1965–66 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1965–66 season
Chairman	Lucien Schmidlin
Manager	Helmut Benthaus
Ground	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A	6th
Swiss Cup	Semi-final
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	Roberto Frigerio (15)

The 1965–66 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 72nd season in their existence. It was their 20th 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 fourth consecutive year.

Overview

To the beginning of the season Helmut Benthaus transferred in from 1. FC Köln and became player-coach. In the season before he had won the 1963–64 Bundesliga with his club.

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	Marcel Kunz
		GK	Jean-Paul Laufenburger
		GK	Hans-Ruedi Günthardt
		DF	Walter Baumann
		DF	Peter Füri
		DF	Josef Kiefer
		DF	Bruno Michaud
		DF	Walter Mundschin
		DF	Roland Paolucci
		DF	Markus Pfirter
		DF	Silvan Schwager
		DF	Urs Siegenthaler

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Hanspeter Stocker
		MF	Helmut Benthaus
		MF	Werner Decker
		MF	Jean-Jacques Maurer
		MF	Karl Odermatt
		MF	Carlo Porlezza
		FW	Roberto Frigerio
		FW	Bruno Gabrieli
		FW	Helmut Hauser
		FW	Janos Konrad
		FW	Enrico Mazzola
		FW	Aldo Moscatelli

Results

Nationalliga

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Remarks
1	FC Zürich	26	18	6	2	73	25	42	Champions: 1966–67 European Cup
2	Servette FC Genève	26	14	7	5	57	45	35	Swiss Cup runners-up: 1966–67 Cup Winners' Cup
3	Lausanne Sports	26	12	8	6	72	46	32
4	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	26	12	7	7	53	42	31
5	BSC Young Boys	26	11	7	8	72	47	29
6	FC Basel	26	10	7	9	64	57	27
7	Grasshopper Club Zürich	26	11	5	10	55	54	27
8	FC Sion	26	9	8	9	36	36	26
9	FC Lugano	26	6	10	10	27	37	22
10	FC Biel-Bienne	26	6	10	10	38	56	22
11	FC Grenchen	26	8	6	12	42	65	22
12	Young Fellows Zürich	26	7	7	12	46	62	21
13	FC Lucerne	26	4	10	12	36	56	18	Relegated: to Nationalliga B
14	Urania Genève Sport	26	3	4	19	35	78	10	Relegated: to Nationalliga B

Swiss Cup

Legend

Win Draw Loss

7 November 1965 Round of 32	Basel	3 – 1	Biel-Bienne	Basel
				Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium

18 December 1965 Round of 16	Basel	1 – 0	Luzern	Basel
				Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium

27 February 1966 Quarter-final	Young Boys	1 – 2	Basel	Bern
				Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium

20 March 1966 Semi-final	Basel	1 – 3	Servette	Basel
	Hauser 7'		3' Nemeth 45', 87' Daina	Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Second Round

24 November 1965 First leg	Basel	1 – 3	Valencia	Basel
	Benthaus 7'		17', 80' Machado 22' Muñoz	Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium

8 December 1965 Second leg	Valencia	5 – 1	Basel	Valencia
	Machado 1', 80' Urtiaga 17' Muñoz 31' Guillot 32'		Hauser 7'	Stadium: Mestalla Stadium

Valencia won 8–2 on aggregate.

Sources and References

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2027-6
Switzerland 1965–66 at RSSSF
Fairs Cup 1965-66 at RSSSF

External links

FC Basel official site

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