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FC Basel
1981–82 season
Chairman	Pierre Jacques Lieblich
Manager	Helmut Benthaus
Ground	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A	8th
Swiss Cup	Runners-up
Swiss League Cup	Quarter-final
Coppa delle Alpi	Winners
	← 1980–81 1982–83 →

The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1981–82 season was their 88th season since the club was founded. It was their 36th 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. Pierre Jacques Lieblich was club chairman for the second year running.

Overview

Helmut Benthaus was first team manager for the sixteenth consecutive season. Basel played in the 1981–82 Nationalliga A. The league championship format was expanded from the 1980–81 season to include sixteen teams. Basel ended the season in eighth position, 21 points behind Zürich who became champions. In their 30 league games Basel won eleven, drew six and lost thirteen matches, which meant that the totaled 28 points. They scored 47 goals, conceeding 51.

Basel entered into the Swiss Cup in the round of 64. Here they were drawn away against Sursee and on 26 September they won the match 9–1. In the round of 32 they were drawn away against Bellinzona and this match was on 31 October and Basel won 1–0. In the round of 16 they were drawn away from home against Aarau on 30 March 1982 and this match was won 3–2. In the quarterfinal Basel played at home against Lausanne-Sport and this ended with a 2–1 victory. The semi-final was played on 4 May in the St. Jakob Stadium against SR Delémont and Basel won 3–0. In the Final, played in the Wankdorf Stadium, was against Sion. After a freekick on the sideline, in the 21st minute, a headed goal from Alain Balet secured Sion the trophy.

In first round of the Swiss League Cup Basel were also drawn at home against Young Boys and a 1–0 victory took them to the next round. Here they played away against Grenchen and came away with a 2–1 victory. In the quarterfinal Basel played on the Stadion Brügglifeld but were eliminated by Aarau.

Basel were not qualified to play any of the european competitions, but they did enter the Coppa delle Alpi. They played together with Lausanne-Sport in Group A against Bordeaux and Bastia. Basel won the group and continued to the final, which was played on 29 September 1981 in Basel against Sochaux. They game ended 2–2 after extra time and Basel won on penalties.

Players

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	SUI	Hans Küng
—	GK	SUI	Jean Müller
—	GK	SUI	Thomas Paul
—	DF	SUI	Stefano Ceccaroni
—	DF	FRA	Serge Duvernois
—	DF	SUI	Walter Geisser
—	DF	SUI	René Hasler
—	DF	SUI	Alfred Lüthi
—	DF	SUI	Jean-Pierre Maradan
—	DF	SUI	Walter Eichenberger


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	SUI	Bruno Graf
—	DF	SUI	Jörg Stohler
—	DF	FRA	Serge Gaisser
—	MF	SUI	Otto Demarmels
—	MF	SUI	Martin Jeitziner
—	MF	SUI	Erni Maissen
—	MF	SUI	Martin Mullis
—	MF	SUI	Arthur von Wartburg
—	FW	GER	Harald Nickel
—	FW	SUI	Beat Sutter

Results

Nationalliga A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Sion	30	12	7	11	51	46	+5	31	1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup
7	Aarau	30	10	8	12	51	55	−4	28
8	Basel	30	11	6	13	47	51	−4	28
9	Luzern	30	10	7	13	54	59	−5	27
10	St. Gallen	30	10	5	15	40	45	−5	25

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Swiss Cup

26 September 1981 Round of 64	Sursee	1 – 9	Basel	Stadion Schlottermilch, Sursee

31 October 1981 Round of 32	Bellinzona	0 – 1	Basel	Stadio Comunale Bellinzona

20 March 1982 Round of 16	Aarau	2 – 3	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau

12 April 1982 Quarter-final	Basel	2 – 1	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

4 May 1982 Semi-final	Basel	3 – 0	SR Delémont	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
	Maissen 23' Schribertschnig 86' (o.g.) Sutter 90'

31 May 1982 Final	Sion	0 – 1	Basel	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
	Balet 23'

Swiss League Cup

Round of 32	Basel	1 – 0	Young Boys	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

Round of 16	Grenchen	1 – 2	Basel	Stadium Brühl, Grenchen

Quarter-final	Aarau	1 – 0	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau

Coppa delle Alpi

Group A

Round 1	Basel	0 – 3	Bordeaux	St. Jakob Stadium Basel

Round 2	Bordeaux	0 – 1	Basel

Round 3	Basel	4 – 1	Bastia	St. Jakob Stadium Basel

Round 4	Bastia	0 – 4	Basel

NB: teams did not play compatriots

Group table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	(B)
1	Basel	4	3	0	1	9	4	8	2
2	Bordeaux	4	2	1	1	6	2	6	1
3	Bastia	4	1	1	2	7	10	4	1
4	Lausanne-Sport	4	0	2	2	3	9	2

NB: 1 bonus point awarded for victory by 3 or more goals

Final

29 September 1981 Final	Basel	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (5 – 3 p)	Sochaux	St. Jakob Stadium Basel
	Gaisser 1' Mullis 33'		27' Genghini 55' Bonnevay
	Penalties
	Stohler Sutter von Wartburg Gaisser Nickel		Bezaz Bonnevay Stopyra Zimako