1970–71 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1970–71 season
Chairman Switzerland Félix Musfeld
Manager Switzerland Helmut Benthaus
Ground St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A Runner-up
Swiss Cup Quarter-finals
European Cup R2
Top goalscorer Walter Balmer (13)
← 1969–70 1971–72 →

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.

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. Walter Balmer was the teams 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 re-named 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.

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 Marcel Kunz
France GK Jean-Paul Laufenburger
Switzerland DF Paul Fischli
Germany DF Josef Kiefer
Switzerland DF Jörg Stohler
Switzerland DF Bruno Michaud
Switzerland DF Walter Mundschin
Switzerland DF Roland Paolucci
Switzerland MF Manfred Shädler
Switzerland MF Eduard Manzoni
No. Position Player
Germany MF Helmut Benthaus
Switzerland MF Otto Demarmels
Switzerland MF Karl Odermatt
Switzerland MF Bruno Rahmen
Switzerland MF Peter Ramseier
Switzerland MF Urs Siegenthaler
Germany MF Jürgen Sundermann
Switzerland FW Walter Balmer
Germany FW Helmut Hauser
Switzerland FW Dieter Rüefli
Switzerland FW Peter Wenger

Results

Nationalliga

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Remarks
1Grasshopper Club Zürich262024592142Championship play-off
2FC Basel261862672642Championship play-off
3FC Lugano261196503431
4Lausanne Sports261268514330
5FC Zürich261169414228
6FC Winterthur2611510363827
7Servette FC Genève268108393626
8BSC Young Boys2610610434626
9FC La Chaux-de-Fonds269611464724
10FC Biel-Bienne266911324321
11FC Lucerne268414394820
12FC Sion265912324619Relegation play-off
13FC Fribourg266713356319Relegation play-off / Relegated
14AC Bellinzona26171824619Relegated
Championship play-off

Swiss Cup

Legend

      Win       Draw       Loss

Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarter-final

European Cup

First round

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

Second round

Ajax won 5–1 on aggregate.

See also

Sources and References

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