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1987–88 FC Basel season

The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1987–88 season was their 94th season since the club's foundation. It was their 42nd consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football (Nationalliga A) since they achieved promotion in the 1945–46 season. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Charles Röthlisberger was the club's newly appointed chairman. He was the club's 31st chairman in their history.

FC Basel
1987–88 season
FC Basel Logo
ChairmanCharles Röthlisberger
ManagerUrs Siegenthaler
GroundSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A, first stage11th of 12
Promotion/relegation5th of 8, relegated
Swiss CupRound of 64
Top goalscorerLeague: Peter Nadig (11)
All: Peter Nadig (11)
Highest home attendance10,000 on 19 September 1987
vs. Luzern
Lowest home attendance1,400 on 19 May 1988
vs. Old Boys
Average home league attendance5,536 and 4,357

Overview

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Pre-season

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Following the poor previous season, as the team only escaped relegation in the play-out round, Helmut Benthaus retired as head coach and there were also a number of players who left the club. Former Swiss international midfielder René Botteron retired from active football. German former international Gerhard Strack returned to Germany to play for Fortuna Düsseldorf. Another German player also moved to Germany, Thomas Süss moved on to play for Karlsruher SC. French player Jean-Pierre François moved back to France to play for AS Saint-Étienne. Also Fredy Grossenbacher and Marco Schällibaum both moved to Servette, André Ladner moved to Lugano and Erni Maissen transferred to Young Boys. Further reserve goalkeeper Patrick Mäder moved on to Baden and Luiz Gonçalo moved on to Old Boys.

Urs Siegenthaler was appointed as new first team coach and because 11 players left the squad he had to build a new team. But the club was suffering financial difficulties and there was no money to spend. However, one interesting transfer was that of Scottish Gordon Smith coming from Admira Wacker. Another interesting transfer was that of German Uwe Dittus from FC Winterslag. Another two experienced players were Frank Eggeling joined from Grenchen and Ruedi Zahner from Aarau. All other new players were youngsters, goalkeeper Bernard Pulver joined from lower tier FC Bern, Peter Bernauer from German team SV 08 Laufenburg, Remo Steiner from local club FC Aesch, Ralph Thoma from local club FC Rheinfelden, Mathias Wehrli from local club FC Laufen. Six players were brought up from the youth team. These being Philipp Baumberger, Massimo Ceccaroni, Bernd Schramm, Adrian Sedlo, Fotios Karapetsas and Patrick Rahmen.

Another interesting transfer was that of Varadaraju Sundramoorthy from Singapore FA. Sundramoorthy became only the second player from Singapore to play in Europe when he signed during the winter break and one of the first Asian players to play in Switzerland. He is widely touted as one of the country's most skillful and talented footballers ever. Sundramoorthy had problems adapting to European football, he did not have the stamina and strength to play the entire 90 minutes and manager Siegenthaler used him as a substitute because he had the skills to decide a match.[1]

Domestic league

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The Swiss Football Association (SFV) had changed the form of the domestic league for this season. The number of teams in the Nationalliga A had been reduced from 16 to 12 and in the Nationalliga B had been increased from 16 to 24, these were divided into two regional groups. The top eight teams after the first stage would compete the second stage as championship group. The last four teams would compete the second stage in two promotion/relegation groups with the top six teams from each of the two Nationalliga B groups. Basel started the season badly, losing the first five league games straight off, conceding 17 goals, scoring just three. In the third round on 15 August they were defeated 1–9 by Xamax. Up until today this is still the highest score defeat that Basel have suffered in their domestic league history. Xamax manager at that time was Gilbert Gress. The goal scorers were 2x Robert Lüthi, 2x Robert Lei-Ravello, 2x Beat Sutter, 2x Heinz Hermann and Alain Geiger. The only goal for Basel was scored by Ralph Thoma.[2]

The team never recovered from the bad start and even lost seven of the eleven return games. They ended the qualifying stage of the championship with just 13 points in 11th position. This meant that they had to play in one of the two promotion/relegation groups. Despite a good start in this phase, they won their first three matches, they were defeated by Bellinzona and then by Wettingen. Basel thus lost contact to these two teams in the top two positions in the league table. The first two places would qualify for next seasons top flight. In their last six games Basel could not achieve a single victory and therefore they slipped to fifth position in the table and were relegated to the Nationalliga B.[3]

Xamax won the Swiss championship, second and third placed Servette and Aarau qualified for the 1988–89 UEFA Cup.

Swiss Cup

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In the Swiss Cup, in round of 64, Basel were drawn against local rivals Old Boys. The game ended with a 1–2 defeat and therefore the cup season was ended much earlier than expected. In the final Grasshopper Club won the cup with a 2–0 victory over Schaffhausen and thus qualified for the 1988–89 Cup Winners' Cup.[4]

Players

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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 Bernard Pulver (from FC Bern)
1 GK   SUI Urs Suter
2 DF   SUI Philipp Baumberger (from youth team)
3 DF   GER Peter Bernauer (from SV 08 Laufenburg)
4 MF   SUI Stefan Bützer
5 DF   SUI Massimo Ceccaroni (from youth team)
6 FW   GER Frank Eggeling (from Grenchen)
7 DF   SUI Markus Füri
8 DF   SUI Fabio Ghisoni
9 DF   SUI Bruno Hänni
10 FW   GER Thomas Hauser
11 DF   SUI Dominique Herr
12 DF   SUI Markus Hodel
13 FW   SUI Adrian Knup
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF   ESP Enrique Mata
15 MF   SUI Peter Nadig
16 MF   GER Bernd Schramm (from youth team)
17 FW   SUI Remo Steiner (from FC Aesch)
18 FW   SUI Ralph Thoma (from FC Rheinfelden)
19 FW   SUI Mathias Wehrli (from FC Laufen)
20 MF   SUI Ruedi Zahner (from Aarau)
21 MF   SCO Gordon Smith (from Admira Wacker)
— MF   GER Uwe Dittus (from FC Winterslag)
— DF   GER Adrian Sedlo (from youth team)
— MF   GRE Fotios Karapetsas (from youth team)
— MF   SUI Stephan Schaub (new)
— FW   SGP Varadaraju Sundramoorthy (from Singapore FA)
— FW   SUI Patrick Rahmen (from youth team)
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 Dominik Leder
— GK   SUI Patrick Mäder (to Baden)
— DF   SUI André Ladner (to Lugano)
— DF   GER Gerhard Strack (to Fortuna Düsseldorf)
— DF   SUI Fredy Grossenbacher (to Servette)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF   SUI Marco Schällibaum (to Servette)
— MF   SUI Erni Maissen (to Young Boys)
— MF   GER Thomas Süss (to Karlsruher SC)
— FW   FRA Jean-Pierre François (to AS Saint-Étienne)
— FW   SUI Luiz Gonçalo (to Old Boys)
— MF   SUI René Botteron (retired)

Results

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Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

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Pre- and mid-season

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22 July 1987 Uhrencup Semi-final Young Boys   4 – 1   Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
19:00 A. Sutter   12' (1:0)
A. Sutter   57' (2:0)
A. Sutter   68' (3:0)
Zuffi   86' (4:1)		 Summary   69' (o.g. 3:1) Hohl Attendance: 1,900
Referee:   Serge Muhmenthaler
25 July 1987 Uhrencup 3rd place Basel   2 – 3   KS Gornik Zabrze Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
17:00 Knup   31' (1:1)
Eggeling   84' (2:2)		 Summary   16' (pen. 0:1) Lesnik
  37' (1:2) Cyroń
 		 Attendance: 1,600
Referee:   Francis Fischer
30 July 1987 Pre-season FC Klus-Balsthal   1 – 5   Basel Moos, Balsthal
Stucki   73' (1:4) Summary   31' (0:1) Hauser
  42' (0:2) Hauser
  59' (0:3) Hänni
  63' (0:4) Thoma
  84' (1:5) Steiner		 Attendance: 500
Referee:   Aurelio Giannini
31 July 1987 Pre-season Yverdon-Sports   2 – 1   Basel Stade Municipal, Yverdon
19:00 Mann   35' (1:0)
Mann   81' (2:1)		 Summary   46' (1:1) Hänni
  50′ Bützer		 Attendance: 700
Referee:   Michel Barbezat
1 August 1987 Pre-season Aarau   1 – 0   Basel Moos, Balsthal
19:00 Wassmer   46' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 500
1 August 1987 Pre-season Servette   3 – 2   Basel Stade municipal, Bernex
17:00 Palumbo   4' (1:0)
Hasler   26' (2:0)
Kok   46' (3:0)		 Summary   61' (pen. 3:1) Knup
  66' (3:2) Nadig		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee:   Claude Gachoud
5 August 1987 Pre-season Laufen   1 – 2   Basel Sportplatz Nau, Laufen
19:00 Schneider   2' (1:0) Summary   28' (1:1) Zahner
  88' (1:2) Eggeling		 Attendance: 600
Referee:   André Reck
24 August 1987 Mid-season Basel   13 – 0   Sport journalists Landhof, Basel
17:45 Schramm   (4x)
Bützer   (3x)
Eggeling   (3x)
Smith   (2x)
Hodel   (1x)		 Summary Attendance: 200

Winter break

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27 January 1988 Winter break Basel   6 – 3   Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
18:30 Eggeling   23' (1:2)
Eggeling   33' (2:2)
Eggeling   43' (3:3)
Nadig   51' (4:3)
Sundramoorthy   75' (5:3)
Nadig   85' (6:3)		 Summary   6' (0:1) Nilsson
  13' (0:2) Holmqvist
  40' (2:3) Jeitziner		 Attendance: 350
Referee:   Peter Bochsler
Note: First game with Sundramoorthy from Singapore
30 January 1988 Winter break Basel   4 – 2   Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
16:30 Hauser   35' (1:1)
Knup   59' (2:1)
Knup   76' (3:2)
Knup   90+1' (pen. 4:2)		 Summary   26' (0:1) Pedrotti
  71' (2:2) Pedrotti		 Attendance: 500
Referee:   Walter Rudin (Birsfelden)
2 February 1988 Winter break Basel   2 – 1   SV Darmstadt 98 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Herr   82' (1:1)
Sundramoorthy   85' (2:1)		 Summary   11' (pen. 0:1) Kühnast Attendance: 400
Referee:   Rolf Blattmann
6 February 1988 Winter break Chiasso   0 – 2   Basel Stadio Comunale, Chiasso
Summary   24' (0:1) Dittus
  54' (0:2) Smith		 Attendance: 47
Referee:   Flavio Scalena
12 February 1988 Winter break FC Ascona   2 – 3   Basel Stadio Comunale, Ascona
Rossi   26' (1:2)
Sanders   31' (2:2)		 Summary   4' (0:1) Knup
  24' (0:2) Sundramoorthy
  37' (2:3) Nadig		 Referee:   Marco Raveglia
14 February 1988 Winter break Lugano   3 – 0   Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
Jenser   11' (1:0)
Gorter   25' (2:0)
Manfreda   84' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 300
Referee:   Francesco Bianchi
17 February 1988 Winter break Basel   1 – 0   Freiburger FC St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
18:30 Dittus   54' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 300
Referee:   Peter Bochsler
20 February 1988 Winter break Basel   1 – 0   FC Dübendorf St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
16:00 Eggeling   66' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 300
Referee:   Walter Rudin (Birsfelden)
24 February 1988 Winter break Aarau   4 – 1   Basel Im Feld, Oftringen
Lunde   10' (1:0)
Schär   56' (2:1)
Rufer   76' (3:1)
Lunde   80' (4:1)		 Summary   38' (1:1) Dittus Attendance: 73
Referee:   Kurt Röthlisberger (Suhr)

Nationalliga A

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Main article: 1987–88 Nationalliga A

First stage

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8 August 1987 Round 1 Aarau 2 – 0 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
20:00 Osterwalder   38'
Nazar   39' (1:0)
Wehrli   45'
Nazar   52'
Wyss   87' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 7,400
Referee:   Arturo Martino
Note: NLA debuts for Bernard Pulver, Peter Bernauer, Mathias Wehrli and Ralph Thoma
12 August 1987 Round 2 Basel 1 – 2 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Smith   52' (1:2) Summary   40' (0:1) Chapuisat
  51' (0:2) Thychosen
  88' Schürmann		 Attendance: 6,500
Referee:   Daniel Roduit
Note: NLA debut for Philipp Baumberger
15 August 1987 Round 3 Xamax 9 – 1 Basel Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
20:00 Lüthi   11' (1:0)
Lüthi   12' (2:0)
Lei-Ravello   39' (3:0)
Sutter   44' (4:0)
Sutter   56' (5:0)
Lei-Ravello   57' (pen. 6:0)
Hermann   81' (7:1)
Geiger   84' (8:1)
Hermann   86' (9:1)		 Summary   59' (6:1) Thoma Attendance: 10,300
Referee:   Peter Kellenberger
Note: NLA debut for Schramm
22 August 1987 Round 4 Basel 0 – 1 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Hänni   10'
Bützer   16'		 Summary   27' Andermatt
  37' Sforza
  80' (0:1) Andermatt		 Attendance: 6,100
Referee:   Fredy Phillippoz
29 August 1987 Round 5 Sion 3 – 1 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:00 Bregy   31' (1:0)
Rojević   45+1' (2:0)
Piffaretti   47' (3:0)		 Summary   84' (3:1) Knup Attendance: 5,400
Referee:   Francis Fischer
2 September 1987 Round 6 Basel 1 – 1 Bellinzona St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Knup   16' (1:0)
Hänni   47'		 Summary   19' (1:1) Türkyilmaz
  37' Meier
  81' Macaé		 Attendance: 4,900
Referee:   Bruno Klötzli
5 September 1987 Round 7 Basel 2 – 1 St. Gallen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Nadig   34' (1:0)
Hodel   37'
Thoma   45' (2:1)
Bützer   50'
Nadig   87'		 Summary   43' (1:1) Braschler
  61' Zwicker
  68' Rietmann
  87' Piserchia		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee:   Marcel Despland (Yverdon)
8 September 1987 Round 8 Servette 4 – 0 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
20:00 Decastel   32' (1:0)
Decastel   33' (2:0)
Kok   59' (3:0)
Eriksen   73' (4:0)		 Summary   27' Hänni Attendance: 3,700
Referee:   Franz Gächter
12 September 1987 Round 9 Basel 5 – 4 Zürich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Steiner   4' (1:0)
Steiner   24' (2:2)
Nadig   35' (3:2)
Thoma   57' (4:2)
Thoma   82' (5:3)		 Summary   9' (1:1) Landolt
  67' Romano
  15' (1:2) Vöge
  78' (4:3) Andracchio
  86' (5:4) Romano
  90' Paradiso		 Attendance: 6,200
Referee:   Kurt Röthlisberger (Suhr)
Note: NLA debut for Remo Steiner
19 September 1987 Round 10 Basel 3 – 3 Luzern St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Nadig   47' (1:1)
Zahner   51' (2:1)
Nadig   55' (3:1)		 Summary   8' (0:1) René Müller
  59' (3:2) Fink
  63' (3:3) Birrer		 Attendance: 10,000
Referee:   Willy Hänni
23 September 1987 Round 11 Young Boys 1 – 1 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
20:00 Jeitziner   59'
Zuffi   68' (1:0)		 Summary   21' Ghisoni
  82' (1:1) Steiner		 Attendance: 7,200
Referee:   Philippe Mercier
26 September 1987 Round 12 Basel 0 – 1 Aarau St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Smith   81' Summary   2' Wyss
  29' Eggeling
  70' Nazar
  74' (0:1) Rufer		 Attendance: 6,500
Referee:   Peter Kellenberger
3 October 1987 Round 13 Lausanne-Sport 5 – 0 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:00 Castella   26' (1:0)
Schürmann   36' (2:0)
Chapuisat   56' (3:0)
Castella   68' (4:0)
Castella   89' (5:0)		 Summary Attendance: 4,000
Referee:   Bruno Klötzli
Note: NLA debut for Massimo Ceccaroni
10 October 1987 Round 14 Basel 1 – 2 Xamax St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Smith   10' (1:0) Summary   36' Thévénaz
  44' (1:1) Nielsen
  70' (1:2) van der Gijp		 Attendance: 6,200
Referee:   Fredy Phillippoz
13 October 1987 Round 15 Grasshopper Club 5 – 1 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
20:00 Ponte   25' (1:0)
Paulo Cesar   33' (2:0)
Egli   51' (3:0)
Sforza   60' (4:0)
Ponte   90' (5:1)		 Summary   75' (4:1) Nadig Attendance: 2,100
Referee:   Daniel Roduit
24 October 1987 Round 16 Basel 3 – 1 Sion St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Thoma   19' (1:0)
Smith   61'
Rey   62' (o.g. 2:1)
Smith   77' (3:1)		 Summary   29' Bonvin
  35' (1:1) Bregy
  57' Bouderbala		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee:   Francis Fischer
31 October 1987 Round 17 Bellinzona 2 – 2 Basel Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona
17:30 Türkyilmaz   2' (1:0)
Türkyilmaz   86' (2:2)		 Summary   9' (1:1) Bützer
  14' Baumberger
  64' Smith
  69' (1:2) Nadig
  86' Zahner		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee:   Arturo Martino
4 November 1987 Round 18 St. Gallen 2 – 0 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
20:00 Piserchia   29' (1:0)
Piserchia   52' (2:0)
Rietmann   63'
Zwicker   86'		 Summary   67' Zahner Attendance: 6,500
Referee:   Peter Kellenberger
21 November 1987 Round 19 Basel 0 – 0 Servette St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Cacciapaglia   41' Summary   56' Smith
  71' Bernauer		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee:   Marcel Despland
28 November 1987 Round 20 Zürich 0 – 4 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
14:30 Rufer Summary   12' (0:1) Nadig
  37' (pen. 0:2) Knup
  51' Bützer
  63' (0:3) Knup
  71' (0:4) Knup
  81' Hauser		 Attendance: 2,700
Referee:   Kurt Röthlisberger (Suhr)
6 December 1987 Round 21 Luzern 2 – 0 Basel Stadion Allmend Luzern
14:30 Mohr   4' (1:0)
Martin Müller   66' (2:0)		 Summary   79' Zahner Attendance: 9,100
Referee:   Franz Gächter
Note: NLA debut for Sedlo
13 December 1987 Round 22 Basel 1 – 4 Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Knup   80' (1:3) Summary   19' (0:1) Zuffi
  49' (o.g. 0:2) Smith
  60' (0:3) Holmqvist
  81' (1:4) Holmqvist		 Referee:   Arturo Martino

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Neuchâtel Xamax 22 13 5 4 53 28 +25 31 Advance to championship round
2 Grasshopper Club Zürich 22 12 6 4 30 16 +14 30
3 BSC Young Boys 22 7 12 3 37 28 +9 26
4 FC Aarau 22 9 7 6 28 24 +4 25
5 FC St. Gallen 22 9 5 8 28 27 +1 23
6 FC Lucerne 22 7 9 6 30 29 +1 23
7 Servette FC 22 8 7 7 32 31 +1 23
8 Lausanne Sports 22 8 7 7 39 39 0 23
9 FC Sion 22 8 6 8 42 36 +6 22 Advance to promotion/relegation group B
10 AC Bellinzona 22 3 8 11 25 38 −13 14 Advance to promotion/relegation group A
11 FC Basel 22 4 5 13 27 55 −28 13 Advance to promotion/relegation group A
12 FC Zürich 22 4 3 15 26 46 −20 11 Advance to promotion/relegation group A
Source: rsssf.com

Second stage

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Promotion/relegation group A
5 March 1988 Round 1 Basel 4 – 0 Etoile-Carouge St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Thoma   5' (1:0)
Thoma   52' (2:0)
Hauser   70' (3:0)
Hauser   73' (4:0)		 Summary   42' Nogués
  45' Harder		 Attendance: 2,200
Referee:   Fredy Phillippoz
19 March 1988 Round 2 Bulle 0 – 2 Basel Stade de Bouleyres, Bulle
14:30 Summary   87' (0:1) Sundramoorthy
  90+1' (0:2) Bützer		 Attendance: 2,800
Referee:   Francis Fischer
23 March 1988 Round 3 Basel 1 – 0 Malley St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Thoma   8' (1:0) Summary   19' Knigge Attendance: 2,500
Referee:   Bruno Klötzli
30 March 1988 Round 4 Bellinzona 4 – 1 Basel Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona
20:00 Türkyilmaz   10' (1:0)
Pellegrini   15' (2:0)
Pellegrini   36' (3:1)
Pellegrini   44' (4:1)
Germann   58'		 Summary   27' (2:1) Dittus
  38' Hauser
  86' Dittus		 Attendance: 1,100
Referee:   Manfred Schlup (Grenchen)
4 April 1988 Round 5 Basel 0 – 2 Wettingen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Hauser   36'   38'
Nadig   42'		 Summary   28' (0:1) Rueda
  72' Bertelsen
  79' (0:2) Svensson		 Attendance: 6,800
Referee:   Paul-Louis Christe
9 April 1988 Round 6 Old Boys 3 – 3 Basel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
20:00 Herr   16' (o.g. 1:0)
Kägi   23' (2:0)
Lius   27' (3:0)
Maurer   70'
de Almeida   76'		 Summary   39' (3:1) Thoma
  53' (3:2) Thoma
  87' (3:3) Dittus		 Attendance: 5,400
Referee:   Peter Kellenberger
16 April 1988 Round 7 Basel 4 – 1 Schaffhausen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Ceccaroni   17'
Bützer   41' (1:1)
Dittus   45'
Hauser   55' (2:1)
Knup   63' (pen. 3:1)
Ralph Thoma   85' (4:1)		 Summary   15' (0:1) Axel Thoma
  43' Filomeno
  62' Lehmann
  64' Mercanti
  67' Heydecker		 Attendance: 5,500
Referee:   Georges Sandoz
23 April 1988 Round 8 Etoile-Carouge 0 – 6 Basel Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge
17:30 Harder  
Radi  
Toth  		 Summary   18' (0:1) Nadig
  20' (0:2) Nadig
  33' (0:3) Nadig
  45' (0:4) Bützer
  53' (0:5) Sundramoorthy
  68' (0:6) Knup		 Attendance: 850
Referee:   Francis Fischer
30 April 1988 Round 9 Basel 1 – 2 Bulle St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Knup   77' (pen. 1:2) Summary   33' (0:1) Lehnherr
  70' (0:2) Lehnherr
  77' Esseiva
  90+2' Hofer		 Attendance: 4,500
Referee:   Marcel Despland (Yverdon)
3 May 1988 Round 10 Malley 2 – 2 Basel Stade du Bois Gentil, Malley (Lausanne)
18:45 Salou   58'
Salou   61' (pen. 1:2)
Martelli   72' (2:2)		 Summary   7' (0:1) Knup
  17' (0:2) Nadig		 Attendance: 920
Referee:   Kurt Röthlisberger (Suhr)
7 May 1988 Round 11 Basel 0 – 2 Bellinzona St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Pulver   85' Summary   17' Gilli
  66' Aeby
  77' (0:1) Aeby
  86' (0:2) Jacobacci		 Attendance: 7,600
Referee:   Franz Gächter
14 May 1988 Round 12 Wettingen 3 – 2 Basel Stadion Altenburg, Wettingen
20:00 Svensson   4'
Baumgartner   11'
Merin   37'
Schepull   41'
Häusermann   57'		 Summary   21' Dittus
  36' Sundramoorthy
  60' Bützer
  62' Hodel
  70' Hauser
  88' Sundramoorthy		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee:   Daniel Roduit
19 May 1988 Round 13 Basel 1 – 1 Old Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Knup   47' (1:0)
Bützer   51'
Hauser   54'		 Summary   4' Lüdi
  48' Cosenza
  66' (1:1) Magro		 Attendance: 1,400
Referee:   Bruno Klötzli
21 May 1988 Round 14 Schaffhausen 0 – 0 Basel Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen
20:00 Summary Attendance: 2,850
Referee:   Francis Fischer

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Wettingen 14 11 0 3 32 16 +16 22 Promotion to Nationalliga A 1988–89
2 AC Bellinzona 14 8 1 5 29 20 +9 17 Remain in Nationalliga A 1988–89
3 Schaffhausen 14 7 1 6 25 22 +3 15 Remain in Nationalliga B
4 ES Malley 14 7 1 6 21 20 +1 15
5 Basel 14 5 4 5 27 20 +7 14 Relegation to Nationalliga B 1988–89
6 Bulle 14 7 0 7 28 25 +3 14 Remain in Nationalliga B
7 Etoile Carouge 14 4 1 9 14 33 −19 9
8 Old Boys 14 2 2 10 11 31 −20 6
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

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Main article: Swiss Cup
15 November 1987 Round of 64 Old Boys 2 – 1 Basel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:30 Magro   60' (1:0)
Fanciulli   67' (2:0)		 Summary   83' (2:1) Bützer
  90+1′ Bützer		 Attendance: 7,800
Referee:   Serge Muhmenthaler

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Varadaraju Sundram Moorthy - Saison 1987/88". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ^ Jakob Weber (24 September 2018). "Die 7 höchsten Niederlagen des FC Basel". Watson. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. ^ Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A 1987/88". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. ^ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1987/88". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

Sources

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