1970–71 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1970–71 season
Chairman	Félix Musfeld
Manager	Helmut Benthaus
Ground	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A	Runner-up
Swiss Cup	Quarter-finals
European Cup	Round 2
Cup of the Alps	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Walter Balmer (13); All: Karl Odermatt (16)
Highest home attendance	36'000 on 10 October 1970; vs. Zürich
Lowest home attendance	9,500 on 8 November 1970; vs. Sion
Average home league attendance	17.384

The 1970–71 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 77th season in their existence. It was their 25th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football after their promotion the season 1945–46. They played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium.

Overview

For the sixth consecutive season Helmut Benthaus was player-manager. 14 teams contested in the 1970–71 Nationalliga A. Basel finished the regular season level on points with Grasshopper Club Zürich and so they contested a play-off game on 8 June 1971 to decide the title winners. Grasshopper won the play-off 4–3 after extra time. Basel won 18 of their 26 league games, drawing six, losing just twice, they scored 67 goals conceding 26.[1] Walter Balmer was the team's top goal scorer with 13 league goals and Karl Odermatt second top scorer with 12 league goals. Peter Wenger scored 10, Helmut Hauser managed 9 and Jürgen Sundermann scored 8 league goals.

On 1 November 1969 Basel started in the Swiss Cup in the round of 32 with a 5–1 home win against CS Chênois. In the round of 16 played on 29 November Basel had a home match against Bellinzona which was won 2–0. In the quarter-final, played on 28 February 1971, Basel had an away tie against Mendrisiostar (after club merger later renamed FC Mendrisio-Stabio). However, this was lost 0–2 after extra time.

In the European Cup Basel were drawn against Spartak Moscow. The first leg, which was played on 16 September 1970 away from home, was lost 2–3 with Odermatt and Benthaus scoring for the guests during the last 12 minutes, after they had gone three down with just a quarter of an hour left to play. In the second leg played in the St. Jakob Stadium Basel won 2–1, the goals being scored by Siegenthaler und Walter Balmer. Thus the tie ended 4–4 on aggregate. Basel won on away goals and advanced to the second round. Here they were drawn against Ajax, first away from home, but they suffered a 0–3 defeat. The second leg at home also ended with a defeat, 1–2, despite the fact that Odermatt put Basel one up with a penalty after 36 minutes.[2]

In the 1970 Cup of the Alps Basel were in the Swiss Group together withLugano, Young Boys and Zürich. They played against each of the four Italian teams Fiorentina, Lazio, Sampdoria and Bari. Basel won the Swiss group and in the final they faced and beat Fiorentina 3–2.[3]

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
		DF	Paul Fischli
		DF	Josef Kiefer
		DF	Jörg Stohler
		DF	Bruno Michaud
		DF	Walter Mundschin
		DF	Roland Paolucci
		MF	Manfred Shädler
		MF	Eduard Manzoni

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Helmut Benthaus
		MF	Otto Demarmels
		MF	Karl Odermatt
		MF	Bruno Rahmen
		MF	Peter Ramseier
		MF	Urs Siegenthaler
		MF	Jürgen Sundermann
		FW	Walter Balmer
		FW	Helmut Hauser
		FW	Dieter Rüefli
		FW	Peter Wenger

Results

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre-season

19 July 1970 Pre-season	FC Schalke 04	0 – 0	Basel	Langensteinstadion, Waldshut
		Summary		Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Robert Heyn

22 July 1970 Pre-season	Basel	1 – 0	Freiburger FC	Landhof, Basel
18:15	Wenger 7' (1:0)	Summary		Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Haldimann Biel/Bienne

27 July 1970 Pre-season	FV Lörrach	1 – 5	Basel	Stadtstadion Lörrach
	Förster 28' (1:1)	Summary	21' (0:1) Balmer 32' (1:2) Manzoni 54' (1:3) Ramseier 63' (1:4) Wenger 75' (1:5) Wenger	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Kurt Woldrich

29 July 1970 Pre-season	Basel	2 – 1	RC Strasbourg	Landhof, Basel
18:15	Wenger 2' (1:0) Wenger 71' (2:1)	Summary	7' (pen. 1:1) Lemée 50' Kaniber	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Ernst Dörflinger Basel

2 August 1970 Pre-season	Basel	2 – 2	Xamax	Weiden Dornach
16:30	Hauser 60' (1:1) Sundermann 84' (2:1)	Summary	54' (0:1) Brunnenmeier 86' (2:2) Rub	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Jean Dubach Nidau

5 August 1970 Uhrencup	Grenchen	0 – 4	Basel	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:00		Summary	46' (0:1) Ramseier 52' (0:2) Wenger 67' (0:3) Balmer 73' (0:4) Odermatt	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Rudolf Rettig Gerlafingen

8 August 1970 Uhrencup	Basel	5 – 5 (8 – 7 p)	Young Boys	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:00	Wenger 14' (1:0) Reisch 21' (2:1) Balmer 24' (3:1) Odermatt 57' (4:4) Balmer 68' (5:4)	Summary	17' (1:1) Allemann 46' (2:2) Schild 49' (3:3) Theunissen 55' (3:4) Kvicinsky 85' (5:5) Müller	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
	Penalties
	Sundermann Sundermann		Allemann Allemann

12 August 1970 Pre-season	Basel	5 – 2	Tennis Borussia Berlin	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Wenger 5' (1:0) Hauser 26' (2:0) Hauser 29' (3:0) Hauser 86' (4:2) Hauser 90' (5:2)	Summary	37' (3:1) Eggert 58' (3:2) Görs	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Karl Göppel Zürich

Winter break

15 January 1971 Winter break	Royal Bangkok Sports Club	0 – 15	Basel	Bangkok
		Summary	(4x) Hauser (3x) Balmer (3x) Odermatt (2x) Demarmels (2x) Wenger (1x) Paolucci

20 January 1971 Winter break	Queen-Stars Bangkok	1 – 3	Basel	Bangkok
	Reisch (o.g.)	Summary	Odermatt Demarmels Wenger	Attendance: 8,000

7 February 1971 Wnter break	Basel	5 – 1	Xamax	St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel
14:30	Hauser 34' (1:0) Hauser 65' (2:0) Balmer 63' (3:0) Hauser 68' (4:0) Hauser 90' (5:1)	Summary	84' (4:1) Krömer	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Peter Hänggi Aesch

14 Februar 1971 Winter break	Wettingen	0 – 1	Basel	Stadion Altenburg, Wettingen
		Summary	85' (0:1) Hauser	Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Winiger Wetzikon

17 February 1971 Winter break	FC Birsfelden	1 – 8	Basel	Sternenfeld, Birsfelden
20:00	Kunz 35' (1:2)	Summary	3' (0:1) Fischli 6' (0:2) Odermatt 36' (1:3) Reisch 41' (1:4) Balmer 48' (1:5) Odermatt 51' (1:6) Odermatt 63' (1:7) Odermatt 70' (1:8) Wenger	Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Walter Rudin Birsfelden

21 February 1971 Winter break	Servette	2 – 2	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
	Heutschi 81' (1:2) Dörfel 88' (2:2)	Summary	8' (0:1) Odermatt 60' (0:2) Hauser	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Gilbert Droz Marin

21 March 1971 Mid-season	Basel	2 – 1	Grenchen	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Balmer 18' (1:0) Stohler 71' (pen. 2:1)	Summary	30' (1:1) Braun	Referee: Rudolf Renggli Luzern

9 April 1971 Mid-season	Aarau	0 – 4	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
		Summary	21' (0:1) Mundschin 26' (0:2) Hauser 47' (0:3) Rahmen 70' (0:4) Rahmen	Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Marcel Zürcher Wettingen

Nationalliga

League matches

15 August 1970 Round 1	Servette	1 – 1	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
17:30	Heutschi 8' (1:1)	Summary	6' (0:1) Ramseier	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Mario Clematide Zollikofen

28 August 1970 Round 2	Lugano	1 – 1	Basel	Cornaredo, Lugano
20:30	Manzoni 30' Berset 75' (1:1) Berset 80'	Summary	14' (0:1) Mundschin	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Gilbert Droz Marin

29 August 1970 Round 3	Basel	3 – 1	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Ramseier 22' (1:0) Hauser 36' (2:1) Balmer 55' (3:1)	Summary	25' (1:1) Grahn	Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern

2 September 1970 Round 4	Basel	5 – 2	Bellinzona	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Odermatt 10' Odermatt 21' (1:1) Wenger 40' (2:1) Rahmen 44' (3:1) Hauser 48' (4:1) Balmer 60' (5:1)	Summary	7' (0:1) Lukaric 87' (5:2) Gottardi	Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Roland Racine Prilly

6 September 1970 Round 5	Luzern	1 – 1	Basel	Stadion Allmend, Luzern
16:30	Müller 90' (1:1)	Summary	5' (0:1) Wenger	Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Ulysse Darbellay Roche

12 September 1970 Round 6	Basel	3 – 0	Fribourg	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Sundermann 6' (pen. 1:0) Wenger 37' (2:0) Balmer 49' (3:0)	Summary		Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Josef Zibung Luzern

19 September 1970 Round 7	Biel-Bienne	1 – 1	Basel	Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
20:15	Renfer 13' (1:0)	Summary	31' (1:1) Reisch	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Claudio Laich Massagno

26 September 1970 Round 8	Basel	5 – 3	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Wenger 3' (1:0) Hauser 7' (2:0) Wenger 37' (3:3) Wenger 48' (4:3) Odermatt 58' (5:3)	Summary	30' (2:1) Hosp 31' (2:2) Vuilleumier 32' (2:3) Weibel 45' Dürr	Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Walter Gallmann Oberrieden

3 October 1970 Round 9	La Chaux-de-Fonds	0 – 1	Basel	Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
17:00		Summary	12' (0:1) Balmer 37' Reisch	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bruno Della Bruna Lumino

10 October 1970 Round 10	Basel	4 – 2	Zürich	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Sundermann 44' (pen. 1:2) Benthaus 48' (2:2) Odermatt 67' (3:2) Mundschin 90' (4:2)	Summary	4' (0:1) Künzli 37' (0:2) Volkert	Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Mario Clematide Zollikofen

24 October 1970 Round 11	Winterthur	2 – 1	Basel	Schützenwiese, Winterthur
20:00	Dimmler 9' (pen. 1:0) Rutschmann 82' (2:1) Zigerlig	Summary	81' (1:1) Reisch Reisch Paolucci	Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Ulysse Darbellay Roche

8 November 1970 Round 12	Basel	2 – 0	Sion	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Odermatt 52' (1:0) Wenger 88' (2:0)	Summary	26' Delay	Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Claudio Laich Massagno

22 November 1970 Round 13	Young Boys	1 – 6	Basel	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
14:30	Allemann 70' (1:4)	Summary	31' (0:1) Odermatt 38' (0:2) Sundermann 45' (0:3) Paolucci 63' (0:4) Wenger 84' (1:5) Balmer 89' (1:3) Wenger	Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Pius Kamber Zürich

6 December 1970 Round 14	Basel	2 – 2	Servette	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Sundermann 10' (1:0) Sundermann 60' (2:2)	Summary	13' (1:1) Heutschi 44' (1:2) Blanchoud	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern

7 March 1971 Round 15	Basel	4 – 1	Lugano	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Odermatt 20' (pen. 1:0) Odermatt 57' Odermatt 63' (2:0) Balmer 78' (3:0) Odermatt 82' (4:0)	Summary	19' Coduri 54' Pullica 87' (o.g. 4:1) Fischli	Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach

14 March 1971 Round 16	Grasshopper Club	2 – 1	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
14:30	Gröbli 29' (1:0) Grahn 48' (2:1)	Summary	30' (1:1) Odermatt 63' Fischli	Attendance: 20,000 Referee:

21 March 1971 Round 17	Bellinzona	PP	Basel	Stadio Comunale Bellinzona
		[ Summary]

28 March 1971 Round 18	Basel	5 – 0	Luzern	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00	Hauser 26' (1:0) Mundschin 39' (2:0) Sundermann 60' (3:0) Balmer 89' (4:0) Balmer 90+1' (5:0)	Summary		Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Marcel Despland Yverdon

4 April 1971 Round 19	Fribourg	2 – 3	Basel	Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard, Fribourg
15:00	Cremona 37' (1:3) Schaller 53' (2:3)	Summary	13' (0:1) Balmer 19' (0:2) Demarmels 24' (0:3) Hauser	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Walter Gallmann Oberrieden

17 April 1971 Round 20	Basel	2 – 0	Biel-Bienne	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Sundermann 62' (1:0) Wenger 71' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Werner Mettler St. Gallen

24 April 1971 Round 21	Lausanne-Sport	2 – 2	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:30	Zappella 15' (1:0) Vuilleumier 58' (2:1)	Summary	25' (1:1) Balmer 70' Fischli 77' (2:2) Demarmels	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Claudio Laich Massagno

1 May 1971 Round 22	Basel	2 – 0	La Chaux-de-Fonds	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Balmer 2' (1:0) Hauser 15' (2:0)	Summary	Jeandupeux 85' Chiandussi	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Mario Clematide Zollikofen

16 May 1971 Round 23	Zürich	0 – 1	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
15:40		Summary	55' (0:1) Hauser	Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Fernand Burioli Lausanne

22 May 1971 Round 24	Basel	5 – 0	Winterthur	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Mundschin 7' (1:0) Odermatt 26' (2:0) Balmer 30' (3:0) Riner 49' (4:0) Hauser 53' (5:0)	Summary	53' Bollmann	Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Jean Dubach Nidau

26 May 1971 Round 17	Bellinzona	0 – 2	Basel	Stadio Comunale Bellinzona
20:30		Summary	56' (0:1) Balmer 79' (pen. 0:2) Odermatt	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Walter Hungerbühler St. Gallen

29 May 1971 Round 25	Sion	0 – 1	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:15	Wampfler 78'	Summary	76' (0:1) Hauser 78' Fischli	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach

5 June 1971 Round 26	Basel	3 – 2	Young Boys	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:15	Sundermann 51' (1:1) Ramseier 54' (2:1) Odermatt 61' (3:1)	Summary	17' (0:1) Müller 64' (3:2) Müller	Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Marcel Despland Yverdon

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Grasshopper Club Zürich (C)	26	20	2	4	59	21	+38	42	1971–72 European Cup
2	FC Basel	26	18	6	2	67	26	+41	42	Championship play-off
3	FC Lugano	26	11	9	6	50	34	+16	31
4	Lausanne Sports	26	12	6	8	51	43	+8	30
5	FC Zürich	26	11	6	9	41	42	−1	28

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion.

Championship play-off

8 June 1971 Play-off	Grasshopper	4 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Wankdorf, Bern
	Ohlhauser 16' Ove Grahn 75', 97' Peter Meier 106'	Summary	Mundschin 21' Wenger 70' Benthaus 119' (pen.)	Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Ulysse Darbellay Roche

Swiss Cup

1 November 1969 Round of 32	Basel	5 – 1	CS Chênois	Basel
14:45	Sundermann 1′ Demarmels 16' (1:1) Odermatt 47' (pen. 2:1) Odermatt 57' (3:1) Sundermann 60' (4:1) Paolucci 68' (4:1)	Summary	11' (0:1) Liechti	Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium Attendance: 5,400 Referee: Bruno Della Bruna Lumino

29 November 1969 Round of 16	Basel	2 – 0	Bellinzona	Basel
14:30				Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium

28 February 1971 Quarter-final	Mendrisiostar	2 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Mendrisio
				Stadium: Centro Sportivo Comunale

European Cup

First round

16 September 1970 First leg	Spartak Moscow	3 – 2	Basel	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
	Osyanin 17' (1:0) Osyanin 66' (2:0) Papayev 76' (3:0)	UEFA Summary	Odermatt 78' (3:1) Benthaus 83' (3:2)	Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Jim Finney

30 September 1970 Second leg	Basel	2 – 1 (4 – 4 agg.)	Spartak Moscow	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
	Siegenthaler 48' Balmer 55' Fischli 58'	UEFA Summary	Khusainov 84'	Attendance: 44,000 Referee: Ferdinand Marschall

Spartak Moscow 4–4 Basel on aggregate. Basel won on away goals.

Second round

21 October 1970 First leg	Ajax	3 – 0	Basel	Olympic Stadium (Amsterdam)
	Keizer 17' van Dijk 23' Hulshoff 63'	UEFA Summary		Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Petar Nikolov

4 November 1970 Second leg	Basel	1 – 2	Ajax	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Odermatt 36' (pen.)	UEFA Summary	Rijnders 69' Neeskens 72'	Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Derry Barrett

Ajax won 5–1 on aggregate.

Coppa delle Alpi

6 June 1970 Round 1	Basel	4 – 1	Bari	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Paolucci 22' (1:0) Sundermann 33' (pen. 2:0) Rahmen 68' (3:1) Reisch 87' (4:1)	Summary	53' (2:1) Fara	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Pius Kamber Zürich

9 June 1970 Round 2	Basel	2 – 1	Sampdoria	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Sundermann 19' Riner 35' (2:1)	Summary	4' (0:1) Francesconi	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Cesare Gussoni

13 June 1970 Round 3	Fiorentina	3 – 3	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00	Mariani 61' (1:0) Galdiolo 70' (2:0) Mariani 84'	Summary	71' (2:1) Hauser 87' (3:2) Hauser 88' (3:3) Mundschin	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Othmar Huber Thun

16 June 1970 Round 4	Basel	3 – 2	Lazio	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Wenger 72' (1:1) Wenger 73' (2:1) Wenger 85' (3:1)	Summary	71' (1:0) Chinaglia 90+4' (pen. 3:2) Chinaglia	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Luciano Giunti

Final Table Switzerland

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Basel	4	3	1	0	12	7	+5	7
2	Lugano	4	1	2	1	7	8	−1	4
3	Young Boys	4	1	1	2	6	5	+1	3
4	Zürich	4	1	0	3	9	10	−1	2

Source:

Final

19 June 1970 Final	Basel	3 – 2	Fiorentina	St. Jakob Stadium Basel
20:00	Hauser 15' (1:0) Wenger 19' (2:0) Wenger 76' (3:1)	Summary	30' (2:1) Longoni 77' (3:2) Esposito 90+3' Maraschi	Attendance: 13,000 Referee: René Vigliani

References

Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz - Saison=1970/71". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
uefa.com. "1970/71, Second round, 2nd leg, Agg: 1-5, Basel 1-2 Ajax". uefa.com. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
AC Fiorentina (1970). "Coppa delle Alpi, annata 1969/1970". fiorentinaweb.com. Retrieved 2016-11-16.

Sources

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage
Switzerland 1970–71 at RSSSF

External links

FC Basel official site

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[fcb-achiv-fcb-bilanz_1970/71-1] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz - Saison=1970/71". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

[uefa.com-fcb-ajax_1970/71-2] uefa.com. "1970/71, Second round, 2nd leg, Agg: 1-5, Basel 1-2 Ajax". uefa.com. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

[Fiorentina_1970-3] AC Fiorentina (1970). "Coppa delle Alpi, annata 1969/1970". fiorentinaweb.com. Retrieved 2016-11-16.