1970–71 FC Basel season

FC Basel

1970–71 season
Chairman	Félix Musfeld
Manager	Helmut Benthaus
Ground	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A	Runner-up
Swiss Cup	Quarter-finals
European Cup	R2
Top goalscorer	Walter Balmer (13)
← 1969–70 1971–72 →

The 1970–71 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 77th season in their existence. It was their 25th 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

For the sixth consecutive season Helmut Benthaus was player-manager. 14 teams contested in the 1970–71 Nationalliga A. Basel finished the regular season level on points with Grasshopper Club Zürich and so they contested a play-off game on 8 June 1971 to decide the title winners. Grasshopper won the play-off 4–3 after extra time. Basel won 18 of their 26 league games, drawing six, losing just twice, they scored 67 goals conceding 26. Walter Balmer was the teams top goal scorer with 13 league goals and Karl Odermatt second top scorer with 12 league goals. Peter Wenger scored 10, Helmut Hauser managed 9 and Jürgen Sundermann scored 8 league goals.

On 1 November 1969 Basel started in the Swiss Cup in the round of 32 with a 5–1 home win against CS Chênois. In the round of 16 played on 29 November Basel had a home match against Bellinzona which was won 2–0. In the quarter-final, played on 28 February 1971, Basel had an away tie against Mendrisiostar (after club merger later renamed FC Mendrisio-Stabio). However, this was lost 0–2 after extra time.

In the European Cup Basel were drawn against Spartak Moscow. The first leg, which was played on 16 September 1970 away from home, was lost 2–3 with Odermatt and Benthaus scoring for the guests during the last 12 minutes, after they had gone three down with just a quarter of an hour left to play. In the second leg played in the St. Jakob Stadium Basel won 2–1, the goals being scored by Siegenthaler und Walter Balmer. Thus the tie ended 4–4 on aggregate. Basel won on away goals and advanced to the second round. Here they were drawn against Ajax, first away from home, but they suffered a 0–3 defeat. The second leg at home also ended with a defeat, 1–2, despite the fact that Odermatt put Basel one up with a penalty after 36 minutes.

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 Jean-Paul Laufenburger DF Paul Fischli DF Josef Kiefer DF Jörg Stohler DF Bruno Michaud DF Walter Mundschin DF Roland Paolucci MF Manfred Shädler MF Eduard Manzoni

No. Position Player MF Helmut Benthaus MF Otto Demarmels MF Karl Odermatt MF Bruno Rahmen MF Peter Ramseier MF Urs Siegenthaler MF Jürgen Sundermann FW Walter Balmer FW Helmut Hauser FW Dieter Rüefli FW Peter Wenger

Results

Nationalliga

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Remarks
1	Grasshopper Club Zürich	26	20	2	4	59	21	42	Championship play-off
2	FC Basel	26	18	6	2	67	26	42	Championship play-off
3	FC Lugano	26	11	9	6	50	34	31
4	Lausanne Sports	26	12	6	8	51	43	30
5	FC Zürich	26	11	6	9	41	42	28
6	FC Winterthur	26	11	5	10	36	38	27
7	Servette FC Genève	26	8	10	8	39	36	26
8	BSC Young Boys	26	10	6	10	43	46	26
9	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	26	9	6	11	46	47	24
10	FC Biel-Bienne	26	6	9	11	32	43	21
11	FC Lucerne	26	8	4	14	39	48	20
12	FC Sion	26	5	9	12	32	46	19	Relegation play-off
13	FC Fribourg	26	6	7	13	35	63	19	Relegation play-off / Relegated
14	AC Bellinzona	26	1	7	18	24	61	9	Relegated

Championship play-off

Grasshopper v Basel

8 June 1971	Grasshopper	4 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Wankdorf, Bern
	Ohlhauser  16' Ove Grahn  75', 97' Peter Meier  106'		Mundschin  21' Wenger  70' Benthaus  119' (pen.)

Swiss Cup

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Round of 32

Basel v CS Chênois

1 November 1969	Basel	5 – 1	CS Chênois	Basel
				Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium

Round of 16

Basel v Bellinzona

29 November 1969	Basel	2 – 0	Bellinzona	Basel
				Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium

Quarter-final

Mendrisiostar v Basel

28 February 1971	Mendrisiostar	2 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Mendrisio
				Stadium: Centro Sportivo Comunale

European Cup

First round

Spartak Moscow v Basel

16 September 1970 First leg	Spartak Moscow	3 – 2	Basel	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
	Osyanin  17', 66' Papayev  76'	Report	Odermatt  78' Benthaus  83'

Basel v Spartak Moscow

30 September 1970	Basel	2 – 1 (4 – 4 agg.)	Spartak Moscow	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
	Siegenthaler  48' Balmer  55'	Report	Khusainov  84'

Spartak Moscow 4–4 Basel on aggregate. Basel won on away goals.

Second round

Ajax v Basel

21 October 1970	Ajax	3 – 0	Basel
	Keizer  17' van Dijk  23' Hulshoff  63'	Report

Basel v Ajax

4 November 1970	Basel	1 – 2	Ajax	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
	Odermatt  36' (pen.)	Report	Rijnders  69' Neeskens  72'

Ajax won 5–1 on aggregate.

Coppa delle Alpi

Basel v Bari

6 June 1970 1	Basel	4 – 1	Bari	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
21:00	Paolucci  22' Sundermann  33' Rahmen  68' Reisch  87'		53' Fara	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Kamber

Basel v Sampdoria

9 June 1970 2	Basel	2 – 1	Sampdoria	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

Fiorentina v Basel

13 June 1970 3	Fiorentina	3 – 3	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
	Mariani  61', 84' Galdiolo  70'		71', 87' Hauser  45' Mundschin	Referee: Huber

Basel v Lazio

16 June 1970 4	Basel	3 – 2	Lazio	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
	Wenger  72', 73', 85'		71', 90' (pen.) Chinaglia

Final Table Switzerland

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Basel	4	3	1	0	12	7	7
2	Lugano	4	1	2	1	7	8	4
3	Young Boys	4	1	1	2	6	5	3
4	Zürich	4	1	0	3	9	10	2

Final

Basel v Fiorentina

19 June 1970 Final	Basel	3 – 2[1]	Fiorentina	St. Jakob Stadium Basel
	Hauser  15' Wenger  19', 76'		30' Longoni  77' Esposito	Referee: Vigliani

See also

• History of FC Basel
• List of FC Basel players
• List of FC Basel seasons

Sources and References

• Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
• Switzerland 1970–71 at RSSSF

1. AC Fiorentina (1970). "Coppa delle Alpi, annata 1969/1970". fiorentinaweb.com. Retrieved 2016-11-16.

External links

• FC Basel official site