1960–61 FC Basel season

The 1960–61 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 67th season in their existence. It was their 15th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football since their promotion from the Nationalliga B the season 1945–46. They played their home games in the Landhof, in the Wettstein Quarter in Kleinbasel. Ernst Weber was the club's chairman for his second consecutive season.

FC Basel
1960–61 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Ernst Weber
ManagerHungary Jenő Vincze
GroundLandhof, Basel
Nationalliga A5th
Swiss Cup3rd principal round
Top goalscorerLeague: Switzerland Josef Hügi (17)
All: Switzerland Josef Hügi (17)
Highest home attendance12,000 on 17 September 1960
vs Young Boys
Lowest home attendance2,800 on 23 April 1961
vs Fribourg
Average home league attendance6,223

Overview

Jenő Vincze was Basel's team manager for the second season. The West German ex-international footballer Gerhard Siedl joined the team from Bayern Munich during the summer off-season, but he was to leave the club again during the winter break. Hanspeter Stocker joined the team, coming from third tier local club Concordia Basel. Two further new players were Antonio Danani coming from FC Moutier and Fernando Von Krannichfeldt who signed in from FC Mendrisiostar. In the other direction midfielder Jean-Jacques Maurer moved to Servette, allrounder Otto Ludwig moved to third tier local club Old Boys, and forward Roberto "Mucho" Frigerio moved on to score his goals for La Chaux-de-Fonds. Another player who left the squad was defender Werner Bopp who moved on to Nordstern Basel and retired. Bopp had played 16 seasons for Basel, playing in 321 league and 43 cup matches scoring 15 goals during these appearances.[1]

Basel played a total of 43 games this season. Of these 43 matches 26 were in the domestic league, one was in the Swiss Cup and 16 were friendly matches. Of these test matches five were played as hosts and 11 were played away, 12 were won, two were drawn and two ended with a defeat. The team scored 55 goals and conceded 29. The two defeats were suffered at the Landhof against VfR Mannheim and in the St. Jakob Stadium against Santos. The match against Santos was one of the highlights of these test games despite the 2–8 defeat. Gottlieb Stäuble and Josef Hügi scored the goals for Basel. Coutinho scored five and Pelé scored three for Santos. 14,000 spectators paid for a ticket to see the game, much needed money in the bad financial situation that the club was suffering.[2]

Fourteen teams contested the 1960–61 Nationalliga A, these were the top 12 teams from the previous season and the two newly promoted teams Young Fellows Zürich and Fribourg. The Championship was played in a double round-robin, the champions were to be qualified for 1961–62 European Cup and the last two teams in the table were to be relegated. Despite a home defeat against Young Fellows in the very first match, Basel started the season well, winning six of their first eight matches. But then came a run with six consecutive defeats in which the team failed to score a single goal. Basel slipped from the table top down to the relegation zone before they managed to return to winning games. Basel ended the season in 5th position with 28 points, but were 18 points behind the new Swiss Champions Servette.[3] Basel were appointed as one of four Swiss representatives in the newly founded International Football Cup, which was to take place in the summer break after the end of this season. The other three teams who competed in the 1961–62 International Football Cup were La Chaux-de-Fonds, Grenchen and Zürich.[4]

Basel entered the Swiss Cup in the third principal round. They were drawn away against third tier local club Concordia Basel and for Basel the game ended in a fiasco. Despite an early 1–0 lead and in total 18–0 corners, Werner Decker and Heinz Wirz each scored for the under dogs who had a very young Karl Odermatt in their team. Basel lost 2–1 and were eliminated form the competition.[5] Odermatt's football skills were noted, later he and Decker would later transfer to Basel.[6]

Players

The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the season 1960–61. The list includes players that were in the squad on the day that the Nationalliga A season started on 28 August 1960 but subsequently left the club after that date.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Switzerland SUI René Jeker
1 GK Switzerland SUI Kurt Stettler
2 DF Switzerland SUI Bruno Michaud
— DF Switzerland SUI Hanspeter Stocker (from Concordia Basel)
— DF Switzerland SUI Ulrich Vetsch
— DF Switzerland SUI Edmund Vogt
3 DF Switzerland SUI Hans Weber
— MF Switzerland SUI Peter Brendle
— MF Switzerland SUI Jean-Louis Gygax
— MF Switzerland SUI René Jaeck
— MF Switzerland SUI Rudolf Rickenbacher
— MF Germany GER Gerhard Siedl (from Bayern Munich)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Switzerland SUI Silvan Thüler
— MF Switzerland SUI Jean-Claude Bourgnon
8 FW Switzerland SUI Bernhard Chenaux
— MF Switzerland SUI Antonio Danani (from FC Moutier)
9 FW Switzerland SUI Josef Hügi (II)
— FW Switzerland SUI Hansueli Oberer
— MF Switzerland SUI Carlo Porlezza
11 FW Switzerland SUI Paul Speidel
— FW Hungary HUN Ferenc Stockbauer
— MF Switzerland SUI Claus-Dieter Tabel
— MF Switzerland SUI Fernando Von Krannichfeldt (from FC Mendrisio)
— MF Switzerland SUI Wolfgang Walther
Players who left the squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 MF Switzerland SUI Jean-Jacques Maurer (to Servette)
6 MF Switzerland SUI René Thüler
7 FW Germany GER Otto Ludwig (to Old Boys)
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 FW Switzerland SUI Roberto Frigerio (to La Chaux-de-Fonds)
— DF Switzerland SUI Werner Bopp (retired)
— FW Switzerland SUI Ludwig Schraut

Results
Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Preseason
23 July 1960 Pre-season SC Kleinhüningen Switzerland 2 – 4 Switzerland Basel Schorenmatte, Basel
17:30 Ellen (1:3)
Saluz (2:3)		 Summary 52' (0:1) Gygax
60' (0:2) Siedl
65' (0:3) Tabel
82' (2:4) Speidel		 Attendance: 700
Referee: Switzerland Wyttenbach Birsfelden
31 July 1960 Pre-season Zürich Switzerland 3 – 4 Switzerland Basel Moos, Affoltern am Albis
Fäh (II) 20' (1:1)
Feller (2:2)
Waldner (3:3)		 Summary 1' (0:1) Hügi (II)
21' (1:2) Siedl
62' (2:3) Stocker
(3:4) Hügi (II)		 Attendance: 500
Referee: Switzerland Paul Wyssling Zürich
4 August 1960 Pre-season Black Stars Switzerland 0 – 8 Switzerland Basel Buschwilerhof, Basel
18:30 Summary Attendance: 500
Referee: Switzerland Gottfried Dienst Basel
7 August 1960 Pre-season FC Moutier Switzerland 1 – 3 Switzerland Basel Stade de Chalière, Moutier
Schnegg 60' (1:0) Summary (1:1) Michaud
(1:2) Siedl
(1:3) Chenaux		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Guinnard Gletterens
10 August 1960 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 0 – 1 Germany VfR Mannheim Landhof, Basel
18:15 Summary 31' (0:1) Bast Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland D. Mellet Lausanne
14 August 1960 Pre-season Brühl St. Gallen Switzerland 1 – 5 Switzerland Basel Paul-Grüninger-Stadion, St. Gallen
16:30 Bruckl 19' (1:0) Summary 20' (1:1) Hügi (II)
30' (1:2) Hügi (II)
72' (1:3) Hügi (II)
88' (1:4) Siedl
89' (1:5) Hügi (II)		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Josef Gulde St. Gallen
13 November 1960 Mid-season Nordstern Basel Switzerland 2 – 4 Switzerland Basel Basel
Summary

Winter break and mid-season
22 January 1961 Winter break FC Kickers Luzern Switzerland 1 – 2 Switzerland Basel Luzern
Summary
12 February 1961 Winter break Basel Switzerland 2 – 2 Switzerland Grasshopper Club Landhof, Basel
15:00 Walther
Brendle 		Summary Dimmeler
Vonlanthen		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland E. Emmenegger Basel
18 February 1961 Winter break Basel Switzerland 2 – 1 Switzerland Concordia Basel Landhof, Basel
Summary
26 February 1961 Winter break Nordstern Basel Switzerland 2 – 5 Switzerland Basel Stadion Rankhof, Basel
15:00 Fischer (2x) Summary (2x) Weber
(2x) Stockbauer
(1x) Hügi (II)		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Seiler Basel
3 April 1961 Mid-season FC Moutier Switzerland 2 – 4 Switzerland Basel Stade de Chalière, Moutier
(1:3)
(2:3)		 Summary 20' (0:1) Hügi (II)
(0:2) Walther
(0:3) Hügi (II)
(2:4) Hügi (II)		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Meister Neuchâtel
10 May 1961 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 0 – 0 Brazil Canto do Rio Landhof, Basel
17:30 Summary Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland Othmar Huber Thun
24 May 1961 Mid-season Nordstern Basel Switzerland 3 – 5 Switzerland Basel Stadion Rankhof, Basel
Summary Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Seiler Basel
27 May 1961 Mid-season Black Stars Switzerland 0 – 5 Switzerland Basel Buschwilerhof, Basel
Summary
1 June 1961 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 2 – 8 Brazil Santos St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Stäuble 48' (1:3)
Hügi (II) 55' (2:3)		 Summary 4' (0:1) Coutinho
27' (0:2) Coutinho
36' (0:3) Coutinho
62' (2:4) Coutinho
70' (2:5) Pelé
72' (2:6) Coutinho
83' (2:7) Pelé
89' (2:8) Pelé		 Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Switzerland Helbling Uznach
Note: Guest players by Basel: Anton Allemann (YB), Frigerio (CdF), Stäuble (Biel)

Nationalliga A
Main article: 1960–61 Nationalliga A

League matches
21 August 1960 Round 1 Basel 1 – 5 Young Fellows Zürich Landhof, Basel
16:00 Hügi (II) 65' (1:5) Summary 3' (0:1) Zimmermann
21' (0:2) Schüpach
37' (0:3) Worni
47' (0:4) Zimmermann
54' (0:5) Zimmermann		 Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Switzerland Othmar Huber Thun
28 August 1960 Round 2 Luzern 0 – 1 Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
Summary 33' (0:1) Walther Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Switzerland Meister Neuchâtel
4 September 1960 Round 3 Basel 3 – 1 Chiasso Landhof, Basel
15:00 Michaud 3' (pen. 1:0)
Hügi (II) 11' (2:0)
Hügi (II) 31' (3:0)		 Summary 71' (pen. 3:1) Lettl Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland W. Müller Baden
11 September 1960 Round 4 Grenchen 1 – 2 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
Hamel 42' (1:0) Summary 92' (1:1) Hügi (II)
73' (1:2) Hügi (II)		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Guinnard Gletterens
17 September 1960 Round 5 Basel 2 – 0 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
16:15 Hügi (II) 48' (1:0)
Michaud 55' (pen. 2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Switzerland Josef Gulde St. Gallen
25 September 1960 Round 6 Lausanne-Sport 3 – 1 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
15:30 Fauqeux 26' (1:0)
Stutz 73' (2:0)
Cuche 81' (3:0)		 Summary 90' (3:1) Hügi (II) Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Helbling Uznach
2 October 1960 Round 7 Basel 2 – 0 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:30 Oberer 60' (1:0)
Hügi (II) 72' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Switzerland D. Mellet Lausanne
9 October 1960 Round 8 La Chaux-de-Fonds 2 – 3 Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
15:00 Bertschi 7' (1:0)
Sommerlatt 87' (2:3)		 Summary 18' (1:1) Hügi (II)
64' (1:2) Walther
75' (1:3) Hügi (II)		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Victor Werner Schicker Bern
23 October 1960 Round 9 Basel 1 – 4 Winterthur Landhof, Basel
15:00 Danani 73' (1:3) Summary 14' (0:1) Schmid
52' (0:2) Etterlin
67' (0:3) Etterlin
86' (1:4) Schmid		 Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Switzerland Othmar Huber Thun
30 October 1960 Round 10 Basel 4 – 0 Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II) 26' (1:0)
Hügi (II) 71' (2:0)
Hügi (II) 80' (3:0)
Siedl 83' (4:0)		 Summary Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Switzerland Zürrer Feldmeilen
6 November 1960 Round 11 Fribourg 1 – 0 Basel Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard, Freiburg
Vonlanden 37' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Burkhardt St. Gallen
27 November 1960 Round 12 Basel 0 – 1 Servette Landhof, Basel
14:30 Summary 26' (0:1) Bosson Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Switzerland D. Mellet Lausanne
4 December 1960 Round 13 Zürich 2 – 0 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
Brizzi 55' (1:0)
Brizzi 58' (2:0)		 Summary Red card 61' Speidel Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Switzerland Meister Neuchâtel
11 December 1960 Round 14 Young Fellows Zürich 1 – 0 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
12:45 Schennach 8' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Burkhardt St. Gallen
5 March 1961 Round 15 Basel 0 – 1 Luzern Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary Wüst 22' (0:1) Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Switzerland D. Mellet Lausanne
12 March 1961 Round 16 Chiasso 1 – 0 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Chiesa 27' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland F. Schorer Interlaken
19 March 1961 Round 17 Basel 1 – 1 Grenchen Landhof, Basel
15:00 Mumenthaler 60' (o.g. 1:0) Summary 88' (o.g. 1:1) Michaud Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Victor Werner Schicker Bern
26 March 1961 Round 18 Young Boys 0 – 0 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Summary Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Switzerland D. Mellet Lausanne
9 April 1961 Round 19 Basel 2 – 0 Lausanne-Sport Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II) 40' (1:0)
Hügi (II) 85' (pen. 2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Switzerland Othmar Huber Thun
16 April 1961 Round 20 Grasshopper Club 2 – 4 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
Robbiani 49' (1:2)
Robbiani 60' (2:2)		 Summary 11' (0:1) Von Krannichfeldt
43' (0:2) Walther
60' (2:3) Von Krannichfeldt
75' (2:4) Speidel		 Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Switzerland Anton Bucheli Luzern
23 April 1961 Round 21 Basel 3 – 0 Fribourg Landhof, Basel
15:30 Thüler 36' (1:0)
Michaud 42' (2:0)
Oberer 76' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Switzerland Helbling Uznach
30 April 1961 Round 22 Basel 3 – 2 La Chaux-de-Fonds Landhof, Basel
16:00 Michaud 47' (pen. 1:2)
Walther 67' (2:2)
Hügi (II) 76' (3:2)		 Summary 7' (0:1) Frigerio
40' (0:2) Frigerio		 Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Switzerland Guinnard Gletterens
Note: Josef Hügi 300th game for Basel (234th goal)
7 May 1961 Round 23 Winterthur 0 – 4 Basel Schützenwiese, Winterthur
Summary 6' (0:1) Walther
23' (0:2) Oberer
38' (0:3) Weber
84' (0:4) Speidel		 Attendance: 4,600
Referee: Switzerland Josef Gulde St. Gallen
14 May 1961 Round 24 Biel-Bienne 0 – 1 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
Summary 32' (0:1) Hügi (II) Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Roland David Lausanne
4 June 1961 Round 25 Servette 4 – 2 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
Bosson 55' (1:1)
Makay 61' (2:1)
Heuri 63' (3:1)
Makay 67' (4:1)		 Summary 15' (pen. 0:1) Michaud
77' (4:2) Von Krannichfeldt		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Othmar Huber ThunL
10 June 1961 Round 26 Basel 2 – 4 Zürich Landhof, Basel
18:00 Von Krannichfeldt 76' (1:1)
Von Krannichfeldt 79' (2:4)		 Summary 27' (0:1) Kellas
51' (0:2) Waldner
68' (0:2) Fäh (II)
70' (0:4) Feller		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Anton Bucheli Luzern

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Servette 26 23 0 3 77 29 +48 46 Swiss Champions, qualified for 1961–62 European Cup
2 Young Boys 26 15 6 5 70 37 +33 36
3 Zürich 26 15 5 6 74 43 +31 35 Entered 1961–62 International Football Cup
4 Grenchen 26 12 6 8 68 49 +19 30 Entered 1961–62 International Football Cup
5 Basel 26 13 2 11 42 36 +6 28 Entered 1961–62 International Football Cup
6 Grasshopper Club 26 10 6 10 60 53 +7 26
7 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 11 4 11 65 64 +1 26 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1961–62 Cup Winners' Cup
and entered 1961–62 International Football Cup
8 Luzern 26 9 6 11 37 45 −8 24
9 Lausanne-Sport 26 9 5 12 57 58 −1 23
10 Biel-Bienne 26 8 7 11 43 47 −4 23
11 Young Fellows Zürich 26 8 6 12 48 63 −15 22
12 Fribourg 26 7 6 13 30 55 −25 20
13 Winterthur 26 8 1 17 33 66 −33 17 Relegated
14 Chiasso 26 2 4 20 22 81 −59 8 Relegated
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup
16 October 1960 3rd principal round Concordia Basel 2 – 1 Basel St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Decker 37' (1:1)
Wirz 69' (2:1)		 Summary 11' (o.g. 0:1) Foglia Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Roland David Lausanne
Note: corners 0:18


See also

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