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1998–99 FC Basel season

The 1998–99 Fussball Club Basel 1893 season was their 106th season since the club's foundation. Following their promotion in the 1993–94 season this was their fifth consecutive season in the highest tier of Swiss football. René C. Jäggi was the club's chairman for the third year. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium until 13 Dezember 1998. From 7 March 199 they played their games in the Stadion Schützenmatte while the new stadium was being built.

FC Basel
1998–99 season
Chairman René C. Jäggi
ManagerGuy Mathez (until 14 May 1999)
Marco Schällibaum (ad interim)
GroundSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel (until 13 Dezember 1998)
Stadion Schützenmatte (from 7 March 1999)
Nationalliga AQualifying Phase 6th
Nationalliga AChampions Group 5th
Swiss CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague: Mario Frick (10)
All: Mario Frick (11)
Highest home attendance34,735 on 13 December 1998
vs Lugano
Lowest home attendance3,830 on 2 June 1999
vs Luzern
Average home league attendance9,870[1]

Overview edit

Pre-season edit

Guy Mathez, who had taken over the coaching in January of that year, was appointed as the new trainer at the start of the season, but on 14 May 1999 he was sacked and was replaced by Marco Schällibaum (ad interim) until the end of the season.

The club made many new signings as the season started, these included Mario Cantaluppi who returned from Servette. Also from Servette came the Romanian international Dan Potocianu and, on loan, the youngster Carlos Varela. Aleksandr Rytchkov was signed from 1. FC Köln and Philippe Cravero signed in from lower classed Etoile Carouge. The Ivorian international Ahmed Ouattara and the young Brazilian Abedi were signed in from Sion. Benjamin Huggel was signed in from local amateur club FC Münchenstein, he had played the previous season for FC Arlesheim, in the fourth tier of Swiss football.

In the other direction Adrian Knup, Daniel Salvi and Jürgen Hartmann all ended their football careers. Dario Zuffi returned to his club of origin Winterthur after having playing five years for the club. Jan Berger moved to Aarau and youngster Alexander Frei was loaned out to Thun so that he could obtain more playing time. Fabinho Santos returned home to Joinville in Brasil.

The first half of the season, until 13 December 1998, Basel's home ground was the St. Jakob Stadium. From 7 March 199 they played their games in the Stadion Schützenmatte and this because the old stadium was demolished and the new stadium was to be built on the same ground. The construction of the new stadium was to be in a little more than two years. The new stadium, the St. Jakob-Park, was to be an all seater, the old stadium had standing places on three sides.

The Campaign edit

Domestic League edit

The club's priority aim was to remain in the top flight of Swiss football. The season started fairly well, with five victories and three draws in the first ten rounds. However, seven defeats in the next nine rounds let the team slip down into the bottom areas of the table. Basel ende the qualification stage with eight victories, four draws and ten defeats, with just 21 goals scored and 34 conceded, with 28 points in sixth position in the league table. With this tally they were qualified for Champions Group for the second half of the season. With an average second half of the season, winning five games, drawing four and losing five, Basel in the league tables fifth position, managed to qualify for the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup. With four goals in the qualification round and six in the championship round Mario Frick was the team's top goal scorer.[2]

Swiss Cup edit

All eyes were set on the cup season. But despite a draw against lower classed Stade Nyonnais, Basel's cup season came to an abrupt end, because they were unable to pass this hurdle, losing the match on penalties. Lausanne-Sport won the Swiss Cup final on 13 June 199 in the Wankdorf Stadium, winning 2–0 against Grasshopper Club.[3]

Players edit

The following is the list of the Basel first team squad. It includes all players that were in the squad the day the season started on 18 July 1998 but subsequently left the club after that date and it includes all players that transferred in during the season.

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

Transfers in edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
6 DF   SUI Philippe Cravero (from Etoile Carouge)
10 MF   RUS Aleksandr Rytchkov (from 1. FC Köln)
21 MF   BRA Argemiro Veiga (from Sion)
22 MF   TUR Atilla Sahin (from SV Muttenz)
23 DF   SUI Benjamin Huggel (from FC Arlesheim)
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF   BRA Abedi (from Sion)
25 MF   CIV Ahmed Ouattara (from Sion)
26 FW   SUI Mario Cantaluppi (from Servette)
27 FW   SUI Carlos Varela (from Servette)
28 DF   ROU Dan Potocianu (from Servette)
29 FW   SUI Urs Güntensperger (from Lausanne-Sport)
30 FW   TUR Cetin Güner (from Borussia Dortmund)

Transfers out edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF   SUI Daniel Salvi (unknown, end of career)
7 FW   SUI Dario Zuffi (to Winterthur)
10 MF   GER Maurizio Gaudino (to VfL Bochum)
13 FW   SUI Adrian Knup (retired, end of career)
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF   GER Jürgen Hartmann (retired end of career)
22 MF   BRA Webber (Leandro Dos Santos) (unknown)
23 DF   SUI Jan Berger (to Aarau)
24 DF   BRA Fabinho Santos (to Joinville)
27 FW   SUI Alexander Frei (to Thun)

Results edit

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches edit

Pre- and mid-season edit

24 June 1998 Pre-season Sion   0 – 1   Basel Stade St-Laurent, Saillon
14:30 Summary   25' (0:1) Kreuzer Attendance: 300
Referee:   Claude Détruche
27 June 1998 Pre-season Lausanne-Sport   5 – 0   Basel Stade des Condémines, Sierre
18:00 Udovič   42' (1:0)
Thurre   44' (2:0)
Da Silva   57' (3:0)
Rehn   60' (4:0)
Celestini   65' (5:0)
Summary   60' Rytchkov Attendance: 500
Referee:   André Daina, (Eclépens)
4 July 1998 Pre-season Basel   2 – 3   Galatasaray St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:00 Frick   4' (1:0)
Rytchkov   64' (2:3)
Summary   11' (1:1) Şükür
  30' (pen. 1:2) Belözoğlu
  44' (1:3) Belözoğlu
  71' Kerimoglu
Attendance: 2,800
Referee:   Andreas Schluchter
7 July 1998 Pre-season Basel   0 – 2   Grasshopper Club Im Nau, Laufen
19:00 Summary   81' (0:1) Tikva
  90' (0:2) Tikva
Attendance: 900
Referee:   Massimo Busacca
10 July 1998 Pre-season Basel   1 – 1   Karlsruher SC St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:00 Tschopp   34' (1:0) Summary   66' (1:1) Gilewicz Attendance: 1,200
Referee:   Andreas Schluchter
3 September 1998 Mid-season Basel   1 – 1   RC Strasbourg St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:00 Rytchkov   27' (1:1) Summary   16' (0:1) Bertin
  19' Beye
  81' Frank
Attendance: 1,000
Referee:   Andreas Schluchter
9 October 1998 Mid-season Basel   0 – 4   Olympique de Marseille St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:00 Summary   18' (1:0) Ravanelli
  20' (2:0) Moses
  37' (0:3) Camara
  89' (0:4) Domoraud
Attendance: 3,000
Referee:   Urs Meier

Winter break edit

20 January 1999 Winter break Thun   4 – 3   Basel Burgerallee, Thun
19:30 William   18' (1:0)
Halef   75' (pen. 2:3)
Raimondi   89' (3:3)
Simonjic   90' (4:3)
Summary   21' (1:1) Tschopp
  32' (1:2) Fabinho
  48' (1:3) Frick
Attendance: 350
Referee:   Jürg Burkhart
27 January 1999 Trainings camp Martinique 11   2 – 2   Basel Stade Georges-Gratiant, Le Lamentin, Martinique
Percin   45'
Rano   56' (1:1)
Rano   86' (2:2)
Summary   5' (0:1) Fabinho
  34' Reimann
  45' Kreuzer
  62' (1:2) Tschopp
Attendance: 500
Referee:   André Elbène
21 January 1999 Trainings camp Aiglon/U.S. Robert   0 – 1   Basel Stade Georges-Gratiant, Le Lamentin, Martinique
St. Home   52'
Gibon   60'
Summary   62' Sahin
  65' (0:1) Frick
Attendance: 350
Referee:   Guy Bellance
1 February 1999 Trainings camp Stade Spiritain   1 – 7   Basel Stade Municipal, Saint-Esprit, Martinique
J.-P.Party   17' (1:0) Summary   25' (1:1) Fabinho
  32' (1:2) Fabinho
  44' (1:3) Frick
  59' (1:4) Fabinho
  74' (1:5) Fabinho
  81' (1:6) Barberis
  85' (1:7) Mendi
Attendance: 1,000
Referee:   Alex Jacquens
10 February 1999 Winter break SR Delémont   0 – 0   Basel Parc des Sports, Delémont
19:00 Summary Attendance: 50
Referee:   Stéphane Monaco
13 February 1999 Winter break Étoile Carouge   2 – 1   Basel Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge
 
 
Summary   Reimann Referee:   ?
Note: FCB reserves strengthened with players from the first team. At the same time the first team played another test match against FC Meyrin
13 February 1999 Winter break FC Meyrin   0 – 2   Basel Stade des Arbères, Meyrin
Summary   (1:0) Mendi
  (2:0) Abedi
Referee:   ?
Note: Basel strengthened with FCB reserves. At the same time the reserve team played another friendly against Étoile Carouge
17 February 1999 Winter break Eintracht Trier   4 – 1   Basel Moselstadion, Trier
17:00 Thömmes   11' (1:0)
Thömmes   31' (2:0)
Melunović   43' (3:0)
Papić   66' (4:1)
Summary   48' (3:1) Abedi Attendance: 250
Referee:   Michael Herrmann
25 March 1999 Mid-season Basel   0 – 0   Sochaux Stadion Rankhof, Basel
18:00 Summary   62' Santini Attendance: 300
Referee:   Andreas Schluchter
Note: 2 test goalkeeper Christian Sturm (U–19) und Davide Taini (FC Singen 04) each 45 minutes
31 March 1999 Mid-season SC Dornach   2 – 3   Basel Gigersloch, Dornach
18:00 Weidmann   25' (1:1)
Manz   39' (2:2)
Summary   20' (0:1) Türk
  29' (1:2) Tschopp
  55' (2:3) Henry
Attendance: 200
Referee:   René Rogalla
2 April 1999 Mid-season SR Delémont   1 – 0   Basel Im Nau, Laufen
18:00 Romano   37' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 450
Referee:   Markus Nobs, (Wohlen)

Nationalliga A edit

Qualifying Phase edit

18 July 1998 Round 1 Basel 0 – 0 Sion St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30 Disseris   4'
Ceccaroni   24'
Report   22' Tholot
  61' Eydelie
  77' Lipawsky
Attendance: 9,000
Referee:   Philippe Leuba
21 July 1998 Round 2 Aarau 5 – 0 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
19:30 Aleksandrov   8' (1:0)
Ivanov   21' (2:0)
Aleksandrov   51' (3:0)
Aleksandrov   65' (4:0)
Heldmann   70' (5:0)
Zitola   87'
Report   12' Pérez Attendance: 5,900
Referee:   Reto Rutz
25 July 1998 Round 3 Basel 2 – 1 Zürich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30 Tschopp   3'
Rytchkov   25' (1:0)
Rytchkov   44'
Sahin   45' (2:0)
Reimann   64'
Report   27' Sant'Anna
  30' Castillo
  64' (pen. 2:1) Sant'Anna
  82' Di Jorio
Attendance: 8,500
Referee:   Dieter Schoch
1 August 1998 Round 4 Servette 3 – 1 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
17:30 Juárez   9'
Rey   13' (pen. 1:0)
Rey   19' (2:0)
Rey   23' (3:0)
Fournier   31'
Rey   59'
Report   35' Reimann
  68' Kreuzer
  84' (3:1) Abedi
Attendance: 4,100
Referee:   Roberto Ferrari
9 August 1998 Round 5 Basel 1 – 0 Luzern St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
16:15 Kondé   69'
Tschopp   75' (1:0)
Report   60' Moser
  82' Wyss
Attendance: 7,500
Referee:   Carlo Bertolini
15 August 1998 Round 6 Basel 2 – 0 Xamax St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30 Ouattara   64' (pen. 1:0)
Tschopp   82'
Kreuzer   90+2'
Pérez   90+5' (2:0)
Report   2' Njanka
  23' Wittl
  58' Rueda
  59' Zambaz
Attendance: 10,500
Referee:   Urs Meier
23 August 1998 Round 7 St. Gallen 0 – 1 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
16:15 Hellinga   22'
Vurens   33'
Report   40' Kreuzer
  43' Kondé
  70' (0:1) Rytchkov
  72' Veiga
  75' Tschopp
  90+3' Reimann
Attendance: 9,700
Referee:   Dominique Tavel
29 August 1998 Round 8 Basel 1 – 1 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30 Ouattara   9' (1:0)
Rytchkov   15'
Cravero   20'
Pérez   90+1'
Report   20' Vogel
  29' Tararache
  51' Nkufo
  62' Magnin
  70' (1:1) de Napoli
Attendance: 26,600
Referee:   Roland Beck
8 September 1998 Round 9 Lausanne-Sport 0 – 2 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
19:30 Celestini   24'
Piffaretti   34'
Report   12' (0:1) Rytchkov
  18'   58' Kondé
  40' Reimann
  50' Rytchkov
  61' Ceccaroni
  69' (0:2) Rytchkov
Attendance: 5,900
Referee:   Massimo Busacca
12 September 1998 Round 10 Basel 1 – 1 Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30 Ouattara   24'
Frick   57' (1:1)
Barberis   77'
Report   21' Pintul
  33' Baumann
  40' (0:1) Bekirovski
  50' Bekirovski
  75' Kehrli
Attendance: 16,000
Referee:   André Daina
19 September 1998 Round 11 Lugano 5 – 1 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
19:30 Gaspoz   18' (1:0)
Wegmann   30'
Orlando   38' (2:0)
Giménez   49' (3:0)
Giménez   58' (4:0)
Giallanza   87' (pen. 5:1)
Summary   74' (4:1) Rytchkov Attendance: 4,380
Referee:   Marcus Nobs
27 September 1998 Round 12 Sion 1 – 0 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
16:15 Bertone   13'
Benson   24'
Tholot   37' (1:0)
Tholot   40'
Allenspach   86'
Summary   49' Kondé Attendance: 6,900
Referee:   Dominique Tavel
4 October 1998 Round 13 Basel 1 – 0 Aarau St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
16:15 Ouattara   50' (1:0)
Abedi   69'
Summary   55' Markovic Attendance: 7,300
Referee:   Marcel Vollenweider
16 October 1998 Round 14 Zürich 1 – 0 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
19:30 Fischer   26'
Sant'Anna   29'
Chassot   58' (1:0)
Summary   10' Cravero
  27' Tschopp
  45' Frick
  59' Ouattara
  77' Calapes
Attendance: 11,300
Referee:   Roland Beck
25 October 1998 Round 15 Basel 0 – 2 Servette St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
16:15 Rytchkov   56'
Tschopp   87'
Summary   9' (0:1) Durix
  45' (0:2) Durix
  63' Juarez
  79' Varela
Attendance: 9,800
Referee:   Philippe Leuba
31 October 1998 Round 16 Luzern 4 – 1 Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
17:30 Izzo   5'
Koch   28' (1:1)
Koch   53' (2:1)
Brunner   60' (3:1)
van Eck   71'
Moser   75' (4:1)
Summary   11' Huber
  19' (0:1) Frick
Attendance: 7,960
Referee:   Carlo Bertolini
7 November 1998 Round 17 Xamax 3 – 1 Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
17:30 N'Diaye   8' (1:0)
N'Diaye   36'
Rueda   42'
Njanka   44'
Isabella   90' (2:1)
N'Do   90+2' (3:1)
Summary   25' (1:1) Frick
  39'   42' Frick
  52' Tschopp
Attendance: 8,100
Referee:   Claude Détruche
17 November 1998 Round 18 Basel 1 – 0 St. Gallen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
16:15 Tschopp   8' (1:0)
Reimann   16'
Sahin   21'
Veiga   68'
Summary   31' Zellweger
  35' Zinna
Attendance: 6,000
Referee:   Roberto Ferrari
21 November 1998 Round 19 Grasshopper Club 2 – 1 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
17:30 Tikva   47' (1:0)
Tararache   73'
Türkyilmaz   80' (2:0)
Mazzarelli   90'
Summary   73' Ceccaroni
  88' (2:1) Pérez
Attendance: 7,800
Referee:   Dominique Tavel
28 November 1998 Round 20 Basel 1 – 1 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:30 Frick   3' (1:0)
Rytchkov   49'
Reimann   61'
Barberis   67'
Ceccaroni   73'
Summary   13' Iglesias
  31' (1:1)   62' Pantelić
  73' Thurre
Attendance: 5,900
Referee:   Roland Beck
6 December 1998 Round 21 Young Boys 1 – 2 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
14:30 Streun   67'
Sawu   69' (1:2)
Summary   6' (0:1) Rytchkov
  28' Kreuzer
  30' Veiga
  46' Smajić
  57' (0:2) Tschopp
Attendance: 5,300
Referee:   Urs Meier
13 December 1998 Round 22 Basel 1 – 3 Lugano St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
16:15 Cravero   12'
Tschopp   45' (pen. 1:0)
Summary   19' Wegmann
  43' Hürzeler
  44' Tejeda
  72' (1:0) Wegmann
  79' (2:0) Wegmann
  80' Lombardo
Attendance: 34,745
Referee:   Reto Rutz

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Servette 22 12 8 2 38 24 +14 44 Advance to championship round
halved points (rounded up) as bonus
2 Grasshopper Club 22 11 5 6 37 25 +12 38
3 Zürich 22 10 8 4 33 21 +12 38
4 Lausanne-Sport 22 10 8 4 36 33 +3 38
5 Xamax 22 7 11 4 30 23 +7 32
6 Basel 22 8 4 10 21 34 −13 28
7 Luzern 22 6 9 7 26 25 +1 27
8 St. Gallen 22 7 6 9 31 31 0 27
9 Sion 22 5 8 9 22 36 −14 23 Continue to promotion/relegation round
10 Lugano 22 5 7 10 35 43 −8 22
11 Young Boys 22 4 7 11 33 34 −1 19
12 Aarau 22 3 7 12 28 41 −13 16
Source: rsssf.com

Champions Group edit

28 February 1999 Round 1 Luzern 0 – 2 Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
16:15 Stepanović   21'
Koch   73'
Knez   71'   83'
Summary   33' (0:1)   29' Abedi
  49' Barberis
  89' (0:2) Frick
Attendance: 7,930
Referee:   Urs Meier
7 March 1999 Round 2 Basel 1 – 0 Xamax Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:30 Cravero   5'
Abedi   36' (1:0)
Kreuzer   38'
Barberis   46'
Summary   26' Simo
  53' Njanka
Attendance: 4,250
Referee:   Roland Beck
13 March 1999 Round 3 Servette 2 – 1 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
19:30 Wolf   34' (1:0)
Rey   38' (2:0)
Summary   20' Henry
  60' Varela
  61' Ceccaroni
  71' (2:1) Fabinho
Attendance: 6,657
Referee:   Philippe Leuba
21 March 1999 Round 4 Basel 1 – 0 Zürich Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:30 Cravero   8'
Varela   29'
Pérez   51' (pen. 1:0)
Calapes   52'
Cantaluppi   62'
Summary   24'   45' Di Jorio
  58' Wiederkehr
Attendance: 7,500
Referee:   Carlo Bertolini
5 April 1999 Round 5 Grasshopper Club 4 – 2 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
16:15 de Napoli   5' (1:0)
de Napoli   6' (2:0)
Tikva   11' (3:0)
de Napoli   52' (4:0)
Comisetti   57'
Summary   58' Barberis
  59' Fabinho
  79' (4:1) Varela
  90+1' (4:2) Frick
Attendance: 10,500
Referee:  
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The 1998 99 Fussball Club Basel 1893 season was their 106th season since the club s foundation Following their promotion in the 1993 94 season this was their fifth consecutive season in the highest tier of Swiss football Rene C Jaggi was the club s chairman for the third year FC Basel played their home games in the St Jakob Stadium until 13 Dezember 1998 From 7 March 199 they played their games in the Stadion Schutzenmatte while the new stadium was being built FC Basel1998 99 seasonChairmanRene C JaggiManagerGuy Mathez until 14 May 1999 Marco Schallibaum ad interim GroundSt Jakob Stadium Basel until 13 Dezember 1998 Stadion Schutzenmatte from 7 March 1999 Nationalliga AQualifying Phase 6thNationalliga AChampions Group 5thSwiss CupRound of 32Top goalscorerLeague Mario Frick 10 All Mario Frick 11 Highest home attendance34 735 on 13 December 1998vs LuganoLowest home attendance3 830 on 2 June 1999vs LuzernAverage home league attendance9 870 1 1997 981999 2000 Contents 1 Overview 1 1 Pre season 2 The Campaign 2 1 Domestic League 2 2 Swiss Cup 3 Players 3 1 Transfers in 3 2 Transfers out 4 Results 4 1 Friendly matches 4 1 1 Pre and mid season 4 1 2 Winter break 4 2 Nationalliga A 4 2 1 Qualifying Phase 4 2 2 League table 4 2 3 Champions Group 4 2 4 League table 4 3 Swiss Cup 5 See also 6 Sources and references 7 External linksOverview editPre season edit Guy Mathez who had taken over the coaching in January of that year was appointed as the new trainer at the start of the season but on 14 May 1999 he was sacked and was replaced by Marco Schallibaum ad interim until the end of the season The club made many new signings as the season started these included Mario Cantaluppi who returned from Servette Also from Servette came the Romanian international Dan Potocianu and on loan the youngster Carlos Varela Aleksandr Rytchkov was signed from 1 FC Koln and Philippe Cravero signed in from lower classed Etoile Carouge The Ivorian international Ahmed Ouattara and the young Brazilian Abedi were signed in from Sion Benjamin Huggel was signed in from local amateur club FC Munchenstein he had played the previous season for FC Arlesheim in the fourth tier of Swiss football In the other direction Adrian Knup Daniel Salvi and Jurgen Hartmann all ended their football careers Dario Zuffi returned to his club of origin Winterthur after having playing five years for the club Jan Berger moved to Aarau and youngster Alexander Frei was loaned out to Thun so that he could obtain more playing time Fabinho Santos returned home to Joinville in Brasil The first half of the season until 13 December 1998 Basel s home ground was the St Jakob Stadium From 7 March 199 they played their games in the Stadion Schutzenmatte and this because the old stadium was demolished and the new stadium was to be built on the same ground The construction of the new stadium was to be in a little more than two years The new stadium the St Jakob Park was to be an all seater the old stadium had standing places on three sides The Campaign editDomestic League edit The club s priority aim was to remain in the top flight of Swiss football The season started fairly well with five victories and three draws in the first ten rounds However seven defeats in the next nine rounds let the team slip down into the bottom areas of the table Basel ende the qualification stage with eight victories four draws and ten defeats with just 21 goals scored and 34 conceded with 28 points in sixth position in the league table With this tally they were qualified for Champions Group for the second half of the season With an average second half of the season winning five games drawing four and losing five Basel in the league tables fifth position managed to qualify for the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup With four goals in the qualification round and six in the championship round Mario Frick was the team s top goal scorer 2 Swiss Cup edit All eyes were set on the cup season But despite a draw against lower classed Stade Nyonnais Basel s cup season came to an abrupt end because they were unable to pass this hurdle losing the match on penalties Lausanne Sport won the Swiss Cup final on 13 June 199 in the Wankdorf Stadium winning 2 0 against Grasshopper Club 3 Players editThe following is the list of the Basel first team squad It includes all players that were in the squad the day the season started on 18 July 1998 but subsequently left the club after that date and it includes all players that transferred in during the season 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 nbsp SUI Stefan Huber 2 DF nbsp SUI Massimo Ceccaroni 3 DF nbsp SUI Luis Calapes 4 DF nbsp SUI Theodoros Disseris on loan to Winterthur 5 DF nbsp GER Oliver Kreuzer 6 DF nbsp SUI Philippe Cravero 7 FW nbsp LIE Marco Perez 8 MF nbsp LIE Mario Frick 9 MF nbsp FRA Fabrice Henry 10 MF nbsp RUS Aleksandr Rytchkov 11 FW nbsp SUI Deniz Mendi 12 DF nbsp SUI Sebastien Barberis 13 DF nbsp SUI Marco Tschopp 14 FW nbsp RUS Daniel Dobrovoljski No Pos Nation Player 15 DF nbsp SUI Ivan Reimann 17 MF nbsp CZE Vaclav Pechoucek 18 GK nbsp SUI Slaven Matan 19 DF nbsp SUI Fabinho 20 DF nbsp SUI Oumar Konde to Blackburn 21 MF nbsp BRA Argemiro Veiga 22 MF nbsp TUR Atilla Sahin 23 DF nbsp SUI Benjamin Huggel 24 DF nbsp BRA Abedi 25 MF nbsp CIV Ahmed Ouattara 26 FW nbsp SUI Mario Cantaluppi 27 FW nbsp SUI Carlos Varela 28 DF nbsp ROU Dan Potocianu 29 FW nbsp SUI Urs Guntensperger 30 FW nbsp TUR Cetin Guner Transfers in edit Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player 6 DF nbsp SUI Philippe Cravero from Etoile Carouge 10 MF nbsp RUS Aleksandr Rytchkov from 1 FC Koln 21 MF nbsp BRA Argemiro Veiga from Sion 22 MF nbsp TUR Atilla Sahin from SV Muttenz 23 DF nbsp SUI Benjamin Huggel from FC Arlesheim No Pos Nation Player 24 DF nbsp BRA Abedi from Sion 25 MF nbsp CIV Ahmed Ouattara from Sion 26 FW nbsp SUI Mario Cantaluppi from Servette 27 FW nbsp SUI Carlos Varela from Servette 28 DF nbsp ROU Dan Potocianu from Servette 29 FW nbsp SUI Urs Guntensperger from Lausanne Sport 30 FW nbsp TUR Cetin Guner from Borussia Dortmund Transfers out edit Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player 3 DF nbsp SUI Daniel Salvi unknown end of career 7 FW nbsp SUI Dario Zuffi to Winterthur 10 MF nbsp GER Maurizio Gaudino to VfL Bochum 13 FW nbsp SUI Adrian Knup retired end of career No Pos Nation Player 16 DF nbsp GER Jurgen Hartmann retired end of career 22 MF nbsp BRA Webber Leandro Dos Santos unknown 23 DF nbsp SUI Jan Berger to Aarau 24 DF nbsp BRA Fabinho Santos to Joinville 27 FW nbsp SUI Alexander Frei to Thun Results editLegend Win Draw Loss Postponed Friendly matches edit Pre and mid season edit Sion nbsp v nbsp Basel 24 June 1998 Pre seasonSion nbsp 0 1 nbsp BaselStade St Laurent Saillon14 30 Summary nbsp 25 0 1 Kreuzer Attendance 300Referee nbsp Claude Detruche Lausanne Sport nbsp v nbsp Basel 27 June 1998 Pre seasonLausanne Sport nbsp 5 0 nbsp BaselStade des Condemines Sierre18 00 Udovic nbsp 42 1 0 Thurre nbsp 44 2 0 Da Silva nbsp 57 3 0 Rehn nbsp 60 4 0 Celestini nbsp 65 5 0 Summary nbsp 60 Rytchkov Attendance 500Referee nbsp Andre Daina Eclepens Basel nbsp v nbsp Galatasaray 4 July 1998 Pre seasonBasel nbsp 2 3 nbsp GalatasaraySt Jakob Stadium Basel19 00 Frick nbsp 4 1 0 Rytchkov nbsp 64 2 3 Summary nbsp 11 1 1 Sukur nbsp 30 pen 1 2 Belozoglu nbsp 44 1 3 Belozoglu nbsp 71 Kerimoglu Attendance 2 800Referee nbsp Andreas Schluchter Basel nbsp v nbsp Grasshopper Club 7 July 1998 Pre seasonBasel nbsp 0 2 nbsp Grasshopper ClubIm Nau Laufen19 00 Summary nbsp 81 0 1 Tikva nbsp 90 0 2 Tikva Attendance 900Referee nbsp Massimo Busacca Basel nbsp v nbsp Karlsruher SC 10 July 1998 Pre seasonBasel nbsp 1 1 nbsp Karlsruher SCSt Jakob Stadium Basel19 00 Tschopp nbsp 34 1 0 Summary nbsp 66 1 1 Gilewicz Attendance 1 200Referee nbsp Andreas Schluchter Basel nbsp v nbsp RC Strasbourg 3 September 1998 Mid seasonBasel nbsp 1 1 nbsp RC StrasbourgSt Jakob Stadium Basel19 00 Rytchkov nbsp 27 1 1 Summary nbsp 16 0 1 Bertin nbsp 19 Beye nbsp 81 Frank Attendance 1 000Referee nbsp Andreas Schluchter Basel nbsp v nbsp Olympique de Marseille 9 October 1998 Mid seasonBasel nbsp 0 4 nbsp Olympique de MarseilleSt Jakob Stadium Basel19 00 Summary nbsp 18 1 0 Ravanelli nbsp 20 2 0 Moses nbsp 37 0 3 Camara nbsp 89 0 4 Domoraud Attendance 3 000Referee nbsp Urs Meier Winter break edit Thun nbsp v nbsp Basel 20 January 1999 Winter breakThun nbsp 4 3 nbsp BaselBurgerallee Thun19 30 William nbsp 18 1 0 Halef nbsp 75 pen 2 3 Raimondi nbsp 89 3 3 Simonjic nbsp 90 4 3 Summary nbsp 21 1 1 Tschopp nbsp 32 1 2 Fabinho nbsp 48 1 3 Frick Attendance 350Referee nbsp Jurg Burkhart Martinique 11 nbsp v nbsp Basel 27 January 1999 Trainings campMartinique 11 nbsp 2 2 nbsp BaselStade Georges Gratiant Le Lamentin MartiniquePercin nbsp 45 Rano nbsp 56 1 1 Rano nbsp 86 2 2 Summary nbsp 5 0 1 Fabinho nbsp 34 Reimann nbsp 45 Kreuzer nbsp 62 1 2 Tschopp Attendance 500Referee nbsp Andre Elbene Aiglon U S Robert nbsp v nbsp Basel 21 January 1999 Trainings campAiglon U S Robert nbsp 0 1 nbsp BaselStade Georges Gratiant Le Lamentin MartiniqueSt Home nbsp 52 Gibon nbsp 60 Summary nbsp 62 Sahin nbsp 65 0 1 Frick Attendance 350Referee nbsp Guy Bellance Stade Spiritain nbsp v nbsp Basel 1 February 1999 Trainings campStade Spiritain nbsp 1 7 nbsp BaselStade Municipal Saint Esprit MartiniqueJ P Party nbsp 17 1 0 Summary nbsp 25 1 1 Fabinho nbsp 32 1 2 Fabinho nbsp 44 1 3 Frick nbsp 59 1 4 Fabinho nbsp 74 1 5 Fabinho nbsp 81 1 6 Barberis nbsp 85 1 7 Mendi Attendance 1 000Referee nbsp Alex Jacquens SR Delemont nbsp v nbsp Basel 10 February 1999 Winter breakSR Delemont nbsp 0 0 nbsp BaselParc des Sports Delemont19 00 Summary Attendance 50Referee nbsp Stephane Monaco Etoile Carouge nbsp v nbsp Basel 13 February 1999 Winter breakEtoile Carouge nbsp 2 1 nbsp BaselStade de la Fontenette Carouge nbsp nbsp Summary nbsp Reimann Referee nbsp Note FCB reserves strengthened with players from the first team At the same time the first team played another test match against FC Meyrin FC Meyrin nbsp v nbsp Basel 13 February 1999 Winter breakFC Meyrin nbsp 0 2 nbsp BaselStade des Arberes MeyrinSummary nbsp 1 0 Mendi nbsp 2 0 Abedi Referee nbsp Note Basel strengthened with FCB reserves At the same time the reserve team played another friendly against Etoile Carouge Eintracht Trier nbsp v nbsp Basel 17 February 1999 Winter breakEintracht Trier nbsp 4 1 nbsp BaselMoselstadion Trier17 00 Thommes nbsp 11 1 0 Thommes nbsp 31 2 0 Melunovic nbsp 43 3 0 Papic nbsp 66 4 1 Summary nbsp 48 3 1 Abedi Attendance 250Referee nbsp Michael Herrmann Basel nbsp v nbsp Sochaux 25 March 1999 Mid seasonBasel nbsp 0 0 nbsp SochauxStadion Rankhof Basel18 00 Summary nbsp 62 Santini Attendance 300Referee nbsp Andreas SchluchterNote 2 test goalkeeper Christian Sturm U 19 und Davide Taini FC Singen 04 each 45 minutes SC Dornach nbsp v nbsp Basel 31 March 1999 Mid seasonSC Dornach nbsp 2 3 nbsp BaselGigersloch Dornach18 00 Weidmann nbsp 25 1 1 Manz nbsp 39 2 2 Summary nbsp 20 0 1 Turk nbsp 29 1 2 Tschopp nbsp 55 2 3 Henry Attendance 200Referee nbsp Rene Rogalla SR Delemont nbsp v nbsp Basel 2 April 1999 Mid seasonSR Delemont nbsp 1 0 nbsp BaselIm Nau Laufen18 00 Romano nbsp 37 1 0 Summary Attendance 450Referee nbsp Markus Nobs Wohlen Nationalliga A edit Main article 1998 99 Nationalliga A Qualifying Phase edit Basel v Sion 18 July 1998 Round 1Basel0 0SionSt Jakob Stadium Basel19 30 Disseris nbsp 4 Ceccaroni nbsp 24 Report nbsp 22 Tholot nbsp 61 Eydelie nbsp 77 Lipawsky Attendance 9 000Referee nbsp Philippe Leuba Aarau v Basel 21 July 1998 Round 2Aarau5 0BaselStadion Brugglifeld Aarau19 30 Aleksandrov nbsp 8 1 0 Ivanov nbsp 21 2 0 Aleksandrov nbsp 51 3 0 Aleksandrov nbsp 65 4 0 Heldmann nbsp 70 5 0 Zitola nbsp 87 Report nbsp 12 Perez Attendance 5 900Referee nbsp Reto Rutz Basel v Zurich 25 July 1998 Round 3Basel2 1ZurichSt Jakob Stadium Basel19 30 Tschopp nbsp 3 Rytchkov nbsp 25 1 0 Rytchkov nbsp 44 Sahin nbsp 45 2 0 Reimann nbsp 64 Report nbsp 27 Sant Anna nbsp 30 Castillo nbsp 64 pen 2 1 Sant Anna nbsp 82 Di Jorio Attendance 8 500Referee nbsp Dieter Schoch Servette v Basel 1 August 1998 Round 4Servette3 1BaselCharmilles Stadium Geneva17 30 Juarez nbsp 9 Rey nbsp 13 pen 1 0 Rey nbsp 19 2 0 Rey nbsp 23 3 0 Fournier nbsp 31 Rey nbsp 59 Report nbsp 35 Reimann nbsp 68 Kreuzer nbsp 84 3 1 Abedi Attendance 4 100Referee nbsp Roberto Ferrari Basel v Luzern 9 August 1998 Round 5Basel1 0LuzernSt Jakob Stadium Basel16 15 Konde nbsp 69 Tschopp nbsp 75 1 0 Report nbsp 60 Moser nbsp 82 Wyss Attendance 7 500Referee nbsp Carlo Bertolini Basel v Xamax 15 August 1998 Round 6Basel2 0XamaxSt Jakob Stadium Basel19 30 Ouattara nbsp 64 pen 1 0 Tschopp nbsp 82 Kreuzer nbsp 90 2 Perez nbsp 90 5 2 0 Report nbsp 2 Njanka nbsp 23 Wittl nbsp 58 Rueda nbsp 59 Zambaz Attendance 10 500Referee nbsp Urs Meier St Gallen v Basel 23 August 1998 Round 7St Gallen0 1BaselEspenmoos St Gallen16 15 Hellinga nbsp 22 Vurens nbsp 33 Report nbsp 40 Kreuzer nbsp 43 Konde nbsp 70 0 1 Rytchkov nbsp 72 Veiga nbsp 75 Tschopp nbsp 90 3 Reimann Attendance 9 700Referee nbsp Dominique Tavel Basel v Grasshopper Club 29 August 1998 Round 8Basel1 1Grasshopper ClubSt Jakob Stadium Basel19 30 Ouattara nbsp 9 1 0 Rytchkov nbsp 15 Cravero nbsp 20 Perez nbsp 90 1 Report nbsp 20 Vogel nbsp 29 Tararache nbsp 51 Nkufo nbsp 62 Magnin nbsp 70 1 1 de Napoli Attendance 26 600Referee nbsp Roland Beck Lausanne Sport v Basel 8 September 1998 Round 9Lausanne Sport0 2BaselOlympique de la Pontaise Lausanne19 30 Celestini nbsp 24 Piffaretti nbsp 34 Report nbsp 12 0 1 Rytchkov nbsp 18 nbsp 58 Konde nbsp 40 Reimann nbsp 50 Rytchkov nbsp 61 Ceccaroni nbsp 69 0 2 Rytchkov Attendance 5 900Referee nbsp Massimo Busacca Basel v Young Boys 12 September 1998 Round 10Basel1 1Young BoysSt Jakob Stadium Basel19 30 Ouattara nbsp 24 Frick nbsp 57 1 1 Barberis nbsp 77 Report nbsp 21 Pintul nbsp 33 Baumann nbsp 40 0 1 Bekirovski nbsp 50 Bekirovski nbsp 75 Kehrli Attendance 16 000Referee nbsp Andre Daina Lugano v Basel 19 September 1998 Round 11Lugano5 1BaselCornaredo Lugano19 30 Gaspoz nbsp 18 1 0 Wegmann nbsp 30 Orlando nbsp 38 2 0 Gimenez nbsp 49 3 0 Gimenez nbsp 58 4 0 Giallanza nbsp 87 pen 5 1 Summary nbsp 74 4 1 Rytchkov Attendance 4 380Referee nbsp Marcus Nobs Sion v Basel 27 September 1998 Round 12Sion1 0BaselStade Tourbillon Sion16 15 Bertone nbsp 13 Benson nbsp 24 Tholot nbsp 37 1 0 Tholot nbsp 40 Allenspach nbsp 86 Summary nbsp 49 Konde Attendance 6 900Referee nbsp Dominique Tavel Basel v Aarau 4 October 1998 Round 13Basel1 0AarauSt Jakob Stadium Basel16 15 Ouattara nbsp 50 1 0 Abedi nbsp 69 Summary nbsp 55 Markovic Attendance 7 300Referee nbsp Marcel Vollenweider Zurich v Basel 16 October 1998 Round 14Zurich1 0BaselLetzigrund Zurich19 30 Fischer nbsp 26 Sant Anna nbsp 29 Chassot nbsp 58 1 0 Summary nbsp 10 Cravero nbsp 27 Tschopp nbsp 45 Frick nbsp 59 Ouattara nbsp 77 Calapes Attendance 11 300Referee nbsp Roland Beck Basel v Servette 25 October 1998 Round 15Basel0 2ServetteSt Jakob Stadium Basel16 15 Rytchkov nbsp 56 Tschopp nbsp 87 Summary nbsp 9 0 1 Durix nbsp 45 0 2 Durix nbsp 63 Juarez nbsp 79 Varela Attendance 9 800Referee nbsp Philippe Leuba Luzern v Basel 31 October 1998 Round 16Luzern4 1BaselStadion Allmend Luzern17 30 Izzo nbsp 5 Koch nbsp 28 1 1 Koch nbsp 53 2 1 Brunner nbsp 60 3 1 van Eck nbsp 71 Moser nbsp 75 4 1 Summary nbsp 11 Huber nbsp 19 0 1 Frick Attendance 7 960Referee nbsp Carlo Bertolini Xamax v Basel 7 November 1998 Round 17Xamax3 1BaselStade de la Maladiere 1924 Neuchatel17 30 N Diaye nbsp 8 1 0 N Diaye nbsp 36 Rueda nbsp 42 Njanka nbsp 44 Isabella nbsp 90 2 1 N Do nbsp 90 2 3 1 Summary nbsp 25 1 1 Frick nbsp 39 nbsp 42 Frick nbsp 52 Tschopp Attendance 8 100Referee nbsp Claude Detruche Basel v St Gallen 17 November 1998 Round 18Basel1 0St GallenSt Jakob Stadium Basel16 15 Tschopp nbsp 8 1 0 Reimann nbsp 16 Sahin nbsp 21 Veiga nbsp 68 Summary nbsp 31 Zellweger nbsp 35 Zinna Attendance 6 000Referee nbsp Roberto Ferrari Grasshopper Club v Basel 21 November 1998 Round 19Grasshopper Club2 1BaselHardturm Zurich17 30 Tikva nbsp 47 1 0 Tararache nbsp 73 Turkyilmaz nbsp 80 2 0 Mazzarelli nbsp 90 Summary nbsp 73 Ceccaroni nbsp 88 2 1 Perez Attendance 7 800Referee nbsp Dominique Tavel Basel v Lausanne Sport 28 November 1998 Round 20Basel1 1Lausanne SportSt Jakob Stadium Basel17 30 Frick nbsp 3 1 0 Rytchkov nbsp 49 Reimann nbsp 61 Barberis nbsp 67 Ceccaroni nbsp 73 Summary nbsp 13 Iglesias nbsp 31 1 1 nbsp 62 Pantelic nbsp 73 Thurre Attendance 5 900Referee nbsp Roland Beck Young Boys v Basel 6 December 1998 Round 21Young Boys1 2BaselWankdorf Stadium Bern14 30 Streun nbsp 67 Sawu nbsp 69 1 2 Summary nbsp 6 0 1 Rytchkov nbsp 28 Kreuzer nbsp 30 Veiga nbsp 46 Smajic nbsp 57 0 2 Tschopp Attendance 5 300Referee nbsp Urs Meier Basel v Lugano 13 December 1998 Round 22Basel1 3LuganoSt Jakob Stadium Basel16 15 Cravero nbsp 12 Tschopp nbsp 45 pen 1 0 Summary nbsp 19 Wegmann nbsp 43 Hurzeler nbsp 44 Tejeda nbsp 72 1 0 Wegmann nbsp 79 2 0 Wegmann nbsp 80 Lombardo Attendance 34 745Referee nbsp Reto Rutz League table edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Servette 22 12 8 2 38 24 14 44 Advance to championship roundhalved points rounded up as bonus 2 Grasshopper Club 22 11 5 6 37 25 12 38 3 Zurich 22 10 8 4 33 21 12 38 4 Lausanne Sport 22 10 8 4 36 33 3 38 5 Xamax 22 7 11 4 30 23 7 32 6 Basel 22 8 4 10 21 34 13 28 7 Luzern 22 6 9 7 26 25 1 27 8 St Gallen 22 7 6 9 31 31 0 27 9 Sion 22 5 8 9 22 36 14 23 Continue to promotion relegation round 10 Lugano 22 5 7 10 35 43 8 22 11 Young Boys 22 4 7 11 33 34 1 19 12 Aarau 22 3 7 12 28 41 13 16Source rsssf com Champions Group edit Luzern v Basel 28 February 1999 Round 1Luzern0 2BaselStadion Allmend Luzern16 15 Stepanovic nbsp 21 Koch nbsp 73 Knez nbsp 71 nbsp 83 Summary nbsp 33 0 1 nbsp 29 Abedi nbsp 49 Barberis nbsp 89 0 2 Frick Attendance 7 930Referee nbsp Urs Meier Basel v Xamax 7 March 1999 Round 2Basel1 0XamaxStadion Schutzenmatte Basel14 30 Cravero nbsp 5 Abedi nbsp 36 1 0 Kreuzer nbsp 38 Barberis nbsp 46 Summary nbsp 26 Simo nbsp 53 Njanka Attendance 4 250Referee nbsp Roland Beck Servette v Basel 13 March 1999 Round 3Servette2 1BaselCharmilles Stadium Geneva19 30 Wolf nbsp 34 1 0 Rey nbsp 38 2 0 Summary nbsp 20 Henry nbsp 60 Varela nbsp 61 Ceccaroni nbsp 71 2 1 Fabinho Attendance 6 657Referee nbsp Philippe Leuba Basel v Zurich 21 March 1999 Round 4Basel1 0ZurichStadion Schutzenmatte Basel14 30 Cravero nbsp 8 Varela nbsp 29 Perez nbsp 51 pen 1 0 Calapes nbsp 52 Cantaluppi nbsp 62 Summary nbsp 24 nbsp 45 Di Jorio nbsp 58 Wiederkehr Attendance 7 500Referee nbsp Carlo Bertolini Grasshopper Club v Basel 5 April 1999 Round 5Grasshopper Club4 2BaselHardturm Zurich16 15 de Napoli nbsp 5 1 0 de Napoli nbsp 6 2 0 Tikva nbsp 11 3 0 de Napoli nbsp 52 4 0 Comisetti nbsp 57 Summary nbsp 58 Barberis nbsp 59 Fabinho nbsp 79 4 1 Varela nbsp 90 1 4 2 Frick Attendance 10 500Referee nbsp a, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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