1968–69 season | |
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Chairman | ![]() |
Manager | ![]() |
Ground | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Nationalliga A | Champions |
Swiss Cup | Quarter-finals |
Fairs Cup | Round 1 |
Cup of the Alps | Runners-up |
Top goalscorer | League: ![]() All: ![]() |
Highest home attendance | 46,000 on 31 May 1969 vs. Lausanne-Sport |
Lowest home attendance | 6,000 on 12 April 1969 vs. Servette |
Average home league attendance | 15,476 |
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. Harry Thommen was the club's chairman of the board for the third consecutive season. Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium.
Overview
Pre-season
During this season Helmut Benthaus was the club's player-manager for the fourth consecutive season. Paul Fischli joined the team coming from Young Fellows Zürich.[1] Jürgen Sundermann signed in from Servette and Walter Balmer joined from Thun. In the other direction Hanspeter Stocker left the club after eight years and moved to Baden for his last season before retiring from his active football career. Between the years 1960 and 1968 Stocker played a total of 309 games for Basel scoring a total of 34 goals. 171 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, 28 in the Swiss Cup, 28 were on European level and 82 were friendly games. He scored 22 goal in the domestic league, 3 in the Cup, 2 in the European matches and the other seven were scored during the test games.[2] Markus Pfirter left the club after seven years and went on to St. Gallen. Between the years 1961 and 1968 Pfirter played a total of 263 games for Basel scoring a total of 54 goals. 143 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, 27 in the Swiss Cup, 28 in European competitions and 65 were friendly games. He scored 29 goal in the domestic league, 10 in the Cup and one in the International Football Cup. The other 14 were scored during the test games.[3] Also, Roberto Frigerio left the club after a total of seven years. He moved to Bellinzona. Between the years 1958 to 1960 and again from 1963 to 1968, Frigerio played a total of 256 games for Basel scoring a total of 176 goals. 144 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, 23 in the Swiss Cup, 18 in the european competitions (Cup of the Alps, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, European Cup) and 71 were friendly games. He scored 74 goals in the domestic league, 22 in the Swiss Cup, 7 in the european competitions and the other 73 were scored during the test games.[4] Moscatelli left after five years and went to Lugano. Between the years 1964 and 1967 Moscatelli played a total of 95 games for Basel scoring a total of 27 goals. 47 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, 12 in the Swiss Cup, 11 were on European level (Cup of the Alps, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup) and 25 were friendly games. He scored 8 goals in the domestic league, three in the Swiss Cup, one in the Cup of the Alps and the other 15 were scored during the test games.[5]
Basel played a total of 52 matches in this season. 26 of these games were in the domestic league, three were in the Swiss Cup, five were in the Cup of the Alps, two were in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and 15 were friendly matches. Of these 15 test games 12 were won and two ended with a draw and one ended in a defeat. Seven were played at home and eight played away.[6]
Domestic league
There were 14 teams contesting in the 1968–69 Nationalliga A. These were the top 12 teams from the previous 1967–68 season and the two newly promoted teams Winterthur and St. Gallen. Basel finished the league season as champions one point ahead of Lausanne Sports in second position, who they defeated 4–0 in the second last match of the season, and six points clear of FC Zürich who finished third. Basel won 13 of the 26 games, drawing ten, losing three times, they scored 48 goals conceding 28.[7] Helmut Hauser was the team's top goal scorer with 16 league goals. Karl Odermatt, Jürgen Sundermann and Walter Balmer each scored 5 league goals. Both Sundermann and Ramseier played in all 26 league matches that season.[8]
Swiss Cup
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.
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and Cup of the Alps
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. In the 1968 Cup of the Alps the team managed to win the group and played in the final against FC Schalke 04 but were defeated 1–3 after extra time.[9]
Players
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Results
- Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches
Pre- and mid-season
28 July 1968 Pre-season | VfB Stuttgart ![]() | 4 – 4 | ![]() | Panoramastadion (Holzhausen) |
16:00 | Sieloff ![]() Haug ![]() Haaga ![]() Handschuh ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 6,000 |
31 July 1968 Pre-season | Baden ![]() | 2 – 4 | ![]() | Scharten, Baden |
Keller ![]() Wolfensberger ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: ![]() |
3 August 1968 Pre-season | Freiburger FC ![]() | 3 – 1 | ![]() | Freiburg |
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Summary | ![]() |
6 August 1968 Pre-season | Basel ![]() | 4 – 3 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:15 | Sundermann ![]() Hauser ![]() Rüefli ![]() Fischli ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 5,500 Referee: ![]() |
11 August 1968 Pre-season | SC Zofingen ![]() | 0 – 12 | ![]() | Längacker, Aarburg |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,200 Referee: ![]() |
10 September 1969 Mid-season | Basel ![]() | 0 – 0 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:15 | Summary | Attendance: 13,000 Referee: ![]() |
25 September 1968 Mid-season | FC Olten ![]() | 0 – 6 | ![]() | Kleinholz, Olten |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: ![]() |
Winter break
8 February 1969 Winter break | Basel ![]() | 3 – 2 | ![]() | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Hauser ![]() Wenger ![]() Hauser ![]() Michaud ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 400 Referee: ![]() |
9 February 1969 Winter break | Wettingen ![]() | 0 – 3 | ![]() | Stadion Altenburg, Wettingen |
Summary | Odermatt ![]() Paolucci ![]() Rüefli ![]() |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: ![]() |
12 February 1969 Winter break | FC Pratteln ![]() | 0 – 6 | ![]() | In den Sandgruben, Pratteln |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 300 Referee: ![]() |
16 February 1969 Winter break | Basel ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Sundermann ![]() Odermatt ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 1,200 Referee: ![]() |
19 February 1969 Winter break | Black Stars Basel ![]() | 0 – 14 | ![]() | Buschweilerhof Basel |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 300 |
2 April 1969 Mid-season | Basel ![]() | 4 – 1 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Michaud ![]() Hauser ![]() Walz ![]() Sundermann ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: ![]() |
Nationalliga
League matches
17 August 1968 Round 1 | Basel | 4 – 2 | Biel-Bienne | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:15 | Rüefli ![]() Leu ![]() Fischli ![]() Sundermann ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 9,000 Referee: ![]() |
25 August 1968 Round 2 | Bellinzona | 2 – 1 | Basel | Stadio Comunale Bellinzona |
16:00 | Rebozzi ![]() Sörensen ![]() Benko ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: ![]() |
31 August 1968 Round 3 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Fischli ![]() Wenger ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 14,000 Referee: ![]() |
7 September 1968 Round 4 | Sion | 1 – 1 | Basel | Stade Tourbillon, Sion |
20:30 | Bruttin ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: ![]() |
14 September 1968 Round 5 | Basel | 3 – 2 | St. Gallen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:15 | Rüefli ![]() Rüefli ![]() Sundermann ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 8,000 Referee: ![]() |
29 September 1968 Round 6 | Servette | 0 – 2 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
15:00 | Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: ![]() |
5 October 1968 Round 7 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Young Boys | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:15 | Hauser ![]() Fischli ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 15,500 Referee: ![]() |
19 October 1968 Round 8 | Lugano | 1 – 0 | Basel | Cornaredo, Lugano |
20:30 | Simonetti ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 7,000 Referee: ![]() |
26 October 1968 Round 9 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Zürich | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
17:30 | Fischli ![]() Fischli ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 20,000 Referee: ![]() |
10 November 1968 Round 10 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 1 – 1 | Basel | Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds |
14:45 | Brossard ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: ![]() |
17 November 1968 Round 11 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Winterthur | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Paolucci ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 8,000 Referee: ![]() |
1 December 1968 Round 12 | Lausanne-Sport | 5 – 0 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
14:30 | Vuillemier ![]() Hosp ![]() Chapuisat ![]() Zappella ![]() Kerkhoffs ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 10,000 Referee: ![]() |
8 December 1968 Round 13 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Luzern | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Hauser ![]() Fischli ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 7,200 Referee: ![]() |
2 March 1969 Round 14 | Biel-Bienne | 1 – 1 | Basel | Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne |
15:00 | Peters ![]() Knuchel ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 7,000 Referee: ![]() |
9 March 1969 Round 15 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Bellinzona | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Hauser ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 11,000 Referee: ![]() |
16 March 1969 Round 16 | Grasshopper Club | 2 – 2 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
15:00 | Blättler ![]() Thurnherr ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: ![]() |
22 March 1969 Round 17 | Basel | 2 – 2 | Sion | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
15:00 | Demarmels ![]() Michaud ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 8,500 Referee: ![]() |
30 March 1969 Round 18 | St. Gallen | 0 – 0 | Basel | Paul-Grüninger-Stadion, St. Gallen |
14:30 | Summary | Attendance: 5,500 Referee: ![]() |
12 April 1969 Round 19 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Servette | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Hauser ![]() Balmer ![]() Hauser ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: ![]() |
19 April 1969 Round 20 | Young Boys | 0 – 2 | Basel | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
20:15 | Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 24,000 Referee: ![]() |
26 April 1969 Round 21 | Basel | 3 – 0 | Lugano | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Wenger ![]() Hauser ![]() Hauser ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 32,000 Referee: ![]() |
4 May 1969 Round 22 | Zürich | 0 – 3 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
15:45 | Künzli ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 16,000 Referee: ![]() |
9 May 1969 Round 23 | Basel | 5 – 0 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Hauser ![]() Hauser ![]() Odermatt ![]() Wenger ![]() Balmer ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 16,000 Referee: ![]() |
17 May 1969 Round 24 | Winterthur | 0 – 0 | Basel | Schützenwiese, Winterthur |
17:15 | Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 12,000 Referee: ![]() |
31 May 1969 Round 25 | Basel | 4 – 0 | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
20:00 | Balmer ![]() Odermatt ![]() Benthaus ![]() Hauser ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 46,000 (new record for Swiss football) Referee: ![]() |
7 June 1969 Round 26 | Luzern | 2 – 3 | Basel | Stadion Allmend, Luzern |
20:15 | Trivellin ![]() Richter ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 16,500 Referee: ![]() |
League standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Basel (C) | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 48 | 28 | +20 | 36 | Swiss Champions, qualified for 1969–70 European Cup |
2 | Lausanne-Sport | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 70 | 43 | +27 | 35 | |
3 | Zürich | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 30 | |
4 | Young Boys | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 49 | 36 | +13 | 30 | Entered 1969 Intertoto Cup |
5 | Lugano | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 26 | +11 | 29 | Entered 1969 Intertoto Cup |
6 | Bellinzona | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 28 | Entered 1969 Intertoto Cup |
7 | FC Biel-Bienne | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 52 | 59 | −7 | 26 | |
8 | Servette | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 25 | Entered 1969 Intertoto Cup |
9 | Grasshopper Club | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 23 | |
10 | St. Gallen | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 23 | Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1969–70 Cup Winners' Cup |
11 | Winterthur | 26 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 43 | −15 | 22 | |
12 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 51 | 53 | −2 | 21 | Entered 1969 Intertoto Cup |
13 | Sion | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 20 | Relegated to Nationalliga B |
14 | Luzern | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 35 | 71 | −36 | 16 | Relegated to Nationalliga B |
Swiss Cup
2 November 1968 Round of 32 | Thun | 1 – 2 | Basel | Stadion Lachen, Thun |
Balmer ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,500 Referee: ![]() |
15 December 1968 Round of 16 | Basel | 3 – 2 | Zürich | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Ramseier ![]() Benthaus ![]() Hauser ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 9.200 Referee: ![]() |
22 February 1969 Quarter-final | Servette | 1 – 0 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
14:30 | Pottier ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 7,000 Referee: ![]() |
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
- First round
18 September 1968 First leg | Bologna ![]() | 4 – 1 | ![]() | Stadio Comunale (Littoriale) Bologna |
Turra ![]() Cresci ![]() Pace ![]() Savoldi ![]() |
Summary | Konrad ![]() |
Attendance: 11,000 Referee: ![]() |
2 October 1968 Second leg | FC Basel ![]() | 1 – 2 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium Basel |
20:15 | Hauser ![]() |
Summary | Pace ![]() Savoldi ![]() |
Attendance: 10,000 Referee: ![]() |
Bologna won 6–2 on aggregate.
Cup of the Alps
Group A matches
15 June 1968 round 1 | Servette FC Genève ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
Henri ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: ![]() |
18 June 1968 round 2 | FC Basel ![]() | 2 – 2 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium Basel |
20:00 | Fischli ![]() Demarmels ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 7,100 Referee: ![]() |
22 June 1968 round 3 | FC Basel ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium Basel |
20:00 | Paolucci ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 4,500 Referee: ![]() |
25 June 1968 round 4 | FC Basel ![]() | 3 – 2 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium Basel |
20:00 | Hauser ![]() Rahmen ![]() Hauser ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 8,500 Referee: ![]() |
29 June 1969 round 5 | FC Basel ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium Basel |
20:00 | Paolucci ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 12,500 Referee: ![]() |
Group A table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | FC Basel | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 7 |
2 | A.S. Roma | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 7 |
3 | Fiorentina | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 |
4 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 |
5 | Servette FC Genève | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 4 |
6 | 1. FC Köln | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 |
Final
2. July 1968 Final | FC Basel ![]() | 1 – 3 (a.e.t.) | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium Basel |
20:00 | Helmut Hauser ![]() Schnyder ![]() |
Summary Report FC Schalke 04 |
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Attendance: 13,000 Referee: ![]() |
See also
References
- ↑ Müller, Lukas (2010). "Rotblau: Paul Fischli – der Glarner in Basel". Rotblau. FC Basel Marketing AG. ISSN 1660-0878.
- ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Hanspeter Stocker - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Markus Pfirter - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Roberto Frigerio - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Aldo Moscatelli - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz 1968/69". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ↑ Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A 1968/69". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Statistik 1968/69". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ↑ Garin, Erik (2000). "Cup of the Alps 1968". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
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