1976–77 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1976–77 season
Chairman	René Theler
Manager	Helmut Benthaus
Ground	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A	Champions
Swiss Cup	Round 5
Swiss League Cup	Round 2
UEFA Cup	Round 2
Cup of the Alps	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Erni Maissen (10); All: Erni Maissen (12)
Highest home attendance	25,500 on 1 September 1976; vs Young Boys
Lowest home attendance	4,000 on 2 April 1977; vs Bellinzona
Average home league attendance	9,954
	← 1975–76 1977–78 →

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

Pre-season

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

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

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

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

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SUI	Jürg Wenger (league games: 9)
2	MF	SUI	Walter Geisser (league games: 19)
3	DF	SUI	Walter Mundschin (league games/goals: 30/9)
4	MF	SUI	Peter Ramseier (league games/goals: 30/4)
5	DF	SUI	Paul Fischli (league games: 22)
6	MF	SUI	Otto Demarmels (league games/goals: 29/7)
7	MF	SUI	Peter Marti (league games/goals: 21/6)
8	FW	SUI	Markus Tanner (league games/goals: 30/5)
9	MF	SUI	Serge Muhmenthaler (league games/goals: 13/5)
10	MF	DEN	Eigil Nielsen (league games/goals: 28/5)
11	MF	GER	Detlev Lauscher (new 1. FC Köln, league games/goals: 26/8)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	MF	SUI	Jean-Pierre Maradan (new Grenchen league games/goals: 30/3)
13	FW	SUI	Roland Schönenberger (league games/goals: 11/3)
14	DF	SUI	Jörg Stohler (league games/goals: 31/6)
15	MF	SUI	Rolf Bucher (reserves)
17	MF	SUI	Arthur von Wartburg (league games/goals: 32/3)
18	MF	SUI	Erni Maissen (league games/goals: 26/10)
22	GK	SUI	Hans Müller (league games: 24)
23	GK	SUI	Thomas Manger (reserves)
—	GK	SUI	Felix Wälchli (reserves)
—	DF	SUI	Alex Wirth (reserves)
—	DF	SUI	Markus Just (reserves, league games: 1)

Players who left the squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—		SUI	Daniel Hagenbuch (reserves)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—		SUI	? Wolfsberger (reserves)
—	MF	SUI	Michel Amacker (returned to FC Raron)

Results

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre-season and mid-season

19 August 1976 Pre-season	FC Saint-Louis	0 – 6	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	1 – 5	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: Kurt Fuchs Basel

6 October 1976 Mid-season	SC Derendingen	0 – 10	Basel	Heidenegg Derendingen
		Summary	(3x) Lauscher (3x) Maissen (1x) Mundschin (1x) Maradan (1x) Muhmenthaler (1x) Stohler	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Peter Rotschi Oensingen

Winter break to end of season

14 January 1977 Training camp	Guadeloupe XI	1 – 2	Basel	Guadeloupe
		Summary	(0:1) Marti (0:2) Marti	Attendance: 4,000

19 January 1977 Training camp	Guadeloupe XI	0 – 2	Basel	Guadeloupe
		Summary	(0:1) Ramseier (0:2) Tanner	Attendance: 2,500

29 January 1977 Winter break	Basel	1 – 0	Winterthur	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Stohler 62' (1:0)	Summary		Attendance: 600 Referee: Kurt Fuchs Basel

2 February 1977 Winter break	Basel	4 – 1	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: Schnidrig Röschenz

19 February 1976 Winter break	Gossau	0 – 2	Basel	Gemeindesportplatz, Gossau
15:00		Summary	27' (0:1) Marti 45' (0:2) Marti	Attendance: 700 Referee: Mario Osta Oberuzwil

19 March 1977 Mid-season	Biel-Bienne	4 – 3	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: Jean Dubach Nidau

24 April 1977 Mid-season	Basel	1 – 1	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	3 – 3	Basel	Blumberg, Germany
	Meyer (1x) Bosco (1x) Bänziger (1x)	Summary	(1x) Nielsen (1x) Lauscher (1x) Mundschin	Attendance: 1,000

Nationalliga A

Qualifying phase matches

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 Dumont	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: 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: 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	Summary	81' (5;1) Ackeret Häni	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Jean-Marie Macheret

1 September 1976 Round 4	Basel	1 – 4	Young Boys	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Maissen 20' (1:0) Mundschin	Summary	48' (1:1) Lorenz 51' (1:2) Conz 56' (1:3) Bruttin 84' (1:4) Küttel Eichenberger Küttel	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: 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 von Wartburg	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: 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: 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 Schnyder Hussner	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Peter Scherz

13 October 1976 Round 8	St. Gallen	1 – 1	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
20:15	Feuz 83' (1:1) Feuz Stöckl	Summary	48' (0:1) Maissen	Attendance: 6,200 Referee: 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 Coutaz	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Attilio Bignasca Lugano

Round 10	Bellinzona	PP	Basel	Stadio Comunale Bellinzona
		[ Summary]

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: 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 Tanner Lauscher	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: 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 Loichat	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: 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: Bruno Della Bruna Lunimo

5 December 1976 Round 15	Young Boys	0 – 6	Basel	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
14:30	Rebmann	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 Mundschin	Attendance: 14,000 Referee: 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 Fischli	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: 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: 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: 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	31' Niggl 59' (1:1) Stöckl 65' Oettli 87' (4:2) Graf	Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Peter Scherz

26 March 1977 Round 19	Sion	0 – 0	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:15		Summary		Attendance: 3,000 Referee: 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	Summary	6' (2:1) Bang 30' (3:2) Bang 75' (4:3) Tagli Pestoni	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: 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: 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: Peter Scherz

Qualifying phase table

Pos	Team v t e	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

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: 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: 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: 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 Lauscher Maissen	Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Rudolf Renggli Luzern

28 May 1977 Round 5	Basel	2 – 0	Young Boys	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Maissen 36' Ramseier 40' (1:0) Mundschin 55' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Alfred Heinis

1 June 1977 Round 6	Xamax	0 – 0	Basel	Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
20:15		Summary		Attendance: 9,500 Referee: 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 Demarmels	Summary	64' (o.g. 2:1) Ramseier 77' (2:2) Netzer 82' (2:3) Seiler Becker Netzer	Attendance: 14,000 Referee: 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	Müller Demarmels	Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne

22 June 1977 Round 9	Basel	3 – 1	Zürich	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Nielsen 33' Nielsen 53' (1:0) Tanner 57' (2:0) Maissen 71' (3:0)	Summary	89' (3:1) Kuhn	Attendance: 14,000 Referee: 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: Ernest Guignet Yverdon

Championship group table

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

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

Swiss Cup

26 September 1976 Round of 32	Fribourg	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Stade Universitaire, Fribourg
20:15	Dorthe Amantini 88' (1:1)	Summary	57' (0:1) Marti 93' (1:2) Demarmels	Attendance: 3,200 Referee: 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: Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern

Swiss League Cup

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: 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: Attilio Bignasca Lugano

UEFA Cup

First round

14 September 1976 First leg	Glentoran F.C.	3 – 2	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 52' Lauscher 73' (3:2) Ramseier	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Rolf Ericsson

29 September 1976 Second leg	Basel	3 – 0	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	52' McCreery	Referee: Cesare Gussoni

Basel won 5–3 on aggregate.

Second round

20 October 1976 First leg	Basel	1 – 1	Athletic Bilbao	Basel
20:00	Marti 2'	UEFA Summary FCB Summary	45' Madariaga	Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany)

3 November 1976 Second leg	Athletic Bilbao	3 – 1 (4 – 2 agg.)	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: Patrick Partridge

Athletic Bilbao won 4–2 on aggregate.

Cup of the Alps

Group B

17 July 1976 round 1	Basel	2 – 3	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: Kondrad

24 July 1976 round 2	Nantes	1 – 1	Basel	Nantes
	Bargas 5' (1:0)	Summary	15' (1:1) Muhmenthaler	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Ernest Guignet Yverdon

27 July 1976 round 3	Basel	3 – 1	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: Jean-Claude Martin Lyon

31 July 1976 round 4	Metz	2 – 0	Basel	Stade Saint-Symphorien, Metz
	Zénier 10' (1:0) Zénier 14' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Peter Scherz

NB: teams did not play compatriots

Group table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Servette	4	3	1	0	10	7	+3	7^[a]
2	Metz	4	1	1	2	8	9	−1	3
3	Basel	4	1	1	2	6	7	−1	3
4	Nantes	4	1	1	2	6	7	−1	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ 1 bonus point awarded for victory by 3 or more goals

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Switzerland 1976–77 at RSSSF
Swiss League Cup at RSSSF
Cup of the Alps 1976 at RSSSF

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^ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1976/77". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Athletic Club 3-1 Basel". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (1977). "1976/77 Rangliste" [1976/77 Ranking] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2023-11-16.
^ (red) dbFCZ (2006–2023). "FCZ 1976/1977" (in German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

External links

FC Basel official site

[table_hth_SER0.12926162599086-9] 1 bonus point awarded for victory by 3 or more goals

[FCB-rotblau-2010-1] Müller, Lukas (2010). "Rotblau: Jean-Pierre Maradan – Die Familie als Rückhalt". Rotblau. FC Basel Marketing AG. ISSN 1660-0878.

[fcb-achiv-1976/77-bilanz-2] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1976/77". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

[fcb-achiv-fcb-servette_play-off_1976/77-3] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - Servette FC 2:1 (1:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

[rsssf-Nationalliga_A_1976/77-4] Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A 1976/77". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

[rsssf-Switzerland_1976/77-5] Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1976/77". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

[uefa-bilbao-fcb-1976–77_UEFA_Cup-athletic-6] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Athletic Club 3-1 Basel". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

[fcb-achiv-FCB-1976/77_Rangliste-7] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (1977). "1976/77 Rangliste" [1976/77 Ranking] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2023-11-16.

[dbFCZ-FCZ-1976/1977-8] (red) dbFCZ (2006–2023). "FCZ 1976/1977" (in German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

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Overview

Pre-season

Domestic league

Swiss Cup and League Cup

UEFA Cup

Players

Results

Friendly matches

Pre-season and mid-season

Winter break to end of season

Nationalliga A

Qualifying phase matches

Qualifying phase table

Championship group matches

Championship group table

Play-off match

Swiss Cup

Swiss League Cup

UEFA Cup

Cup of the Alps

See also

Sources and references

External links