1980–81 FC Basel season

FC Basel 1980–81 FC Basel.png 120 FC Basel Logo Helmut Benthaus Pierre Jacques Lieblich Ground St. Jakob Stadium, Basel Nationalliga A Sixth Swiss Cup Quarter-final Swiss League Cup Round 1 European Cup Round of 16 Erni Maissen (10) Erni Maissen (14) 17,500 on 11 April 1981vs Grasshopper Club 4,000 on 11 October 1980vs Sionand on 25 October 1980vs Servette 6,630 1979–80 1981–82 The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1980–81 season was their 87th season since the club was founded. It was their 35th 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. Pierre Jacques Lieblich was voted as new club chairman, he replaced René Theler who stood down at the AGM. Overview Pre-season Helmut Benthaus was first team manager for the sixteenth consecutive season. There were only a few changes in the squad this off-season. Erwin Meyer moved on to Luzern and Robert Baldinger moved to lower tier Aarau. Serge Duvernois joined from Saint Louis and Martin Mullis joined from St. Gallen. All other mutations were internal between the first team and the reserves. Basel played a total of 52 games in their 1980–81 season. 26 matches were played in the domestic league, three in the Swiss Cup, one in the Swiss League Cup, four in the 1980–81 European Cup and 18 were friendly matches. The team scored a total of 115 goals and conceded 71. Of their 18 test games, 10 were won, five were drawn and three ended with a defeat. Three of these games were played at home in St. Jakob Stadium, the others were played away from home. In the pre-season Basel played three games in Germany and during the winter break they played three games in Singapore and Malaysia. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/bilanz?saison=1980/81 Bilanz Saison 1980/81 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 Domestic league Basel played in the 1980–81 Nationalliga A. The league had been reformed and there were no more championship play-offs. Basel played a mediocre season and ended the Nationalliga in sixth position, 12 points behind Zürich who became champions. In their 26 league games Basel won nine, drew ten and lost seven matches, which meant that the totaled 28 points. They scored 48 goals, conceding 44. Erni Maissen was the team's top goalscorer scoring ten league goals. Markus Tanner was second best scorer with six goals. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwithist.html Nationalliga A 1980-1981 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 Swiss Cup and League Cup Basel entered the Swiss Cup in the round of 32. Here they were drawn away against Fribourg and they won the match 3–0. In the round of 16 they were drawn at home against Martigny-Sports and this match was won 6–0. In the quarterfinal, on 28 March 1981, Basel were drawn to play away from home against Zürich in the Letzigrund. The hosts won the tie 3–0. Basel were out of the competition and Zürich continued on to the final and won the trophy. In first round of the Swiss League Cup Basel were also drawn away against Zürich. They lost the home game 1–2 and Zürich continued in this competition and won this trophy as well. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit81.html Switzerland 1980-1981 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 European Cup As reigning Swiss champions Basel were qualified for the 1980–81 European Cup. In the first round they were drawn against Club Brugge. The first leg was played in Jan Breydel Stadium in Bruges and Basel won 1–0 through a goal scored by Erni Maissen in 65th minute. The return leg was won 4–1, the goals coming from Markus Tanner (14), Jörg Stohler (48), Arthur von Wartburg (55) and Walter Geisser (81) after Brugge had taken an early lead through Jan Ceulemans (3), but their goalkeeper Leen Barth was sent off in the 17th minute. In the second round Basel were drawn against Red Star Belgrade. Basel decided the first leg for themselves 1–0, the goal scored by Detlev Lauscher. In the second leg, however, Basel were defeated 0–2 and were eliminated from the competition. https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/seasons/1980/matches/ Champions League 1980/1981 UEFA 2019-11-16 Players 1 SUI GK Hans Küng 2 SUI DF Walter Geisser 3 FRA DF Serge Duvernois from Saint Louis 4 SUI MF Ernst Schleiffer 5 SUI DF René Hasler 6 SUI MF Otto Demarmels 7 SUI FW Peter Marti 8 SUI MF Markus Tanner 9 SUI FW Joseph Küttel 10 SUI MF Arthur von Wartburg 11 GER FW Detlev Lauscher 12 SUI DF Jean-Pierre Maradan 13 SUI DF Stefano Ceccaroni reserves 14 SUI DF Jörg Stohler 15 SUI MF Martin Mullis from St. Gallen 16 SUI MF Hansruedi Schär 17 FRA DF Serge Gaisser 18 SUI MF Erni Maissen 22 SUI GK Hans Müller SUI DF René Zingg SUI MF Martin Jeitziner Players who left the squad SUI MF Robert Baldinger to Aarau SUI DF Rolf Schönauer SUI MF Erwin Meyer to Luzern GER DF Manfred Jungk 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-season 23 July 1980 Stuttgarter Kickers GER 3–1 FCB summary SUI Basel Nickel 1:0Voise 2:0Dreher 3:1 2:1 Lauscher Stuttgart 2,000 L Pre-season 25 July 1980 VfB Eppingen GER 1–2 FCB summary SUI Basel Sterz 37 1:1Gebhardt 61′ 32 0:1 Mullis88 1:2 Maissen Hugo-Koch-Stadion, Eppingen 1,500 W 61st Minute, Eppingen's goalkeeper Gebhardt shot the penalty which rebounded from the crossbar. Pre-season 27 July 1980 18:00 SC Freiburg GER 2–2 FCB summary SUI Basel 1:02:2 38 1:1 Tanner86 1:2 Marti Alemannenstadion, Maulburg 2,500 D Pre-season 31 July 1980 20:00 Luzern SUI 2–3 FCB summary SUI Basel Fischer 20 1:0Gaisser 35 o.g. 0:2 2:1 Lauscher67 2:2 Lauscher87 2:3 Schär Wolfwil 2,000 SUI Peter Scherz (Aegerten) W Exhibition game as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of FC Wolfwil, the Solothurn 3. Liga club. Uhrencup semi-final 1 August 1980 18:00 Basel SUI 6–0 FCB summary SUI Biel-Bienne Hasler 13 1:0Marti 26 2:0Maissen 43 3:0Belafatti 55 4:0Maissen 63 5:0Hasler 81 6:0 Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 1,100 SUI Manfred Schlup, (Grenchen) W The Uhrencup is a former club football tournament that was held annually in Grenchen in Switzerland. Uhrencup Final 6 August 1980 20:15 Grenchen SUI 1–5 FCB summary SUI Basel Bregy 68 1:5 6 0:1 Demarmels18 0:2 von Wartburg31 0:3 Tanner39 0:4 Küttel43 0:5 Marti Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 4,500 SUI Alfred Heinis (Ammannsegg, Biberist) W The Uhrencup is a former club football tournament that was held annually in Grenchen in Switzerland. Pre-season 10 August 1980 15:30 Xamax SUI 2–0 FCB summary SUI Basel Pellegrini 19 1:0Lüthi 84 2:0 Oensingen 950 SUI Hauri L Corners: 4:10 Philips Cup semi-final 12 August 1980 20:30 Young Boys SUI 1–3 FCB summary SUI Basel Schönenberger 63 1:3 7 0:1 Hasler11 0:2 Lauscher14 0:3 Küttel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 5,000 SUI Werner Bösch (Sutz-Lattrigen) W Philips Cup, Final 19 August 1980 20:30 Basel SUI 7–2 FCZ summaryFCB summary SUI Zürich Marti 31 1:1Gaisser 33 2:1Schär 44 3:1Schär 47 4:1Schär 58 5:1Marti 66 6:1Küttel 68 7:1 25 0:1 Zappa74 7:2 Seiler Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 4,000 SUI Jean-Marie Macheret, (Rueyres-St-Laurent) W Philips Cup Final Mid-season 14 October 1980 Bulle SUI 1–1 FCB summary SUI Basel Blanchard 1:1 33 0:1 von Wartburg Stade de Bouleyres, Bulle 2,000 SUI Willy Hänni D Match for the Pax Fairbest Challenge Cup. Mid-season 1 November 1980 15:00 Basel SUI 2–2 FCB summary SUI Kriens Maissen 73 1:2Maissen 85 2:2 61 0:1 Rhyn70 0:2 Foschini St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 200 SUI Rolf Blattmann (Zeiningen) D Winter break Winter break 12 January 1981 Singapore XI SIN 1–1 FCB summary SUI Basel 1x 1x Maissen Singapore 16,000 D Match as Exhibition game during the trainings camp. Winter break 14 January 1981 Malaysia XI MAS 0–4 FCB summary SUI Basel 48 0:1 Gaisser58 0:2 Gaisser83 0:3 Maissen89 0:4 Demarmels Malaysia 15,000 W Match as Exhibition game during the trainings camp. Winter break 21 January 1981 Penang XI MAS 1–2 FCB summary SUI Basel 1x 1x Tanner1x Lauscher Penang, Malaysia 4,500 W Match as Exhibition game during the trainings camp. Winter break 12 February 1981 FC Allschwil SUI 1–6 FCB summary SUI Basel Schnetzer 75 1:5 7 0:1 von Wartburg13 0:2 Lauscher23 0:3 Tanner25 0:4 Gaisser50 0:5 Gaisser82 1:6 Demarmels Gartenhof, Allschwil 500 SUI Pfister W Winter break 14 February 19814 Nordstern Basel SUI 2–1 FCB summary SUI Basel Zbinden 5 1:0Kaufmann 27 2:0 81 2:1 Lauscher Stadion Rankhof, Basel 500 SUI Ernst Dörflinger (Basel) L Winter break 18 February 1981 19:30 Basel SUI 2–2 FCB summary ITA SSC Napoli Geisser 30 1:0Mullis 60 2:2 44 1:1 Capone45 1:2 Capone St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 10,000 SUI Rudolf Renggli (Stans and Luzern) D Charity match for the earthquake victims in southern Italy Winter break 21 February 1981 Basel SUI 3–1 FCB summary SUI Luzern von Wartburg 36 1:0Küttel 40 2:0Schär 47 3:0 61 pen. 3:1 Risi St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 600 SUI Bruno Burgener W Nationalliga A 1980–81 Nationalliga A Matches Round 1 23 August 1980 20:00 Young Boys 3–1 FCB summary Basel R. Müller 56 1:0Schönenberger 67 2:1Schönenberger 74 3:1Schönenberger 80 61 1:1 Maissen Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 11,500 SUI Gottlieb Barmettler (Luzern) L Corners: 4:6 Round 2 30 August 1980 20:00 Basel 0–0 FCB summary Chênois St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 4,500 SUI Renzo Peduzzi (Roveredo) D Round 3 6 September 1980 20:00 Zürich 1–3 FCZ summarxSummary Basel Erba 37Zwicker 55Zwicker 56 1:2Elsener 58 18 0:1 Marti39 0:2 Stohler76 von Wartburg89 1:3 Maradan Letzigrund, Zürich 11,000 SUI Bruno Galler (Kirchdorf, Bern) W The FCZ team congratulated FC Basel on winning the championship with a bouquet of flowers. René Hasler, who played his 350th National League championship match, also received a bouquet of flowers. Round 4 13 September 1980 20:00 Basel 1–0 FCB summary St. Gallen Maissen 50 1:0 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 7,500 SUI Rudolf Affolter W St. Gallen head-coach Willy Sommer (200th league match) and René Hasler (350 NL league games) were honored before the match. Round 5 20 September 1980 20:00 Chiasso 3–0 FCB summary Basel Bevilacqua 41 1:0Untersee 43Manzoni 51 2:0Rehmann 74 3:0 Stadio Comunale Riva IV, Chiasso 4,000 SUI Alfred Heinis (Ammannsegg, Biberist) L Corners: 5:10 Round 6 4 October 1980 20:00 Grasshopper Club 2–2 FCB summary Basel Egli 24 1:1Meier 71′Egli 84 2:2Hermann 17 0:1 Küttel44 1:2 Küttel Demarmels Küttel Hardturm, Zürich 11,800 SUI Renzo Peduzzi (Roveredo) D 71st minute Küng held the penalty shot from Bigi Meier. Round 7 8 October 1980 20:00 Basel 3–2 FCB summary Lausanne-Sport Küttel 5 1:0Küttel 53 2:0Maissen 69 3:2Stohler 22 2:1 Mauron57 2:2 Kok Bamert Lei-Ravello St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 4,500 SUI Bruno Galler (Kirchdorf, Bern) W Round 8 11 October 1980 20:00 Basel 4–1 FCB summary Sion Stohler 19 1:0Maissen 23 2:0Küttel 48 3:0Marti 60 4:1 49 3:1 Saunier St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 4,000 SUI Peter Scherz (Aegerten) W Round 9 18 October 1979 20:00 Xamax 3–2 FCB summary Basel Bianchi 8 1:0Trinchero 21 pen. 2:1Guillou 62 3:1Favre 14 1:1 Marti66 pen. 3:2 Stohler Maradan Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel 6,200 SUI Walter Nussbaumer (Crans-près-Céligny) L Round 10 25 October 1980 20:00 Basel 2–2 FCB summary Servette Tanner 44 1:0Lauscher 76 2:2 55 1:1 Zwygart74 1:2 Zwygart St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 4,000 SUI Rudolf Renggli (Stans and Luzern) D Deep and heavy pitch conditions. Corners: 2:8 Round 11 15 November 1980 17:00 Luzern 3–1 FCB summary Basel Risi 6 1:0L. Kaufmann 26Hitzfeld 66 2:1Risi 84 3:1 8 1:1 Maissen51 Schär Stadion Allmend, Luzern 8,200 SUI André Daina (Éclépens) L Deep and heavy pitch conditions. Corners: 3:2. Round 12 23 November 1980 14:30 Basel 4–0 FCB summary Bellinzona Demarmels 18 1:0Marti 35 2:0Tanner 42 3:0Tanner 81 4:0 Weidle St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 4,500 SUI Marino Paggiola (Appenzell) W Round 13 7 December 1980 14:30 Nordstern Basel 1–2 FCB summary Basel Mata 71Kälin 77 1:2 68 0:1 Maissen75 0:2 Demarmels Stadion Rankhof, Basel 6,500 SUI Renzo Peduzzi (Roveredo) W Round 14 1 March 1981 14:30 Basel 2–2 FCB summary Young Boys Maissen 24 1:1Lauscher 68 2:2 15 0:1 Brodard57 1:2 Berkemeier Baur St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 6,000 SUI Rudolf Renggli (Stans and Luzern) D Corners: 8:1 Round 15 8 March 1981 14:30 Chênois 2–2 FCB summary Basel Lopez 73 1:2Michel 81 2:2 15 0:1 Lauscher46 0:2 Mullis Stade des Trois-Chêne, Thônex 1,200 SUI Werner Bösch (Sutz-Lattrigen) D Round 16 15 March 1981 14:30 Basel 2–0 FCZ summaryFCB summary Zürich Tanner 56 1:0Marti 90 2:0 56 Jerković88 Seiler88 Zwicker St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 13,500 SUI Jakob Baumann (Schaffhausen) W Corners 5:10 Round 17 21 March 1981 17:30 St. Gallen 1–2 FCB summary Basel Friberg 34 1:0 33 von Wartburg52 1:1 Marti61 Maissen65 Lauscher89 1:2 Espenmoos, St. Gallen 11,000 SUI Jean-Marie Macheret, (Rueyres-St-Laurent) W Fairly good, but still soft, “sticky” terrain. Corners: 6:4. Round 18 5 April 1981 14:30 Basel 3–0 FCB summary Chiasso Ceccaroni 19 1:0Maissen 30 2:0Tanner 38 3:0 53 Rehmann St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 4,200 SUI Georges Sandoz (Corcelles-Cormondrèche, Neuchâtel) W Corners 13:5 Round 19 11 April 1981 20:00 Basel 1–5 FCB summary Grasshopper Club Tanner 14 1:0Maradan 55Marti 72 2 Herbert Hermann24 1:1 Pfister44 1:2 Egli59 Heinz Hermann65 1:3 Sulser67 1:4 Wehrli76 1:5 Zanetti St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 17,500 SUI André Daina (Éclépens) L Corners: 4:3 Round 20 24 April 1981 20:30 Sion 1–1 FCB summary Basel Richard 29 1:0Valentini 62 51 Maissen89 1:1 Ceccaroni Stade Tourbillon, Sion 4,500 SUI Werner Bösch (Sutz-Lattrigen) D Corners: 7:4 Round 21 2 May 1981 20:00 Basel 1–2 FCB summary Xamax Marti 15 1:0 64 1:1 Pellegrini78 1:2 Pellegrini St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 6,500 SUI Othmar Winter, (Martigny) L Round 22 12 May 1981 20:00 Servette 2–1 FCB summary Basel Radi 53 1:1Cucinotta 89 2:1 29 0:1 Lauscher Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 4,500 SUI Rudolf Affolter L Corners 12:1 Round 23 16 May 1981 20:00 Basel 4–4 FCB summary Luzern Maissen 63 1:3Lauscher 66 2:4Maissen 77 3:4Küttel 80 4:4 23 0:1 P. Risi52 0:2 Meyer56 0:3 Binder64 1:4 P. Risi St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 4,500 SUI Walter Nussbaumer (Crans-près-Céligny) D Round 24 23 May 1981 20:00 Bellinzona 1–1 FCB summary Basel Leoni 49 1:0 75 o.g. 1:1 (Degiovannini) Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona 4,000 SUI André Daina (Éclépens) D Round 25 4 June 1981 20:15 Lausanne-Sport 2–2 FCB summary Basel Tachet 65 pen. 1:1Kok 80 2:2 40 0:1 Mullis75 1:2 Lauscher Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 3,700 SUI Marco Raveglia (San Vittore) D Round 26 13 June 1981 20:15 Basel 1–1 FCB summary Nordstern Basel Gaisser 52 1:0 57 1:1 Zeender St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 1,000 SUI Peter Scherz (Aegerten) D Final league table main WDL Q 5 2 ZÜR Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2006–2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=26&m=0&c=0&i=0&f=0&s=0&pord=0 FCZ 1980/1981 dbFCZ de 2023-11-16 GCZ Grasshopper Club NX Xamax YB Young Boys (red) BSC Young Boys AG 2025 https://www.bscyb.ch/archiv-1980-81#mnc_529 YB Saison 1980/81 YB season 1980/81 BSC Young Boys AG de-ch 2025-11-16 LS Lausanne-Sport BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 1982 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1980/81 1980/81 Rangliste Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" de-ch 1980/81 Ranking 2023-11-16 SER Servette Daniel Reichmuth 2025 https://super-servette.ch/Doku/Resultate_Servette_1980-81.pdf Servette Rangliste 1980/81 Servette ranking 1980/81 super-servette-ch fr 2025-11-16 SIO Sion LUC Luzern STG St. Gallen NOR Nordstern Basel BEL Bellinzona CHI Chiasso CHÊ Chênois 18 4 4 57 28 11 12 3 45 24 14 6 6 44 25 11 11 4 46 33 12 6 8 40 29 9 10 7 48 44 8 10 8 38 36 8 8 10 35 42 6 10 10 39 46 7 8 11 35 42 6 7 13 28 37 7 5 14 25 46 5 8 13 28 46 3 9 14 23 53 green1 Champions, qualified for 1981–82 European Cup and entered 1981 Intertoto Cup EC blue1 qualified for 1981–82 UEFA Cup and entered 1981 Intertoto Cup UC1 blue1 qualified for 1981–82 UEFA Cup UC2 blue3 entered 1981 Intertoto Cup IT1 yellow1 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1981–82 Cup Winners' Cup CWC blue3 entered 1981 Intertoto Cup IT2 #FFC0D0 Relegated to 1981–82 Nationalliga B R yes 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete rsssf.com Swiss Cup Swiss Cup Round of 32 28 September 1980 20:00 Fribourg 0–3 FCB summary Basel 36 0:1 Lauscher47 0:2 Maissen87 0:3 Mullis Stade Universitaire, Fribourg 2,300 SUI Othmar Winter, (Martigny) W Round of 16 9 November 1980 14:30 Basel 6–0 FCB summary Martigny-Sports Küttel 1 1:0Maissen 22 2:0Maissen 38 3:0Küttel 48 4:0Stohler 66′Tanner 67 5:0Gaisser 84 6:0 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 1,900 SUI Roland Chapuis, (Courtételle) W 66th minute Stohler penalty kick hits the crossbar. Quarter-final 29 March 1981 15:00 Zürich 3–0 FCZ summaryFCB summary Basel Elsener 15Seiler 24 1:0Elsener 42 2:0Seiler 70 3:0Baur 88 Letzigrund, Zürich 14,000 SUI Peter Scherz (Aegerten) L The match was originally scheduled for 29 November 1980, but had to be postponed due to snow. Corners: 11:1 Swiss League Cup Swiss League Cup First round 16 August 1980 17:00 Basel 1–2 FCB summaryFCZ summary Zürich Lauscher 86 1:2 15 0:1 Lüdi18 Moser56 0:2 Zwicker Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 2,500 SUI Jakob Baumann (Schaffhausen) L Rain before and during the match. Heavy, dull pitch. Corners 8:4 European Cup 1980–81 European Cup Round 1 First leg 17 September 1980 20:00 Club Brugge BEL 0–1 UEFA summaryFCB summary SUI Basel 55 Schleiffer65 0:1 Maissen Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges AUT Adolf Mathias W Second leg 1 October 1980 20:00 Basel SUI 4–1 UEFA summaryFCB summary BEL Club Brugge Marti 3Tanner 14 1:1Stohler 48 pen. 2:1von Wartburg 55 3:1Geisser 81 4:1 4 0:1 Ceulemans12 Meeuws0 17 Barth (Goalkeeper)44 Leekens St. Jakob Stadium, Basel ESP Ángel Franco Martínez W Basel won 5–1 on aggregate. Round 2 First leg 22 October 1980 20:00 Basel SUI 1–0 UEFA summaryFCB Summary YUG Red Star Belgrade Lauscher 33 1:0Tanner 35 22 Jurišić50 Janković St. Jakob Stadium, Basel POR António Garrido W Second leg 5 November 1980 17:00 Red Star Belgrade YUG 2–0 UEFA summaryFCB summary SUI Basel Repčić 6 1:0Janjanin 18 2:0Rajković 68Blagojević 87 Red Star Stadium, Belgrade ENG John Carpenter L Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate. 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. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. 978-3-7245-2305-5 The FCB squad 1980–81 at fcb-archiv.ch Switzerland 1980–81 at RSSSF Swiss League Cup at RSSSF External links FC Basel official site expanded Category:FC Basel seasons Basel