1985–86 FC Basel season
The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1985–86 season was their 92nd season since their foundation on 15 November 1893. It was the club's 40th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football since their promotion in the 1945–46 season. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Urs Gribi was the club's chairman for the third consecutive year.
| 1985–86 season | |
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| Chairman |  Urs Gribi |
| Manager |  Helmut Benthaus |
| Ground | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| Nationalliga A | 10th |
| Swiss Cup | Semifinal |
| Top goalscorer | League: Erni Maissen (14) All: Erni Maissen (19) |
| Highest home attendance | 12,800 on 7 August 1985 vs. Luzern |
| Lowest home attendance | 853 on 19 April 1986 vs. Baden |
| Average home league attendance | 4,923 |
Overview
Pre-season
Helmut Benthaus returned as first team manager, after his successful three-year term with VfB Stuttgart in which they won the Bundesliga in the 1983–84 season. He took over from caretaker manager Emil Müller. A number of players left the squad. Former Netherlands international Adrie van Kraay retired from active football. Swiss international player Martin Andermatt moved on to Grasshopper Club and Livio Bordoli moved on to Locarno. Two players, Beat Feigenwinter and Nicolas Keller, left the first team squad and went to play for the reserve team. In the other direction Gerhard Strack signed in from 1. FC Köln, André Ladner and Marco Schällibaum both signed in from Grasshopper Club, Francois Laydu signed in from La Chaux-de-Fonds and local lad Enrique Mata joined after a three season period by Xamax. Further, another local lad Stefano Ceccaroni returned from his one season loan to Baden.
In this season Basel played a total of 51 games. 30 matches were played in the domestic league, five in the Swiss Cup and 16 were friendly matches. Of their 16 test games, 12 ended with a victory, one was drawn, three ended with a defeat, the team scored 78 goals and conceded 18. Only one of these test games were played at home in St. Jakob Stadium, against Bayern Munich, all the others were all played away.[1]
Domestic league
Basel played in the 1985–86 Nationalliga A, which was contested by 16 teams, these being the top 14 clubs from the previous 1984–85 season and the two promoted teams from the second level Nationalliga B the previous season, these being Grenchen and Baden. he league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, home and away. Two points were awarded for a win and one point given to each team for a draw. The champions would be qualified for 1986–87 European Cup and the next two teams in the league would be qualified for the 1986–87 UEFA Cup.
Basel ended the season in tenth position, 14 points behind BSC Young Boys who became that seasons champions and qualified for the 1986–87 European Cup. In their 30 league championship matches Basel won ten games, drew ten and also lost ten, which meant that they obtained 30 points. They scored 44 and conceding 40 goals. Erni Maissen was the team's top league goal scorer with 14 goals, Enrique Mata scored seven, Thomas Hauser scored five. Xamax and Luzern qualified for the 1986–87 UEFA Cup. The two newly promoted teams Grenchen and Baden suffered relegation.[2]
Swiss Cup
Basel entered the Swiss Cup in the round of 64 with an away game against lower classed Concordia Basel. The game was played in the St. Jakob Stadium, in which Concordia had home team status, in front of 1,800 spectators and Basel won 9–1. They continued to the round of 32 in which they had a home game against FC Vernier, which was won 6–0. In the round of 16 they had a home game against Lausanne Sports, which ended in a 4–1 victory. The quarterfinal was played as visitors to lower classed FC Lengnau and with a 6–0 victory, Basel advanced to the semifinal. The semi final was played at home in front of 12,000 spectators against Servette on 15 April 1986 and Servette took an early three-goal lead. A hat trick form Gerhard Strack in the last 22 minutes of regular time meant that the match had to go into overtime. But with a penalty goal against them in the 4 minute of the extra time meant that Basel did not reach the final.[3] Sion beat Servette in the final and as Cup winners were qualified for the 1986–87 Cup Winners' Cup.[4]
Players
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Results
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Win Draw Loss Postponed
Pre- and mid-season
| 13 July 1985 Pre-season | Wasseramt (Water Works) XI | 1 – 7 | Basel | Galmis, Rüttenen |
| 17:00 | Rickli  70' (1:7) |
Summary | 11' (0:1) Ceccaroni 17' (0:2) Mata 24' (0:3) Mata 36' (0:4) Sutter 58' (0:5) Schällibaum 59' (0:6) Maissen 66' (0:7) Lüthi |
Referee: Francis Fischer |
| 16 July 1985 Semi-final Nissan Cup | Basel | 5 – 2 | Grenchen | Wyler, Bern |
| 19:00 | Sutter 27' (1:0) Maissen 56' (2:0)Botteron 57' (3:0)Sutter 72' (4:1)Sutter 75' (5:1) |
Summary | 64' (3:1) Michelberger 90' (5:2) Michelberger |
Attendance: 600 Referee: Willy Hänni |
| 17 July 1985 Semi-final Uhrencup | Basel | 3 – 1 | Biel-Bienne | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
| 19:00 | Grossenbacher 49' (1:0) Schällibaum 51' (2:0)Ceccaroni 70' (3:0) |
Summary | 82' (3:1) Rappo |
Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Francis Fischer |
| 20 July 1985 Final Uhrencup | Grenchen | 4 – 1 | Basel | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
| 19:30 | Stohler 17' (1:0) Zaugg 56' (2:0)Jäggi 58' (3:0)Lehnherr 83' (4:1) |
Summary | 79' (3:1) Strack |
Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Alfred Heinis |
| 25 July 1985 Final Nissan Cup | Young Boys | 0 – 1 | Basel | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
| 19:00 | Lunde  66' |
Summary | 63' (0:1) Maissen 67' Botteron |
Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Wenger |
| 30 July 1985 Pre-season | Basel | 0 – 1 | Bayern Munich | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 19:30 | Summary | Lerby |
Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Manfred Schlup Grenchen |
Winter break
| 7 December 1985 Winter break | SC Schw. Bankgesellschaft BS | 0 – 13 | Basel | Basel |
| 15:00 | Summary | (3x) Nadig (3x) Jeitziner (2x) Hauser (2x) Schällibaum (1x) Zbinden (1x) Lüthi (1x) Botteron |
Referee: Walter Rudin Birsfelden |
| 28 January 1986 Winter break | Bahamas selection  | 0 – 14 | Basel | Freeport, The Bahamas |
| 15:00 | Summary | (4x) Hauser (2x) Botteron (2x) Sutter (2x) Ceccaroni (1x) Süss (1x) Mata (1x) Lüthi (1x) Ladner |
| 31 January 1986 Winter break | Bahamas selection | 0 – 10 | Basel | Freeport, The Bahamas |
| 16:00 | Summary | (2x) Sutter (2x) Strack (2x) Maissen (1x) Ceccaroni (1x) Jeitziner (1x) Lüthi (1x) Botteron |
| 13 February 1986 Winter break | Old Boys | 0 – 4 | Basel | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
| 19:30 | Summary | 6' (0:1) Maissen 51' (0:2) Maissen 60' (pen. 0:3) Botteron 75' (0:4) Lüthi |
Attendance: 30 Referee: Rolf Blattmann |
| 16 February 1986 Winter break | Baden | 1 – 2 | Basel | Dornau, Dietikon |
| 14:30 | Benz 85' (1:1) |
Summary | 3' (0:1) Jeitziner 90' (1:2) Lüthi |
Attendance: 200 Referee: Armand Neukom |
| 22 February 1986 Winter break | Locarno | 4 – 3 | Basel | Stadio del Lido, Locarno |
| 14:30 | Mata 41' (o.g. 1:2) Schönwetter 49' (2:2)Kurz 61' (3:2)Abächerli 72' (4:2) |
Summary | 28' (0:1) Nadig 39' (0:2) Maissen 80' (4:3) Grossenbacher |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Silvio Papa |
| 1 March 1986 Winter break | Locarno | 2 – 3 | Basel | Stadio del Lido, Locarno |
| 15:00 | Tami 19' (1:2) Tami 36' (2:2) |
Summary | 12' (0:1) Sutter 15' (o.g. 0:2) Rossi 57' (2:3) Mata |
Attendance: 300 Referee: Sandro Gozzi |
| 2 March 1986 Winter break | Losone Sportiva | 0 – 5 | Basel | Losone |
| 14:30 | Summary | 10' (0:1) Lüthi 20' (0:2) Ladner 33' (0:3) Botteron 51' (0:4) Sutter 55' (0:5) Sutter |
| 4 March 1986 Winter break | Freiburger FC | 0 – 0 | Basel | Möslestadion, Freiburg im Breisgau |
| 16:00 | Summary |
Nationalliga A
League matches
| 7 August 1985 Round 1 | Basel | 0 – 1 | Luzern | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Strack 9' |
Summary | Burri 26' Baumann 66'Bernaschina 74'Martin Müller 81' (0:1) |
Attendance: 12,800 Referee: Fredy Phillippoz |
| 10 August 1985 Round 2 | Vevey-Sports | 2 – 2 | Basel | Stade de Copet, Vevey |
| 20:00 | Abega 35' (1:1) Cacciapaglia 56'Gavillet 73' (2:2) |
Summary | 6' (0:1) Mata 34' Maissen 49' Irizik 53' Jeitziner 53' (1:2) Botteron 65' Süss |
Attendance: 2,900 Referee: Manfred Schlup Grenchen |
| 17 August 1985 Round 3 | Basel | 0 – 3 | Wettingen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Irizik 10' Sutter 38' |
Summary | 8' Graf 12' (0:1) Peterhans 74' (pen. 0:2) Dupovac 76' (0:3) Roth |
Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Charles-Henri Morex |
| 20 August 1985 Round 4 | Lausanne-Sport | 2 – 2 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
| 20:15 | Thychosen 58' (1:1) Duc 64' (2:2)Duc 68'Hertig 90' |
Summary | 24' (0:1) Grossenbacher 39' Botteron 41' Mata 62' (1:2) Hauser |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Gottfried Friedrich |
| 24 August 1985 Round 5 | Zürich | 1 – 0 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
| 20:00 | Bickel 90' (1:0) |
Summary | 27' Botteron 34' Hauser 81' Süss 90' Suter 90+1' Schällibaum |
Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Walter Nussbaumer |
| 31 August 1985 Round 6 | Basel | 1 – 0 | Sion | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Hauser 1' (1:0) 26' |
Summary | 24' Bouderbala |
Attendance: 4,300 Referee: Claude Gachoud |
| 4 September 1985 Round 7 | St. Gallen | 1 – 1 | Basel | Espenmoos, St. Gallen |
| 20:00 | Jurkemik 19' Jurkemik 47' (1:0) |
Summary | 85' (1:1) Strack |
Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Philippe Mercier |
| 14 September 1985 Round 8 | Basel | 4 – 1 | Aarau | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Hauser 23' (1:0) Irizik 26'Grossenbacher 45' (2:0)Maissen 50' (3:0)Maissen 56' (4:0)Hauser 57'Süss 71' |
Summary | 51' Zahner 65' (4:1) Roberto Fregno 73' Iselin  88' Zahner |
Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Renzo Peduzzi |
| 29 September 1985 Round 9 | Baden | 1 – 3 | Basel | Scharten, Baden |
| 15:00 | Benz 77' Humbel 80' (1:3) |
Summary | 12' (0:1) Mata 50' (0:2) Schällibaum 73' Süss 78' (0:3) Botteron |
Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Walter Nussbaumer |
| 16 October 1985 Round 10 | Basel | 2 – 0 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Hauser 39' (1:0) Strack 69'Maissen 73' (2:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 2,700 Referee: André Daina Eclépens |
| 19 October 1985 Round 11 | Xamax | 4 – 0 | Basel | Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel |
| 18:15 | Elsener 8' (1:0) Elsener 48' (pen. 2:0)Mottiez 52' (3:0)Mottiez 73' (4:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 10,900 Referee: Willi Jaus |
| 26 October 1985 Round 12 | Basel | 2 – 0 | Servette | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Maissen 43' (1:0) Hauser 52' (2:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Bruno Galler |
| 2 November 1985 Round 13 | Grenchen | 1 – 0 | Basel | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
| 18:00 | Eggeling 18' (1:0) |
Summary | 73' Irizik |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Claude Gachoud |
| 16 November 1985 Round 14 | Basel | 2 – 2 | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 17:30 | In-Albon 47' (o.g. 1:1) Mata 55' (2:1) |
Summary | 8' (0:1) Matthey 38' Matthey 53' In-Albon 57' (2:2) Koller |
Attendance: 7,800 Referee: Georges Sandoz |
| 24 November 1985 Round 15 | Young Boys | 1 – 1 | Basel | Weiherhus, Eschenbach |
| 14:30 | Lunde 13' (1:0) Zuffi 39'Conz 44'Sutter 85' |
Summary | 20' Grossenbacher 25' Schällibaum 44' (1:1) Botteron |
Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Arturo Martino |
| 2 March 1986 Round 16 | Basel | P – P | Young Boys | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
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| 9 March 1986 Round 17 | Grasshopper Club | 0 – 0 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
| 14:30 | Summary | Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Philippe Mercier |
| 15 March 1986 Round 18 | Basel | 3 – 0 | Grenchen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 17:30 | Maissen 38' (1:0) Schällibaum 41' (2:0)Maissen 43' (3:0)Grossenbacher |
Summary | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Fredy Phillippoz |
| 22 March 1986 Round 19 | Servette1 | 1 – 2 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
| 18:00 | Jaccard 45' (1:1) |
Summary | 41' (0:1) Maissen 69' Mata 71' (1:2) Ladner |
Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger Suhr |
| 26 March 1986 Round 16 | Basel | 0 – 1 | Young Boys | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Grossenbacher 72' |
Summary | 42' Wittwer 90' (0:1) Zuffi |
Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Claude Gachoud |
| 5 April 1986 Round 20 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Xamax | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 17:30 | Jeitziner 5' (1:0) Irizik 51' |
Summary | 41' Perret 56' (1:1) Luthi |
Attendance: 5,800 Referee: Francesco Bianchi |
| 12 April 1986 Round 21 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 0 – 0 | Basel | Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| 18:00 | Summary | 72' Süss |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Arturo Martino |
| 19 April 1986 Round 22 | Basel | 5 – 0 | Baden | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 17:30 | Maissen 26' (1:0) Mata 53' (2:0)Jeitziner 62' (3:0)Grossenbacher 77' (4:0)Nadig 81' (5:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 853 Referee: Renzo Peduzzi |
| 26 April 1986 Round 23 | Aarau | 2 – 1 | Basel | Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau |
| 20:00 | Herberth 36' (pen. 1:1) Küng 38'Fregno 70' (2:1)Fregno 85' |
Summary | 10' (0:1) Maissen 38' Ladner 49' Schällibaum |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: André Daina Eclépens |
| 29 April 1986 Round 24 | Basel | 3 – 1 | St. Gallen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Maissen 14' (1:0) Mata 38' (2:1)Maissen 89' (3:1) |
Summary | 24' (1:1) Urban 66' Huwyler |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Manfred SchlupW |
| 3 May 1986 Round 25 | Sion | 1 – 0 | Basel | Stade Tourbillon, Sion |
| 20:15 | Brigger  8′Cina 77' (1:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 5,300 Referee: Willi Jaus |
| 10 May 1986 Round 26 | Basel | 3 – 3 | Zürich | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 17:30 | Botteron 11′ Maissen 13' (1:1)Nadig 19' (2:1)Nadig 78' (3:3)Mata |
Summary | 5' (0:1) Rufer 40' (2:2) Alliata 43' (2:3) Alliata Kraus |
Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Fredy Phillippoz |
| 13 May 1986 Round 27 | Basel | 0 – 3 | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Botteron 37′ |
Summary | 55' (0:1) Hertig 61' (0:2) Thychosen 91' (0:3) Thychosen |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Bruno Galler |
| 16 May 1986 Round 28 | Wettingen | 1 – 1 | Basel | Campo Sportivo "Al Vallone", Biasca, Ticino, Switzerland |
| 20:00 | Aebischer 58' (1:1) |
Summary | 14' (0:1) Maissen |
Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Peter Kellenberger |
| 24 May 1986 Round 29 | Basel | 5 – 2 | Vevey-Sports | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 18:00 | Maissen 29' (1:0) Strack 51' (2:0)Mata 65' (3:0)Mata 78' (4:0)Jeitziner 86' (5:2) |
Summary | 83' (4:1) Schürmann 84' (4:2) Pavoni |
Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Arturo Martino |
| 27 May 1986 Round 30 | Luzern | 4 – 0 | Basel | Stadion Allmend, Luzern |
| 20:00 | Martin Müller 44' (1:0) Halter 51' (2:0)Grétarsson 60' (3:0)Halter 72' (4:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 11,700 Referee: Werner Liebi |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Young Boys (C) | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 72 | 28 | +44 | 44 | Champions, qualified for 1986–87 European Cup |
| 2 | Xamax | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 78 | 32 | +46 | 42 | qualified for 1986–87 UEFA Cup |
| 3 | Luzern | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 56 | 39 | +17 | 41 | qualified for 1986–87 UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Zürich | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 64 | 43 | +21 | 39 | |
| 5 | Grasshopper Club | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 64 | 32 | +32 | 38 | |
| 6 | Lausanne-Sport | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 59 | 50 | +9 | 35 | |
| 7 | Aarau | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 62 | 47 | +15 | 34 | |
| 8 | Sion | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 33 | Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1986–87 Cup Winners' Cup |
| 9 | Servette | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 31 | |
| 10 | Basel | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 30 | |
| 11 | St. Gallen | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 48 | 46 | +2 | 30 | |
| 12 | Wettingen | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 24 | |
| 13 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 30 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 24 | 61 | −37 | 18 | |
| 14 | Vevey-Sports | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 36 | 76 | −40 | 17 | |
| 15 | Grenchen | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 33 | 81 | −48 | 16 | Relegated to Nationalliga B |
| 16 | Baden | 30 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 14 | 86 | −72 | 8 | Relegated to Nationalliga B |
Swiss Cup
| 22 September 1985 Round of 64 | Concordia Basel | 1 – 9 | Basel | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Francois 58' (1:4) |
Summary | 10' (0:1) Hauser 35' (0:2) Hauser 39' (0:3) Mata 57' (0:4) Nadig 75' (1:5) Hauser 79' (1:6) Jeitziner 83' (1:7) Schällibaum 86' (1:8) Ladner 90' (1:9) Hauser |
Attendance: 1,800 Referee: André Reck |
| 13 October 1985 Round of 32 | Basel | 6 – 0 | FC Vernier | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| Maissen 12' (1:0) Maissen 19' (2:0)Mata 38' (3:0)Nadig 64' (4:0)Jeitziner 78' (5:0)Mata 81' (6:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Manfred Schlup Grenchen |
| 8 November 1985 Round of 16 | Basel | 4 – 1 | Lausanne Sports | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Hauser 5' Maissen 14' (1:0)Mata 40' (2:0)Maissen 68' (3:0)Nadig 75' (4:0) |
Summary | 7' Kaltaverdis 52' Henry 85' (4:1) Seramondi |
Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger Suhr |
References
- Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1985/86". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A/B 1985/86". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- fussballstarbasel (1986). "Überregionale Meisterschaften, Schweizer und Basler Cup". fussballstarbasel. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
- Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1985/86". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
Sources
- Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
- Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
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- Switzerland 1985–86 at RSSSF