1987–88 FC Basel season

The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1987–88 season was their 94th season since the club's foundation. It was their 42nd consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football (Nationalliga A) since they achieved promotion in the 1945–46 season. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Charles Röthlisberger was the club's newly appointed chairman. He was the club's 31st chairman in their history.

FC Basel
1987–88 season
ChairmanCharles Röthlisberger
ManagerUrs Siegenthaler
GroundSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A, first stage11th of 12
Promotion/Relegation5th of 8, relegated
Swiss CupRound of 64
Top goalscorerLeague: Peter Nadig (11)
All: Peter Nadig (11)
Highest home attendance10,000 on 19 September 1987
vs. Luzern
Lowest home attendance1,400 on 19 May 1988
vs. Old Boys
Average home league attendance5,536 and 4,357

Overview

Pre-season

Following the poor previous season, as the team only escaped relegation in the play-out round, Helmut Benthaus retired as head coach and there were also a number of players who left the club. Former Swiss international midfielder René Botteron retired from active football. German former international Gerhard Strack returned to Germany to play for Fortuna Düsseldorf. Another German player also moved to Germany, Thomas Süss moved on to play for Karlsruher SC. French player Jean-Pierre François moved back to France to play for AS Saint-Étienne. Also Fredy Grossenbacher and Marco Schällibaum both moved to Servette, André Ladner moved to Lugano and Erni Maissen transferred to Young Boys. Further reserve goalkeeper Patrick Mäder moved on to Baden and Luiz Gonçalo moved on to Old Boys.

Urs Siegenthaler was appointed as new first team coach and because 11 players left the squad he had to build a new team. But the club was suffering financial difficulties and there was no money to spend. However, one interesting transfer was that of Scottish Gordon Smith coming from Admira Wacker. Another interesting transfer was that of German Uwe Dittus from FC Winterslag. Another two experienced players were Frank Eggeling joined from Grenchen and Ruedi Zahner from Aarau. All other new players were youngsters, goalkeeper Bernard Pulver joined from lower tier FC Bern, Peter Bernauer from German team SV 08 Laufenburg, Remo Steiner from local club FC Aesch, Ralph Thoma from local club FC Rheinfelden, Mathias Wehrli from local club FC Laufen. Six players were brought up from the youth team. These being Philipp Baumberger, Massimo Ceccaroni, Bernd Schramm, Adrian Sedlo, Fotios Karapetsas and Patrick Rahmen.

Another interesting transfer was that of Varadaraju Sundramoorthy from Singapore FA. Sundramoorthy became only the second player from Singapore to play in Europe when he signed during the winter break and one of the first Asian players to play in Switzerland. He is widely touted as one of the country's most skillful and talented footballers ever. Sundramoorthy had problems adapting to European football, he did not have the stamina and strength to play the entire 90 minutes and manager Siegenthaler used him as a substitute because he had the skills to decide a match.[1]

Domestic league

The Swiss Football Association (SFV) had changed the form of the domestic league for this season. The number of teams in the Nationalliga A had been reduced from 16 to 12 and in the Nationalliga B had been increased from 16 to 24, these were divided into two regional groups. The top eight teams after the first stage would compete the second stage as championship group. The last four teams would compete the second stage in two Promotion/Relegation groups with the top six teams from each of the two Nationalliga B groups. Basel started the season badly, losing the first five league games straight off, conceding 17 goals, scoring just three. In the third round on 15 August they were defeated 1–9 by Xamax. Up until today this is still the highest score defeat that Basel have suffered in their domestic league history. Xamax manager at that time was Gilbert Gress. The goal scorers were 2x Robert Lüthi, 2x Robert Lei-Ravello, 2x Beat Sutter, 2x Heinz Hermann and Alain Geiger. The only goal for Basel was scored by Ralph Thoma.[2]

The team never recovered from the bad start and even lost seven of the eleven return games. They ended the qualifying stage of the championship with just 13 points in 11th position. This meant that they had to play in one of the two Promotion/Relegation groups. Despite a good start in this phase, they won their first three matches, they were defeated by Bellinzona and then by Wettingen. Basel thus lost contact to these two teams in the top two positions in the league table. The first two places would qualify for next seasons top flight. In their last six games Basel could not achieve a single victory and therefore they slipped to fifth position in the table and were relegated to the Nationalliga B.[3]

Xamax won the Swiss championship, second and third placed Servette and Aarau qualified for the 1988–89 UEFA Cup.

Swiss Cup

In the Swiss Cup, in round of 64, Basel were drawn against local rivals Old Boys. The game ended with a 1–2 defeat and therefore the cup season was ended much earlier than expected. In the final Grasshopper Club won the cup with a 2–0 victory over Schaffhausen and thus qualified for the 1988–89 Cup Winners' Cup.[4]

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 Bernard Pulver (from FC Bern)
1 GK   SUI Urs Suter
2 DF   SUI Philipp Baumberger (from youth team)
3 DF  GER Peter Bernauer (from SV 08 Laufenburg)
4 MF   SUI Stefan Bützer
5 DF   SUI Massimo Ceccaroni (from youth team)
6 FW  GER Frank Eggeling (from Grenchen)
7 DF   SUI Markus Füri
8 DF   SUI Fabio Ghisoni
9 DF   SUI Bruno Hänni
10 FW  GER Thomas Hauser
11 DF   SUI Dominique Herr
12 DF   SUI Markus Hodel
13 FW   SUI Adrian Knup
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF  ESP Enrique Mata
15 MF   SUI Peter Nadig
16 MF  GER Bernd Schramm (from youth team)
17 FW   SUI Remo Steiner (from FC Aesch)
18 FW   SUI Ralph Thoma (from FC Rheinfelden)
19 FW   SUI Mathias Wehrli (from FC Laufen)
20 MF   SUI Ruedi Zahner (from Aarau)
21 MF  SCO Gordon Smith (from Admira Wacker)
— MF  GER Uwe Dittus (from FC Winterslag)
— DF  GER Adrian Sedlo (from youth team)
— MF  GRE Fotios Karapetsas (from youth team)
— MF   SUI Stephan Schaub (new)
— FW  SIN Varadaraju Sundramoorthy (from Singapore FA)
— FW   SUI Patrick Rahmen (from youth team)
Players who left the squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK   SUI Dominik Leder
— GK   SUI Patrick Mäder (to Baden)
— DF   SUI André Ladner (to Lugano)
— DF  GER Gerhard Strack (to Fortuna Düsseldorf)
— DF   SUI Fredy Grossenbacher (to Servette)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF   SUI Marco Schällibaum (to Servette)
— MF   SUI Erni Maissen (to Young Boys)
— MF  GER Thomas Süss (to Karlsruher SC)
— FW  FRA Jean-Pierre François (to AS Saint-Étienne)
— FW   SUI Luiz Gonçalo (to Old Boys)
— MF   SUI René Botteron (retired)

Results
Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre- and mid-season
22 July 1987 Uhrencup Semi-final Young Boys 4 – 1 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
19:00 A. Sutter 12' (1:0)
A. Sutter 57' (2:0)
A. Sutter 68' (3:0)
Zuffi 86' (4:1)		 Summary 69' (o.g. 3:1) Hohl Attendance: 1,900
Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler
25 July 1987 Uhrencup 3rd place Basel 2 – 3 KS Gornik Zabrze Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
17:00 Knup 31' (1:1)
Eggeling 84' (2:2)		 Summary 16' (pen. 0:1) Lesnik
37' (1:2) Cyroń
 Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Francis Fischer
30 July 1987 Pre-season FC Klus-Balsthal 1 – 5 Basel Moos, Balsthal
Stucki 73' (1:4) Summary 31' (0:1) Hauser
42' (0:2) Hauser
59' (0:3) Hänni
63' (0:4) Thoma
84' (1:5) Steiner		 Attendance: 500
Referee: Aurelio Giannini
31 July 1987 Pre-season Yverdon-Sports 2 – 1 Basel Stade Municipal, Yverdon
19:00 Mann 35' (1:0)
Mann 81' (2:1)		 Summary 46' (1:1) Hänni
50′ Bützer		 Attendance: 700
Referee: Michel Barbezat
1 August 1987 Pre-season Aarau 1 – 0 Basel Moos, Balsthal
19:00 Wassmer 46' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 500
1 August 1987 Pre-season Servette 3 – 2 Basel Stade municipal, Bernex
17:00 Palumbo 4' (1:0)
Hasler 26' (2:0)
Kok 46' (3:0)		 Summary 61' (pen. 3:1) Knup
66' (3:2) Nadig		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Claude Gachoud
5 August 1987 Pre-season Laufen 1 – 2 Basel Sportplatz Nau, Laufen
19:00 Schneider 2' (1:0) Summary 28' (1:1) Zahner
88' (1:2) Eggeling		 Attendance: 600
Referee: André Reck
24 August 1987 Mid-season Basel 13 – 0 Sport journalists Landhof, Basel
17:45 Schramm (4x)
Bützer (3x)
Eggeling (3x)
Smith (2x)
Hodel (1x)		 Summary Attendance: 200

Winter break
27 January 1988 Winter break Basel 6 – 3 Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
18:30 Eggeling 23' (1:2)
Eggeling 33' (2:2)
Eggeling 43' (3:3)
Nadig 51' (4:3)
Sundramoorthy 75' (5:3)
Nadig 85' (6:3)		 Summary 6' (0:1) Nilsson
13' (0:2) Holmqvist
40' (2:3) Jeitziner		 Attendance: 350
Referee: Peter Bochsler
Note: First game with Sundramoorthy from Singapore
30 January 1988 Winter break Basel 4 – 2 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
16:30 Hauser 35' (1:1)
Knup 59' (2:1)
Knup 76' (3:2)
Knup 90+1' (pen. 4:2)		 Summary 26' (0:1) Pedrotti
71' (2:2) Pedrotti		 Attendance: 500
Referee: Walter Rudin (Birsfelden)
2 February 1988 Winter break Basel 2 – 1 SV Darmstadt 98 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Herr 82' (1:1)
Sundramoorthy 85' (2:1)		 Summary 11' (pen. 0:1) Kühnast Attendance: 400
Referee: Rolf Blattmann
6 February 1988 Winter break Chiasso 0 – 2 Basel Stadio Comunale, Chiasso
Summary 24' (0:1) Dittus
54' (0:2) Smith		 Attendance: 47
Referee: Flavio Scalena
12 February 1988 Winter break FC Ascona 2 – 3 Basel Stadio Comunale, Ascona
Rossi 26' (1:2)
Sanders 31' (2:2)		 Summary 4' (0:1) Knup
24' (0:2) Sundramoorthy
37' (2:3) Nadig		 Referee: Marco Raveglia
14 February 1988 Winter break Lugano 3 – 0 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
Jenser 11' (1:0)
Gorter 25' (2:0)
Manfreda 84' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 300
Referee: Francesco Bianchi
17 February 1988 Winter break Basel 1 – 0 Freiburger FC St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
18:30 Dittus 54' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 300
Referee: Peter Bochsler
20 February 1988 Winter break Basel 1 – 0 FC Dübendorf St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
16:00 Eggeling 66' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 300
Referee: Walter Rudin (Birsfelden)
24 February 1988 Winter break Aarau 4 – 1 Basel Im Feld, Oftringen
Lunde 10' (1:0)
Schär 56' (2:1)
Rufer 76' (3:1)
Lunde 80' (4:1)		 Summary 38' (1:1) Dittus Attendance: 73
Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Suhr)

Nationalliga A
Main article: 1987–88 Nationalliga A

First stage
8 August 1987 Round 1 Aarau 2 – 0 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
20:00 Osterwalder  38'
Nazar 39' (1:0)
Wehrli  45'
Nazar  52'
Wyss 87' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 7,400
Referee: Arturo Martino
Note: NLA debuts for Bernard Pulver, Peter Bernauer, Mathias Wehrli and Ralph Thoma
12 August 1987 Round 2 Basel 1 – 2 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Smith 52' (1:2) Summary 40' (0:1) Chapuisat
51' (0:2) Thychosen
 88' Schürmann		 Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Daniel Roduit
Note: NLA debut for Philipp Baumberger
15 August 1987 Round 3 Xamax 9 – 1 Basel Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
20:00 Lüthi 11' (1:0)
Lüthi 12' (2:0)
Lei-Ravello 39' (3:0)
Sutter 44' (4:0)
Sutter 56' (5:0)
Lei-Ravello 57' (pen. 6:0)
Hermann 81' (7:1)
Geiger 84' (8:1)
Hermann 86' (9:1)		 Summary 59' (6:1) Thoma Attendance: 10,300
Referee: Peter Kellenberger
Note: NLA debut for Schramm
22 August 1987 Round 4 Basel 0 – 1 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Hänni  10'
Bützer  16'		 Summary  27' Andermatt
 37' Sforza
80' (0:1) Andermatt		 Attendance: 6,100
Referee: Fredy Phillippoz
29 August 1987 Round 5 Sion 3 – 1 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:00 Bregy 31' (1:0)
Rojević 45+1' (2:0)
Piffaretti 47' (3:0)		 Summary 84' (3:1) Knup Attendance: 5,400
Referee: Francis Fischer
2 September 1987 Round 6 Basel 1 – 1 Bellinzona St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Knup 16' (1:0)
Hänni  47'		 Summary 19' (1:1) Türkyilmaz
 37' Meier
 81' Macaé		 Attendance: 4,900
Referee: Bruno Klötzli
5 September 1987 Round 7 Basel 2 – 1 St. Gallen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Nadig 34' (1:0)
Hodel  37'
Thoma 45' (2:1)
Bützer  50'
Nadig  87'		 Summary 43' (1:1) Braschler
 61' Zwicker
 68' Rietmann
 87' Piserchia		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Marcel Despland (Yverdon)
8 September 1987 Round 8 Servette 4 – 0 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
20:00 Decastel 32' (1:0)
Decastel 33' (2:0)
Kok 59' (3:0)
Eriksen 73' (4:0)		 Summary  27' Hänni Attendance: 3,700
Referee: Franz Gächter
12 September 1987 Round 9 Basel 5 – 4 Zürich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Steiner 4' (1:0)
Steiner 24' (2:2)
Nadig 35' (3:2)
Thoma 57' (4:2)
Thoma 82' (5:3)		 Summary 9' (1:1) Landolt
 67' Romano
15' (1:2) Vöge
78' (4:3) Andracchio
86' (5:4) Romano
 90' Paradiso		 Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Suhr)
Note: NLA debut for Remo Steiner
19 September 1987 Round 10 Basel 3 – 3 Luzern St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Nadig 47' (1:1)
Zahner 51' (2:1)
Nadig 55' (3:1)		 Summary 8' (0:1) René Müller
59' (3:2) Fink
63' (3:3) Birrer		 Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Willy Hänni
23 September 1987 Round 11 Young Boys 1 – 1 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
20:00 Jeitziner  59'
Zuffi 68' (1:0)		 Summary  21' Ghisoni
82' (1:1) Steiner		 Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Philippe Mercier
26 September 1987 Round 12 Basel 0 – 1 Aarau St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Smith  81' Summary  2' Wyss
 29' Eggeling
 70' Nazar
74' (0:1) Rufer		 Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Peter Kellenberger
3 October 1987 Round 13 Lausanne-Sport 5 – 0 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:00 Castella 26' (1:0)
Schürmann 36' (2:0)
Chapuisat 56' (3:0)
Castella 68' (4:0)
Castella 89' (5:0)		 Summary Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Bruno Klötzli
Note: NLA debut for Massimo Ceccaroni
10 October 1987 Round 14 Basel 1 – 2 Xamax St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Smith 10' (1:0) Summary  36' Thévénaz
44' (1:1) Nielsen
70' (1:2) van der Gijp		 Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Fredy Phillippoz
13 October 1987 Round 15 Grasshopper Club 5 – 1 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
20:00 Ponte 25' (1:0)
Paulo Cesar 33' (2:0)
Egli 51' (3:0)
Sforza 60' (4:0)
Ponte 90' (5:1)		 Summary 75' (4:1) Nadig Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Daniel Roduit
24 October 1987 Round 16 Basel 3 – 1 Sion St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Thoma 19' (1:0)
Smith  61'
Rey 62' (o.g. 2:1)
Smith 77' (3:1)		 Summary  29' Bonvin
35' (1:1) Bregy
 57' Bouderbala		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Francis Fischer
31 October 1987 Round 17 Bellinzona 2 – 2 Basel Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona
17:30 Türkyilmaz 2' (1:0)
Türkyilmaz 86' (2:2)		 Summary 9' (1:1) Bützer
 14' Baumberger
 64' Smith
69' (1:2) Nadig
 86' Zahner		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Arturo Martino
4 November 1987 Round 18 St. Gallen 2 – 0 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
20:00 Piserchia 29' (1:0)
Piserchia 52' (2:0)
Rietmann  63'
Zwicker  86'		 Summary  67' Zahner Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Peter Kellenberger
21 November 1987 Round 19 Basel 0 – 0 Servette St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Cacciapaglia  41' Summary  56' Smith
 71' Bernauer		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Marcel Despland
28 November 1987 Round 20 Zürich 0 – 4 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
14:30 Rufer Summary 12' (0:1) Nadig
37' (pen. 0:2) Knup
 51' Bützer
63' (0:3) Knup
71' (0:4) Knup
 81' Hauser		 Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Suhr)
6 December 1987 Round 21 Luzern 2 – 0 Basel Stadion Allmend Luzern
14:30 Mohr 4' (1:0)
Martin Müller 66' (2:0)		 Summary  79' Zahner Attendance: 9,100
Referee: Franz Gächter
Note: NLA debut for Sedlo
13 December 1987 Round 22 Basel 1 – 4 Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Knup 80' (1:3) Summary 19' (0:1) Zuffi
49' (o.g. 0:2) Smith
60' (0:3) Holmqvist
81' (1:4) Holmqvist		 Referee: Arturo Martino

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Neuchâtel Xamax 22 13 5 4 53 28 +25 31 Advance to championship round
2 Grasshopper Club Zürich 22 12 6 4 30 16 +14 30
3 BSC Young Boys 22 7 12 3 37 28 +9 26
4 FC Aarau 22 9 7 6 28 24 +4 25
5 FC St. Gallen 22 9 5 8 28 27 +1 23
6 FC Lucerne 22 7 9 6 30 29 +1 23
7 Servette FC 22 8 7 7 32 31 +1 23
8 Lausanne Sports 22 8 7 7 39 39 0 23
9 FC Sion 22 8 6 8 42 36 +6 22 Advance to Promotion/Relegation Group B
10 AC Bellinzona 22 3 8 11 25 38 −13 14 Advance to Promotion/Relegation Group A
11 FC Basel 22 4 5 13 27 55 −28 13 Advance to Promotion/Relegation Group A
12 FC Zürich 22 4 3 15 26 46 −20 11 Advance to Promotion/Relegation Group A
Source: rsssf.com

Second stage
Promotion/Relegation Group A
5 March 1988 Round 1 Basel 4 – 0 Etoile-Carouge St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Thoma 5' (1:0)
Thoma 52' (2:0)
Hauser 70' (3:0)
Hauser 73' (4:0)		 Summary  42' Nogués
 45' Harder		 Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Fredy Phillippoz
19 March 1988 Round 2 Bulle 0 – 2 Basel Stade de Bouleyres, Bulle
14:30 Summary 87' (0:1) Sundramoorthy
90+1' (0:2) Bützer		 Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Francis Fischer
23 March 1988 Round 3 Basel 1 – 0 Malley St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Thoma 8' (1:0) Summary  19' Knigge Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Bruno Klötzli
30 March 1988 Round 4 Bellinzona 4 – 1 Basel Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona
20:00 Türkyilmaz 10' (1:0)
Pellegrini 15' (2:0)
Pellegrini 36' (3:1)
Pellegrini 44' (4:1)
Germann  58'		 Summary 27' (2:1) Dittus
 38' Hauser
 86' Dittus		 Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Manfred Schlup (Grenchen)
4 April 1988 Round 5 Basel 0 – 2 Wettingen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Hauser  36'  38'
Nadig  42'		 Summary 28' (0:1) Rueda
 72' Bertelsen
79' (0:2) Svensson		 Attendance: 6,800
Referee: Paul-Louis Christe
9 April 1988 Round 6 Old Boys 3 – 3 Basel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
20:00 Herr 16' (o.g. 1:0)
Kägi 23' (2:0)
Lius 27' (3:0)
Maurer  70'
de Almeida  76'		 Summary 39' (3:1) Thoma
53' (3:2) Thoma
87' (3:3) Dittus		 Attendance: 5,400
Referee: Peter Kellenberger
16 April 1988 Round 7 Basel 4 – 1 Schaffhausen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Ceccaroni  17'
Bützer 41' (1:1)
Dittus  45'
Hauser 55' (2:1)
Knup 63' (pen. 3:1)
Ralph Thoma 85' (4:1)		 Summary 15' (0:1) Axel Thoma
 43' Filomeno
 62' Lehmann
 64' Mercanti
 67' Heydecker		 Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Georges Sandoz
23 April 1988 Round 8 Etoile-Carouge 0 – 6 Basel Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge
17:30 Harder
Radi
Toth 		Summary 18' (0:1) Nadig
20' (0:2) Nadig
33' (0:3) Nadig
45' (0:4) Bützer
53' (0:5) Sundramoorthy
68' (0:6) Knup		 Attendance: 850
Referee: Francis Fischer
30 April 1988 Round 9 Basel 1 – 2 Bulle St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Knup 77' (pen. 1:2) Summary 33' (0:1) Lehnherr
70' (0:2) Lehnherr
 77' Esseiva
 90+2' Hofer		 Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Marcel Despland (Yverdon)
3 May 1988 Round 10 Malley 2 – 2 Basel Stade du Bois Gentil, Malley (Lausanne)
18:45 Salou  58'
Salou 61' (pen. 1:2)
Martelli 72' (2:2)		 Summary 7' (0:1) Knup
17' (0:2) Nadig		 Attendance: 920
Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Suhr)
7 May 1988 Round 11 Basel 0 – 2 Bellinzona St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Pulver  85' Summary  17' Gilli
 66' Aeby
77' (0:1) Aeby
86' (0:2) Jacobacci		 Attendance: 7,600
Referee: Franz Gächter
14 May 1988 Round 12 Wettingen 3 – 2 Basel Stadion Altenburg, Wettingen
20:00 Svensson 4'
Baumgartner 11'
Merin  37'
Schepull 41'
Häusermann  57'		 Summary 21' Dittus
36' Sundramoorthy
 60' Bützer
 62' Hodel
 70' Hauser
 88' Sundramoorthy		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Daniel Roduit
19 May 1988 Round 13 Basel 1 – 1 Old Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Knup 47' (1:0)
Bützer  51'
Hauser  54'		 Summary  4' Lüdi
 48' Cosenza
66' (1:1) Magro		 Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Bruno Klötzli
21 May 1988 Round 14 Schaffhausen 0 – 0 Basel Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen
20:00 Summary Attendance: 2,850
Referee: Francis Fischer

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Wettingen 14 11 0 3 32 16 +16 22 Promotion to Nationalliga A 1988–89
2 AC Bellinzona 14 8 1 5 29 20 +9 17 Remain in Nationalliga A 1988–89
3 Schaffhausen 14 7 1 6 25 22 +3 15 Remain in Nationalliga B
4 ES Malley 14 7 1 6 21 20 +1 15
5 Basel 14 5 4 5 27 20 +7 14 Relegation to Nationalliga B 1988–89
6 Bulle 14 7 0 7 28 25 +3 14 Remain in Nationalliga B
7 Etoile Carouge 14 4 1 9 14 33 −19 9
8 Old Boys 14 2 2 10 11 31 −20 6
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup
Main article: Swiss Cup
15 November 1987 Round of 64 Old Boys 2 – 1 Basel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:30 Magro 60' (1:0)
Fanciulli 67' (2:0)		 Summary 83' (2:1) Bützer
90+1′ Bützer		 Attendance: 7,800
Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler

See also

References
  1. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Varadaraju Sundram Moorthy - Saison 1987/88". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. Jakob Weber (24 September 2018). "Die 7 höchsten Niederlagen des FC Basel". watson.ch. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A 1987/88". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1987/88". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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