1969–70 FC Basel season

FC Basel 1969–70 Helmut Benthaus Harry Thommen Ground St. Jakob Stadium, Basel Nationalliga A Champions Swiss Cup Runner-up European Cup Round 1 Cup of the Alps Winners Hauser (14) Hauser (24) 35,000 on 27 May 1970vs. Grasshopper Club 8,000 on 30 November 1969vs. Biel-Bienne and on 14 December 1969vs. Wettingen and on 1 March 1970vs St. Gallen 15,653 1968–69 1970–71 The 1969–70 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 76th season in their existence. It was their 24th 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. Overview Pre-season Helmut Benthaus was player-manager for the fifth consecutive season. There were only a few changes in the squad. Manfred Schädler and Anton Schnyder moved on to Concordia Basel, Dieter Rüefli moved to St. Gallen and Claude Iff left the squad. Ex-German international player Stefan Reisch joined from Club Brugge. Otherwise Benthaus relied on young players, Roland Paolucci, Rolf Riner and Janos Konrad came from the reserve team to help when needed in the first team. Basel played a total of 50 matches during this season. 26 of these games were in the domestic league, seven were in the Swiss Cup, two were in the European Cup, five were in the Cup of the Alps and 10 were friendly matches. Of these 10 test games nine were won and one ended in a defeat. Two test matches were played at home and eight played away. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/bilanz?saison=1969/70 Bilanz 1969/70 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 Domestic league 14 teams contested in the 1969–70 Nationalliga A. These were the top 12 teams from the previous 1968–69 season and the two newly promoted teams Wettingen and Fribourg. The championship was played in a double round robin, the last two teams at the end of the season to be relegated. Basel played a good season. Despite a bad run with four defeats in eight games between the end of September and the beginning of December, they won 11 of the last 14 games during the second half of the season. Basel won the championship a point clear of Lausanne Sports who ended in second position and three points ahead of FC Zürich who finished third. Basel won 15 of the 26 games, drawing seven, losing four times, they scored 59 goals conceding 23. Garin Erik 1970 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit70.html Switzerland 1969/70 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 Helmut Hauser was the team's top goal scorer with 14 league goals and Walter Balmer second top scorer with 12 league goals. Swiss Cup On 14 September 1969 Basel started in the Swiss Cup in the round of 32 with a 10–0 home win against Minerva Bern (as result of merger later renamed Breitenrain Bern). In the round of 16 played on 12 October Basel had a home match against Grenchen which was won 3–2. In the quarter-final, played in November, Basel had a two legged tie against Xamax-Sports NE (later renamed Neuchâtel Xamax). This was won 7–2 on aggregate. The semi-final was also a two legged tie and this against Servette Genève. Basel won both legs and 6–1 on aggregate. The final was played on 18 May 1970 in the Wankdorf Stadium, but was lost against Zürich after extra time. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=23793 FC Zürich - FC Basel 4:1 n.V. (1:1, 0:0) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 European Cup and Cup of the Alps In the European Cup Basel were drawn against Scottish club Celtic. The first leg, which played on 17 September 1969 in the St. Jakob Stadium in front of 37,587 spectators, ended in a goalless draw. UEFA.com https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/62567--basel-vs-celtic/?iv=true Basel 0-0 Celtic UEFA 2019-11-16 The return leg on 1 October in Celtic Park attracted 49,976 spectators. Celtic won the game 2–0 and advanced to the next round. UEFA.com https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/62568--celtic-vs-basel/ Celtic 2-0 Basel UEFA 2019-11-16 In the 1969 Cup of the Alps Basel won their group and in the final they beat Bologna 3–1. Players 1 SUI GK Marcel Kunz games: 26 1 FRA GK Jean-Paul Laufenburger games: 0 2 GER DF Josef Kiefer games: 25 3 SUI DF Bruno Michaud games/goals: 21/1 4 SUI MF Peter Ramseier games/goals: 26/2 5 SUI MF Urs Siegenthaler games: 11 6 SUI DF Paul Fischli games: 5 7 SUI FW Walter Balmer games/goals: 26/12 8 SUI MF Karl Odermatt games/goals: 26/4 9 GER FW Helmut Hauser games/goals: 24/14 10 GER MF Helmut Benthaus games/goals: 23/5 11 SUI FW Peter Wenger games/goals: 23/9 SUI DF Walter Mundschin games: 5 SUI DF Roland Paolucci games: 15 SUI MF Otto Demarmels games/goals: 11/1 GER MF Stefan Reisch new (Club Brugge) games/goals: 8/1 SUI MF Rolf Riner new (reserves) games/goals: 8/1 GER MF Jürgen Sundermann games/goals: 24/9 SUI MF Bruno Rahmen games/goals: 8/1 SUI FW Dieter Rüefli (to St. Gallen) games/goals: 2/1 HUN FW Janos Konrad (reserves) games 0 Players who left the squad SUI GK Claude Iff unknown SUI DF Manfred Schädler to Concordia Basel SUI MF Anton Schnyder to Concordia Basel 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 and mid-season Pre-season 26 July 1969 Basel SUI 5–3 Summary SUI SC Brühl Wenger 3 1:0Hauser 22 2:0Hauser 38 3:1Ramseier 72 4:2Balmer 5:2 34 2:1 Koller 66 3:2 Koller 90 5:3 Koller Landhof, Basel 1,200 SUI Jean Dubach Nidau W Pre-season 1 August 1969 RC Strasbourg FRA 0–1 Summary SUI Basel 57 0:1 Hauser Stadion Schiltigheim 4,000 FRA Joseph Fassel W Uhrencup 6 August 1969 20:00 Grenchen SUI 0–0 5 – 3 Summary SUI Basel Fankhauser Sundermann Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 3,600 SUI Rudolf Rettig Gerlafingen W One player from each team took five penalties. Sundermann scored with each penalty, Fankhauser sees one of his attempts held by Marcel Kunz. Uhrencup 9 August 1969 20:00 Basel SUI 5–3 Summary SUI Biel-Bienne Wenger 23 1:1Hauser 25 2:1Balmer 42 3:1Hauser 60 4:2Odermatt 63 5:2 14 0:1 Renfer57 3:2 Amez-Droz78 5:3 Peters Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 7,500 SUI Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach W Pre-season 16 August 1969 Basel SUI 5–1 Summary SUI Wettingen Balmer 10 1:0Balmer 23 2:0Hauser 33 3:0Odermatt 75 pen. 4:0Wenger 75 5:0 85 o.g. Michaud Wyler Bern 1,500 SUI Stauffer Bern W Mid-season 5 November 1969 FC Pratteln SUI 1–2 Summary SUI Basel Benthaus Wenger Pratteln W Winter break and mid-season Winter break 8 February 1970 Basel SUI 4–0 Summary SUI Young Fellows Zürich Balmer 8 1:0Wenger 59 2:0Hauser 85 3:0Sundermann 90 pen. 4:0 Landhof, Basel 1,000 SUI Peter Hänggi Aesch W Winter break 14 February 1970 15:30 Xamax SUI 0–2 Summary SUI Basel 39 0:1 Michaud80 0:2 Odermatt Stade de Serrières, Serrières 800 SUI André Favre Echallens W Winter break 22 February 1970 Thun SUI 1–3 Summary SUI Basel H. Liecht 70 1:3 57 0:1 Michaud63 0:2 Hauser69 0:3 Balmer Stadion Lachen, Thun 500 SUI Stauffer Bern W Mid-season 21 March 1970 Basel SUI 2–3 Summary SUI La Chaux-de-Fonds Hauser 28 1:0Wenger 77 2:3 53 1:1 Jeandupeux57 1:2 Brossard61 1:3 Brossard Landhof, Basel 2,000 SUI Peter Hänggi Aesch L Nationalliga 1969–70 Nationalliga A League matches Round 1 23 August 1969 St. Gallen 1–4 Summary Basel Rafreider 72 1:2 24 0:1 Balmer53 0:2 Odermatt79 pen. 1:3 Sundermann84 1:4 Hauser Espenmoos, St. Gallen 9,500 SUI Pius Kamber Zürich W Round 2 30 August 1969 Basel 2–0 Summary Bellinzona Wenger 16 1:0Hauser 23 2:0 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 12,000 SUI Ulysse Darbellay Roche W Round 3 6 September 1969 20:30 Lausanne-Sport 1–1 Summary Basel Dürr 73 pen. 1:1Vuilleumier 47 0:1 Wenger Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 18,000 SUI A. Ceretti Biel/Bienne D Round 4 20 September 1969 Basel 3–2 Summary La Chaux-de-Fonds Hauser 26 1:0Rahmen 48 2:0Wenger 53 3:0 59 3:1 Richard81 Mérillat83 Vincent90 3:2 Zürcher St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel 10,000 SUI Othmar Huber Thun W Round 5 28 September 1969 Young Boys 2–1 Summary Basel Bruttin 22 1:0Allemann 90 pen. 2:1 29 1:1 Benthaus Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 23,000 SUI Hans Wieland Grenchen L Round 6 4 October 1969 Basel 1–1 Summary Zürich Odermatt 72 pen. 1:0 89 1:1 Grünig St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 26,500 SUI D Round 7 18 October 1969 Winterthur 2–0 Summary Basel Konietzka 29 1:0Dimmeler 76 2:0 Schützenwiese, Winterthur 9,000 SUI Roland Marendaz Lausanne L Round 8 26 October 1969 Lugano 2–1 Summary Basel Luttrop 73 1:1Luttrop 78 2:1 71 0:1 Hauser Cornaredo, Lugano 12,000 SUI Anton Bucheli Luzern L Round 9 9 November 1969 Basel 2–2 Summary Servette Benthaus 14 1:0Hauser 22 2:0 36 2:1 Bosson63 2:2 Heutschi84 Guyot St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel 12,000 SUI Gilbert Droz Marin D Round 10 16 November 1969 Fribourg 0–0 Summary Basel Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard, Fribourg 14,000 (new record) SUI A. Ceretti Biel/Bienne D Round 11 30 November 1969 Basel 5–1 Summary Biel-Bienne Hauser 11 1:0Balmer 15 2:0Sundermann 33 pen. 3:1Sundermann 41 pen. 4:1Demarmels 86 5:1 25 2:1 Renfer (I) St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel 8,000 SUI Walter Hungerbühler St. Gallen W Round 12 7 December 1969 Grasshopper Club 2–0 Summary Basel Citherlet 2 1:0Grahn 50 2:0 Hardturm, Zürich 6,000 SUI Gilbert Droz Marin L Round 13 14 December 1969 Basel 6–2 Summary Wettingen Balmer 12 1:0Ramseier 44 2:0Sundermann 48 3:0Sundermann 54 4:0Rüefli 70 5:0Hauser 83 6:1 71 5:1 Beichter82 6:2 St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel 8,000 SUI Roland Keller Bern W Round 14 1 March 1970 Basel 2–1 Summary St. Gallen Benthaus 32 1:1Sundermann 38 pen. 2:1 30 0:1 Nafziger St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 8,000 SUI Othmar Huber Thun W Round 15 8 March 1970 Bellinzona PP Basel Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona P Round 16 15 March 1970 Basel 1–1 Summary Lausanne-Sport Balmer 19 1:0 16 Chapuisat46 1:1 Zappella83 Loichat St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 17,000 SUI Gilbert Droz Marin D Round 17 La Chaux-de-Fonds PP [ Summary] Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds P Round 18 4 April 1970 Basel 3–1 Summary Young Boys Odermatt 33′Michaud 58 1:1Balmer 65 2:1Balmer 77 3:1Sundermann 52 0:1 Müller Müller St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 9,500 SUI Walter Gallmann Oberrieden W Round 19 12 April 1970 Zürich 0–1 Summary Basel Münch 70 13 0:1 Sundermann Letzigrund, Zürich 22,000 SUI Walter Hungerbühler St. Gallen W Round 15 15 April 1970 Bellinzona 0–4 Summary Basel 11 0:1 Benthaus33 0:2 Hauser47 0:3 Wenger57 0:4 Wenger Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona 8,000 SUI Fernand Burioli Lausanne W Round 20 18 April 1970 Basel 4–0 Summary Winterthur Wenger 17 1:0Balmer 64 2:0Wenger 70 3:0Balmer 73 4:0 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 17,500 SUI Ulysse Darbellay Roche W Round 21 25 April 1970 Basel 4–0 Summary Lugano Wenger 11 1:0Odermatt 14 2:0Wenger 58 3:0Sundermann 61 4:0 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 25,000 SUI Marcel Schneuwly Fribourg W Round 17 6 May 1970 18:00 La Chaux-de-Fonds 0–0 Summary Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds 6,000 SUI Claudio Laich Massagno D Round 22 9 May 1970 Servette 1–2 Summary Basel Pottier 70 1:1 9 0:1 Hauser86 1:2 Hauser Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 11,500 SUI Othmar Huber Thun W Round 23 13 May 1970 Basel 3–0 Summary Fribourg Hauser 40 1:0Sundermann 45 pen. 2:0Hauser 70 3:0 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 15,000 SUI Rolan Bernd Keller W Round 24 23 May 1970 Biel-Bienne 1–4 Summary Basel Amez-Droz 19 1:0Renfer (II) 20 24 1:1 Balmer31 1:2 Balmer42 1:3 Balmer50 1:1 Odermatt0 60 Hauser Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne 13,000 SUI Marcel Despland Yverdon W Round 25 27 May 1970 Basel 0–0 Summary Grasshopper Club Odermatt 90 34 Mocellin90+1 Rüegg St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel 35,000 SUI Mario Clematide Zollikofen D Round 26 30 May 1970 Wettingen 0–5 [ Summary] Basel Wernle 40 4 0:1 Hauser7 0:2 Hauser17 0:3 Balmer30 0:4 Ramseier67 0:5 Benthaus Stadion Altenburg, Wettingen 10,000 SUI Marcel Schneuwly Fribourg W League standings main WDL Q 5 2 BAS Basel LS Lausanne-Sport ZÜR Zürich GCZ Grasshopper Club YB Young Boys LUG Lugano SER Servette WIN Winterthur CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds BEL Bellinzona FRI Fribourg BB Biel-Bienne WET Wettingen STG St. Gallen 15 7 4 59 23 C 12 12 2 54 36 15 4 7 49 29 12 7 7 39 24 13 5 8 52 41 10 10 6 43 37 10 9 7 53 37 11 5 10 50 41 9 3 14 36 55 6 8 12 26 43 7 5 14 27 37 7 5 14 28 55 6 3 17 33 62 6 3 17 28 57 green1 Swiss Champions, qualified for 1970–71 European Cup EC yellow1 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1970–71 Cup Winners' Cup CWC blue1 Entered 1970 Intertoto Cup I1 blue1 Entered 1970 Intertoto Cup I2 blue1 Entered 1970 Intertoto Cup I3 blue1 Entered 1970 Intertoto Cup I4 red1 Relegated to Nationalliga B R1 red1 Relegated to Nationalliga B R2 complete rsssf.com Swiss Cup Round of 32 Round of 32 14 September 1969 Basel 10 – 0 Summary Minerva Hauser 17 1:0Hauser 35 2:0Wenger 41 3:0Ramseier 42 4:0Hauser 52 5:0Ramseier 59 6:0Hauser 68 7:0Balmer 69 8:0Michaud 77 9:0Balmer 85 10:0 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 5,000 SUI Walter Gallmann Oberrieden W Round of 16 Round of 16 12 October 1969 Basel 3–2 Summary Grenchen Wenger 36 1:2Michaud 60 2:2Demarmels 83 3:2 3 0:1 Lander21 0:2 Obrecht (II) St. Jakob Stadium Basel 6,700 SUI Marcel Despland Yverdon W Quarter-final First leg 19 November 1969 20:15 Xamax 0–2 Summary Basel Stutz 38 0:1 Hauser61 pen. 0:2 Sundermann Stade de la Maladière Neuchâtel 4,200 SUI Mario Clematide Zollikofen W Second leg 23 November 1969 Basel 5–2 7 – 2 Summary Xamax Sundermann 23 1:0Hauser 42 2:0Balmer 44 3:0Odermatt 67 4:1Ramseier 84 5:2 61 3:1 Manzoni74 4:2 Schmid St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 8,00 SUI Othmar Huber Thun W Basel won 7 – 2 on aggregate. Semi-final First leg 30 March 1970 Servette 0–2 Summary Basel 39 0:1 Wenger50 0:2 Odermatt Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 14,000 SUI Anton Bucheli Luzern W Second leg 8 April 1970 Basel 4–1 6 – 1 Summary Servette Hauser 16 1:0Wenger 36 2:0Wenger 76 3:1Ramseier 85 4:1 63 2:1 Nemeth St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 16,000 SUI Pius Kamber Zürich W Basel won 6 – 1 on aggregate. Final Final 18 May 1970 Zürich 4–1 yes Basel Quentin 74 1:1Künzli 92 2:1Künzli 101 3:1Corti 113 4:1 62 0:1 Odermatt Wankdorf, Bern 47,500 SUI Roland Marendaz Lausanne L Zürich won 4–1 after extra time. European Cup 1969–70 European Cup First round First leg 17 September 1969 Basel SUI 0 – 0 Report SCO Celtic St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 37,587 Rudolf Glöckner (East Germany) D Second leg 1 October 1969 Celtic SCO 2 – 0 2 – 0 Report SUI Basel Hood 1Gemmell 70 Celtic Park, Glasgow 49,976 Gyula Emsberger (Hungary) L Celtic won 2–0 on aggregate. Coppa delle Alpi 1969 Cup of the Alps Group B matches Round 1 14 June 1969 20:00 FC Basel SUI 4–1 Summary ITA Sampdoria Hauser 5 1:0Benthaus 36 2:0Sundermann 43 3:0Odermatt 74 4:0 80 4:1 Frustaluppi St. Jakob Stadium Basel 6.500 FRG Fritz Seiler W Round 2 17 June 1969 20:00 FC Basel SUI 3–0 Summary BEL K.S.V. Waregem Sundermann 38 1:0Hauser 42 3:0Sundermann 73 pen. 3:0 St. Jakob Stadium Basel 4,500 FRG Max Spinnler W Round 3 21 June 1969 20:00 FC Basel SUI 3–2 Summary GER Eintracht Frankfurt Hauser 6 1:0Benthaus 30 2:1 Balmer 64 3:2 19 1:1 Hölzenbein35 2:2 Hölzenbein St. Jakob Stadium Basel 9,500 ITA Renzo Torelli W Round 4 24 June 1969 20:00 FC Basel SUI 2–3 Summary ITA Napoli Odermatt 36 1:1Wenger 65 2:1 4 0:1 Barison26 Montefusco84 2:2 Montefusco89 2:3 Salvi St. Jakob Stadium Basel 10,500 GER Rudolf Kreitlein L NB: teams did not play compatriots; Waregem did not play Eintracht Group B table main WDL 2 BSL FC Basel NAP Napoli WAR K.S.V. Waregem EIN Eintracht Frankfurt SAM Sampdoria BIE Biel-Bienne 3 0 1 12 6 2 1 1 8 6 1 2 1 9 8 2 0 2 7 9 1 1 2 7 10 0 2 2 4 8 #D0F0C0 C complete https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/alpi69.html Final The Final was played in St. Jakob Stadium, Basel, between the winners of both groups. Final 27 June 1969 20:00 FC Basel SUI 3–1 Summary ITA Bologna Hauser 16Kiefer 22Sundermann 28 50 Ciacci St. Jakob Stadium Basel 21,000 FRG Kurt Tschenscher W See also History of FC Basel List of FC Basel players List of FC Basel seasons References Sources Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. 978-3-7245-2189-1 Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. 978-3-7245-2305-5 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage Switzerland 1969–70 at RSSSF Cup of the Alps 1969 at RSSSF External links FC Basel official site expanded Category:FC Basel seasons Basel 1969-70