1976–77 FC Basel season

The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1976–77 season was their 83rd season since the club was founded. It was their 31st consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football after they won promotion during the season 1945–46. They played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium.

Overview

Helmut Benthaus was first team manager for the eleventh consecutive season.

The Swiss Football Association had reformed the Swiss football league system that year reducing the number of teams in the Nationalliga A from 14 to 12 and increasing the Nationalliga B teams from 14 to 16. The Nationalliga A season 1976–77 was contested by the first 11 teams from the previous season and the sole promoted team AC Bellinzona. The Nationalliga A was played in two stages. The qualification phase was played by all teams in a round robin and after completion was dived into two groups. The first six teams contended in the championship group (with half the obtained points as bonus) and the positions seventh to twelth contended the relegation group. Basel finished the qualification phase in second position with 33 points from 22 games and so entered the championship group with a bonus of 17. At the end of the championship phase Servette FC Genève and Basel were level on 29 points. They therefore had to play a play-off for champions. This play-off was held at the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern in front of 55,000 supporters. Basel won the match 2–1, their goals being scored by Walter Mundschin and Arthur von Wartburg.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Jean Müller (league games: 24)
		GK	Jürg Wenger (league games: 9)
		DF	Paul Fischli (league games: 22)
		MF	Walter Geisser (league games: 19)
		DF	Markus Just (league games: 1)
		MF	Jean-Pierre Maradan (league games/goals: 30/3)
		DF	Walter Mundschin (league games/goals: 30/9)
		DF	Jörg Stohler (league games/goals: 31/6)
		MF	Otto Demarmels (league games/goals: 29/7)

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Detlev Lauscher (league games/goals: 26/8)
		MF	Peter Ramseier (league games/goals: 30/4)
		FW	Markus Tanner (league games/goals: 30/5)
		MF	Arthur von Wartburg (league games/goals: 32/3)
		MF	Erni Maissen (league games/goals: 26/10)
		MF	Peter Marti (league games/goals: 21/6)
		MF	Serge Muhmenthaler (league games/goals: 13/5)
		MF	Eigil Nielsen (league games/goals: 28/5)
		FW	Roland Schönenberger (league games/goals: 11/3)

Results

Nationalliga

Main article: 1976–77 Nationalliga A

Qualifying Phase

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Remarks
1	Servette FC Genève	22	14	7	1	68	27	35	To championship round
2	FC Basel	22	14	5	3	54	30	33	To championship round
3	FC Zürich	22	12	7	3	49	18	31	To championship round
4	Neuchâtel Xamax	22	10	7	5	37	27	27	To championship round
5	BSC Young Boys	22	8	9	5	37	34	25	To championship round
6	Grasshopper Club Zürich	22	7	8	7	41	28	22	To championship round
7	Lausanne Sports	22	8	6	8	39	31	22	To playout round
8	CS Chênois	22	6	8	8	29	39	20	To playout round
9	FC Sion	22	4	10	8	19	32	18	To playout round
10	FC St. Gallen	22	5	6	11	26	40	16	To playout round
11	AC Bellinzona	22	3	2	17	19	73	8	To playout round
12	FC Winterthur	22	1	5	16	19	58	7	To playout round

Championship Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	(B)	Remarks
1	FC Basel	10	5	2	3	19	16	29	(17)	Play-off match
2	Servette FC Genève	10	5	1	4	16	14	29	(18)	Play-off match
3	FC Zürich	10	5	1	4	24	18	27	(16)
4	Grasshopper Club Zürich	10	5	2	3	15	10	23	(11)
5	Neuchâtel Xamax	10	3	1	6	14	18	21	(14)
6	BSC Young Boys	10	3	1	6	12	24	20	(13)

Play-Off Match

Legend

Win Draw Loss

28 June 1977 Play-Off	Basel	2 – 1	Servette	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
	Mundschin 37' von Wartburg 75'	[ Report]	30' Müller	Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Ruedi Renggli

Swiss Cup

Main article: Swiss Cup

Round of 32

26 September 1976	Fribourg	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Stade Universitaire, Fribourg

Round of 16

17 October 1976	Xamax	4 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel

Swiss League Cup

Main article: Swiss League Cup

Round of 32	Grenchen	1 – 2	Basel	Stadium Brühl, Grenchen

Round of 16	Luzern	2 – 2 (pens)	Basel	Stadion Allmend, Luzern

Luzern won 6–5 on penalties.

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1976–77 UEFA Cup

First round

14 September 1976 First leg	Glentoran F.C.	3 – 2	Basel	Belfast
17:00	Feeney 12', 42' Dickenson 51'	Report	26' Maissen 52' Lauscher 73' Ramseier	Stadium: The Oval Referee: Rolf Ericsson

29 September 1976 Second leg	Basel	3 – 0	Glentoran F.C.	Basel
20:00	Eigil Nielsen 33' Mundschin 35' Demarmels 73'	Report	52' McCreery	Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium Referee: Cesare Gussoni

Basel won 5–3 on aggregate.

Second round

20 October 1976 First leg	Basel	1 – 1	Athletic Bilbao	Basel
20:00	Marti 2'	Report	45' Madariaga	Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium Referee: Rudi Glöckner

3 November 1976 Second leg	Athletic Bilbao	3 – 1	Basel	Bilbao
20:00	Villar 45' Carlos 61', 68'	Report	66' Marti	Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Patrick Partridge

Athletic Bilbao won 4–2 on aggregate.

Coppa delle Alpi

Main article: Cup of the Alps

Group B

round 1	Basel	2 – 3	Nantes	St. Jakob Stadium Basel

round 2	Nantes	1 – 1	Basel

round 3	Basel	3 – 1	Metz	St. Jakob Stadium Basel

round 4	Metz	2 – 0	Basel

NB: teams did not play compatriots

Group table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	(B)
1	Servette	4	3	1	0	10	7	7	0
2	Metz	4	1	1	2	8	9	3
3	Basel	4	1	1	2	6	7	3
4	Nantes	4	1	1	2	6	7	3

NB: 1 bonus point awarded for victory by 3 or more goals

Sources and references

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
Switzerland 1976–77 at RSSSF
Swiss League Cup at RSSSF
Cup of the Alps 1976 at RSSSF

External links

FC Basel official site

FC Basel

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