1997–98 FC Basel season

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Xamax 22.11.1997
Average home league attendance10,100[1]

The 1997–98 Fussball Club Basel 1893 season was their 105th season since the club's foundation. René C. Jäggi was the club's chairman following the annual general meeting the year before. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Following their promotion in the 1993–94 season this was their fourth consecutive season in the highest tier of Swiss football.

Overview

Pre-season

Jörg Berger was appointed as the new trainer at the start of the season, but in October 1997 he was sacked and was replaced by Salvatore Andracchio (ad interim) until Guy Mathez was appointed as trainer from 1 January 1998. The club's priority aim was to remain in the top flight of Swiss football.

The club made many new signings as the season started. Amongst these, there were many experienced players, such as Oliver Kreuzer from Bayern Munich, Marco Sas from Bradford City, Maurizio Gaudino from Eintracht Frankfurt, Jürgen Hartmann from Hamburger SV and Nestor Subiat from Grasshopper Club. There were also young players such as Marco Pérez from Vaduz, Jan Berger from Grasshopper Club and Fabinho Santos from Joinville (Brazil) as well as Luís Calapes and Alexander Frei from the club's own youth section.[1]

Goalkeeper Thomas Grüter retired from professional football. Many other players also left the club, under them Mariano Armentano who transferred to Vélez Sarsfield, Adrian Falub who returned to Universitatea Cluj and Alex Nyarko who transferred to Karlsruher SC. The loan contracts with Franco Foda and Markus Schupp came to an end and because Basel did not opt to buy them, they both moved on to Sturm Graz. The youngsters Bruno Sutter transferred to Zürich and Hakan Yakin transferred to Grasshopper Club. At the end of the transfer window two further players left the squad, last season's top scorer Gaetano Giallanza transferred to Nantes in September and Jean-Pierre La Placa signed for Toulouse also in September.[2]

In the pre-season friendly games Basel first played against a Regional 11 of local players in

BL. Basel then played in the Sempione Cup, which was a club tournament played in summer at Sportanlage Moos, Balsthal, during the years 1987 to 2004. Curiosity, in both Basel games, semi-final and third place match, the decision fell in a penalty shoot-out. The semi-final was undecided after five penalties each and had to be continued. In the end all 22 players including the goalkeepers hat to shoot a penalty. Both goalkeeps missed their penalty shot and eventually Basel lost the shoot-out 9–10. The third placed match need 14 penalties for the decision and Basel won this shoot-out 5–4.[3] Another curiosity in the mid-season friendly against amateur club FC Rothrist. Basel won the game 13–2. Alexander Frei scored six goals and all six in the first half and Maurizio Gaudino scored five goals, all five in the second half.[4]

Domestic league

The football league season did not start the way that head-coach Berger had hoped. Four of the first six games ended in a defeat, the team conceding 12 goals and scoring just three. Berger was put under pressure by the club's board of directors, but things did not improve. After six consecutive defeats, a period during which Giallanza and La Placa both left, Berger was sacked. He was replaced ad interim by trainer Salvatore Andracchio, who had helped out the previous season. The team managed to improve their results, but could not correct the slip into the Relegation Group.

During the winter break Guy Mathez was appointed as new head-coach. Soon after this the newly signed Nemtsoudis left the club and Nestor Subiat's loan contract was ended and the contract with Marco Sas was dissolved. Under new trainer Mathez, the first few games were good. But after a period with three away defeats and two home draws, it seemed that the team were heading for relegation. A dramatic finish with three straight victories over the three better placed teams Young Boys, SC Kriens and finally Solothurn saved Basel from the relegation drop. They finished the promotion/relegation group with six wins, four draws and four defeats. They had scored 27 goals and conceded 22.[5]

Swiss Cup

Basel entered the Swiss Cup with a bye in the third and fourth principal round and started in the fifth. The opponents here were lower tier SC Buochs. Despite an early lead through Dario Zuffi, a penalty and a goal just after half time gave the lower tier a lead. Basel were down 1–2 right up until the 86th minute. Then Nestor Subiat poked the ball into the goal out of the crowd of players who had gathered in the six yard box, the equalizer. In the extra period Basel had no further problems and the Buochs players had no more stamina. Two more Subiat goals, two from Adrian Knup and the final goal from Fabrice Henry was followed by the final whistle.[6]

In the round of 16 Basel's opponents were Xamax, who were stronger and won by two goals to nil. The cup final was played between Lausanne-Sport and St. Gallen, this ended with a two all draw after extra time. Lausanne won the penalty shoot out winning the trophy and qualifying for the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.[7]

Players

The following is the list of the Basel first team squad. It also includes all players that were in the squad on the day the season started on 5 July 1997 but subsequently left the club after that date. Players who left the squad in the off-season are listed below.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Switzerland SUI Stefan Huber
2 DF Switzerland SUI Massimo Ceccaroni
3 DF Switzerland SUI Daniel Salvi
3 DF Switzerland SUI Luís Calapes (from Basel youth)
4 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH
Samir Tabakovic (to Waldhof Mannheim
)
5 DF Germany GER Oliver Kreuzer (from Bayern Munich)
6 DF Netherlands NED Marco Sas (from Bradford City)
7 FW Switzerland SUI Dario Zuffi
8 MF Liechtenstein LIE Mario Frick
9 MF France FRA Fabrice Henry
10 MF Germany GER Maurizio Gaudino (from Eintracht Frankfurt)
11 FW Switzerland SUI Gaetano Giallanza (to Nantes)
12 DF Switzerland SUI Sébastien Barberis (from Servette)
13 FW Switzerland SUI Adrian Knup
14 FW Russia RUS Daniel Dobrovoljski
15 FW Switzerland SUI Deniz Mendi (from FC Klus-Balsthal)
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Switzerland SUI Ivan Reimann
16 DF Germany GER Jürgen Hartmann (from Hamburger SV)
17 MF Switzerland SUI Jean-Pierre La Placa (to Toulouse)
17 MF Czech Republic CZE Václav Pěchouček (from Viktoria Plzeň)
18 GK Switzerland SUI Oliver Stöckli
19 DF Switzerland SUI Marco Tschopp
20 DF Switzerland SUI Oumar Kondé
21 DF Liechtenstein LIE Marco Pérez (from Vaduz)
22 MF Brazil BRA Webber (Leandro Dos Santos) (from Guarani)
23 DF Czech Republic CZE Jan Berger (from Grasshopper Club)
24 DF Brazil BRA Fabinho (from Joinville)
24 DF Switzerland SUI Cyrill Schmidiger
25 MF Switzerland SUI Theodoros Disseris
27 FW Switzerland SUI Alexander Frei (from Basel youth)
28 DF Switzerland SUI Giorgios Nemtsoudis (from Grasshopper Club)
30 FW Switzerland SUI Nestor Subiat (from Grasshopper Club)
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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Switzerland SUI Thomas Grüter (retired)
— DF Switzerland SUI Remo Buess (reserves)
— DF Switzerland SUI Yann Poulard (to FC Stade Nyonnais)
— DF Switzerland SUI Yannick Hasler
— MF Argentina ARG Mariano Armentano (to Vélez Sarsfield)
— MF Romania ROU Adrian Falub (to Universitatea Cluj)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Germany GER Franco Foda (to Sturm Graz)
— MF Italy ITA
Sansepolcro
)
— MF Switzerland SUI Dominic Moser (on loan to Young Boys)
— MF Ghana GHA Alex Nyarko (to Karlsruher SC)
— MF Germany GER Markus Schupp (to Sturm Graz)
— MF Switzerland SUI Bruno Sutter (to Zürich)
— MF Switzerland SUI Hakan Yakin (to Grasshopper Club)

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season

18 June 1997 Pre-season Regional 11 Alsace France 0 – 8 Switzerland Basel Munster
19:00 Summary 16' (0:1) Barberis
20' (0:2) Knup
34' (0:3) Zuffi
36' (0:4) Giallanza
44' (0:5) Knup
66' (0:6) Giallanza
68' (0:7) Tschopp
83' (0:8) Tschopp		 Attendance: 200
Referee: France Thierry Keigler
21 June 1997 Pre-season
BL
Tannenbrunn, Sissach
16:30 Giallanza 23' (1:0)
Giallanza 25' (2:0)
Gaudino 36' (3:0)		 Summary 89' (3:1) Schreiber Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland Andreas Schluchter / Vroni Schluchter (Schönenbuch)
Note: From the 46th minute, assistant referee Vroni Schluchter (Schönenbuch) led the game, as Andreas Schluchter went out with a thigh injury.
24 June 1997 Sempione-Cup
Semi-final		 Basel Switzerland 1 – 1
(9 – 10 p)		 Switzerland Zürich Moos, Balsthal
19:30 Frick Yellow card 27'
Frei 60' (1:0)		 Summary 63' (1:1) Sutter
Yellow card 78' Guzik		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Serge Muhmenthaler
Penalties
Zuffi soccer ball with check mark
Frei soccer ball with check mark
Hartmann soccer ball with check mark
Giallanza soccer ball with red X
Gaudino soccer ball with check mark
Tschopp soccer ball with check mark
Barberis soccer ball with check mark
Ceccaroni soccer ball with check mark
Schmidiger soccer ball with check mark
Buess soccer ball with red X
Hubersoccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with check mark Gambino
soccer ball with check mark Guzik
soccer ball with check mark Sutter
soccer ball with red X Brugnoli
soccer ball with check mark Santa'Anna
soccer ball with check mark Tejeda
soccer ball with check mark Weiler
soccer ball with check mark Castillo
soccer ball with check mark Tarone
soccer ball with red X Shorunmu
soccer ball with check mark Konjić
Note: The Sempione Cup was a club tournament played in summer at Sportanlage Moos, Balsthal, during the years 1987 to 2004.[3]
28 June 1997 Sempione-Cup
3rd place match		 Basel Switzerland 1 – 1
(5 – 4 p)		 Switzerland Luzern Moos, Balsthal
15:30 Giallanza 27' (1:1) Summary 11' (0:1) Sawu Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Bruno Bachmann
Penalties
Zuffi soccer ball with red X
Pérez soccer ball with check mark
Kreuzer soccer ball with red X
Schmidiger soccer ball with check mark
Gaudino soccer ball with check mark
Barberis soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Wyss
soccer ball with red X Knez
soccer ball with check mark Moser
soccer ball with check mark Koilov
soccer ball with red X Brega
soccer ball with red X Baumann
Note: The Sempione Cup was a club tournament played in summer at Sportanlage Moos, Balsthal, during the years 1987 to 2004.[3]
5 July 1997 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 1 – 0 Germany Borussia Dortmund St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Knup 13' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Switzerland Carlo Bertolini
5 September 1997 Mid-season SC Dornach Switzerland 1 – 5 Switzerland Basel Gigersloch, Dornach
Weidmann 27' (pen. 1:2) Summary 5' (0:1) Kondé
7' (0:2) Gaudino
50' (1:3) Marco Sas
54' (1:4) Giallanza
80' (1:5) Dobrovoljski		 Attendance: 350
Referee: Switzerland Dieter Schoch
19 September 1997 Mid-season FC Rothrist Switzerland 2 – 13 Switzerland Basel Stampfi, Rothrist
18:45 Berisha 46' (1:7)
Roth 88' (2:12)		 Summary 7' (0:1) Frei
9' (0:2) Frei
14' (pen. 0:3) Gaudino
21' (0:4) Frei
23' (0:5) Frei
40' (0:6) Frei
42' (0:7) Frei
48' (1:8) Giallanza
59' (1:9) Giallanza
64' (1:10) Giallanza
75' (1:11) Giallanza
86' (1:12) Kondé
90' (2:13) Giallanza		 Attendance: 600
Referee: Switzerland Marcel Vollenweider
Note: 0:12 corners

Winter break

28 January 1998 Winter break Basel Switzerland 3 – 0 Switzerland Zürich Athletics stadium, Basel
Nondo 7' (o.g. 1:0)
Knup 73' (2:0)
Henry 84' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 500
Referee: Switzerland Heinz Käser
Note: Zürich without Nonda
31 January 1998 Winter break Sheriff Moldova 1 – 1 Switzerland Basel
60' (1:0) Summary 75' (1:1) Gaudino
4 February 1998 Training camp
Pafiako Stadium, Paphos, Cyprus
83' (1:4) Summary 16' (0:1) Gaudino
33' (0:2) Hartmann
43' (0:3) Kondé
62' (0:4) Fabinho
85' (1:5) Knup		 Attendance: 800
6 February 1998 Training camp
Pafiako Stadium, Paphos, Cyprus
33' (pen. 1:0)
90+2' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 100
11 February 1998 Winter break Basel Switzerland 0 – 0 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow Europastadion, Rheinfelden (Baden)
15:00 Summary Yellow card 70' Loskov Referee: Germany Bernhard Zerr (Ottersweier)
14 February 1998 Winter break Luzern Switzerland 3 – 0 Switzerland Basel Unterallmend, Root
14:30 Ibrahim 24' (1:0)
Webber 43' (o.g. 2:0)
Kögl 79' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 800
Referee: Switzerland Markus Nobs, (Wohlen)

Nationalliga A

Main article: 1997–98 Nationalliga A

Qualifying Phase

5 July 1997 Round 1 Basel Postponed Aarau St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
9 July 1997 Round 2 Lausanne-Sport 3 – 0 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
19:30 Piffaretti 40'
N'kufo 43'
Udovič 87'		 Report Yellow card 32' Barberis
Yellow card 33' Frick
Yellow card 69' La Placa		 Attendance: 7,100
Referee: Switzerland Marcel Vollenweider
12 July 1997 Round 3
Etoile Carouge
St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30 Hartmann Yellow card 27'
Ceccaroni Yellow card 62'
Knup Yellow card 75'		 Report Yellow card 25' Mosca
Yellow card 78' Duchosal		 Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Switzerland Dominique Tavel
19 July 1997 Round 4 Basel 1 – 3 Servette St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30 Gaudino 57' (pen.)
Zuffi Yellow card 70'
Ceccaroni Red card 76'		 Summary Yellow card 14' Barea
34' Cantaluppi
Yellow card 45' Margarini
55' Yellow card 23'Sesa
77' (pen.) Durix		 Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Switzerland Philippe Leuba
26 July 1997 Round 5 Zürich 0 – 0 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
19:30 Tarone Yellow card 59'
Tejeda Yellow card 70'
Yekini Yellow card 89'		 Summary Yellow card 17' Zuffi Attendance: 15,500
Referee: Liechtenstein Roland Beck
2 August 1997 Round 6 Basel 1 – 3 Sion St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30 Sas Yellow card 23'
Giallanza 41'
Hartmann Yellow card 61'		 Summary 3', 64' Camadini
Yellow card 68 ' Zambaz
80' Tholot		 Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Switzerland Carlo Bertolini
10 August 1997 Round 7
Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens
16:00 Esposito 7'
Gross Yellow card 74'
Schwizer 63'
Erni 73'		 Summary Yellow card 43' Frick
Yellow card 57' Yellow-red card 70' La Placa
76' Giallanza
Yellow card 84' Salvi		 Attendance: 4,100
Referee: Switzerland Kurt Zuppinger
15 August 1997 Round 1 Basel 2 – 1 Aarau St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30 Ceccaroni Yellow card 14'
Gaudino 21'
Giallanza 31'
Frick Yellow card 67'
Kreuzer Yellow card 87'		 Summary Yellow card 19' Aloisi
61' Drakopoulos
Yellow card 65' Zdrilic
Yellow card 70' de Napoli
Yellow card 78' Kilian		 Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Switzerland Guido Wildhaber
23 August 1997 Round 8 Basel 3 – 2 St. Gallen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30 Zuffi 23'
Dobrovoljski 77'
Frick 82'
Kreuzer Yellow card 87'
Salvi Yellow card 88'		 Summary Yellow card 4' Hellinga
Yellow card 18'
Herrera
 Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Switzerland Claude Détruche
30 August 1997 Round 9
Xamax
3 – 0 Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
19:30 Martin Yellow card 57'
Leśniak 65'
Martinović 83'
Kunz 90'		 Yellow card 66' Kreuzer
Yellow card 77' Ceccaroni		 Attendance: 8,100
Referee: Switzerland Carlo Bertolini
Basel v Luzern
2 September 1997 Round 10 Basel 3 – 4 Luzern St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30 Frick 20', 71'
Gaudino Yellow card 28'
Giallanza 74'		 Summary Yellow card 4' van Eck
Yellow card 24' Joller
Yellow card 43' Brunner
58', 87' Petar Aleksandrov
Yellow card 67' Izzo
82' Kögl
89' Ibrahim		 Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Switzerland Kurt Zuppinger
13 September 1997 Round 11 Grasshopper Club 3 – 2 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
19:30
Esposito 13'
Gren Yellow card 48'
Kavelashvili
Yellow card 78' 78'		 Summary Yellow card 13' Ceccaroni
15' Barberis
61' Gaudino
Yellow card 69' Giallanza
Yellow card 90+1' Frick		 Attendance: 9,150
Referee: Switzerland Jürg Herrmann
24 September 1997 Round 12 Aarau 1 – 0 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
19:30 Roembiak Yellow card 32'
Kilian Yellow card 68'
Ćirić 75'		 Yellow card 64' Kreuzer Attendance: 5,600
Referee: Switzerland Dieter Schoch
28 September 1997 Round 13 Basel 0 – 1 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Summary 27' Rehn
Yellow card 31' Thurre
Yellow card 38' Ohrel
Yellow card 64' Piffaretti		 Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca
5 October 1997 Round 14
Etoile Carouge
2 – 1 Basel Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge
16:00 Aguilar 67'
Hertig 81' (pen.)		 Summary 45' Subiat
Yellow card 46' Orlando
Yellow card 51' Barberis
Yellow card 55' Ceccaroni
Yellow card 81' Huber		 Attendance: 1,775
Referee: Switzerland Marcel Vollenweider
Basel v Zürich
19 October 1997 Round 15 Basel 3 – 3 Zürich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Kreuzer 11'
Hartmann Yellow card 30'
Zuffi 44'
Subiat 88'		 Summary 29' Nonda
73' Tarone
90' Yellow card 47' Hodel		 Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Switzerland Urs Meier
26 October 1997 Round 16 Servette 0 – 0 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
14:30 Rey 13'
Durix 25', 89'
Potocianu Yellow card 61'
Sesa 85'		 Yellow card 71' Reimann
75' Frei
Yellow card 77' Frick		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Liechtenstein Roland Beck
2 November 1997 Round 17
Stade Tourbillon, Sion
14:30 Seoane 9'
Milton 73'		 Summary 15' Frick
19' Barberis
Yellow card 41' Kreuzer
Yellow card 87' Ceccaroni		 Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Switzerland Serge Muhmenthaler
8 November 1997 Round 18 Basel 4 – 1 Kriens St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:30 Mendi 11', 29'
Kreuzer Yellow card 30'
Frick Yellow card 10' 59'
Subiat 61'		 Summary Yellow card 17' Schnüriger
Yellow card 48' Colatrella
78' Melina		 Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Germany Michael Herrmann
19 November 1997 Round 19 St. Gallen 3 – 1 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
19:30 Slavtchev 10'
Regtop 20'
Dal Santo Yellow card 60'
Vurens 67'		 Summary Yellow card 21' Kreuzer
79' Barberis		 Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Switzerland Claude Détruche
22 November 1997 Round 20
Xamax
St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:30 Henry Yellow card 60'
Dobrovoljski 64'
Pérez Yellow card 84'		 Summary 26' Gazic
32' Jeanneret
39' Hamann
45' Kunz		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca
30 November 1997 Round 21 Basel 1 – 0 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Frick Yellow card 22'
Subiat 56'		 Summary Yellow card 18' Gämperle
Yellow card 63' Haas
Yellow card 90+1' Tikva		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland Serge Muhmenthaler
7 December 1997 Round 22
Luzern
14:30 Fink Yellow card 73' Summary Yellow card 7' Hartmann
Yellow card 21' Kondé
47' (pen.)		 Attendance: 9,050
Referee: Switzerland Philippe Leuba

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Grasshopper Club 22 14 4 4 59 23 +36 46 Advance to championship round
halved points (rounded up) as bonus
2 Lausanne-Sport 22 12 6 4 45 27 +18 42
3 Servette 22 11 6 5 45 33 +12 39
4 Aarau 22 10 5 7 38 31 +7 35
5 St. Gallen 22 7 9 6 38 34 +4 30
6 Zürich 22 7 9 6 31 28 +3 30
7 Sion 22 7 9 6 30 27 +3 30
8 Luzern 22 7 8 7 26 28 −2 29
9 Xamax 22 7 5 10 37 39 −2 26 Continue to promotion/relegation round
10 Kriens 22 5 7 10 23 41 −18 22
11 Basel 22 5 4 13 28 46 −18 19
12 Étoile Carouge 22 1 6 15 20 63 −43 9
Source: rsssf.com

Promotion/relegation group

1 March 1998 Round 1 Solothurn 2 – 3 Basel Stadion FC Solothurn, Solothurn
14:30 Plaschy Yellow card 1'
Edward Yellow card 83' 75'
Bürgisser Yellow card 79'
Fluri Yellow card 64' 81'		 Summary 20' Yellow card 12' Gaudino
71', 74' Berger
Yellow card 80' Zuffi
Yellow card 90+4' Barberis		 Attendance: 6,750
Referee: Switzerland Guido Wildhaber
7 March 1998 Round 2 Basel 4 – 2 Kriens St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:30 Henry Yellow card 89' 8'
Kreuzer Yellow card 25'
Frick 39', 64'
Knup 90+2'		 Summary Yellow card 1' Egli
Yellow card 19' Schwizer
32' Benson
38' Zwyssig		 Attendance: 7,800
Referee: Switzerland Dieter Schoch
15 March 1998 Round 3 Young Boys 2 – 2 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
14:30 Lengen Yellow card 23'
Smajić Yellow card 5' 50'
Ivanov Yellow card 74' 85' (pen.)		 Summary 73' Barberis
Yellow card 73' Gaudino
76' Yellow card 67' Kreuzer
Yellow card 87' Henry		 Referee: Switzerland Claude Détruche
21 March 1998 Round 4
Xamax
St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:30 Gaudino Yellow card 66' 2'
Yellow card 24'
Pérez 51'
Knup 53'
MendiYellow card 80'		 Summary 7' Rueda
Yellow card 8' Hamann
25' Halili
38' Rothenbühler
61', 90+1' Zambaz
81' Maslow		 Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Switzerland René Rogalla
29 March 1998 Round 5 Lugano 0 – 0 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
14:30 Fernandez Yellow card 41'
Wegmann Yellow card 48'
Lendvai Yellow card 51'
Giannini Yellow card 55'
Anderson Yellow card 85'		 Summary Yellow card 22' Zuffi
Yellow card 34' Tschopp
Yellow card 55' Knup		 Attendance: 3,900
Referee: Switzerland Guido Wildhaber
4 April 1998 Round 6
Etoile Carouge
St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:30 Gaudino 11', 72', 77'
Barberis Yellow card 31'
Kondé Yellow card 49'
Orlando Yellow card 55'		 Summary Yellow card 10' Djorkaeff
Yellow card 42' Duchosal
76' Hertig		 Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Switzerland Jürg Herrmann
8 April 1998 Round 7 Baden 3 – 1 Basel Esp Stadium, Fislisbach
19:30 Dnibi 39'
Casamento 56'
Lüthi 71'		 Summary 6' Knup
Yellow card 70' Pérez
Yellow card 78' Calapes		 Attendance: 3,450
Referee: Liechtenstein Roland Beck
19 April 1998 Round 8 Basel 0 – 0 Baden St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30 Gaudino Yellow card 69'
Calapes Yellow card 74'		 Summary Yellow card 62' Rossi
Yellow card 70' Adriano		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland Roberto Ferrari
25 April 1998 Round 9
Etoile Carouge
2 – 0 Basel Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge
17:30 Elmira Yellow card 37'
Croci Yellow card 57'
Djorkaeff 78'
Rothenbühler 86'		 Summary Yellow card 46' Barberis
Yellow card 59' Hartmann		 Attendance: 1,180
Referee: Switzerland Guido Wildhaber
Basel v Lugano
29 April 1998 Round 10 Basel 0 – 0 Lugano St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30 Ceccaroni Yellow card 53' Summary Yellow card 44'
Giménez

Yellow card 88' Giannini		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland Marcel Vollenweider
2 May 1998 Round 11
Xamax
2 – 1 Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
19:30 Wittl 16'
Martinović 45'
Maslow Yellow card 70'
Delay Yellow card 81'		 Summary Yellow card 1' Knup
11' Frick
Yellow card 57' Ceccaroni		 Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Switzerland André Daina
Basel v Young Boys
9 May 1998 Round 12 Basel 4 – 1 Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30 Frick 25', 47'
Pěchouček 32'
Kreuzer Yellow card 34'
Knup Yellow card 43'
Gaudino 52'
Kondé Yellow card 71'		 Summary 71' (pen.) Vukotić Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Switzerland Carlo Bertolini
17 May 1998 Round 13
Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens
16:00 Esposito Yellow card 16'
Disler Yellow card 66'
Erni Yellow card 68'
Rölli 73'		 Summary Yellow card 3' Reimann
49', 75' Frick
90+3' Yellow card 45' Zuffi		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Dieter Schoch
24 May 1998 Round 14 Basel 3 – 0 Solothurn St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
16:00 Kreuzer 4'
Gaudino 41'
Reimann Yellow card 49'
Frick 57'
Pérez Yellow card 64'		 Summary Yellow card 40' Roth
Yellow card 42' Aebi		 Attendance: 36,500
Referee: Switzerland Urs Meier

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Xamax 14 7 5 2 35 22 +13 26 Remain in 1998–99 Nationalliga A
2 Lugano 14 6 5 3 15 12 +3 23 Promoted
3 Basel 14 6 4 4 27 22 +5 22 Remain in 1998–99 Nationalliga A
4 BSC Young Boys 14 6 4 4 20 23 −3 22 Promoted
5 Solothurn 14 6 3 5 17 15 +2 21 Remain in 1998–99 Nationalliga B
6 Kriens 14 4 4 6 19 25 −6 16 Relegated
7 Baden 14 3 3 8 15 23 −8 12 Remain in 1998–99 Nationalliga B
8 Étoile Carouge 14 3 2 9 13 19 −6 11 Relegated
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

Main articles: Swiss Cup and 1997–98 Swiss Cup
15 November 1997 Round 5 SC Buochs 2 – 7 (a.e.t.) Basel Stadion Seefeld, Buochs
16:00 Cavallucci 22' (pen.)
Meier Yellow card 33'
Bieri 54'
Von Flüe Yellow card 90'
Barmettler Yellow card 119'		 Summary 17' Zuffi
Yellow card 22' Nemtsoudis
86', 96', 101' Subiat
112', 117' Knup
120+1' Yellow card 54' Henry		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland René Rogalla
21 February 1998 Round of 16
Xamax
2 – 0 Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
18:15 Wittl Yellow card 34'
Jeanneret Yellow card 50'
Martinović 64'
Halili 71'
Hamann Yellow card 76'		 Summary Yellow card 15' Webber
Yellow card 20' Yellow-red card 45' Henry
Yellow card 90+1' Gaudino		 Attendance: 3,900
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Stefan Peter. "Überregionale Meisterschaften, Schweizer und Basler Cup". Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  2. ^ "Erste Mannschaft/Kader Saison 1997/98". First team season 1997–98. joggeli.ch. 1997. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  3. ^ a b c Garin, Erik (2004). "Sempione Cup (Switzerland)". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  4. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Rothrist - FC Basel 2:13 (0:6)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  5. ^ Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A 1997/98". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  6. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "SC Buochs - FC Basel 2:7 n.V. (2:2, 1:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  7. ^ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1997/98". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

Sources

External links

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