1965–66 FC Basel season

The 1965–66 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 72nd season in their existence. It was their 20th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football after their promotion in the 1945–46 season. They played their home games either in the traditional stadium Landhof or in their new venue the St. Jakob Stadium. Lucien Schmidlin was club chairman for the fourth consecutive year.

FC Basel
1965–66 season
Chairman Lucien Schmidlin
Manager Helmut Benthaus
GroundLandhof or
St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A6th
Swiss CupSemi-final
Inter-Cities Fairs CupSecond round
Cup of the AlpsGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Roberto Frigerio (15)
All: Roberto Frigerio (22)
Highest home attendance10,000 on 24.10.1965
vs Lausanne-Sport
and on 6.03.1966
vs Servette
Lowest home attendance3,000 on 21.11.1965
vs Young Fellows Zürich
Average home league attendance6,200

Overview

To the beginning of the season Helmut Benthaus transferred in from 1. FC Köln and became player-coach. He replaced Jiří Sobotka as team manager, who went on to manage the Swiss national team. Benthaus was a graduate of the German Sport University Cologne and an experienced player trainer. Two seasons earlier Benthaus had won the 1963–64 Bundesliga as player-manager with Köln. Benthaus used his first season with Basel to observe, feel and classify. One of the biggest changes that he made, with the agreement of the board of directors, was introduce semi-profesionalism.

There were only a few minor changes to the squad, Rade Ognjanović transferred to Grenchen and Heinz Sartor transferred to Offenburger FV. Three players stepped back from Nationalliga A football, Carlo Porlezza, Mario Grava and Fernando Von Krannichfeldt went to play for the reserve team. As replacements three youngsters came from the youth team and three more from the reserve team.

Fourteen teams contested the 1965–66 Nationalliga A. These were the top 12 teams from the previous 1964–65 season and the two newly promoted teams Urania Genève Sport and Young Fellows Zürich. Basel finished the season in sixth position with 27 points. They ended the championship with ten wins, seven draws and nine defeats in their 26 matches. They scored 64 goals and conceded 57.[1] Top league goal scorer was Roberto Frigerio with 15 goals, ahead of Karl Odermatt who scored 11 and Helmut Hauser with 10 goals. Basel played 15 Test games, winning ten, one draw and losing four. Roberto 'Mucho' Frigerio was also the top scorer in these games, with 16 goals in just 13 games. Alone in the match against Black Stars Basel he managed to net the ball six times.[2]

In the Swiss Cup Basel started in the round of 32 on 7 November 1965, with a home win against Biel-Bienne. In the next round they played at home against Luzern with a 3–1 win. In the next round they were drawn away in the Wankdorf Stadium, Bern, against Young Boys. This ended in a 2–1 victory. In the semi-final they were drawn at home against Servette but were defeated 1–3. Zürich won the final and completed the double.[3]

In the 1965–66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Basel were drawn against Spanish team Valencia, but were beaten twice. In the Cup of the Alps Basel were drawn in the same group as Catania, S.S.C. Napoli, Juventus and Spal Ferrara. All four games ended in a defeat.

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   SUI Marcel Kunz
2 DF  GER Josef Kiefer
3 DF   SUI Bruno Michaud
4 DF   SUI Markus Pfirter
5 DF   SUI Hanspeter Stocker
6 FW  GER Helmut Hauser
7 FW   SUI Hanspeter Vetter (new from youth team)
8 MF  GER Helmut Benthaus
9 FW   SUI Roberto Frigerio
10 DF   SUI Walter Mundschin (new from youth team)
11 FW   SUI Aldo Moscatelli
— GK  FRA Jean-Paul Laufenburger
— GK   SUI Hans-Ruedi Günthardt
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF   SUI Walter Baumann
— DF   SUI Peter Füri
— DF   SUI Roland Paolucci (new from youth team)
— DF   SUI Silvan Schwager (new)
— DF   SUI Urs Siegenthaler (new from reserve team)
— MF   SUI Werner Decker
— FW   SUI Bruno Gabrieli
— FW  GER Helmut Hauser
— FW  HUN Janos Konrad
— MF   SUI Karl Odermatt
— FW  ITA Enrico Mazzola
— FW   SUI Alois Holenstein (reserve team)
— FW   SUI Urs Rickenbacher (reserve team)
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
— MF   SUI Carlo Porlezza
— FW  FRA Mario Grava
— MF   SUI Fernando Von Krannichfeldt (to reserve team)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  SRB Rade Ognjanović (to Grenchen)
— MF  GER Heinz Sartor (to Offenburger FV)
— MF   SUI Rudolf Arn
— MF   SUI Hans Weber (deceased[4])

Results
Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season
Pre-season Basel 6 – 0 Concordia Basel Basel
Summary
24 July 1965 Pre-season FC Pratteln 0 – 8 Basel In den Sandgruben, Pratteln
Summary Moscatelli  (2)
Odermatt  (2)
Baumann
Hauser
Michaud
28 July 1965 Pre-season SV Schopfheim 0 – 3 Basel Schopfheim
Summary Odermatt
Keller
Moscatelli
31 July 1965 Pre-seasom FC Trimbach 0 – 7 Basel Leinfeld, Trimbach
Summary  (o.g.)
 (1) Moscatelli
 (2) Frigerio
 (pen.) Michaud
 (1) Vetter
 (1) Odermatt		 Attendance: 1,100
Referee: W. Lüthy Gerlafingen
8 August 1965 Pre-season FC Moutier 1 – 7 Basel Stade de Chalière, Moutier
von Burg  34' (1:1) Summary  26' (0:1) Füri
 54' (1:2) Baumann
 64' (1:3) Benthaus
 69' (1:4) Frigerio
 70' (1:5) Hauser
 80' (1:6) Odermatt
 89' (1:7) Hauser		 Attendance: 800
Referee: Roland Keller Bern
10 August 1965 Pre-season Basel 2 – 4 1. FC Köln St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Löhr  10' (o.g. 1:1)
Odermatt  25' (2:1)		 Summary  4' (0:1) Müller
 40' (2:2) Hornig
 60' (2:3) Overath
 67' (2:4) Müller		 Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
14 August 1965 Pre-season St. Gallen 0 – 1 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
17:00 Summary  90' (0:1) Frigerio Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Pius Kamber Zürich

Winter break and mid-season
21 January 1966 Winter break Basel 7 – 1 Schaffhausen Landhof, Basel
14:30 Baumann  19' (1:0)
Hauser  24' (2:0)
Hauser  30' (3:0)
Benthaus  49' (4:1)
Decker  74' (5:1)
Hauser  83' (6:1)
Decker  88' (7:1)		 Summary  47' (3:1) Brühlmann Attendance: 300
Referee: H. R. Keller Basel
6 February 1966 Winter break Bellinzona 2 – 1 Basel Stadio Comunale Bellinzona
Tagli  37' (1:0)
Capoferri  74' (2:1)		 Summary  52' (1:1) Odermatt
70' Odermatt		 Attendance: 500
Referee: Dalpian Cassarate
12 February 1966 Winter break Basel 1 – 4 Lausanne-Sport Landhof, Basel
14:30 Hauser  10' (1:0) Summary  40' (1:1) Vuilleumier
 56' (1:2) Kerkhoffs
 68' (1:3) Kerkhoffs
 84' (o.g. 1:4) Michaud		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: C. Stettler Feuerthalen
16 February 1966 Winter break Black Stars 0 – 9 Basel Buschweilerhof, Basel
19:15 Summary  29' (0:1) Frigerio
 (0:2) Frigerio
 (0:3) Frigerio
 65' (0:4) Frigerio
 65' (pen. 0:5) Stocker
 (0:6) Hauser
 70' (0:7) Moscatelli
 (0:8) Frigerio
 (0:9) Frigerio		 Referee: F. Hänggi
19 February 1966 Winter break Solothurn 1 – 2 Basel Stadion FC Solothurn, Solothurn
Amez-Droz  13' (1:0) Summary  21' (1:1) Benthaus
 72' (1:2) Frigerio		 Attendance: 600
Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
24 February 1966 Winter break FC Birsfelden 2 – 6 Basel Birsfelden

 Summary  (3) Frigerio
Hauser
Stocker
26 April 1966 Mid-season Basel 2 – 2 TSV 1860 Munich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Kohlars  46' (o.g. 1:1)
Moscatelli  59' (2:1)		 Summary  16' (0:1) Küppers
 68' (2:2) Rebele		 Attendance: 13,300
Referee: Karl Göppel Zürich
18 June 1966 Mid-season Basel 1 – 3 FC Schalke 04 Landhof, Basel
17:30 Hauser  38' (1:1) Summary  21' (0:1) Rausch
 41' (1:2) Neuser
 61' (1:3) Pyka		 Attendance: 1.500
Referee: Josef Zibung Luzern

Nationalliga A
Main article: 1965–66 Nationalliga A

League matches
22 August 1965 Round 1 Basel 4 – 1 FC UGS Genève Landhof, Basel
15:30 Hauser  42' (1:1)
Odermatt  53' (2:1)
Frigerio  75' (3:1)
Stocker  80 pen. 4:1'		 Summary  24' (0:1) Heuri Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Josef Zibung Luzern
28 August 1965 Round 2 Basel 2 – 0 Luzern Landhof, Basel
16:30 Frigerio  47' (1:0)
Stocker  80' (pen, 2:0)		 [ Summary] Attendance: 6,600
Referee: Werner Mettler St. Gallen
5 September 1965 Round 3 Servette 6 – 1 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
20:30 Bédert  14' (1:0)
Bédert  29' (2:0)
Bédert  36' (3:0)
Bosson  55' (4:0)
Schnyder  60' (5:0)
Nemeth  72' (6:0)		 Summary  (6:1) Hauser Attendance: 5,400
Referee: Pius Kamber Zürich
12 September 1965 Round 4 Basel 4 – 2 Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel
16:00 Pfirter  5' (1:1)
Hauser  61' (2:2)
Vetter  63' (3:2)
Vetter  84' (4:2)		 Summary  4' (0:1) Lehmann
 36' (pen. 1:2) Fuhrer		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Karl Göppel Zürich
18 September 1965 Round 5 Biel-Bienne 1 – 1 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
16:15 Wernle  52' (1:1) Summary  26' (0:1) Odermatt Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Strässle Steinach
21 September 1965 Round 6 Basel 1 – 5 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium Basel
20:00 Frigerio  90' (1:5) Summary  13' (0:1) Blättler
 32' (0:2) Hummel
 42' (0:3) Blättler
 60' (o.g. 0:4) Gabrieli
 68' (0:5) Blättler		 Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Gilbert Droz Marin-Epagnier
26 September 1965 Round 7 Sion 1 – 0 Basel Parc des Sports, Sion
15:00 Eschmann  42' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Othmar Huber Thun
3 October 1965 Round 8 Basel 3 – 1 Lugano Landhof, Basel
15:00 Benthaus  47' (1:0)
Frigerio  48' (2:0)
Odermatt  71' (3:0)		 Summary  72' (pen. 3:1) Bossi Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Josef Zibung Luzern
10 October 1965 Round 9 La Chaux-de-Fonds 2 – 1 Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
15:00 Vuilleumier  7' (1:0)
Bertschi  43' (2:0)		 Summary  58' (2:1) Frigerio Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Roland Keller Bern
24 October 1965 Round 10 Basel 1 – 1 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Frigerio  65' (1:0) Summary  83' (1:1) Hosp Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
31 October 1965 Round 11 Grenchen 3 – 2 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
15:00 Fuchs  1' (1:0)
Fuchs  6' (2:0)
Blum  81' (3:2)		 Summary  24' (2:1) Vetter
 58' (2:2) Hauser		 Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Roland David Lausanne
21 November 1965 Round 12 Basel 5 – 1 Young Fellows Zürich St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel
14:30 Stocker  18' (pen. 1:0)
Hauser  35' (2:0)
Stocker  43' (pen 3:0)
Odermatt  62' (4:1)
Gabrieli  71' (5:1)		 Summary  56' (3:1) von Burg Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Marcel Despland Yverdon
Round 13 Zürich v Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
Round 14 FC UGS Genève v Basel Stade de Frontenex, Geneva
12 December 1965 Round 15 Luzern 4 – 4 Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
14:30 Wechselberger  22' (1:1)
Pfirter  31' (o.g. 2:1)
Schuewig  44' (3:1)
Schuewig  45' (4:1)		 Summary  9' (0:1) Frigerio
 48' (4:2) Hauser
 81' (o.g. 4:3) Gwerder
 88' (4:4) Odermatt		 Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Marcel Schneuwly Fribourg
6 March 1966 Round 16 Basel 5 – 2 Servette St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel
15:00 Odermatt  17' (1:1)
Moscatelli  29' (2:2)
Pfirter  33' (3:2)
Vetter  51' (4:2)
Odermatt  (5:2)		 Summary  14' (0:1) Georgy
 20' (pen. 1:2) Nemeth		 Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
13 March 1966 Round 17 Young Boys 1 – 1 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Theunissen  21' (1:0) Summary  72' (1:1) Kiefer Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Pius Kamber Zürich
27 March 1966 Round 18 Basel 5 – 0 Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
15:00 Odermatt  32' (1:0)
Hauser  52' (2:0)
Benthaus  70' (3:0)
Moscatelli  78' (4:0)
Vetter  81' (5:0)		 Summary Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Josef Zibung Luzen
3 April 1966 Round 19 Grasshopper Club 2 – 2 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
15:00 Blättler  18' (1:0)
Blättler  21' (2:0)		 Summary  68' (2:1) Hauser
 84' (2:2) Frigerio		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mario Clematide Zollikofen
6 April 1966 Round 14 FC UGS Genève 2 – 2 Basel Stade de Frontenex, Geneva
Heuri  23' (1:1)
Samba  36' (2:1)		 Summary  7' (0:1) Hauser
 77' (2:2) Odermatt		 Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Roland Racine Prilly
17 April 1966 Round 20 Basel 2 – 1 Sion Landhof, Basel
15:00 Vetter  28' (1:1)
Hauser  87' (2:1)		 Summary  2' (0:1) Quentin Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Pius Kamber Zürich
23 April 1966 Round 21 Lugano 2 – 2 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
21:00 Gotthardi  77' (1:2)
Vidosevic  82' (pen. 2:2)		 Summary  26' (0:1) Benthaus
 62' (0:2) Odermatt		 Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Karl Göppel Zürich
1 May 1966 Round 22 Basel 2 – 0 La Chaux-de-Fonds Landhof, Basel
16:30 Frigerio  63' (1:0)
Odermatt  88' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 7,200
Referee: W. Hardmeier Thalwil
4 May 1966 Round 14 Zürich 3 – 0 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich


 [ Summary]
8 May 1966 Round 23 Lausanne-Sport 5 – 3 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:30 Hosp  8' (1:0)
Hosp  16' (2:0)
Dürr  44' (pen. 3:0)
Hertig  66' (4:0)
Vuillemier  75' (5:1)		 Summary  74' (4:1) Vetter
 77' (5:2) Konrad
 81' (5:3) Michaud		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Josef Zibung Luzern
15 May 1966 Round 24 Basel 5 – 1 Grenchen Landhof, Basel
17:30 Vetter  10' (1:0)
Stocker  25' (2:0)
Konrad  43' (3:0)
Frigerio  61' (4:0)
Frigerio  66' (5:0)		 Summary  71' (5:1) Allemann Attendance: 3,400
Referee: Roland Keller Bern
22 May 1966 Round 25 Young Fellows Zürich 5 – 4 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00 Feller  9' (1:1)
Matus  29' (2:2)
Matus  58' (3:2)
Hösli  63' (4:2)
Fischli  77' (5:2)		 Summary  6' (0:1) Stocker
 28' (1:2) Frigerio
 84' (5:3) Frigerio
 88' (5:4) Michaud		 Attendance: 900
Referee: Gilbert Droz Marin
30 May 1966 Round 26 Basel 2 – 5 Zürich Landhof, Basel
17:30 Frigerio  64' (1:4)
Frigerio  68' (2:4)		 Summary  12' (0:1) Stürmer
 17' (0:2) Stürmer
 27' (0:3) Winiger
 48' (0:4) Brodmann
 87' (2:5) Martinelli		 Attendance: 7,000
Referee: A. Ceretti Biel

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Zürich (C) 26 18 6 2 73 25 +48 42 Swiss Champions, qualified for 1966–67 European Cup
2 Servette 26 14 7 5 57 45 +12 35 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1966–67 Cup Winners' Cup
3 Lausanne-Sport 26 12 8 6 72 46 +26 32
4 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 12 7 7 53 42 +11 31 Entered 1966–67 Intertoto Cup
5 Young Boys 26 11 7 8 72 47 +25 29
6 Basel 26 10 7 9 64 57 +7 27
7 Grasshopper Club 26 11 5 10 55 54 +1 27
8 Sion 26 9 8 9 36 36 0 26 Entered 1966–67 Intertoto Cup
9 Lugano 26 6 10 10 27 37 −10 22
10 Biel-Bienne 26 6 10 10 38 56 −18 22 Entered 1966–67 Intertoto Cup
11 Grenchen 26 8 6 12 42 65 −23 22 Entered 1966–67 Intertoto Cup
12 Young Fellows Zürich 26 7 7 12 46 62 −16 21
13 Luzern 26 4 10 12 36 56 −20 18 Relegated to Nationalliga B
14 Urania Genève Sport 26 3 4 19 35 78 −43 10 Relegated to Nationalliga B
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion.

Swiss Cup
Main article: Swiss Cup
Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

7 November 1965 Round of 32 Basel 3 – 1 Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
14:30 Frigerio  32' (1:0)
Frigerio  80' (2:1)
Hauser  82' (3:1)		 Summary  74' (1:1) Stäuble Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern
19 December 1965 Round of 16 Basel 3 – 1 Luzern Landhof, Basel
14:30 Frigerio  53' (1:0)
Frigerio  72' (2:1)
Stocker  84' (3:1)		 Summary  64' (1:1) Borchert Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Karl Göppel Zürich
27 February 1966 Quarter-final Young Boys 1 – 2 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
14:30 Theunissen  50' (1:1) Summary  10' (0:1) Frigerio
 87' (1:2) Frigerio		 Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Strässle Steinach
20 March 1966 Semi-final Basel 1 – 3 Servette Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hauser  7' (1:1) Summary  3' (0:1) Nemeth
 45' (1:2) Bedert
 88' (1:3) Daina		 Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Othmar Huber Thun

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Main article: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Second Round
Main article: 1965–66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
24 November 1965 First leg Basel 1 – 3 Valencia Basel
19:45 Benthaus  7' (1:0) Summary  17' (1:1) Machado
 22' (1:2) Muñoz
 80' (1:3) Machado		 Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Kurt Handwerker
8 December 1965 Second leg Valencia 5 – 1 Basel Valencia
Machado  1' (1:0)
Urtiaga  17' (2:0)
Muñoz  31' (3:0)
Guillot  32' (4:0)
Machado  80' (5:1)		 Summary Hauser  53' (4:1) Stadium: Mestalla Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Robert Lacoste

Valencia won 8–2 on aggregate.

Cup of the Alps
Main article: Cup of the Alps

Matches
4 June 1966 Round 1 Basel 0 – 1 Catania St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Summary  2' (0:1) Fanello Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Othmar Huber Thun
8 June 1966 Round 2 Basel 2 – 4 S.S.C. Napoli St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Konrad  62' (1:4)
Frigerio  71' (2:4)		 Summary  8' (0:1) Altafini
 34' (0:2) Altafini
 51' (0:3) Altafini
 62' (0:4) Montefusco		 Attendance: 10,200
Referee: Antonio Sbardella
11 June 1966 Round 3 Basel 1 – 2 Juventus St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Hauser  63' (1:0) Summary  66' (1:1) Menichelli
 73' (1:2) Mattei		 Attendance: 7,600
Referee: Ettore Carminati
15 June 1966 Round 4 Basel 2 – 3 Spal Ferrara Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
18:15 Rickenbacher  61' (1:1)
Hauser  81' (pen. 2:1)		 Summary  19' (0:1) Muzzio
 76' (o.g. 1:2) Pfirter
 82' (2:3) Carrera		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Karl Göppel Zürich

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Napoli 4 4 0 0 15 5 +10 8 Winner
2 Juventus 4 3 0 1 7 5 +2 6
3 Lausanne/Zürich 4 3 0 1 7 6 +1 6 Combined team Lausanne/Zürich
4 Spal Ferrara 4 2 1 1 9 8 +1 5
5 Young Boys 4 1 1 2 6 8 −2 3
6 Catania 4 1 1 2 1 3 −2 3
7 Servette 4 0 1 3 3 8 −5 1
8 Basel 4 0 0 4 5 10 −5 0
Source: rsssf.com

See also

References

Notes
  1. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1965/66". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. "FC Black Stars - FC Basel 0:9 (0:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Switzerland 1965–66 at RSSSF". RSSSF. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. Zindel, Josef (2018), "Die ersten 125 Jahre", Weber, Hans - Page 209, Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel

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