1998–99 FC Basel season

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FC Basel
1998–99 season
ChairmanSwitzerland 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]

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.

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 Switzerland  SUI Stefan Huber
2 DF Switzerland  SUI Massimo Ceccaroni
3 DF Switzerland  SUI Luís Calapes
4 DF Switzerland  SUI Theodoros Disseris (on loan to Winterthur)
5 DF Germany GER Oliver Kreuzer
6 DF Switzerland  SUI Philippe Cravero
7 FW Liechtenstein LIE Marco Pérez
8 MF Liechtenstein LIE Mario Frick
9 MF France FRA Fabrice Henry
10 MF Russia RUS Aleksandr Rytchkov
11 FW Switzerland  SUI Deniz Mendi
12 DF Switzerland  SUI Sébastien Barberis
13 DF Switzerland  SUI Marco Tschopp
14 FW Russia RUS Daniel Dobrovoljski
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Switzerland  SUI Ivan Reimann
17 MF Czech Republic CZE Václav Pěchouček
18 GK Switzerland  SUI Slaven Matan
19 DF Switzerland  SUI Fabinho
20 DF Switzerland  SUI Oumar Kondé (to Blackburn)
21 MF Brazil BRA
22 MF Turkey TUR Atilla Sahin
23 DF Switzerland  SUI Benjamin Huggel
24 DF Brazil BRA Abedi
25 MF Ivory Coast CIV Ahmed Ouattara
26 FW Switzerland  SUI Mario Cantaluppi
27 FW Switzerland  SUI Carlos Varela
28 DF Romania ROU Dan Potocianu
29 FW Switzerland  SUI Urs Güntensperger
30 FW Turkey 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 Switzerland  SUI Philippe Cravero (from Etoile Carouge)
10 MF Russia RUS Aleksandr Rytchkov (from 1. FC Köln)
21 MF Brazil BRA (from Sion)
22 MF Turkey TUR Atilla Sahin (from SV Muttenz)
23 DF Switzerland  SUI Benjamin Huggel (from FC Arlesheim)
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF Brazil BRA Abedi (from Sion)
25 MF Ivory Coast CIV Ahmed Ouattara (from Sion)
26 FW Switzerland  SUI Mario Cantaluppi (from Servette)
27 FW Switzerland  SUI Carlos Varela (from Servette)
28 DF Romania ROU Dan Potocianu (from Servette)
29 FW Switzerland  SUI Urs Güntensperger (from Lausanne-Sport)
30 FW Turkey 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
— DF Switzerland  SUI Daniel Salvi (unknown, end of career)
— FW Switzerland  SUI Dario Zuffi (to Winterthur)
— MF Germany GER Maurizio Gaudino (to VfL Bochum)
— FW Switzerland  SUI Adrian Knup (retired, end of career)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Germany GER Jürgen Hartmann (retired end of career)
— MF Brazil BRA (unknown)
— DF Switzerland  SUI Jan Berger (to Aarau)
— DF Brazil BRA Fabinho Santos (to Joinville)
— FW Switzerland  SUI Alexander Frei (to Thun)

Results[]

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches[]

Pre- and mid-season[]

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

Winter break[]

20 January 1999 Winter break Thun Switzerland 4 – 3 Switzerland Basel Burgerallee, Thun
19:30 William Goal 18' (1:0)
Halef Goal 75' (pen. 2:3)
Raimondi Goal 89' (3:3)
Simonjic Goal 90' (4:3)		 Summary Goal 21' (1:1) Tschopp
Goal 32' (1:2) Fabinho
Goal 48' (1:3) Frick		 Attendance: 350
Referee: Switzerland Jürg Burkhart
27 January 1999 Trainings camp Martinique 11 Martinique 2 – 2 Switzerland Basel , Le Lamentin, Martinique
Percin Yellow card 45'
Rano Goal 56' (1:1)
Rano Goal 86' (2:2)		 Summary Goal 5' (0:1) Fabinho
Yellow card 34' Reimann
Yellow card 45' Kreuzer
Goal 62' (1:2) Tschopp		 Attendance: 500
Referee: France André Elbène
21 January 1999 Trainings camp Aiglon/U.S. Robert Martinique 0 – 1 Switzerland Basel , Le Lamentin, Martinique
St. Home Yellow card 52'
Gibon Yellow card 60'		 Summary Yellow card 62' Sahin
Goal 65' (0:1) Frick		 Attendance: 350
Referee: France Guy Bellance
1 February 1999 Trainings camp Stade Spiritain Martinique 1 – 7 Switzerland Basel , Saint-Esprit, Martinique
J.-P.Party Goal 17' (1:0) Summary Goal 25' (1:1) Fabinho
Goal 32' (1:2) Fabinho
Goal 44' (1:3) Frick
Goal 59' (1:4) Fabinho
Goal 74' (1:5) Fabinho
Goal 81' (1:6) Barberis
Goal 85' (1:7) Mendi		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Alex Jacquens
10 February 1999 Winter break SR Delémont Switzerland 0 – 0 Switzerland Basel Parc des Sports, Delémont
19:00 Summary Attendance: 50
Referee: Switzerland Stéphane Monaco
13 February 1999 Winter break Étoile Carouge Switzerland 2 – 1 Switzerland Basel Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge
Goal
Goal		 Summary Goal Reimann Referee: Switzerland ?
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 Switzerland 0 – 2 Switzerland Basel Stade des Arbères, Meyrin
Summary Goal (1:0) Mendi
Goal (2:0) Abedi		 Referee: Switzerland ?
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 Germany 4 – 1 Switzerland Basel Moselstadion, Trier
17:00 Thömmes Goal 11' (1:0)
Thömmes Goal 31' (2:0)
Melunović Goal 43' (3:0)
Papić Goal 66' (4:1)		 Summary Goal 48' (3:1) Abedi Attendance: 250
Referee: Germany Michael Herrmann
25 March 1999 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 0 – 0 France Sochaux Stadion Rankhof, Basel
18:00 Summary Yellow card 62' Santini Attendance: 300
Referee: Switzerland 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 Switzerland 2 – 3 Switzerland Basel Gigersloch, Dornach
18:00 Weidmann Goal 25' (1:1)
Manz Goal 39' (2:2)		 Summary Goal 20' (0:1)
Goal 29' (1:2) Tschopp
Goal 55' (2:3) Henry		 Attendance: 200
Referee: Switzerland René Rogalla
2 April 1999 Mid-season SR Delémont Switzerland 1 – 0 Switzerland Basel Im Nau, Laufen
18:00 Romano Goal 37' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 450
Referee: Switzerland 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 Red card 4'
Ceccaroni Yellow card 24'		 Report Yellow card 22' Tholot
Yellow card 61' Eydelie
Yellow card 77' Lipawsky		 Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Switzerland
21 July 1998 Round 2 Aarau 5 – 0 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
19:30 Aleksandrov Goal 8' (1:0)
Ivanov Goal 21' (2:0)
Aleksandrov Goal 51' (3:0)
Aleksandrov Goal 65' (4:0)
Heldmann Goal 70' (5:0)
Zitola Yellow card 87'		 Report Yellow card 12' Pérez Attendance: 5,900
Referee: Switzerland
25 July 1998 Round 3 Basel 2 – 1 Zürich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30 Tschopp Yellow card 3'
Rytchkov Goal 25' (1:0)
Rytchkov Yellow card 44'
Sahin Goal 45' (2:0)
Reimann Yellow card 64'		 Report Yellow card 27' Sant'Anna
Yellow card 30' Castillo
Goal 64' (pen. 2:1) Sant'Anna
Yellow card 82' Di Jorio		 Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Switzerland
1 August 1998 Round 4 Servette 3 – 1 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
17:30 Juárez Yellow card 9'
Rey Goal 13' (pen. 1:0)
Rey Goal 19' (2:0)
Rey Goal 23' (3:0)
Fournier Yellow card 31'
Rey Yellow card 59'		 Report Yellow card 35' Reimann
Yellow card 68' Kreuzer
Goal 84' (3:1) Abedi		 Attendance: 4,100
Referee: Switzerland
9 August 1998 Round 5 Basel 1 – 0 Luzern St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
16:15 Kondé Yellow card 69'
Tschopp Goal 75' (1:0)		 Report Yellow card 60' Moser
Yellow card 82' Wyss		 Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Switzerland
15 August 1998 Round 6 Basel 2 – 0 Xamax St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30 Ouattara Goal 64' (pen. 1:0)
Tschopp Yellow card 82'
Kreuzer Yellow card 90+2'
Pérez Goal 90+5' (2:0)		 Report Yellow card 2' Njanka
Yellow card 23' Wittl
Yellow card 58' Rueda
Yellow card 59' Zambaz		 Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Switzerland Urs Meier
23 August 1998 Round 7 St. Gallen 0 – 1 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
16:15 Hellinga Yellow card 22'
Vurens Yellow card 33'		 Report Yellow card 40' Kreuzer
Yellow card 43' Kondé
Goal 70' (0:1) Rytchkov
Yellow card 72'
Yellow card 75' Tschopp
Yellow card 90+3' Reimann		 Attendance: 9,700
Referee: Switzerland
29 August 1998 Round 8 Basel 1 – 1 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30 Ouattara Goal 9' (1:0)
Rytchkov Yellow card 15'
Cravero Yellow card 20'
Pérez Yellow card 90+1'		 Report Yellow card 20' Vogel
Yellow card 29' Tararache
Yellow card 51' Nkufo
Yellow card 62' Magnin
Goal 70' (1:1) de Napoli		 Attendance: 26,600
Referee: Switzerland
8 September 1998 Round 9 Lausanne-Sport 0 – 2 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
19:30 Celestini Yellow card 24'
Piffaretti Yellow card 34'		 Report Goal 12' (0:1) Rytchkov
Yellow card 18' Yellow-red card 58' Kondé
Yellow card 40' Reimann
Yellow card 50' Rytchkov
Yellow card 61' Ceccaroni
Goal 69' (0:2) Rytchkov		 Attendance: 5,900
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca
12 September 1998 Round 10 Basel 1 – 1 Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30 Ouattara Yellow card 24'
Frick Goal 57' (1:1)
Barberis Yellow card 77'		 Report Yellow card 21' Pintul
Yellow card 33' Baumann
Goal 40' (0:1) Bekirovski
Yellow card 50' Bekirovski
Yellow card 75' Kehrli		 Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Switzerland André Daina
19 September 1998 Round 11 Lugano 5 – 1 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
19:30 Gaspoz Goal 18' (1:0)
Wegmann Yellow card 30'
Orlando Goal 38' (2:0)
Giménez Goal 49' (3:0)
Giménez Goal 58' (4:0)
Giallanza Goal 87' (pen. 5:1)		 Summary Goal 74' (4:1) Rytchkov Attendance: 4,380
Referee: Switzerland
27 September 1998 Round 12 Sion 1 – 0 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
16:15 Bertone Yellow card 13'
Benson Yellow card 24'
Tholot Goal 37' (1:0)
Tholot Yellow card 40'
Allenspach Yellow card 86'		 Summary Yellow card 49' Kondé Attendance: 6,900
Referee: Switzerland
4 October 1998 Round 13 Basel 1 – 0 Aarau St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
16:15 Ouattara Goal 50' (1:0)
Abedi Yellow card 69'		 Summary Yellow card 55' Markovic Attendance: 7,300
Referee: Switzerland
16 October 1998 Round 14 Zürich 1 – 0 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
19:30 Fischer Yellow card 26'
Sant'Anna Yellow card 29'
Chassot Goal 58' (1:0)		 Summary Yellow card 10' Cravero
Yellow card 27' Tschopp
Yellow card 45' Frick
Yellow card 59' Ouattara
Yellow card 77' Calapes		 Attendance: 11,300
Referee: Switzerland
25 October 1998 Round 15 Basel 0 – 2 Servette St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
16:15 Rytchkov Yellow card 56'
Tschopp Yellow card 87'		 Summary Goal 9' (0:1) Durix
Goal 45' (0:2) Durix
Yellow card 63' Juarez
Yellow card 79' Varela		 Attendance: 9,800
Referee: Switzerland
31 October 1998 Round 16 Luzern 4 – 1 Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
17:30 Izzo Yellow card 5'
Koch Goal 28' (1:1)
Koch Goal 53' (2:1)
Brunner Goal 60' (3:1)
van Eck Yellow card 71'
Moser Goal 75' (4:1)		 Summary Yellow card 11' Huber
Goal 19' (0:1) Frick		 Attendance: 7,960
Referee: Switzerland
7 November 1998 Round 17 Xamax 3 – 1 Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
17:30 N'Diaye Goal 8' (1:0)
N'Diaye Yellow card 36'
Rueda Yellow card 42'
Njanka Yellow card 44'
Isabella Goal 90' (2:1)
N'Do Goal 90+2' (3:1)		 Summary Goal 25' (1:1) Frick
Yellow card 39' Yellow-red card 42' Frick
Yellow card 52' Tschopp		 Attendance: 8,100
Referee: Switzerland
17 November 1998 Round 18 Basel 1 – 0 St. Gallen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
16:15 Tschopp Goal 8' (1:0)
Reimann Yellow card 16'
Sahin Yellow card 21'
Yellow card 68'		 Summary Yellow card 31' Zellweger
Yellow card 35' Zinna		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland
21 November 1998 Round 19 Grasshopper Club 2 – 1 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
17:30 Tikva Goal 47' (1:0)
Tararache Yellow card 73'
Türkyilmaz Goal 80' (2:0)
Mazzarelli Yellow card 90'		 Summary Yellow card 73' Ceccaroni
Goal 88' (2:1) Pérez		 Attendance: 7,800
Referee: Switzerland
28 November 1998 Round 20 Basel 1 – 1 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:30 Frick Goal 3' (1:0)
Rytchkov Yellow card 49'
Reimann Yellow card 61'
Barberis Yellow card 67'
Ceccaroni Yellow card 73'		 Summary Yellow card 13' Iglesias
Goal 31' (1:1) Yellow card 62' Pantelić
Red card 73' Thurre		 Attendance: 5,900
Referee: Switzerland
6 December 1998 Round 21 Young Boys 1 – 2 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
14:30 Streun Yellow card 67'
Sawu Goal 69' (1:2)		 Summary Goal 6' (0:1) Rytchkov
Yellow card 28' Kreuzer
Yellow card 30'
Yellow card 46' Smajić
Goal 57' (0:2) Tschopp		 Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Switzerland Urs Meier
13 December 1998 Round 22 Basel 1 – 3 Lugano St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
16:15 Cravero Yellow card 12'
Tschopp Goal 45' (pen. 1:0)		 Summary Yellow card 19' Wegmann
Yellow card 43' Hürzeler
Yellow card 44' Tejeda
Goal 72' (1:0) Wegmann
Goal 79' (2:0) Wegmann
Goal 80' Lombardo		 Attendance: 34,745
Referee: Switzerland

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

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 Yellow card 10'
Margarini Yellow card 37'
Ceccaroni Goal 44' (o.g.)
Aubert Goal 52'
Bridi Yellow card 62'		 Summary Goal 22' (o.g.) Poulard
Yellow card 34' Ceccaroni
Goal 67' Frick		 Attendance: 622
Referee:
Penalties
Vernaz Penalty scored
Carrasco Penalty missed
Ostermann Penalty scored
Martin Penalty scored
De Siebenthal Penalty scored		 Penalty missed Frick
Penalty scored Cravero
Penalty scored Kreuzer
Penalty missed 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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