1971–72 FC Basel season

FC Basel 1971–72 Helmut Benthaus Félix Musfeld Ground St. Jakob Stadium, Basel Nationalliga A Champions Swiss Cup Runner-up UEFA Cup Round 1 Cup of the Alps Runner-up Ottmar Hitzfeld (16) Hauser (27) 56,000 on 10 June 1972vs. Zürich 9,000 on 30 October 1971vs. La Chaux-de-Fonds 18,769 1970–71 1972–73 The 1971–72 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 78th season in their existence. It was their 26th 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. The club's chairman was Félix Musfeld for the second year in a row. Overview Pre-season Helmut Benthaus was player-manager for the seventh consecutive season. Towards the end of his playing career Benthaus stood on the side line as team manager and he only substituted himself into the game if it was not running as he wanted it. In this season Benthaus substituted himself in during just one single game. This being the second last home match of the season on 27 May against Luzern Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=23567 FC Basel – FC Luzern 1:0 (1:0) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 Benthaus retired from playing in at the end of the season aged 36. He made only minor adjustments to his squad at the beginning of the season, Rolf Blättler joined from Lugano, René Hasler from Zürich and youngster Ottmar Hitzfeld was fetched from FV Lörrach on the lower German league. Edoardo Manzoni left the squad and returned to Xamax because his loan had come to an end. Domestic league 14 teams contested in the 1971–72 Nationalliga A. These were the top 12 teams from the previous 1970–71 season and the two newly promoted teams St. Gallen and Grenchen. The championship was played in a double round robin. The champions would qualify for the 1972–73 European Cup and the last two teams in the table at the end of the season were to be relegated. Basel remained undefeated in the league during the first 24 rounds. Of their 26 league games Basel won 18, drawing seven, losing just once, scoring 66 goals conceding 28. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/bilanz?saison=1971/72 Bilanz saison 1971/72 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 Basel won the championship four points ahead of Zürich and five points ahead of the Grasshoppers. Luc Nackaerts Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwithist.html Nationalliga A 1971/72 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 Ottmar Hitzfeld was Basel's top league goal scorer with 16 league goals, Walter Balmer second with 14 league goals and Karl Odermatt third best with 9 goals. The average attendance at the league matches was 18'769 spectators, the highest number of spectators came to the stadium for the last game of the season against Zürich Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/zuschauer?saison=1971/72 Zuschauer-1971/72 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 Swiss Cup For Basel the Swiss Cup started in the round of 32 on 24 October 1971 with a 3–1 home win against Monthey. On 21 November in the round of 16 Basel played away from home against La Chaux-de-Fonds. The match resulted with a 3–0 success. The quarter-final was played on 12 March 1972 in Zürich against Grasshopper-Club. The tie ended with a 1–1 draw and this meant a replay three days later. Basel won the replay 3–2 and continued onto the semi-finals against BSC Young Boys. In the Wankdorf Stadium on 3 April Karl Odermatt and Walter Balmer each scored a goal to give Basel a 2–0 victory. The final was played on 22 May 1970 also in the Wankdorf Stadium but Basel were defeated 0–1 by Zürich through a goal by Jeandupeux in extra time of the first half. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=23575 FC Zürich – FC Basel 1:0 (1:0) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit72.html Switzerland 1971/72 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 UEFA and Cup of the Alps The 1971–72 UEFA Cup was the inaugural year of the UEFA Cup (now known as the UEFA Europa League), which effectively replaced the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. In the first round Basel were drawn against Real Madrid. The first leg, which played on 15 September 1971 in the St. Jakob Stadium attracted 32'059 spectators but ended for Basel with a 1–2 defeat. Madrid won thanks to goals from Francisco Aguilar and Santillana, who turned the result around after the Swiss scored the opener through René Hasler. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=23576 FC Basel – Real Madrid CF 1:2 (1:1) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 The return leg on 29 September in Santiago Bernabéu Stadium was watched by 61'861 spectators and also ended with the same result. The same two Spanish international players were the heroes once again, each scoring a goal, to ensure Real Madrid their passage to the next round. uefa.com 2019 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/seasons/1971/?iv=true 1971/72 Season – Overview UEFA 2019-11-16 In the 1971 Cup of the Alps there were four participants from Switzerland and four from Italy. These being Hellas Verona, Hellas Verona FC 1903 http://www.hellastory.net/pages/rubriche/europa_alpi.cfm il Verona in Coppa delle Alpi hellastory.net 2016-11-16 Lazio, LazioWiki 1970 http://www.laziowiki.org/wiki/Coppa_delle_Alpi Coppa delle Alpi laziowiki.org 2016-11-16 Sampdoria and Varese. The four from Switzerland were Lugano, Lausanne Sports, Winterthur and Basel. Two teams from each country were drawn into each of the two groups. Within the group each team played the two clubs of the other country twice, but did not play compatriots. The Italians and the Swiss each formed their own league table and the winners from each country then matched themselves in the final. Basel won the Swiss Group and qualified for the final, however they were defeated by Lazio 1–3. The final was played in St. Jakob Stadium, Basel. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/alpi71.html Cup of the Alps 1971 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 Players 1 SUI GK Marcel Kunz league games: 23 1 FRA GK Jean-Paul Laufenburger league games 3 2 SUI FW Peter Wenger league games: 15 3 SUI DF Walter Mundschin league games/goals: 26/6 4 SUI MF Peter Ramseier league games/goals: 26/1 5 SUI MF Urs Siegenthaler league games: 26 6 GER MF Jürgen Sundermann league games/goals: 13/5 7 SUI FW Walter Balmer league games/goals: 26/14 8 SUI MF Karl Odermatt league games/goals: 22/9 9 SUI FW Rolf Blättler from Lugano, league games/goals: 18/7 10 SUI DF René Hasler from Zürich, league games/goals: 26/2 11 SUI MF Otto Demarmels league games/goals: 25/4 11 GER FW Ottmar Hitzfeld from FV Lörrach, league games/goals: 24/16 13 SUI MF Bruno Rahmen league games: 15 14 SUI DF Jörg Stohler league games: 4 SUI GK Roland Dahinden goalkeeper reserves SUI DF Paul Fischli league games: 6 GER DF Josef Kiefer league games: 10 SUI DF Roland Paolucci league games: 0 SUI DF Alex Wirth reserves GER MF Helmut Benthaus league games: 1 SUI DF Bernard Bula reserves SUI DF Guy Castelan reserves GER FW Stefan Reisch reserves SUI FW Rolf Riner league games: 3 GER FW Helmut Hauser league games: 0 Players who left the squad SUI MF Edoardo Manzoni to Xamax (end of loan) 6 GER MF Jürgen Sundermann to Servette during winter break 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 17 July 1971 Winterthur SUI 3–4 Summary SUI Basel Nusch 2xHuttary 1x 2x Balmer1x Hauser1x Riner Schoeller-Meyer Fussballplatz Brunnen 1,000 SUI Anton Bucheli Luzern W Pre-season 25 July 1971 Freiburger FC FRG 1–4 Summary SUI Basel von de Fenn 5 1:0 39 1:1 Ramseier51 1:2 Hauser72 1:3 Hauser87 1:4 Odermatt Nonnenholz, Weil am Rhein 2,000 FRG Kurt Woldrich W Pre-season 31 July 1971 Sochaux FRA 5–3 Summary SUI Basel Burdino 3 1:0Selic 10 2:0Lech 21 3:0Selic 32 4:0Piat 36 5:1 34 4:1 Demarmels56 pen. 5:2 Sundermann60 o.g. Courtemaîche 3,000 SUI Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne L Uhrencup 5 August 1971 20:00 Basel SUI 5–0 Summary SUI Biel-Bienne Odermatt 17 1:0Balmer 20 2:0Kiefer 50 3:0Balmer 63 4:0Odermatt 75 pen. 5:0 Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 4,500 SUI Hans Wieland Grenchen W Uhrencup 7 August 1971 20:00 Grenchen SUI 3–1 Summary SUI Basel Muhmenthaler 15 1:0Lander 80 2:1Schaller 85 3:1 63 1:1 Wenger Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 7,000 SUI Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach L Pre-season 11 August 1971 Basel SUI 3–2 Summary FRG Karlsruher SC Balmer 9 1:0Hitzfeld 57 2:1Wenger 77 3:2 42 1:1 Haunstein62 2:2 Hechler Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 3,500 SUI Kurt Fuchs Basel W Winter break Winter break 25 January 1972 19:00 Rajaprachanukraw THA 2–3 Summary SUI Basel Prapon Tantariyanond 33 1:1Pen Phath 58 2:1 Blättler 9 0:1Mundschin79 2:2Rahmen89 2:3 National Stadium, Bangkok 6,000 W Winter break 2 February 1972 14:30 Basel SUI 1–0 Summary SUI Monthey Rahmen 30 1:0 Landhof, Basel 600 SUI Josef Schnidrig W Winter break 13 February 1972 14:30 Basel SUI 5–1 Summary SUI Biel-Bienne Wenger 30 1:0Rahmen 57 2:0Odermatt 65 3:0Balmer 75 4:1Blättler 88 5:1 70 3:1 Boillat Landhof, Basel 1,000 SUI Peter Hänggi Aesch W Winter break 16 February 1972 20:00 Basel SUI 4–0 Summary FRG Freiburger FC Balmer 57 1:0Odermatt 68 pen. 2:0Hasler 69 3:0Rahmen 84 4:0 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 500 SUI Mario Clematide Zollikofen W Winter break 27 February 1972 14:30 Basel SUI 2–1 Summary SUI Winterthur Rahmen 57 1:1Blättler 78 2:1 57 0:1 Nusch Landhof, Basel 1,500 SUI Jean Dubach Nidau W Winter break 1 March 1972 Karlsruher SC FRG 1–4 Summary SUI Basel Becker 8 1:0 10 1:1 Rahmen49 1:2 Blättler63 1:3 Blättler84 1:4 Hitzfeld Karlsruhe 500 W Winter break 1 March 1972 Old Boys SUI 0–10 Summary SUI Basel 3x Balmer4x Hitzfeld1x Odermatt1x Ramseier1x Riner Basel W Nationalliga 1971–72 Nationalliga A League matches Round 1 14 August 1971 20:00 Basel 0–0 Summary Grenchen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 14,000 SUI René Matthieu D Round 2 21 August 1971 20:30 Servette 0–2 Summary Basel 10 0:1 Hitzfeld43 Mundschin47 0:2 Hitzfeld Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 11,000 SUI Jean Dubach Nidau W Round 3 28 August 1971 20:15 St. Gallen 1–1 [ Summary] Basel Rafreider 3 1:0 54 1:1 Demarmels Espenmoos, St. Gallen 9,000 SUI André Favre Echallens D Round 4 4 September 1971 20:00 Basel 3–1 Summary Lugano Balmer 5 1:0Hitzfeld 66 2:1Sundermann 86 3:1 33 1:1 Riehn St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 20,000 SUI Karl Göppel Zürich W Round 5 11 September 1971 20:15 Sion 3–3 Summary Basel Mathez 28 1:1Luisier 62 2:2Wampfler 90+1 3:3 24 pen. 0:1 Sundermann35 1:2 Hitzfeld68 2:3 Balmer Stade Tourbillon, Sion 6,500 SUI Pius Kamber Zürich D Round 6 18 September 1971 20:00 Basel 2–1 Summary Grasshopper Club Odermatt 25 1:0Balmer 55 2:0 11 Schneeberger26 Meier55 CitherletOhlhauser 83 2:1 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 26,000 SUI Roland Keller Bern W Round 7 2 October 1971 20:15 Biel-Bienne 1–2 Summary Basel Heutschi 43 pen. 1:0 61 o.g. 1:184 1:2 Balmer Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne 8,000 SUI Walter Gallmann Oberrieden W Round 8 6 October 1971 20:00 Basel 1–1 Summary Lausanne-Sport Demarmels 20 1:1 17 0:1 Vuillemier St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 20,000 SUI Anton Bucheli Luzern D Round 9 17 October 1971 15:00 Winterthur 2–4 Summary Basel Dimmeler 56 1:2Dimmeler 58 2:2 13 0:1 Balmer33 pen. 0:2 Sundermann67 2:3 Balmer76 2:4 Balmer Schützenwiese, Winterthur 10,500 SUI Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne W Round 10 30 October 1971 20:00 Basel 6–2 Summary La Chaux-de-Fonds Odermatt 10 1:0Odermatt 17 2:0Hasler 44 3:1Demarmels 45 4:1Sundermann 4605:1Odermatt 60 6:1 23 2:2 Portner67 6:2 Meury St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 9,000 SUI Ulysse Darbellay Roche W Round 11 14 November 1971 14:30 Luzern 1–2 Summary Basel Milder 83 1:2 8 pen- 0:1 Sundermann82 0:2 Odermatt Stadion Allmend, Luzern 6,500 SUI Roland Racine Prilly W Round 12 28 November 1971 14:30 Basel 1–1 Summary Young Boys Balmer 21 1:083 Odermatt 78 1:1 Müller87 Bruttin St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 18,000 SUI Walter Hungerbühler St. Gallen D Round 13 5 December 1971 14:30 Zürich 3–3 Summary Basel Jeandupeux 2 1:0Rutschmann 16 2:0Künzli 56 3:1 29 2:1 Balmer32 Hitzfeld76 o.g. 3:2 Kyburz84 3:3 Mundschin Hardturm, Zürich 32,000 SUI Roland Keller Bern D Round 14 5 March 1972 14:45 Grenchen 0–2 Summary Basel 29 0:1 Demarmels86 0:2 Balmer Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 10,500 SUI André Favre Echallens W Round 15 19 March 1972 14:30 Basel 5–1 Summary Servette Hitzfeld 34 1:1Mundschin 37 2:1Odermatt 52 3:157 RamseierBlättler 60 4:1Blättler 61 5:1 11 0:1 Desbiolles St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 17,000 SUI Ernest Guignet Yverdon W Round 16 25 March 1972 20:00 Basel 3–0 Summary St. Gallen Balmer 40 1:0Hitzfeld 66 2:0Odermatt 69 3:0 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 15,000 SUI Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne W Round 17 4 April 1972 20:30 Lugano 0–3 Summary Basel Scacchi Binetti Prosperi 39 0:1 Ramseier59 0:2 Blättler72 0:3 Blättler Cornaredo, Lugano 6,000 SUI René Matthieu W Round 18 15 April 1972 20:00 Basel 3–0 Summary Sion Blättler 49 1:0Mundschin 64 2:0Hitzfeld 73 3:0 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 10,500 SUI Mario Clematide Zollikofen W Round 19 23 April 1972 15:30 Grasshopper Club 1–2 Summary Basel Meier 24 1:0Meyer 54 37 1:1 Hitzfeld53 1:2 Hitzfeld81 Ramseier Hardturm, Zürich 13,500 SUI Roland Keller Bern W Round 20 29 April 1972 17:30 Basel 6–2 Summary Biel-Bienne Hitzfeld 36 1:0Mundschin 54 2:0Blättler 60 3:0Hitzfeld 63 4:0Hitzfeld 71 5:0Balmer 89 6:2 76 5:1 Rodekurth80 5:2 Rebmann St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 10,300 SUI Roland Racine Prilly W Round 21 6 May 1972 20:30 Lausanne-Sport 1–1 Summary Basel Guggisberg 12 1:0 45 1:1 Hasler88 Rahmen Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 18,000 SUI Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne D Round 22 13 May 1972 20:00 Basel 2–1 Summary Winterthur Hitzfeld 34 1:0Hitzfeld 36 2:0 82 2:1 Meili St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 12,700 SUI Jean Dubach Nidau W Round 23 16 May 1972 20:15 La Chaux-de-Fonds 1–3 Summary Basel Portner 77 1:3 10 0:1 Mundschin43 0:2 Balmer61 0:3 Hitzfeld Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds 4,000 SUI Roland Keller Bern W Round 24 27 May 1972 20:15 Basel 1–0 Summary Luzern Balmer 35 1:0 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 12,500 SUI Fernand Burioli Lausanne W Round 25 7 June 1972 17:30 Young Boys 4–1 Summary Basel Brenninger 52 1:1Brenninger 58 2:1Müller 71Müller 77 3:1Schild 79 4:1 38 0:1 Blättler Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 22,000 SUI Bruno Della Bruna Lumino L Round 26 10 June 1972 20:15 Basel 4–0 Summary Zürich Mundschin 20 1:0Odermatt 40 pen. 2:0Hitzfeld 79 3:0Odermatt 87 4:0 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 56,000 SUI Walter Hungerbühler St. Gallen W League standings main WDL Q 5 2 BAS Basel ZÜR Zürich GCZ Grasshopper Club LS Lausanne-Sport YB Young Boys WIN Winterthur SIO Sion SER Servette LUG Lugano GRE Grenchen CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds STG St. Gallen LUZ Luzern BB Biel-Bienne 18 7 1 66 28 C 17 5 4 55 28 16 6 4 56 24 11 8 7 50 36 12 5 9 46 31 12 4 10 37 32 9 8 9 37 36 10 5 11 39 47 8 7 11 33 39 6 11 9 27 40 7 7 12 25 45 4 7 15 27 46 6 3 17 24 49 2 5 19 26 67 green1 Swiss champions, qualified for 1972–73 European Cup EC yellow1 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1972–73 Cup Winners' Cupand entered 1972 Intertoto Cup CWC blue1 Qualified for 1972–73 UEFA Cupand entered 1972 Intertoto Cup UEC1 blue1 Qualified for 1972–73 UEFA Cup UEC2 blue3 Entered 1972 Intertoto Cup I1 blue3 Entered 1972 Intertoto Cup I2 red1 Relegated to Nationalliga B R1 red1 Relegated to Nationalliga B R2 complete rsssf.com Swiss Cup Round of 32 23 October 1971 20:00 Basel 3–1 Summary Monthey Hitzfeld 39 1:1Odermatt 42 2:1Blättler 80 3:1 21 0:1 Messerli St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 4,891 SUI Roland Racine Prilly W Round of 16 21 November 14:30 La Chaux-de-Fonds 0–3 Summary Basel Blättler 34 1:0Hitzfeld 73 2:0Blättler 79 3:0 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 4,500 SUI André Favre Echallens W Quarter-final 12 March 1972 14:30 Grasshopper-Club 1–1 yes Summary Basel Meier 56 1:0 66 1:1 Rahmen97 Hasler Hardturm, Zürich 16,000 SUI Bruno Della Bruna Lumino D Quarter-final replay 15 March 1972 20:00 Basel 3–2 Summary Grasshopper-Club Hasler 7 1:0Rahmen 77 2:1Hitzfeld 78 3:1 53 1:1 Müller88 3:2 Meier St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 33,000 SUI Walter Hungerbühler St. Gallen W Semi-final 3 April 1972 BSC Young Boys 0–2 Basel Messerli 39 5 1:0 Karl Odermatt39 Hitzfeld82 2:0 Walter Balmer Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 50,000 SUI Walter Gallmann Oberrieden W Final 22 May 1972 14:30 Zürich 1–0 yes Summary Basel Jeandupeux 113Jeandupeux 91 Wankdorf, Bern 45,000 SUI Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach L UEFA Cup 1971–72 UEFA Cup First round First leg 15 September 1971 20:00 Basel SUI 1–2 UEFA reportFCB Summary ESP Real Madrid Hasler 32 Ramseier 48 27 Grosso 33 Aguilar75 Santillana St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 32,059 England Kenneth Howard Burns L Second leg 29 September 1971 21:00 Real Madrid ESP 2–1 4–2 UEFA reportFCB Summary SUI Basel Aguilar 48 Santillana 78 57 Siegenthaler Santiago Bernabéu Stadium 61,861 ITA Aurelio Angonese L Real Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate. Cup of the Alps 1971 Cup of the Alps Matches Round 1 12 June 1971 Hellas Verona ITA 3–2 Summary SUI Basel Orazi 7 1:0Clerici 40 2:2Clerici 46 pen. 3:2 21 1:1 Mundschin30 1:2 Hauser Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona 8,000 SUI Pius Kamber Zürich L Round 2 15 June 1971 Varese ITA 0–1 Summary SUI Basel Della Giovanna 75 Stohler Stadio Franco Ossola, Varese 3,000 SUI Claudio Laich Massagno W Round 3 19 June 1971 20:00 Basel SUI 4–1 Summary ITA Hellas Verona Balmer 17 1:0Balmer 36 2:1Demarmels 50 3:1Odermatt 59Balmer 69 4:1Demarmels 88 19 1:1 Orazi30 Gobbi St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 6,000 ITA Luciano Giunti W Round 4 22 June 1971 22:00 Basel SUI 0–1 Summary ITA Varese 21 Morini St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 8,000 ITA Paolo Toselli L Final Table Switzerland main WDL 2 BSL Basel LUG Lugano LS Lausanne Sports WIN Winterthur 2 0 2 7 5 1 1 2 5 9 1 1 2 4 5 0 1 3 4 12 7 5 4 4 2 points for win, 1 point for draw, and 1 point for each goal scored green1 Advance to final C complete https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/alpi71.html rsssf.com Final The Final was played in St. Jakob Stadium, Basel, between the winner of the Italien and the winner of the Swiss groups. Final 25 June 1971 20:00 Basel SUI 1–3 Summary ITA Lazio Wenger 41 1:1 22 0:1 Manservisi 76 1:2 Chinaglia 86 pen. 1:3 Chinaglia St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 12,500 FRG Hans-Joachim Weyland L See also History of FC Basel List of FC Basel players List of FC Basel seasons References Notes Sources Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. 978-3-7245-2050-4 Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. 978-3-7245-2305-5 FCB team 1971–72 at fcb-archiv.ch Switzerland 1971–72 at RSSSF External links FC Basel official site expanded Category:FC Basel seasons Basel 1971–72