The 1966–67 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 73rd season in their existence. It was their 21st consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football after their promotion the season 1945–46. They now played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium, in the south-eastern end of the city and no longer in their old stadium Landhof. Harry Thommen took over as club chairman at the AGM from Lucien Schmidlin who retired and became vice-chairman.
| 1966–67 season | |
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| Chairman |  Harry Thommen |
| Manager |  Helmut Benthaus |
| Ground | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| Nationalliga A | Champions |
| Swiss Cup | Winners |
| Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | 1st round |
| Top goalscorer | League: Roberto Frigerio (16) All: Roberto Frigerio (23) |
| Highest home attendance | 31,000 on 11 June 1967 vs. Grasshopper Club |
| Lowest home attendance | 4,200 on 29 October 1966 vs. FC Moutier |
| Average home league attendance | 11,738 |
Overview edit
Pre-season edit
During this season Helmut Benthaus was the club player-manager for the second consecutive season. There were only a few minor changes in the squad. Walter Baumann moved to La Chaux-de-Fonds, Silvan Schwager moved to St. Gallen and Bruno Gabrieli moved to Grasshopper Club. Peter Füri moved on to SC Binningen and here he ended his football career. In the other direction Peter Ramseier joined the club from Cantonal Neuchatel and Anton Schnyder joined from Servette.
Domestic league edit
There were 14 teams contesting in the 1966–67 Nationalliga A and Basel finished the seasons as champions just one point clear of both FC Zürich in second position and FC Lugano who finished third. Basel won 16 of the 26 games, drawing eight, losing twice, and they scored 60 goals conceding just 20.[1] Roberto Frigerio was the team's top goal scorer with 16 league goals, Helmut Hauser second best goal scorer with 14. In the highest scoring game of the season, a 10–0 win against FC Moutier Roberto 'Mucho' Frigerio managed to score four[2] and in the test game against FC Allschwil he scored six in the 9–1 victory.
Swiss Cup edit
In the Swiss Cup Basel started in the round of 32 with a 6–0 home win against Blue Stars and in the round of 16, also a home match, they beat FC Zürich 3–2. In the Quarter-final Basel won the replay against Biel-Bienne 2–1 to qualify for the semi-finals. Basel played an away match in the Stadio Cornaredo against FC Lugano in the semi-final which ended goalless and therefore a replay was required here too. The replay was played in the St. Jakob Stadium and goals from Karl Odermatt and Helmut Benthaus gave Basel a 2–1 victory to qualify for the final which was to take place three days later.
In the Cup final Basel's opponents were Lausanne-Sports. In the former Wankdorf Stadium on 15 May 1967, Helmut Hauser scored the decisive goal via penalty. The game went down in football history due to the sit-down strike that followed this goal. After 88 minutes of play, with the score at 1–1, referee Karl Göppel awarded Basel a controversial penalty. André Grobéty had pushed Hauser gently in the back and he let himself drop theatrically. Subsequent to the 2–1 for Basel the Lausanne players refused to resume the game and they sat down demonstratively on the pitch. The referee had to abandon the match. Basel were awarded the cup with a 3–0 forfait.[3][4]
Basel had won the double for the first time in the club's history.
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup edit
In the first round of the 1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Basel were drawn against VV DOS Utrecht. The first leg was played in the Netherlands and ended in a 2–1 defeat, despite an early lead. In the return leg Basel led 2–0 but VV DOS were able to equalise and therefore won 4–3 on aggregate.
Players edit
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Results edit
- Legend
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Friendly matches edit
Pre-season edit
| 27 July 1966 Pre-season | SV Schopfheim | 1 – 5 | Basel | Schopfheim |
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Summary | Hauser Frigerio |
| 30 July 1966 Pre-season | FC Allschwil | 0 – 7 | Basel | Gartenhof Allschwil |
| 19:00 | Summary | 5' (o.g) Stoll 12' (0:2) Benthaus 37' (0:3) Hauser (0:4) Frigerio o.g' Stoll (0:6) Frigerio 76' (0:7) Konrad |
Referee: Eugen Boller Bottmingen |
| 3 August 1966 Pre-season | Basel | 3 – 2 | Bayern München | St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel |
| 20:00 | Benthaus 39' (1:2) Moscatelli 51' (2:2)Ramseier 79' (3:2) |
Summary | 12' (0:1) Ohlhauser 30' (0:2) Nafziger |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Pius Kamber Zürich |
| 10 August 1966 Pre-season | FC Pratteln | 0 – 11 | Basel | Pratteln |
| Summary | Benthaus (1) Frigerio (3)Konrad (1)Odermatt (1)Schnyder (1)Stocker (1)Vetter (3) |
| 14 August 1966 Pre-season | FC Moutier | 2 – 2 | Basel | Stade des Places, Glovelier |
| Ognanovic (1:2) Mathez (2:2) |
Summary | (0:1) Odermatt (0:2) Hauser |
Referee: |
Winter break edit
| 18 January 1967 Winter break | CD Tenerife  | 0 – 0 | Basel | Tenerife |
| Summary | Attendance: 3,000 |
| 8 February 1967 Winter break | Black Stars Basel | 0 – 6 | Basel | Buschweilerhof, Basel |
| 20:00 | Summary | Frigerio 4' (0:1) Pfirter 37' (0:2)Hauser (0:3)Hauser (0:4)Jakobi (o.g.)Odermatt (0:6) |
Referee: Eugen Boller Bottmingen |
| 12 February 1965 Winter break | Schaffhausen | 1 – 6 | Basel | Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen |
| 14:30 | Wolfi |
Summary | pen.' Stocker Hauser (2) Frigerio (2) Schnyder |
Attendance: 700 Referee: Karl Göppel Zürich |
| 19 February 1967 Winter break | Wettingen | 1 – 3 | Basel | Stadion Altenburg, Wettingen |
| Beichter 65' (1:1) |
Summary |  45' Pfirter 49' (1:0) Hauser 68' (1:2) Frigerio 86' (1:3) Odermatt |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Schumacher Luzern |
| 22 February 1967 Winter break | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 4 – 0 | Basel | Poststadion, Berlin |
| Lunenburg 13' (1:0) Seemann 29' (2:0)Lunenburg 48' (3:0)Gersdorff 73' (4:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 1,505 Referee: Peter Gabor |
| 25 February 1967 Winter break | Old Boys | 0 – 2 | Basel | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
| Summary | (0:1) Schneeberger (0:2) Schneeberger |
Attendance: 1,000 |
Nationalliga A edit
League matches edit
| 28 August 1966 Round 1 | Basel | 1 – 0 | Lugano | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Stocker 85' (pen. 1:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach |
| 28 August 1966 Round 2 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 0 – 2 | Basel | Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| 15:00 | Summary | 51' (0:1) Frigerio 53' (0:2) Frigerio |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Roland Marendaz Lausanne |
| 4 September 1966 Round 3 | Basel | 2 – 2 | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Stocker 19' (pen. 1:1) Stocker 90' (pen. 2:2) |
Summary | 4' (0:1) Hosp 73' (1:2) Weibel |
Attendance: 9,200 Referee: Karl Göppel Zürich |
| 11 September 1966 Round 4 | Basel | 5 – 0 | Grenchen | Landhof, Basel |
| 16:00 | Hauser 23' (1:0) Benthaus 39' (2:0)Hauser 63' (3:0)Frigerio 77' (4:0)Frigerio 79' (5:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Josef Zibung Luzern |
| 17 September 1966 Round 5 | Servette | 1 – 2 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
| 20:45 | Odermatt 34' (o.g.) |
Summary | 38' (1:1) Odermatt 69' (1:2) Odermatt |
Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Mario Clematide Zollikofen |
| 25 September 1966 Round 6 | Basel | 2 – 2 | Young Fellows Zürich | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Hauser 50' (1:1) Odermatt 88' (2:2) |
Summary | 19' (0:1) von Burg 83' (1:2) von Burg |
Attendance: 6,700 Referee: Marcel Despland Yverdon |
| 2 October 1966 Round 7 | Young Boys | 1 – 1 | Basel | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
| 20:15 | Grünig 19' (pen. 1:0) |
Summary | 21' (1:1) Hauser |
Attendance: 10,000 Referee: W. Hardmeier Thalwil |
| 9 October 1966 Round 8 | Basel | 3 – 1 | Zürich | St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Odermatt 4' (1:0) Hauser 9' (2:0)Hauser 28' (pen. 3:0) |
Summary | 78' (3:1) Trivellin |
Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern |
| 16 October 1966 Round 9 | Sion | 0 – 0 | Basel | Parc des Sports, Sion |
| 15:00 | Jungo  Perroud |
Summary | Moscatelli |
Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Gilbert Droz Marin |
| 29 October 1966 Round 10 | Basel | 10 – 0 | FC Moutier | Landhof, Basel |
| 14:30 | Frigerio 8' (1:0) Moscatelli 18' (2:0)Wenger 28' (3:0)Frigerio 43' (4:0)Hauser 48' (pen. 5:0)Frigerio 61' (6:0)Hauser 69' (7:0)Frigerio 80' (8:0)Moscatelli 84' (9:0)Odermatt 88' (10:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Pius Kamber Zürich |
| 13 November 1966 Round 11 | Biel-Bienne | 0 – 2 | Basel | Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne |
| Summary | 57' (0:1) Hauser 74' (pen. 0:2) Hauser |
Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Luigi Grassi Novazzano |
| 19 November 1966 Round 12 | Basel | 4 – 0 | Winterthur | Landhof, Basel |
| 14:30 | Hauser 11' (1:0) Stocker 34' (pen. 2:0)Hauser 59' (3:0)Wenger 66' (4:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Strässle Steinach |
| 27 November 1966 Round 13 | Grasshopper Club | 0 – 2 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
| Grahn 28' Fuhrer 76' |
Summary | 26' (0:1) Wenger 30' (0:2) Hauser 75' Michaud |
Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach |
| 4 December 1966 Round 14 | Lugano | 3 – 1 | Basel | Cornaredo, Lugano |
| Luttrop 32' (1:0) Simonetti 47' (2:0)Simonetti 89' (3:1) |
Summary | 70' (2:1) Frigerio |
Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Karl Göppel Zürich |
| 12 March 1967 Round 15 | Basel | 1 – 0 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 15:00 | Frigerio 71' (1:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 12,000 Referee: A. Ceretti Biel/Bienne |
| 19 March 1967 Round 16 | Lausanne-Sport | 0 – 2 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
| 15:00 | Summary | 68' (0:1) Frigerio 66' (0:2) Pfirter |
Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach |
| 2 April 1967 Round 17 | Grenchen | 0 – 4 | Basel | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
| Summary | 2' (0:1) Frigerio 59' (o.g.) 73' (0:3) Moscatelli 75' (0:4) Frigerio |
Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Roland Keller Bern |
| 9 April 1967 Round 18 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Servette | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:15 | Frigerio 24' (1:1) |
Summary | 14' (o.g.) Stocker |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Mario Clematide Zollikofen |
| 16 April 1967 Round 19 | Young Fellows Zürich | 2 – 1 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
| 14:00 | Chiaudussi 73' (1:1) Heer 79' (2:1) |
Summary | 23' (0:1) Vetter |
Attendance: 24,500 Referee: Marcel Schneuwly Fribourg |
| 23 April 1967 Round 20 | Basel | 4 – 1 | Young Boys | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Frigerio (2x) Michaud Benthaus |
Summary | |
Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Luigi Grassi Novazzano |
| 30 April 1967 Round 21 | Zürich | 2 – 2 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
| 16:00 | Künzli 39' (pen. 1:2) Stürmer 89' (2:2) |
Summary | 8' (0:1) Wenger 27' (0:2) Benthaus 55' Stocker |
Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Othmar Huber Thun |
| 7 May 1967 Round 22 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Sion | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Wenger 21' (1:1) Odermatt 83' (2:1) |
Summary | 17' (0:1) Frochaux |
Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach |
| 21 May 1967 Round 23 | FC Moutier | 0 – 1 | Basel | Stade de Chalière, Moutier |
| 16:30 | Summary | 55' (0:1) Michaud |
Attendance: 5,800 Referee: Roland Marendaz Lausanne |
| 28 May 1967 Round 24 | Basel | 4 – 1 | Biel-Bienne | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Pfirter 27' (1:0) Odermatt 53' (2:0)Hauser 68' (pen.)Schnyder 68' (4:0) |
Summary | 84' (4:1) Matter |
Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Gilbert Droz Marin |
| 4 June 1967 Round 25 | Winterthur | 0 – 0 | Basel | Schützenwiese, Winterthur |
| 16:00 | Summary | Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Josef Zibung Luzern |
| 11 June 1967 Round 26 | Basel | 2 – 2 | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel |
| 16:00 | Pfirter 4' (1:0) Odermatt 34' (2:0) |
Summary | 52' (2:1) Blättler 60' (2:2) Bernasconi |
Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach |
League table edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | FC Basel (C) | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 61 | 20 | +41 | 40 | Swiss Champions, qualified for 1967–68 European Cup Swiss Cup winners |
| 2 | FC Zürich | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 70 | 31 | +39 | 39 | |
| 3 | FC Lugano | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 29 | +22 | 39 | Entered 1967 Intertoto Cup |
| 4 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 60 | 31 | +29 | 32 | |
| 5 | Servette FC Genève | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 26 | |
| 6 | FC Sion | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 26 | Entered 1967 Intertoto Cup |
| 7 | BSC Young Boys | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 26 | Entered 1967 Intertoto Cup |
| 8 | FC Grenchen | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 43 | 49 | −6 | 24 | Entered 1967 Intertoto Cup |
| 9 | Young Fellows Zürich | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 24 | |
| 10 | Lausanne Sports | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 21 | Swiss Cup finalist, qualified for 1966–67 Cup Winners' Cup Entered 1967 Intertoto Cup |
| 11 | FC Biel-Bienne | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 42 | −17 | 21 | |
| 12 | FC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 34 | 48 | −14 | 20 | Won relegation play-off |
| 13 | FC Winterthur | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 33 | 54 | −21 | 20 | Lost relegation play-off, relegated to Nationalliga B |
| 14 | FC Moutier | 26 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 100 | −84 | 6 | Relegated to Nationalliga B |
Swiss Cup edit
| 6 November 1966 Round of 32 | Basel | 6 – 0 | Blue Stars | Landhof, Basel |
| 14:15 | Frigerio 37' (1:0) Frigerio 41' (2:0)Moscatelli 44' (3:0)Stocker 52' (4:0)Frigerio 63' (5:0)Pfirter 87' (6:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Strässle Steinach |
| 11 December 1966 Round of 16 | Basel | 3 – 2 | Zürich | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 14:30 | Vetter 13' (1:0) Hauser 72' (2:2)Hauser 79' (3:2) |
Summary | 62' (1:1) Trivellin 71' (pen. 1:2) Neumann |
Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern |
| 4 March 1967 Quarter-final | Basel | 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) | Biel-Bienne | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 15:00 | Frigerio 27' (1:0) Stocker 58' (pen. 2:1) |
Summary | 46' (1:1) Graf 77' (2:2) Leu |
Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Strässle Steinach |
| 8 March 1967 Quarter-final replay | Biel-Bienne | 1 – 2 | Basel | Gurzelen Stadion, Biel |
| 20:15 | Bai 31' (1:1) |
Summary | 17' (0:1) Hauser 59' (1:2) Frigerio |
Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Karl Göppel Zürich |
| 27 March 1967 Semi-final | Lugano | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Basel | Stadio Cornaredo, Lugano |
| Summary | Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Josef Zibung Luzern |
| 12 April 1967 Semi-final replay | Basel | 2 – 1 | Lugano | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Odermatt 12' (1:0) Benthaus 72' (2:1) |
Summary | 41' (1:1) Luttrop |
Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Gilbert Droz Marin |
| 15 May 1967 Final | Basel | 2 – 1 | Lausanne-Sports | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
| 15:00 | Hauser 11' (1:0) Hauser 88' (pen. 2:1) |
Summary | 41' (o.g.) Josef Kiefer |
Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Karl Göppel Zürich |
The final was abandoned in 89' at 2-1 and awarded 3-0 in favour of Basel: Lausanne-Sports protested by a sit-in against the penalty decision that led to 2-1.
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup edit
- First round
| 13 September 1966 First leg | DOS Utrecht  | 2 – 1 | Basel | Utrecht |
| Stocker 16' (o.g.) Wery 65' |
Summary | 15' Odermatt |
Stadium: Galgenwaard Attendance: 4,100 Referee:  William J. Mullan |
| 21 September 1966 Second leg | Basel | 2 – 2 (3 – 4 agg.) | DOS Utrecht | Basel |
| Frigerio 59', 62' |
Summary | 69' Wery 78' van der Linden |
Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium Attendance: 6,300 Referee: Rudolf Kreitlein |
Utrecht won 4 – 3 on aggregate.
See also edit
References edit
Notes edit
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1966/67". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC Moutier 10:0 (4:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ Schmid, Andreas W. (2010). ""Ein klarer Penalty!" "Nein, eine klare Schwalbe!"" (in German). Basler Zeitung. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
- ^ dsc (2010). "Der legendäre Sitzstreik im Final 1967" (in German). sport.sf.tv. Archived from the original on 2010-05-11. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
Sources and references edit
- Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2027-6
- Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
- Switzerland 1966–67 at RSSSF
- Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1966-67 at RSSSF