1967–68 FC Basel season

The 1967–68 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 74th season since their foundation. It was their 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football following their promotion the season 1945–46. They played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. The Chairman of the board was Harry Thommen for the second consecutive year.

FC Basel
1967–68 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Harry Thommen
ManagerGermany Helmut Benthaus
GroundSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A5th
Swiss CupRound 5
1967–68 European CupFirst Round
Cup of the Alps8th
Top goalscorerLeague: Roberto Frigerio (9)
Helmut Hauser (9)
Dieter Rüefli (9)

All: Helmut Hauser (13)
Highest home attendance37,000 on 31 March 1968
vs. Lugano
Lowest home attendance5,000 on 18 May 1968
vs. Bellinzona
Average home league attendance14,753

Overview

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Pre-season

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Helmut Benthaus was the club player-manager for the third consecutive season. He and his team were the defending league champions. There were no big amaêndments to the squad, one reserve goalkeeper left and one reserve goalkeeper advanced to them and defender Manfred Schädler joined from local club FC Birsfelden and striker Dieter Rüefli joined from Winterthur. Basel played a total of 42 matches in this season. 26 of these games were in the domestic league, two were in the Swiss Cup, two were in the European Cup, five were in the Cup of the Alps and seven were friendly matches. Of these seven test games five were won and two ended with a draw.[1]

Domestic league

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There were 14 teams contesting in the 1967–68 Nationalliga A. These were the top 12 teams from the previous 1966–67 season and the two newly promoted teams Luzern and Bellinzona. Basel, as reigning champions, played a mediocre season. Although they were within reach of the table top all the time, they messed everything up towards the end of the season as they lost five games out of seven. Therefore they finished the season in fifth position. They were seven points behind the trio Zürich, Grasshopper Club and Lugano who all ended the season with 38 points. These three team then had to play a championship play-off round and Zürich won both games and became champions. Basel won 13 of the league 26 games, drawing five, losing eight times, and they scored 49 goals conceding 33.[2] The trio Roberto Frigerio, Helmut Hauser and Dieter Rüefli were the team's top goal scorers in the domestic league, each netted nine times.[3]

Swiss Cup

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In the Swiss Cup Basel started in the round of 32 with a home match against lower classed FC Le Locle. But the game had to go into overtime. After Le Locle took the lead just after half time break, Frigerio netted the equaliser shortly before the end. In the overtime player-manager Helmut Benthaus managed the winning goal. In the next round Basel played an away game against FC Zürich, but were defeated 0–1 and this campaign was ended very quickly.[4]

European Cup

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As reigning champions Basel were qualified for the 1967–68 European Cup. In the first round they were drawn against Danish team Hvidovre. The first leg was in the St. Jakob Stadium. Despite an early lead scored by Hauser, the Danes turned the game and won. In the return leg in stadium Idrætsparken in Copenhagen, Hauser again scored the early lead. Again the Dames turned the match and shortly after half time went into a 3–1 lead. This time Basel were fighting against the defeat and drew level at 3–3 but could not manage to score a winning goal, which would have put them through to the next round.[5]

Players

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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   SUI Markus Pfirter
3 DF   SUI Bruno Michaud
4 MF   SUI Peter Ramseier
5 DF   SUI Hanspeter Stocker
6 MF   SUI Karl Odermatt
7 MF   SUI Anton Schnyder
8 MF   GER Helmut Benthaus
9 FW   GER Helmut Hauser
9 FW   SUI Roberto Frigerio
10 FW   SUI Dieter Rüefli (from Winterthur)
11 FW   SUI Peter Wenger
GK   SUI Hans-Ruedi Günthardt
No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   FRA Jean-Paul Laufenburger
GK   SUI Herbert Stierli (new)
DF   GER Josef Kiefer
DF   SUI Walter Mundschin
DF   SUI Roland Paolucci
DF   SUI Manfred Schädler (from FC Birsfelden)
MF   SUI Werner Decker (reserve team)
MF   SUI Otto Demarmels
FW   HUN Janos Konrad (reserve team)
MF   SUI Aldo Moscatelli
MF   SUI Urs Siegenthaler
MF   SUI Bruno Rahmen
FW   SUI Hanspeter Vetter
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
GK   SUI Heini Degen (reserve team)

Results

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Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

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Pre-season

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29 July 1967 Pre-season Karlsruher SC   3 – 3   Basel Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe
Kafka   5' (1:0)
Hausser   9' (2:1)
Zaczyk   23' (3:3)
Summary   7' (1:1) Frigerio
  15' (2:2) Rüefli
  17' (2:3) Odermatt
Attendance: 18,000
Referee:   Eisenmann
2 August 1967 Pre-season SV Schopfheim   1 – 8   Basel Oberfeldstadion, Schopfheim
  Summary   (4x) Rüefli
  (2x) Frigerio
  (1x) Hauser
  (1x) Odermatt
5 August 1967 Pre-season Basel   2 – 2   SK Slavia Prague St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Frigerio   67' (1:1)
Hauser   74' (2:1)
Summary   8' (0:1) Novak
  79' (2:2) Vesely
Attendance: 6,500
Referee:   Eugen Boller Bottmingen

Winter break and mid-season

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11 February 1968 Winter break Basel   4 – 0   St. Gallen Landhof, Basel
14:30 Rüefli   29' (1:0)
Ramseier   59' (2:0)
Hauser   70' (3:0)
Rüefli   88' (4:0)
Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee:   J. Heymann Arlesheim
18 February 1968 Winter break Basel   4 – 0   Schaffhausen Landhof, Basel
14:30 Rüefli   6' (1:0)
Rüefli   30' (2:0)
Mundschin   31' (3:0)
Rüefli   85' (4:0)
Summary Attendance: 1,300
Referee:   H. R. Keller Basel
24 February 1968 Pre-season Basel   4 – 0   Solothurn Landhof, Basel
Ramseier   9' (1:0)
Rüefli   10' (2:0)
Ramseier   41' (3:0)
Odermatt  73' (4:0)
Summary Attendance: 300
Referee:   Peter Hänggi Aesch
16 March 1968 Mid-season Thun   1 – 4   Basel Stadion Lachen, Thun
Balmer   5' (1:0) Summary   23' (1:1) Rüefli
  48' (1:2) Hauser
  48' (1:3) Rüefli
  66' (1:4) Hauser
Attendance: 1,000
Referee:   Gerber Langenthal

Nationalliga A

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League matches

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20 August 1967 Round 1 Luzern 4 – 2 Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
16:00 Richter   1' (1:0)
Richter   14' (2:0)
Wechselberger   63' (3:2)
Bertschi   90+1' (4:2)
Summary   43' (2:1) Hauser
  54' (2:2) Odermatt
Attendance: 13,500
Referee:   Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
27 August 1967 Round 2 Sion 0 – 0 Basel Parc des Sports, Sion
16:00 Summary Attendance: 5,000
Referee:   Roland Keller Bern
2 September 1967 Round 3 Basel 3 – 1 Grenchen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Hauser   39' (1:0)
Pfirter   49' (2:0)
Rüefli   83' (3:0)
Summary   88' (3:1) Amez-Droz Attendance: 11,000
Referee:   Luigi Grassi Novazzano
9 September 1967 Round 4 Lugano 4 – 2 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
20:45 Brenna   12' (1:0)
Brenna   39' (2:0)
Chiesa   42' (3:0)
Luttrop   81' (4:1)
Summary   64' (o.g. 3:1) Egli
  85' (pen. 4:2) Hauser
Attendance: 13,500
Referee:   Mario Clematide Zollikofen
16 September 1967 Round 5 Basel 1 – 0 Young Fellows Zürich Landhof, Basel
16:00 Demarmels   47' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 6,800
Referee:   Roland Marendaz Lausanne
24 September 1967 Round 6 Zürich 1 – 4 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
16:00 Winiger   48' (1:1) Summary   11' (0:1) Hauser
  76' (1:2) Wenger
  80' (1:3) Wenger
  86' (1:4) Demarmels
Attendance: 9,500
Referee:   A. Ceretti Biel/Bienne
8 October 1967 Round 7 Basel 2 – 0 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Frigerio   44' (1:0)
Odermatt   79'
Frigerio   80' (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 16,000
Referee:   Marcel Schneuwly Fribourg
15 October 1967 Round 8 La Chaux-de-Fonds 3 – 2 Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
15:00 Zappella   51' (1:1)
Jeandupeux   65' (2:2)
Clerc   90' (3:2)
Summary   32' (0:1) Frigerio
  54' (1:2) Frigerio
Attendance: 5,000
Referee:   Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
22 October 1967 Round 9 Basel 4 – 0 Biel-Bienne St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Hauser   6' (1:0)
Odermatt   24' (2:0)
Rüefli   33' (3:0)
Demarmels   67' (4:0)
Summary Attendance: 13,000
Referee:   Josef Zibung Luzern
26 October 1967 Round 10 Bellinzona 0 – 0 Basel Stadio Comunale Bellinzona
15:00 Summary Attendance: 9,000
Referee:   Roland Marendaz Lausanne
5 November 1967 Round 11 Basel 4 – 0 Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:45 Frigerio   6' (1:0)
Odermatt   12' (2:0)
Frigerio   54' (3:0)
Benthaus   61' (4:0)
Summary Attendance: 14,000
Referee:   Marcel Schneuwly Fribourg
26 November 1967 Round 12 Grasshopper Club 1 – 1 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
14:30 Aerni   85' (1:1) Summary   50' (0:1) Hauser Attendance: 19,000
Referee:   Mario Clematide Zollikofen
3 December 1967 Round 13 Basel 1 – 0 Servette St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Hauser   64' (pen.)
Hauser   85'
Summary   64' Barlie
  64' Maffiolo
  79' Pazmandy
Attendance: 13,500
Referee:   Roland Keller Bern
3 March 1968 Round 14 Basel 3 – 0 Luzern St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Wenger   12' (1:0)
Benthaus   34' (2:0)
Rüefli   64' (3:0)
Summary Attendance: 12,500
Referee:   Mario Clematide Zollikofen
10 March 1968 Round 15 Basel 2 – 2 Sion St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Rüefli   22' (1:0)
Frigerio   56' (2:1)
Summary   26' (1:1) Savary
  88' (2:2) Bruttin
Attendance: 11,000
Referee:   Marcel Despland Yverdon
24 March 1968 Round 16 Grenchen 0 – 1 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
15:00 Summary   4' (1:0) Rüefli Attendance: 7,000
Referee:   Roland Marendaz Lausanne
31 March 1968 Round 17 Basel 1 – 1 Lugano St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Rüefli   75' (1:0) Summary   76' (1:1) Chiesa Attendance: 37,000
(new record for Swiss football)
Referee:   Gilbert Droz Marin
7 April 1968 Round 18 Young Fellows Zürich 2 – 4 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
14:00 Chiandussi   6' (1:0)
Matus   86' (2:3)
Summary   58' (1:1) Wenger
  67' (1:2) Wenger
  75' (1:3) Demarmels
  90' (2:4) Odermatt
Attendance: 8,000
Referee:   Anton Bucheli Luzern
21 April 1968 Round 19 Basel 1 – 2 Zürich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Rüefli   15' (1:0) Summary   40' (1:1) Künzli
  47' (1:2) Künzli
Attendance: 28,000
Referee:   Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
27 April 1968 Round 20 Lausanne-Sport 3 – 1 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:30 Hosp   6' (1:0)
Vuilleumier   10' (2:0)
Vuilleumier   76' (3:0)
Summary   65' Benthaus
  78' (pen. 3:1) Frigerio
Attendance: 8,000
Referee:   Marcel Schneuwly Fribourg
4 May 1968 Round 21 Basel 3 – 1 La Chaux-de-Fonds St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:15 Hauser   13' (1:0)
Frigerio   16' (2:0)
Benthaus   49' (3:0)
Summary   60' (3:1) Duvoisin
  88' Duvoisin
Attendance: 7,000
Referee:   Mario Clematide Zollikofen
11 May 1968 Round 22 Biel-Bienne 4 – 1 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
15:00 Gnägi   1' (1:0)
Renfer   15' (2:0)
Gnägi   37' (3:1)
Matter   90' (4:1)
Summary   36' (2:1) Paolucci
  83' Kiefer
Attendance: 6,500
Referee:   Fernand Burioli Lausanne
18 May 1968 Round 23 Basel 1 – 0 Bellinzona St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:15 Rüefli   54' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 5,000
Referee:   Marcel Despland Yverdon
25 May 1968 Round 24 Young Boys 3 – 2 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
20:15 Grosser   40' (1:0)
Guggisberg   33' (2:1)
Kellas   82' (3:2)
Summary   32' (1:1) Rüefli
  40' (pen. 2:2) Hauser
  Ramseier
Attendance: 5,000
Referee:   Werner Mettler St. Gallen
1 June 1968 Round 25 Basel 0 – 1 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:15 Kiefer   3'
Hauser   62′
Summary   82' (0:1) Grahn Attendance: 17,000
Referee:   Marcel Schneuwly Fribourg
8 June 1968 Round 26 Servette 0 – 3 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
20:15 Summary   24' (0:1) Demarmels
  51' (0:2) Wenger
  89' (0:3) Demarmels
Attendance: 3,800
Referee:   Mario Clematide Zollikofen

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Zürich (C) 26 16 6 4 63 27 +36 38 Swiss Champions, qualified for 1968–69 European Cup
2 Grasshopper Club Zürich 26 17 4 5 54 23 +31 38
3 FC Lugano 26 17 4 5 53 30 +23 38 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1968–69 Cup Winners' Cup
and entered 1968 Intertoto Cup
4 Lausanne Sports 26 13 6 7 67 43 +24 32 Entered 1968 Intertoto Cup
5 FC Basel 26 13 5 8 49 33 +16 31
6 FC Lucerne 26 12 4 10 51 58 −7 28
7 FC Biel-Bienne 26 10 5 11 43 45 −2 25 Entered 1968 Intertoto Cup
8 BSC Young Boys 26 9 7 10 37 43 −6 25
9 FC Sion 26 7 10 9 31 41 −10 24
10 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 8 6 12 40 49 −9 22 Entered 1968 Intertoto Cup
11 Servette FC Genève 26 8 5 13 40 42 −2 21
12 AC Bellinzona 26 8 5 13 26 40 −14 21 Entered 1968 Intertoto Cup
13 Young Fellows Zürich 26 3 6 17 21 58 −37 12 Relegated to Nationalliga B
14 FC Grenchen 26 3 3 20 19 62 −43 9 Relegated to Nationalliga B
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Swiss Cup

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12 November 1967 Round of 32 Basel 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) FC Le Locle St. Jakob-Park, Basel
15:15 Frigerio   83' (1:1)
Benthaus   108' (2:1)
Summary   49' (0:1) Bosset Attendance: 9,300
Referee:   W. Hardmeier Thalwil
10 December 1967 Round of 16 Zürich 1 – 0 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
14:30 Meyer   52' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 15,500
Referee:   Gilbert Droz Marin

European Cup

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First round
20 September 1967 First leg Basel   1 – 2   Hvidovre St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Hauser   17' (1:0) Report
FCB Summary
  58' (1:1) Larsen
  80' (1:2) Sørensen
Attendance: 13,344
Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)
18 October 1967 Second leg Hvidovre   3 – 3   Basel Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
19:00 Hansen   18'
Sørensen   39'
Olsen   58'
Report
FCB Summary
  2' Hauser
  63' Benthaus
  78' Benthaus
  85' Wenger
Attendance: 9,363
Referee:   Ken Dagnall (England)

Hvidovre won 5–4 on aggregate.

Cup of the Alps

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Matches

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14 June 1967 Round 1 Basel   0 – 1   Torino St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Summary   4' (0:1) Ferrini Attendance: 8,000
Referee:   Pius Kamber Zürich
20 June 1967 Round 2 Basel   0 – 2   AS Roma St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Summary   7' (0:1) Barison
  76' (0:2) Barison
Attendance: 8,600
Referee:   Mario Clematide Zollikofen
23 June 1967 Round 3 Basel   4 – 4   TSV 1860 Munich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Hauser   8' (1:0)
Rahmen   26' (2:1)
Wenger   30' (3:1)
Rüefli   33' (4:1)
Summary   19' (1:1) Bründl
  43' (4:2) Bründl
  43' (4:3) Küppers
  54' (4:4) Kohlars
Attendance: 9,000
Referee:   Gottfried Dienst, Basel
27 June 1967 Round 4 Basel   0 – 3   AC Milan St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Summary   25' (o.g.) Odermatt
  68' (0:2) Fortunato
  69' (0:3) Trapattoni
Attendance: 11,400
Referee:   Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
15 August 1967 Round 5 Basel   1 – 2   Eintracht Frankfurt St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Odermatt   76' (0:1) Summary   53' (pen. 0:1) Solz
  74' (0:2) Bechtold
Attendance: 14,000
Referee:   Gilbert Droz Marin

Final table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 Eintracht Frankfurt 5 4 1 0 22 5 9
2 TSV 1860 Munich 5 2 3 0 11 8 7
3 AS Roma 5 3 0 2 12 10 6
4 Torino 5 1 3 1 3 3 5
5 Servette 5 2 1 2 5 7 5
6 AC Milan 5 1 2 2 3 3 4
7 Zürich 5 1 1 3 6 9 3
8 Basel 5 0 1 4 5 12 1

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz 1967/68". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1967/68". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Statistik Nationalliga A 1967/68". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Zürich - FC Basel 1:0 (0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  5. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Hvidovre IF - FC Basel 3:3 (2:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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