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1972–73 FC Basel season

The 1972–73 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 79th season in their existence. It was their 27th 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. Félix Musfeld was the club's chairman for the third year in a row.

FC Basel
1972–73 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Félix Musfeld
ManagerGermany Helmut Benthaus
GroundSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga AChampions
Swiss CupRunner-up
Swiss League CupWinners
European CupRound 1
Cup of the AlpsGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Germany Ottmar Hitzfeld (18)
All: Germany Ottmar Hitzfeld (28)
Highest home attendance28,000 on 14 April 1973
vs Grasshopper Club
Lowest home attendance7,000 on 9 September 1972
vs Grenchen
and on 19 May 1973
vs Chiasso
Average home league attendance13,153

Overview

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Pre-season

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The previous season was the last one as activ footballer for Helmut Benthaus. He ended his playing career, but continued with Basel as team manager. This was his eighth season as manager. There were only small amendments to the squad during the pre-season. Roland Paolucci was loaned out to Winterthur and Stefan Reisch left the team and moved on to Kickers Würzburg where he ended his active playing career. Basel did not transfer any players and Benthaus relied on young players who came up from the reserve team to help, when needed in the first team. Basel played a total of 55 matches during this season. 26 of these games were in the domestic league championship, seven of these games were in the Swiss Cup, four in the Swiss League Cup, two were in the European Cup, four were in the Cup of the Alps and 12 were friendly matches. Of these 12 test games four were won, four were drawn and four were lost. Three test matches were played at home in the St. Jakob Stadium and nine were played away.[1]

Domestic league

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14 teams contested in the 1972–73 Nationalliga A. These were the top 12 teams from the previous 1971–72 season and the two newly promoted teams Chiasso and Fribourg. The championship was played in a double round robin. The champions would qualify for the 1973–74 European Cup, the second and third placed teams were to qualify for 1973–74 UEFA Cup and the last two teams in the table at the end of the season were to be relegated. Basel started the league season badly, losing the first two games and drawing the next two. The first victory was recorded in the fifth round and during the next nine rounds Basel won eight games. After the winter break Basel were only defeated once. They won the championship four points ahead of Grasshopper Club and six ahead of the Sion. Basel won 17 of their 26 league games, drew five and lost four. They scored a total of 57 goals conceding 30.[2] Ottmar Hitzfeld was the league's joint top goal scorer with Ove Grahn of Lausanne-Sports both with 18 league goals. Basels second top scorer was Walter Balmer who managed 11 league goals. The average attendance at the 13 league home matches was 13'153 spectators. The highest attendance was 28,000 on 14 April in the game against Grasshopper Club and the second highest attendance was 26,000 on 2 May against Zürich.

Swiss Cup and League Cup

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In the Swiss Cup Basel played the round of 32 on 5 November 1972 at home to Martigny-Sports in the St. Jakob Stadium. The round of 16 match on 26 November 1972 was played away against BSC Young Boys and Basel left the Wankdorf Stadium with a 4–0 victory. The quarter-finals were two legged fixtures, the first leg played on 10 December 1972 in Stadio Comunale was won 2–0 against Chiasso and the second leg played one week later was won 5–3. The semi-finals were also two legged fixtures. Basel were matched against Biel-Bienne and won 6–1 on aggregate. Walter Balmer scored a hattrick in the home game. The final was played on 23 April 1973 in the Wankdorf Stadium against Zürich. The game ended goalless after 90 minutes. In extra time Peter Marti (92) and Fritz Künzli (101) scored the goals to give Zürich the title for the second consecutive time in a final against Basel.[3]

The 1972 Swiss League Cup was the inaugural Swiss League Cup competition. It was played in the summer of 1972 as a pre-season tournament to the 1972–73 Swiss football season. Basel beat Servette 8–0, Lausanne Sports 2–1 aet and Sion 6–1 to reach the final. This was won by Basel who defeated FC Winterthur 4–1 in the final which took place on 11 November 1972 at the Letzigrund in Zürich. Ottmar Hitzfeld scored a hattrick in the final.[4]

European Cup and Cup of the Alps

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Basel were beaten by Újpesti Dózsa 2–0 in the first leg of the first round of the 1972–73 European Cup away from home in the Ferenc Szusza Stadium. The return match was on 27 September 1972 in St. Jakob Stadium. Basel won 3–2, the goals coming from René Hasler (65) and Walter Balmer (75 + 83), but they were beaten 4–3 on aggregate.[5]

In the 1972 Cup of the Alps Basel played twice against Olympique Lyonnais, losing the away tie, winning at home game. They played twice against Bordeaux, winning the away game but losing the home game, but because Bordeaux won their other two games they continued to the final.[6]

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 (league games: 16)
2 DF   SUI Paul Fischli (league games: 18)
3 DF   SUI Walter Mundschin (league games/goals: 26/5)
4 MF   SUI Peter Ramseier (league games/goals: 24/5)
5 MF   SUI Urs Siegenthaler (league games: 25)
6 MF   SUI Otto Demarmels (league games/goals: 26/3)
7 FW   SUI Walter Balmer (league games/goals: 25/11)
8 MF   SUI Karl Odermatt (league games/goals: 22/3)
9 FW   SUI Rolf Blättler (league games/goals: 7/2)
10 DF   SUI René Hasler (league games/goals: 26/4)
11 FW   GER Ottmar Hitzfeld (league games/goals: 21/18)
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 MF   SUI Bruno Rahmen (league games: 9)
13 DF   SUI Jörg Stohler (league games/goals: 16/1)
— GK   SUI Urs Reto Grieshaber (reserves, league games: 1)
— GK   FRA Jean-Paul Laufenburger (league games 10)
— GK   SUI Hans Müller (league games: 1)
— DF   GER Josef Kiefer (league games: 7)
— DF   SUI Roland Paolucci (only Cup of the Alps)
— DF   SUI Alex Wirth (reserves, only Cup of the Alps)
— MF   SUI Heinz Schönebeck (league games: 0)
— FW   SUI Rolf Riner (league games: 5)
— FW   SUI Roger Ries (league games: 2)
— FW   SUI Peter Wenger (league games/goals: 19/4)
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 Roland Dahinden (goalkeeper reserves)
— DF   SUI Bernard Bula (reserves)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF   SUI Guy Castelan (reserves)
— DF   SUI Roland Paolucci (on loan to Winterthur)
— FW   GER Stefan Reisch (to Kickers Würzburg)

Results

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Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

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Pre- and Mid-season

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22 July 1971 Pre-season Aarau   2 – 2   Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
20:00 Meier   65' (1:2)
Hauser   80' (2:2)		 Summary   45' (0:1) Riner
  57' (0:2) Riner		 Attendance: 2,800
Referee:   Rudolf Rettig Gerlafingen
27 July 1972 Uhrencup Basel   2 – 4   Xamax Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:00 Balmer   40' (1:3)
Demarmels   86' (2:4)		 Summary   6' (0:1) Steiger
  12' (0:2) Mathez (I)
  33' (0:3) Barbezat
  85' (1:4) Rub		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee:   Hans Wieland Grenchen
29 July 1972 Uhrencup Grenchen   3 – 1   Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
17:45 Schaller   6' (1:0)
Wäber   16' (2:0)
Müller   57' (3:1)		 Summary   41' (2:1) Blättler Attendance: 3,000
Referee:   Jean Dubach Nidau
2 August 1972 Pre-season FV Lörrach   0 – 6   Basel Stadtstadion, Lörrach
18:30 Summary   10' (0:1) Hitzfeld
  11' (0:2) Balmer
  25' (0:3) Hitzfeld
  56' (0:4) Demarmels
  66' (pen. 0:5) Hitzfeld
  67' (0:6) Blättler		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee:   Kurt Woldrich
1 November 1972 Mid-season Spvgg Lahr   1 – 1   Basel Lahr
  Summary   Hitzfeld Referee:  

Winter break

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25 January 1973 Winter break Inter Hilton Acapulco   3 – 4   Basel Acapulco
 
 
 		 Summary   (2x) Riner
  (1x) Balmer
  (1x) Hitzfeld		 Attendance: 3,000
28 January 1973 Winter break Deportivo Toluca   1 – 2   Basel Toluca
  Summary   17' Odermatt
  75' Hitzfeld
4 February 1973 Winter break Luzern   3 – 3   Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
Arrigoni   56' (1:2)
Küttel   79' (2:3)
Bosco   85' (3:3)		 Summary   16' (0:1) Demarmels
  26' (0:2) Odermatt
  67' (1:3) Riner		 Attendance: 900
Referee:   Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern
10 February 1973 Winter break Zürich   4 – 2   Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
14:30 Künzli   66' (1:2)
Künzli   79' (2:2)
Martinelli   83' (3:2)
Marti   90' (4:2)		 Summary   39' (0:1) Hitzfeld
  65' (0:2) Stohler		 Attendance: 1,300
Referee:   Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
14 February 1972 Winter break Basel   2 – 3   Budapest Honvéd St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Wenger   22' (1:1)
Siegenthaler   89' (2:3)		 Summary   17' (0:1) Kozma
  47' (1:2) Pinter
  67' (1:3) Pinter		 Attendance: 900
Referee:  
18 February 1973 Winter break Basel   3 – 0   Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Wenger   43' (1:0)
Riner   49' (2:0)
Hitzfeld   85' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 1,600
Referee:   Anton Bucheli Luzern
25 February 1973 Winter break Basel   1 – 1   Grenchen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Ludwig   32' (1:1) Summary   28' (0:1) Braun Attendance: 600
Referee:   Peter Hänggi Aesch

Nationalliga

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Main article: 1972–73 Nationalliga A

League matches

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12 August 1972 Round 1 Basel 2 – 3 Sion St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Hitzfeld   8' (1:0)
Stohler   49' (2:2)		 Summary   21' (1:1) Trinchero
  42' (1:2) Hermann
  78' (2:3) Elsig		 Attendance: 10,000
Referee:  
19 August 1972 Round 2 Winterthur 3 – 1 Basel Schützenwiese, Winterthur
17:15 Paolucci   10' (1:0)
Risi   22' (2:0)
Risi   45' (3:1)		 Summary   35' (2:1) Hitzfeld Attendance: 10,500
Referee:   Ulysse Darbellay Roche
23 August 1972 Round 3 Zürich 1 – 1 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
20:15 Jeandupeux   10' (1:1) Summary   2' (0:1) Mundschin Attendance: 19,000
Referee:   Jean Dubach Nidau
26 August 1972 Round 4 Basel 2 – 2 Servette St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Ramseier   15' (1:0)
Blättler   63' (2:0)		 Summary   78' (2:1) Wegmann
  85' (2:2) Dörfel		 Attendance: 11,000
Referee:   Mario Clematide Zollikofen
2 September 1972 Round 5 Fribourg 0 – 1 Basel Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard, Fribourg
20:15 Summary   53' (1:0) Blättler
  47' Hasler
  48' Demarmels		 Attendance: 10,500
Referee:   Hans Wieland Grenchen
9 September 1972 Round 6 Basel 2 – 0 Grenchen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
18:00 Ramseier   22' (1:0)
Balmer   77' (2:0)		 Summary   85' Schaller Attendance: 7,000
Referee:   Pierre Despont Lausanne
16 September 1972 Round 7 Grasshopper Club 1 – 2 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
20:15 Meier   46' (1:0)
Meyer   50'
Winiger   66'		 Summary   47' (o.g. 1:1)
  63' (1:2) Hitzfeld
  64' Ramseier		 Attendance: 11,000
Referee:   Bruno Della Bruna Lumino
23 September 1972 Round 8 Basel 5 – 2 Lugano St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Ramseier   25' (1:1)
Balmer   27' (2:1)
Wenger   46' (3:1)
Balmer   86' (4:2)
Hauser   89' (5:2)		 Summary   16' (0:1) Franceschi
  49' (3:2) Ausderau
  53' Rieländer
  74' Corghi		 Attendance: 14,000
Referee:   Roland Racine Prilly
30 September 1972 Round 9 Basel 4 – 3 St. Gallen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Wenger   8' (1:1)
Wenger   51' (2:2)
Ramseier   71' (3:2)
Hasler   78' (4:2)		 Summary   5' (0:1) Leuzinger
  19' (1:2) Nasdalla
  90' (4:3) Coray		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee:   Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
8 October 1972 Round 10 Chiasso 0 – 0 Basel Stadio Comunale (Chiasso)
15:00 Summary   62' Stohler Attendance: 8,000
Referee:   André Favre Echallens
14 October 1972 Round 11 Basel 2 – 1 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Hitzfeld   49' (1:1)
Mundschin   85' (2:1)		 Summary   33' (0:1) Garci Attendance: 14,000
Referee:   Jean Dubach Nidau
28 October 1972 Round 12 La Chaux-de-Fonds 2 – 3 Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
17:00 Jaquet   17' (1:1)
Meury   86' (pen. 2:3)		 Summary   9' (pen. 0:1) Hitzfeld
  32' Hitzfeld
  34' (1:2) Odermatt
  43' (1:3) Hitzfeld		 Attendance: 5,500
Referee:   Walter Gallmann Oberrieden
19 November 1972 Round 13 Basel 2 – 0 Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Hitzfeld   28' (1:0)
Hasler   61' (pen. 2:0)		 Summary   41' Vögeli Attendance: 13,500
Referee:   Bruno Della Bruna Lumino
3 December 1972 Round 14 Sion 2 – 1 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
14:30 Schaller   49' (1:0)
Vergeres   80' (2:1)
Luisier   85'		 Summary   51' (1:1) Odermatt
  70' Odermatt		 Attendance: 8,500
Referee:   Mario Clematide Zollikofen
4 March 1973 Round 15 Basel 3 – 1 Winterthur St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Mundschin   7' (1:0)
Balmer   40' (2:0)
Balmer   59' (3:1)		 Summary   41' Meili
  51' (2:1) Risi		 Attendance: 12,500
Referee:   Ulysse Darbellay Roche
11 March 1973 Round 16 Servette 0 – 0 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
15:00 Summary Attendance: 7,200
Referee:   Roland Keller Bern
18 March 1973 Round 17 Basel 3 – 0 Fribourg St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Hitzfeld   24' (1:0)
Ramseier   72' (2:0)
Hitzfeld   76' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 8,000
Referee:   Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
1 April 1973 Round 18 Grenchen 1 – 2 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
15:00 Feuz (II)   55' (1:1) Summary   27' Fischli
  37' (0:1) Hitzfeld
  70' (1:2) Hitzfeld		 Attendance: 7,000
Referee:   André Favre Echallens
14 April 1973 Round 19 Basel 0 – 1 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Summary   8' (0:1) P. Meier Attendance: 28,000
Referee:   Jean Dubach Nidau
29 April 1973 Round 20 Lugano 0 – 1 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
15:00 Summary   8' (0:1) Balmer
  65' Wenger		 Attendance: 7,200
Referee:   Roland Racine Prilly
2 May 1973 Round 21 Basel 2 – 1 Zürich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Balmer   38' (1:0)
Odermatt   48' (2:0)		 Summary   41' Heer
  76' (2:1) Brunnenmeier		 Attendance: 26,000
Referee:   Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
12 May 1973 Round 22 St. Gallen 3 – 4 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
20:15 Blättler   25' (1:1)
Nasdalla   53' (2:3)
Nasdalla   90' (pen. 3:4)		 Summary   12' (0:1) Mundschin
  33' (1:2) Mundschin
  45' (1:3) Wenger
  53' Mundschin
  74' (2:4) Demarmels		 Attendance: 10,200
Referee:   Anton Bucheli Luzern
19 May 1972 Round 23 Basel 4 – 0 Chiasso St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Hitzfeld   12' (1:0)
Hitzfeld  70' (2:0)
Balmer   80' (3:0)
Demarmels   80' (4:0)		 Summary Attendance: 7,000
Referee:   Fernand Burioli Lausanne
26 May 1972 Round 24 Lausanne-Sport 0 – 0 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:30 Ostojic   28'
Richard   47'		 Summary   30' Müller Attendance: 15,000
Referee:   Bruno Della Bruna Lumino
2 June 1972 Round 25 Basel 7 – 1 La Chaux-de-Fonds St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:15 Hitzfeld   16' (1:1)
Balmer   18' (2:1)
Hasler   42' (3:1)
Balmer   51' (4:1)
Hitzfeld   70' (5:1)
Hitzfeld   71' (pen. 6:1)
Demarmels   82' (7:1)		 Summary   14' (0:1) Delavelle
  42' Zaugg
  71' Forestier		 Attendance: 12,000
Referee:   Hans Wieland Grenchen
9 June 1972 Round 26 Young Boys 2 – 3 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
20:15 Brechbühl   37' (1:1)
Bosshard   84' (2:3)		 Summary   15' (pen. 0:1) Hitzfeld
  53' (1:2) Hitzfeld
  66' (1:3) Balmer		 Attendance: 24,000
Referee:   Marcel Despland Yverdon
Last game as referee

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Basel (C) 26 17 5 4 57 30 +27 39 Swiss champions, qualified for 1973–74 European Cup
2 Grasshopper Club 26 14 7 5 54 32 +22 35 Qualified for 1973–74 UEFA Cup
and entered 1973 Intertoto Cup
3 Sion 26 13 7 6 35 30 +5 33 Qualified for 1973–74 UEFA Cup
4 Servette 26 14 3 9 41 23 +18 31
5 Winterthur 26 12 6 8 40 29 +11 30 Entered 1973 Intertoto Cup
6 Lausanne-Sport 26 11 6 9 46 27 +19 28
7 Zürich 26 10 8 8 38 33 +5 28 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1973–74 Cup Winners' Cup
and entered 1973 Intertoto Cup
8 Lugano 26 9 9 8 31 30 +1 27 Entered 1973 Intertoto Cup
9 Young Boys 26 9 5 12 39 40 −1 23
10 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 8 7 11 30 43 −13 23
11 Chiasso 26 8 5 13 21 48 −27 21
12 St. Gallen 26 7 5 14 31 49 −18 19
13 Fribourg 26 4 7 15 24 43 −19 15 Relegated to Nationalliga B
14 Grenchen 26 4 4 18 23 53 −30 12 Relegated to Nationalliga B
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Swiss Cup

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5 November 1972 Round of 32 Basel 6 – 0 Martigny-Sports St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Riner   18' (1:0)
Balmer   49' (2:0)
Hitzfeld   77' (pen. 3:0)
Riner   81' (4:0)
Balmer   83' (5:0)
Riner   87' (6:0)		 Summary Attendance: 5,000
Referee:   Ernest Guignet Yverdon
26 November 1972 Round of 16 BSC Young Boys 0 – 4 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
14:30 Brechbühl   65' Summary   26' (0:1) Demarmels
  57' (0:2) Riner
  61' (0:3) Odermatt
  63' (0:4) Wenger		 Attendance: 11,500
Referee:   Anton Bucheli Luzern
10 December 1972 Quarter-final
First leg		 Chiasso 0 – 2 Basel Stadio Comunale, Chiasso
14:30 Ferroni   68'
Sulmoni   70'		 Summary   2' (0:1) Balmer
  37' Ramseier
  44' Wenger
  55' (0:2) Wenger		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee:   Roland Racine Prilly
17 December 1972 Second leg Basel 5 – 3
(7 – 3 agg.)		 Chiasso St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Ries   12' (1:0)
Balmer   15' (2:0)
Hasler   64' (3:2)
Odermatt   68' (4:2)
Odermatt   89' (5:3)		 Summary   32' (2:1) Allio
  34' (2:2) Boriani
  79' (4:2) Messerli
  81' Katnic		 Attendance: 6,500
Referee:   Walter Gallmann Oberrieden
25 March 1973 Semi-final
First leg		 Biel-Bienne 0 – 1 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
20:15 Summary   76' Hitzfeld Attendance: 10,000
Referee:   Bruno Della Bruna Lumino
28 March 1973 Semi-final
Second leg		 Basel 5 – 1
(6 – 1 agg.)		 Biel-Bienne St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Balmer   19' (1:1)
Balmer   31' (2:1)
Hitzfeld   36' (3:1)
Balmer   51' (4:1)
Demarmels   78' (6:1)		 Summary   6' (0:1) Konrad Attendance: 7,800
Referee:   Walter Gallmann Oberrieden
23 April 1973 Final Zürich 2 – 0 (a.e.t.) Basel Wankdorf, Bern
14:30 Marti   92'
Künzli   101'		 Summary Attendance: 45,000
Referee:   Roland Keller Bern

Swiss League Cup

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Main article: 1972 Swiss League Cup
5 August 1972 Round of 16 Basel 8 – 0 Servette FC Genève St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Balmer   12' (1:0)
Hitzfeld   21' (2:0)
Hitzfeld   25' (3:0)
Stohler   49' (4:0)
Stohler   57' (5:0)
Wenger   73' (6:0)
Riner   77' (7:0)
Wenger   86' (8:0)		 Summary Attendance: 5,000
Referee:   Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne
8 August Quarter-final Basel 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Balmer   78' (1:1)
Schönebeck   120' (2:1)		 Summary   69' (0:1) Piccand Attendance: 8,300
11 October 1972 Semi-final Basel 6 – 1 Sion St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Hitzfeld   16' (1:0)
Balmer   26' (2:0)
Demarmels   42' (3:1)
Demarmels   57'
Odermatt   64' (4:1)
Demarmels   75' (5:1)
Wenger   81' (6:1)		 Summary   26' (2:1) Hermann
  47' Valentini
  47' Wampfler
  76' Barberis		 Attendance: 5,500
Referee:   Anton Bucheli Luzern
11 November 1972 Final Basel 4 – 1 FC Winterthur Letzigrund, Zürich
14:30 Hitzfeld   6' (1:0)
Hitzfeld   22' (2:0)
Balmer   40' (3:1)
Hitzfeld   90' (pen. 4:1)		 Summary   25' Nielsen Attendance: 7,600
Referee:   Jean Dubach Nidau

European Cup

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Main article: 1972–73 European Cup
First round
13 September 1972 First leg Újpesti Dózsa   2 – 0   Basel Újpest
Bene   39'
Horváth   57'
Zámbó   60'		 UEFA summary
FCB summary		   88' Ramseier Stadium: Ferenc Szusza Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee:   Paul Schiller
27 September 1972 Second leg Basel   3 – 2   Újpesti Dózsa Basel
20:00 Hasler   65' (1:1)
Balmer   75' (2:1)
Balmer   83' (3:1)		 UEFA summary
FCB summary		   32' E. Dunai
  46' (0:1) Bene
  58' P. Juhász
  89' (3:2) Bene		 Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium
Attendance: 16,000
Referee:   Walker

Újpesti Dózsa won 4–3 on aggregate.

Cup of the Alps

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Main article: 1972 Cup of the Alps

Matches

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17 June 1972 Round 1 Girondins de Bordeaux   1 – 3   Basel Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
Papin   34' (1:2) Summary   14' (0:1) Balmer
  32' (0:2) Blättler
  85' (1:3) Wenger		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee:   Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne
20 June 1972 Round 2 Olympique Lyonnais   1 – 0   Basel Stade de Gerland, Lyon
Trivic   28' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 3,410
Referee:   Roland Keller Bern
24 June 1972 Round 3 Basel   3 – 4   Girondins de Bordeaux St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Hasler   3' (1:0)
Balmer   48' (2:2)
Hasler   90' (3:4)		 Summary   21' (1:1) Goubet
  25' (1:2) Giresse
  49' (2:3) Lipo
  52' (2:4) Petit		 Attendance: 4,500
Referee:   Roger Machin
27 June 1972 Round 4 Basel   3 – 2   Olympique Lyonnais St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Demarmels   52' (1:0)
Stohler   68' (2:1)
Ramseier   87' (3:1)		 Summary   55' (1:1) Lacombe
  88' (3:2) Di Nallo		 Attendance: 2,600
Referee:   Robert Frauciel

Group B league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Notes
1 Girondins de Bordeaux 4 3 0 1 14 9 6 Qualified for final
2 Basel 4 2 0 2 9 4 4
3 Olympique Lyonnais 4 2 0 2 8 8 4
4 Servette 4 1 0 3 8 14 2

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". "Bilanz 1972/73". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ^ Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A 1972/73". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. ^ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1972/73". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. ^ Garin, Eric (1972). "Switzerland - League Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  5. ^ uefa.com (1973). "1972/73 season – Overview". uefa.com. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  6. ^ Veronese, Andrea (1972). "Cup of the Alps 1972". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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