1963–64 FC Basel season

FC Basel 1963–64 football season
FC Basel
1963–64 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Lucien Schmidlin
ManagerCzech Republic Jiří Sobotka
GroundLandhof and
St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A7th
Swiss CupRound of 16
European Cup Winners' CupFirst round
Cup of the AlpsGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Karl Odermatt (9)
All: Karl Odermatt (11)
Highest home attendance11,000 12.04.1964
vs. Lausanne-Sport
Lowest home attendance5,000 26.04.1964
vs. Cantonal Neuchatel
Average home league attendance7,150

The 1963–64 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 70th season in their existence. It was their 18th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football after their promotion in the 1945–46 season. They played their home games either in their old Landhof Stadium or in their new St. Jakob Stadium. Lucien Schmidlin was club chairman for the second year running.

Overview

Pre-season

Jiří Sobotka continued his job as club manager, it was his third consecutive year as manager. Basel played a total of 55 games this season. Of these 26 were in the domestic league, three were in the Swiss Cup, two in the 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup, three in the Cup of the Alps and 21 were friendly matches. Of these 21 test games 12 were won, five drawn and four were lost.[1] Roberto Frigerio scored 19 goals in 15 test games. Four alone in the game against FC Laufen and a hat-trick against Lugano.[2]

However, the results of these test games are secondary. The pre-seasons tests were mainly played with lower level, locals teams as release games for the transfers of young players, Marcel Kunz from FC Gerlafingen, Walter Baumann from FC Pratteln and Walter Löffel from FC Moutier.

World tour

A well-documented curiosity was the fact that during the winter break of the 1963–64 season the team travelled on a world tour. This saw them visit British Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, French Polynesia, Mexico and the United States. First team manager Jiří Sobotka together with 16 players and 15 members of staff, supporters and journalists participated in this world tour from 10 January to 10 February 1964. Team captain Bruno Michaud filmed the events with his super-8 camara. The voyage around the world included 19 flights and numerous bus and train journeys. Club chairman, Lucien Schmidlin, led the group, but as they arrived in the hotel in Bangkok, he realised that 250,000 Swiss Francs were missing. The suitcase that he had filled with the various currencies was not with them. He had left it at home, but fortunately Swiss Air were able to deliver this to him within just a few days. During the tour a total of ten friendly/test games were played, these are listed below. Five wins, three draws, two defeats, but also three major injuries resulted from these test matches. A broken leg for Peter Füri, an eye injury for Walter Baumann and a knee injury for Bruno Michaud soon reduced the number of players to just 13.[3]

Domestic league

There were fourteen teams contesting in the 1963–64 Nationalliga A, these were the top 12 teams from the previous season 1962–63 and the two newly promoted teams Schaffhausen and Cantonal Neuchatel. The Championship was played in a double round-robin, the champions were to be qualified for 1964–65 European Cup and the bottom placed two teams in the table were to be relegated. Basel started well into the season, winning four of the first five matches. Despite three away defeats, up until the winter break the team were championship leaders with seven wins and three draws. The second half of the season, following the world tour, started with three straight defeats. Basel consequently slipped down in the league table and finished the championship in seventh position, with ten wins and six draws from 26 matches, scoring 42 goals conceding 48, with twenty six points, 13 points less than the new champions La Chaux-de-Fonds.[4] Karl Odermatt was the team's top goal scorer in the domestic league with 9 goals.[5]

Swiss Cup

As title holders in the Swiss Cup, Basel started in the 3rd principal round, on 5 October 1963, with an easy away win against SC Schöftland in their attempt to defend this title. In the round of 32 they played away from home against local rivals Concordia which was also won with ease. In the round of 16 Basel were drawn against lower classed Porrentruy. However, this was indeed the best period in the Porrentruy club history. Their player-manager at that time was Basel's former striker Hügi (II) and game ended with a surprising 0–1 defeat, goal scorer in the 56 minute was another former Basel player René Jaeck. Basel's cup campaign came to an abrupt and disappointing end. But Porrentruy, with a quarter-final win over Sion, even advanced as far as the semi-finals. Here they were beaten by the new cup winners Lausanne-Sport.[6]

European Cup Winners' Cup

As Swiss Cup holders Basel were qualified for the 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup competition. Here they were drawn against the Scottish cup holders Celtic. Both games ended very disappointingly (1–5 and 0–5) and thus ended with a disastrous aggregate result.

Cup of the Alps

In the Cup of the Alps competition during the group stage Basel played against Genoa C.F.C., Atalanta and Zürich. All three games were played in the Landhof, but all three ended in a defeat and the campaign ended.[7]

Players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Switzerland SUI Hansruedi Günthardt
— GK Switzerland SUI Marcel Kunz (from FC Gerlafingen)
— GK Switzerland SUI Kurt Stettler
— DF Switzerland SUI Walter Baumann (from FC Pratteln)
— DF Switzerland SUI Heinz Blumer
— DF Switzerland SUI René Burri
— DF Switzerland SUI Peter Füri
— MF Germany GER Josef Kiefer
— DF Switzerland SUI Bruno Michaud
— DF Switzerland SUI Markus Pfirter
— DF Switzerland SUI Hanspeter Stocker
— MF Switzerland SUI Hans Weber
— MF Switzerland SUI Werner Decker (only Cup of the Alps)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Switzerland SUI Walter Löffel (from FC Moutier)
— FW Italy ITA Enrico Mazzola
— FW Switzerland SUI Aldo Moscatelli (only Cup of the Alps)
— MF Switzerland SUI Karl Odermatt
— FW Switzerland SUI Roberto Frigerio
— FW Switzerland SUI Bruno Gabrieli (from Nordstern Basel)
— FW Switzerland SUI Bruno Gatti
— FW Switzerland SUI Arnold Hofer
— FW Hungary HUN Janos Konrad (from reserve team)
— FW Switzerland SUI Klaus Huber (from SpVgg Rheinfelden)
— FW Germany GER Erdmann Lüth (from VfR Kaiserslautern)
— MF Switzerland SUI Carlo Porlezza
— FW Switzerland SUI Raymond Simonet
— MF Switzerland SUI Fernando Von Krannichfeldt
Players who left the squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Switzerland SUI René Jeker (to Winterthur)
— MF Switzerland SUI Abraham Levy
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Switzerland SUI Werner Meier
— FW Switzerland SUI Niklaus Stöckli (reserve team)
— MF Switzerland SUI Wolfgang Walther

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre-season

Black Stars Switzerland v Switzerland Basel
1 August 1963 Pre-season Black Stars Switzerland 1 – 8 Switzerland Basel Buschwilerhof, Basel
17:00 Hänggi Summary (2) Mazzola
(4) Pfirter
Hofer
Löffel		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland Wyttenbach Birsfelden
FC Pratteln Switzerland v Switzerland Basel
7 August 1963 Pre-season FC Pratteln Switzerland 1 – 5 Switzerland Basel In den Sandgruben, Pratteln
(1:4) Summary 20' (0:1) Mazzola
22' (0:2) Hofer
43' (0:3) Hofer
50' (0:4) Gatti
(1:5) Burri		 Attendance: 600
Referee: Switzerland Gottfried Dienst Basel
Note: Release game for transfer of Walter Baumann
FC Gerlafingen Switzerland v Switzerland Basel
10 August 1963 Pre-season FC Gerlafingen Switzerland 1 – 4 Switzerland Basel Strackbach, Gerlafingen
16:00 Müller 44' (1:3) Summary 2' (0:1) Lüth
30' (0:2) Simonet
34' (0:3) Lüth
48' (1:4) Mazzola		 Attendance: 800
Referee: Switzerland Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
Note: Release game for transfer of goalkeeper Marcel Kunz
FC Moutier Switzerland v Switzerland Basel
11 August 1963 Pre-season FC Moutier Switzerland 1 – 3 Switzerland Basel Stade de Chalière, Moutier
Spielmann 44' (1:0) Summary 50' (1:1) Pfirter
74' (1:2) Gatti
89' (1:3) Gatti		 Attendance: 800
Referee: Switzerland Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
Note: Release game for transfer of Walter Löffel
Basel Switzerland v Denmark Kjøbenhavns Boldklub
14 August 1963 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 3 – 2 Denmark Kjøbenhavns Boldklub St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Gatti 14' (1:0)
Blumer 20' (2:0)
Pfirter 33' (3:0)		 Summary 60' (3:1) Kristensen
87' (3:2) Möller		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Karl Göppel Zürich
La Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland v Switzerland Basel
18 August 1963 Pre-season La Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland 2 – 2 Switzerland Basel Stade des Prés-sous-Ville, Vallorbe
Bertschi 52' (1:1)
Vuilleumier 83' (2:2)		 Summary 8' (0:1) Blumer
75' (1:2) Odermatt		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland D. Mellet Lausanne

Winter break and mid-season

Hong Kong Hong Kong v Switzerland Basel
15 January 1964 Winter break Hong Kong Hong Kong 2 – 3 Switzerland Basel Hong Kong Stadium, British Hong Kong
20:00 (1:2)
(2:3)		 Summary 14' (0:1) Blumer
16' (0:2) Gatti
41' (1:3) Frigerio		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Luk-tak-son
Malaysia Malaysia v Switzerland Basel
18 January 1964 Winter break Malaysia Malaysia 2 – 5 Switzerland Basel Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
20:00 Jusof Hamid 61' (1:4)
Jusof Hamid 75' (2:5)		 Summary 8' (0:1) Odermatt
17' (0:2) Frigerio
32' (0:3) Odermatt
60' (0:4) Pfirter
69' (1:5) Blumer		 Attendance: 6,000
Singapore Selection Singapore v Switzerland Basel
20 January 1964 Winter break Singapore Selection Singapore 2 – 2 Switzerland Basel Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore
5' (1:1)
7' (pen. 2:1)		 Summary 3' (0:1) Blumer
61' (2:2) Frigerio		 Attendance: 5,000
Singapore Selection Singapore v Switzerland Basel
22 January 1964 Winter break Singapore Selection Singapore 2 – 4 Switzerland Basel Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore
55' (1:3)
90' (2:4)		 Summary 19' (0:1) Frigerio
29' (0:2) Frigerio
50' (0:3) Burri
75' (1:4)Frigerio		 Attendance: 4,000
Sydney Prague Australia v Switzerland Basel
25 January 1964 Winter break Sydney Prague Australia 2 – 2 Switzerland Basel Athletic Field, Sydney, Australia
Tristram (1:0)
Tristram 40' (2:0)		 Summary 68' (2:1) Frigerio
72' (2:2) Odermatt		 Attendance: 12,000
Victoria Selection Australia v Switzerland Basel
26 January 1964 Winter break Victoria Selection Australia 3 – 2 Switzerland Basel Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Joreski 4' (1:0)
Stankovic 50' (2:1)
Stankovic 89' (3:2)		 Summary 25' (1:1) Blumer
65' (2:2) Frigerio		 Attendance: 20,000
New Zealand New Zealand v Switzerland Basel
27 January 1964 Winter break New Zealand New Zealand 1 – 4 Switzerland Basel Blandford Park, Auckland, New Zealand
20:00 Moore 78' (1:4) Summary 18' (0:1) Frigerio
(0:2) Odermatt
55' (0:3) Blumer
60' (0:4) Frigerio		 Attendance: 6,500
Tahiti Selection French Polynesia v Switzerland Basel
1 February 1964 Winter break Tahiti Selection French Polynesia 0 – 0 Switzerland Basel Papeete, French Polynesia
Summary Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Paul Wyssling Zürich
California All Stars Mexico v Switzerland Basel
4 February 1964 Winter break California All Stars Mexico 1 – 2 Switzerland Basel Tijuana, Mexico
20:30 67' (1:2) Summary 21' (0:1) Burri
60' (0:2) Löffel		 Attendance: 2,200
Los Angeles All Stars United States v Switzerland Basel
9 February 1964 Winter break Los Angeles All Stars United States 2 – 1 Switzerland Basel Wrigley Field, Los Angeles
Radulski 4' (1:0)
Abaunze 15' (2:0)		 Summary 73' (2:1) Frigerio
Lugano Switzerland v Switzerland Basel
22 February 1964 Winter break Lugano Switzerland 5 – 4 Switzerland Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
Mungai 13' (1:0)
Simonetti 17' (2:0)
Zaro 26' (3:1)
Colombo 44' (4:2)
Simonetti 47' (5:2)		 Summary 25' (o.g. 2:1) Scalena
28' (2:2) Frigerio
49' (5:3) Frigerio
85' (5:4) Frigerio		 Attendance: 500
Referee: Switzerland Luigi Grassi Novazzano
Basel Switzerland v Switzerland Laufen
1 March 1964 Winter break Basel Switzerland 12 – 0 Switzerland Laufen Basel
Blumer (1)
Frigerio (4)
Odermatt (4)
Weber (3)		 Summary
Basel Switzerland v West Germany Schalke 04
14 April 1964 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 5 – 5 West Germany Schalke 04 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:15 Meier 40' (1:2)
Keller 63' (2:3)
Meier 69' (3:3)
Meier 77' (4:5)
Meier 88' (5:5)		 Summary 5' (0:1) Klose
28' (0:2) Matischak
57' (1:3) Klose
74' (3:4) Bechmann
75' (3:5) Matischak		 Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Switzerland Karl Göppel Zürich
Note: Basel strengthened through Boskov Young Fellows Zürich and Eugen Meier Young Boys
Basel Switzerland v England Nottingham Forest
6 May 1964 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 0 – 6 England Nottingham Forest Landhof, Basel
18:00 Summary 36' (0:1) Wignall
44' (0:2) Newton
46' (0:3) Addison
67' (0:4) Newton
82' (o.g.)
84' (0:3) Wignall		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Pius Kamber Zürich
FC Brunnen Switzerland v Switzerland Basel
18 May 1964 Mid-season FC Brunnen Switzerland 2 – 7 Switzerland Basel Brunnen
15:00
Summary (2) Frigerio
(1) Gatti
(3) Odermatt
(1) Stocker

Nationalliga A

League matches

Zürich v Basel
25 August 1963 Round 1 Zürich 0 – 2 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
15:15 Summary 5' (0:1) Simonet
70' (0:2) Blumer		 Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Switzerland Anton Bucheli Luzern
Basel v Sion
1 September 1963 Round 2 Basel 2 – 0 Sion Landhof, Basel
15:00 Pfirter 54' (1:0)
Pfirter 74' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Switzerland Othmar Huber Thun
Grenchen v Basel
8 September 1963 Round 3 Grenchen 0 – 1 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
15:00 Summary 79' (0:1) Füri Referee: Switzerland Zürrer Feldmeilen
Basel v Schaffhausen
14 September 1963 Round 4 Basel 2 – 2 Schaffhausen Landhof, Basel
16:00 Blumer 33' (1:1)
Blumer 89' (2:2)		 Summary 32' (0:1) Wiehler
35' (1:2) Wiehler		 Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Switzerland Pius Kamber Zürich
Lausanne-Sport v Basel
22 September 1966 Round 5 Lausanne-Sport 2 – 3 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
15:00 Hosp 19' (1:0)
Schneiter 58' (2:2)
Hertig Yellow card 85'		 Summary 52' (1:1) Blumer
55' (1:2) Blumer
75' (2:3) Hofer		 Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Switzerland W. Hardmeier Thalwil
Basel v Chiasso
29 September 1963 Round 6 Basel 2 – 2 Chiasso Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hofer 43' (1:1)
Hofer 88' (2:2)		 [ Summary] 3' (0:1) Bergna
47' (1:2) Bergna		 Attendance: 6,800
Referee: Switzerland GuinnardGletterens
Cantonal Neuchatel v Basel
13 October 1963 Round 7 Cantonal Neuchatel 2 – 1 Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
15:00 Perroud 10' (1:1)
Ballamann 56' (2:1)		 Summary 7' (0:1) Mazzola Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Karl Göppel Zürich
Basel v Grasshopper Club
27 October 1963 Round 8 Basel 2 – 1 Grasshopper Club Landhof, Basel
15:00 Gatti 65' (1:1)
Baumann 74' (2:1)		 Summary 33' (0:1) Czibor Attendance: 9,200
Referee: Switzerland Othmar Huber Thun
Young Boys v Basel
6 November 1963 Round 9 Young Boys 2 – 1 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Füllemann 32' (1:0)
Buffoni 58' (2:1)		 Summary 44' (1:1) Pfirter Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Switzerland D. Mellet Lausanne
Basel v Biel-Bienne
17 November 1963 Round 10 Basel 4 – 0 Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
14:30 Gatti 11' (1:0)
Lüth 20' (2:0)
Baumann 47' (3:0)
Odermatt 80' (4:0)		 Summary Attendance: 7.300
Referee: Switzerland F. Schorer Interlaken
Basel v Luzern
1 December 1963 Round 11 Basel 3 – 0 Luzern Landhof, Basel
14:30 Odermatt 23' (1:0)
Odermatt 37' (2:0)
Odermatt 75' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Switzerland Strässle Steinach
Servette v Basel
8 December 1963 Round 12 Servette 4 – 1 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
Desbiolle 1' (1:0)
Bosson 16' (2:0)
Schindelholz 52' (3:1)
Desbiolle 85' (4:1)		 Summary 24' (2:1) Odermatt Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Switzerland Albert Weber Lausanne
Basel v La Chaux-de-Fonds
15 December 1963 Round 13 Basel 2 – 2 La Chaux-de-Fonds St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Weber 58' (1:2)
Mazzola 83' (2:2)		 Summary 23' (0:1) Trivellin
Skiba 38' (0:2)		 Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Switzerland
Basel v Zürich
8 March 1964 Round 14 Basel 0 – 5 Zürich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Summary 15' (0:1) Stürmer
23' (0:2) Rüfl
30' (0:3) Stürmer
44' (0:4) Brizzi
88' (0:5) Frey		 Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Switzerland Othmar Huber Thun
Sion v Basel
15 March 1964 Round 15 Sion 2 – 0 Basel Parc des Sports, Sion
Mantula 24' (1:0)
Gasser 56' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Guinnard Gletterens
Basel v Grenchen
22 March 1964 Round 16 Basel 0 – 2 Grenchen Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary 3' (0:1) Kominek}
61' (0:2) H. Schneider		 Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Switzerland Karl Göppel Zürich
Schaffhausen v Basel
5 April 1964 Round 17 Schaffhausen 1 – 1 Basel Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen
15:00 Flury 51' (1:1) Summary 13' (0:1) Frigerio Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Switzerland Strässle Steinach
Basel v Lausanne-Sport
12 April 1964 Round 18 Basel 4 – 2 Lausanne-Sport Landhof, Basel
15:00 Frigerio 8' (1:0)
Frigerio 15' (2:1)
Gatti 75' (3:1)
Mazzola 79' (4:1)		 Summary 11' (pen. 1:1) Eschmann
84' (4:2) Hosp		 Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Switzerland Anton Bucheli Luzern
Chiasso v Basel
19 April 1964 Round 19 Chiasso 0 – 0 Basel Stadio Via Comacini, Chiasso
Summary Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland Gilbert Droz Marin-Epagnier
Basel v Cantonal Neuchatel
26 April 1964 Round 20 Basel 3 – 2 Cantonal Neuchatel Landhof, Basel
15:00 Löffel 11' (1:1)
Odermatt 65' (2:2)
Weber 75' (3:2)		 Summary 8' (0:1) Sandoz
34' (1:2) Maffioli		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Zürrer Feldmeilen
Grasshopper Club v Basel
3 May 1964 Round 21 Grasshopper Club 3 – 2 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
15:15 Menet 16' (pen. 1:1)
Bernasconi 25' (2:1)
Bernasconi 37' (3:1)		 Summary 6' (0:1) Odermatt
45' (3:2) Gatti		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Roland Keller Bern
Basel v Young Boys
16 May 1964 Round 22 Basel 2 – 1 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
18:00 Frigerio 70' (1:1)
Odermatt 86' (2:1)		 Summary 51' (0:1) Grünig Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Switzerland Pius Kamber Zürich
Biel-Bienne v Basel
24 May 1964 Round 23 Biel-Bienne 2 – 2 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
Graf 50' (1:1)
Rajkov 80' (2:2)		 Summary 23' (0:1) Odermatt
75' (pen. 1:2) Stocker		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Guinnard Gletterens
Luzern v Basel
31 May 1964 Round 24 Luzern 3 – 2 Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
Wähling 57' (1:2)
Meili 58' (2:2)
Meili 76' (3:2)		 Summary 30' (0:1) Frigerio
53' (pen. 0:2)		 Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Switzerland Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
Basel v Servette
7 June 1964 Round 25 Basel 0 – 6 Servette St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary 35' (0:1) Schindelholz
43' (0:2) Desbiolles
67' (0:3) Schindelholz
68' (0:4) Nemeth
84' (0:5) Vonlanthen
85' (0:6) Schindelholz		 Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Switzerland D. Mellet Lausanne
La Chaux-de-Fonds v Basel
14 June 1964 Round 26 La Chaux-de-Fonds 2 – 0 Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
15:00 Skiba 30' (1:0)
Bertschi 87' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 7,400
Referee: Switzerland Anton Bucheli Luzern

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 La Chaux-de-Fonds (C) 26 17 5 4 68 36 +32 39 Swiss champions, qualified for 1964–65 European Cup
and entered 1964–65 Intertoto Cup
2 Zürich 26 18 2 6 84 37 +47 38
3 Grenchen 26 17 4 5 57 35 +22 38 Entered 1964–65 Intertoto Cup
4 Servette 26 18 0 8 74 33 +41 36
5 Lausanne-Sport 26 13 4 9 61 52 +9 30 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup
and entered 1964–65 Intertoto Cup
6 Young Boys 26 11 5 10 56 54 +2 27 Entered 1964–65 Intertoto Cup
7 Basel 26 10 6 10 42 48 −6 26
8 Luzern 26 10 3 13 44 52 −8 23
9 Chiasso 26 8 7 11 40 54 −14 23
10 Sion 26 9 3 14 52 58 −6 21
11 Grasshopper Club 26 8 3 15 42 64 −22 19
12 Biel-Bienne 26 8 2 16 52 68 −16 18
13 Schaffhausen 26 3 7 16 32 69 −37 13 Relegated: to Nationalliga B
14 Cantonal Neuchatel 26 4 5 17 38 82 −44 13 Relegated: to Nationalliga B
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Swiss Cup

SC Schöftland v Basel
6 October 1963 Round of 64 SC Schöftland 0 – 7 Basel Schöftland
Summary 2' (0:1) Hofer
32' (0:2) Odermatt
39' (0:3) Weber
55' (0:4) Hofer
58' (0:5) Blumer
75' (0:6) Lüth
81' (0:7) Lüth		 Stadium: Sportanlage Rütimatten
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Switzerland Ullrich Dübendorf
Concordia v Basel
20 October 1963 Round of 32 Concordia 0 – 4 Basel Basel
15:00 Summary 17' (0:1) Blumer
20' (0:2) Baumann
71' (0:3) Weber
75' (0:4) Pfirter		 Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland F. Schorer Interlaken
Porrentruy v Basel
24 November 1963 Round of 16 Porrentruy 1 – 0 Basel Porrentruy
Jaeck 56' (1:0) Summary Stadium: Stade du Tirage
Attendance: 5'600
Referee: Switzerland Michael Huber

European Cup Winners' Cup

FC Basel Switzerland v Scotland Celtic
17 September 1963 First leg FC Basel Switzerland 1 – 5 Scotland Celtic St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:45 Blumer 78' Summary 21' Divers
43', 65', 77' Hughes
53' Lennox		 Attendance: 15,500
Referee: Spain Manuel Gómez Arribas
Celtic Scotland v Switzerland FC Basel
9 October 1963 Second leg Celtic Scotland 5 – 0 Switzerland FC Basel Celtic Park, Glasgow
19:30 Johnstone 3'
Divers 42', 88'
Murdoch 62'
Chalmers 78'		 Summary Attendance: 7,909
Referee: Denmark Frede Hansen

Celtic won 10 – 1 on aggregate.

Cup of the Alps

Group stage

Basel Switzerland v Italy Genoa C.F.C.
21 June 1964 Round 1 Basel Switzerland 2 – 5 Italy Genoa C.F.C. Landhof, Basel
18:30 Odermatt 49' (1:1)
Moscatelli 76' (2:3)		 Summary 39' (0:1) Rivara
64' (1:2) Bean
69' (1:3) Bean
77' (2:4) Bean
89' (2:5) Locatelli		 Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Italy Alessandro D'Agostini
Basel Switzerland v Switzerland Zürich
24 June 1964 Round 2 Basel Switzerland 3 – 4 Switzerland Zürich Landhof, Basel
18:30 Frigerio 1' (1:0)
Frigerio 39' (2:2)
Frigerio 68' (3:2)		 Summary 13' (1:1) Martinelli
39' (1:2) Martinelli
77' (3:3) Martinelli
84' (3:4) Stürmer		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Italy Gambarotto
Basel Switzerland v Italy Atalanta
27 June 1964 Round 3 Basel Switzerland 0 – 3 Italy Atalanta Landhof, Basel
18:15 Summary 52' (0:1) Christensen
60' (0:2) Magistrelli
75' (0:3) Meneghetti		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland Othmar Huber Thun

Group 1 table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Italy Genoa C.F.C. 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 6 Qualified for final
2 Switzerland Zürich 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 4 Qualified for third place match
3 Italy Atalanta 3 1 0 2 4 3 +1 2
4 Switzerland Basel 3 0 0 3 5 12 −7 0
Source: rsssf.com

See also

References

  1. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz 1963/64". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ^ "Roberto 'Mucho' Frigerio: Statistik 1963/64 - Testspiel". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. ^ Zindel, Josef (2018), "Die ersten 125 Jahre: 1964", The unbelievable world tour, pages 60 and 61, Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel
  4. ^ Erik Garin. "Nationalliga A 1963/64". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  5. ^ "1963/64 Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  6. ^ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1963/64". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  7. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Spiele 1963/64 Alpencup". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. 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 1963–64 at fcb-archiv.ch
  • Switzerland 1963–64 at RSSSF

External links

  • FC Basel official site
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