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1996–97 FC Basel season

The 1996–97 Fussball Club Basel 1893 season was their 104th season since the club's foundation. Peter Epting retired from the chairmanship and René C. Jäggi became the club's new chairman following the AGM which was held in November. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Following their promotion in the 1993–94 season this was their third consecutive season in the highest tier of Swiss football.

FC Basel
1996–97 season
FC Basel Logo
ChairmanSwitzerland René C. Jäggi
ManagerKarl Engel (until March 1997)
Heinz Hermann (interim)
Salvatore Andracchio (ad interim from April)
GroundSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga AQualifying Phase 8th
Nationalliga AChampions Group 8th
Swiss CupRound of 16
1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup2nd in Group 7
Top goalscorerLeague: Gaetano Giallanza (17)
All: Gaetano Giallanza (19)
Highest home attendance22,000 on 2 March 1997
vs Zürich
Lowest home attendance6,000 on 15 May 1997
vs Xamax
and on 31 May 1997
vs Aarau
Average home league attendance10,800[1]

Overview

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Pre-season

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Karl Engel was trainer at the start of the season, but he was replaced by Heinz Hermann in March 1997. Hermann only remained manager for a few weeks and was replaced by Salvatore Andracchio (ad interim) until the end of the season.[1] The clubs priority aim was to remain in the top flight of Swiss football.

A number of players had left the club during the off-season, Ike Shorunmu transferred to Zürich, Mario Cantaluppi moved to Servette and Gabriel Okolosi to Young Boys. Both Davide Orlando and Alexandre Rey moved back to Sion. Further players who left the club were Marco Walker, who moved to German team 1860 Munich, Lars Olsen returned to Denmark and joined Brøndby and Andre Meier moved on to FC Schaffhausen. To balance this, the club made some new signings as the season started. Adrian Knup returned to the club, signed in after a short spell by Galatasaray. Other players who joined from foreign clubs were, Adrian Falub who came from Universitatea Cluj and Mariano Armentano from Racing Club. A number of players also transferred from the domestic league, Gaetano Giallanza and Jean-Pierre La Placa both signed in from Sion, Mario Frick came from St. Gallen and Yann Poulard signed in from SR Delémont.[2]

Domestic league

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The season did not start too well, it took until the twelfth round until the team recorded their third victory and one of these three was a forfeit victory because YB had used an unqualified player, Erol Bekirovski, in the match in the fourth round. As the first half of the season came to an end, the team had gathered five victories, ten draws and had suffered seven defeats in which the team scored 32 goals and conceded 33. Gaetano Giallanza was the team's top scorer with nine goals and Mario Frick was second best with six goals. Basel were in eighth position in the league table, thus, they qualified for the Championship round.

During the winter break Markus Schupp signed in on loan from Hamburger SV, Franco Foda signed in from VfB Stuttgart and Fabrice Henry signed in from CD Toledo. Also during the winter break Admir Smajić transferred out to Young Boys. In the Championship round the team suffered six defeats in a row. During this period head-coach Karl Engel was fired and was replaced by Heinz Hermann. The football did not improve and after just a few weeks Hermann was replaced by Salvatore Andracchio. Basel ended the championship round with nine defeats in twelve games. They had won only three games and so they ended the group in the last position in the league table. The team scored just 16 goals and had conceded 28. Gaetano Giallanza was the team's top scorer, he had netted eight times in this stage.[3]

Swiss Cup

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Basel entered the Swiss Cup in the third principal round. The opponent here was lower tier FC Münsingen. Basel won the match after extra time. In the fourth round hosted the game against Young Boys and won 2–1. Oumar Kondé and Jean-Pierre La Placa each scored a goal and turned the game, after the team had been a goal behind early in the match. In the round of 16 Basel hosted Servette but they were knocked out, losing 1–4. The cup final was played between Sion and Luzern and ended with three all draw after extra time. Sion won the penalty shoot out and won the trophy. Because Sion won the double, as Swiss champions, they were qualified for the 1997–98 Champions League. Therefore, as finalists Luzern qualified to the 1997–98 Cup Winners' Cup.[4]

UEFA Intertoto Cup

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In the 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup Basel played in group 7 together with Rotor Volgograd, Antalyaspor, Shakhtar Donetsk and Ataka-Aura Minsk. Basel won in Turkey against Antalyaspor and at home in the St. Jakob Stadium against Minsk. They drew at home with Shakhtar, but lost the in Russia against Volgograd who ended at the top of the group and continued to the next round. Basel ended the competition as second-placed team in the group league table.[5]

Players

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The following is the list of the Basel first team squad. It also includes players that were in the squad the day the season started on 10 July 1996 but subsequently left the club after that date.

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 Stefan Huber
2 DF   SUI Massimo Ceccaroni
3 DF   SUI Yann Poulard (from SR Delémont)
4 DF   BIH Samir Tabakovic
5 DF   SUI Daniel Salvi (from Wil)
6 MF   GHA Alex Nyarko
7 MF   SUI Bruno Sutter
8 MF   LIE Mario Frick (from St. Gallen)
8 MF   SUI Mario Cantaluppi (to Servette)
9 FW   SUI Dario Zuffi
10 MF   BIH Admir Smajić (to Young Boys)
11 FW   SUI Gaetano Giallanza (from Sion)
12 GK   SUI Thomas Grüter
13 FW   SUI Adrian Knup (from Galatasaray)
14 MF   SUI Theodoros Disseris
15 MF   FRA Fabrice Henry (from CD Toledo)
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF   SUI Ivan Reimann (from youth team)
16 MF   SUI Dominic Moser (on loan to Young Boys)
17 MF   SUI Jean-Pierre La Placa (from Sion)
17 MF   SUI Hakan Yakin
18 DF   SUI Cyrill Schmidiger (from SV Muttenz)
19 DF   SUI Davide Orlando
20 DF   SUI Oumar Kondé
21 MF   ARG Mariano Armentano (from Racing Club)
22 GK   SUI Oliver Stöckli
23 MF   ROU Adrian Falub (from Universitatea Cluj)
24 DF   SUI Yannick Hasler
24 MF   GER Markus Schupp (from Hamburger SV)
24 MF   ITA Marcello Gamberini (from Modigliana Calcio)
25 MF   GER Franco Foda (from VfB Stuttgart)
— DF   SUI Remo Buess (from youth team)
— DF   SUI Marco Tschopp
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   NIG Ike Shorunmu (to Zürich)
— DF   FRA Yassine Douimi (to FC Riehen)
— DF   DEN Lars Olsen (to Brøndby)
— DF   TUR Dilaver Satılmış (to Trabzonspor)
— DF   BRA Vilmar (to FC Baden)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF   SUI Marco Walker (to 1860 Munich)
— MF   SUI Andre Meier (to FC Schaffhausen)
— MF   SUI Daniele Moro (end of loan from Xamax)
— MF   NIG Gabriel Okolosi (to Young Boys)
— FW   SUI Davide Orlando (to Sion)
— FW   SUI Alexandre Rey (to Sion)

Results

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Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

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Pre- and mid-season

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20 June 1996 Pre-season Basel   2 – 4   Grasshopper Club Löhrenacker, Aesch
19:30 Smajić   80'
H. Yakin   89' (1:4)
Nyarko   90' (2:4)		 Summary   41' (0:1) Magnin
  52' (0:2) Magnin
  70' (0:3) Abdullahi
  79' (0:4) Jansen		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee:   Andreas Schluchter
25 June 1996 Pre-season FC Deitingen   0 – 8   Basel Grabmatt, Deitingen
19:00 Summary   1' (0:1) Armentano
  7' (0:2) La Placa
  13' (0:3) La Placa
  19' (0:4) Armentano
  22' (0:5) Smajić
  70' (0:6) Smajić
  82' (0:7) Armentano
  88' (0:8) Armentano		 Attendance: 500
Referee:   Dieter Schoch
5 July 1996 Pre-season Thun   0 – 4   Basel Stadion Lachen, Thun
19:00 Summary   26' (0:1) H. Yakin
  78' (o.g. 0:2) Speich
  82' (0:3) Frick
  88' (0:4) Giallanza		 Attendance: 300
Referee:   Markus Nobs, (Wohlen)
18 August 1996 Mid-season Basel   1 – 4   Bahrain Stadion Rankhof, Basel
Armentano   32'
Ivan Reimann   37'
Armentano   66' (1:2)		 Summary   15' Alhayki
  45' (0:1) Jasim
  62' (0:2) Issa
  75' Mohamed
  87' (1:3) Al Dossari
  90' (1:4) Jasim		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee:   Andreas Schluchter
Note: Opening of the Stadion Rankhof sports facilities
3 October 1996 Mid-season SV Muttenz   1 – 5   Basel Margelacker, Muttenz
19:00 Morpain   64' (1:2) Summary   24' (0:1) Giallanza
  62' (0:2) Armentano
  72' (1:3) Armentano
  77' (1:4) Armentano
  83' (1:5) Armentano		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee:   Andreas Schluchter
8 November 1996 Mid-season Basel   2 – 1   Italian 11 Gitterli, Liestal
19:00 Falub   22'
Giallanza   23' (1:0)
Zuffi   85' (2:1)		 Summary   45' (1:1) Pupita
  57' Pupita
  82' Magrini		 Attendance: 700
Referee:   Andreas Schluchter

Winter break

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30 January 1997 Winter break Servette   3 – 0   Basel Stade des Trois-Chêne, Thônex
15:00 Rey   64' (1:0)
Rey   66' (2:0)
Pizzinat   69' (3:0)
Nava   81'		 Summary Attendance: 100
Referee:   Dieter Schoch
8 February 1997 Winter break SC Freiburg   2 – 2   Basel Dreisamstadion, Freiburg
15:30 Jurčević   19' (1:1)
Wagner   84' (2:1)		 Summary   13' (0:1) Nyarko
  90+1' (2:2) H. Yakin		 Attendance: 9,000
Referee:   Fritz Baudendistel
9 February 1997 Winter break Locarno   0 – 0   Basel Stadio del Lido, Locarno
14:00 Senn   35' Summary   17' La Placa
  32' H. Yakin		 Attendance: 400
Referee:   Carlo Bertolini
13 February 1997 Winter break Pianorese Calcio   0 – 5   Basel Stadio Comunale, Pianoro, Bologna
Summary   35' (0:1) Knup
  38' (0:2) H. Yakin
  58' (0:3) Knup
  75' (0:4) Knup
  87' (0:5) Giallanza		 Attendance: 25
Referee:   Salvatore Nuccio
15 February 1997 Winter break Lugano   1 – 0   Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
14:00 Kallon   73' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 500
Referee:   Roberto Ferrari
22 February 1997 Winter break Basel   1 – 0   Luzern St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Falub   24' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 4,700
Referee:   Andreas Schluchter
Note: FC Basel debut for Franco Foda

Nationalliga A

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Main article: 1996–97 Nationalliga A

Qualifying phase

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10 July 1996 Round 1 Aarau 0 – 1 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
20:00 Georgiew   89' Summary   58' (0:1) La Placa
  74' Smajić		 Attendance: 7,900
Referee:   Dieter Schoch
17 July 1996 Round 2 Basel 0 – 1 Xamax St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Orlando   21'
Frick   29'		 Summary   18' Vernier
  88' (0:1) Isabella		 Attendance: 16,000
Referee:   Karl Strässle
24 July 1996 Round 3 Basel Postponed Luzern St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
27 July 1996 Round 4 Young Boys 0 – 3 FF Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
20:00 Okolosi   27' (1:0)
Neqrouz   82'
Gerber   38'   85' (2:2)		 Summary   23' Tabakovic
  (1:1) Nyarko
  44' Orlando
  64' (1:2) Frick		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee:   Marcel Vollenweider
Note: Forfeit victory for FCB because YB used an unqualified player, Erol Bekirovski.
31 July 1996 Round 5 St. Gallen 1 – 0 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
20:00 Allenspach   50' (1:0)
Motaung   81'		 Summary   30' Dominic Moser
  52' Ceccaroni
  82' Armentano
  90' Smajić		 Attendance: 10,000
Referee:   Werner Müller
3 August 1996 Round 6 Basel 1 – 1 Servette St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 La Placa   34' (1:1)
Frick   37'
La Placa   72'		 Summary   7' (0:1) Pouget
  35' Müller
  65' Margarini		 Attendance: 7,500
Referee:   Dieter Schoch
11 August 1996 Round 7 Sion 2 – 2 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
18:00 Kombouaré   8' (1:0)
Gaspoz   41'
Bonvin   85' (2:2)		 Summary   30' (1:1) Nyarko
  32' (1:2) Frick
  75' Zuffi		 Attendance: 9,800
Referee:   Carlo Bertolini
17 August 1996 Round 8 Basel 4 – 5 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 H. Yakin   10' (1:0)
H. Yakin   12' (2:0)
Frick   35' (3:3)
Giallanza   90' (4:5)		 Summary   6' Gämperle
  13' (2:1) Moldovan
  14' (2:2) Moldovan
  20' (2:3) Türkyilmaz
  42' (3:4) Comisetti
  59' Esposito
  64'   82' Thüler
  73' (3:5) Türkyilmaz		 Attendance: 14,000
Referee:   Serge Muhmenthaler
24 August 1996 Round 9 Lugano 1 – 1 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
20:00 Bugnard   65'
Giannini   48'
Giannini   86' (1:1)		 Summary   50' H. Yakin
  68' (0:1) Giallanza		 Attendance: 3,300
Referee:   Kurt Zuppinger
27 August 1996 Round 3 Basel 2 – 2 Luzern St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 La Placa   4' (1:0)
Smajić   68'
Frick   88' (pen. 2:2)		 Summary   27'   66' Fink
  33' (1:1) Sermeter
  78' (1:2) Wolf		 Attendance: 7,500
Referee:   Roland Beck
4 September 1996 Round 10 Basel 2 – 4 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Nyarko   19'
Frick   65'   30' (1:0)
Giallanza   90+1' (2:4)		 Summary   32' (1:1) Udovič
  36' Ohrel
  40' (1:2) Sané
  53' Iglesias
  76' (1:3) Douglas
  84' (1:4) Douglas		 Attendance: 7,500
Referee:   Markus Nobs
7 September 1996 Round 11 Zürich 1 – 1 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00 Mazzarelli   77' (1:1) Summary   36' Ceccaroni
  38' (0:1) Giallanza
  73' Grüter
  75' Salvi		 Attendance: 10,500
Referee:   Urs Meier
14 September 1996 Round 12 Basel 2 – 0 Aarau St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Falub   4'
Armentano   18' (1:0)
Armentano   18'
Nyarko   24' (2:0)
Frick   90'		 Summary   12' Bader
  66' Wiederkehr
  41' Christ		 Attendance: 7,000
Referee:   Jürg Herrmann
18 September 1996 Round 13 Xamax 3 – 3 Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
20:00 Leśniak   18' (1:0)
Kunz   19' (2:0)
Gigon   21'
Gigon   43' (3:1)		 Summary   11' Frick
  36' (2:1) La Placa
  55' (3:2) Giallanza
  56' Smajić
  67' (3:3) Frick		 Attendance: 7,200
Referee:   Claude Détruche
28 September 1996 Round 14 Luzern 0 – 3 Basel Stadion Allmend Luzern
20:00 Summary   19' (0:1) Giallanza
  19' (0:2) La Placa
  34' La Placa
  45' (0:3) Giallanza		 Attendance: 14,850
Referee:   Carlo Bertolini
9 October 1996 Round 15 Basel 1 – 1 Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Giallanza   10' (1:0)
Giallanza   76'		 Summary   8' Neqrouz
  35' (1:1) Okolosi
  44' Streun
  56' Ivanov
  79' Okolosi		 Attendance: 10,500
Referee:   Marcel Vollenweider
13 October 1996 Round 16 Basel 2 – 2 St. Gallen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Orlando   19'
Giallanza   39' (1:1)
Zuffi   79'
H. Yakin   85' (2:2)		 Summary   4' Motaung
  27' (0:1) Regtop
  35' Mouidi
  65' Eugster
  69' Brunner
  75' (1:2) Dittgen
  90' Dittgen		 Attendance: 14,000
Referee:   Serge Muhmenthale
20 October 1996 Round 17 Servette 2 – 0 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
14:30 Nava   12' (1:0)
Němeček   25' (2:0)
Pizzinat   31'
Němeček   53'		 Summary   11' Zuffi Attendance: 4,500
Referee:   Jürg Herrmann
27 October 1996 Round 18 Basel 0 – 3 Sion St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Salvi   44'
H. Yakin   78'		 Summary   17' (0:1) Chassot
  34' (0:2) Bonvin
  49' Biaggi
  55' Lehmann
  75' (0:3) Vercruysse		 Attendance: 8,500
Referee:   Claude Détruche
3 November 1996 Round 19 Grasshopper Club 4 – 2 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
14:30 Esposito   4' (1:0)
Moldovan   15' (2:0)
Moldovan   22' (3:0)
Smiljanić   54'
Subiat   86' (4:2)		 Summary   32' (3:1) Armentano
  58' Poulard
  70' (3:2) Nyarko		 Attendance: 12,750
Referee:   Dieter Schoch
17 November 1996 Round 20 Basel 2 – 0 Lugano St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Giallanza   42' (1:0)
Giallanza   55' (2:0)
Nyarko   86'		 Summary   24' Morf
  62' Karić		 Attendance: 7,500
Referee:   Urs Meier
24 November 1996 Round 21 Lausanne-Sport 0 – 0 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
14:30 Iglesias   61'
Ohrel   88'		 Summary   81' Frick
  82' Disseris		 Attendance: 5,100
Referee:   Carlo Bertolini
1 December 1996 Round 22 Basel 0 – 0 Zürich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Disseris   9'
Falub   84'		 Summary   22' Gambino
  42' Di Jorio
  45' Tarone		 Attendance: 21,000
Referee:  

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Xamax 22 12 8 2 36 20 +16 44 Advance to championship round
halved points (rounded up) as bonus
2 Grasshopper Club 22 10 9 3 42 27 +15 39
3 Sion 22 9 10 3 33 21 +12 37
4 Aarau 22 9 8 5 21 14 +7 35
5 Lausanne-Sport 22 9 7 6 35 32 +3 34
6 St. Gallen 22 6 10 6 20 26 −6 28
7 Zürich 22 6 9 7 24 25 −1 27
8 Basel 22 5 11 6 32 32 0 26
9 Servette 22 5 9 8 24 25 −1 24 Continue to promotion/relegation round
10 Luzern 22 4 11 7 27 32 −5 23
11 Lugano 22 2 9 11 14 32 −18 15
12 Young Boys 22 3 3 16 17 39 −22 12
Source: rsssf.com

Championship group

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2 March 1997 Round 1 Basel 1 – 0 Zürich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Zuffi   3'
Giallanza   22'   55' (pen. 1:0)
Ceccaroni   84'		 Summary   9' Andersen
  87' Konjić		 Attendance: 22,000
Referee:   Kurt Zuppinger
9 March 1997 Round 2 Aarau 2 – 1 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
14:30 Christ   21'
Ćirić   66' (1:0)
Bader  
Hodel   84' (2:1)		 Summary   17' Falub
  44'   59' Foda
  79' (1:1) Giallanza
  87' H. Yakin		 Attendance: 9,700
Referee:   Dieter Schoch
23 March 1997 Round 3 Basel 0 – 1 Sion St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Ceccaroni   31' Summary   13' Quentin
  20' (0:1) Ouattara
  83' Murray		 Attendance: 15,000
Referee:   Carlo Bertolin
26 March 1997 Round 4 Xamax 3 – 0 Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
20:00 Kunz   19' (1:0)
Perret   45'
Wittl   65' (2:0)
Cyprien   90' (3:0)		 Summary   60' Reimann Attendance: 8,800
Referee:   Urs Meier
5 April 1997 Round 5 Basel 1 – 2 St. Gallen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Giallanza   67' (1:0) Summary   30' Allenspach
  81' (1:1) Regtop
  88' (1:2) Regtop		 Attendance: 7,400
Referee:   Claude Détruche
13 April 1997 Round 6 Grasshopper Club 4 – 1 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
14:30 Türkyilmaz   39' (1:1)
Moldovan   56' (pen 2:1)
Vogel   57' (3:1)
Haas   61'
Vogel   68' (4:1)		 Summary   20' Nyarko
  32' (0:1) Bruno Sutter
  35' Huber
  38' Giallanza		 Attendance: 11,000
Referee:   Dominique Tavel
19 April 1997 Round 7 Lausanne-Sport 2 – 0 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:00 Hänzi   17' (1:0)
Douglas   52'
Sané   83' (2:0)		 Summary  
 
 		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee:   Kurt Zuppinge
24 April 1997 Round 8 Basel 3 – 2 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Giallanza   29' (1:1)
Giallanza   35' (2:1)
Kondé   79'
Nyarko   79' (3:2)		 Summary   8' (0:1) Sané
  31' Iglesias
  59' (22) Rehn
  66'   87' Piffaretti		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee:   Carlo Bertolin
3 May 1997 Round 9 Basel 3 – 3 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Knup   7' (1:0)
Giallanza   23' (2:1)
Kondé   43'
Knup   72' (3:2)		 Summary   15' Smiljanić
  19' (1:1) Moldovan
  35' Haas
  43' (2:2) Türkyilmaz
  76' (3:3) Magnin
  80' Ahinful		 Attendance: 13,000
Referee:   Urs Meier
10 May 1997 Round 10 St. Gallen 2 – 1 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
17:30 Regtop   18' (1:0)
Hellinga   57'
Allenspach   61'
Tsawa   74'
Contini   76'
Regtop   82' (2:1)
Regtop   82'		 Summary   22' Giallanza
  25' Foda
  43' Giallanza
  45' Falub		 Referee:  
15 May 1997 Round 11 Basel 1 – 3 Xamax St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Knup   39' (pen. 1:0)
Frick   44'
Tabakovic   48'		 Summary   39' Corminbœuf
  47' (1:1) Leśniak
  52' (1:2) Isabella
  65' Martin Rueda
  80' (1:3) Wittl		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee:   Serge Muhmenthaler
24 May 1997 Round 12 Sion 1 – 0 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:00 Lukić   32' (1:0)
Wicky   43'		 Summary   45' Kondé
  53' Schupp		 Attendance: 11,000
Referee:   Kurt Zuppinger
31 May 1997 Round 13 Basel 3 – 2 Aarau St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Giallanza   49' (1:0)
Knup   54' (2:0)
Knup   60' (3:0)
Ceccaroni   72'		 Summary   77' (3:1) Brugnoli
  90+1' (3:2) Kilian		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee:   Werner Müller
4 June 1997 Round 14 Zürich 1 – 1 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00 La Placa   50' (1:0) Summary   39' Studer
  74' (1:1) Studer		 Attendance: 4,800
Referee:   Markus Nobs

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification
1 Sion 14 9 3 2 18 10 +8 19 49 Swiss champions, qualified for 1997–98 Champions League
2 Xamax 14 6 6 2 22 14 +8 22 46 qualified for 1997–98 UEFA Cup
3 Grasshopper Club 14 7 4 3 37 18 +19 20 45 qualified for 1997–98 UEFA Cup
4 Lausanne-Sport 14 8 2 4 20 16 +4 17 43 entered 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup
5 Aarau 14 3 4 7 17 22 −5 18 31 entered 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup
6 FC St. Gallen 14 3 4 7 13 26 −13 14 27
7 Zürich 14 1 7 6 9 18 −9 14 24
8 Basel 14 3 2 9 16 28 −12 13 24
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

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Main article: Swiss Cup
22 September 1996 Round of 64 FC Münsingen 1 – 3 (a.e.t.) Basel Sportanlage Sandreutenen, Münsingen
14:30 Moreno   17'
Bruttin   90' (1:1)
P. Leimgruber   102'		 Summary   30' Tabakovic
  36' (0:1) Nyarko
  49' Giallanza
  70' Smajić
  98' (1:2) Frick
  117' (1:3) Armentano		 Attendance: 1,800
Referee:   Vincent Dafflon
15 March 1997 Round of 32 Basel 2 – 1 Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Giallanza   20'
Kondé   26' (2:1)
La Placa   46'
Kondé   70'
Tabakovic   88'
H. Yakin   90'		 Summary   5' Baumann
  21' (1:1) Okolosi
  65' Lengen		 Attendance: 11,000
Referee:   Marcel Vollenweider
29 March 1997 Round of 16 Basel 1 – 4 Servette St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Foda   4'
Schupp   79' (pen. 1:3)		 Summary   5' (pen. 0:1) Sesa
  10' Němeček
  17' Margarini
  35' (0:2)   67' Cantaluppi
  45' Juárez
  70' (0:3) Karlen
  83' (o.g. 1:4) Schupp		 Attendance: 10,000
Referee:   Dieter Schoch

Intertoto Cup

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Main article: 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Group 7 matches

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Main article: 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup § Group 7
22 June 1996 Round 1 Basel   2 – 2   Shakhtar Donetsk St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
10:15 Zuffi   12' (1:0)
H. Yakin   80' (2:2)		 Summary   22' (1:1) Ostachov
  29' Jaksmanutski
  45' Pyatenko
  57' (1:2) Pyatenko		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee:   Darko Cvitkovic
29 June 1997 Round 2 Antalyaspor   2 – 5   Basel Isparta Atatürk Stadium, Isparta
17:30 Aliriza   2' (1:0)
Nuri   34' (2:3)
Murat   39'		 Summary   23' (1:1) Smajić
  25' (1:2) Moser
  29' (1:3) H. Yakin
  56' (2:4) Giallanza
  57' Poulard
  61' (2:5) La Placa
  69' Frick
  85' Armentano		 Attendance: 4,600
Referee:   Gheorghe Constantin
13 July 1996 Round 3 Basel   5 – 0   Ataka-Aura Minsk St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Nyarko   20' (1:0)
Moser   22' (2:0)
La Placa   42' (3:0)
Frick   53' (4:0)
Armentano   67' (5:0)
Salvi   89'		 Summary   50' Ermakovich Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Vanco Kocev (Macedonia)
20 July 1996 Round 4 Rotor Volgograd   3 – 2   Basel Central Stadium, Volgograd
18:00 Niederhaus   18' (1:0)
Yesipov   38' (2:2)
Veretennikov   57' (3:2)
Yesipov   61'		 Summary   29' (1:1) Orlando
  30' (1:2) Giallanza
  31' Giallanza
  49' Salvi		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Branimir Babarogić (FR Yugoslavia)

Group 7 table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Rotor Volgograd 4 3 0 1 12 5 +7 9 Advanced to semi-finals
2   Basel 4 2 1 1 14 7 +7 7
3   Antalyaspor 4 2 0 2 7 7 0 6
4   Shakhtar Donetsk 4 1 1 2 5 8 −3 4
5   Ataka-Aura Minsk 4 1 0 3 2 13 −11 3
Source: rsssf.com

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Stefan Peter. "Überregionale Meisterschaften, Schweizer und Basler Cup". Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  2. ^ joggeli.ch (1997). "Erste Mannschaft/Kader Saison 1996/97". joggeli.ch. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  3. ^ Garin, Erik (1997). "Switzerland 1996/97". RSSSF. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  4. ^ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1996/97". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  5. ^ Karel Stokkermans (1996). "Intertoto Cup-1996". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

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