1962–63 FC Basel season
The 1962–63 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 69th season in their existence. It was their 17th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football after their promotion in the 1945–46 season. They played their home games either in their old Landhof Stadium or in their new St. Jakob Stadium. Lucien Schmidlin was voted as new club chairman at the AGM to follow Ernst Weber, who had announced his retirement from the position.
1962–63 season | |
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Chairman | Lucien Schmidlin |
Manager | Jiří Sobotka |
Ground | Landhof St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Nationalliga A | 6th |
Swiss Cup | Winners |
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | First round |
UEFA Intertoto Cup | Group stage |
Cup of the Alps | Group stage |
Top goalscorer | League: Heinz Blumer (16) All: Heinz Blumer (26) |
Highest home attendance | 12,000 vs Zürich 21 April 1963 |
Lowest home attendance | 1,800 vs Sion 9 June 1963 |
Average home league attendance | 6,130 |
Overview
The Czechoslovakian manager Jiří Sobotka was the club manager at this time, he taken the job over from Jenő Vincze a year before. A season earlier many youngsters had joined the team and this pre-season the same occurred again. Rolf Lüdi, Enrico Mazzola and Hansruedi Herr were brought up from reserve team. Abraham Levy and Arnold Hofer joined from local team FC Breitenbach, also Werner Meier joined from local team Nordstern Basel. During the winter break Bruno Gatti joined from Black Stars Basel. One of the biggest transfers made during this time was the transfer of the 19 year old Karl Odermatt from Concordia Basel. Odermatt joined in a swop, Hansueli Oberer and Silvan Thüler went to Concordia. Not only these two players left the squad, Paul Speidel moved on to Cantonal Neuchatel and Josef Hügi (Hugi II) was nearly at the end of his football career. "Seppe" Hugi had played 363 competition games for the club and in these had scored 272 goals, he moved on to play for Zürich.
Basel played a total of 51 games this season. Of these 51, 26 were in the domestic league, six were in the Swiss Cup, three in the Cup of the Alps, six in the International Football Cup (IFC) and ten were friendly matches. Of these friendly games, five were won, three drawn and two ended in a defeat, Basel scored 29 goals and conceded 19.[1]
Basel were appointed as one of four Swiss representatives in the International Football Cup (IFC). The 1962–63 IFC took place during in the summer break. Basel played in Group B3 together with PSV Eindhoven, HNK Rijeka and Rot-Weiss Oberhausen. Basel ended the group stage in third position, winners of the group were HNK Rijeka who thus advanced to the quarter-finals.[2]
There were fourteen teams contesting in the 1962–63 Nationalliga A. These were the top 12 teams from the previous season 1961–62 and the two newly promoted teams Chiasso and Sion. The Championship was played in a double round-robin, the champions were to be qualified for 1963–64 European Cup and the bottom placed two teams in the table were to be relegated. Basel finished the championship in sixth position with twenty six points, with ten wins and six draws from 26 matches, scoring 59 goals conceding 51. FC Zürich won the championship. Heinz Blumer was Basel's top scorer this season with 16 goals, Karl Odermatt their second best goal scorer with 14.[3]
In the Swiss Cup Basel started in the 3rd principal round, on 3 November, with a 4–0 home win, in the St. Jakob Stadium against Black Stars. In the 4th round, on 2 December, they played away against Young Boys winning 2–0. In the next round, on 30 December they won 7–1 at home against SC Burgdorf. In the quarter-finals, played on 24 February 1963, Basel were drawn away against Chiasso and Basel achieved a 2–1 victory. The semi-final was played on 24 March in the St. Jakob Stadium. Basel beat Lausanne-Sports 1–0 the winning goal scored by Markus Pfirter. The Wankdorf Stadium hosted the Swiss Cup Final on 15 April and Basel played against favorites Grasshopper Club Zürich. Two goals after half time, one by Heinz Blumer and the second from Otto Ludwig gave Basel a 2–0 victory and their third Cup win in their history.[4]
A unique story for the history books over this Cup season belongs Bruno Gatti. In the third round he was member of the Black Stars team and was knocked out of the competition. During the winter break he was hired by Basel. In the final Gatti played the full 90 minutes and became cup winner.[5] Another note belongs to Peter Füri who played in all the cup games except the Final because he became ill.
Players
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- Players who left the squad
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Results
- Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Preseason
8 August 1962 Preseason | SV Schopfheim | 2 – 0 | Basel | Schopfheim |
(1:0) (2:0) |
Summary |
11 August 1962 Preseason | St. Gallen | 1 – 1 | Basel | Espenmoos, St. Gallen |
20:15 | Brändle 80' (1:1) | Summary | 28' (0:1) Blumer | Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Strässle Steinach |
12 August 1962 Preseason | Luzern | 6 – 3 | Basel | Glarus |
Fischer | Summary | Blumer Pfirter |
Referee: Josef Gulde St. Gallen |
18 August 1962 Preseason | FC Porrentruy | 3 – 4 | Basel | Stade du Tirage, Porrentruy |
Lesniak (II) 55' (1:4) Lesniak (II) 57' (2:4) Lesniak (I) 61' (3:4) |
Summary | 5' (0:1) Levy 7' (0:2) Pfirter 8' (0:3) Odermatt 32' (0:4) Pfirter |
Attendance: 1,600 Referee: A. Ceretti Biel/Bienne |
Mid-season
10 November 1962 Mid-season | Basel | 3 – 3 | Lanerossi Vicenza | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
15:00 | Blumer 9' (1:2) Ludwig 57' (2:3) Ludwig 84' (3:3) |
Summary | 6' (0:1) Vinicio 7' (0:2) Vastola 26' (1:3) Vinicio |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern |
3 February 1963 Mid-season | Old Boys | 0 – 2 | Basel | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
14:45 | Summary | 50' (pen. 0:1) Odermatt 57' (0:2) Blumer |
Attendance: 200 Referee: Gottfried Dienst Basel |
9 February 1963 Mid-season | Basel | 6 – 1 | Schaffhausen | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Blumer 13' (1:0) Ludwig (2:0) Blumer (3:0) Odermatt 41' (4:0) Weber 63' (5:0) Vogt 69' (6:0) |
Summary | (6:1) Fäh | Attendance: 700 Referee: B. Turin Oberwil |
24 April 1963 Mid-season | Basel | 2 – 1 | Hamburger SV | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
19:45 | Michaud 33' (pen. 1:1) Fritz 59' (2:1) |
Summary | 15' (pen. 0:1) Werner | Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Zürrer Feldmeilen |
Nationalliga A
League matches
26 August 1962 Round 1 | Basel | 3 – 0 | Lugano | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Levy 13' (1:0) Odermatt 53' (2:0) Odermatt 58' (3:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern |
2 September 1962 Round 2 | Servette | 3 – 1 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
Mekloufi 62' (1:0) Mekloufi 75' (2:0) Georgy 87' (3:1) |
Summary | 83' (2:1) Pfirter | Referee: Zürrer Feldmeilen |
14 September 1962 Round 4 | Grenchen | 3 – 2 | Basel | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
20:00 | Sidler 25' (1:0) Dubois 74' (2:1) Dubois 84' (3:2) |
Summary | 56' (1:1) Meier 80' (2:2) Fritz |
Attendance: 5.000 Referee: F. Schorer Interlaken |
23 September 1962 Round 5 | Basel | 2 – 2 | Young Boys | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Blumer 3' (1:0) Stocker 52' (2:2) |
Summary | 13' (1:1) Schultheiss 43' (1:2) Hug |
Attendance: 7,800 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern |
30 September 196 Round 6 | Zürich | 3 – 2 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
von Burg 21' (1:0) Brodmann 36' (2:0) Brizzi 52' (3:0) |
Summary | 73' (3:1) Weber 73' (3:2) Blumer |
Attendance: 7,800 Referee: Albert Weber Lausanne |
7 October 1962 Round 7 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Young Fellows Zürich | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Weber 65' (1:0) Blumer 84' (2:1) |
Summary | 80' (1:1) Kyburz | Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Guinnard Gletterens |
14 October 1962 Round 8 | Chiasso | 2 – 4 | Basel | Stadio Via Comacini, Chiasso |
Palazzoli 83' (1:4) Riva 90' (2:4) |
Summary | 21' (0:1) Blumer 31' (0:2) Pfirter 50' (0:3) Blumer 62' (0:4) Blumer |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Helbling Uznach |
21 October 1962 Round 9 | Basel | 3 – 4 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Blumer 31' (1:2) Weber 47' (2:2) Walther 73' (pen. 3:4) |
Summary | 3' (0:1) Antenen 24' (0:2) Vuilleumier 54' (2:3) Brossard 59' (2:4) Antenen |
Attendance: 7,500 Referee: F. Schorer Interlaken |
28 October 1962 Round 10 | Biel-Bienne | 1 – 2 | Basel | Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne |
Stäuble 76' (pen. 1:1) | Summary | 13' (0:1) Stocker 85' (1:2) Burri |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Albert Weber Lausanne |
18 November 1962 Round 11 | Basel | 3 – 1 | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Blumer 7' (1:0) Odermatt 14' (2:0) Ludwig 66' (3:1) |
Summary | 32' (2:1) Hertig | Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Strässle Steinach |
25 November 1962 Round 12 | Basel | 1 – 2 | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
14:30 | Walther 75' (1:1) | Summary | 43' (0:1) Gronau 88' (1:2) Rognoni |
Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Baumgartner Lausanne |
5 December 1962 Round 3 | Basel | 0 – 2 | Luzern | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
19:45 | Summary | 23' (0:1) Stehrenberger (0:2) Pedrazzoli |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Othmar Huber Thun |
9 December 1962 Round 13 | Sion | 3 – 3 | Basel | Parc-des-Sports, Sion |
Spikofsk 6' (1:0) Anker 25' (2:0) Quentin 55' (3:1) |
Summary | 16′ Stocker 54' (2:1) Pfirter 81' (3:2) Pfirter 90' (3:3) Weber |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Zürrer Feldmeilen |
17 February 1963 Round 14 | Lugano | 0 – 3 | Basel | Cornaredo, Lugano |
Summary | 49' (0:1) Blumer 68' (0:2) Odermatt 82' (0:3) Blumer |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Helbling Uznach |
3 March 1963 Round 15 | Basel | 3 – 2 | Servette | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Pfirter 28' (1:0) Weber 36' (pen. 2:0) Odermatt 83' (pen. 3:1) |
Summary | 55' (2:1) Heuri 88' (3:2) Heuri |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Zürrer Feldmeilen |
10 March 1963 Round 16 | Luzern | P | Basel | Stadion Allmend, Luzern |
17 March 1963 Round 17 | Basel | 3 – 5 | Grenchen | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Odermatt 3' (1:0) Odermatt 51' (2:4) Odermatt 75' (3:4) |
Summary | 22' (o.g. 1:1) Stocker 22' (1:2) Wälti 42' (1:3) Wälti 43' (1:4) Wälti 76' (3:5) Mauron |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern |
7 April 1963 Round 18 | Young Boys | 2 – 2 | Basel | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
Daina 47' (1:2) Daina 65' (2:2) |
Summary | 1' (0:1) Vogt 24' (0:2) Blumer |
Attendance: 8,000 Referee: M. Baumberger Lausanne |
21 April 1963 Round 19 | Basel | 0 – 1 | Zürich | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Summary | Martinelli | Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Othmar Huber Thun |
28 April 1963 Round 20 | Young Fellows Zürich | 2 – 4 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
13:00 | Boskov 72' (1:4) Benkö 87' (2:4) |
Summary | 6' (0:1) Odermatt 25' (0:2) Gatti 52' (0:3) Odermatt 65' (0:4) Fritz |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: F. Schorer Interlaken |
1 May 1963 Round 16 | Luzern | 1 – 1 | Basel | Stadion Allmend, Luzern |
Fischer 11' (1:0) | Summary | 87' (1:1) Odermatt | Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Strässle Steinach |
5 May 1963 Round 21 | Basel | 2 – 2 | Chiasso | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Weber 8' (1:0) Fritz 12' (2:0) |
Summary | 55' (2:1) Riva 59' (2:2) Giovio |
Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Zürrer Feldmeilen |
11 May 1963 Round 22 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 3 – 2 | Basel | Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds |
20:00 | Bertschi 3' (1:0) Bertschi 9' (2:0) Bertschi 61' (3:1) |
Summary | 44' (2:1) Blumer 80' (3:2) Blumer |
Attendance: 4,500 Referee: |
19 May 1963 Round 23 | Basel | 3 – 2 | Biel-Bienne | Landhof, Basel |
15:30 | Odermatt 29' (1:0) Odermatt 42' (2:0) Kehrl 75' (o.g. 3:1) |
Summary | 60' (2:1) Quattropan 73' (3:2) Ziegler |
Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Karl Göppel Zürich |
26 May 1963 Round 24 | Lausanne-Sport | 0 – 0 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
20:30 | Summary | Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Othmar Huber Thun |
2 June 1963 Round 25 | Grasshopper Club | 3 – 0 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
Wütrich 39' (1:0) Kunz 83' (2:0) Duret 90' (3:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 4,500 Referee: F. Schorer Interlaken |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Zürich (C) | 26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 81 | 33 | +48 | 44 | Swiss Champions, qualified for 1963–64 European Cup and entered 1963–64 Intertoto Cup |
2 | Lausanne-Sport | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 81 | 30 | +51 | 40 | Entered 1963–64 Intertoto Cup |
3 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 55 | 44 | +11 | 32 | Entered 1963–64 Intertoto Cup |
4 | Young Boys | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 62 | 49 | +13 | 31 | Entered 1963–64 Intertoto Cup |
5 | Servette | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 26 | |
6 | Basel | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 59 | 51 | +8 | 26 | Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup |
7 | Grasshopper Club | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 57 | 51 | +6 | 25 | |
8 | Biel-Bienne | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 24 | |
9 | Grenchen | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 23 | |
10 | Luzern | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 41 | 54 | −13 | 23 | |
11 | Chiasso | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 69 | −36 | 20 | |
12 | Sion | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 37 | 69 | −32 | 19 | |
13 | Young Fellows Zürich | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 34 | 58 | −24 | 17 | Relegated to Nationalliga B |
14 | Lugano | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 53 | −32 | 14 | Relegated to Nationalliga B |
Swiss Cup
3 November 1962 Round 3 | Basel | 4 – 0 | Black Stars | Basel |
14:30 | Weber 4' (1:0) Burri 16' (2:0) Blumer 32' (3:0) Pfirter 36' (4:0) |
Summary | Stadium: Landhof Attendance: 2.800 Referee: Zürrer Feldmeilen |
2 December 1962 Round 4 | Young Boys | 0 – 2 | Basel | Bern |
14:30 | Summary | 48' (0:1) Odermatt 69' (0:2) Pfirter |
Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Guinnard Gletterens |
30 December 1962 Round 5 | Basel | 7 – 1 | SC Burgdorf | Basel |
14:30 | Pfirter 31' (1:0) Weber 60' (2:1) Blumer 67' (3:1) Walther 69' (4:1) Odermatt 70' (5:1) Gatti 80' (6:1) Pfirter 76' (7:1) |
Summary | 55' (1:1) Walther | Stadium: Landhof Attendance: 950 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern |
24 February 1963 Quarter-final | Chiasso | 1 – 2 | Basel | Chiasso |
G. Albisett 79' (1:2) | Summary | 16' (0:1) Pfirter 20' (0:2) Odermatt |
Stadium: Stadio Comunale (Chiasso) Attendance: 1.800 Referee: D. Mellet Lausanne |
24 March 1963 Semi-final | Basel | 1 – 0 | Lausanne-Sports | Basel |
15:00 | Markus Pfirter 19' | Summry | Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Othmar Huber Thun |
15 April 1963 Final | Basel | 2 – 0 | Grasshoppers | Bern |
15:00 | Heinz Blumer 59' (1:0) Otto Ludwig 67' (2:0) |
Summary | Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Mellet (Lausanne) |
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
- First Round
16 October 1962 First leg | Basel | 0 – 3 | Bayern Munich | Basel |
Summary | 41', 70' Brenninger 86' Drescher |
Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium Attendance: 5,800 Referee: Norman Mootz |
Second leg not played and noted without goals as no result. Bayern Munich qualify for second round.
Intertoto Cup (IFC)
Group stage (Group B3)
27 May 1962 Round 1 | PSV Eindhoven | 4 – 3 | Basel | Eindhoven |
Kerkhoffs 40' (1:0) Kerkhoffs 41' (2:0) Svensson 50' (3:0) Kerkhoffs 85' (4:3) |
Summary | 60' (3:1) Stöckli 68' (3:2) Meier 69' (3:3) Meier |
Attendance: 14,000 |
3 June 1962 Round 2 | Basel | 2 – 2 | HNK Rijeka | Landhof, Basel |
16:45 | Blumer 28' (1:0) Burri 79' (2:2) |
Summary | 63' (1:1) Balent 73' (1:2) Zadel |
Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Josef Gulde St. Gallen |
10 June 1962 Round 3 | Rot-Weiss Oberhausen | 2 – 2 | Basel | Niederrheinstadion, Oberhausen |
Ha. Siemensmeyer 14' (1:0) K.H. Feldkamp 70' (2:2) |
Summary | 45' (1:1) Burri 56' (1:2) Oberer |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Weingärt |
17 June 1962 Round 4 | Basel | 4 – 4 | Rot-Weiss Oberhausen | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Odermatt 23' (1:2) Stöckli 33' (2:2) Ludwig 60' (2:2) Michaud 86' (4:4) Burri 88' |
Summary | 7' (0:1) Sundermann 12' (0:2) Laszig 78' (pen. 3:3) Barwenzik 84' (3:4) K.H.Feldkamp |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Othmar Huber Thun |
24 June 1962 Round 5 | HNK Rijeka | 5 – 1 | Basel | Rijeka |
Zadel 7' (1:0) Lukaric 18' (2:0) Zadel 21' (3:0) Naumovic 22' (4:0) Medle 81' (5:1) |
Summary | 75' (4:1) Ludwig | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Zivko Bajic |
Group B3 table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | HNK Rijeka (A) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 9 |
2 | Rot-Weiss Oberhausen | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 8 |
3 | Basel | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 20 | −4 | 5 |
4 | PSV Eindhoven | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 17 | −6 | 2 |
Cup of the Alps
Group stage (Group 2)
16 June 1963 Round 1 | Basel | 1 – 5 | Juventus | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
18:00 | Weber 87' (1:5) | Summary | 14' (0:1) Menighelli 15' (0:2) Menighelli 29' (0:3) Dell'Omadarma 66' (0:4) Miranda 69' (0:5) Gori |
Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Francesco Francescon |
19 June 1963 Round 2 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Grasshopper Club | Landhof, Basel |
Mazzola 42' (1:0) | Summary | 62' (1:1) Wüthrich | Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Aurelio Angonese |
23 June 1963 Round 3 | Basel | 1 – 4 | AS Roma | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
18:00 | Weber (1:4) | Summary | 16' (0:1) Manfredini 31' (0:2) Angelillo 61' (0:3) Angelillo 69' (0:4) Manfredini |
Attendance: 9,000 Referee: D. Mellet Lausanne |
Group 2 table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Juventus | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 6 | Qualified for final |
2 | AS Roma | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 4 | Qualified for third place match |
3 | Basel | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 | |
4 | Grasshopper Club | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 1 |
References
- Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1962/63". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- Karel Stokkermans. "Intertoto Cup 1962/63". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- Erik Garin. "Nationalliga A 1962/63". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1962/63". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- FC Black Stars. "Ausgeschieden – und doch den Cup gewonnen". FC Black Stars. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
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