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1998–99 FC Basel season

The 1998–99 Fussball Club Basel 1893 season was their 106th season since the club's foundation. Following their promotion in the 1993–94 season this was their fifth consecutive season in the highest tier of Swiss football. René C. Jäggi was the club's chairman for the third year. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium until 13 Dezember 1998. From 7 March 199 they played their games in the Stadion Schützenmatte while the new stadium was being built.

FC Basel
1998–99 season
ChairmanSwitzerland René C. Jäggi
ManagerGuy Mathez (until 14 May 1999)
Marco Schällibaum (ad interim)
GroundSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel (until 13 Dezember 1998)
Stadion Schützenmatte (from 7 March 1999)
Nationalliga AQualifying Phase 6th
Nationalliga AChampions Group 5th
Swiss CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague: Mario Frick (10)
All: Mario Frick (11)
Highest home attendance34,735 on 13 December 1998
vs Lugano
Lowest home attendance3,830 on 2 June 1999
vs Luzern
Average home league attendance9,870[1]

Overview

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Pre-season

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Guy Mathez, who had taken over the coaching in January of that year, was appointed as the new trainer at the start of the season, but on 14 May 1999 he was sacked and was replaced by Marco Schällibaum (ad interim) until the end of the season.

The club made many new signings as the season started, these included Mario Cantaluppi who returned from Servette. Also from Servette came the Romanian international Dan Potocianu and, on loan, the youngster Carlos Varela. Aleksandr Rytchkov was signed from 1. FC Köln and Philippe Cravero signed in from lower classed Etoile Carouge. The Ivorian international Ahmed Ouattara and the young Brazilian Abedi were signed in from Sion. Benjamin Huggel was signed in from local amateur club FC Münchenstein, he had played the previous season for FC Arlesheim, in the fourth tier of Swiss football.

In the other direction Adrian Knup, Daniel Salvi and Jürgen Hartmann all ended their football careers. Dario Zuffi returned to his club of origin Winterthur after having playing five years for the club. Jan Berger moved to Aarau and youngster Alexander Frei was loaned out to Thun so that he could obtain more playing time. Fabinho Santos returned home to Joinville in Brasil.

The first half of the season, until 13 December 1998, Basel's home ground was the St. Jakob Stadium. From 7 March 199 they played their games in the Stadion Schützenmatte and this because the old stadium was demolished and the new stadium was to be built on the same ground. The construction of the new stadium was to be in a little more than two years. The new stadium, the St. Jakob-Park, was to be an all seater, the old stadium had standing places on three sides.

The Campaign

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Domestic League

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The club's priority aim was to remain in the top flight of Swiss football. The season started fairly well, with five victories and three draws in the first ten rounds. However, seven defeats in the next nine rounds let the team slip down into the bottom areas of the table. Basel ende the qualification stage with eight victories, four draws and ten defeats, with just 21 goals scored and 34 conceded, with 28 points in sixth position in the league table. With this tally they were qualified for Champions Group for the second half of the season. With an average second half of the season, winning five games, drawing four and losing five, Basel in the league tables fifth position, managed to qualify for the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup. With four goals in the qualification round and six in the championship round Mario Frick was the team's top goal scorer.[2]

Swiss Cup

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All eyes were set on the cup season. But despite a draw against lower classed Stade Nyonnais, Basel's cup season came to an abrupt end, because they were unable to pass this hurdle, losing the match on penalties. Lausanne-Sport won the Swiss Cup final on 13 June 199 in the Wankdorf Stadium, winning 2–0 against Grasshopper Club.[3]

Players

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The following is the list of the Basel first team squad. It includes all players that were in the squad the day the season started on 18 July 1998 but subsequently left the club after that date and it includes all players that transferred in during the season.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   SUI Stefan Huber
2 DF   SUI Massimo Ceccaroni
3 DF   SUI Luís Calapes
4 DF   SUI Theodoros Disseris (on loan to Winterthur)
5 DF   GER Oliver Kreuzer
6 DF   SUI Philippe Cravero
7 FW   LIE Marco Pérez
8 MF   LIE Mario Frick
9 MF   FRA Fabrice Henry
10 MF   RUS Aleksandr Rytchkov
11 FW   SUI Deniz Mendi
12 DF   SUI Sébastien Barberis
13 DF   SUI Marco Tschopp
14 FW   RUS Daniel Dobrovoljski
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF   SUI Ivan Reimann
17 MF   CZE Václav Pěchouček
18 GK   SUI Slaven Matan
19 DF   SUI Fabinho
20 DF   SUI Oumar Kondé (to Blackburn)
21 MF   BRA Argemiro Veiga
22 MF   TUR Atilla Sahin
23 DF   SUI Benjamin Huggel
24 DF   BRA Abedi
25 MF   CIV Ahmed Ouattara
26 FW   SUI Mario Cantaluppi
27 FW   SUI Carlos Varela
28 DF   ROU Dan Potocianu
29 FW   SUI Urs Güntensperger
30 FW   TUR Cetin Güner

Transfers in

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
6 DF   SUI Philippe Cravero (from Etoile Carouge)
10 MF   RUS Aleksandr Rytchkov (from 1. FC Köln)
21 MF   BRA Argemiro Veiga (from Sion)
22 MF   TUR Atilla Sahin (from SV Muttenz)
23 DF   SUI Benjamin Huggel (from FC Arlesheim)
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF   BRA Abedi (from Sion)
25 MF   CIV Ahmed Ouattara (from Sion)
26 FW   SUI Mario Cantaluppi (from Servette)
27 FW   SUI Carlos Varela (from Servette)
28 DF   ROU Dan Potocianu (from Servette)
29 FW   SUI Urs Güntensperger (from Lausanne-Sport)
30 FW   TUR Cetin Güner (from Borussia Dortmund)

Transfers out

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF   SUI Daniel Salvi (unknown, end of career)
7 FW   SUI Dario Zuffi (to Winterthur)
10 MF   GER Maurizio Gaudino (to VfL Bochum)
13 FW   SUI Adrian Knup (retired, end of career)
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF   GER Jürgen Hartmann (retired end of career)
22 MF   BRA Webber (Leandro Dos Santos) (unknown)
23 DF   SUI Jan Berger (to Aarau)
24 DF   BRA Fabinho Santos (to Joinville)
27 FW   SUI Alexander Frei (to Thun)

Results

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Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

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Pre- and mid-season

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24 June 1998 Pre-season Sion   0 – 1   Basel Stade St-Laurent, Saillon
14:30 Summary   25' (0:1) Kreuzer Attendance: 300
Referee:   Claude Détruche
27 June 1998 Pre-season Lausanne-Sport   5 – 0   Basel Stade des Condémines, Sierre
18:00 Udovič   42' (1:0)
Thurre   44' (2:0)
Da Silva   57' (3:0)
Rehn   60' (4:0)
Celestini   65' (5:0)		 Summary   60' Rytchkov Attendance: 500
Referee:   André Daina, (Eclépens)
4 July 1998 Pre-season Basel   2 – 3   Galatasaray St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:00 Frick   4' (1:0)
Rytchkov   64' (2:3)		 Summary   11' (1:1) Şükür
  30' (pen. 1:2) Belözoğlu
  44' (1:3) Belözoğlu
  71' Kerimoglu		 Attendance: 2,800
Referee:   Andreas Schluchter
7 July 1998 Pre-season Basel   0 – 2   Grasshopper Club Im Nau, Laufen
19:00 Summary   81' (0:1) Tikva
  90' (0:2) Tikva		 Attendance: 900
Referee:   Massimo Busacca
10 July 1998 Pre-season Basel   1 – 1   Karlsruher SC St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:00 Tschopp   34' (1:0) Summary   66' (1:1) Gilewicz Attendance: 1,200
Referee:   Andreas Schluchter
3 September 1998 Mid-season Basel   1 – 1   RC Strasbourg St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:00 Rytchkov   27' (1:1) Summary   16' (0:1) Bertin
  19' Beye
  81' Frank		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee:   Andreas Schluchter
9 October 1998 Mid-season Basel   0 – 4   Olympique de Marseille St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:00 Summary   18' (1:0) Ravanelli
  20' (2:0) Moses
  37' (0:3) Camara
  89' (0:4) Domoraud		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee:   Urs Meier

Winter break

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20 January 1999 Winter break Thun   4 – 3   Basel Burgerallee, Thun
19:30 William   18' (1:0)
Halef   75' (pen. 2:3)
Raimondi   89' (3:3)
Simonjic   90' (4:3)		 Summary   21' (1:1) Tschopp
  32' (1:2) Fabinho
  48' (1:3) Frick		 Attendance: 350
Referee:   Jürg Burkhart
27 January 1999 Trainings camp Martinique 11   2 – 2   Basel Stade Georges-Gratiant, Le Lamentin, Martinique
Percin   45'
Rano   56' (1:1)
Rano   86' (2:2)		 Summary   5' (0:1) Fabinho
  34' Reimann
  45' Kreuzer
  62' (1:2) Tschopp		 Attendance: 500
Referee:   André Elbène
21 January 1999 Trainings camp Aiglon/U.S. Robert   0 – 1   Basel Stade Georges-Gratiant, Le Lamentin, Martinique
St. Home   52'
Gibon   60'		 Summary   62' Sahin
  65' (0:1) Frick		 Attendance: 350
Referee:   Guy Bellance
1 February 1999 Trainings camp Stade Spiritain   1 – 7   Basel Stade Municipal, Saint-Esprit, Martinique
J.-P.Party   17' (1:0) Summary   25' (1:1) Fabinho
  32' (1:2) Fabinho
  44' (1:3) Frick
  59' (1:4) Fabinho
  74' (1:5) Fabinho
  81' (1:6) Barberis
  85' (1:7) Mendi		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee:   Alex Jacquens
10 February 1999 Winter break SR Delémont   0 – 0   Basel Parc des Sports, Delémont
19:00 Summary Attendance: 50
Referee:   Stéphane Monaco
13 February 1999 Winter break Étoile Carouge   2 – 1   Basel Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge
 
 		 Summary   Reimann Referee:   ?
Note: FCB reserves strengthened with players from the first team. At the same time the first team played another test match against FC Meyrin
13 February 1999 Winter break FC Meyrin   0 – 2   Basel Stade des Arbères, Meyrin
Summary   (1:0) Mendi
  (2:0) Abedi		 Referee:   ?
Note: Basel strengthened with FCB reserves. At the same time the reserve team played another friendly against Étoile Carouge
17 February 1999 Winter break Eintracht Trier   4 – 1   Basel Moselstadion, Trier
17:00 Thömmes   11' (1:0)
Thömmes   31' (2:0)
Melunović   43' (3:0)
Papić   66' (4:1)		 Summary   48' (3:1) Abedi Attendance: 250
Referee:   Michael Herrmann
25 March 1999 Mid-season Basel   0 – 0   Sochaux Stadion Rankhof, Basel
18:00 Summary   62' Santini Attendance: 300
Referee:   Andreas Schluchter
Note: 2 test goalkeeper Christian Sturm (U–19) und Davide Taini (FC Singen 04) each 45 minutes
31 March 1999 Mid-season SC Dornach   2 – 3   Basel Gigersloch, Dornach
18:00 Weidmann   25' (1:1)
Manz   39' (2:2)		 Summary   20' (0:1) Türk
  29' (1:2) Tschopp
  55' (2:3) Henry		 Attendance: 200
Referee:   René Rogalla
2 April 1999 Mid-season SR Delémont   1 – 0   Basel Im Nau, Laufen
18:00 Romano   37' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 450
Referee:   Markus Nobs, (Wohlen)

Nationalliga A

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Main article: 1998–99 Nationalliga A

Qualifying Phase

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18 July 1998 Round 1 Basel 0 – 0 Sion St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30 Disseris   4'
Ceccaroni   24'		 Report   22' Tholot
  61' Eydelie
  77' Lipawsky		 Attendance: 9,000
Referee:   Philippe Leuba
21 July 1998 Round 2 Aarau 5 – 0 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
19:30 Aleksandrov   8' (1:0)
Ivanov   21' (2:0)
Aleksandrov   51' (3:0)
Aleksandrov   65' (4:0)
Heldmann   70' (5:0)
Zitola   87'		 Report   12' Pérez Attendance: 5,900
Referee:   Reto Rutz
25 July 1998 Round 3 Basel 2 – 1 Zürich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30 Tschopp   3'
Rytchkov   25' (1:0)
Rytchkov   44'
Sahin   45' (2:0)
Reimann   64'		 Report   27' Sant'Anna
  30' Castillo
  64' (pen. 2:1) Sant'Anna
  82' Di Jorio		 Attendance: 8,500
Referee:   Dieter Schoch
1 August 1998 Round 4 Servette 3 – 1 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
17:30 Juárez   9'
Rey   13' (pen. 1:0)
Rey   19' (2:0)
Rey   23' (3:0)
Fournier   31'
Rey   59'		 Report   35' Reimann
  68' Kreuzer
  84' (3:1) Abedi		 Attendance: 4,100
Referee:   Roberto Ferrari
9 August 1998 Round 5 Basel 1 – 0 Luzern St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
16:15 Kondé   69'
Tschopp   75' (1:0)		 Report   60' Moser
  82' Wyss		 Attendance: 7,500
Referee:   Carlo Bertolini
15 August 1998 Round 6 Basel 2 – 0 Xamax St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30 Ouattara   64' (pen. 1:0)
Tschopp   82'
Kreuzer   90+2'
Pérez   90+5' (2:0)		 Report   2' Njanka
  23' Wittl
  58' Rueda
  59' Zambaz		 Attendance: 10,500
Referee:   Urs Meier
23 August 1998 Round 7 St. Gallen 0 – 1 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
16:15 Hellinga   22'
Vurens   33'		 Report   40' Kreuzer
  43' Kondé
  70' (0:1) Rytchkov
  72' Veiga
  75' Tschopp
  90+3' Reimann		 Attendance: 9,700
Referee:   Dominique Tavel
29 August 1998 Round 8 Basel 1 – 1 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30 Ouattara   9' (1:0)
Rytchkov   15'
Cravero   20'
Pérez   90+1'		 Report   20' Vogel
  29' Tararache
  51' Nkufo
  62' Magnin
  70' (1:1) de Napoli		 Attendance: 26,600
Referee:   Roland Beck
8 September 1998 Round 9 Lausanne-Sport 0 – 2 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
19:30 Celestini   24'
Piffaretti   34'		 Report   12' (0:1) Rytchkov
  18'   58' Kondé
  40' Reimann
  50' Rytchkov
  61' Ceccaroni
  69' (0:2) Rytchkov		 Attendance: 5,900
Referee:   Massimo Busacca
12 September 1998 Round 10 Basel 1 – 1 Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30 Ouattara   24'
Frick   57' (1:1)
Barberis   77'		 Report   21' Pintul
  33' Baumann
  40' (0:1) Bekirovski
  50' Bekirovski
  75' Kehrli		 Attendance: 16,000
Referee:   André Daina
19 September 1998 Round 11 Lugano 5 – 1 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
19:30 Gaspoz   18' (1:0)
Wegmann   30'
Orlando   38' (2:0)
Giménez   49' (3:0)
Giménez   58' (4:0)
Giallanza   87' (pen. 5:1)		 Summary   74' (4:1) Rytchkov Attendance: 4,380
Referee:   Marcus Nobs
27 September 1998 Round 12 Sion 1 – 0 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
16:15 Bertone   13'
Benson   24'
Tholot   37' (1:0)
Tholot   40'
Allenspach   86'		 Summary   49' Kondé Attendance: 6,900
Referee:   Dominique Tavel
4 October 1998 Round 13 Basel 1 – 0 Aarau St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
16:15 Ouattara   50' (1:0)
Abedi   69'		 Summary   55' Markovic Attendance: 7,300
Referee:   Marcel Vollenweider
16 October 1998 Round 14 Zürich 1 – 0 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
19:30 Fischer   26'
Sant'Anna   29'
Chassot   58' (1:0)		 Summary   10' Cravero
  27' Tschopp
  45' Frick
  59' Ouattara
  77' Calapes		 Attendance: 11,300
Referee:   Roland Beck
25 October 1998 Round 15 Basel 0 – 2 Servette St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
16:15 Rytchkov   56'
Tschopp   87'		 Summary   9' (0:1) Durix
  45' (0:2) Durix
  63' Juarez
  79' Varela		 Attendance: 9,800
Referee:   Philippe Leuba
31 October 1998 Round 16 Luzern 4 – 1 Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
17:30 Izzo   5'
Koch   28' (1:1)
Koch   53' (2:1)
Brunner   60' (3:1)
van Eck   71'
Moser   75' (4:1)		 Summary   11' Huber
  19' (0:1) Frick		 Attendance: 7,960
Referee:   Carlo Bertolini
7 November 1998 Round 17 Xamax 3 – 1 Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
17:30 N'Diaye   8' (1:0)
N'Diaye   36'
Rueda   42'
Njanka   44'
Isabella   90' (2:1)
N'Do   90+2' (3:1)		 Summary   25' (1:1) Frick
  39'   42' Frick
  52' Tschopp		 Attendance: 8,100
Referee:   Claude Détruche
17 November 1998 Round 18 Basel 1 – 0 St. Gallen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
16:15 Tschopp   8' (1:0)
Reimann   16'
Sahin   21'
Veiga   68'		 Summary   31' Zellweger
  35' Zinna		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee:   Roberto Ferrari
21 November 1998 Round 19 Grasshopper Club 2 – 1 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
17:30 Tikva   47' (1:0)
Tararache   73'
Türkyilmaz   80' (2:0)
Mazzarelli   90'		 Summary   73' Ceccaroni
  88' (2:1) Pérez		 Attendance: 7,800
Referee:   Dominique Tavel
28 November 1998 Round 20 Basel 1 – 1 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:30 Frick   3' (1:0)
Rytchkov   49'
Reimann   61'
Barberis   67'
Ceccaroni   73'		 Summary   13' Iglesias
  31' (1:1)   62' Pantelić
  73' Thurre		 Attendance: 5,900
Referee:   Roland Beck
6 December 1998 Round 21 Young Boys 1 – 2 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
14:30 Streun   67'
Sawu   69' (1:2)		 Summary   6' (0:1) Rytchkov
  28' Kreuzer
  30' Veiga
  46' Smajić
  57' (0:2) Tschopp		 Attendance: 5,300
Referee:   Urs Meier
13 December 1998 Round 22 Basel 1 – 3 Lugano St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
16:15 Cravero   12'
Tschopp   45' (pen. 1:0)		 Summary   19' Wegmann
  43' Hürzeler
  44' Tejeda
  72' (1:0) Wegmann
  79' (2:0) Wegmann
  80' Lombardo		 Attendance: 34,745
Referee:   Reto Rutz

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Servette 22 12 8 2 38 24 +14 44 Advance to championship round
halved points (rounded up) as bonus
2 Grasshopper Club 22 11 5 6 37 25 +12 38
3 Zürich 22 10 8 4 33 21 +12 38
4 Lausanne-Sport 22 10 8 4 36 33 +3 38
5 Xamax 22 7 11 4 30 23 +7 32
6 Basel 22 8 4 10 21 34 −13 28
7 Luzern 22 6 9 7 26 25 +1 27
8 St. Gallen 22 7 6 9 31 31 0 27
9 Sion 22 5 8 9 22 36 −14 23 Continue to promotion/relegation round
10 Lugano 22 5 7 10 35 43 −8 22
11 Young Boys 22 4 7 11 33 34 −1 19
12 Aarau 22 3 7 12 28 41 −13 16
Source: rsssf.com

Champions Group

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28 February 1999 Round 1 Luzern 0 – 2 Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
16:15 Stepanović   21'
Koch   73'
Knez   71'   83'		 Summary   33' (0:1)   29' Abedi
  49' Barberis
  89' (0:2) Frick		 Attendance: 7,930
Referee:   Urs Meier
7 March 1999 Round 2 Basel 1 – 0 Xamax Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:30 Cravero   5'
Abedi   36' (1:0)
Kreuzer   38'
Barberis   46'		 Summary   26' Simo
  53' Njanka		 Attendance: 4,250
Referee:   Roland Beck
13 March 1999 Round 3 Servette 2 – 1 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
19:30 Wolf   34' (1:0)
Rey   38' (2:0)		 Summary   20' Henry
  60' Varela
  61' Ceccaroni
  71' (2:1) Fabinho		 Attendance: 6,657
Referee:   Philippe Leuba
21 March 1999 Round 4 Basel 1 – 0 Zürich Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:30 Cravero   8'
Varela   29'
Pérez   51' (pen. 1:0)
Calapes   52'
Cantaluppi   62'		 Summary   24'   45' Di Jorio
  58' Wiederkehr		 Attendance: 7,500
Referee:   Carlo Bertolini
5 April 1999 Round 5 Grasshopper Club 4 – 2 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
16:15 de Napoli   5' (1:0)
de Napoli   6' (2:0)
Tikva   11' (3:0)
de Napoli   52' (4:0)
Comisetti   57'		 Summary   58' Barberis
  59' Fabinho
  79' (4:1) Varela
  90+1' (4:2) Frick		 Attendance: 10,500
Referee:   Dominique Tavel
10 April 1999 Round 6 Basel 1 – 2 Lausanne-Sport Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:30 Calapes   36'
Frick   60' (1:2)		 Summary   6' Thurre
  12' (0:1) Gerber
  54' (o.g. 0:2) Kreuzer
  73' Puce
  83' Hänzi		 Attendance: 5,315
Referee:   Dieter Schoch
18 April 1999 Round 7 Basel 3 – 3 St. Gallen Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:15 Frick   56' (1:1)
Cantaluppi   58' (pen. 2:1)
Henry   64'
Kreuzer   79' (3:2)
Barberis   90+4'		 Summary   30' Thüler
  42' Hellinga
  45' (0:1) Contini
  60' Tsawa
  70' (2:2) Müller
  90' Gil
  90+5' (3:3) Jairo		 Attendance: 4,057
Referee:   Claude Détruche
25 April 1999 Round 8 St. Gallen 1 – 2 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
16:00 Pinelli   23'
Damasio   72' (1:0)		 Summary   13' Cantaluppi
  44' Potocianu
  75' (1:1) Frick
  81' Cravero
  90+2' (1:2) Pérez
  90+2' Varela		 Attendance: 7,800
Referee:   André Daina
1 May 1999 Round 9 Lausanne-Sport 3 – 0 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
19:30 Puce   13' (1:0)
Barberis   31' (o.g. 2:0)
Gerber   67' (3:0)		 Summary   40' Varela
  53' Cantaluppi
  89' Tschopp		 Attendance: 6,100
Referee:   Roland Beck
8 May 1999 Round 10 Basel 2 – 0 Grasshopper Club Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:30 Rytchkov   1'
Potocianu   26'
Kreuzer   44'
Fabinho   54' (1:0)
Tschopp   90' (2:0)
Tschopp   90'		 Summary   17' Haas
  17' Smiljanić
  20' Tararache
  87' Müller		 Attendance: 5,460
Referee:   Dominique Tavel
16 May 1999 Round 11 Zürich 2 – 1 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
16:15 Sant'Anna   45'
Castillo   78' (1:1)
Bartlett   83' (2:1)
Jamarauli   90+3'		 Summary   13'   61' Cantaluppi
  29' Rytchkov
  34' (0:1) Frick
  45' Potocianu
  80' Sahin		 Attendance: 12,300
Referee:   Massimo Busacca
22 May 1999 Round 12 Basel 0 – 0 Servette Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:30 Potocianu   13'
Sahin   41'
Varela   50'
Rytchkov   57'		 Summary   31' Barea
  86' Rey
  90' Vurens		 Attendance: 5,490
Referee:   Carlo Bertolini
30 May 1999 Round 13 Xamax 1 – 1 Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
16:15 Isabella   16' (1:0)
N'Diaye   37'		 Summary   22'   90+3' Potocianu
  39' Ceccaroni
  54' (1:1) Fabinho		 Attendance: 5,500
Referee:   Nicole Petignat
2 June 1999 Round 14 Basel 0 – 0 Luzern Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
20:15 Cantaluppi   60' Summary   39' Stepanović Attendance: 3,830
Referee:   Roberto Ferrari

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification
1 Servette 14 7 3 4 19 14 +5 22 46 Swiss champions, qualified for Champions League third qualifying round
2 Grasshopper Club 14 8 3 3 31 11 +20 19 46 qualified for UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Lausanne-Sport 14 8 2 4 28 20 +8 19 45 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup first round
4 Zürich 14 7 2 5 24 15 +9 19 42 qualified for UEFA Cup qualifying round
5 Basel 14 5 4 5 18 19 −1 14 33 qualified for Intertoto Cup first round
6 Xamax 14 2 6 6 12 27 −15 16 28 qualified for Intertoto Cup first round
7 Luzern 14 4 2 8 13 27 −14 14 28
8 St. Gallen 14 2 4 8 13 25 −12 14 24
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

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Main articles: Swiss Cup and 1998–99 Swiss Cup
21 February 1999 Round of 32 Stade Nyonnais 2 – 2 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 2 p)		 Basel Colovray, Nyon
14:30 Oliveira   10'
Margarini   37'
Ceccaroni   44' (o.g.)
Aubert   52'
Bridi   62'		 Summary   22' (o.g.) Poulard
  34' Ceccaroni
  67' Frick		 Attendance: 622
Referee: Marcel Vollenweider
Penalties
Vernaz  
Carrasco  
Ostermann  
Martin  
De Siebenthal  		   Frick
  Cravero
  Kreuzer
  Sahin

See also

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Sources and references

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  • Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
  • Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2189-1
  • 1998–99 at Joggeli.ch
  • 1998–99 at RSSSF
  1. ^ Stefan Peter. "Überregionale Meisterschaften, Schweizer und Basler Cup". Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  2. ^ Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A 1998/99". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  3. ^ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1998/99". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
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