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

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.

Overview

Pre-season

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

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

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

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

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

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre-season

Pre-season FC Allschwil Switzerland 0 – 9 Switzerland Basel Allschwil
Summary Benthaus
Frigerio
Hauser
Odermatt
27 July 1966 Pre-season SV Schopfheim West Germany 1 – 5 Switzerland Basel Schopfheim
Summary Hauser
Frigerio
30 July 1966 Pre-season FC Allschwil Switzerland 0 – 7 Switzerland 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: Switzerland Eugen Boller Bottmingen
3 August 1966 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 3 – 2 West Germany 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: Switzerland Pius Kamber Zürich
10 August 1966 Pre-season FC Pratteln Switzerland 0 – 11 Switzerland Basel Pratteln
Summary Benthaus (1)
Frigerio (3)
Konrad (1)
Odermatt (1)
Schnyder (1)
Stocker (1)
Vetter (3)
14 August 1966 Pre-season FC Moutier Switzerland 2 – 2 Switzerland Basel Stade des Places, Glovelier
Ognanovic (1:2)
Mathez (2:2)		 Summary (0:1) Odermatt
(0:2) Hauser		 Referee: Switzerland

Winter break

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

Nationalliga A

League matches

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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland Anton Bucheli Luzern
16 October 1966 Round 9 Sion 0 – 0 Basel Parc des Sports, Sion
15:00 Jungo Yellow card
Perroud Yellow card		 Summary Yellow card Moscatelli Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland Strässle Steinach
27 November 1966 Round 13 Grasshopper Club 0 – 2 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
Grahn Yellow card 28'
Fuhrer Yellow card 76'		 Summary 26' (0:1) Wenger
30' (0:2) Hauser
Yellow card 75' Michaud		 Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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
Yellow card 55' Stocker		 Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland Gilbert Droz Marin
4 June 1967 Round 25 Winterthur 0 – 0 Basel Schützenwiese, Winterthur
16:00 Summary Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Switzerland 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: Switzerland Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach

League table

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

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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland Karl Göppel Zürich
27 March 1967 Semi-final Lugano 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) Basel Stadio Cornaredo, Lugano
Summary Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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

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

Utrecht won 4 – 3 on aggregate.

See also

References

Notes

  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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