1997–98 FC Basel season
| 1997–98 season | |
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| Chairman |  René C. Jäggi |
| Manager | Jörg Berger (until October 1997) Salvatore Andracchio (ad interim) Guy Mathez (from 1 January 1998) |
| Ground | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| Nationalliga A | Qualifying Phase 11th |
| Nationalliga A | Promotion/relegation group 3rd |
| Swiss Cup | Round of 16 |
| Top goalscorer | League: Mario Frick (14) All: Mario Frick (14) |
| Highest home attendance | 36,500 vs Solothurn 24.05.1998 |
| Lowest home attendance | 3,500 vs Xamax 22.11.1997 |
| Average home league attendance | 10,100[1] |
The 1997–98 Fussball Club Basel 1893 season was their 105th season since the club's foundation. René C. Jäggi was the club's chairman following the annual general meeting the year before. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Following their promotion in the 1993–94 season this was their fourth consecutive season in the highest tier of Swiss football.
Overview
[edit]Pre-season
[edit]Jörg Berger was appointed as the new trainer at the start of the season, but in October 1997 he was sacked and was replaced by Salvatore Andracchio (ad interim) until Guy Mathez was appointed as trainer from 1 January 1998. The club's priority aim was to remain in the top flight of Swiss football.
The club made many new signings as the season started. Amongst these, there were many experienced players, such as Oliver Kreuzer from Bayern Munich, Marco Sas from Bradford City, Maurizio Gaudino from Eintracht Frankfurt, Jürgen Hartmann from Hamburger SV and Nestor Subiat from Grasshopper Club. There were also young players such as Marco Pérez from Vaduz, Jan Berger from Grasshopper Club and Fabinho Santos from Joinville (Brazil) as well as Luís Calapes and Alexander Frei from the club's own youth section.[1]
Goalkeeper Thomas Grüter retired from professional football. Many other players also left the club, under them Mariano Armentano who transferred to Vélez Sarsfield, Adrian Falub who returned to Universitatea Cluj and Alex Nyarko who transferred to Karlsruher SC. The loan contracts with Franco Foda and Markus Schupp came to an end and because Basel did not opt to buy them, they both moved on to Sturm Graz. The youngsters Bruno Sutter transferred to Zürich and Hakan Yakin transferred to Grasshopper Club. At the end of the transfer window two further players left the squad, last season's top scorer Gaetano Giallanza transferred to Nantes in September and Jean-Pierre La Placa signed for Toulouse also in September.[2]
In the pre-season friendly games Basel first played against a Regional 11 of local players in Alsace and then against a Regional 11 of local players from BS/BL. Basel then played in the Sempione Cup, which was a club tournament played in summer at Sportanlage Moos, Balsthal, during the years 1987 to 2004. Curiosity, in both Basel games, semi-final and third place match, the decision fell in a penalty shoot-out. The semi-final was undecided after five penalties each and had to be continued. In the end all 22 players including the goalkeepers hat to shoot a penalty. Both goalkeeps missed their penalty shot and eventually Basel lost the shoot-out 9–10. The third placed match need 14 penalties for the decision and Basel won this shoot-out 5–4.[3] Another curiosity in the mid-season friendly against amateur club FC Rothrist. Basel won the game 13–2. Alexander Frei scored six goals and all six in the first half and Maurizio Gaudino scored five goals, all five in the second half.[4]
Domestic league
[edit]The football league season did not start the way that head-coach Berger had hoped. Four of the first six games ended in a defeat, the team conceding 12 goals and scoring just three. Berger was put under pressure by the club's board of directors, but things did not improve. After six consecutive defeats, a period during which Giallanza and La Placa both left, Berger was sacked. He was replaced ad interim by trainer Salvatore Andracchio, who had helped out the previous season. The team managed to improve their results, but could not correct the slip into the Relegation Group.
During the winter break Guy Mathez was appointed as new head-coach. Soon after this the newly signed Nemtsoudis left the club and Nestor Subiat's loan contract was ended and the contract with Marco Sas was dissolved. Under new trainer Mathez, the first few games were good. But after a period with three away defeats and two home draws, it seemed that the team were heading for relegation. A dramatic finish with three straight victories over the three better placed teams Young Boys, SC Kriens and finally Solothurn saved Basel from the relegation drop. They finished the promotion/relegation group with six wins, four draws and four defeats. They had scored 27 goals and conceded 22.[5]
Swiss Cup
[edit]Basel entered the Swiss Cup with a bye in the third and fourth principal round and started in the fifth. The opponents here were lower tier SC Buochs. Despite an early lead through Dario Zuffi, a penalty and a goal just after half time gave the lower tier a lead. Basel were down 1–2 right up until the 86th minute. Then Nestor Subiat poked the ball into the goal out of the crowd of players who had gathered in the six yard box, the equalizer. In the extra period Basel had no further problems and the Buochs players had no more stamina. Two more Subiat goals, two from Adrian Knup and the final goal from Fabrice Henry was followed by the final whistle.[6]
In the round of 16 Basel's opponents were Xamax, who were stronger and won by two goals to nil. The cup final was played between Lausanne-Sport and St. Gallen, this ended with a two all draw after extra time. Lausanne won the penalty shoot out winning the trophy and qualifying for the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.[7]
Players
[edit]The following is the list of the Basel first team squad. It also includes all players that were in the squad on the day the season started on 5 July 1997 but subsequently left the club after that date. Players who left the squad in the off-season are listed below.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
- Players who left the squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Results
[edit]- Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches
[edit]Pre- and mid-season
[edit]| 18 June 1997 Pre-season | Regional 11 Alsace  | 0 – 8 | Basel | Munster |
| 19:00 | Summary |  16' (0:1) Barberis 20' (0:2) Knup 34' (0:3) Zuffi 36' (0:4) Giallanza 44' (0:5) Knup 66' (0:6) Giallanza 68' (0:7) Tschopp 83' (0:8) Tschopp |
Attendance: 200 Referee: Thierry Keigler |
| 21 June 1997 Pre-season | Basel | 3 – 1 | Regional 11 BS/BL | Tannenbrunn, Sissach |
| 16:30 | Giallanza 23' (1:0) Giallanza 25' (2:0)Gaudino 36' (3:0) |
Summary | 89' (3:1) Schreiber |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Andreas Schluchter / Vroni Schluchter (Schönenbuch) |
| Note: From the 46th minute, assistant referee Vroni Schluchter (Schönenbuch) led the game, as Andreas Schluchter went out with a thigh injury. | ||||
| 24 June 1997 Sempione-Cup Semi-final | Basel | 1 – 1 (9 – 10 p) | Zürich | Moos, Balsthal |
| 19:30 | Frick  27'Frei 60' (1:0) |
Summary | 63' (1:1) Sutter 78' Guzik |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler |
| Penalties | ||||
Zuffi  Frei Hartmann Giallanza  Gaudino Tschopp Barberis Ceccaroni Schmidiger Buess Huber |
Gambino Guzik Sutter Brugnoli Santa'Anna Tejeda Weiler Castillo Tarone Shorunmu Konjić |
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| Note: The Sempione Cup was a club tournament played in summer at Sportanlage Moos, Balsthal, during the years 1987 to 2004.[3] | ||||
| 28 June 1997 Sempione-Cup 3rd place match | Basel | 1 – 1 (5 – 4 p) | Luzern | Moos, Balsthal |
| 15:30 | Giallanza 27' (1:1) |
Summary | 11' (0:1) Sawu |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Bruno Bachmann |
| Penalties | ||||
| Zuffi Pérez Kreuzer Schmidiger Gaudino Barberis |
Wyss Knez Moser Koilov Brega Baumann |
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| Note: The Sempione Cup was a club tournament played in summer at Sportanlage Moos, Balsthal, during the years 1987 to 2004.[3] | ||||
| 5 July 1997 Pre-season | Basel | 1 – 0 |  Borussia Dortmund | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Knup 13' (1:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Carlo Bertolini |
| 5 September 1997 Mid-season | SC Dornach | 1 – 5 | Basel | Gigersloch, Dornach |
| Weidmann 27' (pen. 1:2) |
Summary | 5' (0:1) Kondé 7' (0:2) Gaudino 50' (1:3) Marco Sas 54' (1:4) Giallanza 80' (1:5) Dobrovoljski |
Attendance: 350 Referee: Dieter Schoch |
| 19 September 1997 Mid-season | FC Rothrist | 2 – 13 | Basel | Stampfi, Rothrist |
| 18:45 | Berisha 46' (1:7) Roth 88' (2:12) |
Summary | 7' (0:1) Frei 9' (0:2) Frei 14' (pen. 0:3) Gaudino 21' (0:4) Frei 23' (0:5) Frei 40' (0:6) Frei 42' (0:7) Frei 48' (1:8) Giallanza 59' (1:9) Giallanza 64' (1:10) Giallanza 75' (1:11) Giallanza 86' (1:12) Kondé 90' (2:13) Giallanza |
Attendance: 600 Referee: Marcel Vollenweider |
| Note: 0:12 corners | ||||
Winter break
[edit]| 28 January 1998 Winter break | Basel | 3 – 0 | Zürich | Athletics stadium, Basel |
| Nondo 7' (o.g. 1:0) Knup 73' (2:0)Henry 84' (3:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 500 Referee: Heinz Käser | ||
| Note: Zürich without Nonda | ||||
| 4 February 1998 Training camp | APOP Paphos  | 1 – 5 | Basel | Pafiako Stadium, Paphos, Cyprus |
| 83' (1:4) |
Summary | 16' (0:1) Gaudino 33' (0:2) Hartmann 43' (0:3) Kondé 62' (0:4) Fabinho 85' (1:5) Knup |
Attendance: 800 |
| 6 February 1998 Training camp | Metalurh Donetsk  | 2 – 0 | Basel | Pafiako Stadium, Paphos, Cyprus |
| 33' (pen. 1:0) 90+2' (2:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 100 |
| 11 February 1998 Winter break | Basel | 0 – 0 |  Lokomotiv Moscow | Europastadion, Rheinfelden (Baden) |
| 15:00 | Summary | 70' Loskov |
Referee: Bernhard Zerr (Ottersweier) |
| 14 February 1998 Winter break | Luzern | 3 – 0 | Basel | Unterallmend, Root |
| 14:30 | Ibrahim 24' (1:0) Webber 43' (o.g. 2:0)Kögl 79' (3:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 800 Referee: Markus Nobs, (Wohlen) |
Nationalliga A
[edit]Qualifying Phase
[edit]| 5 July 1997 Round 1 | Basel | Postponed | Aarau | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 9 July 1997 Round 2 | Lausanne-Sport | 3 – 0 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
| 19:30 | Piffaretti 40' N'kufo 43'Udovič 87' |
Report | 32' Barberis 33' Frick 69' La Placa |
Attendance: 7,100 Referee: Marcel Vollenweider |
| 12 July 1997 Round 3 | Basel | 0 – 0 | Etoile Carouge | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 19:30 | Hartmann 27' Ceccaroni 62'Knup 75' |
Report | 25' Mosca 78' Duchosal |
Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Dominique Tavel |
| 19 July 1997 Round 4 | Basel | 1 – 3 | Servette | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 19:30 | Gaudino 57' (pen.) Zuffi 70'Ceccaroni  76' |
Summary | 14' Barea 34' Cantaluppi 45' Margarini 55' 23'Sesa 77' (pen.) Durix |
Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Philippe Leuba |
| 26 July 1997 Round 5 | Zürich | 0 – 0 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
| 19:30 | Tarone 59' Tejeda 70'Yekini 89' |
Summary | 17' Zuffi |
Attendance: 15,500 Referee:  Roland Beck |
| 2 August 1997 Round 6 | Basel | 1 – 3 | Sion | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 19:30 | Sas 23' Giallanza 41'Hartmann 61' |
Summary | 3', 64' Camadini 68 ' Zambaz 80' Tholot |
Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Carlo Bertolini |
| 10 August 1997 Round 7 | Kriens | 3 – 1 | Basel | Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens |
| 16:00 | Esposito 7' Gross 74'Schwizer 63'Erni 73' |
Summary | 43' Frick 57'  70' La Placa 76' Giallanza 84' Salvi |
Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Kurt Zuppinger |
| 15 August 1997 Round 1 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Aarau | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 19:30 | Ceccaroni 14' Gaudino 21'Giallanza 31'Frick 67'Kreuzer 87' |
Summary | 19' Aloisi 61' Drakopoulos 65' Zdrilic 70' de Napoli 78' Kilian |
Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Guido Wildhaber |
| 23 August 1997 Round 8 | Basel | 3 – 2 | St. Gallen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 19:30 | Zuffi 23' Dobrovoljski 77'Frick 82'Kreuzer 87'Salvi 88' |
Summary | 4' Hellinga 18' Stiel 35' Vurens 42' Regtop 61' Slavtschev 87' Herrera |
Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Claude Détruche |
| 30 August 1997 Round 9 | Xamax | 3 – 0 | Basel | Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel |
| 19:30 | Martin 57' Leśniak 65'Martinović 83'Kunz 90' |
66' Kreuzer 77' Ceccaroni |
Attendance: 8,100 Referee: Carlo Bertolini |
| 2 September 1997 Round 10 | Basel | 3 – 4 | Luzern | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 19:30 | Frick 20', 71' Gaudino 28'Giallanza 74' |
Summary | 4' van Eck 24' Joller 43' Brunner 58', 87' Petar Aleksandrov 67' Izzo 82' Kögl 89' Ibrahim |
Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Kurt Zuppinger |
| 13 September 1997 Round 11 | Grasshopper Club | 3 – 2 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
| 19:30 | Subiat 6' Esposito 13'Gren 48'Kavelashvili 78' 78' |
Summary | 13' Ceccaroni 15' Barberis 61' Gaudino 69' Giallanza 90+1' Frick |
Attendance: 9,150 Referee: Jürg Herrmann |
| 24 September 1997 Round 12 | Aarau | 1 – 0 | Basel | Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau |
| 19:30 | Roembiak 32' Kilian 68'Ćirić 75' |
64' Kreuzer |
Attendance: 5,600 Referee: Dieter Schoch |
| 28 September 1997 Round 13 | Basel | 0 – 1 | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 14:30 | Summary | 27' Rehn 31' Thurre 38' Ohrel 64' Piffaretti |
Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Massimo Busacca |
| 5 October 1997 Round 14 | Etoile Carouge | 2 – 1 | Basel | Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge |
| 16:00 | Aguilar 67' Hertig 81' (pen.) |
Summary | 45' Subiat 46' Orlando 51' Barberis 55' Ceccaroni 81' Huber |
Attendance: 1,775 Referee: Marcel Vollenweider |
| 19 October 1997 Round 15 | Basel | 3 – 3 | Zürich | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 14:30 | Kreuzer 11' Hartmann 30'Zuffi 44'Subiat 88' |
Summary | 29' Nonda 73' Tarone 90' 47' Hodel |
Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Urs Meier |
| 26 October 1997 Round 16 | Servette | 0 – 0 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
| 14:30 | Rey 13' Durix 25', 89'Potocianu 61'Sesa 85' |
71' Reimann 75' Frei 77' Frick |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Roland Beck |
| 2 November 1997 Round 17 | Sion | 2 – 2 | Basel | Stade Tourbillon, Sion |
| 14:30 | Seoane 9' Milton 73' |
Summary | 15' Frick 19' Barberis 41' Kreuzer 87' Ceccaroni |
Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler |
| 8 November 1997 Round 18 | Basel | 4 – 1 | Kriens | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 17:30 | Mendi 11', 29' Kreuzer 30'Frick 10' 59'Subiat 61' |
Summary | 17' Schnüriger 48' Colatrella 78' Melina |
Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Michael Herrmann |
| 19 November 1997 Round 19 | St. Gallen | 3 – 1 | Basel | Espenmoos, St. Gallen |
| 19:30 | Slavtchev 10' Regtop 20'Dal Santo 60'Vurens 67' |
Summary | 21' Kreuzer 79' Barberis |
Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Claude Détruche |
| 22 November 1997 Round 20 | Basel | 1 – 4 | Xamax | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 17:30 | Henry 60' Dobrovoljski 64'Pérez 84' |
Summary | 26' Gazic 32' Jeanneret 39' Hamann 45' Kunz |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Massimo Busacca |
| 30 November 1997 Round 21 | Basel | 1 – 0 | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 14:30 | Frick 22' Subiat 56' |
Summary | 18' Gämperle 63' Haas 90+1' Tikva |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler |
| 7 December 1997 Round 22 | Luzern | 0 – 1 | Basel | Stadion Allmend Luzern |
| 14:30 | Fink 73' |
Summary | 7' Hartmann 21' Kondé 47' (pen.) |
Attendance: 9,050 Referee: Philippe Leuba |
League table
[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grasshopper Club | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 59 | 23 | +36 | 46 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 2 | Lausanne-Sport | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 42 | |
| 3 | Servette | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 39 | |
| 4 | Aarau | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 31 | +7 | 35 | |
| 5 | St. Gallen | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 30 | |
| 6 | Zürich | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 31 | 28 | +3 | 30 | |
| 7 | Sion | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 30 | |
| 8 | Luzern | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 29 | |
| 9 | Xamax | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 26 | Continue to promotion/relegation round |
| 10 | Kriens | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 41 | −18 | 22 | |
| 11 | Basel | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 46 | −18 | 19 | |
| 12 | Étoile Carouge | 22 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 63 | −43 | 9 |
Promotion/relegation group
[edit]| 1 March 1998 Round 1 | Solothurn | 2 – 3 | Basel | Stadion FC Solothurn, Solothurn |
| 14:30 | Plaschy 1' Edward 83' 75'Bürgisser 79'Fluri 64' 81' |
Summary | 20' 12' Gaudino 71', 74' Berger 80' Zuffi 90+4' Barberis |
Attendance: 6,750 Referee: Guido Wildhaber |
| 7 March 1998 Round 2 | Basel | 4 – 2 | Kriens | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 17:30 | Henry 89' 8' Kreuzer 25'Frick 39', 64'Knup 90+2' |
Summary | 1' Egli 19' Schwizer 32' Benson 38' Zwyssig |
Attendance: 7,800 Referee: Dieter Schoch |
| 15 March 1998 Round 3 | Young Boys | 2 – 2 | Basel | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
| 14:30 | Lengen 23' Smajić 5' 50'Ivanov 74' 85' (pen.) |
Summary | 73' Barberis 73' Gaudino 76' 67' Kreuzer 87' Henry |
Referee: Claude Détruche |
| 21 March 1998 Round 4 | Basel | 3 – 6 | Xamax | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 17:30 | Gaudino 66' 2' 24' Pérez 51'Knup 53'Mendi 80' |
Summary | 7' Rueda 8' Hamann 25' Halili 38' Rothenbühler 61', 90+1' Zambaz 81' Maslow |
Attendance: 10,500 Referee: René Rogalla |
| 29 March 1998 Round 5 | Lugano | 0 – 0 | Basel | Cornaredo, Lugano |
| 14:30 | Fernandez 41' Wegmann 48'Lendvai 51'Giannini 55'Anderson 85' |
Summary | 22' Zuffi 34' Tschopp 55' Knup |
Attendance: 3,900 Referee: Guido Wildhaber |
| 4 April 1998 Round 6 | Basel | 3 – 1 | Etoile Carouge | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 17:30 | Gaudino 11', 72', 77' Barberis 31'Kondé 49'Orlando 55' |
Summary | 10' Djorkaeff 42' Duchosal 76' Hertig |
Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Jürg Herrmann |
| 8 April 1998 Round 7 | Baden | 3 – 1 | Basel | Esp Stadium, Fislisbach |
| 19:30 | Dnibi 39' Casamento 56'Lüthi 71' |
Summary | 6' Knup 70' Pérez 78' Calapes |
Attendance: 3,450 Referee: Roland Beck |
| 19 April 1998 Round 8 | Basel | 0 – 0 | Baden | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 19:30 | Gaudino 69' Calapes 74' |
Summary | 62' Rossi 70' Adriano |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Roberto Ferrari |
| 25 April 1998 Round 9 | Etoile Carouge | 2 – 0 | Basel | Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge |
| 17:30 | Elmira 37' Croci 57'Djorkaeff 78'Rothenbühler 86' |
Summary | 46' Barberis 59' Hartmann |
Attendance: 1,180 Referee: Guido Wildhaber |
| 29 April 1998 Round 10 | Basel | 0 – 0 | Lugano | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 19:30 | Ceccaroni 53' |
Summary | 44' Giménez 88' Giannini |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Marcel Vollenweider |
| 2 May 1998 Round 11 | Xamax | 2 – 1 | Basel | Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel |
| 19:30 | Wittl 16' Martinović 45'Maslow 70'Delay 81' |
Summary | 1' Knup 11' Frick 57' Ceccaroni |
Attendance: 6,500 Referee: André Daina |
| 9 May 1998 Round 12 | Basel | 4 – 1 | Young Boys | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 19:30 | Frick 25', 47' Pěchouček 32'Kreuzer 34'Knup 43'Gaudino 52'Kondé 71' |
Summary | 71' (pen.) Vukotić |
Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Carlo Bertolini |
| 17 May 1998 Round 13 | Kriens | 1 – 3 | Basel | Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens |
| 16:00 | Esposito 16' Disler 66'Erni 68'Rölli 73' |
Summary | 3' Reimann 49', 75' Frick 90+3' 45' Zuffi |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Dieter Schoch |
| 24 May 1998 Round 14 | Basel | 3 – 0 | Solothurn | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 16:00 | Kreuzer 4' Gaudino 41'Reimann 49'Frick 57'Pérez 64' |
Summary | 40' Roth 42' Aebi |
Attendance: 36,500 Referee: Urs Meier |
League table
[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xamax | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 22 | +13 | 26 | Remain in 1998–99 Nationalliga A |
| 2 | Lugano | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 23 | Promoted |
| 3 | Basel | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 22 | Remain in 1998–99 Nationalliga A |
| 4 | BSC Young Boys | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 22 | Promoted |
| 5 | Solothurn | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 21 | Remain in 1998–99 Nationalliga B |
| 6 | Kriens | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 25 | −6 | 16 | Relegated |
| 7 | Baden | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 23 | −8 | 12 | Remain in 1998–99 Nationalliga B |
| 8 | Étoile Carouge | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 11 | Relegated |
Swiss Cup
[edit]| 15 November 1997 Round 5 | SC Buochs | 2 – 7 (a.e.t.) | Basel | Stadion Seefeld, Buochs |
| 16:00 | Cavallucci 22' (pen.) Meier 33'Bieri 54'Von Flüe 90'Barmettler 119' |
Summary | 17' Zuffi 22' Nemtsoudis 86', 96', 101' Subiat 112', 117' Knup 120+1' 54' Henry |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: René Rogalla |
| 21 February 1998 Round of 16 | Xamax | 2 – 0 | Basel | Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel |
| 18:15 | Wittl 34' Jeanneret 50'Martinović 64'Halili 71'Hamann 76' |
Summary | 15' Webber 20' 45' Henry 90+1' Gaudino |
Attendance: 3,900 Referee: Massimo Busacca |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Stefan Peter. "Überregionale Meisterschaften, Schweizer und Basler Cup". Retrieved 2017-11-16.
- ^ "Erste Mannschaft/Kader Saison 1997/98". First team season 1997–98. joggeli.ch. 1997. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ a b c Garin, Erik (2004). "Sempione Cup (Switzerland)". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Rothrist - FC Basel 2:13 (0:6)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A 1997/98". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "SC Buochs - FC Basel 2:7 n.V. (2:2, 1:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
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