1987–88_FC_Basel_season
1987–88 FC Basel season
FC Basel 1987–88 football 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.
| 1987–88 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | Charles Röthlisberger |
| Manager | Urs Siegenthaler |
| Ground | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| Nationalliga A, first stage | 11th of 12 |
| Promotion/relegation | 5th of 8, relegated |
| Swiss Cup | Round of 64 |
| Top goalscorer | League: Peter Nadig (11) All: Peter Nadig (11) |
| Highest home attendance | 10,000 on 19 September 1987 vs. Luzern |
| Lowest home attendance | 1,400 on 19 May 1988 vs. Old Boys |
| Average home league attendance | 5,536 and 4,357 |
Pre-season
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
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
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]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
- 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.
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Friendly matches
Pre- and mid-season
v Basel
| 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 |
v 
KS Gornik Zabrze
| 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 |
v Basel
| 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 |
v Basel
| 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 |
v Basel
| 1 August 1987 Pre-season | Aarau | 1 – 0 | Basel | Moos, Balsthal |
| 19:00 | Wassmer 46' (1:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 500 |
v Basel
| 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 |
Winter break
v Young Boys
| 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 | ||||
v Grasshopper Club
| 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) |
v 
SV Darmstadt 98
| 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 |
v Basel
| 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 |
v Basel
| 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 |
v Basel
| 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 |
v Freiburger FC
| 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 |
v FC Dübendorf
| 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) |
Nationalliga A
First stage
| 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
| 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 |
Second stage
- 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
| 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 |
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 |
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