1963–64 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1963–64 season
Chairman	Lucien Schmidlin
Manager	Jiří Sobotka
Ground	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A	7th
Swiss Cup	Round of 16
European Cup Winners' Cup	First round

The 1963–64 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 70th season in their existence. It was their 18th 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 club chairman for the second year running.

Overview

Jiří Sobotka continued his job as club manager, it was his third consecutive year as manager. There were fourteen teams contesting in the 1963–64 Nationalliga A and Basel finished the championship in seventh position with twenty six points, with ten wins and six draws from 26 matches, scoring 42 goals conceding 48. FC La Chaux-de-Fonds won the championship.

As title holders in the Swiss Cup Basel started in the 3rd principal round, on 5 October 1963, with an easy away win against SC Schöftland in their attempt to defend this title. In the round of 32 they played away from home against local rivals Concordia which was also won with ease. However, in the round of 16 the away defeat against lower classed Porrentruy ended this campaign abruptly.

As Swiss Cup holders Basel were qualified for the 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup competition. Here they were drawn against the Scottish cup holders Celtic. Both games ended with very disappointing and disastrous results.

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
		GK	Marcel Kunz
		DF	Walter Baumann
		DF	Heinz Blumer
		DF	René Burri
		DF	Peter Füri
		MF	Josef Kiefer
		DF	Bruno Michaud
		DF	Markus Pfirter
		DF	Hanspeter Stocker
		MF	Fernando Kranichfeldt

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Walter Löffel
		MF	Jean-Jacques Maurer
		MF	Karl Odermatt
		MF	Carlo Porlezza
		MF	Hans Weber
		FW	Roberto Frigerio
		FW	Bruno Gabrieli
		FW	Bruno Gatti
		FW	Janos Konrad
		FW	Erdmann Lüth
		FW	Enrico Mazzola
		FW	Raymond Simonet
			Klaus Huber

Results

Nationalliga

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Remarks
1	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	26	17	5	4	68	36	39	Champions: 1964–65 European Cup
2	FC Zürich	26	18	2	6	84	37	38
3	FC Grenchen	26	17	4	5	57	35	38
4	Servette FC Genève	26	18	0	8	74	33	36
5	Lausanne Sports	26	13	4	9	61	52	30	Swiss Cup winners: 1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup
6	BSC Young Boys	26	11	5	10	56	54	27
7	FC Basel	26	10	6	10	42	48	26
8	FC Lucerne	26	10	3	13	44	52	23
9	FC Chiasso	26	8	7	11	40	54	23
10	FC Sion	26	9	3	14	52	58	21
11	Grasshopper Club Zürich	26	8	3	15	42	64	19
12	FC Biel-Bienne	26	8	2	16	52	68	18
13	FC Schaffhausen	26	3	7	16	32	69	13	Relegated: to Nationalliga B
14	Cantonal Neuchâtel	26	4	5	17	38	82	13	Relegated: to Nationalliga B

Swiss Cup

Legend

Win Draw Loss

5 October 1963 Round 3	SC Schöftland	0 – 7	Basel	Schöftland
				Stadium: Sportanlage Rütimatten

19 October 1963 Round of 32	Concordia	0 – 4	Basel	Basel
				Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium

24 November 1963 Round of 16	Porrentruy	1 – 0	Basel	Porrentruy
				Stadium: Stade du Tirage

European Cup Winners' Cup

17 September 1963 Round	FC Basel	1 – 5	Celtic	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
	Blumer 78'		21' Divers 43', 65', 77' Hughes 53' Lennox	Attendance: 14,300 Referee: Manuel Gómez Arribas (Spain)

9 October 1963 Round	Celtic	5 – 0	FC Basel	Celtic Park, Glasgow
	Johnstone 3' Divers 42', 88' Murdoch 62' Chalmers 78'			Attendance: 7,909 Referee: Frede Hansen (Denmark)

Celtic won 10 – 1 on aggregate.

Sources and References

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2027-6
Switzerland 1963–64 at RSSSF

External links

FC Basel official site

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