1990–91 FC Basel season

FC Basel

1990–91 season
Club president	Charles Röthlisberger
Head coach	Ernst-August Künnecke
Ground	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga B	Qualifying Phase 4th of 12
Promotion/relegation round	Promotion Phase 4th of 8
Swiss Cup	Eliminated in 2nd round
Top goalscorer	League: Brian Bertelsen (11) All: Brian Bertelsen (11)
Highest home attendance	8,000 on 17 March 1991 vs St. Gallen
Lowest home attendance	900 on 22 December 1990 vs Schaffhausen
Average home league attendance	3,538

The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1990–91 season was their 97th season since the club's foundation. Charles Röthlisberger was the club's chairman for the third consecutive year. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Following their relegation in the 1987–88 season this was their third season in the second-tier of Swiss football.

Overview

Ernst August Künnecke returned to the club, having taken over from Urs Siegenthaler as first-team coach during the previous. After missing promotion the previous two seasons, the club's repeated priority aim was to return to the top flight of Swiss football. Only a few players left the team. Andre Rindlisbacher transferred to Bellinzona, Uwe Wassmer to Aarau and Ralph Thoma returned to his club of origin FC Rheinfelden. Rolf Baumann ended his active football career and returned to his hometown club VfL Kirchheim/Teck as head-coach. Four other players left the squad because their contracts were not renewed. In the other direction Brian Bertelsen and Reto Baumgartner moved in from Wettingen. Maximilian Heidenreich transferred in from Hannover 96. Three young players came in from local, lower-tier teams, Roman Künzli from FC Breitenbach, Roman Hangarter from FC Brüttisellen and Christian Marcolli from FC Aesch. Seven young players were brought up from the Basel youth team.

The 24 teams in the Nationalliga B (NLB) were divided into two groups, a South/East and a West group, to first play a qualification round. In the second stage the tops six teams in each group and the last four teams of the Nationalliga A (NLA) would play a promotion/relegation round, also divided into two groups. The top two teams in each of these groups would play in the top flight the next season. Basel were assigned to the South/East group. The first stage ran very moderately, there was no consistency in their games and matches were lost that should have been won. They ended their 22 matches in the Qualifying Phase with 9 victories, 8 draws and 5 defeats with 26 points in a disappointing fourth position in the league table. The team scored 40 goals and conceded 30.

Basel qualified for a promotion group and were assigned to group A. Also qualified for this group from the NLB were Chiasso, Yverdon-Sports, Fribourg, Baden and Etoile Carouge. Fighting against their relegation from the NLA were St. Gallen and Wettingen. At the start of this phase Basel lost two games, away against Yverdon-Sports and at home against St. Gallen and therefore they were in arrears right from the beginning. Even the away victory against Wettingen didn't help much, because they were defeated at home by FC Baden just two rounds later. A few weeks later the back to back home defeat against Wettingen and the defeat in the Espenmoos against St. Gallen decided the promotion/relegation phase to the benefit of these two teams. Basel ended their 14 matches in the promotion/relegation phase with just four victories, four draws, suffering six defeats with 12 points in a very disappointing fourth position in the league table and missed promotion again.

In the 1990–91 Swiss Cup second round Basel were drawn with an away game against lower-tier, local club FC Pratteln. But Basel were sent home suffering an embarrassing 4–0 defeat. A red card for Peter Bernauer just after half time, as the game was still goalless, made Basel very unsure. Pratteln took the lead and Basel were not able to give an adequate answer. In fact, in the last few minutes of the game, they fell completely apart and gave up two counter goals within less than 60 seconds.

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 25 July 1990, but subsequently left the club after that date. 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
—	GK	SUI	Roger Glanzmann
—	GK	SUI	Thomas Grüter
—	GK	SUI	Roman Künzli (from FC Breitenbach)
—	DF	SUI	Olivier Bauer
—	DF	SUI	Reto Baumgartner (from Wettingen)
—	DF	GER	Peter Bernauer
—	DF	SUI	Massimo Ceccaroni
—	MF	GER	Uwe Dittus
—	DF	YUG	Miodrag Đurđević
—	DF	SUI	Patrick Liniger (from youth team)
—	DF	SUI	Thomas Karrer (from youth team)
—	DF	SUI	Sascha Reich
—	DF	SUI	Martin Thalmann (from youth team)
—	MF	GER	Rolf Baumann (to VfL Kirchheim/Teck as coach)
—	MF	DEN	Brian Bertelsen (from Wettingen)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Vittorio Gottardi
—	MF	GER	Maximilian Heidenreich (from Hannover 96)
—	MF	ITA	Boris Mancastroppa
—	MF	ESP	Enrique Mata
—	MF	SUI	Andreas Steiner (from youth team)
—	MF	GER	Manfred Wagner
—	FW	ITA	Germano Fanciulli
—	FW	SUI	Roman Hangarter (from FC Brüttisellen)
—	FW	SUI	Erni Maissen
—	FW	SUI	Christian Marcolli (from FC Aesch)
—	FW	SUI	Patrick Rahmen
—	FW	GER	Frank Wittmann (from youth team)
—	FW	SUI	Ruedi Zbinden
—		SUI	Rocco Verrelli (from youth team)
—		SUI	Mathias Walther (from youth team)

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
—	DF	SUI	Markus Hodel
—	MF	SUI	Beat Aebi
—	MF	GER	Olaf Berg

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SUI	Andre Rindlisbacher (to Bellinzona)
—	MF	SUI	René Spicher
—	FW	GER	Uwe Wassmer (to Aarau)
—	FW	SUI	Ralph Thoma (to FC Rheinfelden)

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre-season

FV Möhringen v Basel

10 July 1990 Pre-season	FV Möhringen	0–9	Basel	Möhringen an der Donau
		FCB summary		Referee:

Aarau v Basel

11 July 1990 Pre-season	Aarau	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Basel	Moos, Balsthal
19:30		FCB summary		Attendance: 550 Referee: Francis Fischer (Arch)
	Penalties
Note: Sempione-Cup, semi-final.

Basel v Zürich

14 July 1990 Exhibition game	Basel	1–2	Zürich	Moos, Balsthal
17:00	Zbinden 6' (pen. 1:0)	FCZ summary FCB summary	14' (1:1) Tréllez 49' (1:2) Kok	Attendance: 500 Referee: Urs Meier (Würenlos)
Note: Sempione-Cup, match for third place.

Lugano v Basel

17 July 1990 Uhrencup preliminary stage	Lugano	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Basel	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
18:00		FCB summary		Attendance: 500 Referee: René Gemperle (Bremgarten)
	Penalties
	Tami Hertig Ladner Piserchia Degiovannini		Rahmen Maissen Dittus Mata Zbinden
Note: The Uhrencup is a former club football tournament that was held annually in Grenchen in Switzerland.

Basel v Zürich

19 July 1990 Uhrencup preliminary stage	Basel	3–1	Zürich	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:00	Bertelsen 29' (1:0) Gottardi  31' Maissen 52' (2:0) Zbinden 90' (3:1)	FCZ summary FCB summary	63' Gilli 80' (2:1) Kok	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Urs Meier (Würenlos)
Note: The Uhrencup is a former club football tournament that was held annually in Grenchen in Switzerland.

Basel v Górnik Zabrze

21 July 1990 Uhrencup final	Basel	1–4	Górnik Zabrze	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:00	Rahmen 17' (1:0)	FCB summary	8' Kraus 41' (1:1) Brzoza 46' (1:2) Staniek 60' (1:3) Warzycha 72' (1:4) Jegor	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Manfred Schlup, (Grenchen)
Note: The Uhrencup is a former club football tournament that was held annually in Grenchen in Switzerland.

Winter break

FC Laufen v Basel

2 February 1991 Winter break	FC Laufen	0–4	Basel	Im Nau, Laufen
14:30		FCB summary	2' (o.g. 0:1) (R. Cueni) 22' (0:2) Marcolli 33' (0:3) Mata 48' (0:4) Bertelsen	Attendance: 200 Referee: Gottfried Friedrich (Seedorf, Uri)

Basel v SC Freiburg

9 February 1991 Winter break	Basel	0–0	SC Freiburg	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30		FCB summary		Attendance: 52 Referee: Rolf Blattmann (Zeiningen)
Note: Played behind closed doors.

Basel v Karlsruher SC

12 February 1991 Winter break	Basel	1–3	Karlsruher SC	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Rahmen 59' (1:2)	FCB summary	14' (0:1) Reichert 45' (0:2) Schütterle 90' (1:3) Wittwer	Attendance: 350 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Grenchen)
Note: Played behind closed doors.

Basel v Grasshopper Club

24 February 1991 Winter break	Basel	1–2	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Bertelsen 46' (1:1)	FCB summary	13' (0:1) Salvi 83' (1:2) Sforza Gren	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Werner Müller (Obererlinsbach)

Basel v Strasbourg

26 February 1991 Winter break	Basel	0–1	Strasbourg	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:00		FCB summary	4' (0:1) Jenner	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Manfred Schlup, (Grenchen)

Nationalliga B

Main article: 1990–91 Nationalliga A § Nationalliga B

Qualifying Phase South East

Kriens v Basel

25 July 1990 Round 1	Kriens	0–3	Basel	Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens
20:00	Rohrer  71'	FCB summary	33' (0:1) Mata 40' (0:2) Maissen 48' (0:3) Bertelsen	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: René Gemperle (Bremgarten)
Note: FCB youth player Patrick Liniger played his first ever league match in the starting formation.

Basel v Locarno

28 July 1990 Round 2	Basel	1–2	Locarno	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Mata  35' Gottardi 54' (1:1)	FCB summary	9' Bützer 52' (0:1) Schönwetter 90' (1:2) Omini	Attendance: 4,300 Referee: Pierre-Alain Eschmann (Moutier)

SC Zug v Basel

4 August 1990 Round 3	SC Zug	0–2	Basel	Herti Allmend Stadion, Zug
17:30	Schneider 8′ Büeler  47' di Muro  78'	FCB summary	59' (0:1) Bertelsen  75' Gottardi 88' (0:2) Rahmen	Attendance: 750 Referee: Rudolf Schödl
Note: 8th minute, FCB goalkeeper Thomas Grüter saved Schneider's penalty.

Basel v Winterthur

8 August 1990 Round 4	Basel	1–1	Winterthur	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Reich 31' (1:1)	FCB summary	23' (0:1) Maiano  40' Battaini	Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Hans Wieland (Grenchen)

Baden v Basel

11 August 1990 Round 5	Baden	2–0	Basel	Esp Stadium, Fislisbach
20:00	Sitek 22' (1:0) Lüdi  54' Isler  71' Zimmermann 74' (2:0)	FCB summary	14' Wagner  68' Đurđević	Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Rudolf Michlig (Ostermundigen)

Basel v Emmenbrücke

14 August 1990 Round 6	Basel	2–1	Emmenbrücke	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Maissen 11' (1:1) Dittus 69' (2:1) Bernauer  84'	FCB summary	8' (0:1) Eggeling  29' Stadler  40' Wicht  51' Bühler  66' Wyss  78' Eggeling  82' Schmid	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Roman Ullmann

Basel v Chiasso

25 August 1990 Round 7	Basel	2–2	Chiasso	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Reich 19' (1:0) Zbinden 41' (2:0) Mata  44'	FCB summary	71' (2:1) Jeannoteguy  75' Gatti 81' (2:2) Da Silva	Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Paul-Louis Christe (Lausanne)

Bellinzona v Basel

1 September 1990 Round 8	Bellinzona	0–0	Basel	Stadio Comunale Bellinzona
20:00	Piccinali  87'	FCB summary	49' Gottardi  51' Grüter  57' Đurđević  89' Zbinden	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Ludwig Zurkirchen

Glarus v Basel

5 September 1990 Round 9	Glarus	0–0	Basel	Sportplatz Buchholz, Glarus
20:00	Fischer  68'	FCB summary		Attendance: 1,250 Referee: Arturo Martino (Neukirch an der Thur)

Basel v Chur

15 September 1990 Round 10	Basel	0–3	Chur	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Gottardi  46' Dittus  68'	FCB summary	29' (o.g.) 34' (pen. 0:2) Costantini  37' Sommerhalder  67' Costantini 88' (0:3) Costantini  89' Camenisch	Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Francesco Bianchi (Chiasso)

Schaffhausen v Basel

22 September 1990 Round 11	Schaffhausen	3–2	Basel	Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen
20:00	Löw 14' (1:0) Engesser 28' (2:0) Engesser 80' (pen. 3:1)	FCB summary	72' (pen. 2:1) Dittus 86' (3:2) Bernauer	Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Werner Müller (Obererlinsbach)

Basel v Kriens

6 October 1990 Round 12	Basel	2–1	Kriens	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Bertelsen 61' (1:0) Reich 82' (2:1)	FCB summary	24' Lötscher  33' Künzi 63' (1:1) Pekas	Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Jean-Claude Tagliabue

Locarno v Basel

9 October 1990 Round 13	Locarno	2–3	Basel	Stadio del Lido, Locarno
20:00	Giani  27' Costas 24' (1:0) Pedrotti 52' (2:1)	FCB summary	40' (1:1) Baumgartner 55' (2:2) Baumgartner  61' Reich 77' (2:3) Bertelsen  84' Dittus	Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Robert Grisch (Schaanwald)

Basel v SC Zug

20 October 1990 Round 14	Basel	2–2	SC Zug	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Maissen 21' (1:0) Wagner 39' (2:0) Maissen  62' Wittmann  84'	FCB summary	45' (2:1) Marin  72' Paradiso 87' (2:2) Müller	Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Karl Strässle (Steinach and Heiden)

Winterthur v Basel

27 October 1990 Round 15	Winterthur	2–2	Basel	Schützenwiese, Winterthur
20:00	Ramsauer 11' (1:0) Bacchini 50' (2:1)	FCB summary	26' (1:1) Bertelsen  45' Gottardi  49' Bernauer 55' (2:2) Bertelsen	Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Pierre-Alain Eschmann (Moutier)

Basel v Baden

4 November 1990 Round 16	Basel	1–3	Baden	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Dittus 63' (pen. 1:3)	FCB summary	1' (o.g. 0:1) (Bernauer) 23' (0:2) Sitek  29' [[Karl-Heinz Born|Born]]  40' Sitek 48' (0:3) Wagner  51' Wagner	Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Grenchen)

Emmenbrücke v Basel

11 November 1990 Round 17	Emmenbrücke	0–3	Basel	Stadion Gersag, Emmenbrücke
14:30	C. Wyss  51' H. Siegrist  79'	FCB summary	24' (0:1) Wagner  53' Heidenreich 66' (0:2) Baumgartner  71' Gottardi 74' (0:3) Wagner	Attendance: 600 Referee: Gottlieb Barmettler (Luzern)

Chiasso v Basel

18 November 1990 Round 18	Chiasso	2–2	Basel	Stadio Comunale (Chiasso)
14:30	Dario 5' (1:0) Da Silva  43' Minelli  64' Bernaschina 80' (pen. 2:2)	FCB summary	35' Bernauer 43' (1:1) Zbinden 48' (1:2) Heidenreich	Attendance: 700 Referee: Erwin Schuler

Basel v Bellinzona

25 November 1990 Round 19	Basel	2–1	Bellinzona	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Baumgartner 31' (1:0) Đurđević  69' Gottardi 86' (2:1)	FCB summary	33' Rindlisbacher 44' (1:1) Rindlisbacher  48' Schär  78' Pestoni	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Suhr, Aargau)

Basel v Glarus

2 December 1990 Round 20	Basel	3–0	Glarus	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Wagner 5' (1:0) Bertelsen 26' (2:0) Wagner 43' (3:0) Ceccaroni  60' Gottardi  75'	FCB summary	41' April  67' Oswald  71' Stoob  83' Gänssler	Attendance: 1,756 Referee: Urs Meier (Wettingen and Würenlos)

Chur v Basel

9 December 1990 Round 21	Chur	1–1	Basel	Ringstrasse, Chur
14:30	De Gani 78' (1:1)	FCB summary	38' (0:1) Wittmann  81' Maissen	Attendance: 162 Referee: Francesco Bianchi (Chiasso)
Note: The entire playing field was covered in snow; conditions were essentially irregular.

Basel v Schaffhausen

16 December 1990 Round 22	Basel	6–2	Schaffhausen	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Bernauer 30' (1:1) Wagner 39' (2:1) (Bossi) 48' (o.g. 3:1) Bertelsen 55' (4:1) Zbinden 59' (5:1) Bertelsen 71' (6:2)	FCB summary	14' (0:1) Sternkopf 69' (5:2) Harder	Attendance: 900 Referee: Pierre-Alain Vuillemin (Geneva)
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Locarno	22	13	6	3	44	23	+21	32	Promotion round
2	Baden	22	13	5	4	41	19	+22	31
3	Schaffhausen	22	12	4	6	45	29	+16	28
4	Basel	22	9	8	5	40	30	+10	26
5	Zug	22	8	10	4	29	22	+7	26
6	Chiasso	22	10	5	7	43	26	+17	25
7	Bellinzona	22	7	6	9	34	32	+2	20	Relegation group
8	Winterthur	22	7	6	9	26	35	−9	20
9	Chur	22	5	7	10	20	25	−5	17
10	Glarus	22	4	6	12	23	58	−35	14
11	Emmenbrücke	22	3	7	12	18	39	−21	13
12	Kriens	22	4	4	14	22	47	−25	12

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Promotion/relegation phase Group A

Basel v Etoile Carouge

3 March 1991 Round 1	Basel	3–1	Etoile Carouge	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Dittus 33' (1:0) Dittus  52' Wagner 68' (2:0) Zbinden 77' (3:0)	FCB summary	32' Thomé  53' da Silva 85' (3:1) Castella	Attendance: 3,546 Referee: Paul-Louis Christe (Lausanne)

Yverdon-Sports v Basel

10 March 1991 Round 2	Yverdon-Sports	2–0	Basel	Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains
14:30	Vialatte  27' Castro  29' Castro 50' (1:0) Dajka 71' (2:0) Bonato  73'	FCB summary	15' Heidenreich  87' Bertelsen	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Michel Zen Ruffinen

Basel v St. Gallen

17 March 1991 Round 3	Basel	0–1	St. Gallen	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Zbinden  66'	FCB summary	7'  61' Blättler 29' (0:1) Cardozo  32' Cardozo  81' Rubio  89' Thüler	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Freddy Philippoz (Sion)

Wettingen v Basel

27 March 1991 Round 4	Wettingen	1–3	Basel	Stadion Altenburg, Wettingen
20:00	Fink 20' (1:1) Andermatt  37' Widmer  40' Mathy  47' Widmer  57'	FCB summary	16' (0:1) Bertelsen  37' Heidenreich 41' (1:2) Zbinden  50' Ceccaroni 86' (1:3) Bertelsen	Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Erwin Schuler

Fribourg v Basel

6 April 1991 Round 5	Fribourg	2–2	Basel	Stade Universitaire, Freiburg
20:00	Bucheli 16' (pen. 1:0) Bucheli 43' (2:2) Bwalya  51' Gross  83'	FCB summary	22' (pen. 1:1) Dittus  39' Baumgartner 42' (1:2) Reich  79' Reich	Attendance: 2,040 Referee: Erwin Fölmli

Basel v Baden

13 April 1991 Round 6	Basel	1–4	Baden	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Marcolli 37' (1:1) Zbinden  45'	FCB summary	23' (0:1) Wagner 41' (1:2) Sitek 49' (1:3) Born 64' (1:4) Sitek  90' Wagner	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Karl Strässle (Steinach and Heiden)

Chiasso v Basel

20 April 1991 Round 7	Chiasso	0–0	Basel	Stadio Comunale (Chiasso)
20:00		FCB summary		Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Oswald Gritsch

Basel v Chiasso

4 May 1991 Round 8	Basel	3–0	Chiasso	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Bernauer  17' Dittus 63' (1:0) Heidenreich 67' (2:0) Mancastroppa 73' (3:0) Rahmen  89'	FCB summary	29' Kalbermatter  87' Milton	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Michel Zen Ruffinen

Baden v Basel

11 May 1991 Round 9	Baden	1–1	Basel	Esp Stadium, Fislisbach
17:30	Lüdi  11' Hedinger  81' (Maissen) 85' (o.g. 1:1)	FCB summary	19' Zbinden 22' (1:0) Maissen  61' Hodel	Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Paul-Louis Christe (Lausanne)
Note: Baden goalkeeper Patrick Mäder had to leave the field with an arm injury in the 81st minute; sweeper Karl-Heinz Born took his place between the posts, after all substitutions had been made. The pitch conditions in the pouring rain were (at best) barely acceptable; a cancellation or abandonment of the match would have been justifiable.

Basel v Fribourg

18 May 1991 Round 10	Basel	0–0	Fribourg	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Bernauer  80' Baumgartner  90'	FCB summary	28' Buntschu  50' Bourquenoud  64' Brülhart  90+1' Buntschu	Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Charles-Henri Morex (Bex)

Basel v Wettingen

25 May 1991 Round 11	Basel	1–2	Wettingen	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Mancastroppa (1:0) Bertelsen  69'	FCB summary	43' Widmer 71' (1:1) Heldmann 83' (1:2) Kundert  88' Heldmann	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Jean-Claude Craviolini

St. Gallen v Basel

1 June 1991 Round 12	St. Gallen	1–0	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
17:30	Raschle 16' (pen. 1:0) Irizik  85'	FCB summary		Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Peter Kellenberger
Note: Debut for FCB defender Olivier Bauer.

Basel v Yverdon-Sports

8 June 1991 Round 13	Basel	3–0	Yverdon-Sports	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Baumgartner  32' Ceccaroni  48' Rahmen 62' (1:0) Karrer 84' (2:0) Zbinden 87' (3:0)	FCB summary	18' Rochat  52' Castro	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Freddy Philippoz (Sion)
Note: Debut for FCB midfielder Thomas Karrer

Etoile Carouge v Basel

12 June 1991 Round 14	Etoile Carouge	2–1	Basel	Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge
20:00	da Silva 6' (1:0) da Silva 56' (2:0)	FCB summary	65' Heidenreich 76' (2:1) Rahmen	Attendance: 250 Referee: Willy Hänni, (Cugy)

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	St. Gallen	14	10	2	2	33	11	+22	22	Remain in NLA 1991–92
2	Wettingen	14	9	2	3	25	15	+10	20
3	Chiasso	14	6	4	4	19	21	−2	16	Remain in NLB 1991–92
4	Basel	14	4	4	6	18	17	+1	12
5	Yverdon-Sports	14	5	2	7	21	22	−1	12
6	Fribourg	14	4	3	7	18	25	−7	11
7	Baden	14	4	3	7	19	26	−7	11
8	Etoile Carouge	14	4	0	10	16	32	−16	8

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Swiss Cup

Main article: 1990–91 Swiss Cup

FC Pratteln v Basel

18 August 1990 2nd principal round	FC Pratteln	4–0	Basel	In den Sandgruben, Pratteln
17:30	Ferreira  41' Füri 62' (1:0) Böni  67' Utvic 86' (2:0) Weng 86' (3:0) Steiner 90' (4:0)	FCB summary	49' Bernauer  83' Reich	Attendance: 1,389 Referee: Walter Rudin (Birsfelden)
Note: FC Pratteln played the 1990–91 season in the 1. Liga, Group 3 (third-tier).

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
• The FCB squad 1990–91 at fcb-archiv.ch
• Switerland 1990–91 at RSSSF

External links

• FC Basel official site