1978–79 FC Basel season

The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1978–79 season was their 85th season since the club was founded. It was their 33rd 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. This was René Theler's third period as chairman.

FC Basel
1978–79 season
FC Basel Logo
ChairmanSwitzerland René Theler
ManagerGermany Helmut Benthaus
GroundSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A3rd
Swiss CupQuarter-finals
Swiss League CupRunners-up
UEFA CupRound 1
Cup of the AlpsGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Germany Detlev Lauscher (14)
All: Germany Detlev Lauscher (22)
Highest home attendance18,000 on 12 May 1979
vs Zürich
Lowest home attendance3,500 on 31 March 1979
vs Lausanne-Sport
Average home league attendance8,121

Overview

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Pre-season

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Helmut Benthaus was first team manager for the fourteenth consecutive season. There were only a few changes in the squad. Eigil Nielsen moved on to Luzern. Serge Muhmenthaler was forced to terminate his playing career early due to his injury. Muhmenthaler would return a few years later as referee. From the season 1984–85 as referee in the Swiss Football Association and from 1989 as FIFA-Referee. From 1980 until the end of his career in December 1997 he conducted about 250 Swiss and some 75 international games. Walter Mundschin retired from active football. During his time with Basel from 1965 to 1978, Mundschin played a total of 437 games and scored 67 goals. 230 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, 52 in the Swiss Cup or Swiss League Cup, in the European competitions (European Cup, Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA cup and Cup of the Alps) and 98 were friendly games. He scored 44 goals in the domestic league, five in the cup competitions, four in the European competitions and the other 14 were scored during the test games. Mundschin won the Swiss championship six times, the Swiss Cup twice and the League Cup once.[1]

There were also a few new players in the squad. Robert Baldinger joined from Wettingen, Erwin Meyer joined from SC Emmen and Rolf Schönauer joined from local club SC Binningen. All other mutations were internal between the first team and the reserves.

Benthaus led the team in a total of 59 games in their 1978–79 season. 32 of these games were in the domestic league, three in the Swiss Cup, six in the Swiss League Cup, two in the 1978–79 UEFA Cup, four in the Cup of the Alps and 12 were friendly matches. The team scored a total of 110 goals and conceded 97.[2]

Domestic league

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Basel played in the 1978–79 Nationalliga A. This was contested by the first 10 teams from the previous season and the newly promoted teams Nordstern Basel and Chiasso. After a double round-robin in the qualification phase, the top six teams played in a championship group for the title and the bottom six teams in the relegation group. The teams in these two groups started with the bonus of half the points from the qualifying phase (rounded up). The champions were to qualify for 1979–80 European Cup, the second and third teams to qualify for the 1979–80 UEFA Cup. Basel ended the qualification round in fourth position and finished the Championship Group in sixth position with 18 points. They ended the season 17 points behind championship winners Servette who won all ten matches in the championship stage. Basel scored a total of 54 goals conceding 53 in 32 games. Detlev Lauscher was the team's top goal scorer with 14 league goals.[3]

Swiss Cup and League Cup

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In the first round of the Swiss Cup Basel were drawn against FC Glattbrugg and this was the first time that these two clubs had ever played against each other. The game was played on 7 October 1978 and Basel won 7–0. In the second round Basel were drawn away and won against Zürich. In the third round Basel were away against Xamax and were knocked out of the competition. In the final on 20 June 1979 in the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern Servette were matched against Young Boys and won the cup winning the game 3–2. The Cup winners were to qualify for the 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup, but because Servette became champions the runners-up inherited this slot.[4]

In the first round of the Swiss League Cup Basel were drawn against Grenchen. This was played as a two legged affair, winning the home game and losing away game, Basel advanced 4–3 on aggregate. Basel won in the round of 16 against Nordstern Basel. In the quarter-final they won against Luzern and in the semi-final they won against Xamax to reach the final. The final was played on 5 May 1979 in the Wankdorf Stadium. This was against Servette and after extra time the score was 2–2. In the end Servette won 4–3 on penalties and completed the national treble, Championshup, Cup and League Cup.[5]

UEFA Cup and Coppa delle Alpi

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In the 1978–79 UEFA Cup Basel were drawn against VfB Stuttgart. The first game was lost 2–3 in St. Jakob Stadium and the away game in the Neckarstadion was lost 1–4. VfB Stuttgart won 7–3 on aggregate and continued to the second round.[6]

In the Coppa delle Alpi (to English Cup of the Alps) Basel played with Stade de Reims and Sochaux in Group B together with Lausanne-Sport.[7] Lausanne-Sport won the group and thus advanced to play in the final only to lose this against the winners of group A, Servette FC, 0–4.[8]

Players

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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   SUI Hans Küng
2 MF   SUI Walter Geisser
3 FW   SUI Robert Baldinger (from Wettingen)
4 DF   SUI Urs Siegenthaler
5 DF   SUI Paul Fischli
6 MF   SUI Otto Demarmels
7 FW   SUI Peter Marti
8 FW   SUI Markus Tanner
9 FW   SUI Roland Schönenberger
10 MF   SUI Arthur von Wartburg
11 MF   GER Detlev Lauscher
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 MF   SUI Jean-Pierre Maradan
13 DF   SUI Rolf Schönauer (from SC Binningen)
14 DF   SUI Jörg Stohler
15 MF   SUI Erwin Meyer (from SC Emmen)
16 MF   SUI Hansruedi Schär
17 MF   SUI Silvan Corbat (reserves)
18 MF   SUI Erni Maissen
22 GK   SUI Hans Müller
  SUI Daniel Hagenbuch (reserves)
GK   SUI Felix Wälchli (reserves)
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   SUI Jürg Wenger
DF   SUI Walter Mundschin (retired)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   DEN Eigil Nielsen (to Luzern)
MF   SUI Serge Muhmenthaler (retired)

Results

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Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

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Pre-season

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14 July 1978 Pre-season RC Strasbourg   1 – 2   Basel Haguenau
  65' (1:1) Summary   2' (0:1) Maissen
  75' (1:2) Stohler
Attendance: 1,000
3 August 1978 Uhrencup Basel   7 – 0   Biel-Bienne Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:15 Demarmels   20' (1:0)
Lauscher   21' (2:0)
Tanner   23' (3:0)
Schönenberger   43' (4:0)
von Wartburg   48' (5:0)
Lauscher   55' (6:0)
Tanner   64' (7:0)
Summary Attendance: 1,000
Referee:   Peter Rotschi Oensingen
6 August 1978 Pre-season Basel   0 – 6   Liverpool St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:00 Summary   7' (o.g. 0:1)
  20' (0:2) Dalglish
  35' (0:3) Hughes
  45' (0:4) Kennedy
  60' (0:5) Case
  71' (0:6) Kennedy
Attendance: 11,000
Referee:   Otto Isler Zürich
9 August 1978 Uhrencup Basel   2 – 1   Xamax Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:15 Stohler   27' (pen. 1:0)
Lauscher   44' (2:0)
Summary   66' (2:1) Lüthi Attendance: 2,300
Referee:   Franz Gächter

Winter break and mid-season

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19 January 1979 Winter break Violette AC   2 – 1   Basel Port-au-Prince, Haiti
  70' (1:1)
  81' (2:1)
Summary   43' (0:1) Demarmels Attendance: 9,000
20 January 1979 Winter break Racing CH   0 – 1   Basel Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Summary   41' (0:1) Baldinger Attendance: 6,500
10 February 1979 Winter break Biel-Bienne   2 – 1   Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
Ciullo   61' (1:0)
Nussbaum   84' (2:1)
Summary   69' (1:1) Lauscher Attendance: 300
Referee:   Werner Bösch
14 February 1979 Winter beak SV Muttenz   1 – 4   Basel Sportplatz Margelacker, Muttenz
18:30 Harrisberger   68' (1:2) Summary   15' (0:1) Stohler
  25' (0:2) Marti
  28′ Stohler
  85' (1:3) Maissen
  86' (1:4) Lauscher
Attendance: 300
Referee:   Martin Arisdorf
17 February 1979 Winter break Luzern   0 – 1   Basel Luzern
Summary   39' (0:1) Demarmels Attendance: 300
Referee:   Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern
21 February 1979 Winter break Aarau   3 – 2   Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
19:15 Hegi   12' (pen. 1:1)
Franz   35' (2:1)
Franz   67' (3:2)
Summary   1' (0:1) Marti
  46' (2:2) Demarmels
Attendance: 700
Referee:   Franz Gächter
27 March 1979 Mid-season Kriens   1 – 3   Basel Kriens
Fischer   40' (1:3) Summary   12' (0:1) Meyer
  18' (0:2) Marti
  37' (0:3) Marti
Attendance: 250
Referee:   Bruno Burgener
5 June 1979 Mid-season FC Bern   3 – 4   Basel Bern
Jauner   29' (1:1)
Rohner   35' (2:2)
Getzmann   83' (3:4)
Summary   26' (0:1) Lauscher
  33' (1:2) Schönenberger
  70' (2:3) Maissen
  80' (2:4) Maissen
Attendance: 150
Referee:   Werner Liebi

Nationalliga

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Qualifying phase matches

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12 August 1978 Round 1 Chiasso 2 – 1 Basel Stadio Comunale, Chiasso
20:30 Bosco   35' (1:1)
Cucinotta   45' (2:1)
Summary   23' (0:1) Lauscher Attendance: 5,000
Referee:   Rudolf Renggli Luzern
19 August 1978 Round 2 Basel 2 – 2 Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Corbat   22' (1:0)
Stohler   33' (pen. 2:0)
Stohler   36'
Maissen   61'
Summary   14′ Hussner
  39' (2:1) Hussner
  53' (2:2) Zwahlen
Attendance: 8,500
Referee:   Rudolf Affolter
23 August 1975 Round 3 Nordstern Basel 1 – 1 Basel St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Degen   2' (pen. 1:0) Summary   35' (1:1) Stohler Attendance: 13,200
Referee:  
26 August 1978 Round 4 Servette 6 – 0 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
20:30 Barberis   4' (1:0)
Schnyder   26' (2:0)
Schnyder   30' (3:0)
Schnyder   66' (4:0)
Weber   73' (5:0)
Elia   84' (6:0)
Summary   von Wartburg Attendance: 9,500
Referee:   Jakob Baumann
2 September 1978 Round 5 Basel 2 – 1 Chênois St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Maissen   59' (1:0)
Maradan   84' (pen. 2:1)
Summary   68' (1:1) Rufli
  Mustapha
Attendance: 4,000
Referee:   Hans Wolfer
9 September 1978 Round 6 Sion 0 – 0 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:15 Summary Attendance: 2,500
Referee:   Jean-Marie Macheret
16 September 1978 Round 7 Basel 5 – 2 Xamax St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Schönenberger   1' (1:0)
Schönenberger   31' (2:1)
Demarmels   48' (3:1)
Schönenberger   60' (4:1)
Schönenberger   64' (5:1)
[ Summary]   18' (1:1) Rub
  74' (5:2) Hasler
  79' Rub
Attendance: 6,000
Referee:   Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern
24 September 1978 Round 8 Zürich 1 – 1 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
14:30 Botteron   36' (1:0)
Jerkovic   83'
Summary   46' (1:1) Marti Attendance: 14,000
Referee:   Bruno Galler
30 September 1978 Round 9 Basel 3 – 2 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Tanner   63' (1:2)
Maradan   65' (2:2)
von Wartburg   87' (3:2)
Fischli  
Summary   30' (0:1) Sulser
  56' (0:2) Sulser
Attendance: 7,500
Referee:   André Daina
14 October 1978 Round 10 Lausanne-Sport 0 – 1 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:30 Favre   Summary   55' (0:1) Lauscher
  Schönenberger
Attendance: 15,500
Referee:   Jakob Baumann
22 October 1978 Round 11 Basel 4 – 2 St. Gallen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Schär   1' (1:0)
Stohler   16' (2:1)
Marti   77' (3:2)
Maissen   89' (4:2)
Summary   13' (1:1) Stomeo
  70' (2:2) Stomeo
  Stöckl
  Seger
Attendance: 12,500
Referee:   Othmar Winter
29 October 1978 Round 12 Basel 4 – 0 Chiasso St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Lauscher   6' (1:0)
Tanner   47' (2:0)
Schär   49' (3:0)
Tanner   54' (4:0)
Summary Attendance: 8,500
Referee:   Rudolf Renggli Luzern
4 November 1978 Round 13 Young Boys 2 – 0 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
17:30 Hussner   41' (1:0)
Küttel   88' (2:0)
Feuz  
Küttel  
Zwahlen  
Summary   Tanner
  von Wartburg
Attendance: 12,200
Referee:   Bruno Galler
19 November 1978 Round 14 Basel 4 – 1 Servette St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Stohler   25' (1:0)
Lauscher   27' (2:0)
Schönenberger   39' (3:0)
Lauscher   43' (4:0)
Maradan  
Summary   55' (4:1) Schnyder Attendance: 15,000
Referee:   Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern
25 November 1978 Round 15 Chênois 1 – 0 Basel Stade des Trois-Chêne, Thônex
15:45 Lopez   3' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 3,500
Referee:   Rudolf Renggli Luzern
3 December 1978 Round 16 Basel 2 – 0 Sion St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Lauscher   14' (1:0)
Demarmels   63'
Marti   85' (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 4,000
Referee:   Ernest Guignet Yverdon
4 March 1979 Round 17 Xamax 2 – 0 Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
15:00 Gross   39' (1:0)
Bianchi  66' (2:0)
Weller  
Summary   Schönenberger Attendance: 3,500
Referee:   Jakob Baumann
11 March 1979 Round 18 Basel 1 – 0 Zürich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Demarmels   5' (1:0)
Geisser  
Demarmels  
Summary   Lüdi Attendance: 10,000
Referee:   André Daina
17 March 1979 Round 19 Grasshopper Club 2 – 1 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
20:00 Ponte   17' (1:0)
Heinz Hermann   89' (2:1)
Summary   52' (pen. 1:1) Stohler Attendance: 7,500
Referee:   Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern
31 March 1979 Round 20 Basel 2 – 0 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Lauscher   8' (1:0)
Meyer   26' (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 3,500
Referee:   Othmar Winter
4 April 1979 Round 21 Basel 1 – 1 Nordstern Basel St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:15 Meyer   9' (1:0)
Maradan  
Summary   80' (1:1) Rietmann Attendance: 6,000
Referee:   Peter Rotschi Oensingen
7 April 1979 Round 22 St. Gallen 1 – 1 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
20:00 Brander   22' (1:0) Summary   89' (1:1) Maissen
  Demarmels
Attendance: 9,000
Referee:   Jean-Marie Macheret

Qualifying round table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Zürich 22 13 6 3 51 19 +32 32 To championship round
2 Servette FC Genève 22 12 6 4 56 23 +33 30
3 Grasshopper Club Zürich 22 9 9 4 35 24 +11 27
4 FC Basel 22 10 6 6 36 29 +7 26
5 BSC Young Boys 22 11 4 7 39 34 +5 26
6 FC St. Gallen 22 11 4 7 34 34 0 26
7 Neuchâtel Xamax 22 8 8 6 42 33 +9 24 To playout round
8 CS Chênois 22 9 4 9 30 32 −2 22
9 Lausanne Sports 22 6 3 13 28 40 −12 15
10 FC Chiasso 22 5 3 14 20 46 −26 13
11 FC Nordstern Basel 22 2 8 12 19 44 −25 12
12 FC Sion 22 3 5 14 20 52 −32 11
Source: rsssf.com

Championship group matches

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21 April 1979 Round 1 Basel 6 – 0 Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Lauscher   24' (1:0)
Lauscher   36' (2:0)
Stohler   44' (3:0)
Meyer   57' (4:0)
Maradan   62' (5:0)
Demarmels   73' (6:0)
Summary Attendance: 11,000
Referee:   Rudolf Renggli Luzern
28 April 1979 Round 2 Grasshopper Club 2 – 1 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
20:00 Traber   11' (1:0)
Sulser   13' (2:0)
Summary   82' (2:1) Lauscher
  Fischli
  Stohler
Attendance: 12,000
Referee:   André Daina
8 May 1979 Round 3 Basel 2 – 0 St. Gallen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Maissen   87' (1:0)
Lauscher   90+1' (2:0)
Summary   Schüepp
  Fleury
Attendance: 7,000
Referee:   Franz Gächter
12 May 1979 Round 4 Basel 1 – 3 Zürich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Marti   65' (1:1) Summary   3' (0:1) Risi
  80' (1:2) Risi
  90' (1:3) Zwicker
  Lüdi
  Zappa
Attendance: 18,500
Referee:   Peter Scherz
17 May 1979 Round 5 Servette 2 – 0 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
20:30 Coutaz   16' (1:0)
Peterhans   33' (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 11,500
Referee:   Jakob Baumann
26 May 1979 Round 6 Young Boys 2 – 2 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
20:00 Pelfini   45' (1:2)
Odermatt   62' (pen. 2:2)
Summary   3' (0:1) Lauscher
  14' (0:2) Schönenberger
Attendance: 7,500
Referee:   Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern
31 May 1979 Round 7 Basel 2 – 3 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Maissen   26' (1:1)
Lauscher   31' (2:1)
Summary   11' (0:1) Koller
  32' (2:2) Koller
  39' (2:3) Bauer
Attendance: 7,500
Referee:   André Daina
13 June 1979 Round 8 St. Gallen 4 – 0 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
20:00 Stomeo   11' (1:0)
Stomeo   33' (2:0)
Friberg   55' (3:0)
Müller   75' (4:0)
Stöckl  
Labhart  
Summary   Tanner Attendance: 5,200
Referee:   Jean-Marie Macheret
16 June 1979 Round 9 Zürich 4 – 2 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00 Botteron   5' (1:0)
Bauer   26' (2:0)
Botteron   38' (3:0)
Zwicker   70' (4:0)
Summary   43' (3:1) Baldinger
  46' (3:2) Lauscher
Attendance: 4,000
Referee:   Werner BöschL
23 June 1979 Round 10 Basel 1 – 4 Servette St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Demarmels   2' (1:0) Summary   8' (1:1) Andrey
  53' (1:2) Barberis
  68' (1:3) Pfister
  61' (1:4) Pfister
Attendance: 4,000
Referee:   Othmar Winter

Championship group table

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Championship group table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification
1 Servette 10 10 0 0 23 5 +18 15 35 Champions and Swiss Cup winners qualified for 1979–80 European Cup
2 Zürich 10 6 1 3 19 14 +5 16 29 qualified for 1979–80 UEFA Cup
and entered 1979 Intertoto Cup
3 Grasshopper Club 10 3 3 4 11 13 −2 14 23 qualified for 1979–80 UEFA Cup
and entered 1979 Intertoto Cup
4 St. Gallen 10 2 3 5 8 11 −3 13 20 entered 1978 Intertoto Cup
5 Young Boys 10 1 4 5 5 17 −12 13 19 Cup finalist qualified for 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup
6 Basel 10 2 1 7 18 24 −6 13 18
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

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8 October 1978 Round of 32 FC Glattbrugg 0 – 7 Basel Sportanlage Au, Glattbrugg
15:00 Summary   32' (0:1) von Wartburg
  36' (0:2) Lauscher
  48' (0:3) Schönenberger
  54' (0:4) Schönenberger
  71' (0:5) Schönenberger
  79' (0:6) Baldinger
  84' (0:7) Baldinger
Attendance: 3,000
Referee:   Franz Gächter
10 December 1978 Round of 16 Zürich 1 – 3 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
14:30 Botteron   (1:1) Summary   36' (0:1) Stohler
  68' (1:2) Marti
  89' (1:3) Lauscher
Attendance:   13,800
Referee: Jakob Baumann
20 March 1979 Quarter-final Xamax 5 – 0 Basel Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
Decastel   21' (1:0)
Küffer   70' (2:0)
Richard   77' (3:0)
Lüthi   (4:0)
Decastel   87' (5:0)
Summary Attendance: 2,000
Referee:   Peter Scherz

Swiss League Cup

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22 July 1978 Round of 32 First leg Basel 2 – 0 Grenchen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
18:30 Siegenthaler   24' (1:0)
Maissen   56' (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 900
Referee:   Bruno Burgener
29 July 1978 Second leg Grenchen 3 – 2
(3 – 4 agg.)
Basel Stadium Brühl, Grenchen
19:00 Wirth   43' (1:1)
Albanese   51' (2:1)
Huser   80' (3:2)
Summary   14' (0:1) Stohler
  57' (2:2) Baldinger
Attendance: 900
Referee:   Gerald Corminboeuf
4 October 1978 Round of 16 Basel 1 – 0 Nordstern Basel St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Stohler   52′
Schönenberger  
Summary Attendance: 6,600
Referee:   Denis Perrenoud
11 November 1978 Quarter-final Basel 3 – 1 Luzern St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Demarmels   42' (1:0)
Marti   52' (2:0)
Baldinger   54' (3:0)
Summary   66' (pen. 3:1) Christen Attendance: 1,400
Referee:   Werner Bösch
24 February 1979 Semi-final Xamax 0 – 2 Basel Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
15:00 Summary   40' (0:1) Baldinger
  66' Schönenberger
Attendance: 1,150
Referee:   Hans Wolfer
1 May 1979 Final Servette 2 – 2
(4 – 3 p)
Basel St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:00 Peterhans   5'
Barberis   37'
Summary   18', 87' Schönenberger Attendance: 8,500
Referee:   Jean-Marie Macheret
Penalties
Schnyder  
Barberis  
Guyot  
Trinchero  
Engel  
  Stohler
  Maradan
  Schönenberger
  von Wartburg
  Tanner

Servette won 4–3 on penalties

UEFA Cup

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First round
13 September 1978 First leg Basel   2 – 3   VfB Stuttgart Basel
20:00 Stohler   30'
von Wartburg   30'   40'
Tanner   78'
Report   44' D. Hoeneß
  54', 70' Ohlicher
  85' Förster
Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium
Referee:   Brian McGinlay
27 September 1978 Second leg VfB Stuttgart   4 – 1   Basel Stuttgart
20:00 Kelsch   24', 48', 68'
Müller   64'
Report   35' Schönenberger Stadium: Neckarstadion
Referee:   Miroslav Stupar

VfB Stuttgart won 7–3 on aggregate.

Coppa delle Alpi

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Group B
1 July 1978 Round 1 Basel   2 – 1   Stade de Reims St. Jakob Stadium Basel
20:00 Lauscher   12' (1:0)
Stohler   87' (pen. 87)
Summary   35' (1:1) Coste Attendance: 1,500
Referee:   Alain Delmer
4 July 1978 Round 2 Sochaux   1 – 1   Basel Stade René Blum, Montbéliard
17:00 Revelli   56' (1:0) Summary   (pen. 1:1) Stohler Referee:   Rudolf Affolter
8 July 1978 Round 3 Stade de Reims   1 – 1   Basel Reims
Santamaria   73' (1:1) Summary   40' (0:1) Demarmels Attendance: 2,000
Referee:   Ernest Guignet Yverdon
11 July 1978 Round 4 Basel   0 – 2   Sochaux St. Jakob Stadium Basel
20 :00 Summary   30' (0:1) Benoit
  40' (0:2) Parizon
Attendance: 1,800
Referee:   Achille Verbecke

NB: teams did not play compatriots

Group table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts
1 Lausanne-Sport 4 2 1 1 12 8 +4 1 6[a] Continue to final
2 Sochaux 4 1 2 1 7 7 0 0 4
3 Basel 4 1 2 1 4 5 −1 0 4
4 Stade de Reims 4 1 1 2 6 9 −3 0 3
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ 1 bonus point awarded for a victory by 3 or more goals

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Walter Mundschin - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1977/78". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. ^ Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A 1978/79". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. ^ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1978-1979". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  5. ^ Erik Garin. "Swiss League Cup 1978/79". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  6. ^ "Stuttgart-Basel Aggregate 7:3". uefa.com. 1978. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  7. ^ Garin, Erik (2000). "Cup of the Alps 1978". RSSSF. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  8. ^ super-servette (1978). "Alle Servette Spieler in einem Alpencup Finale" (PDF). super-servette.ch. Retrieved 2016-11-13.

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