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.

FC Basel
1989–90 season
Chairman Charles Röthlisberger
Manager Urs Siegenthaler
(from November 1989) Coach:
Ernst August Künnecke
GroundSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga BQualifying Phase West 5th
Nationalliga BPromotion Phase 3rd
Swiss CupQuarterfinal
Top goalscorerErni Maissen (16)
Highest home attendance22,000 vs Zürich
(16 April 1990)
Average home league attendance6,045[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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   SUI Thomas Grüter
GK   SUI Roger Glanzmann
4 DF  GER Peter Bernauer
15 DF   SUI Massimo Ceccaroni
6 DF  YUG Miodrag Đurđević
2 DF   SUI Markus Hodel
3 DF   SUI André Rindlisbacher
14 MF  GER Rolf Baumann
10 MF  GER Uwe Dittus
17 MF  ITA Vittorio Gottardi
11 MF   SUI Erni Maissen
16 MF  ITA Boris Mancastroppa
No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF  ESP Enrique Mata
7 MF   SUI Mario Moscatelli
5 MF   SUI Sascha Reich
MF   SUI Andre Rindlisbacher
13 FW  GER Manfred Wagner
19 FW   SUI Patrick Rahmen
12 FW   SUI Ralph Thoma
9 FW  GER Uwe Wassmer
FW   SUI Ruedi Zbinden
  SUI Beat Aebi
 ITA Germano Fanciulli
18  GER Jörg Heuting
  SUI René Spicher

Results

Nationalliga B

Qualifying Phase West

22 July 1989 Round 1Basel2 – 0Old BoysSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
26 July 1989 Round 2ES Malley0 – 3BaselStade du Bois Gentil, Malley
29 July 1989 Round 3Basel2 – 4FribourgSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
4 August 1989 Round 4Montreux-Sports2 – 2BaselStade de Chailly, Montreux
12 August 1989 Round 6La Chaux-de-Fonds0 – 4BaselStade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
15 August 1989 Round 7Basel3 – 2BulleSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
23 August 1989 Round 8Chênois2 – 2BaselStade des Trois-Chêne, Thônex
9 September 1989 Round 10Basel2 – 0GrenchenSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15 September 1989 Round 11Etoile Carouge5 – 2BaselStade des Trois-Chêne, Thônex
22 September 1989 Round 12Old Boys1 – 5BaselStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
Attendance: 3,300[1]
30 September 1989 Round 13Basel0 – 3ES MalleySt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
7 October 1989 Round 14Fribourg0 – 3BaselStade Universitaire, Freiburg
21 October 1989 Round 16Basel0 – 1Etoile CarougeSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
12 November 1989 Round 19Bulle2 – 0BaselStade de Bouleyres, Bulle
18 November 1989 Round 20Basel2 – 0ChênoisSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
26 November 1989 Round 21Martigny-Sports1 – 1BaselStade d'Octodure, Martigny
3 December 1989 Round 22Grenchen0 – 1BaselStadion Brühl, Grenchen

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source:

Promotion/Relegation Phase

25 February 1990 Round 1Basel1 – 0ChurSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Maissen
3 March 1990 Round 2Fribourg0 – 1BaselStade Universitaire, Freiburg
Wassmer
11 March 1990 Round 3Basel3 – 1SchaffhausenSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30  (pen.) Referee: Daniel Roduit (Sion)
25 March 1990 Round 5Basel1 – 1ServetteSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Referee: Michel Despland (Yverdon)
16 April 1990 Round 7Basel3 – 3ZürichSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Attendance: 22,000
24 April 1990 Round 8Zürich3 – 1BaselLetzigrund, Zürich
26 May 1990 Round 13Basel1 – 1FribourgSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
30 May 1990 Round 14Chur1 – 0BaselRingstrasse, Chur

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

18 August 1989 Second principal roundMoutier0 – 8BaselNovimmob Stadium, Moutier
3 September 1989 Round of 64SC Burgdorf0 – 3BaselNeumatt, Burgdorf
21 April 1990 Round of 16Bulle0 – 6BaselStade de Bouleyres, Bulle
1 May 1990 QuarterfinalGrasshopper Club1 – 0BaselHardturm, Zürich
Attendance: 6,200[1]

See also

Sources and references

  • Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
  • 1989–90 at RSSSF
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