1969–70 FC Basel season
1969–70 season | |
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Chairman | ![]() |
Manager | ![]() |
Ground | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Nationalliga A | Champions |
Swiss Cup | Runner-up |
European Cup | Round 1 |
Cup of the Alps | Winners |
Top goalscorer | League: ![]() All: ![]() |
Highest home attendance | 35,000 on 27 May 1970 vs. Grasshopper Club |
Lowest home attendance | 8,000 on 30 November 1969 vs. Biel-Bienne and on 14 December 1969 vs. Wettingen and on 1 March 1970 vs St. Gallen |
Average home league attendance | 15,653 |
The 1969–70 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 76th season in their existence. It was their 24th 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
Helmut Benthaus was player-manager for the fifth consecutive season. There were only a few changes in the squad. Manfred Schädler and Anton Schnyder moved on to Concordia Basel, Dieter Rüefli moved to St. Gallen and Claude Iff left the squad. Ex-German internation player Stefan Reisch joined from Club Brugge. Otherwise Benthaus relied on young players, Roland Paolucci, Rolf Riner and Janos Konrad came from the reserve team to help when needed in the first team. Basel played a total of 50 matches during this season. 26 of these games were in the domestic league, seven were in the Swiss Cup, two were in the European Cup, five were in the Cup of the Alps and 10 were friendly matches. Of these 10 test games nine were won and one ended in a defeat. Two test matches were played at home and eight played away.[1]
14 teams contested in the 1969–70 Nationalliga A. These were the top 12 teams from the previous 1968–69 season and the two newly promoted teams Wettingen and Fribourg. The championship was played in a double round robin, the last two teams at the end of the season to be relegated. Basel played a good season. Despite a bad run with four defeats in eight games between the end of September and the beginning of December, they won 11 of the last 14 games during the second half of the season. Basel won the championship a point clear of Lausanne Sports who ended in second position and three points ahead of FC Zürich who finished third. Basel won 15 of the 26 games, drawing seven, losing four times, they scored 59 goals conceding 23.[2] Helmut Hauser was the team's top goal scorer with 14 league goals and Walter Balmer second top scorer with 12 league goals.
On 14 September 1969 Basel started in the Swiss Cup in the round of 32 with a 10–0 home win against Minerva Bern (as result of merger later renamed Breitenrain Bern). In the round of 16 played on 12 October Basel had a home match against Grenchen which was won 3–2. In the quarter-final, played in November, Basel had a two legged tie against Xamax-Sports NE (later renamed Neuchâtel Xamax). This was won 7–2 on aggregate. The semi-final was also a two legged tie and this against Servette Genève. Basel won both legs and 6–1 on aggregate. The final was played on 18 May 1970 in the Wankdorf Stadium, but was lost against Zürich after extra time.[3]
In the European Cup Basel were drawn against Scottish club Celtic. The first leg, which played on 17 September 1969 in the St. Jakob Stadium in front of 37,587 spectators, ended in a goalless draw.[4] The return leg on 1 October in Celtic Park attracted 49,976 spectators. Celtic won the game 2–0 and advanced to the next round.[5] In the 1969 Cup of the Alps Basel won their group and in the final they beat Bologna 3–1.
Players
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- Players who left the squad
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Results
- Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches
Pre-season and mid-season
26 July 1969 Pre-season | Basel ![]() | 5 – 3 | ![]() | Landhof, Basel |
Wenger ![]() Hauser ![]() Hauser ![]() Ramseier ![]() Balmer ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,200 Referee: ![]() |
1 August 1969 Pre-season | RC Strasbourg ![]() | 0 – 1 | ![]() | Stadion Schiltigheim |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: ![]() |
6 August 1969 Uhrencup | Grenchen ![]() | 0 – 0 (5 – 3 p) | ![]() | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
20:00 | Summary | Attendance: 3,600 Referee: ![]() | ||
Penalties | ||||
Fankhauser ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Sundermann ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Note: One player from each team took five penalties. Sundermann scored with each penalty, Fankhauser sees one of his attempts held by Marcel Kunz. |
9 August 1969 Uhrencup | Basel ![]() | 5 – 3 | ![]() | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
20:00 | Wenger ![]() Hauser ![]() Balmer ![]() Hauser ![]() Odermatt ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 7,500 Referee: ![]() |
16 August 1969 Pre-season | Basel ![]() | 5 – 1 | ![]() | Wyler Bern |
Balmer ![]() Balmer ![]() Hauser ![]() Odermatt ![]() Wenger ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: ![]() |
Winter break and mid-season
8 February 1970 Winter break | Basel ![]() | 4 – 0 | ![]() | Landhof, Basel |
Balmer ![]() Wenger ![]() Hauser ![]() Sundermann ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: ![]() |
14 February 1970 Winter break | Xamax ![]() | 0 – 2 | ![]() | Stade de Serrières, Serrières |
15:30 | Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 800 Referee: ![]() |
22 February 1970 Winter break | Thun ![]() | 1 – 3 | ![]() | Stadion Lachen, Thun |
H. Liecht ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 500 Referee: ![]() |
21 March 1970 Mid-season | Basel ![]() | 2 – 3 | ![]() | Landhof, Basel |
Hauser ![]() Wenger ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: ![]() |
Nationalliga
League matches
23 August 1969 Round 1 | St. Gallen | 1 – 4 | Basel | Espenmoos, St. Gallen |
Rafreider ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 9,500 Referee: ![]() |
30 August 1969 Round 2 | Basel | 2 – 0 | Bellinzona | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Wenger ![]() Hauser ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 12,000 Referee: ![]() |
6 September 1969 Round 3 | Lausanne-Sport | 1 – 1 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
20:30 | Dürr ![]() Vuilleumier ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 18,000 Referee: ![]() |
20 September 1969 Round 4 | Basel | 3 – 2 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel |
Hauser ![]() Rahmen ![]() Wenger ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 10,000 Referee: ![]() |
28 September 1969 Round 5 | Young Boys | 2 – 1 | Basel | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
Bruttin ![]() Allemann ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 23,000 Referee: ![]() |
4 October 1969 Round 6 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Zürich | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Odermatt ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 26,500 Referee: ![]() |
18 October 1969 Round 7 | Winterthur | 2 – 0 | Basel | Schützenwiese, Winterthur |
Konietzka ![]() Dimmeler ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 9,000 Referee: ![]() |
26 October 1969 Round 8 | Lugano | 2 – 1 | Basel | Cornaredo, Lugano |
Luttrop ![]() Luttrop ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 12,000 Referee: ![]() |
9 November 1969 Round 9 | Basel | 2 – 2 | Servette | St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel |
Benthaus ![]() Hauser ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 12,000 Referee: ![]() |
16 November 1969 Round 10 | Fribourg | 0 – 0 | Basel | Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard, Fribourg |
Summary | Attendance: 14,000 (new record) Referee: ![]() |
30 November 1969 Round 11 | Basel | 5 – 1 | Biel-Bienne | St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel |
Hauser ![]() Balmer ![]() Sundermann ![]() Sundermann ![]() Demarmels ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 8,000 Referee: ![]() |
7 December 1969 Round 12 | Grasshopper Club | 2 – 0 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
Citherlet ![]() Grahn ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 6,000 Referee: ![]() |
14 December 1969 Round 13 | Basel | 6 – 2 | Wettingen | St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel |
Balmer ![]() Ramseier ![]() Sundermann ![]() Sundermann ![]() Rüefli ![]() Hauser ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 8,000 Referee: ![]() |
1 March 1970 Round 14 | Basel | 2 – 1 | St. Gallen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Benthaus ![]() Sundermann ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 8,000 Referee: ![]() |
8 March 1970 Round 15 | Bellinzona | PP | Basel | Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona |
15 March 1970 Round 16 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Balmer ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 17,000 Referee: ![]() |
Round 17 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | PP | Basel | Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds |
[ Summary] |
4 April 1970 Round 18 | Basel | 3 – 1 | Young Boys | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Odermatt ![]() Michaud ![]() Balmer ![]() Balmer ![]() Sundermann ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 9,500 Referee: ![]() |
12 April 1970 Round 19 | Zürich | 0 – 1 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
Münch ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 22,000 Referee: ![]() |
15 April 1970 Round 15 | Bellinzona | 0 – 4 | Basel | Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 8,000 Referee: ![]() |
18 April 1970 Round 20 | Basel | 4 – 0 | Winterthur | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Wenger ![]() Balmer ![]() Wenger ![]() Balmer ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 17,500 Referee: ![]() |
25 April 1970 Round 21 | Basel | 4 – 0 | Lugano | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Wenger ![]() Odermatt ![]() Wenger ![]() Sundermann ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 25,000 Referee: ![]() |
6 May 1970 Round 17 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 0 – 0 | Basel | Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds |
18:00 | Summary | Attendance: 6,000 Referee: ![]() |
9 May 1970 Round 22 | Servette | 1 – 2 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
Pottier ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 11,500 Referee: ![]() |
13 May 1970 Round 23 | Basel | 3 – 0 | Fribourg | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Hauser ![]() Sundermann ![]() Hauser ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 15,000 Referee: ![]() |
23 May 1970 Round 24 | Biel-Bienne | 1 – 4 | Basel | Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne |
Amez-Droz ![]() Renfer (II) ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 13,000 Referee: ![]() |
27 May 1970 Round 25 | Basel | 0 – 0 | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel |
Odermatt ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 35,000 Referee: ![]() |
30 May 1970 Round 26 | Wettingen | 0 – 5 | Basel | Stadion Altenburg, Wettingen |
Wernle ![]() |
[ Summary] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 10,000 Referee: ![]() |
League standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Basel (C) | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 59 | 23 | +36 | 37 | Swiss Champions, qualified for 1970–71 European Cup |
2 | Lausanne-Sport | 26 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 54 | 36 | +18 | 36 | Entered 1970 Intertoto Cup |
3 | Zürich | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 34 | Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1970–71 Cup Winners' Cup |
4 | Grasshopper Club | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 24 | +15 | 31 | Entered 1970 Intertoto Cup |
5 | Young Boys | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 31 | |
6 | Lugano | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 30 | |
7 | Servette | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 29 | Entered 1970 Intertoto Cup |
8 | Winterthur | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 50 | 41 | +9 | 27 | Entered 1970 Intertoto Cup |
9 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 36 | 55 | −19 | 21 | |
10 | Bellinzona | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 20 | |
11 | Fribourg | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 19 | |
12 | Biel-Bienne | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 55 | −27 | 19 | |
13 | Wettingen | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 33 | 62 | −29 | 15 | Relegated to Nationalliga B |
14 | St. Gallen | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 28 | 57 | −29 | 15 | Relegated to Nationalliga B |
Swiss Cup
- Round of 32
14 September 1969 Round of 32 | Basel | 10 – 0 | Minerva | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Hauser ![]() Hauser ![]() Wenger ![]() Ramseier ![]() Hauser ![]() Ramseier ![]() Hauser ![]() Balmer ![]() Michaud ![]() Balmer ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 5,000 Referee: ![]() |
- Round of 16
12 October 1969 Round of 16 | Basel | 3 – 2 | Grenchen | Basel |
Wenger ![]() Michaud ![]() Demarmels ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium Attendance: 6,700 Referee: ![]() |
- Quarter-final
19 November 1969 First leg | Xamax | 0 – 2 | Basel | Neuchâtel |
20:15 | Stutz ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: Stade de la Maladière Attendance: 4,200 Referee: ![]() |
23 November 1969 Second leg | Basel | 5 – 2 (7 – 2 agg.) | Xamax | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Sundermann ![]() Hauser ![]() Balmer ![]() Odermatt ![]() Ramseier ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 8,00 Referee: ![]() |
Basel won 7 – 2 on aggregate.
- Semi-final
30 March 1970 First leg | Servette | 0 – 2 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 14,000 Referee: ![]() |
8 April 1970 Second leg | Basel | 4 – 1 (6 – 1 agg.) | Servette | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Hauser ![]() Wenger ![]() Wenger ![]() Ramseier ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 16,000 Referee: ![]() |
Basel won 6 – 1 on aggregate.
- Final
18 May 1970 Final | Zürich | 4 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Basel | Wankdorf, Bern |
Quentin ![]() Künzli ![]() Künzli ![]() Corti ![]() |
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Attendance: 47,500 Referee: ![]() |
Zürich won 4–1 after extra time.
European Cup
- First round
17 September 1969 First leg | Basel ![]() | 0 – 0 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Report | Attendance: 37,587 Referee: Rudolf Glöckner (East Germany) |
1 October 1969 Second leg | Celtic ![]() | 2 – 0 (2 – 0 agg.) | ![]() | Celtic Park, Glasgow |
Hood ![]() Gemmell ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 49,976 Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary) |
Celtic won 2–0 on aggregate.
Coppa delle Alpi
Group B matches
14 June 1969 Round 1 | FC Basel ![]() | 4 – 1 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium Basel |
20:00 | Hauser ![]() Benthaus ![]() Sundermann ![]() Odermatt ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 6.500 Referee: ![]() |
17 June 1969 Round 2 | FC Basel ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium Basel |
20:00 | Sundermann ![]() Hauser ![]() Sundermann ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 4,500 Referee: ![]() |
21 June 1969 Round 3 | FC Basel ![]() | 3 – 2 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium Basel |
20:00 | Hauser ![]() Benthaus ![]() Balmer ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 9,500 Referee: ![]() |
24 June 1969 Round 4 | FC Basel ![]() | 2 – 3 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium Basel |
20:00 | Odermatt ![]() Wenger ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 10,500 Referee: ![]() |
NB: teams did not play compatriots; Waregem did not play Eintracht
Group B table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | FC Basel | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 6 |
2 | Napoli | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 5 |
3 | K.S.V. Waregem | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 4 |
4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 4 |
5 | Sampdoria | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 3 |
6 | Biel-Bienne | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 2 |
Final
The Final was played in St. Jakob Stadium, Basel, between the winners of both groups.
27 June 1969 Final | FC Basel ![]() | 3 – 1 | ![]() | St. Jakob Stadium Basel |
20:00 | Hauser ![]() Kiefer ![]() Sundermann ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 21,000 Referee: ![]() |
See also
References
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz 1969/70". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ Garin, Erik (1970). "Switzerland 1969/70". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Zürich - FC Basel 4:1 n.V. (1:1, 0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ UEFA.com. "Basel 0-0 Celtic". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ UEFA.com. "Celtic 2-0 Basel". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
Sources
- Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2189-1
- Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
- Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage
- Switzerland 1969–70 at RSSSF
- Cup of the Alps 1969 at RSSSF