1993–94 FC Basel season

Pre-season

Claude Andrey was appointed as new first team head-coach. He came from Sion where he had been trainer for the previous six months and he came as replacement for Friedel Rausch who had only been trainer with the club for the previous season.

A number of players left the club during the off-season. Last season's top scorer André Sitek moved on to score his goals for Locarno, another goal scorer Frédéric Chassot returned to Neuchâtel Xamax after his loan period had expired and defender Dirk Lellek transferred to VfB Oldenburg. Christian Marcolli and Manfred Wagner both moved on to local rivals to Old Boys and Patrick Rahmen moved on to play for SR Delémont. In the other direction Swiss international goalkeeper Stefan Huber transferred in from Lausanne-Sport. Two new defender were also transferred in, Andre Meier from Chiasso and Samir Tabakovic from NK Belišće. The midfield was stregthend with the signings of Mario Cantaluppi from Grasshopper Club, Sergei Derkach from Dynamo Moscow and Didier Gigon from Lausanne-Sport. More notable transfers were those of Swiss international strikers Dario Zuffi and Philippe Hertig who both came from Lugano.^[2] A number of youngsters were brought up from the youth team including the hopeful local lads Markus Lichtsteiner and Roger Schreiber.^[1]

Domestic league

After missing promotion during the last five seasons, the club's repeated priority aim was to return to the top flight of Swiss football. There was to be a further reform in the Swiss football league system and the number of teams in the Nationliga B to be reduced from 20 to 16. The 20 teams in the Nationalliga B were divided into two groups of 10, an East and a West group. In the first stage, both groups would play a qualification round. In the second stage, the top two teams in each Nationalliga B group would advance to the promotion round and the bottom eight teams in each group would play a relegation round. In the second stage the tops two teams of each group and the last four teams of the Nationalliga A would play a promotion/relegation round. The top four teams in this groups would play in the top flight the next season, the other four in the second flight. In the relegation round the remaining teams were divided into two groups of eight. In total seven teams would be relegated to the 1st League, the last three teams from each group plus one of both fifth placed teams.

Basel were assigned to the Nationalliga B West group, together with local rivals Old Boys and SR Delémont. Basel started somewhat sloppily into the season with two home defeats against Old Boys and Grenchen in the first three games of the season. But the newly formed team soon found themselves and they recorded eight victories in the next nine games. Etoile Carouge ended the qualifying phase as group winners, two points above second placed Basel. In the 18 games, Basel recorded 12 victories, one draw and five defeats with a goal difference of plus 25, 39 scored and 14 conceded. Dario Zuffi with 11 goals, Ørjan Berg with eight and Admir Smajić with six goals were the team's top goal scorers. Stefan Huber held a clean sheet in nine of his 17 matches during this first stage of the season.^[3]

As second placed team in their qualifying group, Basel qualified for the promotion stage. To help with their promotion attempt Axel Kruse was signed in on loan from VfB Stuttgart until the end of the season, but because of injuries he only played three league games. The other teams in this stage from the Nationalliga B were Etoile Carouge, St. Gallen and Schaffhausen. The bottom four teams from the Nationalliga A were Xamax, Zürich, Kriens and Yverdon-Sports. Basel's start in the phase of a somewhat slow stance and three draws in the first four matches and despite an away defeat against Xamax in round six they played well at the top of the group table. Not being defeated in the last eight matches, winning five, drawing three, they ended the group in first place. They were level on points with St. Gallen and Xamax and won promotion. Relegated this season from the top flight were Kriens and Yverdon-Sports.^[4] The team's top goal scorer was Dario Zuffi with 11 goals, five other players each scored two goals. Stefan Huber held a clean sheet in seven of his 13 matches during the second stage of the season.^[5]

Swiss Cup

Basel entered the Swiss Cup in the second round. Here they were drawn away from home in the Herti Allmend Stadion against lower-tier team Zug. Thomas Karrer and Ralph Steingruber put the guests 2–0 in front by half time and then in the second half they added even more pressure. In the second half they added another eight goals to final result 10–0. In the third round Basel were drawn at home in the St. Jakob Stadium against higher tier Aarau and despite being a goal down through an own goal at half time, Basel again turned up the pressure again in the second half and turned the result to win 4–1. In round four another higher tier team were to visit Basel in their home stadium. Dario Zuffi and Admir Smajić scored the goals as they won 2–0 against Lausanne-Sport. Round five gave higher tier Xamax the journey to St. Jakob Stadium and another Zuffi goal gave the host team a 1–0 victory. The fourth higher top flight team to make the visit to the stadium was Yverdon-Sports. The match was goalless after 90 minutes, thus went into over-time. Zuffi gave the hosts a 1–0 victory after extra time with a goal in 118th minute.

The semi-final also gave Basel a home game against Schaffhausen, who had suffered a 3–0 defeat here exactly two weeks earlier. But this time the hosts played under capabilities, Schaffhausen played compact and kept the game goalless, even after extra time. The penalty shoot out was decisive. Schaffhausen goalkeeper Erich Hürzeler held striker Zuffi's attempt, Basel keeper Huber held Engesser's attempt and after 12 penalties things were level at five all. Keeper Hürzeler then held Tabakovic's attempt and so Steffen Ziffert's final penalty gave Schaffhausen the upset. Penalty sinner Tabakovic, the central defender from Bosnia, shed bitter tears.^[6] Schaffhausen advanced to the Swiss Cup final for only the second time in the club's history. Here they played Grasshopper Club, but the higher tier team proved their strength winning 4–0. It was GC's 18th Cup victory in their history.^[7]

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season

Grenchen v Basel

7 July 1993 Uhrencup semi-final	Grenchen	1–2	Basel	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
19:00	Boruwko 51' (1:1)	FCB summary	18' (0:1) Zuffi 57' (1:2) Smajić	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Jürg Herrmann (Hinterkapplen (Wohlen bei Bern))
Note: The Uhrencup is a former club football tournament that was held annually in Grenchen in Switzerland. Grenchen played without Wenger, Dysli (both injured) and Aebi (ill). FC Basel were without Baumgartner, Rahmen, Schürmann (all injured) and Hertig (slightly injured). A fair game, no cautions.

Basel v Zürich

10 July 1993 Uhrencup final	Basel	4–5	Zürich	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
19:00	Karrer  7' Hertig 12' (1:1) Berg 22' (2:1) Smajić 72' (pen. 3:2) Palumbo 86' (4:5)	FCB summary FCZ summary	2' (0:1) Blättler  16' Şahin 28' (pen.2:2) Blättler 76' (o.g. 3:3) (Meier) 79' (3:4) Blättler 82' (3:5) Studer	Attendance: 1,250 Referee: Kurt Zuppinger (Bremgarten, Aargau)
Note: The Uhrencup is a former club football tournament that was held annually in Grenchen in Switzerland. Basel without Zuffi, Bauer (both injured), Baumgartner (recovering), and Schürmann (hairline fracture in his calf). Zurich without Baldassari, Baljic, Grassi, Hotz, Kägi, and Tzionas (all injured).

Basel v VfB Stuttgart

11 July 1993 Pre-season	Basel	2–6	VfB Stuttgart	Wolfstiege, Gelterkinden
17:00	M. Rahmen 25' (1:1) Smajić 61' (pen. 2:5)	FCB summary	9' (0:1) Kruse 30' (1:2) Sverisson 50' (1:3) Walter 56' (1:4) Knup 58' (1:5) Walter 89' (2:6) Strunz	Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Walter Rudin (Birsfelden)
Note: Basel without Schürmann, Baumgartner (injured). Stuttgart without Schäfer, Dubajic (injured). Fair game, no cautions. The game was interrupted after three minutes for a quarter of an hour due to a heavy rain shower.

Aarau v Basel

14 July 1993 Sepione Cup semi-final	Aarau	3–3 (4–5 p)	Basel	Moos, Balsthal
19:30	Aleksandrov 60' (1:3) Aleksandrov 62' (2:3) Komornicki 89' (pen. 3:3)	FCB summary	15' (0:1) Zuffi 39' (0:2) Zuffi 42' (0:3) Zuffi	Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Francis Fischer (Arch)
	Penalties
	Hermann Komornicki Pavličević Weiler Romano Marini		Zuffi Smajić Berg Jeitziner Meier Steingruber
Note: The Sempione Cup was a club tournament played in summer at Sportanlage Moos, Balsthal, during the years 1987 to 2004.[8] Aarau without Bader, Rupf, Kilian. Basel without Schürmann, Baumgartner (all injured).

Basel v Everton

17 July 1993 Sepione Cup final	Basel	1–0	Everton	Moos, Balsthal
17:30	Zuffi 27' (1:0) Zuffi 59′	FCB summary	61' Rodosavlevic  88' Ablett	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Dieter Schoch (Attiswil)
Note: The Sempione Cup was a club tournament played in summer at Sportanlage Moos, Balsthal, during the years 1987 to 2004.[8] FCB without Baumgartner and Schürmann (both recovering from injury). 59th minute, Everton goalkeeper Neville Southall saved Zuffi's penalty.

FC Sursee v Basel

20 July 1993 Pre-season	FC Sursee	0–6	Basel	Chrüzmatt, Dagmersellen
19:00		FCB summary	4' (0:1) Zuffi 20' (0:2) Hertig 66' (0:3) Hertig 77' (0:4) Zuffi 81' (0:5) Palumbo 89' (0:6) Walker	Attendance: 500 Referee: Erwin Fölmli
Note: FC Sursee without goalkeeper Pfrunder. FC Basel without the injured Ceccaroni and Uccella.

Basel v Borussia Dortmund

10 August 1993 Mid-season	Basel	1–3	Borussia Dortmund	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:30	Cantaluppi 88' (1:3)	FCB summary	45' (0:1) Sippel 71' (0:2) Zorc 85' (0:3) Yahaya	Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Grenchen)
Note: Both sides were without various key players: for FCB, in addition to the already injured, there was the slightly injured Zuffi and the slightly ill Smajic; for Dortmund, Rummenigge (not in the squad) and Chapuisat (with the national team in Sweden).

Basel v Grasshopper Club

12 October 1993 Mid-season	Basel	1–1	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:00	Zuffi 57' (1:1)	FCB summary	41' (0:1) Willems	Attendance: 1,037 Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Suhr)
Note: Basel without Meier, Baumgartner, Derkach, Smajic, Uccella, Hertig. GC without Gren, Vega, Gämperle.

Winter break

Basel v Aarau

15 January 1994 Winter break	Basel	3–1	Aarau	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Cantaluppi 32' (1:0) Berg 43' (2:1) Derkach 46' (3:1)	FCB summary	34' (1:1) Komornicki	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Grenchen)
Note: FCB without the slightly injured Ceccaroni, FCA without Hilfiker, Heldmann, Pavlicevic (resting) and Renggli (injured).

Basel v Luzern

20 January 1994 Winter break	Basel	1–4	Luzern	Athletics stadium, Basel
18:30	Camenzind 43' (o.g. 1:2)	FCB summary	4' (0:1) Gerstenmájer 21' (0:2) Wolf 82' (1:3) Güntensperger 86' (1:4) Burri	Attendance: 500 Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Suhr, Aargau)
Note: FCB without Smajic and Ceccaroni. FCL without Rueda and Tuce. FCL made no substitutions.

Basel v Old Boys

25 January 1994 Winter break	Basel	3–0	Old Boys	Athletics stadium, Basel
18:30	Smajić 16' (1:0) Zuffi 21' (2:0) Derkach 75' (3:0)	FCB summary		Attendance: 400 Referee: Michel Zen Ruffinen
Note: OB without Wagner and Hauck (injured) and without Riva, who had to end his career with immediate effect due to hip problems.

Chiasso v Basel

28 January 1994 Winter break	Chiasso	0–2	Basel	Stadio Comunale Riva IV, Chiasso
18:30		FCB summary	45' (0:1) Hertig 67' (0:2) Hertig	Attendance: 70 Referee: Carlo Bertolini (Vira-Gambarogno)
Note: FCB without Zuffi (still injured), Walker and Huber were the only squad players not used.

Lugano v Basel

30 January 1994 Winter break	Lugano	1–2	Basel	Cornaredo, Lugano
14:30	Tabakovic 5' (o.g. 1:1)	FCB summary	2' (0:1) Smajić 86' (1:2) Steingruber	Attendance: 300 Referee: Francesco Bianchi (Chiasso)
Note: Lugano without Subiat and Englund, FCB without Zuffi (all injured). FCB with test player Samir Tabakovic

Basel v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

5 February 1994 Winter break	Basel	1–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:30	Hertig 45' (1:0) Uccella  62'	FCB summary	72' (1:1) Ritter 90+1' (1:2) Wagner	Attendance: 6,300 Referee: Marti
Note: Pierre-André Schürmann, who is transferring to FC Wil, was given a farewell with flowers. Kaiserslautern played without the injured Eriksson.

Basel v Switzerland

27 May 1994 Mid-season	Basel	1–2	Switzerland	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:15	Cantaluppi 34' (1:2)	FCB summary	3' (pen. 0:1) Grassi 32' (0:2) Grassi  42' Studer	Attendance: 13,100 Referee: Francesco Bianchi (Chiasso)
Note: FCB without the injured Smajic, Meier, Tabakovic, Ceccaroni, Karrer and without Hertig (family reasons). Swiss B selection, the A selection played against Liechtenstein earlier that evening.

Nationalliga B

The qualification of the NLB began on 28 July 1993 and was completed on 21 November. The top two teams in each group were qualified for the promotion/relegation group. The bottom eight teams in each group then played in newly drawn groups against relegation.

Qualification phase

Basel v Old Boys

28 July 1993 Round 1	Basel	1–2	Old Boys	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Zuffi 2' (1:0) Meier  65'	FCB summary	26' (1:1) Hofer 37' (1:2) Hauck  54' Ugazio  59' Kohler	Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Gottfried Friedrich (Seedorf, Uri)
Note: FCB without Uccella, Baumgartner, Rahmen, Schürmann, Palumbo (injured). OB without Koller (injured).

Bulle v Basel

31 July 1993 Round 2	Bulle	0–3	Basel	Stade de Bouleyres, Bulle
20:00	Duc  7' Fillistorf  43'	FCB summary	51' Bauer 59′ Smajić 80' (0:1) Hertig 87' (0:2) Zuffi 90' (0:3) Smajić	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Francis Fischer (Arch)
Note: Bulle without Thomann and Salad (not in the squad). FC Basel without the injured Schürmann, Uccella, Rahmen, Baumgartner and Palumbo. 59th minute, Bulle goalkeeper Betrand Fillistorf held Smajic's penalty.

Basel v Grenchen

7 August 1993 Round 3	Basel	0–1	Grenchen	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00		FCB summary	8' Gunia 38' (0:1) Maiano  60' Menanga  61' Schembrl	Attendance: 6,200 Referee: Kurt Zuppinger (Bremgarten, Aargau)
Note: FCB were without the injured Baumgartner, Derkach, Karrer, Uccella, Palumbo, Schürmann, and Uccella; Grenchen were without the injured Chételat, Wenger, and Fuhrimann. The refereeing performance was absolutely inadequate.

SR Delémont v Basel

14 August 1993 Round 4	SR Delémont	0–3	Basel	La Blancherie, Delémont
20:00	Moulin  29'	FCB summary	14' (0:1) Berg  21' Walker 62' (0:2) Zuffi 69' (0:3) Cantaluppi	Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Karl Strässle (Steinach)
Note: Delémont without the injured Crevoisier, Lovis, Platz and Réginelli; FCB without the injured Baumgartner, Derkach, Hertig, Karrer, Palumbo, Mischa Rahmen, Schürmann and Uccella.

Basel v Urania Genève Sport

19 August 1993 Round 5	Basel	4–0	Urania Genève Sport	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Zuffi 9' (1:0) Steingruber 37' (2:0) Berg 76' (3:0) Smajić 85' (4:0)	FCB summary	22' Bula	Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Fabrice Kaltenrieder
Note: FCB were without the injured Baumgartner, Uccella, Rahmen, Karrer, Derkach, Hertig, Schürmann, and Ceccaroni. Schreiber had to leave the field with a foot injury just over five minutes after coming on as a substitute and he underwent surgery the following day. Urania were without Pavoni, Brasier, and Rumer (all injured). National League Debut for FCB youth player Markus Lichtsteiner

Basel v Fribourg

21 August 1993 Round 6	Basel	3–1	Fribourg	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Cantaluppi 13' (1:1) Lichtsteiner 28' (2:1) Zuffi  55' Smajić 61' (3:1) Smajić  65'	FCB summary	7' (0:1) Python  31' Boutquenoud  61' Gaspoz  60' Piller	Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Roland Beck (Triesenberg)
Note: FCB without Ceccaroni, Uccella, Baumgartner, Hertig, Schürmann, Rahmen, Karrer and Derkach (all injured). Fribourg without Meuwly and Perriard (injured).

Monthey v Basel

25 August 1993 Round 7	Monthey	2–0	Basel	Stade Philippe Pottier, Monthey
20:00	Matthey 19' (1:0) Ogay  39' Matthey 67' (2:0) Demerch  73' Burchel  86' Puce  90+1'	FCB summary	75' Jakob	Attendance: 1,950 Referee: Marcel Vollenweider (Rüti, Zürich)
Note: Monthey without their suspended libero Wiese and without the injured Lorenz and Tejeda. FCB without the injured Ceccaroni, Walker, Uccella, Baumgartner, Hertig, Schürmann, Rahmen, Karrer and Derkach.

Basel v Chênois

28 August 1993 Round 8	Basel	2–0	Chênois	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Walker 42' (1:0) Berg 62' (2:0) Zuffi  70'	FCB summary	44' Mattioli  75' Hadjami  90+1' Perroud	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Erwin Fölmli
Note: FCB ohne die verletzten Schürmann, Derkach, Baumgartner, Uccella, Rahmen und noch ohne den rekonvaleszenten Karrer. Chênois ohne die verletzten Alberton, Dusonchet, Tarare, Baumann.

Etoile Carouge v Basel

1 September 1993 Round 9	Etoile Carouge	1–3	Basel	Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge
20:00	Langers 1' (1:0) Bel Bahi  33'	FCB summary	5' (1:1) Smajić 65' (1:2) Zuffi 75' (1:3) Berg	Attendance: 2,200 Referee: René Kellenberger (Herisau)
Note: Carouge without Gumy. FCB without Derkach, Baumgartner, Schürmann, Hertig, Uccella, Rahmen (all injured). 19th minute, goal from Zuffi disallowed for a foul, 21st minute, goal from Favre disallowed due to an offside.

Old Boys v Basel

11 September 1993 Round 10	Old Boys	1–6	Basel	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
17:30	Kohler  12' Caluwaerts  48' Saibene  53' Saibene 81' (1:5)	FCB summary	45' (0:1) Ceccaroni 45+2' (o.g. 0:2) (Kohler) 50' (0:3) Zuffi 52' (0:4) Berg 55' (0:5) 91' (1:6) Zuffi	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Michel Zen Ruffinen
Note: OB without Ugazio. FCB without Derkach, Baumgartner, Schürmann, Uccella and Hertig (all injured).

Basel v Bulle

25 September 1993 Round 11	Basel	5–0	Bulle	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Smajić 15' (1:0) Zuffi 26' (2:0) Berg 45' (3:0) Meier  56' Zuffi 75' (4:0) Cantaluppi  76' Walker  77' Smajić 89' (5:0)	FCB summary	1' Salad  81' Favre	Attendance: 7,800 Referee: Reto Tollot
Note: Basel without Derkach, Uccella, Bauer, Baumgartner, FC Bulle without Bwalya and Duc (all injured).

Grenchen v Basel

2 October 1993 Round 12	Grenchen	0–1	Basel	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
17:30	Christ  68'  87' Schembri  58' Dysli  68'	FCB summary	27' (0:1) Hertig	Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Erwin Fölmli
Note: Grenchen without Lanz, Aebi (suspended), Maiano, and Wenger (injured). Basel without Bauer, Baumgartner, Derkach, Karrer, Smajic, and Uccella (all injured).

Basel v SR Delémont

6 October 1993 Round 13	Basel	1–2	SR Delémont	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Ceccaroni  16' Meier  44' Smajić  54' Berg 58' (1:1)	FCB summary	13' Varga  32' Vukic 47' (pen. 0:1) Vukic  52' Mouli  63' Léchenne 75' (1:2) Varga	Attendance: 7,200 Referee: Walter Nussbaumer (Crans-près-Céligny)
Note: FCB without Derkach, Uccella, Karrer, and Baumgartner (injured). Delémont without Lovis and Reginelli (injured).

Urania Genève Sport v Basel

16 October 1993 Round 14	Urania Genève Sport	0–3	Basel	Stade de Frontenex, Geneva
17:30	Reumer  32'	FCB summary	37' (0:1) Zuffi 51' (0:2) Jeitziner 70' (0:3) Zuffi	Attendance: 500 Referee: Stefan Kohli
Note: Urania without Geiger, Marchand, Munoz (injured) and Rossello (military); Basel without Baumgartner, Derkach, Uccella, Bauer, Hertig and Karrer (all injured).

Fribourg v Basel

22 October 1993 Round 15	Fribourg	0–1	Basel	Stade Universitaire, Freiburg
20:00	Desclou  58'	FCB summary	31' (0:1) Cantaluppi  90+2' Walker	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Karl Strässle (Steinach)
Note: Fribourg were without Meuwly and Piller (suspended). FCB were without Baumgartner, Hertig, Uccella, and Karrer (injured).

Basel v Monthey

30 October 1993 Round 16	Basel	3–1	Monthey	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Walker 20' (1:1) Walker  52'  72' Berg 63' (2:1) Ceccaroni 86' (3:1)	FCB summary	13' Derivaz 18' (0:1) Simunek  24' Tejeda  43' Lamas	Attendance: 3,822 Referee: Gilles Golay
Note: FCB without Uccella, Baumgartner, and Karrer, while Monthey were without goalkeeper Tomare, Wiese and Lorenz.

Chênois v Basel

14 November 1993 Round 17	Chênois	3–0	Basel	Stade des Trois-Chêne, Thônex
14:30	Ursea 20' (1:0) Popoviciu 44' (2:0) Hadjami 53' (3:0) Mattioli  74'	FCB summary	28' Walker	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ruppen
Note: Chênois without Gissi (suspended for three games after receiving a red card in the cup against FC Sion), Dusonchet (abroad) and Alberton; Basel without Karrer, Baumgartner, Uccella and Smajic (all injured).

Basel v Etoile Carouge

21 November 1993 Round 18	Basel	0–0	Etoile Carouge	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30		FCB summary	62' Martin	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Hans Müller (Bern)
Note: FCB were without the suspended Walker, without Berg (in Norway, his wife was expecting a child) and Baumgartner (injured). Jetziner received treatment at halftime for a dislocated finger.

Promotion/relegation Phase

Basel v Kriens

20 February 1994 Round 1	Basel	1–0	Kriens	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Jeitziner 26' (1:0) Derkach  46' Berg  66'	FCB summary	40' Gwerder	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Claude Detruche, (Thônex)
Note: FC Basel fielded their full squad, but without the "surplus" players Uccella and Karrer; SC Kriens were without Germann (suspended) and Rölli (injured). The pitch conditions were extremely difficult.

St. Gallen v Basel

27 February 1994 Round 2	St. Gallen	0–0	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
14:30	Koch  23' Tiefenbach  29'	FCB summary	45' Cantaluppi  87' Steingruber  88' Ceccaroni	Attendance: 10,200 Referee: Daniel Roduit (Sion)
Note: St. Gallen without Rolf Meier (injured), FC Basel without Tabakovic (ill). Very, very difficult terrain.

Basel v Etoile Carouge

5 March 1994 Round 3	Basel	0–0	Etoile Carouge	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Meier  32'	FCB summary	19' Aresu  42' Langers  59' Aguilar	Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Jürg Herrmann (Hinterkapplen (Wohlen bei Bern))
Note: FCB without Baumgartner and Karrer (not in the squad), Carouge without Amenc, Jacquemet and Rodriguez (not in the squad).

Zürich v Basel

27 February 1994 Round 4	Zürich	1–1	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
14:30	Waas 15' (1:0) Kägi  51'	FCB summary FCZ summary	42' Smajić 70' (1:1) Zuffi	Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Gottfried Friedrich (Seedorf)
Note: FC Zürich without the injured Beat Studer and di Jorio, FC Basel without the injured Derkach.

Basel v Schaffhausen

20 March 1994 Round 5	Basel	3–0	Schaffhausen	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Walker Zuffi 20' (1:0) Jeitziner 22' (pen. 2:0) Smajić 62' (pen. 3:0)	FCB summary	Bossi Beer	Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Francesco Bianchi (Chiasso)
Note: FC Basel were without the injured Ceccaroni and Derkach, FC Schaffhausen without goalkeeper Hurzeler (suspended) and without the injured Naef, Stuebi and Allenspach. A minute's silence was observed for the late Landhof caretaker René Zurfluh.

Xamax v Basel

26 March 1994 Round 6	Xamax	1–0	Basel	La Maladière, Neuchâtel
17:30	Adriano 68' (1:0)	FCB summary		Attendance: 13,200 Referee: Karl Strässle (Steinach)

Yverdon-Sports v Basel

31 March 1994 Round 7	Yverdon-Sports	0–3	Basel	Stade Municipal, Yverdon
20:00	Besnard  38' Taillet  39' Castro  40' Wicht  52' Juarez  59'	FCB summary	11' Walker  63' Smajić 67' (0:1) Berg 86' (2:0) Zuffi 90' (3:0) Zuffi	Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Freddy Philippoz (Sion)
Note: Yverdon were without Willomet, Castella and Karlen (injured). Basel were without Ceccaroni (injured) and Gigon (ill). At least 3,000 FCB supporters under the 4600 spectators.

Basel v Yverdon-Sports

9 April 1994 Round 8	Basel	1–1	Yverdon-Sports	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Smajić 26' Tabakovic  34' Walker	FCB summary	30'  89' Taillet 68' (o.g.) (Jeitziner)  75' Castro  76' Bamba	Attendance: 8,800 Referee: Daniel Roduit (Sion)
Note: Basel were without Cantaluppi (injured), Ceccaroni (youth team), and Berg (not in the squad). Yverdon were without Castella, de Cet, and Karlen (injured).

Basel v Xamax

16 April 1994 Round 9	Basel	3–1	Xamax	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Kruse 41' (pen.) Jeitziner  45' Zuffi 50' (2:0) Zuffi 79' (3:0)	FCB summary	45' Piffaretti  45' Negri  83' Sutter 90' Piffaretti	Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Claude Detruche, (Thônex)
Note: Basel were without Baumgartner (injured) and Derkach (extra foreign player). Xamax were without Ramzy, Moro (injured), Ivanov (national team), Wittl, and Adriano (internally suspended after visiting a nightclub).

Schaffhausen v Basel

23 April 1994 Round 10	Schaffhausen	1–4	Basel	Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen
17:30	Schilling  1' Leu  66' Zibert 78'	FCB summary	33' (0:1) Cantaluppi 49' (0:2) Kruse 74' (0:3) Zuffi 83' (0:4) Zuffi	Attendance: 5,800 Referee: Hans Müller (Bern)
Note: Schaffhausen were without Näf, Allenspach, Bossi, Stoll, Mancastroppa, Guirao (injured) and Pagno (suspended). Basel were without Baumgartner (injured), Derkach and Karrer (not in the squad).

Basel v Zürich

30 April 1994 Round 11	Basel	1–1	Zürich	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Cantaluppi 11'	FCB summary FCZ summary	81' Škoro	Attendance: 42,125 Referee: Werner Müller (Obererlinsbach)
Note: Basel without Kruse, Baumgartner and Karrer (injured). Fair game, no yellow cards

Etoile Carouge v Basel

3 May 1994 Round 12	Etoile Carouge	1–1	Basel	Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge
20:00	Langers 67' Bel Bahi  70'	FCB summary	74' Zuffi	Attendance: 1,350 Referee: Stefan Kohli
Note: Carouge were without Mosca, Jacquement, and Bugnard. Basel were without Kruse, Baumgartner, and Karrer (injured).

Basel v St. Gallen

7 May 1994 Round 13	Basel	3–0	St. Gallen	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Zuffi 39' (1:0) Hertig 71' (2:0) Hertig 85' (3:0)	FCB summary	35' Winkler	Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Peter Kellenberger
Note: Basel were without Tabakovic, Karrer, Baumgartner, and Kruse (injured). St. Gallen were without Gertschen (injured).

Kriens v Basel

9 May 1994 Round 14	Kriens	0–1	Basel	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel (Venue change)
20:00	Kälin  35' Joller  71'	FCB summary	77' Zuffi  88' Smajić	Attendance: 18,200 Referee: Marcel Vollenweider
Note: Kriens were without Kern, Rölli, and Reichmuth (injured). Basel were without Tabakovic, Kruse, Baumgartner, and Karrer (injured). SC Kriens' home game was moved to Basel for security reasons.

Swiss Cup

SC Zug v Basel

4 September 1993 Round 2	SC Zug	0–10	Basel	Herti Allmend Stadion, Zug
19:30	Bilic  20' Baumann  57'	FCB summary	3' (0:1) Karrer 36' (0:2) Steingruber 53' (o.g. 0:3) Hermann 59' (0:4) Walker 64' (0:5) Karrer 76' (0:6) Berg 79' (0:7) M. Rahmen 83' (0:8) M. Rahmen 85' (0:9) Zuffi 88' (0:10) Berg	Attendance: 510 Referee: Walter Nussbaumer (Crans-près-Céligny)
Note: FCB without Baumgartner, Derkach, Hertig, Schürmann, Uccella (injured), Bauer (headache). Smajic (resting) and Huber (substitute). SC Zuog played the season 1993/94 in the 2. Liga (fourth-tier)

Basel v Aarau

19 September 1993 Round 3	Basel	4–1	Aarau	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Cantaluppi  22' Jeitziner 52' (pen. 1:1) Smajić  55' Smajić 59' (2:1) Smajić 72' (3:1) Zuffi 78' (4:1) Walker  83'	FCB summary FCA summary	14' Stiel 18' (o.g. 0:1) (Meier)  70' Romano	Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Dieter Schoch (Attiswil)
Note: Basel were without Derkach, Bauer, and Baumgartner. Aarau were without Pavlicevic, Marini, Bader, and Rupf (all injured).

Basel v Lausanne-Sport

6 November 1993 Round 4	Basel	2–0	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Zuffi 45' (1:0) Smajić 57' (2:0) Smajić  84'	FCB summary	24' Sylvestre  34' Comisetti	Attendance: 15,062 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Grenchen)
Note: FC Basel were without Uccella, Baumgartner, Karrer (all injured) and Walker (suspended); Lausanne fielded their strongest lineup. 31st minute, Sogbie's goal was disallowed for a foul.

Basel v Xamax

2 March 1994 Round 5	Basel	1–0	Xamax	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:30	Zuffi 51' (1:0) Walker  69'	FCB summary	50' Sutter  66' Henchoz	Attendance: 12,290 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Grenchen)
Note: FCB without Smajic (suspended), Xamax without Ramzy (Africa Cup with Egypt), Zé Maria (extra foreign player) and Moro (injured).

Basel v Yverdon-Sports

23 March 1994 Quarterfinal	Basel	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Yverdon-Sports	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Tabakovic  49' Karrer  105' Zuffi 118' (1:0)	FCB summary	3' Derivaz  86' Juárez  89' Guex	Attendance: 14,620 Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Suhr)
Note: FCB without Ceccaroni (injured) and Walker (suspended). Yverdon without de Cet (injured) and Castro (suspended).

Basel v Schaffhausen

4 April 1994 Semifinal	Basel	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	Schaffhausen	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
17:00		FCB summary		Attendance: 23,344 Referee: Francesco Bianchi (Chiasso)
	Penalties
	Zuffi Jeitziner Steingruber Meier Kruse Smajić Tabakovic		Ziffert Engesser Kuzmanović Beer Pagno Stübi Zibert
Note: BFB were without Ceccaroni (injured), Derkach and Uccella (not in the squad). Schaffhausen were without Allenspach, Näf, Bossi and Mancastroppa (injured).