1996–97 FC Basel season

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FC Basel
1996–97 season
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ChairmanSwitzerland René C. Jäggi
ManagerKarl Engel (until March 1997)
Heinz Hermann (interim)
Salvatore Andracchio (ad interim from April)
GroundSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga AQualifying Phase 8th
Nationalliga AChampions Group 8th
Swiss CupRound of 16
1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup2nd in Group 7
Top goalscorerLeague: Gaetano Giallanza (17)
All: Gaetano Giallanza (19)
Highest home attendance22,000 on 2 March 1997
vs Zürich
Lowest home attendance6,000 on 15 May 1997
vs Xamax
and on 31 May 1997
vs Aarau
Average home league attendance10,800[1]

The 1996–97 Fussball Club Basel 1893 season was their 104th season since the club's foundation. Peter Epting retired from the chairmanship and René C. Jäggi became the club's new chairman following the AGM which was held in November. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Following their promotion in the 1993–94 season this was their third consecutive season in the highest tier of Swiss football.

Overview[]

Pre-season[]

Karl Engel was trainer at the start of the season, but he was replaced by Heinz Hermann in March 1997. Hermann only remained manager for a few weeks and was replaced by Salvatore Andracchio (ad interim) until the end of the season.[1] The clubs priority aim was to remain in the top flight of Swiss football.

A number of players had left the club during the off-season, Ike Shorunmu transferred to Zürich, Mario Cantaluppi moved to Servette and Gabriel Okolosi to Young Boys. Both Davide Orlando and Alexandre Rey moved back to Sion. Further players who left the club were Marco Walker, who moved to German team 1860 Munich, Lars Olsen returned to Denmark and joined Brøndby and Andre Meier moved on to FC Schaffhausen. To balance this, the club made some new signings as the season started. Adrian Knup returned to the club, signed in after a short spell by Galatasaray. Other players who joined from foreign clubs were, Adrian Falub who came from Universitatea Cluj and Mariano Armentano from Racing Club. A number of players also transferred from the domestic league, Gaetano Giallanza and Jean-Pierre La Placa both signed in from Sion, Mario Frick came from St. Gallen and Yann Poulard signed in from SR Delémont.[2]

Domestic league[]

The season did not start too well, it took until the twelfth round until the team recorded their third victory and one of these three was a forfeit victory because YB had used an unqualified player, Erol Bekirovski, in the match in the fourth round. As the first half of the season came to an end, the team had gathered five victories, ten draws and had suffered seven defeats in which the team scored 32 goals and conceded 33. Gaetano Giallanza was the team's top scorer with nine goals and Mario Frick was second best with six goals. Basel were in eighth position in the league table, thus, they qualified for the Championship round.

During the winter break Markus Schupp signed in on loan from Hamburger SV, Franco Foda signed in from VfB Stuttgart and Fabrice Henry signed in from CD Toledo. Also during the winter break Admir Smajić transferred out to Young Boys. In the Championship round the team suffered six defeats in a row. During this period head-coach Karl Engel was fired and was replaced by Heinz Hermann. The football did not improve and after just a few weeks Hermann was replaced by Salvatore Andracchio. Basel ended the championship round with nine defeats in twelve games. They had won only three games and so they ended the group in the last position in the league table. The team scored just 16 goals and had conceded 28. Gaetano Giallanza was the team's top scorer, he had netted eight times in this stage.[3]

Swiss Cup[]

Basel entered the Swiss Cup in the third principal round. The opponent here was lower tier FC Münsingen. Basel won the match after extra time. In the fourth round hosted the game against Young Boys and won 2–1. Oumar Kondé and Jean-Pierre La Placa each scored a goal and turned the game, after the team had been a goal behind early in the match. In the round of 16 Basel hosted Servette but they were knocked out, losing 1–4. The cup final was played between Sion and Luzern and ended with three all draw after extra time. Sion won the penalty shoot out and won the trophy. Because Sion won the double, as Swiss champions, they were qualified for the 1997–98 Champions League. Therefore, as finalists Luzern qualified to the 1997–98 Cup Winners' Cup.[4]

UEFA Intertoto Cup[]

In the 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup Basel played in group 7 together with Rotor Volgograd, Antalyaspor, Shakhtar Donetsk and Ataka-Aura Minsk. Basel won in Turkey against Antalyaspor and at home in the St. Jakob Stadium against Minsk. They drew at home with Shakhtar, but lost the in Russia against Volgograd who ended at the top of the group and continued to the next round. Basel ended the competition as second-placed team in the group league table.[5]

Players[]

The following is the list of the Basel first team squad. It also includes players that were in the squad the day the season started on 10 July 1996 but subsequently left the club after that date.

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 Stefan Huber
2 DF Switzerland  SUI Massimo Ceccaroni
3 DF Switzerland  SUI Yann Poulard (from SR Delémont)
4 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Samir Tabakovic
5 DF Switzerland  SUI Daniel Salvi (from Wil)
6 MF Ghana GHA Alex Nyarko
7 MF Switzerland  SUI Bruno Sutter
8 MF Liechtenstein LIE Mario Frick (from St. Gallen)
8 MF Switzerland  SUI Mario Cantaluppi (to Servette)
9 FW Switzerland  SUI Dario Zuffi
10 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Admir Smajić (to Young Boys)
11 FW Switzerland  SUI Gaetano Giallanza (from Sion)
12 GK Switzerland  SUI Thomas Grüter
13 FW Switzerland  SUI Adrian Knup (from Galatasaray)
14 MF Switzerland  SUI Theodoros Disseris
15 MF France FRA Fabrice Henry (from CD Toledo)
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF Switzerland  SUI Ivan Reimann (from youth team)
16 MF Switzerland  SUI Dominic Moser (on loan to Young Boys)
17 MF Switzerland  SUI Jean-Pierre La Placa (from Sion)
17 MF Switzerland  SUI Hakan Yakin
18 DF Switzerland  SUI Cyrill Schmidiger (from SV Muttenz)
19 DF Switzerland  SUI Davide Orlando
20 DF Switzerland  SUI Oumar Kondé
21 MF Argentina ARG Mariano Armentano (from Racing Club)
22 GK Switzerland  SUI Oliver Stöckli
23 MF Romania ROU Adrian Falub (from Universitatea Cluj)
24 DF Switzerland  SUI Yannick Hasler
24 MF Germany GER Markus Schupp (from Hamburger SV)
24 MF Italy ITA (from Modigliana Calcio)
25 MF Germany GER Franco Foda (from VfB Stuttgart)
— DF Switzerland  SUI Remo Buess (from youth team)
— DF Switzerland  SUI Marco Tschopp
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
— GK Niger NIG Ike Shorunmu (to Zürich)
— DF France FRA (to FC Riehen)
— DF Denmark DEN Lars Olsen (to Brøndby)
— DF Turkey TUR Dilaver Satılmış (to Trabzonspor)
— DF Brazil BRA Vilmar (to FC Baden)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Switzerland  SUI Marco Walker (to 1860 Munich)
— MF Switzerland  SUI Andre Meier (to FC Schaffhausen)
— MF Switzerland  SUI Daniele Moro (end of loan from Xamax)
— MF Niger NIG Gabriel Okolosi (to Young Boys)
— FW Switzerland  SUI Davide Orlando (to Sion)
— FW Switzerland  SUI Alexandre Rey (to Sion)

Results[]

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches[]

Pre- and mid-season[]

20 June 1996 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 2 – 4 Switzerland Grasshopper Club Löhrenacker, Aesch
19:30 Smajić Yellow card 80'
H. Yakin Goal 89' (1:4)
Nyarko Goal 90' (2:4)		 Summary Goal 41' (0:1) Magnin
Goal 52' (0:2) Magnin
Goal 70' (0:3) Abdullahi
Goal 79' (0:4) Jansen		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Switzerland Andreas Schluchter
25 June 1996 Pre-season FC Deitingen Switzerland 0 – 8 Switzerland Basel Grabmatt, Deitingen
19:00 Summary Goal 1' (0:1) Armentano
Goal 7' (0:2) La Placa
Goal 13' (0:3) La Placa
Goal 19' (0:4) Armentano
Goal 22' (0:5) Smajić
Goal 70' (0:6) Smajić
Goal 82' (0:7) Armentano
Goal 88' (0:8) Armentano		 Attendance: 500
Referee: Switzerland Dieter Schoch
5 July 1996 Pre-season Thun Switzerland 0 – 4 Switzerland Basel Stadion Lachen, Thun
19:00 Summary Goal 26' (0:1) H. Yakin
Goal 78' (o.g. 0:2) Speich
Goal 82' (0:3) Frick
Goal 88' (0:4) Giallanza		 Attendance: 300
Referee: Switzerland Markus Nobs, (Wohlen)
18 August 1996 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 1 – 4 Bahrain Bahrain Stadion Rankhof, Basel
Armentano Yellow card 32'
Ivan Reimann Red card 37'
Armentano Goal 66' (1:2)		 Summary Yellow card 15' Alhayki
Goal 45' (0:1) Jasim
Goal 62' (0:2) Issa
Yellow card 75' Mohamed
Goal 87' (1:3) Al Dossari
Goal 90' (1:4) Jasim		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Andreas Schluchter
Note: Opening of the Stadion Rankhof sports facilities
3 October 1996 Mid-season SV Muttenz Switzerland 1 – 5 Switzerland Basel Margelacker, Muttenz
19:00 Morpain Goal 64' (1:2) Summary Goal 24' (0:1) Giallanza
Goal 62' (0:2) Armentano
Goal 72' (1:3) Armentano
Goal 77' (1:4) Armentano
Goal 83' (1:5) Armentano		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland Andreas Schluchter
8 November 1996 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 2 – 1 Italy Italian 11 Gitterli, Liestal
19:00 Falub Yellow card 22'
Giallanza Goal 23' (1:0)
Zuffi Goal 85' (2:1)		 Summary Goal 45' (1:1) Pupita
Yellow card 57' Pupita
Yellow card 82' Magrini		 Attendance: 700
Referee: Switzerland Andreas Schluchter

Winter break[]

30 January 1997 Winter break Servette Switzerland 3 – 0 Switzerland Basel , Thônex
15:00 Rey Goal 64' (1:0)
Rey Goal 66' (2:0)
Pizzinat Goal 69' (3:0)
Nava Yellow card 81'		 Summary Attendance: 100
Referee: Switzerland Dieter Schoch
8 February 1997 Winter break SC Freiburg Germany 2 – 2 Switzerland Basel Dreisamstadion, Freiburg
15:30 Jurčević Goal 19' (1:1)
Wagner Goal 84' (2:1)		 Summary Goal 13' (0:1) Nyarko
Goal 90+1' (2:2) H. Yakin		 Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Germany Fritz Baudendistel
9 February 1997 Winter break Locarno Switzerland 0 – 0 Switzerland Basel Stadio del Lido, Locarno
14:00 Senn Yellow card 35' Summary Yellow card 17' La Placa
Yellow card 32' H. Yakin		 Attendance: 400
Referee: Switzerland Carlo Bertolini
13 February 1997 Winter break Pianorese Calcio Italy 0 – 5 Switzerland Basel Stadio Comunale, Pianoro, Bologna
Summary Goal 35' (0:1) Knup
Goal 38' (0:2) H. Yakin
Goal 58' (0:3) Knup
Goal 75' (0:4) Knup
Goal 87' (0:5) Giallanza		 Attendance: 25
Referee: Italy Salvatore Nuccio
15 February 1997 Winter break Lugano Switzerland 1 – 0 Switzerland Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
14:00 Kallon Goal 73' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 500
Referee: Switzerland Roberto Ferrari
22 February 1997 Winter break Basel Switzerland 1 – 0 Switzerland Luzern St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Falub Goal 24' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 4,700
Referee: Switzerland Andreas Schluchter
Note: FC Basel debut for Franco Foda

Nationalliga A[]

Main article: 1996–97 Nationalliga A

Qualifying phase[]

10 July 1996 Round 1 Aarau 0 – 1 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
20:00 Georgiew Yellow card 89' Summary Goal 58' (0:1) La Placa
Yellow card 74' Smajić		 Attendance: 7,900
Referee: Switzerland
17 July 1996 Round 2 Basel 0 – 1 Xamax St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Orlando Yellow card 21'
Frick Yellow card 29'		 Summary Yellow card 18' Vernier
Goal 88' (0:1) Isabella		 Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Switzerland
24 July 1996 Round 3 Basel Postponed Luzern St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
27 July 1996 Round 4 Young Boys 0 – 3 FF Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
20:00 Okolosi Goal 27' (1:0)
Neqrouz Yellow card 82'
Gerber Yellow card 38' Goal 85' (2:2)		 Summary Yellow card 23' Tabakovic
Goal (1:1) Nyarko
Yellow card 44' Orlando
Goal 64' (1:2) Frick		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Switzerland
Note: Forfeit victory for FCB because YB used an unqualified player, Erol Bekirovski.
31 July 1996 Round 5 St. Gallen 1 – 0 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
20:00 Allenspach Goal 50' (1:0)
Motaung Yellow card 81'		 Summary Yellow card 30' Dominic Moser
Yellow card 52' Ceccaroni
Yellow card 82' Armentano
Yellow card 90' Smajić		 Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Switzerland Werner Müller
3 August 1996 Round 6 Basel 1 – 1 Servette St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 La Placa Goal 34' (1:1)
Frick Yellow card 37'
La Placa Yellow card 72'		 Summary Goal 7' (0:1) Pouget
Yellow card 35' Müller
Yellow card 65' Margarini		 Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Switzerland
11 August 1996 Round 7 Sion 2 – 2 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
18:00 Kombouaré Goal 8' (1:0)
Gaspoz Yellow card 41'
Bonvin Goal 85' (2:2)		 Summary Goal 30' (1:1) Nyarko
Goal 32' (1:2) Frick
Yellow card 75' Zuffi		 Attendance: 9,800
Referee: Switzerland
17 August 1996 Round 8 Basel 4 – 5 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 H. Yakin Goal 10' (1:0)
H. Yakin Goal 12' (2:0)
Frick Goal 35' (3:3)
Giallanza Goal 90' (4:5)		 Summary Yellow card 6' Gämperle
Goal 13' (2:1) Moldovan
Goal 14' (2:2) Moldovan
Goal 20' (2:3) Türkyilmaz
Goal 42' (3:4) Comisetti
Yellow card 59' Esposito
Yellow card 64' Yellow-red card 82' Thüler
Goal 73' (3:5) Türkyilmaz		 Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Switzerland Serge Muhmenthaler
24 August 1996 Round 9 Lugano 1 – 1 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
20:00 Bugnard Yellow card 65'
Giannini Yellow card 48'
Giannini Goal 86' (1:1)		 Summary Yellow card 50' H. Yakin
Goal 68' (0:1) Giallanza		 Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Switzerland
27 August 1996 Round 3 Basel 2 – 2 Luzern St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 La Placa Goal 4' (1:0)
Smajić Yellow card 68'
Frick Goal 88' (pen. 2:2)		 Summary Yellow card 27' Yellow-red card 66' Fink
Goal 33' (1:1) Sermeter
Goal 78' (1:2) Wolf		 Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Liechtenstein
4 September 1996 Round 10 Basel 2 – 4 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Nyarko Yellow card 19'
Frick Yellow card 65' Goal 30' (1:0)
Giallanza Goal 90+1' (2:4)		 Summary Goal 32' (1:1) Udovič
Yellow card 36' Ohrel
Goal 40' (1:2) Sané
Yellow card 53' Iglesias
Goal 76' (1:3) Douglas
Goal 84' (1:4) Douglas		 Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Switzerland
7 September 1996 Round 11 Zürich 1 – 1 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00 Mazzarelli Goal 77' (1:1) Summary Yellow card 36' Ceccaroni
Goal 38' (0:1) Giallanza
Yellow card 73' Grüter
Yellow card 75' Salvi		 Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Switzerland Urs Meier
14 September 1996 Round 12 Basel 2 – 0 Aarau St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Falub Yellow card 4'
Armentano Goal 18' (1:0)
Armentano Yellow card 18'
Nyarko Goal 24' (2:0)
Frick Yellow card 90'		 Summary Yellow card 12' Bader
Yellow card 66' Wiederkehr
Yellow card 41' Christ		 Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Switzerland
18 September 1996 Round 13 Xamax 3 – 3 Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
20:00 Leśniak Goal 18' (1:0)
Kunz Goal 19' (2:0)
Gigon Yellow card 21'
Gigon Goal 43' (3:1)		 Summary Yellow card 11' Frick
Goal 36' (2:1) La Placa
Goal 55' (3:2) Giallanza
Yellow card 56' Smajić
Goal 67' (3:3) Frick		 Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Switzerland
28 September 1996 Round 14 Luzern 0 – 3 Basel Stadion Allmend Luzern
20:00 Summary Goal 19' (0:1) Giallanza
Goal 19' (0:2) La Placa
Yellow card 34' La Placa
Goal 45' (0:3) Giallanza		 Attendance: 14,850
Referee: Switzerland
9 October 1996 Round 15 Basel 1 – 1 Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Giallanza Goal 10' (1:0)
Giallanza Yellow card 76'		 Summary Yellow card 8' Neqrouz
Goal 35' (1:1) Okolosi
Yellow card 44' Streun
Yellow card 56' Ivanov
Yellow card 79' Okolosi		 Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Switzerland
13 October 1996 Round 16 Basel 2 – 2 St. Gallen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Orlando Yellow card 19'
Giallanza Goal 39' (1:1)
Zuffi Yellow card 79'
H. Yakin Goal 85' (2:2)		 Summary Yellow card 4' Motaung
Goal 27' (0:1) Regtop
Yellow card 35' Mouidi
Yellow card 65' Eugster
Yellow card 69' Brunner
Goal 75' (1:2) Dittgen
Yellow card 90' Dittgen		 Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Switzerland
20 October 1996 Round 17 Servette 2 – 0 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
14:30 Nava Goal 12' (1:0)
Němeček Goal 25' (2:0)
Pizzinat Yellow card 31'
Němeček Yellow card 53'		 Summary Yellow card 11' Zuffi Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland
27 October 1996 Round 18 Basel 0 – 3 Sion St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Salvi Yellow card 44'
H. Yakin Yellow card 78'		 Summary Goal 17' (0:1) Chassot
Goal 34' (0:2) Bonvin
Yellow card 49' Biaggi
Yellow card 55' Lehmann
Goal 75' (0:3) Vercruysse		 Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Switzerland
3 November 1996 Round 19 Grasshopper Club 4 – 2 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
14:30 Esposito Goal 4' (1:0)
Moldovan Goal 15' (2:0)
Moldovan Goal 22' (3:0)
Smiljanić Yellow card 54'
Subiat Goal 86' (4:2)		 Summary Goal 32' (3:1) Armentano
Yellow card 58' Poulard
Goal 70' (3:2) Nyarko		 Attendance: 12,750
Referee: Switzerland
17 November 1996 Round 20 Basel 2 – 0 Lugano St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Giallanza Goal 42' (1:0)
Giallanza Goal 55' (2:0)
Nyarko Yellow card 86'		 Summary Yellow card 24' Morf
Yellow card 62' Karić		 Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Switzerland Urs Meier
24 November 1996 Round 21 Lausanne-Sport 0 – 0 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
14:30 Iglesias Yellow card 61'
Ohrel Yellow card 88'		 Summary Yellow card 81' Frick
Yellow card 82' Disseris		 Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Switzerland
1 December 1996 Round 22 Basel 0 – 0 Zürich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Disseris Yellow card 9'
Falub Yellow card 84'		 Summary Yellow card 22' Gambino
Yellow card 42' Di Jorio
Yellow card 45' Tarone		 Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Switzerland

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Xamax 22 12 8 2 36 20 +16 44 Advance to championship round
halved points (rounded up) as bonus
2 Grasshopper Club 22 10 9 3 42 27 +15 39
3 Sion 22 9 10 3 33 21 +12 37
4 Aarau 22 9 8 5 21 14 +7 35
5 Lausanne-Sport 22 9 7 6 35 32 +3 34
6 St. Gallen 22 6 10 6 20 26 −6 28
7 Zürich 22 6 9 7 24 25 −1 27
8 Basel 22 5 11 6 32 32 0 26
9 Servette 22 5 9 8 24 25 −1 24 Continue to promotion/relegation round
10 Luzern 22 4 11 7 27 32 −5 23
11 Lugano 22 2 9 11 14 32 −18 15
12 Young Boys 22 3 3 16 17 39 −22 12
Source: rsssf.com

Championship group[]

2 March 1997 Round 1 Basel 1 – 0 Zürich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Zuffi Yellow card 3'
Giallanza Yellow card 22' Goal 55' (pen. 1:0)
Ceccaroni Yellow card 84'		 Summary Yellow card 9' Andersen
Yellow card 87' Konjić		 Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Switzerland
9 March 1997 Round 2 Aarau 2 – 1 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
14:30 Christ Yellow card 21'
Ćirić Goal 66' (1:0)
Bader Yellow card
Hodel Goal 84' (2:1)		 Summary Yellow card 17' Falub
Yellow card 44' Yellow-red card 59' Foda
Goal 79' (1:1) Giallanza
Yellow card 87' H. Yakin		 Attendance: 9,700
Referee: Switzerland
23 March 1997 Round 3 Basel 0 – 1 Sion St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Ceccaroni Yellow card 31' Summary Yellow card 13' Quentin
Goal 20' (0:1) Ouattara
Yellow card 83' Murray		 Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Switzerland
26 March 1997 Round 4 Xamax 3 – 0 Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
20:00 Kunz Goal 19' (1:0)
Perret Yellow card 45'
Wittl Goal 65' (2:0)
Cyprien Goal 90' (3:0)		 Summary Yellow card 60' Reimann Attendance: 8,800
Referee: Switzerland Urs Meier
5 April 1997 Round 5 Basel 1 – 2 St. Gallen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Giallanza Goal 67' (1:0) Summary Yellow card 30' Allenspach
Goal 81' (1:1) Regtop
Goal 88' (1:2) Regtop		 Attendance: 7,400
Referee: Switzerland
13 April 1997 Round 6 Grasshopper Club 4 – 1 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
14:30 Türkyilmaz Goal 39' (1:1)
Moldovan Goal 56' (pen 2:1)
Vogel Goal 57' (3:1)
Haas Yellow card 61'
Vogel Goal 68' (4:1)		 Summary Yellow card 20' Nyarko
Goal 32' (0:1) Bruno Sutter
Yellow card 35' Huber
Yellow card 38' Giallanza		 Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Switzerland
19 April 1997 Round 7 Lausanne-Sport 2 – 0 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:00 Hänzi Goal 17' (1:0)
Douglas Yellow card 52'
Sané Goal 83' (2:0)		 Summary Yellow card
Yellow card
Yellow card		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Switzerland
24 April 1997 Round 8 Basel 3 – 2 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Giallanza Goal 29' (1:1)
Giallanza Goal 35' (2:1)
Kondé Yellow card 79'
Nyarko Goal 79' (3:2)		 Summary Goal 8' (0:1) Sané
Yellow card 31' Iglesias
Goal 59' (22) Rehn
Yellow card 66' Yellow-red card 87' Piffaretti		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland
3 May 1997 Round 9 Basel 3 – 3 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Knup Goal 7' (1:0)
Giallanza Goal 23' (2:1)
Kondé Yellow card 43'
Knup Goal 72' (3:2)		 Summary Yellow card 15' Smiljanić
Goal 19' (1:1) Moldovan
Yellow card 35' Haas
Goal 43' (2:2) Türkyilmaz
Goal 76' (3:3) Magnin
Yellow card 80' Ahinful		 Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Switzerland Urs Meier
10 May 1997 Round 10 St. Gallen 2 – 1 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
17:30 Regtop Goal 18' (1:0)
Hellinga Yellow card 57'
Allenspach Yellow card 61'
Tsawa Yellow card 74'
Contini Yellow card 76'
Regtop Goal 82' (2:1)
Regtop Yellow card 82'		 Summary Goal 22' Giallanza
Yellow card 25' Foda
Yellow card 43' Giallanza
Yellow card 45' Falub		 Referee: Switzerland
15 May 1997 Round 11 Basel 1 – 3 Xamax St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Knup Goal 39' (pen. 1:0)
Frick Yellow card 44'
Tabakovic Yellow card 48'		 Summary Yellow card 39' Corminbœuf
Goal 47' (1:1) Leśniak
Goal 52' (1:2) Isabella
Yellow card 65' Martin Rueda
Goal 80' (1:3) Wittl		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland Serge Muhmenthaler
24 May 1997 Round 12 Sion 1 – 0 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:00 Lukić Goal 32' (1:0)
Wicky Yellow card 43'		 Summary Yellow card 45' Kondé
Yellow card 53' Schupp		 Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Switzerland
31 May 1997 Round 13 Basel 3 – 2 Aarau St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Giallanza Goal 49' (1:0)
Knup Goal 54' (2:0)
Knup Goal 60' (3:0)
Ceccaroni Yellow card 72'		 Summary Goal 77' (3:1) Brugnoli
Goal 90+1' (3:2) Kilian		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland Werner Müller
4 June 1997 Round 14 Zürich 1 – 1 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00 La Placa Goal 50' (1:0) Summary Yellow card 39' Studer
Goal 74' (1:1) Studer		 Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Switzerland

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification
1 Sion 14 9 3 2 18 10 +8 19 49 Swiss champions, qualified for 1997–98 Champions League
2 Xamax 14 6 6 2 22 14 +8 22 46 qualified for 1997–98 UEFA Cup
3 Grasshopper Club 14 7 4 3 37 18 +19 20 45 qualified for 1997–98 UEFA Cup
4 Lausanne-Sport 14 8 2 4 20 16 +4 17 43 entered 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup
5 Aarau 14 3 4 7 17 22 −5 18 31 entered 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup
6 FC St. Gallen 14 3 4 7 13 26 −13 14 27
7 Zürich 14 1 7 6 9 18 −9 14 24
8 Basel 14 3 2 9 16 28 −12 13 24
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup[]

Main article: Swiss Cup
22 September 1996 Round of 64 FC Münsingen 1 – 3 (a.e.t.) Basel Sportanlage Sandreutenen, Münsingen
14:30 Moreno Yellow card 17'
Bruttin Goal 90' (1:1)
P. Leimgruber Yellow card 102'		 Summary Yellow card 30' Tabakovic
Goal 36' (0:1) Nyarko
Yellow card 49' Giallanza
Yellow card 70' Smajić
Goal 98' (1:2) Frick
Goal 117' (1:3) Armentano		 Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Switzerland
15 March 1997 Round of 32 Basel 2 – 1 Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Giallanza Yellow card 20'
Kondé Goal 26' (2:1)
La Placa Goal 46'
Kondé Yellow card 70'
Tabakovic Yellow card 88'
H. Yakin Yellow card 90'		 Summary Yellow card 5' Baumann
Goal 21' (1:1) Okolosi
Yellow card 65' Lengen		 Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Switzerland
29 March 1997 Round of 16 Basel 1 – 4 Servette St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Foda Yellow card 4'
Schupp Goal 79' (pen. 1:3)		 Summary Goal 5' (pen. 0:1) Sesa
Yellow card 10' Němeček
Yellow card 17' Margarini
Goal 35' (0:2) Yellow card 67' Cantaluppi
Yellow card 45' Juárez
Goal 70' (0:3) Karlen
Goal 83' (o.g. 1:4) Schupp		 Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Switzerland

Intertoto Cup[]

Main article: 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Group 7 matches[]

Main article: 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup § Group 7
22 June 1996 Round 1 Basel Switzerland 2 – 2 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
10:15 Zuffi Goal 12' (1:0)
H. Yakin Goal 80' (2:2)		 Summary Goal 22' (1:1) Ostachov
Yellow card 29' Jaksmanutski
Yellow card 45' Pyatenko
Goal 57' (1:2) Pyatenko		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Croatia
29 June 1997 Round 2 Antalyaspor Turkey 2 – 5 Switzerland Basel Isparta Atatürk Stadium, Isparta
17:30 Aliriza Goal 2' (1:0)
Nuri Goal 34' (2:3)
Murat Yellow card 39'		 Summary Goal 23' (1:1) Smajić
Goal 25' (1:2) Moser
Goal 29' (1:3) H. Yakin
Goal 56' (2:4) Giallanza
Yellow card 57' Poulard
Goal 61' (2:5) La Placa
Yellow card 69' Frick
Yellow card 85' Armentano		 Attendance: 4,600
Referee: Romania Gheorghe Constantin
13 July 1996 Round 3 Basel Switzerland 5 – 0 Belarus Ataka-Aura Minsk St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Nyarko Goal 20' (1:0)
Moser Goal 22' (2:0)
La Placa Goal 42' (3:0)
Frick Goal 53' (4:0)
Armentano Goal 67' (5:0)
Salvi Yellow card 89'		 Summary Yellow card 50' Ermakovich Attendance: 4,200
Referee: (Macedonia)
20 July 1996 Round 4 Rotor Volgograd Russia 3 – 2 Switzerland Basel Central Stadium, Volgograd
18:00 Niederhaus Goal 18' (1:0)
Yesipov Goal 38' (2:2)
Veretennikov Goal 57' (3:2)
Yesipov Yellow card 61'		 Summary Goal 29' (1:1) Orlando
Goal 30' (1:2) Giallanza
Yellow card 31' Giallanza
Yellow card 49' Salvi		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Branimir Babarogić (FR Yugoslavia)

Group 7 table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Russia Rotor Volgograd 4 3 0 1 12 5 +7 9 Advanced to semi-finals
2 Switzerland Basel 4 2 1 1 14 7 +7 7
3 Turkey Antalyaspor 4 2 0 2 7 7 0 6
4 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 4 1 1 2 5 8 −3 4
5 Belarus Ataka-Aura Minsk 4 1 0 3 2 13 −11 3
Source: rsssf.com

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Stefan Peter. "Überregionale Meisterschaften, Schweizer und Basler Cup". Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  2. ^ joggeli.ch (1997). "Erste Mannschaft/Kader Saison 1996/97". joggeli.ch. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  3. ^ Garin, Erik (1997). "Switzerland 1996/97". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  4. ^ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1996/97". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  5. ^ Karel Stokkermans (1996). "Intertoto Cup-1996". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

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