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FC Basel
1988–89 season
Chairman	Charles Röthlisberger
Manager	Urs Siegenthaler
Ground	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga B	Promotion Phase 4th
Swiss Cup	Quarterfinal
Top goalscorer	League: Lucio Esposito; Ralph Thoma (13 each); All: Lucio Esposito (15)
Highest home attendance	12,000 on 27 March 1988; vs Zürich
Lowest home attendance	1,200 on 4 December 1988; vs Winterthur; and on 14 June 1989; vs St. Gallen
Average home league attendance	3,765
	← 1987–88 1989–90 →

The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1988–89 season was their 95th season since the club's foundation. Charles Röthlisberger was the club's chairman, in the club's history he was their 31st chairman and this was his second year in this position. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Following their relegation the season before this was their first season in the second tier of Swiss football since the 1945–46 season.

Overview

Pre-season

Following their relegation after the previous Nationalliga A season the club's priority aim was to return immediately to the top flight of Swiss football. Urs Siegenthaler was first-team coach for the second consecutive season. Due to the relegation there were many modifications in the squad. Ruedi Zahner retired from active football. Both goalkeeper moved on, Bernard Pulver to Young Boys and Urs Suter to Zürich. Stefan Bützer and Frank Eggeling both transferred to Emmenbrücke. Thomas Hauser and Varadaraju Sundramoorthy went to play for local rivals Old Boys. Dominique Herr moved on to Lausanne-Sport. The two forwards Adrian Knup transferred to Aarau and Peter Nadig to Luzern. Scottish ex-international Gordon Smith moved home to Scotland and joined Stirling Albion before ending his football career. Adrian Sedlo moved to Mulhouse and with four other players the contracts were not prolonged.

The club's financial problems had worsened during the previous season, this also due to the sinking number of spectators. But because an immediately to the top flight was the priority, 12 new players were signed in. Goalkeeper Remo Brügger was signed in from Luzern and his back up Roger Glanzmann from FC Therwil. The experienced players Andre Rindlisbacher transferred in from Aarau, Rolf Baumann from VfB Stuttgart, Mario Moscatelli from St. Gallen and Lucio Esposito from Luzern. There were a number of new players who joined from lower division clubs. For example Michael Syfrig, who had played a big role in the promotion of FC Glarus the previous season, signed in on his first professional contract. Then local youngsters Germano Fanciulli joined from local rivals Old Boys and Andre Cueni from FC Laufen. Further Beat Aebi came from FC Volketswil, Kurt Spirig came from Diepoldsau and Patrick Liniger was brought from the youth team.^[2]

Domestic league

The 24 teams in the Nationalliga B were divided into two groups, an east and a west group, to first play a qualification round. In the second stage the tops six teams in each group and the last four team of the Nationalliga A would play a promotion/relegation round, also divided into two groups. The top two teams in each group would next season play in the top flight. Basel were assigned to the East group. They ended their 22 matches in the Qualifying Phase with 14 victories, four draws and four defeats with 32 points. They were group winners. The team scored 48 goals and conceded just 23. In this first stage Lucio Esposito was the team's top goal scorer with 10 goals and Ralph Thoma second in the internal ranking with eight goals.

Thus Basel qualified themselves for a Promotion group. Basel were assigned to group A. Also qualified for this group from the Nationalliga B were Zürich, CS Chênois, Grenchen, ES Malley and the Old Boys. The team's goal scoring quality was missed during the Promotion stage. In the fifth, sixth and seventh round Basel lost the two away games against Lausanne-Sports 1–4 and St. Gallen 0–3, as well as the home match against local rivals Old Boys 0–1, therefore losing very valuable points. Basel ended the group with just 19 scored goals and just 14 obtained points in fourth position and thus they missed promotion. They were nine respectively eight points behind St. Gallen and Lausanne-Sports, both of whom were quite easily able to avoid relegation.^[3]

Swiss Cup

Basel entered into the Swiss Cup in the 2nd principal round. Here they were drawn away against local team Oberwil. The game was won easily, 5–0. In the next round Basel were drawn against higher classed Young Boys. Basel mastered their opponents well, winning 4–1. In the round of 32 and round of 16 Basel had two ties against lower tier teams winning both to qualify for the quarterfinals. Here their cup season game to an end because they lost against top-tier team Aarau. Grasshopper Club won the cup for the second season in a row, beating Aarau 2–1 in the final.^[4]

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	SUI	Remo Brügger (from Luzern)
1	GK	SUI	Thomas Grüter (from St. Gallen)
2	DF	SUI	Markus Hodel
3	MF	SUI	Andre Rindlisbacher (from Aarau)
4	DF	SUI	Massimo Ceccaroni
5	DF	SUI	Michael Syfrig (from FC Glarus)
6	MF	GER	Rolf Baumann (from VfB Stuttgart)
7	MF	SUI	Mario Moscatelli (from St. Gallen)
8	MF	ESP	Enrique Mata
9	FW	ITA	Germano Fanciulli (from Old Boys)
10	MF	GER	Uwe Dittus
11	FW	SUI	Ralph Thoma


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	DF	GER	Peter Bernauer
13	DF	SUI	Bruno Hänni
14	FW	ITA	Lucio Esposito (from Luzern)
15	FW	SUI	Beat Aebi (FC Volketswil)
16	FW	SUI	Patrick Rahmen
17	DF	SUI	Markus Füri
18	DF	SUI	Kurt Spirig (from Diepoldsau)
19	MF	SUI	Andre Cueni (from FC Laufen)
20	GK	SUI	Roger Glanzmann (from FC Therwil)
—	DF	SUI	Patrick Liniger (from youth team)
—	FW	SUI	Markus Selg
—	MF	SUI	Stephan Schaub
—	FW	SUI	Remo Steiner

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	Bernard Pulver (to Young Boys)
—	GK	SUI	Urs Suter (to Zürich)
—	DF	SUI	Philipp Baumberger
—	MF	SUI	Stefan Bützer (to Locarno)
—	FW	GER	Frank Eggeling (to Emmenbrücke)
—	DF	SUI	Fabio Ghisoni (to Emmenbrücke)
—	FW	GER	Thomas Hauser (to Old Boys)
—	DF	SUI	Dominique Herr (to Lausanne-Sport)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	SUI	Adrian Knup (to Aarau)
—	MF	SUI	Peter Nadig (to Luzern)
—	MF	GER	Bernd Schramm
—	FW	SUI	Mathias Wehrli
—	MF	SUI	Ruedi Zahner (retired)
—	MF	SCO	Gordon Smith (to Stirling Albion)
—	DF	GER	Adrian Sedlo (to Mulhouse)
—	MF	GRE	Fotios Karapetsas
—	FW	SGP	Varadaraju Sundramoorthy (to Old Boys)

Results

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season

29 June 1988 Pre-season	Basel	2–3	Bellinzona	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Dittus 25' (1:0) Dittus 74' (pen. 2:2)	Summary	29' (1:1) Jacobacci 45' (1:2) Jacobacci 85' (2:3) Jacobacci	Attendance: 300 Referee: André Reck

3 July 1988 Pre-season	FC Mulhouse	2–1	Basel	Stade Municipal, Hirtzbach
17:00	Subiat 32' (1:0) Peuget 59' (2:1)	Summary	54' (1:1) Baumann	Attendance: 800 Referee: Zumsteck
Note: Anniversary game 60th year after the founding of FC Hirtzbach

6 July 1988 Pre-season	Basel	5–0	Dornbirn 1913	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Hänni 13' (1:0) Esposito 46' (2:0) Rindlisbacher 63' (3:0) Syfrig 73' (4:0) Hänni 88' (5:0)	Summary		Attendance: 300 Referee: Walter Rudin Birsfelden

9 July 1988 Pre-season	SC Freiburg	1–1 (4–3 p)	Basel	Elzstadion, Emmendingen
18:30	Higl 51' (1:1)	Summary	8' (0:1) Dittus	Referee: Holger Dehmelt (Sabachwalden)
	Penalties
	Staib Hermann Majka Weber Fludec		Fanciulli Rindlisbacher Dittus Baumann Thoma

10 July 1988 Pre-season	FC Emmendingen	1–0	Basel	Elzstadion, Emmendingen
15:30	Hilbig 65' (1:0)	Summary		Attendance: 700 Referee: Josef Hodapp

13 July 1988 Pre-season	Basel	2–1	Twente	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:00	Moscatelli 11' (1:0) Thoma 51' (2:0)	Summary	76' (2:1) Koopman	Attendance: 700 Referee: Francis Fischer

16 July 1988 Pre-season	Grenchen	0–3	Basel	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
19:00		Summary	40' (0:1) Thoma 78' (0:2) Esposito 83' (0:3) Esposito	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger Suhr

19 July 1988 Pre-season	Basel	0–1	Celtic	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00		Summary	74' (0:1) Walker	Attendance: 2,700 Referee: André Reck

28 September 1988 Mid-season	Basel	1–6	VfB Stuttgart	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Esposito 16' (1:1)	Summary	11' (0:1) Buchwald 29' (pen. 1:2) Schütterle 43' (1:3) Schröder 59' (1:4) Schütterle 69' (1:5) Schmäler 88' (1:6) Klinge	Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Peter Bochsler

8 November 1988 Mid-season	FC Sursee	1–1	Basel	Sursee
	Widmer 49' (1:1)	Summary	41' (0:1) Esposito

Winter break and mid-season

18 February 1989 Winter break	1. FC Pforzheim	1–0	Basel	Stadion im Brötzinger Tal, Pforzheim
14:30	Andreas Mähler 3' (1:0)	Summary		Attendance: 1,400 Referee:

22 February 1989 Winter break	Lugano	2–0	Basel	Cornaredo, Lugano
20:00	Gorter 53' (pen. 1:0) Jensen 55' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 250 Referee: Francesco Bianchi

25 February 1989 Winter break	Basel	1–1	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Mata 32' (1:0)	Summary	16' Egli 26' Halter 33' Wyss 83' (o.g. 1:1) Dittus	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Peter Bochsler

2 March 1989 Winter break	Xamax	5–0	Basel	Les Fourches, Saint-Blaise
17:00	Hermann 2' (1:0) Sutter 3' (2:0) Lüth 38' (3:0) Lüth 40' (4:0) Lüth 61' (5:0)	Summary		Attendance: 200 Referee: Manfred Schlup Grenchen

4 March 1989 Winter break	Basel	3–2	Aarau	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Moscatelli 42' (1:0) Thoma 79' (2:2) Cueni 85' (3:2)	Summary	56' (1:1) Sforza 69' (1:2) van der Gijp	Attendance: 700 Referee: Rolf Blattmann

8 March 1989 Winter break	Basel	0–1	FC Glarus	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00		Summary	43' (0:1) Paradiso	Attendance: 300 Referee: Fabrice Kaltenrieder

25 April 1989 Mid-season	FC Châtel-St.-Denis	1–3	Basel	Stade du Lussy, Châtel-Saint-Denis
		Summary	(1x) Cueni (1x) Moscatelli (1x) Esposito

Nationalliga B

Qualifying Phase East

23 July 1988 Round 1	Zürich	1–1	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00	Landolt 6' (1:1) Landolt 27'	Summary	3' (0:1) Esposito 24' Baumann 63' Moscatelli	Attendance: 5,300 Referee: Francesco Bianchi
Note: Debut for Remo Brügger, Michael Syfrig, André Rindlisbacher, Mario Moscatelli, Rolf Baumann, Germano Fanciulli and Lucio Esposito

27 July 1988 Round 2	Basel	3–0	Locarno	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
20:30	Bernauer 57' (1:0) Esposito 58' (2:0) Aebi 77' (3:0)	Summary	Niedermayer	Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Jean-Claude Tagliabue
Note: Home game played on the Schützenmatte, because the St. Jakob Stadium was not ready to play on following a Pink Floyd concert.

30 July 1988 Round 3	Schaffhausen	1–3	Basel	Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen
20:00	Axel Thoma Krebs 26' (1:1)	Summary	22' (pen. 0:1) Dittus 32' Rindlisbacher 70' Thoma 76' (1:2) Moscatelli 86' Baumann 90' (1:3) Thoma	Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Erwin Fölmli

4 August 1988 Round 4	Basel	4–0	FC Chur	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Dittus 13' (pen. 1:0) Moscatelli 50' (2:0) Esposito 57' (3:0) Thoma 75' (4:0)	Summary	34' Beeli 54' Manetsch	Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Strässle Steinach
Note: Note: NLA debut for Kurt Spirig

10 August 1988 Round 5	Old Boys	0–3	Basel	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
20:00	Hauser 8' Maurer 11' Kägi 76'	Summary	27' Hänni 29' Moscatelli 43' (0:1) Esposito 56' (o.g. 0:2) Maurer 63' (0:3) Esposito	Attendance: 9,200 Referee: Arturo Martino

13 August 1988 Round 6	Basel	1–2	FC Glarus	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Thoma 37' Baumann 81'	Summary	82' Lötscher 88' Zug 33' 86' Gabriel	Attendance: 4,300 Referee: François Xavier Amherdt

16 August 1988 Round 7	Chiasso	0–1	Basel	Stadio Comunale, Chiasso
20:00	Malnati 54' Neumann 64' Sordelli 87'	Summary	55' (0:1) Dittus 71' 74' Bernauer 75' Hodel 83' Mata 90+2' Rahmen	Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Michel Barbezat

27 August 1988 Round 8	Basel	3–0	Zug	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Brügger 11' Baumann 23' (1:0) Moscatelli 33' (2:0) Mata 36' (3:0)	Summary	37' Allegretti	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Rudolf Schödl

31 August 1988 Round 9	Baden	0–2	Basel	Esp Stadium, Fislisbach
20:00	Balzarini 60'	Summary	29' Moscatelli 53' (0:1) Esposito 61' Hodel 88' (0:2) Mata	Attendance: 1,900 Referee: Armand Neukom

10 September 1988 Round 10	Winterthur	2–1	Basel	Schützenwiese, Winterthur
20:00	Häfeli 56' (1:0) Hutka 63' (2:0)	Summary	81' Moscatelli 89' (2:1) Thoma	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Mario Marbet
Note: First NLA game for referee Mario Marbet

17 September 1988 Round 11	Basel	3–1	Emmenbrücke	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Syfrig 88' (1:1) Aebi 90' (2:1) Moscatelli 90+6' (3:1)	Summary	16' 24' Büeler 23' (0:1) Zemp 26' Zemp 34' Ghisoni 46' Studer 77' Gasser 81' Berger 84' 87'Roth 90' Schupp	Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Armand Neukom

24 September 1988 Round 12	Basel	2–2	Zürich	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Esposito 18' (1:1) Mata 58' (2:1) Dittus 62'	Summary	4' (0:1) Şahin 8' Şahin 59' Beat Studer 63' (2:2) Jürg Studer 85' Gilli	Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Ludwig Zurkirchen

1 October 1988 Round 13	Locarno	2–2	Basel	Stadio del Lido, Locarno
20:00	Siwek 7' (1:0) Bützer 33' Forestier 72' Schönwetter 88' (1:2)	Summary	15' Rindlisbacher 54' (1:1) Thoma 62' (1:2) Hänni	Attendance: 1,700 Referee: François Xavier Amherdt

8 October 1988 Round 14	Basel	1–0	Schaffhausen	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Hodel 33' Aebi 76' Hänni 83' (1:0) Syfrig 87'	Summary		Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Hans Weber

16 October 1988 Round 15	FC Chur	0–3	Basel	Ringstrasse, Chur
14:30		Summary	62' (0:1) Moscatelli 74' (0:2) Baumann 76' Moscatelli 84' Hänni 85' (0:3) Mata	Attendance: 1,350 Referee: Marcel Despland Yverdon

22 October 1988 Round 16	Basel	1–2	Old Boys	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Dittus 57' Brügger 72' Dittus 74' (pen. 1:1) Baumann 85'	Summary	18' Spicher 26' (pen. 0:1) Hauck 80' (1:2) Kägi	Attendance: 7,800 Referee: Francis Fischer (Arch)

30 October 1988 Round 17	FC Glarus	0–3	Basel	Sportplatz Buchholz, Glarus
14:30	Ramensperger Gabriel	Summary	2' (0:1) Thoma 22' (0:2) Thoma 90' (0:3) Esposito Hänni Dittus	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Aldo Palama

6 Novaember 1988 Round 18	Basel	2–1	Chiasso	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Esposito 80' (1:0) Mata 82' Thoma 89' (2:1)	Summary	82' (1:1) Romagnoli 83' 87' Malnati 90+1' Fontana 90+3' Romagnoli	Attendance: 2,900 Referee: Willy Hänni

20 November 1988 Round 19	Zug	2–2	Basel	Herti Allmend Stadion, Zug
14:30	Zwahlen 32' (1:1) Huber 44' (2:1) Stierli 59' Zwahlen 71'	Summary	19' (0:1) Baumann 40′ Dittus 70' Rindlisbacher 90' (2:2) Moscatelli 90+1' Moscatelli	Attendance: 400 Referee: Erwin Schuler

27 November 1988 Round 20	Basel	1–4	Baden	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Mata 25' Bernauer 59' (1:2) Baumann 83'	Summary	4' (0:1) Brazil 19' Ponte 28' Lerchmüller 35' (0:2) Brazil 71' (1:3) Zaugg 77' (1:4) Wiesner	Attendance: 2,800 Referee: O. Grütsch

4 December 1988 Round 21	Basel	3–1	Winterthur	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14_30	Dittus 15' (1:1) Esposito 28' (2:1) Moscatelli 70' (3:1)	Summary	7' (pen. 0:1) Graf	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Erwin Fölmli

11 December 1988 Round 22	Emmenbrücke	2–3	Basel	Stadion Gersag, Emmenbrücke
19:00	Eggeling 37' (1:2) Hözgen 71' Greber 81' (2:3)	Summary	1' (0:1) Esposito 31' (0:2) Mata 69' (1:3) Hänni	Attendance: 130 Referee: Bernard Neukom

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Basel	22	14	4	4	48	23	+25	32	Promotion round
2	Locarno	22	12	6	4	58	28	+30	30
3	Zürich	22	11	8	3	62	32	+30	30
4	Baden	22	10	4	8	44	29	+15	24
5	Old Boys	22	10	4	8	37	29	+8	24
6	Chiasso	22	8	8	6	35	33	+2	24
7	Schaffhausen	22	9	6	7	32	36	−4	24	Relegation group
8	Winterthur	22	8	6	8	39	36	+3	22
9	Emmenbrücke	22	7	5	10	31	41	−10	19
10	Chur	22	4	8	10	27	54	−27	16
11	SC Zug	22	3	5	14	14	47	−33	11
12	Glarus	22	2	4	16	19	58	−39	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Promotion/relegation phase

19 March 1989 Round 1	Chênois	2–2	Basel	Stade des Trois-Chêne
14:30	Curtet 5' (1:0) Navarro 58' (2:1)	Summary	20' (1:1) Dittus 79' (2:2) Aebi

27 March 1989 Round 2	Basel	1–1	Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
14:30	Moscatelli 68' (1:0)	Summary	71' (1:1) Maiano	Attendance: 12,000 Referee:

1 April 1989 Round 3	ES Malley	1–2	Basel	Stade du Bois Gentil, Malley
17:30	Ceccaroni 72' (o.g. 1:2)	Summary	40' (0:1) Esposito 51' (0:2) Esposito	Attendance: 2,120 Referee: Gottfried Friedrich

8 April 1989 Round 4	Basel	2–1	Grenchen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00	Dittus 39' (0:1) Thoma 59' (2:0)	Summary	61' (2:1) Ciolek	Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Paul-Louis Christe

15 April 1989 Round 5	Lausanne-Sport	4–1	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:00	Schürmann 9' (1:0) Chapuisat 39' (2:1) Hartmann 44' (3:1) Thychosen 60' (4:1)	Summary	14' (1:1) Thoma	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Georges Sandoz
Note: NLA debut Stephan Schaub. Minute of silence for the victims of the Sheffield football disaster.

29 April 1989 Round 6	Basel	0–1	Old Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00	Syfrig 30'	Summary	70' (0:1) Bachofner	Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Francesco Bianchi

6 May 1989 Round 7	St. Gallen	3–0	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
17:30	Hegi 19' (1:0) Fischer 45' (1:0) Gämperle 51' Fischer 77' (3:0)	Summary	5' Hänni 60' Syfrig	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Daniel Roduit

13 May 1989 Round 8	Basel	1–1	Chênois	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00	Rindlisbacher 11' (1:0) Rindlisbacher 44' Moscatelli 45'	Summary	11' Michel 19' (1:1) Navarro	Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Erwin Fölmli

20 May 1989 Round 9	Zürich	0–2	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00	Şahin 21'	Summary	6' Ceccaroni 18' (0:1) Syfrig 52' Mata 78' Moscatelli 80' Bernauer 89' (0:2) Moscatelli	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Fredy Phillippoz

23 May 1989 Round 10	Basel	1–1	ES Malley	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00	Bernauer 90' (1:1)	Summary	48' (0:1) Martelli 73' Martelli	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Francis Fischer

27 May 1989 Round 11	Grenchen	2–2	Basel	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
17:30	Du Buisson 24' (1:0) Gunia 54' (2:0)	Summary	26' Moscatelli 61' (2:1) Thoma 70' Rindlisbacher 90' (2:2) Syfrig	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Erwin Fölmli

3 June 1989 Round 12	Basel	1–1	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00	Dittus 22' (1:0)	Summary	68' Hottiger 74' (1:1) Hartmann	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Daniel Roduit

10 June 1989 Round 13	Old Boys	0–2	Basel	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
20:00	Hauck 79′	Summary	55' (0:1) Thoma 61' (0:2) Thoma 76' Dittus	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Marcel Despland Yverdon

14 June 1989 Round 14	Basel	2–3	St. Gallen	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Dittus 42' (1:2) Moscatelli 65' (2:2)	Summary	21' (0:1) Metzler 25' (0:2) Gambino 90' (2:3) Lehnherr	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Bruno Galler

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	St. Gallen	14	10	3	1	30	13	+17	23	Remain in Nationalliga A 1989–90
2	Lausanne-Sport	14	9	4	1	42	8	+34	22	Remain in Nationalliga A 1989–90
3	Zürich	14	6	2	6	29	23	+6	14	Remain in Nationalliga B
4	Basel	14	4	6	4	19	21	−2	14
5	CS Chênois	14	4	4	6	22	29	−7	12
6	Grenchen	14	3	4	7	17	26	−9	10
7	ES Malley	14	2	6	6	15	29	−14	10
8	Old Boys	14	3	1	10	13	38	−25	7

Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

20 August 1988 2nd round	Oberwil	0–5	Basel	Sportanlage Eisweiher, Oberwil
19:30	Eichenberger 1'	Summary	22' (0:1) Esposito 32' (0:2) Rahmen 76' (0:3) Baumann 79' (pen. 0:4) Dittus 83' (0:5) Aebi	Attendance: 1,800^[1] Referee: Peter Bochsler

3 September 1988 3rd round	Basel	4–1	Young Boys	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Esposito 8' (1:0) Baumann 29' Brügger 45' Hodel 53' (2:1) Thoma 55' (3:2) Hodel 57' Dittus 81' (4:1)	Summary	31' Limpar 48' (1:1) Zuffi 63' Rapolder	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Arturo Martino

13 November 1988 Round of 32	FC Töss	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Sportanlage Reitplatz, Winterthur
10:00	Moor 28' Hofmann 44'	Summary	107' (0:1) Bernauer 112' Fanciulli	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger Suhr
Note: Corner: 3–23

12 March 1989 Round of 16	FC Olten	1–2	Basel	Sportanlagen Kleinholz, Olten
14:30	Granata 10' Dervishaj 45' (1:1)	Summary	18' (pen. 0:1) Dittus 88' (1:2) Cueni	Attendance: 1,650 Referee: Gottfried Friedrich

12 April 1989 Quarterfinal	Basel	0–2	Aarau	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Dittus 40' Moscatelli 67' Thoma 68'	Summary	15' Knup 39' (0:1) Knup 67' Kilian 80' Kühni 90+1' (0:2) van der Gijp	Attendance: 8,500^[1] Referee: Fredy Phillippoz

Sources and references

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Stefan Peter. "Überregionale Meisterschaften, Schweizer und Basler Cup". Retrieved 2017-11-16.
^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Squad season 1988–89". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
^ Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A 1988/89". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
^ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1988/89". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

Sources and references

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
The FCB squad 1988–89 at fcb-archiv.ch
1988–89 at RSSSF