1969–70 FC Basel season

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.

FC Basel
1969–70 season
Chairman Harry Thommen
Manager Helmut Benthaus
GroundSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga AChampions
Swiss CupRunner-up
European CupRound 1
Cup of the AlpsWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Hauser (14)
All: Hauser (24)
Highest home attendance35,000 on 27 May 1970
vs. Grasshopper Club
Lowest home attendance8,000 on 30 November 1969
vs. Biel-Bienne
and on 14 December 1969
vs. Wettingen
and on 1 March 1970
vs St. Gallen
Average home league attendance15,653

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.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5] In the 1969 Cup of the Alps Basel won their group and in the final they beat Bologna 3–1.

Players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   SUI Marcel Kunz (games: 26)
1 GK  FRA Jean-Paul Laufenburger (games: 0)
2 DF  GER Josef Kiefer (games: 25)
3 DF   SUI Bruno Michaud (games/goals: 21/1)
4 MF   SUI Peter Ramseier (games/goals: 26/2)
5 MF   SUI Urs Siegenthaler (games: 11)
6 DF   SUI Paul Fischli (games: 5)
7 FW   SUI Walter Balmer (games/goals: 26/12)
8 MF   SUI Karl Odermatt (games/goals: 26/4)
9 FW  GER Helmut Hauser (games/goals: 24/14)
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 MF  GER Helmut Benthaus (games/goals: 23/5)
11 FW   SUI Peter Wenger (games/goals: 23/9)
— DF   SUI Walter Mundschin (games: 5)
— DF   SUI Roland Paolucci (games: 15)
— MF   SUI Otto Demarmels (games/goals: 11/1)
— MF  GER Stefan Reisch (new (Club Brugge) games/goals: 8/1)
— MF   SUI Rolf Riner (new (reserves) games/goals: 8/1)
— MF  GER Jürgen Sundermann (games/goals: 24/9)
— MF   SUI Bruno Rahmen (games/goals: 8/1)
— FW   SUI Dieter Rüefli ((to St. Gallen) games/goals: 2/1)
— FW  HUN Janos Konrad ((reserves) games 0)
Players who left the squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK   SUI Claude Iff (unknown)
— DF   SUI Manfred Schädler (to Concordia Basel)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   SUI Anton Schnyder (to Concordia Basel)

Results
Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season and mid-season
26 July 1969 Pre-season Basel 5 – 3 SC Brühl Landhof, Basel
Wenger 3' (1:0)
Hauser 22' (2:0)
Hauser 38' (3:1)
Ramseier 72' (4:2)
Balmer (5:2)		 Summary 34' (2:1) Koller
66' (3:2) Koller
90' (5:3) Koller		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Jean Dubach Nidau
1 August 1969 Pre-season RC Strasbourg 0 – 1 Basel Stadion Schiltigheim
Summary 57' (0:1) Hauser Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Joseph Fassel
6 August 1969 Uhrencup Grenchen 0 – 0
(5 – 3 p)		 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:00 Summary Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Rudolf Rettig Gerlafingen
Penalties
Fankhauser Sundermann
Note: One player from each team took five penalties. Sundermann scored with each penalty, Fankhauser sees one of his attempts held by Marcel Kunz.
9 August 1969 Uhrencup Basel 5 – 3 Biel-Bienne Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:00 Wenger 23' (1:1)
Hauser 25' (2:1)
Balmer 42' (3:1)
Hauser 60' (4:2)
Odermatt 63' (5:2)		 Summary 14' (0:1) Renfer
57' (3:2) Amez-Droz
78' (5:3) Peters		 Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
16 August 1969 Pre-season Basel 5 – 1 Wettingen Wyler Bern
Balmer 10' (1:0)
Balmer 23' (2:0)
Hauser 33' (3:0)
Odermatt 75' (pen. 4:0)
Wenger 75' (5:0)		 Summary 85' (o.g.) Michaud Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Stauffer Bern
5 November 1969 Mid-season FC Pratteln 1 – 2 Basel Pratteln
Summary Benthaus
Wenger

Winter break and mid-season
8 February 1970 Winter break Basel 4 – 0 Young Fellows Zürich Landhof, Basel
Balmer 8' (1:0)
Wenger 59' (2:0)
Hauser 85' (3:0)
Sundermann 90' (pen. 4:0)		 Summary Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Peter Hänggi Aesch
14 February 1970 Winter break Xamax 0 – 2 Basel Stade de Serrières, Serrières
15:30 Summary 39' (0:1) Michaud
80' (0:2) Odermatt		 Attendance: 800
Referee: André Favre Echallens
22 February 1970 Winter break Thun 1 – 3 Basel Stadion Lachen, Thun
H. Liecht 70' (1:3) Summary 57' (0:1) Michaud
63' (0:2) Hauser
69' (0:3) Balmer		 Attendance: 500
Referee: Stauffer Bern
21 March 1970 Mid-season Basel 2 – 3 La Chaux-de-Fonds Landhof, Basel
Hauser 28' (1:0)
Wenger 77' (2:3)		 Summary 53' (1:1) Jeandupeux
57' (1:2) Brossard
61' (1:3) Brossard		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Peter Hänggi Aesch

Nationalliga
Main article: 1969–70 Nationalliga A

League matches
23 August 1969 Round 1 St. Gallen 1 – 4 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
Rafreider 72' (1:2) Summary 24' (0:1) Balmer
53' (0:2) Odermatt
79' (pen. 1:3) Sundermann
84' (1:4) Hauser		 Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Pius Kamber Zürich
30 August 1969 Round 2 Basel 2 – 0 Bellinzona St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Wenger 16' (1:0)
Hauser 23' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ulysse Darbellay Roche
6 September 1969 Round 3 Lausanne-Sport 1 – 1 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:30 Dürr 73 pen. 1:1'
Vuilleumier 		Summary 47' (0:1) Wenger Attendance: 18,000
Referee: A. Ceretti Biel/Bienne
20 September 1969 Round 4 Basel 3 – 2 La Chaux-de-Fonds St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel
Hauser 26' (1:0)
Rahmen 48' (2:0)
Wenger 53' (3:0)		 Summary 59' (3:1) Richard
 81' Mérillat
 83' Vincent
90' (3:2) Zürcher		 Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Othmar Huber Thun
28 September 1969 Round 5 Young Boys 2 – 1 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Bruttin 22' (1:0)
Allemann 90' (pen. 2:1)		 Summary 29' (1:1) Benthaus Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Hans Wieland Grenchen
4 October 1969 Round 6 Basel 1 – 1 Zürich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Odermatt 72' (pen. 1:0) Summary 89' (1:1) Grünig Attendance: 26,500
Referee:
18 October 1969 Round 7 Winterthur 2 – 0 Basel Schützenwiese, Winterthur
Konietzka 29' (1:0)
Dimmeler 76' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Roland Marendaz Lausanne
26 October 1969 Round 8 Lugano 2 – 1 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
Luttrop 73' (1:1)
Luttrop 78' (2:1)		 Summary 71' (0:1) Hauser Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern
9 November 1969 Round 9 Basel 2 – 2 Servette St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel
Benthaus 14' (1:0)
Hauser 22' (2:0)		 Summary 36' (2:1) Bosson
63' (2:2) Heutschi
 84' Guyot		 Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Gilbert Droz Marin
16 November 1969 Round 10 Fribourg 0 – 0 Basel Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard, Fribourg
Summary Attendance: 14,000 (new record)
Referee: A. Ceretti Biel/Bienne
30 November 1969 Round 11 Basel 5 – 1 Biel-Bienne St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel
Hauser 11' (1:0)
Balmer 15' (2:0)
Sundermann 33' (pen. 3:1)
Sundermann 41' (pen. 4:1)
Demarmels 86' (5:1)		 Summary 25' (2:1) Renfer (I) Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Walter Hungerbühler St. Gallen
7 December 1969 Round 12 Grasshopper Club 2 – 0 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
Citherlet 2' (1:0)
Grahn 50' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Gilbert Droz Marin
14 December 1969 Round 13 Basel 6 – 2 Wettingen St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel
Balmer 12' (1:0)
Ramseier 44' (2:0)
Sundermann 48' (3:0)
Sundermann 54' (4:0)
Rüefli 70' (5:0)
Hauser 83' (6:1)		 Summary 71' (5:1) Beichter
82' (6:2)		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Roland Keller Bern
1 March 1970 Round 14 Basel 2 – 1 St. Gallen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Benthaus 32' (1:1)
Sundermann 38' (pen. 2:1)		 Summary 30' (0:1) Nafziger Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Othmar Huber Thun
8 March 1970 Round 15 Bellinzona PP Basel Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona
15 March 1970 Round 16 Basel 1 – 1 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Balmer 19' (1:0) Summary  16' Chapuisat
46' (1:1) Zappella
 83' Loichat		 Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Gilbert Droz Marin
Round 17 La Chaux-de-Fonds PP Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
[ Summary]
4 April 1970 Round 18 Basel 3 – 1 Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Odermatt 33′
Michaud 58' (1:1)
Balmer 65' (2:1)
Balmer 77' (3:1)
Sundermann 		Summary 52' (0:1) Müller
Müller		 Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Walter Gallmann Oberrieden
12 April 1970 Round 19 Zürich 0 – 1 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
Münch  70' Summary 13' (0:1) Sundermann Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Walter Hungerbühler St. Gallen
15 April 1970 Round 15 Bellinzona 0 – 4 Basel Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona
Summary 11' (0:1) Benthaus
33' (0:2) Hauser
47' (0:3) Wenger
57' (0:4) Wenger		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Fernand Burioli Lausanne
18 April 1970 Round 20 Basel 4 – 0 Winterthur St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Wenger 17' (1:0)
Balmer 64' (2:0)
Wenger 70' (3:0)
Balmer 73' (4:0)		 Summary Attendance: 17,500
Referee: Ulysse Darbellay Roche
25 April 1970 Round 21 Basel 4 – 0 Lugano St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Wenger 11' (1:0)
Odermatt 14' (2:0)
Wenger 58' (3:0)
Sundermann 61' (4:0)		 Summary Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Marcel Schneuwly Fribourg
6 May 1970 Round 17 La Chaux-de-Fonds 0 – 0 Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
18:00 Summary Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Claudio Laich Massagno
9 May 1970 Round 22 Servette 1 – 2 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
Pottier 70' (1:1) Summary 9' (0:1) Hauser
86' (1:2) Hauser		 Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Othmar Huber Thun
13 May 1970 Round 23 Basel 3 – 0 Fribourg St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Hauser 40' (1:0)
Sundermann 45' (pen. 2:0)
Hauser 70' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Rolan Bernd Keller
23 May 1970 Round 24 Biel-Bienne 1 – 4 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
Amez-Droz 19' (1:0)
Renfer (II)  20'		 Summary 24' (1:1) Balmer
31' (1:2) Balmer
42' (1:3) Balmer
50' (1:1) Odermatt
 60' Hauser		 Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Marcel Despland Yverdon
27 May 1970 Round 25 Basel 0 – 0 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel
Odermatt  90' Summary  34' Mocellin
 90+1' Rüegg		 Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Mario Clematide Zollikofen
30 May 1970 Round 26 Wettingen 0 – 5 Basel Stadion Altenburg, Wettingen
Wernle  40' [ Summary] 4' (0:1) Hauser
7' (0:2) Hauser
17' (0:3) Balmer
30' (0:4) Ramseier
67' (0:5) Benthaus		 Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Marcel Schneuwly Fribourg

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Basel (C) 26 15 7 4 59 23 +36 37 Swiss Champions, qualified for 1970–71 European Cup
2 Lausanne-Sport 26 12 12 2 54 36 +18 36 Entered 1970 Intertoto Cup
3 Zürich 26 15 4 7 49 29 +20 34 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1970–71 Cup Winners' Cup
4 Grasshopper Club 26 12 7 7 39 24 +15 31 Entered 1970 Intertoto Cup
5 Young Boys 26 13 5 8 52 41 +11 31
6 Lugano 26 10 10 6 43 37 +6 30
7 Servette 26 10 9 7 53 37 +16 29 Entered 1970 Intertoto Cup
8 Winterthur 26 11 5 10 50 41 +9 27 Entered 1970 Intertoto Cup
9 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 9 3 14 36 55 −19 21
10 Bellinzona 26 6 8 12 26 43 −17 20
11 Fribourg 26 7 5 14 27 37 −10 19
12 Biel-Bienne 26 7 5 14 28 55 −27 19
13 Wettingen 26 6 3 17 33 62 −29 15 Relegated to Nationalliga B
14 St. Gallen 26 6 3 17 28 57 −29 15 Relegated to Nationalliga B
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion

Swiss Cup
Round of 32
14 September 1969 Round of 32 Basel 10 – 0 Minerva St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Hauser 17' (1:0)
Hauser 35' (2:0)
Wenger 41' (3:0)
Ramseier 42' (4:0)
Hauser 52' (5:0)
Ramseier 59' (6:0)
Hauser 68' (7:0)
Balmer 69' (8:0)
Michaud 77' (9:0)
Balmer 85' (10:0)		 Summary Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Walter Gallmann Oberrieden
Round of 16
12 October 1969 Round of 16 Basel 3 – 2 Grenchen Basel
Wenger 36' (1:2)
Michaud 60' (2:2)
Demarmels 83' (3:2)		 Summary 3' (0:1) Lander
21' (0:2) Obrecht (II)		 Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium
Attendance: 6,700
Referee: Marcel Despland Yverdon
Quarter-final
19 November 1969 First leg Xamax 0 – 2 Basel Neuchâtel
20:15 Stutz Summary 38' (0:1) Hauser
61' (pen. 0:2) Sundermann		 Stadium: Stade de la Maladière
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Mario Clematide Zollikofen
23 November 1969 Second leg Basel 5 – 2
(7 – 2 agg.)		 Xamax St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Sundermann 23' (1:0)
Hauser 42' (2:0)
Balmer 44' (3:0)
Odermatt 67' (4:1)
Ramseier 84' (5:2)		 Summary 61' (3:1) Manzoni
74' (4:2) Schmid		 Attendance: 8,00
Referee: Othmar Huber Thun

Basel won 7 – 2 on aggregate.

Semi-final
30 March 1970 First leg Servette 0 – 2 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
Summary 39' (0:1) Wenger
50' (0:2) Odermatt		 Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern
8 April 1970 Second leg Basel 4 – 1
(6 – 1 agg.)		 Servette St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Hauser 16' (1:0)
Wenger 36' (2:0)
Wenger 76' (3:1)
Ramseier 85' (4:1)		 Summary 63' (2:1) Nemeth Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Pius Kamber Zürich

Basel won 6 – 1 on aggregate.

Final
18 May 1970 Final Zürich 4 – 1 (a.e.t.) Basel Wankdorf, Bern
Quentin 74' (1:1)
Künzli 92' (2:1)
Künzli 101' (3:1)
Corti 113' (4:1)		 62' (0:1) Odermatt Attendance: 47,500
Referee: Roland Marendaz Lausanne

Zürich won 4–1 after extra time.

European Cup
Main article: 1969–70 European Cup
First round
17 September 1969 First leg Basel 0 – 0 Celtic St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Report Attendance: 37,587
Referee: Rudolf Glöckner (East Germany)
1 October 1969 Second leg Celtic 2 – 0
(2 – 0 agg.)		 Basel Celtic Park, Glasgow
Hood 1'
Gemmell 70'		 Report Attendance: 49,976
Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)

Celtic won 2–0 on aggregate.

Coppa delle Alpi
Main article: 1969 Cup of the Alps

Group B matches
14 June 1969 Round 1 FC Basel 4 – 1 Sampdoria St. Jakob Stadium Basel
20:00 Hauser 5' (1:0)
Benthaus 36' (2:0)
Sundermann 43' (3:0)
Odermatt 74' (4:0)		 Summary 80' (4:1) Frustaluppi Attendance: 6.500
Referee: Fritz Seiler
17 June 1969 Round 2 FC Basel 3 – 0 K.S.V. Waregem St. Jakob Stadium Basel
20:00 Sundermann 38' (1:0)
Hauser 42' (3:0)
Sundermann 73' (pen. 3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Max Spinnler
21 June 1969 Round 3 FC Basel 3 – 2 Eintracht Frankfurt St. Jakob Stadium Basel
20:00 Hauser 6' (1:0)
Benthaus 30' (2:1)
Balmer 64' (3:2)		 Summary 19' (1:1) Hölzenbein
35' (2:2) Hölzenbein		 Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Renzo Torelli
24 June 1969 Round 4 FC Basel 2 – 3 Napoli St. Jakob Stadium Basel
20:00 Odermatt 36' (1:1)
Wenger 65' (2:1)		 Summary 4' (0:1) Barison
 26' Montefusco
84' (2:2) Montefusco
89' (2:3) Salvi		 Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Rudolf Kreitlein

NB: teams did not play compatriots; Waregem did not play Eintracht

Group B table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 FC Basel 4 3 0 1 12 6 +6 6
2 Napoli 4 2 1 1 8 6 +2 5
3 K.S.V. Waregem 4 1 2 1 9 8 +1 4
4 Eintracht Frankfurt 4 2 0 2 7 9 −2 4
5 Sampdoria 4 1 1 2 7 10 −3 3
6 Biel-Bienne 4 0 2 2 4 8 −4 2
Source: http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/alpi69.html

Final

The Final was played in St. Jakob Stadium, Basel, between the winners of both groups.

27 June 1969 Final FC Basel 3 – 1 Bologna St. Jakob Stadium Basel
20:00 Hauser 16'
Kiefer 22'
Sundermann 28'		 Summary 50' Ciacci Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher

See also

References
  1. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz 1969/70". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. Garin, Erik (1970). "Switzerland 1969/70". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Zürich - FC Basel 4:1 n.V. (1:1, 0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. UEFA.com. "Basel 0-0 Celtic". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  5. UEFA.com. "Celtic 2-0 Basel". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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