1968–69 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1968–69 season
Chairman Switzerland Harry Thommen
Manager Germany Helmut Benthaus
Ground St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A Champions
Swiss Cup Quarter-finals
Fairs Cup R1
Top goalscorer Helmut Hauser (10)
← 1967–68 1969–70 →

The 1968–69 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 75th season in their existence. It was their 23rd 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

During this season Helmut Benthaus was the club player-manager, for the fourth consecutive season. There were 14 teams contesting in the 1968–69 Nationalliga A and Basel finished the championship just one point clear of Lausanne Sports in second position and six points ahead of FC Zürich who finished third. Basel won 13 of the 26 games, drawing ten, losing three times, they scored 48 goals conceding 28. Helmut Hauser was the teams top goal scorer with 16 league goals. Karl Odermatt, Jürgen Sundermann and Walter Balmer each scored 5 league goals.

In the Swiss Cup Basel started in the round of 32 with a 2–1 away win against Thun and in the round of 16, with a home match, they beat Luzern 3–1. In the Quarter-final Basel played an away game against Servette but lost this 1–0.

In the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Basel were drawn against Bologna the first leg away from home on 18 September the return leg in Basel on 2 October. Bologna won both games.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Switzerland GK Marcel Kunz (games: 18)
France GK Jean-Paul Laufenburger (games: 10)
Switzerland GK Claude Iff (games: 1)
Switzerland DF Paul Fischli (games: 0)[1]
Germany DF Josef Kiefer (games: 23)
Switzerland DF Bruno Michaud (games/goals: 25/2)
Switzerland DF Walter Mundschin (games: 5)
Switzerland DF Roland Paolucci (games/goals: 22/1)
Switzerland DF Manfred Shädler (games: 1)
Germany MF Helmut Benthaus (games/goals: 12/1)
Switzerland MF Otto Demarmels (games/goals: 8/2)
No. Position Player
Switzerland MF Karl Odermatt (games/goals: 24/5)
Switzerland MF Bruno Rahmen (games/goals: 7/1)
Switzerland MF Peter Ramseier (games: 26)
Switzerland MF Anton Schnyder (games: 1)
Switzerland MF Urs Siegenthaler (games: 9)
Germany MF Jürgen Sundermann (games/goals: 26/5)
Switzerland FW Walter Balmer (games/goals: 11/5)
Germany FW Helmut Hauser (games/goals: 19/10)
Hungary FW Janos Konrad (games/goals: 6/2)
Switzerland FW Dieter Rüefli (games/goals: 12/3)
Switzerland FW Peter Wenger (games/goals: 20/4)

Results

Nationalliga

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Remarks
1FC Basel2613103482836Champions
2Lausanne Sports261556704335
3FC Zürich261268613730
4BSC Young Boys261268493630
5FC Lugano261178372629
6AC Bellinzona261088384128
7FC Biel-Bienne26989525926
8Servette FC Genève269710323925
9Grasshopper Club Zürich267910434723
10FC St. Gallen266119293723
11FC Winterthur265129284322
12FC La Chaux-de-Fonds2651110515321
13FC Sion267613395220Relegated
14FC Lucerne266416357116Relegated

Swiss Cup

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

First round

Bologna won 6–2 on aggregate.

Coppa delle Alpi

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1FC Basel5230867
2A.S. Roma5221876
3Fiorentina5221856
41. FC Kaiserslautern5212645
5Servette FC Genève5122694
61. FC Köln5014382
Final

See also

Sources and References

  1. ↑ Müller, Lukas (2010). Rotblau: Paul Fischli – der Glarner in Basel. FC Basel Marketing AG. ISSN 1660-0878.

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