The Fussball Club Basel 18931977–78 season was their 84th season since the club was founded. It was their 32nd consecutive season in the topflight 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 twelfth consecutive season. Basel played a total of 54 games in their 1977–78 season. 32 in the domestic league, four in the Swiss Cup, four in the Swiss League Cup, two in the European Cup, four in the Cup of the Alps and eight were friendly matches. The team scored a total of 125 goals and conceded 88. Roland Schönenberger was the team's overall top goal scorer with 26 goals, Detlev Lauscher and Erni Maissen each netted 15 times. Basel played in the 1977–78 Nationalliga A. This was contested by the first 10 teams from the previous season and the newly promoted teams Etoile Carouge and Young Fellows Zürich. After a double round-robin in the qualification phase, the top six teams played in a championship group for the title and the bottom six teams in the relegation group. Basel ended the qualification round in fourth position and ended the championship group in third position with 27 points, two behind Grasshopper Club and one behind Servette. They scored a total of 74 goals conceding 48 in 32 games. Roland Schönenberger was the team's top goal scorer with 16 league goals. Detlev Lauscher, Erni Maissen and Jörg Stohler each scored 9 goals. In the first round of the Swiss Cup Basel were drawn against FC Lerchenfeld Thun and this was the first time that these two clubs had ever played against each other. Basel advanced to the semi-finals before being knocked out of the competition. In the first round of the Swiss League Cup Basel were drawn against Wettingen. Also in this competition Basel advanced to the semi-finals before being knocked out. As reigning Swiss champions Basel were qualified for the 1977–78 European Cup and in the first round they were drawn against Austrian championsFC Wacker Innsbruck. After a home defeat and an away win, this competition was concluded after the first round, Wacker won 3–2 on aggregate. In the Coppa delle Alpi Basel played in group B together with Bastia, Olympique Lyonnais and Lausanne-Sport. But with only one win and three defeats they ended the group stage in last position in the table.
