1963–64 FC Basel season

FC Basel 1963–64 Lucien Schmidlin Jiří Sobotka Ground Landhof andSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel Nationalliga A 7th Swiss Cup Round of 16 European Cup Winners' Cup First round Cup of the Alps Group stage Karl Odermatt (9) Karl Odermatt (11) 11,000 12.04.1964vs. Lausanne-Sport 5,000 26.04.1964vs. Cantonal Neuchatel 7,150 1962–63 1964–65 The 1963–64 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 70th season in their existence. It was their 18th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football after their promotion in the 1945–46 season. They played their home games either in their old Landhof Stadium or in their new St. Jakob Stadium. Lucien Schmidlin was club chairman for the second year running. Overview Pre-season Jiří Sobotka continued his job as club manager, it was his third consecutive year as manager. Basel played a total of 55 games this season. Of these 26 were in the domestic league, three were in the Swiss Cup, two in the 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup, three in the Cup of the Alps and 21 were friendly matches. Of these 21 test games 12 were won, five drawn and four were lost. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/bilanz?saison=1963/64 Bilanz 1963/64 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 Roberto Frigerio scored 19 goals in 15 test games. Four alone in the game against FC Laufen and a hat-trick against Lugano. https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/kader?command=statistik&id=26062&kat=8&saison=1963/64 Roberto 'Mucho' Frigerio: Statistik 1963/64 - Testspiel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 However, the results of these test games are secondary. The pre-seasons tests were mainly played with lower level, locals teams as release games for the transfers of young players, Marcel Kunz from FC Gerlafingen, Walter Baumann from FC Pratteln and Walter Löffel from FC Moutier. World tour A well-documented curiosity was the fact that during the winter break of the 1963–64 season the team travelled on a world tour. This saw them visit British Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, French Polynesia, Mexico and the United States. First team manager Jiří Sobotka together with 16 players and 15 members of staff, supporters and journalists participated in this world tour from 10 January to 10 February 1964. Team captain Bruno Michaud filmed the events with his super-8 camara. The voyage around the world included 19 flights and numerous bus and train journeys. Club chairman, Lucien Schmidlin, led the group, but as they arrived in the hotel in Bangkok, he realised that 250,000 Swiss Francs were missing. The suitcase that he had filled with the various currencies was not with them. He had left it at home, but Swiss Air were able to deliver this to him within a few days. During the tour a total of ten friendly/test games were played, these are listed below. Five wins, three draws, two defeats, but also three major injuries resulted from these test matches. A broken leg for Peter Füri, an eye injury for Walter Baumann and a knee injury for Bruno Michaud soon reduced the number of players to just 13. Josef Zindel 2018 Die ersten 125 Jahre: 1964 The unbelievable world tour, pages 60 and 61 Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel Domestic league There were fourteen teams contesting in the 1963–64 Nationalliga A, these were the top 12 teams from the previous season 1962–63 and the two newly promoted teams Schaffhausen and Cantonal Neuchatel. The Championship was played in a double round-robin, the champions were to be qualified for 1964–65 European Cup and the bottom placed two teams in the table were to be relegated. Basel started well into the season, winning four of the first five matches. Despite three away defeats, up until the winter break the team were championship leaders with seven wins and three draws. The second half of the season, following the world tour, started with three straight defeats. Basel consequently slipped down in the league table and finished the championship in seventh position, with ten wins and six draws from 26 matches, scoring 42 goals conceding 48, with twenty six points, 13 points less than the new champions La Chaux-de-Fonds. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwithist.html Nationalliga A 1963/64 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 Karl Odermatt was the team's top goal scorer in the domestic league with 9 goals. https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/statistik?saison=1963/64 1963/64 Statistik Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 Swiss Cup As title holders in the Swiss Cup, Basel started in the 3rd principal round, on 5 October 1963, with an easy away win against SC Schöftland in their attempt to defend this title. In the round of 32 they played away from home against local rivals Concordia which was also won with ease. In the round of 16 Basel were drawn against lower classed Porrentruy. However, this was indeed the best period in the Porrentruy club history. Their player-manager at that time was Basel's former striker Hügi (II) and game ended with a surprising 0–1 defeat, goal scorer in the 56 minute was another former Basel player René Jaeck. Basel's cup campaign came to an abrupt and disappointing end. But Porrentruy, with a quarter-final win over Sion, even advanced as far as the semi-finals. Here they were beaten by the new cup winners Lausanne-Sport. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit64.html Switzerland 1963/64 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 European Cup Winners' Cup As Swiss Cup holders Basel were qualified for the 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup competition. Here they were drawn against the Scottish cup holders Celtic. Both games ended very disappointingly (1–5 and 0–5) and thus ended with a disastrous aggregate result. Cup of the Alps In the Cup of the Alps competition during the group stage Basel played against Genoa C.F.C., Atalanta and Zürich. All three games were played in the Landhof, but all three ended in a defeat and the campaign ended. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?saison=1963%2F64&liga=28 Spiele 1963/64 Alpencup Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 Players SUI GK Hansruedi Günthardt SUI GK Marcel Kunz from FC Gerlafingen SUI GK Kurt Stettler SUI DF Walter Baumann from FC Pratteln SUI DF Heinz Blumer SUI DF René Burri SUI DF Peter Füri GER MF Josef Kiefer SUI DF Bruno Michaud SUI DF Markus Pfirter SUI DF Hanspeter Stocker SUI MF Hans Weber SUI MF Werner Decker only Cup of the Alps SUI MF Walter Löffel from FC Moutier ITA FW Enrico Mazzola SUI FW Aldo Moscatelli only Cup of the Alps SUI MF Karl Odermatt SUI FW Roberto Frigerio SUI FW Bruno Gabrieli from Nordstern Basel SUI FW Bruno Gatti SUI FW Arnold Hofer HUN FW Janos Konrad from reserve team SUI FW Klaus Huber from SpVgg Rheinfelden GER FW Erdmann Lüth from VfR Kaiserslautern SUI MF Carlo Porlezza SUI FW Raymond Simonet SUI MF Fernando Von Krannichfeldt Players who left the squad SUI GK René Jeker to Winterthur SUI MF Abraham Levy SUI FW Werner Meier SUI FW Niklaus Stöckli reserve team SUI MF Wolfgang Walther Results Legend #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #CCCCCC Postponed 1px solid #AAAAAA Friendly matches Pre-season Pre-season 1 August 1963 17:00 Black Stars SUI 1–8 Summary SUI Basel Hänggi 2 Mazzola4 Pfirter Hofer Löffel Buschwilerhof, Basel 1,500 SUI Wyttenbach Birsfelden W Pre-season 7 August 1963 FC Pratteln SUI 1–5 Summary SUI Basel 1:4 20 0:1 Mazzola22 0:2 Hofer43 0:3 Hofer50 0:4 Gatti1:5 Burri In den Sandgruben, Pratteln 600 SUI Gottfried Dienst Basel W Release game for transfer of Walter Baumann Pre-season 10 August 1963 16:00 FC Gerlafingen SUI 1–4 Summary SUI Basel Müller 44 1:3 2 0:1 Lüth30 0:2 Simonet34 0:3 Lüth48 1:4 Mazzola Strackbach, Gerlafingen 800 SUI Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach W Release game for transfer of goalkeeper Marcel Kunz Pre-season 11 August 1963 FC Moutier SUI 1–3 Summary SUI Basel Spielmann 44 1:0 50 1:1 Pfirter74 1:2 Gatti89 1:3 Gatti Stade de Chalière, Moutier 800 SUI Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach W Release game for transfer of Walter Löffel Pre-season 14 August 1963 20:00 Basel SUI 3–2 Summary DEN Kjøbenhavns Boldklub Gatti 14 1:0Blumer 20 2:0Pfirter 33 3:0 60 3:1 Kristensen87 3:2 Möller St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 2,000 SUI Karl Göppel Zürich W Pre-season 18 August 1963 La Chaux-de-Fonds SUI 2–2 Summary SUI Basel Bertschi 52 1:1Vuilleumier 83 2:2 8 0:1 Blumer75 1:2 Odermatt Stade des Prés-sous-Ville, Vallorbe 1,500 SUI D. Mellet Lausanne D Winter break and mid-season Winter break 15 January 1964 20:00 Hong Kong HKG 2–3 Summary SUI Basel 1:22:3 14 0:1 Blumer16 0:2 Gatti41 1:3 Frigerio Hong Kong Stadium, British Hong Kong 8,000 Luk-tak-son W Winter break 18 January 1964 20:00 Malaysia MAS 2–5 Summary SUI Basel Jusof Hamid 61 1:4Jusof Hamid 75 2:5 8 0:1 Odermatt17 0:2 Frigerio32 0:3 Odermatt60 0:4 Pfirter69 1:5 Blumer Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 6,000 W Winter break 20 January 1964 Singapore Selection SIN 2–2 Summary SUI Basel 5 1:17 pen. 2:1 3 0:1 Blumer61 2:2 Frigerio Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore 5,000 D Winter break 22 January 1964 Singapore Selection SIN 2–4 Summary SUI Basel 55 1:390 2:4 19 0:1 Frigerio29 0:2 Frigerio50 0:3 Burri75 1:4Frigerio Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore 4,000 W Winter break 25 January 1964 Sydney Prague Australia 2–2 Summary SUI Basel Tristram 1:0Tristram 40 2:0 68 2:1 Frigerio 72 2:2 Odermatt Athletic Field, Sydney, Australia 12,000 D Winter break 26 January 1964 Victoria Selection Australia 3–2 Summary SUI Basel Joreski 4 1:0Stankovic 50 2:1Stankovic 89 3:2 25 1:1 Blumer65 2:2 Frigerio Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 20,000 L Winter break 27 January 1964 20:00 New Zealand NZL 1–4 Summary SUI Basel Moore 78 1:4 18 0:1 Frigerio0:2 Odermatt55 0:3 Blumer60 0:4 Frigerio Blandford Park, Auckland, New Zealand 6,500 W Winter break 1 February 1964 Tahiti Selection TAH 0–0 Summary SUI Basel Papeete, French Polynesia 4,500 SUI Paul Wyssling Zürich D Winter break 4 February 1964 20:30 California All Stars MEX 1–2 Summary SUI Basel 67 1:2 21 0:1 Burri60 0:2 Löffel Tijuana, Mexico 2,200 W Winter break 9 February 1964 Los Angeles All Stars USA 2–1 Summary SUI Basel Radulski 4 1:0Abaunze 15 2:0 73 2:1 Frigerio Wrigley Field, Los Angeles L Winter break 22 February 1964 Lugano SUI 5–4 Summary SUI Basel Mungai 13 1:0Simonetti 17 2:0Zaro 26 3:1Colombo 44 4:2 Simonetti 47 5:2 25 o.g. 2:1 Scalena28 2:2 Frigerio49 5:3 Frigerio85 5:4 Frigerio Cornaredo, Lugano 500 SUI Luigi Grassi Novazzano L Winter break 1 March 1964 Basel SUI 12 – 0 Summary SUI Laufen Blumer 1Frigerio 4Odermatt 4Weber 3 Basel W Mid-season 14 April 1964 20:15 Basel SUI 5–5 Summary FRG Schalke 04 Meier 40 1:2Keller 63 2:3Meier 69 3:3Meier 77 4:5Meier 88 5:5 5 0:1 Klose28 0:2 Matischak57 1:3 Klose74 3:4 Bechmann75 3:5 Matischak St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 7,000 SUI Karl Göppel Zürich D Basel strengthened through Boskov Young Fellows Zürich and Eugen Meier Young Boys Mid-season 6 May 1964 18:00 Basel SUI 0–6 Summary ENG Nottingham Forest 36 0:1 Wignall44 0:2 Newton46 0:3 Addison67 0:4 Newton82 o.g.84 0:3 Wignall Landhof, Basel 3,000 SUI Pius Kamber Zürich L Mid-season 18 May 1964 15:00 FC Brunnen SUI 2–7 Summary SUI Basel 2 Frigerio1 Gatti3 Odermatt1 Stocker Brunnen W Nationalliga A 1963–64 Nationalliga A League matches Round 1 25 August 1963 15:15 Zürich 0–2 Summary Basel 5 0:1 Simonet70 0:2 Blumer Letzigrund, Zürich 10,000 SUI Anton Bucheli Luzern W Round 2 1 September 1963 15:00 Basel 2–0 Summary Sion Pfirter 54 1:0Pfirter 74 2:0 Landhof, Basel 5,800 SUI Othmar Huber Thun W Round 3 8 September 1963 15:00 Grenchen 0–1 Summary Basel 79 0:1 Füri Stadion Brühl, Grenchen SUI Zürrer Feldmeilen W Round 4 14 September 1963 16:00 Basel 2–2 Summary Schaffhausen Blumer 33 1:1Blumer 89 2:2 32 0:1 Wiehler35 1:2 Wiehler Landhof, Basel 6,500 SUI Pius Kamber Zürich D Round 5 22 September 1966 15:00 Lausanne-Sport 2–3 Summary Basel Hosp 19 1:0Schneiter 58 2:2Hertig 85 52 1:1 Blumer55 1:2 Blumer75 2:3 Hofer Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 12,000 SUI W. Hardmeier Thalwil W Round 6 29 September 1963 15:00 Basel 2–2 [ Summary] Chiasso Hofer 43 1:1Hofer 88 2:2 3 0:1 Bergna47 1:2 Bergna Landhof, Basel 6,800 SUI GuinnardGletterens D Round 7 13 October 1963 15:00 Cantonal Neuchatel 2–1 Summary Basel Perroud 10 1:1Ballamann 56 2:1 7 0:1 Mazzola Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel 4,500 SUI Karl Göppel Zürich L Round 8 27 October 1963 15:00 Basel 2–1 Summary Grasshopper Club Gatti 65 1:1Baumann 74 2:1 33 0:1 Czibor Landhof, Basel 9,200 SUI Othmar Huber Thun W Round 9 6 November 1963 Young Boys 2–1 Summary Basel Füllemann 32 1:0Buffoni 58 2:1 44 1:1 Pfirter Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 7,000 SUI D. Mellet Lausanne L Round 10 17 November 1963 14:30 Basel 4–0 Summary Biel-Bienne Gatti 11 1:0Lüth 20 2:0Baumann 47 3:0Odermatt 80 4:0 Landhof, Basel 7.300 SUI F. Schorer Interlaken W Round 11 1 December 1963 14:30 Basel 3–0 Summary Luzern Odermatt 23 1:0Odermatt 37 2:0Odermatt 75 3:0 Landhof, Basel 5,800 SUI Strässle Steinach W Round 12 8 December 1963 Servette 4–1 Summary Basel Desbiolle 1 1:0Bosson 16 2:0Schindelholz 52 3:1Desbiolle 85 4:1 24 2:1 Odermatt Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 12,500 SUI Albert Weber Lausanne L Round 13 15 December 1963 14:30 Basel 2–2 Summary La Chaux-de-Fonds Weber 58 1:2Mazzola 83 2:2 23 0:1 TrivellinSkiba 38 0:2 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 7,000 SUI D Round 14 8 March 1964 15:00 Basel 0–5 Summary Zürich 15 0:1 Stürmer23 0:2 Rüfl30 0:3 Stürmer44 0:4 Brizzi88 0:5 Frey St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 9,000 SUI Othmar Huber Thun L Round 15 15 March 1964 Sion 2–0 Summary Basel Mantula 24 1:0Gasser 56 2:0 Parc des Sports, Sion 2,000 SUI Guinnard Gletterens L Round 16 22 March 1964 15:00 Basel 0–2 Summary Grenchen 3 0:1 Kominek}61 0:2 H. Schneider Landhof, Basel 7,500 SUI Karl Göppel Zürich L Round 17 5 April 1964 15:00 Schaffhausen 1–1 Summary Basel Flury 51 1:1 13 0:1 Frigerio Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen 2,700 SUI Strässle Steinach D Round 18 12 April 1964 15:00 Basel 4–2 Summary Lausanne-Sport Frigerio 8 1:0Frigerio 15 2:1Gatti 75 3:1Mazzola 79 4:1 11 pen. 1:1 Eschmann84 4:2 Hosp Landhof, Basel 11,000 SUI Anton Bucheli Luzern W Round 19 19 April 1964 Chiasso 0–0 Summary Basel Stadio Via Comacini, Chiasso 1,500 SUI Gilbert Droz Marin-Epagnier D Round 20 26 April 1964 15:00 Basel 3–2 Summary Cantonal Neuchatel Löffel 11 1:1Odermatt 65 2:2Weber 75 3:2 8 0:1 Sandoz34 1:2 Maffioli Landhof, Basel 4,000 SUI Zürrer Feldmeilen W Round 21 3 May 1964 15:15 Grasshopper Club 3–2 Summary Basel Menet 16 pen. 1:1Bernasconi 25 2:1Bernasconi 37 3:1 6 0:1 Odermatt45 3:2 Gatti Hardturm, Zürich 3,000 SUI Roland Keller Bern L Round 22 16 May 1964 18:00 Basel 2–1 Summary Young Boys Frigerio 70 1:1Odermatt 86 2:1 51 0:1 Grünig Landhof, Basel 5,500 SUI Pius Kamber Zürich W Round 23 24 May 1964 Biel-Bienne 2–2 Summary Basel Graf 50 1:1Rajkov 80 2:2 23 0:1 Odermatt75 pen. 1:2 Stocker Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne 3,500 SUI Guinnard Gletterens D Round 24 31 May 1964 Luzern 3–2 Summary Basel Wähling 57 1:2Meili 58 2:2Meili 76 3:2 30 0:1 Frigerio53 pen. 0:2 Stadion Allmend, Luzern 2,600 SUI Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach L Round 25 7 June 1964 15:00 Basel 0–6 Summary Servette 35 0:1 Schindelholz43 0:2 Desbiolles67 0:3 Schindelholz68 0:4 Nemeth84 0:5 Vonlanthen85 0:6 Schindelholz St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel 6,500 SUI D. Mellet Lausanne L Round 26 14 June 1964 15:00 La Chaux-de-Fonds 2–0 Summary Basel Skiba 30 1:0Bertschi 87 2:0 Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds 7,400 SUI Anton Bucheli Luzern L League standings main WDL Q 5 2 CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds ZÜR Zürich GRE Grenchen SER Servette LS Lausanne-Sport YB Young Boys BAS Basel LUC Luzern CHI Chiasso SIO Sion GCZ Grasshopper Club BB Biel-Bienne SCH Schaffhausen NX Cantonal Neuchatel 17 5 4 68 36 C 18 2 6 84 37 17 4 5 57 35 18 0 8 74 33 13 4 9 61 52 11 5 10 56 54 10 6 10 42 48 10 3 13 44 52 8 7 11 40 54 9 3 14 52 58 8 3 15 42 64 8 2 16 52 68 3 7 16 32 69 4 5 17 38 82 green1 Swiss champions, qualified for 1964–65 European Cupand entered 1964–65 Intertoto Cup EC yellow1 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cupand entered 1964–65 Intertoto Cup ECWC blue1 Entered 1964–65 Intertoto Cup I1 blue1 Entered 1964–65 Intertoto Cup I2 red1 Relegated: to Nationalliga B R1 red1 Relegated: to Nationalliga B R2 complete rsssf.com Swiss Cup Round of 64 6 October 1963 SC Schöftland 0–7 Summary Basel 2 0:1 Hofer32 0:2 Odermatt39 0:3 Weber55 0:4 Hofer58 0:5 Blumer75 0:6 Lüth81 0:7 Lüth Sportanlage Rütimatten Schöftland 1,800 SUI Ullrich Dübendorf W Round of 32 20 October 1963 15:00 Concordia 0–4 Summary Basel 17 0:1 Blumer20 0:2 Baumann71 0:3 Weber75 0:4 Pfirter St. Jakob Stadium Basel 4,500 SUI F. Schorer Interlaken W Round of 16 24 November 1963 Porrentruy 1–0 Summary Basel Jaeck 56 1:0 Stade du Tirage Porrentruy 5'600 SUI Michael Huber L European Cup Winners' Cup 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup First leg 17 September 1963 19:45 FC Basel SWI 1–5 Summary SCO Celtic Blumer 78 21 Divers43 65 77 Hughes 53 Lennox St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 15,500 ESP Manuel Gómez Arribas L Second leg 9 October 1963 19:30 Celtic SCO 5–0 Summary SWI FC Basel Johnstone 3Divers 42 88Murdoch 62Chalmers 78 Celtic Park, Glasgow 7,909 DEN Frede Hansen L Celtic won 10 – 1 on aggregate. Cup of the Alps Cup of the Alps Group stage Round 1 21 June 1964 18:30 Basel SUI 2–5 Summary ITA Genoa C.F.C. Odermatt 49 1:1Moscatelli 76 2:3 39 0:1 Rivara64 1:2 Bean69 1:3 Bean77 2:4 Bean89 2:5 Locatelli Landhof, Basel 7,500 ITA Alessandro D'Agostini L Round 2 24 June 1964 18:30 Basel SUI 3–4 Summary SUI Zürich Frigerio 1 1:0Frigerio 39 2:2Frigerio 68 3:2 13 1:1 Martinelli39 1:2 Martinelli77 3:3 Martinelli84 3:4 Stürmer Landhof, Basel 3,000 ITA Gambarotto L Round 3 27 June 1964 18:15 Basel SUI 0–3 Summary ITA Atalanta 52 0:1 Christensen60 0:2 Magistrelli75 0:3 Meneghetti Landhof, Basel 6,000 SUI Othmar Huber Thun L Group 1 table main WDL Q 4 2 GEN ITA Genoa C.F.C. FCZ SUI Zürich ATA ITA Atalanta BAS SUI Basel 3 0 0 7 2 2 0 1 6 5 1 0 2 4 3 0 0 3 5 12 green1 Qualified for final F green2 Qualified for third place match SF complete rsssf.com See also History of FC Basel List of FC Basel players List of FC Basel seasons References Sources Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. 978-3-7245-2027-6 Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. 978-3-7245-2305-5 FCB team 1963–64 at fcb-archiv.ch Switzerland 1963–64 at RSSSF External links FC Basel official site expanded Category:FC Basel seasons Basel