1988–89 FC Basel season
The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1988–89 season was their 95th season since the club's foundation. Charles Röthlisberger was the club's chairman, in the club's history he was their 31st chairman and this was his second year in this position. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Following their relegation the season before this was their first season in the second tier of Swiss football since the 1945–46 season.
| 1988–89 season | |
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| Chairman | Charles Röthlisberger |
| Manager | Urs Siegenthaler |
| Ground | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| Nationalliga B | Promotion Phase 4th |
| Swiss Cup | Quarterfinal |
| Top goalscorer | League: Lucio Esposito Ralph Thoma (13 each) All: Lucio Esposito (15) |
| Highest home attendance | 12,000 on 27 March 1988 vs Zürich[1] |
| Lowest home attendance | 1,200 on 4 December 1988 vs Winterthur and on 14 June 1989 vs St. Gallen |
| Average home league attendance | 3,765[1] |
Overview
Pre-season
Following their relegation after the previous Nationalliga A season the club's priority aim was to return immediately to the top flight of Swiss football. Urs Siegenthaler was first-team coach for the second consecutive season. Due to the relegation there were many modifications in the squad. Ruedi Zahner retired from active football. Both goalkeeper moved on, Bernard Pulver to Young Boys and Urs Suter to Zürich. Stefan Bützer and Frank Eggeling both transferred to Emmenbrücke. Thomas Hauser and Varadaraju Sundramoorthy went to play for local rivals Old Boys. Dominique Herr moved on to Lausanne-Sport. The two forwards Adrian Knup transferred to Aarau and Peter Nadig to Luzern. Scottish ex-international Gordon Smith moved home to Scotland and joined Stirling Albion before ending his football career. Adrian Sedlo moved to Mulhouse and with four other players the contracts were not prolonged.
The club's financial problems had worsened during the previous season, this also due to the sinking number of spectators. But because an immediately to the top flight was the priority, 12 new players were signed in. Goalkeeper Remo Brügger was signed in from Luzern and his back up Roger Glanzmann from FC Therwil. The experienced players Andre Rindlisbacher transferred in from Aarau, Rolf Baumann from VfB Stuttgart, Mario Moscatelli from St. Gallen and Lucio Esposito from Luzern. There were a number of new players who joined from lower division clubs. For example Michael Syfrig, who had played a big role in the promotion of FC Glarus the previous season, signed in on his first professional contract. Then local youngsters Germano Fanciulli joined from local rivals Old Boys and Andre Cueni from FC Laufen. Further Beat Aebi came from FC Volketswil, Kurt Spirig came from Diepoldsau and Patrick Liniger was brought from the youth team.[2]
Domestic league
The 24 teams in the Nationalliga B were divided into two groups, an east and a west group, to first play a qualification round. In the second stage the tops six teams in each group and the last four team of the Nationalliga A would play a promotion/relegation round, also divided into two groups. The top two teams in each group would next season play in the top flight. Basel were assigned to the East group. They ended their 22 matches in the Qualifying Phase with 14 victories, four draws and four defeats with 32 points. They were group winners. The team scored 48 goals and conceded just 23. In this first stage Lucio Esposito was the team's top goal scorer with 10 goals and Ralph Thoma second in the internal ranking with eight goals.
Thus Basel qualified themselves for a Promotion group. Basel were assigned to group A. Also qualified for this group from the Nationalliga B were Zürich, CS Chênois, Grenchen, ES Malley and the Old Boys. The team's goal scoring quality was missed during the Promotion stage. In the fifth, sixth and seventh round Basel lost the two away games against Lausanne-Sports 1–4 and St. Gallen 0–3, as well as the home match against local rivals Old Boys 0–1, therefore losing very valuable points. Basel ended the group with just 19 scored goals and just 14 obtained points in fourth position and thus they missed promotion. They were nine respectively eight points behind St. Gallen and Lausanne-Sports, both of whom were quite easily able to avoid relegation.[3]
Swiss Cup
Basel entered into the Swiss Cup in the 2nd principal round. Here they were drawn away against local team Oberwil. The game was won easily, 5–0. In the next round Basel were drawn against higher classed Young Boys. Basel mastered their opponents well, winning 4–1. In the round of 32 and round of 16 Basel had two ties against lower tier teams winning both to qualify for the quarterfinals. Here their cup season game to an end because they lost against top-tier team Aarau. Grasshopper Club won the cup for the second season in a row, beating Aarau 2–1 in the final.[4]
Players
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- Players who left the squad
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Results
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Win Draw Loss Postponed
Pre- and mid-season
| 29 June 1988 Pre-season | Basel  | 2–3 | Bellinzona | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Dittus  25' (1:0)Dittus 74' (pen. 2:2) |
Summary | 29' (1:1) Jacobacci 45' (1:2) Jacobacci 85' (2:3) Jacobacci |
Attendance: 300 Referee: André Reck |
| 3 July 1988 Pre-season | FC Mulhouse  | 2–1 | Basel | Stade Municipal, Hirtzbach |
| 17:00 | Subiat 32' (1:0) Peuget 59' (2:1) |
Summary | 54' (1:1) Baumann |
Attendance: 800 Referee: Zumsteck |
| Note: Anniversary game 60th year after the founding of FC Hirtzbach | ||||
| 6 July 1988 Pre-season | Basel | 5–0 |  Dornbirn 1913 | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Hänni 13' (1:0) Esposito 46' (2:0)Rindlisbacher 63' (3:0)Syfrig 73' (4:0)Hänni 88' (5:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 300 Referee: Walter Rudin Birsfelden |
| 9 July 1988 Pre-season | SC Freiburg  | 1–1 (4–3 p) | Basel | Elzstadion, Emmendingen |
| 18:30 | Higl 51' (1:1) |
Summary | 8' (0:1) Dittus |
Referee: Holger Dehmelt (Sabachwalden) |
| Penalties | ||||
Staib  Hermann  Majka Weber Fludec |
Fanciulli Rindlisbacher Dittus Baumann Thoma |
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| 10 July 1988 Pre-season | FC Emmendingen | 1–0 | Basel | Elzstadion, Emmendingen |
| 15:30 | Hilbig 65' (1:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 700 Referee: Josef Hodapp |
| 13 July 1988 Pre-season | Basel | 2–1 |  Twente | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 19:00 | Moscatelli 11' (1:0) Thoma 51' (2:0) |
Summary | 76' (2:1) Koopman |
Attendance: 700 Referee: Francis Fischer |
| 16 July 1988 Pre-season | Grenchen | 0–3 | Basel | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
| 19:00 | Summary | 40' (0:1) Thoma 78' (0:2) Esposito 83' (0:3) Esposito |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger Suhr |
| 19 July 1988 Pre-season | Basel | 0–1 |  Celtic | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Summary | 74' (0:1) Walker |
Attendance: 2,700 Referee: André Reck |
| 28 September 1988 Mid-season | Basel | 1–6 | VfB Stuttgart | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Esposito 16' (1:1) |
Summary | 11' (0:1) Buchwald 29' (pen. 1:2) Schütterle 43' (1:3) Schröder 59' (1:4) Schütterle 69' (1:5) Schmäler 88' (1:6) Klinge |
Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Peter Bochsler |
Winter break and mid-season
| 18 February 1989 Winter break | 1. FC Pforzheim | 1–0 | Basel | Stadion im Brötzinger Tal, Pforzheim |
| 14:30 | Andreas Mähler 3' (1:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 1,400 Referee: |
| 22 February 1989 Winter break | Lugano | 2–0 | Basel | Cornaredo, Lugano |
| 20:00 | Gorter 53' (pen. 1:0) Jensen 55' (2:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 250 Referee: Francesco Bianchi |
| 25 February 1989 Winter break | Basel | 1–1 | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 14:30 | Mata 32' (1:0) |
Summary |  16' Egli 26' Halter 33' Wyss 83' (o.g. 1:1) Dittus |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Peter Bochsler |
| 2 March 1989 Winter break | Xamax | 5–0 | Basel | Les Fourches, Saint-Blaise |
| 17:00 | Hermann 2' (1:0) Sutter 3' (2:0)Lüth 38' (3:0)Lüth 40' (4:0)Lüth 61' (5:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 200 Referee: Manfred Schlup Grenchen |
| 4 March 1989 Winter break | Basel | 3–2 | Aarau | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 14:30 | Moscatelli 42' (1:0) Thoma 79' (2:2)Cueni 85' (3:2) |
Summary | 56' (1:1) Sforza 69' (1:2) van der Gijp |
Attendance: 700 Referee: Rolf Blattmann |
| 8 March 1989 Winter break | Basel | 0–1 | FC Glarus | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Summary | 43' (0:1) Paradiso |
Attendance: 300 Referee: Fabrice Kaltenrieder |
| 25 April 1989 Mid-season | FC Châtel-St.-Denis | 1–3 | Basel | Stade du Lussy, Châtel-Saint-Denis |
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Summary | (1x) Cueni (1x) Moscatelli (1x) Esposito |
Qualifying Phase East
| 23 July 1988 Round 1 | Zürich | 1–1 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
| 20:00 | Landolt 6' (1:1) Landolt 27' |
Summary | 3' (0:1) Esposito 24' Baumann 63' Moscatelli |
Attendance: 5,300 Referee: Francesco Bianchi |
| Note: Debut for Remo Brügger, Michael Syfrig, André Rindlisbacher, Mario Moscatelli, Rolf Baumann, Germano Fanciulli and Lucio Esposito | ||||
| 27 July 1988 Round 2 | Basel | 3–0 | Locarno | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
| 20:30 | Bernauer 57' (1:0) Esposito 58' (2:0)Aebi 77' (3:0) |
Summary | Niedermayer |
Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Jean-Claude Tagliabue |
| Note: Home game played on the Schützenmatte, because the St. Jakob Stadium was not ready to play on following a Pink Floyd concert. | ||||
| 30 July 1988 Round 3 | Schaffhausen | 1–3 | Basel | Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen |
| 20:00 | Axel Thoma Krebs 26' (1:1) |
Summary | 22' (pen. 0:1) Dittus 32' Rindlisbacher 70' Thoma 76' (1:2) Moscatelli 86' Baumann 90' (1:3) Thoma |
Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Erwin Fölmli |
| 4 August 1988 Round 4 | Basel | 4–0 | FC Chur | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Dittus 13' (pen. 1:0) Moscatelli 50' (2:0)Esposito 57' (3:0)Thoma 75' (4:0) |
Summary | 34' Beeli 54' Manetsch |
Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Strässle Steinach |
| Note: Note: NLA debut for Kurt Spirig | ||||
| 10 August 1988 Round 5 | Old Boys | 0–3 | Basel | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
| 20:00 | Hauser 8' Maurer 11'Kägi 76' |
Summary | 27' Hänni 29' Moscatelli 43' (0:1) Esposito 56' (o.g. 0:2) Maurer 63' (0:3) Esposito |
Attendance: 9,200 Referee: Arturo Martino |
| 13 August 1988 Round 6 | Basel | 1–2 | FC Glarus | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Thoma 37' Baumann 81' |
Summary | 82' Lötscher 88' Zug 33'  86' Gabriel |
Attendance: 4,300 Referee: François Xavier Amherdt |
| 16 August 1988 Round 7 | Chiasso | 0–1 | Basel | Stadio Comunale, Chiasso |
| 20:00 | Malnati 54' Neumann 64'Sordelli 87' |
Summary | 55' (0:1) Dittus 71' 74' Bernauer 75' Hodel 83' Mata 90+2' Rahmen |
Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Michel Barbezat |
| 27 August 1988 Round 8 | Basel | 3–0 | Zug | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Brügger 11' Baumann 23' (1:0)Moscatelli 33' (2:0)Mata 36' (3:0) |
Summary | 37' Allegretti |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Rudolf Schödl |
| 31 August 1988 Round 9 | Baden | 0–2 | Basel | Esp Stadium, Fislisbach |
| 20:00 | Balzarini 60' |
Summary | 29' Moscatelli 53' (0:1) Esposito 61' Hodel 88' (0:2) Mata |
Attendance: 1,900 Referee: Armand Neukom |
| 10 September 1988 Round 10 | Winterthur | 2–1 | Basel | Schützenwiese, Winterthur |
| 20:00 | Häfeli 56' (1:0) Hutka 63' (2:0) |
Summary | 81' Moscatelli 89' (2:1) Thoma |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Mario Marbet |
| Note: First NLA game for referee Mario Marbet | ||||
| 17 September 1988 Round 11 | Basel | 3–1 | Emmenbrücke | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Syfrig 88' (1:1) Aebi 90' (2:1)Moscatelli 90+6' (3:1) |
Summary | 16' 24' Büeler 23' (0:1) Zemp 26' Zemp 34' Ghisoni 46' Studer 77' Gasser 81' Berger 84' 87'Roth 90' Schupp |
Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Armand Neukom |
| 24 September 1988 Round 12 | Basel | 2–2 | Zürich | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Esposito 18' (1:1) Mata 58' (2:1)Dittus 62' |
Summary | 4' (0:1) Şahin 8' Şahin 59' Beat Studer 63' (2:2) Jürg Studer 85' Gilli |
Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Ludwig Zurkirchen |
| 1 October 1988 Round 13 | Locarno | 2–2 | Basel | Stadio del Lido, Locarno |
| 20:00 | Siwek 7' (1:0) Bützer 33'Forestier 72'Schönwetter 88' (1:2) |
Summary | 15' Rindlisbacher 54' (1:1) Thoma 62' (1:2) Hänni |
Attendance: 1,700 Referee: François Xavier Amherdt |
| 8 October 1988 Round 14 | Basel | 1–0 | Schaffhausen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Hodel 33' Aebi 76'Hänni 83' (1:0)Syfrig 87' |
Summary | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Hans Weber |
| 16 October 1988 Round 15 | FC Chur | 0–3 | Basel | Ringstrasse, Chur |
| 14:30 | Summary | 62' (0:1) Moscatelli 74' (0:2) Baumann 76' Moscatelli 84' Hänni 85' (0:3) Mata |
Attendance: 1,350 Referee: Marcel Despland Yverdon |
| 22 October 1988 Round 16 | Basel | 1–2 | Old Boys | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Dittus 57' Brügger 72'Dittus 74' (pen. 1:1)Baumann 85' |
Summary | 18' Spicher 26' (pen. 0:1) Hauck 80' (1:2) Kägi |
Attendance: 7,800 Referee: Francis Fischer (Arch) |
| 30 October 1988 Round 17 | FC Glarus | 0–3 | Basel | Sportplatz Buchholz, Glarus |
| 14:30 | Ramensperger Gabriel |
Summary | 2' (0:1) Thoma 22' (0:2) Thoma 90' (0:3) Esposito Hänni Dittus |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Aldo Palama |
| 6 Novaember 1988 Round 18 | Basel | 2–1 | Chiasso | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 14:30 | Esposito 80' (1:0) Mata 82'Thoma 89' (2:1) |
Summary | 82' (1:1) Romagnoli 83' 87' Malnati 90+1' Fontana 90+3' Romagnoli |
Attendance: 2,900 Referee: Willy Hänni |
| 20 November 1988 Round 19 | Zug | 2–2 | Basel | Herti Allmend Stadion, Zug |
| 14:30 | Zwahlen 32' (1:1) Huber 44' (2:1)Stierli 59'Zwahlen 71' |
Summary | 19' (0:1) Baumann 40′ Dittus 70' Rindlisbacher 90' (2:2) Moscatelli 90+1' Moscatelli |
Attendance: 400 Referee: Erwin Schuler |
| 27 November 1988 Round 20 | Basel | 1–4 | Baden | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 14:30 | Mata 25' Bernauer 59' (1:2)Baumann 83' |
Summary | 4' (0:1) Brazil 19' Ponte 28' Lerchmüller 35' (0:2) Brazil 71' (1:3) Zaugg 77' (1:4) Wiesner |
Attendance: 2,800 Referee: O. Grütsch |
| 4 December 1988 Round 21 | Basel | 3–1 | Winterthur | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 14_30 | Dittus 15' (1:1) Esposito 28' (2:1)Moscatelli 70' (3:1) |
Summary | 7' (pen. 0:1) Graf |
Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Erwin Fölmli |
| 11 December 1988 Round 22 | Emmenbrücke | 2–3 | Basel | Stadion Gersag, Emmenbrücke |
| 19:00 | Eggeling 37' (1:2) Hözgen 71'Greber 81' (2:3) |
Summary | 1' (0:1) Esposito 31' (0:2) Mata 69' (1:3) Hänni |
Attendance: 130 Referee: Bernard Neukom |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Basel | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 23 | +25 | 32 | Promotion round |
| 2 | Locarno | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 58 | 28 | +30 | 30 | |
| 3 | Zürich | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 62 | 32 | +30 | 30 | |
| 4 | Baden | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 24 | |
| 5 | Old Boys | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 29 | +8 | 24 | |
| 6 | Chiasso | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 24 | |
| 7 | Schaffhausen | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 24 | Relegation group |
| 8 | Winterthur | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 22 | |
| 9 | Emmenbrücke | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 19 | |
| 10 | Chur | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 54 | −27 | 16 | |
| 11 | SC Zug | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 47 | −33 | 11 | |
| 12 | Glarus | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 58 | −39 | 8 |
Promotion/Relegation Phase
| 19 March 1989 Round 1 | Chênois | 2–2 | Basel | Stade des Trois-Chêne |
| 14:30 | Curtet 5' (1:0) Navarro 58' (2:1) |
Summary | 20' (1:1) Dittus 79' (2:2) Aebi |
| 27 March 1989 Round 2 | Basel | 1–1 | Zürich | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 14:30 | Moscatelli 68' (1:0) |
Summary | 71' (1:1) Maiano |
Attendance: 12,000 Referee: |
| 1 April 1989 Round 3 | ES Malley | 1–2 | Basel | Stade du Bois Gentil, Malley |
| 17:30 | Ceccaroni 72' (o.g. 1:2) |
Summary | 40' (0:1) Esposito 51' (0:2) Esposito |
Attendance: 2,120 Referee: Gottfried Friedrich |
| 8 April 1989 Round 4 | Basel | 2–1 | Grenchen | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 20:00 | Dittus 39' (0:1) Thoma 59' (2:0) |
Summary | 61' (2:1) Ciolek |
Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Paul-Louis Christe |
| 15 April 1989 Round 5 | Lausanne-Sport | 4–1 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
| 20:00 | Schürmann 9' (1:0) Chapuisat 39' (2:1)Hartmann 44' (3:1)Thychosen 60' (4:1) |
Summary | 14' (1:1) Thoma |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Georges Sandoz |
| Note: NLA debut Stephan Schaub. Minute of silence for the victims of the Sheffield football disaster. | ||||
| 29 April 1989 Round 6 | Basel | 0–1 | Old Boys | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 20:00 | Syfrig 30' |
Summary | 70' (0:1) Bachofner |
Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Francesco Bianchi |
| 6 May 1989 Round 7 | St. Gallen | 3–0 | Basel | Espenmoos, St. Gallen |
| 17:30 | Hegi 19' (1:0) Fischer 45' (1:0)Gämperle 51'Fischer 77' (3:0) |
Summary | 5' Hänni 60' Syfrig |
Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Daniel Roduit |
| 13 May 1989 Round 8 | Basel | 1–1 | Chênois | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 20:00 | Rindlisbacher 11' (1:0) Rindlisbacher 44'Moscatelli 45' |
Summary | 11' Michel 19' (1:1) Navarro |
Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Erwin Fölmli |
| 20 May 1989 Round 9 | Zürich | 0–2 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
| 20:00 | Şahin 21' |
Summary | 6' Ceccaroni 18' (0:1) Syfrig 52' Mata 78' Moscatelli 80' Bernauer 89' (0:2) Moscatelli |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Fredy Phillippoz |
| 23 May 1989 Round 10 | Basel | 1–1 | ES Malley | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 20:00 | Bernauer 90' (1:1) |
Summary | 48' (0:1) Martelli 73' Martelli |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Francis Fischer |
| 27 May 1989 Round 11 | Grenchen | 2–2 | Basel | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
| 17:30 | Du Buisson 24' (1:0) Gunia 54' (2:0) |
Summary | 26' Moscatelli 61' (2:1) Thoma 70' Rindlisbacher 90' (2:2) Syfrig |
Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Erwin Fölmli |
| 3 June 1989 Round 12 | Basel | 1–1 | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 20:00 | Dittus 22' (1:0) |
Summary | 68' Hottiger 74' (1:1) Hartmann |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Daniel Roduit |
| 10 June 1989 Round 13 | Old Boys | 0–2 | Basel | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
| 20:00 | Hauck 79′ |
Summary | 55' (0:1) Thoma 61' (0:2) Thoma 76' Dittus |
Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Marcel Despland Yverdon |
| 14 June 1989 Round 14 | Basel | 2–3 | St. Gallen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Dittus 42' (1:2) Moscatelli 65' (2:2) |
Summary | 21' (0:1) Metzler 25' (0:2) Gambino 90' (2:3) Lehnherr |
Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Bruno Galler |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | St. Gallen | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 13 | +17 | 23 | Remain in Nationalliga A 1989–90 |
| 2 | Lausanne-Sport | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 8 | +34 | 22 | |
| 3 | Zürich | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 14 | Remain in Nationalliga B |
| 4 | Basel | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 21 | −2 | 14 | |
| 5 | CS Chênois | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 12 | |
| 6 | Grenchen | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 26 | −9 | 10 | |
| 7 | ES Malley | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 29 | −14 | 10 | |
| 8 | Old Boys | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 38 | −25 | 7 |
Swiss Cup
| 20 August 1988 2nd round | Oberwil | 0–5 | Basel | Sportanlage Eisweiher, Oberwil |
| 19:30 | Eichenberger 1' |
Summary | 22' (0:1) Esposito 32' (0:2) Rahmen 76' (0:3) Baumann 79' (pen. 0:4) Dittus 83' (0:5) Aebi |
Attendance: 1,800[1] Referee: Peter Bochsler |
| 3 September 1988 3rd round | Basel | 4–1 | Young Boys | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Esposito 8' (1:0) Baumann 29'Brügger 45'Hodel 53' (2:1)Thoma 55' (3:2)Hodel 57'Dittus 81' (4:1) |
Summary | 31' Limpar 48' (1:1) Zuffi 63' Rapolder |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Arturo Martino |
| 13 November 1988 Round of 32 | FC Töss | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | Basel | Sportanlage Reitplatz, Winterthur |
| 10:00 | Moor 28' Hofmann 44' |
Summary | 107' (0:1) Bernauer 112' Fanciulli |
Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger Suhr |
| Note: Corner: 3–23 | ||||
| 12 March 1989 Round of 16 | FC Olten | 1–2 | Basel | Sportanlagen Kleinholz, Olten |
| 14:30 | Granata 10' Dervishaj 45' (1:1) |
Summary | 18' (pen. 0:1) Dittus 88' (1:2) Cueni |
Attendance: 1,650 Referee: Gottfried Friedrich |
| 12 April 1989 Quarterfinal | Basel | 0–2 | Aarau | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Dittus 40' Moscatelli 67'Thoma 68' |
Summary | 15' Knup 39' (0:1) Knup 67' Kilian 80' Kühni 90+1' (0:2) van der Gijp |
Attendance: 8,500[1] Referee: Fredy Phillippoz |
Sources and references
- Stefan Peter. "Überregionale Meisterschaften, Schweizer und Basler Cup". Retrieved 2017-11-16.
- Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Squad season 1988–89". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A 1988/89". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1988/89". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
Sources and references
- 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
- The FCB squad 1988–89 at fcb-archiv.ch
- 1988–89 at RSSSF