The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1990–91 season was their 97th season since the club's foundation. Charles Röthlisberger was the club's chairman for the third consecutive year. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Following their relegation in the 1987–88 season this was their third season in the second tier of Swiss football.
| 1990–91 season | |
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| Chairman |  Charles Röthlisberger |
| Manager |  Ernst August Künnecke |
| Ground | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| Nationalliga B | Qualifying Phase 4th |
| Nationalliga B | Promotion Phase 4th |
| Swiss Cup | Eliminated in 2nd round |
| Top goalscorer | League:  Brian Bertelsen (11)All: Brian Bertelsen (11) |
| Highest home attendance | 8,000 on 17 March 1991 vs St. Gallen |
| Lowest home attendance | 900 on 22 December 1990 vs Schaffhausen |
| Average home league attendance | 3,538[1] |
Overview edit
Ernst August Künnecke returned to the club, having taken over from Urs Siegenthaler as first-team coach during the previous. After missing promotion the previous two seasons, the club's repeated priority aim was to return to the top flight of Swiss football. Only a few players left the team. Andre Rindlisbacher transferred to Bellinzona, Uwe Wassmer to Aarau and Ralph Thoma returned to his club of origin FC Rheinfelden. Rolf Baumann ended his active football career and returned to his hometown club VfL Kirchheim/Teck as head-coach. Four other players left the squad because their contracts were not renewed. In the other direction Brian Bertelsen and Reto Baumgartner moved in from Wettingen. Maximilian Heidenreich transferred in from Hannover 96. Three young players came in from local, lower-tier teams, Roman Künzli from FC Breitenbach, Roman Hangarter from FC Brüttisellen and Christian Marcolli from FC Aesch. Seven young players were brought up from the Basel youth team.
The 24 teams in the Nationalliga B were divided into two groups, a South/East and a West group, to first play a qualification round. In the second stage the tops six teams in each group and the last four teams of the Nationalliga A would play a promotion/relegation round, also divided into two groups. The top two teams in each of these groups would play in the top flight the next season. Basel were assigned to the South East group. The first stage ran very moderately, there was no consistency in their games and matches were lost that should have been won. They ended their 22 matches in the Qualifying Phase with 9 victories, 8 draws and 5 defeats with 26 points in a disappointing fourth position in the league table. The team scored 40 goals and conceded 30.[2]
Basel qualified for a promotion group and were assigned to group A. Also qualified for this group from the Nationalliga B were Chiasso, Yverdon-Sports, Fribourg, Baden and Etoile Carouge. Fighting against their relegation from the Nationalliga A were St. Gallen and Wettingen. At the start of this phase Basel lost two games, away against Yverdon-Sports and at home against St. Gallen and therefore they were in arrears right from the beginning. Even the away victory against Wettingen didn't help much, because they were defeated at home by FC Baden just two rounds later. A few weeks later the back to back home defeat against Wettingen and the defeat in the Espenmoos against St. Gallen decided the promotion/relegation phase to the benefit of these two teams. Basel ended their 14 matches in the promotion/relegation phase with just four victories, four draws, suffering six defeats with 12 points in a very disappointing fourth position in the league table and missed promotion again.[3]
In the Swiss Cup second round Basel were drawn with an away game against lower tier, local club FC Pratteln. But Basel were sent home suffering an embarrassing 4–0 defeat. A red card for Peter Bernauer just after half time, as the game was still goalless, made Basel very unsure. Pratteln took the lead and Basel were not able to give an adequate answer. In fact, in the last few minutes of the game, they fell completely apart and gave up two counter goals within less than 60 seconds.[3]
Players edit
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Results edit
- Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches edit
Pre-season edit
| 10 July 1990 Pre-season | FV Möhringen | 0 – 9 | Basel | Möhringen an der Donau |
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| 11 July 1990 Pre-season | Aarau | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (5 – 3 p) | Basel | Moos, Balsthal |
| 19:30 | Summary | Attendance: 550 Referee: Francis Fischer | ||
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| 14 July 1990 Pre-season | Basel | 1 – 2 | Zürich | Moos, Balsthal |
| 17:00 | Zbinden 6' (pen. 1:0) |
Summary | 14' (1:1) Tréllez 49' (1:2) Kok |
Attendance: 500 Referee: Urs Meier |
| 17 July 1990 Uhrencup preliminary | Lugano | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (3 – 4 p) | Basel | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
| 18:00 | Summary | Attendance: 500 Referee: René Gemperle | ||
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| Tami Hertig Ladner Piserchia Degiovannini |
Rahmen Maissen Dittus Mata Zbinden |
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| 19 July 1990 Uhrencup preliminary | Basel | 3 – 1 | Zürich | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
| 20:00 | Bertelsen 29' (1:0) Gottardi  31'Maissen 52' (2:0)Zbinden 90' (3:1) |
Summary | 63' Gilli 80' (2:1) Kok |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Urs Meier |
| 21 July 1990 Uhrencup final | Basel | 1 – 4 |  Górnik Zabrze | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
| 20:00 | Rahmen 17' (1:0) |
Summary | 8' Kraus 41' (1:1) Brzoza 46' (1:2) Staniek 60' (1:3) Warzycha 72' (1:4) Jegor |
Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Manfred Schlup Grenchen |
Winter break edit
| 2 February 1991 Winter break | FC Laufen | 0 – 4 | Basel | Im Nau, Laufen |
| 14:30 | Summary | 2' (o.g. 0:1) R. Cueni 22' (0:2) Marcolli 33' (0:3) Mata 48' (0:4) Bertelsen |
Attendance: 200 Referee: Gottfried Friedrich |
| 9 February 1991 Winter break | Basel | 0 – 0 | SC Freiburg | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 14:30 | Summary | Attendance: 150 Referee: Rolf Blattmann |
| 12 February 1991 Winter break | Basel | 1 – 3 | Karlsruher SC | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Rahmen 59' (1:2) |
Summary | 14' (0:1) Reichert 45' (0:2) Schütterle 90' (1:3) Wittwer |
Attendance: 350 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler |
| 24 February 1991 Winter break | Basel | 1 – 2 | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 14:30 | Bertelsen 46' (1:1) |
Summary | 13' (0:1) Salvi 83' (1:2) Sforza Gren |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Werner Müller |
| 26 February 1991 Winter break | Basel | 0 – 1 |  Strasbourg | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 19:00 | Summary | 4' (0:1) Jenner |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Manfred Schlup Grenchen |
Nationalliga B edit
Qualifying Phase South East edit
| 25 July 1990 Round 1 | Kriens | 0 – 3 | Basel | Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens |
| 20:00 | Rohrer 71' |
Summary | 33' (0:1) Mata 40' (0:2) Maissen 48' (0:3) Bertelsen |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: René Gemperle |
| 28 July 1990 Round 2 | Basel | 1 – 2 | Locarno | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Mata 35' Gottardi 54' (1:1) |
Summary | 9' Bützer 52' (0:1) Schönwetter 90' (1:2) Omini |
Attendance: 4,300 Referee: Pierre-Alain Eschmann |
| 4 August 1990 Round 3 | Zug | 0 – 2 | Basel | Herti Allmend Stadion, Zug |
| 17:30 | Schneider 8′ Büeler 47'di Muro 78' |
Summary | 59' (0:1) Bertelsen 75' Gottardi 88' (0:2) Rahmen |
Attendance: 750 Referee: Rudolf Schödl |
| 8 August 1990 Round 4 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Winterthur | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Reich 31' (1:1) |
Summary | 23' (0:1) Maiano 40' Battaini |
Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Hans Weber |
| 11 August 1990 Round 5 | Baden | 2 – 0 | Basel | Esp Stadium, Fislisbach |
| 20:00 | Sitek 22' (1:0) Lüdi 54'Isler 71'Zimmermann 74' (2:0) |
Summary | 14' Wagner 68' Đurđević |
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| 14 August 1990 Round 6 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Emmenbrücke | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Maissen 11' (1:1) Dittus 69' (2:1)Bernauer 84' |
Summary | 8' (0:1) Eggeling 29' Stadler 40' Wicht 51' Bühler 66' Roland Wyss 78' Eggellng 82' Schmid |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Roman Ullmann |
| 25 August 1990 Round 7 | Basel | 2 – 2 | Chiasso | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Reich 19' (1:0) Mata 44'Zbinden 41' (2:0) |
Summary | 71' (2:1) Jeannoteguy 75' Gatti 81' (2:2) Da Silva |
Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Paul-Louis Christe |
| 1 September 1990 Round 8 | Bellinzona | 0 – 0 | Basel | Stadio Comunale Bellinzona |
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| 15 September 1990 Round 10 | Basel | 0 – 3 | Chur | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Gottardi 46' Dittus 68' |
Summary | 29' (o.g.) 34' (pen. 0:2) Costantini 37' Sommerhalder 67' Costantini 88' (0:3) Costantini 89' Camenisch |
Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Francesco Bianchi |
| 22 September 1990 Round 11 | Schaffhausen | 3 – 2 | Basel | Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen |
| 20:00 | Löw 14' (1:0) Engesser 28' (2:0)Engesser 80' (pen. 3:1) |
Summary | 72' (pen. 2:1) Dittus 86' (3:2) Bernauer |
Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Werner Müller |
| 6 October 1990 Round 12 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Kriens | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Bertelsen 61' (1:0) Reich 82' (2:1) |
Summary | 24' Lötscher 33' Künzi 63' (1:1) Pekas |
Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Jean-Claude Tagliabue |
| 9 October 1990 Round 13 | Locarno | 2 – 3 | Basel | Stadio del Lido, Locarno |
| 20:00 | Giani 27' Costas 24' (1:0)Pedrotti 52' (2:1) |
Summary | 40' (1:1) Baumgartner 55' (2:2) Baumgartner 61' Reich 77' (2:3) Bertelsen 84' Dittus |
Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Oswald Gritsch |
| 20 October 1990 Round 14 | Basel | 2 – 2 | Zug | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Maissen 21' (1:0) Wagner 39' (2:0)Maissen 62'Wittmann 84' |
Summary | 45' (2:1) Marin 72' Paradiso 87' (2:2) Müller |
Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Karl Strässle Heiden |
| 27 October 1990 Round 15 | Winterthur | 2 – 2 | Basel | Schützenwiese, Winterthur |
| 20:00 | Ramsauer 11' (1:0) Bacchini 50' (2:1) |
Summary | 26' (1:1) Bertelsen 45' Gottardi 49' Bernauer 55' (2:2) Bertelsen |
Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Pierre-Alain Eschmann |
| 4 November 1990 Round 16 | Basel | 1 – 3 | Baden | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 14:30 | Dittus 63' (pen. 1:3) |
Summary | 1' (o.g. 0:1) Bernauer 23' (0:2) Sitek 29' Born 40' Sitek 48' (0:3) Wagner de Aquinho Valente 51' Wagner de Aquinho Valente |
Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler |
| 11 November 1990 Round 17 | Emmenbrücke | 0 – 3 | Basel | Stadion Gersag, Emmenbrücke |
| 14:30 | Chritian Wyss 51' Heinz Siegrist 79' |
Summary | 24' (0:1) Wagner 53' Heidenreich 66' (0:2) Baumgartner 71' Gottardi 74' (0:3) Wagner |
Attendance: 600 Referee: Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern |
| 18 November 1990 Round 18 | Chiasso | 2 – 2 | Basel | Stadio Comunale (Chiasso) |
| 14:30 | Dario 5' (1:0) Wanderley 43'Minelli 64'Bernaschina 80' (pen. 2:2) |
Summary | 35' Bernauer 43' (1:1) Zbinden 48' (1:2) Heidenreich |
Attendance: 700 Referee: Erwin Schuler |
| 25 November 1990 Round 19 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Bellinzona | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 14:30 | Baumgartner 31' (1:0) Đurđević 69'Gottardi 86' (2:1) |
Summary | 33' Rindlisbacher 44' (1:1) Rindlisbacher 48' Schär 78' Pestoni |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger Suhr |
| 2 December 1990 Round 20 | Basel | 3 – 0 | Glarus | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 14:30 | Wagner 5' (1:0) Bertelsen 26' (2:0)Wagner 43' (3:0)Ceccaroni 60'Gottardi 75' |
Summary | 41' April 67' Oswald 71' Stoob 83' Gänssler |
Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Urs Meier |
| 9 December 1990 Round 21 | Chur | 1 – 1 | Basel | Ringstrasse, Chur |
| 14:30 | de Gani 78' (1:1) |
Summary | 38' (0:1) Wittmann 81' Maissen |
Attendance: 162 Referee: Francesco Bianchi |
| 16 December 1990 Round 22 | Basel | 6 – 2 | Schaffhausen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 14:30 | Bernauer 30' (1:1) Wagner 39' (2:1)Bossi 48' (o.g. 3:1)Bertelsen 55' (4:1)Zbinden 59' (5:1)Bertelsen 71' (6:2) |
Summary | 14' (0:1) Sternkopf 69' (5:2) Harder |
Attendance: 900 Referee: Pierre-Alain Vuillemin |
League table edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Locarno | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 44 | 23 | +21 | 32 | Promotion round |
| 2 | Baden | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 19 | +22 | 31 | |
| 3 | Schaffhausen | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 45 | 29 | +16 | 28 | |
| 4 | Basel | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 30 | +10 | 26 | |
| 5 | Zug | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 26 | |
| 6 | Chiasso | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 26 | +17 | 25 | |
| 7 | Bellinzona | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 20 | Relegation group |
| 8 | Winterthur | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 20 | |
| 9 | Chur | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 17 | |
| 10 | Glarus | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 58 | −35 | 14 | |
| 11 | Emmenbrücke | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 39 | −21 | 13 | |
| 12 | Kriens | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 47 | −25 | 12 |
Promotion/relegation phase Group A edit
| 3 March 1991 Round 1 | Basel | 3 – 1 | Etoile Carouge | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 14:30 | Dittus 33' (1:0) Dittus 52'Wagner 68' (2:0)Zbinden 77' (3:0) |
Summary | 32' Thomé 53' Celso 85' (3:1) Castella |
Attendance: 4,300 Referee: Paul-Louis Christe |
| 10 March 1991 Round 2 | Yverdon-Sports | 2 – 0 | Basel | Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains |
| 14:30 | Vialatte 27' Castro 29'Castro 50' (1:0)Dajka 71' (2:0)Bonato 73' |
Summary | 15' Heidenreich 87' Bertelsen |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Michel Zen Ruffinen |
| 17 March 1991 Round 3 | Basel | 0 – 1 | St. Gallen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 14:30 | Zbinden 66' |
Summary | 7'  61' Blättler 29' (0:1) Cardozo 32' Cardozo 81' Rubio 89' Thüler |
Attendance: 8,000[1] Referee: Fredy Phillippoz |
| 27 March 1991 Round 4 | Wettingen | 1 – 3 | Basel | Stadion Altenburg, Wettingen |
| 20:00 | Fink 20' (1:1) Andermatt 37'Widmer 40'Mathy 47'Widmer 57' |
Summary | 16' (0:1) Bertelsen 37' Heidenreich 41' (1:2) Zbinden 50' Ceccaroni 86' (1:3) Bertelsen |
Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Erwin Schuler |
| 6 April 1991 Round 5 | Fribourg | 2 – 2 | Basel | Stade Universitaire, Freiburg |
| 20:00 | Dittus 22' (pen. 1:1) Baumgartner 39'Reich 42' (2:1)Reich 79' |
Summary | 16' (pen. 0:1) Bucheli 43' (2:2) Bucheli 51' Bwalya 83' Cross |
Attendance: 2,040 Referee: Erwin Fölmli |
| 13 April 1991 Round 6 | Basel | 1 – 4 | Baden | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Marcolli 37' (1:1) Zbinden 45' |
Summary | 23' (0:1) Wagner de Aquinho 41' (1:2) Sitek 49' (1:3) Born 64' (1:4) Sitek 90' Wagner de Aquinho |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Strässle (Steinach) |
| 20 April 1991 Round 7 | Chiasso | 0 – 0 | Basel | Stadio Comunale (Chiasso) |
| 20:00 | Summary | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Oswald Gritsch |
| 4 May 1991 Round 8 | Basel | 3 – 0 | Chiasso | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Bernauer 17' Dittus 63' (1:0)Heidenreich 67' (2:0)Mancastroppa 73' (3:0)Rahmen 89' |
Summary | 29' Kalbermatter 87' Milton |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Michel Zen Ruffinen |
| 11 May 1991 Round 9 | Baden | 1 – 1 | Basel | Esp Stadium, Fislisbach |
| 17:30 | Zbinden 19' Hodel 61'Maissen 22' (1:0) |
Summary | 11' Lüdi 81' Hedinger 85' (o.g. 1:1) Maissen |
Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Paul-Louis Christe |
| 18 May 1991 Round 10 | Basel | 0 – 0 | Fribourg | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Bernauer 80' Baumgartner 90' |
Summary | 28' Buntschu 50' Bourquenoud 64' Brülhart 90+1' Buntschu |
Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Charles-Henri Morex |
| 25 May 1991 Round 11 | Basel | 1 – 2 | Wettingen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Mancastroppa 1:0' Bertelsen 69' |
Summary | 43' Widmer 71' (1:1) Heldmann 83' (1:2) Kundert 88' Heldmann |
Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Jean-Claude Craviolini |
| 1 June 1991 Round 12 | St. Gallen | 1 – 0 | Basel | Espenmoos, St. Gallen |
| 17:30 | Raschle 16' (pen. 1:0) Irizik 85' |
Summary | Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Peter Kellenberger | |
| Note: Debut for Olivier Bauer | ||||
| 8 June 1991 Round 13 | Basel | 3 – 0 | Yverdon-Sports | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Baumgartner 32' Ceccaroni 48'Rahmen 62' (1:0)Karrer 84' (2:0)Zbinden 87' (3:0) |
Summary | 18' Rochat 52' Castro |
Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Fredy Phillippoz |
| Note: Debut for Thomas Karrer | ||||
| 12 June 1991 Round 14 | Etoile Carouge | 2 – 1 | Basel | Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge |
| 20:00 | da Silva 6' (1:0) da Silva 56' (2:0) |
Summary | 65' Heidenreich 76' (2:1) Rahmen |
Attendance: 250 Referee: Willy Hänni |
League table edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | St. Gallen | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 11 | +22 | 22 | Remain in Nationalliga A 1991–92 |
| 2 | Wettingen | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 20 | |
| 3 | Chiasso | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 21 | −2 | 16 | Remain in Nationalliga B 1991–92 |
| 4 | Basel | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 12 | |
| 5 | Yverdon-Sports | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 12 | |
| 6 | Fribourg | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 25 | −7 | 11 | |
| 7 | Baden | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 26 | −7 | 11 | |
| 8 | Etoile Carouge | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 32 | −16 | 8 |
Swiss Cup edit
| 18 August 1990 2nd principal round | FC Pratteln | 4 – 0 | Basel | In den Sandgruben, Pratteln |
| 17:30 | Ferreira 41' Böni 67'Füri 62' (1:0)Utvic 86' (2:0)Weng 86' (3:0)Steiner 90' (4:0) |
Summary | 49' Bernauer 83' Reich |
Attendance: 1,389[1] Referee: Walter Rudin (Birsfelden) |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c Stefan Peter. "Überregionale Meisterschaften, Schweizer und Basler Cup". Retrieved 2016-11-16.
- ^ Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A 1990/91". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ a b Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1990/91". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
Sources edit
- Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
- Die ersten 125 Jahre / 2018. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
- The FCB squad 1990–91 at fcb-archiv.ch
- 1990–91 at RSSSF