1962–63 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1962–63 season
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

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.

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

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendly matches

Preseason

? Preseason	Luzern	1 – 1	Basel	Luzern
		Summary

? Preseason	FC Aesch	1 – 7	Basel	Aesch
		Summary

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

7 September 1962 Round 3

Basel

P

Luzern

Landhof, Basel

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 Mai 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 Mai 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 Mai 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

9 June 1963 Round 26	Basel	8 – 1	Sion	Landhof, Basel
	Pfirter 8' (1:0) Pfirter 13' (2:0) Blumer 22' (3:0) Pfirter 40' (4:0) Blumer 44' (5:0) Blumer 48' (6:0) Odermatt 77' (7:1) Weber 84' (8:1)	Summary	59' (6:1) Gasser	Attendance: 1,800 Referee: M. Baumberger Lausanne

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
4	BSC Young Boys	26	13	5	8	62	49	+13	31
5	Servette FC Genève	26	11	4	11	54	39	+15	26
6	FC Basel	26	10	6	10	59	51	+8	26	Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup
7	Grasshopper Club Zürich	26	9	7	10	57	51	+6	25
8	FC Biel-Bienne	26	9	6	11	38	44	−6	24

Source: rsssf.com

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

Group stage

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	SC 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	SC 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

1 July 1962 Round 6	Basel	4 – 3	PSV Eindhoven	Landhof, Basel
18:00	Burri 12' (1:1) Stocker 53' (pen. 2:3) Odermatt 70' (3:3) Pfirter 83' (4:3)	Summary	11' (0:1) Pys 14' (1:2) Brussalers 29' (1:3) Brussalers	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern

Group table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	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	6	1	0	5	11	17	−6	2

Source: FCB archive
(A) Advanced to quarter-finals.

Cup of the Alps

Group stage

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

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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1962–63 FC Basel season

Overview

Players

Results

Friendly matches

Preseason

Mid-season

Nationalliga A

League matches

League table

Swiss Cup

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Intertoto Cup

Group stage

Group table

Cup of the Alps

Group stage

See also

Sources and References

External links