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1967–68 FC Basel season

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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

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.

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 Switzerland SUI Marcel Kunz
2 DF Switzerland SUI Markus Pfirter
3 DF Switzerland SUI Bruno Michaud
4 MF Switzerland SUI Peter Ramseier
5 DF Switzerland SUI Hanspeter Stocker
6 MF Switzerland SUI Karl Odermatt
7 MF Switzerland SUI Anton Schnyder
8 MF Germany GER Helmut Benthaus
9 FW Germany GER Helmut Hauser
9 FW Switzerland SUI Roberto Frigerio
10 FW Switzerland SUI Dieter Rüefli (from Winterthur)
11 FW Switzerland SUI Peter Wenger
GK Switzerland SUI Hans-Ruedi Günthardt
No. Pos. Nation Player
GK France FRA Jean-Paul Laufenburger
GK Switzerland SUI Herbert Stierli (new)
DF Germany GER Josef Kiefer
DF Switzerland SUI Walter Mundschin
DF Switzerland SUI Roland Paolucci
DF Switzerland SUI Manfred Schädler (from FC Birsfelden)
MF Switzerland SUI Werner Decker (reserve team)
MF Switzerland SUI Otto Demarmels
FW Hungary HUN Janos Konrad (reserve team)
MF Switzerland SUI Aldo Moscatelli
MF Switzerland SUI Urs Siegenthaler
MF Switzerland SUI Bruno Rahmen
FW Switzerland 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 Switzerland 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 West Germany 3 – 3 Switzerland 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: West Germany Eisenmann
2 August 1967 Pre-season SV Schopfheim West Germany 1 – 8 Switzerland Basel Oberfeldstadion, Schopfheim
Summary (4x) Rüefli
(2x) Frigerio
(1x) Hauser
(1x) Odermatt
5 August 1967 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 2 – 2 Czech Republic 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: Switzerland Eugen Boller Bottmingen

Winter break and mid-season

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11 February 1968 Winter break Basel Switzerland 4 – 0 Switzerland 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: Switzerland J. Heymann Arlesheim
18 February 1968 Winter break Basel Switzerland 4 – 0 Switzerland 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: Switzerland H. R. Keller Basel
24 February 1968 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 4 – 0 Switzerland Solothurn Landhof, Basel
Ramseier 9' (1:0)
Rüefli 10' (2:0)
Ramseier 41' (3:0)
Odermatt 73' (4:0)
Summary Attendance: 300
Referee: Switzerland Peter Hänggi Aesch
16 March 1968 Mid-season Thun Switzerland 1 – 4 Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
27 August 1967 Round 2 Sion 0 – 0 Basel Parc des Sports, Sion
16:00 Summary Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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 Yellow card 79'
Frigerio 80' (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland Josef Zibung Luzern
26 October 1967 Round 10 Bellinzona 0 – 0 Basel Stadio Comunale Bellinzona
15:00 Summary Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland Mario Clematide Zollikofen
3 December 1967 Round 13 Basel 1 – 0 Servette St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Hauser 64' (pen.)
Hauser Yellow card 85'
Summary Yellow card 64' Barlie
Yellow card 64' Maffiolo
Yellow card 79' Pazmandy
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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 Yellow card 65' Benthaus
78' (pen. 3:1) Frigerio
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Switzerland 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
Yellow card 88' Duvoisin
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Switzerland 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
Yellow card 83' Kiefer
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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
Yellow card Ramseier
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Werner Mettler St. Gallen
1 June 1968 Round 25 Basel 0 – 1 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:15 Kiefer Red card 3'
Hauser soccer ball with red X 62′
Summary 82' (0:1) Grahn Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland Gilbert Droz Marin

European Cup

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First round
20 September 1967 First leg Basel Switzerland 1 – 2 Denmark 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 Denmark 3 – 3 Switzerland Basel Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
19:00 Hansen 18'
Sørensen 39'
Olsen 58'
Report
FCB Summary
2' Hauser
Yellow card 63' Benthaus
78' Benthaus
85' Wenger
Attendance: 9,363
Referee: England 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 Switzerland 0 – 1 Italy Torino St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Summary 4' (0:1) Ferrini Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Switzerland Pius Kamber Zürich
20 June 1967 Round 2 Basel Switzerland 0 – 2 Italy AS Roma St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Summary 7' (0:1) Barison
76' (0:2) Barison
Attendance: 8,600
Referee: Switzerland Mario Clematide Zollikofen
23 June 1967 Round 3 Basel Switzerland 4 – 4 West Germany 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: Switzerland Gottfried Dienst, Basel
27 June 1967 Round 4 Basel Switzerland 0 – 3 Italy 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: Switzerland Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
15 August 1967 Round 5 Basel Switzerland 1 – 2 West Germany 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: Switzerland 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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