1990–91 FC Basel season

FC Basel 1990–91 FC Basel.png 150 FC Basel Logo Club president Charles Röthlisberger Head coach Ernst-August Künnecke Ground St. Jakob Stadium, Basel Nationalliga B Qualifying Phase 4th of 12 Promotion/relegation round Promotion Phase 4th of 8 Swiss Cup Eliminated in 2nd round Brian Bertelsen (11) Brian Bertelsen (11) 8,000 on 17 March 1991vs St. Gallen 900 on 22 December 1990vs Schaffhausen 3,538 Stefan Peter http://www.fussballstarbasel.ch/saisons.php Überregionale Meisterschaften, Schweizer und Basler Cup 2016-11-16 1989–90 1991–92 The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1990–91 season was their 97th season since the club's foundation. Charles Röthlisberger was the club's chairman for the third consecutive year. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Following their relegation in the 1987–88 season this was their third season in the second-tier of Swiss football. Overview Ernst August Künnecke returned to the club, having taken over from Urs Siegenthaler as first-team coach during the previous. After missing promotion the previous two seasons, the club's repeated priority aim was to return to the top flight of Swiss football. Only a few players left the team. Andre Rindlisbacher transferred to Bellinzona, Uwe Wassmer to Aarau and Ralph Thoma returned to his club of origin FC Rheinfelden. Rolf Baumann ended his active football career and returned to his hometown club VfL Kirchheim/Teck as head-coach. Four other players left the squad because their contracts were not renewed. In the other direction Brian Bertelsen and Reto Baumgartner moved in from Wettingen. Maximilian Heidenreich transferred in from Hannover 96. Three young players came in from local, lower-tier teams, Roman Künzli from FC Breitenbach, Roman Hangarter from FC Brüttisellen and Christian Marcolli from FC Aesch. Seven young players were brought up from the Basel youth team. The 24 teams in the Nationalliga B (NLB) were divided into two groups, a South/East and a West group, to first play a qualification round. In the second stage the tops six teams in each group and the last four teams of the Nationalliga A (NLA) would play a promotion/relegation round, also divided into two groups. The top two teams in each of these groups would play in the top flight the next season. Basel were assigned to the South/East group. The first stage ran very moderately, there was no consistency in their games and matches were lost that should have been won. They ended their 22 matches in the Qualifying Phase with 9 victories, 8 draws and 5 defeats with 26 points in a disappointing fourth position in the league table. The team scored 40 goals and conceded 30. Luc Nackaerts Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwithist.html#1991 NLA/NLB 1990/91 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2020-11-16 Basel qualified for a promotion group and were assigned to group A. Also qualified for this group from the NLB were Chiasso, Yverdon-Sports, Fribourg, Baden and Etoile Carouge. Fighting against their relegation from the NLA were St. Gallen and Wettingen. At the start of this phase Basel lost two games, away against Yverdon-Sports and at home against St. Gallen and therefore they were in arrears right from the beginning. Even the away victory against Wettingen didn't help much, because they were defeated at home by FC Baden just two rounds later. A few weeks later the back to back home defeat against Wettingen and the defeat in the Espenmoos against St. Gallen decided the promotion/relegation phase to the benefit of these two teams. Basel ended their 14 matches in the promotion/relegation phase with just four victories, four draws, suffering six defeats with 12 points in a very disappointing fourth position in the league table and missed promotion again. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit91.html Switzerland 1990/91 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2020-11-16 In the 1990–91 Swiss Cup second round Basel were drawn with an away game against lower-tier, local club FC Pratteln. But Basel were sent home suffering an embarrassing 4–0 defeat. A red card for Peter Bernauer just after half time, as the game was still goalless, made Basel very unsure. Pratteln took the lead and Basel were not able to give an adequate answer. In fact, in the last few minutes of the game, they fell completely apart and gave up two counter goals within less than 60 seconds. Players The following is the list of the Basel first team squad. It also includes players that were in the squad the day the season started on 25 July 1990, but subsequently left the club after that date. SUI GK Roger Glanzmann SUI GK Thomas Grüter SUI GK Roman Künzli from FC Breitenbach SUI DF Olivier Bauer SUI DF Reto Baumgartner from Wettingen GER DF Peter Bernauer SUI DF Massimo Ceccaroni GER MF Uwe Dittus YUG DF Miodrag Đurđević SUI DF Patrick Liniger from youth team SUI DF Thomas Karrer from youth team SUI DF Sascha Reich SUI DF Martin Thalmann from youth team GER MF Rolf Baumann to VfL Kirchheim/Teck as coach DEN MF Brian Bertelsen from Wettingen ITA MF Vittorio Gottardi GER MF Maximilian Heidenreich from Hannover 96 ITA MF Boris Mancastroppa SPA MF Enrique Mata SUI MF Andreas Steiner from youth team GER MF Manfred Wagner ITA FW Germano Fanciulli SUI FW Roman Hangarter from FC Brüttisellen SUI FW Erni Maissen SUI FW Christian Marcolli from FC Aesch SUI FW Patrick Rahmen GER FW Frank Wittmann from youth team SUI FW Ruedi Zbinden SUI Rocco Verrelli from youth team SUI Mathias Walther from youth team Players who left the squad SUI DF Markus Hodel SUI MF Beat Aebi GER MF Olaf Berg SUI MF Andre Rindlisbacher to Bellinzona SUI MF René Spicher GER FW Uwe Wassmer to Aarau SUI FW Ralph Thoma to FC Rheinfelden 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 10 July 1990 FV Möhringen GER 0–9 FCB summary SUI Basel Möhringen an der Donau GER W Pre-season 11 July 1990 19:30 Aarau SUI 0–0 yes FCB summary SUI Basel 5–3 Moos, Balsthal 550 SUI Francis Fischer (Arch) L Sempione-Cup, semi-final. Exhibition game 14 July 1990 17:00 Basel SUI 1–2 FCZ summaryFCB summary SUI Zürich Zbinden 6 pen. 1:0 14 1:1 Tréllez49 1:2 Kok Moos, Balsthal 500 SUI Urs Meier (Würenlos) W Sempione-Cup, match for third place. Uhrencuppreliminary stage 17 July 1990 18:00 Lugano SUI 0–0 yes FCB summary SUI Basel Tami Hertig Ladner Piserchia Degiovannini 3–4 Rahmen Maissen Dittus Mata Zbinden Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 500 SUI René Gemperle (Bremgarten) W The Uhrencup is a former club football tournament that was held annually in Grenchen in Switzerland. Uhrencuppreliminary stage 19 July 1990 20:00 Basel SUI 3–1 FCZ summaryFCB summary SUI Zürich Bertelsen 29 1:0Gottardi 31Maissen 52 2:0Zbinden 90 3:1 63 Gilli80 2:1 Kok Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 1,000 SUI Urs Meier (Würenlos) L The Uhrencup is a former club football tournament that was held annually in Grenchen in Switzerland. Uhrencupfinal 21 July 1990 20:00 Basel SUI 1–4 FCB summary POL Górnik Zabrze Rahmen 17 1:0 8 Kraus41 1:1 Brzoza46 1:2 Staniek60 1:3 Warzycha72 1:4 Jegor Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 1,200 SUI Manfred Schlup, (Grenchen) L The Uhrencup is a former club football tournament that was held annually in Grenchen in Switzerland. Winter break Winter break 2 February 1991 14:30 FC Laufen SUI 0–4 FCB summary SUI Basel 2 o.g. 0:1 (R. Cueni)22 0:2 Marcolli33 0:3 Mata48 0:4 Bertelsen Im Nau, Laufen 200 SUI Gottfried Friedrich (Seedorf, Uri) W Winter break 9 February 1991 14:30 Basel SUI 0–0 FCB summary GER SC Freiburg St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 52 SUI Rolf Blattmann (Zeiningen) D Played behind closed doors. Winter break 12 February 1991 20:00 Basel SUI 1–3 FCB summary GER Karlsruher SC Rahmen 59 1:2 14 0:1 Reichert45 0:2 Schütterle90 1:3 Wittwer St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 350 SUI Serge Muhmenthaler (Grenchen) L Played behind closed doors. Winter break 24 February 1991 14:30 Basel SUI 1–2 FCB summary SUI Grasshopper Club Bertelsen 46 1:1 13 0:1 Salvi83 1:2 Sforza Gren St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 1,000 SUI Werner Müller (Obererlinsbach) L Winter break 26 February 1991 19:00 Basel SUI 0–1 FCB summary FRA Strasbourg 4 0:1 Jenner St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 1,000 SUI Manfred Schlup, (Grenchen) L Nationalliga B 1990–91 Nationalliga A#Nationalliga B Qualifying Phase South East Round 1 25 July 1990 20:00 Kriens 0–3 FCB summary Basel Rohrer 71 33 0:1 Mata40 0:2 Maissen48 0:3 Bertelsen Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens 1,500 SUI René Gemperle (Bremgarten) W FCB youth player Patrick Liniger played his first ever league match in the starting formation. Round 2 28 July 1990 20:00 Basel 1–2 FCB summary Locarno Mata 35Gottardi 54 1:1 9 Bützer52 0:1 Schönwetter90 1:2 Omini St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 4,300 SUI Pierre-Alain Eschmann (Moutier) L Round 3 4 August 1990 17:30 SC Zug 0–2 FCB summary Basel Schneider 8′Büeler 47di Muro 78 59 0:1 Bertelsen75 Gottardi88 0:2 Rahmen Herti Allmend Stadion, Zug 750 SUI Rudolf Schödl W 8th minute, FCB goalkeeper Thomas Grüter saved Schneider's penalty. Round 4 8 August 1990 20:00 Basel 1–1 FCB summary Winterthur Reich 31 1:1 23 0:1 Maiano40 Battaini St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 3,800 SUI Hans Wieland (Grenchen) D Round 5 11 August 1990 20:00 Baden 2–0 FCB summary Basel Sitek 22 1:0Lüdi 54Isler 71Zimmermann 74 2:0 14 Wagner68 Đurđević Esp Stadium, Fislisbach 1,600 SUI Rudolf Michlig (Ostermundigen) L Round 6 14 August 1990 20:00 Basel 2–1 FCB summary Emmenbrücke Maissen 11 1:1Dittus 69 2:1Bernauer 84 8 0:1 Eggeling29 Stadler40 Wicht51 Bühler66 Wyss78 Eggeling0 82 Schmid St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 2,000 SUI Roman Ullmann W Round 7 25 August 1990 20:00 Basel 2–2 FCB summary Chiasso Reich 19 1:0Zbinden 41 2:0Mata 44 71 2:1 Jeannoteguy75 Gatti81 2:2 Da Silva St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 2,100 SUI Paul-Louis Christe (Lausanne) D Round 8 1 September 1990 20:00 Bellinzona 0–0 FCB summary Basel Piccinali 87 49 Gottardi51 Grüter57 Đurđević89 Zbinden Stadio Comunale Bellinzona 1,200 SUI Ludwig Zurkirchen D Round 9 5 September 1990 20:00 Glarus (red) Ostschweizer Fussballverband 2025 https://matchcenter.ofv.swiss/default.aspx?lng=1&cxxlnus=1&v=1804& FC Glarus Ostschweizer Fussballverband - ofv.swiss de 2025-11-16 0–0 FCB summary Basel Fischer 68 Sportplatz Buchholz, Glarus 1,250 SUI Arturo Martino (Neukirch an der Thur) D Round 10 15 September 1990 20:00 Basel 0–3 FCB summary Chur Gottardi 46Dittus 68 29 o.g.34 pen. 0:2 Costantini37 Sommerhalder67 Costantini88 0:3 Costantini89 Camenisch St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 2,600 SUI Francesco Bianchi (Chiasso) L Round 11 22 September 1990 20:00 Schaffhausen 3–2 FCB summary Basel Löw 14 1:0Engesser 28 2:0Engesser 80 pen. 3:1 72 pen. 2:1 Dittus86 3:2 Bernauer Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen 1,700 SUI Werner Müller (Obererlinsbach) L Round 12 6 October 1990 20:00 Basel 2–1 FCB summary Kriens Bertelsen 61 1:0Reich 82 2:1 24 Lötscher33 Künzi63 1:1 Pekas St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 1,800 SUI Jean-Claude Tagliabue W Round 13 9 October 1990 20:00 Locarno 2–3 FCB summary Basel Giani 27Costas 24 1:0Pedrotti 52 2:1 40 1:1 Baumgartner55 2:2 Baumgartner61 Reich77 2:3 Bertelsen84 Dittus Stadio del Lido, Locarno 1,600 SUI Robert Grisch (Schaanwald) W Round 14 20 October 1990 20:00 Basel 2–2 FCB summary SC Zug Maissen 21 1:0Wagner 39 2:0Maissen 62Wittmann 84 45 2:1 Marin72 Paradiso87 2:2 Müller St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 2,700 SUI Karl Strässle (Steinach and Heiden) D Round 15 27 October 1990 20:00 Winterthur 2–2 FCB summary Basel Ramsauer 11 1:0Bacchini 50 2:1 26 1:1 Bertelsen45 Gottardi49 Bernauer55 2:2 Bertelsen Schützenwiese, Winterthur 1,700 SUI Pierre-Alain Eschmann (Moutier) D Round 16 4 November 1990 14:30 Basel 1–3 FCB summary Baden Dittus 63 pen. 1:3 1 o.g. 0:1 (Bernauer)23 0:2 Sitek29 [[Karl-Heinz Born Born]]40 Sitek48 0:3 Wagner51 Wagner St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 2,600 SUI Serge Muhmenthaler (Grenchen) L Round 17 11 November 1990 14:30 Emmenbrücke 0–3 FCB summary Basel C. Wyss 51H. Siegrist 79 24 0:1 Wagner53 Heidenreich66 0:2 Baumgartner71 Gottardi74 0:3 Wagner Stadion Gersag, Emmenbrücke 600 SUI Gottlieb Barmettler (Luzern) W Round 18 18 November 1990 14:30 Chiasso 2–2 FCB summary Basel Dario 5 1:0Da Silva 43Minelli 64Bernaschina 80 pen. 2:2 35 Bernauer43 1:1 Zbinden48 1:2 Heidenreich Stadio Comunale (Chiasso) 700 SUI Erwin Schuler D Round 19 25 November 1990 14:30 Basel 2–1 FCB summary Bellinzona Baumgartner 31 1:0Đurđević 69Gottardi 86 2:1 33 Rindlisbacher44 1:1 Rindlisbacher48 Schär78 Pestoni St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 3,500 SUI Kurt Röthlisberger (Suhr, Aargau) W Round 20 2 December 1990 14:30 Basel 3–0 FCB summary Glarus Wagner 5 1:0Bertelsen 26 2:0Wagner 43 3:0Ceccaroni 60Gottardi 75 41 April67 Oswald71 Stoob83 Gänssler St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 1,756 SUI Urs Meier (Wettingen and Würenlos) W Round 21 9 December 1990 14:30 Chur 1–1 FCB summary Basel De Gani 78 1:1 38 0:1 Wittmann81 Maissen Ringstrasse, Chur 162 SUI Francesco Bianchi (Chiasso) D The entire playing field was covered in snow; conditions were essentially irregular. Round 22 16 December 1990 14:30 Basel 6–2 FCB summary Schaffhausen Bernauer 30 1:1Wagner 39 2:1(Bossi) 48 o.g. 3:1Bertelsen 55 4:1Zbinden 59 5:1Bertelsen 71 6:2 14 0:1 Sternkopf69 5:2 Harder St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 900 SUI Pierre-Alain Vuillemin (Geneva) W Fair game, no yellow cards League table main WDL Q 2 LOC Locarno BAD Baden SCH Schaffhausen BSL Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 1991 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1990/91 FCB Rangliste Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" de-ch FCB Ranking 2023-11-16 ZUG Zug CHI Chiasso BEL Bellinzona WIN Winterthur CHU Chur GLA Glarus EMM Emmenbrücke KRI Kriens 13 6 3 44 23 13 5 4 41 19 12 4 6 45 29 9 8 5 40 30 8 10 4 29 22 10 5 7 43 26 7 6 9 34 32 7 6 9 26 35 5 7 10 20 25 4 6 12 23 58 3 7 12 18 39 4 4 14 22 47 yes green2 Promotion round QP QP QP QP QP QP red2 Relegation group QR QR QR QR QR QR 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete rsssf.com Promotion/relegation phase Group A Round 1 3 March 1991 14:30 Basel 3–1 FCB summary Etoile Carouge Dittus 33 1:0Dittus 52Wagner 68 2:0Zbinden 77 3:0 32 Thomé53 da Silva85 3:1 Castella St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 3,546 SUI Paul-Louis Christe (Lausanne) W Round 2 10 March 1991 14:30 Yverdon-Sports 2–0 FCB summary Basel Vialatte 27Castro 29Castro 50 1:0Dajka 71 2:0Bonato 73 15 Heidenreich87 Bertelsen Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains 2,000 SUI Michel Zen Ruffinen L Round 3 17 March 1991 14:30 Basel 0–1 FCB summary St. Gallen Zbinden 66 2 7 61 Blättler29 0:1 Cardozo32 Cardozo81 Rubio89 Thüler St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 8,000 SUI Freddy Philippoz (Sion) L Round 4 27 March 1991 20:00 Wettingen 1–3 FCB summary Basel Fink 20 1:1Andermatt 37Widmer 40Mathy 47Widmer 0 57 16 0:1 Bertelsen37 Heidenreich41 1:2 Zbinden50 Ceccaroni86 1:3 Bertelsen Stadion Altenburg, Wettingen 4,200 SUI Erwin Schuler W Round 5 6 April 1991 20:00 Fribourg 2–2 FCB summary Basel Bucheli 16 pen. 1:0Bucheli 43 2:2Bwalya 51Gross 83 22 pen. 1:1 Dittus39 Baumgartner 42 1:2 Reich 79 Reich Stade Universitaire, Freiburg 2,040 SUI Erwin Fölmli D Round 6 13 April 1991 20:00 Basel 1–4 FCB summary Baden Marcolli 37 1:1Zbinden 45 23 0:1 Wagner41 1:2 Sitek49 1:3 Born64 1:4 Sitek90 Wagner St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 6,000 SUI Karl Strässle (Steinach and Heiden) L Round 7 20 April 1991 20:00 Chiasso 0–0 FCB summary Basel Stadio Comunale (Chiasso) 1,000 SUI Oswald Gritsch D Round 8 4 May 1991 20:00 Basel 3–0 FCB summary Chiasso Bernauer 17Dittus 63 1:0Heidenreich 67 2:0Mancastroppa73 3:0Rahmen 89 29 Kalbermatter87 Milton St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 3,500 SUI Michel Zen Ruffinen W Round 9 11 May 1991 17:30 Baden 1–1 FCB summary Basel Lüdi 11Hedinger 81(Maissen) 85 o.g. 1:1 19 Zbinden22 1:0 Maissen0 61 Hodel Esp Stadium, Fislisbach 2,300 SUI Paul-Louis Christe (Lausanne) D Baden goalkeeper Patrick Mäder had to leave the field with an arm injury in the 81st minute; sweeper Karl-Heinz Born took his place between the posts, after all substitutions had been made. The pitch conditions in the pouring rain were (at best) barely acceptable; a cancellation or abandonment of the match would have been justifiable. Round 10 18 May 1991 20:00 Basel 0–0 FCB summary Fribourg Bernauer 80Baumgartner 90 28 Buntschu50 Bourquenoud64 Brülhart0 90+1 Buntschu St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 4,800 SUI Charles-Henri Morex (Bex) D Round 11 25 May 1991 20:00 Basel 1–2 FCB summary Wettingen Mancastroppa 1:0Bertelsen 69 43 Widmer71 1:1 Heldmann83 1:2 Kundert88 Heldmann St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 7,500 SUI Jean-Claude Craviolini L Round 12 1 June 1991 17:30 St. Gallen 1–0 FCB summary Basel Raschle 16 pen. 1:0Irizik 85 Espenmoos, St. Gallen 4,200 SUI Peter Kellenberger Debut for FCB defender Olivier Bauer. L Round 13 8 June 1991 20:00 Basel 3–0 FCB summary Yverdon-Sports Baumgartner 32Ceccaroni 48Rahmen 62 1:0Karrer 84 2:0Zbinden 87 3:0 18 Rochat52 Castro St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 1,200 SUI Freddy Philippoz (Sion) Debut for FCB midfielder Thomas Karrer W Round 14 12 June 1991 20:00 Etoile Carouge 2–1 FCB summary Basel da Silva 6 1:0da Silva 56 2:0 65 Heidenreich76 2:1 Rahmen Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge 250 SUI Willy Hänni, (Cugy) L League table main WDL Group A Q 2 STG St. Gallen WET Wettingen CHI Chiasso BAS Basel YVE Yverdon-Sports FRI Fribourg BAD Baden ÉTO Etoile Carouge 10 2 2 33 11 9 2 3 25 15 6 4 4 19 21 4 4 6 18 17 5 2 7 21 22 4 3 7 18 25 4 3 7 19 26 4 0 10 16 32 yes green3 Remain in NLA 1991–92 A A red3 Remain in NLB 1991–92 B B B B B B 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete rsssf.com Swiss Cup 1990–91 Swiss Cup 2nd principal round 18 August 1990 17:30 FC Pratteln (red) Fussballverband Nordwestschweiz 2024 https://matchcenter.fvnws.ch/default.aspx?lng=1&cxxlnus=1&v=501& FC Pratteln Fussballverband Nordwestschweiz - fvnws.ch de 2025-11-16 4–0 FCB summary Basel Ferreira 41Füri 62 1:0Böni 67Utvic 86 2:0Weng 86 3:0Steiner 90 4:0 0 49 Bernauer83 Reich In den Sandgruben, Pratteln 1,389 SUI Walter Rudin (Birsfelden) L FC Pratteln played the 1990–91 season in the 1. Liga, Group 3 (third-tier). 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 / 2018. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. 978-3-7245-2305-5 The FCB squad 1990–91 at fcb-archiv.ch Switerland 1990–91 at RSSSF External links FC Basel official site expanded Category:FC Basel seasons Basel