1972–73 FC Basel season

The 1972–73 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 79th season in their existence. It was their 27th 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. Félix Musfeld was the club's chairman for the third year in a row.

FC Basel
1972–73 season
Chairman Félix Musfeld
Manager Helmut Benthaus
GroundSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga AChampions
Swiss CupRunner-up
Swiss League CupWinners
European CupRound 1
Cup of the AlpsGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Ottmar Hitzfeld (18)
All: Ottmar Hitzfeld (28)
Highest home attendance28,000 on 14 April 1973
vs Grasshopper Club
Lowest home attendance7,000 on 9 September 1972
vs Grenchen
and on 19 May 1973
vs Chiasso
Average home league attendance13,153

Overview

The previous season was the last one as activ footballer for Helmut Benthaus. He ended his playing career, but continued with Basel as team manager. This was his eighth season as manager. There were only small amendments to the squad during the pre-season. Roland Paolucci was loaned out to Winterthur and Stefan Reisch left the team and moved on to Kickers Würzburg where he ended his active playing career. Basel did not transfer any players and Benthaus relied on young players who came up from the reserve team to help, when needed in the first team. Basel played a total of 55 matches during this season. 26 of these games were in the domestic league championship, seven of these games were in the Swiss Cup, four in the Swiss League Cup, two were in the European Cup, four were in the Cup of the Alps and 12 were friendly matches. Of these 12 test games four were won, four were drawn and four were lost. Three test matches were played at home in the St. Jakob Stadium and nine were played away.[1]

14 teams contested in the 1972–73 Nationalliga A. These were the top 12 teams from the previous 1971–72 season and the two newly promoted teams Chiasso and Fribourg. The championship was played in a double round robin. The champions would qualify for the 1973–74 European Cup, the second and third placed teams were to qualify for 1973–74 UEFA Cup and the last two teams in the table at the end of the season were to be relegated. Basel started the league season badly, losing the first two games and drawing the next two. The first victory was recorded in the fifth round and during the next nine rounds Basel won eight games. After the winter break Basel were only defeated once. They won the championship four points ahead of Grasshopper Club and six ahead of the Sion. Basel won 17 of their 26 league games, drew five and lost four. They scored a total of 57 goals conceding 30.[2] Ottmar Hitzfeld was the league's joint top goal scorer with Ove Grahn of Lausanne-Sports both with 18 league goals. Basels second top scorer was Walter Balmer who managed 11 league goals. The average attendance at the 13 league home matches was 13'153 spectators. The highest attendance was 28,000 on 14 April in the game against Grasshopper Club and the secpnd highest attendance was 26,000 on 2 May against Zürich.

In the Swiss Cup Basel played the round of 32 on 5 November 1972 at home to Martigny-Sports in the St. Jakob Stadium. The round of 16 match on 26 November 1972 was played away against BSC Young Boys and Basel left the Wankdorf Stadium with a 4–0 victory. The quarter-finals were two legged fixtures, the first leg played on 10 December 1972 in Stadio Comunale was won 2–0 against Chiasso and the second leg played one week later was won 5–3. The semi-finals were also two legged fixtures. Basel were matched against Biel-Bienne and won 6–1 on aggregate. Walter Balmer scored a hattrick in the home game. The final was played on 23 April 1973 in the Wankdorf Stadium against Zürich. The game ended goalless after 90 minutes. In extra time Peter Marti (92) and Fritz Künzli (101) scored the goals to give Zürich the title for the second consecutive time in a final against Basel.[3]

The 1972 Swiss League Cup was the inaugural Swiss League Cup competition. It was played in the summer of 1972 as a pre-season tournament to the 1972–73 Swiss football season. Basel beat Servette 8–0, Lausanne Sports 2–1 aet and Sion 6–1 to reach the final. This was won by Basel who defeated FC Winterthur 4–1 in the final which took place on 11 November 1972 at the Letzigrund in Zürich. Ottmar Hitzfeld scored a hattick in the final.[4]

Basel were beaten by Újpesti Dózsa 2–0 in the first leg of the first round of the 1972–73 European Cup away from home in the Ferenc Szusza Stadium. The return match was on 27 September 1972 in St. Jakob Stadium. Basel won 3–2, the goals coming from René Hasler (65) and Walter Balmer (75 + 83), but they were beaten 4–3 on aggregate.[5]

In the 1972 Cup of the Alps Basel played twice against Olympique Lyonnais, losing the away tie, winning at home game. They played twice against Bordeaux, winning the away game but losing the home game, but because Bordeaux won their other two games they continued to the final.[6]

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 (league games: 16)
2 DF   SUI Paul Fischli (league games: 18)
3 DF   SUI Walter Mundschin (league games/goals: 26/5)
4 MF   SUI Peter Ramseier (league games/goals: 24/5)
5 MF   SUI Urs Siegenthaler (league games: 25)
6 MF   SUI Otto Demarmels (league games/goals: 26/3)
7 FW   SUI Walter Balmer (league games/goals: 25/11)
8 MF   SUI Karl Odermatt (league games/goals: 22/3)
9 FW   SUI Rolf Blättler (league games/goals: 7/2)
10 DF   SUI René Hasler (league games/goals: 26/4)
11 FW  GER Ottmar Hitzfeld (league games/goals: 21/18)
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 MF   SUI Bruno Rahmen (league games: 9)
13 DF   SUI Jörg Stohler (league games/goals: 16/1)
— GK   SUI Urs Reto Grieshaber (reserves, league games: 1)
— GK  FRA Jean-Paul Laufenburger (league games 10)
— GK   SUI Hans Müller (league games: 1)
— DF  GER Josef Kiefer (league games: 7)
— DF   SUI Roland Paolucci (only Cup of the Alps)
— DF   SUI Alex Wirth (reserves, only Cup of the Alps)
— MF   SUI Heinz Schönebeck (league games: 0)
— FW   SUI Rolf Riner (league games: 5)
— FW   SUI Roger Ries (league games: 2)
— FW   SUI Peter Wenger (league games/goals: 19/4)
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
— GK   SUI Roland Dahinden (goalkeeper reserves)
— DF   SUI Bernard Bula (reserves)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF   SUI Guy Castelan (reserves)
— DF   SUI Roland Paolucci (on loan to Winterthur)
— FW  GER Stefan Reisch (to Kickers Würzburg)

Results
Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre- and Mid-season
22 July 1971 Pre-season Aarau 2 – 2 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
20:00 Meier  65' (1:2)
Hauser  80' (2:2)		 Summary  45' (0:1) Riner
 57' (0:2) Riner		 Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Rudolf Rettig Gerlafingen
27 July 1972 Uhrencup Basel 2 – 4 Xamax Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:00 Balmer  40' (1:3)
Demarmels  86' (2:4)		 Summary  6' (0:1) Steiger
 12' (0:2) Mathez (I)
 33' (0:3) Barbezat
 85' (1:4) Rub		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Hans Wieland Grenchen
29 July 1972 Uhrencup Grenchen 3 – 1 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
17:45 Schaller  6' (1:0)
Wäber  16' (2:0)
Müller  57' (3:1)		 Summary  41' (2:1) Blättler Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Jean Dubach Nidau
2 August 1972 Pre-season FV Lörrach 0 – 6 Basel Stadtstadion, Lörrach
18:30 Summary  10' (0:1) Hitzfeld
 11' (0:2) Balmer
 25' (0:3) Hitzfeld
 56' (0:4) Demarmels
 66' (pen. 0:5) Hitzfeld
 67' (0:6) Blättler		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Kurt Woldrich
1 November 1972 Mid-season Spvgg Lahr 1 – 1 Basel Lahr
Summary Hitzfeld Referee:

Winter break
25 January 1973 Winter break Inter Hilton Acapulco 3 – 4 Basel Acapulco


 Summary  (2x) Riner
 (1x) Balmer
 (1x) Hitzfeld		 Attendance: 3,000
28 January 1973 Winter break Deportivo Toluca 1 – 2 Basel Toluca
Summary  17' Odermatt
 75' Hitzfeld
4 February 1973 Winter break Luzern 3 – 3 Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
Arrigoni  56' (1:2)
Küttel  79' (2:3)
Bosco  85' (3:3)		 Summary  16' (0:1) Demarmels
 26' (0:2) Odermatt
 67' (1:3) Riner		 Attendance: 900
Referee: Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern
10 February 1973 Winter break Zürich 4 – 2 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
14:30 Künzli  66' (1:2)
Künzli  79' (2:2)
Martinelli  83' (3:2)
Marti  90' (4:2)		 Summary  39' (0:1) Hitzfeld
 65' (0:2) Stohler		 Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
14 February 1972 Winter break Basel 2 – 3 Budapest Honvéd St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Wenger  22' (1:1)
Siegenthaler  89' (2:3)		 Summary  17' (0:1) Kozma
 47' (1:2) Pinter
 67' (1:3) Pinter		 Attendance: 900
Referee:
18 February 1973 Winter break Basel 3 – 0 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Wenger  43' (1:0)
Riner  49' (2:0)
Hitzfeld  85' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern
25 February 1973 Winter break Basel 1 – 1 Grenchen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Ludwig  32' (1:1) Summary  28' (0:1) Braun Attendance: 600
Referee: Peter Hänggi Aesch

Nationalliga
Main article: 1972–73 Nationalliga A

League matches
12 August 1972 Round 1 Basel 2 – 3 Sion St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Hitzfeld  8' (1:0)
Stohler  49' (2:2)		 Summary  21' (1:1) Trinchero
 42' (1:2) Hermann
 78' (2:3) Elsig		 Attendance: 10,000
Referee:
19 August 1972 Round 2 Winterthur 3 – 1 Basel Schützenwiese, Winterthur
17:15 Paolucci  10' (1:0)
Risi  22' (2:0)
Risi  45' (3:1)		 Summary  35' (2:1) Hitzfeld Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Ulysse Darbellay Roche
23 August 1972 Round 3 Zürich 1 – 1 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
20:15 Jeandupeux  10' (1:1) Summary  2' (0:1) Mundschin Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Jean Dubach Nidau
26 August 1972 Round 4 Basel 2 – 2 Servette St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Ramseier  15' (1:0)
Blättler  63' (2:0)		 Summary  78' (2:1) Wegmann
 85' (2:2) Dörfel		 Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Mario Clematide Zollikofen
2 September 1972 Round 5 Fribourg 0 – 1 Basel Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard, Fribourg
20:15 Summary  53' (1:0) Blättler
 47' Hasler
 48' Demarmels		 Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Hans Wieland Grenchen
9 September 1972 Round 6 Basel 2 – 0 Grenchen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
18:00 Ramseier  22' (1:0)
Balmer  77' (2:0)		 Summary  85' Schaller Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Pierre Despont Lausanne
16 September 1972 Round 7 Grasshopper Club 1 – 2 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
20:15 Meier  46' (1:0)
Meyer  50'
Winiger  66'		 Summary  47' (o.g. 1:1)
 63' (1:2) Hitzfeld
 64' Ramseier		 Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Bruno Della Bruna Lumino
23 September 1972 Round 8 Basel 5 – 2 Lugano St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Ramseier  25' (1:1)
Balmer  27' (2:1)
Wenger  46' (3:1)
Balmer  86' (4:2)
Hauser  89' (5:2)		 Summary  16' (0:1) Franceschi
 49' (3:2) Ausderau
 53' Rieländer
 74' Corghi		 Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Roland Racine Prilly
30 September 1972 Round 9 Basel 4 – 3 St. Gallen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Wenger  8' (1:1)
Wenger  51' (2:2)
Ramseier  71' (3:2)
Hasler  78' (4:2)		 Summary  5' (0:1) Leuzinger
 19' (1:2) Nasdalla
 90' (4:3) Coray		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
8 October 1972 Round 10 Chiasso 0 – 0 Basel Stadio Comunale (Chiasso)
15:00 Summary  62' Stohler Attendance: 8,000
Referee: André Favre Echallens
14 October 1972 Round 11 Basel 2 – 1 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Hitzfeld  49' (1:1)
Mundschin  85' (2:1)		 Summary  33' (0:1) Garci Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Jean Dubach Nidau
28 October 1972 Round 12 La Chaux-de-Fonds 2 – 3 Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
17:00 Jaquet  17' (1:1)
Meury  86' (pen. 2:3)		 Summary  9' (pen. 0:1) Hitzfeld
 32' Hitzfeld
 34' (1:2) Odermatt
 43' (1:3) Hitzfeld		 Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Walter Gallmann Oberrieden
19 November 1972 Round 13 Basel 2 – 0 Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Hitzfeld  28' (1:0)
Hasler  61' (pen. 2:0)		 Summary  41' Vögeli Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Bruno Della Bruna Lumino
3 December 1972 Round 14 Sion 2 – 1 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
14:30 Schaller  49' (1:0)
Vergeres  80' (2:1)
Luisier  85'		 Summary  51' (1:1) Odermatt
 70' Odermatt		 Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Mario Clematide Zollikofen
4 March 1973 Round 15 Basel 3 – 1 Winterthur St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Mundschin  7' (1:0)
Balmer  40' (2:0)
Balmer  59' (3:1)		 Summary  41' Meili
 51' (2:1) Risi		 Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Ulysse Darbellay Roche
11 March 1973 Round 16 Servette 0 – 0 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
15:00 Summary Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Roland Keller Bern
18 March 1973 Round 17 Basel 3 – 0 Fribourg St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Hitzfeld  24' (1:0)
Ramseier  72' (2:0)
Hitzfeld  76' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
1 April 1973 Round 18 Grenchen 1 – 2 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
15:00 Feuz (II)  55' (1:1) Summary  27' Fischli
 37' (0:1) Hitzfeld
 70' (1:2) Hitzfeld		 Attendance: 7,000
Referee: André Favre Echallens
14 April 1973 Round 19 Basel 0 – 1 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Summary  8' (0:1) P. Meier Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Jean Dubach Nidau
29 April 1973 Round 20 Lugano 0 – 1 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
15:00 Summary  8' (0:1) Balmer
 65' Wenger		 Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Roland Racine Prilly
2 May 1973 Round 21 Basel 2 – 1 Zürich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Balmer  38' (1:0)
Odermatt  48' (2:0)		 Summary  41' Heer
 76' (2:1) Brunnenmeier		 Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
12 May 1973 Round 22 St. Gallen 3 – 4 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
20:15 Blättler  25' (1:1)
Nasdalla  53' (2:3)
Nasdalla  90' (pen. 3:4)		 Summary  12' (0:1) Mundschin
 33' (1:2) Mundschin
 45' (1:3) Wenger
 53' Mundschin
 74' (2:4) Demarmels		 Attendance: 10,200
Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern
19 May 1972 Round 23 Basel 4 – 0 Chiasso St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Hitzfeld  12' (1:0)
Hitzfeld 70' (2:0)
Balmer  80' (3:0)
Demarmels  80' (4:0)		 Summary Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Fernand Burioli Lausanne
26 May 1972 Round 24 Lausanne-Sport 0 – 0 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:30 Ostojic  28'
Richard  47'		 Summary  30' Müller Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Bruno Della Bruna Lumino
2 June 1972 Round 25 Basel 7 – 1 La Chaux-de-Fonds St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:15 Hitzfeld  16' (1:1)
Balmer  18' (2:1)
Hasler  42' (3:1)
Balmer  51' (4:1)
Hitzfeld  70' (5:1)
Hitzfeld  71' (pen. 6:1)
Demarmels  82' (7:1)		 Summary  14' (0:1) Delavelle
 42' Zaugg
 71' Forestier		 Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Hans Wieland Grenchen
9 June 1972 Round 26 Young Boys 2 – 3 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
20:15 Brechbühl  37' (1:1)
Bosshard  84' (2:3)		 Summary  15' (pen. 0:1) Hitzfeld
 53' (1:2) Hitzfeld
 66' (1:3) Balmer		 Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Marcel Despland Yverdon
Last game as referee

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Basel (C) 26 17 5 4 57 30 +27 39 Swiss champions, qualified for 1973–74 European Cup
2 Grasshopper Club 26 14 7 5 54 32 +22 35 Qualified for 1973–74 UEFA Cup
and entered 1973 Intertoto Cup
3 Sion 26 13 7 6 35 30 +5 33 Qualified for 1973–74 UEFA Cup
4 Servette 26 14 3 9 41 23 +18 31
5 Winterthur 26 12 6 8 40 29 +11 30 Entered 1973 Intertoto Cup
6 Lausanne-Sport 26 11 6 9 46 27 +19 28
7 Zürich 26 10 8 8 38 33 +5 28 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1973–74 Cup Winners' Cup
and entered 1973 Intertoto Cup
8 Lugano 26 9 9 8 31 30 +1 27 Entered 1973 Intertoto Cup
9 Young Boys 26 9 5 12 39 40 −1 23
10 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 8 7 11 30 43 −13 23
11 Chiasso 26 8 5 13 21 48 −27 21
12 St. Gallen 26 7 5 14 31 49 −18 19
13 Fribourg 26 4 7 15 24 43 −19 15 Relegated to Nationalliga B
14 Grenchen 26 4 4 18 23 53 −30 12 Relegated to Nationalliga B
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion.

Swiss Cup
5 November 1972 Round of 32 Basel 6 – 0 Martigny-Sports St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Riner  18' (1:0)
Balmer  49' (2:0)
Hitzfeld  77' (pen. 3:0)
Riner  81' (4:0)
Balmer  83' (5:0)
Riner  87' (6:0)		 Summary Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ernest Guignet Yverdon
26 November 1972 Round of 16 BSC Young Boys 0 – 4 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
14:30 Brechbühl  65' Summary  26' (0:1) Demarmels
 57' (0:2) Riner
 61' (0:3) Odermatt
 63' (0:4) Wenger		 Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern
10 December 1972 Quarter-final
First leg		 Chiasso 0 – 2 Basel Stadio Comunale, Chiasso
14:30 Ferroni  68'
Sulmoni  70'		 Summary  2' (0:1) Balmer
 37' Ramseier
 44' Wenger
 55' (0:2) Wenger		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Roland Racine Prilly
17 December 1972 Second leg Basel 5 – 3
(7 – 3 agg.)		 Chiasso St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Ries  12' (1:0)
Balmer  15' (2:0)
Hasler  64' (3:2)
Odermatt  68' (4:2)
Odermatt  89' (5:3)		 Summary  32' (2:1) Allio
 34' (2:2) Boriani
 79' (4:2) Messerli
 81' Katnic		 Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Walter Gallmann Oberrieden
25 March 1973 Semi-final
First leg		 Biel-Bienne 0 – 1 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
20:15 Summary  76' Hitzfeld Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Bruno Della Bruna Lumino
28 March 1973 Semi-final
Second leg		 Basel 5 – 1
(6 – 1 agg.)		 Biel-Bienne St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Balmer  19' (1:1)
Balmer  31' (2:1)
Hitzfeld  36' (3:1)
Balmer  51' (4:1)
Demarmels  78' (6:1)		 Summary  6' (0:1) Konrad Attendance: 7,800
Referee: Walter Gallmann Oberrieden
23 April 1973 Final Zürich 2 – 0 (a.e.t.) Basel Wankdorf, Bern
14:30 Marti  92'
Künzli  101'		 Summary Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Roland Keller Bern

Swiss League Cup
Main article: 1972 Swiss League Cup
5 August 1972 Round of 16 Basel 8 – 0 Servette FC Genève St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Balmer  12' (1:0)
Hitzfeld  21' (2:0)
Hitzfeld  25' (3:0)
Stohler  49' (4:0)
Stohler  57' (5:0)
Wenger  73' (6:0)
Riner  77' (7:0)
Wenger  86' (8:0)		 Summary Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne
8 August Quarter-final Basel 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Balmer  78' (1:1)
Schönebeck  120' (2:1)		 Summary  69' (0:1) Piccand Attendance: 8,300
11 October 1972 Semi-final Basel 6 – 1 Sion St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Hitzfeld  16' (1:0)
Balmer  26' (2:0)
Demarmels  42' (3:1)
Demarmels  57'
Odermatt  64' (4:1)
Demarmels  75' (5:1)
Wenger  81' (6:1)		 Summary  26' (2:1) Hermann
 47' Valentini
 47' Wampfler
 76' Barberis		 Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern
11 November 1972 Final Basel 4 – 1 FC Winterthur Letzigrund, Zürich
14:30 Hitzfeld  6' (1:0)
Hitzfeld  22' (2:0)
Balmer  40' (3:1)
Hitzfeld  90' (pen. 4:1)		 Summary  25' Nielsen Attendance: 7,600
Referee: Jean Dubach Nidau

European Cup
Main article: 1972–73 European Cup
First round
13 September 1972 First leg Újpesti Dózsa 2 – 0 Basel Újpest
Bene  39'
Horváth  57'
Zámbó  60'		 UEFA summary
FCB summary		  88' Ramseier Stadium: Ferenc Szusza Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Paul Schiller
27 September 1972 Second leg Basel 3 – 2 Újpesti Dózsa Basel
20:00 Hasler  65' (1:1)
Balmer  75' (2:1)
Balmer  83' (3:1)		 UEFA summary
FCB summary		  32' E. Dunai
 46' (0:1) Bene
 58' P. Juhász
 89' (3:2) Bene		 Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Walker

Újpesti Dózsa won 4–3 on aggregate.

Matches
17 June 1972 Round 1 Girondins de Bordeaux 1 – 3 Basel Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
Papin  34' (1:2) Summary  14' (0:1) Balmer
 32' (0:2) Blättler
 85' (1:3) Wenger		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne
20 June 1972 Round 2 Olympique Lyonnais 1 – 0 Basel Stade de Gerland, Lyon
Trivic  28' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 3,410
Referee: Roland Keller Bern
24 June 1972 Round 3 Basel 3 – 4 Girondins de Bordeaux St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Hasler  3' (1:0)
Balmer  48' (2:2)
Hasler  90' (3:4)		 Summary  21' (1:1) Goubet
 25' (1:2) Giresse
 49' (2:3) Lipo
 52' (2:4) Petit		 Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Roger Machin
27 June 1972 Round 4 Basel 3 – 2 Olympique Lyonnais St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Demarmels  52' (1:0)
Stohler  68' (2:1)
Ramseier  87' (3:1)		 Summary  55' (1:1) Lacombe
 88' (3:2) Di Nallo		 Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Robert Frauciel

Group B league table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Notes
1Girondins de Bordeaux43011496Qualified for final
2Basel4202944
3Olympique Lyonnais4202884
4Servette41038142

See also

References
  1. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". "Bilanz 1972/73". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A 1972/73". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1972/73". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. Garin, Eric (1972). "Switzerland - League Cup Finals". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  5. uefa.com (1973). "1972/73 season – Overview". uefa.com. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  6. Veronese, Andrea (1972). "Cup of the Alps 1972". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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