1996–97 FC Basel season

FC Basel

1996–97 season
Chairman	René C. Jäggi
Manager	Karl Engel (until March 1997) Heinz Hermann (interim) Salvatore Andracchio (ad interim from April)
Ground	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A	Qualifying Phase 8th
Nationalliga A	Champions Group 8th
Swiss Cup	Round of 16
1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup	2nd in Group 7
Top goalscorer	League: Gaetano Giallanza (17) All: Gaetano Giallanza (19)
Highest home attendance	22,000 on 2 March 1997 vs Zürich
Lowest home attendance	6,000 on 15 May 1997 vs Xamax and on 31 May 1997 vs Aarau
Average home league attendance	10,800

The 1996–97 Fussball Club Basel 1893 season was their 104th season since the club's foundation. Peter Epting retired from the chairmanship and René C. Jäggi became the club's new chairman following the AGM which was held in November. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Following their promotion in the 1993–94 season this was their third consecutive season in the highest tier of Swiss football.

Overview

Pre-season

Karl Engel was trainer at the start of the season, but he was replaced by Heinz Hermann in March 1997. Hermann only remained manager for a few weeks and was replaced by Salvatore Andracchio (ad interim) until the end of the season. The clubs priority aim was to remain in the top flight of Swiss football.

A number of players had left the club during the off-season, Ike Shorunmu transferred to Zürich, Mario Cantaluppi moved to Servette and Gabriel Okolosi to Young Boys. Both Davide Orlando and Alexandre Rey moved back to Sion. Further players who left the club were Marco Walker, who moved to German team 1860 Munich, Lars Olsen returned to Denmark and joined Brøndby and Andre Meier moved on to FC Schaffhausen. To balance this, the club made some new signings as the season started. Adrian Knup returned to the club, signed in after a short spell by Galatasaray. Other players who joined from foreign clubs were, Adrian Falub who came from Universitatea Cluj and Mariano Armentano from Racing Club. A number of players also transferred from the domestic league, Gaetano Giallanza and Jean-Pierre La Placa both signed in from Sion, Mario Frick came from St. Gallen and Yann Poulard signed in from SR Delémont.

Domestic league

The season did not start too well, it took until the twelfth round until the team recorded their third victory and one of these three was a forfeit victory because YB had used an unqualified player, Erol Bekirovski, in the match in the fourth round. As the first half of the season came to an end, the team had gathered five victories, ten draws and had suffered seven defeats in which the team scored 32 goals and conceded 33. Gaetano Giallanza was the team's top scorer with nine goals and Mario Frick was second best with six goals. Basel were in eighth position in the league table, thus, they qualified for the Championship round.

During the winter break Markus Schupp signed in on loan from Hamburger SV, Franco Foda signed in from VfB Stuttgart and Fabrice Henry signed in from CD Toledo. Also during the winter break Admir Smajić transferred out to Young Boys. In the Championship round the team suffered six defeats in a row. During this period head-coach Karl Engel was fired and was replaced by Heinz Hermann. The football did not improve and after just a few weeks Hermann was replaced by Salvatore Andracchio. Basel ended the championship round with nine defeats in twelve games. They had won only three games and so they ended the group in the last position in the league table. The team scored just 16 goals and had conceded 28. Gaetano Giallanza was the team's top scorer, he had netted eight times in this stage.

Swiss Cup

Basel entered the Swiss Cup in the third principal round. The opponent here was lower tier FC Münsingen. Basel won the match after extra time. In the fourth round hosted the game against Young Boys and won 2–1. Oumar Kondé and Jean-Pierre La Placa each scored a goal and turned the game, after the team had been a goal behind early in the match. In the round of 16 Basel hosted Servette but they were knocked out, losing 1–4. The cup final was played between Sion and Luzern and ended with three all draw after extra time. Sion won the penalty shoot out and won the trophy. Because Sion won the double, as Swiss champions, they were qualified for the 1997–98 Champions League. Therefore, as finalists Luzern qualified to the 1997–98 Cup Winners' Cup.

UEFA Intertoto Cup

In the 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup Basel played in group 7 together with Rotor Volgograd, Antalyaspor, Shakhtar Donetsk and Ataka-Aura Minsk. Basel won in Turkey against Antalyaspor and at home in the St. Jakob Stadium against Minsk. They drew at home with Shakhtar, but lost the in Russia against Volgograd who ended at the top of the group and continued to the next round. Basel ended the competition as second-placed team in the group league table.

Players

The following is the list of the Basel first team squad. It also includes players that were in the squad the day the season started on 10 July 1996 but subsequently left the club after that date.

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	Stefan Huber
2	DF	SUI	Massimo Ceccaroni
3	DF	SUI	Yann Poulard (from SR Delémont)
4	DF	BIH	Samir Tabakovic
5	DF	SUI	Daniel Salvi (from Wil)
6	MF	GHA	Alex Nyarko
7	MF	SUI	Bruno Sutter
8	MF	LIE	Mario Frick (from St. Gallen)
8	MF	SUI	Mario Cantaluppi (to Servette)
9	FW	SUI	Dario Zuffi
10	MF	BIH	Admir Smajić (to Young Boys)
11	FW	SUI	Gaetano Giallanza (from Sion)
12	GK	SUI	Thomas Grüter
13	FW	SUI	Adrian Knup (from Galatasaray)
14	MF	SUI	Theodoros Disseris
15	MF	FRA	Fabrice Henry (from CD Toledo)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	SUI	Ivan Reimann (from youth team)
16	MF	SUI	Dominic Moser (on loan to Young Boys)
17	MF	SUI	Jean-Pierre La Placa (from Sion)
17	MF	SUI	Hakan Yakin
18	DF	SUI	Cyrill Schmidiger (from SV Muttenz)
19	DF	SUI	Davide Orlando
20	DF	SUI	Oumar Kondé
21	MF	ARG	Mariano Armentano (from Racing Club)
22	GK	SUI	Oliver Stöckli
23	MF	ROU	Adrian Falub (from Universitatea Cluj)
24	DF	SUI	Yannick Hasler
24	MF	GER	Markus Schupp (from Hamburger SV)
24	MF	ITA	Marcello Gamberini (from Modigliana Calcio)
25	MF	GER	Franco Foda (from VfB Stuttgart)
—	DF	SUI	Remo Buess (from youth team)
—	DF	SUI	Marco Tschopp

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	NIG	Ike Shorunmu (to Zürich)
—	DF	FRA	Yassine Douimi (to FC Riehen)
—	DF	DEN	Lars Olsen (to Brøndby)
—	DF	TUR	Dilaver Satılmış (to Trabzonspor)
—	DF	BRA	Vilmar (to FC Baden)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	SUI	Marco Walker (to 1860 Munich)
—	MF	SUI	Andre Meier (to FC Schaffhausen)
—	MF	SUI	Daniele Moro (end of loan from Xamax)
—	MF	NIG	Gabriel Okolosi (to Young Boys)
—	FW	SUI	Davide Orlando (to Sion)
—	FW	SUI	Alexandre Rey (to Sion)

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season

Basel v Grasshopper Club

20 June 1996 Pre-season	Basel	2 – 4	Grasshopper Club	Löhrenacker, Aesch
19:30	Smajić  80' H. Yakin 89' (1:4) Nyarko 90' (2:4)	Summary	41' (0:1) Magnin 52' (0:2) Magnin 70' (0:3) Abdullahi 79' (0:4) Jansen	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Andreas Schluchter

FC Deitingen v Basel

25 June 1996 Pre-season	FC Deitingen	0 – 8	Basel	Grabmatt, Deitingen
19:00		Summary	1' (0:1) Armentano 7' (0:2) La Placa 13' (0:3) La Placa 19' (0:4) Armentano 22' (0:5) Smajić 70' (0:6) Smajić 82' (0:7) Armentano 88' (0:8) Armentano	Attendance: 500 Referee: Dieter Schoch

Thun v Basel

5 July 1996 Pre-season	Thun	0 – 4	Basel	Stadion Lachen, Thun
19:00		Summary	26' (0:1) H. Yakin 78' (o.g. 0:2) Speich 82' (0:3) Frick 88' (0:4) Giallanza	Attendance: 300 Referee: Markus Nobs, (Wohlen)

Basel v Bahrain

18 August 1996 Mid-season	Basel	1 – 4	Bahrain	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
	Armentano  32' Ivan Reimann  37' Armentano 66' (1:2)	Summary	15' Alhayki 45' (0:1) Jasim 62' (0:2) Issa  75' Mohamed 87' (1:3) Al Dossari 90' (1:4) Jasim	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Andreas Schluchter
Note: Opening of the Stadion Rankhof sports facilities

SV Muttenz v Basel

3 October 1996 Mid-season	SV Muttenz	1 – 5	Basel	Margelacker, Muttenz
19:00	Morpain 64' (1:2)	Summary	24' (0:1) Giallanza 62' (0:2) Armentano 72' (1:3) Armentano 77' (1:4) Armentano 83' (1:5) Armentano	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Andreas Schluchter

Basel v Italian 11

8 November 1996 Mid-season	Basel	2 – 1	Italian 11	Gitterli, Liestal
19:00	Falub  22' Giallanza 23' (1:0) Zuffi 85' (2:1)	Summary	45' (1:1) Pupita  57' Pupita  82' Magrini	Attendance: 700 Referee: Andreas Schluchter

Winter break

Servette v Basel

30 January 1997 Winter break	Servette	3 – 0	Basel	Stade des Trois-Chêne, Thônex
15:00	Rey 64' (1:0) Rey 66' (2:0) Pizzinat 69' (3:0) Nava  81'	Summary		Attendance: 100 Referee: Dieter Schoch

SC Freiburg v Basel

8 February 1997 Winter break	SC Freiburg	2 – 2	Basel	Dreisamstadion, Freiburg
15:30	Jurčević 19' (1:1) Wagner 84' (2:1)	Summary	13' (0:1) Nyarko 90+1' (2:2) H. Yakin	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Fritz Baudendistel

Locarno v Basel

9 February 1997 Winter break	Locarno	0 – 0	Basel	Stadio del Lido, Locarno
14:00	Senn  35'	Summary	17' La Placa  32' H. Yakin	Attendance: 400 Referee: Carlo Bertolini

Pianorese Calcio v Basel

13 February 1997 Winter break	Pianorese Calcio	0 – 5	Basel	Stadio Comunale, Pianoro, Bologna
		Summary	35' (0:1) Knup 38' (0:2) H. Yakin 58' (0:3) Knup 75' (0:4) Knup 87' (0:5) Giallanza	Attendance: 25 Referee: Salvatore Nuccio

Lugano v Basel

15 February 1997 Winter break	Lugano	1 – 0	Basel	Cornaredo, Lugano
14:00	Kallon 73' (1:0)	Summary		Attendance: 500 Referee: Roberto Ferrari

Basel v Luzern

22 February 1997 Winter break	Basel	1 – 0	Luzern	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00	Falub 24' (1:0)	Summary		Attendance: 4,700 Referee: Andreas Schluchter
Note: FC Basel debut for Franco Foda

Nationalliga A

Main article: 1996–97 Nationalliga A

Qualifying phase

Aarau v Basel

10 July 1996 Round 1	Aarau	0 – 1	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
20:00	Georgiew  89'	Summary	58' (0:1) La Placa  74' Smajić	Attendance: 7,900 Referee: Dieter Schoch

Basel v Xamax

17 July 1996 Round 2	Basel	0 – 1	Xamax	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Orlando  21' Frick  29'	Summary	18' Vernier 88' (0:1) Isabella	Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Karl Strässle

Basel v Luzern

24 July 1996 Round 3

Basel

Postponed

Luzern

St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

Young Boys v Basel

27 July 1996 Round 4	Young Boys	0 – 3 FF	Basel	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
20:00	Okolosi 27' (1:0) Neqrouz  82' Gerber  38' 85' (2:2)	Summary	23' Tabakovic (1:1) Nyarko  44' Orlando 64' (1:2) Frick	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Marcel Vollenweider
Note: Forfeit victory for FCB because YB used an unqualified player, Erol Bekirovski.

St. Gallen v Basel

31 July 1996 Round 5	St. Gallen	1 – 0	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
20:00	Allenspach 50' (1:0) Motaung  81'	Summary	30' Dominic Moser  52' Ceccaroni  82' Armentano  90' Smajić	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Werner Müller

Basel v Servette

3 August 1996 Round 6	Basel	1 – 1	Servette	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	La Placa 34' (1:1) Frick  37' La Placa  72'	Summary	7' (0:1) Pouget  35' Müller  65' Margarini	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Dieter Schoch

Sion v Basel

11 August 1996 Round 7	Sion	2 – 2	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
18:00	Kombouaré 8' (1:0) Gaspoz  41' Bonvin 85' (2:2)	Summary	30' (1:1) Nyarko 32' (1:2) Frick  75' Zuffi	Attendance: 9,800 Referee: Carlo Bertolini

Basel v Grasshopper Club

17 August 1996 Round 8	Basel	4 – 5	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	H. Yakin 10' (1:0) H. Yakin 12' (2:0) Frick 35' (3:3) Giallanza 90' (4:5)	Summary	6' Gämperle 13' (2:1) Moldovan 14' (2:2) Moldovan 20' (2:3) Türkyilmaz 42' (3:4) Comisetti  59' Esposito  64'  82' Thüler 73' (3:5) Türkyilmaz	Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler

Lugano v Basel

24 August 1996 Round 9	Lugano	1 – 1	Basel	Cornaredo, Lugano
20:00	Bugnard  65' Giannini  48' Giannini 86' (1:1)	Summary	50' H. Yakin 68' (0:1) Giallanza	Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Kurt Zuppinger

Basel v Luzern

27 August 1996 Round 3	Basel	2 – 2	Luzern	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	La Placa 4' (1:0) Smajić  68' Frick 88' (pen. 2:2)	Summary	27'  66' Fink 33' (1:1) Sermeter 78' (1:2) Wolf	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Roland Beck

Basel v Lausanne-Sport

4 September 1996 Round 10	Basel	2 – 4	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Nyarko  19' Frick  65' 30' (1:0) Giallanza 90+1' (2:4)	Summary	32' (1:1) Udovič  36' Ohrel 40' (1:2) Sané  53' Iglesias 76' (1:3) Douglas 84' (1:4) Douglas	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Markus Nobs

Zürich v Basel

7 September 1996 Round 11	Zürich	1 – 1	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00	Mazzarelli 77' (1:1)	Summary	36' Ceccaroni 38' (0:1) Giallanza  73' Grüter  75' Salvi	Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Urs Meier

Basel v Aarau

14 September 1996 Round 12	Basel	2 – 0	Aarau	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Falub  4' Armentano 18' (1:0) Armentano  18' Nyarko 24' (2:0) Frick  90'	Summary	12' Bader  66' Wiederkehr  41' Christ	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Jürg Herrmann

Xamax v Basel

18 September 1996 Round 13	Xamax	3 – 3	Basel	Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
20:00	Leśniak 18' (1:0) Kunz 19' (2:0) Gigon  21' Gigon 43' (3:1)	Summary	11' Frick 36' (2:1) La Placa 55' (3:2) Giallanza  56' Smajić 67' (3:3) Frick	Attendance: 7,200 Referee: Claude Détruche

Luzern v Basel

28 September 1996 Round 14	Luzern	0 – 3	Basel	Stadion Allmend Luzern
20:00		Summary	19' (0:1) Giallanza 19' (0:2) La Placa  34' La Placa 45' (0:3) Giallanza	Attendance: 14,850 Referee: Carlo Bertolini

Basel v Young Boys

9 October 1996 Round 15	Basel	1 – 1	Young Boys	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Giallanza 10' (1:0) Giallanza  76'	Summary	8' Neqrouz 35' (1:1) Okolosi  44' Streun  56' Ivanov  79' Okolosi	Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Marcel Vollenweider

Basel v St. Gallen

13 October 1996 Round 16	Basel	2 – 2	St. Gallen	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Orlando  19' Giallanza 39' (1:1) Zuffi  79' H. Yakin 85' (2:2)	Summary	4' Motaung 27' (0:1) Regtop  35' Mouidi  65' Eugster  69' Brunner 75' (1:2) Dittgen  90' Dittgen	Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Serge Muhmenthale

Servette v Basel

20 October 1996 Round 17	Servette	2 – 0	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
14:30	Nava 12' (1:0) Němeček 25' (2:0) Pizzinat  31' Němeček  53'	Summary	11' Zuffi	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Jürg Herrmann

Basel v Sion

27 October 1996 Round 18	Basel	0 – 3	Sion	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Salvi  44' H. Yakin  78'	Summary	17' (0:1) Chassot 34' (0:2) Bonvin  49' Biaggi  55' Lehmann 75' (0:3) Vercruysse	Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Claude Détruche

Grasshopper Club v Basel

3 November 1996 Round 19	Grasshopper Club	4 – 2	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
14:30	Esposito 4' (1:0) Moldovan 15' (2:0) Moldovan 22' (3:0) Smiljanić  54' Subiat 86' (4:2)	Summary	32' (3:1) Armentano  58' Poulard 70' (3:2) Nyarko	Attendance: 12,750 Referee: Dieter Schoch

Basel v Lugano

17 November 1996 Round 20	Basel	2 – 0	Lugano	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Giallanza 42' (1:0) Giallanza 55' (2:0) Nyarko  86'	Summary	24' Morf  62' Karić	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Urs Meier

Lausanne-Sport v Basel

24 November 1996 Round 21	Lausanne-Sport	0 – 0	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
14:30	Iglesias  61' Ohrel  88'	Summary	81' Frick  82' Disseris	Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Carlo Bertolini

Basel v Zürich

1 December 1996 Round 22	Basel	0 – 0	Zürich	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Disseris  9' Falub  84'	Summary	22' Gambino  42' Di Jorio  45' Tarone	Attendance: 21,000 Referee:

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Xamax	22	12	8	2	36	20	+16	44	Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus
2	Grasshopper Club	22	10	9	3	42	27	+15	39
3	Sion	22	9	10	3	33	21	+12	37
4	Aarau	22	9	8	5	21	14	+7	35
5	Lausanne-Sport	22	9	7	6	35	32	+3	34
6	St. Gallen	22	6	10	6	20	26	−6	28
7	Zürich	22	6	9	7	24	25	−1	27
8	Basel	22	5	11	6	32	32	0	26
9	Servette	22	5	9	8	24	25	−1	24	Continue to promotion/relegation round
10	Luzern	22	4	11	7	27	32	−5	23
11	Lugano	22	2	9	11	14	32	−18	15
12	Young Boys	22	3	3	16	17	39	−22	12

Source: rsssf.com

Championship group

Basel v Zürich

2 March 1997 Round 1	Basel	1 – 0	Zürich	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00	Zuffi  3' Giallanza  22' 55' (pen. 1:0) Ceccaroni  84'	Summary	9' Andersen  87' Konjić	Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Kurt Zuppinger

Aarau v Basel

9 March 1997 Round 2	Aarau	2 – 1	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
14:30	Christ  21' Ćirić 66' (1:0) Bader Hodel 84' (2:1)	Summary	17' Falub  44'  59' Foda 79' (1:1) Giallanza  87' H. Yakin	Attendance: 9,700 Referee: Dieter Schoch

Basel v Sion

23 March 1997 Round 3	Basel	0 – 1	Sion	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00	Ceccaroni  31'	Summary	13' Quentin 20' (0:1) Ouattara  83' Murray	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Carlo Bertolin

Xamax v Basel

26 March 1997 Round 4	Xamax	3 – 0	Basel	Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
20:00	Kunz 19' (1:0) Perret  45' Wittl 65' (2:0) Cyprien 90' (3:0)	Summary	60' Reimann	Attendance: 8,800 Referee: Urs Meier

Basel v St. Gallen

5 April 1997 Round 5	Basel	1 – 2	St. Gallen	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Giallanza 67' (1:0)	Summary	30' Allenspach 81' (1:1) Regtop 88' (1:2) Regtop	Attendance: 7,400 Referee: Claude Détruche

Grasshopper Club v Basel

13 April 1997 Round 6	Grasshopper Club	4 – 1	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
14:30	Türkyilmaz 39' (1:1) Moldovan 56' (pen 2:1) Vogel 57' (3:1) Haas  61' Vogel 68' (4:1)	Summary	20' Nyarko 32' (0:1) Bruno Sutter  35' Huber  38' Giallanza	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Dominique Tavel

Lausanne-Sport v Basel

19 April 1997 Round 7	Lausanne-Sport	2 – 0	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:00	Hänzi 17' (1:0) Douglas  52' Sané 83' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Kurt Zuppinge

Basel v Lausanne-Sport

24 April 1997 Round 8	Basel	3 – 2	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
	Giallanza 29' (1:1) Giallanza 35' (2:1) Kondé  79' Nyarko 79' (3:2)	Summary	8' (0:1) Sané  31' Iglesias 59' (22) Rehn  66'  87' Piffaretti	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Carlo Bertolin

Basel v Grasshopper Club

3 May 1997 Round 9	Basel	3 – 3	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Knup 7' (1:0) Giallanza 23' (2:1) Kondé  43' Knup 72' (3:2)	Summary	15' Smiljanić 19' (1:1) Moldovan  35' Haas 43' (2:2) Türkyilmaz 76' (3:3) Magnin  80' Ahinful	Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Urs Meier

St. Gallen v Basel

10 May 1997 Round 10	St. Gallen	2 – 1	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
17:30	Regtop 18' (1:0) Hellinga  57' Allenspach  61' Tsawa  74' Contini  76' Regtop 82' (2:1) Regtop  82'	Summary	22' Giallanza  25' Foda  43' Giallanza  45' Falub	Referee:

Basel v Xamax

15 May 1997 Round 11	Basel	1 – 3	Xamax	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Knup 39' (pen. 1:0) Frick  44' Tabakovic  48'	Summary	39' Corminbœuf 47' (1:1) Leśniak 52' (1:2) Isabella  65' Martin Rueda 80' (1:3) Wittl	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler

Sion v Basel

24 May 1997 Round 12	Sion	1 – 0	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:00	Lukić 32' (1:0) Wicky  43'	Summary	45' Kondé  53' Schupp	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Kurt Zuppinger

Basel v Aarau

31 May 1997 Round 13	Basel	3 – 2	Aarau	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Giallanza 49' (1:0) Knup 54' (2:0) Knup 60' (3:0) Ceccaroni  72'	Summary	77' (3:1) Brugnoli 90+1' (3:2) Kilian	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Werner Müller

Zürich v Basel

4 June 1997 Round 14	Zürich	1 – 1	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00	La Placa 50' (1:0)	Summary	39' Studer 74' (1:1) Studer	Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Markus Nobs

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Sion	14	9	3	2	18	10	+8	19	49	Swiss champions, qualified for 1997–98 Champions League
2	Xamax	14	6	6	2	22	14	+8	22	46	qualified for 1997–98 UEFA Cup
3	Grasshopper Club	14	7	4	3	37	18	+19	20	45	qualified for 1997–98 UEFA Cup
4	Lausanne-Sport	14	8	2	4	20	16	+4	17	43	entered 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup
5	Aarau	14	3	4	7	17	22	−5	18	31	entered 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup
6	FC St. Gallen	14	3	4	7	13	26	−13	14	27
7	Zürich	14	1	7	6	9	18	−9	14	24
8	Basel	14	3	2	9	16	28	−12	13	24

Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

Main article: Swiss Cup

FC Münsingen v Basel

22 September 1996 Round of 64	FC Münsingen	1 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Sportanlage Sandreutenen, Münsingen
14:30	Moreno  17' Bruttin 90' (1:1) P. Leimgruber  102'	Summary	30' Tabakovic 36' (0:1) Nyarko  49' Giallanza  70' Smajić 98' (1:2) Frick 117' (1:3) Armentano	Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Vincent Dafflon

Basel v Young Boys

15 March 1997 Round of 32	Basel	2 – 1	Young Boys	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Giallanza  20' Kondé 26' (2:1) La Placa 46' Kondé  70' Tabakovic  88' H. Yakin  90'	Summary	5' Baumann 21' (1:1) Okolosi  65' Lengen	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Marcel Vollenweider

Basel v Servette

29 March 1997 Round of 16	Basel	1 – 4	Servette	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Foda  4' Schupp 79' (pen. 1:3)	Summary	5' (pen. 0:1) Sesa  10' Němeček  17' Margarini 35' (0:2)  67' Cantaluppi  45' Juárez 70' (0:3) Karlen 83' (o.g. 1:4) Schupp	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Dieter Schoch

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Group 7 matches

Main article: 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup § Group 7

Basel v Shakhtar Donetsk

22 June 1996 Round 1	Basel	2 – 2	Shakhtar Donetsk	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
10:15	Zuffi 12' (1:0) H. Yakin 80' (2:2)	Summary	22' (1:1) Ostachov  29' Jaksmanutski  45' Pyatenko 57' (1:2) Pyatenko	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Darko Cvitkovic

Antalyaspor v Basel

29 June 1997 Round 2	Antalyaspor	2 – 5	Basel	Isparta Atatürk Stadium, Isparta
17:30	Aliriza 2' (1:0) Nuri 34' (2:3) Murat  39'	Summary	23' (1:1) Smajić 25' (1:2) Moser 29' (1:3) H. Yakin 56' (2:4) Giallanza  57' Poulard 61' (2:5) La Placa  69' Frick  85' Armentano	Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Gheorghe Constantin

Basel v Ataka-Aura Minsk

13 July 1996 Round 3	Basel	5 – 0	Ataka-Aura Minsk	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Nyarko 20' (1:0) Moser 22' (2:0) La Placa 42' (3:0) Frick 53' (4:0) Armentano 67' (5:0) Salvi  89'	Summary	50' Ermakovich	Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Vanco Kocev (Macedonia)

Rotor Volgograd v Basel

20 July 1996 Round 4	Rotor Volgograd	3 – 2	Basel	Central Stadium, Volgograd
18:00	Niederhaus 18' (1:0) Yesipov 38' (2:2) Veretennikov 57' (3:2) Yesipov  61'	Summary	29' (1:1) Orlando 30' (1:2) Giallanza  31' Giallanza  49' Salvi	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Branimir Babarogić (FR Yugoslavia)

Group 7 table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rotor Volgograd	4	3	0	1	12	5	+7	9	Advanced to semi-finals
2	Basel	4	2	1	1	14	7	+7	7
3	Antalyaspor	4	2	0	2	7	7	0	6
4	Shakhtar Donetsk	4	1	1	2	5	8	−3	4
5	Ataka-Aura Minsk	4	1	0	3	2	13	−11	3

Source: rsssf.com

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 / 2018. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
• 1996–97 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” homepage
• FCB squad 1996–97 at Joggeli.ch
• 1996–97 at RSSSF

External links

• FC Basel official site