1968–69 FC Basel season
The 1968–69 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 75th season in their existence. It was their 23rd consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football after their promotion the season 1945–46. Harry Thommen was the club's chairman of the board for the third consecutive season. Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium.
1968–69 season | |
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Chairman | Harry Thommen |
Manager | Helmut Benthaus |
Ground | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Nationalliga A | Champions |
Swiss Cup | Quarter-finals |
Fairs Cup | Round 1 |
Cup of the Alps | Runners-up |
Top goalscorer | League: Helmut Hauser (10) All: Helmut Hauser (25) |
Highest home attendance | 46,000 on 31 May 1969 vs. Lausanne-Sport |
Lowest home attendance | 6,000 on 12 April 1969 vs. Servette |
Average home league attendance | 15,476 |
Overview
Pre-season
During this season Helmut Benthaus was the club's player-manager for the fourth consecutive season. Paul Fischli joined the team coming from Young Fellows Zürich.[1] Jürgen Sundermann signed in from Servette and Walter Balmer joined from Thun. In the other direction Hanspeter Stocker left the club after eight years and moved to Baden for his last season before retiring from his active football career. Between the years 1960 and 1968 Stocker played a total of 309 games for Basel scoring a total of 34 goals. 171 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, 28 in the Swiss Cup, 28 were on European level and 82 were friendly games. He scored 22 goal in the domestic league, 3 in the Cup, 2 in the European matches and the other seven were scored during the test games.[2] Markus Pfirter left the club after seven years and went on to St. Gallen. Between the years 1961 and 1968 Pfirter played a total of 263 games for Basel scoring a total of 54 goals. 143 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, 27 in the Swiss Cup, 28 in European competitions and 65 were friendly games. He scored 29 goal in the domestic league, 10 in the Cup and one in the International Football Cup. The other 14 were scored during the test games.[3] Also, Roberto Frigerio left the club after a total of seven years. He moved to Bellinzona. Between the years 1958 to 1960 and again from 1963 to 1968, Frigerio played a total of 256 games for Basel scoring a total of 176 goals. 144 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, 23 in the Swiss Cup, 18 in the european competitions (Cup of the Alps, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, European Cup) and 71 were friendly games. He scored 74 goals in the domestic league, 22 in the Swiss Cup, 7 in the european competitions and the other 73 were scored during the test games.[4] Moscatelli left after five years and went to Lugano. Between the years 1964 and 1967 Moscatelli played a total of 95 games for Basel scoring a total of 27 goals. 47 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, 12 in the Swiss Cup, 11 were on European level (Cup of the Alps, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup) and 25 were friendly games. He scored 8 goals in the domestic league, three in the Swiss Cup, one in the Cup of the Alps and the other 15 were scored during the test games.[5]
Basel played a total of 52 matches in this season. 26 of these games were in the domestic league, three were in the Swiss Cup, five were in the Cup of the Alps, two were in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and 15 were friendly matches. Of these 15 test games 12 were won and two ended with a draw and one ended in a defeat. Seven were played at home and eight played away.[6]
Domestic league
There were 14 teams contesting in the 1968–69 Nationalliga A. These were the top 12 teams from the previous 1967–68 season and the two newly promoted teams Winterthur and St. Gallen. Basel finished the league season as champions one point ahead of Lausanne Sports in second position, who they defeated 4–0 in the second last match of the season, and six points clear of FC Zürich who finished third. Basel won 13 of the 26 games, drawing ten, losing three times, they scored 48 goals conceding 28.[7] Helmut Hauser was the team's top goal scorer with 16 league goals. Karl Odermatt, Jürgen Sundermann and Walter Balmer each scored 5 league goals. Both Sundermann and Ramseier played in all 26 league matches that season.[8]
Swiss Cup
In the Swiss Cup Basel started in the round of 32 with a 2–1 away win against Thun and in the round of 16, with a home match, they beat Luzern 3–1. In the Quarter-final Basel played an away game against Servette but lost this 1–0.
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and Cup of the Alps
In the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Basel were drawn against Bologna the first leg away from home on 18 September the return leg in Basel on 2 October. Bologna won both games. In the 1968 Cup of the Alps the team managed to win the group and played in the final against FC Schalke 04 but were defeated 1–3 after extra time.[9]
Players
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Results
- Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Pre- and mid-season
28 July 1968 Pre-season | VfB Stuttgart | 4 – 4 | Basel | Panoramastadion (Holzhausen) |
16:00 | Sieloff 20' (pen. 1:1) Haug 27' (2:1) Haaga 32' (3:1) Handschuh 65' (4:1) |
Summary | 5' (0:1) Fischli 85' (4:2) Odermatt 87' (4:3) Rüefli 90' (4:4) Odermatt |
Attendance: 6,000 |
31 July 1968 Pre-season | Baden | 2 – 4 | Basel | Scharten, Baden |
Keller 85' (1:4) Wolfensberger 89' (2:4) |
Summary | 2' (0:1) Wenger 47' (0:2) Konrad 75' (0:3) Wenger 80' (0:4) Rüefli |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Pius Kamber Zürich |
3 August 1968 Pre-season | Freiburger FC | 3 – 1 | Basel | Freiburg |
(1:1) (2:1) (3:1) |
Summary | 13' (0:1) Fischli |
6 August 1968 Pre-season | Basel | 4 – 3 | Karlsruher SC | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:15 | Sundermann 12' (1:0) Hauser 55' (pen. 2:3) Rüefli 57' (3:3) Fischli 82' (4:3) |
Summary | 16' (1:1) Böttcher 34' (1:2) Blechinger 48' (1:3) Böttcher |
Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Pius Kamber Zürich |
11 August 1968 Pre-season | SC Zofingen | 0 – 12 | Basel | Längacker, Aarburg |
Summary | Fischli Rüefli Demarmels Odermatt Hauser Wenger |
Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Marcel Zürcher Wettingen |
10 September 1969 Mid-season | Basel | 0 – 0 | 1. FC Nürnberg | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:15 | Summary | Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Josef Zibung Luzern |
25 September 1968 Mid-season | FC Olten | 0 – 6 | Basel | Kleinholz, Olten |
Summary | 12' (0:1) Sundermann 37' (0:2) Hauser 39' (0:3) Rüefli 38' (0:4) Hauser 80' (0:5) Fischli 85' (0:6) Ramseier |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Rudolf Rettig Gerlafingen |
Winter break
8 February 1969 Winter break | Basel | 3 – 2 | Schaffhausen | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Hauser 2' (1:0) Wenger 20' (2:0) Hauser 38′ Michaud 58' (3:0) |
Summary | 72' (3:1) Meier 83' (3:2) Meier |
Attendance: 400 Referee: Peter Hänggi Aesch |
9 February 1969 Winter break | Wettingen | 0 – 3 | Basel | Stadion Altenburg, Wettingen |
Summary | Odermatt 28' (0:1) Paolucci 48' (0:2) Rüefli 88' (0:3) |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Schneider Zürich |
12 February 1969 Winter break | FC Pratteln | 0 – 6 | Basel | In den Sandgruben, Pratteln |
Summary | 15' (0:1) Hauser 43' (0:2) Rüefli 45' (0:3) Demarmels 54' (0:4) Hauser 64' (0:5) Hauser 68' (0:6) Rüefli |
Attendance: 300 Referee: Kurt Fuchs Basel |
16 February 1969 Winter break | Basel | 2 – 1 | Grasshopper Club | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Sundermann 13' (pen. 1:1) Odermatt 14' (2:1) |
Summary | 2' (0:1) Vogel | Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Josef Zibung Luzern |
19 February 1969 Winter break | Black Stars Basel | 0 – 14 | Basel | Buschweilerhof Basel |
Summary | Hauser Balmer Rahmen Wenger Odermatt Siegenthaler Paolucci Sundermann |
Attendance: 300 |
2 April 1969 Mid-season | Basel | 4 – 1 | Aarau | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Michaud 45' (1:0) Hauser 59' (2:0) Walz 66' (o.g.) Sundermann 87' (4:1) |
Summary | 73' (3:1) Mauli | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: H. R. Keller Basel |
Nationalliga
League matches
17 August 1968 Round 1 | Basel | 4 – 2 | Biel-Bienne | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:15 | Rüefli 18' (1:0) Leu 54' (o.g) Fischli 61' (3:0) Sundermann 81' (4:1) |
Summary | 80' (3:1) Treuthardt 89' (4:2) Leu |
Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Marcel Despland Yverdon |
25 August 1968 Round 2 | Bellinzona | 2 – 1 | Basel | Stadio Comunale Bellinzona |
16:00 | Rebozzi 13′ Sörensen 43' (1:1) Benko 68' (2:1) |
Summary | 20' (0:1) Fischli | Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Othmar Huber Thun |
31 August 1968 Round 3 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Fischli 49′ Wenger 64' (1:1) |
Summary | 8' (0:1) Rüegg Ingold Staudenmann |
Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach |
7 September 1968 Round 4 | Sion | 1 – 1 | Basel | Stade Tourbillon, Sion |
20:30 | Bruttin 45' (1:1) | Summary | 55' Wenger 82' (1:1) Konrad |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Luigi Grassi Novazzano |
14 September 1968 Round 5 | Basel | 3 – 2 | St. Gallen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:15 | Rüefli 3' (1:0) Rüefli 9' (pen. 2:0) Sundermann 49' (3:1) |
Summary | 34' (2:1) Frei 78' (3:2) Frei |
Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Mario Clematide Zollikofen |
29 September 1968 Round 6 | Servette | 0 – 2 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
15:00 | Summary | 20' (1:0) Konrad 28' (2:0) Odermatt |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Pius Kamber Zürich |
5 October 1968 Round 7 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Young Boys | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:15 | Hauser 64' (1:1) Fischli 68' (2:1) |
Summary | 26' (0:1) Guggisberg | Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Fernand Burioli Lausanne |
19 October 1968 Round 8 | Lugano | 1 – 0 | Basel | Cornaredo, Lugano |
20:30 | Simonetti 12' (1:0) | Summary | Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Marcel Schneuwly Fribourg |
26 October 1968 Round 9 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Zürich | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
17:30 | Fischli 72' (1:0) Fischli 75' (2:0) |
Summary | 83' (2:1) Martinelli | Attendance: 20,000 Referee: A. Ceretti Biel/Bienne |
10 November 1968 Round 10 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 1 – 1 | Basel | Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds |
14:45 | Brossard 46' (1:1) | Summary | 29' (0:1) Rahmen | Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Roland Racine Prilly |
17 November 1968 Round 11 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Winterthur | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Paolucci 83' (1:1) | Summary | 38' (0:1) Konietzka | Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Werner Mettler St. Gallen |
1 December 1968 Round 12 | Lausanne-Sport | 5 – 0 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
14:30 | Vuillemier 32' (1:0) Hosp 47' (2:0) Chapuisat 50' (3:0) Zappella 68' (4:0) Kerkhoffs 71' (5:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Othmar Huber Thun |
8 December 1968 Round 13 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Luzern | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Hauser 39' (1:0) Fischli 68' (2:1) |
Summary | 52' (1:1) Meyer | Attendance: 7,200 Referee: Pius Kamber Zürich |
2 March 1969 Round 14 | Biel-Bienne | 1 – 1 | Basel | Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne |
15:00 | Peters 75' (1:0) Knuchel 80′ |
Summary | 85' (pen. 1:1) Sundermann | Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Marcel Schneuwly Fribourg |
9 March 1969 Round 15 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Bellinzona | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Hauser 61' (1:0) | Summary | 81' (1:1) Paglia | Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern |
16 March 1969 Round 16 | Grasshopper Club | 2 – 2 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
15:00 | Blättler 38' (1:0) Thurnherr 44' (2:1) |
Summary | 40' (1:1) Wenger 51' (2:2) Demarmels |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mario Clematide Zollikofen |
22 March 1969 Round 17 | Basel | 2 – 2 | Sion | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
15:00 | Demarmels 88' (1:2) Michaud 90' (2:2) |
Summary | 26' (0:1) Elsig 68' (0:2) Herrmann |
Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Othmar Huber Thun |
30 March 1969 Round 18 | St. Gallen | 0 – 0 | Basel | Paul-Grüninger-Stadion, St. Gallen |
14:30 | Summary | Attendance: 5,500 Referee: A. Ceretti Biel/Bienne |
12 April 1969 Round 19 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Servette | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Hauser 15' (1:0) Balmer 39' (2:0) Hauser 88' |
Summary | 31' Martin 36' Schindelholz 80' (o.g. 1:2) Michaud |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Hans Wieland Grenchen |
19 April 1969 Round 20 | Young Boys | 0 – 2 | Basel | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
20:15 | Summary | 24' (0:1) Hauser 28' (0:2) Balmer |
Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach |
26 April 1969 Round 21 | Basel | 3 – 0 | Lugano | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Wenger 16' (1:0) Hauser 32' (2:0) Hauser 77' (3:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Gilbert Droz Marin |
4 May 1969 Round 22 | Zürich | 0 – 3 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
15:45 | Künzli 90′ | Summary | 7' (pen. 0:1) Sundermann 45' (0:2) Balmer 75' (0:3) Odermatt |
Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Josef Zibung Luzern |
9 May 1969 Round 23 | Basel | 5 – 0 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Hauser 5' (1:0) Hauser 40' (2:0) Odermatt 48' (3:0) Wenger 71' (4:0) Balmer 85' (5:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Marcel Despland Yverdon |
17 May 1969 Round 24 | Winterthur | 0 – 0 | Basel | Schützenwiese, Winterthur |
17:15 | Summary | 43' Wenger | Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern |
31 May 1969 Round 25 | Basel | 4 – 0 | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Balmer 37' (1:0) Odermatt 43' (2:0) Benthaus 50' (3:0) Hauser 84' (4:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 46,000 (new record for Swiss football) Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach |
7 June 1969 Round 26 | Luzern | 2 – 3 | Basel | Stadion Allmend, Luzern |
20:15 | Trivellin 15' (pen. 1:0) Richter 52' (2:2) |
Summary | 31' Benthaus 36' (pen. 1:1) Sundermann 47' (1:2) Michaud 57' (2:3) Odermatt |
Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Hans Wieland Grenchen |
League standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Basel (C) | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 48 | 28 | +20 | 36 | Swiss Champions, qualified for 1969–70 European Cup |
2 | Lausanne-Sport | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 70 | 43 | +27 | 35 | |
3 | Zürich | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 30 | |
4 | Young Boys | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 49 | 36 | +13 | 30 | Entered 1969 Intertoto Cup |
5 | Lugano | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 26 | +11 | 29 | Entered 1969 Intertoto Cup |
6 | Bellinzona | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 28 | Entered 1969 Intertoto Cup |
7 | FC Biel-Bienne | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 52 | 59 | −7 | 26 | |
8 | Servette | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 25 | Entered 1969 Intertoto Cup |
9 | Grasshopper Club | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 23 | |
10 | St. Gallen | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 23 | Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1969–70 Cup Winners' Cup |
11 | Winterthur | 26 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 43 | −15 | 22 | |
12 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 51 | 53 | −2 | 21 | Entered 1969 Intertoto Cup |
13 | Sion | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 20 | Relegated to Nationalliga B |
14 | Luzern | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 35 | 71 | −36 | 16 | Relegated to Nationalliga B |
Swiss Cup
2 November 1968 Round of 32 | Thun | 1 – 2 | Basel | Stadion Lachen, Thun |
Balmer 43' (1:1) | Summary | 17' (0:1) Fischli 63' (1:2) Odermatt |
Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern |
15 December 1968 Round of 16 | Basel | 3 – 2 | Zürich | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Ramseier 19' (1:0) Benthaus 75' (2:1) Hauser 90' (pen. 3:1) |
Summary | 74' (1:1) Gwerder ?' Flury |
Attendance: 9.200 Referee: Fernand Burioli Lausanne |
22 February 1969 Quarter-final | Servette | 1 – 0 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
14:30 | Pottier 89' (1:0) | Summary | 53' Wenger | Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach |
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
- First round
18 September 1968 First leg | Bologna | 4 – 1 | FC Basel | Stadio Comunale (Littoriale) Bologna |
Turra 12' Cresci 50' Pace 53' Savoldi 83' |
Summary | Konrad 48' | Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Décio Vito Bentes de Freitas |
2 October 1968 Second leg | FC Basel | 1 – 2 | Bologna | St. Jakob Stadium Basel |
20:15 | Hauser 42' | Summary | Pace 46' Savoldi 63' |
Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Roger Barde |
Bologna won 6–2 on aggregate.
Cup of the Alps
Group A matches
15 June 1968 round 1 | Servette FC Genève | 1 – 1 | FC Basel | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
Henri 54' (1:0) | Summary | 64' (1:1) Fischli | Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Michael Huber |
18 June 1968 round 2 | FC Basel | 2 – 2 | A.S. Roma | St. Jakob Stadium Basel |
20:00 | Fischli 6' Demarmels 18' |
Summary | 39' Enzo 49' Taccola 85' Jair |
Attendance: 7,100 Referee: Alfred Ott |
22 June 1968 round 3 | FC Basel | 1 – 0 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | St. Jakob Stadium Basel |
20:00 | Paolucci 55' (1:0) | Summary | Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Aurelio Angonese |
25 June 1968 round 4 | FC Basel | 3 – 2 | 1. FC Köln | St. Jakob Stadium Basel |
20:00 | Hauser 19' (1:0) Rahmen 66' (2:2) Hauser 81' (3:2) |
Summary | 30' (1:1) Jendroseck 56' (1:2) Hemmersbach |
Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Antonio Sbardella |
29 June 1969 round 5 | FC Basel | 1 – 1 | Fiorentina | St. Jakob Stadium Basel |
20:00 | Paolucci 16' (1:0) | Summary | 61' (1:1) Mariani | Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland |
Group A table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | FC Basel | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 7 |
2 | A.S. Roma | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 7 |
3 | Fiorentina | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 |
4 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 |
5 | Servette FC Genève | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 4 |
6 | 1. FC Köln | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 |
Final
2. July 1968 Final | FC Basel | 1 – 3 (a.e.t.) | FC Schalke 04 | St. Jakob Stadium Basel |
20:00 | Helmut Hauser 40' (1:1) Schnyder 75' |
Summary Report FC Schalke 04 |
8' (0:1) Michel 95' (1:2) Michel 103' (1:3) Michel |
Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Mario Carminati |
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