1975–76 FC Basel season

FC Basel

1975–76 season
Chairman	Félix Musfeld
Manager	Helmut Benthaus
Ground	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A	3rd
Swiss Cup	Round of 16
Swiss League Cup	Semi-final
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	First round
Coppa delle Alpi	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Roland Schönenberger (10) All: Serge Muhmenthaler (15)
Highest home attendance	28,000 on 4 October 1975 vs Zürich
Lowest home attendance	4,500 on 4 May 1976 vs St. Gallen
Average home league attendance	10,307

The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1975–76 season was their 82nd season since the club was founded. It was their 30th 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. Félix Musfeld was club chairman for the sixth consecutive period.

Overview

Pre-season

Helmut Benthaus was first team manager for the eleventh consecutive season. There were a number of changes in the team during the pre-season. Goalkeeper Marcel Kunz would have liked to have stayed for another season, but his contract was not prolonged, so he moved on to Nordstern Basel one tier lower for one season before he retired from active football. Kunz had been with the club for 12 seasons. Between the years 1963 and 1975 he had played a total of 373 games for Basel, exactly 200 of these games were in the domestic league. He had won the championship five times, the Swiss Cup twice and the Swiss League Cup once. Karl Odermatt would have stayed with the club, but the board of directors refused to pay the desired wages, so he moved to Young Boys. Odermatt had been with the club for 13 seasons. In that time he played a total of 534 games for Basel, 296 of these in the domestic league scoring 92 league goals. He had also won the championship five times, the Swiss League Cup once, but the Swiss Cup three times. After four seasons with the club Ottmar Hitzfeld moved on to VfB Stuttgart, for him this was a large step forward in his career. Hitzfeld had played 177 games, of these 92 in the league with 66 league goals. Walter Balmer retired from active football, he had been with Basel seven seasons, had played 306 games, 156 in the league scoring 65 goals. Roland Paolucci was also reaching the end of his career, but he decided to add another season with Nordstern Basel. Between the years 1965 and 1975 Paolucci played a total of 133 games for Basel's first team and 65 of these games were in the Nationalliga A (four goals). During this time Paolucci also played for Basel's reserve team.

In the other direction Swiss international Peter Marti signed in from Swiss champions Zürich, Serge Muhmenthaler signed in from Young Boys and Walter Geisser joined from local club Nordstern Basel who played one tier lower. As seen in the previous years Benthaus relied on young players who came up from the reserve team to help, when needed in the first team.

Basel played a total of 56 games in their 1975–76 season. 26 in the domestic league, seven in the Swiss Cup, two in the Swiss League Cup, four in the Cup of the Alps, five in the Cup of the Alps, two in the 1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup and 17 were friendly matches. The team scored a total of 129 goals and conceded 96. Basel won six friendly games, drew six and lost five.

Domestic league

The Swiss Football Association was reforming the Swiss football league system this year, reducing the number of teams in the Nationalliga A from 14 to 12 and increasing the Nationalliga B teams from 14 to 16. Therefore, three teams were being relegated and only one promoted. These 14 teams were the top 12 teams from the previous 1974–75 season and the two newly promoted teams Biel-Bienne and La Chaux-de-Fonds. The champions would qualify for the 1975–76 European Cup. Basel played a good season. But reigning champions Zürich ran away with the title, they won the championship with 44 points, five points clear of second placed Servette and ten points clear of third placed Basel. The second and third placed teams were to have qualified for UEFA Cup, but because Zürich won the double the cup runners-up Servette advanced to the 1976–77 Cup Winners' Cup and the third and forth placed teams advanced tp the 1975–76 UEFA Cup. Lugano and the two newly promoted teams, Biel-Bienne and La Chaux-de-Fonds, suffered relegation.

Swiss Cup and League Cup

Basel started in the Swiss Cup tournament in the round of 32 on 25 September 1975 away against lower tier Grenchen and won this game 2–0 to qualify for the round of 16. Here they were drawn away against Young Boys and here the competition came to an end because they were defeated 1–3.

In the Swiss League Cup Basel started in the round of 32 on 9 August away against St. Gallen and won 4–1. In the round of 16 Basel played away against second tier Young Fellows Zürich and won this easily 8–1. Lower tier Grenchen were drawn as hosts for the quarter-finals and Basel won this easily as well 6–2. Basel were drawn as hosts in the semi-final against Young Boys. There was no revenge for the defeat in the Swiss Cup earlier this season because YB won this clash as well, in overtime 3–5.

European Cup and Coppa delle Alpi

As Swiss Cup winners in the previous season, Basel were qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup. In the first round of the 1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup Basel were drawn against Spanisch Cup 1974–75 runners-up Atlético Madrid. Atlético had been beaten in the final by Real Madrid 3–4 after a penalty shoot out, but because Real became Spanish champions they thus entered the 1975–76 European Cup and Atlético competed in this competition as runners-up. The 1st leg was played in St. Jakob Stadium in front of 33,000 spectators and Basel took an early lead through Roland Schönenberger in the third minute. But a double strike from José Eulogio Gárate and Rubén Ayala in the 65th and 68th minute turned the game and Basel were defeated 2–3. In the return leg in Vicente Calderón Stadium, with over 25,000 spectators, Heraldo Bezerra put Atlético in the lead in the 74th minute, Otto Demarmels leveled the score, but this was not enough to stop Atlético advancing to the next round.

In the Coppa delle Alpi (Cup of the Alps) Basel were in a group with Stade de Reims, Olympique Lyonnais and Lausanne-Sport. Two wins and two draws were enough for Basel to qualify for the final. But here they faced Servette in the Charmilles Stadium and lost 0–3.

Players

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SUI	Jürg Wenger
2	DF	SUI	Alex Wirth
3	DF	SUI	Walter Mundschin
4	MF	SUI	Peter Ramseier
5	DF	SUI	Paul Fischli
6	MF	SUI	Otto Demarmels
7	MF	SUI	Peter Marti (from Zürich)
9	MF	SUI	Serge Muhmenthaler (from Young Boys)
10	DF	SUI	René Hasler
11	MF	SUI	Walter Geisser (from Nordstern Basel)
12	MF	SUI	Bruno Rahmen
13	FW	SUI	Markus Tanner

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	DF	SUI	Jörg Stohler
15	FW	GER	Paul Dörflinger (from FC Rheinfelden)
16	MF	SUI	Michel Amacker (from FC Raron)
17	MF	SUI	Arthur von Wartburg
18	FW	SUI	Roland Schönenberger
19	MF	DEN	Eigil Nielsen
22	GK	SUI	Hans Müller
—		SUI	Rolf Bucher (reserves)
—		SUI	Daniel Hagenbuch (reserves)
—		SUI	Markus Walter Just (reserves)
—		SUI	? Wolfsberger (reserves)
—	MF	SUI	Erni Maissen (reserves)

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.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	SUI	Marcel Kunz (to Nordstern Basel)
—	MF	GER	Martin Hägele (reserves)
—	MF	SUI	Karl Odermatt (to Young Boys)
—	MF	SUI	Roland Paolucci (to Nordstern Basel)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SUI	Heinz Schönebeck (to Old Boys)
—	FW	GER	Ottmar Hitzfeld (to VfB Stuttgart)
—	FW	SUI	Walter Balmer (retired)
—	FW	SUI	Fritz Wirth (to Grenchen)

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre-season and mid-season

SR Delémont v Basel

10 July 1975 Pre-season	SR Delémont	1 – 4	Basel	Parc des Sports, Delémont
	Greppin 50' (1:3)	Summary	18' (0:1) Tanner 36' (0:1) Schönenberger 40' (0:3) Schönenberger 65' (1:4) Demarmels	Attendance: 500 Referee: Bloesch Biel/Bienne

Freiburger FC v Basel

16 July 1975 Pre-season	Freiburger FC	1 – 5	Basel	Freiburg
		Summary	(1x) Tanner (1x) Marti (1x) Demarmels (1x) Schönenberger (o.g.)

FV Lörrach v Basel

2 September 1975 Mid-season	FV Lörrach	0 – 3	Basel	Lörrach
		Summary	37' (0:1) Dörflinger 42' (0:2) Wirth 57' (0:3) Dörflinger	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Bruno Sahner

Italy national team v Basel

10 September 1975 Mid-season	Italy national team	6 – 0	Basel	Stadio Comunale Artemio Franchi, Florence
16:00	Graziani 30' (1:0) Savoldi 34' (2:0) Benetti 58' (3:0) Antognoni 74' (4:0) Antognoni 76' (5:0) Pulici 77' (6:0)	Summary		Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Gino Menicucci

Luzern v Basel

15 November 1975 Mid-season	Luzern	1 – 1	Basel	Stadion Allmend, Luzern
	Küttel (1x)	[ Summary]	(1x) Schönenberger	Attendance: 860 Referee: Willi Dreier Zürich

Winter break to end of season

Nordstern Basel v Basel

7 December 1975 Winter break	Nordstern Basel	1 – 3	Basel	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
14:30	Zoppelletto 43' (1:1)	Summary	34' (0:1) Fischli 50' (1:2) Just 86' (1:3) Muhmenthaler	Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Josef Schnidrig

Basel v Borussia Mönchengladbach

14 December 1975 Winter break	Basel	2 – 2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Muhmenthaler 78' (1:1) Muhmenthaler 80' (2:1)	Summary	8' (pen. 0:1) Simonsen 85' (2:2) Simonsen	Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Bruno Galler Baden

Martinique XI v Basel

January 1976 Training camp	Martinique XI	1 – 2	Basel	Martinique
		Summary

Guadeloupe XI v Basel

January 1976 Training camp	Guadeloupe XI	1 – 1	Basel	Guadeloupe
		Summary

ASG Juventus de Sainte-Anne v Basel

January 1976 Training camp	ASG Juventus de Sainte-Anne	3 – 3	Basel	Guadeloupe
	Philippe Alexandre 1' (1:0) Tibere 52' (2:2) Maya (3:3)	Summary	5' (1:1) Muhmenthaler 7' (1:2) Muhmenthaler 56' (2:3) Marti

Grenchen v Basel

8 February 1986 Winter break	Grenchen	1 – 1	Basel	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
	Waeber 62' (1:1)	Summary	21' (0:1) Tanner	Attendance: 400 Referee: Werner Bösch

Basel v Grasshopper Club

15 February 1986 Winter break	Basel	1 – 1	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Muhmenthaler 20' (1:1)	Summary	3' (0:1) Santrac	Attendance: 512 Referee: Kurt Fuchs Basel

Sion v Basel

20 March 1986 Mid-season	Sion	2 – 0	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
	Parini 7' (1:0) Coutaz 19' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 750 Referee: Jean-Daniel Pralong

Luzern v Basel

15 April 1986 Mid-season	Luzern	2 – 3	Basel	Stadion Allmend, Luzern
	Mentasti 6' (1:0) L. Kaufmann 34' (2:1)	Summary	18' (1:1) Tanner 54' (2:2) Nielsen 75' (2:3) Nielsen	Attendance: 400 Referee: Alfred Heinis

Basel v Schalke

21 April 1986 Mid-season	Basel	0 – 2	Schalke	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00		Summary	23' (0:2) E. Kremers 28' (0:2) Rüssmann	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Ernest Guignet Yverdon

Basel v Hamburger SV

21 May 1976 Mid-season	Basel	3 – 4	Hamburger SV	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Demarmels 24' (1:0) Demarmels 55' (2:2) Rahmen 59' (3:3)	Summary	30' (1:1) Eigl 36' (1:2) Zaczyk 59' (2:3) Ettmayer 90' (3:4) Reimann	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne

Basel v Perugia

16 June 1976 End of season	Basel	2 – 3	Perugia	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Schönenberger 20' (1:0) Rahmen 30' (2:1)	Summary	24' (1:1) Ciccotelli 35' (2:2) Frosio 50' (2:3) Ciccotelli	Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Peter Scherz

Nationalliga

Main article: 1975–76 Nationalliga A

League matches

Basel v Grasshopper Club

16 August 1975 Round 1	Basel	5 – 1	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Muhmenthaler 23' (1:0) Nielsen 38' (2:1) Muhmenthaler 54' (3:1) Marti 65' (4:1) Muhmenthaler 76' (5:1)	Summary	35' (1:1) Barberis	Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Jean Dubach Nidau

Winterthur v Basel

23 August 1975 Round 2	Winterthur	2 – 3	Basel	Schützenwiese, Winterthur
20:15	Conway 8' (1:0) Meili  38' Bollmann  45' Meili 81' (2:3)	Summary	29' (1:1) Muhmenthaler  38' Marti 41' (1:2) Marti 49' (pen. 1:3) Hasler	Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Peter Scherz

Basel v Lausanne-Sport

30 August 1975 Round 3	Basel	1 – 2	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Schönenberger 90+1' (1:2)	Summary	52' (0:1) Zappella 87' (0:2) Duvillard	Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Rudolf Renggli Luzern

Biel-Bienne v Basel

6 September 1975 Round 4	Biel-Bienne	1 – 5	Basel	Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
20:15	Elsig  2' Heutschi 75' (pen. 1:5)	Summary	8' (0:1) Nielsen 10' (0:2) Muhmenthaler  28' Marti 38' (0:3) Schönenberger  48' Schönenberger 60' (0:4) Ramseier 68' (0:2) Schönenberger	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne

Basel v Lugano

13 September 1975 Round 5	Basel	3 – 0	Lugano	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Muhmenthaler 3' (1:0) Marti 49' (2:0) Schönenberger 64' (3:0)	Summary		Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne

Xamax v Basel

20 September 1975 Round 6	Xamax	2 – 2	Basel	Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
17:45	Zaugg  55' Müller 56' (pen. 1:2) Müller 81' (2:2)	Summary	5' (0:1) Mundschin 33' (0:2) Muhmenthaler  65' Muhmenthaler	Attendance: 8,700 Referee: Otto Wyniger Wetzikon

Basel v Zürich

4 October 1975 Round 7	Basel	1 – 1	Zürich	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Rahmen 89' (1:1)	Summary	11' (0:1) Kuhn  43' Zigerlig  50' Heer	Attendance: 28,000 Referee: René Matthieu

St. Gallen v Basel

15 October 1975 Round 8	St. Gallen	2 – 2	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
20:15	Schneeberger 53' (1:1) Schneeberger  64' Blättler 70' (2:2)	Summary	26' (0:1) Muhmenthaler  27' Nielsen 57' (1:2) Nielsen  66' Fischli  69' Mundschin	Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern

Basel v Sion

18 October 1975 Round 9	Basel	1 – 1	Sion	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Tanner 26' (1:1)	Summary	69' Coutaz  74' Dayen	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne

Young Boys v Basel

25 October 1975 Round 10	Young Boys	3 – 1	Basel	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
17:30	Trümpler  56' Rebmann 66' (1:0) Siegenthaler 68' (2:1) Bruttin 73' (3:1)	Summary	23' von Wartburg  49' Nielsen 55' (0:1) Nielsen	Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Otto Isler Zürich

Basel v Chênois

1 November 1975 Round 11	Basel	3 – 0	Chênois	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20;00	Schönenberger 36' (1:0) Ramseier 70' (2:0) Rahmen 86' (3:0)	Summary		Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Willy Utz Oensingen

Basel v Servette

8 November 1975 Round 12	Basel	2 – 0	Servette	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Stohler 21' (1:0) Müller  58' Schönenberger 73' (2:0) Schönenberger  90+1'	Summary	36' Marchi	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Attilio Bignasca Lugano

La Chaux-de-Fonds v Basel

23 November 1975 Round 13	La Chaux-de-Fonds	1 – 2	Basel	Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
14:30	Brossard 87' (1:2)	Summary	53' (0:1) Schönenberger 77' (0:2) Marti	Attendance: 1,300 Referee: André Daina

Grasshopper Club v Basel

30 November 1975 Round 14	Grasshopper Club	4 – 1	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
15:00	Bosco 48' (1:0) Bosco 72' (2:0) Elsener 83' (3:0) Santrač 85' (4:1)	Summary	84' (3:1) Mundschin	Attendance: 7,900 Referee: Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne

Basel v Winterthur

7 March 1976 Round 15	Basel	5 – 1	Winterthur	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Stohler 37' (1:0) Mundschin 59' (2:1) Marti 70' (3:1) Stohler 78' (4:1) Schönenberger 84' (5:1)	Summary	46' (1:1) Wehrli	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Peter Kellenberger

Lausanne-Sport v Basel

14 March 1976 Round 16	Lausanne-Sport	0 – 1	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
14:30		Summary	72' (0:1) Rahmen	Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Peter Scherz

Basel v Biel-Bienne

27 March 1976 Round 17	Basel	3 – 1	Biel-Bienne	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Stohler 40' (1:0) Demarmels 41' (2:0) Marti 71' (3:0)	Summary	79' (3:1) Elsig	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ernest Guignet Yverdon

Lugano v Basel

3 April 1976 Round 18	Lugano	1 – 1	Basel	Cornaredo, Lugano
20:45	Lalie 64' (1:1) Brenna  85'	Summary	30' (0:1) Marti  89' Marti	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne

Basel v Xamax

10 April 1976 Round 19	Basel	0 – 0	Xamax	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00		Summary		Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Werner Bösch

Zürich v Basel

24 April 1976 Round 20	Zürich	1 – 1	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
17:00	Katić 55' (1:0)	Summary	73' (1:1) Hasler	Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Walter Hungerbühler St. Gallen

Basel v St. Gallen

4 May 1976 Round 21	Basel	2 – 2	St. Gallen	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Hasler 27' (1:0) Mundschin 32' (2:0)	Summary	66' (pen. 2:1) Stöckl 80' (2:2) Nasdalla	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne

Sion v Basel

8 May 1976 Round 22	Sion	5 – 1	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:15	Vergeres 22' (1:0) Luisier 51' (2:0) Vergeres 58' (3:1) Vergeres 63' (4:1) Vergeres 85' (5:1)	Summary	17' Tanner 57' (pen. 2:1) Stohler	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Bruno Della Bruna Lumino

Basel v Young Boys

15 May 1976 Round 23	Basel	5 – 1	Young Boys	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Stohler 24' (1:1) von Wartburg 30' (2:1) Schönenberger 39' (3:1) Nielsen 46' (4:1) Tanner 83' (5:41)	Summary	3' (0:1) Burkhardt	Attendance: 13,000 Referee: René Maire Geneva

Chênois v Basel

30 May 1976 Round 24	Chênois	1 – 3	Basel	Stade des Trois-Chêne, Thônex
20:00	Mabillard 88' (1:3)	Summary	13' (0:1) von Wartburg 36' (0:2) Demarmels 77' (0:3) Tanner	Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Peter Scherz

Servette v Basel

5 June 1976 Round 25	Servette	3 – 0	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
20:15	Barriquand 19' (1:0) Hussner 84' (2:0) Riner 88' (3:0)	Summary		Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Bruno Galler

Basel v La Chaux-de-Fonds

13 June 1976 Round 26	Basel	5 – 2	La Chaux-de-Fonds	Landhof, Basel
20:15	von Wartburg 6' (1:0) Schönenberger 9' (2:0) Stohler 20' (3:0) Mundschin 30' (4:0) Hasler 45' (5:0)	Summary	55' (5:1) Schermesser 72' (5:2) Zwygart	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: André Daina

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zürich (C)	26	19	6	1	69	26	+43	44	Swiss champions, qualified for 1976–77 European Cup and Swiss Cup winners, entered 1976 Intertoto Cup
2	Servette	26	16	7	3	50	14	+36	39	Swiss Cup runners-up, qualified for 1976–77 Cup Winners' Cup
3	Basel	26	13	8	5	59	38	+21	34	qualified for 1976–77 UEFA Cup
4	Grasshopper Club	26	14	4	8	54	37	+17	32	qualified for 1976–77 UEFA Cup and entered 1976 Intertoto Cup
5	Young Boys	26	11	9	6	41	27	+14	31	entered 1976 Intertoto Cup
6	Xamax	26	11	8	7	37	25	+12	30
7	St. Gallen	26	8	11	7	41	39	+2	27	entered 1976 Intertoto Cup
8	Lausanne-Sport	26	10	6	10	35	39	−4	26
9	Sion	26	6	9	11	40	54	−14	21
10	Chênois	26	5	9	12	30	42	−12	19
11	Winterthur	26	8	2	16	34	65	−31	18
12	Lugano	26	5	6	15	19	37	−18	16	Relegated to Nationalliga B
13	La Chaux-de-Fonds	26	5	4	17	27	61	−34	14	Relegated to Nationalliga B
14	Biel-Bienne	26	5	3	18	26	58	−32	13	Relegated to Nationalliga B

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Swiss Cup

Main article: Swiss Cup

Grenchen v Basel

27 September 1975 Round of 32	Grenchen	0 – 2	Basel	Stadium Brühl, Grenchen
20:00	Scheller  50'	Summary	17' (0:1) Nielsen 74' (0:2) Muhmenthaler	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Peter Kellenberger

Young Boys v Basel

29 October 1975 Round of 16	Young Boys	3 – 1	Basel	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
19:30	Odermatt 3' (1:0) Burkhardt 47' (2:0) Burkhardt 52' (3:0)	Summary	74' (3:1) Schönenberger	Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Walter Hungerbühler St. Gallen

Swiss League Cup

Main article: Swiss League Cup

St. Gallen v Basel

9 August 1995 Round of 32	St. Gallen	1 – 4	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
20:15	Brander  63' Schneeberger 81' (1:3)	Summary	7' (0:1) Muhmenthaler 41' (0:2) Muhmenthaler 52' (0:3) Marti 88' (1:4) Marti	Attendance: 4,300 Referee: Otto Wyniger Wetzikon

Young Fellows Zürich v Basel

22 February 1976 Round of 16	Young Fellows Zürich	1 – 8	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
14:30	Senn 11' (1:3)	Summary	3' (0:1) Marti 7' (0:2) Hasler 10' (0:3) Muhmenthaler 24' (1:4) Muhmenthaler 37' (pen. 1:5) Mundschin 59' (1:6) Hasler 63' (1:7) von Wartburg 75' (1:8) Marti	Attendance: 1,029 Referee: Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern

Grenchen v Basel

28 February 1976 Quarter-final	Grenchen	2 – 6	Basel	Stadium Brühl, Grenchen
17:00	Braun  21' Wirth 78' (1:4) Waeber 86' (2:6)	Summary	6' (0:1) von Wartburg  13' Nielsen 30' (0:2) Marti 51' (0:3) Tanner 74' (0:4) Marti 80' (1:5) Marti 85' (1:6) Schönenberger	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Mario Osta Oberuzwil

Basel v BSC Young Boys

27 April 1976 Semi-final	Basel	3 – 5 (a.e.t.)	BSC Young Boys	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Mundschin 38' (1:2) Mundschin 58' (2:2) Hasler  63' Stohler 99' (pen. 3:2) Fischli  113'	Summary	11' (0:1) Burkhardt 25' (0:2) Rebmann 101' (pen. 3:3) Odermatt 103' (3:4) Bruttin  105' Vögeli 108' (3:5) Küttel	Attendance: 10,300 Referee: Mario Osta Oberuzwil

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

First round

Main article: 1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup

Basel v Atlético Madrid

17 September 1975 First leg	Basel	1 – 2	Atlético Madrid	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Schönenberger 3' (1:0) Nielsen  43'	Summary	65' (1:1) Gárate  66' Díaz 68' (1:2) Ayala  76' Salcedo	Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Robert Wurtz

Atlético Madrid v Basel

1 October 1975 Second leg	Atlético Madrid	1 – 1 (3 – 2 agg.)	Basel	Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid
21:00	Bezerra 74' (1:0)	Summary	83' Mundschin 89' (1:1) Demarmels	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Paul Schiller

Atlético Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.

Cup of the Alps

Main article: Cup of the Alps

Group B

Stade de Reims v Basel

19 July 1975 round 1	Stade de Reims	3 – 4	Basel	Reims
20:30	Bianchi 1' (1:0) Bianchi 59' (2:3) Vergnes 75' (3:3)	Summary	40' (1:1) Demarmels 52' (pen. 1:2) Schönenberger 54' (1:3) Demarmels 82' (3:4) Nielsen	Attendance: 6,300 Referee: Jean Dubach Nidau

Basel v Olympique Lyonnais

26 July 1975 round 2	Basel	2 – 2	Olympique Lyonnais	St. Jakob Stadium Basel
20:00	Tanner (1x) Muhmenthaler (1x)	Summary	(1x) Bernad (1x) Chiesa	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Robert Wurtz

Basel v Stade de Reims

29 July 1975 round 3	Basel	2 – 1	Stade de Reims	St. Jakob Stadium Basel
20:00	Stohler 76' (pen. 1:1) Tanner 90' (2:1)	Summary	73' (0:1) Laraignée	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Robert Helies

Olympique Lyonnais v Basel

2 August 1975 round 4	Olympique Lyonnais	2 – 2	Basel	Stade de Gerland, Lyon
20:30	Maillard 25' (1:1) Delestre 75' (2:2)	Summary	20' (0:1) Tanner 50' (1:2) Muhmenthaler	Attendance: 4,923 Referee: Ernest Guignet Yverdon

NB: teams did not play compatriots

Group table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	Basel	4	2	2	0	10	8	+2	0	6	Advance to final
2	Olympique Lyonnais	4	1	3	0	8	6	+2	0	5
3	Stade de Reims	4	2	0	2	7	7	0	0	4
4	Lausanne-Sport	4	0	1	3	3	7	−4	0	1

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

Final

Servette v Basel

5 August 1975 Final	Servette	3 – 0	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
20:30	Barriquand 30' (1:0) Hussner 58' (2:0) Pfister 86' (3:0)	Summary		Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Peter Scherz

See also

• History of FC Basel
• List of FC Basel players
• List of FC Basel seasons

Sources

• 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
• Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage
• Switzerland 1975–76 at RSSSF
• Swiss League Cup at RSSSF
• Cup of the Alps 1975 at RSSSF

External links

• FC Basel official site