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FC Basel
1982–83 season
Chairman	Roland Rasi
Manager	Rainer Ohlhauser
Ground	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A	11th
Swiss Cup	Round of 16
Coppa delle Alpi	Group stage
	← 1981–82 1983–84 →

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 thier newly apponted chairmann, he replaced Pierre Jacques Lieblich who stood down at the AGM.

Overview

Rainer Ohlhauser was the first team manager. He had taken over from Helmut Benthaus, who had been manager for for 17 years between 1965 and 1982, and who had taken over as manager of VfB Stuttgart. Basel played in the 1982–83 Nationalliga A. Basel ended the season in eleventh position, 24 points behind Grasshopper Club Zürich who became champions. In their 30 league games Basel won ten, drew five and lost fifteen matches, obtaining 25 points. They scored 47 goals, conceeding 56.

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.

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.

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	Bruno Graf
—	DF	SUI	Jörg Stohler


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SUI	Roger Bossert
—	MF	SUI	Cesare Cosenza
—	MF	SUI	Nicolas Keller
—	MF	SUI	Guido Rudin
—	MF	GER	Winfried Berkemeier
—	MF	FRA	Serge Gaisser
—	MF	GER	Thomas Hauser
—	MF	SUI	Martin Jeitziner
—	MF	SUI	Arthur von Wartburg
—	FW	SUI	Peter Marti
—	FW	SUI	Beat Sutter
—	FW	SUI	Ruedi Zbinden

Results

Nationalliga A

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Remarks
1	Grasshopper Club Zürich	30	24	1	5	86	29	49	Champions / 1983–84 European Cup
2	Servette FC Genève	30	22	4	4	65	24	48
3	FC St. Gallen	30	17	6	7	61	31	40
4	FC Zürich	30	17	4	9	55	39	38
5	Lausanne Sports	30	15	7	8	51	28	37
6	Neuchâtel Xamax	30	15	7	8	61	40	37
7	FC Sion	30	12	11	7	51	36	35
8	FC Lucerne	30	14	3	13	57	56	31
9	BSC Young Boys	30	11	8	11	35	42	30
10	FC Wettingen	30	8	9	13	40	47	25
11	FC Basel	30	10	5	15	47	56	25
12	FC Vevey	30	9	4	17	42	61	22
13	AC Bellinzona	30	8	5	17	36	74	21
14	FC Aarau	30	8	4	18	32	52	20
15	FC Bulle	30	4	4	22	27	87	12	Relegated / 1983–84 Nationalliga B
16	FC Winterthur	30	2	6	22	30	74	10	Relegated / 1983–84 Nationalliga B

Swiss Cup

9 October 1982 Round of 64	FC Breitenbach	0 – 4	Basel

12 March 1983 Round of 32	Basel	2 – 1	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

4 April 1983 Round of 16	Mendrisio	2 – 1	Basel	Centro Sportivo Comunale, Mendrisio

Coppa delle Alpi

Group A

Round 1

Basel

0 – 0

AJ Auxerre

St. Jakob Stadium Basel

Round 2	AJ Auxerre	2 – 2	Basel

Round 3	Metz	5 – 1	Basel

Round 4	Basel	3 – 2	Metz	St. Jakob Stadium Basel

Swiss teams group table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Xamax	4	3	0	1	11	6	6
2	Servette	4	2	2	0	5	2	6
3	Basel	4	1	2	1	6	9	4
4	Grasshopper Club	4	0	3	1	4	5	3
5	Sion	4	1	0	3	5	9	2

NB: teams played two teams of the other country home and away

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

External links

FC Basel official site