1997–98 FC Basel season

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.

FC Basel
1997–98 season
FC Basel Logo
ChairmanSwitzerland René C. Jäggi
ManagerJörg Berger (until October 1997)
Salvatore Andracchio (ad interim)
Guy Mathez (from 1 January 1998)
GroundSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga AQualifying Phase 11th
Nationalliga APromotion/relegation group 3rd
Swiss CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Mario Frick (14)
All: Mario Frick (14)
Highest home attendance36,500 vs Solothurn 24.05.1998
Lowest home attendance3,500 vs Xamax 22.11.1997
Average home league attendance10,100[1]

Overview

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Pre-season

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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 Alsace and then against a Regional 11 of local players from BS/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

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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

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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

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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   SUI Stefan Huber
2 DF   SUI Massimo Ceccaroni
3 DF   SUI Daniel Salvi
3 DF   SUI Luís Calapes (from Basel youth)
4 DF   BIH Samir Tabakovic (to Waldhof Mannheim)
5 DF   GER Oliver Kreuzer (from Bayern Munich)
6 DF   NED Marco Sas (from Bradford City)
7 FW   SUI Dario Zuffi
8 MF   LIE Mario Frick
9 MF   FRA Fabrice Henry
10 MF   GER Maurizio Gaudino (from Eintracht Frankfurt)
11 FW   SUI Gaetano Giallanza (to Nantes)
12 DF   SUI Sébastien Barberis (from Servette)
13 FW   SUI Adrian Knup
14 FW   RUS Daniel Dobrovoljski
15 FW   SUI Deniz Mendi (from FC Klus-Balsthal)
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF   SUI Ivan Reimann
16 DF   GER Jürgen Hartmann (from Hamburger SV)
17 MF   SUI Jean-Pierre La Placa (to Toulouse)
17 MF   CZE Václav Pěchouček (from Viktoria Plzeň)
18 GK   SUI Oliver Stöckli
19 DF   SUI Marco Tschopp
20 DF   SUI Oumar Kondé
21 DF   LIE Marco Pérez (from Vaduz)
22 MF   BRA Webber (Leandro Dos Santos) (from Guarani)
23 DF   CZE Jan Berger (from Grasshopper Club)
24 DF   BRA Fabinho (from Joinville)
24 DF   SUI Cyrill Schmidiger
25 MF   SUI Theodoros Disseris
27 FW   SUI Alexander Frei (from Basel youth)
28 DF   SUI Giorgios Nemtsoudis (from Grasshopper Club)
30 FW   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   SUI Thomas Grüter (retired)
DF   SUI Remo Buess (reserves)
DF   SUI Yann Poulard (to FC Stade Nyonnais)
DF   SUI Yannick Hasler
MF   ARG Mariano Armentano (to Vélez Sarsfield)
MF   ROU Adrian Falub (to Universitatea Cluj)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   GER Franco Foda (to Sturm Graz)
MF   ITA Marcello Gamberini (to Sansepolcro)
MF   SUI Dominic Moser (on loan to Young Boys)
MF   GHA Alex Nyarko (to Karlsruher SC)
MF   GER Markus Schupp (to Sturm Graz)
MF   SUI Bruno Sutter (to Zürich)
MF   SUI Hakan Yakin (to Grasshopper Club)

Results

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Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

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Pre- and mid-season

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18 June 1997 Pre-season Regional 11 Alsace   0 – 8   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:   Thierry Keigler
21 June 1997 Pre-season Basel   3 – 1   Regional 11 BS/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:   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   1 – 1
(9 – 10 p)
  Zürich Moos, Balsthal
19:30 Frick   27'
Frei   60' (1:0)
Summary   63' (1:1) Sutter
  78' Guzik
Attendance: 2,000
Referee:   Serge Muhmenthaler
Penalties
Zuffi  
Frei  
Hartmann  
Giallanza  
Gaudino  
Tschopp  
Barberis  
Ceccaroni  
Schmidiger  
Buess  
Huber 
  Gambino
  Guzik
  Sutter
  Brugnoli
  Santa'Anna
  Tejeda
  Weiler
  Castillo
  Tarone
  Shorunmu
  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   1 – 1
(5 – 4 p)
  Luzern Moos, Balsthal
15:30 Giallanza   27' (1:1) Summary   11' (0:1) Sawu Attendance: 2,000
Referee:   Bruno Bachmann
Penalties
Zuffi  
Pérez  
Kreuzer  
Schmidiger  
Gaudino  
Barberis  
  Wyss
  Knez
  Moser
  Koilov
  Brega
  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   1 – 0   Borussia Dortmund St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Knup   13' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 14,000
Referee:   Carlo Bertolini
5 September 1997 Mid-season SC Dornach   1 – 5   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:   Dieter Schoch
19 September 1997 Mid-season FC Rothrist   2 – 13   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:   Marcel Vollenweider
Note: 0:12 corners

Winter break

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

Nationalliga A

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Qualifying Phase

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

League table

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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

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1 March 1998 Round 1 Solothurn 2 – 3 Basel Stadion FC Solothurn, Solothurn
14:30 Plaschy   1'
Edward   83'   75'
Bürgisser   79'
Fluri   64'   81'
Summary   20'   12' Gaudino
  71', 74' Berger
  80' Zuffi
  90+4' Barberis
Attendance: 6,750
Referee:   Guido Wildhaber
7 March 1998 Round 2 Basel 4 – 2 Kriens St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:30 Henry   89'   8'
Kreuzer   25'
Frick   39', 64'
Knup   90+2'
Summary   1' Egli
  19' Schwizer
  32' Benson
  38' Zwyssig
Attendance: 7,800
Referee:   Dieter Schoch
15 March 1998 Round 3 Young Boys 2 – 2 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
14:30 Lengen   23'
Smajić   5'   50'
Ivanov   74'   85' (pen.)
Summary   73' Barberis
  73' Gaudino
  76'   67' Kreuzer
  87' Henry
Referee:   Claude Détruche
21 March 1998 Round 4 Basel 3 – 6 Xamax St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:30 Gaudino   66'   2'
  24'
Pérez   51'
Knup   53'
Mendi  80'
Summary   7' Rueda
  8' Hamann
  25' Halili
  38' Rothenbühler
  61', 90+1' Zambaz
  81' Maslow
Attendance: 10,500
Referee:   René Rogalla
29 March 1998 Round 5 Lugano 0 – 0 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
14:30 Fernandez   41'
Wegmann   48'
Lendvai   51'
Giannini   55'
Anderson   85'
Summary   22' Zuffi
  34' Tschopp
  55' Knup
Attendance: 3,900
Referee:   Guido Wildhaber
4 April 1998 Round 6 Basel 3 – 1 Etoile Carouge St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:30 Gaudino   11', 72', 77'
Barberis   31'
Kondé   49'
Orlando   55'
Summary   10' Djorkaeff
  42' Duchosal
  76' Hertig
Attendance: 6,500
Referee:   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
  70' Pérez
  78' Calapes
Attendance: 3,450
Referee:   Roland Beck
19 April 1998 Round 8 Basel 0 – 0 Baden St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30 Gaudino   69'
Calapes   74'
Summary   62' Rossi
  70' Adriano
Attendance: 6,000
Referee:   Roberto Ferrari
25 April 1998 Round 9 Etoile Carouge 2 – 0 Basel Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge
17:30 Elmira   37'
Croci   57'
Djorkaeff   78'
Rothenbühler   86'
Summary   46' Barberis
  59' Hartmann
Attendance: 1,180
Referee:   Guido Wildhaber
29 April 1998 Round 10 Basel 0 – 0 Lugano St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30 Ceccaroni   53' Summary   44' Giménez
  88' Giannini
Attendance: 6,000
Referee:   Marcel Vollenweider
2 May 1998 Round 11 Xamax 2 – 1 Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
19:30 Wittl   16'
Martinović   45'
Maslow   70'
Delay   81'
Summary   1' Knup
  11' Frick
  57' Ceccaroni
Attendance: 6,500
Referee:   André Daina
9 May 1998 Round 12 Basel 4 – 1 Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30 Frick   25', 47'
Pěchouček   32'
Kreuzer   34'
Knup   43'
Gaudino   52'
Kondé   71'
Summary   71' (pen.) Vukotić Attendance: 13,000
Referee:   Carlo Bertolini
17 May 1998 Round 13 Kriens 1 – 3 Basel Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens
16:00 Esposito   16'
Disler   66'
Erni   68'
Rölli   73'
Summary   3' Reimann
  49', 75' Frick
  90+3'   45' Zuffi
Attendance: 5,000
Referee:   Dieter Schoch
24 May 1998 Round 14 Basel 3 – 0 Solothurn St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
16:00 Kreuzer   4'
Gaudino   41'
Reimann   49'
Frick   57'
Pérez   64'
Summary   40' Roth
  42' Aebi
Attendance: 36,500
Referee:   Urs Meier

League table

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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

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

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. ^ "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.

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