1972–73 FC Zürich season

Associan football season FC Zürich 1972–73 Edwin Nägeli Edwin Nägeli Head coach Friedhelm Konietzka Letzigrund 1972–73 Nationalliga A Seventh 1972–73 Swiss Cup Winners 1972 Swiss League Cup Round 1 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup First round 1973 Intertoto Cup Group 5, Third Daniel Jeandupeux(9 goals) Fritz Künzli(18 goals) 1971–72 1973–74 The 1972–73 season was FC Zürich's 76th season in their existence, since their foundation in 1896. It was their 14th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football, following their promotion the 1957–58 season. They played their home games in the Letzigrund. Overview The club's president at this time was Edwin Nägeli and their first team head-coach was the German Friedhelm Konietzka. The first team competed not only in the first-tier Nationalliga but also competed in this season's Swiss Cup and in the newly created Swiss League Cup. Further the team entered into the International Football Cup and had qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup by winning the 1971–72 Swiss Cup. Players The following is the list of the Zürich first team squad. It also includes players that were in the squad the day the season started on 24 June 1972, but subsequently left the club after that date. 1 SUI GK Karl Grob league games: 26 SUI GK Hanspeter Janser league games: 0 SUI DF Hilmar Zigerlig league games: 25 SUI DF Max Heer league games: 24 SUI DF Renzo Bionda league games: 24 SUI DF Pirmin Stierli league games: 23 GER DF Hubert Münch league games: 20 SUI DF Albert Wyss league games: 1 SUI DF Peter Hafner league games: 2 SUI MF Walter Iselin league games: 2 SUI MF Jakob Kuhn league games: 23 ITA MF Rosario Martinelli league games: 19 SUI MF Ernst Rutschmann league games: 12 SUI MF Heinz Ernst league games: 10 SUI MF Umberto Foschini league games: 2 SUI MF Joszef Turan league games: 1 SUI FW Fritz Künzli league games: 19 SUI FW Daniel Jeandupeux league games: 24 GER FW Rudi Brunnenmeier league games: 20 SUI FW Erwin Schweizer league games: 14 SUI FW Peter Marti league games: 15 GER FW Friedhelm Konietzka league games: 9 SUI FW Johannes Gnädinger league games: 0 ITA FW Armando Arisi league games: 2 SUI FW René Rietmann league games: 1 SUI FW Hansueli Zürcher league games: 1 Results Legend #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #CCCCCC Postponed 1px solid #AAAAAA Nationalliga A 1972–73 Nationalliga A League matches Round 1 12 August 1972 18:00 St. Gallen 1–3 FCZ Summary Zürich Leuzinger 37 1:1 17′ Jeandupeux21 pen Jeandupeux79 1:2 Künzli84 1:3 Künzli Jeandupeux Espenmoos, St. Gallen 5,100 SUI Roland Keller (Kehrsatz, Bern) W Round 2 19 August 1972 20:15 Zürich 0–1 FCZ summary Chiasso Kuhn 80′ 23 0:1 Allio Letzigrund, Zürich 6,500 SUI Fernand Burioli (Lausanne) L Round 3 23 August 1972 20:15 Zürich 1–1 FCZ summaryFCB summary Basel Jeandupeux 10 1:1 2 0:1 Mundschin15 Fischli Letzigrund, Zürich 19,000 SUI Jean Dubach (Nidau) D Round 4 26 August 1972 20:30 Lausanne-Sport 1–2 FCZ summary Zürich Grahn 14 1:0Guggisberg 39Vuilleumier 78 34 Bionda 34′ Jeandupeux56 1:1 Brunnenmeier 78′ Brunnenmeier78 1:2 Brunnenmeier Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 10,000 SUI Rudolf Scheurer (Bettlach, Switzerland) W Round 5 2 September 1972 Zürich 2–0 FCZ summary La Chaux-de-Fonds Kuhn 43 penBrunnenmeier 86 1:0 Veya Letzigrund, Zürich 4,500 SUI Bruno della Bruna (Lumino) W Round 6 9 September 1972 20:15 Young Boys 0–1 FCZ summary Zürich Vögeli Trümpler 32 og (Messerli) Zigerlig Jeandupeux Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 12,000 SUI Roland Racine (Prilly) W Round 7 16 September 1972 16:30 Lugano 0–0 FCZ summary Zürich Lanfranconi Cornaredo, Lugano 6,500 SUI André Favre (Échallens) D Round 8 24 September 1972 15:15 Zürich 1–2 FCZ summary Sion Jeandupeux 22 1:1Münch 17 0:1 Quentin86 1:2 Luisier Letzigrund, Zürich 6,500 SUI Ernest Guignet (Yverdon-les-Bains) L Round 9 30 September 1972 17:15 Winterthur 3–0 FCZ summary Zürich Nielsen 49 1:0Risi 57 2:0Oettli 90 3:0 Schützenwiese, Winterthur 10,000 SUI Mario Clematide (Zollikofen) L Round 10 8 October 1972 15:30 Zürich 3–2 FCZ summary Servette Künzli 47 1:0Heer 80 2:1Künzli 88 3:1 24 1:1 Castella90 3:2 Pfister Letzigrund, Zürich 6,500 SUI Gérard Racine (La Neuveville) W Round 11 15 October 1972 15:00 Fribourg 1–0 FCZ summary Zürich Holenstein 1 1:0 Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard, Fribourg 7,000 L Round 12 29 October 1972 15:00 Zürich 4–0 FCZ summary Grenchen Künzli 14 1:0Künzli 25 2:0Künzli 63 3:0Martinelli 80 4:0 Letzigrund, Zürich 9,300 SUI Ulysse Darbellay (Roche, Vaud) W Round 13 19 November 1972 14:45 Grasshopper Club 3–0 FCZ summary Zürich Schneeberger 35 1:0Schneeberger 35Gröbli 52 pen. 2:0Dimmeler 89 3:0 52 Grob53 Kuhn Hardturm, Zürich 14,000 SUI Roland Racine (Prilly) L Round 14 3 December 1972 14:45 Zürich 5–3 FCZ summary St. Gallen (Rafreider) 30 ogKünzli 32 2:0Schweizer 35 3:0Kuhn 55 pen. 4:2Jeandupeux 73 5:2 47 3:1 Nasdalla53 3:2 Leuzinger84 5:3 Cina Brander Letzigrund, Zürich 6,500 SUI Fernand Burioli (Lausanne) W Round 15 4 March 1973 15:00 Chiasso 0–0 FCZ summary Zürich Croci-Torti 46 Stadio Comunale Riva IV, Chiasso 4,000 SUI Jean Dubach (Nidau) D Round 16 11 March 1973 14:45 Zürich 0–0 FCZ summary Lausanne-Sport Künzli 88 54 Kaeser79 Ostojić89 Grobet Letzigrund, Zürich 6,700 SUI Mario Clematide (Zollikofen) D Round 17 18 March 1973 La Chaux-de-Fonds P–P [ FCZ summary] Zürich Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds P Round 18 1 April 1973 15:00 Zürich 2–0 FCZ summary Young Boys Brunnenmeier 14 1:0Kuhn 47Heer 87 2:0 Letzigrund, Zürich 6,800 SUI Paul Uldry (Meyrin) W Round 19 15 April 1973 15:00 Zürich 1–1 FCZ summary Lugano Jeandupeux 24 1:1 21 0:1 Luttrop89 Lanfranconi Letzigrund, Zürich 9,000 SUI Roland Racine (Prilly) D Round 17 18 April 1973 20:15 La Chaux-de-Fonds 1–1 FCZ summary Zürich Serment 90 1:1 66 0:1 Martinelli Heer Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds 3,000 SUI Anton Bucheli (Luzern) D Round 20 28 April 1973 20:15 Sion 2–2 FCZ summary Zürich Elsig 17 1:2Barberis 38 2:2 11 0:1 Kuhn17 0:2 Marti Stade Tourbillon, Sion 7,500 SUI Bruno della Bruna (Lumino) D Round 21 2 May 1973 20:00 Basel 2–1 FCZ summaryFCB summary Zürich Balmer 38 1:0Odermatt 48 2:0 41 Heer76 2:1 Brunnenmeier St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 26,000 SUI Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach L New floodlight system in operation for the first time (900 lux). Round 22 12 May 1973 20:15 Zürich 0–0 FCZ summary Winterthur 75 Nielsen Letzigrund, Zürich 8,500 SUI Roland Racine (Prilly) D Round 23 19 May 1973 20:30 Servette 5–1 FCZ summary Zürich Barriquand 7 1:0Dutoit 28 2:0Pfister 43 3:1Pfister 55 4:1Pfister 66 5:1 31 2:1 Martinelli Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 5,200 SUI Ulysse Darbellay (Roche, Vaud) L Round 24 26 May 1973 20:15 Zürich 1–2 FCZ summary Fribourg Jeandupeux 4 1:0 37 pen Cotting55 1:2 Kvicinsky 74′ Cotting Letzigrund, Zürich 2,500 SUI Marcel Despland (Yverdon-les-Bains) L Round 25 2 June 1973 20:15 Grenchen 1–4 FCZ summary Zürich von Burg 40 1:0 53 1:1 Jeandupeux58 1:2 Jeandupeux78 1:3 Rutschmann90 pen Jeandupeux Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 2,500 SUI André Favre (Échallens) W Round 26 9 June 1973 20:15 Zürich 3–1 FCZ summary Grasshopper Club Schweizer 8 1:0Marti 31 2:0Kuhn 80 3:1 45 2:1 Ohlhauser Citherlet Letzigrund, Zürich 13,000 SUI Roland Keller (Kehrsatz, Bern) W Final league table main WDL Q 5 2 BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 1973 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1972/73 1972/73 Rangliste Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" de-ch 1972/73 Ranking 2023-11-16 GCZ Grasshopper Club SIO Sion SER Servette Daniel Reichmuth 2025 https://super-servette.ch/Doku/Resultate_Servette_1972-73.pdf Servette Rangliste 1972/73 Servette ranking 1972/73 super-servette-ch fr 2025-11-16 WIN Winterthur LS Lausanne-Sport ZÜR Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=42&m=0&c=0&i=0&f=0&s=0&pord=0 FCZ 1972/73 dbFCZ de-ch 2023-11-16 LUG Lugano YB Young Boys (red) BSC Young Boys AG 2025 https://www.bscyb.ch/archiv-1972-73#mnc_564 YB Saison 1972/73 YB season 1972/73 BSC Young Boys AG de-ch 2025-11-16 CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds CHI Chiasso STG St. Gallen FRI Fribourg GRE Grenchen 17 5 4 57 30 14 7 5 54 32 13 7 6 35 30 14 3 9 41 23 12 6 8 40 29 11 6 9 46 27 10 8 8 38 33 9 9 8 31 30 9 5 12 39 40 8 7 11 30 43 8 5 13 21 48 7 5 14 31 49 4 7 15 24 43 4 4 18 23 53 green1 Swiss champions, qualified for 1973–74 European Cup EC yellow1 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1973–74 Cup Winners' Cupand entered 1973 Intertoto Cup CWC blue1 Qualified for 1973–74 UEFA Cupand entered 1973 Intertoto Cup UEC1 blue1 Qualified for 1973–74 UEFA Cup UEC2 blue3 Entered 1973 Intertoto Cup I1 blue3 Entered 1973 Intertoto Cup I2 red1 Relegated to 1973–74 Nationalliga B R1 red1 Relegated to 1973–74 Nationalliga B R2 yes complete rsssf.com Swiss Cup 1972–73 Swiss Cup Round 4 5 November 1972 Bellinzona 1–4 FCZ summary Zürich Gobbi 74 1:3 16 0:1 Marti48 0:2 Marti67 0:3 Stierli75 1:4 Künzli Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona 3,000 SUI Hans Wieland (Grenchen) W Round 5 25 November 1972 Zürich 2–1 FCZ summary Lausanne-Sport Jeandupeux 19 1:0Künzli 60 2:0 88 2:1 Walter Müller II Letzigrund, Zürich 7,800 SUI Jean Dubach (Nidau) W Quarter-final first leg 10 December 1972 14:30 Zürich 1–1 FCZ summary Etoile Carouge Münch 15 1:0 74 1:1 Andrey Letzigrund, Zürich 2,700 SUI Rudolf Scheurer (Bettlach, Switzerland) D Quarter-final return leg 17 December 1972 14:30 Etoile Carouge 0–4 1–5 FCZ summary Zürich 19 0:1 Martinelli28 0:2 Kuhn37 0:3 Jeandupeux64 Heer69 0:4 Martinelli Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge 8,157 SUI Hans Wieland (Grenchen) W Semi-final first leg 25 March 1973 14:30 Winterthur 1–1 FCZ summary Zürich Meili2 1:0Oettli 84 63 1:1 Stierli Schützenwiese, Winterthur 12,700 SUI Rudolf Scheurer (Bettlach, Switzerland) D Semi-final return leg 28 March 1973 19:30 Zürich 2–1 yes 3–2 FCZ summary Winterthur Martinelli 36 1:1Rutschmann 100 2:1 33 0:1 Grünig Letzigrund, Zürich 15,000 SUI Hans Wieland (Grenchen) W Final 23 April 1973 14:30 Zürich 2–0 yes FCZ summaryFCB summary Basel Münch 22Zigerlig 36Marti 92Künzli 101Bionda 104 41 Hitzfeld99 Demarmels104 Odermatt Wankdorf, Bern 45,000 SUI Roland Keller (Bern W 42,591 paying spectators, 2,500 invited guests. Swiss League Cup 1972 Swiss League Cup Round of 16 5 August 1972 17:30 Zürich 0–2 FCZ summary Grasshopper Club 37 pen Citherlet78 0:2 Meier Letzigrund, Zürich 7,600 SUI Walter Hungerbühler (St. Gallen) L Cup Winners' Cup 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup Round 1 first leg 13 September 1972 20:15 Zürich SUI 1–1 FCZ summary WAL Wrexham Künzli 47 48 Kinsey Letzigrund, Zürich 6,500 Petar Kostovski (Yugoslavia) D Round 1, return leg 27 September 1972 Wrexham WAL 2–1 3–2 FCZ summary SUI Zürich Ashcroft 63Sutton 74May Mostyn 48 Martinelli Zigerlig Racecourse Ground, Wrexham 18,000 Rolf Nyhus (Norway) L Wrexham won 3–2 on aggregate Intertoto Cup 1972 Intertoto Cup Group 5 matches Round 1 24 June 1972 18:00 Zürich SUI 0–0 FCZ summary SWE Djurgården Letzigrund, Zürich 1,600 SUI Mario Clematide (Zollikofen) D Round 2 1 July 1972 First Vienna AUT 2–2 FCZ summary SUI Zürich Miss 21 1:0Hevera 26 2:0 71 2:1 Schweizer81 2:2 Schweizer Red Star-Platz, Vienna 2,000 AUT Paul Drabek D Round 3 8 July 1972 Slovan Bratislava TCH 0–3 FCZ summary SUI Zürich 2 0:1 Künzli64 0:2 Künzli65 0:3 Künzli Tehelné pole, Bratislava 4,000 W Round 4 15 July 1972 Zürich SUI 1–1 FCZ summary AUT First Vienna Künzli 45 1:0 66 1:1 Traxler Hevera Letzigrund, Zürich 3,500 SUI Jean Dubach (Nidau) D Round 5 22 July 1972 Zürich SUI 1–3 FCZ summary TCH Slovan Bratislava Künzli 25 1:0 42 1:1 Pekárik45 1:2 Pekárik87 1:3 Čapkovič Letzigrund, Zürich 4,100 SUI Hans Wieland (Grenchen) L Round 6 29 July 1972 Djurgården SWE 2–1 FCZ summary SUI Zürich Svensson 16 1:0Svensson 71 2:1 48 1:1 Künzli Stockholm 950 SWE Sven Jonsson L Final group table main WDL Q 2 SLO TCH Slovan Bratislava FIR AUT First Vienna ZÜR SUI Zürich DJU SWE Djurgården 5 0 1 16 7 2 2 2 9 10 1 3 2 8 8 1 1 4 6 14 5–0 0–3 4–1 0–1 2–2 3–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 2–3 1–3 2–1 y noflag 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete mogiel.net Friendly matches Pre- and Mid-season Pre-season 5 July 1972 Austria national football team(Amateur national team) 0–1 FCZ summary Zürich 0:1 Gnädinger Amstetten W Mid-season 3 September 1972 Schalke 04 2–2 FCZ summary Zürich 0:1 Schweizer0:2 Künzli Sports centre Freudenstadt 2,500 D Mid-season 20 October 1972 20:15 Zürich 0–1 FCZ summary Sampdoria 70 0:1 Badiani Letzigrund, Zürich 1,100 SUI Walter Gallmann (Oberrieden) L Winter break and Mid-season Winter break 3 February 1973 Biel-Bienne 2–2 FCZ summary Zürich Wiberg 6 1:0Wiberg 46 2:0 57 2:1 Künzli68 Kuhn74 2:2 Martinelli Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne 500 SUI Jean Dubach (Nidau) D Corners: 7:11 Winter break 10 February 1973 14:30 Zürich 4–2 FCZ summaryFCB summary Basel Künzli 66 1:2Künzli 79 2:2Martinelli 83 3:2Marti 90 4:2 39 0:1 Hitzfeld65 0:2 Stohler Letzigrund, Zürich 1,300 SUI Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach L Half an hour before the game, a snowstorm: slippery, uneven surface. Winter break 18 February 1973 Wettingen 0–5 FCZ summary Zürich 68 0:1 Brunnenmeier70 0:2 Künzli78 0:3 Künzli80 0:4 Kuhn85 0:5 Brunnenmeier Stadion Altenburg, Wettingen 700 SUI Hans Wieland (Grenchen) W Winter break 25 February 1973 Lausanne-Sport 1–0 FCZ summary Zürich Grahn 15 1:0 Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 1,000 SUI André Favre (Échallens) L Snow-covered pitch Mid-season 18 March 1973 AS Gambarogno (red) Federazione ticinese di calcio 2023 https://matchcenter-ftc.football.ch/default.aspx?v=1145603&oid=12&lng=3 AS Gambarogno Federazione ticinese di calcio it 2023-11-16 0–12 FCZ summary Zürich 4 0:1 Brunnenmeier6 pen Kuhn29 0:3 Künzli34 0:4 Rutschmann36 0:5 Künzli39 0:6 Rutschmann43 0:7 Kuhn47 0:8 Martinelli64 0:9 Kuhn72 0:10 Brunnenmeier75 0:11 Künzli84 0:12 Marti Campo Quartino, Gambarogno 320 SUI Prudente (Bellinzona) W Corners 1:8. Gambarogno spielte in der Saison 1972/73 in der 1. Liga. Mid-season 7 April 1973 Luzern 2–2 FCZ summary Zürich Schaller 58 1:1Küttel 73 2:1 50 0:1 Brunnenmeier80 2:2 Brunnenmeier Stadion Allmend, Luzern 200 SUI Gottlieb Barmettler, (Oberrieden and Luzern) D Mid-season 29 May 1973 TSV 1860 München 3–0 FCZ summary Zürich Weller 1:0Schuberth 2:0Brozulat 3:0 Munich L Sources and references Switzerland 1972–73 at RSSSF Swiss League Cup 1972 at RSSSF FC Zürichseasons 1971–72 1973–74 Category:FC Zürich seasons Zürich