1973–74 FC Basel season

FC Basel 1973–74 Helmut Benthaus Félix Musfeld Ground St. Jakob Stadium, Basel Nationalliga A 5th Swiss Cup Quarter-finals Swiss League Cup Round of 16 European Cup Quarter-final Coppa delle Alpi Group stage Ottmar Hitzfeld (19) Ottmar Hitzfeld (25) 25,000 on 27 October 1973vs Zürich 4,500 on 3 March 1974 vs Chiasso 10,923 1972–73 1974–75 The 1973–74 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 80th season in their existence. It was their 28th 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 first team manager. This was his ninth season as manager. To the beginning of the season Urs Siegenthaler moved on to play for Xamax and Rolf Riner left to play for Servette. In the other direction Rudolf Wampfler joined from Sion, Arthur von Wartburg joined from Concordia Basel and Roland Paolucci returned from his loan to Winterthur. But the most notorious transfer was that of Teófilo Cubillas from Alianza Lima. The Basler entrepreneur and transport company owner Ruedi Reisdorfer paid the transfer fee of £97,000. Josef Zindel 2018 Die ersten 125 Jahre 1974 - Cubillas, Pages 72 + 73 Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel Jan Alsos http://www.planetworldcup.com/LEGENDS/cubillas.html Teofilio Cubillas (Peru) Planet World Cup 2019-11-16 Cubillas scored two goals for Basel in the 1973–74 European Cup, the first of which in the 1st leg against Fram on 19 September 1973 and the second in the return leg on 20 September. Antonio Zea and Marcel Haisma 9 January 2008 https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec197374det.html European Champions' Cup 1973–74 – Details RSSSF 2019-11-16 He only remained at the club for six months, which was not long enough for him to show the extent of his talent. Later on, for the second half of the 1973–74 season he joined Portuguese club Porto for a fee of £200,000. Basel played a total of 54 games in their 1973–74 season. 26 in the domestic league, four in the Swiss Cup, one in the Swiss League Cup, six in the European Cup and 17 were friendly matches. The team scored a total of 143 goals and conceded 91. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/bilanz?saison=1973/74 Bilanz Saison 1973/74 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2018-11-16 Domestic league The Nationalliga A season 1973–74 was contested under 14 teams. These were the top 12 teams from the previous 1972–73 season and the two newly promoted teams Xamax and Chênois. The championship was played in a double round robin. The champions would qualify for the 1974–75 European Cup, the second and third placed teams were to qualify for 1974–75 UEFA Cup and the last two teams in the table at the end of the season were to be relegated. Zürich won the championship 12 points ahead of Grasshopper Club, 13 ahead of the Servette and FC Winterthur. Basel finished in fifth position and were 16 points behind the new champions. Basel won 13 of their 26 league games, drew three and lost ten games. They scored a total of 57 goals conceding 39. La Chaux-de-Fonds and Chiasso suffered relegation. Luc Nackaerts Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwithist.html Nationalliga A 1973/74 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 Basel's striker Ottmar Hitzfeld was the team's top goal scorer, with 19 league goals he was third in the league ranking behind Daniel Jeandupeux (22) and Walter Müller (21). Basel's second top scorer was Walter Mundschin with seven goals, René Hasler and Karl Odermatt each scored six goals, Walter Balmer managed five and Teófilo Cubillas scored three league goals. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/statistik?saison=1973/74 Statistic 1973/74 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2019-11-16 Basel's highest scoring game was in the 24th round on 8 May 1974 as they sent Lausanne-Sports home with an 8–2 package from the St. Jakob Stadium. Karl Odermatt scored the first two goals in the 5th and the 11th minute, Ottmar Hitzfeld added the next two in the 15th and 17th minute before Walter Mundschin added the next two in the 20th and 25th Minute to make it six goals in 25 minutes. A penalty goal by Müller pulled one back for Lausanne-Sport, but despite this Basel led 6–1 at half time. Hitzfeld scored his personal third goal in the 57th minute and in the 75th Markus Tanner netted the final goal of the game. Roger Piccand had scored Lausannes second in the 71st minute. Zindel Josef Rotblau Match: Nr.7 2016/2017 FC Basel Marketing AG 2016 978-3-7245-2027-6 Swiss Cup and League Cup In the Swiss Cup Basel played the round of 32 on 22 September 1973 away against Biel-Bienne in the Gurzelen Stadion and won 2–1. In the round of 16 on 6 October 1973 they played away again against Mendrisiostar and won 4–1. In this game Cubillas scored two goals. The quarter-final was a two legged fixtures. The first leg played on 31 October 1973 in Stade Tourbillon was a 1–0 defeat against Sion. The second leg played on 4 November 1973 in the St. Jakob Stadium ended in a 2–2 draw, thus Sion won 3–2 on aggregate. In the 1973 Swiss League Cup Basel were drawn with an away game against Neuchâtel Xamax in the first round and were eliminated. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit74.html Switzerland 1973/74 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 European Cup As reigning Swiss Champions, Basel were qualified for the 1973–74 European Cup. In the first round, drawn against Iceland's champions Fram, Basel won with the aggregate score 11–2. In the second round they were drawn against Club Brugge. In the exiting second leg Basel won 6–4 and thus 7–6 on aggregate. In the quarter-final Basel won the first leg against Celtic 3–2 and in the second leg Celtic won by the same score. During extra time Scottish international Steve Murray scored the decisive goal in the 114th minute. Celtic continued to the semi-final but did not reach the final. uefa.com https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/seasons/1973/matches/ 1973/74 Season UEFA 2018-11-16 Players 1 SUI GK Marcel Kunz 2 GER DF Josef Kiefer 3 SUI DF Walter Mundschin 4 SUI MF Peter Ramseier 5 SUI DF Paul Fischli 6 SUI MF Otto Demarmels 7 SUI FW Walter Balmer 8 SUI MF Karl Odermatt 9 GER FW Ottmar Hitzfeld 10 PER FW Teófilo Cubillas from Alianza Lima 11 SUI FW Peter Wenger 12 SUI MF Bruno Rahmen 13 SUI MF Rudolf Wampfler from Sion 14 SUI DF Jörg Stohler 15 SUI MF Roland Paolucci end of loan by Winterthur 16 SUI DF René Hasler 17 SUI FW Markus Tanner from youth team 18 SUI MF Felix Tschudin from youth team 19 SUI MF Arthur von Wartburg from Concordia Basel 22 FRA GK Jean-Paul Laufenburger SUI MF Heinz Schönebeck reserves SUI GK Thomas Manger reserves SUI GK Hans Müller reserves SUI DF Alex Wirth reserves SUI FW Roger Ries reserves Players who left the squad SUI GK Urs Reto Grieshaber reserves SUI MF Urs Siegenthaler to Xamax SUI FW Rolf Riner to Servette 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 21 July 1973 18:00 Basel SUI 5–2 Summary FRG Freiburger FC Balmer 1 1:0Wenger 5 2:0Hitzfeld 53 3:2Hitzfeld 62 4:2Balmer 83 5:2 31 2:1 Gruler 46 2:2 Vogtmann St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 1,300 SUI Josef Schnidrig W Pre-season 27 July 1973 17:30 Luzern SUI 4–2 Summary SUI Basel Huttary 15 1:0Bosco 48 2:2Küttel 54 3:2Bosco 4:2 17 1:1 Hitzfeld25 1:2 Wampfler Herti Allmend Stadion, Zug 3,500 SUI Willi Dreier (Zürich) L Pre-season 1 August 1973 15:00 Nordstern Basel SUI 1–3 Summary SUI Basel Degen 35 1:0 49 1:1 Ramseier78 1:2 Hitzfeld89 o.g. 1:2 Huguenin Landhof, Basel 3,500 SUI Kurt Fuchs (Basel) W Pre-season 4 August 1973 20:00 Basel SUI 2–4 Summary FRG Bayern Munich Balmer 10 1:0Hitzfeld 19 2:0 16′ Müller47 pen.2:1 Breitner51 2:2 Müller64 2:3 Beckenbauer89 2:4 Müller Breitner St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 32,000 SUI Rudolf Scheurer (Bettlach) L Mid-season 7 September 1973 20:00 Basel SUI 2–0 Summary PER Club Centro Deportivo Municipal Castillo 37 o.g. 1:0Balmer 81 2:0 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 7,000 SUI Walter Gallmann (Oberrieden) W Winter break to end of season Winter break 14 January 1974 La Gauloise de Basse-Terre/Redstar GLP 0–6 Summary SUI Basel 5 0:1 Demarmels13 0:2 Hasler17 0:3 Hasler20 0:4 Hasler50 0:5 Wenger58 0:6 Rahmen Guadeloupe W Winter break 16 January 1974 Guadeloupe XI GLP 0–2 Summary SUI Basel 1x Tanner1x Hasler Guadeloupe W Winter break 19 January 1974 Martinique XI MTQ 1–2 Summary SUI Basel 1x Mundschin1x Wenger Martinique W Winter break 2 February 1974 14:30 Nordstern Basel SUI 0–2 Summary SUI Basel 13 0:1 Balmer66 0:2 Demarmels Stadion Rankhof, Basel 1,500 SUI Walter Rudin (Birsfelden) W Winter break 9 February 1974 14:30 Basel SUI 5–1 FCZ summaryFCB summary SUI Zürich Stohler 3 1:0Balmer 17 2:0Balmer 45 3:0Balmer 50 4:0Hasler 41 pen. 5:1 72 4:1 Katić Landhof, Basel 1,800 SUI Josef Schnidrig (Röschenz) L Very soft conditions. Corners 4:9 Winter break 13 February 1974 Freiburger FC FRG 1–3 Summary SUI Basel Dospial 42′Westermann 89 1:3 6 0:1 Tanner19 0:2 Hitzfeld83 0:3 Balmer Möslestadion Freiburg 1,500 FRG Binninger W Winter break 17 February 1974 FC Saint-Louis FRA 2–5 Summary SUI Basel Deichtmann 83 1:5Antony 84 2:5 17 0:120 0:2 Balmer25 0:3 Wenger74 0:4 Demarmels80 o.g. 0:5 Jacob Stade de la Frontière, Saint-Louis 2,000 FRA Gewiss W Winter break 19 February 1974 TSV 1860 Munich FRG 2–0 Summary SUI Basel Mrosko 2 1:0Mrosko 76 2:0 Grünwalder Stadion 1,000 L Winter break 23 February 1974 14:30 Basel SUI 6–2 Summary SUI Grenchen Balmer 24 1:0Wenger 25 2:0Mundschin 35 3:0Tschudin 68 4:0Hitzfeld 79 5:2Fischli 83 6:2 75 pen. 4:1 Maradan 77 4:2 Wirth Landhof, Basel 400 SUI Kurt Fuchs (Basel) W Mid-season 9 April 1974 20:00 Basel SUI 3–1 Summary FRG Hertha BSC Hasler 8 1:0Stohler 45 2:0Hitzfeld 73 3:0 87 3:1 Sziedat St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 12,000 SUI Hans Wieland (Grenchen) W End of season 3 June 1974 17:00 Basel SUI 2–5 Report BRA Balmer 20 1:0Balmer 41 2:1 30 1:1 Rivellino43 2:2 Rivellino59 2:3 Jairzinho 73 2:4 Rivellino79 2:5 Valdomiro St. Jakob Stadium Basel 43,000 SUI Anton Bucheli (Luzern) L End of season 8 June 1974 20:00 Basel SUI 4–3 Summary URU Uruguay Hitzfeld 13 1:0Hitzfeld 16 2:0Mundschin 23 3:0Mundschin 29 4:0 42 4:1 Milar50 4:2 Gómez80 4:3 Forlán St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 12,500 SUI Hans Wieland (Grenchen) W Nationalliga 1973–74 Nationalliga A League matches Round 1 18 August 1973 20:30 Chênois 0–1 Summary Basel Mariétan 90 15 Wampfler41 0:1 Cubillas Stade des Trois-Chêne, Thônex 7,200 SUI Walter Gallmann (Oberrieden) W Round 2 25 August 1973 20:00 Basel 3–0 Summary Lugano Cubillas 30 1:0Hitzfeld 36 2:0Hasler 65 3:0 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 16,000 SUI Anton Bucheli (Luzern) W Round 3 28 August 1973 20;00 Basel 1–3 Summary Grasshopper Club Paolucci 76Paolucci 89 1:2 32 0:1 Becker43 0:2 Grahn87 Staudenmann90+2 1:3 Noventa St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 19,500 SUI Bruno Della Bruna (Lumino) L Round 4 1 September 1973 20:15 Sion 1–2 Summary Basel Schaller 1:0 48 1:1 Mundschin50 1:2 Mundschin75 Mundschin80 Wenger Stade Tourbillon, Sion 11,000 SUI Ernest Guignet (Yverdon) W Round 5 15 September 1973 20:30 Chiasso 1–1 Summary Basel Allio 25Sogari 44Allio 79 1:1 26 Ramseier27 0:1 Demarmels33 Hitzfeld Stadio Comunale Riva IV Chiasso 6,000 SUI Rudolf Scheurer (Bettlach) D Round 6 29 September 1973 20:00 Basel 1–2 Summary Xamax Stohler 39 1:1Odermatt Fischli 8 0:1 Mathez42 1:2 Elsig Blusch St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 9,000 SUI} Hans Wieland (Grenchen) L Round 7 13 October 1973 17:00 St. Gallen 2–1 Summary Basel Rafreider 53 1:0Schwizer 68 2:0 69 2:1 Odermatt76 Hasler86 Demarmels Espenmoos, St. Gallen 12,800 SUI Roland Racine (Prilly) L Round 8 27 October 1973 20:00 Basel 1–3 FCZ summarySummary Zürich Hitzfeld 89 1:3 35 0:1 Jeandupeux29 0:2 Katić72 0:3 Rutschmann St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 25,000 SUI Anton Bucheli (Luzern) L A very cold, almost wintry evening. The ground was wet and slippery, but still playable. Round 9 11 November 1973 14:45 Servette 2–3 Summary Basel Schnyder 13 1:0Barriquand 51 2:2 30 1:1 Cubillas33 1:2 Wampfler73 Tanner78 Tschudin88 2:3 Mundschin Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 12,500 SUI Walter Gallmann (Oberrieden) W Round 10 25 November 1973 14:30 Basel 4–2 Summary La Chaux-de-Fonds Mundschin 4 1:0Hasler 29 2:0Hasler 36 Hitzfeld 65 3:0Hasler 89 4:2 75 3:1 Delavelle77 3:2 Veya St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 10,500 SUI René Matthieu W Round 11 2 December 1973 14:30 Lausanne-Sport 2–0 Summary Basel Ducret 53 1:0Müller 85 2:0 Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 5,000 SUI Rudolf Scheurer (Bettlach) L Round 12 9 December 1973 14_30 Basel 2–3 Summary Young Boys Balmer 68 1:1Balmer 79 2:1 16 0:1 Brechbühl51 2:2 Andersen87 2:3 Schild St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 8,000 SUI Ulysse Darbellay (Roche) L Round 13 16 December 1973 14:30 Winterthur 3–2 Summary Basel Nielsen 15 1:0Nielsen 25 2:0Künzli 86 3:2 32 Demarmels45 2:1 Wenger52 2:2 Hasler Schützenwiese, Winterthur 4,000 SUI Roland Racine (Prilly) L Round 14 3 March 1974 14:30 Basel 6–0 Summary Chênois Hitzfeld 7 pen. 1:0Hasler 38 2:0Odermatt 42 3:0Odermatt 45 4:0Hitzfeld 48 5:0Detruche 64 o.g. 6:0 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 4,500 SUI Roland Racine (Prilly) W Round 15 10 March 1974 14:45 Lugano 0–0 Summary Basel Arigoni 43Binetti 53 40 Wenger Cornaredo, Lugano 3,000 SUI André Favre (Echallens) D Round 16 17 March 1974 14:30 Basel 1–0 Summary Sion Odermatt 36 1:0 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 8,000 SUI Giovanni Fazzini (Osogna) W Round 17 31 March 1974 14:30 Basel 3–1 Summary Chiasso Hitzfeld 42 pen. 1:1Balmer 43 2:1Hitzfeld 77 3:1Balmer 86 10 0:1 M. Preisig31 Allio St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 7,000 SUI Fernand Burioli (Lausanne) W Round 18 6 April 1974 20:15 Xamax 0–5 Summary Basel 21 0:1 Fischli44 0:2 Hitzfeld50 0:3 Hitzfeld 58′ Hitzfeld71 0:4 Hitzfeld76 0:5 Balmer Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel 12,400 SUI René Matthieu W Round 19 20 April 1974 20:00 Basel 1–1 Summary St. Gallen Hitzfeld 73 pen. 1:1 63 0:1 Nasdalla St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 11,000 SUI Anton Bucheli (Luzern) D Round 20 28 April 1974 15:15 Zürich 5–1 Summary Basel Fischli 23 o.g. 1:0Katic 52 2:1Martinelli 53 3:1Jeandupeux 65 4:1Katic 88 5:1 40 pen. 1:1 Hitzfeld Letzigrund, Zürich 26,000 SUI Rudolf Scheurer (Bettlach) L Round 21 4 May 1974 20:00 Basel 5–1 Summary Servette Hitzfeld 39 1:0Morgenegg 42 o.g. 2:0Rahmen 49Mundschin 63 3:0Odermatt 70 4:0Hitzfeld 80 pen. 5:0 84 5:1 Barriquand St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 7,500 SUI Bruno Della Bruna (Lumino) W Round 22 11 May 1974 20:15 La Chaux-de-Fonds 0–2 Summary Basel 37 0:1 Wampfler73 0:2 Balmer Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds 2,700 SUI Giovanni Fazzini (Osogna) W Round 23 14 May 1974 20:15 Grasshopper Club 2–1 FCB summary Basel Ohlhauser 58 1:1Meier 73 2:1 37 0:1 Hasler Hardturm, Zürich 8,500 SUI Hans Wieland (Grenchen) L Round 24 18 May 1974 20:00 Basel 8–2 Summary Lausanne-Sport Odermatt 5 1:0Odermatt 11 2:0Hitzfeld 15 3:0Hitzfeld 17 4:0Mundschin 5:0Mundschin 26 6:0Hitzfeld 56 7:1Tanner 75 8:2 42 pen. 6:1 Müller71 7:2 Piccand St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 9,000 SUI Rudolf Scheurer (Bettlach) W Round 25 25 May 1974 18:15 Young Boys 3–1 Summary Basel Andersen 55 1:0Andersen 67 2:0Muhmenthaler 80 3:1 70 2:1 Hitzfeld Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 13,000 SUI Walter Hungerbühler (St. Gallen) L Round 26 1 June 1974 20:00 Basel 1–0 Summary Winterthur Hitzfeld 48 1:0 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 7,000 SUI Roland Keller (Bern) W Final league table main WDL Q 5 2 ZÜR Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=41&m=0&c=0&i=0&f=0&s=0&pord=0 FCZ 1973/74 dbFCZ de-ch 2025-11-16 GCZ Grasshopper Club SER Servette Daniel Reichmuth 2025 https://super-servette.ch/Doku/Resultate_Servette_1973-74.pdf Servette season 1973/74 Servette season 1973/74 super-servette-ch fr 2025-11-16 WIN Winterthur BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 1974 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1973/74 1973/74 Rangliste Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" de-ch 1973/74 Ranking 2025-11-16 YB Young Boys (red) BSC Young Boys AG 2025 https://www.bscyb.ch/archiv-1973-74#mnc_563 YB Saison 1973/74 YB season 1973/74 BSC Young Boys AG de-ch 2025-11-16 NX Xamax LS Lausanne-Sport STG St. Gallen SIO Sion CHÊ Chênois LUG Lugano CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds CHI Chiasso 20 5 1 67 20 12 9 5 41 27 12 8 6 49 35 13 6 7 42 29 13 3 10 57 39 10 8 8 52 38 10 6 10 38 38 9 8 9 45 48 10 5 11 38 48 5 12 9 24 31 7 8 11 30 48 4 9 13 20 44 3 10 13 28 51 2 7 17 18 53 green1 Champions, qualified for 1974–75 European Cupand entered 1974 Intertoto Cup EC blue1 Qualified for 1974–75 UEFA Cupand entered 1974 Intertoto Cup UEC1 blue1 Qualified for 1974–75 UEFA Cup UEC2 blue3 Entered 1974 Intertoto Cup I I yellow1 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1974–75 Cup Winners' Cup CWC red1 Relegated to 1974–75 Nationalliga B R1 red1 Relegated to 1974–75 Nationalliga B R2 yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers; complete rsssf.com Swiss Cup Round of 32 22 September 1973 20:15 Biel-Bienne 1–2 Summary Basel Peters 30 1:0 31 1:1 Hitzfeld46 1:2 Demarmels Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne 7,300 SUI Fernand Burioli Lausanne W Round of 16 6 October 1973 14:45 Mendrisiostar 1–4 Summary Basel Bianchi 1:4 9 0:1 Stohler41 0:2 Paolucci62 0:3 Cubillas75 0:4 Cubillas Centro Sportivo Comunale, Mendrisio 3,000 SUI Roland Keller Bern W Quarter-finalFirst leg 31 October 1973 Sion 1–0 Summary Basel Lopez 57 1:0 Stade Tourbillon, Sion 6,000 SUI Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne L Quarter-finalSecond leg 4 November 1973 18:00 Basel 2–2 2 – 3 Summary Sion Hitzfeld 4 1:0Hasler 66 2:0 84 2:1 Vergères90 2:2 Lopez St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 8,000 SUI Jean Dubach Nidau D Swiss League Cup 1973 Swiss League Cup Round of 16 11 August 1973 20:15 Neuchâtel Xamax 4–1 Summary Basel Rub 10 1:0Citherlet 29 2:1Richard 33Elsig 38 3:1Richard 68 4:1 3 Hitzfeld15 1:1 Rahmen Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel 6,000 SUI André Favre Echallens L European Cup 1973–74 European Cup First roundFirst leg 18 September 1973 20:00 Fram ISL 0 – 5 UEFA summaryFCB summary SUI Basel 2 1:0 Cubillas21 2:0 Balmer75 3:0 Hasler85 4:0 Balmer88 5:0 Demarmels St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 8,500 HUN Sandor Petri W Fram home game First roundSecond leg 20 September 1973 20:00 Basel SUI 6 – 2 11 – 2 UEFA summaryFCB summary Tanner 4 0:1Cubillas 24 0:2Geirsson 39 o.g. 0:3Tanner 56 1:4Wampfler 60 1:5Stohler 66 pen. 1:6 ISL Fram 52 1:3 Leifsson78 2:6 Elíasson Kleinholz Stadion, Olten 5,500 HUN Karoly Palotai W Home game of FCB. Organised by FC Olten Second roundFirst leg 24 October 1973 Club Brugge BEL 2 – 1 UEFA summaryFCB summary SUI Basel Carteus 7 1:0Thio 60 pen. 2:1 28 Wampfler36 Mundschin39 pen. 1:1 Odermatt71 Demarmels Jan Breydel Stadium, Sint-Andries, Bruges 23,000 IRL John Carpenter L Second roundSecond leg 7 November 1973 20:00 Basel SUI 6 – 4 7 – 6 UEFA summaryFCB summary BEL Club Brugge Rüssmann 19 o.g. 1:0Balmer 31 2:2Wampfler 37 3:2Hitzfeld 63 pen. 4:3Hitzfeld 70 5:4Hitzfeld 87 6:4 23 1:1 Lambert28 1:2 Carteus46 pen. 3:3 Lambert68 4:4 Lambert84 Geels87 Bastjins St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 12,500 DEN B. Nielsen W Quarter-finalFirst leg 27 February 1974 20:00 FC Basel SUI 3 – 2 UEFA summaryFCB summary SCO Celtic Hitzfeld 28 1:1Odermatt 31 2:1Demarmels 54Hitzfeld 64 pen. 3:2 21 0:1 Wilson57 2:2 Dalglish St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 25,000 GDR Günter Männig W Quarter-finalSecond leg 20 March 1974 20:00 Celtic SCO 4 – 2 yes 6 – 5 UEFA summaryFCB summary SUI FC Basel Dalglish 14 1:0Deans 18 2:0Hood 43Callaghan 62 3:2Murray 114 33 2:1 Mundschin36 Tanner48 2:2 Balmer Celtic Park, Glasgow 71,000 FRA Michel Kitabidjan L Coppa delle Alpi Cup of the Alps Group B matches Round 1 16 June 1973 20:30 Stade de Reims FRA 4–1 Summary SUI Basel Bianchi 21Simon 44Onnis 70Bianchi 87 40 Cubillas Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims 5,500 SUI André Favre, Échallens L Round 2 19 June 1973 Strasbourg FRA 1–1 Summary SUI Basel Halichodzig 17 pen. 11 Hitzfeld Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg 2,000 SUI Marcel Despland D Round 3 23 June 1973 20:00 Basel SUI 3–1 Summary FRA Stade de Reims Paolucci 30Wenger 33Balmer 38 31 Omnis St. Jakob Stadium Basel 1,800 FRA Robert Helies W Round 4 26 June 1973 20:00 Basel SUI 2–0 Summary FRA Strasbourg Balmer 10Kiefer 71Odermatt 30 Zamojski St. Jakob Stadium Basel 6,000 FRA Michel Kitabidjan W NB: teams did not play compatriots Group B standings main WDL 2 y SER Servette REI Stade de Reims BSL Basel STR Strasbourg 3 0 1 10 6 2 0 2 9 9 2 1 1 7 6 0 1 3 3 8 1 1 bonus point awarded for victory by 3 or more goals 2 SER green1 Advance to final C complete RSSSF.COM See also History of FC Basel List of FC Basel players List of FC Basel seasons References Sources Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. 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