1973–74 FC Basel season

The 1973–74 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 80th season in their existence. It was their 28th 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

1973–74 season
Chairman	Félix Musfeld
Manager	Helmut Benthaus
Ground	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A	5th
Swiss Cup	Quarter-finals
Swiss League Cup	Round of 16
European Cup	Quarter-final
Coppa delle Alpi	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Ottmar Hitzfeld (19) All: Ottmar Hitzfeld (25)
Highest home attendance	25,000 on 27 October 1973 vs Zürich
Lowest home attendance	4,500 on 3 March 1974 vs Chiasso
Average home league attendance	10,923

Overview

Helmut Benthaus was first team manager. This was his eighth season as manager. Basel played a total of 54 games in their 1973–74 season. 26 in the domestic league, four in the Swiss Cup, one in the Swiss League Cup, six in the European Cup and 17 were friendly matches. The team scored a total of 143 goals and conceded 91.[1]

The Nationalliga A season 1973–74 was contested under 14 teams. Zürich won the championship 12 points ahead of Grasshopper Club, 13 ahead of the Servette and FC Winterthur. Basel finished in fifth position. They won 13 of their 26 league games, drew three and lost ten games. They scored a total of 57 goals conceding 39. Ottmar Hitzfeld was joint leagues top goal scorer with Ove Grahn of Lausanne-Sports both with 18 league goals. Basels second top scorer was Walter Balmer who managed 11 league goals.

Basel's highest scoring game was in the 24th round on 8 May 1974 as they beat Lausanne-Sports 8–2 in the Stade olympique de la Pontaise. Karl Odermatt scored the first two goals in the 5th and the 11th minute, Ottmar Hitzfeld added the next two in the 15th and 17th minute before Walter Mundschin added the next two in the 20th and 25th Minute. A penalty goal by Müller pulled one back for Lausanne-Sport, but despite this Basel led 6–1 at half time. Hitzfeld scored his personal third goal in the 57th minute and in the 75th Markus Tanner netted the final goal of the game. Roger Piccand scored Lausannes second in the 71st minute.[2]

In the Swiss Cup Basel played the round of 32 on 22 September 1973 away against Biel-Bienne in the Gurzelen Stadion and in the round of 16 on 6 October 1973 again away against Mendrisiostar. The quarter-finals were two legged fixtures. The first leg played on 31 October 1973 in Stade Tourbillon was a 1–0 defeat against Sion. The second leg played on 4 November 1973 in the St. Jakob Stadium ended in a 2–2 draw, thus Sion won 3–2 on aggregate. In the 1973 Swiss League Cup Basel were drawn with an away game against Neuchâtel Xamax in the first round and were eliminated.

As reigning Swiss Champions, Basel were qualified for the 1973–74 European Cup. In the first round, drawn against Iceland's champions Fram, Basel won with the aggregate score 11–2. In the second round they were drawn against Club Brugge. In the exiting second leg Basel won 6–4 and thus 7–6 on aggregate. In the quarter-final Basel won the first leg against Celtic 3–2 and in the second leg Celtic won by the same score. During extra time Scottish international Steve Murray scored the decisive goal in the 114th minute.[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 — GK   SUI Hans Müller — DF   SUI Paul Fischli — DF  GER Josef Kiefer — DF   SUI René Hasler — DF   SUI Walter Mundschin — DF   SUI Jörg Stohler — MF   SUI Otto Demarmels — MF   SUI Walter Geisser — MF   SUI Roland Paolucci — MF   SUI Felix Tschudin

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   SUI Arthur von Wartburg — MF   SUI Karl Odermatt — MF   SUI Bruno Rahmen — MF   SUI Peter Ramseier — MF   SUI Rudolf Wampfler — MF   SUI Heinz Schönbeck — FW   SUI Walter Balmer — FW   SUI Markus Tanner — FW  GER Ottmar Hitzfeld — FW   SUI Rolf Riner — FW  PER Teófilo Cubillas — FW   SUI Peter Wenger —   SUI Alex Wirth

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre-season and mid-season

Basel v Freiburger FC

21 July 1973 Pre-season	Basel	5 – 2	Freiburger FC	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
18:00	Balmer  1' (1:0) Wenger  5' (2:0) Hitzfeld  53' (3:2) Hitzfeld  62' (4:2) Balmer  83' (5:2)	Summary	31' (2:1) Gruler  46' (2:2) Vogtmann	Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Josef Schnidrig

Luzern v Basel

27 July 1973 Pre-season	Luzern	4 – 2	Basel	Herti Allmend Stadion, Zug
17:30	Huttary  15' (1:0) Bosco  48' (2:2) Küttel  54' (3:2) Bosco  (4:2)	Summary	17' (1:1) Hitzfeld  25' (1:2) Wampfler	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Willi Dreier Zürich

Nordstern Basel v Basel

1 August 1973 Pre-season	Nordstern Basel	1 – 3	Basel	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Degen  35' (1:0)	Summary	49' (1:1) Ramseier  78' (1:2) Hitzfeld  89' (o.g. 1:2) Huguenin	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Kurt Fuchs Basel

Basel v Bayern Munich

4 August 1973 Pre-season	Basel	2 – 4	Bayern Munich	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Balmer  10' (1:0) Hitzfeld  19' (2:0)	Summary	16′ Müller  47' (pen.2:1) Breitner  51' (2:2) Müller  64' (2:3) Beckenbauer  89' (2:4) Müller Breitner	Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach

Basel v Club Centro Deportivo Municipal

7 September 1973 Mid-season	Basel	2 – 0	Club Centro Deportivo Municipal	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Castillo  37' (o.g. 1:0) Balmer  81' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Walter Gallmann Oberrieden

Winter break to end of season

La Gauloise de Basse-Terre/Redstar v Basel

14 January 1974 Winter break	La Gauloise de Basse-Terre/Redstar	0 – 6	Basel	Guadeloupe
		Summary	5' (0:1) Demarmels  13' (0:2) Hasler  17' (0:3) Hasler  20' (0:4) Hasler  50' (0:5) Wenger  58' (0:6) Rahmen

Guadeloupe XI v Basel

16 January 1974 Winter break	Guadeloupe XI	0 – 2	Basel	Guadeloupe
		Summary	(1x) Tanner  (1x) Hasler

Martinique XI v Basel

19 January 1974 Winter break	Martinique XI	1 – 2	Basel	Martinique
		Summary	(1x) Mundschin  (1x) Wenger

Nordstern Basel v Basel

2 February 1974 Winter break	Nordstern Basel	0 – 2	Basel	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
14:30		Summary	13' (0:1) Balmer  66' (0:2) Demarmels	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Walter Rudin Birsfelden

Basel v Zürich

9 February 1974 Winter break	Basel	5 – 1	Zürich	Landhof, Basel
14:30	Stohler  3' (1:0) Balmer  17' (2:0) Balmer  45' (3:0) Balmer  50' (4:0) Hasler  41' (pen. 5:1)	Summary	72' (4:1) Katić	Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Josef Schnidrig

Freiburger FC v Basel

13 February 1974 Winter break	Freiburger FC	1 – 3	Basel	Möslestadion Freiburg
	Dospial 42′ Westermann  89' (1:3)	Summary	6' (0:1) Tanner  19' (0:2) Hitzfeld  83' (0:3) Balmer	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Binninger

FC Saint-Louis v Basel

17 February 1974 Winter break	FC Saint-Louis	2 – 5	Basel	Stade de la Frontière, Saint-Louis
	Deichtmann  83' (1:5) Antony  84' (2:5)	Summary	17' (0:1)  20' (0:2) Balmer  25' (0:3) Wenger  74' (0:4) Demarmels  80' (o.g. 0:5) Jacob	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Gewiss

TSV 1860 Munich v Basel

19 February 1974 Winter break	TSV 1860 Munich	2 – 0	Basel	Grünwalder Stadion
	Mrosko  2' (1:0) Mrosko  76' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 1,000

Basel v Grenchen

23 February 1974 Winter break	Basel	6 – 2	Grenchen	Landhof, Basel
14:30	Balmer  24' (1:0) Wenger  25' (2:0) Mundschin  35' (3:0) Tschudin  68' (4:0) Hitzfeld  79' (5:2) Fischli  83' (6:2)	Summary	75' (pen. 4:1) Maradan  77' (4:2) Wirth	Attendance: 400 Referee: Kurt Fuchs Basel

Basel v Hertha BSC

9 April 1974 Mid-season	Basel	3 – 1	Hertha BSC	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Hasler  8' (1:0) Stohler  45' (2:0) Hitzfeld  73' (3:0)	Summary	87' (3:1) Sziedat	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Hans Wieland Grenchen

Basel v  Brazil

3 June 1974 End of season	Basel	2 – 5	Brazil	St. Jakob Stadium Basel
17:00	Balmer  20' (1:0) Balmer  41' (2:1)	Report	30' (1:1) Rivellino  43' (2:2) Rivellino  59' (2:3) Jairzinho  73' (2:4) Rivellino  79' (2:5) Valdomiro	Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern

Basel v Uruguay

8 June 1974 End of season	Basel	4 – 3	Uruguay	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Hitzfeld  13' (1:0) Hitzfeld  16' (2:0) Mundschin  23' (3:0) Mundschin  29' (4:0)	Summary	42' (4:1) Milar  50' (4:2) Gómez  80' (4:3) Forlán	Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Hans Wieland Grenchen

Nationalliga

Main article: 1973–74 Nationalliga A

League matches

Chênois v Basel

18 August 1973 Round 1	Chênois	0 – 1	Basel	Stade des Trois-Chêne, Thônex
20:30	Mariétan  90'	Summary	15' Wampfler  41' (0:1) Cubillas	Attendance: 7,200 Referee: Walter Gallmann Oberrieden

Basel v Lugano

25 August 1973 Round 2	Basel	3 – 0	Lugano	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Cubillas  30' (1:0) Hitzfeld  36' (2:0) Hasler  65' (3:0)	Summary		Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern

Basel v Grasshopper Club

28 August 1973 Round 3	Basel	1 – 3	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20;00	Paolucci  76' Paolucci  89' (1:2)	Summary	32' (0:1) Becker  43' (0:2) Grahn  87' Staudenmann  90+2' (1:3) Noventa	Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Bruno Della Bruna Lumino

Sion v Basel

1 September 1973 Round 4	Sion	1 – 2	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:15	Schaller  (1:0)	Summary	48' (1:1) Mundschin  50' (1:2) Mundschin  75' Mundschin  80' Wenger	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Ernest Guignet Yverdon

Chiasso v Basel

15 September 1973 Round 5	Chiasso	1 – 1	Basel	Stadio Comunale Riva IV Chiasso
20:30	Allio  25' Sogari  44' Allio  79' (1:1)	Summary	26' Ramseier  27' (0:1) Demarmels  33' Hitzfeld	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach

Basel v Xamax

29 September 1973 Round 6	Basel	1 – 2	Xamax	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Stohler  39' (1:1) Odermatt Fischli	Summary	8' (0:1) Mathez  42' (1:2) Elsig Blusch	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Hans Wieland Grenchen

St. Gallen v Basel

13 October 1973 Round 7	St. Gallen	2 – 1	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
17:00	Rafreider  53' (1:0) Schwizer  68' (2:0)	Summary	69' (2:1) Odermatt  76' Hasler  86' Demarmels	Attendance: 12,800 Referee: Roland Racine Prilly

Basel v Zürich

27 October 1973 Round 8	Basel	1 – 3	Zürich	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Hitzfeld  89' (1:3)	Summary	35' (0:1) Jeandupeux  29' (0:2) Katić  72' (0:3) Rutschmann	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern

Servette v Basel

11 November 1973 Round 9	Servette	2 – 3	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
14:45	Schnyder  13' (1:0) Barriquand  51' (2:2)	Summary	30' (1:1) Cubillas  33' (1:2) Wampfler  73' Tanner  78' Tschudin  88' (2:3) Mundschin	Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Walter Gallmann Oberrieden

Basel v La Chaux-de-Fonds

25 November 1973 Round 10	Basel	4 – 2	La Chaux-de-Fonds	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Mundschin  4' (1:0) Hasler  29' (2:0) Hasler  36' Hitzfeld  65' (3:0) Hasler  89' (4:2)	Summary	75' (3:1) Delavelle  77' (3:2) Veya	Attendance: 10,500 Referee: René Matthieu

Lausanne-Sport v Basel

2 December 1973 Round 11	Lausanne-Sport	2 – 0	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
14:30	Ducret  53' (1:0) Müller  85' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach

Basel v Young Boys

9 December 1973 Round 12	Basel	2 – 3	Young Boys	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14_30	Balmer  68' (1:1) Balmer  79' (2:1)	Summary	16' (0:1) Brechbühl  51' (2:2) Andersen  87' (2:3) Schild	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ulysse Darbellay Roche

Winterthur v Basel

16 December 1973 Round 13	Winterthur	3 – 2	Basel	Schützenwiese, Winterthur
14:30	Nielsen  15' (1:0) Nielsen  25' (2:0) Künzli  86' (3:2)	Summary	32' Demarmels  45' (2:1) Wenger  52' (2:2) Hasler	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Roland Racine Prilly

Basel v Chênois

3 March 1974 Round 14	Basel	6 – 0	Chênois	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Hitzfeld  7' (pen. 1:0) Hasler  38' (2:0) Odermatt  42' (3:0) Odermatt  45' (4:0) Hitzfeld  48' (5:0) Detruche  64' (o.g. 6:0)	Summary		Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Roland Racine Prilly

Lugano v Basel

10 March 1974 Round 15	Lugano	0 – 0	Basel	Cornaredo, Lugano
14:45	Arigoni  43' Binetti  53'	Summary	40' Wenger	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: André Favre Echallens

Basel v Sion

17 March 1974 Round 16	Basel	1 – 0	Sion	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Odermatt  36' (1:0)	Summary		Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Giovanni Fazzini Osogna

Basel v Chiasso

31 March 1974 Round 17	Basel	3 – 1	Chiasso	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Hitzfeld  42' (pen. 1:1) Balmer  43' (2:1) Hitzfeld  77' (3:1) Balmer  86'	Summary	10' (0:1) M. Preisig  31' Allio	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Fernand Burioli Lausanne

Xamax v Basel

6 April 1974 Round 18	Xamax	0 – 5	Basel	Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
20:15		Summary	21' (0:1) Fischli  44' (0:2) Hitzfeld  50' (0:3) Hitzfeld 58′ Hitzfeld  71' (0:4) Hitzfeld  76' (0:5) Balmer	Attendance: 12,400 Referee: René Matthieu

Basel v St. Gallen

20 April 1974 Round 19	Basel	1 – 1	St. Gallen	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Hitzfeld  73' (pen. 1:1)	Summary	63' (0:1) Nasdalla	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern

Zürich v Basel

28 April 1974 Round 20	Zürich	5 – 1	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
15:15	Fischli  23' (o.g. 1:0) Katic  52' (2:1) Martinelli  53' (3:1) Jeandupeux  65' (4:1) Katic  88' (5:1)	Summary	40' (pen. 1:1) Hitzfeld	Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach

Basel v Servette

4 May 1974 Round 21	Basel	5 – 1	Servette	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Hitzfeld  39' (1:0) Morgenegg  42' (o.g. 2:0) Rahmen  49' Mundschin  63' (3:0) Odermatt  70' (4:0) Hitzfeld  80' (pen. 5:0)	Summary	84' (5:1) Barriquand	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Bruno Della Bruna Lumino

La Chaux-de-Fonds v Basel

11 May 1974 Round 22	La Chaux-de-Fonds	0 – 2	Basel	Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
20:15		Summary	37' (0:1) Wampfler  73' (0:2) Balmer	Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Giovanni Fazzini Osogna

Grasshopper Club v Basel

14 May 1974 Round 23	Grasshopper Club	2 – 1	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
20:15	Ohlhauser  58' (1:1) Meier  73' (2:1)	[ Summary]	37' (0:1) Hasler	Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Hans Wieland Grenchen

Basel v Lausanne-Sport

18 May 1974 Round 24	Basel	8 – 2	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Odermatt  5' (1:0) Odermatt  11' (2:0) Hitzfeld  15' (3:0) Hitzfeld  17' (4:0) Mundschin  (5:0) Mundschin  26' (6:0) Hitzfeld  56' (7:1) Tanner  75' (8:2)	Summary	42' (pen. 6:1) Müller  71' (7:2) Piccand	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach

Young Boys v Basel

25 May 1974 Round 25	Young Boys	3 – 1	Basel	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
18:15	Andersen  55' (1:0) Andersen  67' (2:0) Muhmenthaler  80' (3:1)	Summary	70' (2:1) Hitzfeld	Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Walter Hungerbühler St. Gallen

Basel v Winterthur

1 June 1974 Round 26	Basel	1 – 0	Winterthur	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Hitzfeld  48' (1:0)	Summary		Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Roland Keller Bern

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Servette FC Genève	26	12	8	6	49	35	+14	32
4	FC Winterthur	26	13	6	7	42	29	+13	32
5	FC Basel	26	13	3	10	57	39	+18	29
6	BSC Young Boys	26	10	8	8	52	38	+14	28
7	Neuchâtel Xamax	26	10	6	10	38	38	0	26

Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

Biel-Bienne v Basel

22 September 1973 Round of 32	Biel-Bienne	1 – 2	Basel	Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
20:15	Peters  30' (1:0)	Summary	31' (1:1) Hitzfeld  46' (1:2) Demarmels	Attendance: 7,300 Referee: Fernand Burioli Lausanne

Mendrisiostar v Basel

6 October 1973 Round of 16	Mendrisiostar	1 – 4	Basel	Centro Sportivo Comunale, Mendrisio
14:45	Bianchi  (1:4)	Summary	9' (0:1) Stohler  41' (0:2) Paolucci  62' (0:3) Cubillas  75' (0:4) Cubillas	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Roland Keller Bern

Sion v Basel

31 October 1973 Quarter-final First leg	Sion	1 – 0	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
	Lopez  57' (1:0)	Summary		Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne

Basel v Sion

4 November 1973 Quarter-final Second leg	Basel	2 – 2 (2 – 3 agg.)	Sion	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
18:00	Hitzfeld  4' (1:0) Hasler  66' (2:0)	Summary	84' (2:1) Vergères  90' (2:2) Lopez	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Jean Dubach Nidau

Swiss League Cup

Main article: 1973 Swiss League Cup

Neuchâtel Xamax v Basel

11 August 1973 Round of 16	Neuchâtel Xamax	4 – 1	Basel	Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
20:15	Rub  10' (1:0) Citherlet  29' (2:1) Richard  33' Elsig  38' (3:1) Richard  68' (4:1)	Summary	3' Hitzfeld  15' (1:1) Rahmen	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: André Favre Echallens

European Cup

Main article: 1973–74 European Cup

Basel v Fram

18 September 1973 First round First leg	Basel	5 – 0	Fram	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Cubillas  2' (1:0) Balmer  21' (2:0) Hasler  75' (3:0) Balmer  85' (4:0) Demarmels  88' (5:0)	Report		Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Sandor Petri

Fram v Basel

20 September 1973 First round Second leg	Fram	2 – 6 (2 – 11 agg.)	Basel	Kleinholz Stadion, Olten
20:00	Leifsson  52' (1:3) Elíasson  78' (2:6)	Report	4' (0:1) Tanner  24' (0:2) Cubillas  39' (o.g. 0:3) Geirsson  56' (1:4) Tanner  60' (1:5) Wampfler  66' (pen. 1:6) Stohler	Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Karoly Palotai

Club Brugge v Basel

24 October 1973 Second round First leg	Club Brugge	2 – 1	Basel	Jan Breydel Stadium, Sint-Andries, Bruges
	Carteus  7' (1:0) Thio  60' (pen. 2:1)	Report	28' Wampfler  36' Mundschin  39' (pen. 1:1) Odermatt  71' Demarmels	Attendance: 23,000 Referee: John Carpenter

Basel v Club Brugge

7 November 1973 Second round Second leg	Basel	6 – 4 (7 – 6 agg.)	Club Brugge	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Rüssmann  19' (o.g. 1:0) Balmer  31' (2:2) Wampfler  37' (3:2) Hitzfeld  63' (pen. 4:3) Hitzfeld  70' (5:4) Hitzfeld  87' (6:4)	Report	23' (1:1) Lambert  28' (1:2) Carteus  46' (pen. 3:3) Lambert  68' (4:4) Lambert  84' Geels  87' Bastjins	Attendance: 12,500 Referee: B. Nielsen

FC Basel v Celtic

27 February 1974 Quarter-final First leg	FC Basel	3 – 2	Celtic	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Hitzfeld  28' (1:1) Odermatt  31' (2:1) Demarmels  54' Hitzfeld  64' (pen. 3:2)	Report	21' (0:1) Wilson  57' (2:2) Dalglish	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Günter Männig

Celtic v FC Basel

20 March 1974 Quarter-final Second leg	Celtic	4 – 2 (a.e.t.) (6 – 5 agg.)	FC Basel	Celtic Park, Glasgow
20:00	Dalglish  14' (1:0) Deans  18' (2:0) Hood  43' Callaghan  62' (3:2) Murray  114'	Report	33' (2:1) Mundschin  36' Tanner  48' (2:2) Balmer	Attendance: 71,000 Referee: Michel Kitabidjan

Coppa delle Alpi

Main article: Cup of the Alps

Group B

Stade de Reims v Basel

16 June 1973 round 1	Stade de Reims	4 – 1	Basel	Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims
20:30	Bianchi  21' Simon  44' Onnis  70' Bianchi  87'	Summary	40' Cubillas	Attendance: 5,500 Referee: André Favre, Échallens

Strasbourg v Basel

19 June 1973 round 2	Strasbourg	1 – 1	Basel	Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg
	Halichodzig  17' (pen.)	Summary	11' Hitzfeld	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Marcel Despland

Basel v Stade de Reims

23 June 1973 round 3	Basel	3 – 1	Stade de Reims	St. Jakob Stadium Basel
20:00	Paolucci  30' Wenger  33' Balmer  38'	Summary	31' Omnis	Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Robert Helies

Basel v Strasbourg

26 June 1973 round 4	Basel	2 – 0	Strasbourg	St. Jakob Stadium Basel
20:00	Balmer  10' Kiefer  71' Odermatt	Summary	30' Zamojski	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Michel Kitabidjan

NB: teams did not play compatriots

Group table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	Servette	4	3	0	1	10	6	+4	1	7[lower-alpha 1]
2	Stade de Reims	4	2	0	2	9	9	0	2	6[lower-alpha 1]
3	Basel	4	2	1	1	7	6	+1	0	5
4	Strasbourg	4	0	1	3	3	8	−5	0	1

Source:
Notes:

1. 1 bonus point awarded for victory by 3 or more goals

See also

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

References

1. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1973/74". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
2. Zindel, Josef (2016). Rotblau Match: Nr.7 2016/2017. FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2027-6.
3. uefa.com. "1973/74 Season". uefa.com. Retrieved 2018-11-16.

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 1973–74 at RSSSF
• Swiss League Cup at RSSSF
• Cup of the Alps 1973 at RSSSF

External links

• FC Basel official site