1987–88 FC Basel season

FC Basel 1987–88 FC Basel.png 120 FC Basel Logo Urs Siegenthaler Charles Röthlisberger Ground St. Jakob Stadium, Basel Nationalliga A, first stage 11th of 12 Promotion/relegation 5th of 8, relegated Swiss Cup Round 3 Peter Nadig (11) Peter Nadig (11) 10,000 on 19 September 1987vs. Luzern 1,400 on 19 May 1988vs. Old Boys 5,536 and 4,357 1986–87 1988–89 The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1987–88 season was their 94th season since the club's foundation. It was their 42nd consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football (Nationalliga A) since they achieved promotion in the 1945–46 season. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Overview Pre-season Charles Röthlisberger was the club's newly appointed chairman. He was the club's 31st chairman in their history and he took over from Peter Max Sutter. Following the poor previous season, as the team only escaped relegation in the play-out round, Helmut Benthaus retired as head coach and there were also a number of players who left the club. Former Swiss international midfielder René Botteron retired from active football. German former international Gerd Strack returned to Germany to play for Fortuna Düsseldorf. Another German player also moved to Germany, Thomas Süss moved on to play for Karlsruher SC. French player Jean-Pierre François moved back to France to play for AS Saint-Étienne. Also Fredy Grossenbacher and Marco Schällibaum both moved to Servette, André Ladner moved to Lugano and Erni Maissen transferred to Young Boys. Further reserve goalkeeper Patrick Mäder moved on to Baden and Luiz Gonçalo moved on to Old Boys. Urs Siegenthaler was appointed as new first team coach and because 11 players left the squad he had to build a new team. But the club was suffering financial difficulties and there was no money to spend. However, one interesting transfer was that of Scottish Gordon Smith coming from Admira Wacker. Another interesting transfer was that of German Uwe Dittus from FC Winterslag. Another two experienced players were Frank Eggeling joined from Grenchen and Ruedi Zahner from Aarau. All other new players were youngsters, goalkeeper Bernard Pulver joined from lower tier FC Bern, Peter Bernauer from German team SV 08 Laufenburg, Remo Steiner from local club FC Aesch, Ralph Thoma from local club FC Rheinfelden, Mathias Wehrli from local club FC Laufen. Six players were brought up from the youth team. These being Philipp Baumberger, Massimo Ceccaroni, Bernd Schramm, Adrian Sedlo, Fotios Karapetsas and Patrick Rahmen. Another interesting transfer was that of Varadaraju Sundramoorthy from Singapore FA. Sundramoorthy became only the second player from Singapore to play in Europe when he signed during the winter break and one of the first Asian players to play in Switzerland. He is widely touted as one of the country's most skillful and talented footballers ever. Sundramoorthy had problems adapting to European football, he did not have the stamina and strength to play the entire 90 minutes and manager Siegenthaler used him as a substitute because he had the skills to decide a match. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/spieler?command=spiele&id=7626&saison=1987/88 Varadaraju Sundram Moorthy – Saison 1987/88 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 Domestic league The Swiss Football Association (SFV) had changed the form of the domestic league for this season. The number of teams in the Nationalliga A had been reduced from 16 to 12 and in the Nationalliga B had been increased from 16 to 24, these were divided into two regional groups. The top eight teams after the first stage would compete the second stage as championship group. The last four teams would compete the second stage in two promotion/relegation groups with the top six teams from each of the two Nationalliga B groups. Basel started the season badly, losing the first five league games straight off, conceding 17 goals, scoring just three. In the third round on 15 August they were defeated 1–9 by Xamax. Up until today this is still the highest score defeat that Basel have suffered in their domestic league history. Xamax manager at that time was Gilbert Gress. The goal scorers were 2x Robert Lüthi, 2x Robert Lei-Ravello, 2x Beat Sutter, 2x Heinz Hermann and Alain Geiger. The only goal for Basel was scored by Ralph Thoma. Jakob Weber 24 September 2018 https://www.watson.ch/sport/fussball/388312642-die-7-hoechsten-niederlagen-des-fc-basel Die 7 höchsten Niederlagen des FC Basel Watson 2019-11-16 The team never recovered from the bad start and even lost seven of the eleven return games. They ended the qualifying stage of the championship with just 13 points in 11th position. This meant that they had to play in one of the two promotion/relegation groups. Despite a good start in this phase, they won their first three matches, they were defeated by Bellinzona and then by Wettingen. Basel thus lost contact to these two teams in the top two positions in the league table. The first two places would qualify for next seasons top flight. In their last six games Basel could not achieve a single victory and therefore they slipped to fifth position in the table and were relegated to the Nationalliga B. Luc Nackaerts Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwithist.html Nationalliga A 1987/88 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 Xamax won the Swiss championship, second and third placed Servette and Aarau qualified for the 1988–89 UEFA Cup. Swiss Cup In the Swiss Cup, FCB started in round 3 and were drawn against local rivals Old Boys. The game ended with a 1–2 defeat and therefore the cup season was ended much earlier than expected. In the final Grasshopper Club won the cup with a 2–0 victory over Schaffhausen and thus qualified for the 1988–89 Cup Winners' Cup. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit88.html Switzerland 1987/88 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 Players 1 SUI GK Bernard Pulver from FC Bern 1 SUI GK Urs Suter 2 SUI DF Philipp Baumberger from youth team 3 GER DF Peter Bernauer from SV 08 Laufenburg 4 SUI MF Stefan Bützer 5 SUI DF Massimo Ceccaroni from youth team 6 GER FW Frank Eggeling from Grenchen 7 SUI DF Markus Füri 8 SUI DF Fabio Ghisoni 9 SUI DF Bruno Hänni 10 GER FW Thomas Hauser 11 SUI DF Dominique Herr 12 SUI DF Markus Hodel 13 SUI FW Adrian Knup 14 SPA MF Enrique Mata 15 SUI MF Peter Nadig 16 GER MF Bernd Schramm from youth team 17 SUI FW Remo Steiner from FC Aesch 18 SUI FW Ralph Thoma from FC Rheinfelden 19 SUI FW Mathias Wehrli from FC Laufen 20 SUI MF Ruedi Zahner from Aarau 21 SCO MF Gordon Smith from Admira Wacker GER MF Uwe Dittus from FC Winterslag GER DF Adrian Sedlo from youth team GRE MF Fotios Karapetsas from youth team SUI MF Stephan Schaub new SIN FW Varadaraju Sundramoorthy from Singapore FA SUI FW Patrick Rahmen from youth team Players who left the squad SUI GK Dominik Leder SUI GK Patrick Mäder to Baden SUI DF André Ladner to Lugano GER DF Gerd Strack to Fortuna Düsseldorf SUI DF Fredy Grossenbacher to Servette SUI DF Marco Schällibaum to Servette SUI MF Erni Maissen to Young Boys GER MF Thomas Süss to Karlsruher SC FRA FW Jean-Pierre François to AS Saint-Étienne SUI FW Luiz Gonçalo to Old Boys SUI MF René Botteron retired 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 Uhrencupsemi-final 22 July 1987 19:00 Young Boys SUI 4–1 Summary SUI Basel A. Sutter 12 1:0A. Sutter 57 2:0A. Sutter 68 3:0Zuffi 86 4:1 69 o.g. 3:1 Hohl Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 1,900 SUI Serge Muhmenthaler (Grenchen) L Uhrencup match for 3rd place 25 July 1987 17:00 Basel SUI 2–3 Summary POL KS Gornik Zabrze Knup 31 1:1Eggeling 84 2:2 16 pen. 0:1 Lesnik37 1:2 Cyroń86 2:3 Iwan Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 1,600 SUI Francis Fischer (Arch)r L Pre-season 30 July 1987 FC Klus-Balsthal SUI 1–5 Summary SUI Basel Stucki 73 1:4 31 0:1 Hauser42 0:2 Hauser59 0:3 Hänni63 0:4 Thoma84 1:5 Steiner Moos, Balsthal 500 SUI Aurelio Giannini W Pre-season 31 July 1987 19:00 Yverdon-Sports SUI 2–1 Summary SUI Basel Mann 35 1:0Mann 81 2:1 46 1:1 Hänni 50′ Bützer Stade Municipal, Yverdon 700 SUI Michel Barbezat L Pre-season 1 August 1987 19:00 Aarau SUI 1–0 Summary SUI Basel Wassmer 46 1:0 Moos, Balsthal 500 L Aarau substituted Wassmer, Nazar and Rufer in, for Kühni, Wyss and Schär after the break, while Basel played with the same formation throughout. Pre-season 1 August 1987 17:00 Servette SUI 3–2 Summary SUI Basel Palumbo 4 1:0Hasler 26 2:0Kok 45+1 3:0 61 pen. 3:1 Knup66 3:2 Nadig Stade municipal, Bernex 1,200 SUI Claude Gachoud L Pre-season 5 August 1987 19:00 Laufen SUI 1–2 Summary SUI Basel Schneider 2 1:0 28 1:1 Zahner88 1:2 Eggeling Sportplatz Nau, Laufen 600 SUI André Reck W Mid-season 24 August 1987 17:45 Basel SUI 13–0 Summary SUI Sport journalists Schramm 4xBützer 3xEggeling 3xSmith 2xHodel 1x Landhof, Basel 200 W Winter break Winter break 27 January 1988 18:30 Basel SUI 6–3 Summary SUI Young Boys Eggeling 23 1:2Eggeling 33 2:2Eggeling 43 3:3Nadig 51 4:3Sundramoorthy 75 5:3Nadig 85 6:3 6 0:1 Nilsson13 0:2 Holmqvist40 2:3 Jeitziner St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 350 SUI Peter Bochsler (Basel) W First game with Sundramoorthy from Singapore Winter break 30 January 1988 16:30 Basel SUI 4–2 Summary SUI Grasshopper Club Hauser 35 1:1Knup 59 2:1Knup 76 3:2Knup 90+1 pen. 4:2 26 0:1 Pedrotti71 2:2 Pedrotti St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 500 SUI Willi Rudin (Liestal and Birsfelden) W Winter break 2 February 1988 Basel SUI 2–1 Summary GER SV Darmstadt 98 Herr 82 1:1Sundramoorthy 85 2:1 11 pen. 0:1 Künast St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 400 SUI Rolf Blattmann (Zeiningen) W Winter break 6 February 1988 Chiasso SUI 0–2 Summary SUI Basel 24 0:1 Dittus54 0:2 Smith Stadio Comunale, Chiasso 47 SUI Flavio Scalena (Montagnola) W Winter break 12 February 1988 FC Ascona SUI 2–3 Summary SUI Basel Rossi 26 1:2Sanders 31 2:2 4 0:1 Knup24 0:2 Sundramoorthy37 2:3 Nadig Stadio Comunale, Ascona SUI Marco Raveglia (San Vittore) W Winter break 14 February 1988 Lugano SUI 3–0 Summary SUI Basel Jensen 11 1:0Gorter 25 2:0Manfreda 84 3:0 Cornaredo, Lugano 300 SUI Francesco Bianchi (Chiasso) L Winter break 17 February 1988 18:30 Basel SUI 1–0 Summary GER Freiburger FC Dittus 54 1:0 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 300 SUI Peter Bochsler (Basel) W Winter break 20 February 1988 16:00 Basel SUI 1–0 Summary SUI FC Dübendorf Eggeling 66 1:0 27′ Müller St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 300 SUI Willi Rudin (Liestal and Birsfelden) W 27th minute, FCB goalkeeper Urs Suter held the penalty-kick from Müller. Winter break 24 February 1988 Aarau SUI 4–1 Summary SUI Basel Lunde 10 1:0Schär 56 2:1Rufer 76 3:1Lunde 80 4:1 38 1:1 Dittus Im Feld, Oftringen 73 SUI Kurt Röthlisberger (Suhr, Aargau) L Nationalliga A 1987–88 Nationalliga A Qualifying phase matches Round 1 8 August 1987 20:00 Aarau 2–0 FCB summaryFCA summary Basel Osterwalder 38Nazar 39 1:0Nazar 52Wyss 87 2:0 45 Wehrli Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 7,400 SUI Arturo Martino (Neukirch an der Thur) NLA debuts for Frank Triebold (FCA), Bernard Pulver, Peter Bernauer, Mathias Wehrli and Ralph Thoma (all FCB). Corners: 13:2 (6:1) L Round 2 12 August 1987 20:00 Basel 1–2 FCB summary Lausanne-Sport Smith 52 1:2 40 0:1 Chapuisat51 0:2 Thychosen88 Schürmann St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 6,500 SUI Daniel Roduit (Sion) NLA debut for Philipp Baumberger. Very mediocre performance from the referees and linesmen. L Round 3 15 August 1987 20:00 Xamax 9–1 FCB summary Basel Lüthi 11 1:0Lüthi 12 2:0Lei-Ravello 39 3:0Sutter 44 4:0Sutter 56 5:0Lei-Ravello 57 pen. 6:0Hermann 81 7:1Geiger 84 8:1Hermann 86 9:1 59 6:1 Thoma Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel 10,300 SUI René Kellenberger (Herisau) NLA debut for Schramm. Excellent refereeing performance. L Round 4 22 August 1987 20:00 Basel 0–1 FCB summary Grasshopper Club Hänni 10Bützer 16 27 Andermatt37 Sforza80 0:1 Andermatt St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 6,100 SUI Freddy Philippoz (Sion) L Corner: 4:5. Former FCB coaches Ernst August Künnecke, Emil Müller and Helmut Benthaus were in the stands. Regarding the referee: Not as good as referee chief Rudolf Scheurer wanted to believe, not as bad as the spectators wanted to see (technically flawless, too lenient in the penalty area, too nitpicky outside the penalty area...). Round 5 29 August 1987 20:00 Sion 3–1 FCB summary Basel Bregy 31 1:0Rojević 45+1 2:0Piffaretti 47 3:0 84 3:1 Knup Stade Tourbillon, Sion 5,400 SUI Francis Fischer (Arch) L Very good footballing conditions. Corners: 15:2 (9:1). Round 6 2 September 1987 20:00 Basel 1–1 FCB summary Bellinzona Knup 16 1:0Hänni 47 19 1:1 Türkyilmaz37 Meier81 Macaé St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 4,900 SUI Bruno Klötzli (Bévilard) D Corner: 6:2 (5:0). Acceptable performance by the referee. Round 7 5 September 1987 20:00 Basel 2–1 FCB summary St. Gallen Nadig 34 1:0Hodel 37Thoma 45 2:1Bützer 50Nadig 87 43 1:1 Braschler61 Zwicker68 Rietmann87 Piserchia St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 4,000 SUI Marcel Despland (Yverdon-les-Bains) W Corners: 9:4. Round 8 8 September 1987 20:00 Servette 4–0 FCB summary Basel Decastel 32 1:0Decastel 33 2:0Kok 59 3:0Eriksen 73 4:0 27 Hänni Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 3,700 SUI Franz Gächter (Aarau, Suhr, Aargau) L Gächter officiated the game with A-refs Schlup and Süss as linesmen (test for the European Cup match Olympique Marseille-Lokomotive Leipzig) and delivered a flawless performance. Round 9 12 September 1987 20:00 Basel 5–4 FCZ summarySummary Zürich Steiner 4 1:0Steiner 24 2:2Nadig 35 3:2Thoma 57 4:2Thoma 82 5:3 9 1:1 Landolt67 Romano15 1:2 Vöge78 4:3 Andracchio86 5:4 Romano90 Paradiso St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 6,200 SUI Kurt Röthlisberger (Suhr, Aargau) NLA debut for both Remo Steiner (FCB) and Ercument Sahin (FCZ). Corners: 0:2. The referee delivered a flawless performance, remaining completely calm amidst all the hustle and bustle and whistling in a factual and correct manner. W Round 10 19 September 1987 20:00 Basel 3–3 FCB summary Luzern Nadig 47 1:1Zahner 51 2:1Nadig 55 3:1 8 0:1 R. Müller59 3:2 Fink63 3:3 Birrer St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 10,000 SUI Willy Hänni, (Cugy) D Round 11 23 September 1987 20:00 Young Boys 1–1 FCB summary Basel Jeitziner 59 Zuffi 68 1:0 21 Ghisoni82 1:1 Steiner Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 7,200 SUI Philippe Mercier First NLA appearance for 17-year-old Dane Ronnie Frederiksen. D Round 12 26 September 1987 20:00 Basel 0–1 FCB summaryFCA summary Aarau Eggeling 29Smith 81 2 Wyss70 Nazar74 0:1 Rufer St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 6,500 SUI Peter Kellenberger FCB captain Peter Nadig honored for his 100th NLA game. L Round 13 3 October 1987 20:00 Lausanne-Sport 5–0 FCB summary Basel Castella 26 1:0Schürmann 36 2:0Chapuisat 56 3:0Castella 68 4:0Castella 89 5:0 Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 4,000 SUI Bruno Klötzli (Bévilard) NLA debut for Massimo Ceccaroni (FCB). No cautions, excellent refereeing. Corners: 9:6 (4:4). L Round 14 10 October 1987 20:00 Basel 1–2 FCB summary Xamax Smith 10 1:0 36 Thévénaz44 1:1 Nielsen70 1:2 van der Gijp St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 6,200 SUI Freddy Philippoz (Sion) A fair match, but with inadequate refereeing (advantage rule, distances at free kicks, overly strict enforcement of challenges). Corners: 6:4 (3:2). L Round 15 13 October 1987 20:00 Grasshopper Club 5–1 FCB summary Basel Ponte 25 1:0Paulo Cesar 33 2:0Egli 51 3:0Sforza 60 4:0Ponte 90 5:1 75 4:1 Nadig Hardturm, Zürich 2,100 SUI Daniel Roduit (Sion) Grasshopper Club Zurich (GC) appealed against UEFA's stadium ban. FC Basel arrived only 45 minutes before kickoff because, due to a misunderstanding, the bus missed its meeting point with coach Urs Siegenthaler in Sissach and had to turn back. L Round 16 24 October 1987 20:00 Basel 3–1 FCB summary Sion Thoma 19 1:0Smith 61Rey 62 o.g. 2:1Smith 77 3:1 29 Bonvin35 1:1 Bregy2 57 88 Bouderbala St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 3,500 SUI Francis Fischer (Arch) W Round 17 31 October 1987 17:30 Bellinzona 2–2 FCB summary Basel Türkyilmaz 2 1:0Türkyilmaz 86 2:2 9 1:1 Bützer14 Baumberger64 Smith69 1:2 Nadig86 Zahner Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona 3,000 SUI Arturo Martino (Neukirch an der Thur) First NLA appearances for Reich and De Lusi. D Round 18 4 November 1987 20:00 St. Gallen 2–0 FCB summary Basel Piserchia 29 1:0Piserchia 52 2:0Rietmann 63Zwicker 0 86 67 Zahner Espenmoos, St. Gallen 6,500 SUI Peter Kellenberger L Round 19 21 November 1987 14:30 Basel 0–0 FCB summary Servette Cacciapaglia 41 56 Smith71 Bernauer St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 4,000 SUI Marcel Despland (Yverdon-les-Bains) A very correct refereeing performance, despite his possible incorrect decision regarding Bamert's header, which Stefan Bützer may have kicked away from behind the goal line in the 65th minute. Corners: 1:7 (0:4). D Round 20 28 November 1987 14:30 Zürich 0–4 FCZ summaryFCB summary Basel Rufer 36 12 0:1 Nadig37 pen. 0:2 Knup51 Bützer63 0:3 Knup71 0:4 Knup81 Hauser Letzigrund, Zürich 2,700 SUI Kurt Röthlisberger (Suhr) W First NLA appearance for 18-year-old FCB junior Fotios Karapetsas, a Greek who has lived in Basel for seven years and holds Swiss football rights. Corners: 5:4 (2:3). Round 21 6 December 1987 14:30 Luzern 2–0 FCB summary Basel Mohr 4 1:0M. Müller 66 2:0 79 Zahner Stadion Allmend Luzern 9,100 SUI Franz Gächter (Aarau, Suhr, Aargau) NLA debut for Adrian Sedlo L Round 22 13 December 1987 14:30 Basel 1–4 FCB summary Young Boys Knup 80 1:3 19 0:1 Zuffi49 o.g. 0:2 Smith60 0:3 Holmqvist81 1:4 Holmqvist St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 3,000 SUI Arturo Martino (Neukirch an der Thur) L Qualification table main WDL First stage 5 Q 2 NX Xamax GCZ Grasshopper Club YB Young Boys (red) BSC Young Boys AG 2025 https://www.bscyb.ch/archiv-1987-88#mnc_516 YB Saison 1987/88 YB season 1987/88 BSC Young Boys AG de-ch 2025-11-16 AAR Aarau Stephan Beck 2023 https://www.arowa.ch/index.php?page=ligatabelle&saison=88 Schweizer Meisterschaft 1987/88 FCA Rangliste de-ch Swiss Championship 1987/88 FCA Ranking arowa.ch 2025-11-16 STG St. Gallen LUC Luzern SER Servette Daniel Reichmuth 2025 https://super-servette.ch/Doku/Resultate_Servette_1987-88.pdf Servette Rangliste 1987/88 Servette ranking 1987/88 super-servette-ch fr 2025-11-16 LS Lausanne-Sport SIO Sion BEL Bellinzona BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 1988 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1987/88 FCB 1987/88 Rangliste Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" de-ch FCB 1987/88 Ranking 2023-11-16 ZÜR Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=19 FCZ Saison 1987/88 de-ch FCZ season 1987/88 dbFCZ 2025-11-16 13 5 4 53 28 12 6 4 30 16 7 12 3 37 28 9 7 6 28 24 9 5 8 28 27 7 9 6 30 29 8 7 7 32 31 8 7 7 39 39 8 6 8 42 36 3 8 11 25 38 4 5 13 27 55 4 3 15 26 46 green3 Advance to championship roundhalved points (rounded up) as bonus CG CG CG CG CG CG CG CG red3 Advance to promotion/relegation group B RGB1 red3 Advance to promotion/relegation group A RGA1 red3 Advance to promotion/relegation group A RGA2 red3 Advance to promotion/relegation group B RGB2 complete rsssf.com Second stage Promotion/relegation group A Round 1 5 March 1988 20:00 Basel 4–0 FCB summary Etoile-Carouge Thoma 5 1:0Thoma 52 2:0Hauser 70 3:0Hauser 73 4:0 42 Nogués45 Harder St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 2,200 SUI Freddy Philippoz (Sion) W Correct refereeing. Corners: 5:0. The entire Old Boys team as well as the coaches Marcel CornioleyCornioley (Wettingen), Richard (Malley), Andrey (Bulle) and Luttrop (Olten) in the stands as spectators. Round 2 19 March 1988 14:30 Bulle 0–2 FCB summary Basel 87 0:1 Sundramoorthy90+1 0:2 Bützer Stade de Bouleyres, Bulle 2,800 SUI Francis Fischer (Arch) The match started ten minutes late due to rioting and fights in the standing-area section between police and hooligans which continued during the game. Correct refereeing. W Round 3 23 March 1988 20:00 Basel 1–0 FCB summary Malley Thoma 8 1:0 19 Knigge St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 2,500 SUI Bruno Klötzli (Bévilard) W Round 4 30 March 1988 20:00 Bellinzona 4–1 FCB summary Basel Türkyilmaz 10 1:0Pellegrini 15 2:0Pellegrini 36 3:1Pellegrini 44 4:1Germann 58 27 2:1 Dittus38 Hauser86 Dittus Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona 1,100 SUI Manfred Schlup, (Grenchen) L The ground on the edge of being playable. Round 5 4 April 1988 14:30 Basel 0–2 FCB summary Wettingen Hauser 2 36 38Nadig 42 28 0:1 Rueda72 Bertelsen79 0:2 Svensson St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 6,800 SUI Paul-Louis Christe (Lausanne) L Wettingen goalkeeper Andy Meier with his debut in the National League. Referee Christe's first championship match in the NLA. Corners: 6:7. Round 6 9 April 1988 20:00 Old Boys 3–3 FCB summary Basel Herr 16 o.g.Kägi 23 2:0Lius 27 3:0Maurer 70de Almeida 76 39 3:1 Thoma53 3:2 Thoma87 3:3 Dittus Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 5,400 SUI Peter Kellenberger D Correct refereeing. Torrential rain throughout the entire match. Corners: 8:5. Round 7 16 April 1988 20:00 Basel 4–1 FCB summary Schaffhausen Ceccaroni 17Bützer 41 1:1Dittus 45Hauser 55 2:1Knup 63 pen. 3:1R. Thoma 85 4:1 15 0:1 A. Thoma43 Filomeno62 Lehmann64 Mercanti67 Heydecker St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 5,500 SUI Georges Sandoz (Corcelles-Cormondrèche, Neuchâtel) W Round 8 23 April 1988 17:30 Etoile-Carouge 0–6 FCB summary Basel Harder Radi Tóth 18 0:1 Nadig20 0:2 Nadig33 0:3 Nadig45 0:4 Bützer53 0:5 Sundramoorthy68 0:6 Knup Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge 850 SUI Francis Fischer (Arch) W Round 9 30 April 1988 20:00 Basel 1–2 FCB summary Bulle Knup 77 pen. 1:2 33 0:1 Lehnherr70 0:2 Lehnherr77 Esseiva90+2 Hofer St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 4,500 SUI Marcel Despland (Yverdon-les-Bains) L Round 10 3 May 1988 18:45 Malley 2–2 FCB summary Basel Salou 58Salou 61 pen. 1:2Martelli 72 2:2 7 0:1 Knup17 0:2 Nadig Stade du Bois Gentil, Malley (Lausanne) 920 SUI Kurt Röthlisberger (Suhr, Aargau) D Corners: 5:5. Flawless refereeing performance. Round 11 7 May 1988 Basel 0–2 FCB summary Bellinzona Pulver 85 17 Gilli66 Aeby77 0:1 Aeby86 0:2 Jacobacci St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 7,600 SUI Franz Gächter (Aarau, Suhr, Aargau) L Correct refereeing. Corners: 7:1. Round 12 14 May 1988 20:00 Wettingen 3–2 FCB summary Basel Svensson 4Baumgartner 11 Merin 37Schepull 41 Häusermann 57 21 Dittus36 Sundramoorthy60 Bützer62 Hodel70 Hauser0 88 Sundramoorthy Stadion Altenburg, Wettingen 3,500 SUI Daniel Roduit (Sion) L A completely inadequate, inconsistent and "nitpicky" refereeing performance. Round 13 19 May 1988 20:00 Basel 1–1 FCB summary Old Boys Knup 47 1:0Bützer 51Hauser 54 4 Lüdi48 Cosenza66 1:1 Magro St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 1,400 SUI Bruno Klötzli (Bévilard) D Round 14 21 May 1988 20:00 Schaffhausen 0–0 FCB summary Basel Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen 2,850 SUI Francis Fischer (Arch) D League standings main WDL Group A Q 2 WET Wettingen BEL AC Bellinzona SCH Schaffhausen MAL ES Malley BAS Basel BUL Bulle ÉTO Etoile Carouge OBB Old Boys 11 0 3 32 16 8 1 5 29 20 7 1 6 25 22 7 1 6 21 20 5 4 5 27 20 7 0 7 28 25 4 1 9 14 33 2 2 10 11 31 green1 Promotion to Nationalliga A 1988–89 P green2 Remain in Nationalliga A 1988–89 A inherit Remain in Nationalliga B B B B B B red1 Relegation to Nationalliga B 1988–89 R complete rsssf.com Swiss Cup Swiss Cup Round of 64 15 November 1987 14:30 Old Boys 2–1 FCB summary Basel Magro 60 1:0Fanciulli 67 2:0 83 2:1 Bützer 90+1′ Bützer Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 7,800 SUI Serge Muhmenthaler L See also History of FC Basel List of FC Basel players List of FC Basel seasons References Sources Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. 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