1972–73 FC Basel season

FC Basel

1972–73 season
Chairman	Félix Musfeld
Manager	Helmut Benthaus
Ground	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A	Champions
Swiss Cup	Runner-up
Swiss League Cup	Winners
European Cup	Round 1
Cup of the Alps	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Ottmar Hitzfeld (18) All: Ottmar Hitzfeld (28)
Highest home attendance	28,000 on 14 April 1973 vs Grasshopper Club
Lowest home attendance	7,000 on 9 September 1972 vs Grenchen and on 19 May 1973 vs Chiasso
Average home league attendance	13,153

The 1972–73 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 79th season in their existence. It was their 27th 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. Félix Musfeld was the club's chairman for the third year in a row.

Overview

Pre-season

The previous season was the last one as activ footballer for Helmut Benthaus. He ended his playing career, but continued with Basel as team manager. This was his eighth season as manager. There were only small amendments to the squad during the pre-season. Roland Paolucci was loaned out to Winterthur and Stefan Reisch left the team and moved on to Kickers Würzburg where he ended his active playing career. Basel did not transfer any players and Benthaus relied on young players who came up from the reserve team to help, when needed in the first team. Basel played a total of 55 matches during this season. 26 of these games were in the domestic league championship, seven of these games were in the Swiss Cup, four in the Swiss League Cup, two were in the European Cup, four were in the Cup of the Alps and 12 were friendly matches. Of these 12 test games four were won, four were drawn and four were lost. Three test matches were played at home in the St. Jakob Stadium and nine were played away.

Domestic league

14 teams contested in the 1972–73 Nationalliga A. These were the top 12 teams from the previous 1971–72 season and the two newly promoted teams Chiasso and Fribourg. The championship was played in a double round robin. The champions would qualify for the 1973–74 European Cup, the second and third placed teams were to qualify for 1973–74 UEFA Cup and the last two teams in the table at the end of the season were to be relegated. Basel started the league season badly, losing the first two games and drawing the next two. The first victory was recorded in the fifth round and during the next nine rounds Basel won eight games. After the winter break Basel were only defeated once. They won the championship four points ahead of Grasshopper Club and six ahead of the Sion. Basel won 17 of their 26 league games, drew five and lost four. They scored a total of 57 goals conceding 30. Ottmar Hitzfeld was the league's joint 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. The average attendance at the 13 league home matches was 13'153 spectators. The highest attendance was 28,000 on 14 April in the game against Grasshopper Club and the second highest attendance was 26,000 on 2 May against Zürich.

Swiss Cup and League Cup

In the Swiss Cup Basel played the round of 32 on 5 November 1972 at home to Martigny-Sports in the St. Jakob Stadium. The round of 16 match on 26 November 1972 was played away against BSC Young Boys and Basel left the Wankdorf Stadium with a 4–0 victory. The quarter-finals were two legged fixtures, the first leg played on 10 December 1972 in Stadio Comunale was won 2–0 against Chiasso and the second leg played one week later was won 5–3. The semi-finals were also two legged fixtures. Basel were matched against Biel-Bienne and won 6–1 on aggregate. Walter Balmer scored a hattrick in the home game. The final was played on 23 April 1973 in the Wankdorf Stadium against Zürich. The game ended goalless after 90 minutes. In extra time Peter Marti (92) and Fritz Künzli (101) scored the goals to give Zürich the title for the second consecutive time in a final against Basel.

The 1972 Swiss League Cup was the inaugural Swiss League Cup competition. It was played in the summer of 1972 as a pre-season tournament to the 1972–73 Swiss football season. Basel beat Servette 8–0, Lausanne Sports 2–1 aet and Sion 6–1 to reach the final. This was won by Basel who defeated FC Winterthur 4–1 in the final which took place on 11 November 1972 at the Letzigrund in Zürich. Ottmar Hitzfeld scored a hattrick in the final.

European Cup and Cup of the Alps

Basel were beaten by Újpesti Dózsa 2–0 in the first leg of the first round of the 1972–73 European Cup away from home in the Ferenc Szusza Stadium. The return match was on 27 September 1972 in St. Jakob Stadium. Basel won 3–2, the goals coming from René Hasler (65) and Walter Balmer (75 + 83), but they were beaten 4–3 on aggregate.

In the 1972 Cup of the Alps Basel played twice against Olympique Lyonnais, losing the away tie, winning at home game. They played twice against Bordeaux, winning the away game but losing the home game, but because Bordeaux won their other two games they continued to the final.

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
1	GK	SUI	Marcel Kunz (league games: 16)
2	DF	SUI	Paul Fischli (league games: 18)
3	DF	SUI	Walter Mundschin (league games/goals: 26/5)
4	MF	SUI	Peter Ramseier (league games/goals: 24/5)
5	MF	SUI	Urs Siegenthaler (league games: 25)
6	MF	SUI	Otto Demarmels (league games/goals: 26/3)
7	FW	SUI	Walter Balmer (league games/goals: 25/11)
8	MF	SUI	Karl Odermatt (league games/goals: 22/3)
9	FW	SUI	Rolf Blättler (league games/goals: 7/2)
10	DF	SUI	René Hasler (league games/goals: 26/4)
11	FW	GER	Ottmar Hitzfeld (league games/goals: 21/18)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	MF	SUI	Bruno Rahmen (league games: 9)
13	DF	SUI	Jörg Stohler (league games/goals: 16/1)
—	GK	SUI	Urs Reto Grieshaber (reserves, league games: 1)
—	GK	FRA	Jean-Paul Laufenburger (league games 10)
—	GK	SUI	Hans Müller (league games: 1)
—	DF	GER	Josef Kiefer (league games: 7)
—	DF	SUI	Roland Paolucci (only Cup of the Alps)
—	DF	SUI	Alex Wirth (reserves, only Cup of the Alps)
—	MF	SUI	Heinz Schönebeck (league games: 0)
—	FW	SUI	Rolf Riner (league games: 5)
—	FW	SUI	Roger Ries (league games: 2)
—	FW	SUI	Peter Wenger (league games/goals: 19/4)

Players who left the squad

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	Roland Dahinden (goalkeeper reserves)
—	DF	SUI	Bernard Bula (reserves)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	SUI	Guy Castelan (reserves)
—	DF	SUI	Roland Paolucci (on loan to Winterthur)
—	FW	GER	Stefan Reisch (to Kickers Würzburg)

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre- and Mid-season

Aarau v Basel

22 July 1971 Pre-season	Aarau	2 – 2	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
20:00	Meier 65' (1:2) Hauser 80' (2:2)	Summary	45' (0:1) Riner 57' (0:2) Riner	Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Rudolf Rettig Gerlafingen

Basel v Xamax

27 July 1972 Uhrencup	Basel	2 – 4	Xamax	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:00	Balmer 40' (1:3) Demarmels 86' (2:4)	Summary	6' (0:1) Steiger 12' (0:2) Mathez (I) 33' (0:3) Barbezat 85' (1:4) Rub	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Hans Wieland Grenchen

Grenchen v Basel

29 July 1972 Uhrencup	Grenchen	3 – 1	Basel	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
17:45	Schaller 6' (1:0) Wäber 16' (2:0) Müller 57' (3:1)	Summary	41' (2:1) Blättler	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Jean Dubach Nidau

FV Lörrach v Basel

2 August 1972 Pre-season	FV Lörrach	0 – 6	Basel	Stadtstadion, Lörrach
18:30		Summary	10' (0:1) Hitzfeld 11' (0:2) Balmer 25' (0:3) Hitzfeld 56' (0:4) Demarmels 66' (pen. 0:5) Hitzfeld 67' (0:6) Blättler	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Kurt Woldrich

Spvgg Lahr v Basel

1 November 1972 Mid-season	Spvgg Lahr	1 – 1	Basel	Lahr
		Summary	Hitzfeld	Referee:

Winter break

Inter Hilton Acapulco v Basel

25 January 1973 Winter break	Inter Hilton Acapulco	3 – 4	Basel	Acapulco
		Summary	(2x) Riner (1x) Balmer (1x) Hitzfeld	Attendance: 3,000

Deportivo Toluca v Basel

28 January 1973 Winter break	Deportivo Toluca	1 – 2	Basel	Toluca
		Summary	17' Odermatt 75' Hitzfeld

Luzern v Basel

4 February 1973 Winter break	Luzern	3 – 3	Basel	Stadion Allmend, Luzern
	Arrigoni 56' (1:2) Küttel 79' (2:3) Bosco 85' (3:3)	Summary	16' (0:1) Demarmels 26' (0:2) Odermatt 67' (1:3) Riner	Attendance: 900 Referee: Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern

Zürich v Basel

10 February 1973 Winter break	Zürich	4 – 2	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
14:30	Künzli 66' (1:2) Künzli 79' (2:2) Martinelli 83' (3:2) Marti 90' (4:2)	Summary	39' (0:1) Hitzfeld 65' (0:2) Stohler	Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach

Basel v Budapest Honvéd

14 February 1972 Winter break	Basel	2 – 3	Budapest Honvéd	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Wenger 22' (1:1) Siegenthaler 89' (2:3)	Summary	17' (0:1) Kozma 47' (1:2) Pinter 67' (1:3) Pinter	Attendance: 900 Referee:

Basel v Lausanne-Sport

18 February 1973 Winter break	Basel	3 – 0	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Wenger 43' (1:0) Riner 49' (2:0) Hitzfeld 85' (3:0)	Summary		Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern

Basel v Grenchen

25 February 1973 Winter break	Basel	1 – 1	Grenchen	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Ludwig 32' (1:1)	Summary	28' (0:1) Braun	Attendance: 600 Referee: Peter Hänggi Aesch

Nationalliga

Main article: 1972–73 Nationalliga A

League matches

Basel v Sion

12 August 1972 Round 1	Basel	2 – 3	Sion	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Hitzfeld 8' (1:0) Stohler 49' (2:2)	Summary	21' (1:1) Trinchero 42' (1:2) Hermann 78' (2:3) Elsig	Attendance: 10,000 Referee:

Winterthur v Basel

19 August 1972 Round 2	Winterthur	3 – 1	Basel	Schützenwiese, Winterthur
17:15	Paolucci 10' (1:0) Risi 22' (2:0) Risi 45' (3:1)	Summary	35' (2:1) Hitzfeld	Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Ulysse Darbellay Roche

Zürich v Basel

23 August 1972 Round 3	Zürich	1 – 1	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
20:15	Jeandupeux 10' (1:1)	Summary	2' (0:1) Mundschin	Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Jean Dubach Nidau

Basel v Servette

26 August 1972 Round 4	Basel	2 – 2	Servette	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Ramseier 15' (1:0) Blättler 63' (2:0)	Summary	78' (2:1) Wegmann 85' (2:2) Dörfel	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Mario Clematide Zollikofen

Fribourg v Basel

2 September 1972 Round 5	Fribourg	0 – 1	Basel	Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard, Fribourg
20:15		Summary	53' (1:0) Blättler  47' Hasler  48' Demarmels	Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Hans Wieland Grenchen

Basel v Grenchen

9 September 1972 Round 6	Basel	2 – 0	Grenchen	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
18:00	Ramseier 22' (1:0) Balmer 77' (2:0)	Summary	85' Schaller	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Pierre Despont Lausanne

Grasshopper Club v Basel

16 September 1972 Round 7	Grasshopper Club	1 – 2	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
20:15	Meier 46' (1:0) Meyer  50' Winiger  66'	Summary	47' (o.g. 1:1) 63' (1:2) Hitzfeld  64' Ramseier	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Bruno Della Bruna Lumino

Basel v Lugano

23 September 1972 Round 8	Basel	5 – 2	Lugano	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Ramseier 25' (1:1) Balmer 27' (2:1) Wenger 46' (3:1) Balmer 86' (4:2) Hauser 89' (5:2)	Summary	16' (0:1) Franceschi 49' (3:2) Ausderau  53' Rieländer  74' Corghi	Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Roland Racine Prilly

Basel v St. Gallen

30 September 1972 Round 9	Basel	4 – 3	St. Gallen	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Wenger 8' (1:1) Wenger 51' (2:2) Ramseier 71' (3:2) Hasler 78' (4:2)	Summary	5' (0:1) Leuzinger 19' (1:2) Nasdalla 90' (4:3) Coray	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach

Chiasso v Basel

8 October 1972 Round 10	Chiasso	0 – 0	Basel	Stadio Comunale (Chiasso)
15:00		Summary	62' Stohler	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: André Favre Echallens

Basel v Lausanne-Sport

14 October 1972 Round 11	Basel	2 – 1	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Hitzfeld 49' (1:1) Mundschin 85' (2:1)	Summary	33' (0:1) Garci	Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Jean Dubach Nidau

La Chaux-de-Fonds v Basel

28 October 1972 Round 12	La Chaux-de-Fonds	2 – 3	Basel	Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
17:00	Jaquet 17' (1:1) Meury 86' (pen. 2:3)	Summary	9' (pen. 0:1) Hitzfeld  32' Hitzfeld 34' (1:2) Odermatt 43' (1:3) Hitzfeld	Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Walter Gallmann Oberrieden

Basel v Young Boys

19 November 1972 Round 13	Basel	2 – 0	Young Boys	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Hitzfeld 28' (1:0) Hasler 61' (pen. 2:0)	Summary	41' Vögeli	Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Bruno Della Bruna Lumino

Sion v Basel

3 December 1972 Round 14	Sion	2 – 1	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
14:30	Schaller 49' (1:0) Vergeres 80' (2:1) Luisier  85'	Summary	51' (1:1) Odermatt  70' Odermatt	Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Mario Clematide Zollikofen

Basel v Winterthur

4 March 1973 Round 15	Basel	3 – 1	Winterthur	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Mundschin 7' (1:0) Balmer 40' (2:0) Balmer 59' (3:1)	Summary	41' Meili 51' (2:1) Risi	Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Ulysse Darbellay Roche

Servette v Basel

11 March 1973 Round 16	Servette	0 – 0	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
15:00		Summary		Attendance: 7,200 Referee: Roland Keller Bern

Basel v Fribourg

18 March 1973 Round 17	Basel	3 – 0	Fribourg	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
	Hitzfeld 24' (1:0) Ramseier 72' (2:0) Hitzfeld 76' (3:0)	Summary		Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach

Grenchen v Basel

1 April 1973 Round 18	Grenchen	1 – 2	Basel	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
15:00	Feuz (II) 55' (1:1)	Summary	27' Fischli 37' (0:1) Hitzfeld 70' (1:2) Hitzfeld	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: André Favre Echallens

Basel v Grasshopper Club

14 April 1973 Round 19	Basel	0 – 1	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00		Summary	8' (0:1) P. Meier	Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Jean Dubach Nidau

Lugano v Basel

29 April 1973 Round 20	Lugano	0 – 1	Basel	Cornaredo, Lugano
15:00		Summary	8' (0:1) Balmer  65' Wenger	Attendance: 7,200 Referee: Roland Racine Prilly

Basel v Zürich

2 May 1973 Round 21	Basel	2 – 1	Zürich	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Balmer 38' (1:0) Odermatt 48' (2:0)	Summary	41' Heer 76' (2:1) Brunnenmeier	Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach

St. Gallen v Basel

12 May 1973 Round 22	St. Gallen	3 – 4	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
20:15	Blättler 25' (1:1) Nasdalla 53' (2:3) Nasdalla 90' (pen. 3:4)	Summary	12' (0:1) Mundschin 33' (1:2) Mundschin 45' (1:3) Wenger  53' Mundschin 74' (2:4) Demarmels	Attendance: 10,200 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern

Basel v Chiasso

19 May 1972 Round 23	Basel	4 – 0	Chiasso	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Hitzfeld 12' (1:0) Hitzfeld 70' (2:0) Balmer 80' (3:0) Demarmels 80' (4:0)	Summary		Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Fernand Burioli Lausanne

Lausanne-Sport v Basel

26 May 1972 Round 24	Lausanne-Sport	0 – 0	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:30	Ostojic  28' Richard  47'	Summary	30' Müller	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Bruno Della Bruna Lumino

Basel v La Chaux-de-Fonds

2 June 1972 Round 25	Basel	7 – 1	La Chaux-de-Fonds	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:15	Hitzfeld 16' (1:1) Balmer 18' (2:1) Hasler 42' (3:1) Balmer 51' (4:1) Hitzfeld 70' (5:1) Hitzfeld 71' (pen. 6:1) Demarmels 82' (7:1)	Summary	14' (0:1) Delavelle  42' Zaugg  71' Forestier	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Hans Wieland Grenchen

Young Boys v Basel

9 June 1972 Round 26	Young Boys	2 – 3	Basel	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
20:15	Brechbühl 37' (1:1) Bosshard 84' (2:3)	Summary	15' (pen. 0:1) Hitzfeld 53' (1:2) Hitzfeld 66' (1:3) Balmer	Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Marcel Despland Yverdon Last game as referee

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Basel (C)	26	17	5	4	57	30	+27	39	Swiss champions, qualified for 1973–74 European Cup
2	Grasshopper Club	26	14	7	5	54	32	+22	35	Qualified for 1973–74 UEFA Cup and entered 1973 Intertoto Cup
3	Sion	26	13	7	6	35	30	+5	33	Qualified for 1973–74 UEFA Cup
4	Servette	26	14	3	9	41	23	+18	31
5	Winterthur	26	12	6	8	40	29	+11	30	Entered 1973 Intertoto Cup
6	Lausanne-Sport	26	11	6	9	46	27	+19	28
7	Zürich	26	10	8	8	38	33	+5	28	Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1973–74 Cup Winners' Cup and entered 1973 Intertoto Cup
8	Lugano	26	9	9	8	31	30	+1	27	Entered 1973 Intertoto Cup
9	Young Boys	26	9	5	12	39	40	−1	23
10	La Chaux-de-Fonds	26	8	7	11	30	43	−13	23
11	Chiasso	26	8	5	13	21	48	−27	21
12	St. Gallen	26	7	5	14	31	49	−18	19
13	Fribourg	26	4	7	15	24	43	−19	15	Relegated to Nationalliga B
14	Grenchen	26	4	4	18	23	53	−30	12	Relegated to Nationalliga B

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Swiss Cup

Basel v Martigny-Sports

5 November 1972 Round of 32	Basel	6 – 0	Martigny-Sports	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Riner 18' (1:0) Balmer 49' (2:0) Hitzfeld 77' (pen. 3:0) Riner 81' (4:0) Balmer 83' (5:0) Riner 87' (6:0)	Summary		Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ernest Guignet Yverdon

BSC Young Boys v Basel

26 November 1972 Round of 16	BSC Young Boys	0 – 4	Basel	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
14:30	Brechbühl  65'	Summary	26' (0:1) Demarmels 57' (0:2) Riner 61' (0:3) Odermatt 63' (0:4) Wenger	Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern

Chiasso v Basel

10 December 1972 Quarter-final First leg	Chiasso	0 – 2	Basel	Stadio Comunale, Chiasso
14:30	Ferroni  68' Sulmoni  70'	Summary	2' (0:1) Balmer  37' Ramseier  44' Wenger 55' (0:2) Wenger	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Roland Racine Prilly

Basel v Chiasso

17 December 1972 Second leg	Basel	5 – 3 (7 – 3 agg.)	Chiasso	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Ries 12' (1:0) Balmer 15' (2:0) Hasler 64' (3:2) Odermatt 68' (4:2) Odermatt 89' (5:3)	Summary	32' (2:1) Allio 34' (2:2) Boriani 79' (4:2) Messerli  81' Katnic	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Walter Gallmann Oberrieden

Biel-Bienne v Basel

25 March 1973 Semi-final First leg	Biel-Bienne	0 – 1	Basel	Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
20:15		Summary	76' Hitzfeld	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Bruno Della Bruna Lumino

Basel v Biel-Bienne

28 March 1973 Semi-final Second leg	Basel	5 – 1 (6 – 1 agg.)	Biel-Bienne	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
	Balmer 19' (1:1) Balmer 31' (2:1) Hitzfeld 36' (3:1) Balmer 51' (4:1) Demarmels 78' (6:1)	Summary	6' (0:1) Konrad	Attendance: 7,800 Referee: Walter Gallmann Oberrieden

Zürich v Basel

23 April 1973 Final	Zürich	2 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Wankdorf, Bern
14:30	Marti 92' Künzli 101'	Summary		Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Roland Keller Bern

Swiss League Cup

Main article: 1972 Swiss League Cup

Basel v Servette FC Genève

5 August 1972 Round of 16	Basel	8 – 0	Servette FC Genève	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Balmer 12' (1:0) Hitzfeld 21' (2:0) Hitzfeld 25' (3:0) Stohler 49' (4:0) Stohler 57' (5:0) Wenger 73' (6:0) Riner 77' (7:0) Wenger 86' (8:0)	Summary		Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne

Basel v Lausanne-Sport

8 August Quarter-final	Basel	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
	Balmer 78' (1:1) Schönebeck 120' (2:1)	Summary	69' (0:1) Piccand	Attendance: 8,300

Basel v Sion

11 October 1972 Semi-final	Basel	6 – 1	Sion	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
	Hitzfeld 16' (1:0) Balmer 26' (2:0) Demarmels 42' (3:1) Demarmels  57' Odermatt 64' (4:1) Demarmels 75' (5:1) Wenger 81' (6:1)	Summary	26' (2:1) Hermann  47' Valentini  47' Wampfler  76' Barberis	Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern

Basel v FC Winterthur

11 November 1972 Final	Basel	4 – 1	FC Winterthur	Letzigrund, Zürich
14:30	Hitzfeld 6' (1:0) Hitzfeld 22' (2:0) Balmer 40' (3:1) Hitzfeld 90' (pen. 4:1)	Summary	25' Nielsen	Attendance: 7,600 Referee: Jean Dubach Nidau

European Cup

Main article: 1972–73 European Cup

First round

Újpesti Dózsa v Basel

13 September 1972 First leg	Újpesti Dózsa	2 – 0	Basel	Újpest
	Bene  39' Horváth 57' Zámbó 60'	UEFA summary FCB summary	88' Ramseier	Stadium: Ferenc Szusza Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Paul Schiller

Basel v Újpesti Dózsa

27 September 1972 Second leg	Basel	3 – 2	Újpesti Dózsa	Basel
20:00	Hasler 65' (1:1) Balmer 75' (2:1) Balmer 83' (3:1)	UEFA summary FCB summary	32' E. Dunai 46' (0:1) Bene  58' P. Juhász 89' (3:2) Bene	Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Walker

Újpesti Dózsa won 4–3 on aggregate.

Cup of the Alps

Main article: 1972 Cup of the Alps

Matches

Girondins de Bordeaux v Basel

17 June 1972 Round 1	Girondins de Bordeaux	1 – 3	Basel	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
	Papin 34' (1:2)	Summary	14' (0:1) Balmer 32' (0:2) Blättler 85' (1:3) Wenger	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne

Olympique Lyonnais v Basel

20 June 1972 Round 2	Olympique Lyonnais	1 – 0	Basel	Stade de Gerland, Lyon
	Trivic 28' (1:0)	Summary		Attendance: 3,410 Referee: Roland Keller Bern

Basel v Girondins de Bordeaux

24 June 1972 Round 3	Basel	3 – 4	Girondins de Bordeaux	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Hasler 3' (1:0) Balmer 48' (2:2) Hasler 90' (3:4)	Summary	21' (1:1) Goubet 25' (1:2) Giresse 49' (2:3) Lipo 52' (2:4) Petit	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Roger Machin

Basel v Olympique Lyonnais

27 June 1972 Round 4	Basel	3 – 2	Olympique Lyonnais	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Demarmels 52' (1:0) Stohler 68' (2:1) Ramseier 87' (3:1)	Summary	55' (1:1) Lacombe 88' (3:2) Di Nallo	Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Robert Frauciel

Group B league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Notes
1	Girondins de Bordeaux	4	3	0	1	14	9	6	Qualified for final
2	Basel	4	2	0	2	9	4	4
3	Olympique Lyonnais	4	2	0	2	8	8	4
4	Servette	4	1	0	3	8	14	2

See also

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

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 1972–73 at RSSSF
• Swiss League Cup 1972 at RSSSF
• Cup of the Alps 1972 at RSSSF

External links

• FC Basel official site