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
Chairman Harry Thommen
Manager Helmut Benthaus
GroundSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga AChampions
Swiss CupWinners
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup1st round
Top goalscorerLeague: Roberto Frigerio (16)
All: 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

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.

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.

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.

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   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
Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season
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
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
Main article: 1966–67 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: 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
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) Champion.

Swiss Cup
Main article: 1966–67 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: 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
Main article: 1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
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

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. Retrieved 2010-11-16.

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