1962–63 FC Basel season

FC Basel 1962–63 Lucien Schmidlin Jiří Sobotka Ground LandhofSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel Nationalliga A 6th Swiss Cup Winners Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First round UEFA Intertoto Cup Group stage Cup of the Alps Group stage Heinz Blumer (16) Heinz Blumer (26) 12,000 vs Zürich21 April 1963 1,800 vs Sion9 June 1963 6,130 1961–62 1963–64 The 1962–63 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 69th season in their existence. It was their 17th 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 voted as new club chairman at the AGM to follow Ernst Weber, who had announced his retirement from the position. Overview Pre-season The Czechoslovak manager Jiří Sobotka was the club manager at this time, he taken the job over from Jenő Vincze a year before. A season earlier many youngsters had joined the team and this pre-season the same occurred again. Rolf Lüdi, Enrico Mazzola and Hansruedi Herr were brought up from reserve team. Abraham Levy and Arnold Hofer joined from local team FC Breitenbach, also Werner Meier joined from local team Nordstern Basel. During the winter break Bruno Gatti joined from Black Stars Basel. One of the biggest transfers made during this time was the transfer of the 19 year old Karl Odermatt from Concordia Basel. Odermatt joined in a swop, Hansueli Oberer and Silvan Thüler went to Concordia. Not only these two players left the squad, Paul Speidel moved on to Cantonal Neuchatel and Josef Hügi (Hugi II) was nearly at the end of his football career. "Seppe" Hugi had played 363 competition games for the club and in these had scored 272 goals, he moved on to play for Zürich. Basel played a total of 51 games this season. Of these 51, 26 were in the domestic league, six were in the Swiss Cup, three in the Cup of the Alps, six in the International Football Cup (IFC) and ten were friendly matches. Of these friendly games, five were won, three drawn and two ended in a defeat, Basel scored 29 goals and conceded 19. https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/bilanz?saison=1962/63 Bilanz Saison 1962/63 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2019-11-16 International Football Cup Basel were appointed as one of four Swiss representatives in the International Football Cup (IFC). The 1962–63 IFC took place during the summer break. Basel played in Group B3 together with PSV Eindhoven, HNK Rijeka and Rot-Weiss Oberhausen. Basel ended the group stage in third position, winners of the group were HNK Rijeka who thus advanced to the quarter-finals. Karel Stokkermans https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/int62.html Intertoto Cup 1962/63 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 Domestic league There were fourteen teams contesting in the 1962–63 Nationalliga A. These were the top 12 teams from the previous season 1961–62 and the two newly promoted teams Chiasso and Sion. The Championship was played in a double round-robin, the champions were to be qualified for 1963–64 European Cup and the bottom placed two teams in the table were to be relegated. Basel finished the championship in sixth position with twenty six points, with ten wins and six draws from 26 matches, scoring 59 goals conceding 51. FC Zürich won the championship. Heinz Blumer was Basel's top scorer this season with 16 goals, Karl Odermatt their second best goal scorer with 14. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwithist.html Nationalliga A 1962/63 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 Swiss Cup In the Swiss Cup Basel started in the 3rd principal round, on 3 November, with a 4–0 home win, in the St. Jakob Stadium against Black Stars. In the 4th round, on 2 December, they played away against Young Boys winning 2–0. In the next round, on 30 December they won 7–1 at home against SC Burgdorf. In the quarter-finals, played on 24 February 1963, Basel were drawn away against Chiasso and Basel achieved a 2–1 victory. The semi-final was played on 24 March in the St. Jakob Stadium. Basel beat Lausanne-Sports 1–0 the winning goal scored by Markus Pfirter. The Wankdorf Stadium hosted the Swiss Cup Final on 15 April and Basel played against favorites Grasshopper Club Zürich. Two goals after half time, one by Heinz Blumer and the second from Otto Ludwig gave Basel a 2–0 victory and their third Cup win in their history. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit63.html Switzerland 1962/63 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 A unique story for the history books over this Cup season belongs Bruno Gatti. In the third round he was member of the Black Stars team and was knocked out of the competition. During the winter break he was hired by Basel. In the final Gatti played the full 90 minutes and became cup winner. FC Black Stars https://www.blackstars.ch/verein/geschichte Ausgeschieden – und doch den Cup gewonnen FC Black Stars 2019-11-16 Another note belongs to Peter Füri who played in all the cup games except the Final because he became ill. Cup of the Alps In the Cup of the Alps Basel were drawn into Group 2, together with Juventus, Grasshopper Club and AS Roma. These matches were all played in Basel and in Zürich. Basel played all their matches at home in the St. Jakob Stadium. In their first match, on 16 June 1963, against Juventus, they were defeated 1–5. Their second game was on 19 June against Grasshopper Club and this ended in a draw. The third match was against AS Roma, but they were defeated 1–4. Juventus qualified for final with three victories and AS Roma qualified for third place match with two victories and one defeat. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/alpi63.html Cup of the Alps 1963 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2020-11-16 Players SUI GK Hans-Ruedi Günthardt SUI GK René Jeker 1 SUI GK Kurt Stettler 2 SUI DF Peter Füri 3 SUI DF Bruno Michaud 4 SUI DF Hanspeter Stocker 5 SUI MF Hans Weber 6 SUI MF Carlo Porlezza 7 GER MF Otto Ludwig 8 SUI FW Karl Odermatt from Concordia Basel 9 SUI FW Markus Pfirter 10 SUI DF Heinz Blumer 11 GER FW Wilfried Fritz SUI DF René Burri GER MF Josef Kiefer SUI MF Rolf Lüdi from reserve team SUI DF Edmund Vogt SUI MF Hansruedi Herr from reserve team SUI MF Abraham Levy from FC Breitenbach SUI FW Bruno Gatti from Black Stars Basel SUI MF Walter Löffel from FC Moutier ITA FW Enrico Mazzola new SUI FW Arnold Hofer from FC Breitenbach SUI FW Werner Meier neu Nordstern Basel SUI FW Niklaus Stöckli SUI MF Fernando Von Krannichfeldt SUI MF Wolfgang Walther Players who left the squad SUI FW Josef Hügi (II) after IFC to Zürich SUI FW Hansueli Oberer after IFC to Concordia Basel SUI FW Roland Denicola SUI MF Silvan Thüler to Concordia Basel SUI FW Paul Speidel to Cantonal Neuchatel 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 Preseason ? Luzern 1–1 Summary Basel Luzern D Preseason ? FC Aesch 1–7 Summary Basel Aesch W Preseason 8 August 1962 SV Schopfheim 2–0 Summary Basel 1:02:0 Schopfheim L Preseason 11 August 1962 20:15 St. Gallen 1–1 Summary Basel Brändle 80 1:1 28 0:1 Blumer Espenmoos, St. Gallen 1,500 SUI Strässle Steinach D Preseason 12 August 1962 Luzern 6–3 Summary Basel Fischer Blumer Pfirter Glarus SUI Josef Gulde St. Gallen L Preseason 18 August 1962 FC Porrentruy 3–4 Summary Basel Lesniak (II) 55 1:4Lesniak (II) 57 2:4Lesniak (I) 61 3:4 5 0:1 Levy7 0:2 Pfirter8 0:3 Odermatt32 0:4 Pfirter Stade du Tirage, Porrentruy 1,600 SUI A. Ceretti Biel/Bienne W Mid-season Mid-season 10 November 1962 15:00 Basel 3–3 Summary Lanerossi Vicenza Blumer 9 1:2Ludwig 57 2:3Ludwig 84 3:3 6 0:1 Vinicio7 0:2 Vastola26 1:3 Vinicio St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 4,000 SUI Anton Bucheli Luzern D Mid-season 3 February 1963 14:45 Old Boys 0–2 Summary Basel 50 pen. 0:1 Odermatt57 0:2 Blumer Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 200 SUI Gottfried Dienst Basel W Mid-season 9 February 1963 15:00 Basel 6–1 Summary Schaffhausen Blumer 13 1:0Ludwig 2:0Blumer 3:0Odermatt 41 4:0Weber 63 5:0Vogt 69 6:0 6:1 Fäh Landhof, Basel 700 SUI B. Turin Oberwil W Mid-season 24 April 1963 19:45 Basel 2–1 Summary Hamburger SV Michaud 33 pen. 1:1Fritz 59 2:1 15 pen. 0:1 Werner St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 28,000 SUI Zürrer Feldmeilen W Nationalliga A 1962–63 Nationalliga A League matches Round 1 26 August 1962 15:00 Basel 3–0 Summary Lugano Levy 13 1:0Odermatt 53 2:0Odermatt 58 3:0 Landhof, Basel 4,800 SUI Anton Bucheli Luzern W Round 2 2 September 1962 Servette 3–1 Summary Basel Mekloufi 62 1:0Mekloufi 75 2:0Georgy 87 3:1 83 2:1 Pfirter Charmilles Stadium, Geneva SUI Zürrer Feldmeilen L Round 3 7 September 1962 Basel P Luzern Landhof, Basel P Round 4 14 September 1962 20:00 Grenchen 3–2 Summary Basel Sidler 25 1:0Dubois 74 2:1Dubois 84 3:2 56 1:1 Meier80 2:2 Fritz Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 5.000 SUI F. Schorer Interlaken L Round 5 23 September 1962 15:00 Basel 2–2 Summary Young Boys Blumer 3 1:0Stocker 52 2:2 13 1:1 Schultheiss43 1:2 Hug Landhof, Basel 7,800 SUI Anton Bucheli Luzern D Round 6 30 September 196 Zürich 3–2 Summary Basel von Burg 21 1:0Brodmann 36 2:0 Brizzi 52 3:0 73 3:1 Weber73 3:2 Blumer Letzigrund, Zürich 7,800 SUI Albert Weber Lausanne L Round 7 7 October 1962 15:00 Basel 2–1 Summary Young Fellows Zürich Weber 65 1:0Blumer 84 2:1 80 1:1 Kyburz Landhof, Basel 4,500 SUI Guinnard Gletterens W Round 8 14 October 1962 Chiasso 2–4 Summary Basel Palazzoli 83 1:4Riva 90 2:4 21 0:1 Blumer31 0:2 Pfirter50 0:3 Blumer62 0:4 Blumer Stadio Via Comacini, Chiasso 2,000 SUI Helbling Uznach W Round 9 21 October 1962 15:00 Basel 3–4 Summary La Chaux-de-Fonds Blumer 31 1:2Weber 47 2:2Walther 73 pen. 3:4 3 0:1 Antenen24 0:2 Vuilleumier54 2:3 Brossard59 2:4 Antenen Landhof, Basel 7,500 SUI F. Schorer Interlaken L Round 10 28 October 1962 Biel-Bienne 1–2 Summary Basel Stäuble 76 pen. 1:1 13 0:1 Stocker85 1:2 Burri Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne 5,000 SUI Albert Weber Lausanne W Round 11 18 November 1962 14:30 Basel 3–1 Summary Lausanne-Sport Blumer 7 1:0Odermatt 14 2:0Ludwig 66 3:1 32 2:1 Hertig St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 10,500 SUI Strässle Steinach W Round 12 25 November 1962 14:30 Basel 1–2 Summary Grasshopper Club Walther 75 1:1 43 0:1 Gronau88 1:2 Rognoni St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 9,000 SUI Baumgartner Lausanne L Round 3 5 December 1962 19:45 Basel 0–2 Summary Luzern 23 0:1 Stehrenberger0:2 Pedrazzoli St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 2,500 SUI Othmar Huber Thun L Round 13 9 December 1962 Sion 3–3 Summary Basel Spikofsk 6 1:0Anker 25 2:0Quentin 55 3:1 16′ Stocker54 2:1 Pfirter81 3:2 Pfirter90 3:3 Weber Parc-des-Sports, Sion 2,500 SUI Zürrer Feldmeilen D Round 14 17 February 1963 Lugano 0–3 Summary Basel 49 0:1 Blumer68 0:2 Odermatt82 0:3 Blumer Cornaredo, Lugano 2,500 SUI Helbling Uznach W Round 15 3 March 1963 15:00 Basel 3–2 Summary Servette Pfirter 28 1:0Weber 36 pen. 2:0Odermatt 83 pen. 3:1 55 2:1 Heuri88 3:2 Heuri Landhof, Basel 6,000 SUI Zürrer Feldmeilen W Round 16 10 March 1963 Luzern P Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern P Round 17 17 March 1963 15:00 Basel 3–5 Summary Grenchen Odermatt 3 1:0Odermatt 51 2:4Odermatt 75 3:4 22 o.g. 1:1 Stocker22 1:2 Wälti42 1:3 Wälti43 1:4 Wälti76 3:5 Mauron Landhof, Basel 4,000 SUI Anton Bucheli Luzern L Round 18 7 April 1963 Young Boys 2–2 Summary Basel Daina 47 1:2Daina 65 2:2 1 0:1 Vogt24 0:2 Blumer Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 8,000 SUI M. Baumberger Lausanne D Round 19 21 April 1963 15:00 Basel 0–1 Summary Zürich Martinelli Landhof, Basel 12,000 SUI Othmar Huber Thun L Round 20 28 April 1963 13:00 Young Fellows Zürich 2–4 Summary Basel Boskov 72 1:4Benkö 87 2:4 6 0:1 Odermatt25 0:2 Gatti52 0:3 Odermatt65 0:4 Fritz Letzigrund, Zürich 6,000 SUI F. Schorer Interlaken W Round 16 1 May 1963 Luzern 1–1 Summary Basel Fischer 11 1:0 87 1:1 Odermatt Stadion Allmend, Luzern 4,500 SUI Strässle Steinach D Round 21 5 May 1963 15:00 Basel 2–2 Summary Chiasso Weber 8 1:0Fritz 12 2:0 55 2:1 Riva59 2:2 Giovio Landhof, Basel 4,800 SUI Zürrer Feldmeilen D Round 22 11 May 1963 20:00 La Chaux-de-Fonds 3–2 Summary Basel Bertschi 3 1:0Bertschi 9 2:0Bertschi 61 3:1 44 2:1 Blumer80 3:2 Blumer Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds 4,500 SUI L Round 23 19 May 1963 15:30 Basel 3–2 Summary Biel-Bienne Odermatt 29 1:0Odermatt 42 2:0Kehrl 75 o.g. 3:1 60 2:1 Quattropan73 3:2 Ziegler Landhof, Basel 4,500 SUI Karl Göppel Zürich W Round 24 26 May 1963 20:30 Lausanne-Sport 0–0 Summary Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 4,500 SUI Othmar Huber Thun D Round 25 2 June 1963 Grasshopper Club 3–0 Summary Basel Wütrich 39 1:0Kunz 83 2:0Duret 90 3:0 Hardturm, Zürich 4,500 SUI F. Schorer Interlaken L Round 26 9 June 1963 Basel 8–1 Summary Sion Pfirter 8 1:0Pfirter 13 2:0Blumer 22 3:0Pfirter 40 4:0Blumer 44 5:0Blumer 48 6:0Odermatt 77 7:1Weber 84 8:1 59 6:1 Gasser Landhof, Basel 1,800 SUI M. Baumberger Lausanne W League table main WDL Q 5 2 ZÜR Zürich LS Lausanne-Sport CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds YB Young Boys SER Servette BAS Basel GCZ Grasshopper Club BB Biel-Bienne GRE Grenchen LUC Luzern CHI Chiasso SIO Sion YFZ Young Fellows Zürich LUG Lugano 20 4 2 81 33 C 18 4 4 81 30 12 8 6 55 44 13 5 8 62 49 11 4 11 54 39 10 6 10 59 51 9 7 10 57 51 9 6 11 38 44 8 7 11 40 49 7 9 10 41 54 7 6 13 33 69 6 7 13 37 69 7 3 16 34 58 4 6 16 21 53 green1 Swiss Champions, qualified for 1963–64 European Cupand entered 1963–64 Intertoto Cup EC yellow1 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup CWC blue1 Entered 1963–64 Intertoto Cup I1 blue1 Entered 1963–64 Intertoto Cup I2 blue1 Entered 1963–64 Intertoto Cup I3 #FFC0D0 Relegated to Nationalliga B R1 #FFC0D0 Relegated to Nationalliga B R2 complete rsssf.com Swiss Cup Round 3 3 November 1962 14:30 Basel 4–0 Summary Black Stars Weber 4 1:0Burri 16 2:0Blumer 32 3:0Pfirter 36 4:0 Landhof Basel 2.800 SUI Zürrer Feldmeilen W Round 4 2 December 1962 14:30 Young Boys 0–2 Summary Basel 48 0:1 Odermatt69 0:2 Pfirter Wankdorf Stadium Bern 10,000 SUI Guinnard Gletterens W Round 5 30 December 1962 14:30 Basel 7–1 Summary SC Burgdorf Pfirter 31 1:0Weber 60 2:1Blumer 67 3:1Walther 69 4:1Odermatt 70 5:1Gatti 80 6:1Pfirter 76 7:1 55 1:1 Walther Landhof Basel 950 SUI Anton Bucheli Luzern W Quarter-final 24 February 1963 Chiasso 1–2 Summary Basel G. Albisett 79 1:2 16 0:1 Pfirter20 0:2 Odermatt Stadio Comunale (Chiasso) Chiasso 1.800 SUI D. Mellet Lausanne W Semi-final 24 March 1963 15:00 Basel 1–0 Summary Lausanne-Sports Markus Pfirter 19 St. Jakob Stadium Basel 17,000 SUI Othmar Huber Thun W Final 15 April 1963 15:00 Basel 2–0 Summary Grasshoppers Heinz Blumer 59 1:0Otto Ludwig 67 2:0 Wankdorf Stadium Bern 40,000 SUI Mellet (Lausanne) W Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First round 1962–63 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First leg 16 October 1962 Basel SUI 0–3 Summary GER Bayern Munich 41 70 Brenninger 86 Drescher St. Jakob Stadium Basel 5,800 LUX Norman Mootz L Second leg not played and noted without goals as no result. Bayern Munich qualify for second round. Intertoto Cup (IFC) UEFA Intertoto Cup Group stage (Group B3) 1962–63 Intertoto Cup Round 1 27 May 1962 PSV Eindhoven NED 4–3 Summary SUI Basel Kerkhoffs 40 1:0Kerkhoffs 41 2:0Svensson 50 3:0Kerkhoffs 85 4:3 60 3:1 Stöckli68 3:2 Meier69 3:3 Meier Eindhoven 14,000 L Round 2 3 June 1962 16:45 Basel SUI 2–2 Summary YUG HNK Rijeka Blumer 28 1:0Burri 79 2:2 63 1:1 Balent73 1:2 Zadel Landhof, Basel 4,500 SUI Josef Gulde St. Gallen D Round 3 10 June 1962 Rot-Weiss Oberhausen FRG 2–2 Summary SUI Basel Ha. Siemensmeyer 14 1:0K.H. Feldkamp 70 2:2 45 1:1 Burri56 1:2 Oberer Niederrheinstadion, Oberhausen 3,000 GER Weingärt D Round 4 17 June 1962 14:30 Basel SUI 4–4 Summary FRG Rot-Weiss Oberhausen Odermatt 23 1:2Stöckli 33 2:2Ludwig 60 2:2Michaud 86 4:4Burri 0 88 7 0:1 Sundermann12 0:2 Laszig78 pen. 3:3 Barwenzik84 3:4 K.H.Feldkamp Landhof, Basel 2,000 SUI Othmar Huber Thun D Round 5 24 June 1962 HNK Rijeka YUG 5–1 Summary SUI Basel Zadel 7 1:0Lukaric 18 2:0Zadel 21 3:0Naumovic 22 4:0Medle 81 5:1 75 4:1 Ludwig Rijeka 2,000 YUG Zivko Bajic L Round 6 1 July 1962 18:00 Basel SUI 4–3 Summary NED PSV Eindhoven Burri 12 1:1Stocker 53 pen. 2:3Odermatt 70 3:3Pfirter 83 4:3 11 0:1 Pys14 1:2 Brussalers29 1:3 Brussalers Landhof, Basel 2,000 SUI Anton Bucheli Luzern W Group B3 table main WDL Q 2 RIJ YUG HNK Rijeka OBE FRG Rot-Weiss Oberhausen BAS SUI Basel PSV NED PSV Eindhoven 4 1 1 18 11 A 3 2 1 15 12 1 3 2 16 20 1 0 5 11 17 #ccffcc Advanced to quarter-finals A complete FCB archiv Cup of the Alps Cup of the Alps Group stage (Group 2) Round 1 16 June 1963 18:00 Basel SUI 1–5 Summary ITA Juventus Weber 87 1:5 14 0:1 Menighelli15 0:2 Menighelli29 0:3 Dell'Omadarma66 0:4 Miranda69 0:5 Gori St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 22,000 ITA Francesco Francescon L Round 2 19 June 1963 Basel SUI 1–1 Summary SUI Grasshopper Club Mazzola 42 1:0 62 1:1 Wüthrich Landhof, Basel 1,800 ITA Aurelio Angonese D Round 3 23 June 1963 18:00 Basel SUI 1–4 Summary ITA AS Roma Weber 1:4 16 0:1 Manfredini31 0:2 Angelillo61 0:3 Angelillo69 0:4 Manfredini St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 9,000 SUI D. Mellet Lausanne L Group 2 table main WDL Q 4 2 JUV ITA Juventus ASR ITA AS Roma BAS SUI Basel GCZ SUI Grasshopper Club 3 0 0 12 4 2 0 1 11 4 0 1 2 3 10 0 1 2 5 13 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 The FCB team 1962–63 at fcb-archiv.ch Switzerland 1962–63 by Erik Garin at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation External links FC Basel official site expanded Category:FC Basel seasons Basel