1976–77 FC Basel season


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.

Overview

was first team manager for the eleventh consecutive season.
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 Nationalliga A was played in two stages. The qualification phase was played by all teams in a round robin and then after completion it was dived into two groups. The first six teams contended in the championship group 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 FC Genève 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.
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.
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 1st leg, they but were defeated 1–3, thus 2–4 on aggregate.

Players

Results

;Legend

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

;First round
Basel won 5–3 on aggregate.
;Second round
Athletic Bilbao won 4–2 on aggregate.

Cup of the Alps

;Group B
NB: teams did not play compatriots
;Group table