1998–99 FC Basel season

The 1998–99 Fussball Club Basel 1893 season was their 106th season since the club's foundation. Following their promotion in the 1993–94 season this was their fifth consecutive season in the highest tier of Swiss football. René C. Jäggi was the club's chairman for the third year. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium until 13 Dezember 1998. From 7 March 199 they played their games in the Stadion Schützenmatte while the new stadium was being built.

FC Basel
1998–99 season
Chairman René C. Jäggi
ManagerGuy Mathez (until 14 May 1999)
Marco Schällibaum (ad interim)
GroundSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel (until 13 Dezember 1998)
Stadion Schützenmatte (from 7 March 1999)
Nationalliga AQualifying Phase 6th
Nationalliga AChampions Group 5th
Swiss CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague: Mario Frick (10)
All: Mario Frick (11)
Highest home attendance34,735 on 13 December 1998
vs Lugano
Lowest home attendance3,830 on 2 June 1999
vs Luzern
Average home league attendance9,870[1]

Overview

Pre-season

Guy Mathez, who had taken over the coaching in January of that year, was appointed as the new trainer at the start of the season, but on 14 May 1999 he was sacked and was replaced by Marco Schällibaum (ad interim) until the end of the season.

The club made many new signings as the season started, these included Mario Cantaluppi who returned from Servette. Also from Servette came the Romanian international Dan Potocianu and, on loan, the youngster Carlos Varela. Aleksandr Rytchkov was signed from 1. FC Köln and Philippe Cravero signed in from lower classed Etoile Carouge. The Ivorian international Ahmed Ouattara and the young Brazilian Abedi were signed in from Sion. Benjamin Huggel was signed in from local amateur club FC Münchenstein, he had played the previous season for FC Arlesheim, in the fourth tier of Swiss football.

In the other direction Adrian Knup, Daniel Salvi and Jürgen Hartmann all ended their football careers. Dario Zuffi returned to his club of origin Winterthur after having playing five years for the club. Jan Berger moved to Aarau and youngster Alexander Frei was loaned out to Thun so that he could obtain more playing time. Fabinho Santos returned home to Joinville in Brasil.

The first half of the season, until 13 December 1998, Basel's home ground was the St. Jakob Stadium. From 7 March 199 they played their games in the Stadion Schützenmatte and this because the old stadium was demolished and the new stadium was to be built on the same ground. The construction of the new stadium was to be in a little more than two years. The new stadium, the St. Jakob-Park, was to be an all seater, the old stadium had standing places on three sides.

The Campaign

Domestic League

The club's priority aim was to remain in the top flight of Swiss football. The season started fairly well, with five victories and three draws in the first ten rounds. However, seven defeats in the next nine rounds let the team slip down into the bottom areas of the table. Basel ende the qualification stage with eight victories, four draws and ten defeats, with just 21 goals scored and 34 conceded, with 28 points in sixth position in the league table. With this tally they were qualified for Champions Group for the second half of the season. With an average second half of the season, winning five games, drawing four and losing five, Basel in the league tables fifth position, managed to qualify for the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup. With four goals in the qualification round and six in the championship round Mario Frick was the teams top goal scorer.[2]

Swiss Cup

All eyes were set on the cup season. But despite a draw against lower classed Stade Nyonnais, Basel's cup season came to an abrupt end, because they were unable to pass this hurdle, losing the match on penalties. Lausanne-Sport won the Swiss Cup final on 13 June 199 in the Wankdorf Stadium, winning 2–0 against Grasshopper Club.[3]

Players

The following is the list of the Basel first team squad. It includes all players that were in the squad the day the season started on 18 July 1998 but subsequently left the club after that date and it includes all players that transferred in during the season.

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 Stefan Huber
2 DF   SUI Massimo Ceccaroni
3 DF   SUI Luís Calapes
4 DF   SUI Theodoros Disseris (on loan to Winterthur)
5 DF  GER Oliver Kreuzer
6 DF   SUI Philippe Cravero
7 FW  LIE Marco Pérez
8 MF  LIE Mario Frick
9 MF  FRA Fabrice Henry
10 MF  RUS Aleksandr Rytchkov
11 FW   SUI Deniz Mendi
12 DF   SUI Sébastien Barberis
13 DF   SUI Marco Tschopp
14 FW  RUS Daniel Dobrovoljski
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF   SUI Ivan Reimann
17 MF  CZE Václav Pěchouček
18 GK   SUI Slaven Matan
19 DF   SUI Fabinho
20 DF   SUI Oumar Kondé (to Blackburn)
21 MF  BRA Argemiro Veiga
22 MF  TUR Atilla Sahin
23 DF   SUI Benjamin Huggel
24 DF  BRA Abedi
25 MF  CIV Ahmed Ouattara
26 FW   SUI Mario Cantaluppi
27 FW   SUI Carlos Varela
28 DF  ROU Dan Potocianu
29 FW   SUI Urs Güntensperger
30 FW  TUR Cetin Güner

Transfers in

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
6 DF   SUI Philippe Cravero (from Etoile Carouge)
10 MF  RUS Aleksandr Rytchkov (from 1. FC Köln)
21 MF  BRA Argemiro Veiga (from Sion)
22 MF  TUR Atilla Sahin (from SV Muttenz)
23 DF   SUI Benjamin Huggel (from FC Arlesheim)
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF  BRA Abedi (from Sion)
25 MF  CIV Ahmed Ouattara (from Sion)
26 FW   SUI Mario Cantaluppi (from Servette)
27 FW   SUI Carlos Varela (from Servette)
28 DF  ROU Dan Potocianu (from Servette)
29 FW   SUI Urs Güntensperger (from Lausanne-Sport)
30 FW  TUR Cetin Güner (from Borussia Dortmund)

Transfers out

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF   SUI Daniel Salvi (unknown, end of career)
7 FW   SUI Dario Zuffi (to Winterthur)
10 MF  GER Maurizio Gaudino (to VfL Bochum)
13 FW   SUI Adrian Knup (retired, end of career)
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF  GER Jürgen Hartmann (retired end of career)
22 MF  BRA Webber (Leandro Dos Santos) (unknown)
23 DF   SUI Jan Berger (to Aarau)
24 DF  BRA Fabinho Santos (to Joinville)
27 FW   SUI Alexander Frei (to Thun)

Results
Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre- and mid-season
24 June 1998 Pre-season Sion 0 – 1 Basel Stade St-Laurent, Saillon
14:30 Summary 25' (0:1) Kreuzer Attendance: 300
Referee: Claude Détruche
27 June 1998 Pre-season Lausanne-Sport 5 – 0 Basel Stade des Condémines, Sierre
18:00 Udovič 42' (1:0)
Thurre 44' (2:0)
Da Silva 57' (3:0)
Rehn 60' (4:0)
Celestini 65' (5:0)		 Summary  60' Rytchkov Attendance: 500
Referee: André Daina, (Eclépens)
4 July 1998 Pre-season Basel 2 – 3 Galatasaray St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:00 Frick 4' (1:0)
Rytchkov 64' (2:3)		 Summary 11' (1:1) Şükür
30' (pen. 1:2) Belözoğlu
44' (1:3) Belözoğlu
 71' Kerimoglu		 Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Andreas Schluchter
7 July 1998 Pre-season Basel 0 – 2 Grasshopper Club Im Nau, Laufen
19:00 Summary 81' (0:1) Tikva
90' (0:2) Tikva		 Attendance: 900
Referee: Massimo Busacca
10 July 1998 Pre-season Basel 1 – 1 Karlsruher SC St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:00 Tschopp 34' (1:0) Summary 66' (1:1) Gilewicz Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Andreas Schluchter
3 September 1998 Mid-season Basel 1 – 1 RC Strasbourg St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:00 Rytchkov 27' (1:1) Summary 16' (0:1) Bertin
 19' Beye
 81' Frank		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Andreas Schluchter
9 October 1998 Mid-season Basel 0 – 4 Olympique de Marseille St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:00 Summary 18' (1:0) Ravanelli
20' (2:0) Moses
37' (0:3) Camara
89' (0:4) Domoraud		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Urs Meier

Winter break
20 January 1999 Winter break Thun 4 – 3 Basel Burgerallee, Thun
19:30 William 18' (1:0)
Halef 75' (pen. 2:3)
Raimondi 89' (3:3)
Simonjic 90' (4:3)		 Summary 21' (1:1) Tschopp
32' (1:2) Fabinho
48' (1:3) Frick		 Attendance: 350
Referee: Jürg Burkhart
27 January 1999 Trainings camp Martinique 11 2 – 2 Basel Stade Georges-Gratiant, Le Lamentin, Martinique
Percin  45'
Rano 56' (1:1)
Rano 86' (2:2)		 Summary 5' (0:1) Fabinho
 34' Reimann
 45' Kreuzer
62' (1:2) Tschopp		 Attendance: 500
Referee: André Elbène
21 January 1999 Trainings camp Aiglon/U.S. Robert 0 – 1 Basel Stade Georges-Gratiant, Le Lamentin, Martinique
St. Home  52'
Gibon  60'		 Summary  62' Sahin
65' (0:1) Frick		 Attendance: 350
Referee: Guy Bellance
1 February 1999 Trainings camp Stade Spiritain 1 – 7 Basel Stade Municipal, Saint-Esprit, Martinique
J.-P.Party 17' (1:0) Summary 25' (1:1) Fabinho
32' (1:2) Fabinho
44' (1:3) Frick
59' (1:4) Fabinho
74' (1:5) Fabinho
81' (1:6) Barberis
85' (1:7) Mendi		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Alex Jacquens
10 February 1999 Winter break SR Delémont 0 – 0 Basel Parc des Sports, Delémont
19:00 Summary Attendance: 50
Referee: Stéphane Monaco
13 February 1999 Winter break Étoile Carouge 2 – 1 Basel Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge

 Summary Reimann Referee:  ?
Note: FCB reserves strengthened with players from the first team. At the same time the first team played another test match against FC Meyrin
13 February 1999 Winter break FC Meyrin 0 – 2 Basel Stade des Arbères, Meyrin
Summary (1:0) Mendi
(2:0) Abedi		 Referee:  ?
Note: Basel strengthened with FCB reserves. At the same time the reserve team played another friendly against Étoile Carouge
17 February 1999 Winter break Eintracht Trier 4 – 1 Basel Moselstadion, Trier
17:00 Thömmes 11' (1:0)
Thömmes 31' (2:0)
Melunović 43' (3:0)
Papić 66' (4:1)		 Summary 48' (3:1) Abedi Attendance: 250
Referee: Michael Herrmann
25 March 1999 Mid-season Basel 0 – 0 Sochaux Stadion Rankhof, Basel
18:00 Summary  62' Santini Attendance: 300
Referee: Andreas Schluchter
Note: 2 test goalkeeper Christian Sturm (U–19) und Davide Taini (FC Singen 04) each 45 minutes
31 March 1999 Mid-season SC Dornach 2 – 3 Basel Gigersloch, Dornach
18:00 Weidmann 25' (1:1)
Manz 39' (2:2)		 Summary 20' (0:1) Türk
29' (1:2) Tschopp
55' (2:3) Henry		 Attendance: 200
Referee: René Rogalla
2 April 1999 Mid-season SR Delémont 1 – 0 Basel Im Nau, Laufen
18:00 Romano 37' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 450
Referee: Markus Nobs, (Wohlen)

Nationalliga A
Main article: 1998–99 Nationalliga A

Qualifying Phase
18 July 1998 Round 1 Basel 0 – 0 Sion St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30 Disseris  4'
Ceccaroni  24'		 Report  22' Tholot
 61' Eydelie
 77' Lipawsky		 Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Philippe Leuba
21 July 1998 Round 2 Aarau 5 – 0 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
19:30 Aleksandrov 8' (1:0)
Ivanov 21' (2:0)
Aleksandrov 51' (3:0)
Aleksandrov 65' (4:0)
Heldmann 70' (5:0)
Zitola  87'		 Report  12' Pérez Attendance: 5,900
Referee: Reto Rutz
25 July 1998 Round 3 Basel 2 – 1 Zürich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30 Tschopp  3'
Rytchkov 25' (1:0)
Rytchkov  44'
Sahin 45' (2:0)
Reimann  64'		 Report  27' Sant'Anna
 30' Castillo
64' (pen. 2:1) Sant'Anna
 82' Di Jorio		 Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Dieter Schoch
1 August 1998 Round 4 Servette 3 – 1 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
17:30 Juárez  9'
Rey 13' (pen. 1:0)
Rey 19' (2:0)
Rey 23' (3:0)
Fournier  31'
Rey  59'		 Report  35' Reimann
 68' Kreuzer
84' (3:1) Abedi		 Attendance: 4,100
Referee: Roberto Ferrari
9 August 1998 Round 5 Basel 1 – 0 Luzern St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
16:15 Kondé  69'
Tschopp 75' (1:0)		 Report  60' Moser
 82' Wyss		 Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Carlo Bertolini
15 August 1998 Round 6 Basel 2 – 0 Xamax St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30 Ouattara 64' (pen. 1:0)
Tschopp  82'
Kreuzer  90+2'
Pérez 90+5' (2:0)		 Report  2' Njanka
 23' Wittl
 58' Rueda
 59' Zambaz		 Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Urs Meier
23 August 1998 Round 7 St. Gallen 0 – 1 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
16:15 Hellinga  22'
Vurens  33'		 Report  40' Kreuzer
 43' Kondé
70' (0:1) Rytchkov
 72' Veiga
 75' Tschopp
 90+3' Reimann		 Attendance: 9,700
Referee: Dominique Tavel
29 August 1998 Round 8 Basel 1 – 1 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30 Ouattara 9' (1:0)
Rytchkov  15'
Cravero  20'
Pérez  90+1'		 Report  20' Vogel
 29' Tararache
 51' Nkufo
 62' Magnin
70' (1:1) de Napoli		 Attendance: 26,600
Referee: Roland Beck
8 September 1998 Round 9 Lausanne-Sport 0 – 2 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
19:30 Celestini  24'
Piffaretti  34'		 Report 12' (0:1) Rytchkov
 18'  58' Kondé
 40' Reimann
 50' Rytchkov
 61' Ceccaroni
69' (0:2) Rytchkov		 Attendance: 5,900
Referee: Massimo Busacca
12 September 1998 Round 10 Basel 1 – 1 Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30 Ouattara  24'
Frick 57' (1:1)
Barberis  77'		 Report  21' Pintul
 33' Baumann
40' (0:1) Bekirovski
 50' Bekirovski
 75' Kehrli		 Attendance: 16,000
Referee: André Daina
19 September 1998 Round 11 Lugano 5 – 1 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
19:30 Gaspoz 18' (1:0)
Wegmann  30'
Orlando 38' (2:0)
Giménez 49' (3:0)
Giménez 58' (4:0)
Giallanza 87' (pen. 5:1)		 Summary 74' (4:1) Rytchkov Attendance: 4,380
Referee: Marcus Nobs
27 September 1998 Round 12 Sion 1 – 0 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
16:15 Bertone  13'
Benson  24'
Tholot 37' (1:0)
Tholot  40'
Allenspach  86'		 Summary  49' Kondé Attendance: 6,900
Referee: Dominique Tavel
4 October 1998 Round 13 Basel 1 – 0 Aarau St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
16:15 Ouattara 50' (1:0)
Abedi  69'		 Summary  55' Markovic Attendance: 7,300
Referee: Marcel Vollenweider
16 October 1998 Round 14 Zürich 1 – 0 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
19:30 Fischer  26'
Sant'Anna  29'
Chassot 58' (1:0)		 Summary  10' Cravero
 27' Tschopp
 45' Frick
 59' Ouattara
 77' Calapes		 Attendance: 11,300
Referee: Roland Beck
25 October 1998 Round 15 Basel 0 – 2 Servette St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
16:15 Rytchkov  56'
Tschopp  87'		 Summary 9' (0:1) Durix
45' (0:2) Durix
 63' Juarez
 79' Varela		 Attendance: 9,800
Referee: Philippe Leuba
31 October 1998 Round 16 Luzern 4 – 1 Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
17:30 Izzo  5'
Koch 28' (1:1)
Koch 53' (2:1)
Brunner 60' (3:1)
van Eck  71'
Moser 75' (4:1)		 Summary  11' Huber
19' (0:1) Frick		 Attendance: 7,960
Referee: Carlo Bertolini
7 November 1998 Round 17 Xamax 3 – 1 Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
17:30 N'Diaye 8' (1:0)
N'Diaye  36'
Rueda  42'
Njanka  44'
Isabella 90' (2:1)
N'Do 90+2' (3:1)		 Summary 25' (1:1) Frick
 39'  42' Frick
 52' Tschopp		 Attendance: 8,100
Referee: Claude Détruche
17 November 1998 Round 18 Basel 1 – 0 St. Gallen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
16:15 Tschopp 8' (1:0)
Reimann  16'
Sahin  21'
Veiga  68'		 Summary  31' Zellweger
 35' Zinna		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Roberto Ferrari
21 November 1998 Round 19 Grasshopper Club 2 – 1 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
17:30 Tikva 47' (1:0)
Tararache  73'
Türkyilmaz 80' (2:0)
Mazzarelli  90'		 Summary  73' Ceccaroni
88' (2:1) Pérez		 Attendance: 7,800
Referee: Dominique Tavel
28 November 1998 Round 20 Basel 1 – 1 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:30 Frick 3' (1:0)
Rytchkov  49'
Reimann  61'
Barberis  67'
Ceccaroni  73'		 Summary  13' Iglesias
31' (1:1)  62' Pantelić
 73' Thurre		 Attendance: 5,900
Referee: Roland Beck
6 December 1998 Round 21 Young Boys 1 – 2 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
14:30 Streun  67'
Sawu 69' (1:2)		 Summary 6' (0:1) Rytchkov
 28' Kreuzer
 30' Veiga
 46' Smajić
57' (0:2) Tschopp		 Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Urs Meier
13 December 1998 Round 22 Basel 1 – 3 Lugano St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
16:15 Cravero  12'
Tschopp 45' (pen. 1:0)		 Summary  19' Wegmann
 43' Hürzeler
 44' Tejeda
72' (1:0) Wegmann
79' (2:0) Wegmann
80' Lombardo		 Attendance: 34,745
Referee: Reto Rutz

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Servette 22 12 8 2 38 24 +14 44 Advance to championship round
halved points (rounded up) as bonus
2 Grasshopper Club 22 11 5 6 37 25 +12 38
3 Zürich 22 10 8 4 33 21 +12 38
4 Lausanne-Sport 22 10 8 4 36 33 +3 38
5 Xamax 22 7 11 4 30 23 +7 32
6 Basel 22 8 4 10 21 34 −13 28
7 Luzern 22 6 9 7 26 25 +1 27
8 St. Gallen 22 7 6 9 31 31 0 27
9 Sion 22 5 8 9 22 36 −14 23 Continue to promotion/relegation round
10 Lugano 22 5 7 10 35 43 −8 22
11 Young Boys 22 4 7 11 33 34 −1 19
12 Aarau 22 3 7 12 28 41 −13 16
Source: rsssf.com

Champions Group
28 February 1999 Round 1 Luzern 0 – 2 Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
16:15 Stepanović  21'
Koch  73'
Knez  71'  83'		 Summary 33' (0:1)  29' Abedi
 49' Barberis
89' (0:2) Frick		 Attendance: 7,930
Referee: Urs Meier
7 March 1999 Round 2 Basel 1 – 0 Xamax Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:30 Cravero  5'
Abedi 36' (1:0)
Kreuzer  38'
Barberis  46'		 Summary  26' Simo
 53' Njanka		 Attendance: 4,250
Referee: Roland Beck
13 March 1999 Round 3 Servette 2 – 1 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
19:30 Wolf 34' (1:0)
Rey 38' (2:0)		 Summary  20' Henry
 60' Varela
 61' Ceccaroni
71' (2:1) Fabinho		 Attendance: 6,657
Referee: Philippe Leuba
21 March 1999 Round 4 Basel 1 – 0 Zürich Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:30 Cravero  8'
Varela  29'
Pérez 51' (pen. 1:0)
Calapes  52'
Cantaluppi  62'		 Summary  24'  45' Di Jorio
 58' Wiederkehr		 Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Carlo Bertolini
5 April 1999 Round 5 Grasshopper Club 4 – 2 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
16:15 de Napoli 5' (1:0)
de Napoli 6' (2:0)
Tikva 11' (3:0)
de Napoli 52' (4:0)
Comisetti  57'		 Summary  58' Barberis
 59' Fabinho
79' (4:1) Varela
90+1' (4:2) Frick		 Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Dominique Tavel
10 April 1999 Round 6 Basel 1 – 2 Lausanne-Sport Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:30 Calapes  36'
Frick 60' (1:2)		 Summary  6' Thurre
12' (0:1) Gerber
54' (o.g. 0:2) Kreuzer
 73' Puce
 83' Hänzi		 Attendance: 5,315
Referee: Dieter Schoch
18 April 1999 Round 7 Basel 3 – 3 St. Gallen Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:15 Frick 56' (1:1)
Cantaluppi 58' (pen. 2:1)
Henry  64'
Kreuzer 79' (3:2)
Barberis  90+4'		 Summary  30' Thüler
 42' Hellinga
45' (0:1) Contini
 60' Tsawa
70' (2:2) Müller
 90' Gil
90+5' (3:3) Jairo		 Attendance: 4,057
Referee: Claude Détruche
25 April 1999 Round 8 St. Gallen 1 – 2 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
16:00 Pinelli  23'
Damasio 72' (1:0)		 Summary  13' Cantaluppi
 44' Potocianu
75' (1:1) Frick
 81' Cravero
90+2' (1:2) Pérez
 90+2' Varela		 Attendance: 7,800
Referee: André Daina
1 May 1999 Round 9 Lausanne-Sport 3 – 0 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
19:30 Puce 13' (1:0)
Barberis 31' (o.g. 2:0)
Gerber 67' (3:0)		 Summary  40' Varela
 53' Cantaluppi
 89' Tschopp		 Attendance: 6,100
Referee: Roland Beck
8 May 1999 Round 10 Basel 2 – 0 Grasshopper Club Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:30 Rytchkov  1'
Potocianu  26'
Kreuzer  44'
Fabinho 54' (1:0)
Tschopp 90' (2:0)
Tschopp  90'		 Summary  17' Haas
 17' Smiljanić
 20' Tararache
 87' Müller		 Attendance: 5,460
Referee: Dominique Tavel
16 May 1999 Round 11 Zürich 2 – 1 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
16:15 Sant'Anna  45'
Castillo 78' (1:1)
Bartlett 83' (2:1)
Jamarauli  90+3'		 Summary  13'  61' Cantaluppi
 29' Rytchkov
34' (0:1) Frick
 45' Potocianu
 80' Sahin		 Attendance: 12,300
Referee: Massimo Busacca
22 May 1999 Round 12 Basel 0 – 0 Servette Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:30 Potocianu  13'
Sahin  41'
Varela  50'
Rytchkov  57'		 Summary  31' Barea
 86' Rey
 90' Vurens		 Attendance: 5,490
Referee: Carlo Bertolini
30 May 1999 Round 13 Xamax 1 – 1 Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
16:15 Isabella 16' (1:0)
N'Diaye  37'		 Summary  22'  90+3' Potocianu
 39' Ceccaroni
54' (1:1) Fabinho		 Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Nicole Petignat
2 June 1999 Round 14 Basel 0 – 0 Luzern Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
20:15 Cantaluppi  60' Summary  39' Stepanović Attendance: 3,830
Referee: Roberto Ferrari

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification
1 Servette 14 7 3 4 19 14 +5 22 46 Swiss champions, qualified for Champions League third qualifying round
2 Grasshopper Club 14 8 3 3 31 11 +20 19 46 qualified for UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Lausanne-Sport 14 8 2 4 28 20 +8 19 45 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup first round
4 Zürich 14 7 2 5 24 15 +9 19 42 qualified for UEFA Cup qualifying round
5 Basel 14 5 4 5 18 19 −1 14 33 qualified for Intertoto Cup first round
6 Xamax 14 2 6 6 12 27 −15 16 28 qualified for Intertoto Cup first round
7 Luzern 14 4 2 8 13 27 −14 14 28
8 St. Gallen 14 2 4 8 13 25 −12 14 24
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup
Main article: Swiss Cup
21 February 1999 Round of 32 Stade Nyonnais 2 – 2 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 2 p)		 Basel Colovray, Nyon
14:30 Oliveira  10'
Margarini  37'
Ceccaroni 44' (o.g.)
Aubert 52'
Bridi  62'		 Summary 22' (o.g.) Poulard
 34' Ceccaroni
67' Frick		 Attendance: 622
Referee: Marcel Vollenweider
Penalties
Vernaz
Carrasco
Ostermann
Martin
De Siebenthal 		Frick
Cravero
Kreuzer
Sahin

See also

Sources and references
  • Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
  • Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2189-1
  • 1998–99 at Joggeli.ch
  • 1998–99 at RSSSF
  1. Stefan Peter. "Überregionale Meisterschaften, Schweizer und Basler Cup". Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  2. Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A 1998/99". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  3. Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1998/99". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
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