1969–70 FC Basel season
The 1969–70 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 76th season in their existence. It was their 24th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football after their promotion the season 1945–46. They played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium.
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Chairman | Harry Thommen |
Manager | Helmut Benthaus |
Ground | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Nationalliga A | Champions |
Swiss Cup | Runner-up |
European Cup | Round 1 |
Cup of the Alps | Winners |
Top goalscorer | League: Hauser (14) All: Hauser (24) |
Highest home attendance | 35,000 on 27 May 1970 vs. Grasshopper Club |
Lowest home attendance | 8,000 on 30 November 1969 vs. Biel-Bienne and on 14 December 1969 vs. Wettingen and on 1 March 1970 vs St. Gallen |
Average home league attendance | 15,653 |
Overview
Pre-season
Helmut Benthaus was player-manager for the fifth consecutive season. There were only a few changes in the squad. Manfred Schädler and Anton Schnyder moved on to Concordia Basel, Dieter Rüefli moved to St. Gallen and Claude Iff left the squad. Ex-German international player Stefan Reisch joined from Club Brugge. Otherwise Benthaus relied on young players, Roland Paolucci, Rolf Riner and Janos Konrad came from the reserve team to help when needed in the first team. Basel played a total of 50 matches during this season. 26 of these games were in the domestic league, seven were in the Swiss Cup, two were in the European Cup, five were in the Cup of the Alps and 10 were friendly matches. Of these 10 test games nine were won and one ended in a defeat. Two test matches were played at home and eight played away.[1]
Domestic league
14 teams contested in the 1969–70 Nationalliga A. These were the top 12 teams from the previous 1968–69 season and the two newly promoted teams Wettingen and Fribourg. The championship was played in a double round robin, the last two teams at the end of the season to be relegated. Basel played a good season. Despite a bad run with four defeats in eight games between the end of September and the beginning of December, they won 11 of the last 14 games during the second half of the season. Basel won the championship a point clear of Lausanne Sports who ended in second position and three points ahead of FC Zürich who finished third. Basel won 15 of the 26 games, drawing seven, losing four times, they scored 59 goals conceding 23.[2] Helmut Hauser was the team's top goal scorer with 14 league goals and Walter Balmer second top scorer with 12 league goals.
Swiss Cup
On 14 September 1969 Basel started in the Swiss Cup in the round of 32 with a 10–0 home win against Minerva Bern (as result of merger later renamed Breitenrain Bern). In the round of 16 played on 12 October Basel had a home match against Grenchen which was won 3–2. In the quarter-final, played in November, Basel had a two legged tie against Xamax-Sports NE (later renamed Neuchâtel Xamax). This was won 7–2 on aggregate. The semi-final was also a two legged tie and this against Servette Genève. Basel won both legs and 6–1 on aggregate. The final was played on 18 May 1970 in the Wankdorf Stadium, but was lost against Zürich after extra time.[3]
European Cup and Cup of the Alps
In the European Cup Basel were drawn against Scottish club Celtic. The first leg, which played on 17 September 1969 in the St. Jakob Stadium in front of 37,587 spectators, ended in a goalless draw.[4] The return leg on 1 October in Celtic Park attracted 49,976 spectators. Celtic won the game 2–0 and advanced to the next round.[5] In the 1969 Cup of the Alps Basel won their group and in the final they beat Bologna 3–1.
Players
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- Players who left the squad
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Results
- Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Pre-season and mid-season
26 July 1969 Pre-season | Basel | 5 – 3 | SC Brühl | Landhof, Basel |
Wenger 3' (1:0) Hauser 22' (2:0) Hauser 38' (3:1) Ramseier 72' (4:2) Balmer (5:2) |
Summary | 34' (2:1) Koller 66' (3:2) Koller 90' (5:3) Koller |
Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Jean Dubach Nidau |
1 August 1969 Pre-season | RC Strasbourg | 0 – 1 | Basel | Stadion Schiltigheim |
Summary | 57' (0:1) Hauser | Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Joseph Fassel |
6 August 1969 Uhrencup | Grenchen | 0 – 0 (5 – 3 p) | Basel | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
20:00 | Summary | Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Rudolf Rettig Gerlafingen | ||
Penalties | ||||
Fankhauser | Sundermann | |||
Note: One player from each team took five penalties. Sundermann scored with each penalty, Fankhauser sees one of his attempts held by Marcel Kunz. |
9 August 1969 Uhrencup | Basel | 5 – 3 | Biel-Bienne | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
20:00 | Wenger 23' (1:1) Hauser 25' (2:1) Balmer 42' (3:1) Hauser 60' (4:2) Odermatt 63' (5:2) |
Summary | 14' (0:1) Renfer 57' (3:2) Amez-Droz 78' (5:3) Peters |
Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach |
Winter break and mid-season
8 February 1970 Winter break | Basel | 4 – 0 | Young Fellows Zürich | Landhof, Basel |
Balmer 8' (1:0) Wenger 59' (2:0) Hauser 85' (3:0) Sundermann 90' (pen. 4:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Peter Hänggi Aesch |
14 February 1970 Winter break | Xamax | 0 – 2 | Basel | Stade de Serrières, Serrières |
15:30 | Summary | 39' (0:1) Michaud 80' (0:2) Odermatt |
Attendance: 800 Referee: André Favre Echallens |
22 February 1970 Winter break | Thun | 1 – 3 | Basel | Stadion Lachen, Thun |
H. Liecht 70' (1:3) | Summary | 57' (0:1) Michaud 63' (0:2) Hauser 69' (0:3) Balmer |
Attendance: 500 Referee: Stauffer Bern |
21 March 1970 Mid-season | Basel | 2 – 3 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Landhof, Basel |
Hauser 28' (1:0) Wenger 77' (2:3) |
Summary | 53' (1:1) Jeandupeux 57' (1:2) Brossard 61' (1:3) Brossard |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Peter Hänggi Aesch |
Nationalliga
League matches
23 August 1969 Round 1 | St. Gallen | 1 – 4 | Basel | Espenmoos, St. Gallen |
Rafreider 72' (1:2) | Summary | 24' (0:1) Balmer 53' (0:2) Odermatt 79' (pen. 1:3) Sundermann 84' (1:4) Hauser |
Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Pius Kamber Zürich |
30 August 1969 Round 2 | Basel | 2 – 0 | Bellinzona | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Wenger 16' (1:0) Hauser 23' (2:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Ulysse Darbellay Roche |
6 September 1969 Round 3 | Lausanne-Sport | 1 – 1 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
20:30 | Dürr 73 pen. 1:1' Vuilleumier |
Summary | 47' (0:1) Wenger | Attendance: 18,000 Referee: A. Ceretti Biel/Bienne |
20 September 1969 Round 4 | Basel | 3 – 2 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel |
Hauser 26' (1:0) Rahmen 48' (2:0) Wenger 53' (3:0) |
Summary | 59' (3:1) Richard 81' Mérillat 83' Vincent 90' (3:2) Zürcher |
Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Othmar Huber Thun |
28 September 1969 Round 5 | Young Boys | 2 – 1 | Basel | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
Bruttin 22' (1:0) Allemann 90' (pen. 2:1) |
Summary | 29' (1:1) Benthaus | Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Hans Wieland Grenchen |
4 October 1969 Round 6 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Zürich | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Odermatt 72' (pen. 1:0) | Summary | 89' (1:1) Grünig | Attendance: 26,500 Referee: |
18 October 1969 Round 7 | Winterthur | 2 – 0 | Basel | Schützenwiese, Winterthur |
Konietzka 29' (1:0) Dimmeler 76' (2:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Roland Marendaz Lausanne |
26 October 1969 Round 8 | Lugano | 2 – 1 | Basel | Cornaredo, Lugano |
Luttrop 73' (1:1) Luttrop 78' (2:1) |
Summary | 71' (0:1) Hauser | Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern |
9 November 1969 Round 9 | Basel | 2 – 2 | Servette | St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel |
Benthaus 14' (1:0) Hauser 22' (2:0) |
Summary | 36' (2:1) Bosson 63' (2:2) Heutschi 84' Guyot |
Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Gilbert Droz Marin |
16 November 1969 Round 10 | Fribourg | 0 – 0 | Basel | Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard, Fribourg |
Summary | Attendance: 14,000 (new record) Referee: A. Ceretti Biel/Bienne |
30 November 1969 Round 11 | Basel | 5 – 1 | Biel-Bienne | St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel |
Hauser 11' (1:0) Balmer 15' (2:0) Sundermann 33' (pen. 3:1) Sundermann 41' (pen. 4:1) Demarmels 86' (5:1) |
Summary | 25' (2:1) Renfer (I) | Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Walter Hungerbühler St. Gallen |
7 December 1969 Round 12 | Grasshopper Club | 2 – 0 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
Citherlet 2' (1:0) Grahn 50' (2:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Gilbert Droz Marin |
14 December 1969 Round 13 | Basel | 6 – 2 | Wettingen | St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel |
Balmer 12' (1:0) Ramseier 44' (2:0) Sundermann 48' (3:0) Sundermann 54' (4:0) Rüefli 70' (5:0) Hauser 83' (6:1) |
Summary | 71' (5:1) Beichter 82' (6:2) |
Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Roland Keller Bern |
1 March 1970 Round 14 | Basel | 2 – 1 | St. Gallen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Benthaus 32' (1:1) Sundermann 38' (pen. 2:1) |
Summary | 30' (0:1) Nafziger | Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Othmar Huber Thun |
8 March 1970 Round 15 | Bellinzona | PP | Basel | Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona |
15 March 1970 Round 16 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Balmer 19' (1:0) | Summary | 16' Chapuisat 46' (1:1) Zappella 83' Loichat |
Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Gilbert Droz Marin |
Round 17 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | PP | Basel | Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds |
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4 April 1970 Round 18 | Basel | 3 – 1 | Young Boys | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Odermatt 33′ Michaud 58' (1:1) Balmer 65' (2:1) Balmer 77' (3:1) Sundermann |
Summary | 52' (0:1) Müller Müller |
Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Walter Gallmann Oberrieden |
12 April 1970 Round 19 | Zürich | 0 – 1 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
Münch 70' | Summary | 13' (0:1) Sundermann | Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Walter Hungerbühler St. Gallen |
15 April 1970 Round 15 | Bellinzona | 0 – 4 | Basel | Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona |
Summary | 11' (0:1) Benthaus 33' (0:2) Hauser 47' (0:3) Wenger 57' (0:4) Wenger |
Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Fernand Burioli Lausanne |
18 April 1970 Round 20 | Basel | 4 – 0 | Winterthur | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Wenger 17' (1:0) Balmer 64' (2:0) Wenger 70' (3:0) Balmer 73' (4:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 17,500 Referee: Ulysse Darbellay Roche |
25 April 1970 Round 21 | Basel | 4 – 0 | Lugano | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Wenger 11' (1:0) Odermatt 14' (2:0) Wenger 58' (3:0) Sundermann 61' (4:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Marcel Schneuwly Fribourg |
6 May 1970 Round 17 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 0 – 0 | Basel | Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds |
18:00 | Summary | Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Claudio Laich Massagno |
9 May 1970 Round 22 | Servette | 1 – 2 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
Pottier 70' (1:1) | Summary | 9' (0:1) Hauser 86' (1:2) Hauser |
Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Othmar Huber Thun |
13 May 1970 Round 23 | Basel | 3 – 0 | Fribourg | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Hauser 40' (1:0) Sundermann 45' (pen. 2:0) Hauser 70' (3:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Rolan Bernd Keller |
23 May 1970 Round 24 | Biel-Bienne | 1 – 4 | Basel | Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne |
Amez-Droz 19' (1:0) Renfer (II) 20' |
Summary | 24' (1:1) Balmer 31' (1:2) Balmer 42' (1:3) Balmer 50' (1:1) Odermatt 60' Hauser |
Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Marcel Despland Yverdon |
27 May 1970 Round 25 | Basel | 0 – 0 | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel |
Odermatt 90' | Summary | 34' Mocellin 90+1' Rüegg |
Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Mario Clematide Zollikofen |
League standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Basel (C) | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 59 | 23 | +36 | 37 | Swiss Champions, qualified for 1970–71 European Cup |
2 | Lausanne-Sport | 26 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 54 | 36 | +18 | 36 | Entered 1970 Intertoto Cup |
3 | Zürich | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 34 | Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1970–71 Cup Winners' Cup |
4 | Grasshopper Club | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 24 | +15 | 31 | Entered 1970 Intertoto Cup |
5 | Young Boys | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 31 | |
6 | Lugano | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 30 | |
7 | Servette | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 29 | Entered 1970 Intertoto Cup |
8 | Winterthur | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 50 | 41 | +9 | 27 | Entered 1970 Intertoto Cup |
9 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 36 | 55 | −19 | 21 | |
10 | Bellinzona | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 20 | |
11 | Fribourg | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 19 | |
12 | Biel-Bienne | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 55 | −27 | 19 | |
13 | Wettingen | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 33 | 62 | −29 | 15 | Relegated to Nationalliga B |
14 | St. Gallen | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 28 | 57 | −29 | 15 | Relegated to Nationalliga B |
Swiss Cup
- Round of 32
14 September 1969 Round of 32 | Basel | 10 – 0 | Minerva | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Hauser 17' (1:0) Hauser 35' (2:0) Wenger 41' (3:0) Ramseier 42' (4:0) Hauser 52' (5:0) Ramseier 59' (6:0) Hauser 68' (7:0) Balmer 69' (8:0) Michaud 77' (9:0) Balmer 85' (10:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Walter Gallmann Oberrieden |
- Round of 16
12 October 1969 Round of 16 | Basel | 3 – 2 | Grenchen | Basel |
Wenger 36' (1:2) Michaud 60' (2:2) Demarmels 83' (3:2) |
Summary | 3' (0:1) Lander 21' (0:2) Obrecht (II) |
Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium Attendance: 6,700 Referee: Marcel Despland Yverdon |
- Quarter-final
19 November 1969 First leg | Xamax | 0 – 2 | Basel | Neuchâtel |
20:15 | Stutz | Summary | 38' (0:1) Hauser 61' (pen. 0:2) Sundermann |
Stadium: Stade de la Maladière Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Mario Clematide Zollikofen |
23 November 1969 Second leg | Basel | 5 – 2 (7 – 2 agg.) | Xamax | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Sundermann 23' (1:0) Hauser 42' (2:0) Balmer 44' (3:0) Odermatt 67' (4:1) Ramseier 84' (5:2) |
Summary | 61' (3:1) Manzoni 74' (4:2) Schmid |
Attendance: 8,00 Referee: Othmar Huber Thun |
Basel won 7 – 2 on aggregate.
- Semi-final
30 March 1970 First leg | Servette | 0 – 2 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
Summary | 39' (0:1) Wenger 50' (0:2) Odermatt |
Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern |
8 April 1970 Second leg | Basel | 4 – 1 (6 – 1 agg.) | Servette | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Hauser 16' (1:0) Wenger 36' (2:0) Wenger 76' (3:1) Ramseier 85' (4:1) |
Summary | 63' (2:1) Nemeth | Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Pius Kamber Zürich |
Basel won 6 – 1 on aggregate.
- Final
18 May 1970 Final | Zürich | 4 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Basel | Wankdorf, Bern |
Quentin 74' (1:1) Künzli 92' (2:1) Künzli 101' (3:1) Corti 113' (4:1) |
62' (0:1) Odermatt | Attendance: 47,500 Referee: Roland Marendaz Lausanne |
Zürich won 4–1 after extra time.
European Cup
- First round
17 September 1969 First leg | Basel | 0 – 0 | Celtic | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Report | Attendance: 37,587 Referee: Rudolf Glöckner (East Germany) |
1 October 1969 Second leg | Celtic | 2 – 0 (2 – 0 agg.) | Basel | Celtic Park, Glasgow |
Hood 1' Gemmell 70' |
Report | Attendance: 49,976 Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary) |
Celtic won 2–0 on aggregate.
Coppa delle Alpi
Group B matches
14 June 1969 Round 1 | FC Basel | 4 – 1 | Sampdoria | St. Jakob Stadium Basel |
20:00 | Hauser 5' (1:0) Benthaus 36' (2:0) Sundermann 43' (3:0) Odermatt 74' (4:0) |
Summary | 80' (4:1) Frustaluppi | Attendance: 6.500 Referee: Fritz Seiler |
17 June 1969 Round 2 | FC Basel | 3 – 0 | K.S.V. Waregem | St. Jakob Stadium Basel |
20:00 | Sundermann 38' (1:0) Hauser 42' (3:0) Sundermann 73' (pen. 3:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Max Spinnler |
21 June 1969 Round 3 | FC Basel | 3 – 2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | St. Jakob Stadium Basel |
20:00 | Hauser 6' (1:0) Benthaus 30' (2:1) Balmer 64' (3:2) |
Summary | 19' (1:1) Hölzenbein 35' (2:2) Hölzenbein |
Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Renzo Torelli |
24 June 1969 Round 4 | FC Basel | 2 – 3 | Napoli | St. Jakob Stadium Basel |
20:00 | Odermatt 36' (1:1) Wenger 65' (2:1) |
Summary | 4' (0:1) Barison 26' Montefusco 84' (2:2) Montefusco 89' (2:3) Salvi |
Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Rudolf Kreitlein |
NB: teams did not play compatriots; Waregem did not play Eintracht
Group B table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | FC Basel | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 6 |
2 | Napoli | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 5 |
3 | K.S.V. Waregem | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 4 |
4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 4 |
5 | Sampdoria | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 3 |
6 | Biel-Bienne | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 2 |
Final
The Final was played in St. Jakob Stadium, Basel, between the winners of both groups.
27 June 1969 Final | FC Basel | 3 – 1 | Bologna | St. Jakob Stadium Basel |
20:00 | Hauser 16' Kiefer 22' Sundermann 28' |
Summary | 50' Ciacci | Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher |
References
- Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz 1969/70". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- Garin, Erik (1970). "Switzerland 1969/70". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Zürich - FC Basel 4:1 n.V. (1:1, 0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- UEFA.com. "Basel 0-0 Celtic". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- UEFA.com. "Celtic 2-0 Basel". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
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- Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2189-1
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