Roland Rasi was appointed as the club's chairman at the AGM, he replaced Pierre Jacques Lieblich who stood down.

A number of players left the squad, Ernst Schleiffer moved on to Grenchen, Peter Marti went to Aarau, Markus Tanner to Luzern and Joseph Küttel to Lugano.

There were also a number of youngsters who advanced from the youth team, Roger Bossert, Guido Rudin and Thomas Hauser.

In their 30 league games Basel won ten, drew five and lost fifteen matches, obtaining 25 points.

Two draws against Auxerre and one victory and a defeat against Metz left them in third position in the Swiss teams group table.

The list includes players that were in the squad on the day that the Nationalliga A season started on 14 August 1982 but subsequently left the club after that date.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.