1970–71 FC Basel season

FC Basel 1970–71 Helmut Benthaus Félix Musfeld Ground St. Jakob Stadium, Basel Nationalliga A Runner-up Swiss Cup Quarter-finals European Cup Round 2 Cup of the Alps Winners Walter Balmer (13) Karl Odermatt (16) 36'000 on 10 October 1970vs. Zürich 9,500 on 8 November 1970vs. Sion 17.384 1969–70 1971–72 The 1970–71 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 77th season in their existence. It was their 25th 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 For the sixth consecutive season Helmut Benthaus was player-manager. There were only very few changes in the squad. Bruno Michaud retired from active football after winning his third championship title. He had played 16 seasons in the Nationalliga A, 14 of these were with Basel and two with Lausanne-Sport. During his time with Basel Michaud played a total of 355 competitive games and scored 22 goals. Dieter Rüefli moved on to play for St. Gallen and Janos Konrad moved on to Vevey-Sports. In the other direction Edoardo Manzoni joined the squad on loan from Xamax. Benthaus did not want any other transfers and relied on young players who came up from the reserve team to help, when needed in the first team. Basel played a total of 55 matches during this season. 27 of these games were in the domestic league including the play-off for the championship. Three of these games were in the Swiss Cup, four were in the European Cup, five were in the Cup of the Alps and 16 were friendly matches. Of these 16 test games 13 were won and three were drawn. Five test matches were played at home and 11 played away. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?liga=8&saison=1970/71 Bilanz 1970/71 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 Domestic league 14 teams contested in the 1970–71 Nationalliga A. These were the top 12 teams from the previous 1969–70 season and the two newly promoted teams Sion and Luzern. The championship was played in a double round robin. The champions would qualify for the 1971–72 European Cup and the last two teams in the league table at the end of the season were to be relegated. Basel won 18 of their 26 league games, drawing six, losing just twice, they scored 67 goals conceding 26. They finished the regular season level on points with Grasshopper Club Zürich and so these two teams had to contest a play-off game on 8 June 1971 to decide the title winners. Grasshopper won the play-off 4–3 after extra time. https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=23625 Grasshopper Club - FC Basel 4:3 n.V. (2:2, 1:1) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 Walter Balmer was Basel's top goal scorer with 13 league goals and Karl Odermatt second top scorer with 12 league goals. Peter Wenger scored 10, Helmut Hauser managed 9 and Jürgen Sundermann scored 8 league goals. Bellinzona finished last and the table and were relegated. Sion and Fribourg, level on points, were both second last and thus they had to have a play-off against relegation. Sion won 1–0, so Fribourg were relegated. Luc Nackaerts Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwithist.html Nationalliga A 1970/71 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 Swiss Cup On 1 November 1969 Basel started in the Swiss Cup in the round of 32 with a 5–1 home win against CS Chênois. In the round of 16 played on 29 November Basel had a home match against Bellinzona which was won 2–0. In the quarter-final, played on 28 February 1971, Basel had an away tie against Mendrisiostar (after club merger later renamed FC Mendrisio-Stabio). However, this was lost 0–2 after extra time. Servette won the cup competition at the end of the season, winning the final at the Wankdorf Stadium 2–0 against Lugano. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit71.html Switzerland 1970/71 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 European Cup In the European Cup Basel were drawn against Spartak Moscow. The first leg, which was played on 16 September 1970 away from home, was lost 2–3 with Odermatt and Benthaus scoring for the guests during the last 12 minutes, after they had gone three down with just a quarter of an hour left to play. In the second leg played in the St. Jakob Stadium Basel won 2–1, the goals being scored by Siegenthaler und Walter Balmer. Thus the tie ended 4–4 on aggregate. Basel won on away goals and advanced to the second round. Here they were drawn against Ajax, first away from home, but they suffered a 0–3 defeat. The second leg at home also ended with a defeat, 1–2, despite the fact that Odermatt put Basel one up with a penalty after 36 minutes. uefa.com https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63006--basel-vs-ajax/ 1970/71, Second round, 2nd leg, Agg: 1-5, Basel 1-2 Ajax UEFA 2019-11-16 Cup of the Alps In the 1970 Cup of the Alps Basel were in the Swiss Group together with Lugano, Young Boys and Zürich. They played against each of the four Italian teams Fiorentina, Lazio, Sampdoria and Bari. Basel won the Swiss group and in the final they faced and beat Fiorentina 3–2. AC Fiorentina 1970 http://www.fiorentinaweb.com/coppe.php?id3=969_CA Coppa delle Alpi, annata 1969/1970 fiorentinaweb.com 2016-11-16 July 2026 InternetArchiveBot Players 1 SUI GK Marcel Kunz 1 FRA GK Jean-Paul Laufenburger 2 SUI DF Paul Fischli 3 SUI DF Walter Mundschin 4 SUI MF Peter Ramseier 5 SUI MF Urs Siegenthaler 6 GER MF Jürgen Sundermann 7 SUI FW Walter Balmer 8 SUI MF Karl Odermatt 9 SUI MF Bruno Rahmen 10 GER MF Helmut Benthaus 11 SUI FW Peter Wenger SUI GK Roland Dahinden reserves GER DF Josef Kiefer SUI MF Edoardo Manzoni loan from Xamax SUI DF Roland Paolucci SUI DF Jörg Stohler SUI DF Alex Wirth reserves SUI DF Guy Castelan reserves SUI MF Otto Demarmels GER MF Stefan Reisch SUI MF Rolf Riner GER FW Helmut Hauser Players who left the squad SUI FW Dieter Rüefli to St. Gallen SUI DF Bruno Michaud retired HUN FW Janos Konrad to Vevey-Sports 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 19 July 1970 FC Schalke 04 FRG 0–0 Summary SUI Basel Langensteinstadion de, Waldshut 5,200 FRG Robert Heyn D Pre-season 22 July 1970 18:15 Basel SUI 1–0 Summary FRG Freiburger FC Wenger 7 1:0 Landhof, Basel 2,200 SUI Haldimann Biel/Bienne W Pre-season 27 July 1970 FV Lörrach FRG 1–5 Summary SUI Basel Förster 28 1:1 21 0:1 Balmer32 1:2 Manzoni54 1:3 Ramseier63 1:4 Wenger75 1:5 Wenger Stadtstadion Lörrach 2,000 FRG Kurt Woldrich W Pre-season 29 July 1970 18:15 Basel SUI 2–1 Summary FRA RC Strasbourg Wenger 2 1:0Wenger 71 2:1 7 pen. 1:1 Lemée50 Kaniber Landhof, Basel 2,500 SUI Ernst Dörflinger Basel W Pre-season 2 August 1970 16:30 Basel SUI 2–2 Summary SUI Xamax Hauser 60 1:1Sundermann 84 2:1 54 0:1 Brunnenmeier86 2:2 Rub Weiden Dornach 1,500 SUI Jean Dubach Nidau D Uhrencup 5 August 1970 20:00 Grenchen SUI 0–4 Summary SUI Basel 46 0:1 Ramseier52 0:2 Wenger67 0:3 Balmer73 0:4 Odermatt Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 1,200 SUI Rudolf Rettig Gerlafingen W Uhrencup 8 August 1970 20:00 Basel SUI 5–5 8 – 7 Summary SUI Young Boys Wenger 14 1:0Reisch 21 2:1Balmer 24 3:1Odermatt 57 4:4Balmer 68 5:4 Sundermann Sundermann 17 1:1 Allemann46 2:2 Schild 49 3:3 Theunissen55 3:4 Kvicinsky85 5:5 Müller Allemann Allemann Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 6,000 SUI Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach W Pre-season 12 August 1970 20:00 Basel SUI 5–2 Summary FRG Tennis Borussia Berlin Wenger 5 1:0Hauser 26 2:0Hauser 29 3:0Hauser 86 4:2Hauser 90 5:2 37 3:1 Eggert58 3:2 Görs St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 6,000 SUI Karl Göppel Zürich W Winter break Winter break 15 January 1971 Royal Bangkok Sports Club THA 0–15 Summary SUI Basel 4x Hauser3x Balmer3x Odermatt2x Demarmels2x Wenger1x Paolucci Bangkok W Winter break 20 January 1971 Queen-Stars Bangkok THA 1–3 Summary SUI Basel Reisch o.g. Odermatt Demarmels Wenger Bangkok 8,000 W Winter break 7 February 1971 14:30 Basel SUI 5–1 Summary SUI Xamax Hauser 34 1:0Hauser 65 2:0Balmer 63 3:0Hauser 68 4:0Hauser 90 5:1 84 4:1 Krömer St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel 1,000 SUI Peter Hänggi Aesch W Winter break 14 February 1971 Wettingen SUI 0–1 Summary SUI Basel 85 0:1 Hauser Stadion Altenburg, Wettingen 1,700 SUI Winiger Wetzikon W Winter break 17 February 1971 20:00 FC Birsfelden SUI 1–8 Summary SUI Basel Kunz 35 1:2 3 0:1 Fischli6 0:2 Odermatt36 1:3 Reisch41 1:4 Balmer48 1:5 Odermatt51 1:6 Odermatt63 1:7 Odermatt70 1:8 Wenger Sternenfeld, Birsfelden 1,100 SUI Walter Rudin Birsfelden W Winter break 21 February 1971 Servette SUI 2–2 Summary SUI Basel Heutschi 81 1:2Dörfel 88 2:2 8 0:1 Odermatt60 0:2 Hauser Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 4,000 SUI Gilbert Droz Marin D Mid-season 21 March 1971 15:00 Basel SUI 2–1 Summary SUI Grenchen Balmer 18 1:0Stohler 71 pen. 2:1 30 1:1 Braun Landhof, Basel SUI Rudolf Renggli Luzern W Mid-season 9 April 1971 Aarau SUI 0–4 Summary SUI Basel 21 0:1 Mundschin26 0:2 Hauser47 0:3 Rahmen70 0:4 Rahmen Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 2,200 SUI Marcel Zürcher Wettingen W Nationalliga 1970–71 Nationalliga A League matches Round 1 15 August 1970 17:30 Servette 1–1 Summary Basel Heutschi 8 1:1 6 0:1 Ramseier Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 11,000 SUI Mario Clematide Zollikofen D Kick-off at 5.30 p.m. (Fêtes de Genève). Kick-off by Gina Lollobrigida. Round 2 28 August 1970 20:30 Lugano 1–1 Summary Basel Manzoni 30Berset 75 1:1Berset 80 14 0:1 Mundschin Cornaredo, Lugano 8,000 SUI Gilbert Droz Marin D Round 3 29 August 1970 20:00 Basel 3–1 Summary Grasshopper Club Ramseier 22 1:0Hauser 36 2:1Balmer 55 3:1 25 1:1 Grahn St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 20,000 SUI Anton Bucheli Luzern W Round 4 2 September 1970 20:00 Basel 5–2 Summary Bellinzona Odermatt 10Odermatt 21 1:1Wenger 40 2:1Rahmen 44 3:1Hauser 48 4:1Balmer 60 5:1 7 0:1 Lukaric87 5:2 Gottardi St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 11,500 SUI Roland Racine Prilly W Round 5 6 September 1970 16:30 Luzern 1–1 Summary Basel Müller 90 1:1 5 0:1 Wenger Stadion Allmend, Luzern 13,000 SUI Ulysse Darbellay Roche D Round 6 12 September 1970 20:00 Basel 3–0 Summary Fribourg Sundermann 6 pen. 1:0Wenger 37 2:0Balmer 49 3:0 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 10,000 SUI Josef Zibung Luzern W Round 7 19 September 1970 20:15 Biel-Bienne 1–1 Summary Basel Renfer 13 1:0 31 1:1 Reisch Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne 11,000 SUI Claudio Laich Massagno D Round 8 26 September 1970 20:00 Basel 5–3 Summary Lausanne-Sport Wenger 3 1:0Hauser 7 2:0Wenger 37 3:3Wenger 48 4:3Odermatt 58 5:3 30 2:1 Hosp31 2:2 Vuilleumier32 2:3 Weibel45 Dürr St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 23,000 SUI Walter Gallmann Oberrieden W Round 9 3 October 1970 17:00 La Chaux-de-Fonds 0–1 Summary Basel 12 0:1 Balmer37 Reisch Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds 5,000 SUI Bruno Della Bruna Lumino W Round 10 10 October 1970 20:00 Basel 4–2 Summary Zürich Sundermann 44 pen. 1:2Benthaus 48 2:2Odermatt 67 3:2Mundschin 90 4:2 4 0:1 Künzli37 0:2 Volkert St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 36,000 SUI Mario Clematide Zollikofen W Round 11 24 October 1970 20:00 Winterthur 2–1 Summary Basel Dimmler 9 pen. 1:0Rutschmann 82 2:1Zigerlig 81 1:1 Reisch Reisch Paolucci Schützenwiese, Winterthur 9,500 SUI Ulysse Darbellay Roche L Round 12 8 November 1970 14:30 Basel 2–0 Summary Sion Odermatt 52 1:0Wenger 88 2:0 26 Delay St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 9,500 SUI Claudio Laich Massagno W Round 13 22 November 1970 14:30 Young Boys 1–6 Summary Basel Allemann 70 1:4 31 0:1 Odermatt38 0:2 Sundermann45 0:3 Paolucci63 0:4 Wenger84 1:5 Balmer89 1:3 Wenger Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 14,000 SUI Pius Kamber Zürich W Round 14 6 December 1970 14:30 Basel 2–2 Summary Servette Sundermann 10 1:0Sundermann 60 2:2 13 1:1 Heutschi44 1:2 Blanchoud St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 15,000 SUI Anton Bucheli Luzern D Round 15 7 March 1971 14:30 Basel 4–1 Summary Lugano Odermatt 20 pen. 1:0Odermatt 57Odermatt 63 2:0Balmer 78 3:0Odermatt 82 4:0 19 Coduri0 54 Pullica87 o.g. 4:1 Fischli St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 13,000 SUI Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach W Round 16 14 March 1971 14:30 Grasshopper Club 2–1 Summary Basel Gröbli 29 1:0Grahn 48 2:1 30 1:1 Odermatt63 Fischli Hardturm, Zürich 20,000 SUI L Round 17 21 March 1971 Bellinzona PP [ Summary] Basel Stadio Comunale Bellinzona P Round 18 28 March 1971 15:00 Basel 5–0 Summary Luzern Hauser 26 1:0Mundschin 39 2:0Sundermann 60 3:0Balmer 89 4:0Balmer 90+1 5:0 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 11,500 SUI Marcel Despland Yverdon W Round 19 4 April 1971 15:00 Fribourg 2–3 Summary Basel Cremona 37 1:3Schaller 53 2:3 13 0:1 Balmer19 0:2 Demarmels24 0:3 Hauser Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard, Fribourg 6,000 SUI Walter Gallmann Oberrieden W Round 20 17 April 1971 20:00 Basel 2–0 Summary Biel-Bienne Sundermann 62 1:0Wenger 71 2:0 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 13,000 SUI Werner Mettler St. Gallen W Round 21 24 April 1971 20:30 Lausanne-Sport 2–2 Summary Basel Zappella 15 1:0Vuilleumier 58 2:1 25 1:1 Balmer70 Fischli77 2:2 Demarmels Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 11,000 SUI Claudio Laich Massagno D Round 22 1 May 1971 20:00 Basel 2–0 Summary La Chaux-de-Fonds Balmer 2 1:0Hauser 15 2:0 Jeandupeux85 Chiandussi St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 11,000 SUI Mario Clematide Zollikofen W Round 23 16 May 1971 15:40 Zürich 0–1 Summary Basel 55 0:1 Hauser Letzigrund, Zürich 16,000 SUI Fernand Burioli Lausanne W Round 24 22 May 1971 20:00 Basel 5–0 Summary Winterthur Mundschin 7 1:0Odermatt 26 2:0Balmer 30 3:0Riner 49 4:0Hauser 53 5:0 53 Bollmann St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 18,500 SUI Jean Dubach Nidau W Round 17 26 May 1971 20:30 Bellinzona 0–2 Summary Basel 56 0:1 Balmer79 pen. 0:2 Odermatt Stadio Comunale Bellinzona 2,000 SUI Walter Hungerbühler St. Gallen W Round 25 29 May 1971 20:15 Sion 0–1 Summary Basel Wampfler 78 76 0:1 Hauser78 Fischli Stade Tourbillon, Sion 8,000 SUI Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach W Round 26 5 June 1971 20:15 Basel 3–2 Summary Young Boys Sundermann 51 1:1Ramseier 54 2:1Odermatt 61 3:1 17 0:1 Müller64 3:2 Müller St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 34,000 SUI Marcel Despland Yverdon W League standings main WDL QR 5 2 BAS FC Basel GCZ Grasshopper Club Zürich LUG FC Lugano LS Lausanne Sports ZÜR FC Zürich WIN FC Winterthur SER Servette FC Genève YB BSC Young Boys CDF FC La Chaux-de-Fonds BB FC Biel-Bienne LUC FC Lucerne SIO FC Sion FRI FC Fribourg BEL AC Bellinzona 20 2 4 59 21 C 18 6 2 67 26 11 9 6 50 34 12 6 8 51 43 11 6 9 41 42 11 5 10 36 38 8 10 8 39 36 10 6 10 43 46 9 6 11 46 47 6 9 11 32 43 8 4 14 39 48 5 9 12 32 46 6 7 13 35 63 R 1 7 18 24 61 R green2 Championship play-off CP green1 Championship play-off winners, thus qualified for 1971–72 European Cupand entered 1971 Intertoto Cup EC yellow1 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1971–72 Cup Winners' Cupand entered 1971 Intertoto Cup CWC blue1 Entered 1971 Intertoto Cup I1 blue1 Entered 1971 Intertoto Cup I2 red3 Relegation play-off winners RP red2 Relegation play-off losers, relegated to Nationalliga B RPR red1 Relegated to Nationalliga B R complete rsssf.com Championship play-off Play-off 8 June 1971 Grasshopper 4–3 yes Summary Basel Ohlhauser 16Ove Grahn 75 97Peter Meier 106 Mundschin 21Wenger 70Benthaus 119 pen. Wankdorf, Bern 51,000 SUI Ulysse Darbellay Roche L Swiss Cup Swiss Cup Round of 32 1 November 1969 14:45 Basel 5–1 Summary CS Chênois Sundermann 3′Demarmels 16 1:1Odermatt 47 pen. 2:1Odermatt 57 3:1Sundermann 60 4:1Paolucci 68 4:1 11 0:1 Liechti St. Jakob Stadium Basel 5,400 SUI Bruno Della Bruna Lumino W Round of 16 29 November 1969 14:30 Basel 2–0 Summary Bellinzona Balmer 56 1:0Wenger 73 2:0 St. Jakob Stadium Basel 10,700 SUI Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne W Quarter-final 28 February 1971 Mendrisiostar 2–0 yes Summary Basel Tomljenovic 96 1:0Allio 119 2:0 Centro Sportivo Comunale, Mendrisio Mendrisio 4,000 SUI Ulysse Darbellay Roche L European Cup 1970–71 European Cup First round First leg 16 September 1970 Spartak Moscow URS 3 – 2 UEFA SummaryFCB Summary SUI Basel Osyanin 17 1:0Osyanin 66 2:0Papayev 76 3:0 Odermatt 78 3:1Benthaus 83 3:2 Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow 80,000 England Jim Finney L Second leg 30 September 1970 Basel SUI 2 – 1 4 – 4 UEFA SummaryFCB Summary URS Spartak Moscow Siegenthaler 48Balmer 55Fischli 58 Khusainov 84 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 44,000 AUT Ferdinand Marschall W Spartak Moscow 4–4 Basel on aggregate. Basel won on away goals. Second round First leg 21 October 1970 Ajax NED 3 – 0 UEFA SummaryFCB Summary SUI Basel Keizer 17van Dijk 23Hulshoff 63 Olympic Stadium (Amsterdam) 42,000 BUL Petar Nikolov L Second leg 4 November 1970 20:00 Basel SUI 1 – 2 UEFA SummaryFCB Summary NED Ajax Odermatt 36 pen. Rijnders 69Neeskens 72 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 31,000 IRL Derry Barrett L Ajax won 5–1 on aggregate. Coppa delle Alpi 1970 Cup of the Alps Matches Round 1 6 June 1970 20:00 Basel SUI 4 – 1 Summary ITA Bari Paolucci 22 1:0Sundermann 33 pen. 2:0Rahmen 68 3:1Reisch 87 4:1 53 2:1 Fara St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 7,000 SUI Pius Kamber Zürich W Round 2 9 June 1970 20:00 Basel SUI 2 – 1 Summary ITA Sampdoria Sundermann 19Riner 35 2:1 4 0:1 Francesconi St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 6,500 ITA Cesare Gussoni W Round 3 13 June 1970 20:00 Fiorentina ITA 3 – 3 Summary SUI Basel Mariani 61 1:0Galdiolo 70 2:0Mariani 84 71 2:1 Hauser87 3:2 Hauser88 3:3 Mundschin Letzigrund, Zürich 12,000 SUI Othmar Huber Thun D Round 4 16 June 1970 20:00 Basel SUI 3 – 2 Summary ITA Lazio Wenger 72 1:1Wenger 73 2:1Wenger 85 3:1 71 1:0 Chinaglia90+4 pen. 3:2 Chinaglia St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 6,000 ITA Luciano Giunti W Standings Swiss teams main WDL 2 BSL Basel LUG Lugano YB Young Boys ZÜR Zürich 3 1 0 12 7 1 2 1 7 8 1 1 2 6 5 1 0 3 9 10 #D0F0C0 Advance to final C complete https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/alpi70.html RSSSSF.com Final Final 19 June 1970 20:00 Basel SUI 3 – 2 Summary ITA Fiorentina Hauser 15 1:0Wenger 19 2:0 Wenger 76 3:1 30 2:1 Longoni77 3:2 Esposito0 90+3 Maraschi St. Jakob Stadium Basel 13,000 FRA René Vigliani W 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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