1983–84 FC Basel season

FC Basel 1983–84 FC Basel.png 120 FC Basel Logo Ernst August Künnecke Urs Gribi Ground St. Jakob Stadium, Basel Nationalliga A 9th of 16 Swiss Cup Round 4 Beat Sutter (12) Beat Sutter (14) 10,000 on 4 October 1983vs Servette 2,000 on 6 June 1984vs Bellinzona 5.553 1982–83 1984–85 The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1983–84 season was their 90th season since the club was founded. It was their 38th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football, following their promotion at the end of the 1945–46 seasom. They played their home games in the former St. Jakob Stadium, situated about three kilometers south-east of the city-centre. Urs Gribi was their newly appointed chairman, he replaced Roland Rasi who stood down at the AGM after just one year chairmanship. Overview Pre-season Ernst August Künnecke was appointed as Basel’s new first team manager and Emil Müller was appointed as his assistant. They had taken over from Rainer Ohlhauser, who had been manager for just the previous season. Künnecke had not played as professional footballer, but had played in the highest amateur levels before becoming professional head coach in Belgium. Künnecke's reputation grew because of his conveyance, his advancing and his greatest strength was the furtherance of young players. Waterschei Thor and KV Mechelen were two of Künnecke's stations in Belgium and that is the reason why Basel played two test games against these teams during the first half of the season. A number of players left the squad. Hans Küng retired after having been with the club six years and playing in a total of 252 games, of which 154 in the Nationalliga A and 16 were in the European competitions (European Cup, UEFA Cup and Cup of the Alps). Peter Marti move to Aarau after having been with the club seven years, playing in 262 games of which 146 in the Nationalliga A and 29 in the European competitions. Serge Duvernois and Serge Gaisser moved on to play for FC Mulhouse. Further Bruno Graf moved to Wettingen, Winfried Berkemeier to FC Raron and Roger Bossert to local club FC Laufen. In the other direction a number of new players joined the club. Three came from Wettingen, goalkeeper Urs Suter and the two defenders Martin Andermatt and Rolf Lauper. Uwe Dreher joined from Stuttgarter Kickers and René Botteron from 1. FC Nürnberg. Two youngsters were brought in from local clubs, Thomas Süss from Nordstern Basel and Fredy Grossenbacher from Concordia Basel. Another youngster, Peter Nadig, advanced from Basel's own youth team. The FCB first team competed in this years domestic first-tier 1983–84 Nationalliga A, with the clear intention of retaining their top level status and reaching the top half of the table. The team also competed in the 1983–84 Swiss Cup with the intention of reaching at least the quarter-finals. They had not qualified for any of the UEFA European tournaments and they did neither enter the 1983 Intertoto Cup nor the Cup of the Alps. Künnecke coached Basel in a total of 58 games in their 1983–84 season. 30 matches were played in the domestic league, two in the Swiss Cup and 26 were friendly matches. Of their 26 test games, 17 ended with a victory, one was drawn and eight ended with a defeat. The team scored 88 goals in these test matches and conceded 42. Only two of these test games were played at home in St. Jakob Stadium, the pre-season match against Celtic and the end of season game against local team Nordstern Basel. The others games were all played away. Under these were the two games in the Uhrencup which Basel won, 3–2 against Grenchen in the semi-final and 1–0 against Zürich in the final. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/bilanz?saison=1983/84 Bilanz Saison 1983/84 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 Domestic league The 1983–84 Nationalliga A was contested by 16 teams, including the top 14 clubs from the previous season and the two sides promoted from the second level 1982–83 Nationalliga B, these being La Chaux-de-Fonds and Chiasso. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, home and away. Two points were awarded for a win and one point given to each team for a draw. The champions would be qualified for 1984–85 European Cup and the next two teams in the league would be qualified for the 1984–85 UEFA Cup. As the season advanced it became increasingly apparent that Künnecke's ideas were not reaching the entire team squad at all times. Basel's youngsters played well during this season, Fredy Grossenbacher, Martin Jeitziner, Peter Nadig, Thomas Hauser and Beat Sutter advanced well under Künnecke. But Künnecke's ideas were not being accepted by the older, experienced players. At home, in the St. Jakob Stadium the team was playing well and winning the games, the first five home games were all won. However, the first seven away games all ended with a defeat. After the winter break Basel lost their first home game against La Chaux-de-Fonds 0–1. Künnecke reacted immediately and this was the last game that the three veterans Arthur von Wartburg, Jörg Stohler and Jean-Pierre Maradan played in the team. The supporters had noted the differences and the final home game of the season attracted only 2,000 spectators. Josef Zindel 2018 1984 - 2000 Zuschauer Pages 82 and 83 Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel Basel ended the season in ninth position. In their 30 league games Basel won eleven matches, drew six and lost thirteen. Basel obtained 28 points, scored 55 and conceding 59 goals. They were 16 points behind Grasshopper Club and Servette both of whom finished level on 44 points. A play-off match was to decide the championship and this was who by the Grasshoppers who became champions for the second consecutive year. Bellinzona and Chiasso suffered relegation. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwithist.html Nationalliga A 1983/84 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 Swiss Cup Basel entered into the Swiss Cup in the round of 64 and here they were drawn away against local lower league club FC Birsfelden. The match was a one-sided affair and Basel won 8–0. In the round of 32 they had a home fixture against Luzern but were beaten 0–3. Servette won the Cup beating Lausanne-Sport 1–0 in the final. As Cup winners Servette were qualified for the 1984–85 Cup Winners' Cup. Basel did not play in any other cup competitions because the Swiss League Cup was no longer competed and because they were not qualified for European competitions, nor did they enter the Coppa delle Alpi this season. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit84.html Switzerland 1983/84 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 Players The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the season 1983–84. The list includes players that were in the squad on the day that the Nationalliga A season started on 10 August 1983 but subsequently left the club after that date. 1 SUI GK Hans Müller 1 SUI GK Thomas Paul 1 SUI GK Urs Suter from Wettingen 2 SUI DF Walter Geisser 3 GER DF Thomas Süss from Nordstern Basel 4 SUI DF Martin Andermatt from Wettingen 5 SUI DF Jörg Stohler 6 SUI DF Fredy Grossenbacher from Concordia Basel 7 SUI MF Martin Jeitziner 8 SUI FW Beat Sutter 9 GER FW Uwe Dreher from Stuttgarter Kickers 10 SUI MF Arthur von Wartburg 11 SUI FW Ruedi Zbinden 12 SUI DF Jean-Pierre Maradan 13 SUI DF Alfred Lüthi 14 SUI DF Rolf Lauper from Wettingen 15 GER MF Thomas Hauser 15 SUI MF Nicolas Keller 16 SUI MF Peter Nadig from youth team 17 SUI MF René Botteron from 1. FC Nürnberg 18 SUI MF Erni Maissen 19 SUI MF Guido Rudin SUI DF Stefano Ceccaroni to Chiasso SUI Felix Rudin SUI Thomas Schneider Players who left the squad SUI GK Hans Küng retired FRA DF Serge Duvernois to FC Mulhouse SUI DF Bruno Graf to Wettingen GER MF Winfried Berkemeier to FC Raron SUI MF Roger Bossert to FC Laufen FRA MF Serge Gaisser to FC Mulhouse SUI FW Peter Marti to Aarau 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 3 July 1983 15:30 Basel SUI 1–2 FCZ summarySummary SUI Zürich Sutter 9 1:0 18 1:1 Iselin88 1:2 Bold Linden, Gunzwil 1,000 bis 1,500 SUI Rudolf Renggli (Stans and Luzern) L Pre-season 10 July 1983 19:00 FC Mulhouse FRA 4–0 FCB summary SUI Basel Six 8 1:0Gaisser 32 2:0Erlacher 69 3:0Maradan 87 o.g. 4:0 Stade de l'Ill, Mulhouse 3,900 FRA Robert Wurtz L Exhibition game because of the transfers of Serge Gaisser and Serge Duvernois Pre-season 12 July 1983 19:00 FC Löffingen GER 1–9 FCB summary SUI Basel Farace 76 1:7 14 0:1 Hauser33 0:2 Dreher36 0:3 Dreher42 0:4 Dreher68 0:5 Nadig72 0:6 Stohler76 0:7 Dreher88 1:8 Dreher89 1:9 Zbinden Haslachstadion, Löffingen 300 GER Weiland W Pre-season 14 July 1983 18:30 FV Zell-Weierbach GER 1–3 FCB summary SUI Basel Pitroc 49 1:2 18 0:1 Zbinden20 0:2 Zbinden71 1:3 Ceccaroni Abtsbergstadion, Zell-Weierbach 500 GER Fiss W Pre-season 16 July 1983 18:00 Schaffhausen SUI 0–9 FCB summary SUI Basel 5 0:1 Sutter24 0:2 Zbinden32 0:3 Sutter49 0:4 Nadig52 0:5 Ceccaroni62 0:6 Lüthi73 0:7 Nadig76 0:8 Ceccaroni87 0:9 Ceccaroni Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen 658 SUI Roland Gnägi W Pre-season 23 July 1983 17:30 Basel SUI 2–0 FCB summary SCO Celtic Dreher 47 1:0Dreher 76 2:0 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 3,500 SUI Rolf Blattmann W Uhrencup semi-final 27 July 1983 20:00 Grenchen SUI 2–3 FCB summary SUI Basel Lehnherr 23 1:1Urs Moser 67 2:3 6 0:1 von Wartburg42 1:2 Hauser52 1:3 Geisser Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 2,000 SUI Gottfried Friedrich (Seedorf, Uri) W The Uhrencup is a former club football tournament that was held annually in Grenchen in Switzerland Pre-season 30 July 1983 20:00 VfL Bochum GER 2–1 FCB summary SUI Basel Kühn 49 1:1Habig 88 2:1 20 0:1 Dreher Möslestadion, Freiburg im Breisgau 3,000 GER Hans-Jürgen Ortlieb L Pre-season 31 July 1983 16:00 Freiburger FC GER 4–4 FCB summary SUI Basel Respondek 12 1:0Respondek 25 2:0Derigs 59 3:2Wuchrer 78 4:4 40′ Stohler51 2:1 Dreher57 2:2 Andermatt60 3:3 Dreher77 3:4 Sutter Derigs Turunen Schneider Wuchrer Zürn 4–3 Botteron Maradan Zbinden Sutter Lauper Möslestadion, Freiburg im Breisgau 1,500 GER Frai L 40th minute: Jörg Stohler's penalty kick goes wide of the goal. Uhrencup final 4 August 1983 20:00 Basel SUI 1–0 FCB summaryFCZ summary SUI Zürich Maradan 60 1:0 Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 3,400 SUI Werner Liebi (Thun) W The Uhrencup is a former club football tournament that was held annually in Grenchen in Switzerland. Federal Councillor Willi Ritschard was among the guests of honour. Pre-season 6 August 1983 18:00 Basel SUI 1–4 FCB summary GER 1. FC Kaiserslautern Zbinden 24 1:0 31 1:1 Frowein66 1:2 Briegel70 1:3 Melzer90 1:4 Nilsson Oberfeldstadion, Schopfheim 2,700 GER Ehrenfried Grether L Mid-season 6 October 1983 Basel SUI 6–3 FCB summary SUI SC Ciba-Geigy Rosental Hauser 6x 2x Lehmann1x Flückiger Basel SUI Peter Bochsler W Mid-season 11 October 1983 19:00 FC Altstätten (St. Gallen) (red) Ostschweizer Fussballverband 2025 https://matchcenter.ofv.swiss/default.aspx?v=1691&oid=9&lng=1 FC Altstätten Ostschweizer Fussballverband - ofv.swiss de 2025-11-16 SUI 2–4 FCB summary SUI Basel Buschor 10 1:1Schmid 16 2:1 8 0:1 Hauser49 2:2 Hauser65 2:3 Ceccaroni70 2:4 Stohler Altstätten 600 SUI Roland Gnägi W Torrential rain during the first half. Mid-season 4 November 1983 20:00 KV Mechelen BEL 3–2 FCB summary SUI Basel 1:12:13:1 0:1 von Wartburg Mechelen, Belgium L Mid-season 5 November 1983 20:00 Waterschei Thor BEL 2–0 FCB summary SUI Basel Genk, Belgium BEL Ignace Goris (Genk) L Winter break and mid-season Winter break 1 February 1984 18:00 SV Bühlertal GER 2–6 FCB summary SUI Basel Keller 1:5Keller 2:6 6 0:1 Zbinden15 0:2 Zbinden43 0:3 Jeitziner45 0:4 Stohler50 0:5 Sutter65 1:6 Nadig Bühl, Germany W Winter break 4 February 1984 14:30 FV Lörrach GER 1–4 FCB summary SUI Basel Hild 32 1:2 8 pen. 0:1 Stohler25 0:2 Sutter37 1:3 Sutter72 1:4 Nadig Grüttpark-Stadion, Lörrach Germany 300 GER Bruno Sahner W Winter break 12 February 1984 14:30 Basel SUI 1–1 FCB summary SUI Young Boys Maissen 13 1:0 39 1:1 Nickel Margelacker, Muttenz 500 SUI Rolf Blattmann (Zeiningen) D Basel player Ruedi Zbinden had to leave the game in the 13th minute due to injury and was taken to Burderholz Hospital to determine the apparently serious injury to his right ankle (tendon surgery). Winter break 14 February 1984 Biel-Bienne SUI 2–5 FCB summary SUI Basel Greub 34 1:2Greub 69 2:3 7 0:1 Dreher22 0:2 Dreher66 1:3 Stohler79 2:4 Dreher84 2:5 Dreher Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne 150 SUI Manfred Schlup (Grenchen) W Winter break 18 February 1984 14:30 Bellinzona SUI 0–1 FCB summary SUI Basel 73 0:1 Nadig80 Müller Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona 300 SUI Renzo Peduzzi (Roveredo) W Winter break 19 February 1984 14:30 Lugano SUI 3–1 FCB summary SUI Basel D. Bullo 34 1:1Maccini 81 2:1Roncari 84 3:1 2 0:1 Jeitziner Cornaredo, Lugano 100 SUI Marco Raveglia (San Vittore) L Mid-season 6 March 1984 19:00 Basel SUI 5–1 FCB summary SUI Nordstern Basel Dreher 46 1:1Maissen 49 2:1Nadig 67 3:1Nadig 74 4:1Dreher 86 5:1 20 0:1 Moritz St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 400 SUI André Reck W Mid-season 28 March 1984 20:00 Nordstern Basel SUI 1–4 FCB summary SUI Basel Marti 38 1:3 17 0:1 Dreher24 0:2 Dreher33 0:3 Sutter67 1:4 Nadig Stadion Rankhof, Basel 400 SUI Peter Bochsler (Basel) W Mid-season 19 April 1984 17:00 Winterthur SUI 1–5 FCB summary SUI Basel Avesani 12 1:0 17 1:1 Zbinden43 1:2 Zbinden61 1:3 Andermatt75 1:4 Sutter77 1:5 Sutter Schützenwiese, Winterthur 800 SUI Willi Jaus (Feldmeilen) W Mid-season 25 May 1984 19:00 Concordia Basel SUI 0–5 FCB summary SUI Basel 0:1 Hauser0:2 Jeitziner0:3 Maissen0:4 Nadig0:5 Zbinden Basel W Playing time 2 x 40 minutes Mid-season 29 May 1984 20:15 Old Boys SUI 0–6 FCB summary SUI Basel 3x Francois1x Maissen1x Andermatt1x Lauper Basel W Basel with test player Francois Nationalliga A 1983–84 Nationalliga A League matches Round 1 10 August 1983 20:30 Bellinzona 4–2 FCB summary Basel Tedeschi 8 1:0Kurz 13 2:0Tedeschi 15 3:0Weidle 60 4:0 28′ Maradan61 4:1 Sutter83 4:2 Dreher Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona 4,500 SUI Claude Gachoud L 28th minute: Maradan missed the handball penalty. Bellinzona goalkeeper Mauro Benzoni saved it. Round 2 13 August 1983 20:00 Basel 5–2 FCB summary Luzern Dreher 6 pen. 1:0Jeitziner 25 2:0Sutter 56 3:0Andermatt 59 4:0Sutter 65 5:0 79 5:1 Risi85 5:2 Kasa St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 9,000 SUI André Daina W Round 3 20 August 1983 17:30 St. Gallen 4–2 FCB summary Basel Gisinger 25 1:0Gisinger 40 2:0Braschler 57 3:0Braschler 80 4:2Urban 83 50 Süss65 2:1 Sutter71 3:2 Dreher Espenmoos, St. Gallen 10,200 SUI Peter Hauser L Round 4 23 August 1983 20:00 Basel 2–0 FCB summary Young Boys Dreher 42 1:0Maissen 79 2:0 7 Zahnd37 Brodard St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 8,000 SUI Jakob Baumann (Schaffhausen) W Maissen (200th NLA game) honored before the match. Round 5 27 August 1983 20:30 Xamax 2–0 FCB summary Basel Mustapha 17′Lüthi 32 1:0Mustapha 60 2:0Zwygart 81′ 21 Zbinden55 Sutter Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel 7,500 SUI Franz Gächter (Aarau, Suhr, Aargau) L 200th game for Walter Geisser for FC Basel. 17th minute: FCB goalkeeper Urs Suter saves Mustapha Yaghcha's penalty. 81st minute: Charles Zwygart hits the post with his penalty. Corner 10:4. Round 6 3 September 1983 20:00 Basel 5–2 FCB summary Vevey-Sports Sutter 16 1:0Sutter 31 2:0Maissen 42 3:0Dreher 49 4:0Dreher 65 5:1 12′ Franz60 4:1 Jacobacci72 5:2 Jacobacci St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 3,500 SUI Renzo Peduzzi (Roveredo) W 12th minute: Hans Franz missed the penalty kick, shooting over the goal. Corners: 9:2. Round 7 17 September 1983 20:00 Zürich 2–1 FCZ summaryFCB summary Basel Jerković 13 1:1Landolt 33Rufer 75 2:1 3 0:1 Sutter81 Zbinden Letzigrund, Zürich 6,500 SUI André Daina (Éclépens) L Corners 6:3. Round 8 24 September 1983 20:00 Basel 4–1 FCB summary Chiasso Dreher 12 1:0Maissen 61 2:0Dreher 73 3:0von Wartburg 80 pen. 4:0 34 Morini74 Mastrodonato81 4:1 Tami St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 4,200 SUI Willy Hänni, (Cugy) W Corners: 15:3 Round 9 1 October 1983 20:00 Aarau 4–0 FCB summaryFCA summary Basel Seiler 64 1:0Seiler 67 2:0Seiler 75 3:0 Staub 83Seiler 89 4:0 18 Maradan22 Maissen83 Sutter Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 6,700 SUI Arturo Martino (Neukirch an der Thur) L Round 10 4 October 1983 20:00 Basel 3–2 FCB summary Servette Sutter 52 1:2Sutter 72 2:2Andermatt 79 3:2 33 0:1 Elia41 0:2 Elia St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 10,000 SUI Philippe Mercier (Pully) W Round 11 23 October 1983 20:30 Lausanne-Sport 4–0 FCB summary Basel Pellegrini 4 1:0Bamert 40Dario 45Chapuisat 76Mauron 78 2:0Pellegrini 79 3:0Bamert 88 4:0 0 24 Andermatt Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 5,000 SUI Kurt Röthlisberger Suhr L Round 12 30 October 1983 14:30 Basel 0–0 FCB summary Grasshopper Club Egli Koller Sutter Geisser St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 9,000 SUI Ulrich Nyffenegger (Nidau) D Corners: 8:5 Round 13 13 November 1983 14:30 Sion 5–3 FCB summary Basel Bregy 10 1:0Yerli 18 2:0Ben Brahim 27 3:0Tachet 49 4:1Yerli 51 5:1 34 3:1 Maissen65 Maradan84 5:2 Hauser84 5:3 Hauser Stade Tourbillon, Sion 7,500 SUI Rudolf Affolter L Corners: 3:1. Flawless refereeing performance. Round 14 20 November 1983 14:30 Basel 0–2 FCB summary Wettingen Dreher 51 47 0:1 Zanetti51 Schneider56 0:2 Fregno St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 3,500 SUI Walter Nussbaumer (Crans-près-Céligny) L Corners: 16:4 Round 15 26 November 1983 16:30 La Chaux-de-Fonds 2–2 FCB summary Basel GianfredaCarlo Gianfreda 31 1:1Pavoni 48 2:1 4 0:1 Sutter76 2:2 Andermatt Sutter Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds 2,600 SUI Arturo Martino (Neukirch an der Thur) D Round 16 26 February 1984 14:30 Basel 0–1 FCB summary La Chaux-de-Fonds Uwe Dreher 9′Süss 23 79 0:1 Baur St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 4,000 SUI Jakob Baumann (Schaffhausen) L Basel played without the injured Botteron and Zbinden, as well as substitute goalkeeper Suter. 9th minute: LCdF goalkeeper Roger Läubli saved Uwe Dreher's penalty. Round 17 3 March 1984 Wettingen P – P [ Summary] Basel Stadion Altenburg, Wettingen P Round 18 11 March 1984 14:30 Basel 1–1 FCB summary Sion Geisser 17Jeitziner 44 1:1Lüthi 51 Nadig 78 8 0:1 Tachet83 J. Valentini St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 4,000 SUI Manfred Schlup, (Grenchen) D Basel without Botteron, Zinden, Dreher, Müller (injured), Maradan, von Wartburg, Stohler (reserves). Sion without Karlen, P. Valentini, Rössli (injured). 76th minute: Goal by Yerli disallowed. Yerli left the field after a collision with Suter and had to be taken to hospital with an knee injury. Corners: 2:6. Round 17 14 March 1984 20:00 Wettingen 0–0 FCB summary Basel Stadion Altenburg, Wettingen 3,300 SUI Gottlieb Barmettler (Luzern) D Wettingen played without the injured Frei and Peterhans, Basel without the injured Müller, Dreher and Botteron. Round 19 18 March 1984 14:30 Grasshopper Club 4–1 FCB summary Basel In-Albon 9 1:0Jara 28 2:0Schällibaum 67Jara 75Ponte 77 3:1Egli 85 4:1 71 2:1 Andermatt Hardturm, Zürich 6,200 SUI Franz Gächter (Aarau, Suhr, Aargau) L First NLA appearances for goalkeepers Paul and Felix Rudin. Corners: 6:8. Round 20 24 March 1984 20:00 Basel 1–0 FCB summary Lausanne-Sport Jeitziner 26 1:0Süss St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 2,800 SUI Georges Sandoz (Corcelles-Cormondrèche, Neuchâtel) W Torrential rain throughout the entire match. Corners: 8:4. Round 21 4 April 1984 20:00 Servette 3–1 FCB summary Basel Brigger 11 1:0Barberis 26 2:0Geiger 77 3:1 48 2:1 Sutter78 Maissen Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 4,200 SUI Rudolf Affolter L Round 22 7 April 1984 20:00 Basel 0–0 FCB summaryFCA summary Aarau 56 Seiler78 Kaltaveridis St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 3,300 SUI Jakob Baumann (Schaffhausen) D Corners: 16:4 Round 23 14 April 1984 20:30 Chiasso 1–3 FCB summary Basel Mastrodonato 19Stephani 64Werner 74 pen. 1:3 40 0:1 Jeitziner43 0:2 Maissen69 0:3 Andermatt0 72 Dreher Stadio Comunale Riva IV, Chiasso 1,300 SUI Werner Liebi (Thun) W Chiasso played with only ten players from the 65th minute, following an injury to Kalbermatter, that forced him out of play. Round 24 28 April 1984 20:00 Basel 3–0 FCB summaryFCZ summary Zürich Sutter 3 1:0Zbinden 5 2:0Nadig 22 3:0 65 Kundert St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 7,000 SUI Bruno Galler (Kirchdorf, Bern) W Corners: 2:11. Beat Sutter was forced to leave the game in the 12th minute after a collision with Grob/Stoll, suffering a shoulder injury. Round 25 4 May 1984 20:00 Vevey-Sports 2–2 FCB summary Basel Siwek 28 1:0Debonnaire 35 2:0Gavillet 86 70 2:1 Zbinden86 2:2 Zbinden Stade de Copet, Vevey 2,100 SUI Kurt Röthlisberger (Suhr, Aargau) D Round 26 12 May 1984 20:00 Basel 4–2 FCB summary Xamax Hauser 4 1:0Hauser 31 2:0Nadig 43 3:0Nadig 69 4:1 45 3:1 Zaugg90 4:2 Givens St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 5,500 SUI Philippe Mercier (Pully) W Basel ohne Dreher (gesperrt), Maissen, Sutter und Botteron (alle verletzt). Round 27 15 May 1984 20:00 Young Boys 2–0 FCB summary Basel Radi 6′Mezger 9 1:0Signer 62 2:0 Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 2,700 SUI Georges Sandoz (Corcelles-Cormondrèche, Neuchâtel) L 6th minute: FCB goalkeeper Urs Suter saves Youssef Radi's penalty. Round 28 19 May 1984 20:00 Basel 4–2 FCB summary St. Gallen Lüthi 7 1:0Andermatt 12 2:0Jeitziner 23 3:0Hauser 57 4:1 44 3:1 Urban74 4:2 Gisinger St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 7,500 SUI Willy Hänni, (Cugy) W Basel were without the injured Botteron, Sutter, Maissen, and Dreher; St. Gallen fielded their full squad. No cautions were issued, fair game. Another goal by Jeitziner was disallowed fractions of a second after the halftime whistle. Corners: 9-10. Round 29 2 June 1984 20:00 Luzern 4–1 FCB summary Basel Fairclough 8 1:0Kaufmann 33 2:0H. Risi 61 3:1Tanner 67 4:1 49 2:1 Zbinden Stadion Allmend, Luzern 4,200 SUI Bruno Galler (Kirchdorf, Bern) L Luzern without René Müller, Basel without Dreher, Botteron and Sutter (all injured). No cautions. Good performance by the referee. Corners: 8:3. Round 30 6 June 1984 20:00 Basel 5–1 FCB summary Bellinzona Hauser 8 1:0Maissen 27 2:0Jeitziner 33 3:0Maissen 62 4:1Hauser 87 5:1 36 pen. 3:1 Hafner St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 2,000 SUI Ulrich Nyffenegger (Nidau) W Basel without Dreher, Sutter, and Botteron. Hauser's goal in the 67th minute was disallowed for inexplicable reasons. League table main WDL Q 5 2 GCZ Grasshopper Club SER Servette Daniel Reichmuth 2025 https://super-servette.ch/Doku/Resultate_Servette_1983-84.pdf Servette Rangliste 1983/84 Servette ranking 1983/84 super-servette-ch fr 2025-11-16 SIO Sion NX Xamax STG St. Gallen LS Lausanne-Sport CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds WET Wettingen BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 1984 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1983/84 1983/84 Rangliste Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" de-ch 1983/84 Ranking 2025-11-16 AAR Aarau Stephan Beck 2023 https://www.arowa.ch/index.php?page=ligatabelle&saison=84 Schweizer Meisterschaft 1983/1984 Nationalliga B Swiss Championship 1983/1984 Nationalliga B arowa.ch de 2025-11-16 YB Young Boys (red) BSC Young Boys AG 2025 https://www.bscyb.ch/archiv-1983-84 YB Saison 1983/84 YB season 1983/84 BSC Young Boys AG de-ch 2025-11-16 ZÜR Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2006–2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=23&m=0&c=0&i=0&f=0&s=0&pord=0 FCZ 1983/1984 dbFCZ de 2025-11-16 VEV Vevey-Sports LUC Luzern BEL Bellinzona CHI Chiasso 19 6 5 59 32 19 6 5 67 31 18 7 5 74 39 15 10 5 54 27 16 8 6 57 41 13 8 9 49 37 12 9 9 52 47 12 6 12 43 43 11 6 13 55 59 9 9 12 50 42 8 9 13 39 40 8 8 14 39 56 9 6 15 43 65 9 4 17 35 52 4 4 22 30 79 4 2 24 26 82 yes green1 Championship play-off winners,qualified for 1984–85 European Cup EC yellow1 Championship play-off loosersSwiss Cup winners, qualified for 1984–85 Cup Winners' Cup CWC blue1 qualified for 1984–85 UEFA Cup UC1 blue1 qualified for 1984–85 UEFA Cup UC2 blue3 entered 1984 Intertoto Cup IT1 blue3 entered 1984 Intertoto Cup IT2 blue3 entered 1984 Intertoto Cup IT3 blue3 entered 1984 Intertoto Cup IT4 red1 Relegated to 1984–85 Nationalliga B R1 R1 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers; complete rsssf.com Championship play-off Play-off 15 June 1984 Grasshopper Club 1–0 yes RSSSF summary Servette Egli 109 pen. Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 30,000 SUI André Daina Eclépens Swiss Cup Swiss Cup Round 3 10 September 1983 20:00 FC Birsfelden (red) Fussballverband Nordwestschweiz 2025 https://matchcenter.fvnws.ch/default.aspx?v=488&oid=8&lng=1 FC Birsfelden Fussballverband Nordwestschweiz de 2025-11-16 0–8 FCB summary Basel 12 0:1 Dreher13 0:2 Jeitziner15 0:3 Maissen30 0:4 Jeitziner37 0:5 Jeitziner54 0:6 Sutter70 0:7 Sutter80 0:8 Jeitziner Sportplatz Sternenfeld, Birsfelden 1,600 SUI Rolf Blattmann (Zeiningen) W Corners 4:13. Round 4 16 October 1983 16:00 Basel 0–3 FCB summary Luzern 6 Müller37 Martinelli 51 Fairclough74 Fairclough75 Fairclough77 Kaufmann St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 6,000 GER Hans-Peter Dellwing (Trier) L FCB had to manage with ten players from the 70th minute and even just nine from the 86th minute onwards, after first Geisser had to leave the field prematurely due to a muscle strain and then Stohler with a suspected broken arm, and neither could be replaced. A minute's silence was observed in advance of the game for Federal Councillor Willi Ritschard. 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 Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. 978-3-7245-2305-5 FCB squad 1983–84 at fcb-archiv.ch Switzerland 1983–84 at RSSSF External links FC Basel official site expanded Category:FC Basel seasons Basel