1964–65 FC Basel season

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

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.

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 Switzerland SUI Hans-Ruedi Günthardt
GK France FRA Jean-Paul Laufenburger
GK Switzerland SUI Marcel Kunz
2 DF Switzerland SUI Peter Füri
DF Switzerland SUI Walter Baumann
DF Switzerland SUI Heinz Blumer (to Chiasso)
5 FW Germany GER Helmut Hauser
6 FW Switzerland SUI Bruno Gabrieli (from Nordstern Basel)
MF Germany GER Josef Kiefer
DF Switzerland SUI Bruno Michaud
DF Switzerland SUI Markus Pfirter
DF Switzerland SUI Hanspeter Stocker
MF Switzerland SUI Hans Weber
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Switzerland SUI Rudolf Arn (from Luzern)
MF Switzerland SUI Werner Decker (from Concordia Basel)
FW Hungary HUN Janos Konrad
FW Italy ITA Enrico Mazzola
FW Switzerland SUI Karl Messerli (from reserve team)
FW Switzerland SUI Aldo Moscatelli
MF Switzerland SUI Karl Odermatt
MF Germany GER Heinz Sartor (from Südwest Ludwigshafen)
FW Switzerland SUI Roberto Frigerio
FW Serbia SRB Rade Ognjanović
MF Switzerland SUI Carlo Porlezza
FW France FRA Mario Grava
MF Switzerland 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 Switzerland SUI Kurt Stettler (to Young Fellows Zürich)
DF Switzerland SUI René Burri (to Cantonal Neuchatel)
MF Switzerland SUI Walter Löffel (to Solothurn)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Switzerland SUI Bruno Gatti (to Biel-Bienne)
FW Switzerland SUI Klaus Huber
FW Germany 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 Switzerland 1 – 1 Switzerland Concordia Basel Basel
Summary
Pre-season Basel Switzerland 6 – 0 Switzerland Schweizer Polizeiauswahl Basel
Summary
5 August 1964 Pre-season FC Pratteln Switzerland 5 – 5 Switzerland 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: Switzerland Karl Keller Basel
9 August 1964 Pre-season Aarau Switzerland 4 – 2 Switzerland Basel Bächen, Unterentfelden
Gloor (2)
Küenzle (1)
Lenherr (1)
Summary (1) Frigerio
(1) Hauser
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Anton Bucheli Luzern
12 August 1964 Pre-season FC Münchenstein Switzerland 0 – 14 Switzerland Basel Sportplatz Au, Münchenstein
18:30 Summary (4) Frigerio
(4) Moscatelli
(3) Sartor
(2) Hauser
(1) Gabrieli
Referee: Switzerland Zuber Basel
15 August 1964 Pre-season VfR Rheinfelden West Germany 2 – 6 Switzerland 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: West Germany Messmer Rheinfelden
18 August 1964 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 1 – 4 West Germany 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: France Pierre Schwinte
3 October 1964 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 2 – 2 Switzerland Young Fellows Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:30 Moscatelli
Frigerio
Summary Chiandussi
Feller
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Switzerland Rudolf Rettig Gerlafingen

Winter break and mid-season

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31 January 1965 Winter break Aarau Switzerland 3 – 3 Switzerland 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: Switzerland Josef Zibung Luzern
7 February 1965 Winter break Baden Switzerland 1 – 4 Switzerland 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: Switzerland W. Lüthy Gerlafingen
14 February 1965 Winter break Schaffhausen Switzerland 1 – 0 Switzerland Basel Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen
14:30 Indlekofer 16' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 350
Referee: Switzerland Zürrer Feldmeilen
31 March 1965 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 3 – 0 Switzerland Switzerland St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Frigerio 62' (1:0)
Gabrieli 87' (2:0)
Baumann 90' (3:0)
Summary Attendance: 17,500
Referee: Switzerland Gottfried Dienst Basel
Note: Hans Weber memorial.[3]
19 April 1965 Mid-season FC Porrentruy Switzerland 0 – 3 Switzerland Basel Stade du Tirage, Porrentruy
Summary
10 June 1965 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 2 – 4 West Germany 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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 Yellow card
Summary Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Switzerland 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 Yellow card
Summary 16' (0:1) Frigerio
Yellow card Yellow-red card 89' Pfirter
Attendance: 3,900
Referee: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland W. Hardmeier Thalwil
9 May 1965 Round 21 Bellinzona 0 – 0 Basel Stadio Comunale Bellinzona
Summary Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland 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 Yellow card Coduri Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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 Yellow card 73' (5:1)
Frigerio 82' (6:1)
Summary 31' (pen. 1:1) Comel
Yellow card Cattarin (II)
Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland Karl Göppel Zürich
27 December 1964 Quarter-final Basel 3 – 1 (a.e.t.) Grasshoppers Basel
14:30 Stocker soccer ball with red X 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland W. Hardmeier Thalwil

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

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

Basel won 2–1 on aggregate.

Second round
3 November 1964 First leg Basel Switzerland 0 – 1 France Strasbourg Basel
19:45 Summary Gress 51' (0:1) Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Germany Helmut Fritz
11 November 1964 Second leg Strasbourg France 5 – 2 Switzerland 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: Belgium 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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