1986–87 FC Basel season
1986–87 season | |
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Chairman | ![]() |
Manager | ![]() |
Ground | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Nationalliga A | 12th |
Swiss Cup | Round of 16 |
Top goalscorer | League: ![]() All: ![]() |
Highest home attendance | 12,000 on 25 October 1986 vs. Young Boys |
Lowest home attendance | 1,300 on 12 June 1987 vs. Sion |
Average home league attendance | 4,426 |
The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1986–87 season was their 93rd season since the club's foundation. It was their 41st consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football since they achieved promotion in the 1945–46 season. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Peter Max Sutter was the club's newly appointed chairman.
Overview
[edit]Pre-season
[edit]Helmut Benthaus had returned first team manager the season before, this was his second consecutive season as coach. There were a number of changes in the team. The defenders Ertan Irizik moved on to St. Gallen, Francois Laydu moved on to Locarno, Stefano Ceccaroni moved to FC Laufen and Alfred Lüthi moved on to Grenchen. Further the midfielder Martin Jeitziner moved on to Young Boys, and the two forwards Beat Sutter moved on to Xamax and Ruedi Zbinden moved on to Grenchen. In the other direction, Stefan Bützer who had won the championship with the Young Boys the previous season signed in for the club. Then Jean-Pierre François and Markus Füri both signed in from local team Concordia Basel and Markus Hodel signed in from local club Nordstern Basel. Further Bruno Hänni joined from lower tier club FC Oensingen and as reserve goalkeeper Patrick Mäder joined from lower tier club Schaffhausen.
In this season Basel played a total of 52 games. 30 matches were played in the domestic league and then another four in the promotion/relegation play-offs, three games were in the Swiss Cup and 15 were friendly matches. Of their test games, nine ended with a victory, four were drawn and two ended with a defeat. During these games the team scored 42 goals and conceded 18. All the test games were played away from home.[1]
Domestic league
[edit]The aim of the Swiss Football Association (SFV) in the season 1986–87 the Nationalliga A was to reduce the number of clubs in the top flight of Swiss football from 16 to just 12. At the end of the season the top 10 clubs were to remain in the top division and the 15th and 16th club to be relegated directly to the Nationalliga B. Four teams from the Nationalliga A (in positions 11 to the 14) and four teams from the Nationalliga B (the 3rd to 6th positioned teams) contested a play-off round to determine the last two places in next season's Nationalliga A. Basel's announced aim was to defend their position in the top flight of Swiss football during the main season and to achieve a position above a play-off positions.
Basel played a mediocre season, although they won only two of their first ten games, they were always placed in the middle of the table and kept this position after the winter break with three wins against lower placed teams. But then with seven defeats in the last ten games meant that they slipped in the table. Basel ended the main season with only 24 points in 12th position and so had to enter into this knock-out round. Here they were drawn against Bulle (3rd in the Nationallaiga B) in a two-legged promotion/relegation play-off semi-final. Both games ended with a two all draw, but decisively Basel defeated Bulle 5–3 on penalties. Basel then defeated FC Wettingen 8–2 on aggregate (1–2 and 7–0) in one of the two promotion/relegation finals and managed to save their slot in the highest tier of Swiss football. The team completed their aim, but the play-off round was an undesirable addition to the season. Xamax won the championship winning 48 points and qualified for the 1987–88 European Cup. Grasshopper Club and Sion ended second and third and thus qualified for the 1987–88 UEFA Cup.[2]
Swiss Cup
[edit]In the Swiss Cup Basel entered in the round of 64 with an away game against Nationalliga B team FC Köniz and Basel won 9–2. They continued to the round of 32 in which they had a home game against third tier Fribourg and this was won 3–1. The cup season came to an end in the round of 16 as Basel lost the home game against lower classed Kriens. Young Boys and Servette advanced to the final, which was traditionally always played in the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern. After 90 minutes the game ended 1–1, but YB won the trophy 4–2 after extra time und thus qualified for the 1987–88 Cup Winners' Cup.[3]
Players
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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- Players who left the squad
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Results
[edit]- Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches
[edit]Pre- and mid-season
[edit]5 July 1986 Pre-season | FC Aarwangen ![]() | 2 – 9 | ![]() | Hubel, Aarwangen |
15:00 | Huser ![]() Huser ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 500 Referee: ![]() |
11 July 1986 Pre-season | Solothurn ![]() | 1 – 2 | ![]() | Lachen, Büren an der Aare |
19:00 | Largiadèr ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 400 Referee: ![]() |
15 July 1986 Wyler Cup round 1 | Young Boys ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() | Wyler, Bern |
19:00 | Lunde ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 1,600 Referee: ![]() |
17 July 1986 Uhrencup Semi-final | Grenchen ![]() | 1 – 3 | ![]() | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
17:00 | Mautone ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,800 Referee: ![]() |
19 July 1986 Uhrencup Final | Basel ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
19:00 | Nadig ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 2,700 Referee: ![]() |
22 July 1986 Wyler Cup round 2 | Basel ![]() | 0 – 3 | ![]() | Wyler, Bern |
19:00 | Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,600 Referee: ![]() |
26 July 1986 Pre-season | Winterthur ![]() | 2 – 2 | ![]() | Schützenwiese, Winterthur |
19:30 | Vöge ![]() Klein ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 600 Referee: ![]() |
2 August 1986 Pre-season | Basel ![]() | 1 – 2 | ![]() | Moos, Balsthal |
18:30 | Knup ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: ![]() |
Winter break
[edit]February 1987 Training camp | Basel ![]() | 0 – 0 | ![]() | Lanzarote |
Summary | ||||
Note: Game during training camp in Lanzarote. Sometime between February 2nd and 5th, 1987 |
February 1987 Training camp | Basel ![]() | 5 – 1 | ![]() | Lanzarote |
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Summary | ![]() |
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Note: Game during training camp in Lanzarote. Sometime between February 2nd and 5th, 1987 |
11 February 1987 Winter break | Freiburger FC ![]() | 0 – 2 | ![]() | Möslestadion, Freibzrg |
15:30 | Summary | ![]() ![]() |
15 February 1987 Winter break | FC Olten ![]() | 2 – 4 | ![]() | Kleinholz, Olten |
14:20 | ![]() ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
18 February 1987 Winter break | FC Mulhouse ![]() | 0 – 4 | ![]() | Stade de la Frontière, Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin |
19:00 | Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
21 February 1987 Winter break | Chiasso ![]() | 2 – 2 | ![]() | Stadio Comunale, Chiasso |
14:00 | Moro ![]() Sordelli ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 150 Referee: ![]() |
Nationalliga A
[edit]League matches
[edit]9 August 1986 Round 1 | Sion | 3 – 1 | Basel | Stade Tourbillon, Sion |
20:00 | Balet ![]() Maissen ![]() Rojević ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 6,200 Referee: ![]() |
16 August 1986 Round 2 | Vevey-Sports | 2 – 2 | Basel | Stade de Copet, Vevey |
20:00 | Zahnd ![]() Mann ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,200 Referee: ![]() |
23 August 1986 Round 3 | Basel | 3 – 1 | Locarno | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
17:30 | Bützer ![]() Strack ![]() Maissen ![]() Knup ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: ![]() |
30 August 1986 Round 4 | Luzern | 2 – 0 | Basel | Stadion Allmend, Luzern |
20:00 | Baumann ![]() Martin Müller ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 7,800 Referee: ![]() |
3 September 1986 Round 5 | Basel | 5 – 3 | Zürich | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Maissen ![]() Nadig ![]() Mata ![]() Bützer ![]() Maissen ![]() Nadig ![]() Maissen ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 5,500 Referee: ![]() |
6 September 1986 Round 6 | Basel | 0 – 0 | Aarau | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
17:30 | Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 6,500 Referee: ![]() |
13 September 1986 Round 7 | Xamax | 2 – 1 | Basel | Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel |
20:00 | Stielike ![]() ![]() Herr ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 8,200 Referee: ![]() |
27 September 1986 Round 8 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Wettingen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
17:30 | Nadig ![]() Schällibaum ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,800 Referee: ![]() |
4 October 1986 Round 9 | St. Gallen | 0 – 0 | Basel | Espenmoos, St. Gallen |
17:30 | Hörmann ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 6,500 Referee: ![]() |
8 October 1986 Round 10 | Basel | 0 – 3 | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 7,500 Referee: ![]() |
11 October 1986 Round 11 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 0 – 2 | Basel | Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds |
17:30 | Meyer ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 700 Referee: ![]() |
25 October 1986 Round 12 | Basel | 1 – 0 | Young Boys | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
17:30 | Mata ![]() Gonçalo ![]() Schällibaum ![]() Knup ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 12,000 Referee: ![]() |
2 November 1986 Round 13 | Lausanne-Sport | 4 – 3 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
14:30 | Tachet ![]() Brodard ![]() Kaltaveridls ![]() Brodard ![]() Schürmann ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: ![]() |
22 November 1986 Round 14 | Basel | 1 – 4 | Servette | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
17:30 | Ladner ![]() Mata ![]() Strack ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,700 Referee: ![]() |
30 November 1986 Round 15 | Bellinzona | 1 – 0 | Basel | Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona |
14:30 | Fargeon ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 8,000 Referee: ![]() |
1 March 1987 Round 16 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Bellinzona | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Nadig ![]() Ladner ![]() Schällibaum ![]() Knup ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: ![]() |
7 March 1987 Round 17 | Servette | 2 – 1 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
17:30 | Eriksen ![]() Hasler ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 3,200 Referee: ![]() |
15 March 1987 Round 18 | Basel | 4 – 3 | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Strack ![]() Hauser ![]() Knup ![]() Hauser ![]() Süss ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,300 Referee: ![]() |
21 March 1987 Round 19 | Young Boys | 0 – 1 | Basel | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
17:30 | Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: ![]() |
4 April 1987 Round 20 | Basel | 1 – 0 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
17:30 | Hauser ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: ![]() |
11 April 1987 Round 21 | Grasshopper Club | 2 – 1 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
17:30 | Andermatt ![]() Koller ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 4,900 Referee: ![]() |
18 April 1987 Round 22 | Basel | 3 – 4 | St. Gallen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
17:30 | Ladner ![]() Irizik ![]() Nadig ![]() Maissen ![]() Ladner ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: ![]() |
25 April 1987 Round 23 | Wettingen | 1 – 2 | Basel | Stadion Altenburg, Wettingen |
20:00 | Zbinden ![]() Germann ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,400 Referee: ![]() |
2 May 1987 Round 24 | Basel | 1 – 4 | Xamax | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
17:30 | Nadig ![]() Strack ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: ![]() |
Note: 100th NLA games for FCB goalkeeper Urs Suter |
9 May 1987 Round 25 | Aarau | 2 – 1 | Basel | Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau |
17:30 | Schär ![]() Rufer ![]() Herberth ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 6,200 Referee: ![]() |
16 May 1987 Round 26 | Zürich | 3 – 2 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
20:00 | Kundert ![]() Studer ![]() Lüdi ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 3,300 Referee: ![]() |
23 May 1987 Round 27 | Basel | 2 – 4 | Luzern | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
17:30 | Herr ![]() Schällibaum ![]() Nadig ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,700 Referee: ![]() |
30 May 1987 Round 28 | Locarno | 3 – 5 | Basel | Stadio del Lido, Locarno |
20:00 | Gianfreda ![]() Fornera ![]() Arrigoni ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,500 Referee: ![]() |
3 June 1987 Round 29 | Basel | 2 – 2 | Vevey-Sports | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Grossenbacher ![]() Nadig ![]() Knup ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: ![]() |
12 June 1987 Round 30 | Basel | 2 – 5 | Sion | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
20:00 | Herr ![]() Knup ![]() Maissen ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,300 Referee: ![]() |
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Neuchâtel Xamax (C) | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 75 | 27 | +48 | 48 | Swiss champions, qualified for 1987–88 European Cup |
2 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 60 | 36 | +24 | 43 | qualified for 1987–88 UEFA Cup and entered 1987 Intertoto Cup |
3 | FC Sion | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 76 | 38 | +38 | 42 | qualified for 1987–88 UEFA Cup |
4 | Servette FC Genève | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 65 | 44 | +21 | 36 | |
5 | FC Lucerne | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 55 | 38 | +17 | 36 | |
6 | FC Zürich | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 52 | 44 | +8 | 36 | |
7 | FC St. Gallen | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 50 | 43 | +7 | 34 | |
8 | Lausanne Sports | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 64 | 60 | +4 | 32 | entered 1987 Intertoto Cup |
9 | AC Bellinzona | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 31 | entered 1987 Intertoto Cup |
10 | BSC Young Boys | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 47 | 45 | +2 | 28 | Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1987–88 Cup Winners' Cup |
11 | FC Aarau | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 26 | Play-out winners, remained in 1987–88 Nationalliga A |
12 | FC Basel | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 49 | 62 | −13 | 24 | Play-out winners, remained in 1987–88 Nationalliga A |
13 | FC Vevey | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 31 | 72 | −41 | 20 | Play-out losers, relegated to 1987–88 Nationalliga B |
14 | FC Wettingen | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 19 | Play-out losers, relegated to 1987–88 Nationalliga B |
15 | FC Locarno | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 44 | 65 | −21 | 19 | Relegated to 1987–88 Nationalliga B |
16 | FC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 30 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 97 | −75 | 6 | Relegated to 1987–88 Nationalliga B and entered 1987 Intertoto Cup |
Nationalliga A/B: Play-outs
[edit]- Semi-final
20 June 1987 First leg | Basel | 2 – 2 | Bulle | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
17:30 | Nadig ![]() Grossenbacher ![]() Herr ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: ![]() |
23 June 1987 Second leg | Bulle | 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (3 – 5 p) | Basel | Stade de Bouleyres, Bulle |
20:00 | Sampedro ![]() Rössli ![]() Rumo ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: ![]() |
Penalties | ||||
Aubonney ![]() Sempedro ![]() Hofer ![]() Lehnherr ![]() |
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Basel advance to final, Bulle remain in Nationalliga B
- Final
27 June 1987 First leg | Wettingen | 2 – 1 | Basel | Stadion Altenburg, Wettingen |
20:00 | Bertelsen ![]() Rueda ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,600 Referee: ![]() |
30 June 1987 Second leg | Basel | 7 – 0 (8 – 2 agg.) | Wettingen | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
18:00 | Maissen ![]() Ghisoni ![]() Maissen ![]() Bützer ![]() Maissen ![]() Maissen ![]() Grossenbacher ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: ![]() |
Aggregate 8–2, Basel remain in Nationalliga A, Wettingen relegated
Swiss Cup
[edit]20 September 1986 Round 3 | Köniz | 2 – 9 | Basel | Liebefeld-Hessgut, Liebefeld |
16:30 | Nadig ![]() Bräm ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 750 Referee: ![]() |
18 October 1986 Round 4 | Basel | 3 – 1 | Fribourg | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
15:00 | Mata ![]() Gonçalo ![]() Gonçalo ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 1,250 Referee: ![]() |
11 November Round of 16 | Basel | 1 – 2 | Kriens | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
20:00 | Gonçalo ![]() Maissen ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: ![]() |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1986/87". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A 1986/87". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1986/87". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
Sources
[edit]- Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
- Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
- The FCB squad 1986–87 at fcb-archiv.ch
- 1986–87 at RSSSF