1978–79 FC Basel season

FC Basel 1978–79 FC Basel.png 120 FC Basel Logo Helmut Benthaus René Theler Ground St. Jakob Stadium, Basel Nationalliga A Qualifying phase 4th of 12 Championship 6th of 6 Swiss Cup Quarter-final Swiss League Cup Runners-up UEFA Cup Round 1 Cup of the Alps Group stage Detlev Lauscher (14) Detlev Lauscher (22) 18,000 on 12 May 1979vs Zürich 3,500 on 31 March 1979vs Lausanne-Sport 8,121 1977–78 1979–80 The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1978–79 season was their 85th season since the club was founded. It was their 33rd 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. This was René Theler's third period as chairman of the club. Overview Pre-season Helmut Benthaus was first team manager for the fourteenth consecutive season. There were only a few changes in the squad. Eigil Nielsen moved on to Luzern. Serge Muhmenthaler was forced to terminate his playing career early due to his injury. Muhmenthaler would return a few years later as referee. From the season 1984–85 as referee in the Swiss Football Association and from 1989 as FIFA-Referee. From 1980 until the end of his career in December 1997 he conducted about 250 Swiss and some 75 international games. Walter Mundschin retired from active football. During his time with Basel from 1965 to 1978, Mundschin played a total of 437 games and scored 67 goals. 230 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, 52 in the Swiss Cup or Swiss League Cup, in the European competitions (European Cup, Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA cup and Cup of the Alps) and 98 were friendly games. He scored 44 goals in the domestic league, five in the cup competitions, four in the European competitions and the other 14 were scored during the test games. Mundschin won the Swiss championship six times, the Swiss Cup twice and the League Cup once. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/spieler?command=detail&id=7712 Walter Mundschin - FCB-Statistik Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 There were also a few new players in the squad. Robert Baldinger joined from Wettingen, Erwin Meyer joined from SC Emmen and Rolf Schönauer joined from local club SC Binningen. All other mutations were internal between the first team and the reserves. Benthaus led the team in a total of 59 games in their 1978–79 season. 32 of these games were in the domestic league, three in the Swiss Cup, six in the Swiss League Cup, two in the 1978–79 UEFA Cup, four in the Cup of the Alps and 12 were friendly matches. The team scored a total of 110 goals and conceded 97. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/bilanz?saison=1977/78 Bilanz Saison 1977/78 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 Domestic league Basel played in the 1978–79 Nationalliga A. This was contested by the first 10 teams from the previous season and the newly promoted teams Nordstern Basel and Chiasso. After a double round-robin in the qualification phase, the top six teams played in a championship group for the title and the bottom six teams in the relegation group. The teams in these two groups started with the bonus of half the points from the qualifying phase (rounded up). The champions were to qualify for 1979–80 European Cup, the second and third teams to qualify for the 1979–80 UEFA Cup. Basel ended the qualification round in fourth position and finished the Championship Group in sixth position with 18 points. They ended the season 17 points behind championship winners Servette who won all ten matches in the championship stage. Basel scored a total of 54 goals conceding 53 in 32 games. Detlev Lauscher was the team's top goal scorer with 14 league goals. Luc Nackaerts Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwithist.html Nationalliga A 1978/79 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 Swiss Cup and League Cup In the first round of the Swiss Cup Basel were drawn against lower-tier FC Glattbrugg, who played the 1978–79 season 1. Liga (third-tier), and this was the first time that these two clubs had ever played against each other. The game was played on 7 October 1978 and Basel won 7–0. In the second round Basel were drawn away and won against Zürich. In the third round Basel were away against Xamax and were knocked out of the competition. In the final on 20 June 1979 in the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern Servette were matched against Young Boys and won the cup winning the game 3–2. The Cup winners were to qualify for the 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup, but because Servette became champions the runners-up inherited this slot. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit79.html Switzerland 1978-1979 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 In the first round of the Swiss League Cup Basel were drawn against Grenchen. This was played as a two legged affair, winning the home game and losing away game, Basel advanced 4–3 on aggregate. Basel won in the round of 16 against Nordstern Basel. In the quarter-final they won against Luzern and in the semi-final they won against Xamax to reach the final. The final was played on 5 May 1979 in the Wankdorf Stadium. This was against Servette and after extra time the score was 2–2. In the end Servette won 4–3 on penalties and completed the national treble, Championshup, Cup and League Cup. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwitleagcuphist.html Swiss League Cup 1978/79 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 UEFA Cup and Coppa delle Alpi In the 1978–79 UEFA Cup Basel were drawn against VfB Stuttgart. The first game was lost 2–3 in St. Jakob Stadium and the away game in the Neckarstadion was lost 1–4. VfB Stuttgart won 7–3 on aggregate and continued to the second round. 1978 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65120--stuttgart-vs-basel/ Stuttgart-Basel Aggregate 7:3 UEFA 2016-11-06 In the Coppa delle Alpi (to English Cup of the Alps) Basel played with Stade de Reims and Sochaux in Group B together with Lausanne-Sport. Erik Garin 2000 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/alpi78.html Cup of the Alps 1978 RSSSF 2016-11-13 Lausanne-Sport won the group and thus advanced to play in the final only to lose this against the winners of group A, Servette FC, 0–4. super-servette 1978 http://www.super-servette.ch/Doku/alpencup_spieler.pdf Alle Servette Spieler in einem Alpencup Finale super-servette.ch 2016-11-13 Players 1 SUI GK Hans Küng 2 SUI MF Walter Geisser 3 SUI FW Robert Baldinger from Wettingen 4 SUI DF Urs Siegenthaler 5 SUI DF Paul Fischli 6 SUI MF Otto Demarmels 7 SUI FW Peter Marti 8 SUI FW Markus Tanner 9 SUI FW Roland Schönenberger 10 SUI MF Arthur von Wartburg 11 GER MF Detlev Lauscher 12 SUI MF Jean-Pierre Maradan 13 SUI DF Rolf Schönauer from SC Binningen 14 SUI DF Jörg Stohler 15 SUI MF Erwin Meyer from SC Emmen 16 SUI MF Hansruedi Schär 17 SUI MF Silvan Corbat reserves 18 SUI MF Erni Maissen 22 SUI GK Hans Müller SUI Daniel Hagenbuch reserves SUI GK Felix Wälchli reserves SUI GK Jürg Wenger Players who left the squad SUI DF Walter Mundschin retired DEN MF Eigil Nielsen to Luzern SUI MF Serge Muhmenthaler 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-season Pre-season 14 July 1978 RC Strasbourg FRA 1–2 Summary SUI Basel 65 1:1 2 0:1 Maissen75 1:2 Stohler Haguenau 1,000 W Uhrencup semi-final 3 August 1978 20:15 Basel SUI 7–0 Summary SUI Biel-Bienne Demarmels 20 1:0Lauscher 21 2:0Tanner 23 3:0Schönenberger 43 4:0von Wartburg 48 5:0Lauscher 55 6:0Tanner 64 7:0 Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 1,000 SUI Peter Rotschi (Oensingen) W Pre-season 6 August 1978 19:00 Basel SUI 0–6 Summary ENG Liverpool 7 o.g. 0:120 0:2 Dalglish35 0:3 Hughes45 0:4 Kennedy60 0:5 Case71 0:6 Kennedy St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 11,000 SUI Otto Isler (Zürich) L Swiss national team manager Roger Vonlanthen and VfB Stuttgart manager Jürgen Sundermann on the stands. Uhrencup final 9 August 1978 20:15 Basel SUI 2–1 Summary SUI Xamax Stohler 27 pen. 1:0Lauscher 44 2:0 66 2:1 Lüthi Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 2,300 SUI Franz Gächter (Aarau, Suhr, Aargau) W Winter break and mid-season Winter break 19 January 1979 Violette AC Haiti 2–1 Summary SUI Basel 70 1:181 2:1 43 0:1 Demarmels Port-au-Prince, Haiti 9,000 L Winter break 20 January 1979 Racing CH Haiti 0–1 Summary SUI Basel 41 0:1 Baldinger Port-au-Prince, Haiti 6,500 L Winter break 10 February 1979 Biel-Bienne SUI 2–1 Summary SUI Basel Ciullo 61 1:0Nussbaum 84 2:1 69 1:1 Lauscher Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne 300 SUI Werner Bösch (Sutz-Lattrigen) L Winter beak 14 February 1979 18:30 SV Muttenz SUI 1–4 Summary SUI Basel Harrisberger 68 1:2 15 0:1 Stohler25 0:2 Marti 28′ Stohler85 1:3 Maissen86 1:4 Lauscher Sportplatz Margelacker, Muttenz 300 SUI Martin (Arisdorf) W Winter break 17 February 1979 Luzern SUI 0–1 Summary SUI Basel 39 0:1 Demarmels Luzern 300 SUI Gottlieb Barmettler (Luzern) W Winter break 21 February 1979 19:15 Aarau SUI 3–2 Summary SUI Basel Hegi 12 pen. 1:1Franz 35 2:1Franz 67 3:2 1 0:1 Marti46 2:2 Demarmels Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 700 SUI Franz Gächter (Aarau, Suhr, Aargau) L Mid-season 27 March 1979 Kriens SUI 1–3 Summary SUI Basel Fischer 40 1:3 12 0:1 Meyer18 0:2 Marti37 0:3 Marti Kriens 250 SUI Bruno Burgener (Kriens) W Mid-season 5 June 1979 FC Bern SUI 3–4 Summary SUI Basel Jauner 29 1:1Rohner 35 2:2Getzmann 83 3:4 26 0:1 Lauscher33 1:2 Schönenberger70 2:3 Maissen80 2:4 Maissen Bern 150 SUI Werner Liebi (Thun) W Nationalliga 1978–79 Nationalliga A Qualifying phase matches Round 1 12 August 1978 20:30 Chiasso 2–1 FCB summary Basel Bosco 35 1:1Cucinotta 45 2:1 23 0:1 Lauscher Stadio Comunale, Chiasso 5,000 SUI Rudolf Renggli (Stans and Luzern) L Round 2 19 August 1978 20:00 Basel 2–2 FCB summary Young Boys Corbat 22 1:0Stohler 33 pen. 2:0Stohler 36Maissen 61 14′ Hussner39 2:1 Hussner53 2:2 Zwahlen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 8,500 SUI Rudolf Affolter D Otto Demarmels was honored for 200 and Jörg Stohler for 150 league appearances with flowers. 14th minute: Küng saved Hussner's penalty. Round 3 23 August 1975 20:00 Nordstern Basel 1–1 FCB summary Basel Degen 2 pen. 1:0 35 1:1 Stohler St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 13,200 SUI Peter Scherz (Aegerten) D Record attendance for Nordstern this season. Half-time concert by the local brass band. Corners: 8:8 Round 4 26 August 1978 20:30 Servette 6–0 FCB summary Basel Barberis 4 1:0Schnyder 26 2:0Schnyder 30 3:0Schnyder 66 4:0Hanspeter WeberWeber 73 5:0Elia 84 6:0 von Wartburg Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 9,500 SUI Jakob Baumann (Schaffhausen) L Round 5 2 September 1978 20:00 Basel 2–1 FCB summary Chênois Maissen 59 1:0Maradan 84 pen. 2:1 68 1:1 Rufli Yaghcha St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 4,000 SUI Hans Wolfer W Round 6 9 September 1978 20:15 Sion 0–0 FCB summary Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion 2,500 SUI Jean-Marie Macheret, (Rueyres-St-Laurent) D Round 7 16 September 1978 15:00 Basel 5–2 FCB summary Xamax Schönenberger 1 1:0Schönenberger 31 2:1Demarmels 48 3:1Schönenberger 60 4:1Schönenberger 64 5:1 Maradan 18 1:1 Rub74 5:2 Hasler 79 Rub St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 6,000 SUI Gottlieb Barmettler (Luzern) W Round 8 24 September 1978 14:30 Zürich 1–1 FCZ sunnaryFCB summary Basel Risi 17′Botteron 36 1:0Jerković 83 46 1:1 Marti Letzigrund, Zürich 14,000 SUI Bruno Galler (Kirchdorf, Bern) D 17th minute Hans Küng saved Peter Risi's penalty Round 9 30 September 1978 20:00 Basel 3–2 FCB summary Grasshopper Club Tanner 63 1:2Maradan 65 2:2von Wartburg 87 3:2Fischli 30 0:1 Sulser56 0:2 Sulser St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 7,500 SUI André Daina (Éclépens) W Round 10 14 October 1978 20:30 Lausanne-Sport 0–1 FCB summary Basel Favre 55 0:1 Lauscher Schönenberger Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 15,500 SUI Jakob Baumann (Schaffhausen) W Round 11 22 October 1978 15:00 Basel 4–2 FCB summary St. Gallen Schär 1 1:0Stohler 16 2:1Marti 77 3:2Maissen 89 4:2 13 1:1 Stomeo70 2:2 Stomeo Stöckl Seger St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 12,500 SUI Othmar Winter, (Martigny) W Round 12 29 October 1978 15:00 Basel 4–0 FCB summary Chiasso Lauscher 6 1:0Tanner 47 2:0Schär 49 3:0Tanner 54 4:0 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 8,500 SUI Rudolf Renggli (Stans and Luzern) W Corners 4:4. Round 13 4 November 1978 17:30 Young Boys 2–0 FCB summary Basel Hussner 41 1:0Küttel 88 2:0Feuz Küttel Zwahlen Tanner von Wartburg Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 12,200 SUI Bruno Galler (Kirchdorf, Bern) L Round 14 19 November 1978 15:00 Basel 4–1 FCB summary Servette Stohler 25 1:0Lauscher 27 2:0Schönenberger 39 3:0Lauscher 43 4:0Maradan 55 4:1 Schnyder St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 15,000 SUI Gottlieb Barmettler (Luzern) W Round 15 25 November 1978 15:45 Chênois 1–0 FCB summary Basel Lopez 3 1:0 Stade des Trois-Chêne, Thônex 3,500 SUI Rudolf Renggli (Stans and Luzern) L Round 16 3 December 1978 15:00 Basel 2–0 FCB summary Sion Lauscher 14 1:0Demarmels 63Marti 85 2:0 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 4,000 SUI Ernest Guignet (Yverdon-les-Bains) W Corners: 11:5. Round 17 4 March 1979 15:00 Xamax 2–0 FCB summary Basel Gross 39 1:0 Bianchi66 2:0Weller Schönenberger Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel 3,500 SUI Jakob Baumann (Schaffhausen) L Round 18 11 March 1979 15:00 Basel 1–0 FCZ summaryFCB summary Zürich Demarmels 5 1:0Geisser 44Demarmels 65 45 Lüdi St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 10,000 SUI André Daina (Éclépens) W Round 19 17 March 1979 20:00 Grasshopper Club 2–1 FCB summary Basel Ponte 17 1:0Hermann 89 2:1 52 pen. 1:1 Stohler Hardturm, Zürich 7,500 SUI Gottlieb Barmettler (Luzern) L Round 20 31 March 1979 20:00 Basel 2–0 FCB summary Lausanne-Sport Lauscher 8 1:0Meyer 26 2:0 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 3,500 SUI Othmar Winter, (Martigny) W Round 21 4 April 1979 20:15 Basel 1–1 FCB summary Nordstern Basel Meyer 9 1:0Maradan 80 1:1 René RietmannRietmann St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 6,000 SUI Peter Rotschi (Oensingen) D Round 22 7 April 1979 20:00 St. Gallen 1–1 FCB summary Basel Brander 22 1:0 89 1:1 Maissen Demarmels Espenmoos, St. Gallen 9,000 SUI Jean-Marie Macheret, (Rueyres-St-Laurent) D Qualifying phase table main WDL First stage Q 2 ZÜR FC Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2006–2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=28&m=0&c=0&i=0&f=0&s=0&pord=0 FCZ 1978/1979 dbFCZ de 2023-11-16 SER Servette FC Daniel Reichmuth 2025 https://super-servette.ch/Doku/Resultate_Servette_1978-79.pdf Servette Rangliste 1978/79 Servette ranking 1978/79 super-servette-ch fr 2025-11-16 GCZ Grasshopper Club Zürich BAS FC Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 1979 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1978/79 1978/79 Rangliste Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" de-ch 1978/79 Ranking 2023-11-16 YB BSC Young Boys (red) BSC Young Boys AG 2025 https://www.bscyb.ch/archiv-1977-78 YB Saison 1978/79 YB season 1978/79 BSC Young Boys AG de-ch 2025-11-16 STG FC St. Gallen NX Neuchâtel Xamax CHÊ CS Chênois LS Lausanne Sports CHI FC Chiasso NOR FC Nordstern Basel SIO FC Sion 13 6 3 51 19 12 6 4 56 23 9 9 4 35 24 10 6 6 36 29 11 4 7 39 34 11 4 7 34 34 8 8 6 42 33 9 4 9 30 32 6 3 13 28 40 5 3 14 20 46 2 8 12 19 44 3 5 14 20 52 green3 To championship round CG CG CG CG CG CG red3 To relegation play-out round RG RG RG RG RG RG yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; complete rsssf.com Championship group matches Round 1 21 April 1979 20:00 Basel 6–0 FCB summary Young Boys Lauscher 24 1:0Lauscher 36 2:0Stohler 44 3:0Meyer 57 4:0Maradan 62 5:0Demarmels 73 6:0 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 11,000 SUI Rudolf Renggli (Stans and Luzern) W Round 2 28 April 1979 20:00 Grasshopper Club 2–1 FCB summary Basel Traber 11 1:0Sulser 13 2:0 82 2:1 Lauscher Fischli Stohler Hardturm, Zürich 12,000 SUI André Daina (Éclépens) L Round 3 8 May 1979 20:00 Basel 2–0 FCB summary St. Gallen Maissen 87 1:0Lauscher 90+1 2:0 Schüepp Fleury St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 7,000 SUI Franz Gächter (Aarau, Suhr, Aargau) W Round 4 12 May 1979 20:00 Basel 1–3 FCZ summaryFCB summary Zürich Marti 65 1:1 3 0:1 Risi25 Lüdi53 Zappa80 1:2 Risi90 1:3 Zwicker St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 18,500 SUI Peter Scherz (Aegerten) L Round 5 17 May 1979 20:30 Servette 2–0 FCB summary Basel Coutaz 16 1:0Peterhans 33 2:0 Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 11,500 SUI Jakob Baumann (Schaffhausen) L Round 6 26 May 1979 20:00 Young Boys 2–2 FCB summary Basel Pelfini 45 1:2Odermatt 62 pen. 2:2 3 0:1 Lauscher14 0:2 Schönenberger Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 7,500 SUI Gottlieb Barmettler (Luzern) D Round 7 31 May 1979 20:00 Basel 2–3 FCB summary Grasshopper Club Maissen 26 1:1Lauscher 31 2:1 11 0:1 Koller32 2:2 Koller39 2:3 Bauer St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 7,500 SUI André Daina (Éclépens) L Round 8 13 June 1979 20:00 St. Gallen 4–0 FCB summary Basel Stomeo 11 1:0Stomeo 33 2:0Friberg 55 3:0Müller 75 4:0Stöckl Labhart Tanner Espenmoos, St. Gallen 5,200 SUI Jean-Marie Macheret, (Rueyres-St-Laurent) L Round 9 16 June 1979 20:00 Zürich 4–2 FCZ summaryFCB summary Basel Botteron 5 1:0Baur 26 2:0Botteron 38 3:0Zwicker 70 4:0Scheiwiler 43 3:1 Baldinger46 3:2 Lauscher Tanner Letzigrund, Zürich 4,000 SUI Werner Bösch (Sutz-Lattrigen) L Round 10 23 June 1979 20:00 Basel 1–4 FCB summary Servette Demarmels 2 1:0 8 1:1 Andrey53 1:2 Barberis68 1:3 Pfister61 1:4 Pfister St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 4,000 SUI Othmar Winter, (Martigny) L Championship group table main WDL Q Playoff 2 y SER Servette ZÜR Zürich GCZ Grasshopper Club STG St. Gallen YB Young Boys BAS Basel 10 0 0 23 5 15 6 1 3 19 14 16 3 3 4 11 13 14 2 3 5 8 11 13 1 4 5 5 17 13 2 1 7 18 24 13 #D0F0C0 Champions and Swiss Cup winners qualified for 1979–80 European Cup C blue1 qualified for 1979–80 UEFA Cupand entered 1979 Intertoto Cup UE1 blue1 qualified for 1979–80 UEFA Cupand entered 1979 Intertoto Cup UE2 blue3 entered 1978 Intertoto Cup I1 yellow1 Cup finalist qualified for 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup Y complete rsssf.com Swiss Cup 1978–79 Swiss Cup Round 4 8 October 1978 15:00 FC Glattbrugg (red) Fussballverband Region Zürich 2025 https://matchcenter.fvrz.ch/default.aspx?v=1480&oid=11&lng=1 FC Glattbrugg Fussballverband Region Zürich de 2025-11-16 0–7 FCB summary Basel 32 0:1 von Wartburg36 0:2 Lauscher48 0:3 Schönenberger54 0:4 Schönenberger71 0:5 Schönenberger79 0:6 Baldinger84 0:7 Baldinger Sportanlage Au, Glattbrugg 3,000 SUI Franz Gächter (Aarau, Suhr, Aargau) W Round 5 10 December 1978 14:30 Zürich 1–3 FCZ summaryFCB summary Basel Botteron 1:1Zwicker 36 0:1 Stohler68 1:2 Marti Demarmels89 1:3 Lauscher Letzigrund, Zürich 13,800 SUI Gottlieb Barmettler (Luzern) W Quarter-final 20 March 1979 Xamax 5–0 FCB summary Basel Decastel 21 1:0Küffer 70 2:0Richard 77 3:0Lüthi 85 4:0Decastel 87 5:0 Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel 2,000 SUI Peter Scherz (Aegerten) L Swiss League Cup 1978–79 Swiss League Cup Round 1 first leg 22 July 1978 18:30 Basel 2–0 FCB summary Grenchen Siegenthaler 24 1:0Maissen 56 2:0 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 900 SUI Bruno Burgener (Kriens) W Second leg 29 July 1978 19:00 Grenchen 3–2 3–4 FCB summary Basel Wirth 43 1:1 Albanese 51 2:1 Huser 80 3:2 14 0:1 Stohler57 2:2 Baldinger Stadium Brühl, Grenchen 900 SUI Gerald Corminboeuf L Round 2 4 October 1978 Basel 1–0 FCB summary Nordstern Basel Stohler 52′Schönenberger 79 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 6,600 SUI Denis Perrenoud W 52nd minute: Illa saves Stohler's penalty. Quarter-final 11 November 1978 15:00 Basel 3–1 FCB summary Luzern Demarmels 42 1:0Marti 52 2:0Baldinger 54 3:0 66 pen. 3:1 Christen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 1,400 SUI Werner Bösch (Sutz-Lattrigen) W Semi-final 24 February 1979 15:00 Xamax 0–2 FCB summary Basel 40 0:1 Baldinger66 Schönenberger Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel 1,150 SUI Hans Wolfer W Final 1 May 1979 19:00 Servette 2–2 4–3 FCB summary Basel Peterhans 5 Barberis 37 Schnyder Barberis Guyot Trinchero Engel 18 87 Schönenberger Stohler Maradan Schönenberger von Wartburg Tanner St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 8,500 SUI Jean-Marie Macheret, (Rueyres-St-Laurent) L Servette won 4–3 on penalties UEFA Cup 1978–79 UEFA Cup First round First leg 13 September 1978 20:00 Basel SUI 2–3 Report GER VfB Stuttgart Stohler 30 von Wartburg 1 30 40 Tanner 78 44 D. Hoeneß 54 70 Ohlicher 85 Förster St. Jakob Stadium Basel SCO Brian McGinlay L Second leg 27 September 1978 20:00 VfB Stuttgart GER 4–1 Report SUI Basel Kelsch 24 48 68 Müller 64 35 Schönenberger Neckarstadion Stuttgart UKR Miroslav Stupar L VfB Stuttgart won 7–3 on aggregate. Coppa delle Alpi Cup of the Alps Group B Round 1 1 July 1978 20:00 Basel SUI 2–1 FCB summary FRA Stade de Reims Lauscher 12 1:0Stohler 87 pen. 87 35 1:1 Coste St. Jakob Stadium Basel 1,500 FRA Alain Delmer W Round 2 4 July 1978 17:00 Sochaux FRA 1–1 FCB summary SUI Basel Revelli 56 1:0 pen. 1:1 Stohler Stade René Blum, Montbéliard SUI Rudolf Affolter D Round 3 8 July 1978 Stade de Reims FRA 1–1 FCB summary SUI Basel Santamaria 73 1:1 40 0:1 Demarmels Reims 2,000 SUI Ernest Guignet Yverdon D Round 4 11 July 1978 20 :00 Basel SUI 0–2 FCB summary FRA Sochaux 30 0:1 Benoit 40 0:2 Parizon St. Jakob Stadium Basel 1,800 FRA Achille Verbecke L NB: teams did not play compatriots Group table main WDL 2 y LS Lausanne-Sport SOC Sochaux BSL Basel REI Stade de Reims 2 1 1 12 8 1 2 1 7 7 1 2 1 4 5 1 1 2 6 9 1 1 bonus point awarded for a victory by 3 or more goals #D0F0C0 Continue to final C complete rsssf.com 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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