1966–67 FC Basel season

During this season Helmut Benthaus was the club player-manager for the second consecutive season. There were only a few minor changes in the squad. Walter Baumann moved to La Chaux-de-Fonds, Silvan Schwager moved to St. Gallen and Bruno Gabrieli moved to Grasshopper Club. Peter Füri moved on to SC Binningen and here he ended his football career. In the other direction Peter Ramseier joined the club from Cantonal Neuchatel and Anton Schnyder joined from Servette.

There were 14 teams contesting in the 1966–67 Nationalliga A and Basel finished the seasons as champions 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.[1] Roberto Frigerio was the team's top goal scorer with 16 league goals, Helmut Hauser second best goal scorer with 14. In the highest scoring game of the season, a 10–0 win against FC Moutier Roberto 'Mucho' Frigerio managed to score four[2] and in the test game against FC Allschwil he scored six in the 9–1 victory.

In the Swiss Cup Basel started in the round of 32 with a 6–0 home win against Blue Stars and in the round of 16, also a home match, they beat FC Zürich 3–2. In the Quarter-final Basel won the replay against Biel-Bienne 2–1 to qualify for the semi-finals. Basel played an away match 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.[3][4]

Basel had won the double for the first time in the club's history.

In the first round of the 1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Basel were drawn against VV DOS Utrecht. The first leg was played in the Netherlands and ended in a 2–1 defeat, despite an early lead. In the return leg Basel led 2–0 but VV DOS were able to equalise and therefore won 4–3 on aggregate.

Basel v Blue Stars

6 November 1966 Round of 32	Basel	6 – 0	Blue Stars	Landhof, Basel
14:15	Frigerio 37' (1:0) Frigerio 41' (2:0) Moscatelli 44' (3:0) Stocker 52' (4:0) Frigerio 63' (5:0) Pfirter 87' (6:0)	Summary		Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Strässle Steinach

Basel v Zürich

11 December 1966 Round of 16	Basel	3 – 2	Zürich	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Vetter 13' (1:0) Hauser 72' (2:2) Hauser 79' (3:2)	Summary	62' (1:1) Trivellin 71' (pen. 1:2) Neumann	Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern

Basel v Biel-Bienne

4 March 1967 Quarter-final	Basel	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Biel-Bienne	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00	Frigerio 27' (1:0) Stocker 58' (pen. 2:1)	Summary	46' (1:1) Graf 77' (2:2) Leu	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Strässle Steinach

Biel-Bienne v Basel

8 March 1967 Quarter-final replay	Biel-Bienne	1 – 2	Basel	Gurzelen Stadion, Biel
20:15	Bai 31' (1:1)	Summary	17' (0:1) Hauser 59' (1:2) Frigerio	Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Karl Göppel Zürich

Lugano v Basel

27 March 1967 Semi-final	Lugano	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Stadio Cornaredo, Lugano
		Summary		Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Josef Zibung Luzern

Basel v Lugano

12 April 1967 Semi-final replay	Basel	2 – 1	Lugano	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Odermatt 12' (1:0) Benthaus 72' (2:1)	Summary	41' (1:1) Luttrop	Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Gilbert Droz Marin

Basel v Lausanne-Sports

15 May 1967 Final	Basel	2 – 1	Lausanne-Sports	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
15:00	Hauser 11' (1:0) Hauser 88' (pen. 2:1)	Summary	41' (o.g.) Josef Kiefer	Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Karl Göppel Zürich

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

First round

DOS Utrecht v Basel

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

Basel v DOS Utrecht

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.

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