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FC Basel

1984–85 season
Chairman	Urs Gribi
Manager	Ernst August Künnecke until December 1984 Emil Müller from January 1985
Ground	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A	8th
Swiss Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	Peter Nadig (11)

The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1984–85 season was their 91st season since their foundation. It was their 39th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football since their promotion in the 1945–46 season. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. For the second year running the clubs chairman was Urs Gribi.

Overview

It was Ernst August Künnecke's second year as first team manager. He had taken over from Rainer Ohlhauser a year earlier. In the winter break Künnecke was sacked and Emil Müller took over as caretaker manager up until the end of the season.

Basel played in the 1984–85 Nationalliga A and they ended the season in eigth position, 15 points behind Servette Genève who became swiss champions that year. In their 30 league matches Basel won eleven, drew nine and lost ten games. At the end of the championship season Basel had obtained 31 points, had scored 46 and had conceeding 49 goals. Peter Nadig was the teams top goal scorer in the league with eleven goals and Beat Sutter second highest scorer with ten.

Basel entered the Swiss Cup in the round of 64 with an away game against lower classed FC Dürrenast. This was won 4–0. In the second round they had a home match, also against a lower classed team FC Langenthal. This match resulted in a 6–0 victory. However with the third round home game against Servette Basels cup season came to an end because they lost the match 0–1.

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
—	GK	SUI	Urs Suter
—	GK	SUI	Thomas Paul
—	DF	SUI	Martin Andermatt
—	DF	SUI	Stefano Ceccaroni
—	DF	SUI	Fredy Grossenbacher
—	DF	SUI	Dominique Herr
—	DF	SUI	Ertan Irizik
—	DF	SUI	Rolf Lauper
—	DF	SUI	Alfred Lüthi
—	DF	GER	Thomas Süss
—	DF	NED	Adrie van Kraay

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SUI	René Botteron
—	MF	GER	Thomas Hauser
—	MF	SUI	Martin Jeitziner
—	MF	SUI	Nicolas Keller
—	MF	SUI	Guido Rudin
—	MF	SUI	Erni Maissen
—	MF	SUI	Peter Nadig
—	FW	SUI	Beat Sutter
—	FW	SUI	Ruedi Zbinden
—		SUI	Felix Rudin
—		SUI	Dominik Leder

Results

Nationalliga A

Main article: 1984–85 Nationalliga A

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Remarks
1	Servette FC Genève	30	19	8	3	71	28	46	Champions / 1985–86 European Cup
2	FC Aarau	30	16	10	4	62	43	42
3	Neuchâtel Xamax	30	14	11	5	59	34	39
4	FC St. Gallen	30	13	11	6	66	32	37
5	FC Sion	30	14	8	8	56	49	36
6	Grasshopper Club Zürich	30	11	10	9	53	47	32
7	FC Zürich	30	11	9	10	59	52	31
8	FC Basel	30	11	9	10	46	49	31
9	BSC Young Boys	30	10	10	10	42	45	30
10	Lausanne Sports	30	10	9	11	50	57	29
11	FC Wettingen	30	7	12	11	31	35	26
12	FC Lucerne	30	9	8	13	33	53	26
13	FC Vevey	30	9	6	15	40	47	24
14	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	30	6	12	12	41	54	24
15	SC Zug	30	4	6	20	27	71	14	Relegated / 1985–86 Nationalliga B
16	FC Winterthur	30	4	5	21	32	72	13	Relegated / 1985–86 Nationalliga B

Swiss Cup

Main article: Swiss Cup

FC Dürrenast v Basel

16 September 1984 Round of 64	FC Dürrenast	0 – 4	Basel	Sportplatz Lachen, Dürrenast

Basel v FC Langenthal

20 October 1984 Round of 32	Basel	6 – 0	FC Langenthal	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

Basel v Servette

16 March 1985 Round of 16	Basel	0 – 1	Servette	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

See also

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

Sources and references

• Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
• 1984–85 at RSSSF

External links

• FC Basel official site