1966–67 FC Basel season

The 1966–67 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 73rd season in their existence. It was their 21st consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football after their promotion the season 1945–46. They now played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium, in the south-eastern end of the city and no longer in their old stadium Landhof. Harry Thommen took over as club chairman at the AGM from Lucien Schmidlin who retired and became vice-chairman.

FC Basel
1966–67 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Harry Thommen
ManagerGermany Helmut Benthaus
GroundSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga AChampions
Swiss CupWinners
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup1st round
Top goalscorerLeague: Switzerland Roberto Frigerio (16)
All: Switzerland Roberto Frigerio (23)
Highest home attendance31,000 on 11 June 1967
vs. Grasshopper Club
Lowest home attendance4,200 on 29 October 1966
vs. FC Moutier
Average home league attendance11,738

Overview

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Pre-season

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During this season Helmut Benthaus was the club player-manager for the second consecutive season. There were only a few minor changes in the squad. Walter Baumann moved to La Chaux-de-Fonds, Silvan Schwager moved to St. Gallen and Bruno Gabrieli moved to Grasshopper Club. Peter Füri moved on to SC Binningen and here he ended his football career. In the other direction Peter Ramseier joined the club from Cantonal Neuchatel and Anton Schnyder joined from Servette.

Domestic league

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There were 14 teams contesting in the 1966–67 Nationalliga A and Basel finished the seasons as champions just one point clear of both FC Zürich in second position and FC Lugano who finished third. Basel won 16 of the 26 games, drawing eight, losing twice, and they scored 60 goals conceding just 20.[1] Roberto Frigerio was the team's top goal scorer with 16 league goals, Helmut Hauser second best goal scorer with 14. In the highest scoring game of the season, a 10–0 win against FC Moutier Roberto 'Mucho' Frigerio managed to score four[2] and in the test game against FC Allschwil he scored six in the 9–1 victory.

Swiss Cup

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In the Swiss Cup Basel started in the round of 32 with a 6–0 home win against Blue Stars and in the round of 16, also a home match, they beat FC Zürich 3–2. In the Quarter-final Basel won the replay against Biel-Bienne 2–1 to qualify for the semi-finals. Basel played an away match in the Stadio Cornaredo against FC Lugano in the semi-final which ended goalless and therefore a replay was required here too. The replay was played in the St. Jakob Stadium and goals from Karl Odermatt and Helmut Benthaus gave Basel a 2–1 victory to qualify for the final which was to take place three days later.

In the Cup final Basel's opponents were Lausanne-Sports. In the former Wankdorf Stadium on 15 May 1967, Helmut Hauser scored the decisive goal via penalty. The game went down in football history due to the sit-down strike that followed this goal. After 88 minutes of play, with the score at 1–1, referee Karl Göppel awarded Basel a controversial penalty. André Grobéty had pushed Hauser gently in the back and he let himself drop theatrically. Subsequent to the 2–1 for Basel the Lausanne players refused to resume the game and they sat down demonstratively on the pitch. The referee had to abandon the match. Basel were awarded the cup with a 3–0 forfait.[3][4]

Basel had won the double for the first time in the club's history.

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

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In the first round of the 1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Basel were drawn against VV DOS Utrecht. The first leg was played in the Netherlands and ended in a 2–1 defeat, despite an early lead. In the return leg Basel led 2–0 but VV DOS were able to equalise and therefore won 4–3 on aggregate.

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 (games/goals: 24/0)
2 DF   GER Josef Kiefer (games/goals: 26/0)
3 DF   SUI Bruno Michaud (games/goals: 26/2)
4 DF   SUI Markus Pfirter (games/goals: 26/3)
5 DF   SUI Hanspeter Stocker (games/goals: 21/4)
6 MF   SUI Karl Odermatt (games/goals: 26/8)
7 MF   SUI Anton Schnyder (new, games/goals: 25/1)
8 MF   GER Helmut Benthaus (games/goals: 18/3)
9 FW   SUI Roberto Frigerio (games/goals: 24/16)
10 FW   GER Helmut Hauser (games/goals: 18/14)
11 FW   SUI Peter Wenger (games/goals: 19/5)
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 FW   SUI Hanspeter Vetter (games/goals: 7/1)
13 DF   SUI Walter Mundschin (games/goals: 7/0)
14 MF   SUI Peter Ramseier (new, games/goals: 5/0)
15 MF   SUI Aldo Moscatelli (games/goals: 17/3)
GK   FRA Jean-Paul Laufenburger (games/goals: 3/0)
GK   SUI Hans-Ruedi Günthardt (games/goals: 0/0)
GK   SUI Heini Degen (reserves, games/goals: 0/0)
FW   HUN Janos Konrad (games/goals: 1/0)
DF   SUI Werner Decker (reserves, games/goals: 0/0)
DF   SUI Bruno Rahmen (reserves, games/goals: 0/0)
DF   SUI Roland Paolucci (reserves, games/goals: 0/0)}
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
DF   SUI Walter Baumann (to La Chaux-de-Fonds)
DF   SUI Peter Füri (to SC Binningen)
DF   SUI Silvan Schwager (to St. Gallen)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW   SUI Bruno Gabrieli (to Grasshopper Club)
FW   SUI Alois Holenstein (to reserve team)
FW   SUI Urs Rickenbacher (to reserve team)

Results

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Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

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Pre-season

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Pre-season FC Allschwil   0 – 9   Basel Allschwil
Summary   Benthaus
            Frigerio
  Hauser
  Odermatt
27 July 1966 Pre-season SV Schopfheim   1 – 5   Basel Schopfheim
  Summary       Hauser
  Frigerio
 
30 July 1966 Pre-season FC Allschwil   0 – 7   Basel Gartenhof Allschwil
19:00 Summary   5' (o.g) Stoll
  12' (0:2) Benthaus
  37' (0:3) Hauser
  (0:4) Frigerio
  o.g' Stoll
  (0:6) Frigerio
  76' (0:7) Konrad
Referee:   Eugen Boller Bottmingen
3 August 1966 Pre-season Basel   3 – 2   Bayern München St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel
20:00 Benthaus   39' (1:2)
Moscatelli   51' (2:2)
Ramseier   79' (3:2)
Summary   12' (0:1) Ohlhauser
  30' (0:2) Nafziger
Attendance: 3,500
Referee:   Pius Kamber Zürich
10 August 1966 Pre-season FC Pratteln   0 – 11   Basel Pratteln
Summary Benthaus   (1)
Frigerio   (3)
Konrad   (1)
Odermatt   (1)
Schnyder   (1)
Stocker   (1)
Vetter   (3)
14 August 1966 Pre-season FC Moutier   2 – 2   Basel Stade des Places, Glovelier
Ognanovic   (1:2)
Mathez   (2:2)
Summary   (0:1) Odermatt
  (0:2) Hauser
Referee:  

Winter break

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18 January 1967 Winter break CD Tenerife   0 – 0   Basel Tenerife
Summary Attendance: 3,000
8 February 1967 Winter break Black Stars Basel   0 – 6   Basel Buschweilerhof, Basel
20:00 Summary Frigerio   4' (0:1)
Pfirter   37' (0:2)
Hauser   (0:3)
Hauser   (0:4)
Jakobi   (o.g.)
Odermatt   (0:6)
Referee:   Eugen Boller Bottmingen
12 February 1965 Winter break Schaffhausen   1 – 6   Basel Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen
14:30 Wolfi   Summary   pen.' Stocker
  Hauser
  (2) Frigerio
  (2) Schnyder
Attendance: 700
Referee:   Karl Göppel Zürich
19 February 1967 Winter break Wettingen   1 – 3   Basel Stadion Altenburg, Wettingen
Beichter   65' (1:1) Summary   45' Pfirter
  49' (1:0) Hauser
  68' (1:2) Frigerio
  86' (1:3) Odermatt
Attendance: 1,500
Referee:   Schumacher Luzern
22 February 1967 Winter break Tennis Borussia Berlin   4 – 0   Basel Poststadion, Berlin
Lunenburg   13' (1:0)
Seemann   29' (2:0)
Lunenburg   48' (3:0)
Gersdorff   73' (4:0)
Summary Attendance: 1,505
Referee:   Peter Gabor
25 February 1967 Winter break Old Boys   0 – 2   Basel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
Summary   (0:1) Schneeberger
  (0:2) Schneeberger
Attendance: 1,000

Nationalliga A

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League matches

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28 August 1966 Round 1 Basel 1 – 0 Lugano St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Stocker   85' (pen. 1:0) Summary Attendance: 5,000
Referee:   Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
28 August 1966 Round 2 La Chaux-de-Fonds 0 – 2 Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
15:00 Summary   51' (0:1) Frigerio
  53' (0:2) Frigerio
Attendance: 2,000
Referee:   Roland Marendaz Lausanne
4 September 1966 Round 3 Basel 2 – 2 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Stocker   19' (pen. 1:1)
Stocker   90' (pen. 2:2)
Summary   4' (0:1) Hosp
  73' (1:2) Weibel
Attendance: 9,200
Referee:   Karl Göppel Zürich
11 September 1966 Round 4 Basel 5 – 0 Grenchen Landhof, Basel
16:00 Hauser   23' (1:0)
Benthaus   39' (2:0)
Hauser   63' (3:0)
Frigerio   77' (4:0)
Frigerio   79' (5:0)
Summary Attendance: 5,000
Referee:   Josef Zibung Luzern
17 September 1966 Round 5 Servette 1 – 2 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
20:45 Odermatt   34' (o.g.) Summary   38' (1:1) Odermatt
  69' (1:2) Odermatt
Attendance: 4,600
Referee:   Mario Clematide Zollikofen
25 September 1966 Round 6 Basel 2 – 2 Young Fellows Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hauser   50' (1:1)
Odermatt   88' (2:2)
Summary   19' (0:1) von Burg
  83' (1:2) von Burg
Attendance: 6,700
Referee:   Marcel Despland Yverdon
2 October 1966 Round 7 Young Boys 1 – 1 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
20:15 Grünig   19' (pen. 1:0) Summary   21' (1:1) Hauser Attendance: 10,000
Referee:   W. Hardmeier Thalwil
9 October 1966 Round 8 Basel 3 – 1 Zürich St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel
15:00 Odermatt   4' (1:0)
Hauser   9' (2:0)
Hauser   28' (pen. 3:0)
Summary   78' (3:1) Trivellin Attendance: 21,500
Referee:   Anton Bucheli Luzern
16 October 1966 Round 9 Sion 0 – 0 Basel Parc des Sports, Sion
15:00 Jungo  
Perroud  
Summary   Moscatelli Attendance: 10,000
Referee:   Gilbert Droz Marin
29 October 1966 Round 10 Basel 10 – 0 FC Moutier Landhof, Basel
14:30 Frigerio   8' (1:0)
Moscatelli   18' (2:0)
Wenger   28' (3:0)
Frigerio   43' (4:0)
Hauser   48' (pen. 5:0)
Frigerio   61' (6:0)
Hauser  69' (7:0)
Frigerio   80' (8:0)
Moscatelli   84' (9:0)
Odermatt   88' (10:0)
Summary Attendance: 4,200
Referee:   Pius Kamber Zürich
13 November 1966 Round 11 Biel-Bienne 0 – 2 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
Summary   57' (0:1) Hauser
  74' (pen. 0:2) Hauser
Attendance: 7,500
Referee:   Luigi Grassi Novazzano
19 November 1966 Round 12 Basel 4 – 0 Winterthur Landhof, Basel
14:30 Hauser   11' (1:0)
Stocker   34' (pen. 2:0)
Hauser   59' (3:0)
Wenger  66' (4:0)
Summary Attendance: 6,000
Referee:   Strässle Steinach
27 November 1966 Round 13 Grasshopper Club 0 – 2 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
Grahn   28'
Fuhrer   76'
Summary   26' (0:1) Wenger
  30' (0:2) Hauser
  75' Michaud
Attendance: 18,000
Referee:   Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
4 December 1966 Round 14 Lugano 3 – 1 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
Luttrop   32' (1:0)
Simonetti   47' (2:0)
Simonetti   89' (3:1)
Summary   70' (2:1) Frigerio Attendance: 15,000
Referee:   Karl Göppel Zürich
12 March 1967 Round 15 Basel 1 – 0 La Chaux-de-Fonds St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Frigerio   71' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 12,000
Referee:   A. Ceretti Biel/Bienne
19 March 1967 Round 16 Lausanne-Sport 0 – 2 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
15:00 Summary   68' (0:1) Frigerio
  66' (0:2) Pfirter
Attendance: 7,000
Referee:   Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
2 April 1967 Round 17 Grenchen 0 – 4 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
Summary   2' (0:1) Frigerio
  59' (o.g.)
  73' (0:3) Moscatelli
  75' (0:4) Frigerio
Attendance: 8,000
Referee:   Roland Keller Bern
9 April 1967 Round 18 Basel 1 – 1 Servette St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:15 Frigerio   24' (1:1) Summary   14' (o.g.) Stocker Attendance: 6,000
Referee:   Mario Clematide Zollikofen
16 April 1967 Round 19 Young Fellows Zürich 2 – 1 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
14:00 Chiaudussi   73' (1:1)
Heer   79' (2:1)
Summary   23' (0:1) Vetter Attendance: 24,500
Referee:   Marcel Schneuwly Fribourg
23 April 1967 Round 20 Basel 4 – 1 Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Frigerio   (2x)
Michaud  
Benthaus  
Summary   Attendance: 13,000
Referee:   Luigi Grassi Novazzano
30 April 1967 Round 21 Zürich 2 – 2 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
16:00 Künzli   39' (pen. 1:2)
Stürmer   89' (2:2)
Summary   8' (0:1) Wenger
  27' (0:2) Benthaus
  55' Stocker
Attendance: 20,000
Referee:   Othmar Huber Thun
7 May 1967 Round 22 Basel 2 – 1 Sion Landhof, Basel
15:00 Wenger   21' (1:1)
Odermatt   83' (2:1)
Summary   17' (0:1) Frochaux Attendance: 9,000
Referee:   Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
21 May 1967 Round 23 FC Moutier 0 – 1 Basel Stade de Chalière, Moutier
16:30 Summary   55' (0:1) Michaud Attendance: 5,800
Referee:   Roland Marendaz Lausanne
28 May 1967 Round 24 Basel 4 – 1 Biel-Bienne St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Pfirter   27' (1:0)
Odermatt   53' (2:0)
Hauser   68' (pen.)
Schnyder   68' (4:0)
Summary   84' (4:1) Matter Attendance: 14,000
Referee:   Gilbert Droz Marin
4 June 1967 Round 25 Winterthur 0 – 0 Basel Schützenwiese, Winterthur
16:00 Summary Attendance: 11,000
Referee:   Josef Zibung Luzern
11 June 1967 Round 26 Basel 2 – 2 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel
16:00 Pfirter   4' (1:0)
Odermatt   34' (2:0)
Summary   52' (2:1) Blättler
  60' (2:2) Bernasconi
Attendance: 31,000
Referee:   Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Basel (C) 26 16 8 2 61 20 +41 40 Swiss Champions, qualified for 1967–68 European Cup
Swiss Cup winners
2 FC Zürich 26 18 3 5 70 31 +39 39
3 FC Lugano 26 17 5 4 51 29 +22 39 Entered 1967 Intertoto Cup
4 Grasshopper Club Zürich 26 14 4 8 60 31 +29 32
5 Servette FC Genève 26 10 6 10 49 35 +14 26
6 FC Sion 26 10 6 10 48 38 +10 26 Entered 1967 Intertoto Cup
7 BSC Young Boys 26 10 6 10 44 48 −4 26 Entered 1967 Intertoto Cup
8 FC Grenchen 26 10 4 12 43 49 −6 24 Entered 1967 Intertoto Cup
9 Young Fellows Zürich 26 9 6 11 33 44 −11 24
10 Lausanne Sports 26 9 3 14 46 44 +2 21 Swiss Cup finalist, qualified for 1966–67 Cup Winners' Cup
Entered 1967 Intertoto Cup
11 FC Biel-Bienne 26 8 5 13 25 42 −17 21
12 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 8 4 14 34 48 −14 20 Won relegation play-off
13 FC Winterthur 26 8 4 14 33 54 −21 20 Lost relegation play-off, relegated to Nationalliga B
14 FC Moutier 26 2 2 22 16 100 −84 6 Relegated to Nationalliga B
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Swiss Cup

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6 November 1966 Round of 32 Basel 6 – 0 Blue Stars Landhof, Basel
14:15 Frigerio   37' (1:0)
Frigerio   41' (2:0)
Moscatelli   44' (3:0)
Stocker   52' (4:0)
Frigerio   63' (5:0)
Pfirter   87' (6:0)
Summary Attendance: 2,200
Referee:   Strässle Steinach
11 December 1966 Round of 16 Basel 3 – 2 Zürich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Vetter   13' (1:0)
Hauser   72' (2:2)
Hauser   79' (3:2)
Summary   62' (1:1) Trivellin
  71' (pen. 1:2) Neumann
Attendance: 22,000
Referee:   Anton Bucheli Luzern
4 March 1967 Quarter-final Basel 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) Biel-Bienne St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Frigerio   27' (1:0)
Stocker   58' (pen. 2:1)
Summary   46' (1:1) Graf
  77' (2:2) Leu
Attendance: 12,000
Referee:   Strässle Steinach
8 March 1967 Quarter-final replay Biel-Bienne 1 – 2 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel
20:15 Bai   31' (1:1) Summary   17' (0:1) Hauser
  59' (1:2) Frigerio
Attendance: 12,500
Referee:   Karl Göppel Zürich
27 March 1967 Semi-final Lugano 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) Basel Stadio Cornaredo, Lugano
Summary Attendance: 16,000
Referee:   Josef Zibung Luzern
12 April 1967 Semi-final replay Basel 2 – 1 Lugano St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Odermatt   12' (1:0)
Benthaus   72' (2:1)
Summary   41' (1:1) Luttrop Attendance: 51,000
Referee:   Gilbert Droz Marin
15 May 1967 Final Basel 2 – 1 Lausanne-Sports Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
15:00 Hauser   11' (1:0)
Hauser   88' (pen. 2:1)
Summary   41' (o.g.) Josef Kiefer Attendance: 45,000
Referee:   Karl Göppel Zürich

The final was abandoned in 89' at 2-1 and awarded 3-0 in favour of Basel: Lausanne-Sports protested by a sit-in against the penalty decision that led to 2-1.

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

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First round
13 September 1966 First leg DOS Utrecht   2 – 1   Basel Utrecht
Stocker   16' (o.g.)
Wery   65'
Summary   15' Odermatt Stadium: Galgenwaard
Attendance: 4,100
Referee:   William J. Mullan
21 September 1966 Second leg Basel 2 – 2
(3 – 4 agg.)
  DOS Utrecht Basel
Frigerio   59', 62' Summary   69' Wery
  78' van der Linden
Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium
Attendance: 6,300
Referee:   Rudolf Kreitlein

Utrecht won 4 – 3 on aggregate.

See also

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References

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Notes

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  1. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1966/67". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC Moutier 10:0 (4:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. ^ Schmid, Andreas W. (2010). ""Ein klarer Penalty!" "Nein, eine klare Schwalbe!"" (in German). Basler Zeitung. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
  4. ^ dsc (2010). "Der legendäre Sitzstreik im Final 1967" (in German). sport.sf.tv. Archived from the original on 2010-05-11. Retrieved 2010-11-16.

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