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The 1970–71 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 77th season in their existence. It was their 25th 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

For the sixth consecutive season

In the European Cup Basel were drawn against Spartak Moscow. The first leg, which was played on 16 September 1970 away from home, was lost 2–3 with Odermatt and Benthaus scoring for the guests during the last 12 minutes, after they had gone three down with just a quarter of an hour left to play. In the second leg played in the St. Jakob Stadium Basel won 2–1, the goals being scored by Siegenthaler und Walter Balmer. Thus the tie ended 4–4 on aggregate. Basel won on away goals and advanced to the second round. Here they were drawn against Ajax, first away from home, but they suffered a 0–3 defeat. The second leg at home also ended with a defeat, 1–2, despite the fact that Odermatt put Basel one up with a penalty after 36 minutes.

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 — GK  FRA Jean-Paul Laufenburger — DF  SUI Paul Fischli — DF  GER Josef Kiefer — DF  SUI Bruno Michaud — DF  SUI Walter Mundschin — DF  SUI Roland Paolucci — MF  SUI Manfred Shädler — MF  SUI Eduard Manzoni — MF  GER Helmut Benthaus

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SUI Otto Demarmels — MF  SUI Karl Odermatt — MF  SUI Bruno Rahmen — MF  SUI Peter Ramseier — MF  SUI Urs Siegenthaler — MF  GER Jürgen Sundermann — FW  SUI Walter Balmer — FW  GER Helmut Hauser — FW  SUI Dieter Rüefli — FW  SUI Peter Wenger

Results

Nationalliga

League standings

Championship play-off

Grasshopper v Basel

8 June 1971	Grasshopper	4 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Wankdorf , Bern
	Ohlhauser 16' Ove Grahn 75', 97' Peter Meier 106'		Mundschin 21' Wenger 70' Benthaus 119' (pen.)

Swiss Cup

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-final

First round

Spartak Moscow v Basel

16 September 1970 First leg	Spartak Moscow	3 – 2	Basel
	Osyanin 17', 66' Papayev 76'	Report	Odermatt 78' Benthaus 83'

Basel v Spartak Moscow

30 September 1970	Basel	2 – 1 (4 – 4 agg.)	Spartak Moscow	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
	Siegenthaler 48' Balmer 55'	Report	Khusainov 84'

Spartak Moscow 4–4 Basel on aggregate. Basel won on away goals.

Second round

Ajax v Basel

21 October 1970	Ajax	3 – 0	Basel
	Keizer 17' van Dijk 23' Hulshoff 63'	Report

Basel v Ajax

4 November 1970	Basel	1 – 2	Ajax	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
	Odermatt 36' (pen.)	Report	Rijnders 69' Neeskens 72'

Ajax won 5–1 on aggregate.

See also

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

Sources and References

• Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG.
  ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
• Switzerland 1970–71 at RSSSF