FC Basel
1980–81 season
FC Basel Logo
ChairmanSwitzerland Pierre Jacques Lieblich
ManagerGermany Helmut Benthaus
GroundSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga ASixth
Swiss CupQuarter-final
Swiss League CupRound 1
European CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Switzerland Erni Maissen (10)
All: Switzerland Erni Maissen (14)
Highest home attendance17,500 on 11 April 1981
vs Grasshopper Club
Lowest home attendance4,000 on 11 October 1980
vs Sion
and on 25 October 1980
vs Servette
Average home league attendance6,630

The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1980–81 season was their 87th season since the club was founded. It was their 35th 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 voted as new club chairman, he replaced René Theler who stood down at the AGM.

Overview

Pre-season

Helmut Benthaus was first team manager for the sixteenth consecutive season. There were only a few changes in the squad this off-season. Erwin Meyer moved on to Luzern and Robert Baldinger moved to lower tier Aarau. Serge Duvernois joined from Saint Louis and Martin Mullis joined from St. Gallen. All other mutations were internal between the first team and the reserves.

Basel played a total of 52 games in their 1980–81 season. 26 matches were played in the domestic league, three in the Swiss Cup, one in the Swiss League Cup, four in the 1980–81 European Cup and 18 were friendly matches. The team scored a total of 115 goals and conceded 71. Of their 18 test games, 10 were won, five were drawn and three ended with a defeat. Three of these games were played at home in St. Jakob Stadium, the others were played away from home. In the pre-season Basel played three games in Germany and during the winter break they played three games in Singapore and Malaysia.[1]

Domestic league

Basel played in the 1980–81 Nationalliga A. The league had been reformed and there were no more championship play-offs. Basel played a mediocre season and ended the Nationalliga in sixth position, 12 points behind Zürich who became champions. In their 26 league games Basel won nine, drew ten and lost seven matches, which meant that the totaled 28 points. They scored 48 goals, conceding 44. Erni Maissen was the team's top goalscorer scoring ten league goals. Markus Tanner was second best scorer with six goals.[2]

Swiss Cup and League Cup

Basel entered the Swiss Cup in the round of 32. Here they were drawn away against Fribourg and they won the match 3–0. In the round of 16 they were drawn at home against Martigny-Sports and this match was won 6–0. In the quarterfinal, on 28 March 1981, Basel were drawn to play away from home against Zürich in the Letzigrund. The hosts won the tie 3–0. Basel were out of the competition and Zürich continued on to the final and won the trophy. In first round of the Swiss League Cup Basel were also drawn away against Zürich. They lost the home game 1–2 and Zürich continued in this competition and won this trophy as well.[3]

European Cup

As reigning Swiss champions Basel were qualified for the 1980–81 European Cup. In the first round they were drawn against Club Brugge. The first leg was played in Jan Breydel Stadium in Bruges and Basel won 1–0 through a goal scored by Erni Maissen in 65th minute. The return leg was won 4–1, the goals coming from Markus Tanner (14), Jörg Stohler (48), Arthur von Wartburg (55) and Walter Geisser (81) after Brugge had taken an early lead through Jan Ceulemans (3), but their goalkeeper Leen Barth was sent off in the 17th minute. In the second round Basel were drawn against Red Star Belgrade. Basel decided the first leg for themselves 1–0, the goal scored by Detlev Lauscher. In the second leg, however, Basel were defeated 0–2 and were eliminated from the competition.[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 Switzerland SUI Hans Küng
2 DF Switzerland SUI Walter Geisser
3 DF France FRA Serge Duvernois (from Saint Louis)
4 MF Switzerland SUI Ernst Schleiffer
5 DF Switzerland SUI René Hasler
6 MF Switzerland SUI Otto Demarmels
7 FW Switzerland SUI Peter Marti
8 MF Switzerland SUI Markus Tanner
9 FW Switzerland SUI Joseph Küttel
10 MF Switzerland SUI Arthur von Wartburg
11 FW Germany GER Detlev Lauscher
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 DF Switzerland SUI Jean-Pierre Maradan
13 DF Switzerland SUI Stefano Ceccaroni (reserves)
14 DF Switzerland SUI Jörg Stohler
15 MF Switzerland SUI Martin Mullis (from St. Gallen)
16 MF Switzerland SUI Hansruedi Schär
17 DF France FRA Serge Gaisser
18 MF Switzerland SUI Erni Maissen
22 GK Switzerland SUI Hans Müller
— DF Switzerland SUI René Zingg
— MF Switzerland SUI Martin Jeitziner
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
— MF Switzerland SUI Robert Baldinger (to Aarau)
— DF Switzerland SUI Rolf Schönauer
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Switzerland SUI Erwin Meyer (to Luzern)
— DF Germany GER Manfred Jungk

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season

23 July 1980 Pre-season Stuttgarter Kickers Germany 3 – 1 Switzerland Basel Stuttgart
Nickel (1:0)
Voise (2:0)
Dreher (3:1)		 Summary (2:1) Lauscher Attendance: 2,000
25 July 1980 Pre-season VfB Eppingen Germany 1 – 2 Switzerland Basel Hugo-Koch-Stadion, Eppingen
Sterz 37' (1:1)
Gebhardt soccer ball with red X 61′		 Summary 32' (0:1) Mullis
88' (1:2)		 Attendance: 1,500
27 July 1980 Pre-season SC Freiburg Germany 2 – 2 Switzerland Basel Alemannenstadion, Maulburg
18:00 (1:0)
(2:2)		 Summary 38' (1:1) Tanner
86' (1:2) Marti		 Attendance: 2,500
31 July 1980 Pre-season Luzern Switzerland 2 – 3 Switzerland Basel Wolfwil
20:00 Fischer 20' (1:0)
Gaisser 35' (o.g. 0:2)		 Summary (2:1) Lauscher
67' (2:2) Lauscher
87' (2:3) Schär		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Peter Scherz
1 August 1980 Uhrencup Basel Switzerland 6 – 0 Switzerland Biel-Bienne Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
18:00 Hasler 13' (1:0)
Marti 26' (2:0)
Maissen 43' (3:0)
Belafatti 55' (4:0)
Maissen 63' (5:0)
Hasler 81' (6:0)		 Summary Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Switzerland Manfred Schlup Grenchen
6 August 1980 Uhrencup Final Grenchen Switzerland 1 – 5 Switzerland Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:15 Bregy 68' (1:5) Summary 6' (0:1) Demarmels
18' (0:2) von Wartburg
31' (0:3) Tanner
39' (0:4) Küttel
43' (0:5) Marti		 Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Alfred Heinis
10 August 1980 Pre-season Xamax Switzerland 2 – 0 Switzerland Basel Oensingen
15:30 Pellegrini 19' (1:0)
Lüthi 84' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 950
Referee: Switzerland Hauri
12 August 1980 Philips Cup Young Boys Switzerland 1 – 3 Switzerland Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
20:30 Schönenberger 63' (1:3) Summary 7' (0:1) Hasler
11' (0:2) Lauscher
14' (0:3) Küttel		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Werner Bösch
19 August 1980 Philips Cup Final Basel Switzerland 7 – 2 Switzerland Zürich Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
20:30 Marti 31' (1:1)
Gaisser 33' (2:1)
Schär 44' (3:1)
Schär 47' (4:1)
Schär 58' (5:1)
Marti 66' (6:1)
Küttel 68' (7:1)		 Summary 25' (0:1) Zappa
74' (7:2) Seiler		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Jean-Marie Macheret
14 October 1980 Mid-season Bulle Switzerland 1 – 1 Switzerland Basel Stade de Bouleyres, Bulle
Blanchard (1:1) Summary 33' (0:1) von Wartburg Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Willy Hänni
1 November 1980 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 2 – 2 Switzerland Kriens St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Maissen 73' (1:2)
Maissen 85' (2:2)		 Summary 61' (0:1) Rhyn
70' (0:2) Foschini		 Attendance: 200
Referee: Switzerland Rolf Blattmann

Winter break

12 January 1981 Winter break Singapore XI Singapore 1 – 1 Switzerland Basel Singapore
(1x) Summary (1x) Maissen Attendance: 16,000
14 January 1981 Winter break Malaysia XI Malaysia 0 – 4 Switzerland Basel Malaysia
Summary 48' (0:1) Gaisser
58' (0:2) Gaisser
83' (0:3) Maissen
89' (0:4) Demarmels		 Attendance: 15,000
21 January 1981 Winter break Penang XI Malaysia 1 – 2 Switzerland Basel Penang, Malaysia
(1x) Summary (1x) Tanner
(1x) Lauscher		 Attendance: 4,500
12 February 1981 Winter break FC Allschwil Switzerland 1 – 6 Switzerland Basel Gartenhof, Allschwil
Schnetzer 75' (1:5) Summary 7' (0:1) von Wartburg
13' (0:2) Lauscher
23' (0:3) Tanner
25' (0:4) Gaisser
50' (0:5) Gaisser
82' (1:6) Demarmels		 Attendance: 500
Referee: Switzerland Pfister
14 February 19814 Winter break Nordstern Basel Switzerland 2 – 1 Switzerland Basel Stadion Rankhof, Basel
Zbinden 5' (1:0)
Kaufmann 27' (2:0)		 Summary 81' (2:1) Lauscher Attendance: 500
Referee: Switzerland Ernst Dörflinger Basel
18 February 1981 Winter break Basel Switzerland 2 – 2 Italy SSC Napoli St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30 Geisser 30' (1:0)
Mullis 60' (2:2)		 Summary 44' (1:1) Capone
45' (1:2) Capone		 Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Switzerland Rudolf Renggli Luzern
21 February 1981 Winter break Basel Switzerland 3 – 1 Switzerland Luzern St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
von Wartburg 36' (1:0)
Küttel 40' (2:0)
Schär 47' (3:0)		 Summary 61' (pen. 3:1) Risi Attendance: 600
Referee: Switzerland Bruno Burgener

Nationalliga A

Matches

23 August 1980 Round 1 Young Boys 3 – 1 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
20:00 Müller 56' (1:0)
Schönenberger 67' (2:1)
Schönenberger 74' (3:1)
Schönenberger Yellow card 80'		 Summary 61' (1:1) Maissen Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Switzerland Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern
30 August 1980 Round 2 Basel 0 – 0 Chênois St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Summary Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Renzo Peduzzi
6 September 1980 Round 3 Zürich 1 – 3 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00 Zwicker 56' (1:2)
Elsa Yellow card
Elsener Yellow card
Zwicker Yellow card		 Summary 18' (0:1) Marti
39' (0:2) Stohler
89' (1:3) Maradan
Yellow card von Wartburg		 Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Switzerland Bruno Galler
13 September 1980 Round 4 Basel 1 – 0 St. Gallen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Maissen 50' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Switzerland Rudolf Affolter
20 September 1980 Round 5 Chiasso 3 – 0 Basel Stadio Comunale Riva IV, Chiasso
20:00 Bevilacqua 41' (1:0)
Untersee Yellow card 43'
Manzoni 51' (2:0)
Rehmann 74' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Alfred Heinis
4 October 1980 Round 6 Grasshopper Club 2 – 2 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
20:00 Egli 24' (1:1)
Meyer soccer ball with red X 71′
Egli 84' (2:2)
Hermann Yellow card		 Summary 17' (0:1) Küttel
44' (1:2) Küttel
Yellow card Demarmels
Yellow card Küttel		 Attendance: 11,800
Referee: Switzerland Renzo Peduzzi
8 October 1980 Round 7 Basel 3 – 2 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Küttel 5' (1:0)
Küttel 53' (2:0)
Maissen 69' (3:2)
Stohler Yellow card		 Summary 22' (2:1) Mauron
57' (2:2) Kok
Yellow card Bamert
Yellow card Lei-Ravello		 Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Bruno Galler
11 October 1980 Round 8 Basel 4 – 1 Sion St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Stohler 19' (1:0)
Maissen 23' (2:0)
Küttel 48' (3:0)
Marti 60' (4:1)		 Summary 49' (3:1) Saunier Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Peter Scherz
18 October 1979 Round 9 Xamax 3 – 2 Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
20:00 Bianchi 8' (1:0)
Trinchero 21' (pen. 2:1)
Guillou 62' (3:1)
FavreYellow card		 Summary 14' (1:1) Marti
66' (pen. 3:2) Stohler
Yellow card Maradan		 Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Switzerland Walter Nussbaumer
25 October 1980 Round 10 Basel 2 – 2 Servette St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Tanner 44' (1:0)
Lauscher 76' (2:2)		 Summary 55' (1:1) Zwygart
74' (1:2) Zwygart		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Rudolf Renggli Luzern
15 November 1980 Round 11 Luzern 3 – 1 Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
17:00 Risi 6' (1:0)
Kaufmann Yellow card 26'
Hitzfeld 66' (2:1)
Risi 84' (3:1)		 Summary 8' (1:1) Maissen
Yellow card 51' Schär		 Attendance: 8,200
Referee: Switzerland André Daina
23 November 1980 Round 12 Basel 4 – 0 Bellinzona St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Demarmels 18' (1:0)
Marti 35' (2:0)
Tanner 42' (3:0)
Tanner 81' (4:0)		 Summary Yellow card Weidle Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Marino Paggiola
7 December 1980 Round 13 Nordstern Basel 1 – 2 Basel Stadion Rankhof, Basel
14:30 Mata Yellow card 71'
Kälin 77' (1:2)		 Summary 68' (0:1) Maissen
75' (0:2) Demarmels		 Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Switzerland Renzo Peduzzi
1 March 1981 Round 14 Basel 2 – 2 Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Maissen 24' (1:1)
Lauscher 68' (2:2)		 Summary 15' (0:1) Brodard
57' (1:2) Berkemeier
Yellow card Baur		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland Rudolf Renggli Luzern
8 March 1981 Round 15 Chênois 2 – 2 Basel Stade des Trois-Chêne, Thônex
14:30 Lopez 73' (1:2)
Michel 81' (2:2)		 Summary 15' (0:1) Lauscher
46' (0:2) Mullis		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Switzerland Werner Bösch
15 March 1981 Round 16 Basel 2 – 0 Zürich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Tanner 56' (1:0)
Marti 90' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Switzerland Jakob Baumann
21 March 1981 Round 17 St. Gallen 1 – 2 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
17:30 Friberg 34' (1:0) Summary Yellow card 33' von Wartburg
52' (1:1) Marti
Yellow card 61' Maissen
Yellow card 65' Lauscher
89' (1:2)		 Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Switzerland Jean-Marie Macheret
5 April 1981 Round 18 Basel 3 – 0 Chiasso St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Ceccaroni 19' (1:0)
Maissen 30' (2:0)
Tanner 38' (3:0)		 Summary Yellow card 53' Rehmann Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Switzerland Georges Sandoz
11 April 1981 Round 19 Basel 1 – 5 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Tanner 14' (1:0)
Maradan Yellow card 55'
Marti Yellow card 72'		 Summary Yellow card 2' Herbert Hermann
24' (1:1) Pfister
44' (1:2) Egli
Yellow card 59' Heinz Hermann
65' (1:3) Sulser
67' (1:4) Wehrli
76' (1:5) Zanetti		 Attendance: 17,500
Referee: Switzerland André Daina
24 April 1981 Round 20 Sion 1 – 1 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:30 Richard 29' (1:0)
Valentini Yellow card 62'		 Summary Yellow card 51' Maissen
89' (1:1) Ceccaroni		 Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Werner Bösch
2 May 1981 Round 21 Basel 1 – 2 Xamax St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Marti 15' (1:0) Summary 64' (1:1) Pellegrini
78' (1:2) Pellegrini		 Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Switzerland Othmar Winter
12 May 1981 Round 22 Servette 2 – 1 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
20:00 Radi 53' (1:1)
Cucinotta 89' (2:1)		 Summary 29' (0:1) Lauscher Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Rudolf Affolter
16 May 1981 Round 23 Basel 4 – 4 Luzern St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Maissen 63' (1:3)
Lauscher 66' (2:4)
Maissen 77' (2:4)
Küttel 80' (2:4)		 Summary 23' (0:1) P. Risi
52' (0:2) Meyer
56' (0:3) Binder
64' (1:4) P. Risi		 Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Walter Nussbaumer
23 May 1981 Round 24 Bellinzona 1 – 1 Basel Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona
20:00 Leoni 49' (1:0) Summary 75' (o.g. 1:1) Degiovannini Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland André Daina
4 June 1981 Round 25 Lausanne-Sport 2 – 2 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:15 Tachet 65' (pen. 1:1)
Kok 80' (2:2)		 Summary 40' (0:1) Mullis
75' (1:2) Lauscher		 Attendance: 3,700
Referee: Switzerland Marco Raveglia
13 June 1981 Round 26 Basel 1 – 1 Nordstern Basel St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:15 Gaisser 52' (1:0) Summary 57' (1:1) Zeender Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Peter Scherz

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Zürich 26 18 4 4 57 28 +29 40 Champions, qualified for 1981–82 European Cup
2 Grasshopper Club 26 11 12 3 45 24 +21 34 qualified for 1981–82 UEFA Cup
3 Xamax 26 14 6 6 44 25 +19 34 qualified for 1981–82 UEFA Cup
4 Young Boys 26 11 11 4 46 33 +13 33
5 Lausanne-Sport 26 12 6 8 40 29 +11 30 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1981–82 Cup Winners' Cup
6 Basel 26 9 10 7 48 44 +4 28
7 Servette 26 8 10 8 38 36 +2 26
8 Sion 26 8 8 10 35 42 −7 24
9 Luzern 26 6 10 10 39 46 −7 22
10 St. Gallen 26 7 8 11 35 42 −7 22
11 Nordstern Basel 26 6 7 13 28 37 −9 19
12 Bellinzona 26 7 5 14 25 46 −21 19
13 Chiasso 26 5 8 13 28 46 −18 18
14 Chênois 26 3 9 14 23 53 −30 15 Relegated
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

28 September 1980 Round of 32 Fribourg 0 – 3 Basel Stade Universitaire, Fribourg
20:00 Summary 36' (0:1) Lauscher
47' (0:2) Maissen
87' (0:3) Mullis		 Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Switzerland Othmar Winter
9 November 1980 Round of 16 Basel 6 – 0 Martigny-Sports St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Küttel 1' (1:0)
Maissen 22' (2:0)
Maissen 38' (3:0)
Küttel 48' (4:0)
Stohler soccer ball with red X 66′
Tanner 67' (5:0)
Gaisser 84' (6:0)		 Summary Attendance: 1,900
Referee: Switzerland Roland Chapuis
29 March 1981 Quarter-final Zürich 3 – 0 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
Seiler 24' (1:0)
Elsener 42' (2:0)
Seiler 70' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Switzerland Peter Scherz

Swiss League Cup

16 August 1980 Round of 32 Basel 1 – 2 Zürich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:00 Lauscher 86' (1:2) Summary 15' (0:1) Lüdi
Yellow card 18' Moser
56' (0:2) Zwicker		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Jakob Baumann

European Cup

Round 1
17 September 1980 First leg Club Brugge Belgium 0 – 1 Switzerland Basel Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
20:00 UEFA summary
FCB summary		 Yellow card 55' Schleiffer
65' Maissen		 Referee: Austria Adolf Mathias
1 October 1980 Second leg Basel Switzerland 4 – 1 Belgium Club Brugge St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Marti Yellow card 3'
Tanner 14'
Stohler 48' (pen.)
von Wartburg 55'
Geisser 81'		 UEFA summary
FCB summary		 4' Ceulemans
Yellow card 12' Meeuws
Red card 17' Barth (Goalkeeper)
Yellow card 44' Leekens		 Referee: Spain Ángel Franco Martínez

Basel won 5–1 on aggregate.

Round 2
5 November 1980 Second leg Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 2 – 0 Switzerland Basel Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
17:00 Repčić 6'
Janjanin 18'
Rajković Yellow card 68'
Blagojević Yellow card 87'		 UEFA summary
FCB summary		 Referee: England John Carpenter

Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1980/81". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ↑ Erik Garin. "Nationalliga A 1980-1981". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. ↑ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1980-1981". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. ↑ "Champions League 1980/1981". uefa.com. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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