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.

FC Basel

1990–91 season
Chairman	Charles Röthlisberger
Manager	Ernst August Künnecke
Ground	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga B	Qualifying Phase 4th
Nationalliga B	Promotion Phase 4th
Swiss Cup	Eliminated in 2nd round
Top goalscorer	League: Brian Bertelsen (11) All: Brian Bertelsen (11)
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]
← 1989–90 1991–92 →

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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  SUI Roger Glanzmann — GK  SUI Thomas Grüter — GK  SUI Roman Künzli (from FC Breitenbach) — DF  SUI Olivier Bauer — DF  SUI Reto Baumgartner (from Wettingen) — DF  GER Peter Bernauer — DF  SUI Massimo Ceccaroni — MF  GER Uwe Dittus — DF  YUG Miodrag Đurđević — DF  SUI Patrick Liniger (from youth team) — DF  SUI Thomas Karrer (from youth team) — DF  SUI Sascha Reich — DF  SUI Martin Thalmann (from youth team) — MF  GER Rolf Baumann (to VfL Kirchheim/Teck as coach) — MF  DEN Brian Bertelsen (from Wettingen)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ITA Vittorio Gottardi — MF  GER Maximilian Heidenreich (from Hannover 96) — MF  ITA Boris Mancastroppa — MF  ESP Enrique Mata — MF  SUI Andreas Steiner (from youth team) — MF  GER Manfred Wagner — FW  ITA Germano Fanciulli — FW  SUI Roman Hangarter (from FC Brüttisellen) — FW  SUI Erni Maissen — FW  SUI Christian Marcolli (from FC Aesch) — FW  SUI Patrick Rahmen — FW  GER Frank Wittmann (from youth team) — FW  SUI Ruedi Zbinden —  SUI Rocco Verrelli (from youth team) —  SUI Mathias Walther (from youth team)

Players who left the squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  SUI Markus Hodel — MF  SUI Beat Aebi — MF  GER Olaf Berg

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SUI Andre Rindlisbacher (to Bellinzona) — MF  SUI René Spicher — FW  GER Uwe Wassmer (to Aarau) — FW  SUI Ralph Thoma (to FC Rheinfelden)

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre-season

FV Möhringen v Basel

10 July 1990 Pre-season	FV Möhringen	0 – 9	Basel	Möhringen an der Donau
		Summary		Referee:

Aarau v Basel

11 July 1990 Pre-season	Aarau	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (5 – 3 p)	Basel	Moos, Balsthal
19:30		Summary		Attendance: 550 Referee: Francis Fischer
	Penalties

Basel v Zürich

14 July 1990 Pre-season	Basel	1 – 2	Zürich	Moos, Balsthal
17:00	Zbinden 6' (pen. 1:0)	Summary	14' (1:1) Tréllez 49' (1:2) Kok	Attendance: 500 Referee: Urs Meier

Lugano v Basel

17 July 1990 Uhrencup preliminary	Lugano	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (3 – 4 p)	Basel	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
18:00		Summary		Attendance: 500 Referee: René Gemperle
	Penalties
	Tami Hertig Ladner Piserchia Degiovannini		Rahmen Maissen Dittus Mata Zbinden

Basel v Zürich

19 July 1990 Uhrencup preliminary	Basel	3 – 1	Zürich	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:00	Bertelsen 29' (1:0) Gottardi  31' Maissen 52' (2:0) Zbinden 90' (3:1)	Summary	63' Gilli 80' (2:1) Kok	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Urs Meier

Basel v Górnik Zabrze

21 July 1990 Uhrencup final	Basel	1 – 4	Górnik Zabrze	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:00	Rahmen 17' (1:0)	Summary	8' Kraus 41' (1:1) Brzoza 46' (1:2) Staniek 60' (1:3) Warzycha 72' (1:4) Jegor	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Manfred Schlup Grenchen

Winter break

FC Laufen v Basel

2 February 1991 Winter break	FC Laufen	0 – 4	Basel	Im Nau, Laufen
14:30		Summary	2' (o.g. 0:1) R. Cueni 22' (0:2) Marcolli 33' (0:3) Mata 48' (0:4) Bertelsen	Attendance: 200 Referee: Gottfried Friedrich

Basel v SC Freiburg

9 February 1991 Winter break	Basel	0 – 0	SC Freiburg	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30		Summary		Attendance: 150 Referee: Rolf Blattmann

Basel v Karlsruher SC

12 February 1991 Winter break	Basel	1 – 3	Karlsruher SC	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Rahmen 59' (1:2)	Summary	14' (0:1) Reichert 45' (0:2) Schütterle 90' (1:3) Wittwer	Attendance: 350 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler

Basel v Grasshopper Club

24 February 1991 Winter break	Basel	1 – 2	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Bertelsen 46' (1:1)	Summary	13' (0:1) Salvi 83' (1:2) Sforza Gren	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Werner Müller

Basel v Strasbourg

26 February 1991 Winter break	Basel	0 – 1	Strasbourg	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:00		Summary	4' (0:1) Jenner	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Manfred Schlup Grenchen

Nationalliga B

Qualifying Phase South East

Kriens v Basel

25 July 1990 Round 1	Kriens	0 – 3	Basel	Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens
20:00	Rohrer  71'	Summary	33' (0:1) Mata 40' (0:2) Maissen 48' (0:3) Bertelsen	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: René Gemperle

Basel v Locarno

28 July 1990 Round 2	Basel	1 – 2	Locarno	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Mata  35' Gottardi 54' (1:1)	Summary	9' Bützer 52' (0:1) Schönwetter 90' (1:2) Omini	Attendance: 4,300 Referee: Pierre-Alain Eschmann

Zug v Basel

4 August 1990 Round 3	Zug	0 – 2	Basel	Herti Allmend Stadion, Zug
17:30	Schneider 8′ Büeler  47' di Muro  78'	Summary	59' (0:1) Bertelsen  75' Gottardi 88' (0:2) Rahmen	Attendance: 750 Referee: Rudolf Schödl

Basel v Winterthur

8 August 1990 Round 4	Basel	1 – 1	Winterthur	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Reich 31' (1:1)	Summary	23' (0:1) Maiano  40' Battaini	Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Hans Weber

Baden v Basel

11 August 1990 Round 5	Baden	2 – 0	Basel	Esp Stadium, Fislisbach
20:00	Sitek 22' (1:0) Lüdi  54' Isler  71' Zimmermann 74' (2:0)	Summary	14' Wagner  68' Đurđević	Referee:

Basel v Emmenbrücke

14 August 1990 Round 6	Basel	2 – 1	Emmenbrücke	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Maissen 11' (1:1) Dittus 69' (2:1) Bernauer  84'	Summary	8' (0:1) Eggeling  29' Stadler  40' Wicht  51' Bühler  66' Roland Wyss  78' Eggellng  82' Schmid	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Roman Ullmann

Basel v Chiasso

25 August 1990 Round 7	Basel	2 – 2	Chiasso	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Reich 19' (1:0) Mata  44' Zbinden 41' (2:0)	Summary	71' (2:1) Jeannoteguy  75' Gatti 81' (2:2) Da Silva	Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Paul-Louis Christe

Bellinzona v Basel

1 September 1990 Round 8	Bellinzona	0 – 0	Basel	Stadio Comunale Bellinzona
		[ Summary]		Referee:

Glarus v Basel

5 September 1990 Round 9	Glarus	0 – 0	Basel	Sportplatz Buchholz, Glarus
		[ Summary]		Referee:

Basel v Chur

15 September 1990 Round 10	Basel	0 – 3	Chur	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Gottardi  46' Dittus  68'	Summary	29' (o.g.) 34' (pen. 0:2) Costantini  37' Sommerhalder  67' Costantini 88' (0:3) Costantini  89' Camenisch	Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Francesco Bianchi

Schaffhausen v Basel

22 September 1990 Round 11	Schaffhausen	3 – 2	Basel	Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen
20:00	Löw 14' (1:0) Engesser 28' (2:0) Engesser 80' (pen. 3:1)	Summary	72' (pen. 2:1) Dittus 86' (3:2) Bernauer	Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Werner Müller

Basel v Kriens

6 October 1990 Round 12	Basel	2 – 1	Kriens	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Bertelsen 61' (1:0) Reich 82' (2:1)	Summary	24' Lötscher  33' Künzi 63' (1:1) Pekas	Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Jean-Claude Tagliabue

Locarno v Basel

9 October 1990 Round 13	Locarno	2 – 3	Basel	Stadio del Lido, Locarno
20:00	Giani  27' Costas 24' (1:0) Pedrotti 52' (2:1)	Summary	40' (1:1) Baumgartner 55' (2:2) Baumgartner  61' Reich 77' (2:3) Bertelsen  84' Dittus	Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Oswald Gritsch

Basel v Zug

20 October 1990 Round 14	Basel	2 – 2	Zug	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Maissen 21' (1:0) Wagner 39' (2:0) Maissen  62' Wittmann  84'	Summary	45' (2:1) Marin  72' Paradiso 87' (2:2) Müller	Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Karl Strässle Heiden

Winterthur v Basel

27 October 1990 Round 15	Winterthur	2 – 2	Basel	Schützenwiese, Winterthur
20:00	Ramsauer 11' (1:0) Bacchini 50' (2:1)	Summary	26' (1:1) Bertelsen  45' Gottardi  49' Bernauer 55' (2:2) Bertelsen	Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Pierre-Alain Eschmann

Basel v Baden

4 November 1990 Round 16	Basel	1 – 3	Baden	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Dittus 63' (pen. 1:3)	Summary	1' (o.g. 0:1) Bernauer 23' (0:2) Sitek  29' Born  40' Sitek 48' (0:3) Wagner de Aquinho Valente  51' Wagner de Aquinho Valente	Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler

Emmenbrücke v Basel

11 November 1990 Round 17	Emmenbrücke	0 – 3	Basel	Stadion Gersag, Emmenbrücke
14:30	Chritian Wyss  51' Heinz Siegrist  79'	Summary	24' (0:1) Wagner  53' Heidenreich 66' (0:2) Baumgartner  71' Gottardi 74' (0:3) Wagner	Attendance: 600 Referee: Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern

Chiasso v Basel

18 November 1990 Round 18	Chiasso	2 – 2	Basel	Stadio Comunale (Chiasso)
14:30	Dario 5' (1:0) Wanderley  43' Minelli  64' Bernaschina 80' (pen. 2:2)	Summary	35' Bernauer 43' (1:1) Zbinden 48' (1:2) Heidenreich	Attendance: 700 Referee: Erwin Schuler

Basel v Bellinzona

25 November 1990 Round 19	Basel	2 – 1	Bellinzona	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Baumgartner 31' (1:0) Đurđević  69' Gottardi 86' (2:1)	Summary	33' Rindlisbacher 44' (1:1) Rindlisbacher  48' Schär  78' Pestoni	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger Suhr

Basel v Glarus

2 December 1990 Round 20	Basel	3 – 0	Glarus	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Wagner 5' (1:0) Bertelsen 26' (2:0) Wagner 43' (3:0) Ceccaroni  60' Gottardi  75'	Summary	41' April  67' Oswald  71' Stoob  83' Gänssler	Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Urs Meier

Chur v Basel

9 December 1990 Round 21	Chur	1 – 1	Basel	Ringstrasse, Chur
14:30	de Gani 78' (1:1)	Summary	38' (0:1) Wittmann  81' Maissen	Attendance: 162 Referee: Francesco Bianchi

Basel v Schaffhausen

16 December 1990 Round 22	Basel	6 – 2	Schaffhausen	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Bernauer 30' (1:1) Wagner 39' (2:1) Bossi 48' (o.g. 3:1) Bertelsen 55' (4:1) Zbinden 59' (5:1) Bertelsen 71' (6:2)	Summary	14' (0:1) Sternkopf 69' (5:2) Harder	Attendance: 900 Referee: Pierre-Alain Vuillemin

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

Source: rsssf.com

Promotion/relegation phase Group A

Basel v Etoile Carouge

3 March 1991 Round 1	Basel	3 – 1	Etoile Carouge	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Dittus 33' (1:0) Dittus  52' Wagner 68' (2:0) Zbinden 77' (3:0)	Summary	32' Thomé  53' Celso 85' (3:1) Castella	Attendance: 4,300 Referee: Paul-Louis Christe

Yverdon-Sports v Basel

10 March 1991 Round 2	Yverdon-Sports	2 – 0	Basel	Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains
14:30	Vialatte  27' Castro  29' Castro 50' (1:0) Dajka 71' (2:0) Bonato  73'	Summary	15' Heidenreich  87' Bertelsen	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Michel Zen Ruffinen

Basel v St. Gallen

17 March 1991 Round 3	Basel	0 – 1	St. Gallen	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Zbinden  66'	Summary	7'  61' Blättler 29' (0:1) Cardozo  32' Cardozo  81' Rubio  89' Thüler	Attendance: 8,000[1] Referee: Fredy Phillippoz

Wettingen v Basel

27 March 1991 Round 4	Wettingen	1 – 3	Basel	Stadion Altenburg, Wettingen
20:00	Fink 20' (1:1) Andermatt  37' Widmer  40' Mathy  47' Widmer  57'	Summary	16' (0:1) Bertelsen  37' Heidenreich 41' (1:2) Zbinden  50' Ceccaroni 86' (1:3) Bertelsen	Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Erwin Schuler

Fribourg v Basel

6 April 1991 Round 5	Fribourg	2 – 2	Basel	Stade Universitaire, Freiburg
20:00	Dittus 22' (pen. 1:1) Baumgartner  39' Reich 42' (2:1) Reich  79'	Summary	16' (pen. 0:1) Bucheli 43' (2:2) Bucheli  51' Bwalya  83' Cross	Attendance: 2,040 Referee: Erwin Fölmli

Basel v Baden

13 April 1991 Round 6	Basel	1 – 4	Baden	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Marcolli 37' (1:1) Zbinden  45'	Summary	23' (0:1) Wagner de Aquinho 41' (1:2) Sitek 49' (1:3) Born 64' (1:4) Sitek  90' Wagner de Aquinho	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Strässle (Steinach)

Chiasso v Basel

20 April 1991 Round 7	Chiasso	0 – 0	Basel	Stadio Comunale (Chiasso)
20:00		Summary		Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Oswald Gritsch

Basel v Chiasso

4 May 1991 Round 8	Basel	3 – 0	Chiasso	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Bernauer  17' Dittus 63' (1:0) Heidenreich 67' (2:0) Mancastroppa 73' (3:0) Rahmen  89'	Summary	29' Kalbermatter  87' Milton	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Michel Zen Ruffinen

Baden v Basel

11 May 1991 Round 9	Baden	1 – 1	Basel	Esp Stadium, Fislisbach
17:30	Zbinden  19' Hodel  61' Maissen 22' (1:0)	Summary	11' Lüdi  81' Hedinger 85' (o.g. 1:1) Maissen	Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Paul-Louis Christe

Basel v Fribourg

18 May 1991 Round 10	Basel	0 – 0	Fribourg	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Bernauer  80' Baumgartner  90'	Summary	28' Buntschu  50' Bourquenoud  64' Brülhart  90+1' Buntschu	Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Charles-Henri Morex

Basel v Wettingen

25 May 1991 Round 11	Basel	1 – 2	Wettingen	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Mancastroppa 1:0' Bertelsen  69'	Summary	43' Widmer 71' (1:1) Heldmann 83' (1:2) Kundert  88' Heldmann	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Jean-Claude Craviolini

St. Gallen v Basel

1 June 1991 Round 12	St. Gallen	1 – 0	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
17:30	Raschle 16' (pen. 1:0) Irizik  85'	Summary		Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Peter Kellenberger
Note: Debut for Olivier Bauer

Basel v Yverdon-Sports

8 June 1991 Round 13	Basel	3 – 0	Yverdon-Sports	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Baumgartner  32' Ceccaroni  48' Rahmen 62' (1:0) Karrer 84' (2:0) Zbinden 87' (3:0)	Summary	18' Rochat  52' Castro	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Fredy Phillippoz
Note: Debut for Thomas Karrer

Etoile Carouge v Basel

12 June 1991 Round 14	Etoile Carouge	2 – 1	Basel	Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge
20:00	da Silva 6' (1:0) da Silva 56' (2:0)	Summary	65' Heidenreich 76' (2:1) Rahmen	Attendance: 250 Referee: Willy Hänni

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

Main article: Swiss Cup

FC Pratteln v Basel

18 August 1990 2nd principal round	FC Pratteln	4 – 0	Basel	In den Sandgruben, Pratteln
17:30	Ferreira  41' Böni  67' Füri 62' (1:0) Utvic 86' (2:0) Weng 86' (3:0) Steiner 90' (4:0)	Summary	49' Bernauer  83' Reich	Attendance: 1,389[1] Referee: Walter Rudin (Birsfelden)

See also

• History of FC Basel
• List of FC Basel players
• List of FC Basel seasons