1970–71 FC Basel season

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.

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	Round 2
Cup of the Alps	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Walter Balmer (13) All: Karl Odermatt (16)
Highest home attendance	36'000 on 10 October 1970 vs. Zürich
Lowest home attendance	9,500 on 8 November 1970 vs. Sion
Average home league attendance	17.384

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.[1] Walter Balmer was the team's 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.[2]

In the 1970 Cup of the Alps Basel were in the Swiss Group together withLugano, Young Boys and Zürich. They played against each of the four Italian teams Fiorentina, Lazio, Sampdoria and Bari. Basel won the Swiss group and in the final they faced and beat Fiorentina 3–2.[3]

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 Marcel Kunz — GK  FRA Jean-Paul Laufenburger — DF   SUI Paul Fischli — DF  GER Josef Kiefer — DF   SUI Jörg Stohler — DF   SUI Bruno Michaud — DF   SUI Walter Mundschin — DF   SUI Roland Paolucci — MF   SUI Manfred Shädler — MF   SUI Eduard Manzoni

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

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre-season

FC Schalke 04 v Basel

19 July 1970 Pre-season	FC Schalke 04	0 – 0	Basel	Langensteinstadion, Waldshut
		Summary		Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Robert Heyn

Basel v Freiburger FC

22 July 1970 Pre-season	Basel	1 – 0	Freiburger FC	Landhof, Basel
18:15	Wenger  7' (1:0)	Summary		Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Haldimann Biel/Bienne

FV Lörrach v Basel

27 July 1970 Pre-season	FV Lörrach	1 – 5	Basel	Stadtstadion Lörrach
	Förster  28' (1:1)	Summary	21' (0:1) Balmer  32' (1:2) Manzoni  54' (1:3) Ramseier  63' (1:4) Wenger  75' (1:5) Wenger	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Kurt Woldrich

Basel v RC Strasbourg

29 July 1970 Pre-season	Basel	2 – 1	RC Strasbourg	Landhof, Basel
18:15	Wenger  2' (1:0) Wenger  71' (2:1)	Summary	7' (pen. 1:1) Lemée  50' Kaniber	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Ernst Dörflinger Basel

Basel v Xamax

2 August 1970 Pre-season	Basel	2 – 2	Xamax	Weiden Dornach
16:30	Hauser  60' (1:1) Sundermann  84' (2:1)	Summary	54' (0:1) Brunnenmeier  86' (2:2) Rub	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Jean Dubach Nidau

Grenchen v Basel

5 August 1970 Uhrencup	Grenchen	0 – 4	Basel	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:00		Summary	46' (0:1) Ramseier  52' (0:2) Wenger  67' (0:3) Balmer  73' (0:4) Odermatt	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Rudolf Rettig Gerlafingen

Basel v Young Boys

8 August 1970 Uhrencup	Basel	5 – 5 (8 – 7 p)	Young Boys	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:00	Wenger  14' (1:0) Reisch  21' (2:1) Balmer  24' (3:1) Odermatt  57' (4:4) Balmer  68' (5:4)	Summary	17' (1:1) Allemann  46' (2:2) Schild  49' (3:3) Theunissen  55' (3:4) Kvicinsky  85' (5:5) Müller	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
	Penalties
	Sundermann Sundermann		Allemann Allemann

Basel v Tennis Borussia Berlin

12 August 1970 Pre-season	Basel	5 – 2	Tennis Borussia Berlin	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Wenger  5' (1:0) Hauser  26' (2:0) Hauser  29' (3:0) Hauser  86' (4:2) Hauser  90' (5:2)	Summary	37' (3:1) Eggert  58' (3:2) Görs	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Karl Göppel Zürich

Winter break

Royal Bangkok Sports Club v Basel

15 January 1971 Winter break	Royal Bangkok Sports Club	0 – 15	Basel	Bangkok
		Summary	(4x) Hauser  (3x) Balmer  (3x) Odermatt  (2x) Demarmels  (2x) Wenger  (1x) Paolucci

Queen-Stars Bangkok v Basel

20 January 1971 Winter break	Queen-Stars Bangkok	1 – 3	Basel	Bangkok
	Reisch  (o.g.)	Summary	Odermatt Demarmels Wenger	Attendance: 8,000

Basel v Xamax

7 February 1971 Wnter break	Basel	5 – 1	Xamax	St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel
14:30	Hauser  34' (1:0) Hauser  65' (2:0) Balmer  63' (3:0) Hauser  68' (4:0) Hauser  90' (5:1)	Summary	84' (4:1) Krömer	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Peter Hänggi Aesch

Wettingen v Basel

14 Februar 1971 Winter break	Wettingen	0 – 1	Basel	Stadion Altenburg, Wettingen
		Summary	85' (0:1) Hauser	Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Winiger Wetzikon

FC Birsfelden v Basel

17 February 1971 Winter break	FC Birsfelden	1 – 8	Basel	Sternenfeld, Birsfelden
20:00	Kunz  35' (1:2)	Summary	3' (0:1) Fischli  6' (0:2) Odermatt  36' (1:3) Reisch  41' (1:4) Balmer  48' (1:5) Odermatt  51' (1:6) Odermatt  63' (1:7) Odermatt  70' (1:8) Wenger	Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Walter Rudin Birsfelden

Servette v Basel

21 February 1971 Winter break	Servette	2 – 2	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
	Heutschi  81' (1:2) Dörfel  88' (2:2)	Summary	8' (0:1) Odermatt  60' (0:2) Hauser	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Gilbert Droz Marin

Basel v Grenchen

21 March 1971 Mid-season	Basel	2 – 1	Grenchen	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Balmer  18' (1:0) Stohler  71' (pen. 2:1)	Summary	30' (1:1) Braun	Referee: Rudolf Renggli Luzern

Aarau v Basel

9 April 1971 Mid-season	Aarau	0 – 4	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
		Summary	21' (0:1) Mundschin  26' (0:2) Hauser  47' (0:3) Rahmen  70' (0:4) Rahmen	Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Marcel Zürcher Wettingen

Nationalliga

Main article: 1970–71 Nationalliga A

League matches

Servette v Basel

15 August 1970 Round 1	Servette	1 – 1	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
17:30	Heutschi  8' (1:1)	Summary	6' (0:1) Ramseier	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Mario Clematide Zollikofen

Lugano v Basel

28 August 1970 Round 2	Lugano	1 – 1	Basel	Cornaredo, Lugano
20:30	Manzoni  30' Berset  75' (1:1) Berset  80'	Summary	14' (0:1) Mundschin	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Gilbert Droz Marin

Basel v Grasshopper Club

29 August 1970 Round 3	Basel	3 – 1	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Ramseier  22' (1:0) Hauser  36' (2:1) Balmer  55' (3:1)	Summary	25' (1:1) Grahn	Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern

Basel v Bellinzona

2 September 1970 Round 4	Basel	5 – 2	Bellinzona	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Odermatt  10' Odermatt  21' (1:1) Wenger  40' (2:1) Rahmen  44' (3:1) Hauser  48' (4:1) Balmer  60' (5:1)	Summary	7' (0:1) Lukaric  87' (5:2) Gottardi	Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Roland Racine Prilly

Luzern v Basel

6 September 1970 Round 5	Luzern	1 – 1	Basel	Stadion Allmend, Luzern
16:30	Müller  90' (1:1)	Summary	5' (0:1) Wenger	Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Ulysse Darbellay Roche

Basel v Fribourg

12 September 1970 Round 6	Basel	3 – 0	Fribourg	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Sundermann  6' (pen. 1:0) Wenger  37' (2:0) Balmer  49' (3:0)	Summary		Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Josef Zibung Luzern

Biel-Bienne v Basel

19 September 1970 Round 7	Biel-Bienne	1 – 1	Basel	Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
20:15	Renfer  13' (1:0)	Summary	31' (1:1) Reisch	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Claudio Laich Massagno

Basel v Lausanne-Sport

26 September 1970 Round 8	Basel	5 – 3	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Wenger  3' (1:0) Hauser  7' (2:0) Wenger  37' (3:3) Wenger  48' (4:3) Odermatt  58' (5:3)	Summary	30' (2:1) Hosp  31' (2:2) Vuilleumier  32' (2:3) Weibel  45' Dürr	Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Walter Gallmann Oberrieden

La Chaux-de-Fonds v Basel

3 October 1970 Round 9	La Chaux-de-Fonds	0 – 1	Basel	Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
17:00		Summary	12' (0:1) Balmer  37' Reisch	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bruno Della Bruna Lumino

Basel v Zürich

10 October 1970 Round 10	Basel	4 – 2	Zürich	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Sundermann  44' (pen. 1:2) Benthaus  48' (2:2) Odermatt  67' (3:2) Mundschin  90' (4:2)	Summary	4' (0:1) Künzli  37' (0:2) Volkert	Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Mario Clematide Zollikofen

Winterthur v Basel

24 October 1970 Round 11	Winterthur	2 – 1	Basel	Schützenwiese, Winterthur
20:00	Dimmler  9' (pen. 1:0) Rutschmann  82' (2:1) Zigerlig	Summary	81' (1:1) Reisch Reisch Paolucci	Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Ulysse Darbellay Roche

Basel v Sion

8 November 1970 Round 12	Basel	2 – 0	Sion	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Odermatt  52' (1:0) Wenger  88' (2:0)	Summary	26' Delay	Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Claudio Laich Massagno

Young Boys v Basel

22 November 1970 Round 13	Young Boys	1 – 6	Basel	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
14:30	Allemann  70' (1:4)	Summary	31' (0:1) Odermatt  38' (0:2) Sundermann  45' (0:3) Paolucci  63' (0:4) Wenger  84' (1:5) Balmer  89' (1:3) Wenger	Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Pius Kamber Zürich

Basel v Servette

6 December 1970 Round 14	Basel	2 – 2	Servette	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Sundermann  10' (1:0) Sundermann  60' (2:2)	Summary	13' (1:1) Heutschi  44' (1:2) Blanchoud	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern

Basel v Lugano

7 March 1971 Round 15	Basel	4 – 1	Lugano	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Odermatt  20' (pen. 1:0) Odermatt  57' Odermatt  63' (2:0) Balmer  78' (3:0) Odermatt  82' (4:0)	Summary	19' Coduri  54' Pullica  87' (o.g. 4:1) Fischli	Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach

Grasshopper Club v Basel

14 March 1971 Round 16	Grasshopper Club	2 – 1	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
14:30	Gröbli  29' (1:0) Grahn  48' (2:1)	Summary	30' (1:1) Odermatt  63' Fischli	Attendance: 20,000 Referee:

Bellinzona v Basel

21 March 1971 Round 17	Bellinzona	PP	Basel	Stadio Comunale Bellinzona
		[ Summary]

Basel v Luzern

28 March 1971 Round 18	Basel	5 – 0	Luzern	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00	Hauser  26' (1:0) Mundschin  39' (2:0) Sundermann  60' (3:0) Balmer  89' (4:0) Balmer  90+1' (5:0)	Summary		Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Marcel Despland Yverdon

Fribourg v Basel

4 April 1971 Round 19	Fribourg	2 – 3	Basel	Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard, Fribourg
15:00	Cremona  37' (1:3) Schaller  53' (2:3)	Summary	13' (0:1) Balmer  19' (0:2) Demarmels  24' (0:3) Hauser	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Walter Gallmann Oberrieden

Basel v Biel-Bienne

17 April 1971 Round 20	Basel	2 – 0	Biel-Bienne	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Sundermann  62' (1:0) Wenger  71' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Werner Mettler St. Gallen

Lausanne-Sport v Basel

24 April 1971 Round 21	Lausanne-Sport	2 – 2	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:30	Zappella  15' (1:0) Vuilleumier  58' (2:1)	Summary	25' (1:1) Balmer  70' Fischli  77' (2:2) Demarmels	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Claudio Laich Massagno

Basel v La Chaux-de-Fonds

1 May 1971 Round 22	Basel	2 – 0	La Chaux-de-Fonds	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Balmer  2' (1:0) Hauser  15' (2:0)	Summary	Jeandupeux  85' Chiandussi	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Mario Clematide Zollikofen

Zürich v Basel

16 May 1971 Round 23	Zürich	0 – 1	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
15:40		Summary	55' (0:1) Hauser	Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Fernand Burioli Lausanne

Basel v Winterthur

22 May 1971 Round 24	Basel	5 – 0	Winterthur	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Mundschin  7' (1:0) Odermatt  26' (2:0) Balmer  30' (3:0) Riner  49' (4:0) Hauser  53' (5:0)	Summary	53' Bollmann	Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Jean Dubach Nidau

Bellinzona v Basel

26 May 1971 Round 17	Bellinzona	0 – 2	Basel	Stadio Comunale Bellinzona
20:30		Summary	56' (0:1) Balmer  79' (pen. 0:2) Odermatt	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Walter Hungerbühler St. Gallen

Sion v Basel

29 May 1971 Round 25	Sion	0 – 1	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:15	Wampfler  78'	Summary	76' (0:1) Hauser  78' Fischli	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach

Basel v Young Boys

5 June 1971 Round 26	Basel	3 – 2	Young Boys	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:15	Sundermann  51' (1:1) Ramseier  54' (2:1) Odermatt  61' (3:1)	Summary	17' (0:1) Müller  64' (3:2) Müller	Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Marcel Despland Yverdon

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Grasshopper Club Zürich (C)	26	20	2	4	59	21	+38	42	1971–72 European Cup
2	FC Basel	26	18	6	2	67	26	+41	42	Championship play-off
3	FC Lugano	26	11	9	6	50	34	+16	31
4	Lausanne Sports	26	12	6	8	51	43	+8	30
5	FC Zürich	26	11	6	9	41	42	−1	28

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion.

Championship play-off

Grasshopper v Basel

8 June 1971 Play-off	Grasshopper	4 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Wankdorf, Bern
	Ohlhauser  16' Ove Grahn  75', 97' Peter Meier  106'	Summary	Mundschin  21' Wenger  70' Benthaus  119' (pen.)	Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Ulysse Darbellay Roche

Swiss Cup

Basel v CS Chênois

1 November 1969 Round of 32	Basel	5 – 1	CS Chênois	Basel
14:45	Sundermann 1′ Demarmels  16' (1:1) Odermatt  47' (pen. 2:1) Odermatt  57' (3:1) Sundermann  60' (4:1) Paolucci  68' (4:1)	Summary	11' (0:1) Liechti	Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium Attendance: 5,400 Referee: Bruno Della Bruna Lumino

Basel v Bellinzona

29 November 1969 Round of 16	Basel	2 – 0	Bellinzona	Basel
14:30				Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium

Mendrisiostar v Basel

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

European Cup

Main article: 1970–71 European Cup

First round

Spartak Moscow v Basel

16 September 1970 First leg	Spartak Moscow	3 – 2	Basel	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
	Osyanin  17' (1:0) Osyanin  66' (2:0) Papayev  76' (3:0)	UEFA Summary	Odermatt  78' (3:1) Benthaus  83' (3:2)	Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Jim Finney

Basel v Spartak Moscow

30 September 1970 Second leg	Basel	2 – 1 (4 – 4 agg.)	Spartak Moscow	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
	Siegenthaler  48' Balmer  55' Fischli  58'	UEFA Summary	Khusainov  84'	Attendance: 44,000 Referee: Ferdinand Marschall

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

Second round

Ajax v Basel

21 October 1970 First leg	Ajax	3 – 0	Basel	Olympic Stadium (Amsterdam)
	Keizer  17' van Dijk  23' Hulshoff  63'	UEFA Summary		Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Petar Nikolov

Basel v Ajax

4 November 1970 Second leg	Basel	1 – 2	Ajax	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Odermatt  36' (pen.)	UEFA Summary	Rijnders  69' Neeskens  72'	Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Derry Barrett

Ajax won 5–1 on aggregate.

Coppa delle Alpi

Main article: 1970 Cup of the Alps

Basel v Bari

6 June 1970 Round 1	Basel	4 – 1	Bari	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Paolucci  22' (1:0) Sundermann  33' (pen. 2:0) Rahmen  68' (3:1) Reisch  87' (4:1)	Summary	53' (2:1) Fara	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Pius Kamber Zürich

Basel v Sampdoria

9 June 1970 Round 2	Basel	2 – 1	Sampdoria	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Sundermann  19' Riner  35' (2:1)	Summary	4' (0:1) Francesconi	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Cesare Gussoni

Fiorentina v Basel

13 June 1970 Round 3	Fiorentina	3 – 3	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00	Mariani  61' (1:0) Galdiolo  70' (2:0) Mariani  84'	Summary	71' (2:1) Hauser  87' (3:2) Hauser  88' (3:3) Mundschin	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Othmar Huber Thun

Basel v Lazio

16 June 1970 Round 4	Basel	3 – 2	Lazio	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Wenger  72' (1:1) Wenger  73' (2:1) Wenger  85' (3:1)	Summary	71' (1:0) Chinaglia  90+4' (pen. 3:2) Chinaglia	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Luciano Giunti

Final Table Switzerland

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

Source:

Final

Basel v Fiorentina

19 June 1970 Final	Basel	3 – 2	Fiorentina	St. Jakob Stadium Basel
20:00	Hauser  15' (1:0) Wenger  19' (2:0) Wenger  76' (3:1)	Summary	30' (2:1) Longoni  77' (3:2) Esposito  90+3' Maraschi	Attendance: 13,000 Referee: René Vigliani

See also

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

References

1. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz - Saison=1970/71". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
2. uefa.com. "1970/71, Second round, 2nd leg, Agg: 1-5, Basel 1-2 Ajax". uefa.com. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
3. AC Fiorentina (1970). "Coppa delle Alpi, annata 1969/1970". fiorentinaweb.com. Retrieved 2016-11-16.

Sources

• Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
• Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
• Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage
• Switzerland 1970–71 at RSSSF

External links

• FC Basel official site