1965–66 FC Basel season

The 1965–66 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 72nd season in their existence. It was their 20th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football after their promotion in the 1945–46 season. They played their home games either in the traditional stadium Landhof or in their new venue the St. Jakob Stadium. Lucien Schmidlin was club chairman for the fourth consecutive year.

FC Basel
1965–66 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Lucien Schmidlin
ManagerGermany Helmut Benthaus
GroundLandhof or
St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A6th
Swiss CupSemi-final
Inter-Cities Fairs CupSecond round
Cup of the AlpsGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Roberto Frigerio (15)
All: Roberto Frigerio (22)
Highest home attendance10,000 on 24.10.1965
vs Lausanne-Sport
and on 6.03.1966
vs Servette
Lowest home attendance3,000 on 21.11.1965
vs Young Fellows Zürich
Average home league attendance6,200

Overview edit

Pre-season edit

To the beginning of the season Helmut Benthaus transferred in from 1. FC Köln and became player-coach. He replaced Jiří Sobotka as team manager, who went on to manage the Swiss national team. Benthaus was a graduate of the German Sport University Cologne and an experienced player trainer. Two seasons earlier Benthaus had won the 1963–64 Bundesliga as player-manager with Köln. Benthaus used his first season with Basel to observe, feel and classify. One of the biggest changes that he made, with the agreement of the board of directors, was introduce semi-professionalism.

There were only a few minor changes to the squad, Rade Ognjanović transferred to Grenchen and Heinz Sartor transferred to Offenburger FV. Three players stepped back from Nationalliga A football, Carlo Porlezza, Mario Grava and Fernando Von Krannichfeldt went to play for the reserve team. As replacements three youngsters came from the youth team and three more from the reserve team.

Domestic league edit

Fourteen teams contested the 1965–66 Nationalliga A. These were the top 12 teams from the previous 1964–65 season and the two newly promoted teams Urania Genève Sport and Young Fellows Zürich. Basel finished the season in sixth position with 27 points. They ended the championship with ten wins, seven draws and nine defeats in their 26 matches. They scored 64 goals and conceded 57.[1] Top league goal scorer was Roberto Frigerio with 15 goals, ahead of Karl Odermatt who scored 11 and Helmut Hauser with 10 goals. Basel played 15 Test games, winning ten, one draw and losing four. Roberto 'Mucho' Frigerio was also the top scorer in these games, with 16 goals in just 13 games. Alone in the match against Black Stars Basel he managed to net the ball six times.[2]

Swiss Cup edit

In the Swiss Cup Basel started in the round of 32 on 7 November 1965, with a home win against Biel-Bienne. In the next round they played at home against Luzern with a 3–1 win. In the next round they were drawn away in the Wankdorf Stadium, Bern, against Young Boys. This ended in a 2–1 victory. In the semi-final they were drawn at home against Servette but were defeated 1–3. Zürich won the final and completed the double.[3]

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup edit

In the 1965–66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Basel were drawn against Spanish team Valencia, but were beaten twice. In the Cup of the Alps Basel were drawn in the same group as Catania, S.S.C. Napoli, Juventus and Spal Ferrara. All four games ended in a defeat.

Players edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   SUI Marcel Kunz
2 DF   GER Josef Kiefer
3 DF   SUI Bruno Michaud
4 DF   SUI Markus Pfirter
5 DF   SUI Hanspeter Stocker
6 FW   GER Helmut Hauser
7 FW   SUI Hanspeter Vetter (new from youth team)
8 MF   GER Helmut Benthaus
9 FW   SUI Roberto Frigerio
10 DF   SUI Walter Mundschin (new from youth team)
11 FW   SUI Aldo Moscatelli
GK   FRA Jean-Paul Laufenburger
GK   SUI Hans-Ruedi Günthardt
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   SUI Walter Baumann
DF   SUI Peter Füri
DF   SUI Roland Paolucci (new from youth team)
DF   SUI Silvan Schwager (new)
DF   SUI Urs Siegenthaler (new from reserve team)
MF   SUI Werner Decker
FW   SUI Bruno Gabrieli
FW   GER Helmut Hauser
FW   HUN Janos Konrad
MF   SUI Karl Odermatt
FW   ITA Enrico Mazzola
FW   SUI Alois Holenstein (reserve team)
FW   SUI Urs Rickenbacher (reserve team)
Players who left the squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   SUI Carlo Porlezza
FW   FRA Mario Grava
MF   SUI Fernando Von Krannichfeldt (to reserve team)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW   SRB Rade Ognjanović (to Grenchen)
MF   GER Heinz Sartor (to Offenburger FV)
MF   SUI Rudolf Arn
MF   SUI Hans Weber (deceased[4])

Results edit

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches edit

Pre-season edit

Pre-season Basel   6 – 0   Concordia Basel Basel
            Summary
24 July 1965 Pre-season FC Pratteln   0 – 8   Basel In den Sandgruben, Pratteln
Summary Moscatelli   (2)
Odermatt   (2)
Baumann  
Hauser  
Michaud  
 
28 July 1965 Pre-season SV Schopfheim   0 – 3   Basel Schopfheim
Summary   Odermatt
  Keller
  Moscatelli
31 July 1965 Pre-season FC Trimbach   0 – 7   Basel Leinfeld, Trimbach
Summary   (o.g.)
  (1) Moscatelli
  (2) Frigerio
  (pen.) Michaud
  (1) Vetter
  (1) Odermatt
Attendance: 1,100
Referee:   W. Lüthy Gerlafingen
8 August 1965 Pre-season FC Moutier   1 – 7   Basel Stade de Chalière, Moutier
von Burg   34' (1:1) Summary   26' (0:1) Füri
  54' (1:2) Baumann
  64' (1:3) Benthaus
  69' (1:4) Frigerio
  70' (1:5) Hauser
  80' (1:6) Odermatt
  89' (1:7) Hauser
Attendance: 800
Referee:   Roland Keller Bern
10 August 1965 Pre-season Basel   2 – 4   1. FC Köln St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Löhr   10' (o.g. 1:1)
Odermatt   25' (2:1)
Summary   4' (0:1) Müller
  40' (2:2) Hornig
  60' (2:3) Overath
  67' (2:4) Müller
Attendance: 15,000
Referee:   Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
14 August 1965 Pre-season St. Gallen   0 – 1   Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
17:00 Summary   90' (0:1) Frigerio Attendance: 2,600
Referee:   Pius Kamber Zürich

Winter break and mid-season edit

21 January 1966 Winter break Basel   7 – 1   Schaffhausen Landhof, Basel
14:30 Baumann   19' (1:0)
Hauser   24' (2:0)
Hauser   30' (3:0)
Benthaus   49' (4:1)
Decker   74' (5:1)
Hauser   83' (6:1)
Decker   88' (7:1)
Summary   47' (3:1) Brühlmann Attendance: 300
Referee:   H. R. Keller Basel
6 February 1966 Winter break Bellinzona   2 – 1   Basel Stadio Comunale Bellinzona
Tagli   37' (1:0)
Capoferri   74' (2:1)
Summary   52' (1:1) Odermatt
  70' Odermatt
Attendance: 500
Referee:   Dalpian Cassarate
12 February 1966 Winter break Basel   1 – 4   Lausanne-Sport Landhof, Basel
14:30 Hauser   10' (1:0) Summary   40' (1:1) Vuilleumier
  56' (1:2) Kerkhoffs
  68' (1:3) Kerkhoffs
  84' (o.g. 1:4) Michaud
Attendance: 2,500
Referee:   C. Stettler Feuerthalen
16 February 1966 Winter break Black Stars   0 – 9   Basel Buschweilerhof, Basel
19:15 Summary   29' (0:1) Frigerio
  (0:2) Frigerio
  (0:3) Frigerio
  65' (0:4) Frigerio
  65' (pen. 0:5) Stocker
  (0:6) Hauser
  70' (0:7) Moscatelli
  (0:8) Frigerio
  (0:9) Frigerio
Referee:   F. Hänggi
19 February 1966 Winter break Solothurn   1 – 2   Basel Stadion FC Solothurn, Solothurn
Amez-Droz   13' (1:0) Summary   21' (1:1) Benthaus
  72' (1:2) Frigerio
Attendance: 600
Referee:   Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
24 February 1966 Winter break FC Birsfelden   2 – 6   Basel Birsfelden
 
 
Summary   (3) Frigerio
  Hauser
  Stocker
 
26 April 1966 Mid-season Basel   2 – 2   TSV 1860 Munich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Kohlars   46' (o.g. 1:1)
Moscatelli   59' (2:1)
Summary   16' (0:1) Küppers
  68' (2:2) Rebele
Attendance: 13,300
Referee:   Karl Göppel Zürich
18 June 1966 Mid-season Basel   1 – 3   FC Schalke 04 Landhof, Basel
17:30 Hauser   38' (1:1) Summary   21' (0:1) Rausch
  41' (1:2) Neuser
  61' (1:3) Pyka
Attendance: 1.500
Referee:   Josef Zibung Luzern

Nationalliga A edit

League matches edit

22 August 1965 Round 1 Basel 4 – 1 FC UGS Genève Landhof, Basel
15:30 Hauser   42' (1:1)
Odermatt   53' (2:1)
Frigerio   75' (3:1)
Stocker   80 pen. 4:1'
Summary   24' (0:1) Heuri Attendance: 3,600
Referee:   Josef Zibung Luzern
28 August 1965 Round 2 Basel 2 – 0 Luzern Landhof, Basel
16:30 Frigerio   47' (1:0)
Stocker   80' (pen, 2:0)
[ Summary] Attendance: 6,600
Referee:   Werner Mettler St. Gallen
5 September 1965 Round 3 Servette 6 – 1 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
20:30 Bédert   14' (1:0)
Bédert   29' (2:0)
Bédert   36' (3:0)
Bosson   55' (4:0)
Schnyder   60' (5:0)
Nemeth   72' (6:0)
Summary   (6:1) Hauser Attendance: 5,400
Referee:   Pius Kamber Zürich
12 September 1965 Round 4 Basel 4 – 2 Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel
16:00 Pfirter   5' (1:1)
Hauser   61' (2:2)
Vetter   63' (3:2)
Vetter   84' (4:2)
Summary   4' (0:1) Lehmann
  36' (pen. 1:2) Fuhrer
Attendance: 8,000
Referee:   Karl Göppel Zürich
18 September 1965 Round 5 Biel-Bienne 1 – 1 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
16:15 Wernle   52' (1:1) Summary   26' (0:1) Odermatt Attendance: 3,500
Referee:   Strässle Steinach
21 September 1965 Round 6 Basel 1 – 5 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium Basel
20:00 Frigerio   90' (1:5) Summary   13' (0:1) Blättler
  32' (0:2) Hummel
  42' (0:3) Blättler
  60' (o.g. 0:4) Gabrieli
  68' (0:5) Blättler
Attendance: 8,500
Referee:   Gilbert Droz Marin-Epagnier
26 September 1965 Round 7 Sion 1 – 0 Basel Parc des Sports, Sion
15:00 Eschmann   42' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee:   Othmar Huber Thun
3 October 1965 Round 8 Basel 3 – 1 Lugano Landhof, Basel
15:00 Benthaus   47' (1:0)
Frigerio   48' (2:0)
Odermatt   71' (3:0)
Summary   72' (pen. 3:1) Bossi Attendance: 6,000
Referee:   Josef Zibung Luzern
10 October 1965 Round 9 La Chaux-de-Fonds 2 – 1 Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
15:00 Vuilleumier   7' (1:0)
Bertschi   43' (2:0)
Summary   58' (2:1) Frigerio Attendance: 3,800
Referee:   Roland Keller Bern
24 October 1965 Round 10 Basel 1 – 1 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Frigerio   65' (1:0) Summary   83' (1:1) Hosp Attendance: 10,000
Referee:   Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
31 October 1965 Round 11 Grenchen 3 – 2 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
15:00 Fuchs   1' (1:0)
Fuchs   6' (2:0)
Blum   81' (3:2)
Summary   24' (2:1) Vetter
  58' (2:2) Hauser
Attendance: 4,800
Referee:   Roland David Lausanne
21 November 1965 Round 12 Basel 5 – 1 Young Fellows Zürich St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel
14:30 Stocker   18' (pen. 1:0)
Hauser   35' (2:0)
Stocker   43' (pen 3:0)
Odermatt   62' (4:1)
Gabrieli   71' (5:1)
Summary   56' (3:1) von Burg Attendance: 3,000
Referee:   Marcel Despland Yverdon
12 December 1965 Round 15 Luzern 4 – 4 Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
14:30 Wechselberger   22' (1:1)
Pfirter   31' (o.g. 2:1)
Schuewig   44' (3:1)
Schuewig   45' (4:1)
Summary   9' (0:1) Frigerio
  48' (4:2) Hauser
  81' (o.g. 4:3) Gwerder
  88' (4:4) Odermatt
Attendance: 4,200
Referee:   Marcel Schneuwly Fribourg
6 March 1966 Round 16 Basel 5 – 2 Servette St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel
15:00 Odermatt   17' (1:1)
Moscatelli   29' (2:2)
Pfirter   33' (3:2)
Vetter   51' (4:2)
Odermatt   (5:2)
Summary   14' (0:1) Georgy
  20' (pen. 1:2) Nemeth
Attendance: 10,000
Referee:   Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
13 March 1966 Round 17 Young Boys 1 – 1 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Theunissen   21' (1:0) Summary   72' (1:1) Kiefer Attendance: 5,000
Referee:   Pius Kamber Zürich
27 March 1966 Round 18 Basel 5 – 0 Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
15:00 Odermatt   32' (1:0)
Hauser   52' (2:0)
Benthaus   70' (3:0)
Moscatelli   78' (4:0)
Vetter   81' (5:0)
Summary Attendance: 3,300
Referee:   Josef Zibung Luzen
3 April 1966 Round 19 Grasshopper Club 2 – 2 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
15:00 Blättler   18' (1:0)
Blättler   21' (2:0)
Summary   68' (2:1) Hauser
  84' (2:2) Frigerio
Attendance: 5,000
Referee:   Mario Clematide Zollikofen
6 April 1966 Round 14 FC UGS Genève 2 – 2 Basel Stade de Frontenex, Geneva
Heuri   23' (1:1)
Samba   36' (2:1)
Summary   7' (0:1) Hauser
  77' (2:2) Odermatt
Attendance: 1,400
Referee:   Roland Racine Prilly
17 April 1966 Round 20 Basel 2 – 1 Sion Landhof, Basel
15:00 Vetter   28' (1:1)
Hauser   87' (2:1)
Summary   2' (0:1) Quentin Attendance: 4,000
Referee:   Pius Kamber Zürich
23 April 1966 Round 21 Lugano 2 – 2 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
21:00 Gotthardi   77' (1:2)
Vidosevic   82' (pen. 2:2)
Summary   26' (0:1) Benthaus
  62' (0:2) Odermatt
Attendance: 6,500
Referee:   Karl Göppel Zürich
1 May 1966 Round 22 Basel 2 – 0 La Chaux-de-Fonds Landhof, Basel
16:30 Frigerio   63' (1:0)
Odermatt   88' (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 7,200
Referee:   W. Hardmeier Thalwil
4 May 1966 Round 14 Zürich 3 – 0 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
 
 
 
[ Summary]
8 May 1966 Round 23 Lausanne-Sport 5 – 3 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:30 Hosp   8' (1:0)
Hosp   16' (2:0)
Dürr   44' (pen. 3:0)
Hertig   66' (4:0)
Vuillemier   75' (5:1)
Summary   74' (4:1) Vetter
  77' (5:2) Konrad
  81' (5:3) Michaud
Attendance: 2,500
Referee:   Josef Zibung Luzern
15 May 1966 Round 24 Basel 5 – 1 Grenchen Landhof, Basel
17:30 Vetter   10' (1:0)
Stocker   25' (2:0)
Konrad   43' (3:0)
Frigerio   61' (4:0)
Frigerio   66' (5:0)
Summary   71' (5:1) Allemann Attendance: 3,400
Referee:   Roland Keller Bern
22 May 1966 Round 25 Young Fellows Zürich 5 – 4 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00 Feller   9' (1:1)
Matus   29' (2:2)
Matus   58' (3:2)
Hösli   63' (4:2)
Fischli   77' (5:2)
Summary   6' (0:1) Stocker
  28' (1:2) Frigerio
  84' (5:3) Frigerio
  88' (5:4) Michaud
Attendance: 900
Referee:   Gilbert Droz Marin
30 May 1966 Round 26 Basel 2 – 5 Zürich Landhof, Basel
17:30 Frigerio   64' (1:4)
Frigerio   68' (2:4)
Summary   12' (0:1) Stürmer
  17' (0:2) Stürmer
  27' (0:3) Winiger
  48' (0:4) Brodmann
  87' (2:5) Martinelli
Attendance: 7,000
Referee:   A. Ceretti Biel

League standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Zürich (C) 26 18 6 2 73 25 +48 42 Swiss Champions, qualified for 1966–67 European Cup
2 Servette 26 14 7 5 57 45 +12 35 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1966–67 Cup Winners' Cup
3 Lausanne-Sport 26 12 8 6 72 46 +26 32
4 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 12 7 7 53 42 +11 31 Entered 1966–67 Intertoto Cup
5 Young Boys 26 11 7 8 72 47 +25 29
6 Basel 26 10 7 9 64 57 +7 27
7 Grasshopper Club 26 11 5 10 55 54 +1 27
8 Sion 26 9 8 9 36 36 0 26 Entered 1966–67 Intertoto Cup
9 Lugano 26 6 10 10 27 37 −10 22
10 Biel-Bienne 26 6 10 10 38 56 −18 22 Entered 1966–67 Intertoto Cup
11 Grenchen 26 8 6 12 42 65 −23 22 Entered 1966–67 Intertoto Cup
12 Young Fellows Zürich 26 7 7 12 46 62 −16 21
13 Luzern 26 4 10 12 36 56 −20 18 Relegated to Nationalliga B
14 Urania Genève Sport 26 3 4 19 35 78 −43 10 Relegated to Nationalliga B
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Swiss Cup edit

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

7 November 1965 Round of 32 Basel 3 – 1 Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
14:30 Frigerio   32' (1:0)
Frigerio   80' (2:1)
Hauser   82' (3:1)
Summary   74' (1:1) Stäuble Attendance: 6,000
Referee:   Anton Bucheli Luzern
19 December 1965 Round of 16 Basel 3 – 1 Luzern Landhof, Basel
14:30 Frigerio   53' (1:0)
Frigerio   72' (2:1)
Stocker   84' (3:1)
Summary   64' (1:1) Borchert Attendance: 8,500
Referee:   Karl Göppel Zürich
27 February 1966 Quarter-final Young Boys 1 – 2 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
14:30 Theunissen   50' (1:1) Summary   10' (0:1) Frigerio
  87' (1:2) Frigerio
Attendance: 15,000
Referee:   Strässle Steinach
20 March 1966 Semi-final Basel 1 – 3 Servette Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hauser   7' (1:1) Summary   3' (0:1) Nemeth
  45' (1:2) Bedert
  88' (1:3) Daina
Attendance: 17,000
Referee:   Othmar Huber Thun

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup edit

Second Round
24 November 1965 First leg Basel   1 – 3   Valencia Basel
19:45 Benthaus   7' (1:0) Summary   17' (1:1) Machado
  22' (1:2) Muñoz
  80' (1:3) Machado
Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee:   Kurt Handwerker
8 December 1965 Second leg Valencia   5 – 1   Basel Valencia
Machado   1' (1:0)
Urtiaga   17' (2:0)
Muñoz   31' (3:0)
Guillot   32' (4:0)
Machado   80' (5:1)
Summary Hauser   53' (4:1) Stadium: Mestalla Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee:   Robert Lacoste

Valencia won 8–2 on aggregate.

Cup of the Alps edit

Matches edit

4 June 1966 Round 1 Basel   0 – 1   Catania St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Summary   2' (0:1) Fanello Attendance: 7,000
Referee:   Othmar Huber Thun
8 June 1966 Round 2 Basel   2 – 4   S.S.C. Napoli St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Konrad   62' (1:4)
Frigerio   71' (2:4)
Summary   8' (0:1) Altafini
  34' (0:2) Altafini
  51' (0:3) Altafini
  62' (0:4) Montefusco
Attendance: 10,200
Referee:   Antonio Sbardella
11 June 1966 Round 3 Basel   1 – 2   Juventus St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Hauser   63' (1:0) Summary   66' (1:1) Menichelli
  73' (1:2) Mattei
Attendance: 7,600
Referee:   Ettore Carminati
15 June 1966 Round 4 Basel   2 – 3   Spal Ferrara Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
18:15 Rickenbacher   61' (1:1)
Hauser   81' (pen. 2:1)
Summary   19' (0:1) Muzzio
  76' (o.g. 1:2) Pfirter
  82' (2:3) Carrera
Attendance: 2,500
Referee:   Karl Göppel Zürich

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Napoli 4 4 0 0 15 5 +10 8 Winner
2   Juventus 4 3 0 1 7 5 +2 6
3   Lausanne/Zürich 4 3 0 1 7 6 +1 6 Combined team Lausanne/Zürich
4   Spal Ferrara 4 2 1 1 9 8 +1 5
5   Young Boys 4 1 1 2 6 8 −2 3
6   Catania 4 1 1 2 1 3 −2 3
7   Servette 4 0 1 3 3 8 −5 1
8   Basel 4 0 0 4 5 10 −5 0
Source: rsssf.com

See also edit

References edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1965/66". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ^ "FC Black Stars - FC Basel 0:9 (0:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Switzerland 1965–66 at RSSSF". RSSSF. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. ^ Zindel, Josef (2018), "Die ersten 125 Jahre", Weber, Hans - Page 209, Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel

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