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1976–77 FC Basel season

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FC Basel
1976–77 season
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ChairmanSwitzerland René Theler
ManagerGermany Helmut Benthaus
GroundSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga AChampions
Swiss CupRound 5
Swiss League CupRound 2
UEFA CupRound 2
Cup of the AlpsGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Switzerland Erni Maissen (10)
All: Switzerland Erni Maissen (12)
Highest home attendance25,500 on 1 September 1976
vs Young Boys
Lowest home attendance4,000 on 2 April 1977
vs Bellinzona
Average home league attendance9,954

The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1976–77 season was their 83rd season since the club was founded. It was their 31st 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. René Theler was voted as new chairman at the AGM and took over from Félix Musfeld, who had been the club chairman over the previous six seasons.

Overview

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Pre-season

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Helmut Benthaus was first team manager for the twelfth consecutive season. There were only a few changes in the team squad this season. Detlev Lauscher joined from 1. FC Köln. Lauscher had played five seasons for 1. FC Köln in the German first division, helping the club finish as runners-up in the league and cup during 1973. Jean-Pierre Maradan joined from lower tier Grenchen but quickly became a key player.[1] Again Benthaus relied upon the young players who had come up from the reserve team when needed in the first team.

Basel played a total of 56 games in their 1976–77 season. 33 in the domestic league, two in the Swiss Cup, two in the Swiss League Cup, four in the Cup of the Alps, four in the 1976–77 UEFA Cup and 11 were friendly matches. The team scored a total of 134 goals and conceded 80. Basel won eight of their friendly games, drew two and lost one of them.[2]

Domestic league

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The Swiss Football Association had reformed the Swiss football league system that year reducing the number of teams in the Nationalliga A from 14 to 12 and increasing the Nationalliga B teams from 14 to 16. The Nationalliga A season 1976–77 was contested by the first 11 teams from the previous season and the sole promoted team AC Bellinzona. The champions would qualify for the 1977–78 European Cup and the Swiss Cup winners would qualify for 1977–78 Cup Winners' Cup. The UEFA modified the entry rules for Switzerland, therefore, this season three teams would qualify for the 1977–78 UEFA Cup.

The Nationalliga A was played in two stages. The qualification phase was played by all teams in a double round-robin and, after completion, divided into two groups. The first six teams contended in the championship group (with half of the points obtained in the qualification as bonus) and the positions seventh to twelfth contended the relegation group. Basel finished the qualification phase in second position with 33 points from 22 games and so entered the championship group with a bonus of 17. At the end of the championship phase Servette and Basel were level on 29 points. They therefore had to play a play-off for champions. This play-off was held at the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern in front of 55,000 supporters. Basel won the match 2–1, their goals being scored by Walter Mundschin and Arthur von Wartburg.[3] Basel were awarded the championship title and qualified for the 1977–78 European Cup. Servette, Zürich and Grasshopper Club qualified for the 1977–78 UEFA Cup.[4]

Swiss Cup and League Cup

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In the Swiss Cup Basel won away from home against lower tier Fribourg in the round of 32 and in the round of 16 were drawn away against Xamax but were defeated. In the Swiss League Cup they won away from home against lower tier Grenchen. Then in the round of 16 were drawn away against Luzern and here they were defeated. Young Boys won the competition this season.[5]

UEFA Cup

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In the first round of the 1976–77 UEFA Cup Basel were drawn against Northern Ireland team Glentoran F.C. Basel won 5–3 on aggregate. In the second round they were drawn against Spanish team Athletic Bilbao. After a draw in the first leg, they were defeated 1–3 in the second leg, thus lost 2–4 on aggregate.[6]

Players

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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 Switzerland SUI Jürg Wenger (league games: 9)
2 MF Switzerland SUI Walter Geisser (league games: 19)
3 DF Switzerland SUI Walter Mundschin (league games/goals: 30/9)
4 MF Switzerland SUI Peter Ramseier (league games/goals: 30/4)
5 DF Switzerland SUI Paul Fischli (league games: 22)
6 MF Switzerland SUI Otto Demarmels (league games/goals: 29/7)
7 MF Switzerland SUI Peter Marti (league games/goals: 21/6)
8 FW Switzerland SUI Markus Tanner (league games/goals: 30/5)
9 MF Switzerland SUI Serge Muhmenthaler (league games/goals: 13/5)
10 MF Denmark DEN Eigil Nielsen (league games/goals: 28/5)
11 MF Germany GER Detlev Lauscher (new 1. FC Köln, league games/goals: 26/8)
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 MF Switzerland SUI Jean-Pierre Maradan (new Grenchen league games/goals: 30/3)
13 FW Switzerland SUI Roland Schönenberger (league games/goals: 11/3)
14 DF Switzerland SUI Jörg Stohler (league games/goals: 31/6)
15 MF Switzerland SUI Rolf Bucher (reserves)
17 MF Switzerland SUI Arthur von Wartburg (league games/goals: 32/3)
18 MF Switzerland SUI Erni Maissen (league games/goals: 26/10)
22 GK Switzerland SUI Hans Müller (league games: 24)
23 GK Switzerland SUI Thomas Manger (reserves)
GK Switzerland SUI Felix Wälchli (reserves)
DF Switzerland SUI Alex Wirth (reserves)
DF Switzerland SUI Markus Just (reserves, league games: 1)
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
Switzerland SUI Daniel Hagenbuch (reserves)
No. Pos. Nation Player
Switzerland SUI ? Wolfsberger (reserves)
MF Switzerland SUI Michel Amacker (returned to FC Raron)

Results

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Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

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Pre-season and mid-season

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19 August 1976 Pre-season FC Saint-Louis France 0 – 6 Switzerland Basel Stade de la Frontière
20:00 Summary 21' (0:1) Maissen
30' (0:2) Mundschin
(0:3) von Wartburg
(0:4) Stohler
68' (0:5) Marti
83' (0:6) Marti
Attendance: 1,000
7 September 1976 Pre-season Nordstern Basel Switzerland 1 – 5 Switzerland Basel St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Wenger 67' (1:2) Summary 51' (0:1) Muhmenthaler
59' (0:2) Muhmenthaler
75' (1:3) Maissen
77' (1:4) Maissen
89' (1:5) Tanner
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Switzerland Kurt Fuchs Basel
6 October 1976 Mid-season SC Derendingen Switzerland 0 – 10 Switzerland Basel Heidenegg Derendingen
Summary (3x) Lauscher
(3x) Maissen
(1x) Mundschin
(1x) Maradan
(1x) Muhmenthaler
(1x) Stohler
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Peter Rotschi Oensingen

Winter break to end of season

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14 January 1977 Training camp Guadeloupe XI Guadeloupe 1 – 2 Switzerland Basel Guadeloupe
Summary (0:1) Marti
(0:2) Marti
Attendance: 4,000
19 January 1977 Training camp Guadeloupe XI Guadeloupe 0 – 2 Switzerland Basel Guadeloupe
Summary (0:1) Ramseier
(0:2) Tanner
Attendance: 2,500
29 January 1977 Winter break Basel Switzerland 1 – 0 Switzerland Winterthur Landhof, Basel
15:00 Stohler 62' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 600
Referee: Switzerland Kurt Fuchs Basel
2 February 1977 Winter break Basel Switzerland 4 – 1 Switzerland Grenchen Lanhof, Basel
15:00 Maissen 24' (1:0)
Mundschin 25' (2_0)
Maissen 44' (3:0)
Marti 47' (4:0)
Summary 66' (4:1) Feuz Attendance: 400
Referee: Switzerland Schnidrig Röschenz
19 February 1976 Winter break Gossau Switzerland 0 – 2 Switzerland Basel Gemeindesportplatz, Gossau
15:00 Summary 27' (0:1) Marti
45' (0:2) Marti
Attendance: 700
Referee: Switzerland Mario Osta Oberuzwil
19 March 1977 Mid-season Biel-Bienne Switzerland 4 – 3 Switzerland Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
Lüthi 41' (1:0)
Hurni 52' (2:2)
Gobet 77' (3:3)
Lüthi 83' (4:3)
Summary 43' (1:1) Lauscher
47' (1:2) Schönenberger
53' (2:3) von Wartburg
Attendance: 500
Referee: Switzerland Jean Dubach Nidau
24 April 1977 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 1 – 1 West Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern Landhof, Basel
15:00 Mundschin 75' (1:0) Summary 85' (1:1) Schwarz Attendance: 1,000
4 June 1977 Mid-season Grasshopper Club Switzerland 3 – 3 Switzerland Basel Blumberg, Germany
Meyer (1x)
Bosco (1x)
Bänziger (1x)
Summary (1x) Nielsen
(1x) Lauscher
(1x) Mundschin
Attendance: 1,000

Nationalliga A

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Qualifying phase matches

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14 August 1976 Round 1 Basel 4 – 1 Chênois St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Tanner 45' (1:1)
Muhmenthaler 60' (2:1)
Marti 64' (3:1)
Lauscher 90' (4:1)
Summary 5' (0:1) Manai
Yellow card Dumont
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Switzerland Peter Scherz
21 August 1976 Round 2 Lausanne-Sport 0 – 1 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:30 Summary 43' (0:1) Maissen Attendance: 7,700
Referee: Switzerland Bruno Della Bruna Lumino
28 August 1976 Round 3 Basel 6 – 1 Winterthur St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Mundschin 9' (1:0)
Maissen 12' (2:0)
Muhmenthaler 21' (3:0)
Stohler 23' (pen. 4:0)
Lauscher 68' (5:0)
Mundschin 82' (6:1)
Lauscher Yellow card
Summary 81' (5;1) Ackeret
Yellow card Häni
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Switzerland Jean-Marie Macheret
1 September 1976 Round 4 Basel 1 – 4 Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Maissen 20' (1:0)
Yellow card Mundschin
Summary 48' (1:1) Lorenz
51' (1:2) Conz
56' (1:3) Bruttin
84' (1:4) Küttel
Yellow card Eichenberger
Yellow card Küttel
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Switzerland Walter Hungerbühler St. Gallen
11 September 1976 Round 5 Grasshopper Club 1 – 1 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
20.00 Bauer 24' (1:1) Summary 13' (0:1) Muhmenthaler
Yellow card von Wartburg
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Switzerland André Favre Echallens
18 September 1976 Round 6 Zürich 1 – 0 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
17:00 Risi 67' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Switzerland Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne
2 October 1976 Round 7 Basel 4 – 1 Servette St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Nielsen 22' (1:0)
Mundschin 38' (2:0)
Maradan 55' (3:1)
Stohler 85' (pen. 4:1)
Summary 50' (2:1) Barberis
Yellow card Schnyder
Yellow card Hussner
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Switzerland Peter Scherz
13 October 1976 Round 8 St. Gallen 1 – 1 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
20:15 Feuz 83' (1:1)
Feuz Yellow card
Stöckl Yellow card
Summary 48' (0:1) Maissen Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Switzerland André Daina
23 October 1976 Round 9 Basel 2 – 1 Sion St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Maissen 28' (1:0)
Nielsen 63' (2:1)
Summary 44' (1:1) Lopez
Yellow card Coutaz
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Attilio Bignasca Lugano
6 November 1976 Round 11 Basel 3 – 1 Xamax St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
18:00 Demarmels 3' (1:0)
Tanner 26' (2:1)
Mundschin 32' (3:1)
Summary 15' (1:1) Rub Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland René Maire Geneva
13 November 1976 Round 12 Chênois 1 – 2 Basel Stade des Trois-Chêne, Thônex
17:30 Castella 28' (1:0) Summary 36' (1:1) Ramseier
57' (1:2) Marti
Yellow card Tanner
Yellow card Lauscher
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Ernest Guignet Yverdon
20 November 1976 Round 13 Basel 2 – 2 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Lauscher 8' (1:0)
Stohler 18' (2:0)
Summary 36' (2:1) Traber
70' (2:2) Devčić
Yellow card Loichat
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Switzerland Otto Wyniger Wetzikon
27 November 1976 Round 14 Winterthur 2 – 3 Basel Schützenwiese, Winterthur
16:30 R. Meier 51' (1:1)
Thygesen 82' (2:3)
Summary 22' (0:1) Marti
61' (1:2) Maissen
77' (1:3) Maissen
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Bruno Della Bruna Lunimo
5 December 1976 Round 15 Young Boys 0 – 6 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
14:30 Rebmann Yellow card Summary 26' (0:1) Marti
37' (0:2) Marti
42' (0:3) Ramseier
53' (0:4) Demarmels
77' (0:5) Lauscher
88' (0:6) Demarmels
Yellow card Mundschin
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Switzerland René Kellenberger
12 December 1976 Round 10 Bellinzona 1 – 2 Basel Stadio Comunale Bellinzona
14:45 Leoni 53' (1:2) Summary 22' (0:1) Tanner
52' (0:2) Marti
Yellow card Fischli
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Otto Isler Zürich
26 February 1977 Round 16 Basel 1 – 3 Zürich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:30 Demarmels 69' (1:2) Summary 5' (0:1) Cucinotta
39' (0:2) Risi
74' (1:3) Cucinotta
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Switzerland Ernest Guignet Yverdon
6 March 1977 Round 17 Servette 2 – 2 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
14:45 Barberis 18' (1:1)
Pfister 66' (2:1)
Summary 2' (pen. 0:1) Maradan
89' (2:2) Nielsen
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Switzerland Rudolf Renggli Luzern
12 March 1977 Round 18 Basel 4 – 2 St. Gallen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Biger 35' (o.g.)
Maissen 60' (2:1)
Schönenberger 61' (3:1)
Maradan 68' (pen. 4:1)
Summary Yellow card 31' Niggl
59' (1:1) Stöckl
Yellow card 65' Oettli
87' (4:2) Graf
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Switzerland Peter Scherz
26 March 1977 Round 19 Sion 0 – 0 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:15 Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Werner Bösch
2 April 1977 Round 20 Basel 4 – 3 Bellinzona St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Mundschin 2' (1:0)
Ramseier 3' (2:0)
Lauscher 20' (3:1)
Muhmenthaler 73' (4:2)
Fischli Yellow card
Summary 6' (2:1) Bang
30' (3:2) Bang
75' (4:3) Tagli
Yellow card Pestoni
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Alfred Heinis
7 April 1977 Round 21 Xamax 0 – 2 Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
20:00 Summary 21' (0:1) Lauscher
58' (0:2) Demarmels
Attendance: 6,400
Referee: Switzerland René Kellenberger
16 April 1977 Round 22 Basel 3 – 2 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Muhmenthaler 59' (1:1)
Lauscher 62' (2:1)
Tanner 81' (3:1)
Summary 37' (0:1) Netzer
90' (3:2) Bosco
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Switzerland Peter Scherz

Qualifying phase table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Servette 22 14 7 1 68 27 +41 35 To championship round
halved points (rounded up) as bonus
2 Basel[7] 22 14 5 3 54 30 +24 33
3 Zürich[8] 22 12 7 3 49 18 +31 31
4 Neuchâtel Xamax 22 10 7 5 37 27 +10 27
5 Young Boys 22 8 9 5 37 34 +3 25
6 Grasshopper Club 22 7 8 7 41 28 +13 22
7 Lausanne-Sport 22 8 6 8 39 31 +8 22 To relegation play-out round
halved points (rounded up) as bonus
8 Chênois 22 6 8 8 29 39 −10 20
9 Sion 22 4 10 8 19 32 −13 18
10 St. Gallen 22 5 6 11 26 40 −14 16
11 Bellinzona 22 3 2 17 19 73 −54 8
12 Winterthur 22 1 5 16 19 58 −39 7
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored;

Championship group matches

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Round 1 Basel PP Xamax St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
[ Summary]
7 May 1977 Round 2 Grasshopper Club 6 – 1 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
20:00 Cornioley 10' (1:0)
Becker 32' (2:0)
Ponte 58' (3:0)
Cornioley 61' (4:0)
Cornioley 73' (5:0)
Bosco 75' (6:0)
Summary 87' (5:1) von Wartburg Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Switzerland René Kellenberger
10 May 1977 Round 1 Basel 3 – 1 Xamax St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Stohler 62' (1:0)
Schönenberger 68' (2:0)
Maissen 74' (3:0)
Summary 81' (3:1) Elsig Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Switzerland Bruno Galler
14 May 1977 Round 3 Basel 2 – 0 Servette St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Demarmels 30' (1:0)
Lauscher 66' (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Switzerland Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne
21 May 1977 Round 4 Zürich 3 – 3 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00 Cucinotta 40' (1:0)
Risi 42' (2:0)
Cucinotta 72' (3:3)
Summary 54' (2:1) Schönenberger
55' (2:2) Stohler
61' (2:3) Demarmels
Yellow card Lauscher
Yellow card Maissen
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Switzerland Rudolf Renggli Luzern
28 May 1977 Round 5 Basel 2 – 0 Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Maissen Yellow card 36'
Ramseier 40' (1:0)
Mundschin 55' (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Switzerland Alfred Heinis
1 June 1977 Round 6 Xamax 0 – 0 Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
20:15 Summary Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Switzerland Jakob Baumann
11 June 1977 Round 7 Basel 2 – 3 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Nielsen 17' (1:0)
von Wartburg 43' (2:0)
Mundschin Yellow card
Demarmels Yellow card
Summary 64' (o.g. 2:1) Ramseier
77' (2:2) Netzer
82' (2:3) Seiler
Yellow card Becker
Yellow card Netzer
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Switzerland Bruno Della Bruna Lumino
18 June 1977 Round 8 Servette 2 – 0 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
20:30 Andrey 33' (1:0)
Thouvenel 81' (2:0)
Summary Yellow card Müller
Yellow card Demarmels
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Switzerland Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne
22 June 1977 Round 9 Basel 3 – 1 Zürich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Nielsen Yellow card 33'
Nielsen 53' (1:0)
Tanner 57' (2:0)
Maissen 71' (3:0)
Summary 89' (3:1) Kuhn Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Switzerland André Daina
25 June 1977 Round 10 Young Boys 0 – 3 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
20:00 Summary 17' (0:1) Mundschin
21' (0:2) Mundschin
43' (0:3) Stohler
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Switzerland Ernest Guignet Yverdon

Championship group table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification
1 Basel 10 5 2 3 19 16 +3 17 29 Play-off winners, qualified for 1977–78 European Cup
2 Servette 10 5 1 4 16 14 +2 18 29 Play-off losers, qualified for 1977–78 UEFA Cup
3 FC Zürich 10 5 1 4 24 18 +6 16 27 qualified for 1977–78 UEFA Cup
and entered 1977 Intertoto Cup
4 Grasshopper Club 10 5 2 3 15 10 +5 11 23 qualified for 1977–78 UEFA Cup
and entered 1977 Intertoto Cup
5 Xamax 10 3 1 6 14 18 −4 14 21
6 Young Boys 10 3 1 6 12 24 −12 13 20 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1977–78 Cup Winners' Cup
and entered 1977 Intertoto Cup
Source: rsssf.com

Play-off match

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28 June 1977 Play-Off Basel 2 – 1 Servette Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
20:15 Mundschin 37'
von Wartburg 75'
Report 30' Müller
Yellow card 66' Thouvenel
Yellow card 77' Guyot
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Switzerland Ruedi Renggli Luzern

Swiss Cup

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26 September 1976 Round of 32 Fribourg 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) Basel Stade Universitaire, Fribourg
20:15 Dorthe Yellow card
Amantini 88' (1:1)
Summary 57' (0:1) Marti
93' (1:2) Demarmels
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Switzerland Alfred Heinis
16 October 1976 Round of 16 Xamax 4 – 1 (a.e.t.) Basel Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
18:00 Bonny 78' (1:1)
Rub 110' (2:1)
Decastel 117' (3:1)
Guggisberg 120' (4:1)
Summary 22' (0:1) Marti Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern

Swiss League Cup

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7 August 1976 Round of 32 Grenchen 1 – 2 Basel Stadium Brühl, Grenchen
20:15 Kodric 35' (1:1) Summary 22' (0:1) Marti
78' (1:2) Stohler
Attendance: 1,700
Referee: Switzerland André Daina
13 February 1977 Round of 16 Luzern 2 – 2
(4 – 3 p)
Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
14:30 Waeber 53' (1:0)
Christen 117' (2:2)
Summary 85' (1:1) Marti
93' (1:2) Maissen
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Switzerland Attilio Bignasca Lugano

UEFA Cup

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First round
14 September 1976 First leg Glentoran F.C. Northern Ireland 3 – 2 Switzerland Basel The Oval, Belfast
17:00 Feeney 12' (1:0)
Feeney 42' (2:1)
Dickenson 51' (3:1)
UEFA Report
FCB Summary
26' (1:1) Maissen
Yellow card 52' Lauscher
73' (3:2) Ramseier
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Sweden Rolf Ericsson
29 September 1976 Second leg Basel Switzerland 3 – 0 Northern Ireland Glentoran F.C. St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Eigil Nielsen 33' (1:0)
Mundschin 35' (2:0)
Demarmels 73' (3:0)
UEFA Summary
FCB Summary
Yellow card 52' McCreery Referee: Italy Cesare Gussoni

Basel won 5–3 on aggregate.

Second round
20 October 1976 First leg Basel Switzerland 1 – 1 Spain Athletic Bilbao Basel
20:00 Marti 2' UEFA Summary
FCB Summary
45' Madariaga Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Germany Rudi Glöckner (East Germany)
3 November 1976 Second leg Athletic Bilbao Spain 3 – 1
(4 – 2 agg.)
Switzerland Basel Bilbao
20:00 Villar 45' (1:0)
Carlos 61' (2:0)
Carlos 68' (3:1)
UEFA Summary
FCB Summary
66' (2:1) Marti Stadium: San Mamés
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: England Patrick Partridge

Athletic Bilbao won 4–2 on aggregate.

Cup of the Alps

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Group B
17 July 1976 round 1 Basel Switzerland 2 – 3 France Nantes St. Jakob Stadium Basel
17:30 Lauscher 39' (1:0)
Tanner 88' (2:3)
Summary 48' (pen. 1:1) Bossis
61' (1:2) Rampillon
65' (1:3) Rampillon
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: France Kondrad
24 July 1976 round 2 Nantes France 1 – 1 Switzerland Basel Nantes
Bargas 5' (1:0) Summary 15' (1:1) Muhmenthaler Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Ernest Guignet Yverdon
27 July 1976 round 3 Basel Switzerland 3 – 1 France Metz St. Jakob Stadium Basel
20:00 Marti 38' (1:0)
Muhmenthaler 56' (2:0)
Tanner 59' (3:0)
Summary 73' (3:1) Hausknecht Attendance: 1,300
Referee: France Jean-Claude Martin Lyon
31 July 1976 round 4 Metz France 2 – 0 Switzerland Basel Stade Saint-Symphorien, Metz
Zénier 10' (1:0)
Zénier 14' (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Peter Scherz

NB: teams did not play compatriots

Group table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts
1 Servette 4 3 1 0 10 7 +3 0 7[a]
2 Metz 4 1 1 2 8 9 −1 0 3
3 Basel 4 1 1 2 6 7 −1 0 3
4 Nantes 4 1 1 2 6 7 −1 0 3
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ 1 bonus point awarded for victory by 3 or more goals

See also

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Sources and references

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