1965–66 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1965–66 season
Chairman	Lucien Schmidlin
Manager	Helmut Benthaus
Ground	Landhof or; St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A	6th
Swiss Cup	Semi-final
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Second round
Cup of the Alps	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Roberto Frigerio (15); All: Roberto Frigerio (22)
Highest home attendance	10,000 on 24.10.1965; vs Lausanne-Sport; and on 6.03.1966; vs Servette
Lowest home attendance	3,000 on 21.11.1965; vs Young Fellows Zürich
Average home league attendance	6,200

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 either in the traditional stadium Landhof or in their new venue 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. He replaced Jiří Sobotka as team manager, who went on to manage the Swiss national team.

Fourteen teams contested the 1965–66 Nationalliga A. Basel finished the season in sixth position with 27 points. They ended the championship with ten wins, seven draws and nine defeats in their 26 matches. They scored 64 goals and conceded 57.[1] Top league goal scorer was Roberto Frigerio with 15 goals, ahead of Karl Odermatt who scored 11 and Helmut Hauser with 10 goals. Basel played 15 Test games, winning ten, one draw and losing four. Roberto 'Mucho' Frigerio was also the top scorer in these games, with 16 goals in just 13 games. Alone in the match against Black Stars Basel he managed to net the ball six times.[2]

In the Swiss Cup Basel started in the round of 32 on 7 November 1965, with a home win against Biel-Bienne. In the next round they played at home against Luzern with a 3–1 win. In the next round they were drawn away in the Wankdorf Stadium, Bern, against Young Boys. This ended in a 2–1 victory. In the semi-final they were drawn at home against Servette but were defeated 1–3. Zürich won the final and completed the double.[3]

In the 1965–66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Basel were drawn against Spanish team Valencia, but were beaten twice. In the Cup of the Alps Basel were drawn in the same group as Catania, S.S.C. Napoli, Juventus and Spal Ferrara. All four games ended in a defeat.

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

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre-season

Pre-season	Basel	6 – 0	Concordia Basel	Basel
		Summary

24 July 1965 Pre-season	FC Pratteln	0 – 8	Basel	In den Sandgruben, Pratteln
		Summary	Moscatelli (2) Odermatt (2) Baumann Hauser Michaud

28 July 1965 Pre-season	SV Schopfheim	0 – 3	Basel	Schopfheim
		Summary	Odermatt Keller Moscatelli

31 July 1965 Pre-seasom	FC Trimbach	0 – 7	Basel	Leinfeld, Trimbach
		Summary	(o.g.) (1) Moscatelli (2) Frigerio (pen.) Michaud (1) Vetter (1) Odermatt	Attendance: 1,100 Referee: W. Lüthy Gerlafingen

8 August 1965 Pre-season	FC Moutier	1 – 7	Basel	Stade de Chalière, Moutier
	von Burg 34' (1:1)	Summary	26' (0:1) Füri 54' (1:2) Baumann 64' (1:3) Benthaus 69' (1:4) Frigerio 70' (1:5) Hauser 80' (1:6) Odermatt 89' (1:7) Hauser	Attendance: 800 Referee: Roland Keller Bern

10 August 1965 Pre-season	Basel	2 – 4	1. FC Köln	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Löhr 10' (o.g. 1:1) Odermatt 25' (2:1)	Summary	4' (0:1) Müller 40' (2:2) Hornig 60' (2:3) Overath 67' (2:4) Müller	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach

14 August 1965 Pre-season	St. Gallen	0 – 1	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
17:00		Summary	90' (0:1) Frigerio	Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Pius Kamber Zürich

Winter break and mid-season

21 January 1966 Winter break	Basel	7 – 1	Schaffhausen	Landhof, Basel
14:30	Baumann 19' (1:0) Hauser 24' (2:0) Hauser 30' (3:0) Benthaus 49' (4:1) Decker 74' (5:1) Hauser 83' (6:1) Decker 88' (7:1)	Summary	47' (3:1) Brühlmann	Attendance: 300 Referee: H. R. Keller Basel

6 February 1966 Winter break	Bellinzona	2 – 1	Basel	Stadio Comunale Bellinzona
	Tagli 37' (1:0) Capoferri 74' (2:1)	Summary	52' (1:1) Odermatt 70' Odermatt	Attendance: 500 Referee: Dalpian Cassarate

12 February 1966 Winter break	Basel	1 – 4	Lausanne-Sport	Landhof, Basel
14:30	Hauser 10' (1:0)	Summary	40' (1:1) Vuilleumier 56' (1:2) Kerkhoffs 68' (1:3) Kerkhoffs 84' (o.g. 1:4) Michaud	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: C. Stettler Feuerthalen

16 February 1966 Winter break	Black Stars	0 – 9	Basel	Buschweilerhof, Basel
19:15		Summary	29' (0:1) Frigerio (0:2) Frigerio (0:3) Frigerio 65' (0:4) Frigerio 65' (pen. 0:5) Stocker (0:6) Hauser 70' (0:7) Moscatelli (0:8) Frigerio (0:9) Frigerio	Referee: F. Hänggi

19 February 1966 Winter break	Solothurn	1 – 2	Basel	Stadion FC Solothurn, Solothurn
	Amez-Droz 13' (1:0)	Summary	21' (1:1) Benthaus 72' (1:2) Frigerio	Attendance: 600 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach

24 February 1966 Winter break	FC Birsfelden	2 – 6	Basel	Birsfelden
		Summary	(3) Frigerio Hauser Stocker

26 April 1966 Mid-season	Basel	2 – 2	TSV 1860 Munich	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Kohlars 46' (o.g. 1:1) Moscatelli 59' (2:1)	Summary	16' (0:1) Küppers 68' (2:2) Rebele	Attendance: 13,300 Referee: Karl Göppel Zürich

18 June 1966 Mid-season	Basel	1 – 3	FC Schalke 04	Landhof, Basel
17:30	Hauser 38' (1:1)	Summary	21' (0:1) Rausch 41' (1:2) Neuser 61' (1:3) Pyka	Attendance: 1.500 Referee: Josef Zibung Luzern

Nationalliga A

League matches

22 August 1965 Round 1	Basel	4 – 1	FC UGS Genève	Landhof, Basel
15:30	Hauser 42' (1:1) Odermatt 53' (2:1) Frigerio 75' (3:1) Stocker 80 pen. 4:1'	Summary	24' (0:1) Heuri	Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Josef Zibung Luzern

28 August 1965 Round 2	Basel	2 – 0	Luzern	Landhof, Basel
16:30	Frigerio 47' (1:0) Stocker 80' (pen, 2:0)	[ Summary]		Attendance: 6,600 Referee: Werner Mettler St. Gallen

5 September 1965 Round 3	Servette	6 – 1	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
20:30	Bédert 14' (1:0) Bédert 29' (2:0) Bédert 36' (3:0) Bosson 55' (4:0) Schnyder 60' (5:0) Nemeth 72' (6:0)	Summary	(6:1) Hauser	Attendance: 5,400 Referee: Pius Kamber Zürich

12 September 1965 Round 4	Basel	4 – 2	Young Boys	St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel
16:00	Pfirter 5' (1:1) Hauser 61' (2:2) Vetter 63' (3:2) Vetter 84' (4:2)	Summary	4' (0:1) Lehmann 36' (pen. 1:2) Fuhrer	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Karl Göppel Zürich

18 September 1965 Round 5	Biel-Bienne	1 – 1	Basel	Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
16:15	Wernle 52' (1:1)	Summary	26' (0:1) Odermatt	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Strässle Steinach

21 September 1965 Round 6	Basel	1 – 5	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob Stadium Basel
20:00	Frigerio 90' (1:5)	Summary	13' (0:1) Blättler 32' (0:2) Hummel 42' (0:3) Blättler 60' (o.g. 0:4) Gabrieli 68' (0:5) Blättler	Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Gilbert Droz Marin-Epagnier

26 September 1965 Round 7	Sion	1 – 0	Basel	Parc des Sports, Sion
15:00	Eschmann 42' (1:0)	Summary		Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Othmar Huber Thun

3 October 1965 Round 8	Basel	3 – 1	Lugano	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Benthaus 47' (1:0) Frigerio 48' (2:0) Odermatt 71' (3:0)	Summary	72' (pen. 3:1) Bossi	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Josef Zibung Luzern

10 October 1965 Round 9	La Chaux-de-Fonds	2 – 1	Basel	Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
15:00	Vuilleumier 7' (1:0) Bertschi 43' (2:0)	Summary	58' (2:1) Frigerio	Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Roland Keller Bern

24 October 1965 Round 10	Basel	1 – 1	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00	Frigerio 65' (1:0)	Summary	83' (1:1) Hosp	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach

31 October 1965 Round 11	Grenchen	3 – 2	Basel	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
15:00	Fuchs 1' (1:0) Fuchs 6' (2:0) Blum 81' (3:2)	Summary	24' (2:1) Vetter 58' (2:2) Hauser	Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Roland David Lausanne

21 November 1965 Round 12	Basel	5 – 1	Young Fellows Zürich	St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel
14:30	Stocker 18' (pen. 1:0) Hauser 35' (2:0) Stocker 43' (pen 3:0) Odermatt 62' (4:1) Gabrieli 71' (5:1)	Summary	56' (3:1) von Burg	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Marcel Despland Yverdon

Round 13

Zürich

v

Basel

Letzigrund, Zürich

Round 14

FC UGS Genève

v

Basel

Stade de Frontenex, Geneva

12 December 1965 Round 15	Luzern	4 – 4	Basel	Stadion Allmend, Luzern
14:30	Wechselberger 22' (1:1) Pfirter 31' (o.g. 2:1) Schuewig 44' (3:1) Schuewig 45' (4:1)	Summary	9' (0:1) Frigerio 48' (4:2) Hauser 81' (o.g. 4:3) Gwerder 88' (4:4) Odermatt	Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Marcel Schneuwly Fribourg

6 March 1966 Round 16	Basel	5 – 2	Servette	St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel
15:00	Odermatt 17' (1:1) Moscatelli 29' (2:2) Pfirter 33' (3:2) Vetter 51' (4:2) Odermatt (5:2)	Summary	14' (0:1) Georgy 20' (pen. 1:2) Nemeth	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach

13 March 1966 Round 17	Young Boys	1 – 1	Basel	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
	Theunissen 21' (1:0)	Summary	72' (1:1) Kiefer	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Pius Kamber Zürich

27 March 1966 Round 18	Basel	5 – 0	Biel-Bienne	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Odermatt 32' (1:0) Hauser 52' (2:0) Benthaus 70' (3:0) Moscatelli 78' (4:0) Vetter 81' (5:0)	Summary		Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Josef Zibung Luzen

3 April 1966 Round 19	Grasshopper Club	2 – 2	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
15:00	Blättler 18' (1:0) Blättler 21' (2:0)	Summary	68' (2:1) Hauser 84' (2:2) Frigerio	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mario Clematide Zollikofen

6 April 1966 Round 14	FC UGS Genève	2 – 2	Basel	Stade de Frontenex, Geneva
	Heuri 23' (1:1) Samba 36' (2:1)	Summary	7' (0:1) Hauser 77' (2:2) Odermatt	Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Roland Racine Prilly

17 April 1966 Round 20	Basel	2 – 1	Sion	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Vetter 28' (1:1) Hauser 87' (2:1)	Summary	2' (0:1) Quentin	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Pius Kamber Zürich

23 April 1966 Round 21	Lugano	2 – 2	Basel	Cornaredo, Lugano
21:00	Gotthardi 77' (1:2) Vidosevic 82' (pen. 2:2)	Summary	26' (0:1) Benthaus 62' (0:2) Odermatt	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Karl Göppel Zürich

1 May 1966 Round 22	Basel	2 – 0	La Chaux-de-Fonds	Landhof, Basel
16:30	Frigerio 63' (1:0) Odermatt 88' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 7,200 Referee: W. Hardmeier Thalwil

4 May 1966 Round 14	Zürich	3 – 0	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
		[ Summary]

8 May 1966 Round 23	Lausanne-Sport	5 – 3	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:30	Hosp 8' (1:0) Hosp 16' (2:0) Dürr 44' (pen. 3:0) Hertig 66' (4:0) Vuillemier 75' (5:1)	Summary	74' (4:1) Vetter 77' (5:2) Konrad 81' (5:3) Michaud	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Josef Zibung Luzern

15 May 1966 Round 24	Basel	5 – 1	Grenchen	Landhof, Basel
17:30	Vetter 10' (1:0) Stocker 25' (2:0) Konrad 43' (3:0) Frigerio 61' (4:0) Frigerio 66' (5:0)	Summary	71' (5:1) Allemann	Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Roland Keller Bern

22 May 1966 Round 25	Young Fellows Zürich	5 – 4	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00	Feller 9' (1:1) Matus 29' (2:2) Matus 58' (3:2) Hösli 63' (4:2) Fischli 77' (5:2)	Summary	6' (0:1) Stocker 28' (1:2) Frigerio 84' (5:3) Frigerio 88' (5:4) Michaud	Attendance: 900 Referee: Gilbert Droz Marin

30 May 1966 Round 26	Basel	2 – 5	Zürich	Landhof, Basel
17:30	Frigerio 64' (1:4) Frigerio 68' (2:4)	Summary	12' (0:1) Stürmer 17' (0:2) Stürmer 27' (0:3) Winiger 48' (0:4) Brodmann 87' (2:5) Martinelli	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: A. Ceretti Biel

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	26	12	7	7	53	42	+11	31
5	BSC Young Boys	26	11	7	8	72	47	+25	29
6	FC Basel	26	10	7	9	64	57	+7	27
7	Grasshopper Club Zürich	26	11	5	10	55	54	+1	27
8	FC Sion	26	9	8	9	36	36	0	26

Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

Legend

Win Draw Loss

7 November 1965 Round of 32	Basel	3 – 1	Biel-Bienne	Landhof, Basel
14:30	Frigerio 32' (1:0) Frigerio 80' (2:1) Hauser 82' (3:1)	Summary	74' (1:1) Stäuble	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern

19 December 1965 Round of 16	Basel	3 – 1	Luzern	Landhof, Basel
14:30	Frigerio 53' (1:0) Frigerio 72' (2:1) Stocker 84' (3:1)	Summary	64' (1:1) Borchert	Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Karl Göppel Zürich

27 February 1966 Quarter-final	Young Boys	1 – 2	Basel	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
14:30	Theunissen 50' (1:1)	Summary	10' (0:1) Frigerio 87' (1:2) Frigerio	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Strässle Steinach

20 March 1966 Semi-final	Basel	1 – 3	Servette	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Hauser 7' (1:1)	Summary	3' (0:1) Nemeth 45' (1:2) Bedert 88' (1:3) Daina	Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Othmar Huber Thun

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Second Round

24 November 1965 First leg	Basel	1 – 3	Valencia	Basel
19:45	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.

Cup of the Alps

Group stage

4 June 1966 Round 1	Basel	0 – 1	Catania	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00		Summary	2' (0:1) Fanello	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Othmar Huber Thun

8 June 1966 Round 2	Basel	2 – 4	S.S.C. Napoli	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Konrad 62' (1:4) Frigerio 71' (2:4)	Summary	8' (0:1) Altafini 34' (0:2) Altafini 51' (0:3) Altafini 62' (0:4) Montefusco	Attendance: 10,200 Referee: Antonio Sbardella

11 June 1966 Round 3	Basel	1 – 2	Juventus	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Hauser 63' (1:0)	Summary	66' (1:1) Menichelli 73' (1:2) Mattei	Attendance: 7,600 Referee: Ettore Carminati

15 June 1965 Round 4	Basel	2 – 3	Spal Ferrara	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
18:15	Rickenbacher 61' (1:1) Hauser 81' (pen. 2:1)	Summary	19' (0:1) Muzzio 76' (o.g. 1:2) Pfirter 82' (2:3) Carrera	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Karl Göppel Zürich

References

Notes

Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1965/66". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Black Stars - FC Basel 0:9 (0:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Switzerland 1965–66 at RSSSF". RSSSF. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

Sources

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2027-6
Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
FCB team 1965–66 at fcb-archiv.ch
Switzerland 1965–66 at RSSSF
Fairs Cup 1965-66 at RSSSF

External links

FC Basel official site

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[fcb-achiv-fcb-bilanz-1] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1965/66". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

[fcb-achiv-black_stars-fcb-2] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Black Stars - FC Basel 0:9 (0:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

[rsssf66-3] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Switzerland 1965–66 at RSSSF". RSSSF. Retrieved 2019-11-16.