1961–62 FC Basel season

FC Basel 1961–62 Jiří Sobotka Ernst Weber Ground Landhof, Basel Nationalliga A 5th Swiss Cup Quarter-final International Football Cup Group stage Markus Pfirter (9) Josef Hügi (15) 14,000 on 15 October 1961vs Servette 1,500 on 4 March 1962vs Fribourg 6,038 1960–61 1962–63 The 1961–62 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 68th season in their existence. It was their 16th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football following their promotion from the Nationalliga B the season 1945–46. They played their home games in the Landhof, in the Wettstein Quarter in Kleinbasel. Ernst Weber was the club's chairman for the third consecutive season. Overview Pre-season The former Czechoslovak footballer Jiří Sobotka was appointed as Basel's new team manager. Sobotka had been manager for La Chaux-de-Fonds from 1946 to 1959 and during this time had won the championship twice and the cup competition five times. He was manager for Feyenoord from 1959 to 1961 and had won the Dutch League with them in the season before he was hired by Basel. A number of older players left the squad. But quite a few new youngster were brought in to cover these empty places and Sobotka was well known for his work with the younger players. In fact all the new youngsters that joined the club lived within just a few minutes bus or tram ride from the Landhof stadium: Heinz Blumer lived in Reinach and advanced up from the junior team, local man Peter Füri joined the club from La Chaux-de-Fonds, Markus Pfirter joined from Concordia Basel, Otto Ludwig returned from Old Boys, Roland Denicola lived in Allschwil, René Burri in Birsfelden, Wilfried Fritz in Kandern and Hans-Ruedi Günthardt lived in Basel. Josef Zindel 2018 Die ersten 125 Jahre Konstanz als Erfolgsrezept, Page 58 Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel Basel played a total of 44 games this season. Of these 44 matches 26 were in the domestic league, four were in the Swiss Cup, six were in the newly formed International Football Cup and eight were friendly matches. Of these eight friendly games four were played at home and four away from home. Four games ended in a victory, three were drawn and one ended in a defeat. The friendly match against 1. FC Köln at the end of the season was one of the highlights of these test games, it ended in a 4–4 draw. This was the farewell game for Josef Hügi who was moving on to play for Zürich the following season. René Burri, Roberto Frigerio twice and Hügi himself scored the goals for Basel. Karl-Heinz Thielen, Christian Müller, Breuer and Helmut Benthaus scored the goals for Köln. 14,000 spectators paid their entrance tickets to see the game, much needed money because the club was suffering under a bad financial situation at that time. An interesting point to note was the contact that was made between the club's chairman, Ernst Weber, and the scorer of the final goal of the match, Benthaus. This contact would come in handy a few years later. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/bilanz?saison=1961/62 Bilanz Saison 1961/62 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 International Football Cup Basel were appointed as one of four Swiss representatives in the newly founded IFC. The 1961–62 International Football Cup took place during the summer break. Basel played in Group B4 together with Sparta Rotterdam, IF Elfsborg and SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin but finished the group in the bottom position. Pawel Mogielnicki http://www.mogiel.net/EC/intertoto-history/1961.php Intertoto Cup 1961/62 Pawel Mogielnicki 2019-11-16 Domestic league Fourteen teams contested the 1960–61 Nationalliga A, these were the top 12 teams from the previous season and the two newly promoted teams Lugano and Schaffhausen. The Championship was played in a double round-robin, the champions were to be qualified for 1962–63 European Cup and the last two teams in the table were to be relegated. The team played a mediocre season, but not much more was expected from the young team, manager Jiří Sobotka was forming the team for the future seasons. Basel finished the season in the mid-field region of the league table in 7th position with 28 points, 12 points behind Servette who won the championship for the second time in a row. Basel won ten games, drew eight and were defeated eight times. Youngster Markus Pfirter was the team's top league goal scorer with nine goals and oldie Josef Hügi scored eight times that season. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwithist.html Nationalliga A 1960/61 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 Swiss Cup Basel entered the Swiss Cup in the third principal round. They were drawn at home against third tier club SR Delémont. Despite being 0–2 in arrear early in the game, they came back to win 3–2. In the fourth round they faced fourth tier local club FC Breite, with ex-FCB player Hans Hügi (who had retired from active football) in another home game. Older brother Hügi (I) defended against younger brother Hügi (II), but younger brother won the duel and scored two of the goals as Basel won 3–0 to continue to the next round. In the fifth round Basel won due to an own goal against Zürich, but in the quarter-final they were defeated by Bellinzona, who continued to the final, but here they were defeated by cup winners Lausanne-Sport after extra time. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit62.html Switzerland 1961/62 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 Players The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the 1961–62 season. The list includes players that were in the squad on the day that the Nationalliga A season started on 20 August 1961 but subsequently left the club after that date. SUI GK Hans-Ruedi Günthardt 1 SUI GK René Jeker 1 SUI GK Kurt Stettler SUI DF Heinz Blumer new SUI DF René Burri from FC Birsfelden SUI DF Peter Füri from La Chaux-de-Fonds SUI DF Markus Pfirter from Concordia Basel 3 SUI DF Bruno Michaud SUI DF Hanspeter Stocker SUI DF Edmund Vogt SUI DF Hans Weber SUI MF Hansruedi Herr from reserve team 6 SUI MF Carlo Porlezza 7 SUI MF Fernando Von Krannichfeldt SUI MF Rudolf Rickenbacher only IFC SUI MF Silvan Thüler SUI FW Roland Denicola new 9 SUI FW Josef Hügi (II) GER MF Otto Ludwig from Old Boys SUI FW Hansueli Oberer 11 SUI FW Paul Speidel HUN FW Ferenc Stockbauer only UFC SUI MF Niklaus Stöckli from reserve team SUI MF Wolfgang Walther new GER MF Wilfried Fritz new Players who left the squad SUI DF Ulrich Vetsch retired SUI MF Peter Brendle SUI MF Jean-Louis Gygax SUI MF René Jaeck GER MF Gerhard Siedl to AZ Alkmaar SUI MF Jean-Claude Bourgnon 8 SUI FW Bernhard Chenaux SUI MF Antonio Danani to FC Moutier SUI MF Claus-Dieter Tabel to reserve team Results Legend #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #CCCCCC Postponed 1px solid #AAAAAA Friendly matches Preseason Pre-season July 1961 Tus Lörrach-Stetten SUI 0–0 Summary SUI Basel Lörrach D Anniversary game 50 years Lörrach-Stetten Pre-season 6 August 1961 Aarau SUI 3–2 Summary SUI Basel Fragnières 1xGribi 1xCrivelli pen. 1x 1x Von Krannichfeldt1x Denicola Hügeli, Schöftland 3,000 SUI Gloor Schöftland L Pre-season 13 August 1961 FC Klus-Balsthal SUI 0–8 Summary SUI Basel Mühlefeld, Balsthal 1,200 SUI Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach W Anniversary game 50 years FC Klus-Balsthal Pre-season 16 August 1961 18:30 FC Riehen SUI 2–6 Summary SUI Basel Bieri 1:3Raes pen. 2:4 0:1 Hügi (II)5 0:2 Stocker35 0:3 Hügi (II)1:4 Hügi (II)2:5 Wilfried Fritzpen. 2:6 Hügi (II) Riehen 600 W Pre-season 22 August 1961 20:00 Basel SUI 2–0 Summary ISR Hapoel Tel Aviv Hügi (II) 1xWalther 1x St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 3,500 SUI Anton Bucheli Luzern W Winter break and end of season Winter break 11 February 1962 15:00 Basel SUI 2–1 Summary SUI Biel-Bienne Hügi (II) 1 1:0Hügi (II) 58 2:0 85 2:1 Rossbach Landhof, Basel 1,100 SUI Oettlin Basel W End of season 16 May 1962 18:15 Basel SUI 1–1 Summary ENG Scunthorpe United Burri 31 1:0 65 1:1 Landhof, Basel 2,400 SUI Gottfried Dienst Basel D End of season 22 May 1962 20:00 Basel SUI 4–4 Summary GER 1. FC Köln Frigerio 27 1:2Burri 38 2:3Frigerio 82 3:3Hügi (II) 83 4:3 9 0:1 Thielen22 0:2 Müller34 1:3 Breuer84 4:4 Benthaus St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 14,000 SUI F. Schorer Interlaken D Farewell game for Josef Hügi. Guest player by Basel: Frigerio Nationalliga A 1961–62 Nationalliga A League matches Round 1 20 August 1961 15:00 Basel 4–2 Summary Biel-Bienne Blumer 41 1:0Blumer 47 2:0Von Krannichfeldt 72 3:2Walther 78 4:2 49 2:1 Koller55 2:2 Rossbach Landhof, Basel 6,000 SUI D. Mellet Lausanne W Round 2 27 August 1961 15:00 Lausanne-Sport 6–1 Summary Basel Glisovic 40 1:0Glisovic 48 2:0Vonlanden 54 pen. 3:0Glisovic 60 4:0Hosp 73 5:0Armbruster 74 6:0 77 6:1 Weber Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 4,500 SUI Victor Werner Schicker Bern L Round 3 2 September 1961 16:30 Basel 2–1 Summary Schaffhausen Stocker 23 1:0Hügi (II) 63 2:1 57 1:1 Akeret Landhof, Basel 3,500 SUI Albert Weber Lausanne W Round 4 10 September 1961 Grasshopper Club 4–3 Summary Basel Vonburg 10 1:0Dimmeler 63 2:3Burger 78 3:3Ghilard 4:3 17 1:1 Wilfried Fritz40 1:2 Wilfried Fritz51 1:3 Hügi (II) Hardturm, Zürich 6,000 SUI Roland David Lausanne L Round 5 16 September 1961 16:15 Basel 1–2 Summary Luzern Hügi (II) 1 1:0 13 1:1 Lettl47 1:2 Gerber Landhof, Basel 6,000 SUI Guinnard GletterensL L Round 6 24 September 1961 Fribourg 1–1 Summary Basel Froidevaux 10 1:0 86 1:1 Hügi (II) Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard, Fribourg 3,500 SUI Victor Werner Schicker Bern D Round 7 1 October 1961 15:00 Basel 0–2 Summary Lugano 50 0:1 Ciani59 0:2 Neuschäfer Landhof, Basel 5,000 SUI Albert Weber Lausanne L Round 8 8 October 1961 Grenchen 0–1 Summary Basel Wilfried Fritz 80 0:1 Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 3,000 SUI Schurr Interlaken W Round 9 15 October 1961 15:00 Basel 1–1 Summary Servette Walther 47 1:0 Robbiani 70 1:1 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 14,000 SUI Othmar Huber Thun D Round 10 5 November 1961 15:00 Young Fellows Zürich 1–0 Summary Basel Niggeler 33 1:0 Letzigrund, Zürich 6,000 SUI Anton Bucheli Luzern L Round 11 11 November 1961 18:00 Basel 4–2 Summary Zürich Hügi (II) 23 1:1Denicola 36 2:1Pfirter 55 3:2Blumer 84 4:2 20 pen. 0:1 Leimgruber43 2:2 Fäh St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 3,000 SUI Victor Werner Schicker Bern W Round 12 26 November 1961 Young Boys 1–4 Summary Basel Meier 63 1:4 28 0:1 Ludwig36 0:2 Pfirter54 0:3 Blumer63 0:4 Ludwig Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 9,000 SUI Anton Bucheli Luzern W Round 13 3 December 1961 14:30 Basel 3–2 Summary La Chaux-de-Fonds Pfirter 11 1:1Hügi (II) 19 2:1Oberer 43 3:1 5 0:1 Trivellin67 3:2 Frigerio Landhof, Basel 7,500 SUI Othmar Huber Thun W Round 14 10 December 1961 Biel-Bienne 4–4 Summary Basel Treuthardt 33 1:3Bächler 60 2:3Bächler 67 3:4Bächler 85 4:4 15 0:1 Pfirter18 0:2 Hügi (II)25 0:3 Blumer67 o.g. 3:4 Kehrli Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne 2,000 SUI D. Mellet Lausanne D Round 15 17 December 1961 14:30 Basel 0–0 Summary Lausanne-Sport Landhof, Basel 7,500 SUI F. Schorer Interlaken D Round 16 31 December 1961 Schaffhausen 1–2 Summary Basel Akeret 59 1:1 52 0:1 Ludwig65 1:2 Stocker Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen 2,300 SUI Helbling Uznach W Round 17 7 January 1962 Basel P – P [ Summary] Grasshopper Club Landhof, Basel P Round 18 25 February 1962 Luzern 1–1 Summary Basel Lettl 70 1:1 52 pen. 0:1 Stocker Stadion Allmend, Luzern 3,500 SUI Josef Gulde St. Gallen D Round 19 4 March 1962 15:00 Basel 4–3 Summary Fribourg Ludwig 18 1:0Burri 30 2:1Pfirter 56 3:1Oberer 75 4:1 20 1:1 Laurito85 4:2 Bongard88 4:3 Laurito Landhof, Basel 1.500 SUI D. Mellet Lausanne W Round 20 11 March 1962 Lugano 2–2 Summary Basel Ciani 15 1:0Ciani 30 2:1 27 1:1 Pfirter60 2:2 Füri Cornaredo, Lugano 2,000 SUI Anton Bucheli Luzern D Round 21 18 March 1962 15:00 Basel 2–1 Summary Grenchen Stocker 71 pen. 1:1Michaud 88 2:1 12 0:1 Stutz Landhof, Basel 4,500 SUI Helbling Uznach W Round 17 25 March 1962 15:00 Basel 1–1 Summary Grasshopper Club Oberer 47 1:0Oberer 66 1:1 von Burg Landhof, Basel 7,500 SUI D. Mellet Lausanne D Round 22 1 April 1962 15:00 Servette 5–1 Summary Basel Mantula 35 1:1Robbiani 54 2:1Bosson 64 3:1Robbiani 65 4:1Fatton 85 5:1 23 0:1 Ludwig Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 9,000 SUI Zürrer Feldmeilen L Round 23 8 April 1962 15:00 Basel 2–2 Summary Young Fellows Zürich Pfirter 28 1:0Blumer 41 2:0 51 2:1 Zimmermann75 2:2 Zimmermann Landhof, Basel 5,000 SUI Schwab Neuchâtel D Round 24 15 April 1962 Zürich 4–2 Summary Basel Brizzi 23 1:0Brizzi 68 2:0Brizzi 72 3:0Martinelli 87 4:0 88 4:1 Hügi (II) Letzigrund, Zürich 6,000 SUI Strässle Steinach L Round 25 29 April 1962 15:00 Basel 6–2 Summary Young Boys Weber 27 1:0Stocker 32 2:0Pfirter 49 3:1Burri 69 4:1Pfirter 75 5:2Weber 87 6:2 39 2:1 Schultheiss71 4:2 Wechselberger Landhof, Basel 7,500 SUI Albert Weber Lausanne W Round 26 5 May 1962 20:00 La Chaux-de-Fonds 3–0 Summary Basel Bertschi 8 1:0Antenen 75 2:0Wenger 89 3:0 Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds 3,500 SUI Helbling Uznach L League table main WDL Q 5 2 SER Servette LS Lausanne-Sport CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds GCZ Grasshopper Club YB Young Boys LUC Luzern BAS Basel BB Biel-Bienne ZÜR Zürich LUG Lugano GRE Grenchen YFZ Young Fellows Zürich SCH Schaffhausen FRI Fribourg 18 4 4 93 30 15 5 6 63 38 16 2 8 72 45 12 7 7 61 52 13 3 10 61 51 11 6 9 45 38 10 8 8 51 54 7 10 9 45 49 8 6 12 53 57 6 10 10 32 60 7 7 12 39 59 7 6 13 53 63 6 7 13 40 65 2 7 17 33 80 green1 Swiss Champions, qualified for 1962–63 European Cup and entered 1962–63 Intertoto Cup A yellow1 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1962–63 Cup Winners' Cup C blue1 Entered 1962–63 Intertoto Cup I1 blue1 Entered 1962–63 Intertoto Cup I2 blue1 Entered 1962–63 Intertoto Cup I3 red1 Relegated R1 red1 Relegated R2 complete rsssf.com Swiss Cup 3rd principal round 22 October 1961 14:30 Basel 3–2 yes Summary SR Delémont Hügi (II) 47 1:2Von Krannichfeldt 62 2:2Blumer 101 3:2 13 0:1 Gassmann27 o.g. 0:2 Weber Landhof, Basel 2,800 SUI Anton Bucheli Luzern W Round 4 19 November 1961 14:30 Basel 3–0 Summary FC Breite Hügi (II) 55 1:0Pfirter 78 2:0Hügi (II) 80 3:0 Landhof, Basel 3,000 SUI A. Ceretti Biel/Bienne W Round 5 14 January 1962 Zürich 0–1 Summary Basel 88 o.g. Letzigrund, Zürich 5,000 SUI Othmar Huber Thun D Quarter-final 18 February 1962 Bellinzona 1–0 Summary Basel Buzzin 75 1:0 Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona 1,000 SUI F. Schorer Interlaken L International Football Cup 1961–62 International Football Cup Group B4 matches Round 1 17 June 1961 18:00 Basel SUI 0–4 Summary Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam 2x van Miert1x de Vries1x} Janssen Landhof, Basel 3,500 AUT Carl Erich Steiner Wien L Round 2 25 June 1961 Elfsborg SWE 2–1 Summary SUI Basel Raaberg 1xLarsson 1x 1x Hügi (II) Ryavallen, Borås, Sweden 3,300 GER Johannes Malka Herten L Round 3 2 July 1961 Tasmania Berlin FRG 1–2 Summary SUI Basel Rosenfeldt 7 1:0 35 1:1 Hügi (II)46 1:2 Stocker Poststadion, Berlin 2,500 SWE Johanesson W Round 4 8 July 1961 18:30 Basel SUI 1–1 Summary FRG Tasmania Berlin Speidel 1x 1x o.g. Landhof, Basel 3,000 AUT Friedrich Seipelt D Round 5 15 July 1961 18:30 Basel SUI 3–6 Summary SWE Elfsborg Hügi (II) 1xVon Krannichfeldt 1xWalther 1x 3x Larsson2x Raberg1x Bartholdsson Landhof, Basel 2,800 AUT Friedrich Mayer L Round 6 23 July 1961 Sparta Rotterdam Netherlands 5–2 Summary SUI Basel Van Buuren 3 1:1De Vries 19 2:1Verhoeven 49 3:2Bosselaar 58 4:2Jansen 76 5:2 2 0:1 Hügi (II)31 2:2 Burri Rotterdam 12,000 SWE Gösta Ackerborn L Group table main WDL Q 2 SPA NED Sparta Rotterdam ELF SWE Elfsborg TAS FRG Tasmania Berlin BAS SUI Basel 5 0 1 23 12 A 4 0 2 21 17 1 1 4 11 16 1 1 4 9 19 4–3 4–1 5–2 2–5 5–2 2–1 4–1 2–3 1–2 0–4 3–6 1–1 green3 Advanced to quarter-finals GW y noflag 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Draw. complete mogiel.net See also History of FC Basel List of FC Basel players List of FC Basel seasons References Sources Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. 978-3-7245-2305-5 The FCB team 1961–62 at fcb-archiv.ch Switzerland 1961–62 by Erik Garin at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation External links FC Basel official site expanded Category:FC Basel seasons Basel