1980–81 FC Basel season

The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1980–81 season was their 87th season since the club was founded. It was their 35th 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 voted as new club chairman, he replaced René Theler who stood down at the AGM.

Overview

Helmut Benthaus was first team manager for the fifteenth consecutive season. Basel played in the 1980–81 Nationalliga A. Basel ended the season in sixth position, 12 points behind Zürich who became champions. In their 26 league games Basel won nine, drew ten and lost seven matches, which meant that the totaled 28 points. They scored 48 goals, conceding 44. Erni Maissen was the teams top goalscorer scoring ten league goals.

Basel entered the Swiss Cup in the round of 32. Here they were drawn away against Fribourg and they won the match 3–0. In the round of 16 they were drawn at home against Martigny-Sports and this match was won 6–0. In the quarterfinal, on 28 March 1981, Basel were drawn to play away from home against Zürich in the Letzigrund. The hosts won the tie 3–0. Basel were out of the competition and Zürich continued on to the final and won the trophy. In first round of the Swiss League Cup Basel were also drawn away against Zürich. They lost the home game 1–2 and Zürich continued in this competition and won this trophy as well.

As reigning Swiss champions Basel were qualified for the 1980–81 European Cup. In the first round they were drawn against Club Brugge. The first leg was played in Jan Breydel Stadium in Bruges and Basel won 1–0 through a goal scored by Erni Maissen in 65th minute. The return leg was won 4–1, the goals coming from Markus Tanner (14), Jörg Stohler (48), Arthur von Wartburg (55) and Walter Geisser (81) after Brugge had taken an early lead through Jan Ceulemans (3), but the their goalkeeper Leen Barth was sent off in the 17th minute. In the second round Basel were drawn against Red Star Belgrade. Basel decided the first leg for themselves 1–0, the goal sored by Detlev Lauscher. In the second leg, however, Basel were defeated 0–2 and were eliminated from the competition.

Players

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Hans Küng
		GK	Jean Müller
		DF	Serge Gaisser
		DF	Walter Geisser
		DF	René Hasler
		DF	Manfred Jungk
		DF	Stefano Ceccaroni
		DF	Serge Duvernois
		DF	Jean-Pierre Maradan
		DF	Jörg Stohler

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Otto Demarmels
		MF	Hansruedi Schär
		MF	Ernst Schleiffer
		MF	Markus Tanner
		MF	Arthur von Wartburg
		MF	Martin Jeitziner
		MF	Martin Mullis
		FW	Detlev Lauscher
		MF	Erni Maissen
		FW	Joseph Küttel
		FW	Peter Marti

Results

Nationalliga A

Main article: 1980–81 Nationalliga A

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Remarks
1	FC Zürich	26	18	4	4	57	28	40	Champions
2	Grasshopper Club Zürich	26	11	12	3	45	24	34
3	Neuchâtel Xamax	26	14	6	6	44	25	34
4	BSC Young Boys	26	11	11	4	46	33	33
5	Lausanne Sports	26	12	6	8	40	29	30
6	FC Basel	26	9	10	7	48	44	28
7	Servette FC Genève	26	8	10	8	38	36	26
8	FC Sion	26	8	8	10	35	42	24
9	FC Lucerne	26	6	10	10	39	46	22
10	FC St. Gallen	26	7	8	11	35	42	22
11	FC Nordstern Basel	26	6	7	13	28	37	19
12	AC Bellinzona	26	7	5	14	25	46	19
13	FC Chiasso	26	5	8	13	28	46	18
14	CS Chênois	26	3	9	14	23	53	15	Relegated

Swiss Cup

Main article: Swiss Cup

28 September 1980 Round of 32	Fribourg	0 – 3	Basel	Stade Universitaire, Fribourg

9 November 1980 Round of 16	Basel	6 – 0	Martigny-Sports	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

28 March 1981 Quarter-final	Zürich	3 – 0	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich

Swiss League Cup

Main article: Swiss League Cup

Round of 32	Basel	1 – 2	Zürich	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

European Cup

Main article: 1980–81 European Cup

Round 1

17 September 1980 First leg	Club Brugge	0 – 1	Basel	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
20:00		Report	55' Schleiffer 65' Maissen

1 October 1980 Second leg	Basel	4 – 1	Club Brugge	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Marti 3' Tanner 14' Stohler 48' (pen.) von Wartburg 55' Geisser 81'	Report	4' Ceulemans 12' Meeuws 17' Barth (Goalkeeper) 44' Leekens

Basel won 5–1 on aggregate.

Round 2

22 October 1980 First leg	Basel	1 – 0	Red Star Belgrade	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Lauscher 33' Tanner 35'	Report	22' Jurišić 50' Janković

5 November 1980 Second leg	Red Star Belgrade	2 – 0	Basel	Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
17:00	Repčić 6' Janjanin 18' Rajković 68' Blagojević 87'	Report

Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.

Sources and references

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
Switzerland 1980–81 at RSSSF
Swiss League Cup at RSSSF

External links

FC Basel official site

FC Basel

History Players

Stadiums	Landhof St. Jakob Stadium St. Jakob Park

Seasons	1932–33 1941–42 1946–47 1952–53 1962–63 1966–67 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81... 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Other	Superleague Formula team

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