FC Basel

1982–83 season
Chairman	Roland Rasi
Manager	Rainer Ohlhauser
Ground	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A	11th
Swiss Cup	Round of 16
Coppa delle Alpi	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Martin Jeitziner (7) Beat Sutter (7) Jörg Stohler (7) All: Beat Sutter (9) Jörg Stohler (9)
Highest home attendance	11,500 on 11 September 1982 vs Grasshopper Club
Lowest home attendance	1,800 on 8 June 1983 vs Aarau
Average home league attendance	4,466
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The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1982–83 season was their 89th season since the club was founded. It was their 37th 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. Roland Rasi was appointed as the club's chairman at the AGM, he replaced Pierre Jacques Lieblich who stood down.

Rainer Ohlhauser was the first team manager. He had taken over from Helmut Benthaus, who had been manager for 17 years between 1965 and 1982, and who had moved on to take over as manager of VfB Stuttgart. A number of players left the squad, Ernst Schleiffer moved on to Grenchen, Peter Marti went to Aarau, Markus Tanner to Luzern and Joseph Küttel to Lugano. In the other direction Winfried Berkemeier joined from Young Boys, Ruedi Zbinden joined from local rivals Nordstern Basel and Nicolas Keller joined from Chiasso. There were also a number of youngsters who advanced from the youth team, Roger Bossert, Guido Rudin and Thomas Hauser.

Basel played a total of 51 games this season. 30 matches were played in the domestic league, three in the Swiss Cup, four in the Cup of the Alps and 14 were friendly matches. The Swiss League Cup was no longer played this season. The team scored a total of 108 goals and conceded 85. Of their 14 test games, ten were won, two drawn and two ended with a defeat. Only one of these test games were played at home in St. Jakob Stadium, the others were all played away.^[1]

The 1982–83 Nationalliga A was contested by 16 teams, including the top 14 clubs from the previous season and the two sides promoted from the second level 1981–82 Nationalliga B, these being FC Winterthur and FC Wettingen. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, home and away. Two points were awarded for a win and one point given to each team for a draw. Basel ended the season in eleventh position. In their 30 league games Basel won ten, drew five and lost fifteen matches, obtaining 25 points. They scored 47 goals, conceding 56, they were 24 points behind Grasshopper Club Zürich who became new champions. The new champions were qualified for 1983–84 European Cup. Servette were second in the championship, but as Cup winners they qualified for the 1983–84 Cup Winners' Cup. Therefore, the third and fourth teams, St. Gallen and Zürich, qualified for the 1983–84 UEFA Cup. FC Bulle and FC Winterthur suffered relegation.^[2]

Basel entered into the Swiss Cup in the round of 64. Here they were drawn away against FC Breitenbach and on 9 October they won the match 4–0. In the round of 32 Basel were drawn at home against Lausanne-Sport. The game was played on 12 March 1983 and Basel won 2–1. On 4 April the away defeat against Mendrisio meant the end of this cup season. The Swiss League Cup was not competed this year.^[3]

In the Coppa delle Alpi Basel were drawn against AJ Auxerre and Metz. Two draws against Auxerre and one victory and a defeat against Metz left them in third position in the Swiss teams group table. Xamax and Nantes played in the final.^[4]

The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the season 1982–83. The list includes players that were in the squad on the day that the Nationalliga A season started on 14 August 1982 but subsequently left the club after that date.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SUI Hans Küng 1 GK  SUI Thomas Paul 2 DF  SUI Walter Geisser 3 DF  FRA Serge Duvernois 4 DF  SUI Bruno Graf 5 DF  SUI Jörg Stohler 6 MF  GER Winfried Berkemeier (from Young Boys) 7 MF  SUI Martin Jeitziner 8 FW  SUI Beat Sutter 9 FW  SUI Stefano Ceccaroni 10 MF  SUI Arthur von Wartburg 11 FW  SUI Ruedi Zbinden (from Nordstern Basel)

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 DF  SUI Jean-Pierre Maradan 13 DF  SUI Alfred Lüthi 14 FW  SUI Peter Marti 15 MF  SUI Roger Bossert (from youth team) 16 MF  SUI Guido Rudin (from youth team) 17 MF  FRA Serge Gaisser 18 MF  SUI Nicolas Keller (from Chiasso) 19 MF  GER Thomas Hauser (from youth team) 22 GK  SUI Hans Müller — DF  SUI René Hasler — MF  SUI Cesare Cosenza

Players who left the squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  SUI Walter Eichenberger (to Young Boys) — MF  SUI Otto Demarmels (retired) — MF  SUI Erni Maissen (to Zürich)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  GER Harald Nickel (retired) — MF  SUI Martin Mullis (to Wettingen) — MF  SUI Hansruedi Schär (to Nordstern) — MF  SUI René Zingg

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

FC Mulhouse v Basel

13 July 1982 Pre-season	FC Mulhouse	3 – 3	Basel	Stade Municipal, Huningue
19:45	Ouattara 8' (1:0) Andrey 33' (2:0) Wagner 58' (3:1)	Summary	50' (2:1) Jeitziner 65' (3:2) Ceccaroni 77' (3:3) Zbinden Gaisser	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Seltz

Basel v Biel-Bienne

5 August 1981 Uhrencup	Basel	6 – 1	Biel-Bienne	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
19:00	Gaisser 8' (1:0) Zbinden 20' (2:0) Berkemeier 22' (3:0) Berkemeier 29' (4:0) Stohler 66' (5:0) Sutter 68' (6:0)	Summary	76' (6:1) Campiotti	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Hauri

Grenchen v Basel

7 August 1982 Uhrencup	Grenchen	2 – 1	Basel	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
19:00	Biljali 47' (1:1) Wenger 60' (2:1)	Summary	22' (0:1) Sutter	Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Werner Liebi

Etoile Carouge v Basel

7 September 1982 Mid-season	Etoile Carouge	2 – 4	Basel	Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge
19:30		Summary	(1x) Stohler (1x) Lüthi (1x) Gaisser (1x) Zbinden	Attendance: 400 Referee: De Toro

SV Weil v Basel

30 September 1982 Mid-Season	SV Weil	1 – 3	Basel	Weil am Rhein
19:00		Summary	(1x) Graf (1x) Ceccaroni (1x) Zbinden

Basel v VfB Stuttgart

19 October 1982 Mid-season	Basel	2 – 0	VfB Stuttgart	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30	Zbinden 43' (1:0) Sutter 50' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Franz Gächter

Seoul v Basel

31 January 1983 Winter break	Seoul	2 – 2	Basel	Villefranche-sur-Mer
15:00	(1:0) (2:1)	Summary	(1:1) Sutter (2:2) Maradan 90′ Maradan

Vevey-Sports v Basel

1 February 1983 Winter break	Vevey-Sports	3 – 1	Basel	Villefranche-sur-Mer
15:00	(1:0) (2:0) (3:0)	Summary	75' (3:1) Marti

FC Allschwil v Basel

8 February 1983 Winter break	FC Allschwil	2 – 10	Basel	Gartenhof, Hartplatz, Allschwil
19:00	Leuthardt 11' (1:3) Storz 14' (2:3)	Summary	3' (0:1) Sutter 4' (0:2) Jeitziner 7' (0:3) Sutter 25' (2:4) Lüthi 48' (2:5) Ceccaroni 49' (2:6) Ceccaroni 56' (2:7) von Wartburg 75' (2:8) Sutter 80' (2:9) Sutter 90' (2:10) Berkemeier	Attendance: 100 Referee: Rolf Blattmann

Xamax v Basel

12 February 1983 Winter break	Xamax	1 – 2	Basel	Stade Municipal, Payerne
15:30	Bianchi 47' (1:1)	Summary	3' (0:1) Jeitziner 85' (1:2) Marti	Attendance: 500 Referee: Willy Hänni

SC Binningen v Basel

16 February 1983 Winter break	SC Binningen	0 – 4	Basel	Spiegelfeld, Binningen
19:00		Summary	31' (0:1) Jeitziner 50' (0:4) Jeitziner 60' (0:3) Sutter 90' (0:4) Jeitziner	Attendance: 150 Referee: Kurt Fuchs Basel

Nordstern Basel v Basel

19 February 1983 Winter break	Nordstern Basel	0 – 5	Basel	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
14:30		Summary	8' (0:1) Jeitziner 27' (0:2) Stohler 48' (0:3) Zbinden 53' (0:4) Sutter 74' (0:5) von Wartburg	Attendance: 300 Referee: Rolf Blattmann

Old Boys v Basel

30 March 1983 Mid-season	Old Boys	0 – 2	Basel	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:00		Summary	3' (0:1) Geisser 58' (0:2) Ceccaroni	Referee: Pfister

FC Laufen v Basel

3 May 1983 Mid-season	FC Laufen	0 – 3	Basel	Zwingen
18:30		Summary	52' (0:1) Ceccaroni 68' (0:2) Berkemeier 69' (0:3) Duvernois	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Weisskopf

Basel v Young Boys

14 August 1982 Round 1	Basel	0 – 1	Young Boys	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00		Summary	78' (0:1) Signer Feuz	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Bruno Galler

Aarau v Basel

21 August 1982 Round 2	Aarau	1 – 2	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
20:00	Müller 11' (1:0) Tschupperet  66'	Summary	48' (1:1) Sutter  57' Stohler 72' (1:2) Marti  83' Berkemeier	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Marco Raveglia

Servette v Basel

25 August 1982 Round 3	Servette	2 – 0	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
20:30	Brigger 42' (1:0) Elia 85' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 8,000 Referee: André Daina

Basel v Vevey-Sports

28 August 1982 Round 4	Basel	5 – 1	Vevey-Sports	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Marti 28' (1:0) Stohler 54' (pen. 2:0) Marti 72' (3:1) Jeitziner 75' (4:1)  82' Berkemeier Zbinden 88' (5:1)	Summary	53' Debonnaire  53' Franz 55' (2:1) Siwek	Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger Suhr

Bellinzona v Basel

4 September 1982 Round 5	Bellinzona	0 – 3	Basel	Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona
20:30	Hafner  50'	Summary	21' (pen. 0:1) Stohler  30' Berkemeier 39' (0:2) Lüthi  51' Maradan 72' (0:3) Sutter	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Charles-Henri Morex

Basel v Grasshopper Club

11 September 1982 Round 6	Basel	3 – 1	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Maradan 27' (1:0) Lüthi 34' (2:0) Gaisser 86' (3:1)	Summary	66' (2:1) Ladner	Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Georges Sandoz

Xamax v Basel

18 September 1982 Round 7	Xamax	3 – 2	Basel	Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
20:15	Sarrasin 10' (1:0) Zaugg 53' (2:0) Gianfreda 79' (3:2)	Summary	66' (2:1) Berkemeier 72' (2:2) Jeitziner	Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Jean-Marie Macheret

Basel v Winterthur

25 September 1982 Round 8	Basel	1 – 0	Winterthur	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Jeitziner 17' (1:0)	Summary		Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Arturo Martino

St. Gallen v Basel

9 October 1982 Round 9	St. Gallen	2 – 0	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
17:30	Gisinger 40' (1:0) Braschler 90' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 10,000 Referee: André Daina

Basel v Sion

23 October 1982 Round 10	Basel	2 – 2	Sion	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Sutter 17' (1:1) Zbinden 60' (2:1)	Summary	11' (0:1) Bregy 69' (2:2) Balet	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Jakob Baumann

Basel v Lausanne-Sport

31 October 1982 Round 11	Basel	1 – 0	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Gaisser 86' (1:0)	Summary		Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Willy Hänni

Wettingen v Basel

7 November 1982 Round 12	Wettingen	1 – 0	Basel	Stadion Altenburg, Wettingen
14:30	Radakovic  29' Zanchi  63' Martin Andermatt 72' (1:0)	Summary	28' Jeitziner Maradan	Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Daniel Bürki

Basel v Zürich

10 November 1982 Round 13	Basel	1 – 1	Zürich	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Jeitziner 13' (1:0) Zbinden  31' Maissen  43'	Summary	33' (1:1) Landolt  88' Lüdi	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Ulrich Nyffenegger

Luzern v Basel

21 November 1982 Round 14	Luzern	4 – 3	Basel	Stadion Allmend, Luzern
14:30	P. Risi 10' (pen. 1:0) P. Risi 22' (2:0) Lauscher 48' (3:1) P. Risi 72' (pen. 4:3)	Summary	30' (2:1) Stohler 57' (3:2) Berkemeier 70' (3:3) Cosenza	Attendance: 12,700 Referee: De Toro

Basel v Bulle

27 November 1982 Round 15	Basel	3 – 1	Bulle	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:30	Zbinden 3' (1:0) Jeitziner 48' (2:0) Jeitziner 84' (3:1)	Summary	51' (2:1) Blanchard	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Jakob Schönenberger
Note: Minute of mourning (and mourning bands of the FCB players) for the late Franz Rinderer (former chairman of the FC Basel).

Bulle v Basel

27 February 1983 Round 16	Bulle	2 – 1	Basel	Stade de Bouleyres, Bulle
14:30	Bapst  22' Mora  32' Mora 45' (1:1) Saunier 65' (2:1)	Summary	8' (pen. 0:1) Stohler	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Bruno Galler

Basel v Luzern

3 March 1983 Round 17	Basel	3 – 0	Luzern	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Stohler 20′ Sutter 29' (1:0) Marti 44' (2:0) Sutter 48' (3:0)	Summary		Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Walter Nussbaumer

Zürich v Basel

20 March 1983 Round 18	Zürich	4 – 3	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
14:30	Jerković 11' (pen. 1:0) Rufer 31' (2:0) Seiler 35' (3:0) Iselin  42' Jerković 55' (pen. 4:1)	Summary	48' (pen. 3:1) Stohler  69' Jeitziner 74' (4:2) Gaisser 75' (4:3) Sutter	Attendance: 9,200 Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger Suhr

Basel v Wettingen

23 March 1983 Round 19	Basel	1 – 0	Wettingen	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Stohler 75' (pen. 1:0)	Summary		Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Claude Gachoud
Note: von Wartburg's 250th championship game for FC Basel.

Lausanne-Sport v Basel

9 April 1983 Round 20	Lausanne-Sport	7 – 0	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:30	Lei-Ravello 15' (1:0) Gaisser 28' (o.g. 2:0) Kok 45' (3:0) Mauron 50' (4:0) Pellegrini 51' (6:0) Diserens 85' (pen. 7:0)	Summary		Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Renzo Peduzzi

Sion v Basel

16 April 1983 Round 21	Sion	1 – 0	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
18:15	Balet 36' (1:0)	Summary	16' Ceccaroni  22' Zbinden 51′ Stohler  77' Sutter	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Robert Süess

Basel v St. Gallen

23 April 1983 Round 22	Basel	2 – 2	St. Gallen	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Hauser 13' (1:1) Stohler 56' (2:1)	Summary	6' (0:1) Braschler 81' (2:2) Gisinger Gorgon	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Willi Jaus
Note: League debut von Thomas Hauser

Winterthur v Basel

30 April 1983 Round 23	Winterthur	1 – 1	Basel	Schützenwiese, Winterthur
20:00	Roth 58' (1:0)	Summary	60' (1:1) Hauser  65' Keller	Attendance: 1,900 Referee: Georges Sandoz

Basel v Xamax

7 May 1983 Round 24	Basel	0 – 4	Xamax	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00		Summary	28' (0:1) Mottiez  61' Perret 63' (0:2) Lüthi 67' (0:3) Lüthi 78' (0:4) Lüthi	Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Manfred Neuner Leimen

Grasshopper Club v Basel

19 May 1983 Round 25	Grasshopper Club	1 – 0	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
20:00	Egli 44' (1:0)	Summary	41' Lüthi	Attendance: 4,700 Referee: Werner Liebi

Basel v Bellinzona

28 May 1983 Round 26	Basel	2 – 3	Bellinzona	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Marti 38' (1:2) Hauser 73' (2:3)	Summary	17' (0:1) Kurz 33' (0:2) Kundert 64' (1:3) Kurz  74' Schär  85' Tedeschi  90' Viel	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Peter Hauser

Vevey-Sports v Basel

1 June 1983 Round 27	Vevey-Sports	3 – 3	Basel	Stade de Copet, Vevey
19:00	Franz 11' (1:1) Franz 68' (pen. 2:2) Franz 81' (3:2)	Summary	2' (0:1) Zbinden 54' (1:2) Marti 86' (3:3) Gaisser	Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Bruno Burgener

Basel v Servette

4 June 1983 Round 28	Basel	1 – 3	Servette	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Gaisser  13' Gaisser 33' (1:1)	Summary	22' Cacciapaglia 23' (0:1) Brigger 51' (1:2) Favre  56' Geiger 69' (1:3) Favre	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ulrich Nyffenegger

Basel v Aarau

8 June 1983 Round 29	Basel	2 – 1	Aarau	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Jeitziner 30' (1:0) Maradan 48' (pen. 2:0)	Summary	73' (2:1) Herberth	Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Arturo Martino
Note: Jörg Stohler honored for his 299th league championship game. Goalkeeper Hans Küng honored for his retirement.

Young Boys v Basel

11 June 1983 Round 30	Young Boys	4 – 2	Basel	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
20:00	Jacobacci 32' (1:0) Schmidlin 40' (2:1) Peterhans 61' (3:1) Peterhans 63' (4:1)	Summary	34' (1:1) Lüthi  75' Stohler 84' (4:2) Sutter	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Francesco Bianchi

FC Breitenbach v Basel

9 October 1982 Round 3	FC Breitenbach	0 – 4	Basel	Bodenacker, Breitenbach
14:30	R. Hänggi	Summary	13' (0:1) Berkemeier 26' (0:2) Zbinden 71' (0:3) Sutter 87' (0:2) Berkemeier Maradan Graf	Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Rolf Blattmann

Basel v Lausanne-Sport

13 March 1983 Round 4	Basel	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Berkemeier  25' Sutter 81' (1:1) Stohler 117' (2:1)	Summary	42′ Pellegrini  49' Lei-Ravello 63' (0:1) Ryf	Attendance: 7,300 Referee:

Mendrisio v Basel

4 April 1983 Round of 16	Mendrisio	2 – 1	Basel	Centro Sportivo Comunale, Mendrisio
14:30	Mohorovic 10' (1:0) Mohorovic 74' (2:1)	Summary	21' (1:1) Stohler	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Peter Hauser

Group A

Basel v AJ Auxerre

17 July 1982 Round 1	Basel	0 – 0	AJ Auxerre	St. Jakob Stadium Basel
20:00		Summary		Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Jean-Marie Lartigot

AJ Auxerre v Basel

24 July 1982 Round 2	AJ Auxerre	2 – 2	Basel	Stade de l'Aube, Troyes
20:30	Ferreri 78' (1:2) Szarmach 85' (2:2)	Summary	63' (1:0) Gaisser 65' (0:2) Ceccaroni	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Werner Liebi

Basel v Metz

27 July 1982 Round 3	Basel	3 – 2	Metz	St. Jakob Stadium Basel
20:00	Zbinden 17' (1:0) Zbinden 32' (2:0) Stohler 58' (pen. 3:1)	Summary	38' Zdun 42' (2:1) Bernad 79' (3:2) Morgante	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Joël Quiniou

Metz v Basel

31 July 1982 Round 4	Metz	5 – 1	Basel	Stade Saint-Symphorien, Metz
20:30	Morgante 6' (1:0) Loiseau 42' (2:1) Kurbos 55' (3:1) Kurbos 61' (4:1) Sonor 81' (5:1)	Summary	31' (1:1) Sutter	Attendance: 2,841 Referee: Roland Chapuis

NB: teams played two teams of the other country home and away

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