1963–64 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1963–64 season
Chairman Switzerland Lucien Schmidlin
Manager Czech Republic Jiří Sobotka
Ground St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A 7th
Swiss Cup Round of 16
European Cup Winners' Cup First round

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 in the St. Jakob Stadium. Lucien Schmidlin was club chairman for the second year running.

Overview

Jiří Sobotka continued his job as club manager, it was his third consecutive year as manager. There were fourteen teams contesting in the 1963–64 Nationalliga A and Basel finished the championship in seventh position with twenty six points, with ten wins and six draws from 26 matches, scoring 42 goals conceding 48. FC La Chaux-de-Fonds won the championship.

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 locak rivals Concordia which was also won with ease. However in the round of 16 the away defeat against lower classed Porrentruy ended this campaign abruptly.

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 with very disappointing and disastrous results.

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 GK Marcel Kunz
Switzerland DF Walter Baumann
Switzerland DF Heinz Blumer
Switzerland DF René Burri
Switzerland DF Peter Füri
Germany MF Josef Kiefer
Switzerland DF Bruno Michaud
Switzerland DF Markus Pfirter
Switzerland DF Hanspeter Stocker
Switzerland MF Fernando Kranichfeldt
No. Position Player
Switzerland MF Walter Löffel
Switzerland MF Jean-Jacques Maurer
Switzerland MF Karl Odermatt
Switzerland MF Carlo Porlezza
Switzerland MF Hans Weber
Switzerland FW Roberto Frigerio
Switzerland FW Bruno Gabrieli
Switzerland FW Bruno Gatti
Hungary FW Janos Konrad
Germany FW Erdmann Lüth
Italy FW Enrico Mazzola
Switzerland FW Raymond Simonet
Switzerland Klaus Huber

Results

Nationalliga

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Remarks
1FC La Chaux-de-Fonds261754683639Champions: 1964–65 European Cup
2FC Zürich261826843738
3FC Grenchen261745573538
4Servette FC Genève261808743336
5Lausanne Sports261349615230Swiss Cup winners: 1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup
6BSC Young Boys2611510565427
7FC Basel2610610424826
8FC Lucerne2610313445223
9FC Chiasso268711405423
10FC Sion269314525821
11Grasshopper Club Zürich268315426419
12FC Biel-Bienne268216526818
13FC Schaffhausen263716326913Relegated: to Nationalliga B
14Cantonal Neuchâtel264517388213Relegated: to Nationalliga B

Swiss Cup

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

European Cup Winners' Cup

Celtic won 10 – 1 on aggregate.

See also

Sources and References

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