1964–65 FC Basel season

The 1964–65 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 71st season in their existence. It was their 19th 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 club chairman for the third consecutive year.

FC Basel
1964–65 season
Chairman Lucien Schmidlin
Manager Jiří Sobotka
GroundLandhof and
St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A8th
Swiss CupSemi-final
Inter-Cities Fairs CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Roberto Frigerio (13)
All: Roberto Frigerio (31)
Highest home attendance8,000 30.05.1965
vs. Lausanne-Sport
Lowest home attendance3,000
27.09.1964 vs. Grasshoppers
25.10.1964 vs. Bellinzona

Overview

The Czechoslovakian manager Jiří Sobotka was the Basel team manager at this time, it was his fourth year as manager of the team. The Czechoslovakian manager Jiří Sobotka was the Basel team manager at this time, it was his fourth year as manager of the team. There were only a few changes in the squad. Kurt Stettler moved on to Young Fellows Zürich, René Burri to Cantonal Neuchatel and Bruno Gatti to Biel-Bienne. During the winter break Heinz Blumer moved on to Chiasso. In the other direction German striker Heinz Sartor joined from Südwest Ludwigshafen, Werner Decker joined from local team Concordia Basel and Bruno Gabrieli from Nordstern Basel. Basel played a total of 51 matches un this season. 26 of these were in the domestic league, five were in the Swiss Cup, four matches were in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and 16 were friendly matches. Of these 16 test games eight were won, four drawn and four were lost.[1]

A sad note to be noted is, on 26 December 1964 FCB played against Grasshoppers Zürich in the quarter-finals of the Swiss Cup. They decided the match 3–1 for themselves in overtime, Hans Weber had scored the equaliser two minutes before the end of the regular time. This was to be the very last match for the popular Basler captain of that time Hans Weber, because just seven weeks later he died of cancer. Between his first appearance in 1949 and his death in February 1965 he made 281 appearances for Basel scoring 48 goals. On 31 March 1965 Basel played a match against the Swiss national team as Hans Weber memorial.[2] 17,000 people came to pay their respect and to watch the game. Frigerio, Gabrieli and Baumann scored the goals as Basel won 3–0.[3]

Fourteen teams contested the 1964–65 Nationalliga A, these were the top 12 teams from the previous season 1963–64 and the two newly promoted teams Lugano and Bellinzona. Basel ended the championship with eleven wins and five draws in their 26 matches, and finished in eighth position with 27 points. They scored 44 goals and conceded 54. For Basel it was a mediocre season with some very unusual and high scoring results, 5–4 at home against Grasshopper Club, 4–3 at home against Biel-Bienne and a 3–3 draw at home against the new champions Lausanne-Sport after a three goal lead before half time. There were also some high scoring defeats, 1–5 away against Grenchen, 0–6 away against Sion, 0–6 away against La Chaux-de-Fonds and a 1–6 away in the last game of the season against Young Boys. Roberto Frigerio was the team's top goal scorer with 13 goals. Lausanne Sports won the championship with 36 points and thus qualified for the following year's 1965–66 European Cup.[4]

In the Swiss Cup Basel started in the round of 64, 10 October 1964, with a home win against lower classed Locarno. In the next round they played at home against Bern which was won 3–1 and, consequently, drawn at home against Lasuanne Sports in the round of 16 which ended in a 3–2 victory. After the quarter-final against Grasshoppers Zürich (mentioned above) Basel were drawn at home again for the semi-final. This game was against Sion and was played on 7 March 1965. Basel were defeated 2–3 and Sion continued to the final which they won against Servette.[4]

Basel were qualified for the 1964–65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and in the first round they played CA Spora Luxembourg. A 2–0 home win and a 0–1 away defeat was enough to take them through to the second round. But two defeats against Strasbourg ended their Fairs Cup competition.[5]

Players

The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the 1964–65 season. The list includes players that were in the squad on the day that the Nationalliga A season started on 23 August 1964 but subsequently left the club after that date.

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 Hans-Ruedi Günthardt
— GK  FRA Jean-Paul Laufenburger
— GK   SUI Marcel Kunz
2 DF   SUI Peter Füri
— DF   SUI Walter Baumann
— DF   SUI Heinz Blumer (to Chiasso)
5 FW  GER Helmut Hauser
6 FW   SUI Bruno Gabrieli (from Nordstern Basel)
— MF  GER Josef Kiefer
— DF   SUI Bruno Michaud
— DF   SUI Markus Pfirter
— DF   SUI Hanspeter Stocker
— MF   SUI Hans Weber
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   SUI Rudolf Arn (from Luzern)
— MF   SUI Werner Decker (from Concordia Basel)
— FW  HUN Janos Konrad
— FW  ITA Enrico Mazzola
— FW   SUI Karl Messerli (from reserve team)
— FW   SUI Aldo Moscatelli
— MF   SUI Karl Odermatt
— MF  GER Heinz Sartor (from Südwest Ludwigshafen)
— FW   SUI Roberto Frigerio
— FW  SRB Rade Ognjanović
— MF   SUI Carlo Porlezza
— FW  FRA Mario Grava
— MF   SUI Fernando Von Krannichfeldt
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 Kurt Stettler (to Young Fellows Zürich)
— DF   SUI René Burri (to Cantonal Neuchatel)
— MF   SUI Walter Löffel (to Solothurn)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW   SUI Bruno Gatti (to Biel-Bienne)
— FW   SUI Klaus Huber
— FW  GER Erdmann Lüth

Results
Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre and mid-season
Pre-season Basel 1 – 1 Concordia Basel Basel
Summary
Pre-season Nordstern Basel 0 – 6 Basel Basel
Summary
Pre-season Basel 6 – 0 Schweizer Polizeiauswahl Basel
Summary
5 August 1964 Pre-season FC Pratteln 5 – 5 Basel In den Sandgruben, Pratteln
20:00 Lander  (2)
Hug  (1)
Ferrari  (1)
Dürr  (1)		 Summary  (2) Sartor
 (2) Pfirter
 (1) Frigerio		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Karl Keller Basel
9 August 1964 Pre-season Aarau 4 – 2 Basel Bächen, Unterentfelden
Gloor  (2)
Küenzle  (1)
Lenherr  (1)		 Summary  (1) Frigerio
 (1) Hauser		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern
12 August 1964 Pre-season FC Münchenstein 0 – 14 Basel Sportplatz Au, Münchenstein
18:30 Summary  (4) Frigerio
 (4) Moscatelli
 (3) Sartor
 (2) Hauser
 (1) Gabrieli		 Referee: Zuber Basel
15 August 1964 Pre-season VfR Rheinfelden 2 – 6 Basel Jahnstadion, Rheinfelden
Ortega  8' (1:1)
Kropf  42' (2:2)		 Summary  5' (0:1) Gabrieli
 34' (1:2) Frigerio
 44' (o.g.)
 50' (2:4) Moscatelli
 57' (2:5) Gabrieli
 75' (2:6) Moscatelli		 Attendance: 400
Referee: Messmer Rheinfelden
18 August 1964 Pre-season Basel 1 – 4 1. FC Köln St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00  84' (1:4) Summary  22' (pen. 0:1) Sturm
 33' (0:2) Schäfer
 62' (0:3) Schäfer
 75' (0:4) Thielen		 Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Pierre Schwinte
3 October 1964 Mid-season Basel 2 – 2 Young Fellows Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:30 Moscatelli
Frigerio 		Summary Chiandussi
Feller		 Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Rudolf Rettig Gerlafingen

Winter break and mid-season
31 January 1965 Winter break Aarau 3 – 3 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
Ognjanović  13' (1:0)
Grava  30' (2:0)
Messerli  77' (3:3)		 Summary  37' (2:1) Stiel
 51' (2:2) Gloor
 64' (2:3) Gloor		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Josef Zibung Luzern
7 February 1965 Winter break Baden 1 – 4 Basel Scharten, Baden
Andersen  23' (1:1) Summary  15' (0:1) Ognjanović
 44' (pen. 1:2) Gabrieli
 58' (1:3) Messerli
 87' (1:4) Frigerio		 Attendance: 500
Referee: W. Lüthy Gerlafingen
14 February 1965 Winter break Schaffhausen 1 – 0 Basel Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen
14:30 Indlekofer  16' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 350
Referee: Zürrer Feldmeilen
31 March 1965 Mid-season Basel 3 – 0 Switzerland St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Frigerio  62' (1:0)
Gabrieli  87' (2:0)
Baumann  90' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 17,500
Referee: Gottfried Dienst Basel
Note: Hans Weber memorial.[3]
19 April 1965 Mid-season FC Porrentruy 0 – 3 Basel Stade du Tirage, Porrentruy
Summary
2 May 1965 Mid-season Solothurn 0 – 1 Basel Stadion FC Solothurn, Solothurn
Summary
10 June 1965 Mid-season Basel 2 – 4 Borussia Dortmund St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel
20:00 Hauser  23' (1:2)
Moscatelli  31' (2:2)		 Summary  6' (0:1) Wosab
 12' (0:2) Wosab
 38' (2:3) Sturm
 86' (2:4) Konietzka		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Pius Kamber Zürich

Nationalliga A
Main article: 1964–65 Nationalliga A

League matches
23 August 1964 Round 1 Biel-Bienne 3 – 2 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
Rajkov  28' (1:1)
Zimmermann  47' (2:1)
Gnäg  56' (3:1)		 Summary  17' (0:1) Pfirter
Moscatelli		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Strässle Steinach
30 August 1964 Round 2 Basel 2 – 0 Grenchen Landhof, Basel
15:00 Moscatelli  28' (1:0)
Sartor  78' (pen. 2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Gilbert Droz Marin
6 September 1964 Round 3 Sion 6 – 0 Basel Parc-des-Sports, Sion
15:30 Quentin  6' (1:0)
Stockbauer  16' (2:0)
Quentin  56' (3:0)
Quentin  61' (4:0)
Quentin  (5:0)
Georgy  77' (6:0)		 Summary Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Szabo Bern
13 September 1964 Round 4 Basel 2 – 2 Luzern Landhof, Basel
15:00 Pfirter  16' (1:0)
Konrad  43' (2:1)		 Summary  33' (1:1) Wechselberger
 75' (2:2) Cavazzutt		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
19 September 1964 Round 5 Zürich 2 – 2 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
20:15 Meier (II)  7' (1:1)
Martinelli  40' (2:1)		 Summary  3' (0:1) Frigerio
 63' (2:2) Frigerio		 Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Othmar Huber Thun
27 September 1964 Round 6 Basel 5 – 4 Grasshopper Club Landhof, Basel
15:00 Blumer  3' (1:0)
Frigerio  40' (2:2)
Blumer  (3:3)
Frigerio  77' (4:4)
Hauser 83' (5:4)		 Summary  37' (1:1) Kunz
 39' (1:2) Ctherlet
 47' (2:3) Kunz
 70' (3:4) Kunz		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: D. Mellet Lausanne
18 October 1964 Round 7 La Chaux-de-Fonds 6 – 0 Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
15:00 Clerc  17' (1:0)
Trivellin  30' (2:0)
Clerc  74' (3:0)
Clerc  78' (4:0)
Trivellin  80' (5:0)
Vuillemier  83' (6:0)		 Summary Attendance: 3,400
Referee: Karl Göppel Zürich
25 October 1964 Round 8 Basel 3 – 0 Bellinzona Landhof, Basel
15:00 Grava  2' (1:0)
Frigerio  28' (2:0)
Grava  80' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee: W. Hardmeier Thalwil
8 November 1964 Round 9 Lugano 2 – 0 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
Stocker  32' (o.g.)
Boffi  69' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Josef Zibung Luzern
22 November 1964 Round 10 Basel 2 – 1 Chiasso Landhof, Basel
14:30 Moscatelli  27' (1:0)
Blumer  58' (2:0)		 Summary  77' (2:1) Vila Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Strässle Steinach
Round 11 Lausanne-Sport P – P Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
Referee: Szabo Bern
13 December 1964 Round 12 Basel 2 – 3 Servette Landhof, Basel
14:30 Frigerio  25' (1:1)
Frigerio  44' (2:2)		 Summary  11' (0:1) Schindelholz
 35' (1:2) Nemeth
 53' (2:3) Desbiolles		 Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Guinnard Gletterens
16 December 1964 Round 11 Lausanne-Sport 1 – 2 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
19:30 Kerkhoffs  20' (1:1) Summary  5' (0:1) Ognjanovic
 51' (1:2)		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Szabo Bern
20 December 1964 Round 13 Basel 0 – 1 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
14:30 Summary  4' (0:1) Schultheiss Attendance: 4,700
Referee: Roland David Lausanne
21 February 1965 Round 14 Basel 4 – 3 Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
14:45 Ognjanovic  14' (1:0)
Hauser  36' (2:1)
Stocker  49' (3:1)
Hauser  88' (4:3)		 Summary  18' (1:1) Makay
 58' (3:2) Makay
 73' (3:3) Makay		 Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Karl Göppel Zürich
28 February 1965 Round 15 Grenchen 5 – 1 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
15:00 von Burg  6' (1:0)
Stutz  8' (2:0)
Blum  31' (3:1)
Allemann  50' (4:1)
Kominek  90' (5:1)		 Summary  15' (2:1) Pfirter Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Pius Kamber Zürich
14 March 1965 Round 16 Basel 4 – 0 Sion Landhof, Basel
15:00 Grava  26' (1:0)
Odermatt  27' (2:0)
Odermatt  57' (3:0)
Frigerio  88' (4:0)
Peter Füri 		Summary Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Gilbert Droz Marin-Epagnier
21 March 1965 Round 17 Luzern 2 – 1 Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
Hofer  26' (1:1)
Hofer  88' (2:1)
Jorio 		Summary  16' (0:1) Frigerio
  89' Pfirter		 Attendance: 3,900
Referee: Mario Clematide Zollikofen
28 March 1965 Round 18 Basel 1 – 0 Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Ognjanović  12' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Othmar Huber Thun
4 April 1965 Round 19 Grasshopper Club 3 – 1 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
Berset  18' (1:0)
Berset  52' (2:0)
Blättler  (3:0)		 Summary  77' (3:1) Frigerio Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Josef Zibung Luzern
25 April 1965 Round 20 Basel 1 – 1 La Chaux-de-Fonds Landhof, Basel
16:00 Michaud  84' (pen. 1:1) Summary  63' (0:1) Brossard Attendance: 4,000
Referee: W. Hardmeier Thalwil
9 May 1965 Round 21 Bellinzona 0 – 0 Basel Stadio Comunale Bellinzona
Summary Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Pius Kamber Zürich
16 May 1965 Round 22 Basel 2 – 0 Lugano Landhof, Basel
16:00 Hauser  8' (1:0)
Frigerio  70' (2:0)		 Summary Coduri Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Werner Mettler St. Gallen
23 May 1965 Round 23 Chiasso 0 – 1 Basel Stadio Via Comacini, Chiasso
Summary  87' (0:1) Ognjanović Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Strässle Steinach
30 May 1965 Round 24 Basel 3 – 3 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel
15:00 Ognjanović  12' (1:0)
Stocker  24' (2:0)
Stocker  37' (3:0)		 Summary  39' (3:1) Schneiter
 48' (3:2) Kerkhoffs
 52' (3:3) Armbruster		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern
5 June 1965 Round 25 Servette 0 – 2 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
20:00 Summary  74' (0:1) Odermatt
 89' (0:2) Ognjanović		 Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Josef Zibung Luzern
12 June 1965 Round 26 Young Boys 6 – 1 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Fuhrer  5' (1:0)
Lehmann  16' (2:0)
G. Meier  71' (3:1)
Fuhrer  82' (4:1)
Lehmann  84' (5:1)
Lehmann  87' (6:1)		 Summary  65' (2:1) Frigerio Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Lausanne-Sport (C) 26 15 6 5 61 32 +29 36 1965–66 European Cup
2 Young Boys 26 14 4 8 59 43 +16 32
3 Servette 26 14 3 9 59 30 +29 31
4 Grasshopper Club 26 11 7 8 54 47 +7 29 Entered 1965–66 Intertoto Cup
5 Lugano 26 9 11 6 29 30 −1 29 Entered 1965–66 Intertoto Cup
6 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 12 3 11 52 39 +13 27 Entered 1965–66 Intertoto Cup
7 Luzern 26 9 9 8 33 38 −5 27 Entered 1965–66 Intertoto Cup
8 Basel 26 11 5 10 44 54 −10 27
9 Sion 26 10 5 11 42 34 +8 25 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup
10 Zürich 26 8 7 11 41 38 +3 23
11 Grenchen 26 6 9 11 35 43 −8 21
12 Biel-Bienne 26 8 5 13 35 56 −21 21
13 Bellinzona 26 5 9 12 21 42 −21 19 Relegated to Nationalliga B
14 Chiasso 26 6 5 15 22 61 −39 17 Relegated to Nationalliga B
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion.

Swiss Cup
11 October 1964 Round of 64 Basel 6 – 1 Locarno Basel
14:30 Frigerio  11' (1:0)
Blumer  40' (2:1)
Blumer  51' (3:1)
Frigerio  60' (4:1)
Moscatelli  73' (5:1)
Frigerio  82' (6:1)		 Summary  31' (pen. 1:1) Comel
Cattarin (II)		 Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Fernand Burioli Lausanne
1 November 1964 Round of 32 Basel 3 – 1 Bern Basel
14:30 Pfirter  10' (1:0)
Hauser  32' (2:0)
Gabrieli  82' (3:1)		 Summary  72' (2:1) Oehler Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Guinnard Gletterens
5 December 1964 Round of 16 Basel 3 – 2 Lausanne Sports Basel
14:30 Frigerio  2' (1:0)
Frigerio  17' (2:0)
Moscatelli  30' (3:2)		 Summary  22' (2:1) Hosp
 28' (2:2) Hosp		 Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Karl Göppel Zürich
27 December 1964 Quarter-final Basel 3 – 1 (a.e.t.) Grasshoppers Basel
14:30 Stocker 40′
Weber  88' (1:1)
Frigerio  116' (2:1)
Hauser  120' (3:1)		 Summary  8' (0:1) Blättler Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium
Attendance: 8,700
Referee: Gilbert Droz
7 March 1965 Semi-final Basel 2 – 3 Sion Basel
15:00 Frigerio  52' (1:2)
Odermatt  70' (2:3)		 Summary  1' (1:0) Perroud
 35' (2:0) Georgy
 55' (1:3) Stockbauer		 Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: W. Hardmeier Thalwil

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Main article: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
First Round
Main article: 1964–65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
9 September 1964 First leg Basel 2 – 0 CA Spora Luxembourg Basel
20:00 Grava  14' (1:0)
Grava  66' (2:0)		 Summary Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Pierre Schwinte
8 October 1964 Second leg CA Spora Luxembourg 1 – 0 Basel Luxembourg
Joseph Krier  20' (1:0) Summary Stadium: Stade Josy Barthel
Attendance: 600
Referee: Robert Schaut

Basel won 2–1 on aggregate.

Second round
3 November 1964 First leg Basel 0 – 1 Strasbourg Basel
19:45 Summary Gress  51' (0:1) Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Helmut Fritz
11 November 1964 Second leg Strasbourg 5 – 2 Basel Strasbourg
Farías  13' (1:0)
Sbaiz  21' (2:0)
Hausser  28' (3:1)
Hausser  52' (4:2)
Szczepaniak  83' (5:2)		 Summary Frigerio  22' (pen. 2:1)
Blumer  35' (3:2)		 Stadium: Stade de la Meinau
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Joseph Hannet

Strasbourg won 6–2 on aggregate.

See also

References

Notes
  1. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz 1964/65". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. Zindel, Josef (2018), "Die ersten 125 Jahre", Weber, Hans - Page 209, Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel
  3. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - Schweiz 3:0 (0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1964/65". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  5. Antonio Zea, Marcel Haisma. "Fairs' Cup 1964-65". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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