1963–64 FC Basel season
1963–64 season | |||
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Chairman | Lucien Schmidlin | ||
Manager | Jiří Sobotka | ||
Ground | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel | ||
Nationalliga A | 7th | ||
Swiss Cup | Round of 16 | ||
European Cup Winners' Cup | First round | ||
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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.
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Results
Nationalliga
- League standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Remarks |
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1 | FC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 68 | 36 | 39 | Champions: 1964–65 European Cup |
2 | FC Zürich | 26 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 84 | 37 | 38 | |
3 | FC Grenchen | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 57 | 35 | 38 | |
4 | Servette FC Genève | 26 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 74 | 33 | 36 | |
5 | Lausanne Sports | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 61 | 52 | 30 | Swiss Cup winners: 1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup |
6 | BSC Young Boys | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 56 | 54 | 27 | |
7 | FC Basel | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 42 | 48 | 26 | |
8 | FC Lucerne | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 44 | 52 | 23 | |
9 | FC Chiasso | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 54 | 23 | |
10 | FC Sion | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 52 | 58 | 21 | |
11 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 42 | 64 | 19 | |
12 | FC Biel-Bienne | 26 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 52 | 68 | 18 | |
13 | FC Schaffhausen | 26 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 69 | 13 | Relegated: to Nationalliga B |
14 | Cantonal Neuchâtel | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 38 | 82 | 13 | Relegated: to Nationalliga B |
Swiss Cup
- Legend
Win Draw Loss
5 October 1963 Round 3 | SC Schöftland | 0 – 7 | Basel | Schöftland |
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Stadium: Sportanlage Rütimatten |
19 October 1963 Round of 32 | Concordia | 0 – 4 | Basel | Basel |
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Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium |
24 November 1963 Round of 16 | Porrentruy | 1 – 0 | Basel | Porrentruy |
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Stadium: Stade du Tirage |
European Cup Winners' Cup
17 September 1963 Round | FC Basel | 1 – 5 | Celtic | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
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Blumer 78' | 21' Divers 43', 65', 77' Hughes 53' Lennox |
Attendance: 14,300 Referee: Manuel Gómez Arribas (Spain) |
9 October 1963 Round | Celtic | 5 – 0 | FC Basel | Celtic Park, Glasgow |
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Johnstone 3' Divers 42', 88' Murdoch 62' Chalmers 78' |
Attendance: 7,909 Referee: Frede Hansen (Denmark) |
Celtic won 10 – 1 on aggregate.
See also
Sources and References
- Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2027-6
- Switzerland 1963–64 at RSSSF