1999–2000 FC Basel season

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FC Basel
1999–2000 season
ChairmanSwitzerland René C. Jäggi
ManagerChristian Gross
GroundStadion Schützenmatte
Nationalliga AQualifying Phase 2nd
Nationalliga AChampions Group 3rd
Swiss CupQuarterfinals
Top goalscorerLeague: George Koumantarakis (13)
All: George Koumantarakis (24)
Highest home attendance11,750 on 29 August 1999
vs Zürich
Lowest home attendance5,203 on 27 November 1999
vs Lausanne-Sport
Average home league attendance7,680[1]

The 1999–2000 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 sixth consecutive season in the highest tier of Swiss football. René C. Jäggi was the club's chairman for the fourth year. FC Basel played their home games in the Stadion Schützenmatte while the new stadium was being built.

Overview[]

On 15 June 1999 Christian Gross was appointed as the new first team trainer and he assigned Ruedi Zbinden as his co-trainer. Forming his new team, Gross made a number of signings before the season started. These new signings included defensive players such as Alexandre Quennoz, who signed from Sion, Ivan Knez from Luzern and Murat Yakin who came from Fenerbahçe and forwards such as George Koumantarakis who signed in from Luzern, Didier Tholot from Sion and Thomas Häberli from Kriens. The most interest was raised in the signing of Pascal Zuberbühler in a goalkeeper swap with Stefan Huber who then went to Grasshopper Club. In the outwards direction Mario Frick transferred to Zürich, Abedi to Yverdon and Fabrice Henry to Hibernian (on loan).

The Campaign[]

Pre-season friendlies[]

Before the domestic League season started on 7 July Basel had little time to get things ready. They organised one test game against lower tier SR Delémont, which was played in Laufen and won 2–0, and they entered the Sempione Cup, which was played in Balsthal. Here Basel played the semi-final against Brasilian team Ituano FC, which was lost, and the third place match against Croatian Dinamo Zagreb, in which they also suffered a defeat.[2]

Domestic League[]

The qualifying round of the League season 1999–2000 was contested by twelve teams. The first eight teams of the First Stage (or Qualification) were then to compete in the Championship Round. The season started on 7 July. Basel's priority aim was to reach the Championship stage and end the season in the top three. The season started sub-optimal, the team remained unbeaten, but with just three wins and four draws in the first seven rounds, they lost contact to the table leaders. Following their first defeat, in the away game against Lausanne-Sport, Basel improved their position in the table with another three victories. Basel suffered their first home defeat on 2 October against Yverdon-Sports, but they ended the Qualification Round in second position in the league table.

The Championship Round started on 12 March 2000. The participating teams took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the Qualification as bonus with them. Basel played amongst the table leaders and in the tenth round they even managed a 3–1 victory against league leaders St. Gallen. However, in their last four matches Basel won only two further points and dropped to third position behind champions St Gallen and Lausanne, against whom the final game of the season ended in a 0–3 home defeat on 7 June 2000. Nevertheless, Basel qualified for the 2000–01 UEFA Cup.[3]

Domestic Cup[]

Basel's clear aim for the Swiss Cup was to win the title. In the round of 32, they were drawn away against Mendrisio. In the next round a home game against Grasshopper Club, ended in a draw and was eventually won in the penalty shoot out. The quarterfinal against Lausanne-Sport ended the cup run.[1] Lausanne continued and advanced to the final, but here they were beaten by Zürich in a penalty shoot-out.[3]

Europe[]

Basel were qualified for the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup. The first round was played against Slovenian team Korotan Prevalje on 20 and 26 June 1999 and won 6–0 on aggregate. The second round draw brought the Czech Republic club Boby Brno to Basel on 4 July. The return leg a week later gave Basel a 4–2 victory on aggregate. Although the first leg of the third round was won away from home against Hamburg, the Germans won the second leg in the Stadion Schützenmatte and Hamburg proceeded due to the away goals rule.[4]

Players[]

First team squad[]

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 7 July 1999 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 Pascal Zuberbühler
2 DF Switzerland  SUI Massimo Ceccaroni
3 DF Switzerland  SUI Luís Calapes
4 DF Switzerland  SUI Alexandre Quennoz
5 DF Germany GER Oliver Kreuzer
6 DF Switzerland  SUI Philippe Cravero
7 FW Liechtenstein LIE Marco Pérez (loan to SR Delémont)
8 MF Switzerland  SUI Raphael Kehrli
9 FW South Africa RSA George Koumantarakis
10 MF Russia RUS Aleksandr Rytchkov
11 FW Turkey TUR Cetin Güner
12 DF Switzerland  SUI Sébastien Barberis
13 DF Switzerland  SUI Marco Tschopp
14 FW Russia RUS Nenad Savić
16 MF Switzerland  SUI Benjamin Huggel
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Switzerland  SUI Mario Cantaluppi
18 GK Switzerland  SUI Oliver Stöckli
19 DF Brazil BRA Fabinho (contract ended)
20 DF Switzerland  SUI Ivan Knez
21 MF Switzerland  SUI Didier Tholot
22 MF Turkey TUR Atilla Sahin (loan to Göztepe Izmir)
23 DF Switzerland  SUI Murat Yakin
24 DF Switzerland  SUI Thomas Häberli
25 GK Ivory Coast CIV Slaven Matan (on loan to Young Boys)
26 FW Ghana GHA Edmond N'Tiamoah (from youth team)
27 FW Zimbabwe ZIM Agent Sawu
29 FW Switzerland  SUI Urs Güntensperger
— FW Russia RUS Daniel Dobrovoljski
— FW Switzerland  SUI Deniz Mendi
— FW France FRA Olivier Boumelaha (from youth team)

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
1 GK Switzerland  SUI Pascal Zuberbühler (from Grasshopper Club)
4 DF Switzerland  SUI Alexandre Quennoz (from Sion)
8 MF Switzerland  SUI Raphael Kehrli (from Young Boys)
9 FW South Africa RSA George Koumantarakis (from Luzern)
14 FW Russia RUS Nenad Savić (from Xamax)
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 GK Switzerland  SUI Oliver Stöckli (from Baden)
20 DF Switzerland  SUI Ivan Knez (from Luzern)
21 MF Switzerland  SUI Didier Tholot (from Sion)
23 DF Switzerland  SUI Murat Yakin (from Fenerbahçe)
24 DF Switzerland  SUI Thomas Häberli (from Kriens)
27 FW Zimbabwe ZIM Agent Sawu (from Young Boys)

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
1 GK Switzerland  SUI Stefan Huber (to Grasshopper Club)
8 MF Liechtenstein LIE Mario Frick (to Zürich)
No. Pos. Nation Player
9 MF France FRA Fabrice Henry (to Hibernian (loan))
24 DF Brazil BRA Abedi (to Yverdon)

Results[]

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches[]

Pre- and mid-season[]

23 June 1999 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 2 – 0 Switzerland SR Delémont Im Nau, Laufen
19:00 Mendi Goal 11' (1:0)
Kehrli Goal 24' (2:0)		 Report Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Andreas Schluchter
1 July 1999 Sempione-Cup
Semi-final		 Basel Switzerland 1 – 3 Brazil Ituano FC Moos, Balsthal
20:00 Tschopp Goal 41' (1:0) Summary Yellow card 8' Hermes
Goal 51' (1:1) Nene
Yellow card 65' Nene
Goal 76' (1:2) Didi
Goal 82' (1:3) Brasilia		 Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Switzerland Dieter Schoch
Note: The Sempione Cup was a club tournament played in summer at Sportanlage Moos, Balsthal, during the years 1987 to 2004.[2]
3 July 1999 Sempione-Cup
3rd place match		 Basel Switzerland 0 – 3 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb Moos, Balsthal
19:00 Summary Goal 69' (0:1) Šokota
Goal 70' (0:2) Mikulėnas
Goal 81' (0:3) Mujcin		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Urs Meier
Note: The Sempione Cup was a club tournament played in summer at Sportanlage Moos, Balsthal, during the years 1987 to 2004.[2]
17 August 1999 Mid-season SV Muttenz Switzerland 1 – 3 Switzerland Basel Margelacker, Muttenz
Küpfe Yellow card 76'
Cecere Goal 83' (1:3)		 Summary Goal 8' (0:1) Fabinho
Yellow card 42' Bedzigui
Goal 43' (0:2) Dobrovoljski
Goal 47' (0:3) Bedzigui
 Attendance: 400
Referee: Switzerland Jürg Burkhart
7 September 1999 Mid-season Baden Switzerland 5 – 2 Switzerland Basel Esp Stadium, Fislisbach
17:00 Lüthi Goal 15' (1:0)
Berardi Yellow card 26'
Lüthi Goal 43' (2:2)
Dnibi Yellow card 52'
FiechterGoal 65' (3:2)
Lelis Goal 67' (4:2)
Ramondetta Goal 70' (5:2)
 Summary Goal 30' (1:1) Kreuzer
Goal 32' (1:2) Sahin
Yellow card 64' Yellow-red card 72' Cravero		 Attendance: 450
Referee: Switzerland René Rogalla
28 September 1999 Mid-season Old Boys Switzerland 0 – 6 Switzerland Basel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:00 Vujasinovic Yellow card 79' Summary Goal 1' (0:1) Kehrli
Goal 29' (0:2) Cetin Güner
Goal 38' (0:3) Huggel
Goal 41' (0:4) Tholot
Goal 42' (0:5) Tholot
Goal 44' (0:6) Kehrli
 Attendance: 500
Referee: Switzerland Jürg Burkhart
13 October 1999 Mid-season Concordia Basel Switzerland 0 – 5 Switzerland Basel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
Summary Goal 5' (0:1) Cantaluppi
Goal 26' (0:2) Cantaluppi
Goal 54' (0:3) Güner
Goal 81' (0:4) Kreuzer
Goal 88' (0:5) Barberis		 Attendance: 350
Referee: Switzerland Claudio Circhetta
30 November 1999 Mid season SC Dornach Switzerland 0 – 1 Switzerland Basel Gigersloch, Dornach
19:00 Summary Penalty missed 4′ Güner
Goal 35' (0:1) Pérez		 Attendance: 80
Referee: Switzerland Claudio Circhetta

Winter break[]

18 January 2000 Winter break Baden Switzerland 2 – 0 Switzerland Basel Esp Stadium, Fislisbach
18:00 Lüthi Goal 41' (pen.)
Oldani Goal 54' (2:0)
Berger Yellow card 73'
Mehmeti Yellow card 79'		 Summary Attendance: 325
Referee: Switzerland René Rogalla
22 January 2000 Winter break Grenchen Switzerland 1 – 2 Switzerland Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
14:30 Becker Goal 3' (1:0) Summary Goal 15' (1:1) Tholot
Yellow card 57' Arslan
Goal 90' (1:2) Tholot		 Attendance: 100
Referee: Switzerland Daniel Gilliand
29 January 2000 Winter break SC Freiburg Germany 4 – 0 Switzerland Basel Dreisamstadion, Freiburg
19:30 Kobiashvili Goal 3' (1:0)
Iashvili Goal 47' (2:0)
Ben Slimane Goal 54' (3:0)
Iashvili Goal 74' (4:0)		 Summary Yellow card 14' Ceccaroni
Yellow card 68' Savić		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Germany Markus Schmidt
2 February 2000 Winter break Karlsruher SC Germany 1 – 2 Switzerland Basel Waldsportplatz, Renchen
18:00 da Silva Yellow card 50'
Edman Yellow card 57'
Lakies Goal 82' (1:2)		 Summary Goal 36' (0:1) Calapes
Goal 62' (0:2) Kreuzer		 Attendance: 800
Referee: Germany Bernhard Zerr
5 February 2000 Winter break Bellinzona Switzerland 2 – 2 Switzerland Basel Campo Sportivo, Carasso, Bellinzona
14:30 Tato Goal 24' (1:0)
Miccolis Yellow card 41'
Lustrinelli Goal 43' (2:1)
Martin Yellow card 83'		 Summary Goal 34' (1:1) Tholot
Goal 88' (2:2) Cravero
 Attendance: 900
Referee: Switzerland Reto Rutz
10 February 2000 Trainings camp Basel Switzerland 1 – 0 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv Wingate Institute, Netanya, Israel
17:30 Koumantarakis Goal 38' (1:0)
 Summary Attendance: 15
Referee: Russia Alex Schterngel
13 February 2000 Trainings camp Lokomotiv Moscow Russia 3 – 2 Switzerland Basel Haifa, Israel
Ewsewew Goal 5' (1:0)
Bulykin Goal 20' (2:0)
Teryokhin Goal 49' (3:0)
Sarkisyan Yellow card 85'		 Summary Goal 51' (pen. 3:1) Kreuzer
Goal 69' (3:2) Kehrli		 Attendance: 20
Referee: Russia Alex Schterngel
20 February 2000 Winter break Basel Switzerland 0 – 2 Switzerland SR Delémont Im Nau, Laufen
14:30 Yakin Yellow card 79' Summary Goal 57' (0:1) Fabinho
Yellow card 57' Froidevaux
Goal 80' (0:2) Shereni		 Attendance: 804
Referee: Switzerland Andreas Schluchter, (Schönenbuch)
26 February 2000 Winter break Aarau Switzerland 1 – 3 Switzerland Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
14:30 Senn Goal 90' (1:3) Summary Goal 72' (0:1) Calapes
Goal 76' (0:2) Tholot
Goal 79' (0:3) Kehrli		 Attendance: 800
Referee: Switzerland Markus Nobs, (Wohlen)
7 March 2000 Winter break Basel Switzerland 3 – 2 Switzerland Concordia Basel Stadion Rankhof, Basel
Batista Goal
Batista Goal
Kehrli Goal		 Summary Goal Brogno
Goal Busetti		 Attendance: 0
Note: Played behind closed doors. Test player Everson Batista from Borussia Dortmund
18 April 2000 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 1 – 0 Switzerland Wangen bei Olten Stadion Rankhof, Basel
19:00 Cantaluppi Goal 65' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 200
Referee: Switzerland Andreas Schluchter
2 May 2000 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 2 – 0 Switzerland Concordia Basel Stadion Rankhof, Basel
19:30 Güner Goal 78' (1:0)
Aziawonou Goal 86' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 300
Referee: Switzerland Jürg Burkhart
Note: Concordia competed with goalkeepers Rutz and Rapic (both FC Basel). Basel with Yao Aziawonou
16 May 2000 Mid-season FC Schönbühl Switzerland 0 – 4 Switzerland Basel Sportplatz Sand West, Schönbühl
19:00 Summary Goal 3' (0:1) Sawu
Goal 16' (0:2) Kehrli
Goal 43' (0:3) Quennoz
Goal 60' (0:4) Calapes		 Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Switzerland Markus Nobs, (Wohlen)

Nationalliga A[]

Main article: 1999–2000 Nationalliga A

Qualifying phase[]

7 July 1999 Round 1 Lugano 1 – 1 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
19:30 Rossi Yellow card 29'
MagninGoal 90' (1:1)		 Summary Goal 12' (0:1) Red card 33' Kreuzer
Yellow card 25' Koumantarakis		 Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Switzerland
14 July 1999 Round 2 Basel 1 – 1 Xamax Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:30 Tholot Penalty missed 17′
Tholot Goal 35' (1:0)
Savić Yellow card 80'		 Summary Yellow card 68' Wittl
Yellow card 81' Sansoni
Goal 90+2' (1:1) Bieli		 Attendance: 8,679
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca
Note: Swiss national team head coach Gilbert Gress amongst the spectators
17 July 1999 Round 3 Yverdon-Sports Postponed Basel Stade Municipal, Yverdon
[ Summary]
21 July 1999 Round 4 Basel 1 – 1 Grasshopper Club Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:30 Güner Yellow card 17'
Cravero Goal 36' (1:0)
Knez Yellow card 70'
Kreuzer Yellow card 76'		 Summary Yellow card 22' Cabanas
Goal 74' (1:1) Yellow card 89' de Napoli		 Attendance: 8,431
Referee: Switzerland
24 July 1999 Round 5 St. Gallen Postponed Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
[ Summary]
31 July 1999 Round 6 Basel 3 – 0 SR Delémont Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
17:30 Tholot Goal 6' (1:0)
Tholot Goal 42' (2:0)
Kreuzer Goal 76' (3:0)
Cravero Yellow card 83'		 Summary Yellow card 6' Fabinho Attendance: 7,535
Referee: Switzerland
5 August 1999 Round 7 Servette 1 – 1 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
20:00 Koumantarakis Goal 12' (1:0)
Kreuzer Yellow card 51'
Barberis Yellow card 65'
Cantaluppi Yellow card 83'
Sahin Yellow card 90'		 Summary JeanneretYellow card 26'
Goal 81' (1:1) Thurre		 Attendance: 6,142
Referee: Switzerland
10 August 1999 Round 3 Yverdon-Sports 0 – 1 Basel Stade Municipal, Yverdon
19:30 Peço Yellow card 50'
Abedi (Gonçalves) Yellow card 67'
Diogo Yellow card 88'		 Summary Yellow card 16' Kreuzer
Goal 31' (0:1) Tholot
Savić Yellow card 33'
Koumantarakis Yellow card 41'		 Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Switzerland
15 August 1999 Round 8 Basel 2 – 0 Luzern Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:15 Tholot Yellow card 39'
Koumantarakis Goal 43' (1:0)
Kehrli Yellow card 45'
Güner Yellow card 55'
Kreuzer Yellow card 67'
Huggel Goal 81' (2:0)		 Summary Yellow card 43' A. Frei
Yellow card 73' Arnold		 Attendance: 7,850
Referee: Switzerland Urs Meier
21 August 1999 Round 9 Lausanne-Sport 1 – 0 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
19:30 Mazzoni Goal 21' (1:0) Summary Yellow card 17' Knez
Yellow card 60' Ceccaroni		 Attendance: 5,700
Referee: Switzerland Nicole Petignat
24 August 1999 Round 5 St. Gallen 1 – 1 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
19:30 Hellinga Yellow card 32'
Winkler Yellow card 57'
Contini Yellow card 78'
Jairo Yellow card 88'
Amoah Goal 90+4' (1:1)		 Summary Yellow card 25' Tschopp
Yellow card 27' Huggel
Goal 90+1' (0:1) Knez
Yellow card 94' Kreuzer		 Attendance: 11.600
Referee: Switzerland René Rogalla
29 August 1999 Round 10 Basel 0 – 0 Zürich Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:15 Güner Yellow card 57' Summary Yellow card 11' Eydelie
Yellow card 34' Stocklasa
Yellow card 45' Fischer		 Attendance: 11,750
Referee: Switzerland
11 September 1999 Round 11 Aarau 1 – 3 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
19:30 Baldassarri Yellow card 60'
Wojciechowski Goal 81' (1:2)		 Summary Goal 8' (0:1) Huggel
Yellow card 15' Tholot
Goal 71' (0:2) Cantaluppi
Goal 87' (1:3) Savić		 Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Switzerland
18 September 1999 Round 12 Basel 1 – 0 Lugano Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:30 Huggel Yellow card 13'
Barberis Goal 32' (1:0)
Calapes Yellow card 58'
Knez Yellow card 77'
Tholot Yellow card 85'		 Summary Yellow card 27' Yellow-red card 59' Barea Attendance: 6,950
Referee: Switzerland Urs Meier
Note: Joël Magnin's equaliser was denied due to Mohamed Kader's offside position
23 September 1999 Round 13 Xamax 1 – 2 Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
19:30 Delay Yellow card 54'
Moret Yellow card 69'
BieliGoal 90+3' (1:2)		 Summary Goal 51' (0:1) Tholot
Goal 70' (0:2) Tschopp
Yellow card 87' Calapes		 Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Switzerland
2 October 1999 Round 14 Basel 1 – 2 Yverdon-Sports Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:30 Cantaluppi Yellow card 13'
Koumantarakis Goal 87' (1:2)		 Summary Yellow card 29' Biaggi
Yellow card 34' Adoazinho
Yellow card 36' Jenny
Goal 69' (0:1) Tchouga
Yellow card 76' Friedli
Goal 85' (0:2) Tchouga		 Attendance: 9,250
Referee: Switzerland
Note: Swiss national team head coach Gilbert Gress amongst the spectators
17 October 1999 Round 15 Grasshopper Club 1 – 1 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
16:15 Sermeter Yellow card 25'
Ekoku Goal 72' (1:1)		 Summary Goal 3' (0:1) Kreuzer
Yellow card 21' Knez
Yellow card 44' Huggel
Yellow card 67' Savić		 Attendance: 10,700
Referee: Switzerland
Note: Swiss national team head coach Gilbert Gress amongst the spectators
24 October 1999 Round 16 Basel 4 – 1 St. Gallen Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:05 Koumantarakis Goal 35' (1:0)
Kreuzer Goal 47' (2:0)
Koumantarakis Goal 63' (3:0)
Koumantarakis Goal 70' (4:0)
Güntensperger Yellow card 80'		 Summary Yellow card 30' Müller
Yellow card 37' Mazzarelli
Goal 78' (4:1) Amoah
Yellow card 84' Helinga
Yellow card 84' Zellweger		 Attendance: 7,861
Referee: Switzerland
31 October 1999 Round 17 SR Delémont 2 – 2 Basel La Blancherie, Delémont
14:30 Fabinho Yellow card 19' Goal 10' (1:1)
Rytchkov Yellow card 33' Goal 17' (pen. 2:1)
Hushi Yellow card 90'		 Summary Goal 8' (0:1) Huggel
Penalty missed 16′ Koumantarakis
Yellow card 17' Knez
Yellow card 24' Cantaluppi
Goal 61' (2:2) Yellow card 9' Kreuzer		 Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca
7 November 1999 Round 18 Basel 0 – 0 Servette Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
17:30 Quennoz Yellow card 16'
Cravero Yellow card 58'		 Summary Yellow card 50' Vurens
Yellow card 51' Ouadja
Yellow card 79' Vanetta		 Attendance: 6,535
Referee: Switzerland René Rogalla
21 November 1999 Round 19 Luzern 3 – 0 Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
14:30 A. Frei Goal 34' (1:0)
Türkyılmaz Goal 52' (2:0)
A. Frei Goal 62' (3:0)		 Summary Yellow card 16' Cravero
Yellow card 61' Knez
Yellow card 79' Cantaluppi		 Attendance: 8,845
Referee: Switzerland
27 November 1999 Round 20 Basel 3 – 3 Lausanne-Sport Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
17:30 Cravero Goal 10' (1:0)
Koumantarakis Goal 15' (2:0)
Cantaluppi Yellow card 76'
Kreuzer Goal 78' (3:3)		 Summary Goal 27' (2:1) Gerber
Goal 36' (2:2) Rehn
Goal 39' (pen. 2:3) Diogo
Yellow card 74' Horjak
Yellow card 80' Christ
Red card 81' Kuźba		 Attendance: 5,203
Referee: Switzerland Nicole Petignat
5 December 1999 Round 21 Zürich 0 – 1 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
14:30 Stocklasa Yellow card 22'
Eydelie Yellow card 36'		 Summary Goal 27' (0:1) Koumantarakis
Yellow card 53' Tschopp		 Attendance: 6,600
Referee: Switzerland
12 December 1999 Round 22 Basel 2 – 1 Aarau Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:30 Cantaluppi Goal 8' (1:0)
Knez Yellow card 60'
Kreuzer Goal 79' (pen. 2:1)		 Summary Goal 21' (1:1) Skrzypczak
Yellow card 63' Tarone
Yellow card 82' Baudry
Yellow card 90+2' Pavlicevic		 Attendance: 6,900
Referee: Switzerland

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 St. Gallen 22 13 6 3 42 25 +17 45 Advance to championship round
halved points (rounded up) as bonus
2 Basel 22 9 10 3 31 21 +10 37
3 Lausanne-Sport 22 9 9 4 35 25 +10 36
4 Grasshopper Club 22 9 7 6 40 25 +15 34
5 Yverdon-Sports 22 7 9 6 28 25 +3 30
6 Xamax 22 7 7 8 34 33 +1 28
7 Luzern 22 8 4 10 28 29 −1 28
8 Servette 22 8 4 10 32 36 −4 28
9 Zürich 22 6 8 8 21 29 −8 26 Continue to promotion/relegation round
10 Aarau 22 7 5 10 30 42 −12 26
11 Lugano 22 5 6 11 27 34 −7 21
12 SR Delémont 22 4 5 13 24 48 −24 17
Source: rsssf.com

Championship group[]

12 March 2000 Round 1 Lausanne-Sport 0 – 0 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
16:15 PuceYellow card 62' Summary Yellow card 17' Tholot
Penalty missed 84′ M. Yakin
Yellow card 88' M. Yakin		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland
19 March 2000 Round 2 Basel 2 – 2 Grasshopper Club Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:15 Savić Goal 23' (1:0)
Savić Yellow card 26'
Huggel Yellow card 19' Yellow-red card 35'
Cantaluppi Goal 82' (2:2)		 Summary Yellow card 18' Gren
Goal 47' (1:1) Tikva
Goal 51' (1:2) Chapuisat
Yellow card 63' Smiljanić		 Attendance: 6,600
Referee: Switzerland
26 March 2000 Round 3 Luzern 3 – 2 Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
16:15 Sander Goal 37' (1:1)
BlunschiYellow card 66'
A. Frei Goal 69' (2:2)
Branca Goal 87' (3:2)		 Summary Goal 31' (0:1) Koumantarakis
Goal 64' (1:2) Kreuzer
Yellow card 85' Ceccaroni		 Attendance: 9,132
Referee: Switzerland
1 April 2000 Round 4 Basel 1 – 0 Servette Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:30 Koumantarakis Goal 69' (1:0)
Tholot Yellow card 74'
M. Yakin Yellow card 83'		 Summary Yellow card 10' Wolf
Red card 70' El Brazi		 Attendance: 6,120
Referee: Switzerland
7 April 2000 Round 5 St. Gallen 1 – 1 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
20:15 Winkler Yellow card 19'
GaneGoal 43' (1:1)		 Sumarry Goal 17' (0:1) Barberis
Yellow card 20' M. Yakin
Yellow card 44' Knez
Yellow card 76' Kreuzer
Yellow card 85' Barberis
Yellow card 89' Cantaluppi		 Attendance: 11,300
Referee: Switzerland René Rogalla
15 April 2000 Round 6 Basel 2 – 0 Yverdon-Sports Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:30 Koumantarakis Goal 3' (1:0)
Quennoz Yellow card 7'
Cantaluppi Yellow card 24'
Kreuzer Goal 37' (pen. 2:0)
Kreuzer Yellow card 30' Yellow-red card 58'		 Summary Yellow card 38' Jenny
Penalty missed 58′ Renfer		 Attendance: 6,334
Referee: Switzerland Nicole Petignat
22 April 2000 Round 7 Basel 1 – 1 Xamax Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:30 Huggel Goal 90+1' (1:1) Summary Yellow card 38' Boughanem
Goal 66' (0:1) Bieli
Yellow card 85' Bieli		 Attendance: 7,273
Referee: Switzerland
29 April 2000 Round 8 Xamax 1 – 2 Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
19:30 Simo Yellow card 25'
Sène Yellow card 81'
Bieli Goal 90+4' (pen. 1:2)		 Summary Yellow card 2' Savić
Goal 29' (0:1) Koumantarakis
Goal 82' (pen. 0:2) M. Yakin
Yellow card 90+3' Tschopp		 Attendance: 6,700
Referee: Switzerland
7 May 2000 Round 9 Yverdon-Sports 0 – 1 Basel Stade Municipal, Yverdon
14:30 Cavalho Yellow card 74' Summary Goal 3' (0:1) Koumantarakis
Yellow card 54' Huggel
Yellow card 59' Häberli		 Attendance: 3,212
Referee: Switzerland Urs Meier
12 May 2000 Round 10 Basel 3 – 1 St. Gallen Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
20:15 Tholot Goal 7' (1:0)
Savić Goal 20' (2:1)
Cantaluppi Yellow card 55'
Tholot Goal 57' (3:1)
Kehrli Yellow card 77'		 Summary Goal 17' (1:1) Amoah
Yellow card 32' Mazzarelli
Yellow card 49' Jairo
Yellow card 66' Müller		 Attendance: 10,550
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca
21 May 2000 Round 11 Servette 1 – 1 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
16:15 Šiljak Goal 88' (1:1) Summary Goal 26' (0:1) Tholot Attendance: 3,374
Referee: Switzerland Urs Meier
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards
28 May 2000 Round 12 Basel 0 – 0 Luzern Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:30 Summary Yellow card 21' Yellow-red card 33' Sander Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Liechtenstein
2 June 2000 Round 13 Grasshopper Club 3 – 0 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
20:15 Esposito Goal 13' (1:0)
Berner Goal 48' (2:0)
Muff Goal 51' (3:0)
Cabanas Yellow card 63'
Esposito Yellow card 70'		 Summary Yellow card 90+2' Knez
Yellow card 90+3' M. Yakin		 Attendance: 10,900
Referee: Switzerland
7 June 2000 Round 14 Basel 0 – 3 Lausanne-Sport Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:30 Summary Goal 33' (0:1) Londono
Goal 51' (0:2) Gerber
Yellow card 63' Londono
Goal 80' (0:3) Kuźba		 Attendance: 7,053
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca

League table[]

The first eight teams of the Qualification phase competed in the Championship Playoff Round. They took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the Qualification as Bonus with them.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification
1 St. Gallen (C) 14 9 4 1 33 14 +19 23 54 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Lausanne-Sport 14 8 2 4 22 13 +9 18 44 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Basel 14 5 6 3 16 16 0 19 40 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
4 Grasshopper Club 14 5 5 4 30 26 +4 17 37 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
5 Luzern 14 5 2 7 17 30 −13 14 31
6 Servette 14 4 5 5 25 21 +4 14 31
7 Xamax 14 4 3 7 25 29 −4 14 29 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
8 Yverdon-Sports 14 2 1 11 16 35 −19 15 22
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion

Swiss Cup[]

Main article: Swiss Cup
13 November 1999 Round of 32 Mendrisio 1 – 5 Basel , Mendrisio
15:30 Summary Goal 25' (1:0), 55', 75' Koumantarakis
Goal 27' (2:0) Tschopp
Yellow card 43' Huggel
Goal 55' (3:0) Koumantarakis
Goal 75' (4:0) Koumantarakis
Goal 83' (5:0) Güner		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Liechtenstein
4 March 2000 Round of 16 Basel 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(5 – 4 p)		 Grasshopper Club Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
20:15 H. Yakin Yellow card 25'
Kreuzer Goal 37' (pen.)
Koumantarakis Yellow card 85'
Cravero Yellow card 98'		 Summary Yellow card 30' Haas
Goal 65' Müller
Yellow card 66' Chapuisat		 Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Switzerland Urs Meier
Penalties
M. Yakin Penalty scored
Tholot Penalty scored
Kreuzer Penalty scored
Koumantarakis Penalty scored
Huggel Penalty scored		 Penalty scored Chapuisat
Penalty missed Müller
Penalty scored Cabanas
Penalty scored Tikva
Penalty scored Hodel
12 April 2000 Quarterfinal Lausanne-Sport 3 – 2 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
19:30 Magnin Yellow card 18'
Kuźba Goal 32' (1:0)
Gerber Goal 34' (2:0)
Kuźba Yellow card 78'
Gerber Goal 88' (3:2)		 Summary Goal 50' (2:1) Koumantarakis
Yellow card 72' M. Yakin
Goal 71' (2:2) N'Tiamoah		 Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Switzerland

1999 UIC[]

Main article: 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup
First round
20 June 1999 First leg Korotan Prevalje Slovenia 0 – 0 Switzerland Basel Stadion na Prevaljah, Prevalje
17:00 Benedejcic Yellow card 4'
Ristic Yellow card 71'		 Summary Yellow card 69' Cantaluppi
Yellow card 73' Huggel
Yellow card 77' Ceccaroni		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)
26 June 1999 Second leg Basel Switzerland 6 – 0
(6 – 0 agg.)		 Slovenia Korotan Prevalje Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
17:30 Kreuzer Goal 10' (pen. 1:0)
Koumantarakis Goal 18' (2:0)
Koumantarakis Goal 24' (3:0)
Ceccaroni Yellow card 38'
Koumantarakis Goal 43' (4:0)
Cantaluppi Goal 58' (5:0)
Koumantarakis Goal 78' (6:0)		 Summary Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

Basel won 6–0 on aggregate.

Second round
4 July 1999 First leg Basel Switzerland 0 – 0 Czech Republic Boby Brno Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
17:30 Summary Yellow card 75' Zubek
Yellow card 80' Zbončák		 Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania)
11 July 1999 Second leg Boby Brno Czech Republic 2 – 4
(2 – 4 agg.)		 Switzerland Basel Stadion Za Lužánkami, Brno
18:00 Křivánek Yellow card 9'
Křivánek Goal 19' (1:1)
Patrik Holomek Yellow card 46'
Siegl Yellow card 50'
Zbončák Goal 51' (2:2)
Cihlar Yellow card 84'		 Summary Goal 10' (pen. 0:1) Tholot
Yellow card 24' Güner
Goal 37' (1:2) Cantaluppi
Goal 71' (2:3) Savić
Yellow card 79' Pérez
Goal 89' (2:4)Kehrli		 Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

Basel won 4–2 on aggregate.

Third round
18 July 1999 First leg Hamburg Germany 0 – 1 Switzerland Basel Lohmühle, Lübeck
18:00 Hoogma Yellow card 65' Summary Goal 15' Koumantarakis
Yellow card 47' Quennoz
Yellow card 72' Zuberbühler		 Attendance: 8,192
Referee: Miroslav Radoman (FR Yugoslavia)
24 July 1999 Second leg Basel Switzerland 2 – 3
(3 – 3 agg.)		 Germany Hamburg Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:45 Quennoz Yellow card 29'
Koumantarakis Goal 50' (1:3)
Koumantarakis Goal 57' (2:3)
Koumantarakis Yellow card 84'
Huggel Yellow card 90+3'		 Summary Goal 37' (0:1) Fischer
Goal 44' (0:2) Groth
Goal 48' (0:3) Yeboah
Yellow card 62' Grammozis
Yellow card 64' Hashemian		 Attendance: 3,756
Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)

3–3 on aggregate, Hamburg won on away goals rule.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Stefan Peter. "Überregionale Meisterschaften, Schweizer und Basler Cup". Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  2. ^ a b c Garin, Erik (2004). "Sempione Cup (Switzerland)". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  3. ^ a b Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1999/2000". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  4. ^ a b Karel Stokkermans. "Intertoto Cup-1999". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

Sources[]

  • 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
  • Die ersten 125 Jahre / 2018. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
  • 1999–2000 at Joggeli.ch
  • 1999–2000 at RSSSF

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