1997–98 FC Basel season

FC Basel 1997–98 FC Basel.png 100 FC Basel Logo René C. Jäggi Jörg Berger (until October 1997)Salvatore Andracchio (ad interim)Guy Mathez (from 1 January 1998) Ground St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 1997–98 NLAQualification round 11th of 12 Promotion/relegation group NLA/NLB 3rd of 8 Swiss Cup Round 6 Mario Frick (14) Mario Frick (14) 36,500 vs Solothurn 24.05.1998 3,500 vs Xamax 22.11.1997 10,100 Stefan Peter http://www.fussballstarbasel.ch/saisons.php Überregionale Meisterschaften, Schweizer und Basler Cup 2017-11-16 1996–97 1998–99 The 1997–98 Fussball Club Basel 1893 season was their 105th season since the club's foundation. Following their promotion in the 1993–94 season this was their fourth consecutive season in the highest tier of Swiss football. René C. Jäggi was the club's chairman following the annual general meeting the year before. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium, which was situated in the south-east of the city, neighboring the municipalities of Muttenz and Münchenstein. This was to be the last season of this stadium, it was to be knocked down and replaced by the St. Jakob-Park by the beginning of 2001. Overview Pre-season Jörg Berger was appointed as the new trainer at the start of the season, but in October 1997 he was sacked and was replaced by Salvatore Andracchio (ad interim) until Guy Mathez was appointed as trainer from 1 January 1998. The club's priority aim was to remain in the top flight of Swiss football. The club made many new signings as the season started. Amongst these, there were many experienced players, such as Oliver Kreuzer from Bayern Munich, Marco Sas from Bradford City, Maurizio Gaudino from Eintracht Frankfurt, Jürgen Hartmann from Hamburger SV and Nestor Subiat from Grasshopper Club. There were also young players such as Marco Pérez from Vaduz, Jan Berger from Grasshopper Club and Fabinho Santos from Joinville (Brazil) as well as Luís Calapes and Alexander Frei from the club's own youth section. Goalkeeper Thomas Grüter retired from professional football. Many other players also left the club, under them Mariano Armentano who transferred to Vélez Sarsfield, Adrian Falub who returned to Universitatea Cluj and Alex Nyarko who transferred to Karlsruher SC. The loan contracts with Franco Foda and Markus Schupp came to an end and because Basel did not opt to buy them, they both moved on to Sturm Graz. The youngsters Bruno Sutter transferred to Zürich and Hakan Yakin transferred to Grasshopper Club. At the end of the transfer window two further players left the squad, last season's top scorer Gaetano Giallanza transferred to Nantes in September and Jean-Pierre La Placa signed for Toulouse also in September. 1997 https://www.joggeli.ch/erste-mannschaft/kader?saison=1997%2F98 Erste Mannschaft/Kader Saison 1997/98 First team season 1997–98 joggeli.ch 2020-11-16 In the pre-season friendly games Basel first played against a Regional 11 of local players in Alsace and then against a Regional 11 of local players from BS/BL. Basel then played in the Sempione Cup, which was a club tournament played in summer at Sportanlage Moos, Balsthal, during the years 1987 to 2004. Curiosity, in both Basel games, semi-final and third place match, the decision fell in a penalty shoot-out. The semi-final was undecided after five penalties each and had to be continued. In the end all 22 players including the goalkeepers hat to shoot a penalty. Both goalkeeps missed their penalty-shots and eventually Basel lost the shoot-out 8–9. The third placed match need 14 penalties for the decision and Basel won this shoot-out 5–4. Garin Erik 2004 https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sempione.html Sempione Cup (Switzerland) The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2020-11-16 Another curiosity in the mid-season friendly against amateur club FC Rothrist. Basel won the game 13–2. Alexander Frei scored six goals and all six in the first half and Maurizio Gaudino scored five goals, all five in the second half of the game. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=10851 FC Rothrist – FC Basel 2:13 (0:6) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2020-11-16 Domestic league The clubs priority aim for the team was to remain in the top flight of Swiss football and this was to be achieved by reaching the championship group before the winter break. The teams next aim was to reach at least a top five place in the table and perhaps even qualify for the UEFA European competitions. The football league season did not start the way that head-coach Berger had hoped. Four of the first six games ended in a defeat, the team conceding 12 goals and scoring just three. Berger was put under pressure by the club's board of directors, but things did not improve. After six consecutive defeats, a period during which Giallanza and La Placa both left, Berger was sacked. He was replaced ad interim by trainer Salvatore Andracchio, who had helped out the previous season. The team managed to improve their results, but could not correct the slip into the Relegation Group. During the winter break Guy Mathez was appointed as new head-coach. Soon after this the newly signed Nemtsoudis left the club and Nestor Subiat's loan contract was ended and the contract with Marco Sas was dissolved. Under new trainer Mathez, the first few games were good. But after a period with three away defeats and two home draws, it seemed that the team were heading for relegation. A dramatic finish with three straight victories over the three better placed teams Young Boys, SC Kriens and finally Solothurn saved Basel from the relegation drop. They finished the promotion/relegation group with six wins, four draws and four defeats. They had scored 27 goals and conceded 22. Luc Nackaerts Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwithist.html Nationalliga A 1997/98 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2020-11-16 Swiss Cup Basel entered the Swiss Cup with a bye in the third and fourth principal round and started in the fifth. The opponents here were lower tier SC Buochs. Despite an early lead through Dario Zuffi, a penalty and a goal just after half time gave the lower tier a lead. Basel were down 1–2 right up until the 86th minute. Then Nestor Subiat poked the ball into the goal out of the crowd of players who had gathered in the six yard box, the equalizer. In the extra period Basel had no further problems and the Buochs players had no more stamina. Two more Subiat goals, two from Adrian Knup and the final goal from Fabrice Henry was followed by the final whistle. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=10858 SC Buochs – FC Basel 2:7 n.V. (2:2, 1:1) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2020-11-16 In the round of 16 Basel's opponents were Xamax, who were stronger and won by two goals to nil. The cup final was played between Lausanne-Sport and St. Gallen, this ended with a two all draw after extra time. Lausanne won the penalty shoot out winning the trophy and qualifying for the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit98.html Switzerland 1997/98 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2020-11-16 Players The following is the list of the Basel first team squad. It also includes all players that were in the squad on the day the season started on 5 July 1997 but subsequently left the club after that date. Players who left the squad in the off-season are listed below. 1 SUI GK Stefan Huber 2 SUI DF Massimo Ceccaroni 3 SUI DF Daniel Salvi 3 SUI DF Luís Calapes from Basel youth 4 BIH DF Samir Tabakovic to Waldhof Mannheim 5 GER DF Oliver Kreuzer from Bayern Munich 6 NED DF Marco Sas from Bradford City 7 SUI FW Dario Zuffi 8 LIE MF Mario Frick 9 FRA MF Fabrice Henry 10 GER MF Maurizio Gaudino from Eintracht Frankfurt 11 SUI FW Gaetano Giallanza to Nantes 12 SUI DF Sébastien Barberis from Servette 13 SUI FW Adrian Knup 14 RUS FW Daniel Dobrovoljski from VfB Stuttgart II 15 SUI FW Deniz Mendi from FC Klus-Balsthal 15 SUI DF Ivan Reimann 16 GER DF Jürgen Hartmann from Hamburger SV 17 SUI MF Jean-Pierre La Placa to Toulouse 17 CZE MF Václav Pěchouček from Viktoria Plzeň 18 SUI GK Oliver Stöckli 19 SUI DF Marco Tschopp 20 SUI DF Oumar Kondé 21 LIE DF Marco Pérez from Vaduz 22 BRA MF Webber (Leandro Dos Santos) from Guarani 23 CZE DF Jan Berger from Grasshopper Club 24 BRA DF Fabinho from Joinville 24 SUI DF Cyrill Schmidiger 25 SUI MF Theodoros Disseris 27 SUI FW Alexander Frei from Basel youth 28 SUI DF Giorgios Nemtsoudis from Grasshopper Club 30 SUI FW Nestor Subiat from Grasshopper Club Players who left the squad SUI GK Thomas Grüter retired SUI DF Remo Buess reserves SUI DF Yann Poulard to FC Stade Nyonnais SUI DF Yannick Hasler on loan to Baden ARG MF Mariano Armentano to Vélez Sarsfield RUM MF Adrian Falub to Universitatea Cluj GER MF Franco Foda to Sturm Graz ITA MF Marcello Gamberini to Sansepolcro SUI MF Dominic Moser on loan to Young Boys GHA MF Alex Nyarko to Karlsruher SC GER MF Markus Schupp to Sturm Graz SUI MF Bruno Sutter to Zürich SUI MF Hakan Yakin to Grasshopper Club 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 18 June 1997 19:00 Regional 11 Alsace FRA 0–8 FCB summary SUI Basel 16 0:1 Barberis20 0:2 Knup34 0:3 Zuffi36 0:4 Giallanza44 0:5 Knup66 0:6 Giallanza68 0:7 Tschopp83 0:8 Tschopp Munster 200 FRA Thierry Keigler W FCB without Salvi, Henry and Disseris (all injured). 70th minute: Kreuzer was substituted out with a minor facial injury and not replaced. Pre-season 21 June 1997 16:30 Basel SUI 3–1 FCB summary SUI Regional 11 BS/BL Giallanza 23 1:0Giallanza 25 2:0Gaudino 36 3:0 89 3:1 Schreiber Tannenbrunn, Sissach 1,500 SUI Andreas Schluchter / Vroni Schluchter (Schönenbuch) W From the 46th minute, assistant referee Vroni Schluchter (Schönenbuch) led the game, as Andreas Schluchter went out with a thigh injury. Sempione-CupSemi-final 24 June 1997 19:30 Basel SUI 1–1 FCZ summaryFCB summary SUI Zürich Frick 27Frei 60 1:0 63 1:1 Sutter78 Guzik 85′ Tarone Zuffi Frei Hartmann Giallanza Gaudino Tschopp Barberis Ceccaroni Schmidiger Buess Huber 8–9 Gambino Guzik Sutter Brugnoli Santa'Anna Tejeda Weiler Castillo Tarone Shorunmu Konjić Moos, Balsthal 2,000 SUI Serge Muhmenthaler (Grenchen) L The Sempione Cup was a club tournament played in the summer at Sportanlage Moos, Balsthal, during the years 1987 to 2004. Corners: 1:10 Sempione-Cup3rd place match 28 June 1997 15:30 Basel SUI 1–1 FCB summary SUI Luzern Giallanza 27 1:1 11 0:1 Sawu Zuffi Pérez Kreuzer Schmidiger Gaudino Barberis 5–4 Wyss Knez Moser Koilov Brega Baumann Moos, Balsthal 2,000 SUI Bruno Bachmann W The Sempione Cup was a club tournament played in summer at Sportanlage Moos, Balsthal, during the years 1987 to 2004. FCL with test-players Brega and Aklie. Pre-season 5 July 1997 20:00 Basel SUI 1–0 FCB summary GER Borussia Dortmund Knup 13 1:0 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 14,000 SUI Carlo Bertolini (Vira-Gambarogno) W FCB were without the injured Salvi, Henry, La Placa, Konde, Disseris, and Hasler. Dortmund were without the recovering Möller, Schneider, Cesar, and Sousa. 20th minute, a shot from Herrlich hit the post. Good pitch conditions despite the continuous rain. Mid-season 5 September 1997 SC Dornach SUI 1–5 FCB summary SUI Basel Weidmann 27 pen. 1:2 5 0:1 Kondé7 0:2 Gaudino50 1:3 Marco Sas54 1:4 Giallanza80 1:5 Dobrovoljski Gigersloch, Dornach 350 SUI Dieter Schoch (Attiswil) W Dornach without Magro, Donelli, and Sorg (all injured) and without Rudin (absent); FCB without Zuffi (Swiss national team), Frick (Liechtenstein national team), Kreuzer (rested due to Achilles tendon irritation), Huber, Knup, Salvi, Mendi, and Buess (all injured). Fabrice Henry returns after a six-month injury layoff (torn cruciate ligament). 40th minute: Barberi hits the crossbar. 61st minute: Cecere's goal disallowed for handball. 68th minute: Ceccaroni's cross hits the post. Mid-season 19 September 1997 18:45 FC Rothrist SUI 2–13 FCB summary SUI Basel Berisha 46 1:7Roth 88 2:12 7 0:1 Frei9 0:2 Frei14 pen. 0:3 Gaudino21 0:4 Frei23 0:5 Frei40 0:6 Frei42 0:7 Frei48 1:8 Giallanza59 1:9 Giallanza64 1:10 Giallanza75 1:11 Giallanza86 1:12 Kondé90 2:13 Giallanza Stampfi, Rothrist 600 SUI Marcel Vollenweider (Rüti, Zürich) W Basel without Henry, Huber (both recovering), Knup, Disseris, Hasler and Ceccaroni (all injured). 80th minute: Frei hits the crossbar. Corners 0:12 Winter break Exhibition game 28 January 1998 Basel SUI 3–0 FCZ summaryFCB summary SUI Zürich (Jean-Copain Nonda) 7 ogKnup 73 2:0Henry 84 3:0 Athletics stadium, Basel 500 SUI Heinz Käser W Zürich without Ike Shorunmu and Shabani Nonda, but with his brother Jean-Copain Nonda as test-player. Winter break 31 January 1998 Sheriff MDA 1–1 FCB summary SUI Basel 60 1:0 75 1:1 Gaudino D Training camp 4 February 1998 APOP Paphos CYP 1–5 FCB summary SUI Basel 83 1:4 16 0:1 Gaudino33 0:2 Hartmann43 0:3 Kondé62 0:4 Fabinho85 1:5 Knup Pafiako Stadium, Paphos, Cyprus 800 W Training camp 6 February 1998 Metalurh Donetsk UKR 2–0 FCB summary SUI Basel 33 pen. 1:090+2 2:0 Pafiako Stadium, Paphos, Cyprus 100 L Winter break 11 February 1998 15:00 Basel SUI 0–0 FCB summary RUS Lokomotiv Moscow 70 Loskov Europastadion, Rheinfelden (Baden) GER Bernhard Zerr (Ottersweier) D Winter break 14 February 1998 14:30 Luzern SUI 3–0 FCB summary SUI Basel Ibrahim 24 1:0(Webber) 43 o.g. 2:0Kögl 79 3:0 Unterallmend, Root 800 SUI Markus Nobs, (Wohlen) L FCB without Knup (rested), Gaudino (ill), Sas and Fabinho (both injured). Fair game, No cautions. For FCB after the break, among others: Dobrovoljski as striker for Frick, who moved to the right wing. Konde for Hartmann in midfield, Salvi at left-back. Nationalliga A 1997–98 Nationalliga A Qualifying Phase Round 1 5 July 1997 Basel P–P Aarau St. Jakob Stadium, Basel P Match posponed and rescheduled to allow Aarau to play the match in the Intertoto Cup against 1. FC Köln. Round 2 9 July 1997 19:30 Lausanne-Sport 3–0 FCB summary Basel Piffaretti 40 1:0N'kufo 43 2:0Udovič 87 3:0 32 Barberis33 Frick69 La Placa Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 7,100 SUI Marcel Vollenweider (Rüti, Zürich) L Lausanne were without Savovic (who was ill), Ohrel, Hottiger (both injured), Sané and Triki (both with their national teams). FCB without Salvi, Henry, Konde, Disseris and Hasler (all injured). 53rd minute, a header from Thurres hit the crossbar. Round 3 12 July 1997 19:30 Basel 0–0 FCB summary Etoile Carouge Hartmann 27Ceccaroni 62Knup 75 25 Mosca 78 Duchosal St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 12,000 SUI Dominique Tavel (Lonay) D FCB without Henry, Kondé, Salvi, Disseris, and Hasler (all injured), as well as La Placa (not in the squad). Carouge were without Negri, Bertone, Escofet, and Giuntini (all injured). 73rd minute: a shot from Gaudino landed on the top of the crossbar. Round 4 19 July 1997 19:30 Basel 1–3 FCB summary Servette Gaudino 57 pen.Zuffi 70Ceccaroni 0 76 14 Barea34 0:1 Cantaluppi45 Samuele MargariniMargarini55 0:2 23Sesa77 pen. Durix St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 9,500 SUI Philippe Leuba (Chexbres) L FCB without Salvi, Henry, Kondé, Disseris, and Hasler (all injured) and La Placa was not in the squad. Servette were without Karlen, Costantino, Nava, and Jenny (all injured). Barea and Juarez had to leave the game injured. National coach Rolf Fringer and Borussia Dortmund's sporting director Ottmar Hitzfeld were in the stands. Round 5 26 July 1997 19:30 Zürich 0–0 FCZ summaryFCB summary Basel Tarone 59Tejeda 70Yekini 89 17 Zuffi Letzigrund, Zürich 15,500 LIE Roland Beck (Triesenberg) D FCZ without Huber and Weiler (both injured). FCB without Ceccaroni (suspended), Barberis, Disseris, Hasler, Henry and Konde (all injured). 25th minute: a goal from Nondas was disallowed. 50th minute: Shorunmu deflects a shot from Sas onto the goal-post. Round 6 2 August 1997 19:30 Basel 1–3 FCB summary Sion Sas 23Giallanza 41 1:1Hartmann 61 3 0:1 Camadini64 1:2 Camadini68 Zambaz80 1:3 Tholot St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 12,000 SUI Carlo Bertolini (Vira-Gambarogno) L FCB without Knup, Tabakovic, Konde, Disseris, Hasler, and Henry (all injured); Sion without Gaspoz, Biaggi, Chassot, Veiga, Sylvestre, Assis, and Vanetta (all injured). National coach Rolf Fringer and former FCB coach Claude Andrey in the stands. 36th minute: a shot from Hartmann hits the crossbar. Tactical change Gaudino reverts to playing behind the strikers after a quarter of an hour, with Frick in attack; La Placa, after coming on as a substitute (62nd minute), moves into attack, with Frick replacing Salvi in left midfield; FCB played without a libero after Sas' substitution (79th minute). Round 7 10 August 1997 16:00 Kriens 3–1 FCB summary Basel Esposito 7 1:0Gross 74Schwizer 63 2:0Erni 73 3:0 43 Frick2 57 70 La Placa76 3:1 Giallanza84 Salvi Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens 4,100 SUI Kurt Zuppinger (Bremgarten, Aargau) L SC Kriens without Schnarwiler (injured); FCB without Ceccaroni (ill), Knup, Konde, Hasler, Henry and Disseris (all injured). 90th minute, a shot from Giallanza hit the post. Round 1 15 August 1997 19:30 Basel 2–1 FCB summaryFCA summary Aarau Ceccaroni 14Gaudino 21 1:0Giallanza 31 2:0Frick 67Kreuzer 87 19 Aloisi61 2:1 Drakopulos65 Zdrilic70 de Napoli78 Kilian St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 9,500 SUI Guido Wildhaber (Kerzers) W This match was rescheduled after its postponement from 5 July due to FC Aarau's participation in the Intertoto Cup. Basel without La Placa, Tschopp (both suspended), Henry, Knup, Konde, Disseris and Hasler (all injured); Aarau without Roembiak (suspended), Heldmann, Kirik and Benito (all injured). Round 8 23 August 1997 19:30 Basel 3–2 FCB summary St. Gallen Zuffi 23 1:0Dobrovoljski 77 2:2Frick 82 3:2Kreuzer 87Salvi 88 4 Hellinga18 Stiel35 1:1 Vurens 42 1:2 Regtop61 Slavchev87 Herrera St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 12,000 SUI Claude Detruche (Thônex) W FCB without Knup, Henry, Disseris, Hasler (all injured). St. Gallen without Mouidi and Sène (both injured). 10th minute: a corner-kick from Contini rebounded off the post. Basel goalkeeper Huber substituted out with a torn ligament, Ceccaroni substituted out with a back contusion. Round 9 30 August 1997 19:30 Xamax 3–0 FCB summary Basel Martin 57Leśniak 65 1:0Sandjak 78′Martinović 83 2:0Kunz 90 3:0 66 Kreuzer77 Ceccaroni Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel 8,100 SUI Carlo Bertolini (Vira-Gambarogno) L Neuchâtel Xamax were without Jeanneret and Rueda (both injured). FCB without Zuffi (suspended), Huber, Tabakovic, Henry, Knup, Disseris, and Hasler (all injured). 78th minute: the penalty kisk from Sandjak rebounded from the post. 89th minute: a shot from Gaudino hit the post. Round 10 2 September 1997 19:30 Basel 3–4 FCB summary Luzern Frick 20 1:0Gaudino 28Frick 71 2:1Giallanza 74 3:1 4 van Eck24 Joller43 Brunner58 1:1 Aleksandrov67 Izzo 82 3:2 Kögl87 3:3 Aleksandrov89 3:4 Ibrahim St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 10,000 SUI Kurt Zuppinger (Bremgarten, Aargau) L FCB without Huber, Salvi, Tabakovic, Henry, Knup, Mendi, Disseris, and Hasler (all injured). FCL without Gmür, D. Wyss, Brown, Sermeter, Yenay, Achermann, and Braga (all injured). Basel's Reimann was substituted out at halftime with heart problems and taken to hospital. After the break, FCB played a 3-5-2 formation with Schmidiger as libero and Frick and Giallanza as strikers. Round 11 13 September 1997 19:30 Grasshopper Club 3–2 FCB summary Basel Subiat 6Esposito 13Gren 48Kavelashvili 78 78 13 Ceccaroni15 Barberis61 Gaudino69 Giallanza90+1 Frick Hardturm, Zürich 9,150 SUI Jürg Herrmann (Hinterkapplen (Wohlen bei Bern)) L GC without Moldovan, Comisetti, and Gämperle (all injured). FCB without Zuffi (suspended), Knup, La Placa, Huber, Henry, and Salvi (all injured). Representatives from Tyrol and Croatia Zagreb in the stands. Round 12 24 September 1997 19:30 Aarau 1–0 FCB summaryFCA summary Basel Roembiak 32Kilian 68Ćirić 75 64 Kreuzer Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 5,600 SUI Dieter Schoch (Attiswil) L FCA without Bader, Heldmann (both injured) and Zitola (suspended). FCB without Knup, Henry, Salvi, Hasler, Disseris (all injured), Frick and Ceccaroni (both suspended). After the break Hartmann right-back, Gaudino for Frei in the attack. In the stands Thomas Bickel and national coach Rolf Fringer. Round 13 28 September 1997 14:30 Basel 0–1 FCB summary Lausanne-Sport 27 Rehn31 Thurre38 Ohrel64 Piffaretti St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 7,500 SUI Massimo Busacca (Monte Carasso/Bellinzona) L Basel without Kreuzer (suspended) as well as Salvi, Knup, Hasler and Disseris (all injured). Fabrice Henry returns after a six-month injury layoff (torn cruciate ligament). Lausanne with full squad. 3rd minute a shot from Subiat hit the crossbar. 21st minute: Lausanne goalkeeper Martin Brunner leaves the field injured. Round 14 5 October 1997 16:00 Etoile Carouge 2–1 FCB summary Basel Aguilar 67Hertig 81 pen. 45 Subiat46 Orlando51 Barberis55 Ceccaroni81 Huber Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge 1,775 SUI Marcel Vollenweider (Rüti, Zürich) L Carouge without Cravero, Bertone, Giuntini, Nourou, Negri (all injured) and Millereau (suspended); FCB without Salvi, Knup, Buess, Schmidiger, Disseris and Hasler (all injured). Round 15 19 October 1997 14:30 Basel 3–3 FCZ summaryFCB summary Zürich Kreuzer 11Hartmann 30Zuffi 44Subiat 88 29 Nonda73 Tarone90 47 Hodel St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 9,500 SUI Urs Meier (Wettingen and Würenlos) D FCB without Huber (calf strain), Knup, Salvi, Hasler, and Disseris (all injured). FCZ without Brugnoli (suspended), Baldassarri, Castillo, and Weiler (all injured). Yekini (thigh) and Sas (back) left the field injured. A very good refereeing trio. Round 16 26 October 1997 14:30 Servette 4–1 FCB summary Basel Rey 13 1:0Durix 25 2:0Potocianu 61Sesa85 3:1Durix 89 4:1 71 Reimann75 2:1 Frei77 Frick Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 3,500 LIE Roland Beck (Triesenberg) L Servette were without Karlen, Ippoliti, Tato, Salou (all injured) and Juarez (suspended). FCB without Knup, Salvi, Buess, Subiat (all injured) and Hartmann (suspended). Shots on the post: 4th minute, Cantaluppi; 68th minute, Barberis; 87th minute, free kick from Sesa hit the crossbar. As conseqence to this defeat (the seventh defeat in the last eight games) FCB club president René C. Jäggi dismissed head-coach Jörg Berger. Round 17 2 November 1997 14:30 Sion 2–2 FCB summary Basel Seoane 9Milton 73 15 Frick19 Barberis41 Kreuzer87 Ceccaroni Stade Tourbillon, Sion 9,500 SUI Serge Muhmenthaler (Grenchen) D Sion were without Gaspoz, Assis, Chassot, Quennoz, Eydelie, and Sylvestre (all injured). FCB without Sas, Gaudino, Buess, Disseris, and Hasler (all injured). 46th minute (first half) shot from Subiat hit the post. FCB with ad-interim coach Salvatore Andracchio on the side line. Round 18 8 November 1997 17:30 Basel 4–1 FCB summary Kriens Frick 10Mendi 11 1:0Mendi 29 2:0Kreuzer 30Frick 59 3:0Subiat 61 4:0 17 Schnüriger48 Colatrella 78 Melina St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 4,500 GER Michael Herrmann W FCB without Zuffi, Gaudino and Disseris (both injured) as well as La Placa and Sas (not in the squad). Jan Berger's debut. Kriens without Bonnafous and Stoop (suspended) and Pascale (injured). A minute's silence for the late Bruno Michaud. This week-end saw a number of Swiss referees in the German leagues and a number of German referees performing in Switzerland. Round 19 19 November 1997 19:30 St. Gallen 3–1 FCB summary Basel Slavchev 10 1:0Regtop 20 2:0Dal Santo 60Vurens 67 3:0 21 Kreuzer79 3:1 Barberis Espenmoos, St. Gallen 8,500 SUI Claude Detruche (Thônex) L St. Gallen were without Mouidi (injured) and Tsawa (suspended). FCB without Gaudino, Sas, La Placa (not in the squad), Mendi, Konde (both U-18 national team), Buess and Disseris (both injured). Round 20 22 November 1997 17:30 Basel 1–4 FCB summary Xamax Henry 60Dobrovoljski 64 1:4Pérez 84 26 0:1 Gazic32 0:2 Jeanneret39 0:3 Hamann45 0:4 Kunz St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 3,500 SUI Massimo Busacca (Monte Carasso/Bellinzona) L FCB without Ceccaroni (calf contusion), Subiat (thigh strain), and Disseris (injured), as well as Konde, Mendi (both U-18 national team), and Gaudino (not in the squad). Xamax were without Rueda, Sandjak, Martinovic, Moret, Delay, and Boughanem (all injured), and Friedli (U18 national team). - 66th minute: Dobrovoljski hits the post. Round 21 30 November 1997 14:30 Basel 1–0 FCB summary Grasshopper Club Frick 22Subiat 56 1:0 18 Gämperle63 Haas90+1 Tikva St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 6,000 SUI Serge Muhmenthaler (Grenchen) W FCB without Sas and Ceccaroni (both injured). GC without Comisetti (injured), Gren, Smiljanic, and Esposito (all suspended). Barberis (strain) and Frick (shin injury) left the game injured. Referee Serge Muhmenthaler was honored before his last match before his retirement in Basel. Round 22 7 December 1997 14:30 Luzern 0–1 FCB summary Basel Sawu 30′Fink 73 7 Hartmann21 Kondé47 pen. Stadion Allmend Luzern 9,050 SUI Philippe Leuba (Chexbres) W FCL without Kögl, Lehmann, Koilov, Yenay, Baumann, Daniel Wyss, Brown (all injured), Gmür (recovering) and van Eck (suspended); Basel without Subiat, Knup, Nemtsoudis, Ceccaroni, Barberis, Sas and Schmidiger (all injured). NLA debut of Louis Crayton (20/Liberia) in the FCL goal. 21st minute: a shot from Sawu hits the crossbar. 30th minute: FCB goalkeeper saved the penalty kick from Agent Sawu. Qualification table main WDL First stage 5 Q GCZ Grasshopper Club LS Lausanne-Sport SER Servette Daniel Reichmuth 2025 https://super-servette.ch/Doku/Resultate_Servette_1997-98.pdf Servette Rangliste 1997/98 Servette ranking 1997/98 super-servette-ch fr 2025-11-16 AAR Aarau Stephan Beck 2025 https://www.arowa.ch/index.php?page=ligatabelle&saison=98 Schweizer Meisterschaft 1997/98 FCA Rangliste de-ch Swiss Championship 1997/98 FCA Ranking arowa.ch 2025-11-16 STG St. Gallen ZÜR Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2025 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=9 FCZ Saison 1997/98 de-ch FCZ season 1997/98 dbFCZ 2025-11-16 SIO Sion LUC Luzern NX Xamax KRI Kriens BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2025 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1997/98 FCB Rangliste 1997/98 de-ch FCB Ranking 1997/98 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2025-11-16 ÉTO Étoile Carouge 14 4 4 59 23 12 6 4 45 27 11 6 5 45 33 10 5 7 38 31 7 9 6 38 34 7 9 6 31 28 7 9 6 30 27 7 8 7 26 28 7 5 10 37 39 5 7 10 23 41 5 4 13 28 46 1 6 15 20 63 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 Promotion/relegation group Round 1 1 March 1998 14:30 Solothurn 2–3 FCB summary Basel Plaschy 1Fluri 64Edward 75 1:3Bürgisser 79Fluri 81 2:3Edward 83 12 Gaudino20 0:1 Gaudino71 0:2 Berger74 0:3 Berger80 Zuffi90+4 Barberis Stadion FC Solothurn, Solothurn 6,750 SUI Guido Wildhaber (Kerzers) W Solothurn without Du Buisson and Maiano (both suspended). FCB without Henry (suspended), Sas, Fabinho (both injured) and Salvi was not in the 16-man squad (18 were allowed on the match sheet at that time). FCB with new head-coach Guy Mathez. Yellow card against Plaschy after just 42 seconds for a dangerous foul. Round 2 7 March 1998 17:30 Basel 4–2 FCB summary Kriens Henry 8 1:0Kreuzer 25Frick 39 2:2Frick 64 3:2Henry 89Knup 90+2 4:1 1 Egli19 Schwizer32 1:1 Benson38 1:2 Zwyssig St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 7,800 SUI Dieter Schoch (Attiswil) W FCB without Zuffi (suspended), Hartmann, Fabinho, Sas and Salvi (all injured). 69th minute: Frick substituted out with a bruised pelvis; 79th minute: Webber substituted out with an ankle injury. Kriens were without Burri (injured). Round 3 15 March 1998 14:30 Young Boys 2–2 FCB summary Basel Smajić 5Lengen 23Smajić 50 1:0Ivanov 74Ivanov 85 pen. 2:2 67 Kreuzer0 68 Mathez (head-coach, not on pitch)73 1:1 Barberis73 Gaudino76 1:2 Kreuzer87 Henry Wankdorf Stadium, Bern SUI Claude Detruche (Thônex) D YB without Lingenhag, Streun, Vukotic, Brechbühl (all injured) and Eich (youth team). FCB without Salvi, Sas and Fabinho (all injured). YB honored as National League B champions before the match. Shots on the goal post: (46th minute/1st half) Knup. 58th minute, Bekirovski. 68th minute: FCB coach Mathez sent onto the stands. 85th minute, Smajic substituted out with a broken shoulder. Inadequate, erratic refereeing. Lacking feel for the game, inconsistent, and unfocused in set-piece decisions. Very poor condition of the pitch. Round 4 21 March 1998 17:30 Basel 3–6 FCB summary Xamax Gaudino 2 1:0Frick 24Webber 0 29Pérez 51 2:3Knup 53 3:3Mathez (head-coach, not on field)0 64Gaudino 66Mendi80 7 1:1 Rueda8 Hamann25 1:2 Halili38 1:3 Rothenbühler61 3:4 Zambaz81 3:5 Maslov90+1 3:6 Zambaz St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 10,500 SUI René Rogalla Wallisellen L FCB without Salvi, Sas, Fabinho, and Disseris (all injured), as well as Kreuzer, Henry, and Hasler (all suspended). Xamax were without Isabella (injured). 64th minute, FCB coach Guy Mathez was sent to the stands for dissent. The refereeing trio's performance was inconsistent. Round 5 29 March 1998 14:30 Lugano 0–0 FCB summary Basel Fernandez 41Wegmann 48Lendvai 51Giannini 55Anderson 85 22 Zuffi34 Tschopp55 Knup Cornaredo, Lugano 3,900 SUI Guido Wildhaber (Kerzers) D Lugano without Gimenez, Vieira, Allenspach (all injured) and Bullo (suspended); FCB without Kreuzer, Frick, Gaudino, Webber, Hasler (all suspended), Fabinho, Sas, Salvi, Disseris (all injured). Luis Calapes made his debut. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=10886 FC Lugano - FC Basel 0:0 (0:0) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2025-11-16 FCB coach Guy Mathez watched the game from the opposite stand due to a suspension. 31st minute, tactical change after the Lugano substitution from Enrique to Andersen, Andersen played in the center forward position. Round 6 4 April 1998 17:30 Basel 3–1 FCB summary Etoile Carouge Gaudino 11 1:0Barberis 31Kondé 49Orlando 55Gaudino 72 2:0Gaudino 77 3:1 10 Djorkaeff42 Duchosal76 2:1 Hertig St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 6,500 SUI Jürg Herrmann (Hinterkapplen (Wohlen bei Bern)) W Basel were without Frick (suspended), Hartmann, Fabinho, and Salvi (all injured). Carouge were without Croci, Giuntini, and Cissé (all suspended), Bertone and Rapo (both injured), as well as Villiot and Bazdarevic (both not in the squad). 79th-minute, a goal from Mendi was disallowed (offside?). Round 7 8 April 1998 19:30 Baden 3–1 FCB summary Basel Dnibi 39 1:1Casamento 56 2:1Lüthi 71 3:1 6 0:1 Knup70 Pérez78 Calapes (not on pitch). Esp Stadium, Fislisbach 3,450 LIE Roland Beck (Triesenberg) L Baden were without Viera, Torghele, Rossi (all suspended), Oldani, Hubeli and Wallon (all injured). Basel were without Salvi, Hartmann, Fabinho and Disseris (all injured). 78th minute, yellow card for Calapes for kicking the ball away, as substitute warming up, not on the pitch). Round 8 19 April 1998 19:30 Basel 0–0 FCB summary Baden Gaudino 69Calapes 74 62 Rossi70 Adriano St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 6,000 SUI Roberto Ferrari D Basel without Huber, Zuffi, Hartmann, Fabinho and Salvi (all injured). Baden without Oldani, Hubeli (both injured) and Okolosi (trial in France). 53rd minute, a shot from Gaudino rebounded off the post. Round 9 25 April 1998 17:30 Etoile Carouge 2–0 FCB summary Basel Elmira 37Croci 57Djorkaeff 78 1:0Rothenbühler 86 2:0 46 Barberis59 Hartmann Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge 1,180 SUI Guido Wildhaber (Kerzers) L Etoile Carouge were without Duchosal, Aeby, Cravero (all injured), Escofet (ill) and Bazdarevic (Studying). FCB without Huber, Salvi, Zuffi, Konde, Fabinho (injured) and Webber (ill). Round 10 29 April 1998 19:30 Basel 0–0 FCB summary Lugano Ceccaroni 53 44 Giménez88 Giannini St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 6,000 SUI Marcel Vollenweider (Rüti, Zürich) D FCB without Huber, Salvi, Henry, Fabinho (all injured) and Barberis (suspended). Lugano were without Brenna, Enrique (both suspended), Vivas (international duty), Andersen, Vieira and Allenspach (all injured). 58th minute, FCB tactical change Zuffi played in midfield, Reimann in defense. Round 11 2 May 1998 19:30 Xamax 2–1 FCB summary Basel Wittl 16 1:1Martinović 45 2:1Maslov 70Delay 81 1 Knup11 0:1 Frick57 Ceccaroni Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel 6,500 SUI André Daina (Eclepens) L Xamax were without Perret (suspended), Chanlot (internally suspended), Corminbúuf, Moret, and Isabella (all injured). Basel were without Huber, Salvi, Henry, Gaudino, and Fabinho (all injured). 9th minute, Rueda left the field with a strain. Czech U21 international Pechoucek made his debut for Basel. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2 May 1998 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=10892 Neuchâtel Xamax - FC Basel 2:1 (2:1) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2025-11-16 The refereeing trio delivered a simply inadequate and error-prone performance. Round 12 9 May 1998 19:30 Basel 4–1 FCB summary Young Boys Frick 25 1:0Pěchouček 32 2:0Kreuzer 34Knup 43Frick 47 3:0Gaudino 52 4:0Kondé 71 71 pen. Vukotić St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 13,000 SUI Carlo Bertolini (Vira-Gambarogno) W FCB without Salvi, Henry, Barberis and Fabinho (all injured) as well as Ceccaroni (suspended). YB without Streun, Smajic and Bekirovski (all injured) as well as Gerber (suspended). Round 13 17 May 1998 16:00 Kriens 1–3 FCB summary Basel Esposito 16Disler 66Erni 68Rölli 73 1:1Burri 89′ 3 Reimann0 12 Pěchouček45 Zuffi49 0:1 Frick75 1:2 Frick90+3 Zuffi Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens 5,000 SUI Dieter Schoch (Attiswil) W Kriens were without Bonnafous (injured) and Stoop (not in the squad). FCB without Ceccaroni, Knup, Konde (all suspended), Henry, Salvi, Barberis, and Fabinho (all injured). After Pechoucek's sending-off, Basel played with Zuffi in midfield and Frick as their lone striker. 89th minute, FCB goalkeeper Stefan Huber saved the penalty-kick from Reto Burri. There were disturbances after the final whistle by Basel "fans" who attacked the refereeing trio. Round 14 24 May 1998 16:00 Basel 3–0 FCB summary Solothurn Kreuzer 4 1:0Gaudino 41 2:0Reimann 49Frick 57 3:0Pérez 64 40 Roth42 Aebi St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 36,500 (sold-out) SUI Urs Meier (Wettingen and Würenlos) W Basel were without Pechoucek (suspended), Salvi, Henry, Knup, Dobrovoljski, and Fabinho (all injured). Solothurn were without Knutti and Vifian (both injured). In the 50th minute, Konde replaced Disseris as man-marker, with Tschopp moving into midfield. No disturbances occurred before, during, or after the match. This was the last match in the St. Jakob Stadium before it was knocked down and replaced by the St. Jakob-Park. League table main WDL Relegation group Q 5 NX Xamax LUG Lugano BAS Basel YB BSC Young Boys (red) BSC Young Boys AG 2025 https://www.bscyb.ch/archiv-1997-98 YB Saison 1997/98 YB season 1997/98 BSC Young Boys AG de-ch 2025-11-16 SOL Solothurn KRI Kriens BAD Baden ÉTO Étoile Carouge 7 5 2 35 22 6 5 3 15 12 6 4 4 27 22 6 4 4 20 23 6 3 5 17 15 4 4 6 19 25 3 3 8 15 23 3 2 9 13 19 green3 Remain in 1998–99 Nationalliga A S1 green1 Promoted P1 green3 Remain in 1998–99 Nationalliga A S2 green1 Promoted P2 red3 Remain in 1998–99 Nationalliga B RB1 red1 Relegated R1 red3 Remain in 1998–99 Nationalliga B RB2 red1 Relegated R2 complete rsssf.com Swiss Cup Swiss Cup 1997–98 Swiss Cup Round 5 15 November 1997 16:00 SC Buochs 2–7 yes FCB summary Basel Cavallucci 22 pen. 1:1Meier 33Bieri 54 2:1Von Flüe 90Barmettler 119 17 0:1 Zuffi22 Nemtsoudis54 Henry86 2:2 Subiat96 2:3 Subiat101 2:4 Subiat112 2:5 Knup117 2:6 Knup120+1 2:7 Henry Stadion Seefeld, Buochs 2,500 SUI René Rogalla (Wallisellen) W SC Buochs played the 1997–98 season in the 1. Liga (fourth-tier). SC Buochs without Baumann (injured); FCB without Gaudino and Sas (not in the squad), Mendi (U-18 national team), Salvi (ill, on the bench). 66th minute, tactical change for Basel, Berger played on the left after coming on, Frick on the right in midfield, Barberis at full-back. After coming on, Knup played as a striker, Zuffi in midfield. Round 6 21 February 1998 18:15 Xamax 2–0 FCB summary Basel Wittl 34Jeanneret 50Martinović 64 1:0Halili 71 2:0Hamann 76 15 Webber2 20 45 Henry90+1 Gaudino Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel 3,900 SUI Massimo Busacca L Xamax without Alicarte, Moret and Boughanem (all injured); Hamann as libero after the break. FCB without Fabinho (injured). 91st minute: a shot from Jeanneret bounced off the post. 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 Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. 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