1990–91 FC Basel season
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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Manager | ![]() |
Ground | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Nationalliga B | Qualifying Phase 4th |
Nationalliga B | Promotion Phase 4th |
Swiss Cup | Eliminated in 2nd round |
Top goalscorer | League: ![]() All: ![]() |
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
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
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
- Players who left the squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Results
- Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Pre-season
10 July 1990 Pre-season | FV Möhringen ![]() | 0 – 9 | ![]() | Möhringen an der Donau |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Referee: ![]() |
11 July 1990 Pre-season | Aarau ![]() | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (5 – 3 p) | ![]() | Moos, Balsthal |
19:30 | Summary | Attendance: 550 Referee: ![]() | ||
Penalties | ||||
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14 July 1990 Pre-season | Basel ![]() | 1 – 2 | ![]() | Moos, Balsthal |
17:00 | Zbinden ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 500 Referee: ![]() |
17 July 1990 Uhrencup preliminary | Lugano ![]() | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (3 – 4 p) | ![]() | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
18:00 | Summary | Attendance: 500 Referee: ![]() | ||
Penalties | ||||
Tami ![]() Hertig ![]() Ladner ![]() Piserchia ![]() Degiovannini ![]() |
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Winter break
2 February 1991 Winter break | FC Laufen ![]() | 0 – 4 | ![]() | Im Nau, Laufen |
14:30 | Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 200 Referee: ![]() |
9 February 1991 Winter break | Basel ![]() | 0 – 0 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Summary | Attendance: 150 Referee: ![]() |
12 February 1991 Winter break | Basel ![]() | 1 – 3 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Rahmen ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 350 Referee: ![]() |
24 February 1991 Winter break | Basel ![]() | 1 – 2 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Bertelsen ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: ![]() |
26 February 1991 Winter break | Basel ![]() | 0 – 1 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
19:00 | Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: ![]() |
Qualifying Phase South East
25 July 1990 Round 1 | Kriens | 0 – 3 | Basel | Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens |
20:00 | Rohrer ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: ![]() |
28 July 1990 Round 2 | Basel | 1 – 2 | Locarno | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Mata ![]() Gottardi ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,300 Referee: ![]() |
4 August 1990 Round 3 | Zug | 0 – 2 | Basel | Herti Allmend Stadion, Zug |
17:30 | Schneider ![]() Büeler ![]() di Muro ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 750 Referee: ![]() |
8 August 1990 Round 4 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Winterthur | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Reich ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 3,800 Referee: ![]() |
11 August 1990 Round 5 | Baden | 2 – 0 | Basel | Esp Stadium, Fislisbach |
20:00 | Sitek ![]() Lüdi ![]() Isler ![]() Zimmermann ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Referee: ![]() |
14 August 1990 Round 6 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Emmenbrücke | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Maissen ![]() Dittus ![]() Bernauer ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: ![]() |
25 August 1990 Round 7 | Basel | 2 – 2 | Chiasso | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Reich ![]() Mata ![]() Zbinden ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,100 Referee: ![]() |
1 September 1990 Round 8 | Bellinzona | 0 – 0 | Basel | Stadio Comunale Bellinzona |
[ Summary] | Referee: ![]() |
15 September 1990 Round 10 | Basel | 0 – 3 | Chur | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Gottardi ![]() Dittus ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,600 Referee: ![]() |
22 September 1990 Round 11 | Schaffhausen | 3 – 2 | Basel | Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen |
20:00 | Löw ![]() Engesser ![]() Engesser ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,700 Referee: ![]() |
6 October 1990 Round 12 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Kriens | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Bertelsen ![]() Reich ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,800 Referee: ![]() |
9 October 1990 Round 13 | Locarno | 2 – 3 | Basel | Stadio del Lido, Locarno |
20:00 | Giani ![]() Costas ![]() Pedrotti ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,600 Referee: ![]() |
20 October 1990 Round 14 | Basel | 2 – 2 | Zug | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Maissen ![]() Wagner ![]() Maissen ![]() Wittmann ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,700 Referee: ![]() |
27 October 1990 Round 15 | Winterthur | 2 – 2 | Basel | Schützenwiese, Winterthur |
20:00 | Ramsauer ![]() Bacchini ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,700 Referee: ![]() |
4 November 1990 Round 16 | Basel | 1 – 3 | Baden | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Dittus ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,600 Referee: ![]() |
11 November 1990 Round 17 | Emmenbrücke | 0 – 3 | Basel | Stadion Gersag, Emmenbrücke |
14:30 | Chritian Wyss ![]() Heinz Siegrist ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 600 Referee: ![]() |
18 November 1990 Round 18 | Chiasso | 2 – 2 | Basel | Stadio Comunale (Chiasso) |
14:30 | Dario ![]() Wanderley ![]() Minelli ![]() Bernaschina ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 700 Referee: ![]() |
25 November 1990 Round 19 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Bellinzona | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Baumgartner ![]() Đurđević ![]() Gottardi ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: ![]() |
2 December 1990 Round 20 | Basel | 3 – 0 | Glarus | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Wagner ![]() Bertelsen ![]() Wagner ![]() Ceccaroni ![]() Gottardi ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,100 Referee: ![]() |
9 December 1990 Round 21 | Chur | 1 – 1 | Basel | Ringstrasse, Chur |
14:30 | de Gani ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 162 Referee: ![]() |
16 December 1990 Round 22 | Basel | 6 – 2 | Schaffhausen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Bernauer ![]() Wagner ![]() Bossi ![]() Bertelsen ![]() Zbinden ![]() Bertelsen ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 900 Referee: ![]() |
League table
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
3 March 1991 Round 1 | Basel | 3 – 1 | Etoile Carouge | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Dittus ![]() Dittus ![]() Wagner ![]() Zbinden ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,300 Referee: ![]() |
10 March 1991 Round 2 | Yverdon-Sports | 2 – 0 | Basel | Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains |
14:30 | Vialatte ![]() Castro ![]() Castro ![]() Dajka ![]() Bonato ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: ![]() |
17 March 1991 Round 3 | Basel | 0 – 1 | St. Gallen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Zbinden ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 8,000[1] Referee: ![]() |
27 March 1991 Round 4 | Wettingen | 1 – 3 | Basel | Stadion Altenburg, Wettingen |
20:00 | Fink ![]() Andermatt ![]() Widmer ![]() Mathy ![]() Widmer ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,200 Referee: ![]() |
6 April 1991 Round 5 | Fribourg | 2 – 2 | Basel | Stade Universitaire, Freiburg |
20:00 | Dittus ![]() Baumgartner ![]() Reich ![]() Reich ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,040 Referee: ![]() |
13 April 1991 Round 6 | Basel | 1 – 4 | Baden | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Marcolli ![]() Zbinden ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: ![]() |
20 April 1991 Round 7 | Chiasso | 0 – 0 | Basel | Stadio Comunale (Chiasso) |
20:00 | Summary | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: ![]() |
4 May 1991 Round 8 | Basel | 3 – 0 | Chiasso | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Bernauer ![]() Dittus ![]() Heidenreich ![]() Mancastroppa ![]() Rahmen ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: ![]() |
11 May 1991 Round 9 | Baden | 1 – 1 | Basel | Esp Stadium, Fislisbach |
17:30 | Zbinden ![]() Hodel ![]() Maissen ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,300 Referee: ![]() |
18 May 1991 Round 10 | Basel | 0 – 0 | Fribourg | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Bernauer ![]() Baumgartner ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,800 Referee: ![]() |
25 May 1991 Round 11 | Basel | 1 – 2 | Wettingen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Mancastroppa ![]() Bertelsen ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 7,500 Referee: ![]() |
1 June 1991 Round 12 | St. Gallen | 1 – 0 | Basel | Espenmoos, St. Gallen |
17:30 | Raschle ![]() Irizik ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 4,200 Referee: ![]() | |
Note: Debut for Olivier Bauer |
8 June 1991 Round 13 | Basel | 3 – 0 | Yverdon-Sports | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Baumgartner ![]() Ceccaroni ![]() Rahmen ![]() Karrer ![]() Zbinden ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,200 Referee: ![]() |
Note: Debut for Thomas Karrer |
12 June 1991 Round 14 | Etoile Carouge | 2 – 1 | Basel | Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge |
20:00 | da Silva ![]() da Silva ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 250 Referee: ![]() |
League table
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 |
References
- 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.
- Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1990/91". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
Sources
- 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