1979–80 FC Basel season

FC Basel 1979–80 FC Basel.png 120 FC Basel Logo Helmut Benthaus René Theler Ground St. Jakob Stadium, Basel Nationalliga A Qualifying phase: 2nd of 14 Championship: Champions Swiss Cup Round 5 Swiss League Cup Round 1 Detlev Lauscher,Joseph Küttel andErni Maissen(18 each) Joseph Küttel (19) 27,000 on 27 June 1980vs Servette 4,000 on 11 August 1979vs Sionand on 22 March 1980vs Chiasso 1978–79 1980–81 The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1979–80 season was their 86th season since the club was founded. It was their 34th 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. René Theler was the club's chairman for the fourth consecutive season. Overview thumb|right|Match program Basel-Servette25 August 1979 Pre-season Helmut Benthaus was first team manager for the fifteenth consecutive season. There were a number of players that left the squad during the off-season. Midfield player Urs Siegenthaler moved on to Schaffhausen after eight years and 112 league games with the club. Stricker Roland Schönenberger moved on to Young Boys after four seasons, he had played 110 league games and scored 41 league goals. Defender Paul Fischli ended his professional career. After ten years with the club he moved on to local amateur team FC Münchenstein as player-coach. Between the years 1968 and 1979 Fischli played a total of 395 games for Basel scoring a total of 22 goals. 189 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, 52 in the Swiss Cup and Swiss League Cup, 59 in the European competitions (European Cup, Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA cup and Cup of the Alps) and 95 were friendly games. He scored seven goals in the domestic league, two in the cup competitions, two in the European competitions and the other 11 were scored during the test games. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/spieler?command=detail&id=7705 Paul Fischli - FCB-Statistik Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 In the other direction the experienced René Hasler and youngster Ernst Schleiffer both signed in from Xamax. Joseph Küttel signed in from Young Boys. Two local players joined both from the other side of the border. French player Serge Gaisser joined in from St. Louis and German Manfred Jungk joined from SV Weil. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/kader?saison=1979/80 KADER - 1979/80 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 Basel played a total of 57 games in their 1979–80 season. 36 matches were played in the domestic league, two in the Swiss Cup, one in the Swiss League Cup and 18 were friendly matches. The team scored a total of 160 goals and conceded 62. All of their friendly games were played away from home. Of their 18 test games, 14 were won, two were drawn and two ended with a defeat. One of the defeats was against the Swiss national team. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/bilanz?saison=1979/80 Bilanz Saison 1979/80 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 Domestic league 14 teams played in the 1979–80 Nationalliga A. The qualification round was played as double round-robin. The top six teams were qualified for the championship group. There was no relegation round to be held this season and the bottom two teams were to be relegated after the qualification. Following the poor season the year before Basel started the season as outsiders. Reigning Champions Servette together with the two clubs Grasshopper Club Zürich and FC Zürich were favorites. Benthaus declared qualification to the UEFA Cup as the team's primary aim. Basel ended the qualification round in second position, two points behind Servette and one ahead of the Grasshoppers. In the championship group the points obtained in the qualification were halved as a bonus (rounded up). Basel won the Championship with 33 points, two ahead of both second place Grasshopper Club and third placed Servette. Basel scored a total of 91 goals conceding 38 in the 32 league games. This was the club's eighth championship title in their history and the seventh and last under trainer Benthaus. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwithist.html Switzerland 1979–80 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 Erni Maissen and Detlev Lauscher led the team's top goal scorers list after the qualifying phase, both with 13 league goals. At the end of the season they were joined by Joseph Küttel and all three managed to score 18 league goals during the season. Maissen had played in 35 league matches, Lauscher had played in 33 and Küttel had had 32 appearances. Goalkeeper Hans Küng and the two defenders Jean-Pierre Maradan and Jörg Stohler played in all 36 domestic league games. In the qualification round 22, the home match at the Landhof on 26 April Küttel scored four goals as Basel won 6–1 against Xamax. https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=20238 FC Basel - Neuchâtel Xamax 6:1 (3:0) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 In the home match against Luzern on 17 May Lauscher went one better and scored five goals as Basel won 8–2. https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=20241 FC Basel - FC Luzern 8:2 (1:2) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 Swiss Cup and League Cup All NLA teams entered the Swiss Cup in the round of 32. Basel were drawn away against Mendrisiostar where they won 3–1. In the second round, again away from home in the Wankdorf Stadium and this against Young Boys. In the Swiss League Cup Basel were also drawn away from home against the Young Boys. Basel lost both duels and thus without further cup matches to contest they had enough strength and energy to win the Swiss championship. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit80.html Switzerland 1979/80 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 Players 1 SUI GK Hans Küng league games: 36 2 SUI DF Walter Geisser league games/goals: 34/2 3 SUI MF Robert Baldinger league games: 1 4 SUI MF Ernst Schleiffer from Xamax, league games: 21 5 SUI DF René Hasler from Xamax, league games: 34/1 6 SUI MF Otto Demarmels league games/goals: 29/7 7 SUI FW Peter Marti league games/goals: 25/7 8 SUI MF Markus Tanner league games/goals: 16/4 9 SUI MF Joseph Küttel from Young Boys, league games/goals: 32/18 10 SUI MF Arthur von Wartburg league games/goals: 34/4 11 GER MF Detlev Lauscher league games/goals: 33/18 12 SUI DF Jean-Pierre Maradan league games/goals: 36/2 13 SUI DF Rolf Schönauer 14 SUI DF Jörg Stohler league games/goals: 36/2 15 SUI MF Erwin Meyer league games: 2 16 SUI MF Hansruedi Schär league games: 18 17 FRA DF Serge Gaisser from St. Louis, league games/goals: 23/3 18 SUI MF Erni Maissen league games/goals: 35/18 22 SUI GK Hans Müller GER DF Manfred Jungk from SV Weil, league games: 3 SUI DF René Zingg league games: 1 Players who left the squad SUI DF Urs Siegenthaler to Schaffhausen SUI DF Paul Fischli to FC Münchenstein SUI FW Roland Schönenberger to Young Boys SUI MF Silvan Corbat reserves SUI Daniel Hagenbuch reserves SUI GK Felix Wälchli reserves 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 20 July 1979 DJK Konstanz GER 0–2 FCB summary SUI Basel 15 0:1 Küttel60 0:2 Küttel Konstanz W Pre-season 22 July 1979 FC Uster SUI 0–12 FCB summary SUI Basel 4x Lauscher3x Küttel2x Tanner1x von Wartburg1x Stohler1x Maissen Uster 1,300 SUI Charles-Henri Morex (Bex) W Uster was strengthened by the players Köbi Kuhn and Rosario Martinelli. Pre-season 24 July 1979 18:30 VfL Bochum SUI 1–1 FCB summary SUI Basel Lameck 62 1:0 83 1:1 Gaisser Oberfeldstadion, Schopfheim 3,000 GER Bruno Sahner D Pre-season 26 July 1979 15:15 Laufental XI SUI 4–5 FCB summary SUI Basel Bieli 1:2Hänggi 2:3Bieli 3:3Ulli 4:4 12 0:1 Küttel0:2 Baldinger1:3 Lauscher3:4 Lauschero.g. 4:5 Zwingen 500 W Pre-season 29 July 1979 Niederzier XI GER 0–7 FCB summary SUI Basel 8 0:1 Tanner25 0:2 Küttel29 0:3 Maissen42 0:4 Lauscher73 0:5 Meyer81 0:6 Hasler83 0:7 Jungk Niederzier W Pre-season 31 July 1979 18:30 Young Boys SUI 3–4 FCB summary SUI Basel Zwygart 55 pen. 1:3Zwygart 59 2:3Tanner 81 o.g. 3:4 15 0:1 Demarmels28 0:2 von Wartburg36 0:3 Stohler77 2:4 von Wartburg Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 6,000 SUI Peter Scherz (Aegerten) W Uhrencup semi-final 2 August 1979 20:00 La Chaux-de-Fonds SUI 1–2 FCB summary SUI Basel Mauron 20 1:0 40 Lauscher60 1:1 Meyer90 1:2 von Wartburg Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 1,200 SUI Peter Rotschi (Oensingen) W Uhrencup final 3 August 1979 Grenchen SUI 1–4 FCB summary SUI Basel Zoppelletto 51 1:1 35 0:1 Maissen80 1:2 Gaisser81 1:3 Meyer85 1:4 Meyer Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 2,200 SUI Werner Bösch (Sutz-Lattrigen) W Mid-season 10 October 1979 18:30 SV Weil GER 0–5 FCB summary SUI Basel 13 0:1 Schleiffer34 0:2 Geisser35 0:3 Demarmels50 0:4 Schleiffer65 0:5 Gaisser Nonnenholz, Weil am Rhein 800 GER Penninger W Mid-season 17 October 1979 19:30 Saint-Louis FRA 1–6 FCB summary SUI Basel 1x 2x Maissen1x Marti1x Tanner1x Lauscher1x Gaisser Saint-Louis W Mid-season 30 October 1979 19:00 Switzerland SUI 3–0 FCB summary SUI Basel Pfister 3 pen. 1:0Tanner 57 2:0Zappa 91 3:0 Sportplatz Sternenfeld, Birsfelden 2,800 SUI Hans Wolfer L Winter break Winter break 23 January 1980 Sion SUI 0–2 FCB summary SUI Basel 72 0:1 Gaisser81 0:2 Tanner Guadeloupe 1,000 W Exhibition game as part of the team's training camp. Winter break 24 January 1980 Guadeloupe XI GLP 1–1 FCB summary SUI Basel 1:0 80 1:1 Stohler Guadeloupe D Exhibition game as part of the team's training camp. Winter break 31 January 1980 Antigua XI ATG 1–2 FCB summary SUI Basel 30 Gaisser89 Marti St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda 2,500 W Exhibition game as part of the team's training camp. Winter break 10 February 1980 15:00 Xamax SUI 2–1 FCB summary SUI Basel Rub 36 1:0Bianchi 41 2:0 65 2:1 Tanner Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel 1,000 SUI Denis Perrenoud L Winter break 16 February 1980 15:00 Baden SUI 2–7 FCB summary SUI Basel Golacino 52 1:2Golacino 76 2:6 42 0:1 Maradan44 0:2 Stohler56 1:3 Maradan68 1:4 Tanner72 1:5 von Wartburg84 1:6 Schär87 2:7 Gaisser Scharten, Baden 250 W Winter break 23 February 1980 14:30 FC Bern SUI 0–5 FCB summary SUI Basel 10 0:1 Lauscher41 pen. 0:2 Stohler53 0:3 Stohler70 0:4 Meyer72 0:5 Tanner Stadion Neufeld, Bern 200 SUI Peter Rotschi (Oensingen) W Nationalliga A 1979–80 Nationalliga A Qualifying phase matches Round 1 11 August 1979 17:15 Basel 2–1 FCB summary Sion Demarmels 18 1:0Küttel 69 2:0 27 Balet88 2:1 Luisier St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 4,000 SUI Jakob Baumann (Schaffhausen) W Round 2 18 August 1979 17:15 La Chaux-de-Fonds 1–1 FCB summary Basel Morandi 44Berberat 56 1:1 25 Stohler46 Marti51 0:1 Tanner Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds 2,500 SUI Bruno Galler (Kirchdorf, Bern) D Persistent rain, cool. Corners: 6:2 Round 3 25 August 1979 20:00 Basel 0–1 FCB summary Servette Maradan 73 68 Trinchero76 0:1 Hamberg St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 10,000 SUI Hans Wolfer (Volketswil) L Round 4 29 August 1979 20:15 Luzern 2–0 FCB summary Basel Risi 42 1:0Risi 65 pen. 2:0 58 Tanner Stadion Allmend, Luzern 11,000 SUI Franz Gächter (Aarau, Suhr, Aargau) L Round 5 1 September 1979 20:00 Basel 2–0 FCB summary Grasshopper Club Tanner 20 1:0Tanner 65 2:0 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 8,500 SUI Rudolf Renggli (Stans and Luzern) W Round 6 8 September 1979 20:30 Chiasso 1–1 FCB summary Basel Bang 80 1:1 14 Maissen51 0:1 Maissen Stadio Comunale Riva IV, Chiasso 2,300 SUI Werner Bösch (Sutz-Lattrigen) D Round 7 15 September 1979 20:00 Basel 4–1 FCB summary Young Boys Lauscher 7 1:0Küttel 29 2:0Maissen 38 3:0Tanner 52 4:0 66 4:1 Schönenberger St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 9,000 SUI Franz Gächter (Aarau, Suhr, Aargau) W Round 8 11 September 1979 20:15 Lausanne-Sport 0–3 FCB summary Basel 44 0:1 Maissen58 0:2 Küttel68 0:3 Lauscher Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 3,000 SUI Denis Perrenoud W Round 9 7 October 1979 15:00 Basel 0–0 FCB summary Chênois St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 5,500 SUI Rudolf Affolter D Round 10 20 October 1979 18:15 Xamax 0–1 FCB summary Basel Rub Schleiffer 70 0:1 Maissen Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel 4,000 SUI Renzo Peduzzi (Roveredo) W Round 11 28 October 1979 15:00 Basel 1–1 FCB summary St. Gallen Küttel 36 1:0Lauscher 64Maradan 76Tanner 88 43 Scheiwiler 53 1:1 Stomeo St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 8,500 SUI Alfred Heinis (Ammannsegg, Biberist) D Round 12 11 November 1979 14:30 Zürich 1–1 FCZ summaryFCB summary Basel Kundert 21Seiler 71 1:1 29 0:1 Lauscher61 Demarmels Letzigrund, Zürich 14,500 SUI André Daina (Éclépens) D Round 13 25 November 1979 14:30 Basel 7–0 FCB summary Lugano Maradan 5 1:0Demarmels 28 2:0von Wartburg 30 3:0Maradan 46 4:0Lauscher 59 5:0Gaisser 61 6:0Maissen 71 7:0 52 Castelli St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 5,500 SUI Franz Gächter (Aarau, Suhr, Aargau) W Corners 7:8 Round 14 2 December 1979 14:30 Sion 1–2 FCB summary Basel Cernicky 38 1:0 47 1:1 Maissen57 1:2 Lauscher Stade Tourbillon, Sion 8,000 SUI Walter Nussbaumer (Crans-près-Céligny) W Round 15 2 March 1980 15:00 Basel 6–0 FCB summary La Chaux-de-Fonds Lauscher 13 1:0Maissen 43 2:0Stohler 45 pen. 3:0Stohler 61 4:0Demarmels 71 5:0Maissen 90 6:0 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 5,000 SUI Rudolf Renggli (Stans and Luzern) W Round 16 9 March 1980 14:45 Servette 0–0 FCB summary Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 8,500 SUI Bruno Galler (Kirchdorf, Bern) D Round 17 16 March 1980 14:30 Grasshopper Club 4–1 FCB summary Basel Herbert Hermann 9 1:0Nafzger 12 2:0Maradan 41 o.g. 3:0Herbert Hermann 46 4:0 66 4:1 Demarmels Hardturm, Zürich 12,000 SUI Alfred Heinis (Ammannsegg, Biberist) L Round 18 22 March 1980 20:00 Basel 6–1 FCB summary Chiasso Maissen 5 1:0Gaisser 45 2:1Maissen 65 3:1von Wartburg 66 4:1(Marco CasartelliCasartelli) 71 o.g. 5:1Demarmels 80 6:1 41 1:1 Pellegrini St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 4,000 SUI Jean-Marie Macheret W Round 19 29 March 1980 17:30 Young Boys 1–3 FCB summary Basel Brechbühl 56 1:1 43 0:1 Küttel86 1:2 Küttel90+1 1:3 Marti Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 7,800 SUI Franz Gächter (Aarau, Suhr, Aargau) W Round 20 12 April 1980 20:00 Basel 3–1 FCB summary Lausanne-Sport Küttel 35 1:0Geisser 40 2:0Marti 86 3:1 69 2:1 Parietti St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 8,500 SUI Walter Nussbaumer (Crans-près-Céligny) W Round 21 19 April 1980 20:15 Chênois 1–1 FCB summary Basel Tachet 60 1:0 60 Lauscher62 Maissen87 1:1 von Wartburg Stade des Trois-Chêne, Thônex 3,000 SUI André Daina (Éclépens) D Light rain before and partly during the game. Round 22 26 April 1980 20:00 Basel 6–1 FCB summary Xamax von Wartburg 18 1:0Küttel 30 2:0Küttel 40 3:0Küttel 69 4:1Küttel 79 5:1Maissen 90 6:1 61 3:1 Bianchi St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 5,000 SUI Hans Wolfer (Volketswil) W Round 23 3 May 1980 17:30 St. Gallen 3–0 FCB summary Basel Roger CorminboeufCorminboeuf 51 1:0Friberg 60 2:0Friberg 63 3:0 Espenmoos, St. Gallen 10,500 SUI Franz Gächter (Aarau, Suhr, Aargau) L Round 24 10 May 1980 20:00 Basel 3–1 FCZ summarySummary Zürich Lauscher 23 1:0Marti 56 2:0Lauscher 58 3:0Maissen 89 58 Lüdi61 3:1 Elsener St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 19,000 SUI André Daina (Éclépens) W Round 25 17 May 1980 20:00 Basel 8–2 FCB summary Luzern Lauscher 17 1:1Lauscher48 2:2Demarmels 55 3:2Marti 69 4:2Lauscher 75 5:2Küttel 76 6:2Lauscher 79 7:2Lauscher 90 8:2Marti 5 0:1 Risi31 1:2 Kaufmann Rahmen Binder St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 21,000 SUI Peter Scherz (Aegerten) W Round 26 20 May 1980 20:00 Lugano 2–5 FCB summary Basel Hitzfeld 30 pen. 1:3Arigoni 49Elia 80Hitzfeld 85 2:5 5 0:1 Demarmels12 0:2 Maissen22 0:3 Maissen48 1:4 Hasler83 1:5 Demarmels Cornaredo, Lugano 2,000 SUI Marino Paggiola (Appenzell) W Corners 3:15. Qualifying phase table main WDL First stage Q 2 SER Servette Daniel Reichmuth 2025 https://super-servette.ch/Doku/Resultate_Servette_1979-80.pdf Servette Rangliste 1979/80 Servette ranking 1979/80 super-servette-ch fr 2025-11-16 BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 1988 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1979/80 1979/80 Rangliste Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" de-ch 1979/80 Ranking 2023-11-16 GCZ Grasshopper Club LUC Luzern ZÜR Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2006–2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=27&m=0&c=0&i=0&f=0&s=0&pord=0 1979/1980 dbFCZ de 2023-11-16 SIO Sion STG St. Gallen CHI Chiasso LS Lausanne-Sport YB Young Boys (red) BSC Young Boys AG 2025 https://www.bscyb.ch/archiv-1979-80 YB Saison 1979/80 YB season 1979/80 BSC Young Boys AG de-ch 2025-11-16 CHÊ Chênois NX Xamax CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds LUG Lugano 16 7 3 61 25 15 7 4 67 27 14 8 4 61 21 14 4 8 44 44 13 5 8 56 42 11 9 6 47 37 11 6 9 48 37 6 11 9 27 43 8 6 12 35 38 8 5 13 34 49 4 12 10 32 45 8 4 14 33 48 5 7 14 24 57 1 5 20 18 74 green2 Advance to championship roundhalved points (rounded up) as bonus CG CG CG CG CG CG blue3 entered 1980 Intertoto Cup IT1 blue3 entered 1980 Intertoto Cup IT2 blue3 entered 1980 Intertoto Cup IT3 red1 Relegated to 1980–81 Nationalliga B R R yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; complete rsssf.com Championship group Round 1 31 May 1980 20:00 Basel 0–0 FCB summary Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 23,500 SUI Bruno Galler (Kirchdorf, Bern) D Round 2 4 June 1980 20:15 Sion 2–2 FCB summary Basel (Küttel) 41 o.g. 1:2Balet 48 2:2Luisier 88 6 0:1 Marti14 0:2 Marti18 Maissen Stade Tourbillon, Sion 8,000 SUI Walter Nussbaumer (Crans-près-Céligny) D Round 3 7 June 1980 20:00 Basel 5–0 FCB summary Luzern Geisser 12 1:0Maissen 38 2:0Demarmels 71 3:0Gaisser 80 4:0Küttel 90 5:0 Kaufmann St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 13,000 SUI Freddy Philippoz (Sion) W Round 4 10 June 1980 20:00 Servette 2–1 FCB summary Basel Valentini 62 1:0Cucinotta 74 2:0 60 Maradan63 1:1 Lauscher Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 12,500 SUI Jean-Marie Macheret, (Rueyres-St-Laurent) L Round 5 13 June 1980 20:00 Basel 2–0 FCZ summaryFCB summary Zürich Küttel 55 1:0Küttel 74 2:0 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 10,000 SUI Gottlieb Barmettler (Luzern) W Round 6 16 June 1980 20:00 Grasshopper Club 3–1 FCB summary Basel Ponte 26 1:0Pfister 43 2:0René NafzgerNafzger 74Bigi Meier 85 pen. 3:1 47 2:1 Küttel52 Küttel Hardturm, Zürich 8,500 SUI Jakob Baumann (Schaffhausen) L Round 7 20 June 1980 20:00 Basel 3–2 FCB summary Sion Lauscher 12 1:0Lauscher 60 2:1Maissen 75 3:1 36 1:1 Cernicky82 3:2 Cernicky St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 7,000 SUI Werner Bösch W Round 8 23 June 1980 Luzern 0–4 FCB summary Basel 2 0:1 Maissen19 0:2 Küttel55 0:3 Maissen75 0:4 Küttel Stadion Allmend Luzern 6,000 SUI Charles-Henri Morex (Bex) W Round 9 27 June 1980 20:00 Basel 2–0 FCB summary Servette Lauscher 44 1:0(Trinchero) 66 o.g. 2:0 55 Barberis St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 27,500 SUI Rudolf Renggli Luzern W Round 10 30 June 1980 20:00 Zürich 2–4 FCZ summaryFCB summary Basel Jerković 9 1:1Landolt 41Zappa 77 2:4 4 0:1 Maissen21 1:2 Lauscher31 1:3 Marti35 o.g. 1:4 (Erba)72 Maissen Letzigrund, Zürich 24,000 SUI Bruno Galler (Kirchdorf, Bern) W With this victory Basel became Swiss champions 1979/80. After the game, the trophy was presented by Nationalliga president Rumo. Championship table main WDL Playoff Q 5 2 y BAS Basel GCZ Grasshopper Club SER Servette ZÜR Zürich SIO Sion LUC Luzern 6 2 2 24 11 19 5 3 2 21 11 18 5 1 4 18 11 20 5 1 4 17 15 16 4 2 4 22 20 16 0 1 9 4 38 16 green1 Champions, qualified for 1980–81 European Cup EC blue1 qualified for 1980–81 UEFA Cup UC1 blue1 qualified for 1980–81 UEFA Cup UC2 yellow1 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1980–81 Cup Winners' Cupand entered 1980 Intertoto Cup CWC 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; complete rsssf.com Swiss Cup Swiss Cup Round 4 30 September 1979 15:00 Mendrisiostar 1–3 FCB summary Basel Roncari 30Preisig 59 1:1 16 0:1 Tanner41 Maradan65 1:2 Küttel81 1:3 Demarmels Centro Sportivo Comunale, Mendrisio 1,500 SUI Franz Gächter (Aarau, Suhr, Aargau) W Mendrisiostar played the 1979–80 season in the 1. Liga (third-tier). Round 5 4 November 1979 14:30 Young Boys 2–0 FCB summary Basel Müller 29 1:0Zwahlen 47Schönenberger 52Zwahlen 62 2:0 Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 9,000 SUI Peter Rotschi (Oensingen) L Swiss League Cup Swiss League Cup Round 1 4 August 1979 Young Boys 1–0 FCB summary Basel Hussner 44 1:0 Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 3,400 SUI René Maire (Chêne-Bougeries, Genève) L 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 1979–80 at fcb-archiv.ch Switzerland 1979–80 at RSSSF Swiss League Cup at RSSSF External links FC Basel official site expanded Category:FC Basel seasons Basel 1979-80