1962–63 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1962–63 season
Chairman Switzerland Lucien Schmidlin
Manager Czech Republic Jiří Sobotka
Ground St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A 6th
Swiss Cup Winners
Top goalscorer Switzerland Heinz Blumer (16)

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. Lucien Schmidlin was voted as new club chairman at the AGM to follow Ernst Weber, who had announced his retirement from the position.

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 GK Hans-Ruedi Günthardt
Switzerland GK René Jecker
Switzerland DF Heinz Blumer
Switzerland DF René Burri
Switzerland DF Peter Füri
Switzerland DF Bruno Michaud
Switzerland DF Hanspeter Stocker
Switzerland DF Eduard Vogt
Germany MF Josef Kiefer
Switzerland MF Fernando Kranichfeldt
Switzerland MF Walter Löffel
No. Position Player
Germany MF Otto Ludwig
Switzerland MF Jean-Jacques Maurer
Switzerland MF Carlo Porlezza
Switzerland MF Hans Weber
Switzerland FW Roland Denicola
Germany FW Wilfried Fritz
Switzerland FW Bruno Gatti
Italy FW Enrico Mazzola
Switzerland FW Werner Meier
Switzerland FW Karl Odermatt
Switzerland FW Raymond Simonet
Switzerland FW Niklaus Stöckli
Switzerland FW Markus Pfirter

Results

Nationalliga

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Remarks
1FC Zürich262042813344Champions: 1963–64 European Cup
2Lausanne Sports261844813040
3FC La Chaux-de-Fonds261286554432
4BSC Young Boys261358624931
5Servette FC Genève2511411543926
6FC Basel2610610595126Swiss Cup winners: 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup
7Grasshopper Club Zürich269710575125
8FC Biel-Bienne269611384424
9FC Grenchen268711404923
10FC Lucerne267910415423
11FC Chiasso267613336920
12FC Sion266713376919
13Young Fellows Zürich267316345817Relegated: to Nationalliga B
14FC Lugano264616215314Relegated: to Nationalliga B

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

Sources and References

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