1978–79 FC Zürich season

FC Zürich 1978–79 Edwin Nägeli Edwin Nägeli Head coach Zlatko Čajkovski Letzigrund Nationalliga A Runner-up Swiss Cup Round 5 1978–79 Swiss League Cup Quarter-finals 1978 Intertoto Cup Group runner-up Peter Risi (16) Peter Risi (25) 1977–78 1979–80 The 1978–79 season was FC Zürich's 82nd season in their existence, since their foundation in 1896. It was their 20th 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 German Friedhelm Konietzka had been the first team head coach over the last seven seasons, since 1971, but his contract was no longer extended and he left the club to become head-coach of Young Boys. The Yugoslav and Croatian Zlatko Čajkovski was appointed as new head-coach for the FCZ first team. FCZ competed not only in the domestic first-tier 1978–79 Nationalliga A, but also competed in 1978–79 Swiss Cup and in the 1978–79 Swiss League Cup. They also entered into the 1978 Intertoto Cup, but the team had not qualified for the UEFA European competions. 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 domestic league season started, on 12 August 1978, but subsequently left the club after that date. 1 SUI GK Karl Grob league games: 28 SUI GK Urs Zurbuchen league games: 7 SUI DF Fritz Baur league games: 17 SUI DF Pierre-Albert Chapuisat league games: 24 SUI DF Alberto Erba league games: 4 SUI DF Pius Fischbach league games: 17 SUI DF Max Heer league games: 15 SUI DF Ruedi Landolt league games: 17 SUI DF Heinz Lüdi league games: 31 SUI DF Horst Thoma league games: 0 SUI DF Gianpietro Zappa league games: 32 SUI MF Georg Aliesch league games: 2 SUI MF René Botteron league games: 32 SUI MF Albert Hohl league games: 0 YUG MF Jurica Jerković league games: 32 SUI MF Roger Kundert league games: 31 SUI MF Manfred Moser league games: 7 SUI MF Fredi Scheiwiler league games: 27 SUI FW Rolf Meier league games: 5 SUI FW Winfried Kurz league games: 7 SUI FW Peter Risi league games: 31 SUI FW Hans-Peter Zwicker league games: 28 Players who left the squad SUI GK Ruedi Hauser to FC Küsnacht (ZH) SUI DF Giuseppe Sanfilippo to SC Zug SUI DF Pirmin Stierli retired SUI MF Silvio Hartmann to Aarau SUI MF Conny Torstensson to Åtvidabergs FF SUI FW Franco Cucinotta to Chiasso SUI FW Urs Dickenmann to Kriens Results Legend #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #CCCCCC Postponed 1px solid #AAAAAA Nationalliga A 1978–79 Nationalliga A League matches Round 1 12 August 1977 Zürich 1–1 FCZ summary Xamax Risi 19 1:0 21 og (Lüdi) Letzigrund, Zürich 7,500 SUI Franz Gächter (Aarau, Suhr, Aargau) D Round 2 19 August 1978 Grasshopper Club 2–1 FCZ summary Zürich Sulser 13 1:0Egli 77 2:1 28 1:1 Jerković80 Lüdi Hardturm, Zürich 14,000 SUI Jakob Baumann (Schaffhausen) L Round 3 23 August 1978 Chênois 3–0 FCZ summary Zürich Manai 16 1:0López 34Yaghcha 77 2:0Yaghcha 80 3:0 Stade des Trois-Chêne, Thônex 4,500 SUI Denis Perrenoud (Neuchâtel) L Round 4 26 August 1978 Zürich 5–0 FCZ summary St. Gallen Zwicker 20 1:0Risi 35 2:0Risi 40 3:0Zwicker 52 4:0Lüdi 78 5:0 Letzigrund, Zürich 6,500 SUI Othmar Winter, (Martigny) W Round 5 2 September 1978 Chiasso 1–2 FCZ summary Zürich Salzgeber 72 1:2 49 0:1 Jerković65 0:2 Jerković78 Zwicker72 Baur Stadio Comunale Riva IV, Chiasso 7,000 SUI Ernest Guignet (Yverdon-les-Bains) W Corners 13:5 Round 6 9 September 1978 Zürich 3–0 FCZ summary Servette Risi 31 1:0Risi 37 2:0Heer 66Botteron 77 3:0Chapuisat 81 18 Trinchero Letzigrund, Zürich 9,000 SUI André Daina (Éclépens) W Round 7 16 September 1978 Sion 2–2 FCZ summary Zürich Schneider 77 1:2Ruberti 79 2:2 50 0:1 Zappa59 0:2 Risi Stade Tourbillon, Sion 3,300 SUI Franz Gächter (Aarau, Suhr, Aargau) D Round 8 24 September 1978 14:30 Zürich 1–1 FCZ sunnarySummary Basel Risi 17′Botteron 36 1:0Jerković 83 46 1:1 Marti Letzigrund, Zürich 14,000 SUI Bruno Galler (Kirchdorf, Bern) D Round 9 1 October 1978 Zürich 3–3 FCZ summary Lausanne-Sport Zappa 5 1:0Botteron 53 2:1Baur 66 3:3 35 1:1 Künzli56 og (Chapuisat)58 2:3 Diserens87 Favre Letzigrund, Zürich 9,000 SUI Jean-Marie Macheret (Rueyres-St-Laurent) D Corners 15:5 Round 10 15 October 1978 Nordstern Basel 1–0 FCZ summary Zürich 5 pen Botteron90 Lüdi Stadion Rankhof, Basel 6,000 SUI Jean-Marie Macheret (Rueyres-St-Laurent) W Round 11 22 October 1978 Zürich 4–1 FCZ summary Young Boys Zwicker 15 1:0Risi 27 2:1Fischbach 42Zappa 56 3:1Botteron 76 4:1 17 1:1 Küttel44 Hussner Letzigrund, Zürich 16,000 SUI Rudolf Rettig (Gerlafingen) W Round 12 29 October 1978 Xamax 0–2 FCZ summary Zürich 63 0:1 Risi85 0:2 Jerković Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel 6,300 SUI René Maire (Chêne-Bougeries, Genève) W New floodlight system installed at the Maladière; set to 600 lux. Round 13 5 November 1978 Zürich 1–1 FCZ summary Grasshopper Club Botteron 26 penLüdi 43Fischbach 89 10 0:1 Sulser Letzigrund, Zürich 26,000 SUI André Daina (Éclépens) D Round 14 19 November 1978 St. Gallen 0–2 FCZ summary Zürich 35 0:1 Zwicker61 0:2 Risi Espenmoos, St. Gallen 12,300 SUI Jean-Marie Macheret (Rueyres-St-Laurent) W Round 15 26 November 1978 Zürich 2–0 FCZ summary Chiasso Kundert 31Zwicker 53 0:1Risi 64 35 Rehmann Letzigrund, Zürich 4,500 SUI Werner Bösch (Sutz-Lattrigen) W Round 16 3 December 1978 Servette 1–1 FCZ summary Zürich Weber 23 1:0Valentini 78 79 Jerković85 Lüdi88 1:1 Zappa Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 12,500 SUI Franz Gächter (Aarau, Suhr, Aargau) D Round 17 4 March 1979 Zürich 4–0 FCZ summary Kundert 7 1:0Baur 14 2:0Jerković 54 3:0Jerković 62 4:0 Letzigrund, Zürich 4,500 SUI Gottlieb Barmettler (Luzern) W Round 18 11 March 1979 15:00 Basel 1–0 Summary Zürich Demarmels 5 1:0Geisser 44Demarmels 65 45 Lüdi St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 10,000 SUI André Daina L Round 19 17 March 1979 20:00 Lausanne-Sport 1–2 FCZ summary Zürich (Zappa) 56 ogĐorđić 81 51 0:1 Zappa68 1:2 Zappa Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 2,500 SUI Rudolf Renggli (Luzern) W Before the game, Lausanne captain Burgener presents Botteron with a bouquet of flowers for his 100th consecutive championship game. Round 20 1 April 1979 14:30 Zürich 5–0 FCZ summary Nordstern Basel Chapuisat 43Zappa 51 1:0Botteron 54 2:0Risi 64 3:0Botteron 74 4:0Zwicker 81 5:0 Letzigrund, Zürich 4,200 SUI Jean-Marie Macheret (Rueyres-St-Laurent) W Round 21 4 April 1979 20:15 Zürich 6–0 FCZ summary Chênois Zwicker 23 1:0Jerković 24 2:0Botteron 33 3:0Zappa 43 4:0Scheiwiler 85 5:0Scheiwiler 90 6:0 Letzigrund, Zürich 3,600 SUI Denis Perrenoud (Neuchâtel) W Round 22 7 April 1979 20:15 Young Boys 1–3 FCZ summary Zürich Hussner 15 1:0Odermatt 63 49 1:1 Botteron51 1:2 Zwicker58 Kundert68 1:3 Baur81 Grob Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 15,000 SUI Franz Gächter (Aarau, Suhr, Aargau) W 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 22 April 1979 Zürich 2–3 FCZ summary Servette Risi 53 1:1Risi 87 penBotteron 76′ 43 0:1 Andrey63 1:2 Schnyder64 1:3 Bizzini Letzigrund, Zürich 18,000 SUI Jakob Baumann (Schaffhausen) L Round 2 28 April 1979 Young Boys 0–1 FCZ summary Zürich 64 0:1 Zwicker67 Erba Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 9,000 SUI Othmar Winter, (Martigny) W Round 3 8 May 1979 Zürich 3–3 FCZ summary Grasshopper Club Botteron 12 1:0Zappa 43 2:2Risi 68 3:2 26 1:1 Meier28 1:2 Hermann76 3:3 Hermann Letzigrund, Zürich 20,000 SUI Gottlieb Barmettler (Luzern) D Round 4 12 May 1979 20:00 Basel 1–3 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) W Round 5 17 May 1979 Zürich 2–1 FCZ summary St. Gallen Botteron 3 1:0Jerković 65 2:0Kundert 81 58 Hafner67 2:1 Labhart82 Fleury Letzigrund, Zürich 5,400 SUI André Daina (Éclépens) W Round 6 26 May 1979 Servette 1–0 FCZ summary Zürich Schnyder 75 1:0Trinchero 67Hamberg 0 88 88 Lüdi Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 22,500 SUI Ernst Dörflinger (Grenchen and Basel) L Round 7 31 May 1979 Zürich 1–0 FCZ summary Young Boys Zwicker 5 1:0 Letzigrund, Zürich 4,500 SUI Jean-Marie Macheret (Rueyres-St-Laurent) W Round 8 13 June 1979 Grasshopper Club 2–1 FCZ summary Zürich Egli 77 1:1Bauer 81 pen. 2:1 44 Lüdi46 0:1 Scheiwiler60 Kundert69 Baur Hardturm, Zürich 11,000 SUI André Daina (Éclépens) L Round 9 16 June 1979 20:00 Zürich 4–2 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) W Round 10 23 June 1979 St. Gallen 1–2 FCZ summary Zürich Stöckl 87 pen 14 Jerković30 0:1 Scheiwiler39 0:2 Zwicker Espenmoos, St. Gallen 7,000 SUI Gottlieb Barmettler (Luzern) W Championship 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 7 October 1978 Red Star 1–6 FCZ summary Zürich Schäuble 88 1:5 4 pen Botteron52 0:2 Risi71 0:3 Zwicker74 0:4 Risi86 0:5 Scheiwiler90 1:6 Botteron Letzigrund, Zürich 1,600 SUI Rudolf Affolter (Bülach) W From the 76th minute onwards, Red Stars were down to ten men: Schmid left the field injured and the substitution quota had already been used up. 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) L Swiss League Cup 1978–79 Swiss League Cup Round 1 26 July 1978 Ibach 2–6 FCZ summary Zürich Suter 58 1:4Schibig 74 pen. 2:6 20 1:0 Scheiwiler26 0:2 Botteron28 pen- 0:3 Risi36 og (Suter)61 1:5 Jerković67 1:6 Aliesch Fischbach Kundert Gerbihof, Ibach 1,200 SUI Marco Raveglia (San Vittore, Switzerland) W Round 2 5 August 1978 Wettingen 0–5 FCZ summary Zürich Strasser 65′ 39 0:1 Baur62 0:2 Risi65 0:3 Zwicker75 0:4 Zwicker82 pen Botteron Stadion Altenburg, Wettingen 2,300 SUI André Daina (Éclépens) W Quarter-final 11 November 1978 Xamax 3–1 FCZ summary Zürich Zaugg 49 1:1Gross 51 2:1Rub 88 3:1 39 0:1 Risi Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel 2,000 SUI Gottlieb Barmettler (Luzern) L Intertoto Cup 1978 Intertoto Cup Group 5 matches Matches Matchday 1 24 June 1978 Maccabi Tel Aviv ISR 0–2 FCZ summary SUI Zürich 52 0:1 Risi80 0:2 Risi Tel Aviv 2,500 W Matchday 2 1 July 1978 Zürich SUI 0–2 FCZ summary SWE Malmö FF 22 0:1 Sjöberg82 0:2 Sjöberg Linthstrasse, Tuggen 2,000 SUI Rudolf Renggli (Luzern/Stans) L Matchday 3 8 July 1978 Zürich SUI 2–0 FCZ summary AUT First Vienna Risi 58 1:0Scheiwiler 61 2:0 Kuhnert Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens 1,200 SUI Jakob Baumann (Schaffhausen) W Matchday 4 02 July 1978 Malmö FF SWE 2–0 FCZ summary SUI Zürich Ljungberg 37 1:0Sjöberg 41 2:0Kristensson 0 Malmö Stadion, Malmö 2,150 SWE Erik Fredriksson L Matchday 5 22 July 1978 First Vienna AUT 0–2 FCZ summary SUI Zürich 35 0:1 Risi89 0:2 Botteron Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Vienna 2,500 AUT Adolf Mathias W Matchday 6 29 July 1978 Zürich SUI 0–3 FCZ summary ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv 3 0:1 Peretz25 0:2 Tabak78 0:3 Tabak Letzigrund, Zürich 2,500 SUI Bruno Galler (Kirchdorf, Bern) L Final group table main WDL Q 2 MAL SWE Malmö FF ZÜR SUI 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 Internationaler Fussballcup (IFC) 1978 dbFCZ de 2023-11-16 MTA ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv FVI AUT First Vienna 5 1 0 11 3 3 0 3 6 7 2 0 4 10 10 1 1 4 6 13 2–0 3–1 2–1 0–2 0–3 2–0 0–1 0–2 5–1 1–1 0–2 3–1 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 30 July 1978 Zürich 3–3 FCZ summary Luzern Botteron 31 1:0Botteron 59 2:1Scheiwiler 74 3:2 50 1:1 Wiprächtiger72 2:2 Binder87 3:3 Vögeli St. Martin, Cazis 750 SUI René Kellenberger (Herisau) D Promotional match to mark the 10th anniversary of FC Cazis Exhibition game 2 August 1978 Young Boys 3–1 FCZ summary Zürich Küttel 63 1:0Brechbühl 67 2:0Hussner 83 3:1 74 2:1 Jerković Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 7,500 SUI Isler (Affoltern am Albis and Zürich) L Philips-Cup semi-final Exhibition game 8 August 1978 Grasshopper Club 3–6 FCZ summary Zürich Egli 10 1:0Egli 65 2:5Egli 69 3:5 24 1:1 Fischbach29 1:2 Risi35 1:3 Botteron51 1:4 Chapuisat55 1:5 Risi82 3:6 Botteron Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 4,000 SUI Bruno Galler (Kirchdorf, Bern) W Philips-Cup, game for 3rd place Exhibition game 12 September 1978 FC Gossau 2–8 FCZ summary Zürich Sportanlage Buechenwald, Gossau W Exhibition game 20 September 1978 Zürich 2–1 FCZ summary AC Milan Risi 15 1:0Zwicker 67 2:1 30 1:1 Capello Letzigrund, Zürich 20,150 SUI SUI Isler (Affoltern am Albis and Zürich) W A farewell match for Köbi Kuhn, organized by Kuhn himself. The net profit of the event (approx. CHF 200,000) went to Kuhn. Winter break Exhibition game 11 February 1979 Zürich 11–2 FCZ summary SC Zug Botteron 1:0Botteron 2:0Botteron 3:0Botteron 4:0Botteron 5:0Botteron 6:0Jerković 7:0Zappa 8:0Meier 9:0Lüdi 10:0Risi 11:0 11:1 Gacesa11:2 Gacesa Letzigrund (training pitch), Zürich 400 SUI ? W Exhibition game 14 February 1979 Zürich 1–2 FCZ summary VfB Stuttgart Risi 36 1:2 3 0:1 Hoeness20 0:2 Müller Letzigrund, Zürich 6,200 SUI Jakob Baumann (Schaffhausen) L Exhibition game 17 February 1979 Dinamo Zagreb 0–0 FCZ summary Zürich Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb 13,000 D Exhibition game 21 February 1979 FC Regensdorf 0–4 FCZ summary Zürich W Exhibition game 23 February 1979 Bellinzona 0–2 FCZ summary Zürich 42 0:1 Zappa67 0:2 Botteron Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona 300 SUI Prudente (Bellinzona) W Exhibition game 24 February 1979 Lugano 1–3 FCZ summary Zürich Brenna 52 1:3 33 0:1 Zappa42 0:2 Zappa48 0:3 Risi Cornaredo, Lugano SUI Prudente (Bellinzona) W Exhibition game 28 February 1979 FC Frauenfeld 0–1 FCZ summary Zürich 82 0:1 Zappa Kleine Allmend, Frauenfeld 400 SUI Rudolf Affolter (Bülach) W Exhibition game 27 March 1979 FC Blue Stars Zürich (red) Fussballverband Region Zürich 2025 https://matchcenter.fvrz.ch/default.aspx?v=1573&oid=11&lng=1 FC Blue Stars Zürich Fussballverband Region Zürich de 2025-11-16 0–3 FCZ summary Zürich 29 0:1 Scheiwiler49 0:2 Scheiwiler45 0:3 Baur Letzigrund (training pitch), Zürich 350 SUI Kistler (Zürich) W Exhibition game 12 April 1979 Luzern 2–2 FCZ summary Zürich Kaufmann 57 1:0Christen 82′Christen 82 2:2Reimer 0 86 10′ Botteron63 1:1 Risi75 og (Meschenmoser) Stadion Allmend, Luzern 1,500 SUI Jakober (Stans) D Exhibition game 17 April 1979 Zürich 7–0 FCZ summary Blue Stars Botteron 1:0Botteron 2:0Zwicker 3:0Zwicker 4:0Risi 5:0Risi 6:0Jerković 7:0 Letzigrund, Zürich 500 SUI Rudolf Affolter (Bülach) W Exhibition game 6 June 1979 Switzerland 1–1 FCZ summary Zürich Schnyder 38 1:0 63 1:1 Jerković Küsnacht 2,500 SUI Isler (Affoltern am Albis and Zürich) D Sources and references dbFCZ Homepage Switzerland 1978–79 at RSSSF Swiss League Cup at RSSSF FC Zürichseasons 1977–78 1979–80 Category:FC Zürich seasons Zürich