Jump to content

User:Huligan0/1962–63 FC Basel season

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
FC Basel
1952–53 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Lucien Schmidlin
ManagerSwitzerland Jiří Sobotka
GroundLandhof, Basel
Nationalliga A6th
Swiss CupWinners
Top goalscorerHeinz Blumer (16)

The 1962–63 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 69th season in their existence. It was their 17th consequtive season in the top flight of Swiss football after their promotion in the 1945–46 season. They played their home games in the Landhof, in the Wettstein Quarter in Kleinbasel.

Overview[edit]

The Czechoslovakian manager Jiří Sobotka was the club manager at this time, he taken the job over from Jenő Vincze a year before. There were fourteen teams contesting in the 1962–63 Nationalliga A and Basel finished the championship in sixth position with twenty six points, with ten wins and six draws from 26 matches, scoring 59 goals conceding 51. FC Zürich won the championship. Heinz Blumer was Basel's top scorer this season with 16 goals, Karl Odermatt their second best goal scorer with 14.

In the Swiss Cup Basel started in the 3rd principal round, on 3 November, with a 4–0 home win, in the Landhof against Black Stars. In the 4th round, on 2 December, they played away against Young Boys winning 2–0. In the next round, on 30 December they won 7–1 at home against SC Burgdorf. In the quarter-finals, played on 24 February 1963, Basel were draw away against Chiasso and Basel achieved a 2–1 victory. The semi-final was played on 24 March in the St. Jakob Stadium. Basel beat Lausanne-Sports 1–0 the winning goal scored by Markus Pfirter. The Wankdorf Stadium hosted the Swiss Cup Final on 15 April and Basel played against favorites Grasshopper Club Zürich. Two goals after half time, one by Heinz Blumer and the second from Otto Ludwig gave Basel a 2–0 victory and their third Cup win in their history. Peter Füri played in all games except the Final because he became ill.

Players[edit]

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 Switzerland SUI Kurt Stettler
DF Switzerland SUI Eduard Vogt
DF Switzerland SUI Bruno Michaud
DF Switzerland SUI Hanspeter Stocker
MF Switzerland SUI Hans Weber
MF Switzerland SUI Carlo Porlezza
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Switzerland SUI Otto Ludwig (footballer)
FW Switzerland SUI Karl Odermatt
FW Switzerland SUI Markus Pfirter
FW Switzerland SUI Heinz Blumer
FW Switzerland SUI Bruno Gatti
MF Switzerland SUI Peter Füri
MF Switzerland SUI Josef Kiefer

Results[edit]

Nationalliga[edit]

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 FC Zürich 26 20 4 2 81 33 44
2 Lausanne Sports 26 18 4 4 81 30 40
3 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 12 8 6 55 44 32
4 BSC Young Boys 26 13 5 8 62 49 31
5 Servette FC Genève 25 11 4 11 54 39 26
6 FC Basel 26 10 6 10 59 51 26
7 Grasshopper Club Zürich 26 9 7 10 57 51 25
8 FC Biel-Bienne 26 9 6 11 38 44 24
9 FC Grenchen 26 8 7 11 40 49 23
10 FC Lucerne 26 7 9 10 41 54 23
11 FC Chiasso 26 7 6 13 33 69 20
12 FC Sion 26 6 7 13 37 69 19
13 Young Fellows Zürich 26 7 3 16 34 58 17
14 FC Lugano 26 4 6 16 21 53 14

Swiss Cup[edit]

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

3 November 1962 Round 3 Basel 4 – 0 Black Stars Basel
Stadium: Landhof
2 December 1962 Round 4 Young Boys 0 – 2 Basel Bern
Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium
30 December 1962 Round 5 Basel 7 – 1 SC Burgdorf Basel
Stadium: Landhof
24 February 1963 Quarter-final Chiasso 1 – 2 Basel Chiasso
24 March 1963 Semi-final Basel 1 – 0 Lausanne-Sports Basel
Markus Pfirter 19' Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium
15 April 1963 Final Basel 2 – 0 Grasshoppers| Bern
Heinz Blumer 59'
Otto Ludwig 67'
Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Mellet (Lausanne)

See also[edit]

Sources and References[edit]


[[Category:FC Basel seasons]]