The
Fussball Club Basel 1893 1981–82 season was their 88th season since the club was founded. It was their 36th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football after they won promotion during the season 1945–46. They played their home games in the
St. Jakob Stadium. Pierre Jacques Lieblich was club chairman for the second year running.
Overview
Pre-season
Helmut Benthaus
Helmut Benthaus (born 5 June 1935) is a German former association football, football player and coach. He spent his best playing days at Westfalia Herne and his best coaching days at FC Basel.
Early career
Born in Herne, Germany, Herne, Benthaus ...
was first-team manager for the seventeenth consecutive season. During the off-season four players left the squad,
Ernst Schleiffer moved on to
Grenchen
Grenchen (french: Granges) is a municipality in the district of Lebern in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.
It is located at the foot of the Jura mountains between Solothurn and Biel/Bienne, approximately north of Bern. With over 16,000 i ...
,
Peter Marti to
Aarau
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,
Markus Tanner to
Luzern
, neighboring_municipalities= Adligenswil, Ebikon, Emmen, Horw, Kriens, Malters, Meggen, Neuenkirch
Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic: ''Lozärn'') or Luzern ()Other languages: gsw, Lozärn, label=Lucerne German; it, Lucerna ; rm, Lucerna . is a ...
and
Joseph Küttel moved on to
Lugano
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. During the season
Hansruedi Schär was loaned out to
Nordstern Basel
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and during the winter break
Detlev Lauscher
Detlev Lauscher (30 September 1952 – 15 January 2010) was a German footballer who played as a striker during the 1970s and 1980s. He was born in Übach-Palenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Lauscher played five seasons for 1. FC Köln in the G ...
moved on to
Luzern
, neighboring_municipalities= Adligenswil, Ebikon, Emmen, Horw, Kriens, Malters, Meggen, Neuenkirch
Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic: ''Lozärn'') or Luzern ()Other languages: gsw, Lozärn, label=Lucerne German; it, Lucerna ; rm, Lucerna . is a ...
. In the other direction goalkeeper
Walter Eichenberger joined from
Young Boys and defender
Bruno Graf joined from
Chiasso
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As the southernmost of Switzerland's municipalities, Chiasso is on the border with Italy, in front of Ponte Chiasso (a frazione of C ...
. Basel also signed two youngsters,
Alfred Lüthi from FC Subingen and
Beat Sutter
Beat Sutter (born 12 December 1962 in Gelterkinden) is a Swiss former football striker who played throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
Sutter began his career with FC Basel in 1981 and went on to play 114 matches for the club before he left to join ...
joined from local club FC Gelterkinden. The biggest transfer this summer was that of former
West German international Harald Nickel
Harald Nickel (21 July 1953 – 4 August 2019) was a German association football, footballer who played as a forward (association football), forward.
Club career
Nickel spent four seasons in the Bundesliga with Arminia Bielefeld, Eintracht Br ...
from
Borussia Mönchengladbach
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.
Basel played a total of 54 games in their 1981–82 season. 30 matches were played in the domestic league, six in the
Swiss Cup
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, three in the
Swiss League Cup, five in the
Cup of the Alps
Coppa delle Alpi (translated as ''Cup of the Alps'') was a friendly football tournament, first organized by the Italian national league as it started in 1960 and then they were aided by the Swiss League from 1962, for the reason that the majorit ...
and 10 were friendly matches. The team scored a total of 101 goals and conceded 80. Of their 10 test games, six were won and four ended with a defeat. Five of these games were played at home in
St. Jakob Stadium and five were played away.
Domestic league
Basel played in the
1981–82 Nationalliga A. The league championship format was expanded from the
1980–81 season to include sixteen teams and the last two teams were to be relegated. Basel ended the season in eighth position, 21 points behind
Grasshopper Club who became champions. In their 30 league games Basel won eleven, drew six and lost thirteen matches, which meant that the totaled 28 points. They scored 47 goals, conceding 51. Local rivals
Nordstern Basel
FC Nordstern Basel is a football team from Basel, Switzerland. Currently playing in the Swiss 8th division, FC Nordstern Basel has spent 35 seasons in the Swiss top flight, last in 1982. They were runners-up in the Swiss league in 1924, 1927, and ...
and
Chiasso
Chiasso (; lmo, Ciass ) is a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
As the southernmost of Switzerland's municipalities, Chiasso is on the border with Italy, in front of Ponte Chiasso (a frazione of C ...
finished in the last two slots and suffered relegation.
Swiss Cup
Basel entered into the
Swiss Cup
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in the round of 64. Here they were drawn away against
Sursee
Sursee is a municipality in the district of Sursee in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. Sursee is located at the northern end of Lake Sempach, not far from where the ''Sure'' (or ''Suhre'') river exits the lake ("See"), hence the name "Sursee". ...
and on 26 September they won the match, 9–1. In the round of 32 they were drawn away against
Bellinzona
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and this match was on 31 October and Basel won, 1–0. In the round of 16 they were drawn away from home against
Aarau
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on 30 March 1982 and this match was won, 3–2. In the quarterfinal Basel played at home against
Lausanne-Sport and this ended with a 2–1 victory. The semi-final was played on 4 May in the
St. Jakob Stadium against
SR Delémont
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and Basel won 3–0. In the Final, played in the
Wankdorf Stadium
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, was against
Sion
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* an alternative transliteration of Zion
People
* Sion (name) or Siôn, a Welsh and other given name and surname, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name
* Shion or Sion, a Japanese given name
Pl ...
. After a free kick on the sideline, in the 21st minute, a headed goal from
Alain Balet secured Sion the trophy.
Swiss League Cup
In first round of the
Swiss League Cup Basel were also drawn at home against
Young Boys and a 1–0 victory took them to the next round. Here they played away against
Grenchen
Grenchen (french: Granges) is a municipality in the district of Lebern in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.
It is located at the foot of the Jura mountains between Solothurn and Biel/Bienne, approximately north of Bern. With over 16,000 i ...
and came away with a 2–1 victory. In the quarterfinal Basel played on the
Stadion Brügglifeld but were eliminated by
Aarau
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.
Coppa delle Alpi
Basel were not qualified to play any of the European competitions, but they did enter the
Coppa delle Alpi
Coppa delle Alpi (translated as ''Cup of the Alps'') was a friendly football tournament, first organized by the Italian national league as it started in 1960 and then they were aided by the Swiss League from 1962, for the reason that the majorit ...
. They played together with
Lausanne-Sport in Group A against
Bordeaux
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and
Bastia
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. Basel won the group and continued to the final, which was played on 29 September 1981 in Basel against
Sochaux
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Geography
Sochaux lies east of Montbéliard, and southeast of Paris.
Population
Inhabitants are known as ''Sochaliens''.
Economy
Soc ...
. They game ended 2–2 after extra time and Basel won on penalties.
Players
The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the season 1981–92. The list includes players that were in the squad the day the Nationalliga A season started on 15 August 1981 but subsequently left the club after that date.
;Players who left the squad
Results
;Legend
Friendly matches
Pre- and mid-season
Winter break
Nationalliga A
Nationalliga Matches
League standings
Swiss Cup
Swiss League Cup
Coppa delle Alpi
;Group A
''NB: teams did not play compatriots''
;Group table
''NB: 1 bonus point awarded for victory by 3 or more goals''
;Final
See also
*
History of FC Basel
Fussball Club Basel 1893 has a long and illustrious history, that spans the period from 1893 to the present day. Having competed at the highest level of football in Switzerland for most of this time, FCB currently play in the Swiss Super League ...
*
List of FC Basel players
FC Basel 1893 (Fussball Club Basel 1893) is a Swiss football club based in Basel, Switzerland. This is a list of footballers who have played for FC Basel since the club was first founded.
''For a list of FC Basel players with a Wikipedia article ...
*
List of FC Basel seasons
This is a list of seasons played by FC Basel in Swiss and European football, from the club's founding in 1893 to the present. It details FC Basel's record in each major competition entered including different divisions of the Swiss Football Leag ...
References
Sources
* Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG.
* Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
The FCB squad 1981–82 at fcb-archiv.ch
External links
FC Basel official site
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