The 1966–67 season was
Fussball Club Basel 1893's 73rd season in their existence. It was their 21st consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football after their promotion the season 1945–46. They now played their home games in the
St. Jakob Stadium
The St. Jakob Stadium was a football (soccer), football stadium in Basel, Switzerland and the former home of Swiss club FC Basel. It was built in view of the 1954 FIFA World Cup, and as well as serving as a club stadium, it hosted several import ...
, in the south-eastern end of the city and no longer in their old stadium
Landhof
The Landhof was a sports stadium in the district Basel-Wettstein in Kleinbasel, Basel. It was the former and first home stadium of FC Basel.
It is mentioned for the first time in a chronicle in the second half of the 18th century as a ''nice s ...
. Harry Thommen took over as club chairman at the
AGM from Lucien Schmidlin who retired and became vice-chairman.
Overview
Pre-season
During this season
Helmut Benthaus
Helmut Benthaus (born 5 June 1935) is a German former association football, football player and coach. He spent his best playing days at Westfalia Herne and his best coaching days at FC Basel.
Early career
Born in Herne, Germany, Herne, Benthau ...
was the club
player-manager
A player–coach (also playing coach, captain–coach, or player–manager) is a member of a sports team who simultaneously holds both playing and coaching duties. Player–coaches may be head coaches or assistant coaches, and they may make chang ...
for the second consecutive season. There were only a few minor changes in the squad.
Walter Baumann
Walter Baumann (born 21 July 1942) is a Swiss former footballer who played in the 1960s. He played mainly as a forward, but also as a defender.
Football career
Baumann joined Basel's first team during their 1962–63 season under trainer Jiř ...
moved to
La Chaux-de-Fonds
La Chaux-de-Fonds (; archaic ) is a Swiss city in the canton of Neuchâtel. It is located in the Jura Mountains at an altitude of 992 metres, a few kilometres south of the French border. After Geneva, Lausanne, Biel/Bienne, and Fribourg, ...
,
Silvan Schwager moved to
St. Gallen and
Bruno Gabrieli
Bruno Gabrieli (born 26 April 1939) is a Swiss former footballer who played in the late 1950s and 1960s. He played mainly as a striker, but also as a midfielder.
Gabrieli played first for Grasshopper Club in the top tier of Swiss football. In ...
moved to
Grasshopper Club.
Peter Füri
Peter Füri (9 October 1937 – 11 May 2015) was a Swiss football player and manager, who played during the 1950s and 1960s.
Career
Füri started his youth football with the small local club FC St. Clara and later joined the youth teams of FC B ...
moved on to
SC Binningen
Sport Club Binningen is a Swiss football club based in Binningen.
Founded in 1920, the club competes in 2. Liga, the fifth tier of the Swiss Football League. They play at Spiegelfeld, a stadium in Binningen which opened in 2005 and has a capac ...
and here he ended his football career. In the other direction
Peter Ramseier
Peter Ramseier (29 November 1944 – 10 October 2018) was a Swiss international football player who played as a defender during the 1960s and 1970s.
Career
Born in Bern, Ramseier played his youth football with FC Zähringia (now named Breiten ...
joined the club from
Cantonal Neuchatel
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and
Anton Schnyder joined from
Servette
Servette is a district of the city of Geneva, Switzerland. The district's name comes from the Latin word for forest, ''silva'', and means "little forest". Its name alludes to Servette's rural past, before Geneva grew beyond its walls and incorpora ...
.
Domestic league
There were 14 teams contesting in the
1966–67 Nationalliga A
The following is the summary of the Swiss Super League, Swiss National League in the 1966–67 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 71st season of top-tier and the 70th season of second-tier football in Switzerla ...
and Basel finished the seasons as champions just one point clear of both
FC Zürich
Fussballclub Zürich, commonly abbreviated to FC Zürich or simply FCZ, is a professional football club based in Zurich, Switzerland. The club was founded in 1896 and has won the Swiss Super League thirteen times and the Swiss Cup ten times. ...
in second position and
FC Lugano
FC Lugano is a Swiss professional football club based in Lugano. The club was refounded as AC Lugano in 2004 as a result of relegation and the financial situation of FC Lugano, which was founded in 1908. In 2008, the club reverted to its origina ...
who finished third. Basel won 16 of the 26 games, drawing eight, losing twice, and they scored 60 goals conceding just 20.
Roberto Frigerio
Roberto Frigerio (16 May 1938 – 9 April 2023) was a Swiss professional footballer who played as a forward.
Career Early years
Frigerio played youth football for FC Chiasso. Aged just 16 years old he made his Nationalliga A debut with their f ...
was the team's top goal scorer with 16 league goals,
Helmut Hauser second best goal scorer with 14. In the highest scoring game of the season, a 10–0 win against FC Moutier Roberto 'Mucho' Frigerio managed to score four
and in the test game against FC Allschwil he scored six in the 9–1 victory.
Swiss Cup
In the
Swiss Cup
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The Swiss Cup final is usually the most important game of the year with a high attendance. The co ...
Basel started in the round of 32 with a 6–0 home win against
Blue Stars and in the round of 16, also a home match, they beat FC Zürich 3–2. In the Quarter-final Basel won the replay against
Biel-Bienne
Biel/Bienne (official bilingual wording; German language, German: ''Biel'' ; French language, French: ''Bienne'' ; Bernese German, locally ; ; ; ) is a bilingual city in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. With over 55,000 residents, it is the ...
2–1 to qualify for the semi-finals. Basel played an away match in the
Stadio Cornaredo
Cornaredo Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Lugano, Switzerland. It is used mostly for football matches. It is a home ground of FC Lugano. The stadium has a capacity of 6,330. During the 1954 FIFA World Cup, it hosted one game.
During the sp ...
against FC Lugano in the semi-final which ended goalless and therefore a replay was required here too. The replay was played in the
St. Jakob Stadium
The St. Jakob Stadium was a football (soccer), football stadium in Basel, Switzerland and the former home of Swiss club FC Basel. It was built in view of the 1954 FIFA World Cup, and as well as serving as a club stadium, it hosted several import ...
and goals from
Karl Odermatt
Karl Odermatt (born 17 December 1942) is a Swiss former footballer who played for FC Basel and BSC Young Boys throughout the 1960s and 1970s. He played as a midfielder or striker and is generally regarded as one of the best players ever to hav ...
and
Helmut Benthaus
Helmut Benthaus (born 5 June 1935) is a German former association football, football player and coach. He spent his best playing days at Westfalia Herne and his best coaching days at FC Basel.
Early career
Born in Herne, Germany, Herne, Benthau ...
gave Basel a 2–1 victory to qualify for the final which was to take place three days later.
In the Cup final Basel's opponents were
Lausanne-Sports. In the former
Wankdorf Stadium
Wankdorf Stadium (, ) was a football stadium in Bern, Switzerland, and the home of Swiss club BSC Young Boys. Built in 1925, it hosted the finals of the 1954 FIFA World Cup, the 1960–61 European Cup, and the 1988–89 European Cup Winners' C ...
on 15 May 1967,
Helmut Hauser scored the decisive goal via penalty. The game went down in football history due to the sit-down strike that followed this goal. After 88 minutes of play, with the score at 1–1, referee Karl Göppel awarded Basel a controversial penalty.
André Grobéty
André Grobéty (22 June 1933 – 20 July 2013) was a Swiss footballer who played as a right-back.
Career
During his career, Grobéty played at the club level for Servette FC, Lausanne Sports, and FC Meyrin.
In the Swiss Cup final on 15 May 196 ...
had pushed Hauser gently in the back and he let himself drop theatrically. Subsequent to the 2–1 for Basel the Lausanne players refused to resume the game and they sat down demonstratively on the pitch. The referee had to abandon the match. Basel were awarded the cup with a 3–0 forfait.
Basel had won the
double
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* A ...
for the first time in the club's history.
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
In the first round of the
1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
The ninth Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1966–67 season. The competition was won by Dinamo Zagreb over two legs in the final against Leeds United. For the first time in the history of the cup, replays were scrapped, with sides going ...
Basel were drawn against
VV DOS Utrecht. The first leg was played in the
Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
and ended in a 2–1 defeat, despite an early lead. In the return leg Basel led 2–0 but VV DOS were able to equalise and therefore won 4–3 on aggregate.
Players
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;Players who left the squad
Results
;Legend
Friendly matches
Pre-season
Winter break
Nationalliga A
League matches
League table
Swiss Cup
The final was abandoned in 89' at 2-1 and awarded 3-0 in favour of Basel: Lausanne-Sports protested by a sit-in against the penalty decision that led to 2-1.
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
;First round
''Utrecht won 4 – 3 on aggregate.''
See also
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History of FC Basel
Fussball Club Basel 1893 has a long and illustrious history, that spans the period from 1893 to the present day. Having competed at the highest level of football in Switzerland for most of this time, FCB currently play in the Swiss Super League. ...
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List of FC Basel players
FC Basel 1893 (Fussball Club Basel 1893) is a Swiss football club based in Basel, Switzerland. This is a list of footballers who have played for FC Basel since the club was first founded.
''For a list of FC Basel players with a Wikipedia article s ...
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List of FC Basel seasons
This is a list of seasons played by FC Basel in Swiss and European Association football, football, from the club's founding in 1893 to the present. It details FC Basel's record in each major competition entered including different divisions of t ...
References
Notes
Sources and references
* Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG.
* Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
Switzerland 1966–67 at RSSSF
External links
FC Basel official site
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FC Basel seasons
Basel
Basel ( ; ), also known as Basle ( ), ; ; ; . is a city in northwestern Switzerland on the river Rhine (at the transition from the High Rhine, High to the Upper Rhine). Basel is Switzerland's List of cities in Switzerland, third-most-populo ...
1966-67