| 1982–83 season | |
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| Chairman | |
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| Ground | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| Nationalliga A | 11th |
| Swiss Cup | Round of 16 |
| Coppa delle Alpi | Group stage |
| Top goalscorer | League: All: |
| Highest home attendance | 11,500 on 11 September 1982 vs Grasshopper Club |
| Lowest home attendance | 1,800 on 8 June 1983 vs Aarau |
| Average home league attendance | 4,466 |
The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1982–83 season was their 89th season since the club was founded. It was their 37th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football after they won promotion during the season 1945–46. They played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Roland Rasi was appointed as the club's chairman at the AGM, he replaced Pierre Jacques Lieblich who stood down.
Overview
Pre-season
Rainer Ohlhauser was the first team manager. He had taken over from Helmut Benthaus, who had been manager for 17 years between 1965 and 1982, and who had moved on to take over as manager of VfB Stuttgart. A number of players left the squad, Ernst Schleiffer moved on to Grenchen, Peter Marti went to Aarau, Markus Tanner to Luzern and Joseph Küttel to Lugano. In the other direction Winfried Berkemeier joined from Young Boys, Ruedi Zbinden joined from local rivals Nordstern Basel and Nicolas Keller joined from Chiasso. There were also a number of youngsters who advanced from the youth team, Roger Bossert, Guido Rudin and Thomas Hauser.
Basel played a total of 51 games this season. 30 matches were played in the domestic league, three in the Swiss Cup, four in the Cup of the Alps and 14 were friendly matches. The Swiss League Cup was no longer played this season. The team scored a total of 108 goals and conceded 85. Of their 14 test games, ten were won, two drawn and two ended with a defeat. Only one of these test games were played at home in St. Jakob Stadium, the others were all played away.[1]
Domestic league
The 1982–83 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 1981–82 Nationalliga B, these being FC Winterthur and FC Wettingen. 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. Basel ended the season in eleventh position. In their 30 league games Basel won ten, drew five and lost fifteen matches, obtaining 25 points. They scored 47 goals, conceding 56, they were 24 points behind Grasshopper Club Zürich who became new champions. The new champions were qualified for 1983–84 European Cup. Servette were second in the championship, but as Cup winners they qualified for the 1983–84 Cup Winners' Cup. Therefore, the third and fourth teams, St. Gallen and Zürich, qualified for the 1983–84 UEFA Cup. FC Bulle and FC Winterthur suffered relegation.[2]
Swiss Cup
Basel entered into the Swiss Cup in the round of 64. Here they were drawn away against FC Breitenbach and on 9 October they won the match 4–0. In the round of 32 Basel were drawn at home against Lausanne-Sport. The game was played on 12 March 1983 and Basel won 2–1. On 4 April the away defeat against Mendrisio meant the end of this cup season. The Swiss League Cup was not competed this year.[3]
Coppa delle Alpi
In the Coppa delle Alpi Basel were drawn against AJ Auxerre and Metz. Two draws against Auxerre and one victory and a defeat against Metz left them in third position in the Swiss teams group table. Xamax and Nantes played in the final.[4]
Players
The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the season 1982–83. The list includes players that were in the squad on the day that the Nationalliga A season started on 14 August 1982 but subsequently left the club after that date.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Results
- Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches
Pre- and mid-season
| 13 July 1982 Pre-season | FC Mulhouse | 3 – 3 | | Stade Municipal, Huningue |
| 19:45 | Ouattara Andrey Wagner |
Summary | Attendance: 1,200 Referee: |
| 5 August 1981 Uhrencup | Basel | 6 – 1 | | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
| 19:00 | Gaisser Zbinden Berkemeier Berkemeier Stohler Sutter |
Summary | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: |
| 7 August 1982 Uhrencup | Grenchen | 2 – 1 | | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
| 19:00 | Biljali Wenger |
Summary | Attendance: 2,300 Referee: |
| 7 September 1982 Mid-season | Etoile Carouge | 2 – 4 | | Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge |
| 19:30 | Summary | Attendance: 400 Referee: |
| 30 September 1982 Mid-Season | SV Weil | 1 – 3 | | Weil am Rhein |
| 19:00 | Summary |
| 19 October 1982 Mid-season | Basel | 2 – 0 | | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 19:30 | Zbinden Sutter |
Summary | Attendance: 7,500 Referee: |
Winter break and mid-season
| 31 January 1983 Winter break | Seoul | 2 – 2 | | Villefranche-sur-Mer |
| 15:00 | Summary |
| 1 February 1983 Winter break | Vevey-Sports | 3 – 1 | | Villefranche-sur-Mer |
| 15:00 | Summary |
| 8 February 1983 Winter break | FC Allschwil | 2 – 10 | | Gartenhof, Hartplatz, Allschwil |
| 19:00 | Leuthardt Storz |
Summary | Attendance: 100 Referee: |
| 12 February 1983 Winter break | Xamax | 1 – 2 | | Stade Municipal, Payerne |
| 15:30 | Bianchi |
Summary | Attendance: 500 Referee: |
| 16 February 1983 Winter break | SC Binningen | 0 – 4 | | Spiegelfeld, Binningen |
| 19:00 | Summary | Attendance: 150 Referee: |
| 19 February 1983 Winter break | Nordstern Basel | 0 – 5 | | Stadion Rankhof, Basel |
| 14:30 | Summary | Attendance: 300 Referee: |
Nationalliga A
League matches
| 14 August 1982 Round 1 | Basel | 0 – 1 | Young Boys | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Summary | Attendance: 7,500 Referee: |
| 21 August 1982 Round 2 | Aarau | 1 – 2 | Basel | Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau |
| 20:00 | Müller Tschupperet |
Summary | Attendance: 6,500 Referee: |
| 25 August 1982 Round 3 | Servette | 2 – 0 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
| 20:30 | Brigger Elia |
Summary | Attendance: 8,000 Referee: |
| 28 August 1982 Round 4 | Basel | 5 – 1 | Vevey-Sports | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Marti Stohler Marti Jeitziner Zbinden |
Summary | Attendance: 3,400 Referee: |
| 4 September 1982 Round 5 | Bellinzona | 0 – 3 | Basel | Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona |
| 20:30 | Hafner |
Summary | Attendance: 4,000 Referee: |
| 11 September 1982 Round 6 | Basel | 3 – 1 | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Maradan Lüthi Gaisser |
Summary | Attendance: 11,500 Referee: |
| 18 September 1982 Round 7 | Xamax | 3 – 2 | Basel | Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel |
| 20:15 | Sarrasin Zaugg Gianfreda |
Summary | Attendance: 10,500 Referee: |
| 25 September 1982 Round 8 | Basel | 1 – 0 | Winterthur | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Jeitziner |
Summary | Attendance: 4,500 Referee: |
| 9 October 1982 Round 9 | St. Gallen | 2 – 0 | Basel | Espenmoos, St. Gallen |
| 17:30 | Gisinger Braschler |
Summary | Attendance: 10,000 Referee: |
| 23 October 1982 Round 10 | Basel | 2 – 2 | Sion | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Sutter Zbinden |
Summary | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: |
| 31 October 1982 Round 11 | Basel | 1 – 0 | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 14:30 | Gaisser |
Summary | Attendance: 4,500 Referee: |
| 7 November 1982 Round 12 | Wettingen | 1 – 0 | Basel | Stadion Altenburg, Wettingen |
| 14:30 | Radakovic Zanchi Martin Andermatt |
Summary | Attendance: 5,500 Referee: |
| 10 November 1982 Round 13 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Zürich | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Jeitziner Zbinden Maissen |
Summary | Attendance: 7,000 Referee: |
| 21 November 1982 Round 14 | Luzern | 4 – 3 | Basel | Stadion Allmend, Luzern |
| 14:30 | P. Risi P. Risi Lauscher P. Risi |
Summary | Attendance: 12,700 Referee: |
| 27 November 1982 Round 15 | Basel | 3 – 1 | Bulle | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 15:30 | Zbinden Jeitziner Jeitziner |
Summary | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: | |
| Note: Minute of mourning (and mourning bands of the FCB players) for the late Franz Rinderer (former chairman of the FC Basel). | ||||
| 27 February 1983 Round 16 | Bulle | 2 – 1 | Basel | Stade de Bouleyres, Bulle |
| 14:30 | Bapst Mora Mora Saunier |
Summary | Attendance: 1,500 Referee: |
| 3 March 1983 Round 17 | Basel | 3 – 0 | Luzern | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 14:30 | Stohler Sutter Marti Sutter |
Summary | Attendance: 5,500 Referee: |
| 20 March 1983 Round 18 | Zürich | 4 – 3 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
| 14:30 | Jerković Rufer Seiler Iselin Jerković |
Summary | Attendance: 9,200 Referee: |
| 23 March 1983 Round 19 | Basel | 1 – 0 | Wettingen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Stohler |
Summary | Attendance: 2,500 Referee: | |
| Note: von Wartburg's 250th championship game for FC Basel. | ||||
| 9 April 1983 Round 20 | Lausanne-Sport | 7 – 0 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
| 20:30 | Lei-Ravello Gaisser Kok Mauron Pellegrini Diserens |
Summary | Attendance: 5,500 Referee: |
| 16 April 1983 Round 21 | Sion | 1 – 0 | Basel | Stade Tourbillon, Sion |
| 18:15 | Balet |
Summary | Attendance: 4,000 Referee: |
| 23 April 1983 Round 22 | Basel | 2 – 2 | St. Gallen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Hauser Stohler |
Summary | Attendance: 4,000 Referee: | |
| Note: League debut von Thomas Hauser | ||||
| 30 April 1983 Round 23 | Winterthur | 1 – 1 | Basel | Schützenwiese, Winterthur |
| 20:00 | Roth |
Summary | Attendance: 1,900 Referee: |
| 7 May 1983 Round 24 | Basel | 0 – 4 | Xamax | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Summary | Attendance: 3,800 Referee: |
| 19 May 1983 Round 25 | Grasshopper Club | 1 – 0 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
| 20:00 | Egli |
Summary | Attendance: 4,700 Referee: |
| 28 May 1983 Round 26 | Basel | 2 – 3 | Bellinzona | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Marti Hauser |
Summary | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: |
| 1 June 1983 Round 27 | Vevey-Sports | 3 – 3 | Basel | Stade de Copet, Vevey |
| 19:00 | Franz Franz Franz |
Summary | Attendance: 1,800 Referee: |
| 4 June 1983 Round 28 | Basel | 1 – 3 | Servette | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Gaisser Gaisser |
Summary | Attendance: 5,000 Referee: |
| 8 June 1983 Round 29 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Aarau | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Jeitziner Maradan |
Summary | Attendance: 1,800 Referee: | |
| Note: Jörg Stohler honored for his 299th league championship game. Goalkeeper Hans Küng honored for his retirement. | ||||
| 11 June 1983 Round 30 | Young Boys | 4 – 2 | Basel | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
| 20:00 | Jacobacci Schmidlin Peterhans Peterhans |
Summary | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Grasshopper Club (C) | 30 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 86 | 29 | +57 | 49 | Champions, qualified for 1983–84 European Cup |
| 2 | Servette | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 65 | 24 | +41 | 48 | Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1983–84 Cup Winners' Cup |
| 3 | St. Gallen | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 61 | 31 | +30 | 40 | qualified for 1983–84 UEFA Cup and entered 1983 Intertoto Cup |
| 4 | Zürich | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 38 | qualified for 1983–84 UEFA Cup and entered 1983 Intertoto Cup |
| 5 | Lausanne-Sport | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 51 | 28 | +23 | 37 | |
| 6 | Xamax | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 61 | 40 | +21 | 37 | |
| 7 | Sion | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 51 | 36 | +15 | 35 | |
| 8 | Luzern | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 57 | 56 | +1 | 31 | entered 1983 Intertoto Cup |
| 9 | Young Boys | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 30 | entered 1983 Intertoto Cup |
| 10 | Wettingen | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 25 | |
| 11 | Basel | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 47 | 56 | −9 | 25 | |
| 12 | Vevey | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 42 | 61 | −19 | 22 | |
| 13 | AC Bellinzona | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 36 | 74 | −38 | 21 | |
| 14 | Aarau | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 32 | 52 | −20 | 20 | |
| 15 | Bulle | 30 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 27 | 87 | −60 | 12 | Relegated to 1983–84 Nationalliga B |
| 16 | Winterthur | 30 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 30 | 74 | −44 | 10 | Relegated to 1983–84 Nationalliga B |
Swiss Cup
| 9 October 1982 Round 3 | FC Breitenbach | 0 – 4 | Basel | Bodenacker, Breitenbach |
| 14:30 | R. Hänggi |
Summary | Attendance: 2,800 Referee: |
| 13 March 1983 Round 4 | Basel | 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 14:30 | Berkemeier Sutter Stohler |
Summary | Attendance: 7,300 Referee: |
Coppa delle Alpi
- Group A
| 17 July 1982 Round 1 | Basel | 0 – 0 | | St. Jakob Stadium Basel |
| 20:00 | Summary | Attendance: 1,200 Referee: |
| 24 July 1982 Round 2 | AJ Auxerre | 2 – 2 | | Stade de l'Aube, Troyes |
| 20:30 | Ferreri Szarmach |
Summary | Attendance: 2,500 Referee: |
| 27 July 1982 Round 3 | Basel | 3 – 2 | | St. Jakob Stadium Basel |
| 20:00 | Zbinden Zbinden Stohler |
Summary | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: |
| 31 July 1982 Round 4 | Metz | 5 – 1 | | Stade Saint-Symphorien, Metz |
| 20:30 | Morgante Loiseau Kurbos Kurbos Sonor |
Summary | Attendance: 2,841 Referee: |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xamax | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 6 |
| 2 | Servette | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
| 3 | Basel | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 4 |
| 4 | Grasshopper Club | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
| 5 | Sion | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 2 |
NB: teams played two teams of the other country home and away
See also
Sources and references
- Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
- Switzerland 1982–83 at RSSSF
- Cup of the Alps 1982 at RSSSF
- ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1982/83". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ↑ Erik Garin. "Nationalliga A 1982/83". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ↑ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1982/83". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ↑ Erik Garin. "Cup of the Alps 1982". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
