1962–63 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1952–53 season
Chairman Switzerland Lucien Schmidlin
Manager Switzerland Jiří Sobotka
Ground St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A 6th
Swiss Cup Winners
Top goalscorer Heinz Blumer (16)
← 1961–62 1963–64 →

The 1962–63 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 69th season in their existence. It was their 17th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football after their promotion in the 1945–46 season. They played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium, in the Wettstein Quarter in Kleinbasel.

Overview

The Czechoslovakian manager Jiří Sobotka was the club manager at this time, he taken the job over from Jenő Vincze a year before. There were fourteen teams contesting in the 1962–63 Nationalliga A and Basel finished the championship in sixth position with twenty six points, with ten wins and six draws from 26 matches, scoring 59 goals conceding 51. FC Zürich won the championship. Heinz Blumer was Basel's top scorer this season with 16 goals, Karl Odermatt their second best goal scorer with 14.

In the Swiss Cup Basel started in the 3rd principal round, on 3 November, with a 4–0 home win, in the St. Jakob Stadium against Black Stars. In the 4th round, on 2 December, they played away against Young Boys winning 2–0. In the next round, on 30 December they won 7–1 at home against SC Burgdorf. In the quarter-finals, played on 24 February 1963, Basel were drawn away against Chiasso and Basel achieved a 2–1 victory. The semi-final was played on 24 March in the St. Jakob Stadium. Basel beat Lausanne-Sports 1–0 the winning goal scored by Markus Pfirter. The Wankdorf Stadium hosted the Swiss Cup Final on 15 April and Basel played against favorites Grasshopper Club Zürich. Two goals after half time, one by Heinz Blumer and the second from Otto Ludwig gave Basel a 2–0 victory and their third Cup win in their history. Peter Füri played in all games except the Final because he became ill.

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 Kurt Stettler
Switzerland DF Eduard Vogt
Switzerland DF Bruno Michaud
Switzerland DF Hanspeter Stocker
Switzerland MF Hans Weber
Switzerland MF Carlo Porlezza
No. Position Player
Switzerland MF Otto Ludwig (footballer)
Switzerland FW Karl Odermatt
Switzerland FW Markus Pfirter
Switzerland FW Heinz Blumer
Switzerland FW Bruno Gatti
Switzerland MF Peter Füri
Switzerland MF Josef Kiefer

Results

Nationalliga

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1FC Zürich262042813344
2Lausanne Sports261844813040
3FC La Chaux-de-Fonds261286554432
4BSC Young Boys261358624931
5Servette FC Genève2511411543926
6FC Basel2610610595126
7Grasshopper Club Zürich269710575125
8FC Biel-Bienne269611384424
9FC Grenchen268711404923
10FC Lucerne267910415423
11FC Chiasso267613336920
12FC Sion266713376919
13Young Fellows Zürich267316345817
14FC Lugano264616215314

Swiss Cup

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

First Round

Second leg not played and noted without goals as no result. Bayern Munich qualify for second round.

See also

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