1985–86 FC Basel season

The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1985–86 season was their 92nd season since their foundation on 15 November 1893. It was the club's 40th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football since their promotion in the 1945–46 season. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Urs Gribi was the club's chairman for the third consecutive year.

FC Basel
1985–86 season
Chairman Urs Gribi
Manager Helmut Benthaus
GroundSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A10th
Swiss CupSemifinal
Top goalscorerLeague: Erni Maissen (14)
All: Erni Maissen (19)
Highest home attendance12,800 on 7 August 1985
vs. Luzern
Lowest home attendance853 on 19 April 1986
vs. Baden
Average home league attendance4,923

Overview

Helmut Benthaus returned as first team manager, after his successful three-year term with VfB Stuttgart in which they won the Bundesliga in the 1983–84 season. He took over from caretaker manager Emil Müller. A number of players left the squad. Former Netherlands international Adrie van Kraay retired from active football. Swiss international player Martin Andermatt moved on to Grasshopper Club and Livio Bordoli moved on to Locarno. Two players, Beat Feigenwinter and Nicolas Keller, left the first team squad and went to play for the reserve team. In the other direction Gerhard Strack signed in from 1. FC Köln, André Ladner and Marco Schällibaum both signed in from Grasshopper Club, Francois Laydu signed in from La Chaux-de-Fonds and local lad Enrique Mata joined after a three season period by Xamax. Further, another local lad Stefano Ceccaroni returned from his one season loan to Baden.

In this season Basel played a total of 51 games. 30 matches were played in the domestic league, five in the Swiss Cup and 16 were friendly matches. Of their 16 test games, 12 ended with a victory, one was drawn, three ended with a defeat, the team scored 78 goals and conceded 18. Only one of these test games were played at home in St. Jakob Stadium, againt Bayern Munich, all the others were all played away.[1]

Basel played in the 1985–86 Nationalliga A, which was contested by 16 teams, these being the top 14 clubs from the previous 1984–85 season and the two promoted teams from the second level Nationalliga B the previous season, these being Grenchen and Baden. he league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, home and away. Two points were awarded for a win and one point given to each team for a draw. The champions would be qualified for 1986–87 European Cup and the next two teams in the league would be qualified for the 1986–87 UEFA Cup.

Basel ended the season in tenth position, 14 points behind BSC Young Boys who became that seasons champions and qualified for the 1986–87 European Cup. In their 30 league championship matches Basel won ten games, drew ten and also lost ten, which meant that they obtained 30 points. They scored 44 and conceding 40 goals. Erni Maissen was the team's top league goal scorer with 14 goals, Enrique Mata scored seven, Thomas Hauser scored five. Xamax and Luzern qualified for the 1986–87 UEFA Cup. The two newly promoted teams Grenchen and Baden suffered relegation.[2]

Basel entered the Swiss Cup in the round of 64 with an away game against lower classed Concordia Basel. The game was played in the St. Jakob Stadium, in which Concordia had home team status, in front of 1,800 spectators and Basel won 9–1. They continued to the round of 32 in which they had a home game against FC Vernier, which was won 6–0. In the round of 16 they had a home game against Lausanne Sports, which ended in a 4–1 victory. The quarterfinal was played as visitors to lower classed FC Lengnau and with a 6–0 victory, Basel advanced to the semifinal. The semi final was played at home in front of 12,000 spectators against Servette on 15 April 1986 and Servette took an early three-goal lead. A hat trick form Gerhard Strack in the last 22 minutes of regular time meant that the match had to go into overtime. But with a penalty goal against them in the 4 minute of the extra time meant that Basel did not reach the final.[3] Sion beat Servette in the final and as Cup winners were qualified for the 1986–87 Cup Winners' Cup.[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 Dominik Leder
1 GK   SUI Thomas Paul
1 GK   SUI Urs Suter
2 DF   SUI André Ladner (from Grasshopper Club)
3 DF   SUI Ertan Irizik
4 DF  GER Thomas Süss
5 DF  GER Gerhard Strack (from 1. FC Köln)
6 DF   SUI Marco Schällibaum (from Grasshopper Club)
7 MF   SUI Martin Jeitziner
8 FW   SUI Beat Sutter
9 MF  GER Thomas Hauser
10 MF   SUI Erni Maissen
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW   SUI Ruedi Zbinden
12 DF   SUI Francois Laydu (from La Chaux-de-Fonds)
13 DF   SUI Alfred Lüthi
14 MF  ESP Enrique Mata (from Xamax)
15 MF   SUI Peter Nadig
16 DF   SUI Fredy Grossenbacher
17 MF   SUI René Botteron
18 DF   SUI Stefano Ceccaroni (return after loan at Baden)
19 DF   SUI Dominique Herr
— NF   SUI Heinz Reichen (from FC Oensingen)
— FW   SUI Adrian Knup
— MF   SUI Felix Rudin
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
— DF   SUI Beat Feigenwinter (reserves)
— DF  NED Adrie van Kraay (retired)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF   SUI Martin Andermatt (to Grasshopper Club)
— DF   SUI Livio Bordoli (to Locarno)
— MF   SUI Nicolas Keller (reserves)

Results
Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre- and mid-season
13 July 1985 Pre-season Wasseramt (Water Works) XI 1 – 7 Basel Galmis, Rüttenen
17:00 Rickli  70' (1:7) Summary  11' (0:1) Ceccaroni
 17' (0:2) Mata
 24' (0:3) Mata
 36' (0:4) Sutter
 58' (0:5) Schällibaum
 59' (0:6) Maissen
 66' (0:7) Lüthi		 Referee: Francis Fischer
16 July 1985 Semi-final Nissan Cup Basel 5 – 2 Grenchen Wyler, Bern
19:00 Sutter  27' (1:0)
Maissen  56' (2:0)
Botteron  57' (3:0)
Sutter  72' (4:1)
Sutter  75' (5:1)		 Summary  64' (3:1) Michelberger
 90' (5:2) Michelberger		 Attendance: 600
Referee: Willy Hänni
17 July 1985 Semi-final Uhrencup Basel 3 – 1 Biel-Bienne Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
19:00 Grossenbacher  49' (1:0)
Schällibaum  51' (2:0)
Ceccaroni  70' (3:0)		 Summary  82' (3:1) Rappo Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Francis Fischer
20 July 1985 Final Uhrencup Grenchen 4 – 1 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
19:30 Stohler  17' (1:0)
Zaugg  56' (2:0)
Jäggi  58' (3:0)
Lehnherr  83' (4:1)		 Summary  79' (3:1) Strack Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Alfred Heinis
25 July 1985 Final Nissan Cup Young Boys 0 – 1 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
19:00 Lunde  66' Summary  63' (0:1) Maissen
 67' Botteron		 Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Wenger
30 July 1985 Pre-season Basel 0 – 1 Bayern Munich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30 Summary Lerby
 Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Manfred Schlup Grenchen
10 September 1985 Mid-season Old Boys 2 – 7 Basel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:30 Trojani  51' (1:4)
Gilica  66' (2:5)		 Summary  7' (0:1) Ceccaroni
 35' (0:2) Ceccaroni
 46' (0:3) Hauser
 50' (0:4) Enrique Mata
 62' (1:5) Ceccaroni
 68' (2:6) Hauser
 69' (2:7) Hauser		 Attendance: 240
Referee: Peter Bochsler

Winter break
7 December 1985 Winter break SC Schw. Bankgesellschaft BS 0 – 13 Basel Basel
15:00 Summary  (3x) Nadig
 (3x) Jeitziner
 (2x) Hauser
 (2x) Schällibaum
 (1x) Zbinden
 (1x) Lüthi
 (1x) Botteron		 Referee: Walter Rudin Birsfelden
28 January 1986 Winter break Bahamas selection 0 – 14 Basel Freeport, The Bahamas
15:00 Summary  (4x) Hauser
 (2x) Botteron
 (2x) Sutter
 (2x) Ceccaroni
 (1x) Süss
 (1x) Mata
 (1x) Lüthi
 (1x) Ladner
31 January 1986 Winter break Bahamas selection 0 – 10 Basel Freeport, The Bahamas
16:00 Summary  (2x) Sutter
 (2x) Strack
 (2x) Maissen
 (1x) Ceccaroni
 (1x) Jeitziner
 (1x) Lüthi
 (1x) Botteron
13 February 1986 Winter break Old Boys 0 – 4 Basel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:30 Summary  6' (0:1) Maissen
 51' (0:2) Maissen
 60' (pen. 0:3) Botteron
 75' (0:4) Lüthi		 Attendance: 30
Referee: Rolf Blattmann
16 February 1986 Winter break Baden 1 – 2 Basel Dornau, Dietikon
14:30 Benz  85' (1:1) Summary  3' (0:1) Jeitziner
 90' (1:2) Lüthi		 Attendance: 200
Referee: Armand Neukom
22 February 1986 Winter break Locarno 4 – 3 Basel Stadio del Lido, Locarno
14:30 Mata  41' (o.g. 1:2)
Schönwetter  49' (2:2)
Kurz  61' (3:2)
Abächerli  72' (4:2)		 Summary  28' (0:1) Nadig
 39' (0:2) Maissen
 80' (4:3) Grossenbacher		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Silvio Papa
1 March 1986 Winter break Locarno 2 – 3 Basel Stadio del Lido, Locarno
15:00 Tami  19' (1:2)
Tami  36' (2:2)		 Summary  12' (0:1) Sutter
 15' (o.g. 0:2) Rossi
 57' (2:3) Mata		 Attendance: 300
Referee: Sandro Gozzi
2 March 1986 Winter break Losone Sportiva 0 – 5 Basel Losone
14:30 Summary  10' (0:1) Lüthi
 20' (0:2) Ladner
 33' (0:3) Botteron
 51' (0:4) Sutter
 55' (0:5) Sutter
4 March 1986 Winter break Freiburger FC 0 – 0 Basel Möslestadion, Freiburg im Breisgau
16:00 Summary

Nationalliga A
Main article: 1985–86 Nationalliga A

League matches
7 August 1985 Round 1 Basel 0 – 1 Luzern St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Strack  9' Summary Burri  26'
Baumann  66'
Bernaschina  74'
Martin Müller  81' (0:1)
 Attendance: 12,800
Referee: Fredy Phillippoz
10 August 1985 Round 2 Vevey-Sports 2 – 2 Basel Stade de Copet, Vevey
20:00 Abega  35' (1:1)
Cacciapaglia  56'
Gavillet  73' (2:2)		 Summary  6' (0:1) Mata
 34' Maissen
 49' Irizik
 53' Jeitziner
 53' (1:2) Botteron
 65' Süss		 Attendance: 2,900
Referee: Manfred Schlup Grenchen
17 August 1985 Round 3 Basel 0 – 3 Wettingen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Irizik  10'
Sutter  38'		 Summary  8' Graf
 12' (0:1) Peterhans
 74' (pen. 0:2) Dupovac
 76' (0:3) Roth		 Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Charles-Henri Morex
20 August 1985 Round 4 Lausanne-Sport 2 – 2 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:15 Thychosen  58' (1:1)
Duc  64' (2:2)
Duc  68'
Hertig  90'		 Summary  24' (0:1) Grossenbacher
 39' Botteron
 41' Mata
 62' (1:2) Hauser		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Gottfried Friedrich
24 August 1985 Round 5 Zürich 1 – 0 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00 Bickel  90' (1:0) Summary  27' Botteron
 34' Hauser
 81' Süss
 90' Suter
 90+1' Schällibaum		 Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Walter Nussbaumer
31 August 1985 Round 6 Basel 1 – 0 Sion St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Hauser  1' (1:0)
 26'		 Summary  24' Bouderbala Attendance: 4,300
Referee: Claude Gachoud
4 September 1985 Round 7 St. Gallen 1 – 1 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
20:00 Jurkemik  19'
Jurkemik  47' (1:0)		 Summary  85' (1:1) Strack Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Philippe Mercier
14 September 1985 Round 8 Basel 4 – 1 Aarau St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Hauser  23' (1:0)
Irizik  26'
Grossenbacher  45' (2:0)
Maissen  50' (3:0)
Maissen  56' (4:0)
Hauser  57'
Süss  71'		 Summary  51' Zahner
 65' (4:1) Roberto Fregno
 73' Iselin
  88' Zahner		 Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Renzo Peduzzi
29 September 1985 Round 9 Baden 1 – 3 Basel Scharten, Baden
15:00 Benz  77'
Humbel  80' (1:3)		 Summary  12' (0:1) Mata
 50' (0:2) Schällibaum
 73' Süss
 78' (0:3) Botteron		 Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Walter Nussbaumer
16 October 1985 Round 10 Basel 2 – 0 La Chaux-de-Fonds St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Hauser  39' (1:0)
Strack  69'
Maissen  73' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 2,700
Referee: André Daina Eclépens
19 October 1985 Round 11 Xamax 4 – 0 Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
18:15 Elsener  8' (1:0)
Elsener  48' (pen. 2:0)
Mottiez  52' (3:0)
Mottiez  73' (4:0)		 Summary Attendance: 10,900
Referee: Willi Jaus
26 October 1985 Round 12 Basel 2 – 0 Servette St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Maissen  43' (1:0)
Hauser  52' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Bruno Galler
2 November 1985 Round 13 Grenchen 1 – 0 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
18:00 Eggeling  18' (1:0) Summary  73' Irizik Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Claude Gachoud
16 November 1985 Round 14 Basel 2 – 2 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:30 In-Albon  47' (o.g. 1:1)
Mata  55' (2:1)		 Summary  8' (0:1) Matthey
 38' Matthey
 53' In-Albon
 57' (2:2) Koller		 Attendance: 7,800
Referee: Georges Sandoz
24 November 1985 Round 15 Young Boys 1 – 1 Basel Weiherhus, Eschenbach
14:30 Lunde  13' (1:0)
Zuffi  39'
Conz  44'
Sutter  85'		 Summary  20' Grossenbacher
 25' Schällibaum
 44' (1:1) Botteron		 Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Arturo Martino
2 March 1986 Round 16 Basel P – P Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
[ Summary]
9 March 1986 Round 17 Grasshopper Club 0 – 0 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
14:30 Summary Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Philippe Mercier
15 March 1986 Round 18 Basel 3 – 0 Grenchen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:30 Maissen  38' (1:0)
Schällibaum  41' (2:0)
Maissen  43' (3:0)
Grossenbacher 		Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Fredy Phillippoz
22 March 1986 Round 19 Servette1 1 – 2 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
18:00 Jaccard  45' (1:1) Summary  41' (0:1) Maissen
 69' Mata
 71' (1:2) Ladner		 Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger Suhr
26 March 1986 Round 16 Basel 0 – 1 Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Grossenbacher  72' Summary  42' Wittwer
 90' (0:1) Zuffi		 Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Claude Gachoud
5 April 1986 Round 20 Basel 1 – 1 Xamax St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:30 Jeitziner  5' (1:0)
Irizik  51'		 Summary  41' Perret
 56' (1:1) Luthi		 Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Francesco Bianchi
12 April 1986 Round 21 La Chaux-de-Fonds 0 – 0 Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
18:00 Summary  72' Süss Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Arturo Martino
19 April 1986 Round 22 Basel 5 – 0 Baden St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:30 Maissen  26' (1:0)
Mata  53' (2:0)
Jeitziner  62' (3:0)
Grossenbacher  77' (4:0)
Nadig  81' (5:0)		 Summary Attendance: 853
Referee: Renzo Peduzzi
26 April 1986 Round 23 Aarau 2 – 1 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
20:00 Herberth  36' (pen. 1:1)
Küng  38'
Fregno  70' (2:1)
Fregno  85'		 Summary  10' (0:1) Maissen
 38' Ladner
 49' Schällibaum		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: André Daina Eclépens
29 April 1986 Round 24 Basel 3 – 1 St. Gallen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Maissen  14' (1:0)
Mata  38' (2:1)
Maissen  89' (3:1)		 Summary  24' (1:1) Urban
 66' Huwyler		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Manfred SchlupW
3 May 1986 Round 25 Sion 1 – 0 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:15 Brigger 8′
Cina  77' (1:0)		 Summary Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Willi Jaus
10 May 1986 Round 26 Basel 3 – 3 Zürich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:30 Botteron 11′
Maissen  13' (1:1)
Nadig  19' (2:1)
Nadig  78' (3:3)
Mata 		Summary  5' (0:1) Rufer
 40' (2:2) Alliata
 43' (2:3) Alliata
Kraus		 Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Fredy Phillippoz
13 May 1986 Round 27 Basel 0 – 3 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Botteron 37′ Summary  55' (0:1) Hertig
 61' (0:2) Thychosen
 91' (0:3) Thychosen
 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Bruno Galler
16 May 1986 Round 28 Wettingen 1 – 1 Basel Campo Sportivo "Al Vallone", Biasca, Ticino, Switzerland
20:00 Aebischer  58' (1:1) Summary  14' (0:1) Maissen Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Peter Kellenberger
24 May 1986 Round 29 Basel 5 – 2 Vevey-Sports St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
18:00 Maissen  29' (1:0)
Strack  51' (2:0)
Mata  65' (3:0)
Mata  78' (4:0)
Jeitziner  86' (5:2)		 Summary  83' (4:1) Schürmann
 84' (4:2) Pavoni		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Arturo Martino
27 May 1986 Round 30 Luzern 4 – 0 Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
20:00 Martin Müller  44' (1:0)
Halter  51' (2:0)
Grétarsson  60' (3:0)
Halter  72' (4:0)		 Summary Attendance: 11,700
Referee: Werner Liebi

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Young Boys (C) 30 18 8 4 72 28 +44 44 Champions, qualified for 1986–87 European Cup
2 Xamax 30 18 6 6 78 32 +46 42 qualified for 1986–87 UEFA Cup
3 Luzern 30 16 9 5 56 39 +17 41 qualified for 1986–87 UEFA Cup
4 Zürich 30 15 9 6 64 43 +21 39
5 Grasshopper Club 30 15 8 7 64 32 +32 38
6 Lausanne-Sport 30 13 9 8 59 50 +9 35
7 Aarau 30 14 6 10 62 47 +15 34
8 Sion 30 14 5 11 54 39 +15 33 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1986–87 Cup Winners' Cup
9 Servette 30 14 3 13 49 50 −1 31
10 Basel 30 10 10 10 44 40 +4 30
11 St. Gallen 30 12 6 12 48 46 +2 30
12 Wettingen 30 8 8 14 35 42 −7 24
13 La Chaux-de-Fonds 30 3 12 15 24 61 −37 18
14 Vevey-Sports 30 6 5 19 36 76 −40 17
15 Grenchen 30 5 6 19 33 81 −48 16 Relegated to Nationalliga B
16 Baden 30 1 6 23 14 86 −72 8 Relegated to Nationalliga B
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion.

Swiss Cup
Main article: Swiss Cup
22 September 1985 Round of 64 Concordia Basel 1 – 9 Basel St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Francois  58' (1:4) Summary  10' (0:1) Hauser
 35' (0:2) Hauser
 39' (0:3) Mata
 57' (0:4) Nadig
 75' (1:5) Hauser
 79' (1:6) Jeitziner
 83' (1:7) Schällibaum
 86' (1:8) Ladner
 90' (1:9) Hauser		 Attendance: 1,800
Referee: André Reck
13 October 1985 Round of 32 Basel 6 – 0 FC Vernier St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Maissen  12' (1:0)
Maissen  19' (2:0)
Mata  38' (3:0)
Nadig  64' (4:0)
Jeitziner  78' (5:0)
Mata  81' (6:0)		 Summary Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Manfred Schlup Grenchen
8 November 1985 Round of 16 Basel 4 – 1 Lausanne Sports St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Hauser  5'
Maissen  14' (1:0)
Mata  40' (2:0)
Maissen  68' (3:0)
Nadig  75' (4:0)		 Summary  7' Kaltaverdis
 52' Henry
 85' (4:1) Seramondi		 Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger Suhr
31 March 1986 Quarterfinal FC Lengnau 0 – 6 Basel Sportanlage Moos, Lengnau
15:00 Summary  26' (0:1) Sutter
 54' (0:2) Sutter
 56' (0:3) Hauser
 60' (0:4) Maissen
 80' (0:5) Sutter
 88' (0:6) Sutter		 Attendance: 3,417
Referee: Willy Hänni
15 April 1986 Semifinal Basel 3 – 4 (a.e.t.) Servette St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Strack  68' (1:3)
Strack  79' (2:3)
Strack  90' (3:3)
Ladner  107'		 [ Summary]  3' (0:1) Opoku Nti
 18' (0:2) Jaccard
 39' (0:3) Jaccard
 44' Jaccard
 89' Besnard
 94' (pen.) Geiger		 Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger Suhr

See also

References
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