User:Huligan0/1968–69 FC Basel season
Appearance
1968–69 season | |
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Chairman | Harry Thommen |
Manager | Helmut Benthaus |
Ground | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
Nationalliga A | Champions |
Swiss Cup | Quarter-finals |
Fairs Cup | R1 |
Top goalscorer | Helmut Hauser (10) |
The 1968–69 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 75th season in their existence. It was their 23rd 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
During this season
Lausanne Sports in second position and six points ahead of FC Zürich who finished third. Basel won 13 of the 26 games, drawing ten, losing three times, they scored 48 goals conceding 28. Helmut Hauser was the teams top goal scorer with 16 league goals. Karl Odermatt, Jürgen Sundermann and Walter Balmer
each scored 5 league goals.
In the Swiss Cup Basel started in the round of 32 with a 2–1 away win against Thun and in the round of 16, with a home match, they beat Luzern 3–1. In the Quarter-final Basel played an away game against Servette but lost this 1–0.
In the
Bologna
the first leg away from home on 18 September the return leg in Basel on 2 October. Bologna won both games.
Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Results
Nationalliga
- League standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Remarks |
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1 | FC Basel | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 48 | 28 | 36 | Champions |
2 | Lausanne Sports |
26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 70 | 43 | 35 | |
3 | FC Zürich | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 61 | 37 | 30 | |
4 | BSC Young Boys | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 49 | 36 | 30 | |
5 | FC Lugano |
26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 26 | 29 | |
6 | AC Bellinzona | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 41 | 28 | |
7 | FC Biel-Bienne | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 52 | 59 | 26 | |
8 | Servette FC Genève | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 39 | 25 | |
9 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 47 | 23 | |
10 | FC St. Gallen | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 29 | 37 | 23 | |
11 | FC Winterthur | 26 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 43 | 22 | |
12 | FC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 51 | 53 | 21 | |
13 | FC Sion | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 39 | 52 | 20 | Relegated |
14 | FC Lucerne |
26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 35 | 71 | 16 | Relegated |
Swiss Cup
- Legend
Win Draw Loss
2 November 1968 Round of 32 | Thun | 1 – 2 | Basel | Thun |
Stadium: Stadion Lachen |
15 December 1968 Round of 16 | Basel | 3 – 2 | Zürich | Basel |
Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium |
1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
- First round
18 September 1968 First leg | 4 – 1 | FC Basel | Bologna | |
Turra 12' Cresci 50' Pace 53' Savoldi 83' |
Konrad 48' |
2 October 1968 Second leg | Bologna | St. Jakob Stadium Basel | ||
Hauser 42' | Pace 46' Savoldi 63' |
Bologna won 6–2 on aggregate.
See also
Sources and References
- Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
- Switzerland 1968–69 at RSSSF