1972–73 FC Basel season

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FC Basel
1972–73 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Félix Musfeld
ManagerGermany Helmut Benthaus
GroundSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga AChampions
Swiss CupRunner-up
Swiss League CupWinners
European CupRound 1
Cup of the AlpsGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Germany Ottmar Hitzfeld (18)
All: Germany Ottmar Hitzfeld (28)
Highest home attendance28,000 on 14 April 1973
vs Grasshopper Club
Lowest home attendance7,000 on 9 September 1972
vs Grenchen
and on 19 May 1973
vs Chiasso
Average home league attendance13,153

The 1972–73 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 79th season in their existence. It was their 27th 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. Félix Musfeld was the club's chairman for the third year in a row.

Overview[]

Pre-season[]

The previous season was the last one as activ footballer for Helmut Benthaus. He ended his playing career, but continued with Basel as team manager. This was his eighth season as manager. There were only small amendments to the squad during the pre-season. Roland Paolucci was loaned out to Winterthur and Stefan Reisch left the team and moved on to Kickers Würzburg where he ended his active playing career. Basel did not transfer any players and Benthaus relied on young players who came up from the reserve team to help, when needed in the first team. Basel played a total of 55 matches during this season. 26 of these games were in the domestic league championship, seven of these games were in the Swiss Cup, four in the Swiss League Cup, two were in the European Cup, four were in the Cup of the Alps and 12 were friendly matches. Of these 12 test games four were won, four were drawn and four were lost. Three test matches were played at home in the St. Jakob Stadium and nine were played away.[1]

Domestic league[]

14 teams contested in the 1972–73 Nationalliga A. These were the top 12 teams from the previous 1971–72 season and the two newly promoted teams Chiasso and Fribourg. The championship was played in a double round robin. The champions would qualify for the 1973–74 European Cup, the second and third placed teams were to qualify for 1973–74 UEFA Cup and the last two teams in the table at the end of the season were to be relegated. Basel started the league season badly, losing the first two games and drawing the next two. The first victory was recorded in the fifth round and during the next nine rounds Basel won eight games. After the winter break Basel were only defeated once. They won the championship four points ahead of Grasshopper Club and six ahead of the Sion. Basel won 17 of their 26 league games, drew five and lost four. They scored a total of 57 goals conceding 30.[2] Ottmar Hitzfeld was the league's joint top goal scorer with Ove Grahn of Lausanne-Sports both with 18 league goals. Basels second top scorer was Walter Balmer who managed 11 league goals. The average attendance at the 13 league home matches was 13'153 spectators. The highest attendance was 28,000 on 14 April in the game against Grasshopper Club and the secpnd highest attendance was 26,000 on 2 May against Zürich.

Swiss Cup and League Cup[]

In the Swiss Cup Basel played the round of 32 on 5 November 1972 at home to Martigny-Sports in the St. Jakob Stadium. The round of 16 match on 26 November 1972 was played away against BSC Young Boys and Basel left the Wankdorf Stadium with a 4–0 victory. The quarter-finals were two legged fixtures, the first leg played on 10 December 1972 in Stadio Comunale was won 2–0 against Chiasso and the second leg played one week later was won 5–3. The semi-finals were also two legged fixtures. Basel were matched against Biel-Bienne and won 6–1 on aggregate. Walter Balmer scored a hattrick in the home game. The final was played on 23 April 1973 in the Wankdorf Stadium against Zürich. The game ended goalless after 90 minutes. In extra time Peter Marti (92) and Fritz Künzli (101) scored the goals to give Zürich the title for the second consecutive time in a final against Basel.[3]

The 1972 Swiss League Cup was the inaugural Swiss League Cup competition. It was played in the summer of 1972 as a pre-season tournament to the 1972–73 Swiss football season. Basel beat Servette 8–0, Lausanne Sports 2–1 aet and Sion 6–1 to reach the final. This was won by Basel who defeated FC Winterthur 4–1 in the final which took place on 11 November 1972 at the Letzigrund in Zürich. Ottmar Hitzfeld scored a hattick in the final.[4]

European Cup and Cup of the Alps[]

Basel were beaten by Újpesti Dózsa 2–0 in the first leg of the first round of the 1972–73 European Cup away from home in the Ferenc Szusza Stadium. The return match was on 27 September 1972 in St. Jakob Stadium. Basel won 3–2, the goals coming from René Hasler (65) and Walter Balmer (75 + 83), but they were beaten 4–3 on aggregate.[5]

In the 1972 Cup of the Alps Basel played twice against Olympique Lyonnais, losing the away tie, winning at home game. They played twice against Bordeaux, winning the away game but losing the home game, but because Bordeaux won their other two games they continued to the final.[6]

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
1 GK Switzerland  SUI Marcel Kunz (league games: 16)
2 DF Switzerland  SUI Paul Fischli (league games: 18)
3 DF Switzerland  SUI Walter Mundschin (league games/goals: 26/5)
4 MF Switzerland  SUI Peter Ramseier (league games/goals: 24/5)
5 MF Switzerland  SUI Urs Siegenthaler (league games: 25)
6 MF Switzerland  SUI Otto Demarmels (league games/goals: 26/3)
7 FW Switzerland  SUI Walter Balmer (league games/goals: 25/11)
8 MF Switzerland  SUI Karl Odermatt (league games/goals: 22/3)
9 FW Switzerland  SUI Rolf Blättler (league games/goals: 7/2)
10 DF Switzerland  SUI René Hasler (league games/goals: 26/4)
11 FW Germany GER Ottmar Hitzfeld (league games/goals: 21/18)
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 MF Switzerland  SUI Bruno Rahmen (league games: 9)
13 DF Switzerland  SUI Jörg Stohler (league games/goals: 16/1)
— GK Switzerland  SUI (reserves, league games: 1)
— GK France FRA Jean-Paul Laufenburger (league games 10)
— GK Switzerland  SUI Hans Müller (league games: 1)
— DF Germany GER Josef Kiefer (league games: 7)
— DF Switzerland  SUI Roland Paolucci (only Cup of the Alps)
— DF Switzerland  SUI Alex Wirth (reserves, only Cup of the Alps)
— MF Switzerland  SUI Heinz Schönebeck (league games: 0)
— FW Switzerland  SUI Rolf Riner (league games: 5)
— FW Switzerland  SUI Roger Ries (league games: 2)
— FW Switzerland  SUI Peter Wenger (league games/goals: 19/4)
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
— GK Switzerland  SUI (goalkeeper reserves)
— DF Switzerland  SUI (reserves)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Switzerland  SUI (reserves)
— DF Switzerland  SUI Roland Paolucci (on loan to Winterthur)
— FW Germany GER Stefan Reisch (to Kickers Würzburg)

Results[]

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches[]

Pre- and Mid-season[]

22 July 1971 Pre-season Aarau Switzerland 2 – 2 Switzerland Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
20:00 Meier Goal 65' (1:2)
Hauser Goal 80' (2:2)		 Summary Goal 45' (0:1) Riner
Goal 57' (0:2) Riner		 Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Switzerland Rudolf Rettig Gerlafingen
27 July 1972 Uhrencup Basel Switzerland 2 – 4 Switzerland Xamax Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:00 Balmer Goal 40' (1:3)
Demarmels Goal 86' (2:4)		 Summary Goal 6' (0:1) Steiger
Goal 12' (0:2) Mathez (I)
Goal 33' (0:3) Barbezat
Goal 85' (1:4) Rub		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Hans Wieland Grenchen
29 July 1972 Uhrencup Grenchen Switzerland 3 – 1 Switzerland Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
17:45 Schaller Goal 6' (1:0)
Wäber Goal 16' (2:0)
Müller Goal 57' (3:1)		 Summary Goal 41' (2:1) Blättler Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Jean Dubach Nidau
2 August 1972 Pre-season FV Lörrach West Germany 0 – 6 Switzerland Basel Stadtstadion, Lörrach
18:30 Summary Goal 10' (0:1) Hitzfeld
Goal 11' (0:2) Balmer
Goal 25' (0:3) Hitzfeld
Goal 56' (0:4) Demarmels
Goal 66' (pen. 0:5) Hitzfeld
Goal 67' (0:6) Blättler		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Kurt Woldrich
1 November 1972 Mid-season Spvgg Lahr West Germany 1 – 1 Switzerland Basel Lahr
Goal Summary Goal Hitzfeld Referee: Switzerland

Winter break[]

25 January 1973 Winter break Inter Hilton Acapulco Mexico 3 – 4 Switzerland Basel Acapulco
Goal
Goal
Goal		 Summary Goal (2x) Riner
Goal (1x) Balmer
Goal (1x) Hitzfeld		 Attendance: 3,000
28 January 1973 Winter break Deportivo Toluca Mexico 1 – 2 Switzerland Basel Toluca
Goal Summary Goal 17' Odermatt
Goal 75' Hitzfeld
4 February 1973 Winter break Luzern Switzerland 3 – 3 Switzerland Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
Arrigoni Goal 56' (1:2)
Küttel Goal 79' (2:3)
Bosco Goal 85' (3:3)		 Summary Goal 16' (0:1) Demarmels
Goal 26' (0:2) Odermatt
Goal 67' (1:3) Riner		 Attendance: 900
Referee: Switzerland Gottlieb Barmettler Luzern
10 February 1973 Winter break Zürich Switzerland 4 – 2 Switzerland Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
14:30 Künzli Goal 66' (1:2)
Künzli Goal 79' (2:2)
Martinelli Goal 83' (3:2)
Marti Goal 90' (4:2)		 Summary Goal 39' (0:1) Hitzfeld
Goal 65' (0:2) Stohler		 Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Switzerland Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
14 February 1972 Winter break Basel Switzerland 2 – 3 Hungary Budapest Honvéd St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Wenger Goal 22' (1:1)
Siegenthaler Goal 89' (2:3)		 Summary Goal 17' (0:1) Kozma
Goal 47' (1:2) Pinter
Goal 67' (1:3) Pinter		 Attendance: 900
Referee: Switzerland
18 February 1973 Winter break Basel Switzerland 3 – 0 Switzerland Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Wenger Goal 43' (1:0)
Riner Goal 49' (2:0)
Hitzfeld Goal 85' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Switzerland Anton Bucheli Luzern
25 February 1973 Winter break Basel Switzerland 1 – 1 Switzerland Grenchen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Ludwig Goal 32' (1:1) Summary Goal 28' (0:1) Braun Attendance: 600
Referee: Switzerland Peter Hänggi Aesch

Nationalliga[]

Main article: 1972–73 Nationalliga A

League matches[]

12 August 1972 Round 1 Basel 2 – 3 Sion St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Hitzfeld Goal 8' (1:0)
Stohler Goal 49' (2:2)		 Summary Goal 21' (1:1) Trinchero
Goal 42' (1:2) Hermann
Goal 78' (2:3) Elsig		 Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Switzerland
19 August 1972 Round 2 Winterthur 3 – 1 Basel Schützenwiese, Winterthur
17:15 Paolucci Goal 10' (1:0)
Risi Goal 22' (2:0)
Risi Goal 45' (3:1)		 Summary Goal 35' (2:1) Hitzfeld Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Switzerland Ulysse Darbellay Roche
23 August 1972 Round 3 Zürich 1 – 1 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
20:15 Jeandupeux Goal 10' (1:1) Summary Goal 2' (0:1) Mundschin Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Switzerland Jean Dubach Nidau
26 August 1972 Round 4 Basel 2 – 2 Servette St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Ramseier Goal 15' (1:0)
Blättler Goal 63' (2:0)		 Summary Goal 78' (2:1) Wegmann
Goal 85' (2:2) Dörfel		 Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Switzerland Mario Clematide Zollikofen
2 September 1972 Round 5 Fribourg 0 – 1 Basel Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard, Fribourg
20:15 Summary Goal 53' (1:0) Blättler
Yellow card 47' Hasler
Yellow card 48' Demarmels		 Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Switzerland Hans Wieland Grenchen
9 September 1972 Round 6 Basel 2 – 0 Grenchen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
18:00 Ramseier Goal 22' (1:0)
Balmer Goal 77' (2:0)		 Summary Yellow card 85' Schaller Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Switzerland Pierre Despont Lausanne
16 September 1972 Round 7 Grasshopper Club 1 – 2 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
20:15 Meier Goal 46' (1:0)
Meyer Yellow card 50'
Winiger Yellow card 66'		 Summary Goal 47' (o.g. 1:1)
Goal 63' (1:2) Hitzfeld
Yellow card 64' Ramseier		 Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Switzerland Bruno Della Bruna Lumino
23 September 1972 Round 8 Basel 5 – 2 Lugano St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Ramseier Goal 25' (1:1)
Balmer Goal 27' (2:1)
Wenger Goal 46' (3:1)
Balmer Goal 86' (4:2)
Hauser Goal 89' (5:2)		 Summary Goal 16' (0:1) Franceschi
Goal 49' (3:2) Ausderau
Yellow card 53' Rieländer
Yellow card 74' Corghi		 Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Switzerland Roland Racine Prilly
30 September 1972 Round 9 Basel 4 – 3 St. Gallen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Wenger Goal 8' (1:1)
Wenger Goal 51' (2:2)
Ramseier Goal 71' (3:2)
Hasler Goal 78' (4:2)		 Summary Goal 5' (0:1) Leuzinger
Goal 19' (1:2) Nasdalla
Goal 90' (4:3) Coray		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Switzerland Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
8 October 1972 Round 10 Chiasso 0 – 0 Basel Stadio Comunale (Chiasso)
15:00 Summary Yellow card 62' Stohler Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Switzerland André Favre Echallens
14 October 1972 Round 11 Basel 2 – 1 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Hitzfeld Goal 49' (1:1)
Mundschin Goal 85' (2:1)		 Summary Goal 33' (0:1) Garci Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Switzerland Jean Dubach Nidau
28 October 1972 Round 12 La Chaux-de-Fonds 2 – 3 Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
17:00 Jaquet Goal 17' (1:1)
Meury Goal 86' (pen. 2:3)		 Summary Goal 9' (pen. 0:1) Hitzfeld
Yellow card 32' Hitzfeld
Goal 34' (1:2) Odermatt
Goal 43' (1:3) Hitzfeld		 Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Switzerland Walter Gallmann Oberrieden
19 November 1972 Round 13 Basel 2 – 0 Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Hitzfeld Goal 28' (1:0)
Hasler Goal 61' (pen. 2:0)		 Summary Yellow card 41' Vögeli Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Switzerland Bruno Della Bruna Lumino
3 December 1972 Round 14 Sion 2 – 1 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
14:30 Schaller Goal 49' (1:0)
Vergeres Goal 80' (2:1)
Luisier Yellow card 85'		 Summary Goal 51' (1:1) Odermatt
Yellow card 70' Odermatt		 Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Switzerland Mario Clematide Zollikofen
4 March 1973 Round 15 Basel 3 – 1 Winterthur St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Mundschin Goal 7' (1:0)
Balmer Goal 40' (2:0)
Balmer Goal 59' (3:1)		 Summary Yellow card 41' Meili
Goal 51' (2:1) Risi		 Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Switzerland Ulysse Darbellay Roche
11 March 1973 Round 16 Servette 0 – 0 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
15:00 Summary Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Switzerland Roland Keller Bern
18 March 1973 Round 17 Basel 3 – 0 Fribourg St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Hitzfeld Goal 24' (1:0)
Ramseier Goal 72' (2:0)
Hitzfeld Goal 76' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Switzerland Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
1 April 1973 Round 18 Grenchen 1 – 2 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
15:00 Feuz (II) Goal 55' (1:1) Summary Yellow card 27' Fischli
Goal 37' (0:1) Hitzfeld
Goal 70' (1:2) Hitzfeld		 Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Switzerland André Favre Echallens
14 April 1973 Round 19 Basel 0 – 1 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Summary Goal 8' (0:1) P. Meier Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Switzerland Jean Dubach Nidau
29 April 1973 Round 20 Lugano 0 – 1 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
15:00 Summary Goal 8' (0:1) Balmer
Yellow card 65' Wenger		 Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Switzerland Roland Racine Prilly
2 May 1973 Round 21 Basel 2 – 1 Zürich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Balmer Goal 38' (1:0)
Odermatt Goal 48' (2:0)		 Summary Yellow card 41' Heer
Goal 76' (2:1) Brunnenmeier		 Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Switzerland Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
12 May 1973 Round 22 St. Gallen 3 – 4 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
20:15 Blättler Goal 25' (1:1)
Nasdalla Goal 53' (2:3)
Nasdalla Goal 90' (pen. 3:4)		 Summary Goal 12' (0:1) Mundschin
Goal 33' (1:2) Mundschin
Goal 45' (1:3) Wenger
Yellow card 53' Mundschin
Goal 74' (2:4) Demarmels		 Attendance: 10,200
Referee: Switzerland Anton Bucheli Luzern
19 May 1972 Round 23 Basel 4 – 0 Chiasso St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Hitzfeld Goal 12' (1:0)
HitzfeldGoal 70' (2:0)
Balmer Goal 80' (3:0)
Demarmels Goal 80' (4:0)		 Summary Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Switzerland Fernand Burioli Lausanne
26 May 1972 Round 24 Lausanne-Sport 0 – 0 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:30 Ostojic Yellow card 28'
Richard Yellow card 47'		 Summary Yellow card 30' Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Switzerland Bruno Della Bruna Lumino
2 June 1972 Round 25 Basel 7 – 1 La Chaux-de-Fonds St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:15 Hitzfeld Goal 16' (1:1)
Balmer Goal 18' (2:1)
Hasler Goal 42' (3:1)
Balmer Goal 51' (4:1)
Hitzfeld Goal 70' (5:1)
Hitzfeld Goal 71' (pen. 6:1)
Demarmels Goal 82' (7:1)		 Summary Goal 14' (0:1) Delavelle
Yellow card 42' Zaugg
Yellow card 71' Forestier		 Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Switzerland Hans Wieland Grenchen
9 June 1972 Round 26 Young Boys 2 – 3 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
20:15 Brechbühl Goal 37' (1:1)
Bosshard Goal 84' (2:3)		 Summary Goal 15' (pen. 0:1) Hitzfeld
Goal 53' (1:2) Hitzfeld
Goal 66' (1:3) Balmer		 Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Switzerland Marcel Despland Yverdon
Last game as referee

League standings[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Basel (C) 26 17 5 4 57 30 +27 39 Swiss champions, qualified for 1973–74 European Cup
2 Grasshopper Club 26 14 7 5 54 32 +22 35 Qualified for 1973–74 UEFA Cup
and entered 1973 Intertoto Cup
3 Sion 26 13 7 6 35 30 +5 33 Qualified for 1973–74 UEFA Cup
4 Servette 26 14 3 9 41 23 +18 31
5 Winterthur 26 12 6 8 40 29 +11 30 Entered 1973 Intertoto Cup
6 Lausanne-Sport 26 11 6 9 46 27 +19 28
7 Zürich 26 10 8 8 38 33 +5 28 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1973–74 Cup Winners' Cup
and entered 1973 Intertoto Cup
8 Lugano 26 9 9 8 31 30 +1 27 Entered 1973 Intertoto Cup
9 Young Boys 26 9 5 12 39 40 −1 23
10 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 8 7 11 30 43 −13 23
11 Chiasso 26 8 5 13 21 48 −27 21
12 St. Gallen 26 7 5 14 31 49 −18 19
13 Fribourg 26 4 7 15 24 43 −19 15 Relegated to Nationalliga B
14 Grenchen 26 4 4 18 23 53 −30 12 Relegated to Nationalliga B
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion

Swiss Cup[]

5 November 1972 Round of 32 Basel 6 – 0 Martigny-Sports St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Riner Goal 18' (1:0)
Balmer Goal 49' (2:0)
Hitzfeld Goal 77' (pen. 3:0)
Riner Goal 81' (4:0)
Balmer Goal 83' (5:0)
Riner Goal 87' (6:0)		 Summary Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Ernest Guignet Yverdon
26 November 1972 Round of 16 BSC Young Boys 0 – 4 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
14:30 Brechbühl Yellow card 65' Summary Goal 26' (0:1) Demarmels
Goal 57' (0:2) Riner
Goal 61' (0:3) Odermatt
Goal 63' (0:4) Wenger		 Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Switzerland Anton Bucheli Luzern
10 December 1972 Quarter-final
First leg		 Chiasso 0 – 2 Basel Stadio Comunale, Chiasso
14:30 Ferroni Yellow card 68'
Sulmoni Yellow card 70'		 Summary Goal 2' (0:1) Balmer
Yellow card 37' Ramseier
Yellow card 44' Wenger
Goal 55' (0:2) Wenger		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Roland Racine Prilly
17 December 1972 Second leg Basel 5 – 3
(7 – 3 agg.)		 Chiasso St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Ries Goal 12' (1:0)
Balmer Goal 15' (2:0)
Hasler Goal 64' (3:2)
Odermatt Goal 68' (4:2)
Odermatt Goal 89' (5:3)		 Summary Goal 32' (2:1) Allio
Goal 34' (2:2) Boriani
Goal 79' (4:2) Messerli
Yellow card 81' Katnic		 Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Switzerland Walter Gallmann Oberrieden
25 March 1973 Semi-final
First leg		 Biel-Bienne 0 – 1 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
20:15 Summary Goal 76' Hitzfeld Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Switzerland Bruno Della Bruna Lumino
28 March 1973 Semi-final
Second leg		 Basel 5 – 1
(6 – 1 agg.)		 Biel-Bienne St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Balmer Goal 19' (1:1)
Balmer Goal 31' (2:1)
Hitzfeld Goal 36' (3:1)
Balmer Goal 51' (4:1)
Demarmels Goal 78' (6:1)		 Summary Goal 6' (0:1) Konrad Attendance: 7,800
Referee: Switzerland Walter Gallmann Oberrieden
23 April 1973 Final Zürich 2 – 0 (a.e.t.) Basel Wankdorf, Bern
14:30 Marti Goal 92'
Künzli Goal 101'		 Summary Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Switzerland Roland Keller Bern

Swiss League Cup[]

Main article: 1972 Swiss League Cup
5 August 1972 Round of 16 Basel 8 – 0 Servette FC Genève St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Balmer Goal 12' (1:0)
Hitzfeld Goal 21' (2:0)
Hitzfeld Goal 25' (3:0)
Stohler Goal 49' (4:0)
Stohler Goal 57' (5:0)
Wenger Goal 73' (6:0)
Riner Goal 77' (7:0)
Wenger Goal 86' (8:0)		 Summary Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne
8 August Quarter-final Basel 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Balmer Goal 78' (1:1)
Schönebeck Goal 120' (2:1)		 Summary Goal 69' (0:1) Piccand Attendance: 8,300
11 October 1972 Semi-final Basel 6 – 1 Sion St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Hitzfeld Goal 16' (1:0)
Balmer Goal 26' (2:0)
Demarmels Goal 42' (3:1)
Demarmels Yellow card 57'
Odermatt Goal 64' (4:1)
Demarmels Goal 75' (5:1)
Wenger Goal 81' (6:1)		 Summary Goal 26' (2:1) Hermann
Yellow card 47' Valentini
Yellow card 47' Wampfler
Yellow card 76' Barberis		 Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Switzerland Anton Bucheli Luzern
11 November 1972 Final Basel 4 – 1 FC Winterthur Letzigrund, Zürich
14:30 Hitzfeld Goal 6' (1:0)
Hitzfeld Goal 22' (2:0)
Balmer Goal 40' (3:1)
Hitzfeld Goal 90' (pen. 4:1)		 Summary Goal 25' Nielsen Attendance: 7,600
Referee: Switzerland Jean Dubach Nidau

European Cup[]

Main article: 1972–73 European Cup
First round
13 September 1972 First leg Újpesti Dózsa Hungary 2 – 0 Switzerland Basel Újpest
Bene Yellow card 39'
Horváth Goal 57'
Zámbó Goal 60'		 UEFA summary
FCB summary		 Yellow card 88' Ramseier Stadium: Ferenc Szusza Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Austria Paul Schiller
27 September 1972 Second leg Basel Switzerland 3 – 2 Hungary Újpesti Dózsa Basel
20:00 Hasler Goal 65' (1:1)
Balmer Goal 75' (2:1)
Balmer Goal 83' (3:1)		 UEFA summary
FCB summary		 Yellow card 32' E. Dunai
Goal 46' (0:1) Bene
Yellow card 58' P. Juhász
Goal 89' (3:2) Bene		 Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: England Walker

Újpesti Dózsa won 4–3 on aggregate.

Cup of the Alps[]

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Matches[]

17 June 1972 Round 1 Girondins de Bordeaux France 1 – 3 Switzerland Basel Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
Papin Goal 34' (1:2) Summary Goal 14' (0:1) Balmer
Goal 32' (0:2) Blättler
Goal 85' (1:3) Wenger		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Gérard Racine Biel/Bienne
20 June 1972 Round 2 Olympique Lyonnais France 1 – 0 Switzerland Basel Stade de Gerland, Lyon
Trivic Goal 28' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 3,410
Referee: Switzerland Roland Keller Bern
24 June 1972 Round 3 Basel Switzerland 3 – 4 France Girondins de Bordeaux St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Hasler Goal 3' (1:0)
Balmer Goal 48' (2:2)
Hasler Goal 90' (3:4)		 Summary Goal 21' (1:1) Goubet
Goal 25' (1:2) Giresse
Goal 49' (2:3) Lipo
Goal 52' (2:4) Petit		 Attendance: 4,500
Referee: France Roger Machin
27 June 1972 Round 4 Basel Switzerland 3 – 2 France Olympique Lyonnais St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Demarmels Goal 52' (1:0)
Stohler Goal 68' (2:1)
Ramseier Goal 87' (3:1)		 Summary Goal 55' (1:1) Lacombe
Goal 88' (3:2) Di Nallo		 Attendance: 2,600
Referee: France Robert Frauciel

Group B league table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Notes
1 Girondins de Bordeaux 4 3 0 1 14 9 6 Qualified for final
2 Basel 4 2 0 2 9 4 4
3 Olympique Lyonnais 4 2 0 2 8 8 4
4 Servette 4 1 0 3 8 14 2

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References[]

  1. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". "Bilanz 1972/73". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ^ Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A 1972/73". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. ^ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1972/73". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. ^ Garin, Eric (1972). "Switzerland - League Cup Finals". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  5. ^ uefa.com (1973). "1972/73 season – Overview". uefa.com. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  6. ^ Veronese, Andrea (1972). "Cup of the Alps 1972". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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