1964–65 FC Basel season

The 1964–65 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 71st season in their existence. It was their 19th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football after their promotion in the 1945–46 season. They played their home games either in their old Landhof Stadium or in their new St. Jakob Stadium. Lucien Schmidlin was club chairman for the third consecutive year.

FC Basel
1964–65 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Lucien Schmidlin
ManagerCzech Republic Jiří Sobotka
GroundLandhof and
St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A8th
Swiss CupSemi-final
Inter-Cities Fairs CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Roberto Frigerio (13)
All: Roberto Frigerio (31)
Highest home attendance8,000 30.05.1965
vs. Lausanne-Sport
Lowest home attendance3,000
27.09.1964 vs. Grasshoppers
25.10.1964 vs. Bellinzona

Overview

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Pre-season

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The Czechoslovakian manager Jiří Sobotka was the Basel team manager at this time, it was his fourth year as manager of the team. The Czechoslovakian manager Jiří Sobotka was the Basel team manager at this time, it was his fourth year as manager of the team. There were only a few changes in the squad. Kurt Stettler moved on to Young Fellows Zürich, René Burri to Cantonal Neuchatel and Bruno Gatti to Biel-Bienne. During the winter break Heinz Blumer moved on to Chiasso. In the other direction German striker Heinz Sartor joined from Südwest Ludwigshafen, Werner Decker joined from local team Concordia Basel and Bruno Gabrieli from Nordstern Basel. Basel played a total of 51 matches un this season. 26 of these were in the domestic league, five were in the Swiss Cup, four matches were in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and 16 were friendly matches. Of these 16 test games eight were won, four drawn and four were lost.[1]

Hans Weber

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A sad note to be noted is, on 26 December 1964 FCB played against Grasshoppers Zürich in the quarter-finals of the Swiss Cup. They decided the match 3–1 for themselves in overtime, Hans Weber had scored the equaliser two minutes before the end of the regular time. This was to be the very last match for the popular Basler captain of that time Hans Weber, because just seven weeks later he died of cancer. Between his first appearance in 1949 and his death in February 1965 he made 281 appearances for Basel scoring 48 goals. On 31 March 1965 Basel played a match against the Swiss national team as Hans Weber memorial.[2] 17,000 people came to pay their respect and to watch the game. Frigerio, Gabrieli and Baumann scored the goals as Basel won 3–0.[3]

Domestic league

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Fourteen teams contested the 1964–65 Nationalliga A, these were the top 12 teams from the previous season 1963–64 and the two newly promoted teams Lugano and Bellinzona. Basel ended the championship with eleven wins and five draws in their 26 matches, and finished in eighth position with 27 points. They scored 44 goals and conceded 54. For Basel it was a mediocre season with some very unusual and high scoring results, 5–4 at home against Grasshopper Club, 4–3 at home against Biel-Bienne and a 3–3 draw at home against the new champions Lausanne-Sport after a three goal lead before half time. There were also some high scoring defeats, 1–5 away against Grenchen, 0–6 away against Sion, 0–6 away against La Chaux-de-Fonds and a 1–6 away in the last game of the season against Young Boys. Roberto Frigerio was the team's top goal scorer with 13 goals. Lausanne Sports won the championship with 36 points and thus qualified for the following year's 1965–66 European Cup.[4]

Swiss Cup

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In the Swiss Cup Basel started in the round of 64, 10 October 1964, with a home win against lower classed Locarno. In the next round they played at home against Bern which was won 3–1 and, consequently, drawn at home against Lasuanne Sports in the round of 16 which ended in a 3–2 victory. After the quarter-final against Grasshoppers Zürich (mentioned above) Basel were drawn at home again for the semi-final. This game was against Sion and was played on 7 March 1965. Basel were defeated 2–3 and Sion continued to the final which they won against Servette.[4]

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

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Basel were qualified for the 1964–65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and in the first round they played CA Spora Luxembourg. A 2–0 home win and a 0–1 away defeat was enough to take them through to the second round. But two defeats against Strasbourg ended their Fairs Cup competition.[5]

Players

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The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the 1964–65 season. The list includes players that were in the squad on the day that the Nationalliga A season started on 23 August 1964 but subsequently left the club after that date.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   SUI Hans-Ruedi Günthardt
GK   FRA Jean-Paul Laufenburger
GK   SUI Marcel Kunz
2 DF   SUI Peter Füri
DF   SUI Walter Baumann
DF   SUI Heinz Blumer (to Chiasso)
5 FW   GER Helmut Hauser
6 FW   SUI Bruno Gabrieli (from Nordstern Basel)
MF   GER Josef Kiefer
DF   SUI Bruno Michaud
DF   SUI Markus Pfirter
DF   SUI Hanspeter Stocker
MF   SUI Hans Weber
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   SUI Rudolf Arn (from Luzern)
MF   SUI Werner Decker (from Concordia Basel)
FW   HUN Janos Konrad
FW   ITA Enrico Mazzola
FW   SUI Karl Messerli (from reserve team)
FW   SUI Aldo Moscatelli
MF   SUI Karl Odermatt
MF   GER Heinz Sartor (from Südwest Ludwigshafen)
FW   SUI Roberto Frigerio
FW   SRB Rade Ognjanović
MF   SUI Carlo Porlezza
FW   FRA Mario Grava
MF   SUI Fernando Von Krannichfeldt
Players who left the squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   SUI Kurt Stettler (to Young Fellows Zürich)
DF   SUI René Burri (to Cantonal Neuchatel)
MF   SUI Walter Löffel (to Solothurn)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW   SUI Bruno Gatti (to Biel-Bienne)
FW   SUI Klaus Huber
FW   GER Erdmann Lüth

Results

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Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

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Pre and mid-season

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Pre-season Basel   1 – 1   Concordia Basel Basel
  Summary  
Pre-season Nordstern Basel   0 – 6   Basel Basel
Summary            
Pre-season Basel   6 – 0   Schweizer Polizeiauswahl Basel
            Summary
5 August 1964 Pre-season FC Pratteln   5 – 5   Basel In den Sandgruben, Pratteln
20:00 Lander   (2)
Hug   (1)
Ferrari   (1)
Dürr   (1)
Summary   (2) Sartor
  (2) Pfirter
  (1) Frigerio
Attendance: 2,000
Referee:   Karl Keller Basel
9 August 1964 Pre-season Aarau   4 – 2   Basel Bächen, Unterentfelden
Gloor   (2)
Küenzle   (1)
Lenherr   (1)
Summary   (1) Frigerio
  (1) Hauser
Attendance: 2,000
Referee:   Anton Bucheli Luzern
12 August 1964 Pre-season FC Münchenstein   0 – 14   Basel Sportplatz Au, Münchenstein
18:30 Summary   (4) Frigerio
  (4) Moscatelli
  (3) Sartor
  (2) Hauser
  (1) Gabrieli
Referee:   Zuber Basel
15 August 1964 Pre-season VfR Rheinfelden   2 – 6   Basel Jahnstadion, Rheinfelden
Ortega   8' (1:1)
Kropf   42' (2:2)
Summary   5' (0:1) Gabrieli
  34' (1:2) Frigerio
  44' (o.g.)
  50' (2:4) Moscatelli
  57' (2:5) Gabrieli
  75' (2:6) Moscatelli
Attendance: 400
Referee:   Messmer Rheinfelden
18 August 1964 Pre-season Basel   1 – 4   1. FC Köln St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00   84' (1:4) Summary   22' (pen. 0:1) Sturm
  33' (0:2) Schäfer
  62' (0:3) Schäfer
  75' (0:4) Thielen
Attendance: 16,000
Referee:   Pierre Schwinte
3 October 1964 Mid-season Basel   2 – 2   Young Fellows Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:30 Moscatelli  
Frigerio  
Summary   Chiandussi
  Feller
Attendance: 1,400
Referee:   Rudolf Rettig Gerlafingen

Winter break and mid-season

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31 January 1965 Winter break Aarau   3 – 3   Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
Ognjanović   13' (1:0)
Grava   30' (2:0)
Messerli   77' (3:3)
Summary   37' (2:1) Stiel
  51' (2:2) Gloor
  64' (2:3) Gloor
Attendance: 2,000
Referee:   Josef Zibung Luzern
7 February 1965 Winter break Baden   1 – 4   Basel Scharten, Baden
Andersen   23' (1:1) Summary   15' (0:1) Ognjanović
  44' (pen. 1:2) Gabrieli
  58' (1:3) Messerli
  87' (1:4) Frigerio
Attendance: 500
Referee:   W. Lüthy Gerlafingen
14 February 1965 Winter break Schaffhausen   1 – 0   Basel Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen
14:30 Indlekofer   16' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 350
Referee:   Zürrer Feldmeilen
31 March 1965 Mid-season Basel   3 – 0   Switzerland St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Frigerio   62' (1:0)
Gabrieli   87' (2:0)
Baumann   90' (3:0)
Summary Attendance: 17,500
Referee:   Gottfried Dienst Basel
Note: Hans Weber memorial.[3]
19 April 1965 Mid-season FC Porrentruy   0 – 3   Basel Stade du Tirage, Porrentruy
Summary      
10 June 1965 Mid-season Basel   2 – 4   Borussia Dortmund St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel
20:00 Hauser   23' (1:2)
Moscatelli   31' (2:2)
Summary   6' (0:1) Wosab
  12' (0:2) Wosab
  38' (2:3) Sturm
  86' (2:4) Konietzka
Attendance: 6,000
Referee:   Pius Kamber Zürich

Nationalliga A

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League matches

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23 August 1964 Round 1 Biel-Bienne 3 – 2 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
Rajkov   28' (1:1)
Zimmermann   47' (2:1)
Gnäg   56' (3:1)
Summary   17' (0:1) Pfirter
  Moscatelli
Attendance: 4,000
Referee:   Strässle Steinach
30 August 1964 Round 2 Basel 2 – 0 Grenchen Landhof, Basel
15:00 Moscatelli   28' (1:0)
Sartor   78' (pen. 2:0)
Summary Attendance: 5,500
Referee:   Gilbert Droz Marin
6 September 1964 Round 3 Sion 6 – 0 Basel Parc-des-Sports, Sion
15:30 Quentin   6' (1:0)
Stockbauer   16' (2:0)
Quentin   56' (3:0)
Quentin   61' (4:0)
Quentin   (5:0)
Georgy   77' (6:0)
Summary Attendance: 4,000
Referee:   Szabo Bern
13 September 1964 Round 4 Basel 2 – 2 Luzern Landhof, Basel
15:00 Pfirter   16' (1:0)
Konrad   43' (2:1)
Summary   33' (1:1) Wechselberger
  75' (2:2) Cavazzutt
Attendance: 4,000
Referee:   Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
19 September 1964 Round 5 Zürich 2 – 2 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
20:15 Meier (II)   7' (1:1)
Martinelli   40' (2:1)
Summary   3' (0:1) Frigerio
  63' (2:2) Frigerio
Attendance: 6,200
Referee:   Othmar Huber Thun
27 September 1964 Round 6 Basel 5 – 4 Grasshopper Club Landhof, Basel
15:00 Blumer   3' (1:0)
Frigerio   40' (2:2)
Blumer   (3:3)
Frigerio   77' (4:4)
Hauser  83' (5:4)
Summary   37' (1:1) Kunz
  39' (1:2) Ctherlet
  47' (2:3) Kunz
  70' (3:4) Kunz
Attendance: 3,000
Referee:   D. Mellet Lausanne
18 October 1964 Round 7 La Chaux-de-Fonds 6 – 0 Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
15:00 Clerc   17' (1:0)
Trivellin   30' (2:0)
Clerc   74' (3:0)
Clerc   78' (4:0)
Trivellin   80' (5:0)
Vuillemier   83' (6:0)
Summary Attendance: 3,400
Referee:   Karl Göppel Zürich
25 October 1964 Round 8 Basel 3 – 0 Bellinzona Landhof, Basel
15:00 Grava   2' (1:0)
Frigerio   28' (2:0)
Grava   80' (3:0)
Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee:   W. Hardmeier Thalwil
8 November 1964 Round 9 Lugano 2 – 0 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
Stocker   32' (o.g.)
Boffi   69' (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 4,000
Referee:   Josef Zibung Luzern
22 November 1964 Round 10 Basel 2 – 1 Chiasso Landhof, Basel
14:30 Moscatelli   27' (1:0)
Blumer   58' (2:0)
Summary   77' (2:1) Vila Attendance: 4,500
Referee:   Strässle Steinach
13 December 1964 Round 12 Basel 2 – 3 Servette Landhof, Basel
14:30 Frigerio   25' (1:1)
Frigerio   44' (2:2)
Summary   11' (0:1) Schindelholz
  35' (1:2) Nemeth
  53' (2:3) Desbiolles
Attendance: 8,500
Referee:   Guinnard Gletterens
16 December 1964 Round 11 Lausanne-Sport 1 – 2 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
19:30 Kerkhoffs   20' (1:1) Summary   5' (0:1) Ognjanovic
  51' (1:2)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee:   Szabo Bern
20 December 1964 Round 13 Basel 0 – 1 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
14:30 Summary   4' (0:1) Schultheiss Attendance: 4,700
Referee:   Roland David Lausanne
21 February 1965 Round 14 Basel 4 – 3 Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
14:45 Ognjanovic   14' (1:0)
Hauser   36' (2:1)
Stocker   49' (3:1)
Hauser   88' (4:3)
Summary   18' (1:1) Makay
  58' (3:2) Makay
  73' (3:3) Makay
Attendance: 7,500
Referee:   Karl Göppel Zürich
28 February 1965 Round 15 Grenchen 5 – 1 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
15:00 von Burg   6' (1:0)
Stutz   8' (2:0)
Blum   31' (3:1)
Allemann   50' (4:1)
Kominek   90' (5:1)
Summary   15' (2:1) Pfirter Attendance: 2,000
Referee:   Pius Kamber Zürich
14 March 1965 Round 16 Basel 4 – 0 Sion Landhof, Basel
15:00 Grava   26' (1:0)
Odermatt   27' (2:0)
Odermatt   57' (3:0)
Frigerio   88' (4:0)
Peter Füri  
Summary Attendance: 3,200
Referee:   Gilbert Droz Marin-Epagnier
21 March 1965 Round 17 Luzern 2 – 1 Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
Hofer   26' (1:1)
Hofer   88' (2:1)
Jorio  
Summary   16' (0:1) Frigerio
    89' Pfirter
Attendance: 3,900
Referee:   Mario Clematide Zollikofen
28 March 1965 Round 18 Basel 1 – 0 Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Ognjanović   12' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 7,000
Referee:   Othmar Huber Thun
4 April 1965 Round 19 Grasshopper Club 3 – 1 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
Berset   18' (1:0)
Berset   52' (2:0)
Blättler   (3:0)
Summary   77' (3:1) Frigerio Attendance: 5,000
Referee:   Josef Zibung Luzern
25 April 1965 Round 20 Basel 1 – 1 La Chaux-de-Fonds Landhof, Basel
16:00 Michaud   84' (pen. 1:1) Summary   63' (0:1) Brossard Attendance: 4,000
Referee:   W. Hardmeier Thalwil
9 May 1965 Round 21 Bellinzona 0 – 0 Basel Stadio Comunale Bellinzona
Summary Attendance: 2,500
Referee:   Pius Kamber Zürich
16 May 1965 Round 22 Basel 2 – 0 Lugano Landhof, Basel
16:00 Hauser   8' (1:0)
Frigerio   70' (2:0)
Summary   Coduri Attendance: 5,000
Referee:   Werner Mettler St. Gallen
23 May 1965 Round 23 Chiasso 0 – 1 Basel Stadio Via Comacini, Chiasso
Summary   87' (0:1) Ognjanović Attendance: 2,200
Referee:   Strässle Steinach
30 May 1965 Round 24 Basel 3 – 3 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel
15:00 Ognjanović   12' (1:0)
Stocker   24' (2:0)
Stocker   37' (3:0)
Summary   39' (3:1) Schneiter
  48' (3:2) Kerkhoffs
  52' (3:3) Armbruster
Attendance: 8,000
Referee:   Anton Bucheli Luzern
5 June 1965 Round 25 Servette 0 – 2 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
20:00 Summary   74' (0:1) Odermatt
  89' (0:2) Ognjanović
Attendance: 6,500
Referee:   Josef Zibung Luzern
12 June 1965 Round 26 Young Boys 6 – 1 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Fuhrer   5' (1:0)
Lehmann   16' (2:0)
G. Meier   71' (3:1)
Fuhrer   82' (4:1)
Lehmann   84' (5:1)
Lehmann   87' (6:1)
Summary   65' (2:1) Frigerio Attendance: 10,000
Referee:   Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Lausanne-Sport (C) 26 15 6 5 61 32 +29 36 1965–66 European Cup
2 Young Boys 26 14 4 8 59 43 +16 32
3 Servette 26 14 3 9 59 30 +29 31
4 Grasshopper Club 26 11 7 8 54 47 +7 29 Entered 1965–66 Intertoto Cup
5 Lugano 26 9 11 6 29 30 −1 29 Entered 1965–66 Intertoto Cup
6 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 12 3 11 52 39 +13 27 Entered 1965–66 Intertoto Cup
7 Luzern 26 9 9 8 33 38 −5 27 Entered 1965–66 Intertoto Cup
8 Basel 26 11 5 10 44 54 −10 27
9 Sion 26 10 5 11 42 34 +8 25 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup
10 Zürich 26 8 7 11 41 38 +3 23
11 Grenchen 26 6 9 11 35 43 −8 21
12 Biel-Bienne 26 8 5 13 35 56 −21 21
13 Bellinzona 26 5 9 12 21 42 −21 19 Relegated to Nationalliga B
14 Chiasso 26 6 5 15 22 61 −39 17 Relegated to Nationalliga B
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions


Swiss Cup

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11 October 1964 Round of 64 Basel 6 – 1 Locarno Basel
14:30 Frigerio   11' (1:0)
Blumer   40' (2:1)
Blumer   51' (3:1)
Frigerio   60' (4:1)
Moscatelli     73' (5:1)
Frigerio   82' (6:1)
Summary   31' (pen. 1:1) Comel
  Cattarin (II)
Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee:   Fernand Burioli Lausanne
1 November 1964 Round of 32 Basel 3 – 1 Bern Basel
14:30 Pfirter   10' (1:0)
Hauser   32' (2:0)
Gabrieli   82' (3:1)
Summary   72' (2:1) Oehler Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee:   Guinnard Gletterens
5 December 1964 Round of 16 Basel 3 – 2 Lausanne Sports Basel
14:30 Frigerio   2' (1:0)
Frigerio   17' (2:0)
Moscatelli   30' (3:2)
Summary   22' (2:1) Hosp
  28' (2:2) Hosp
Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium
Attendance: 11,000
Referee:   Karl Göppel Zürich
27 December 1964 Quarter-final Basel 3 – 1 (a.e.t.) Grasshoppers Basel
14:30 Stocker   40′
Weber   88' (1:1)
Frigerio   116' (2:1)
Hauser   120' (3:1)
Summary   8' (0:1) Blättler Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium
Attendance: 8,700
Referee:   Gilbert Droz
7 March 1965 Semi-final Basel 2 – 3 Sion Basel
15:00 Frigerio   52' (1:2)
Odermatt   70' (2:3)
Summary   1' (1:0) Perroud
  35' (2:0) Georgy
  55' (1:3) Stockbauer
Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee:   W. Hardmeier Thalwil

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

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First Round
9 September 1964 First leg Basel   2 – 0   CA Spora Luxembourg Basel
20:00 Grava   14' (1:0)
Grava   66' (2:0)
Summary Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee:   Pierre Schwinte
8 October 1964 Second leg CA Spora Luxembourg   1 – 0   Basel Luxembourg
Joseph Krier   20' (1:0) Summary Stadium: Stade Josy Barthel
Attendance: 600
Referee:   Robert Schaut

Basel won 2–1 on aggregate.

Second round
3 November 1964 First leg Basel   0 – 1   Strasbourg Basel
19:45 Summary Gress   51' (0:1) Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee:   Helmut Fritz
11 November 1964 Second leg Strasbourg   5 – 2   Basel Strasbourg
Farías   13' (1:0)
Sbaiz   21' (2:0)
Hausser   28' (3:1)
Hausser   52' (4:2)
Szczepaniak   83' (5:2)
Summary Frigerio   22' (pen. 2:1)
Blumer   35' (3:2)
Stadium: Stade de la Meinau
Attendance: 5,500
Referee:   Joseph Hannet

Strasbourg won 6–2 on aggregate.

See also

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References

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Notes

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  1. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz 1964/65". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ^ Zindel, Josef (2018), "Die ersten 125 Jahre", Weber, Hans - Page 209, Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel
  3. ^ a b Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - Schweiz 3:0 (0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. ^ a b Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1964/65". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  5. ^ Antonio Zea, Marcel Haisma. "Fairs' Cup 1964-65". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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