1996–97 FC Basel season

FC Basel 1996–97 FC Basel.png 150 FC Basel Logo Club president René C. Jäggi Head coach Karl Engel(until March 1997)Heinz Hermann (interim)Salvatore Andracchio(ad-interim from April) Ground St. Jakob Stadium, Basel NLA Qualifying Phase 8th of 12 Championship Group 8th of 8 1996–97 Swiss Cup Round of 16 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup 2nd in Group 7 Gaetano Giallanza (17) Gaetano Giallanza (19) 22,000 on 2 March 1997vs Zürich 6,000 on 15 May 1997vs Xamaxand on 31 May 1997vs Aarau 10,800 Stefan Peter http://www.fussballstarbasel.ch/saisons.php Überregionale Meisterschaften, Schweizer und Basler Cup 2017-11-16 1995–96 1997–98 The 1996–97 Fussball Club Basel 1893 season was their 104th season since the club's foundation. Peter Epting retired from the chairmanship and René C. Jäggi became the club's new chairman following the AGM which was held in November. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Following their promotion in the 1993–94 season this was their third consecutive season in the highest tier of Swiss football. Overview Pre-season Club president Jäggi appointed Karl Engel as new head-coach before the start of the season. However, after a bad qualifying phase, as the team ended only two points above the relegation zone, and then continued in a very bad start to the championship group, Engel was fired by the club's sporting director Heinz Hermann in March 1997. Hermann replaced Engel on the side line himself, but he remained ad-interim coach for just a few weeks, in which he suffered three consequetive defeats. Hermann then installed Salvatore Andracchio as new coach ad-interim until the end of the season. The clubs priority aim for the team was to remain in the top flight of Swiss football and this had been achieved by reaching the championship group before the winter break. The teams next aim to reach at least a top five place was failed by a long way. A number of players had left the club during the off-season, Ike Shorunmu transferred to Zürich, Mario Cantaluppi moved to Servette and Gabriel Okolosi to Young Boys. Both Davide Orlando and Alexandre Rey moved back to Sion. Further players who left the club were Marco Walker, who moved to German team 1860 Munich, Lars Olsen returned to Denmark and joined Brøndby and Andre Meier moved on to FC Schaffhausen. To balance this, the club made some new signings as the season started. Adrian Knup returned to the club, signed in after a short spell by Galatasaray. Other players who joined from foreign clubs were, Adrian Falub who came from Universitatea Cluj and Mariano Armentano from Racing Club. A number of players also transferred from the domestic league, Gaetano Giallanza and Jean-Pierre La Placa both signed in from Sion, Mario Frick came from St. Gallen and Yann Poulard signed in from SR Delémont. joggeli.ch 1997 http://www.joggeli.ch/erste-mannschaft/kader?saison=1996%2F97 Erste Mannschaft/Kader Saison 1996/97 joggeli.ch 2020-11-16 Domestic league The clubs priority aim for the team was to remain in the top flight of Swiss football, but the season did not start too well. It took until the twelfth round until the team recorded their third victory and one of these three was a forfeit victory because YB had used an unqualified player, Erol Bekirovski, in the match in the fourth round. As the first half of the season came to an end, the team had gathered five victories, ten draws and had suffered seven defeats in which the team scored 32 goals and conceded 33. Gaetano Giallanza was the team's top scorer with nine goals and Mario Frick was second best with six goals. Basel were in eighth position in the league table, thus, they qualified for the Championship round. During the winter break Markus Schupp signed in on loan from Hamburger SV, Franco Foda signed in from VfB Stuttgart and Fabrice Henry signed in from CD Toledo. Also during the winter break Admir Smajić transferred out to Young Boys. The teams next aim was to reach at least a top five place in the Championship round. However, the team suffered six defeats in a row. During this period head-coach Karl Engel was fired and was replaced by Heinz Hermann. The football did not improve and after just a few weeks Hermann was replaced by Salvatore Andracchio. Basel ended the championship round with nine defeats in twelve games. They had won only three games and had drawn two, so they ended the group in the last position in the final league table. The team scored just 16 goals and had conceded 28. Gaetano Giallanza was the team's top scorer, he had netted eight times in this stage. Erik Garin 1997 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit97.html Switzerland 1996/97 RSSSF 2020-11-16 Swiss Cup Basel entered the Swiss Cup in the third principal round. The opponent here was lower tier FC Münsingen. Basel won the match after extra time. In the fourth round hosted the game against Young Boys and won 2–1. Oumar Kondé and Jean-Pierre La Placa each scored a goal and turned the game, after the team had been a goal behind early in the match. In the round of 16 FCB hosted Servette but tFCB were knocked out, losing 1–4. The cup final was played between Sion and Luzern and ended with a three all draw after extra time. Sion won the penalty shoot out and won the trophy. Because Sion won the double, as Swiss champions, they were qualified for the 1997–98 Champions League. Therefore, as finalists Luzern qualified to the 1997–98 Cup Winners' Cup. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit97.html Switzerland 1996/97 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2020-11-16 UEFA Intertoto Cup In the 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup Basel played in group 7 together with Rotor Volgograd, Antalyaspor, Shakhtar Donetsk and Ataka-Aura Minsk. Basel won in Turkey against Antalyaspor and at home in the St. Jakob Stadium against Minsk. They drew at home with Shakhtar, but lost the in Russia against Volgograd who ended at the top of the group and continued to the next round. Basel ended the competition as second-placed team in the group league table. Karel Stokkermans 1996 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uic96.html Intertoto Cup-1996 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2020-11-16 Players The following is the list of the Basel first team squad. It also includes players that were in the squad the day the season started on 10 July 1996 but subsequently left the club after that date. 1 SUI GK Stefan Huber 2 SUI DF Massimo Ceccaroni 3 SUI DF Yann Poulard from SR Delémont 4 BIH DF Samir Tabakovic 5 SUI DF Daniel Salvi from Wil 6 GHA MF Alex Nyarko 7 SUI MF Bruno Sutter 8 LIE MF Mario Frick from St. Gallen 8 SUI MF Mario Cantaluppi to Servette 9 SUI FW Dario Zuffi 10 BIH MF Admir Smajić to Young Boys 11 SUI FW Gaetano Giallanza from Sion 12 SUI GK Thomas Grüter 13 SUI FW Adrian Knup from Galatasaray 14 SUI MF Theodoros Disseris 15 FRA MF Fabrice Henry from CD Toledo 16 SUI DF Ivan Reimann from youth team 16 SUI MF Dominic Moser on loan to Young Boys 17 SUI MF Jean-Pierre La Placa from Sion 17 SUI MF Hakan Yakin 18 SUI DF Cyrill Schmidiger from SV Muttenz 19 SUI DF Davide Orlando 20 SUI DF Oumar Kondé 21 ARG MF Mariano Armentano from Racing Club 22 SUI GK Oliver Stöckli 23 RUM MF Adrian Falub from Universitatea Cluj 24 SUI DF Yannick Hasler 24 GER MF Markus Schupp from Hamburger SV 24 ITA MF Marcello Gamberini from Modigliana Calcio 25 GER MF Franco Foda from VfB Stuttgart SUI DF Remo Buess from youth team SUI DF Marco Tschopp Players who left the squad The following is the list of the FCB first team players that left the squad during the previous season or in the off-season, before the new domestic season began. NIG GK Ike Shorunmu to Zürich FRA DF Yassine Douimi to FC Riehen DEN DF Lars Olsen to Brøndby TUR DF Dilaver Satılmış to Trabzonspor BRA DF Vilmar to FC Baden SUI DF Marco Walker to 1860 Munich SUI MF Andre Meier to FC Schaffhausen SUI MF Daniele Moro end of loan from Xamax NIG MF Gabriel Okolosi to Young Boys SUI FW Davide Orlando to Sion SUI FW Alexandre Rey to Sion Results Legend #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #CCCCCC Postponed 1px solid #AAAAAA Friendly matches Pre- and mid-season Pre-seasonExhibition game 20 June 1996 19:30 Basel SUI 2–4 FCB summary SUI Grasshopper Club Smajić 80H. Yakin 89 1:4Nyarko 90 2:4 41 0:1 Magnin52 0:2 Magnin70 0:3 Abdullahi79 0:4 Jansen Löhrenacker, Aesch 1,200 SUI Andreas Schluchter (Schönenbuch) L FCB were without Huber (his wife was expecting a child), Cantaluppi (injured), and Orlando (military service). GC were without Vogel, Türkyilmaz, and Comisetti (all on international duty), as well as Subiat, Thüler, Lombardo, and Gren (all injured or rested). 67th-minute, goal from GC player Abdullahi was disallowed (an extra ball from the stands got in the way). 90th-minute, goal from FCB player Giallanza was disallowed for offside. Pre-season 25 June 1996 19:00 FC Deitingen SUI 0–8 FCB summary SUI Basel 1 0:1 Armentano7 0:2 La Placa13 0:3 La Placa19 0:4 Armentano22 0:5 Smajić70 0:6 Smajić82 0:7 Armentano88 0:8 Armentano Grabmatt, Deitingen 500 SUI Dieter Schoch (Attiswil) W FCB were without Tabakovic, Sutter, Zuffi, and Ceccaroni (all injured), as well as Salvi and Poulard (both ill) and Huber (attended the birth of his son Jan). 19th minute: Frick substituted with a muscle strain. No cautions. Pre-season 5 July 1996 19:00 Thun SUI 0–4 FCB summary SUI Basel 26 0:1 H. Yakin78 o.g. 0:2 (Speich)82 0:3 Frick88 0:4 Giallanza Stadion Lachen, Thun 300 SUI Markus Nobs (Wohlen bei Bern) W Thun played without Kurtulus (injured) and Baumann (absent), Basel without Sutter (recovering) and Nyarko (ill). No cautions in a fair game. Mid-season 18 August 1996 Basel SUI 1–4 FCB summary BHR Bahrain Armentano 32Ivan Reimann 0 37Armentano 66 1:2 15 Al-Haiki45 0:1 Jassem62 0:2 Issa75 Mohamed87 1:3 Al Dossari90 1:4 Jassem Stadion Rankhof, Basel 2,500 SUI Andreas Schluchter (Schönenbuch) L Opening of the Stadion Rankhof sports facilities. FCB, with the exception of Giallanza, without the players who had played against GC in the league on the day before. Mid-season 3 October 1996 19:00 SV Muttenz SUI 1–5 FCB summary SUI Basel Morpain 64 1:2 24 0:1 Giallanza62 0:2 Armentano72 1:3 Armentano77 1:4 Armentano83 1:5 Armentano Margelacker, Muttenz 1,500 SUI Andreas Schluchter (Schönenbuch) W Muttenz without Humbel and Füri (both absent), FCB without Smajic (Bosnia national team), Sutter, Yakin (both U21) and Orlando and Salvi (both injured). Anniversary game 75 years of SV Muttenz. Mid-season 8 November 1996 19:00 Basel SUI 2–1 FCB summary ITA Italian 11 Falub 22Giallanza 23 1:0Zuffi 85 2:1 45 1:1 Pupita57 Pupita82 Magrini Gitterli, Liestal 700 SUI Andreas Schluchter (Schönenbuch) W FCB without Poulard (injured), Sutter, Yakin (both U21), and Tabakovic (played in the youth team that day). Winter break Winter breakExhibition game 30 January 1997 15:00 Servette SUI 3–0 FCB summary SUI Basel Rey 64 1:0Rey 66 2:0Pizzinat 69 3:0Nava 81 Stade des Trois-Chêne, Thônex 100 SUI Dieter Schoch (Attiswil) L FCB were without Zuffi (ill), Disseris (school), Tabakovic, Frick, and Poulard (all injured). Servette were without Marguerat, Barberis, Fatusi, and Varela (injured). Winter break 8 February 1997 15:30 SC Freiburg GER 2–2 FCB summary SUI Basel Jurčević 19 1:1Wagner 84 2:1 13 0:1 Nyarko90+1 2:2 H. Yakin Dreisamstadion, Freiburg 9,000 GER Fritz Baudendistel D FCB were without Frick, Poulard and Orlando (all injured). Winter break 9 February 1997 14:00 Locarno SUI 0–0 FCB summary SUI Basel Senn 35 17 La Placa32 H. Yakin Stadio del Lido, Locarno 400 SUI Carlo Bertolini (Vira-Gambarogno) D FCB without Poulard, Orlando and Frick (all injured). Winter break 13 February 1997 Pianorese Calcio ITA 0–5 FCB summary SUI Basel 35 0:1 Knup38 0:2 H. Yakin58 0:3 Knup75 0:4 Knup87 0:5 Giallanza Stadio Comunale, Pianoro, Bologna 25 ITA Salvatore Nuccio W FCB without Smajic, Orlando, Poulard and Frick (all injured). Winter break 15 February 1997 14:00 Lugano SUI 1–0 FCB summary SUI Basel Kallon 73 1:0 Cornaredo, Lugano 500 SUI Roberto Ferrari L Lugano without Andreoli (injured) and Karic (ill), Basel without Frick, Poulard, Orlando, Smajic and Nyarko (all injured) and without Foda (not yet in the squad). 67th minute: shot from FCB player Henry hits the crossbar. Winter break 22 February 1997 15:00 Basel SUI 1–0 FCB summary SUI Luzern Falub 24 1:0 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 4,700 SUI Andreas Schluchter (Schönenbuch) W FCB without Poulard, Frick, Smajic, Orlando (all injured) and Armentano (not in the squad). FCL without Aleksandrov, Fink, T. Wyss (all injured) and Sawu (Zimbabwe national team). 63rd minute after Sutter's substitution, Henry in central midfield. 78th minute after Foda's substitution, Nyarko as libero, Konde in midfield. Bumpy pitch. FCB debut for Franco Foda. Nationalliga A 1996–97 Nationalliga A This was the second season that three points were awarded to the winning team. Qualification phase The first stage of the NLA began on 10 July 1996 and was completed on 1 December. The top eight teams in the qualification phase would advance to the championship group and the last four teams would play against relegation. Round 1 10 July 1996 20:00 Aarau 0–1 FCB summaryFCA summary Basel Georgiev 89 58 0:1 La Placa74 Smajić Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 7,900 SUI Dieter Schoch (Attiswil) W Aarau were without Heldmann, Kilian, Skrzypczak, Zitola (all injured) and Benito (suspended). Basel were without Sutter (injured). Yakin was taken out with a concussion and Zuffi with a strain. Round 2 17 July 1996 20:00 Basel 0–1 FCB summary Xamax Orlando 21Frick 29 18 Vernier88 0:1 Isabella St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 16,000 SUI Karl Strässle (Steinach) L Basel were without Sutter, Zuffi and Grüter (all injured). Round 3 24 July 1996 20:00 Basel P–P Luzern St. Jakob Stadium, Basel P Round 4 27 July 1996 20:00 Young Boys 0–3 FF FCB summary Basel Okolosi 27 1:0Neqrouz 82Gerber 38 85 2:2 23 Tabakovic1:1 Nyarko44 Orlando64 1:2 Frick Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 8,000 SUI Marcel Vollenweider (Rüti, Zürich) YB without Malacarne, FCB without Zuffi (both injured). 39th minute, Okolosis' goal disallowed for offside. 50th minute, Lengen's header hits the post. 83rd minute, Nyarkos' free kick hits the post. Original score 2–2. Forfeit victory for FCB because YB used an unqualified player, Erol Bekirovski. W Round 5 31 July 1996 20:00 St. Gallen 1–0 FCB summary Basel Allenspach 50 1:0Motaung 81 30 Dominic Moser52 Ceccaroni82 Armentano90 Smajić Espenmoos, St. Gallen 10,000 SUI Werner Müller (Obererlinsbach) L St. Gallen were without Mouidi and Nyathi. FCB without Zuffi (both were injured). Round 6 3 August 1996 20:00 Basel 1–1 FCB summary Servette La Placa 34 1:1Frick 37La Placa 72 7 0:1 Pouget35 Müller65 Margarini St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 7,500 SUI Dieter Schoch (Attiswil) D FCB were without Zuffi (injured). Servette were without Fernandez, Sesa, Juarez and Nava (all injured). Round 7 11 August 1996 18:00 Sion 2–2 FCB summary Basel Kombouaré 8 1:0 Gaspoz 41 Bonvin 85 2:2 30 1:1 Nyarko32 1:2 Frick 75 Zuffi Stade Tourbillon, Sion 9,800 SUI Carlo Bertolini (Vira-Gambarogno) D Sion without Colombo, Yenay, Lonfat (all in the youth ranks) and Pancev (not in the squad). Basel without Salvi (injured). Yakin and Frick taken out with knee injuries. Round 8 17 August 1996 20:00 Basel 4–5 FCB summary Grasshopper Club H. Yakin 10 1:0H. Yakin 12 2:0Frick 35 3:3Giallanza 90 4:5 6 Gämperle13 2:1 Moldovan14 2:2 Moldovan20 2:3 Türkyilmaz42 3:4 Comisetti59 Esposito2 64 82 Thüler73 3:5 Türkyilmaz St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 14,000 SUI Serge Muhmenthaler (Grenchen) L FCB without Disseris (injured), Hasler and Moser (both with youth team). GC without Abdullahi, Subiat, Vogel, Geiger, Lombardo (all injured). 42nd minute: Magnin header hits the post (before the 3-4). 79th minute: a shot from Frick hits the crossbar. Zuffi substituted with a mild concussion. Round 9 24 August 1996 20:00 Lugano 1–1 FCB summary Basel Bugnard 65Giannini 48Giannini 86 1:1 50 H. Yakin68 0:1 Giallanza Cornaredo, Lugano 3,300 SUI Kurt Zuppinger (Bremgarten, Aargau) D Lugano were without Gentinzon, Sinval (both injured) and Belloni (military service). Basel were without Frick, Salvi and Disseris (all injured). Round 3 27 August 1996 20:00 Basel 2–2 FCB summary Luzern La Placa 4 1:0Smajić 68Frick 88 pen. 2:2 2 27 66 Fink33 1:1 Sermeter78 1:2 Wolf St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 7,500 LIE Roland Beck (Triesenberg) D Rescheduled from 24 July after postponement. FCB without Moser, Salvi, and Disseris (all injured). FCL without Aleksandrov, Bachmann, van Eck (all injured), and Mutter (suspended). Giallanza left the field with a shoulder injury and is expected to be out for two weeks. Round 10 4 September 1996 20:00 Basel 2–4 FCB summary Lausanne-Sport Nyarko 19Frick 65 30 1:0Giallanza 90+1 2:4 32 1:1 Udovič36 Ohrel40 1:2 Sané53 Iglesias76 1:3 Douglas84 1:4 Douglas St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 7,500 SUI Markus Nobs (Wohlen bei Bern) L FCB without Huber, Disseris, Moser (all injured) and Smajic (suspended). Lausanne without Hänzi (injured). Falub's debut match for FCB. 52nd minute, Sutter left the game injured. Round 11 7 September 1996 20:00 Zürich 1–1 FCZ summaryFCB summary Basel Mazzarelli 77 1:1 36 Ceccaroni38 0:1 Giallanza73 Grüter75 Salvi Letzigrund, Zürich 10,500 SUI Urs Meier (Wettingen and Würenlos) D FCZ without Di Jorio (suspended), Baldassarri and Ziegler (injured). FCB without Frick (suspended), Huber, Nyarko, Kondé and Moser (all injured). National coach Rolf Fringer in the stands. 43rd minute a goal from FCB player Sutter was disallowed for offside. Round 12 14 September 1996 20:00 Basel 2–0 FCB summaryFCA summary Aarau Falub 4Armentano 18 1:0Armentano 18 Nyarko 24 2:0Frick 90 12 Bader66 Wiederkehr41 Christ St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 7,000 SUI Jürg Herrmann (Hinterkapplen (Wohlen bei Bern)) W FCB ohne Moser, Konde (verletzt). FCA ohne Kilian, Heldmann (verletzt) und De Napoli (gesperrt) Round 13 18 September 1996 20:00 Xamax 3–3 FCB summary Basel Leśniak 18 1:0Kunz 19 2:0Gigon 21Gigon 43 3:1 11 Frick36 2:1 La Placa55 3:2 Giallanza56 Smajić67 3:3 Frick Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel 7,200 SUI Claude Detruche (Thônex) D Xamax were without Sandjak, Vernier (both injured) and Cyprien (suspended). FCB without Armentano (suspended). Round 14 28 September 1996 20:00 Luzern 0–3 FCB summary Basel 19 0:1 Giallanza19 0:2 La Placa34 La Placa45 0:3 Giallanza Stadion Allmend Luzern 14,850 SUI Carlo Bertolini (Vira-Gambarogno) W FCL without Moser, Sermeter, Gmür (all suspended) and Aleksandrov (injured). FCB without Sutter (injured). 80th minute: a shot from Fink hit the post. Round 15 9 October 1996 20:00 Basel 1–1 FCB summary Young Boys Giallanza 10 1:0Giallanza 76 8 Neqrouz35 1:1 Okolosi44 Streun56 Ivanov79 Okolosi St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 10,500 SUI Marcel Vollenweider (Rüti, Zürich) D FCB were without Frick (national team) and Salvi (injured). YB were without Pulver, Malacarne, and Camenzind (all injured). After the break, La Placa played as a striker, with Konde on the right wing. Round 16 13 October 1996 14:30 Basel 2–2 FCB summary St. Gallen Orlando 19Giallanza 39 1:1Zuffi 79H. Yakin 85 2:2 4 Motaung27 0:1 Regtop35 Mouidi 65 Eugster69 Brunner75 1:2 Dittgen90 Dittgen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 14,000 SUI Serge Muhmenthaler (Grenchen) D FCB ohne Salvi, Moser und Hasler (im Nachwuchs). St. Gallen ohne Dal Santo (verletzt). Round 17 20 October 1996 14:30 Servette 2–0 FCB summary Basel Nava 12 1:0Němeček 25 2:0Pizzinat 31Němeček 53 11 Zuffi Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 4,500 SUI Jürg Herrmann (Hinterkapplen (Wohlen bei Bern)) L Servette were without Sogbie, Barea (both injured), Sesa and Rey (both suspended). FCB without Nyarko, Frick, Giallanza (all injured) and Orlando (suspended). Basel reverted to a four-man backline after Salvis substiution on. Gamberini's debut for FCB. Round 18 27 October 1996 14:30 Basel 0–3 FCB summary Sion Salvi 44H. Yakin 78 17 0:1 Chassot34 0:2 Bonvin49 Biaggi55 Lehmann75 0:3 Vercruysse St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 8,500 SUI Claude Detruche (Thônex) L FCB without Zuffi (suspended), Nyarko and Giallanza (both injured). Sion were without Lukic (injured). Round 19 3 November 1996 14:30 Grasshopper Club 4–2 FCB summary Basel Esposito 4 1:0Moldovan 15 2:0Moldovan 22 3:0Smiljanić 54 Subiat 86 4:2 32 3:1 Armentano 58 Poulard70 3:2 Nyarko Hardturm, Zürich 12,750 SUI Dieter Schoch (Attiswil) L GC without Abdullahi (injured) and Gämperle (suspended). FCB without La Placa, Giallanza (both injured), Salvi (suspended) and Moser (not in the squad). After the Tabakovic-Armentano substitution, Basel switches from 5-3-2 to 4-4-2. After Yakin's substitution, Disseris in midfield, Frick in attack. 30th minute, a free kick from Frick onto the crossbar. Round 20 17 November 1996 14:30 Basel 2–0 FCB summary Lugano Giallanza 42 1:0Giallanza 55 2:0Nyarko 86 24 Morf62 Karić St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 7,500 SUI Urs Meier (Wettingen and Würenlos) W FCB without Orlando and Moser (both injured), Poulard and Tabakovic (both not in the squad). Lugano without Giannini (suspended), Fusi (with the youth team), Penzavalli, Gentizon and Sinval (all injured). 14th minute: a shot from Lugano player Karic hit the crossbar. 37th minute: a shot from FCB player Smajic hit the post. Round 21 24 November 1996 14:30 Lausanne-Sport 0–0 FCB summary Basel Iglesias 61Ohrel 88 81 Frick82 Disseris Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 5,100 SUI Carlo Bertolini (Vira-Gambarogno) D Lausanne were without Savovic, Fryand, Oggier (all injured) and Streltsow (not yet qualified). FCB without Nyarko, Tabakovic (both suspended) and Orlando (injured). Round 22 1 December 1996 14:30 Basel 0–0 FCB summaryFCZ summary Zürich Disseris 9Falub 84 22 Gambino42 Di Jorio45 Tarone St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 21,000 SUI Urs Meier (Wettingen and Würenlos) D FCB without Frick (suspended) and Orlando (injured). FCZ without Studer (suspended). Mazzarelli left the field with a laceration on his instep. Qualification table main WDL First stage 5 Q NX Xamax 12 8 2 36 20 GCZ Grasshopper Club 10 9 3 42 27 SIO Sion 9 10 3 33 21 AAR Aarau Stephan Beck 2025 https://www.arowa.ch/index.php?page=ligatabelle&saison=97 Schweizer Meisterschaft 1996/97 FCA Rangliste de-ch Swiss Championship 1996/97 FCA Ranking arowa.ch 2025-11-16 9 8 5 21 14 LS Lausanne-Sports 9 7 6 35 32 STG St. Gallen 6 10 6 20 26 ZÜR Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2025 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=10 FCZ Saison 1996/97 de-ch FCZ season 1996/97 dbFCZ 2025-11-16 6 9 7 24 25 BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2025 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1996/97 FCB Rangliste 1996/97 de-ch FCB Ranking 1996/97 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2025-11-16 5 11 6 32 32 SER Servette Daniel Reichmuth 2025 https://super-servette.ch/Doku/Resultate_Servette_1996-97.pdf Servette 1996/97 Rangliste Servette 1996/97 ranking super-servette-ch fr 2025-11-16 5 9 8 24 25 LUZ Luzern 4 11 7 27 32 LUG Lugano 2 9 11 14 32 YB Young Boys (red) BSC Young Boys AG 2025 https://www.bscyb.ch/archiv-1996-97#mnc_424 YB Saison 1996/97 YB season 1996/97 BSC Young Boys AG de-ch 2025-11-16 3 3 16 17 39 yes green3 Advance to championship roundhalved points (rounded up) as bonus CP CP CP CP CP CP CP CP red3 Continue to promotion/relegation round RP RP RP RP 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete rsssf.com Championship group The first eight teams of the qualification phase competed in the Championship round. The teams took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the qualification as bonus with them. The championship group started on 2 March 1997 and was completed on 4 June. Round 1 2 March 1997 15:00 Basel 1–0 FCB summaryFCZ summary Zürich Zuffi 3Giallanza 22 55 pen. 1:0Ceccaroni 84 9 Andersen55 Shorunmu87 Konjić St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 22,000 SUI Kurt Zuppinger (Bremgarten, Aargau) W FCZ without Poulard, Frick, and Orlando (all injured) and without Disseris (suspended); FCZ without Tarone, Gambino, and Studer (all suspended). 10th-minute, goal from FCB player Giallanza was disallowed for offside. 25th minute, shot from Giallanza hit the post. 57th minute, shot from FCZ player Castillo hit the post. Round 2 9 March 1997 14:30 Aarau 2–1 FCB summaryFCA summary Basel Christ 21Ćirić 66 1:0Bader Hodel 84 2:1 17 Falub2 44 59 Foda79 1:1 Giallanza87 H. Yakin Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 9,700 SUI Dieter Schoch (Attiswil) L FCA without Heldmann (injured). FCB without Frick, Orlando and Smajic (all injured). After Sutter's substitution, Henry played on the right of midfield. After Foda's dismissal, Nyarko in defense, Knup in midfield. 71st minute, Studer left the pitch with a torn capsule and ligaments, from then on Hodel in defense, Brugnoli in midfield. Round 3 23 March 1997 15:00 Basel 0–1 FCB summary Sion Ceccaroni 31 13 Quentin20 0:1 Ouattara 83 Murray St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 15,000 SUI Carlo Bertolini (Vira-Gambarogno) L FCB were without Knup (who reported groin problems after the warm-up) and Zuffi (torn muscle fiber), as well as Frick, Henry, Poulard, Salvi, and Orlando (all injured). Heinz Hermann (sporting director) and Markus Schupp made their debuts for FC Basel. Sion were without Bonvin, Gaspoz, Sylvestre, Bertone, Quennoz, and Milton (all injured). Round 4 26 March 1997 20:00 Xamax 3–0 FCB summary Basel Kunz 19 1:0Perret 45Wittl 65 2:0Cyprien 90 3:0 60 Reimann Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel 8,800 SUI Urs Meier (Wettingen and Würenlos) L Xamax were without Rueda and Pana (both injured). Basel were without Frick, Henry, Knup, Orlando, Zuffi, and Schupp (all injured). Among the spectators were Rino Foschi (sporting director of Hellas Verona) and Winnie Schäfer (coach of Karlsruher SC). Smajic, due to fatigue, and Tabakovic had to leave the field injured. Round 5 5 April 1997 20:00 Basel 1–2 FCB summary St. Gallen Giallanza 67 1:0 30 Allenspach81 1:1 Regtop88 1:2 Regtop St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 7,400 SUI Claude Detruche (Thônex) L FCB without Nyarko (back injury), Disseris (fracture of the maxillary sinus after a training collision with Yakin), Frick, Zuffi, Henry and Orlando (all injured); St. Gallen without Dittgen and Eugster (both injured). Before the game, Admir Smajic was officially farewelled. Round 6 13 April 1997 14:30 Grasshopper Club 4–1 FCB summary Basel Türkyilmaz 39 1:1Moldovan 56 pen 2:1Vogel 57 3:1Haas 61Vogel 68 4:1 20 Nyarko32 0:1 Bruno Sutter35 Huber38 Giallanza Hardturm, Zürich 11,000 SUI Dominique Tavel (Lonay) L GC without Abdullahi and Gämperle (both injured). Basel were without Disseris, Frick, Henry, Orlando, and Hakan Yakin (all injured). Foda (thigh contusion), Tabakovic (bursitis) and Murat Yakin (foot injury) were forced off injured. 47th minute: Nyarko played as libero, Konde in midfield. 63rd minute: Schupp played on the right wing, Falub in the center. In the stands as spectators: Joachim Löw (coach of VfB Stuttgart) and Winnie Schäfer (coach of Karlsruher SC). Round 7 19 April 1997 20:00 Lausanne-Sport 2–0 FCB summary Basel Hänzi 17 1:0Douglas 52Sané 83 2:0 16 Huber31 Knup35 Foda Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 8,000 SUI Kurt Zuppinger (Bremgarten, Aargau) L Lausanne without Gualco, Oggier (both injured) and Savovic (ill). Basel without Frick, Disseris, Henry, Yakin, Orlando and Schupp (all injured). - 78th minute: Salvi deflects the ball onto his own post. Round 8 24 April 1997 20:00 Basel 3–2 FCB summary Lausanne-Sport Giallanza 29 1:1Giallanza 35 2:1Kondé 79Nyarko 79 3:2 8 0:1 Sané31 Iglesias 59 22 Rehn2 66 87 Piffaretti St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 4,000 SUI Carlo Bertolini (Vira-Gambarogno) W FCB without Huber, Yakin, Henry, Frick, Orlando, Disseris, Schupp (all injured) and Knup (ill); Lausanne were without Oggier, Gualco (injured), Triki (called up to the Moroccan national team) and Savovic (ill). 6th minute: Basel goalkeeper Grüter deflects Udovic's header onto the crossbar. 41st minute: a goal by Piffaretti disallowed for offside. 42nd minute: Iglesias was substituted out with a concussion, but was not replaced until after halftime. Round 9 3 May 1997 20:00 Basel 3–3 FCB summary Grasshopper Club Knup 7 1:0Giallanza 23 2:1Kondé 43Knup 72 3:2 15 Smiljanić19 1:1 Moldovan35 Haas43 2:2 Türkyilmaz76 3:3 Magnin80 Ahinful St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 13,000 SUI Urs Meier (Wettingen and Würenlos) D FCB without Huber, Schupp, Henry, Disseris, and Orlando (all injured). GC without Subiat (suspended), Gämperle, Gren, Yakin, and Abdullahi (all injured). National coach Rolf Fringer was in the stands. 16th-minute, goal from Tabakovic was disallowed due to an alleged foul by Konde on Vogel. 76th minute. a shot from Magnin hit the crossbar. Grüter was substituted at halftime after suffering a partial tear of the medial collateral ligament in his left knee. Youth team goalkeeper Oliver Stöckli made his first team debut and played second half Round 10 10 May 1997 17:30 St. Gallen 2–1 FCB summary Basel Regtop 18 1:0Hellinga 57Allenspach 61Tsawa 74Contini 76Regtop 82 2:1Regtop 82 22 Giallanza25 Foda2 43 79 Giallanza45 Falub0 84 Andracchio (head-coach, not on pitch) Espenmoos, St. Gallen 8,500 SUI Jürg Herrmann (Hinterkapplen (Wohlen bei Bern)) L St. Gallen were without Bühlmann (suspended), Brunner, Dittgen, Koch, and Mouidi (all injured), as well as Meyer (U16 European Championship). FCB were without Disseris, Henry, Orlando, and reserve goalkeeper Grüter (all injured). National coach Rolf Fringer was in the stands. In the 79th minute, Foda received a second yellow card (second booking). In the 84th minute, Basel's interim coach Andracchio was sent to the stands. Round 11 15 May 1997 20:00 Basel 1–3 FCB summary Xamax Knup 39 pen. 1:0Frick 44Tabakovic 48 39 Corminbœuf47 1:1 Leśniak52 1:2 Isabella65 Martin Rueda 80 1:3 Wittl St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 6,000 SUI Serge Muhmenthaler (Grenchen) L FCB without Salvi, Grüter, Disseris, Henry, Orlando (all injured), Giallanza and Foda (suspended); Xamax without Bonalair (injured). 69th minute: unpunished foul by Rothenbühler on Tabakovic. Round 12 24 May 1997 20:00 Sion 1–0 FCB summary Basel Lukić 32 1:0Wicky 43 45 Kondé53 Schupp Stade Tourbillon, Sion 11,000 SUI Kurt Zuppinger (Bremgarten, Aargau) L Sion were without Grichting, Bonvin, Chassot, Sylvestre (all injured) and Bertone (suspended). Basel were without Poulard, Salvi, Nyarko, Grüter, Disseris, Henry and Orlando (all injured). 8th minute, goal Ouattara was disallowed (foul on Huber). In the stands: Giuseppe Giannini (free agent Italian midfielder). Round 13 31 May 1997 20:00 Basel 3–2 FCB summaryFCA summary Aarau Giallanza 49 1:0Knup 54 2:0Knup 60 3:0Ceccaroni 72 77 3:1 Brugnoli90+1 3:2 Kilian St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 6,000 SUI Werner Müller (Obererlinsbach) W FCB without Konde, Schupp (both suspended), Poulard, Salvi, Grüter, Henry, Disseris, and Orlando (all injured). FCA without Heldmann, Kirik, Wiederkehr, and Saibene (all injured). 72nd minute: Viceconte substituted out due to injury. Last NLA match for referee Müller. No official farewell for the FCB players, who are already confirmed to be leaving today. Round 14 4 June 1997 20:00 Zürich 1–1 FCZ summaryFCB summary Basel Studer 39Studer 74 1:1 50 0:1 La Placa Letzigrund, Zürich 4,800 SUI Markus Nobs (Wohlen bei Bern) D FCZ without Shorunmu (national team), Di Jorio, Pallay, Szubert (all injured), Walker and Weiler (both suspended). FCB without Disseris, Salvi, Grüter, Henry, Poulard, Orlando (all injured), Ceccaroni (suspended), Nyarko, Tabakovic (ill), Knup (on vacation) and Huber (only a backup goalkeeper due to foot problems). Studer and Walker were bid farewell by FC Zurich. Among the spectators: Thomas Bickel from Vissel Kobe whose contract ended and he now retired. Final league table main WDL Champions group 5 Q y SIO Sion 9 3 2 18 10 19 NX Xamax 6 6 2 22 14 22 GCZ Grasshopper Club 7 4 3 37 18 20 LS Lausanne-Sports 8 2 4 20 16 17 AAR Aarau 3 4 7 17 22 18 STG St. Gallen 3 4 7 13 26 14 ZÜR Zürich 1 7 6 9 18 14 BAS Basel 3 2 9 16 28 13 green1 Swiss champions, qualified for 1997–98 Champions League EC blue1 qualified for 1997–98 UEFA Cup UC1 blue1 qualified for 1997–98 UEFA Cup UC2 blue3 entered 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup IT1 blue3 entered 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup IT2 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification. complete rsssf.com Swiss Cup 1996–97 Swiss Cup The first-tier clubs from the 1994–95 NLA were granted byes for the first two rounds, eight of these teams joined the competition in the third round. The four clubs that were competing in the UEFA European competitions, Grasshopper Club (1996–97 Champions League), Xamax, Aarau (both 1996–97 UEFA Cup) and Sion (1996–97 Cup Winners' Cup) were granted byes for this round as well. The eight participating first-tier teams were seeded and cound not be drawn against each other. The draw respected regionalities, when possible, and the lower classed team was granted home advantage. Round 3 22 September 1996 14:30 FC Münsingen 1–3 yes Summary Basel Moreno 17Bruttin 90 1:1P. Leimgruber 102 30 Tabakovic36 0:1 Nyarko49 Giallanza70 Smajić98 1:2 Frick117 1:3 Armentano Sportanlage Sandreutenen, Münsingen 1,800 SUI Vincent Dafflon W FCB without La Placa and Sutter (both injured). Round 4 15 March 1997 20:00 Basel 2–1 FCB summaryYB summary Young Boys Giallanza 20Kondé 26 1:1La Placa 46 2:1Kondé 70Tabakovic 88H. Yakin 90 5 Baumann21 0:1 Okolosi65 Lengen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 11,000 SUI Marcel Vollenweider (Rüti, Zürich) W FCB without Henry, Orlando, Smajic, and Sutter (all injured) as well as Foda (suspended). YB were without Bekirovski and Rotzetter (both injured) as well as Gianinazzi (suspended). In the stands: Markus Schupp (HSV) and national team coach Rolf Fringer. Round 5 29 March 1997 20:00 Basel 1–4 FCB Summary Servette Foda 4Schupp 79 pen. 1:3 5 pen. 0:1 Sesa10 Němeček17 Margarini35 0:2 Cantaluppi45 Juárez67 Cantaluppi70 0:3 Karlen83 o.g. 1:4 Schupp St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 10,000 SUI Dieter Schoch (Attiswil) L FCB without Giallanza, Tabakovic (both suspended), Frick, Henry, Orlando, and Zuffi (injured). Servette without Ippoliti and Fatusi (injured). 43rd minute: a shot from Schupp hit the post. Second-half, after La Placa's substitution in, Konde played in the defense. Rolf Fringer and Marco Walker (1860 Munich) were among the spectators. Intertoto Cup 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup The competition was played in the group stage pre-season from 22 June 1996 to 20 July. The semi-finals were held mid-season, on 27 July and the return legs on 31 July. The finals were held on 6 August with the return legs on 20 August. The winning teams advanced to the UEFA Cup. Group 7 matches 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup#Group 7 Round 1 22 June 1996 10:15 Basel SUI 2–2 FCB summary UKR Shakhtar Donetsk Zuffi 12 1:0H. Yakin 80 2:2 22 1:1 Ostachov 29 Jaksmanutski45 Pyatenko57 1:2 Pyatenko St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 2,000 CRO Darko Cvitkovic D FCB were without Smajic, Cantaluppi, Moser (all injured) as well as without La Placa, Giallanza and Frick (all not yet eligible to play). Round 2 29 June 1997 17:30 Antalyaspor TUR 2–5 FCB summary SUI Basel Aliriza 2 1:0Nuri 34 2:3Murat 39 23 1:1 Smajić25 1:2 Moser29 1:3 H. Yakin56 2:4 Giallanza57 Poulard61 2:5 La Placa69 Frick85 Armentano Isparta Atatürk Stadium, Isparta 4,600 RUM Gheorghe Constantin W FCB without Nyarko (ill), Zuffi, Sutter, Disseris, Hasler (all injured), Huber (family), Antalyaspor without Ginchev (holiday after national team duty with Bulgaria). Round 3 13 July 1996 20:00 Basel SUI 5–0 FCB summary BLR Ataka-Aura Minsk Nyarko 20 1:0Moser 22 2:0La Placa 42 3:0Frick 53 4:0Armentano 67 5:0Salvi 89 50 Ermakovich 89′ Malejew St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 4,200 Vanco Kocev (Macedonia) W FCB without Sutter, Zuffi, Smajic, Hasler and Yakin (all injured). 59th minute: Frick hits the post. 89th minute: Huber saves Malejew's penalty. Round 4 20 July 1996 18:00 Rotor Volgograd RUS 3–2 FCB summary SUI Basel Niederhaus 18 1:0Yesipov 38 2:2Veretennikov 57 3:2Yesipov 61 29 1:1 Orlando30 1:2 Giallanza31 Giallanza49 Salvi Central Stadium, Volgograd 8,000 Branimir Babarogić (FR Yugoslavia) L Rotor without Schmarko and Berketow (both suspended), Basel without Zuffi, Sutter and Yakin (all injured). Group 7 table main WDL Group 7 Q ROT RUS Rotor Volgograd BAS SUI Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2025 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?saison=1996%2F97&liga=4 FCB Rangliste 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup de-ch FCB Ranking 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2025-11-16 ANT TUR Antalyaspor SHA UKR Shakhtar Donetsk AAM BLR 1995 Ataka-Aura Minsk 3 0 1 12 5 2 1 1 14 7 2 0 2 7 7 1 1 2 5 8 1 0 3 2 13 green1 Advanced to semi-finals 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. A complete rsssf.com yes noflag 3–2 null 4–1 null null null 2–2 5–0 2–1 2–5 null null null null 1–0 1–2 0–4 null 0–3 null See also History of FC Basel List of FC Basel players List of FC Basel seasons References Sources Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. 978-3-7245-2050-4 Die ersten 125 Jahre / 2018. 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