1963–64 FC Basel season

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 either in their old Landhof Stadium or in their new St. Jakob Stadium. Lucien Schmidlin was club chairman for the second year running.

FC Basel

1963–64 season
Chairman	Lucien Schmidlin
Manager	Jiří Sobotka
Ground	Landhof and St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A	7th
Swiss Cup	Round of 16
European Cup Winners' Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Karl Odermatt (9) All: Roberto Frigerio (27)
Highest home attendance	11,000 12.04.1964 vs. Lausanne-Sport
Lowest home attendance	5,000 26.04.1964 vs. Cantonal Neuchatel
Average home league attendance	7,150

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. Karl Odermatt was the team's top goal scorer in the domestic league with 9 goals.[1] Frigerio scored 19 goals in 15 test games. Four alone in the game against FC Laufen.[2]

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

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 very disappointingly (1–5 and 0–5) and thus ended with a disastrous aggregate result.

In the Cup of the Alps competition during the group stage Basel played against Genoa C.F.C., Atalanta and Zürich. All three games were played in the Landhof, but all three ended in a defeat and the campaign ended.[3]

During the winter break the club organised a world tour. This saw them travel to British Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, French Polynesia, Mexico and the United States. During the journey a total of ten friendly/test games were played, resulting in five wins, three draws and just two defeats.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   SUI Kurt Stettler — GK   SUI Hansruedi Günthardt — GK   SUI René Jecker — GK   SUI Marcel Kunz — DF   SUI Walter Baumann — DF   SUI Heinz Blumer — DF   SUI René Burri — DF   SUI Peter Füri — MF  GER Josef Kiefer — DF   SUI Bruno Michaud — DF   SUI Markus Pfirter — DF   SUI Hanspeter Stocker — MF   SUI Fernando Kranichfeldt

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   SUI Walter Löffel — MF   SUI Jean-Jacques Maurer — MF   SUI Karl Odermatt — MF   SUI Carlo Porlezza — MF   SUI Hans Weber — FW   SUI Roberto Frigerio — FW   SUI Bruno Gabrieli — FW   SUI Bruno Gatti — FW  HUN Janos Konrad — FW  GER Erdmann Lüth — FW  ITA Enrico Mazzola — FW   SUI Raymond Simonet —   SUI Klaus Huber

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre-season

Black Stars v Basel

1 August 1963 Pre-season	Black Stars	1 – 8	Basel	Buschwilerhof, Basel
17:00	Hänggi	Summary	(2) Mazzola  (4) Pfirter Hofer Löffel	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Wyttenbach Birsfelden

FC Pratteln v Basel

7 August 1963 Pre-season	FC Pratteln	1 – 5	Basel	In den Sandgruben, Pratteln
	(1:4)	Summary	20' (0:1) Mazzola  22' (0:2) Hofer  43' (0:3) Hofer  50' (0:4) Gatti  (1:5) Burri	Attendance: 600 Referee: Gottfried Dienst Basel

FC Gerlafingen v Basel

10 August 1963 Pre-season	FC Gerlafingen	1 – 4	Basel	Strackbach, Gerlafingen
16:00	Müller  44' (1:3)	Summary	2' (0:1) Lüth  30' (0:2) Simonet  34' (0:3) Lüth  48' (1:4) Mazzola	Attendance: 800 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach

FC Moutier v Basel

11 August 1963 Pre-season	FC Moutier	1 – 3	Basel	Stade de Chalière, Moutier
	Spielmann  44' (1:0)	Summary	50' (1:1) Pfirter  74' (1:2) Gatti  89' (1:3) Gatti	Attendance: 800 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach

Basel v Kjøbenhavns Boldklub

14 August 1963 Pre-season	Basel	3 – 2	Kjøbenhavns Boldklub	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Gatti  14' (1:0) Blumer  20' (2:0) Pfirter  33' (3:0)	Summary	60' (3:1) Kristensen  87' (3:2) Möller	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Karl Göppel Zürich

La Chaux-de-Fonds v Basel

18 August 1963 Pre-season	La Chaux-de-Fonds	2 – 2	Basel	Stade des Prés-sous-Ville, Vallorbe
	Bertschi  52' (1:1) Vuilleumier  83' (2:2)	Summary	8' (0:1) Blumer  75' (1:2) Odermatt	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: D. Mellet Lausanne

Winter break and mid-season

Hong Kong v Basel

15 January 1964 Winter break	Hong Kong	2 – 3	Basel	Hong Kong Stadium, British Hong Kong
20:00	(1:2)  (2:3)	Summary	14' (0:1) Blumer  16' (0:2) Gatti  41' (1:3) Frigerio	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Luk-tak-son

Malaysia v Basel

18 January 1964 Winter break	Malaysia	2 – 5	Basel	Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
20:00	Jusof Hamid  61' (1:4) Jusof Hamid  75' (2:5)	Summary	8' (0:1) Odermatt  17' (0:2) Frigerio  32' (0:3) Odermatt  60' (0:4) Pfirter  69' (1:5) Blumer	Attendance: 6,000

Singapore Selection v Basel

20 January 1964 Winter break	Singapore Selection	2 – 2	Basel	Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore
	5' (1:1)  7' (pen. 2:1)	Summary	3' (0:1) Blumer  61' (2:2) Frigerio	Attendance: 5,000

Singapore Selection v Basel

22 January 1964 Winter break	Singapore Selection	2 – 4	Basel	Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore
	55' (1:3)  90' (2:4)	Summary	19' (0:1) Frigerio<  29' (0:2) Frigerio  50' (0:3) Burri  75' (1:4)Frigerio	Attendance: 4,000

Sydney Prague v Basel

25 January 1964 Winter break	Sydney Prague	2 – 2	Basel	Athletic Field, Sydney, Australia
	Tristram  (1:0) Tristram  40' (2:0)	Summary	68' (2:1) Frigerio  72' (2:2) Odermatt	Attendance: 12,000

Victoria Selection v Basel

26 January 1964 Winter break	Victoria Selection	3 – 2	Basel	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
	Joreski  4' (1:0) Stankovic  50' (2:1) Stankovic  89' (3:2)	Summary	25' (1:1) Blumer  65' (2:2) Frigerio	Attendance: 20,000

New Zealand v Basel

27 January 1964 Winter break	New Zealand	1 – 4	Basel	Blandford Park, Auckland, New Zealand
20:00	Moore  78' (1:4)	Summary	18' (0:1) Frigerio  (0:2) Odermatt  55' (0:3) Blumer  60' (0:4) Frigerio	Attendance: 6,500

Tahiti Selection v Basel

1 February 1964 Winter break	Tahiti Selection	0 – 0	Basel	Papeete, French Polynesia
		Summary		Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Paul Wyssling Zürich

California All Stars v Basel

4 February 1964 Winter break	California All Stars	1 – 2	Basel	Tijuana, Mexico
20:30	67' (1:2)	Summary	21' (0:1) Burri  60' (0:2) Löffel	Attendance: 2,200

Los Angeles All Stars v Basel

9 February 1964 Winter break	Los Angeles All Stars	2 – 1	Basel	Wrigley Field, Los Angeles
	Radulski  4' (1:0) Abaunze  15' (2:0)	Summary	73' (2:1) Frigerio

Lugano v Basel

22 February 1964 Winter break	Lugano	5 – 4	Basel	Cornaredo, Lugano
	Mungai  13' (1:0) Simonetti  17' (2:0) Zaro  26' (3:1) Colombo  44' (4:2) Simonetti  47' (5:2)	Summary	25' (o.g. 2:1) Scalena  28' (2:2) Frigerio  49' (5:3) Frigerio  85' (5:4) Frigerio	Attendance: 500 Referee: Luigi Grassi Novazzano

Basel v Laufen

1 March 1964 Winter break	Basel	12 – 0	Laufen	Basel
	Blumer  (1) Frigerio  (4) Odermatt  (4) Weber  (3)	Summary

Basel v Schalke 04

14 April 1964 Mid-season	Basel	5 – 5	Schalke 04	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:15	Meier  40' (1:2) Keller  63' (2:3) Meier  69' (3:3) Meier  77' (4:5) Meier  88' (5:5)	Summary	5' (0:1) Klose  28' (0:2) Matischak  57' (1:3) Klose  74' (3:4) Bechmann  75' (3:5) Matischak	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Karl Göppel Zürich

Basel v Nottingham Forest

6 May 1964 Mid-season	Basel	0 – 6	Nottingham Forest	Landhof, Basel
18:00		Summary	36' (0:1) Wignall  44' (0:2) Newton  46' (0:3) Addison  67' (0:4) Newton  82' (o.g.)  84' (0:3) Wignall	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Pius Kamber Zürich

FC Brunnen v Basel

18 May 1964 Mid-season	FC Brunnen	2 – 7	Basel	Brunnen
15:00		Summary	(2) Frigerio  (1) Gatti  (3) Odermatt  (1) Stocker

Nationalliga A

Main article: 1963–64 Nationalliga A

League matches

Zürich v Basel

25 August 1963 Round 1	Zürich	0 – 2	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
15:15		Summary	5' (0:1) Simonet  70' (0:2) Blumer	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern

Basel v Sion

1 September 1963 Round 2	Basel	2 – 0	Sion	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Pfirter  54' (1:0) Pfirter  74' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 5,800 Referee: Othmar Huber Thun

Grenchen v Basel

8 September 1963 Round 3	Grenchen	0 – 1	Basel	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
15:00		Summary	79' (0:1) Füri	Referee: Zürrer Feldmeilen

Basel v Schaffhausen

14 September 1963 Round 4	Basel	2 – 2	Schaffhausen	Landhof, Basel
16:00	Blumer  33' (1:1) Blumer  89' (2:2)	Summary	32' (0:1) Wiehler  35' (1:2) Wiehler	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Pius Kamber Zürich

Lausanne-Sport v Basel

22 September 1966 Round 5	Lausanne-Sport	2 – 3	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
15:00	Hosp  19' (1:0) Schneiter  58' (2:2) Hertig  85'	Summary	52' (1:1) Blumer  55' (1:2) Blumer  75' (2:3) Hofer	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: W. Hardmeier Thalwil

Basel v Chiasso

29 September 1963 Round 6	Basel	2 – 2	Chiasso	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Hofer  43' (1:1) Hofer  88' (2:2)	[ Summary]	3' (0:1) Bergna  47' (1:2) Bergna	Attendance: 6,800 Referee: GuinnardGletterens

Cantonal Neuchatel v Basel

13 October 1963 Round 7	Cantonal Neuchatel	2 – 1	Basel	Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
15:00	Perroud  10' (1:1) Ballamann  56' (2:1)	Summary	7' (0:1) Mazzola	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Karl Göppel Zürich

Basel v Grasshopper Club

27 October 1963 Round 8	Basel	2 – 1	Grasshopper Club	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Gatti  65' (1:1) Baumann  74' (2:1)	Summary	33' (0:1) Czibor	Attendance: 9,200 Referee: Othmar Huber Thun

Young Boys v Basel

6 November 1963 Round 9	Young Boys	2 – 1	Basel	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
	Füllemann  32' (1:0) Buffoni  58' (2:1)	Summary	44' (1:1) Pfirter	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: D. Mellet Lausanne

Basel v Biel-Bienne

17 November 1963 Round 10	Basel	4 – 0	Biel-Bienne	Landhof, Basel
14:30	Gatti  11' (1:0) Lüth  20' (2:0) Baumann  47' (3:0) Odermatt  80' (4:0)	Summary		Attendance: 7.300 Referee: F. Schorer Interlaken

Basel v Luzern

1 December 1963 Round 11	Basel	3 – 0	Luzern	Landhof, Basel
14:30	Odermatt  23' (1:0) Odermatt  37' (2:0) Odermatt  75' (3:0)	Summary		Attendance: 5,800 Referee: Strässle Steinach

Servette v Basel

8 December 1963 Round 12	Servette	4 – 1	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
	Desbiolle  1' (1:0) Bosson  16' (2:0) Schindelholz  52' (3:1) Desbiolle  85' (4:1)	Summary	24' (2:1) Odermatt	Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Albert Weber Lausanne

Basel v La Chaux-de-Fonds

15 DEcember 1963 Round 13	Basel	2 – 2	La Chaux-de-Fonds	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Weber  58' (1:2) Mazzola  83' (2:2)	Summary	23' (0:1) Trivellin Skiba  38' (0:2)	Attendance: 7,000 Referee:

Basel v Zürich

8 March 1964 Round 14	Basel	0 – 5	Zürich	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00		Summary	15' (0:1)  23' (0:2) Rüfl  30' (0:3) Stürmer  44' (0:4) Brizzi  88' (0:5) Frey	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Othmar Huber Thun

Sion v Basel

15 March 1964 Round 15	Sion	2 – 0	Basel	Parc des Sports, Sion
	Mantula  24' (1:0) Gasser  56' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Guinnard Gletterens

Basel v Grenchen

22 March 1964 Round 16	Basel	0 – 2	Grenchen	Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary	3' (0:1) Kominek}  61' (0:2) H. Schneider	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Karl Göppel Zürich

Schaffhausen v Basel

5 April 1964 Round 17	Schaffhausen	1 – 1	Basel	Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen
15:00	Flury  51' (1:1)	Summary	13' (0:1) Frigerio	Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Strässle Steinach

Basel v Lausanne-Sport

12 April 1964 Round 18	Basel	4 – 2	Lausanne-Sport	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Frigerio  8' (1:0) Frigerio  15' (2:1) Gatti  75' (3:1) Mazzola  79' (4:1)	Summary	11' (pen. 1:1) Eschmann  84' (4:2) Hosp	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern

Chiasso v Basel

19 April 1964 Round 19	Chiasso	0 – 0	Basel	Stadio Via Comacini, Chiasso
		Summary		Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Gilbert Droz Marin-Epagnier

Basel v Cantonal Neuchatel

26 April 1964 Round 20	Basel	3 – 2	Cantonal Neuchatel	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Löffel  11' (1:1) Odermatt  65' (2:2) Weber  75' (3:2)	Summary	8' (0:1) Sandoz  34' (1:2) Maffioli	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Zürrer Feldmeilen

Grasshopper Club v Basel

3 May 1964 Round 21	Grasshopper Club	3 – 2	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
15:15	Menet  16' (pen. 1:1) Bernasconi  25' (2:1) Bernasconi  37' (3:1)	Summary	6' (0:1) Odermatt  45' (3:2) Gatti	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Roland Keller Bern

Basel v Young Boys

16 May 1964 Round 22	Basel	2 – 1	Young Boys	Landhof, Basel
18:00	Frigerio  70' (1:1) Odermatt  86' (2:1)	Summary	51' (0:1) Grünig	Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Pius Kamber Zürich

Biel-Bienne v Basel

24 May 1964 Round 23	Biel-Bienne	2 – 2	Basel	Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
	Graf  50' (1:1) Rajkov  80' (2:2)	Summary	23' (0:1) Odermatt  75' (pen. 1:2) Stocker	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Guinnard Gletterens

Luzern v Basel

31 May 1964 Round 24	Luzern	3 – 2	Basel	Stadion Allmend, Luzern
	Wähling  57' (1:2) Meili  58' (2:2) Meili  76' (3:2)	Summary	30' (0:1) Frigerio  53' (pen. 0:2)	Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach

Basel v Servette

7 June 1964 Round 25	Basel	0 – 6	Servette	St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary	35' (0:1) Schindelholz  43' (0:2) Desbiolles  67' (0:3) Schindelholz  68' (0:4) Nemeth  84' (0:5) Vonlanthen  85' (0:6) Schindelholz	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: D. Mellet Lausanne

La Chaux-de-Fonds v Basel

14 June 1964 Round 26	La Chaux-de-Fonds	2 – 0	Basel	Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
15:00	Skiba  30' (1:0) Bertschi  87' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 7,400 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
5	Lausanne Sports	26	13	4	9	61	52	+9	30	Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup
6	BSC Young Boys	26	11	5	10	56	54	+2	27
7	FC Basel	26	10	6	10	42	48	−6	26
8	FC Lucerne	26	10	3	13	44	52	−8	23
9	FC Chiasso	26	8	7	11	40	54	−14	23

Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

SC Schöftland v Basel

6 October 1963 Round of 64	SC Schöftland	0 – 7	Basel	Schöftland
		Summary	2' (0:1) Hofer  32' (0:2) Odermatt  39' (0:3) Weber  55' (0:4) Hofer  58' (0:5) Blumer  75' (0:6) Lüth  81' (0:7) Lüth	Stadium: Sportanlage Rütimatten Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Ullrich Dübendorf

Concordia v Basel

20 October 1963 Round of 32	Concordia	0 – 4	Basel	Basel
15:00		Summary	17' (0:1) Blumer  20' (0:2) Baumann  71' (0:3) Weber  75' (0:4) Pfirter	Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: F. Schorer Interlaken

Porrentruy v Basel

24 November 1963 Round of 16	Porrentruy	1 – 0	Basel	Porrentruy
	Jaeck  56' (1:0)	Summary		Stadium: Stade du Tirage Attendance: 5'600 Referee: Michael Huber

European Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup

FC Basel v Celtic

17 September 1963 Round	FC Basel	1 – 5	Celtic	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:45	Blumer  78'	Summary	21' Divers  43', 65', 77' Hughes  53' Lennox	Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Manuel Gómez Arribas

Celtic v FC Basel

9 October 1963 Round	Celtic	5 – 0	FC Basel	Celtic Park, Glasgow
19:30	Johnstone  3' Divers  42', 88' Murdoch  62' Chalmers  78'	Summary		Attendance: 7,909 Referee: Frede Hansen

Celtic won 10 – 1 on aggregate.

Cup of the Alps

Main article: Cup of the Alps

Group stage

Basel v Genoa C.F.C.

21 June 1964 Round 1	Basel	2 – 5	Genoa C.F.C.	Landhof, Basel
18:30	Odermatt  49' (1:1) Moscatelli  76' (2:3)	Summary	39' (0:1) Rivara  64' (1:2) Bean  69' (1:3) Bean  77' (2:4) Bean  89' (2:5) Locatelli	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Alessandro D'Agostini

Basel v Zürich

24 June 1964 Round 2	Basel	3 – 4	Zürich	Landhof, Basel
18:30	Frigerio  1' (1:0) Frigerio  39' (2:2) Frigerio  68' (3:2)	Summary	13' (1:1) Martinelli  39' (1:2) Martinelli  77' (3:3) Martinelli  84' (3:4) Stürmer	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Gambarotto

Basel v Atalanta

27 June 1964 Round 3	Basel	0 – 3	Atalanta	Landhof, Basel
18:15		Summary	52' (0:1) Christensen  60' (0:2) Magistrelli  75' (0:3) Meneghetti	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Othmar Huber Thun

See also

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

Sources and references

• Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2027-6
• Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
• FCB team 1963–64 at fcb-archiv.ch
• Switzerland 1963–64 at RSSSF

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External links

• FC Basel official site