1974–75 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1974–75 season
Chairman	Félix Musfeld
Manager	Helmut Benthaus
Ground	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A	4th
Swiss Cup	Winners
Swiss League Cup	Semi-finals
Coppa delle Alpi	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	Ottmar Hitzfeld (13)

The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1974–75 season was their 81st season since the club was founded. It was their 29th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football after they won promotion during the season 1945–46. They played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium.

Overview

Helmut Benthaus was first team manager for the ninth consecutive season. The Nationalliga A season 1974–75 was contested under 14 teams. Zürich won the championship six points ahead of both BSC Young Boys who were 2nd and Grasshopper Club who were 3rd. Basel finished in fourth position with 31 points. They won 11 of their 26 league games, drew nine and lost six games. They scored a total of 49 goals conceding 33. Ottmar Hitzfeld was the team's top goal scorer with 13 league goals.

In the 50th Swiss Cup tournament Basel played the round of 32 on 21 September 1974 away against Chiasso in the Stadio Comunale and in the round 16 away against Zürich in the Letzigrund. The quarter-finals were two legged fixtures. Basel played the first leg on 30 October 1974 away in Stade de la Fontenette and the return leg on 3 November 1974 in the St. Jakob Stadium against Étoile Carouge. Both games ended with a 2–1 victory and so Basel qualified 4–2 on aggregate for the next round. The semi-finals were played in March against Chênois and was also a two legged fixture. In the first leg, played in Stade des Trois-Chêne, Basel achieved a 4–1 victory and the second leg ended with a 2–1 victory. The final was played on 31 March 1975 in the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern against Winterthur. Otto Demarmels scored the opening goal for Basel, E. Meyer equalised and so the game went into extra time. Walter Balmer scored the winning goal for Basel after 115 minutes. Basel were Swiss Cup winners for the fifth time in the club's history.

The Swiss League Cup ended for Basel in the semi-final as they were beaten 1–3 at home against Grasshopper Club. Basel were not qualified to play European matches, but played in the Coppa delle Alpi in which they reached the final, only to lose 1–2 against BSC Young Boys.[1]

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	Hans Müller
		DF	Paul Fischli
		DF	René Hasler
		DF	Walter Mundschin
		DF	Jörg Stohler
		MF	Otto Demarmels
		MF	Walter Geisser
		MF	Roland Paolucci
		MF	Eigil Nielsen

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Arthur von Wartburg
		MF	Karl Odermatt
		MF	Bruno Rahmen
		MF	Peter Ramseier
		MF	Heinz Schönbeck
		MF	Martin Hägele
		FW	Walter Balmer
		FW	Markus Tanner
		FW	Ottmar Hitzfeld
		FW	Roland Schönenberger
		FW	Fritz Wirth

Results

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre-season and mid-season

Pre-season	Basel	4 – 0	Concordia Basel	Basel
		Summary

Pre-season	FC Pratteln	1 – 7	Basel	Pratteln
		Summary

1 October 1974 Pre-season	Basel	4 – 3	Lazio	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Schönenberger 44' (1:1) Schönenberger 56' (2:1) Mundschin 65' (3:2) Tanner 69' (4:2)	Summary	17' (o.g. 0:1) 60' (2:2) Chinaglia 89' (pen. 4:3) Chinaglia	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: André Favre Echallens

Winter break and mid-season

2 February 1975 Winter break	Basel	5 – 1	Servette	Landhof, Basel
14:30	Morgenegg 38' (o.g. 1:0) Mundschin 53' (2:0) Stohler 63' (3:0) Schönenberger 64' (4:0) Wirth 85' (5:1)	Summary	66' (pen. 4:1) Pfister	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Wertli Volketswil

8 February 1975 Winter break	Karlsruher SC	1 – 2	Basel	Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe
	Haunstein 3' (1:0) Trenkl 77′	Summary	65' (1:1) Balmer 85' (1:2) Schönenberger	Attendance: 4,000

15 February 1975 Winter break	Basel	3 – 0	Zürich	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
18:00	Balmer 2' (1:0) Stohler 39' (2:0) Hasler 69' (3:0)	Summary		Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Rudolf Renggli Luzern

22 February 1975 Winter break	Nordstern Basel	0 – 1	Basel	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
14:30		Summary	74' (0:1) von Wartburg	Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Haldimann Lugnorre

1 March 1975 Winter break	FC Fribourg	3 – 5	Basel	Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard, Fribourg
	Dorthe 25' (1:3) Dorthe 50' (2:4) Degen 58' (3:4)	Summary	8' (0:1) Demarmels 15' (0:2) Hitzfeld 18' (0:2) Ramseier 37' (1:4) Balmer 73' (3:5) Balmer	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Zbinden Düdingen

8 May 1975 Mid-season	Manchester United	1 – 3	Basel	Stadtstadion Lörrach
17:30	Longhnane 86' (1:3)	Summary	29' (0:1) Hitzfeld 55' (0:2) Schönenberger 73' (0:3) Schönenberger	Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Ehrenfried Grether

Nationalliga

League matches

17 August 1974 Round 1	Basel	2 – 2	Xamax	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Hitzfeld Mundschin	Summary	44' Richard 66' Lusent	Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Roland Racine Prilly

24 August 1974 Round 2	Lausanne-Sport	1 – 1	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:30	Traber 84' (1:1)	Summary	61' (0:1) Ramseier	Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Walter Hungerbühler St. Gallen

31 August 1974 Round 3	Basel	5 – 0	Winterthur	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Hitzfeld 42' (1:0) Balmer 52' (2:0) von Wartburg 80' (3:0) Hitzfeld 88' (pen. 4:0) Hitzfeld 90' (5:0)	Summary		Attendance: 6,500 Referee: René Matthieu

7 September 1974 Round 4	Sion	1 – 1	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:15	Valentini 60' Luisier 75' (1:1)	Summary	17' (0:1) Hitzfeld 76' Hasler	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Giovanni Fazzini Osogna

11 September 1972 Round 5	Grasshopper Club	1 – 1	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
20:15	T. Niggl 12' (1:0) Grahn 85'	Summary	31' (1:1) Ramseier	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Roland Racine Prilly

14 September 1974 Round 6	Basel	3 – 0	Luzern	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Christen 65' (o.g. 1:0) Hitzfeld 81' (2:0) Balmer 90+1' (3:0)	Summary	41' Coray	Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Ulysse Darbellay Roche

Round 7	Servette	PP	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
		[ Summary]

5 October 1974 Round 8	Basel	1 – 0	Zürich	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Odermatt 19' Hitzfeld 30' Hitzfeld 90+1' (pen. 1:0)	Summary	20' Zigerlig 89' Botteron	Attendance: 18,000 Referee: André Favre Echallens

12 October 1974 Round 9	Young Boys	4 – 4	Basel	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
20:15	Cornioley 7' (1:0) Muhmenthaler 31' (2:2) Muhmenthaler 34' (3:2) Andersen 68' (4:4)	Summary	9' (1:1) Nielsen 30' (1:2) Nielsen 35' (3:3) Hitzfeld 45' (o.g. 3:4) Schmocker Hasler	Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Walter Hungerbühler St. Gallen

19 October 1974 Round 10	Basel	3 – 0	Vevey-Sports	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Ramseier 72' (1:0) Schönenberger 73' (2:0) Demarmels 84' (3:0)	Summary	Tippelt	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: André Longaretti Neuchâtel

26 October 1974 Round 11	St. Gallen	2 – 0	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
17:30	Schneeberger 57' (1:0) Seger 69' Labhart 89' (2:0)	Summary	62' Mundschin 64' Fischli	Attendance: 4,700 Referee: Ernest Guignet Yverdon

10 November 1974 Round 12	Lugano	2 – 0	Basel	Cornaredo, Lugano
14:30	Brenna 29' (pen. 1:0) Bressan 44' Brenna 50' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Otto Isler Zürich

17 November 1974 Round 13	Basel	2 – 0	Chiasso	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Schönenberger 4' (1:0) Demarmels 34' Hitzfeld 55' (pen. 2:0)	Summary	18' Mustapha 55' Bizzini	Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Roland Racine Prilly

24 November 1974 Round 7	Servette	2 – 1	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
14:45	Pfister 3' (1:0) Pfister (52)	Summary	1' Ramseier 27' (1:1) Tanner 86' Fischli	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern

16 March 1974 Round 14	Xamax	2 – 2	Basel	Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
14:30	Guillaume 58' (1:2) Mathez 63' (2:2) Müller 86'	Summary	22' (0:1) Balmer 35' Odermatt 57' (0:2) Hitzfeld	Attendance: 6,200 Referee: Walter Hungerbühler St. Gallen

23 March 1975 Round 15	Basel	3 – 2	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Hitzfeld 25' (1:1) Balmer 30' (2:1) Mundschin 79' (3:2)	Summary	23' (0:1) Zappella 41' (2:2) Traber 90' Loichat	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: René Matthieu

5 April 1975 Round 16	Winterthur	2 – 0	Basel	Schützenwiese, Winterthur
16:30	Künzli 5' (1:0) Fischbach 44' (2:0)	Summary	10' Odermatt	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: René Matthieu

13 April 1972 Round 17	Basel	2 – 3	Sion	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Hitzfeld 9' (1:0) Balmer 34' (2:1)	Summary	21' (1:1) Cucinotta 58' (2:2) Barberis 80' (2:3) Cucinotta	Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Jean Dubach Nidau

16 April 1972 Round 18	Basel	0 – 1	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Fischli 89'	Summary	81' Becker 88' (0:1) Santrac	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Ernest Guignet Yverdon

20 April 1975 Round 19	Luzern	1 – 2	Basel	Stadion Allmend, Luzern
15:00	Schaller 52' (1:1) Coray 80'	Summary	3' Ramseier 33' (0:1) Ramseier 55' (1:2) Odermatt	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: André Favre Echallens

26 April 1975 Round 20	Basel	1 – 0	Servette	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Hitzfeld 20' (1:0)	Summary	Guyot	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Roland Racine Prilly

3 May 1975 Round 21	Zürich	1 – 2	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
17:00	Martinelli 62' (1:1)	Summary	24' Nielsen 47' (0:1) Mundschin 70' (1:2) Ramseier	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Bruno Della Bruna Lumino

17 May 1975 Round 22	Basel	0 – 0	Young Boys	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Schönenberger 55'	Summary	85' Schild	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Otto Wyniger Wetzikon

24 May 1975 Round 23	Vevey-Sports	1 – 2	Basel	Stade de Copet, Vevey
20:15	Grobet 63' (1:2)	Summary	1' (0:1) Odermatt 62' (0:2) Tanner	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Willy Utz Oensingen

31 May 1975 Round 24	Basel	8 – 2	St. Gallen	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Mundschin 12' (1:0) Schönenberger 18' (2:0) Schönenberger 32' (3:1) Tanner 43' (4:1) Odermatt 48' (5:1) Odermatt 54' (6:2) Hasler 56' (7:2) Mundschin 58' (8:2)	Summary	24' (2:1) Blättler 52' (5:2) Nasdalla	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern

7 June 1975 Round 25	Basel	2 – 2	Lugano	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:15	Schönenberger 41' (1:0) Schönenberger 54' (2:1)	Summary	36' Arigoni 55' (1:1) Conigliaro 82' (2:2) Gröbli	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Otto Isler Zürich

14 June 1975 Round 26	Chênois	1 – 1	Basel	Stade des Trois-Chêne, Thônex
20:15	Bizzini 85' (1:1)	Summary	70' Mundschin 77' (0:1) Wirth 82' Demarmels	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: A. Häring

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	BSC Young Boys	26	12	9	5	59	32	+27	33
3	Grasshopper Club Zürich	26	13	7	6	50	45	+5	33
4	FC Basel	26	11	9	6	49	33	+16	31	Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1975–76 Cup Winners' Cup
5	FC Sion	26	12	7	7	45	30	+15	31
6	Lausanne Sports	26	10	9	7	40	35	+5	29

Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

21 September 1974 Round of 32	Chiasso	0 – 1	Basel	Stadio Comunale, Chiasso
20:30	Sulmoni 35'	Summary	25' (0:1) Odermatt 65' Tanner	Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Rudolf Renggli Luzern

16 Obtober 1974 Round of 16	Zürich	1 – 3	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
20:15	Martinelli 6' (1:0) Zigerlig 18' Bionda 61' Heer 81'	Summary	12' (1:1) Hitzfeld 16' Hasler 26' Fischli 40' Odermatt 52' (1:2) Ramseier 62' (1:3) Hitzfeld	Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Bruno Della Bruna Lumino

30 October 1974 Quarter-final First leg	Étoile Carouge	1 – 2	Basel	Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge
20:15	Manai 8' (1:0) Fatton 78' Manai 82'	Summary	19' (1:1) Balmer 26' Balmer 58' Ramseier 80' (pen. 1:2) Hitzfeld	Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne

3 November 1974 Quarter-final Second leg	Basel	2 – 1 (4 – 2 agg.)	Étoile Carouge	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Hitzfeld 19' (1:0) Mundschin 42' (2:0)	Summary	78' (o.g. 2:1) Ramseier	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Pierre Despont Lausanne

9 March 1975 Semi-final First leg	Chênois	1 – 4	Basel	Stade des Trois-Chêne, Thônex
15:00	Marietan 28' Mundschin 79' (o.g. 1:1)	Summary	2' (0:1) Hitzfeld 25' Fischli 80' (1:2) Hitzfeld 82' (1:3) Stohler 87' (1:4) Demarmels	Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Ulysse Darbellay Roche

11 March 1975 Semi-final Second leg	Basel	2 – 1 (6 – 2 agg.)	Chênois	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Rahmen 64' (1:0) Hitzfeld 65' Hitzfeld 83' (2:0)	Summary	70' Clivaz 90' (2:1) Bizzini	Attendance: 5,800 Referee: Bruno Della Bruna Lumino

31 March 1975 Final	Basel	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Winterthur	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
14:30	Demarmels 48' Walter Balmer 115'	Summary	66' E. Meyer	Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne

Swiss League Cup

3 August 1974 Round of 32	Young Boys	2 – 4	Basel	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
20:15	Leuzinger 24' (1:0) Bruttin 35' Bruttin 42' (2:1)	Summary	35' (1:1) Nielsen 47' (2:2) Balmer Schönebeck 87' (2:3) Wirth 90' (2:4)	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Otto Isler Zürich

7 August 1974 Round of 16	Basel	5 – 2	Luzern	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Wirth 9' (1:0) Tanner 17' (2:0) Tanner 19' (2:0) Ramseier 65' (4:0) von Wartburg 69' (5:1) Tanner 78'	Summary	68' (4:1) Küttel 79' (5:2) Schaller	Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Mario Osta Oberuzwil

13 August 1974 Quarter-final	Basel	4 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Aarau	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Hitzfeld 86' (1:1) Schönenberger 94' (2:1) Schönenberger 98' (3:2) Ramseier 119' (4:2)	Summary	27' (0:1) Ponte 96' (2:2) Caduff	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Walter Gallmann Oberrieden

25 September 1974 Semi-final	Basel	1 – 3	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Mundschin 29' (1:2)	Summary	25' (0:1) Elsener 27' (0:2) Noventa 87' (1:3) Ohlhauser	Attendance: 5,800 Referee: Ernest Guignet Yverdon

Cup of the Alps

Group B results

13 July 1974 round 1	Basel	1 – 1	Olympique Lyonnais	St. Jakob Stadium Basel
20:00	Wirth 54' (1:1)	Summary	41' (0:1) Maneiro	Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Robert Helies

20 July 1974 round 2	Nîmes Olympique	2 – 4	Basel	Stade Jean-Bouin, Nîmes
	Piermayer 36' (1:2) Dellamore 80' (2:3)	Summary	14' (0:1) Nielsen 22' (0:2) Hitzfeld 64' (1:3) Nielsen 82' (2:4) Nielsen	Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Jean Dubach Nidau

23 July 1974 round 3	Olympique Lyonnais	1 – 3	Basel	Lyon
20:30	Lacombe 7' (1:0)	Summary	8' (1:1) Stohler 13' (1:2) Balmer 64' (1:3) Schönenberger	Attendance: 2,200 Referee: André Longaretti Neuchâtel

27 July 1974 round 4	Basel	1 – 2	Nîmes Olympique	St. Jakob Stadium Basel
20:00	Nielsen 74' (1:2)	Summary	35' (0:1) Girard 64' (0:2) Dellamore	Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Roger Machin

NB: teams did not play compatriots

Group B table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Basel	4	2	1	1	9	6	+3	5[lower-alpha 1]
2	Olympique Lyonnais	4	2	1	1	7	7	0	5
3	Lausanne-Sport	4	1	1	2	7	8	−1	3
4	Nîmes Olympique	4	1	1	2	7	9	−2	3

Source:
Notes:

1 bonus point awarded for victory by 3 or more goals

Final

30 July 1974 Final	Basel	1 – 2	Young Boys	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Stohler 37' (1:0)	Summary	78' (1:1) Conz 83' (1:2) Schild	Attendance: 5,700 Referee: André Favre Echallens

Sources and references

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
Switzerland 1974–75 at RSSSF
Swiss League Cup at RSSSF
Cup of the Alps 1974 at RSSSF

Garin, Erik (2000). "Cup of the Alps 1974". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2016-11-12.

External links

FC Basel official site

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[table_hth_BSL0.39625622629945-2] 1 bonus point awarded for victory by 3 or more goals

[rsssf-alpi74-1] Garin, Erik (2000). "Cup of the Alps 1974". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2016-11-12.