1962–63 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1962–63 season
Chairman	Lucien Schmidlin
Manager	Jiří Sobotka
Ground	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A	6th
Swiss Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	Heinz Blumer (16)

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 in the 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.

Overview

The Czechoslovakian manager Jiří Sobotka was the club manager at this time, he taken the job over from Jenő Vincze a year before. There were fourteen teams contesting in the 1962–63 Nationalliga A and 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.

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. Peter Füri played in all games except the Final because he became ill.

Players

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Kurt Stettler
		GK	Hans-Ruedi Günthardt
		GK	René Jecker
		DF	Heinz Blumer
		DF	René Burri
		DF	Peter Füri
		DF	Bruno Michaud
		DF	Hanspeter Stocker
		DF	Eduard Vogt
		MF	Josef Kiefer
		MF	Fernando Kranichfeldt
		MF	Walter Löffel

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Otto Ludwig
		MF	Jean-Jacques Maurer
		MF	Carlo Porlezza
		MF	Hans Weber
		FW	Roland Denicola
		FW	Wilfried Fritz
		FW	Bruno Gatti
		FW	Enrico Mazzola
		FW	Werner Meier
		FW	Karl Odermatt
		FW	Raymond Simonet
		FW	Niklaus Stöckli
		FW	Markus Pfirter

Results

Nationalliga

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Remarks
1	FC Zürich	26	20	4	2	81	33	44	Champions: 1963–64 European Cup
2	Lausanne Sports	26	18	4	4	81	30	40
3	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	26	12	8	6	55	44	32
4	BSC Young Boys	26	13	5	8	62	49	31
5	Servette FC Genève	25	11	4	11	54	39	26
6	FC Basel	26	10	6	10	59	51	26	Swiss Cup winners: 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup
7	Grasshopper Club Zürich	26	9	7	10	57	51	25
8	FC Biel-Bienne	26	9	6	11	38	44	24
9	FC Grenchen	26	8	7	11	40	49	23
10	FC Lucerne	26	7	9	10	41	54	23
11	FC Chiasso	26	7	6	13	33	69	20
12	FC Sion	26	6	7	13	37	69	19
13	Young Fellows Zürich	26	7	3	16	34	58	17	Relegated: to Nationalliga B
14	FC Lugano	26	4	6	16	21	53	14	Relegated: to Nationalliga B

Swiss Cup

Legend

Win Draw Loss

3 November 1962 Round 3	Basel	4 – 0	Black Stars	Basel
				Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium

2 December 1962 Round 4	Young Boys	0 – 2	Basel	Bern
				Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium

30 December 1962 Round 5	Basel	7 – 1	SC Burgdorf	Basel
				Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium

24 February 1963 Quarter-final	Chiasso	1 – 2	Basel	Chiasso

24 March 1963 Semi-final	Basel	1 – 0	Lausanne-Sports	Basel
	Markus Pfirter 19'			Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium

15 April 1963 Final	Basel	2 – 0	Grasshoppers	Bern
	Heinz Blumer 59' Otto Ludwig 67'			Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Mellet (Lausanne)

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

First Round

16. Oktober 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.

Sources and References

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2027-6
Switzerland 1962–63 at RSSSF

External links

FC Basel official site

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