1968–69 FC Basel season


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 Helmut Benthaus was the club's player-manager for the fourth consecutive season. Paul Fischli joined the team coming from Young Fellows Zürich. Sundermann signed in from Servette and Walter Balmer joined from Thun. In the other direction Hanspeter Stocker left the club after eight years and moved to Baden for one year before retiring. Markus Pfirter left the club after seven years and went on to St. Gallen. Also Roberto Frigerio left the club after a total of seven years. He moved to Bellinzona. Moscatelli left after five years and went to Lugano.
There were 14 teams contesting in the 1968–69 Nationalliga A and Basel finished the league season as champions one point ahead of Lausanne Sports in second position and six points clear 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 team's top goal scorer with 16 league goals. Karl Odermatt, Jürgen Sundermann and Walter Balmer each scored 5 league goals. Both Sundermann and Ramseier played in all 26 league matches that season.
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 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Basel were drawn against Bologna the first leg away from home on 18 September the return leg in Basel on 2 October. Bologna won both games. In the 1968 Cup of the Alps the team managed to win the group and played in the final against FC Schalke 04 but were defeated 1–3 after extra time.

Players

Results

;Legend

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season

Winter break

Nationalliga

League matches

League table

Swiss Cup

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

;First round
Bologna won 6–2 on aggregate.

Cup of the Alps

Group A matches

Group A table

Final