1980–81 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1980–81 season
Chairman	Pierre Jacques Lieblich
Manager	Helmut Benthaus
Ground	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A	Sixth
Swiss Cup	Quarter-final
Swiss League Cup	Round 1
European Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Erni Maissen (10); All: Erni Maissen (14)
Highest home attendance	17,500 on 11 April 1981; vs Grasshopper Club
Lowest home attendance	4,000 on 11 October 1980; vs Sion; and on 25 October 1980; vs Servette
Average home league attendance	6,630
	← 1979–80 1981–82 →

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	SUI	Hans Küng
2	DF	SUI	Walter Geisser
3	DF	FRA	Serge Duvernois (from Saint Louis)
4	MF	SUI	Ernst Schleiffer
5	DF	SUI	René Hasler
6	MF	SUI	Otto Demarmels
7	FW	SUI	Peter Marti
8	MF	SUI	Markus Tanner
9	FW	SUI	Joseph Küttel
10	MF	SUI	Arthur von Wartburg
11	FW	GER	Detlev Lauscher


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	DF	SUI	Jean-Pierre Maradan
13	DF	SUI	Stefano Ceccaroni (reserves)
14	DF	SUI	Jörg Stohler
15	MF	SUI	Martin Mullis (from St. Gallen)
16	MF	SUI	Hansruedi Schär
17	DF	FRA	Serge Gaisser
18	MF	SUI	Erni Maissen
22	GK	SUI	Hans Müller
—	DF	SUI
—	MF	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	SUI	Robert Baldinger (to Aarau)
—	DF	SUI	Rolf Schönauer


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SUI	Erwin Meyer (to Luzern)
—	DF	GER	Manfred Jungk

Results[]

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendly matches[]

Pre- and mid-season[]

23 July 1980 Pre-season	Stuttgarter Kickers	3 – 1	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	1 – 2	Basel	Hugo-Koch-Stadion, Eppingen
	Sterz 37' (1:1) Gebhardt 61′	Summary	32' (0:1) Mullis 88' (1:2)	Attendance: 1,500

27 July 1980 Pre-season	SC Freiburg	2 – 2	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	2 – 3	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: Peter Scherz

1 August 1980 Uhrencup	Basel	6 – 0	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: Manfred Schlup Grenchen

6 August 1980 Uhrencup Final	Grenchen	1 – 5	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: Alfred Heinis

10 August 1980 Pre-season	Xamax	2 – 0	Basel	Oensingen
15:30	Pellegrini 19' (1:0) Lüthi 84' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 950 Referee: Hauri

12 August 1980 Philips Cup	Young Boys	1 – 3	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: Werner Bösch

19 August 1980 Philips Cup Final	Basel	7 – 2	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: Jean-Marie Macheret

14 October 1980 Mid-season	Bulle	1 – 1	Basel	Stade de Bouleyres, Bulle
	Blanchard (1:1)	Summary	33' (0:1) von Wartburg	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Willy Hänni

1 November 1980 Mid-season	Basel	2 – 2	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: Rolf Blattmann

Winter break[]

12 January 1981 Winter break	Singapore XI	1 – 1	Basel	Singapore
	(1x)	Summary	(1x) Maissen	Attendance: 16,000

14 January 1981 Winter break	Malaysia XI	0 – 4	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	1 – 2	Basel	Penang, Malaysia
	(1x)	Summary	(1x) Tanner (1x) Lauscher	Attendance: 4,500

12 February 1981 Winter break	FC Allschwil	1 – 6	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: Pfister

14 February 19814 Winter break	Nordstern Basel	2 – 1	Basel	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
	Zbinden 5' (1:0) Kaufmann 27' (2:0)	Summary	81' (2:1) Lauscher	Attendance: 500 Referee: Ernst Dörflinger Basel

18 February 1981 Winter break	Basel	2 – 2	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: Rudolf Renggli Luzern

21 February 1981 Winter break	Basel	3 – 1	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: 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 80'	Summary	61' (1:1) Maissen	Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern

30 August 1980 Round 2	Basel	0 – 0	Chênois	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00		Summary		Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Renzo Peduzzi

6 September 1980 Round 3	Zürich	1 – 3	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00	Zwicker 56' (1:2) Elsa Elsener Zwicker	Summary	18' (0:1) Marti 39' (0:2) Stohler 89' (1:3) Maradan von Wartburg	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: 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: Rudolf Affolter

20 September 1980 Round 5	Chiasso	3 – 0	Basel	Stadio Comunale Riva IV, Chiasso
20:00	Bevilacqua 41' (1:0) Untersee 43' Manzoni 51' (2:0) Rehmann 74' (3:0)	Summary		Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Alfred Heinis

4 October 1980 Round 6	Grasshopper Club	2 – 2	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
20:00	Egli 24' (1:1) Meyer 71′ Egli 84' (2:2) Hermann	Summary	17' (0:1) Küttel 44' (1:2) Küttel Demarmels Küttel	Attendance: 11,800 Referee: 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	Summary	22' (2:1) Mauron 57' (2:2) Kok Bamert Lei-Ravello	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: 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: 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) Favre	Summary	14' (1:1) Marti 66' (pen. 3:2) Stohler Maradan	Attendance: 6,200 Referee: 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: Rudolf Renggli Luzern

15 November 1980 Round 11	Luzern	3 – 1	Basel	Stadion Allmend, Luzern
17:00	Risi 6' (1:0) Kaufmann 26' Hitzfeld 66' (2:1) Risi 84' (3:1)	Summary	8' (1:1) Maissen 51' Schär	Attendance: 8,200 Referee: 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	Weidle	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Marino Paggiola

7 December 1980 Round 13	Nordstern Basel	1 – 2	Basel	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
14:30	Mata 71' Kälin 77' (1:2)	Summary	68' (0:1) Maissen 75' (0:2) Demarmels	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: 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 Baur	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Rudolf Renggli Luzern

8 March 1981 Round 15	Chênois	2 – 2	Basel	, Thônex
14:30	Lopez 73' (1:2) Michel 81' (2:2)	Summary	15' (0:1) Lauscher 46' (0:2) Mullis	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: 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: Jakob Baumann

21 March 1981 Round 17	St. Gallen	1 – 2	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
17:30	Friberg 34' (1:0)	Summary	33' von Wartburg 52' (1:1) Marti 61' Maissen 65' Lauscher 89' (1:2)	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: 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	53' Rehmann	Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Georges Sandoz

11 April 1981 Round 19	Basel	1 – 5	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Tanner 14' (1:0) Maradan 55' Marti 72'	Summary	2' Herbert Hermann 24' (1:1) Pfister 44' (1:2) Egli 59' Heinz Hermann 65' (1:3) Sulser 67' (1:4) Wehrli 76' (1:5) Zanetti	Attendance: 17,500 Referee: André Daina

24 April 1981 Round 20	Sion	1 – 1	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:30	Richard 29' (1:0) Valentini 62'	Summary	51' Maissen 89' (1:1) Ceccaroni	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 66′ Tanner 67' (5:0) Gaisser 84' (6:0)	Summary		Attendance: 1,900 Referee: 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: 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 18' Moser 56' (0:2) Zwicker	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Jakob Baumann

European Cup[]

Round 1

17 September 1980 First leg	Club Brugge	0 – 1	Basel	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
20:00		UEFA summary FCB summary	55' Schleiffer 65' Maissen	Referee: Adolf Mathias

1 October 1980 Second leg	Basel	4 – 1	Club Brugge	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Marti 3' Tanner 14' Stohler 48' (pen.) von Wartburg 55' Geisser 81'	UEFA summary FCB summary	4' Ceulemans 12' Meeuws 17' Barth (Goalkeeper) 44' Leekens	Referee:

Basel won 5–1 on aggregate.

Round 2

22 October 1980 First leg	Basel	1 – 0	Red Star Belgrade	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Lauscher 33' Tanner 35'	UEFA summary FCB Summary	22' Jurišić 50' Janković	Referee: António Garrido

5 November 1980 Second leg	Red Star Belgrade	2 – 0	Basel	Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
17:00	Repčić 6' Janjanin 18' 68' Blagojević 87'	UEFA summary FCB summary		Referee: John Carpenter

Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.

References[]

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

Sources[]

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 1980–81 at fcb-archiv.ch
Switzerland 1980–81 at RSSSF
Swiss League Cup at RSSSF

External links[]

FC Basel official site

[fcb-achiv-1980/81-_bilanz-1] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1980/81". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

[rsssf-Nationalliga_A_1980-1981-2] Erik Garin. "Nationalliga A 1980-1981". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

[rsssf-Switzerland_1980-1981-3] Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1980-1981". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

[Uefa-1980/1981-4] "Champions League 1980/1981". uefa.com. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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1980–81 FC Basel season

Contents

Overview[]

Pre-season[]

Domestic league[]

Swiss Cup and League Cup[]

European Cup[]

Players[]

Results[]

Friendly matches[]

Pre- and mid-season[]

Winter break[]

Nationalliga A[]

Matches[]

League standings[]

Swiss Cup[]

Swiss League Cup[]

European Cup[]

See also[]

References[]

Sources[]

External links[]