1988–89 FC Basel season

The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1988–89 season was their 95th season since the club's foundation. Charles Röthlisberger was the club's chairman, in the club's history he was their 31st chairman and this was his second year in this position. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Following their relegation the season before this was their first season in the second tier of Swiss football since the 1945–46 season.

FC Basel
1988–89 season
Chairman Charles Röthlisberger
Manager Urs Siegenthaler
GroundSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga BPromotion Phase 4th
Swiss CupQuarterfinal
Top goalscorerLeague: Lucio Esposito
and Ralph Thoma (both 13)
All: Lucio Esposito (15)
Highest home attendance12,000 on 27 March 1988
vs Zürich[1]
Lowest home attendance1,200 on 4 December 1988
vs Winterthur
and on 14 June 1989
vs St. Gallen
Average home league attendance3,765[1]

Overview

Following their relegation after the previous Nationalliga A season the club's priority aim was to return immediately to the top flight of Swiss football. Urs Siegenthaler was first-team coach for the second consecutive season. Due to the relegation there were many modifications in the squad. Ruedi Zahner retired from active football. Both goalkeeper moved on, Bernard Pulver to Young Boys and Urs Suter to Zürich. Stefan Bützer and Frank Eggeling both transferred to Emmenbrücke. Thomas Hauser and Varadaraju Sundramoorthy went to play for local rivals Old Boys. Dominique Herr moved on to Lausanne-Sport. The two forwards Adrian Knup transferred to Aarau and Peter Nadig to Luzern. Scottish ex-international Gordon Smith moved home to Scottland and joined Stirling Albion before ending his football career. Adrian Sedlo moved to Mulhouse and with four other players the contracts were not prolonged.

The club's financial problems had worsened during the previous season, this also due to the sinking number of spectators. But because an immediately to the top flight was the priority, 12 new players were signed in. Goalkeeper Remo Brügger was signed in from Luzern and his back up Roger Glanzmann from FC Therwil. The experienced players Andre Rindlisbacher transferred in from Aarau, Rolf Baumann from VfB Stuttgart, Mario Moscatelli from St. Gallen and Lucio Esposito from Luzern. There were a number of new players who joined from lower division clubs. For example Michael Syfrig, who had played a big role in the promotion of FC Glarus the previous season, signed in on his first professional contract. Then local youngsters Germano Fanciulli joined from local rivals Old Boys and Andre Cueni from FC Laufen. Further Beat Aebi came from FC Volketswil, Kurt Spirig came from Diepoldsau and Patrick Liniger was brought from the youth team.[2]

The 24 teams in the Nationalliga B were divided into two groups, an east and a west group, to first play a qualification round. In the second stage the tops six teams in each group and the last four team of the Nationalliga A would play a promotion/relegation round, also divided into two groups. The top two teams in each group would next season play in the top flight. Basel were assigned to the East group. They ended their 22 matches in the Qualifying Phase with 14 victories, four draws and four defeats with 32 points. They were group winners. The team scored 48 goals and conceded just 23. In this first stage Lucio Esposito was the team's top goal scorer with 10 goals and Ralph Thoma second in the internal ranking with eight goals.

Thus Basel qualified themselves for a Promotion group. Basel were assigned to group A. Also qualified for this group from the Nationalliga B were Zürich, CS Chênois, Grenchen, ES Malley and the Old Boys. The team's goal scoring quality was missed during the Promotion stage. In the fifth, sixth and seventh round Basel lost the two away games against Lausanne-Sports 1–4 and St. Gallen 0–3, as well as the home match against local rivals Old Boys 0–1, therefore losing very valuable points. Basel ended the group with just 19 scored goals and just 14 obtained points in fourth position and thus they missed promotion. They were nine respectively eight points behind St. Gallen and Lausanne-Sports, both of whom were quite easily able to avoid relegation.[3]

Basel entered into the Swiss Cup in the 2nd principal round. Here they were drawn away against local team Oberwil. The game was won easily, 5–0. In the next round Basel were drawn against higher classed Young Boys. Basel mastered their opponents well, winning 4–1. In the round of 32 and round of 16 Basel had two ties against lower tier teams winning both to qualify for the quarterfinals. Here their cup season game to an end because they lost against top-tier team Aarau.

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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 Remo Brügger (from Luzern)
1 GK   SUI Thomas Grüter (from St. Gallen)
2 DF   SUI Markus Hodel
3 MF   SUI Andre Rindlisbacher (from Aarau)
4 DF   SUI Massimo Ceccaroni
5 DF   SUI Michael Syfrig (from FC Glarus)
6 MF  GER Rolf Baumann (from VfB Stuttgart)
7 MF   SUI Mario Moscatelli (from St. Gallen)
8 MF  ESP Enrique Mata
9 FW  ITA Germano Fanciulli (from Old Boys)
10 MF  GER Uwe Dittus
11 FW   SUI Ralph Thoma
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 DF  GER Peter Bernauer
13 DF   SUI Bruno Hänni
14 FW  ITA Lucio Esposito (from Luzern)
15 FW   SUI Beat Aebi (FC Volketswil)
16 FW   SUI Patrick Rahmen
17 DF   SUI Markus Füri
18 DF   SUI Kurt Spirig (from Diepoldsau)
19 MF   SUI Andre Cueni (from FC Laufen)
20 GK   SUI Roger Glanzmann (from FC Therwil)
— DF   SUI Patrick Liniger (from youth team)
— FW   SUI Markus Selg
— MF   SUI Stephan Schaub
— FW   SUI Remo Steiner
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   SUI Bernard Pulver (to Young Boys)
— GK   SUI Urs Suter (to Zürich)
— DF   SUI Philipp Baumberger
— MF   SUI Stefan Bützer (to Locarno)
— FW  GER Frank Eggeling (to Emmenbrücke)
— DF   SUI Fabio Ghisoni (to Emmenbrücke)
— FW  GER Thomas Hauser (to Old Boys)
— DF   SUI Dominique Herr (to Lausanne-Sport)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW   SUI Adrian Knup (to Aarau)
— MF   SUI Peter Nadig (to Luzern)
— MF  GER Bernd Schramm
— FW   SUI Mathias Wehrli
— MF   SUI Ruedi Zahner (retired)
— MF  SCO Gordon Smith (to Stirling Albion)
— DF  GER Adrian Sedlo (to Mulhouse)
— MF  GRE Fotios Karapetsas
— FW  SIN Varadaraju Sundramoorthy (to Old Boys)

Results
Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre- and mid-season
29 June 1988 Pre-season Basel 2 – 3 Bellinzona St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Dittus  25' (1:0)
Dittus  74' (pen. 2:2)		 Summary  29' (1:1) Jacobacci
 45' (1:2) Jacobacci
 85' (2:3) Jacobacci		 Attendance: 300
Referee: André Reck
3 July 1988 Pre-season FC Mulhouse 2 – 1 Basel Stade Municipal, Hirtzbach
17:00 Subiat  32' (1:0)
Peuget  59' (2:1)		 Summary  54' (1:1) Baumann Attendance: 800
Referee: Zumsteck
Note: Anniversary game 60th year after the founding of FC Hirtzbach
6 July 1988 Pre-season Basel 5 – 0 Dornbirn 1913 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Hänni  13' (1:0)
Esposito  46' (2:0)
Rindlisbacher  63' (3:0)
Syfrig  73' (4:0)
Hänni  88' (5:0)		 Summary Attendance: 300
Referee: Walter Rudin Birsfelden
9 July 1988 Pre-season SC Freiburg 1 – 1
(4 – 3 p)		 Basel Elzstadion, Emmendingen
18:30 Higl  51' (1:1) Summary  8' (0:1) Dittus Referee: Holger Dehmelt (Sabachwalden)
Penalties
Staib
Hermann
Majka
Weber
Fludec 		Fanciulli
Rindlisbacher
Dittus
Baumann
Thoma
10 July 1988 Pre-season FC Emmendingen 1 – 0 Basel Elzstadion, Emmendingen
15:30 Hilbig  65' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 700
Referee: Josef Hodapp
13 July 1988 Pre-season Basel 2 – 1 Twente St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:00 Moscatelli  11' (1:0)
Thoma  51' (2:0)		 Summary  76' (2:1) Koopman Attendance: 700
Referee: Francis Fischer
16 July 1988 Pre-season Grenchen 0 – 3 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
19:00 Summary  40' (0:1) Thoma
 78' (0:2) Esposito
 83' (0:3) Esposito		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger Suhr
19 July 1988 Pre-season Basel 0 – 1 Celtic St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Summary  74' (0:1) Walker Attendance: 2,700
Referee: André Reck
28 September 1988 Mid-season Basel 1 – 6 VfB Stuttgart St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Esposito  16' (1:1) Summary  11' (0:1) Buchwald
 29' (pen. 1:2) Schütterle
 43' (1:3) Schröder
 59' (1:4) Schütterle
 69' (1:5) Schmäler
 88' (1:6) Klinge		 Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Peter Bochsler
8 November 1988 Mid-season FC Sursee 1 – 1 Basel Sursee
Widmer  49' (1:1) Summary  41' (0:1) Esposito

Winter break and mid-season
18 February 1989 Winter break 1. FC Pforzheim 1 – 0 Basel Stadion im Brötzinger Tal, Pforzheim
14:30 Andreas Mähler  3' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 1,400
Referee:
22 February 1989 Winter break Lugano 2 – 0 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
20:00 Gorter  53' (pen. 1:0)
Jensen  55' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 250
Referee: Francesco Bianchi
25 February 1989 Winter break Basel 1 – 1 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Mata  32' (1:0)
 Summary  16' Egli
 26' Halter
 33' Wyss
 83' (o.g. 1:1) Dittus		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Peter Bochsler
2 March 1989 Winter break Xamax 5 – 0 Basel Les Fourches, Saint-Blaise
17:00 Hermann  2' (1:0)
Sutter  3' (2:0)
Lüth  38' (3:0)
Lüth  40' (4:0)
Lüth  61' (5:0)		 Summary Attendance: 200
Referee: Manfred Schlup Grenchen
4 March 1989 Winter break Basel 3 – 2 Aarau St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Moscatelli  42' (1:0)
Thoma  79' (2:2)
Cueni  85' (3:2)		 Summary  56' (1:1) Sforza
 69' (1:2) van der Gijp		 Attendance: 700
Referee: Rolf Blattmann
8 March 1989 Winter break Basel 0 – 1 FC Glarus St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Summary  43' (0:1) Paradiso Attendance: 300
Referee: Fabrice Kaltenrieder
25 April 1989 Mid-season FC Châtel-St.-Denis 1 – 3 Basel Stade du Lussy, Châtel-Saint-Denis
Summary  (1x) Cueni
 (1x) Moscatelli
 (1x) Esposito

Qualifying Phase East
23 July 1988 Round 1 Zürich 1 – 1 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00 Landolt  6' (1:1)
Landolt  27'		 Summary  3' (0:1) Esposito
 24' Baumann
 63' Moscatelli		 Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Francesco Bianchi
Note: Debut for Remo Brügger, Michael Syfrig, André Rindlisbacher, Mario Moscatelli, Rolf Baumann, Germano Fanciulli and Lucio Esposito
27 July 1988 Round 2 Basel 3 – 0 Locarno Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
20:30 Bernauer  57' (1:0)
Esposito  58' (2:0)
Aebi  77' (3:0)		 Summary Niedermayer Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Jean-Claude Tagliabue
Note: Home game played on the Schützenmatte, because the St. Jakob Stadium was not ready to play on following a Pink Floyd concert.
30 July 1988 Round 3 Schaffhausen 1 – 3 Basel Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen
20:00 Axel Thoma
Krebs  26' (1:1)		 Summary  22' (pen. 0:1) Dittus
 32' Rindlisbacher
 70' Thoma
 76' (1:2) Moscatelli
 86' Baumann
 90' (1:3) Thoma		 Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Erwin Fölmli
4 August 1988 Round 4 Basel 4 – 0 FC Chur St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Dittus { 13' (pen. 1:0)
Moscatelli  50' (2:0)
Esposito  57' (3:0)
Thoma  75' (4:0)		 Summary  34' Beeli
 54' Manetsch		 Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Strässle Steinach
Note: Note: NLA debut for Kurt Spirig
10 August 1988 Round 5 Old Boys 0 – 3 Basel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
20:00 Hauser  8'
Maurer  11'
Kägi  76'		 Summary  27' Hänni
 29' Moscatelli
 43' (0:1) Esposito
 56' (o.g. 0:2) Maurer
 63' (0:3) Esposito
 Attendance: 9,200
Referee: Arturo Martino
13 August 1988 Round 6 Basel 1 – 2 FC Glarus St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Thoma  37'
Baumann  81'		 Summary  82' Lötscher
 88' Zug
 33'  86' Gabriel		 Attendance: 4,300
Referee: François Xavier Amherdt
16 August 1988 Round 7 Chiasso 0 – 1 Basel Stadio Comunale, Chiasso
20:00 Malnati  54'
Neumann  64'
Sordelli  87'		 Summary  55' (0:1) Dittus
 71'  74' Bernauer
 75' Hodel
 83' Mata
 90+2' Rahmen		 Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Michel Barbezat
27 August 1988 Round 8 Basel 3 – 0 Zug St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Brügger  11'
Baumann  23' (1:0)
Moscatelli  33' (2:0)
Mata  36' (3:0)
 Summary  37' Allegretti Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Rudolf Schödl
31 August 1988 Round 9 Baden 0 – 2 Basel Esp Stadium, Fislisbach
20:00 Balzarini  60' Summary  29' Moscatelli
 53' (0:1) Esposito
 61' Hodel
 88' (0:2) Mata
 Attendance: 1,900
Referee: Armand Neukom
10 September 1988 Round 10 Winterthur 2 – 1 Basel Schützenwiese, Winterthur
20:00 Häfeli  56' (1:0)
Hutka  63' (2:0)		 Summary  81' Moscatelli
 89' (2:1) Thoma		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mario Marbet
Note: First NLA game for referee Mario Marbet
17 September 1988 Round 11 Basel 3 – 1 Emmenbrücke St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Syfrig  88' (1:1)
Aebi  90' (2:1)
Moscatelli  90+6' (3:1)		 Summary  16'  24' Büeler
 23' (0:1) Zemp
 26' Zemp
 34' Ghisoni
 46' Studer
 77' Gasser
 81' Berger
 84'  87'Roth
 90' Schupp		 Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Armand Neukom
24 September 1988 Round 12 Basel 2 – 2 Zürich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Esposito  18' (1:1)
Mata  58' (2:1)
Dittus  62'		 Summary  4' (0:1) Şahin
 8' Şahin
 59' Beat Studer
 63' (2:2) Jürg Studer
 85' Gilli		 Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Ludwig Zurkirchen
1 October 1988 Round 13 Locarno 2 – 2 Basel Stadio del Lido, Locarno
20:00 Siwek  7' (1:0)
Bützer  33'
Forestier  72'
Schönwetter  88' (1:2)		 Summary  15' Rindlisbacher
 54' (1:1) Thoma
 62' (1:2) Hänni		 Attendance: 1,700
Referee: François Xavier Amherdt
8 October 1988 Round 14 Basel 1 – 0 Schaffhausen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Hodel  33'
Aebi  76'
Hänni  83' (1:0)
Syfrig  87'		 Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Hans Weber
16 October 1988 Round 15 FC Chur 0 – 3 Basel Ringstrasse, Chur
14:30 Summary  62' (0:1) Moscatelli
 74' (0:2) Baumann
 76' Moscatelli
 84' Hänni
 85' (0:3) Mata		 Attendance: 1,350
Referee: Marcel Despland Yverdon
22 October 1988 Round 16 Basel 1 – 2 Old Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Dittus  57'
Brügger  72'
Dittus  74' (pen. 1:1)
Baumann  85'		 Summary  18' Spicher
 26' (pen. 0:1) Hauck
 80' (1:2) Kägi
 Attendance: 7,800
Referee: Francis Fischer (Arch)
30 October 1988 Round 17 FC Glarus 0 – 3 Basel Sportplatz Buchholz, Glarus
14:30 Ramensperger
Gabriel 		Summary  2' (0:1) Thoma
 22' (0:2) Thoma
 90' (0:3) Esposito
Hänni
Dittus		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Aldo Palama
6 Novaember 1988 Round 18 Basel 2 – 1 Chiasso St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Esposito  80' (1:0)
Mata  82'
Thoma  89' (2:1)		 Summary  82' (1:1) Romagnoli
 83'  87' Malnati
 90+1' Fontana
 90+3' Romagnoli		 Attendance: 2,900
Referee: Willy Hänni
20 November 1988 Round 19 Zug 2 – 2 Basel Herti Allmend Stadion, Zug
14:30 Zwahlen  32' (1:1)
Huber  44' (2:1)
Stierli  59'
Zwahlen  71'		 Summary  19' (0:1) Baumann
40′ Dittus
 70' Rindlisbacher
 90' (2:2) Moscatelli
 90+1' Moscatelli		 Attendance: 400
Referee: Erwin Schuler
27 November 1988 Round 20 Basel 1 – 4 Baden St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Mata  25'
Bernauer  59' (1:2)
Baumann  83'		 Summary  4' (0:1) Brazil
 19' Ponte
 28' Lerchmüller
 35' (0:2) Brazil
 71' (1:3) Zaugg
 77' (1:4) Wiesner		 Attendance: 2,800
Referee: O. Grütsch
4 December 1988 Round 21 Basel 3 – 1 Winterthur St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14_30 Dittus  15' (1:1)
Esposito  28' (2:1)
Moscatelli  70' (3:1)		 Summary  7' (pen. 0:1) Graf Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Erwin Fölmli
11 December 1988 Round 22 Emmenbrücke 2 – 3 Basel Stadion Gersag, Emmenbrücke
19:00 Eggeling  37' (1:2)
Hözgen  71'
Greber  81' (2:3)		 Summary  1' (0:1) Esposito
 31' (0:2) Mata
 69' (1:3) Hänni		 Attendance: 130
Referee: Bernard Neukom

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Basel 22 14 4 4 48 23 +25 32 Promotion round
2 Locarno 22 12 6 4 58 28 +30 30
3 Zürich 22 11 8 3 62 32 +30 30
4 Baden 22 10 4 8 44 29 +15 24
5 Old Boys 22 10 4 8 37 29 +8 24
6 Chiasso 22 8 8 6 35 33 +2 24
7 Schaffhausen 22 9 6 7 32 36 −4 24 Relegation group
8 Winterthur 22 8 6 8 39 36 +3 22
9 Emmenbrücke 22 7 5 10 31 41 −10 19
10 Chur 22 4 8 10 27 54 −27 16
11 SC Zug 22 3 5 14 14 47 −33 11
12 Glarus 22 2 4 16 19 58 −39 8
Source:

Promotion/Relegation Phase
Main article: 1988–89 Nationalliga A § Promotion/Relegation Group
19 March 1989 Round 1 Chênois 2 – 2 Basel Stade des Trois-Chêne
14:30 Curtet  5' (1:0)
Navarro  58' (2:1)		 Summary  20' (1:1) Dittus
 79' (2:2) Aebi
27 March 1989 Round 2 Basel 1 – 1 Zürich St. Jakob-Park, Basel
14:30 Moscatelli  68' (1:0) Summary  71' (1:1) Maiano Attendance: 12,000
Referee:
1 April 1989 Round 3 ES Malley 1 – 2 Basel Stade du Bois Gentil, Malley
17:30 Ceccaroni  72' (o.g. 1:2) Summary  40' (0:1) Esposito
 51' (0:2) Esposito		 Attendance: 2,120
Referee: Gottfried Friedrich
8 April 1989 Round 4 Basel 2 – 1 Grenchen St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 Dittus  39' (0:1)
Thoma  59' (2:0)		 Summary  61' (2:1) Ciolek Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Paul-Louis Christe
15 April 1989 Round 5 Lausanne-Sport 4 – 1 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:00 Schürmann  9' (1:0)
Chapuisat  39' (2:1)
Hartmann  44' (3:1)
Thychosen  60' (4:1)		 Summary  14' (1:1) Thoma Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Georges Sandoz
Note: NLA debut Stephan Schaub. Minute of silence for the victims of the Sheffield football disaster.
29 April 1989 Round 6 Basel 0 – 1 Old Boys St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 Syfrig  30' Summary  70' (0:1) Bachofner Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Francesco Bianchi
6 May 1989 Round 7 St. Gallen 3 – 0 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
17:30 Hegi  19' (1:0)
Fischer  45' (1:0)
Gämperle  51'
Fischer  77' (3:0)		 Summary  5' Hänni
 60' Syfrig		 Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Daniel Roduit
13 May 1989 Round 8 Basel 1 – 1 Chênois St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 Rindlisbacher  11' (1:0)
Rindlisbacher  44'
Moscatelli  45'		 Summary  11' Michel
 19' (1:1) Navarro		 Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Erwin Fölmli
20 May 1989 Round 9 Zürich 0 – 2 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00 Şahin  21' Summary  6' Ceccaroni
 18' (0:1) Syfrig
 52' Mata
 78' Moscatelli
 80' Bernauer
 89' (0:2) Moscatelli		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Fredy Phillippoz
23 May 1989 Round 10 Basel 1 – 1 ES Malley St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 Bernauer  90' (1:1) Summary  48' (0:1) Martelli
 73' Martelli		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Francis Fischer
27 May 1989 Round 11 Grenchen 2 – 2 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
17:30 Du Buisson  24' (1:0)
Gunia  54' (2:0)		 Summary  26' Moscatelli
 61' (2:1) Thoma
 70' Rindlisbacher
 90' (2:2) Syfrig		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Erwin Fölmli
3 June 1989 Round 12 Basel 1 – 1 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 Dittus  22' (1:0) Summary  68' Hottiger
 74' (1:1) Hartmann		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Daniel Roduit
10 June 1989 Round 13 Old Boys 0 – 2 Basel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
20:00 Hauck 79′ Summary  55' (0:1) Thoma
 61' (0:2) Thoma
 76' Dittus		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Marcel Despland Yverdon
14 June 1989 Round 14 Basel 2 – 3 St. Gallen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Dittus  42' (1:2)
Moscatelli  65' (2:2)		 Summary  21' (0:1) Metzler
 25' (0:2) Gambino
 90' (2:3) Lehnherr		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Bruno Galler

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 St. Gallen 14 10 3 1 30 13 +17 23 Remain in Nationalliga A 1989–90
2 Lausanne-Sport 14 9 4 1 42 8 +34 22
3 Zürich 14 6 2 6 29 23 +6 14 Remain in Nationalliga B
4 Basel 14 4 6 4 19 21 −2 14
5 CS Chênois 14 4 4 6 22 29 −7 12
6 Grenchen 14 3 4 7 17 26 −9 10
7 ES Malley 14 2 6 6 15 29 −14 10
8 Old Boys 14 3 1 10 13 38 −25 7
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup
Main article: Swiss Cup
20 August 1988 2nd round Oberwil 0 – 5 Basel Sportanlage Eisweiher, Oberwil
19:30 Eichenberger  1' Summary  22' (0:1) Esposito
 32' (0:2) Rahmen
 76' (0:3) Baumann
 79' (pen. 0:4) Dittus
 83' (0:5) Aebi		 Attendance: 1,800[1]
Referee: Peter Bochsler
3 September 1988 3rd round Basel 4 – 1 Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Esposito  8' (1:0)
Baumann  29'
Brügger  45'
Hodel  53' (2:1)
Thoma  55' (3:2)
Hodel  57'
Dittus  81' (4:1)		 Summary  31' Limpar
 48' (1:1) Zuffi
 63' Rapolder		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Arturo Martino
13 November 1988 Round of 32 FC Töss 0 – 1 (a.e.t.) Basel Sportanlage Reitplatz, Winterthur
10:00 Moor  28'
Hofmann  44'		 Summary  107' (0:1) Bernauer
 112' Fanciulli		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger Suhr
Note: Corner: 3 – 23
12 March 1989 Round of 16 FC Olten 1 – 2 Basel Sportanlagen Kleinholz, Olten
14:30 Granata  10'
Dervishaj  45' (1:1)		 Summary  18' (pen. 0:1) Dittus
 88' (1:2) Cueni		 Attendance: 1,650
Referee: Gottfried Friedrich
12 April 1989 Quarterfinal Basel 0 – 2 Aarau St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Dittus  40'
Moscatelli  67'
Thoma  68'		 Summary  15' Knup
 39' (0:1) Knup
 67' Kilian
 80' Kühni
 90+1' (0:2) van der Gijp		 Attendance: 8,500[1]
Referee: Fredy Phillippoz

See also

Sources and references
  1. Stefan Peter. "Überregionale Meisterschaften, Schweizer und Basler Cup". Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  2. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Squad season 1988–89". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A 1988/89". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1988/89". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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