User:Huligan0/1968–69 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1968–69 season
Chairman	Harry Thommen
Manager	Helmut Benthaus
Ground	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A	Champions
Swiss Cup	Quarter-finals
Fairs Cup	R1
Top goalscorer	Helmut Hauser (10)
	← 1967–68 1969–70 →

The 1968–69 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 75th season in their existence. It was their 23rd 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.

Overview

During this season Helmut Benthaus was the club player-manager, for the third consecutive season. There were 14 teams contesting in the 1968–69 Nationalliga A and Basel finished the championship just one point clear of Lausanne Sports in second position and six points ahead of FC Zürich who finished third. Basel won 13 of the 26 games, drawing ten, losing three times, they scored 48 goals conceding 28. Helmut Hauser was the teams top goal scorer with 16 league goals. Karl Odermatt, Jürgen Sundermann and Walter Balmer each scored 5 league goals.

In the Swiss Cup Basel started in the round of 32 with a 2–1 away win against Thun and in the round of 16, with a home match, they beat Luzern 3–1. In the Quarter-final Basel played an away game against Servette but lost this 1–0.

In the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Basel were drawn against Bologna the first leg away from home on 18 September the return leg in Basel on 2 October. Bologna won both games.

Players

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	Marcel Kunz (games: 18)
—	GK	FRA	Jean-Paul Laufenburger (games: 10)
—	GK	SUI	Claude Iff (games: 1)
—	DF	GER	Josef Kiefer (games: 23)
—	DF	SUI	Bruno Michaud (games/goals: 25/2)
—	DF	SUI	Walter Mundschin (games: 5)
—	DF	SUI	Roland Paolucci (games/goals: 22/1)
—	DF	SUI	Manfred Shädler (games: 1)
—	MF	GER	Helmut Benthaus (games/goals: 12/1)
—	MF	SUI	Otto Demarmels (games/goals: 8/2)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SUI	Karl Odermatt (games/goals: 24/5)
—	MF	SUI	Bruno Rahmen (games/goals: 7/1)
—	MF	SUI	Peter Ramseier (games: 26)
—	MF	SUI	Anton Schnyder (games: 1)
—	MF	SUI	Urs Siegenthaler (games: 9)
—	MF	SUI	Jürgen Sundermann (games/goals: 26/5)
—	FW	SUI	Walter Balmer (games/goals: 11/5)
—	FW	GER	Helmut Hauser (games/goals: 19/10)
—	FW	HUN	Janos Konrad (games/goals: 6/2)
—	FW	SUI	Dieter Rüefli (games/goals: 12/3)
—	FW	SUI	Peter Wenger (games/goals: 20/4)

Results

Nationalliga

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Remarks
1	FC Basel	26	13	10	3	48	28	36	Champions
2	Lausanne Sports	26	15	5	6	70	43	35
3	FC Zürich	26	12	6	8	61	37	30
4	BSC Young Boys	26	12	6	8	49	36	30
5	FC Lugano	26	11	7	8	37	26	29
6	AC Bellinzona	26	10	8	8	38	41	28
7	FC Biel-Bienne	26	9	8	9	52	59	26
8	Servette FC Genève	26	9	7	10	32	39	25
9	Grasshopper Club Zürich	26	7	9	10	43	47	23
10	FC St. Gallen	26	6	11	9	29	37	23
11	FC Winterthur	26	5	12	9	28	43	22
12	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	26	5	11	10	51	53	21
13	FC Sion	26	7	6	13	39	52	20	Relegated
14	FC Lucerne	26	6	4	16	35	71	16	Relegated

Swiss Cup

Legend

Win Draw Loss

2 November 1968 Round of 32	Thun	1 – 2	Basel	Thun
				Stadium: Stadion Lachen

15 December 1968 Round of 16	Basel	3 – 2	Zürich	Basel
				Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium

22 February 1969 Quarter-final

Servette

1 – 0

Basel

Geneva

1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

First round

18 September 1968 First leg	Bologna	4 – 1	FC Basel	Bologna
	Turra 12' Cresci 50' Pace 53' Savoldi 83'		Konrad 48'

2 October 1968 Second leg	FC Basel	1 – 2	Bologna	St. Jakob Stadium Basel
	Hauser 42'		Pace 46' Savoldi 63'

Bologna won 6–2 on aggregate.

Sources and References

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
Switzerland 1968–69 at RSSSF