1973–74 FC Basel season

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FC Basel
1973–74 season
Chairman Switzerland Félix Musfeld
Manager Switzerland Helmut Benthaus
Ground St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A 5th
Swiss Cup Quarter-finals
Swiss League Cup R1
European Cup R1
Top goalscorer Ottmar Hitzfeld (19)
← 1972–73 1974–75 →

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.

Overview

Helmut Benthaus was first team manager. This was his eighth season as manager. 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.

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 leged 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.

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 GK Jean Müller
Switzerland DF Paul Fischli
Germany DF Josef Kiefer
Switzerland DF René Hasler
Switzerland DF Walter Mundschin
Switzerland DF Jörg Stohler
Switzerland MF Otto Demarmels
Switzerland MF Walter Geisser
Switzerland MF Roland Paolucci
No. Position Player
Switzerland MF Arthur von Wartburg
Switzerland MF Karl Odermatt
Switzerland MF Bruno Rahmen
Switzerland MF Peter Ramseier
Switzerland MF Rudolf Wampfler
Switzerland MF Heinz Schönbeck
Switzerland FW Walter Balmer
Switzerland FW Markus Tanner
Germany FW Ottmar Hitzfeld
Switzerland FW Rolf Riner
Peru FW Teófilo Cubillas
Switzerland FW Peter Wenger

Results

Nationalliga

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Main article: 1973–74 Nationalliga A

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Remarks
1 FC Zürich 26 20 5 1 67 20 45 Champions
2 Grasshopper Club Zürich 26 12 9 5 41 27 33
3 Servette FC Genève 26 12 8 6 49 35 32
4 FC Winterthur 26 13 6 7 42 29 32
5 FC Basel 26 13 3 10 57 39 29
6 BSC Young Boys 26 10 8 8 52 38 28
7 Neuchâtel Xamax 26 10 6 10 38 38 26
8 Lausanne Sports 26 9 8 9 45 48 26
9 FC St. Gallen 26 10 5 11 38 48 25
10 FC Sion 26 5 12 9 24 31 22
11 CS Chênois 26 7 8 11 30 48 22
12 FC Lugano 26 4 9 13 20 44 17
13 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 3 10 13 28 51 16 Relegated
14 FC Chiasso 26 2 7 17 18 53 11 Relegated

Swiss Cup

Legend

      Win       Draw       Loss

Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarter-final

Sion won 3–2 on aggregate.

Swiss League Cup

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Main article: 1973 Swiss League Cup

European Cup

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Main article: 1973–74 European Cup
First round

Basel won 11–2 on aggregate.

Second round

Basel won 7–6 on aggregate.

Quarter-final

Celtic won 6–5 on aggregate.

See also

Sources and References

External links

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