1977–78 FC Zürich season

FC Zürich 1977–78 Edwin Nägeli Edwin Nägeli Head coach Friedhelm Konietzka Letzigrund Nationalliga A 5th Swiss Cup Round 5 1977–78 Swiss League Cup Semi-finals 1977–78 UEFA Cup Round 2 1977 Intertoto Cup 4th in group Franco Cucinotta (14) Franco Cucinotta (24) 1976–77 1978–79 The 1977–78 season was FC Zürich's 81st season in their existence, since their foundation in 1896. It was their 19th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football, following their promotion at the end of the 1957–58 season. They played their home games in the Letzigrund. Overview The club's president at this time was Edwin Nägeli, who had held this position since 1957. The FCZ first team head-coach for the seventh consecutive season was the German Friedhelm Konietzka. The first team competed not only in the first-tier Nationalliga, but also competed in 1977–78 Swiss Cup and in the 1977–78 Swiss League Cup. Further, the team had qualified for the 1977–78 UEFA Cup. FCZ also entered into the 1977 Intertoto Cup. Players The following is the list of the FCZ first team squad this season. It also includes players that were in the squad the day the season started on 13 August 1977, but subsequently left the club after that date. 1 SUI GK Karl Grob league games: 31 SUI GK Ruedi Hauser league games: 1 SUI DF Fritz Baur league games: 22 SUI DF Pierre-Albert Chapuisat league games: 29 SUI DF Alberto Erba league games: 12 SUI DF Pius Fischbach league games: 29 SUI DF Gianpietro Zappa league games: 28 SUI DF Ruedi Landolt league games: 2 SUI DF Heinz Lüdi league games: 17 SUI DF Giuseppe Sanfilippo league games: 1 SUI DF Pirmin Stierli league games: 13 SUI DF Gianpietro Zappa league games: 28 SUI MF Georg Aliesch league games: 3 SUI MF René Botteron league games: 32 SUI MF Silvio Hartmann league games: 1 SUI MF Manfred Moser league games: 22 SUI MF Ernst Rutschmann league games: 1 SUI MF Fredi Scheiwiler league games: 32 SUI MF Conny Torstensson league games: 24 SUI FW Franco Cucinotta league games: 30 SUI FW Urs Dickenmann league games: 1 SUI FW Peter Risi league games: 27 SUI FW Hans-Peter Zwicker league games: 12 Players who left the squad SUI DF Hilmar Zigerlig to Young Fellows SUI MF Rosario Martinelli to Chiasso SUI MF Albert Hohl to reserve team SUI MF Hans-Joachim Weller to Young Fellows SUI MF Jakob Kuhn retired SUI FW Ilija Katić to Burgos Results Legend #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #CCCCCC Postponed 1px solid #AAAAAA Nationalliga 1977–78 Nationalliga A Qualifying phase matches Round 1 13 August 1977 Zürich 5–1 FCZ summary Young Fellows Zappa 8 1:0Cucinotta 10 2:0Cucinotta 37 3:0Zappa 51Erba 55 4:1Zappa 66 5:1 40 3:1 Fleury70 Fleury Letzigrund, Zürich 8,600 SUI André Daina (Éclépens) W Corners: 14:1 Round 2 20 August 1977 Xamax 1–2 FCZ summary Zürich Bonny 24Elsig 81 pen 13 Scheiwiler24 Heer76 0:1 Cucinotta80 Grob90+1 1:2 Risi Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel 11,800 SUI Ernst Dörflinger (Grenchen and Basel) W Round 3 24 August 1977 Étoile Carouge 2–1 FCZ summary Zürich Dedominici 40Brodard 65 1:1Mouny 84 2:1 4 0:1 Moser Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge 9,500 SUI Peter Scherz (Aegerten) L Children had free entry. Round 4 27 August 1977 Zürich 2–1 FCZ summary Young Boys (Burkhardt) 76 og 40 pen 0:1 Lorenz Letzigrund, Zürich 6,000 SUI André Favre (Échallens) W Round 5 3 September 1977 Zürich 1–2 FCZ summary Servette Risi 89 pen. 1:2 22 0:1 Trinchero34 0:2 Schnyder Letzigrund, Zürich 10,800 SUI Ernest Guignet (Yverdon-les-Bains) L Corner: 9:1 Round 6 17 September 1977 20:00 Basel 2–2 FCZ summaryFCB summary Zürich Mundschin 6 1:0Maissen 64 2:2 32 1:1 Moser40 1:2 Cucinotta68 Baur90 Grob St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 12,500 SUI Gérard Racine (Biel/Bienne) D Basel without Fischli (injured) and Muhmenthaler (reserves). Zurich without Fischbach, Heer, and Stierli (injured). Sport, 19.9.1977: «57th minute: an FCZ fan threw a firework onto the pitch in the Basel penalty area and he was taken away». 65th minute: Maradan was injured and from then on only plays a supporting role. An hour after the game ended, hundreds of FCB fans were still besieging the grandstand entrance and demonstrating against the referee, who left the stadium through a side entrance. Round 7 24 September 1977 Zürich 0–0 FCZ summary St. Gallen Chapuisat 58 69 Corminboeuf Letzigrund, Zürich 4,000 SUI Bruno Galler (Kirchdorf, Bern) D Corners 12:1 Round 8 1 October 1977 Sion 0–1 FCZ summary Zürich Balet 5 35 Torstensson56 0:1 Torstensson74 Baur Stade Tourbillon, Sion 9,000 SUI Jean Dubach (Nidau) W Round 9 8 October 1977 Zürich 2–0 FCZ summary Lausanne-Sport Cucinotta 49 1:0Risi 49 2:0 Letzigrund, Zürich 8,000 SUI Gottlieb Barmettler (Luzern) W Round 10 15 October 1977 Grasshopper Club 7–2 [ FCZ summary] Zürich Bauer 33 1:1Bauer 45 2:2(Torstensson) 66 ogBecker 68 4:2Sulser 74 5:2Elsener 80 6:2Hey 86 7:2 14 0:1 Risi38 1:2 Cucinotta Hardturm, Zürich 13,000 SUI Ernst Dörflinger (Grenchen and Basel) L Corners: 4:12. 44' Grob saves penalty from Bauer, who then converted the rebound. Berbig saved penalty from Cucinotta. Round 11 22 October 1977 Zürich 1–0 FCZ summary Chênois Chapuisat 38Grob 48(Clivaz) 61 og Letzigrund, Zürich 3,000 SUI A. Häring (Düdingen) W Round 12 25 October 1977 Young Fellows 1–3 FCZ summary Zürich Weller 10 1:0 30 1:1 Torstensson46 1:2 Moser70 1:3 Cucinotta Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 5,000 SUI Jakob Baumann (Schaffhausen) W Round 13 6 November 1977 Zürich 1–1 FCZ summary Xamax Botteron 31 1:1Cucinotta 19 0:1 Decastel38 Decastel Letzigrund, Zürich 6,000 SUI René Maire (Chêne-Bougeries, Genève) D Round 14 12 November 1977 Young Boys 0–1 FCZ summary Zürich 74 0:1 Scheiwiler Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 5,200 SUI André Daina (Éclépens) W Corners: 5:16 Round 15 20 November 1977 Servette 0–2 FCZ summary Zürich 7 0:1 Cucinotta90 0:2 Risi90 Cucinotta Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 12,800 SUI Ernst Dörflinger (Grenchen and Basel) W Round 16 27 November 1977 14:30 Zürich 1–1 FCZ summaryFCB summary Basel Zwicker 15 1:0Lüdi 32Zappa 72Grob 78 42 Maradan78 1:1 Schönenberger Letzigrund, Zürich 11,500 SUI Rudolf Renggli (Luzern) D Cold and snow flurries Round 17 3 December 1977 St. Gallen 2–0 FCZ summary Zürich Ries 19 1:0Labhart 28 2:0Stöckl 68 77 Heer Espenmoos, St. Gallen 4,500 SUI Ernest Guignet (Yverdon-les-Bains) L Pitch covered with snow, approximately 5 cm deep Round 18 11 December 1977 Zürich 2–2 FCZ summary Sion Zwicker 15 1:0Stierli 35Risi 77 penChapuisat 86 35 Coutaz72 1:1 Sarrasin80 In-Albon86 Đorđić Letzigrund, Zürich 4,500 SUI Gérard Racine (La Neuveville) D Deep, treacherous, and, in places, uneven terrain Round 19 26 February 1978 Lausanne-Sport 1–1 FCZ summary Zürich Künzli 29 1:0 56 pen. 1:1 Botteron Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 7,000 SUI Jakob Baumann (Schaffhausen) D Round 20 5 March 1978 Zürich 1–2 FCZ summary Grasshopper Club Scheiwiler 44 1:1 6 0:1 Sulser56 1:2 Bosco Letzigrund, Zürich 12,500 SUI Bruno Galler (Kirchdorf, Bern) L Round 21 19 March 1978 Chênois 0–2 FCZ summary Zürich 10 0:1 Scheiwiler53 0:2 Cucinotta88 Heer Stade des Trois-Chêne, Thônex 3,000 SUI Othmar Winter, (Martigny) W Round 22 22 March 1978 Zürich 5–1 FCZ summary Étoile Carouge Zwicker 7 1:0Torstensson 32 2:0Botteron 35 3:0Torstensson 63Risi 76 pen 88 5:1 Parini Letzigrund, Zürich 1,800 SUI Mario Osta (Oberuzwil) W Qualifying phase table main WDL Q First stage 2 GCZ Grasshopper Club SER Servette Daniel Reichmuth 2025 https://super-servette.ch/Doku/Resultate_Servette_1977-78.pdf Servette Rangliste 1977/78 Servette ranking 1977/78 super-servette-ch fr 2025-11-16 LS Lausanne-Sport BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 1978 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1977/78 1977/78 Rangliste Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" de-ch 1977/78 Ranking 2023-11-16 ZÜR FC Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2006–2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=29&m=0&c=0&i=0&f=0&s=0&pord=0 FCZ 1977/1978 dbFCZ de 2023-11-16 SIO Sion NX Xamax YB Young Boys (red) BSC Young Boys AG 2025 https://www.bscyb.ch/archiv-1977-78 YB Saison 1977/78 YB season 1977/78 BSC Young Boys AG de-ch 2025-11-16 CHÊ Chênois STG St. Gallen ÉTO Étoile Carouge YFZ Young Fellows Zürich 15 4 3 60 27 14 5 3 44 20 13 4 5 47 21 12 4 6 53 34 11 6 5 38 27 6 9 7 29 33 8 3 11 32 42 7 5 10 27 45 8 2 12 27 35 5 7 10 27 38 5 3 14 22 40 1 2 19 14 58 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 1 April 1978 Zürich 0–0 FCZ summary Servette 45 Andrey65 Valentini Letzigrund, Zürich 9,200 SUI Ernest Guignet (Yverdon-les-Bains) D Round 2 8 April 1978 20:00 Basel 1–1 FCZ summaryFCB summary Zürich Lauscher 45 1:0 24 Zappa64 Fischbach78 Chapuisat90 1:1 Risi St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 12,000 SUI Bruno Galler (Kirchdorf, Bern) D Round 3 15 April 1978 Zürich 1–3 FCZ summary Grasshopper Club Botteron 22 1:1 6 0:1 Hermann14 0:2 Ponte88 1:3 Elsener2 14 89 Chapuisat Letzigrund, Zürich 10,000 SUI Hans Wolfer (Volketswil) L Round 4 9 April 1978 Lausanne-Sport 4–0 FCZ summary Zürich Künzli 11 1:0Künzli 27 2:0Favre 67 3:0Favre 69 4:0 Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 7,200 SUI Peter Scherz (Aegerten) L Round 5 22 April 1978 Zürich 4–2 FCZ summary Sion Scheiwiler 28 1:1Cucinotta 48 2:2Risi 58 3:2Cucinotta 77 4:2 26 0:1 Vergères47 1:2 Đorđić Letzigrund, Zürich 2,500 SUI Jean Dubach (Nidau) W Round 6 29 April 1978 Servette 1–2 FCZ summary Zürich Chivers 19 1:1Chivers 35′ 4 0:1 Cucinotta89 1:2 Cucinotta Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 5,500 SUI Rudolf Renggli (Luzern) W Round 7 6 May 1978 20:00 Zürich 4–2 FCZ summaryFCB summary Basel Scheiwiler 22 1:0Risi 35 2:0Scheiwiler 61 3:0Botteron88 4:2 64 3:1 Demarmels74 3:2 Marti Letzigrund, Zürich 11,000 SUI Bruno Galler (Kirchdorf, Bern) W Round 8 20 May 1978 Grasshopper Club 1–0 FCZ summary Zürich Grob 83 81 0:1 Montandon Hardturm, Zürich 12,500 SUI André Daina (Éclépens) L Round 9 24 May 1978 Zürich 2–1 FCZ summary Lausanne-Sport Risi 48 1:0Botteron 81 2:0 67 Devčić85 2:1 Künzli Letzigrund, Zürich 5,000 SUI Walter Hungerbühler (St. Gallen) W Round 10 22 May 1978 Sion 0–1 FCZ summary Zürich 27 0:1 Risi Stade Tourbillon, Sion 2,000 SUI René Maire (Chêne-Bougeries, Genève) W Championship table main WDL Q Playoff 2 y GCZ Grasshopper Club SER Servette BAS Basel LS Lausanne-Sport ZÜR Zürich SIO Sion 4 4 2 17 12 17 3 5 2 10 10 17 5 3 2 21 14 14 4 3 3 21 14 15 5 2 3 15 15 14 0 1 9 8 27 11 green1 Swiss Champions, qualified for 1978–79 European Cupand entered 1978 Intertoto Cup A yellow1 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1978–79 Cup Winners' Cup Y blue1 Qualified for 1978–79 UEFA Cup UE1 blue1 Qualified for 1978–79 UEFA Cup UE2 blue3 Entered 1978 Intertoto Cup I1 blue3 Entered 1978 Intertoto Cup I2 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; complete rsssf.com Swiss Cup 1977–78 Swiss Cup Round 4 10 September 1977 14:30 Muttenz 1–4 FCZ summary Zürich Peter Bruderer 4 1:0 35 1:1 Chapuisat36 1:2 Torstensson65 1:3 Scheiwiler88 1:4 Cucinotta Sportplatz Margelacker, Muttenz 5,500 SUI Alfred Heinis (Ammannsegg, Biberist) W Round 5 12 October 1977 20:00 Zürich 1–3 FCZ summaryFCB summary Basel Cucinotta 45Baur 56 1:2 19 0:1 Schönenberger49 0:2 Schönenberger66 1:3 Schönenberger72 Mundschin Letzigrund, Zürich 14,000 SUI Peter Scherz (Aegerten) L Swiss League Cup 1977–78 Swiss League Cup Round 1 6 August 1977 Zürich 9–0 FCZ summary Bellinzona Cucinotta 20 1:0Cucinotta 28 2:0Risi41 pen. 3:0Fischbach 42 4:0Torstensson 46 5:0Risi 48 6:0Cucinotta 65 7:0Cucinotta 77 8:0Scheiwiler 9:0 Letzigrund, Zürich 1,588 SUI Jaberg (Thun) W Round 2 12 February 1978 Zürich 3–0 FCZ summary Young Fellows Zürich Cucinotta 38 1:0Zwicker 55 2:0Cucinotta 90 3:0 Letzigrund, Zürich 1,200 SUI Wolfer (Volketswil) W Rock-hard frozen and slippery ground Quarter-final 12 March 1978 Lausanne-Sport 0–1 FCZ summary Zürich 9 0:1 Scheiwiler Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 2,800 SUI Gottlieb Barmettler (Luzern) W Semi-final 9 May 1978 Grasshopper Club 5–1 summary Zürich Ponte 13 1:0Ponte 43 2:0Bosco 68 3:0Ponte 70 4:0Hey 75 5:0 70 Chapuisat88 5:1 Zwicker Hardturm, Zürich 3,700 SUI Jean Dubach (Nidau) L UEFA Cup 1977–78 UEFA Cup First round First leg 14 September 1977 Zürich SUI 1–0 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65009--zurich-vs-cska-sofia/ BUL 1971 CSKA Sofia Risi 4 Letzigrund, Zürich 8,500 László Pádár (Hungary) W Second leg 28 September 1977 CSKA Sofia BUL 1971 1–1 yes https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65010--cska-sofia-vs-zurich/ SUI Zürich Markov 32 Cucinotta 105 Stadion Balgarska Armia, Sofia 20,000 Adolf Mathias (Austria) D Zürich won 2–1 on aggregate. Second round First leg 19 October 1977 Zürich SUI 0–3 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65035--zurich-vs-frankfurt/ FRG Eintracht Frankfurt Hölzenbein 28 Wenzel 77 Grabowski 90 Letzigrund, Zürich 17,000 Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia) L Second leg 2 November 1977 Eintracht Frankfurt FRG 4–3 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65036--frankfurt-vs-zurich/ SUI Zürich Kraus 1 Grabowski 62 Stepanović 68 Krobbach 87 Risi 45 pen. 60 Torstensson 78 Waldstadion, Frankfurt 3,600 Anatoli Ivanov (Soviet Union) L Eintracht Frankfurt won 7–3 on aggregate. Intertoto Cup 1977 Intertoto Cup Group 3 matches Matchday 1 2 July 1977 Inter Bratislava CSK 5–0 FCZ summary SUI Zürich 1:02:03:04:05:0 Bratislava 2,600 L Matchday 2 9 July 1977 Eintracht Frankfurt FRG 4–1 FCZ summaryEintracht summary SUI Zürich Hölzenbein 26 1:0Kraus 65 2:1Hölzenbein 80 3:1Neuberger 86 57 1:1 Torstensson Waldstadion, Frankfurt 5,500 FRG Heinz Aldinger (Waiblingen) L Matchday 3 16 July 1977 Zürich SUI 1–2 FCZ summary CSK Inter Bratislava Cucinotta 11 pen 1:1 3 0:1 Brezik75 1:2 Ladislav Petráš Letzigrund, Zürich 2,500 SUI Rudolf Renggli (Luzern) L Matchday 4 20 July 1977 Zürich SUI 1–0 FCZ summaryEintracht summary FRG Eintracht Frankfurt Cucinotta 10 1:0 Letzigrund, Zürich 3,500 SUI Ernst Dörflinger (Grenchen) W Matchday 5 23 July 1977 SSW Innsbruck AUT 3–0 FCZ summary SUI Zürich Welzl 29 1:0Zanon 35 2:0Lercher 45 pen Tivoli, Innsbruck 5,000 AUT Wolfgang Klocker L Matchday 6 30 July 1977 Zürich SUI 1–2 FCZ summary AUT SSW Innsbruck Moser 65 1:2 12 0:1 Oberacher52 0:2 Oberacher Letzigrund, Zürich 2,800 SUI René Kellenberger (Herisau) L Final group table main WDL Q 2 BRA CSK Inter Bratislava EIN FRG Eintracht Frankfurt WAC AUT SSW Innsbruck ZÜR SUI Zürich 4 1 1 18 11 2 3 1 13 8 2 2 2 10 10 1 0 5 4 16 2–5 4–2 5–0 2–2 1–1 4–1 1–3 1–1 3–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 y noflag 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete mogiel.net Friendly matches Pre-season Exhibition game 3 August 1977 Young Boys 2–4 FCZ summary Zürich Lorenz 27 1:1Lorenz 60 2:1 2 0:1 Cucinotta67 2:2 Risi70 2:3 Scheiwiler82 2:4 Torstensson Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 7,000 SUI André Favre (Échallens) W Semi-final of the Bern tournament. Exhibition game 9 August 1978 Grasshopper Club 3–2 FCZ summary Zürich Elsener 21 1:1Ponte 32 2:1Sulser 44 3:1 4 0:1 Risi66 3:2 Risi83 Chapuisat Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 4,000 SUI Rudolf Renggli (Luzern) L Final des Berner Turniers. Exhibition game 16 August 1977 Zürich 5–1 FCZ summary Aarau Cucinotta 51 1:0Fischbach 53 2:0Botteron 56 3:0Cucinotta 62 4:0Moser 72 5:1 70 4:1 Lamm Sportplatz, Muhen SUI Franz Gächter (Aarau, Suhr, Aargau) W Inauguration of the new sports field in Muhen. After 73 minutes, the referee abandoned the match in the middle of a downpour, even before the field lights went out. Due to personnel problems, Aarau fielded four players from the second-division club Brugg (von Allmen, Grogg, Lamm, and Jufer). Winter break Exhibition game 19 January 1978 Zürich 5–2 FCZ summary Luzern Scheiwiler 28 1:1Botteron 35 2:1Lüdi 42 3:2Botteron 48 penZwicker 56 5:2 10 pen Rahmen37 2:2 Wiprächtiger Schlieren, Switzerland 500 SUI Rudolf Affolter (Bülach) W Exhibition game 4 February 1978 Zürich 2–2 FCZ summary Bellinzona Botteron 7 1:0Risi 50 2:0 75 2:1 Maccini86 2:2 Rossi Sportplatz auf der Mülligen, Zürich 400 SUI Rudolf Affolter (Bülach) D Exhibition game 2 March 1978 Luzern 2–3 FCZ summary Zürich Blättler 59 1:1Fischer 75 2:1Weder 28 Chapuisat30 0:1 Cucinotta81 pen Botteron87 2:3 Botteron Hubelmatt, Luzern 90 SUI Peter Aschwanden (Luzern) W Sources and references dbFCZ Homepage Switzerland 1977–78 at RSSSF Swiss League Cup at RSSSF FC Zürichseasons 1976–77 1978–79 Category:FC Zürich seasons Zürich