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FC Basel
1966–67 season
Chairman	Harry Thommen
Manager	Helmut Benthaus
Ground	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A	Champions
Swiss Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	Roberto Frigerio (16)
	← 1965–66 1967–68 →

The 1966–67 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 73rd season in their existence. It was their 21st consequtive 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. The new Chairmann of the board was Harry Thommen, he had taken over the chairmannship from Lucien Schmidlin who had the position for the previous four years.

Overview

During this season

player-manager, he taken the job over from Georges Sobotka at the beginning of the previous season. There were 14 teams contesting in the 1966–67 Nationalliga A and Basel finished the championship just one point clear of both FC Zürich in second position and FC Lugano who finished third. Basel won 16 of the 26 games, drawing eight, losing twice, and they scored 60 goals conceding just 20. Roberto Frigerio was the teams top goal scorer with 16 league goals, Helmuth Hauser

second best goal scorer with 14.

In the

Stadio Cornaredo against FC Lugano in the semi-final which ended goalless and therefore a replay was required here too. The replay was played in the St. Jakob Stadium and goals from Karl Odermatt and Helmut Benthaus

gave Basel a 2–1 victory to qualify for the final which was to take place three days later.

In the Cup final Basel's opponents were Lausanne-Sports. In the former Wankdorf Stadium on 15 May 1967, Helmut Hauser scored the decisive goal via penalty. The game went down in football history due to the sit-down strike that followed this goal. After 88 minutes of play, with the score at 1–1, referee Karl Göppel awarded Basel a controversial penalty. (André Grobéty had pushed Hauser gently in the back and he let himself drop theatrically.) Subsequent to the 2–1 for Basel the Lausanne players refused to resume the game and they sat down demonstratively on the pitch. The referee had to abandon the match. Basel were awarded the cup with a 3–0 forfait.^[1]^[2]

Basel had won the double for the first time in the clubs history.

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 (games/goals: 24/0)
—	GK	FRA	Jean-Paul Laufenburger (games/goals: 3/0)
—	DF	GER	Josef Kiefer (games/goals: 26/0)
—	DF	SUI	Bruno Michaud (games/goals: 26/2)
—	DF	SUI	Walter Mundschin (games/goals: 7/0)
—	DF	SUI	Markus Pfirter (games/goals: 26/3)
—	DF	SUI	Hanspeter Stocker (games/goals: 21/4)
—	MF	GER	Helmut Benthaus (games/goals: 18/3)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SUI	Aldo Moscatelli (games/goals: 17/3)
—	MF	SUI	Karl Odermatt (games/goals: 26/8)
—	MF	SUI	Peter Ramseier (games/goals: 5/0)
—	MF	SUI	Anton Schnyder (games/goals: 25/1)
—	FW	SUI	Roberto Frigerio (games/goals: 24/16)
—	FW	GER	Helmuth Hauser (games/goals: 18/14)
—	FW	HUN	Janos Konrad (games/goals: 1/0)
—	FW	SUI	Hanspeter Vetter (games/goals: 7/1)
—	FW	SUI	Peter Wenger (games/goals: 19/5)

Results

Nationalliga

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Remarks
1	FC Basel	26	16	8	2	61	20	40	Champions
2	FC Zürich	26	18	3	5	70	31	39
3	FC Lugano	26	17	5	4	51	29	39
4	Grasshopper Club Zürich	26	14	4	8	60	31	32
5	Servette FC Genève	26	10	6	10	49	35	26
6	FC Sion	26	10	6	10	48	38	26
7	BSC Young Boys	26	10	6	10	44	48	26
8	FC Grenchen	26	10	4	12	43	49	24
9	Young Fellows Zürich	26	9	6	11	33	44	24
10	Lausanne Sports	26	9	3	14	46	44	21
11	FC Biel-Bienne	26	8	5	13	25	42	21
12	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	26	8	4	14	34	48	20	Won play-off against relegation
13	FC Winterthur	26	8	4	14	33	54	20	Lost play-off thus relegated
14	FC Moutier	26	2	2	22	16	100	6	Relegated

Swiss Cup

Legend

Win Draw Loss

6 November 1966 Round of 32	Basel	6 – 0	Blue Stars	Basel
				Stadium: Landhof

11 December 1966 Round of 16	Basel	3 – 2	Zürich	Basel
				Stadium: Landhof

4 March 1967 Quarter-final	Basel	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Biel-Bienne	Basel
				Stadium: Landhof

? March 1967 Quarter-final replay	Biel
				Stadium: Gurzelen Stadion

27 March 1967 Semi-final	Lugano	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Lugano
				Stadium: Stadio Cornaredo

12 May 1967 Semi-final replay	Basel	2 – 1	Lugano	Basel
	Odermatt 12' Benthaus 73'		41' Luttrop	Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium

15 May 1967 Final	Basel	2 – 1	Lausanne-Sports	Bern
	Hauser 11', 88' (pen.)		41' (o.g.) Josef Kiefer	Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium Referee: Karl Göppel

The final was abandoned in 89' at 2-1 and awarded 3-0: Lausanne-Sports protested by a sit-in against the penalty that led to 2-1.

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

First Round

13 September 1966 First leg	DOS Utrecht	2 – 1	Basel	Utrecht
	Stocker 16' (o.g.) Wery 65'	Summary	15' Odermatt	Stadium: Galgenwaard Attendance: 4,100 Referee: William J. Mullan

21 September 1966 Second leg	Basel	2 – 2 (3 – 4 agg.)	DOS Utrecht	Basel
	Frigerio 59', 62'	Summary	69' Wery 78' van der Linden	Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium Attendance: 6,300 Referee: Rudolf Kreitlein

Utrecht won 4 – 3 on aggregate

Sources and References

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISSN: 978-3-7245-2027-6
Switzerland 1966–67 at RSSSF

^ Schmid, Andreas W. (2010). "«Ein klarer Penalty!» «Nein, eine klare Schwalbe!»". Basler Zeitung. Retrieved 2010-11-16. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)(in German)
^ dsc (2010). "Der legendäre Sitzstreik im Final 1967". sport.sf.tv. Retrieved 2010-11-16. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)(in German)

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[bazonline-1] Schmid, Andreas W. (2010). "«Ein klarer Penalty!» «Nein, eine klare Schwalbe!»". Basler Zeitung. Retrieved 2010-11-16. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)(in German)

[sport.sf.tv-2] sc (2010). "Der legendäre Sitzstreik im Final 1967". sport.sf.tv. Retrieved 2010-11-16. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)(in German)

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