1977–78 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1977–78 season
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ChairmanSwitzerland René Theler
ManagerGermany Helmut Benthaus
GroundSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A3rd
Swiss CupSemi-finals
Swiss League CupSemi-finals
European CupRound 1
Coppa delle AlpiGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Switzerland Roland Schönenberger (16)
All: Switzerland Roland Schönenberger (24)
Highest home attendance21,500 on 22 April 1978
vs Grasshopper Club
Lowest home attendance3,500 on 5 November 1977
vs Etoile Carouge
Average home league attendance9,062

The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1977–78 season was their 84th season since the club was founded. It was their 32nd 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. René Theler was voted as club chairman at the AGM. This was Theler's second period as chairman.

Overview

Pre-season

Helmut Benthaus was first team manager for the thirteenth consecutive season. During the off-season there were only two changes in the squad. Goalkeeper Hans Küng joined from Xamax and Hansruedi Schär joined from lower tier FC Oensingen. All other mutations were internal between the first team and the reserves. Basel played a total of 54 games in their 1977–78 season. 32 in the domestic league, four in the Swiss Cup, four in the Swiss League Cup, two in the European Cup, four in the Cup of the Alps and eight were friendly matches. The team scored a total of 125 goals and conceded 88. Roland Schönenberger was the team's overall top goal scorer with 26 goals, Detlev Lauscher and Erni Maissen each netted 15 times.[1]

Domestic league

Basel played in the 1977–78 Nationalliga A. This was contested by the first 10 teams from the previous season and the two newly promoted teams Etoile Carouge and Young Fellows Zürich. The champions would qualify for the 1978–79 European Cup and the Swiss Cup winners would qualify for 1978–79 Cup Winners' Cup. The UEFA modified the entry rules for Switzerland again and, therefore, this season only two teams would qualify for the 1977–78 UEFA Cup. Due to the fact that Basel were reigning champions and because there were only minor mutations in the squad, the club's primary aim was to defend their championship title. The Nationalliga A was played in two stages. The qualification phase was played by all 12 teams in a double round robin, and after completion of this stage, the teams were divided into two groups. The first six teams contended in the championship group (with half the obtained points in the first stage as bonus) and the positions seventh to twelfth contended the relegation group (also with half the obtained points as bonus). Basel ended the qualification round in fourth position and ended the championship group in third position with 27 points, two points behind Grasshopper Club and one behind Servette. They failed their championship aim, being beaten 2–4 by the Grasshoppers in the very last game of the season.[2]

Basel scored a total of 74 goals conceding 48 in their 32 domestic league games. Roland Schönenberger was the team's top goal scorer with 16 league goals. Detlev Lauscher, Erni Maissen and Jörg Stohler each scored 9 goals.[3]

Swiss Cup and League Cup

In the first round of the Swiss Cup Basel were drawn against FC Lerchenfeld Thun and this was the first time that these two clubs had ever played against each other. Basel won this away game 4–2. In the next round they beat Zürich away 3–1 and St. Gallen at home 4–1 in the quarter-final. Therefore Basel advanced to the semi-finals before being knocked out of the competition by Grasshopper Club. Servette won the competition this season. In the first round of the Swiss League Cup Basel were drawn against Wettingen. Also in this competition Basel advanced to the semi-finals before being knocked out. St. Gallen won the competition beating Grasshopper Club 3–2 in the final.[4]

European Cup and Coppa delle Alpi

As reigning Swiss champions Basel were qualified for the 1977–78 European Cup and in the first round they were drawn against Austrian champions FC Wacker Innsbruck. After a home defeat[5] and an away win, this competition was concluded after the first round, Wacker won 3–2 on aggregate.[6] In the Coppa delle Alpi Basel played in group B together with Bastia, Olympique Lyonnais and Lausanne-Sport. But with only one win and three defeats they ended the group stage in last position in the table.

Players

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 Switzerland SUI Hans Küng (from Xamax)
2 DF Switzerland SUI Walter Geisser
3 DF Switzerland SUI Walter Mundschin
4 DF Switzerland SUI Peter Ramseier
5 DF Switzerland SUI Paul Fischli
6 MF Switzerland SUI Otto Demarmels
7 FW Switzerland SUI Peter Marti
8 MF Switzerland SUI Markus Tanner
9 FW Switzerland SUI Serge Muhmenthaler
10 FW Denmark DEN Eigil Nielsen
11 FW Germany GER Detlev Lauscher
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 MF Switzerland SUI Jean-Pierre Maradan
13 FW Switzerland SUI Roland Schönenberger
14 DF Switzerland SUI Jörg Stohler
15 MF Switzerland SUI Rolf Bucher
16 MF Switzerland SUI Hansruedi Schär (from FC Oensingen)
17 MF Switzerland SUI Arthur von Wartburg
18 MF Switzerland SUI Erni Maissen
22 GK Switzerland SUI Hans Müller
— GK Switzerland SUI Jürg Wenger
— MF Switzerland SUI Silvan Corbat
— DF Switzerland SUI Alex Wirth (reserves)
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 Switzerland SUI Thomas Manger (reserves)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Switzerland SUI Felix Wälchli (reserves)
— DF Switzerland SUI Markus Just (reserves)

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season

1977 Pre-season Singapore Singapore 2 – 3 Switzerland Basel Singapore
Summary
1 August 1977 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 2 – 0 Switzerland Aarau Buschweilerhof, Basel
17:30 Schär 35' (1:0)
Lauscher (2:0)		 Summary
4 August 1977 Uhrencup Basel Switzerland 4 – 1 Switzerland Biel-Bienne Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
17:00 Maissen 26' (1:0)
Muhmenthaler 55' (2:1)
Maissen 81' (3:1)
Maissen 85' (4:1)		 Summary 40' (1:1) Tocchini Attendance: 1,700
Referee: Switzerland Alfred Heinis
10 August 1977 Uhrencup Xamax Switzerland 6 – 1 Switzerland Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:30 Elsig 18' (1:1)
Elsig 37' (2:1)
Rub 42' (3:1)
Rub 45' (4:1)
Küffer 80' (5:1)
Claude 88' (6:1)		 Summary 10' (0:1) Lauscher Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Peter Scherz

Winter break

28 January 1978 Winter break Winterthur Switzerland 1 – 1 Switzerland Basel Schützenwiese, Winterthur
Lüthi 11' (1:1) Summary 9' (0:1) Maissen Attendance: 300
Referee: Switzerland Franz Gächter
1 February 1978 Winter break Basel Switzerland 0 – 0 Switzerland Young Fellows Zürich Landhof, Basel
16:00 Summary Attendance: 200
Referee: Switzerland Kurt Fuchs Basel
5 February 1978 Winter break Nordstern Basel Switzerland 0 – 6 Switzerland Basel Stadion Rankhof, Basel
Summary 21' (0:1) Schönenberger
35' (0:2) Marti
51' (0:3) Stohler
65' (0:4) Marti
77' (0:5) Stohler
82' (0:6) Schönenberger		 Attendance: 800
19 February 1978 Winter break Basel Switzerland 3 – 1 Switzerland Concordia Basel St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Maissen (1x)
Schär (1x)
Stohler (1x)		 Summary (1x) Referee: Switzerland Triulzi Basel

Nationalliga

Main article: 1977–78 Nationalliga A

Qualifying phase matches

13 August 1977 Round 1 Basel 3 – 1 Chênois St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Ramseier 43' (1:1)
Stohler 45' (pen. 2:1)
Nielsen 81' (3:1)
Maissen Yellow card		 Summary 14' (0:1) Mustapha Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland Otto Isler Zürich
20 August 1977 Round 2 Etoile Carouge 1 – 0 Basel Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge
20:30 Meier 5' (1:0)
Zapico Yellow card		 Summary Yellow card Lauscher Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland Jean-Marie Macheret
23 August 1977 Round 3 Grasshopper Club 0 – 1 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
20:00 Ponte Yellow card Summary 46' (0:1) Schönenberger
Yellow card Tanner		 Attendance: 10,300
Referee: Switzerland André Daina
27 August 1977 Round 4 Basel 5 – 0 Young Fellows Zürich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Nielsen 26' (1:0)
Nielsen 62' (2:0)
Stohler 71' (3:0)
Stohler 81' (pen. 4:0)
Marti 86' (5:0)
Mundschin Yellow card		 Summary Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Werner Bösch
30 September 1977 Round 5 Xamax 2 – 5 Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
20:15 Osterwalder 21' (1:0)
Elsig 73' (2:4)
Hasler Yellow card		 Summary 28' (pen. 1:1) Stohler
43' (1:2) Stohler
46' (1:3) Schönenberger
67' (1:1) Nielsen
87' (2:5) Lauscher
Yellow card Mundschin
Yellow card Schönenberger
Yellow card Nielsen		 Attendance: 6,900
Referee: Switzerland Peter Scherz
17 September 1977 Round 6 Basel 2 – 2 Zürich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Mundschin 6' (1:0)
Maissen 64' (2:2)		 Summary 32' (1:1) Moser
40' (1:2) Cucinotta
Yellow card 68' Baur
Yellow card 90' Grob		 Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Switzerland Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne
24 September 1977 Round 7 Servette 2 – 0 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
17:00 Chivers 14' (1:0)
Andrey 78' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Switzerland Peter Kellenberger
1 October 1977 Round 8 Basel 0 – 0 Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Summary Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland Bruno Galler
8 October 1977 Round 9 Basel 4 – 2 St. Gallen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Schönenberger 40' (1:1)
Demarmels 44' (2:1)
Schönenberger 70' (3:2)
Schönenberger 72' (4:2)		 Summary 16' (0:1) Müller
46' (2:2) Müller		 Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Switzerland André Favre Echallens
15 October 1977 Round 10 Sion 4 – 1 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:15 Lusier 1' (1:0)
Coutaz 49' (2:0)
Coutaz 51' (3:0)
Sarrasin 87' (4:1)		 Summary 79' (3:1) Marti Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Switzerland Jakob Baumann
22 October 1977 Round 11 Basel 1 – 4 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:15 Lauscher 37' (1:0)
Lauscher Yellow card		 Summary 41' (1:1) Guillaume
47' (1:2) Künzli
65' (1:3) Guillaume
73' (1:4) Künzli		 Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Switzerland René Maire Geneva
26 October 1977 Round 12 Chênois 2 – 0 Basel Stade des Trois-Chêne, Thônex
20:00 Tachet 20' (1:0)
Duvillad 53' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Switzerland Jean Dubach Nidau
5 November 1977 Round 13 Basel 4 – 0 Etoile Carouge St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:30 Nielsen 27' (1:0)
Lauscher 55' (2:0)
Schönenberger 83' (2:0)
Demarmels 88' (4:0)		 Summary Yellow card Pont Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Bruno Galler
12 November 1977 Round 14 Young Fellows Zürich 1 – 4 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
17:30 Stomeo 89' (1:4) Summary 14' (0:1) Schönenberger
15' (0:2) Maissen
72' (0:3) Maissen
88' (0:4) Marti		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Walter Hungerbühler St. Gallen
19 November 1977 Round 15 Basel 6 – 1 Xamax St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:30 Maissen 5' (1:0)
Tanner 15' (2:0)
Demarmels Yellow card 32'
Tanner 35' (3:0)
Nielsen 68' (4:1)
Marti 77' (5:1)
von Wartburg 83' (6:1)		 Summary Yellow card 32' Decastel
39' (3:1) Decastel		 Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Ernest Guignet Yverdon
27 November 1977 Round 16 Zürich 1 – 1 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
14:30 Zwicker 15' (1:0)
Grob Yellow card
Lüdi Yellow card
Zappa Yellow card		 Summary 78' (1:1) Schönenberger
Yellow card Maradan		 Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Switzerland Rudolf Renggli Luzern
3 December 1977 Round 17 Basel 2 – 1 Servette St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:30 Tanner 38' (1:0)
Schönenberger 89' (2:1)		 Summary 55' (1:1) Chivers
Yellow card Barberis		 Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Switzerland Jean Dubach Nidau
11 December 1977 Round 18 Young Boys 4 – 5 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
14:30 Zwygart 36' (1:1)
Müller 38' (2:1)
Müller 65' (3:5)
Brechbühl 90' (4:5)
Schmidlin Yellow card
Müller Yellow card		 Summary 20' (0:1) Maissen
44' (2:2) Stohler
48' (2:3) Tanner
52' (2:4) Marti
55' (2:5) Lauscher
Yellow card Maradan		 Attendance: 6,400
Referee: Switzerland Bruno Galler
4 March 1978 Round 20 Basel 5 – 0 Sion St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:30 Schär 10' (1:0)
Schönenberger 25' (2:0)
Ramseier 50' (3:0)
Schönenberger 57' (4:0)
Schönenberger 65' (5:0)		 Summary Yellow card 75' Perrier Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Bruno Della Bruna Lumino
12 March 1978 Round 19 St. Gallen 1 – 2 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
15:00 Stöckl 84' (pen. 1:2) Summary 32' (pen. 0:1) Stohler
59' (0:2) Ramseier
Yellow card Stohler		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Otto Isler Zürich
18 March 1978 Round 21 Lausanne-Sport 0 – 0 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:00 Sampedro Yellow card 59' Summary Yellow card 39' Maissen
Yellow card 46' Schönenberger
Yellow card 77' von Wartburg		 Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Switzerland Bruno Galler
22 March 1978 Round 22 Basel 2 – 5 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Maissen 6' (1:0)
Tanner 85' (2:4)		 Summary 20' (1:1) Sulser
20' (1:2) Sulser
75' (1:3) Elsener
81' (1:4) Sulser
88' (2:5) Elsener
Yellow card Becker		 Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Switzerland André Daina

Qualifying phase table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Grasshopper Club 22 15 4 3 60 27 +33 34 To championship round
2 Servette 22 14 5 3 44 20 +24 33
3 Lausanne-Sport 22 13 4 5 47 21 +26 30
4 Basel[7] 22 12 4 6 53 34 +19 28
5 FC Zürich[8] 22 11 6 5 38 27 +11 28
6 Sion 22 6 9 7 29 33 −4 21
7 Xamax 22 8 3 11 32 42 −10 19 To relegation play-out round
8 Young Boys 22 7 5 10 27 45 −18 19
9 Chênois 22 8 2 12 27 35 −8 18
10 St. Gallen 22 5 7 10 27 38 −11 17
11 Étoile Carouge 22 5 3 14 22 40 −18 13
12 Young Fellows Zürich 22 1 2 19 14 58 −44 4
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored;

Championship group matches

1 April 1978 Round 1 Lausanne-Sport 1 – 1 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:30 Gross 71' (1:1) Summary 51 pen. 0:1' Stohler Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Jakob Baumann
8 April 1978 Round 2 Basel 1 – 1 Zürich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Lauscher 45' (1:0) Summary 90' (1:1) Risi
Yellow card Zappa
Yellow card Fischbach
Yellow card Chapuisat		 Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Switzerland Bruno Galler
15 April 1978 Round 3 Servette 0 – 2 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
20:30 Chivers Yellow card 41'
Trinchero Yellow card 70'		 Summary 13' (0:1) Maissen
Yellow card 40' Fischli
81' (0:2) Marti		 Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Switzerland Jean Dubach Nidau
18 April 1978 Round 4 Sion 1 – 4 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20;15 Vergères 82' (1:3)
In-Albon Yellow card		 Summary 45' (0:1) Schönenberger
51' (0:2) Tanner
80' (0:3) Maissen
90' (1:4) Schönenberger		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern
22 April 1978 Round 5 Basel 2 – 0 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Stohler 30' (pen. 1:0)
Marti 57' (2:0)		 Summary Yellow card Elsener Attendance: 21,500
Referee: Switzerland Rudolf Renggli Luzern
29 April 1978 Round 6 Basel 3 – 1 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Maradan soccer ball with red X 3′
Lauscher 26' (1:0)
Schönenberger 59' (2:1)
Schär 84' (3:1)		 Summary 58' (1:1) Guillaume Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Switzerland Jean Dubach Nidau
6 May 1978 Round 7 Zürich 4 – 2 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00 Scheiwiler 22' (1:0)
Risi 35' (2:0)
Scheiwiler 61' (3:0)
Botteron 88' (4:2)		 Summary 64' (3:1) Demarmels
74' (3:2) Marti		 Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Switzerland Bruno Galler
20 May 1978 Round 8 Basel 2 – 2 Servette St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Mundschin 3' (1:0)
Maissen 49' (2:0)		 Summary 71' (2:1) Chivers
83' (2:2) Trinchero
Yellow card Barberis		 Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Switzerland Jean Dubach Nidau
24 May 1978 Round 9 Basel 2 – 0 Sion St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:15 Schönenberger 33' (1:0)
Lauscher 87' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Rudolf Affolter
27 May 1978 Round 10 Grasshopper Club 4 – 2 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
20:15 Sulser 39' (1:0)
Ponte 54' (2:2)
Elsener 77' (3:2)
Elsener 90' (4:2)
Niggl Yellow card		 Summary 43' (1:1) Tanner
50' (1:2) Tanner
Yellow card Küng
Yellow card Demarmels		 Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Switzerland Walter Hungerbühler St. Gallen

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification
1 Grasshopper Club 10 4 4 2 17 12 +5 17 29 Swiss Champions, qualified for 1978–79 European Cup
and entered 1978 Intertoto Cup
2 Servette 10 3 5 2 10 10 0 17 28 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1978–79 Cup Winners' Cup
3 Basel 10 5 3 2 21 14 +7 14 27 qualified for 1978–79 UEFA Cup
4 Lausanne-Sport 10 4 3 3 21 14 +7 15 26 qualified for 1978–79 UEFA Cup
5 Zürich 10 5 2 3 15 15 0 14 26 entered 1978 Intertoto Cup
6 Sion 10 0 1 9 8 27 −19 11 12 entered 1978 Intertoto Cup
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

Main article: Swiss Cup
10 September 1977 Round of 32 FC Lerchenfeld 2 – 4 Basel Sportanlagen Waldeck, Lerchenfeld [de]
Zahnd 23' (1:0)
Walther 29' (2:0)		 Summary 38' (2:1) Nielsen
44' (2:2) Muhmenthaler
60' (2:3) Muhmenthaler
84' (2:4) Muhmenthaler		 Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Switzerland Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern
12 October 1977 Round of 16 Zürich 1 – 3 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00 Baur 56' (1:2) Summary 19' (0:1) Schönenberger
49' (0:2) Schönenberger
66' (1:3) Schönenberger		 Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Switzerland Peter Scherz
9 November 1977 Quarter-final Basel 4 – 1 St. Gallen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30 Schönenberger 14' (1:0)
Maissen 51' (2:1)
Lauscher 54' (3:1)
Lauscher 88' (4:1)		 Summary 38' (1:1) Ries Referee: Switzerland
2 May 1978 Semi-final Grasshopper Club 5 – 1 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
20:00 Bauer 12' (1:1)
Sulser 49' (2:1)
Hermann 53' (3:1)
Elsener 62' (4:1)
Ponte 88' (5:1)		 Summary 4' (0:1) Lauscher Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Switzerland Jakob Baumann

Swiss League Cup

Main article: Swiss League Cup
6 August 1977 Round of 32 Wettingen 0 – 3 Basel Stadion Altenburg, Wettingen
Summary 8' (0:1) Schönenberger
38' (0:2) Fischli
75' (0:3) Lauscher		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Rudolf Renggli Luzern
11 February 1978 Round of 16 Basel 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Chiasso St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Stohler pen. 1:1'
Tanner 111' (2:1)
Lauscher Yellow card		 Summary 58' (0:1) Franz
Yellow card Ostinelli		 Attendance: 1,150
Referee: Switzerland Otto Isler Zürich
11 April 1978 Quarter-final Basel 4 – 3 (a.e.t.) BSC Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Marti 68' (1:1)
Schönenberger 72' (2:1)
Schönenberger 74' (3:1)
Rebmann 97' (o.g. 4:3)		 Summary 17' (pen. 0:1) Zwygart
88' (3:2) Schmid
88' (3:3) Mast		 Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Switzerland Otto Isler Zürich
9 May 1978 Semi-final Basel 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 5 p)		 St. Gallen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Schönenberger 51' (1:1) Summary 16' (0:1) Schlegel Attendance: 1,700
Referee: Switzerland Jean-Marie Macheret
Penalties
Schönenberger soccer ball with check mark
Lauscher soccer ball with check mark
Maradan soccer ball with check mark
Tanner soccer ball with check mark
Küng soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with check mark Stöckli
soccer ball with check mark Brander
soccer ball with check mark Feuz
soccer ball with check mark Ries
soccer ball with check mark Schüepp

St. Gallen won 5–4 on penalties.

European Cup

Main article: 1977–78 European Cup
First round
14 September 1977 First leg Basel Switzerland 1 – 3 Austria Wacker St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 von Wartburg 22' (1:0) Report
FCB Summary		 41' (1:1) Welzl
45' (pen. 1:2) Welzl
51' (1:3) Constantini		 Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Netherlands Achille Verbecke
28 September 1977 Return leg Wacker Austria 0 – 1
(3 – 2 agg.)		 Switzerland Basel Stadion Lehen, Salzburg
19:00 Report
FCB Summary		 62' (0:1) Maissen Attendance: 15,000
Referee: East Germany Adolf Prokop

Wacker won 3–2 on aggregate.

Coppa delle Alpi

Main article: Cup of the Alps

Group B matches

16 July 1977 Round 1 Basel Switzerland 2 – 3 France Bastia St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Demarmels 51' (1:1)
Lauscher 79' (2:2)
Demarmels Yellow card 82'		 Summary 36' (0:1) Larios
72' (1:2) Vesir
Yellow card 82' Larios
87' (2:3) Larios		 Attendance: 2,700
Referee: France Robert Wurtz
19 July 1977 Round 2 Basel Switzerland 3 – 2 France Olympique Lyonnais St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Stohler 28' (1:0)
Muhmenthaler 63' (2:0)
Lauscher 74' (3:0)		 Summary 75' (3:1) Martinez
88' (pen. 3:2) Lacombe
Red card 88' Martinez		 Attendance: 1,700
Referee: France Achille Verbecke
23 July 1977 Round 3 Bastia France 3 – 0 Switzerland Basel Stade Armand Cesari,[9] Bastia
Papi 43' (1:0)
Mundschin 58' (o.g. 2:0)
Orlanducci 67' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 2,022
Referee: Switzerland Ernest Guignet Yverdon
26 July 1977 Round 4 Olympique Lyonnais France 4 – 2 Switzerland Basel Stade de Gerland, Lyon
Geisser 39' (1:2)
Gallice 45' (2:2)
Chiesa 73' (3:2)
Genet 88' (4:2)		 Summary 3' (0:1) Marti
35' (0:2) von Wartburg		 Attendance: 2,300
Referee: France Jean-Marie Macheret

NB: teams did not play compatriots

Group standings

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

See also

References

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