1994–95 FC Basel season
The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1994–95 season was their 102nd season since the club's foundation. Peter Epting was the club's chairman for the third period. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Following their promotion in the previous season this was their first season back in the highest tier of Swiss football.
1994–95 season | |
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Chairman | ![]() |
Manager | ![]() |
Ground | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Nationalliga A | Qualifying Phase 7th |
Nationalliga A | Champions Group 7th |
Swiss Cup | Round of 16 |
Top goalscorer | League: Dario Zuffi (9) All: Dario Zuffi (11) |
Highest home attendance | 28,000 on 1 April 1995 vs Grasshopper Club |
Lowest home attendance | 6,500 on 31 May 1995 vs Xamax and on 13 June 1995 vs Aarau |
Average home league attendance | 14,600[1] |
Overview
Pre-season
Claude Andrey was the Basel trainer for the second consecutive season. After gaining promotion during the last season, the club's priority aim was to remain in the top flight of Swiss football. Andrey tried to keep the time together after the team's promotion and only a relatively low number of players left the squad. Axel Kruse's loan period had ended and he returned to VfB Stuttgart and Sergei Derkach returned to Dynamo Moscow. Reto Baumgartner retired from active football and turned to professional beach soccer and played for the Swiss national team. Micha Rahmen and Mario Uccella moved on to local amateur club FC Riehen, and Olivier Bauer and Frank Wittmann moved on to local team Old Boys. In the other direction Lars Olsen signed in from Seraing, Asif Šarić signed in from Arminia Bielefeld, Mart van Duren came from Groningen and Alexandre Rey transferred in from Sion. A few youngsters also joined the team, Dominic Moser came from FC Birsfelden and Yassine Douimi, Markus Lichtsteiner and Roger Schreiber came via the reserve team from the youth section.[2][1]
Two further youngsters joined the team during the winter break. Because Goalkeeper Stefan Huber was injured, Andreas Niederer was signed in as second goalie from local amateur club FC Allschwil and he came to four appearances after second keeper Thomas Grüter also injured himself. Hakan Yakin signed his first professional contract in January 1995 coming in from local club Concordia Basel. He played his League debut for Basel on 12 April 1995 in the match against Lausanne Sports. He was brought on in the 60th minute as replacement for Alexandre Rey. With his first touch of the ball, just 18 seconds later, Yakin scored the goal with a header to make it 3–0 , the final score 5–0 being.[3]
Domestic league
The 1994–95 Nationalliga A was contested by 12 teams and for Basel the season started very badly, the team lost four of the first six games and they did not record a win until the 9th round. After the first half of the Qualifying Phase, Basel and Young Boys were joint bottom of the league table with just six points. During their eleven games Basel had suffered six defeats and four draws. To this point they had scored just six goals, four of which were in the home win against Luzern, but had conceded only nine. The second half of the Qualifying Phase was better and Basel rose to 7th position in the league table. During the entire phase Basel scored just 18 goals, thus being the poorest attacking team and conceded just 15, thus being the defensive best in the league.
Basel were qualified for the Champions Round. Here things started better, three wins in the first three games. But two back to back dubbings in Lugano (1–4) as guests to Xamax (1–5), as well as the return game home defeat against Lugano, put an end to the hopes of a higher placed finish. Basel ended the 1994–95 Nationalliga A in seventh position in the table, but were qualified for the newly UEFA-administered Intertoto Cup 1995. Dario Zuffi was the team's top goal scorer with nine goals and Alexandre Rey second with five.[4]
Swiss Cup
In the Swiss Cup Basel were drawn away from home against lower tier FC Bözingen 34 in the 3rd principal round. This resulted in a 5–0 victory, Philippe Hertig scored a brace. In the 4th round Basel faced Aarau at home in the St. Jakob Stadium and won 3–0. In the round of 16 Basel played in the Stadion Allmend but lost 0–2 to the hosts Luzern. Sion became cup winners, beating Grasshopper Club 4–2 in the final.[5]
Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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- Players who left the squad
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Results
- Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Pre- and mid-season
29 June 1994 Pre-season | Basel ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() | Unter Reben, Zeiningen |
19:00 | Rey ![]() Gigon ![]() |
Summary | Baur ![]() |
Attendance: 780 Referee: ![]() |
3 July 1994 Pre-season | Luzern ![]() | 0 – 1 | ![]() | Moos, Wauwil |
16:30 | Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: ![]() |
6 July 1994 Pre-season | Old Boys ![]() | 0 – 13 | ![]() | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
20:00 | Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,400 Referee: ![]() |
9 July 1994 Pre-season | 1. FC Kaiserslautern ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() | Hördt |
17:00 | Haber ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: ![]() |
12 July 1994 Semi-final Sepione Cup | Basel ![]() | 0 – 0 (5 – 3 p) | ![]() | Moos, Balsthal |
19:30 | Tabakovic ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 1,600 Referee: ![]() | |
Penalties | ||||
Hertig ![]() Rey ![]() Meier ![]() Walker ![]() Cantaluppi ![]() |
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Note: The Sempione Cup was a club tournament played in summer at Sportanlage Moos, Balsthal, during the years 1987 to 2004.[6] |
16 July 1994 Final Sepione Cup | Basel ![]() | 1 – 1 (4 – 5 p) | ![]() | Moos, Balsthal |
20:00 | Olsen ![]() Steingruber ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,100 Referee: ![]() |
Penalties | ||||
Rey ![]() Steingruber ![]() Walker ![]() Cantaluppi ![]() Zuffi ![]() Gigon ![]() |
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Note: The Sempione Cup was a club tournament played in summer at Sportanlage Moos, Balsthal, during the years 1987 to 2004.[6] |
20 July 1994 Pre-season | Sochaux ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() | Stade Auguste Bonal, Montbéliard |
20:00 | Croce ![]() Blanc ![]() Cuervo ![]() Hellon ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: ![]() |
30 July 1994 Pre-season | Basel ![]() | 2 – 3 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Gigon ![]() Hertig ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 8,000 Referee: ![]() |
15 September 1994 Mid-season | Basel ![]() | 5 – 0 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Cantaluppi ![]() Zuffi ![]() van Duren ![]() Zuffi ![]() Cantaluppi ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 100 Referee: ![]() |
Winter break and mid-season
25 January 1995 Winter break | Basel ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() | Landhof, Basel |
16:00 | van Duren ![]() Jeitziner ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 30 Referee: ![]() |
28 January 1994 Winter break | Servette ![]() | 2 – 2 | ![]() | Stade Municipal (Sand), Vernier |
14:30 | Gjurovski ![]() Gjurovski ![]() Sesa ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Referee: ![]() |
1 February 1995 Winter break | Luxembourg ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() | Op Flohr Stadion Grevenmacher, Luxembourg |
19:45 | Schneider ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 300 Referee: ![]() |
4 February 1995 Winter break | Basel ![]() | 1 – 4 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
15:30 | Cantaluppi ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 6,500 Referee: ![]() |
8 February 1995 Winter break | Basel ![]() | 4 – 2 | ![]() | Athletics stadium, Basel |
17:00 | Rey ![]() Walker ![]() Yakin ![]() Walker ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 400 Referee: ![]() |
12 February 1995 Winter break | Basel ![]() | 1 – 3 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Hertig ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: ![]() |
18 February 1995 Winter break | SR Delémont ![]() | 2 – 3 | ![]() | La Blancherie, Delémont |
14:30 | Vukic ![]() Maillard ![]() Varga ![]() Vukic ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 600 Referee: ![]() |
25 March 1995 Mid-season | Basel ![]() | 2 – 2 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
18:30 | Smajić ![]() Yakin ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,100 Referee: ![]() |
21 April 1995 Mid-season | Basel ![]() | 0 – 2 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
19:00 | Report | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,100 Referee: ![]() |
Nationalliga A
Qualifying Phase
27 July 1994 Round 1 | Basel | 0 – 1 | Lugano | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Walker ![]() Cantaluppi ![]() Jeitziner ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 16,500 Referee: ![]() |
3 August 1994 Round 2 | Lausanne-Sport | 2 – 1 | Basel | La Pontaise, Lausanne |
20:00 | Pister ![]() Biaggi ![]() Pister ![]() Käslin ![]() La Placa ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 6,500 Referee: ![]() |
6 August 1994 Round 3 | Zürich | 0 – 0 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
20:00 | Studer ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Attendance: 12,000 Referee: ![]() |
Note: League debut for Thierry Schmitt |
13 August 1994 Round 4 | Basel | 0 – 0 | St. Gallen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Walker ![]() Gigon ![]() Tabakovic ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 13,500 Referee: ![]() |
20 August 1994 Round 5 | Xamax | 1 – 0 | Basel | Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel |
20:00 | Détári ![]() Perret ![]() Ivanov ![]() ![]() Aleksandrov ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 15,200 Referee: ![]() |
27 August 1994 Round 6 | Basel | 0 – 2 | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Jeitziner ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 19,508 Referee: ![]() |
31 August 1994 Round 7 | Aarau | 0 – 0 | Basel | Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau |
20:00 | Fink ![]() Ratinho ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 7,400 Referee: ![]() |
3 September 1994 Round 8 | Servette | 0 – 0 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
20:00 | Margarini ![]() Carioca ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Attendance: 5,100 Referee: ![]() |
10 September 1994 Round 9 | Basel | 4 – 0 | Luzern | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Hertig ![]() Walker ![]() Gigon ![]() Šarić ![]() Walker ![]() Šarić ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 17,500 Referee: ![]() |
17 September 1994 Round 10 | Young Boys | 1 – 0 | Basel | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
20:00 | Baumann ![]() Lengen ![]() Aduobe ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Attendance: 9,900 Referee: ![]() |
21 September 1994 Round 11 | Basel | 1 – 2 | Sion | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
20:00 | Rey ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 11,000 Referee: ![]() |
3 October 1994 Round 12 | Lugano | 1 – 1 | Basel | Cornaredo, Lugano |
14:30 | Sinval ![]() Galvão ![]() Esposito ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Attendance: 4,200 Referee: ![]() |
5 October 1994 Round 13 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
20:00 | Walker ![]() Ceccaroni ![]() Walker ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 9,000 Referee: ![]() |
15 October 1994 Round 14 | Basel | 0 – 0 | Zürich | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
20:00 | Cantaluppi ![]() Meier ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 25,000 Referee: ![]() |
22 October 1994 Round 15 | St. Gallen | 0 – 3 | Basel | Espenmoos, St. Gallen |
20:00 | Winkler ![]() Allaoui ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 10,200 Referee: ![]() |
26 October 1994 Round 16 | Basel | 0 – 0 | Xamax | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
20:00 | Rey ![]() Jeitziner ![]() Zuffi ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 12,000 Referee: ![]() |
30 October 1994 Round 17 | Grasshopper Club | 0 – 3 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
14:30 | Yakin ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 10,100 Referee: ![]() |
5 November 1994 Round 18 | Basel | 0 – 2 | Aarau | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
17:30 | Smajić ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 14,000 Referee: ![]() |
9 November 1994 Round 19 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Servette | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Zuffi ![]() Zuffi ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 8,500 Referee: ![]() |
19 November 1994 Round 20 | Luzern | 0 – 1 | Basel | Stadion Allmend Luzern |
17:30 | Gmür ![]() Renggli ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 11,200 Referee: ![]() |
27 November 1994 Round 21 | Basel | 0 – 1 | Young Boys | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 23,000 Referee: ![]() |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Grasshopper Club | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 21 | +15 | 31 | Advance to championship round |
2 | AC Lugano | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 17 | +13 | 25 | |
3 | Aarau | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 25 | |
4 | Xamax | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 24 | |
5 | Lausanne-Sport | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 24 | |
6 | Sion | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 23 | |
7 | Basel | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 20 | |
8 | Luzern | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 31 | −9 | 20 | |
9 | Zürich | 22 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 23 | 27 | −4 | 19 | Continue to promotion/relegation round |
10 | Servette | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 18 | |
11 | St. Gallen | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 28 | −8 | 18 | |
12 | Young Boys | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 37 | −13 | 17 |
Champions Group
26 February 1995 Round 1 | Aarau | 0 – 1 | Basel | Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau |
14:30 | Report | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 9,300 Referee: ![]() | |
Note: Debut for Dominic Moser |
5 March 1995 Round 2 | Basel | 3 – 1 | Sion | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Moser ![]() Walker ![]() Meier ![]() Hertig ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 14,000 Referee: ![]() |
12 March 1995 Round 3 | Xamax | PP | Basel | Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel |
1 April 1995 Round 4 | Basel | 1 – 0 | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Walker ![]() Tabakovic ![]() Walker ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Attendance: 28,000 Referee: ![]() |
8 April 1995 Round 5 | Luzern | 2 – 1 | Basel | Stadion Allmend Luzern |
20:00 | Kurniawan ![]() Wolf ![]() Güntensperger ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 16,500 Referee: ![]() |
12 April 1995 Round 6 | Basel | 5 – 0 | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Zuffi ![]() Moser ![]() H. Yakin ![]() Moser ![]() Zuffi ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Attendance: 15,000 Referee: ![]() |
Note: Debut for Hakan Yakin |
29 April 1995 Round 7 | Lugano | 4 – 1 | Basel | Cornaredo, Lugano |
17:30 | Colombo ![]() Carrasco ![]() Manfreda ![]() Colombo ![]() Carrasco ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Attendance: 4,500 Referee: ![]() |
2 May 1994 Round 3 | Xamax | 5 – 1 | Basel | Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel |
20:00 | Perret ![]() Piffaretti ![]() Vernier ![]() Aleksandrov ![]() Aleksandrov ![]() Aleksandrov ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 9,600 Referee: ![]() |
6 May 1995 Round 8 | Basel | 1 – 2 | Lugano | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
17:30 | Jeitziner ![]() H. Yakin ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 12,500 Referee: ![]() |
13 May 1995 Round 9 | Lausanne-Sport | 0 – 1 | Basel | Lla Pontaise, Lausanne |
20:00 | Savovic ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: ![]() |
20 May 1995 Round 10 | Basel | 2 – 0 | Luzern | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
17:30 | Zuffi ![]() H. Yakin ![]() H. Yakin ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Attendance: 13,800 Referee: ![]() |
Note: Minute of mourning and the FCB players with black ribbon for the former FCB player René Bader. |
27 May 1995 Round 11 | Grasshopper Club | 1 – 0 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
20:00 | Magnin ![]() Gämperle ![]() Koller ![]() Thüler ![]() Gren ![]() Vega ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 16,100 Referee: ![]() |
31 May 1995 Round 12 | Basel | 1 – 2 | Xamax | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Rey ![]() Gigon ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 6,500 Referee: ![]() |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Grasshopper Club | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 13 | +12 | 16 | 37 | Swiss champions, qualified for 1995–96 Champions League |
2 | Lugano | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 17 | +8 | 13 | 30 | qualified for 1995–96 UEFA Cup |
3 | Xamax | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 20 | +7 | 12 | 28 | qualified for 1995–96 UEFA Cup |
4 | Aarau | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 13 | 27 | entered 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup |
5 | Luzern | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 10 | 25 | entered 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup |
6 | Sion | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 25 | −1 | 12 | 24 | Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1995–96 Cup Winners' Cup |
7 | Basel | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 10 | 24 | entered 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup |
8 | Lausanne-Sport | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 35 | −24 | 12 | 15 |
Swiss Cup
24 September 1994 Round of 64 | FC Bözingen 34 | 0 – 5 | Basel | Sportplatz Längfeld, Biel/Bienne |
14:30 | Born ![]() Gallo ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ![]() |
References
- Stefan Peter. "Überregionale Meisterschaften, Schweizer und Basler Cup". Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FCB squad 1994/95". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- "FCSG Data Hakan Yakin" (in German). fcsg-data.ch. 2011. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A 1994/95". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1994/95". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- Garin, Erik (2004). "Sempione Cup (Switzerland)". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
Sources and references
- 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 1994–95 at fcb-archiv.ch
- 1994–95 at RSSSF