1966–67 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1966–67 season
Chairman Switzerland Harry Thommen
Manager Germany Helmut Benthaus
Ground St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A Champions
Swiss Cup Winners
Top goalscorer Roberto Frigerio (16)
← 1965–66 1967–68 →

The 1966–67 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 73rd season in their existence. It was their 21st consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football after their promotion the season 1945–46. They played their home games in the Landhof, in the Wettstein Quarter in Kleinbasel.

Overview

During this season Helmut Benthaus was the club player-manager, he taken the job over from Georges Sobotka at the beginning of the previous season. There were 14 teams contesting in the 1966–67 Nationalliga A and Basel finished the championship just one point clear of both FC Zürich in second position and FC Lugano who finished third. Basel won 16 of the 26 games, drawing eight, losing twice, and they scored 60 goals conceding just 20. Roberto Frigerio was the teams top goal scorer with 16 league goals, Helmut Hauser second best goal scorer with 14.

In the Swiss Cup Basel started in the round of 32 with a 6–0 home win against Blue Stars and in the round of 16, also a home match, they beat FC Zürich 3–2. In the Quarter-final Basel won the replay against Biel-Bienne 2–1 to qualify for the semi-finals. Basel played an away match in the Stadio Cornaredo against FC Lugano in the semi-final which ended goalless and therefore a replay was required here too. The replay was played in the St. Jakob Stadium and goals from Karl Odermatt and Helmut Benthaus gave Basel a 2–1 victory to qualify for the final which was to take place three days later.

In the Cup final Basel's opponents were Lausanne-Sports. In the former Wankdorf Stadium on 15 May 1967, Helmut Hauser scored the decisive goal via penalty. The game went down in football history due to the sit-down strike that followed this goal. After 88 minutes of play, with the score at 1–1, referee Karl Göppel awarded Basel a controversial penalty. (André Grobéty had pushed Hauser gently in the back and he let himself drop theatrically.) Subsequent to the 2–1 for Basel the Lausanne players refused to resume the game and they sat down demonstratively on the pitch. The referee had to abandon the match. Basel were awarded the cup with a 3–0 forfait.[1][2]

Basel had won the double for the first time in the clubs history.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Switzerland GK Marcel Kunz (games/goals: 24/0)
France GK Jean-Paul Laufenburger (games/goals: 3/0)
Germany DF Josef Kiefer (games/goals: 26/0)
Switzerland DF Bruno Michaud (games/goals: 26/2)
Switzerland DF Walter Mundschin (games/goals: 7/0)
Switzerland DF Markus Pfirter (games/goals: 26/3)
Switzerland DF Hanspeter Stocker (games/goals: 21/4)
Germany MF Helmut Benthaus (games/goals: 18/3)
Switzerland DF Werner Decker (games/goals: 0/0)
No. Position Player
Switzerland MF Aldo Moscatelli (games/goals: 17/3)
Switzerland MF Karl Odermatt (games/goals: 26/8)
Switzerland MF Peter Ramseier (games/goals: 5/0)
Switzerland MF Anton Schnyder (games/goals: 25/1)
Switzerland FW Roberto Frigerio (games/goals: 24/16)
Germany FW Helmut Hauser (games/goals: 18/14)
Hungary FW Janos Konrad (games/goals: 1/0)
Switzerland FW Hanspeter Vetter (games/goals: 7/1)
Switzerland FW Peter Wenger (games/goals: 19/5)

Results

Nationalliga

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Remarks
1FC Basel261682612040Champions
2FC Zürich261835703139
3FC Lugano261754512939
4Grasshopper Club Zürich261448603132
5Servette FC Genève2610610493526
6FC Sion2610610483826
7BSC Young Boys2610610444826
8FC Grenchen2610412434924
9Young Fellows Zürich269611334424
10Lausanne Sports269314464421
11FC Biel-Bienne268513254221
12FC La Chaux-de-Fonds268414344820Won play-off against relegation
13FC Winterthur268414335420Lost play-off thus relegated
14FC Moutier262222161006Relegated

Swiss Cup

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

The final was abandoned in 89' at 2-1 and awarded 3-0: Lausanne-Sports protested by a sit-in against the penalty that led to 2-1.

See also

Sources and References

  1. ↑ Schmid, Andreas W. (2010). "«Ein klarer Penalty!» «Nein, eine klare Schwalbe!»" (in German). Basler Zeitung. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
  2. ↑ dsc (2010). "Der legendäre Sitzstreik im Final 1967" (in German). sport.sf.tv. Retrieved 2010-11-16.

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