demarmels
 77' (0:5) Lauscher
 88' (0:6) Demarmels
Mundschin
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: René Kellenberger
12 December 1976 Round 10Bellinzona1 – 2BaselStadio Comunale Bellinzona
14:45 Leoni  53' (1:2) Summary  22' (0:1) Tanner
 52' (0:2) Marti
Fischli
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Otto Isler Zürich
26 February 1977 Round 16Basel1 – 3ZürichSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:30 Demarmels  69' (1:2) Summary  5' (0:1) Cucinotta
 39' (0:2) Risi
 74' (1:3) Cucinotta
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Ernest Guignet Yverdon
6 March 1977 Round 17Servette2 – 2BaselCharmilles Stadium, Geneva
14:45 Barberis  18' (1:1)
Pfister  66' (2:1)
Summary  2' (pen. 0:1) Maradan
 89' (2:2) Nielsen
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Rudolf Renggli Luzern
12 March 1977 Round 18Basel4 – 2St. GallenSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Biger  35' (o.g.)
Maissen  60' (2:1)
Schönenberger  61' (3:1)
Maradan  68' (pen. 4:1)
Summary  31' Niggl
 59' (1:1) Stöckl
 65' Oettli
 87' (4:2) Graf
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Peter Scherz
26 March 1977 Round 19Sion0 – 0BaselStade Tourbillon, Sion
20:15 Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Werner Bösch
2 April 1977 Round 20Basel4 – 3BellinzonaSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Mundschin  2' (1:0)
Ramseier  3' (2:0)
Lauscher  20' (3:1)
Muhmenthaler  73' (4:2)
Fischli
Summary  6' (2:1) Bang
 30' (3:2) Bang
 75' (4:3) Tagli
Pestoni
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Alfred Heinis
7 April 1977 Round 21Xamax0 – 2BaselStade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
20:00 Summary  21' (0:1) Lauscher
 58' (0:2) Demarmels
Attendance: 6,400
Referee: René Kellenberger
16 April 1977 Round 22Basel3 – 2Grasshopper ClubSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Muhmenthaler  59' (1:1)
Lauscher  62' (2:1)
Tanner  81' (3:1)
Summary  37' (0:1) Netzer
 90' (3:2) Bosco
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Peter Scherz

Qualifying phase table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Servette FC Genève 22 14 7 1 68 27 +41 35 To championship round
2 FC Basel 22 14 5 3 54 30 +24 33
3 FC Zürich 22 12 7 3 49 18 +31 31
4 Neuchâtel Xamax 22 10 7 5 37 27 +10 27
5 BSC Young Boys 22 8 9 5 37 34 +3 25
6 Grasshopper Club Zürich 22 7 8 7 41 28 +13 22
7 Lausanne Sports 22 8 6 8 39 31 +8 22 To playout round
8 CS Chênois 22 6 8 8 29 39 10 20
9 FC Sion 22 4 10 8 19 32 13 18
10 FC St. Gallen 22 5 6 11 26 40 14 16
11 AC Bellinzona 22 3 2 17 19 73 54 8
12 FC Winterthur 22 1 5 16 19 58 39 7
Source: rsssf.com

Championship group matches

7 May 1977 Round 2Grasshopper Club6 – 1BaselHardturm, Zürich
20:00 Cornioley  10' (1:0)
Becker  32' (2:0)
Ponte 58' (3:0)
Cornioley  61' (4:0)
Cornioley  73' (5:0)
Bosco  75' (6:0)
Summary  87' (5:1) von Wartburg Attendance: 5,800
Referee: René Kellenberger
10 May 1977 Round 1Basel3 – 1XamaxSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Stohler  62' (1:0)
Schönenberger  68' (2:0)
Maissen  74' (3:0)
Summary  81' (3:1) Elsig Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Bruno Galler
14 May 1977 Round 3Basel2 – 0ServetteSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Demarmels  30' (1:0)
Lauscher  66' (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne
21 May 1977 Round 4Zürich3 – 3BaselLetzigrund, Zürich
20:00 Cucinotta  40' (1:0)
Risi 42' (2:0)
Cucinotta  72' (3:3)
Summary  54' (2:1) Schönenberger
 55' (2:2) Stohler
 61' (2:3) Demarmels
Lauscher
Maissen
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Rudolf Renggli Luzern
28 May 1977 Round 5Basel2 – 0Young BoysSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Maissen  36'
Ramseier  40' (1:0)
Mundschin  55' (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Alfred Heinis
1 June 1977 Round 6Xamax0 – 0BaselStade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
20:15 Summary Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Jakob Baumann
11 June 1977 Round 7Basel2 – 3Grasshopper ClubSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Nielsen  17' (1:0)
von Wartburg  43' (2:0)
Mundschin
Demarmels
Summary  64' (o.g. 2:1) Ramseier
 77' (2:2) Netzer
 82' (2:3) Seiler
Becker
Netzer
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Bruno Della Bruna Lumino
18 June 1977 Round 8Servette2 – 0BaselCharmilles Stadium, Geneva
20:30 Andrey  33' (1:0)
Thouvenel  81' (2:0)
Summary Müller
Demarmels
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne
22 June 1977 Round 9Basel3 – 1ZürichSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Nielsen  33'
Nielsen  53' (1:0)
Tanner  57' (2:0)
Maissen  71' (3:0)
Summary  89' (3:1) Kuhn Attendance: 14,000
Referee: André Daina
25 June 1977 Round 10Young Boys0 – 3BaselWankdorf Stadium, Bern
20:00 Summary  17' (0:1) Mundschin
 21' (0:2) Mundschin
 43' (0:3) Stohler
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Ernest Guignet Yverdon

Championship group table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification
1 FC Basel 10 5 2 3 19 16 +3 17 29 Play-off match
2 Servette FC Genève 10 5 1 4 16 14 +2 18 29
3 FC Zürich 10 5 1 4 24 18 +6 16 27
4 Grasshopper Club Zürich 10 5 2 3 15 10 +5 11 23
5 Neuchâtel Xamax 10 3 1 6 14 18 4 14 21
6 BSC Young Boys 10 3 1 6 12 24 12 13 20
Source: rsssf.com

Play-off match

28 June 1977 Play-OffBasel2 – 1ServetteWankdorf Stadium, Bern
20:15 Mundschin  37'
von Wartburg  75'
Report  30' Müller
 66' Thouvenel
 77' Guyot
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Ruedi Renggli Luzern

Swiss Cup

26 September 1976 Round of 32Fribourg1 – 2 (a.e.t.)BaselStade Universitaire, Fribourg
20:15 Dorthe
Amantini  88' (1:1)
Summary  57' (0:1) Marti
 93' (1:2) Demarmels
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Alfred Heinis
16 October 1976 Round of 16Xamax4 – 1 (a.e.t.)BaselStade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
18:00 Bonny  78' (1:1)
Rub  110' (2:1)
Decastel  117' (3:1)
Guggisberg  120' (4:1)
Summary  22' (0:1) Marti Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern

Swiss League Cup

7 August 1976 Round of 32Grenchen1 – 2BaselStadium Brühl, Grenchen
20:15 Kodric  35' (1:1) Summary  22' (0:1) Marti
 78' (1:2) Stohler
Attendance: 1,700
Referee: André Daina
13 Februar 1977 Round of 16Luzern2 – 2
(4 – 3 p)
BaselStadion Allmend, Luzern
14:30 Waeber  53' (1:0)
Christen  117' (2:2)
Summary  85' (1:1) Marti
 93' (1:2) Maissen
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Attilio Bignasca Lugano

UEFA Cup

First round
14 September 1976 First legGlentoran F.C. 3 – 2 BaselThe Oval, Belfast
17:00 Feeney  12' (1:0)
Feeney  42' (2:1)
Dickenson  51' (3:1)
UEFA Report
FCB Summary
 26' (1:1) Maissen
 52' Lauscher
 73' (3:2) Ramseier
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Rolf Ericsson
29 September 1976 Second legBasel 3 – 0 Glentoran F.C.St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Eigil Nielsen  33' (1:0)
Mundschin  35' (2:0)
Demarmels  73' (3:0)
UEFA Summary
FCB Summary
 52' McCreery Referee: Cesare Gussoni

Basel won 5–3 on aggregate.

Second round
20 October 1976 First legBasel 1 – 1 Athletic BilbaoBasel
20:00 Marti  2' UEFA Summary
FCB Summary
 45' Madariaga Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany)
3 November 1976 Second legAthletic Bilbao 3 – 1 BaselBilbao
20:00 Villar  45'
Carlos  61', 68'
UEFA Summary
FCB Summary
 66' Marti Stadium: San Mamés
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Patrick Partridge

Athletic Bilbao won 4–2 on aggregate.

Cup of the Alps

Group B
17 July 1976 round 1Basel 2 – 3 NantesSt. Jakob Stadium Basel
17:30 Lauscher  39' (1:0)
Tanner  88' (2:3)
Summary  48' (pen. 1:1) Bossis
 61' (1:2) Rampillon
 65' (1:3) Rampillon
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kondrad
24 July 1976 round 2Nantes 1 – 1 BaselNantes
Bargas  5' (1:0) Summary  15' (1:1) Muhmenthaler Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Ernest Guignet Yverdon
27 July 1976 round 3Basel 3 – 1 MetzSt. Jakob Stadium Basel
20:00 Marti  38' (1:0)
Muhmenthaler  56' (2:0)
Tanner  59' (3:0)
Summary  73' (3:1) Hausknecht Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Jean-Claude Martin Lyon
31 July 1976 round 4Metz 2 – 0 BaselStade Saint-Symphorien, Metz
Zénier  10' (1:0)
Zénier  14' (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Peter Scherz

NB: teams did not play compatriots

Group table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts
1 Servette 4 3 1 0 10 7 +3 0 7[lower-alpha 1]
2 Metz 4 1 1 2 8 9 1 0 3
3 Basel 4 1 1 2 6 7 1 0 3
4 Nantes 4 1 1 2 6 7 1 0 3
Source:
Notes:
  1. 1 bonus point awarded for victory by 3 or more goals

See also

Sources and references

  • Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
  • Switzerland 1976–77 at RSSSF
  • Swiss League Cup at RSSSF
  • Cup of the Alps 1976 at RSSSF
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  2. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Athletic Club 3-1 Basel". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
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