1979–80 FC Basel season

The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1979–80 season was their 86th season since the club was founded. It was their 34th 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.

Overview

Helmut Benthaus was first team manager for the forteenth consecutive season. Basel played in the 1979–80 Nationalliga A. They ended the qualification round in second position and won the Championship with 33 points, two ahead of second place Grasshopper Club and of third placed Servette, who had won the Qualification Group. This was the clubs eighth championship title in their history. Basel scored a total of 91 goals conceding 38 in the 32 league games. Detlev Lauscher and Erni Maissen led the teams top goal scorers list after the qualifying phase both with 13 league goals. At the end of the season they were joined by Joseph Küttel and all three managed to score 18 league goals in that season.

Basel, as all NLA teams, entered the Swiss Cup in the round of 32. Basel were drawn away against Mendrisiostar where they won 3–1. In the second round, again away from home in the Wankdorf Stadium against Young Boys. In the Swiss League Cup Basel were also drawn away from home against the Young Boys. They lost both duels and thus without further cup matches had enough strength and energy to win the Swiss championship.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Hans Küng (league games: 36)
		GK	Jean Müller
		DF	Serge Gaisser (league games/goals: 23/3)
		DF	Walter Geisser (league games/goals: 34/2)
		DF	René Hasler (league games: 34/1)
		DF	Manfred Jungk (league games: 3)
		DF	Jean-Pierre Maradan (league games/goals: 36/2)
		DF	Jörg Stohler (league games/goals: 37/2)
		DF	René Zingg (league games: 1)
		MF	Robert Baldinger (league games: 1)

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Otto Demarmels (league games/goals: 29/7)
		MF	Erwin Meyer (league games: 2)
		MF	Hansruedi Schär (league games: 18)
		MF	Ernst Schleiffer (league games: 21)
		MF	Markus Tanner (league games/goals: 16/4)
		MF	Arthur von Wartburg (league games/goals: 34/4)
		MF	Detlev Lauscher (league games/goals: 33/18)
		MF	Erni Maissen (league games/goals: 35/18)
		MF	Joseph Küttel (league games/goals: 32/18)
		FW	Peter Marti (league games/goals: 25/7)

Results

Nationalliga A

Main article: 1979–80 Nationalliga A

League Table Qualification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Remarks
1	Servette FC Genève	26	16	7	3	61	25	39	To championship round
2	FC Basel	26	15	7	4	67	27	37	To championship round
3	Grasshopper Club Zürich	26	14	8	4	61	21	36	To championship round
4	FC Lucerne	26	14	4	8	44	44	32	To championship round
5	FC Zürich	26	13	5	8	56	42	31	To championship round
6	FC Sion	26	11	9	6	47	37	31	To championship round
7	FC St. Gallen	26	11	6	9	48	37	28
8	FC Chiasso	26	6	11	9	27	43	23
9	Lausanne Sports	26	8	6	12	35	38	22
10	BSC Young Boys	26	8	5	13	34	49	21
11	CS Chênois	26	4	12	10	32	45	20
12	Neuchâtel Xamax	26	8	4	14	33	48	20
13	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	26	5	7	14	24	57	17	Relegated
14	FC Lugano	26	1	5	20	18	74	7	Relegated

Championship Playoff Round

31 May 1980 Round 1	Basel	0 – 0	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

4 June 1980 Round 2	Sion	2 – 2	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion

7 June 1980 Round 3	Basel	5 – 0	Luzern	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

10 June 1980 Round 4	Servette	2 – 1	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva

13 June 1980 Round 5	Basel	2 – 0	Zürich	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

16 June 1980 Round 6	Grasshopper Club	3 – 1	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich

20 June 1980 Round 7	Basel	3 – 2	Sion	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

23 June 1980 Round 8	Luzern	0 – 4	Basel	Stadion Allmend Luzern

27 June 1980 Round 9	Basel	2 – 0	Servette	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

30 June 1980 Round 10	Zürich	2 – 4	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich

League Table Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	(B)	Remarks
1	FC Basel	10	6	2	2	24	11	33	(19)	Champions
2	Grasshopper Club Zürich	10	5	3	2	21	11	31	(18)
3	Servette FC Genève	10	5	1	4	18	11	31	(20)
4	FC Zürich	10	5	1	4	17	15	27	(16)
5	FC Sion	10	4	2	4	22	20	26	(16)
6	FC Lucerne	10	0	1	9	4	38	17	(16)

(B) halved points qualifying phase (rounded up)

Swiss Cup

Main article: Swiss Cup

Round of 32	Mendrisiostar	1 – 3	Basel	Centro Sportivo Comunale, Mendrisio

Round of 16	Young Boys	2 – 0	Basel	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Swiss League Cup

Main article: Swiss League Cup

Round of 32	Young Boys	1 – 0	Basel	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Sources and references

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
Switzerland 1979–80 at RSSSF
Swiss League Cup at RSSSF

External links

FC Basel official site

FC Basel

History Players

Stadiums	Landhof St. Jakob Stadium St. Jakob Park

Seasons	1932–33 1941–42 1946–47 1952–53 1962–63 1966–67 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81... 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Other	Superleague Formula team

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