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1961–62 FC Basel season

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FC Basel
1961–62 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Ernst Weber
ManagerCzechoslovakia Jiří Sobotka
GroundLandhof, Basel
Nationalliga A5th
Swiss CupQuarter-final
International Football CupGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Markus Pfirter (9)
All: Josef Hügi (15)
Highest home attendance14,000 on 15 October 1961
vs Servette
Lowest home attendance1,500 on 4 March 1962
vs Fribourg
Average home league attendance6,038

The 1961–62 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 68th season in their existence. It was their 16th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football following their promotion from the Nationalliga B the season 1945–46. They played their home games in the Landhof, in the Wettstein Quarter in Kleinbasel. Ernst Weber was the club's chairman for the third consecutive season.

Overview

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Pre-season

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The former Czechoslovak footballer Jiří Sobotka was appointed as Basel's new team manager. Sobotka had been manager for La Chaux-de-Fonds from 1946 to 1959 and during this time had won the championship twice and the cup competition five times. He was manager for Feyenoord from 1959 to 1961 and had won the Dutch League with them in the season before he was hired by Basel. A number of older players left the squad. But quite a few new youngster were brought in to cover these empty places and Sobotka was well known for his work with the younger players. In fact all the new youngsters that joined the club lived within just a few minutes bus or tram ride from the Landhof stadium: Heinz Blumer lived in Reinach and advanced up from the junior team, local man Peter Füri joined the club from La Chaux-de-Fonds, Markus Pfirter joined from Concordia Basel, Otto Ludwig returned from Old Boys, Roland Denicola lived in Allschwil, René Burri in Birsfelden, Wilfried Fritz in Kandern and Hans-Ruedi Günthardt lived in Basel.[1]

Basel played a total of 44 games this season. Of these 44 matches 26 were in the domestic league, four were in the Swiss Cup, six were in the newly formed International Football Cup and eight were friendly matches. Of these eight friendly games four were played at home and four away from home. Four games ended in a victory, three were drawn and one ended in a defeat. The friendly match against 1. FC Köln at the end of the season was one of the highlights of these test games, it ended in a 4–4 draw. This was the farewell game for Josef Hügi who was moving on to play for Zürich the following season. René Burri, Roberto Frigerio twice and Hügi himself scored the goals for Basel. Karl-Heinz Thielen, Christian Müller, Breuer and Helmut Benthaus scored the goals for Köln. 14,000 spectators paid their entrance tickets to see the game, much needed money because the club was suffering under a bad financial situation at that time. An interesting point to note was the contact that was made between the club's chairman, Ernst Weber, and the scorer of the final goal of the match, Benthaus. This contact would come in handy a few years later.[2]

International Football Cup

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Basel were appointed as one of four Swiss representatives in the newly founded IFC. The 1961–62 International Football Cup took place during the summer break. Basel played in Group B4 together with Sparta Rotterdam, IF Elfsborg and SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin but finished the group in the bottom position.[3]

Domestic league

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Fourteen teams contested the 1960–61 Nationalliga A, these were the top 12 teams from the previous season and the two newly promoted teams Lugano and Schaffhausen. The Championship was played in a double round-robin, the champions were to be qualified for 1962–63 European Cup and the last two teams in the table were to be relegated. The team played a mediocre season, but not much more was expected from the young team, manager Jiří Sobotka was forming the team for the future seasons. Basel finished the season in the mid-field region of the league table in 7th position with 28 points, 12 points behind Servette who won the championship for the second time in a row. Basel won ten games, drew eight and were defeated eight times. Youngster Markus Pfirter was the team's top league goal scorer with nine goals and oldie Josef Hügi scored eight times that season.[4]

Swiss Cup

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Basel entered the Swiss Cup in the third principal round. They were drawn at home against third tier club SR Delémont. Despite being 0–2 in arrear early in the game, they came back to win 3–2. In the fourth round they faced fourth tier local club FC Breite, with ex-FCB player Hans Hügi (who had retired from active football) in another home game. Older brother Hügi (I) defended against younger brother Hügi (II), but younger brother won the duel and scored two of the goals as Basel won 3–0 to continue to the next round. In the fifth round Basel won due to an own goal against Zürich, but in the quarter-final they were defeated by Bellinzona, who continued to the final, but here they were defeated by cup winners Lausanne-Sport after extra time.[5]

Players

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The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the 1961–62 season. The list includes players that were in the squad on the day that the Nationalliga A season started on 20 August 1961 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
GK Switzerland SUI Hans-Ruedi Günthardt
1 GK Switzerland SUI René Jeker
1 GK Switzerland SUI Kurt Stettler
DF Switzerland SUI Heinz Blumer (new)
DF Switzerland SUI René Burri (from FC Birsfelden)
DF Switzerland SUI Peter Füri (from La Chaux-de-Fonds)
DF Switzerland SUI Markus Pfirter (from Concordia Basel)
3 DF Switzerland SUI Bruno Michaud
DF Switzerland SUI Hanspeter Stocker
DF Switzerland SUI Edmund Vogt
DF Switzerland SUI Hans Weber
MF Switzerland SUI Hansruedi Herr (from reserve team)
No. Pos. Nation Player
6 MF Switzerland SUI Carlo Porlezza
7 MF Switzerland SUI Fernando Von Krannichfeldt
MF Switzerland SUI Rudolf Rickenbacher (only IFC)
MF Switzerland SUI Silvan Thüler
FW Switzerland SUI Roland Denicola (new)
9 FW Switzerland SUI Josef Hügi (II)
MF Germany GER Otto Ludwig (from Old Boys)
FW Switzerland SUI Hansueli Oberer
11 FW Switzerland SUI Paul Speidel
FW Hungary HUN Ferenc Stockbauer (only UFC)
MF Switzerland SUI Niklaus Stöckli (from reserve team)
MF Switzerland SUI Wolfgang Walther (new)
MF Germany GER Wilfried Fritz (new)
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
DF Switzerland SUI Ulrich Vetsch (retired)
MF Switzerland SUI Peter Brendle
MF Switzerland SUI Jean-Louis Gygax
MF Switzerland SUI René Jaeck
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Germany GER Gerhard Siedl (to AZ Alkmaar)
MF Switzerland SUI Jean-Claude Bourgnon
8 FW Switzerland SUI Bernhard Chenaux
MF Switzerland SUI Antonio Danani (to FC Moutier)
MF Switzerland SUI Claus-Dieter Tabel (to reserve team)

Results

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Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

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Preseason

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July 1961 Pre-season Tus Lörrach-Stetten Switzerland 0 – 0 Switzerland Basel Lörrach
Summary
Note: Anniversary game 50 years Lörrach-Stetten
6 August 1961 Pre-season Aarau Switzerland 3 – 2 Switzerland Basel Hügeli, Schöftland
Fragnières (1x)
Gribi (1x)
Crivelli (pen. 1x)
Summary (1x) Von Krannichfeldt
(1x) Denicola
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Gloor Schöftland
13 August 1961 Pre-season FC Klus-Balsthal Switzerland 0 – 8 Switzerland Basel Mühlefeld, Balsthal
Summary Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Switzerland Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach
Note: Anniversary game 50 years FC Klus-Balsthal
16 August 1961 Pre-season FC Riehen Switzerland 2 – 6 Switzerland Basel Riehen
18:30 Bieri (1:3)
Raes (pen. 2:4)
Summary (0:1) Hügi (II)
5' (0:2) Stocker
35' (0:3) Hügi (II)
(1:4) Hügi (II)
(2:5) Wilfried Fritz
(pen. 2:6) Hügi (II)
Attendance: 600
22 August 1961 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 2 – 0 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Hügi (II) (1x)
Walther (1x)
Summary Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Anton Bucheli Luzern

Winter break and end of season

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11 February 1962 Winter break Basel Switzerland 2 – 1 Switzerland Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II) 1' (1:0)
Hügi (II) 58' (2:0)
Summary 85' (2:1) Rossbach Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Switzerland Oettlin Basel
16 May 1962 End of season Basel Switzerland 1 – 1 England Scunthorpe United Landhof, Basel
18:15 Burri 31' (1:0) Summary 65' (1:1) Attendance: 2,400
Referee: Switzerland Gottfried Dienst Basel
22 May 1962 End of season Basel Switzerland 4 – 4 Germany 1. FC Köln St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Frigerio 27' (1:2)
Burri 38' (2:3)
Frigerio 82' (3:3)
Hügi (II) 83' (4:3)
Summary 9' (0:1) Thielen
22' (0:2) Müller
34' (1:3) Breuer
84' (4:4) Benthaus
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Switzerland F. Schorer Interlaken
Note: Farewell game for Josef Hügi. Guest player by Basel: Frigerio

Nationalliga A

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League matches

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20 August 1961 Round 1 Basel 4 – 2 Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
15:00 Blumer 41' (1:0)
Blumer 47' (2:0)
Von Krannichfeldt 72' (3:2)
Walther 78' (4:2)
Summary 49' (2:1) Koller
55' (2:2) Rossbach
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland D. Mellet Lausanne
27 August 1961 Round 2 Lausanne-Sport 6 – 1 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
15:00 Glisovic 40' (1:0)
Glisovic 48' (2:0)
Vonlanden 54' (pen. 3:0)
Glisovic 60' (4:0)
Hosp 73' (5:0)
Armbruster 74' (6:0)
Summary 77' (6:1) Weber Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Victor Werner Schicker Bern
2 September 1961 Round 3 Basel 2 – 1 Schaffhausen Landhof, Basel
16:30 Stocker 23' (1:0)
Hügi (II) 63' (2:1)
Summary 57' (1:1) Akeret Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Albert Weber Lausanne
10 September 1961 Round 4 Grasshopper Club 4 – 3 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
Vonburg 10' (1:0)
Dimmeler 63' (2:3)
Burger 78' (3:3)
Ghilard (4:3)
Summary 17' (1:1) Wilfried Fritz
40' (1:2) Wilfried Fritz
51' (1:3) Hügi (II)
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland Roland David Lausanne
16 September 1961 Round 5 Basel 1 – 2 Luzern Landhof, Basel
16:15 Hügi (II) 1' (1:0) Summary 13' (1:1) Lettl
47' (1:2) Gerber
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland Guinnard GletterensL
24 September 1961 Round 6 Fribourg 1 – 1 Basel Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard, Fribourg
Froidevaux 10' (1:0) Summary 86' (1:1) Hügi (II) Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Victor Werner Schicker Bern
1 October 1961 Round 7 Basel 0 – 2 Lugano Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary 50' (0:1) Ciani
59' (0:2) Neuschäfer
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Albert Weber Lausanne
8 October 1961 Round 8 Grenchen 0 – 1 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
Summary Wilfried Fritz 80' (0:1) Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Schurr Interlaken
15 October 1961 Round 9 Basel 1 – 1 Servette St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Walther 47' (1:0) Summary Robbiani 70' (1:1) Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Switzerland Othmar Huber Thun
5 November 1961 Round 10 Young Fellows Zürich 1 – 0 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
15:00 Niggeler 33' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland Anton Bucheli Luzern
11 November 1961 Round 11 Basel 4 – 2 Zürich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
18:00 Hügi (II) 23' (1:1)
Denicola 36' (2:1)
Pfirter 55' (3:2)
Blumer 84' (4:2)
Summary 20' (pen. 0:1) Leimgruber
43' (2:2) Fäh
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Victor Werner Schicker Bern
26 November 1961 Round 12 Young Boys 1 – 4 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Meier 63' (1:4) Summary 28' (0:1) Ludwig
36' (0:2) Pfirter
54' (0:3) Blumer
63' (0:4) Ludwig
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Switzerland Anton Bucheli Luzern
3 December 1961 Round 13 Basel 3 – 2 La Chaux-de-Fonds Landhof, Basel
14:30 Pfirter 11' (1:1)
Hügi (II) 19' (2:1)
Oberer 43' (3:1)
Summary 5' (0:1) Trivellin
67' (3:2) Frigerio
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Switzerland Othmar Huber Thun
10 December 1961 Round 14 Biel-Bienne 4 – 4 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
Treuthardt 33' (1:3)
Bächler 60' (2:3)
Bächler 67' (3:4)
Bächler 85' (4:4)
Summary 15' (0:1) Pfirter
18' (0:2) Hügi (II)
25' (0:3) Blumer
67' (o.g. 3:4) Kehrli
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland D. Mellet Lausanne
17 December 1961 Round 15 Basel 0 – 0 Lausanne-Sport Landhof, Basel
14:30 Summary Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Switzerland F. Schorer Interlaken
31 December 1961 Round 16 Schaffhausen 1 – 2 Basel Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen
Akeret 59' (1:1) Summary 52' (0:1) Ludwig
65' (1:2) Stocker
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Switzerland Helbling Uznach
7 January 1962 Round 17 Basel P – P Grasshopper Club Landhof, Basel
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25 February 1962 Round 18 Luzern 1 – 1 Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
Lettl 70' (1:1) Summary 52' (pen. 0:1) Stocker Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Josef Gulde St. Gallen
4 March 1962 Round 19 Basel 4 – 3 Fribourg Landhof, Basel
15:00 Ludwig 18' (1:0)
Burri 30' (2:1)
Pfirter 56' (3:1)
Oberer 75' (4:1)
Summary 20' (1:1) Laurito
85' (4:2) Bongard
88' (4:3) Laurito
Attendance: 1.500
Referee: Switzerland D. Mellet Lausanne
11 March 1962 Round 20 Lugano 2 – 2 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
Ciani 15' (1:0)
Ciani 30' (2:1)
Summary 27' (1:1) Pfirter
60' (2:2) Füri
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Anton Bucheli Luzern
18 March 1962 Round 21 Basel 2 – 1 Grenchen Landhof, Basel
15:00 Stocker 71' (pen. 1:1)
Michaud 88' (2:1)
Summary 12' (0:1) Stutz Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Helbling Uznach
25 March 1962 Round 17 Basel 1 – 1 Grasshopper Club Landhof, Basel
15:00 Oberer 47' (1:0)
Oberer Yellow card
Summary 66' (1:1) von Burg Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Switzerland D. Mellet Lausanne
1 April 1962 Round 22 Servette 5 – 1 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
15:00 Mantula 35' (1:1)
Robbiani 54' (2:1)
Bosson 64' (3:1)
Robbiani 65' (4:1)
Fatton 85' (5:1)
Summary 23' (0:1) Ludwig Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Switzerland Zürrer Feldmeilen
8 April 1962 Round 23 Basel 2 – 2 Young Fellows Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Pfirter 28' (1:0)
Blumer 41' (2:0)
Summary 51' (2:1) Zimmermann
75' (2:2) Zimmermann
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Schwab Neuchâtel
15 April 1962 Round 24 Zürich 4 – 2 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
Brizzi 23' (1:0)
Brizzi 68' (2:0)
Brizzi 72' (3:0)
Martinelli 87' (4:0)
Summary 88' (4:1) Hügi (II) Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland Strässle Steinach
29 April 1962 Round 25 Basel 6 – 2 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Weber 27' (1:0)
Stocker 32' (2:0)
Pfirter 49' (3:1)
Burri 69' (4:1)
Pfirter 75' (5:2)
Weber 87' (6:2)
Summary 39' (2:1) Schultheiss
71' (4:2) Wechselberger
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Switzerland Albert Weber Lausanne
5 May 1962 Round 26 La Chaux-de-Fonds 3 – 0 Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
20:00 Bertschi 8' (1:0)
Antenen 75' (2:0)
Wenger 89' (3:0)
Summary Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Helbling Uznach

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Servette 26 18 4 4 93 30 +63 40 Swiss Champions, qualified for 1962–63 European Cup
and entered 1962–63 Intertoto Cup
2 Lausanne-Sport 26 15 5 6 63 38 +25 35 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1962–63 Cup Winners' Cup
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 16 2 8 72 45 +27 34 Entered 1962–63 Intertoto Cup
4 Grasshopper Club 26 12 7 7 61 52 +9 31
5 Young Boys 26 13 3 10 61 51 +10 29 Entered 1962–63 Intertoto Cup
6 Luzern 26 11 6 9 45 38 +7 28
7 Basel 26 10 8 8 51 54 −3 28 Entered 1962–63 Intertoto Cup
8 Biel-Bienne 26 7 10 9 45 49 −4 24
9 Zürich 26 8 6 12 53 57 −4 22
10 Lugano 26 6 10 10 32 60 −28 22
11 Grenchen 26 7 7 12 39 59 −20 21
12 Young Fellows Zürich 26 7 6 13 53 63 −10 20
13 Schaffhausen 26 6 7 13 40 65 −25 19 Relegated
14 Fribourg 26 2 7 17 33 80 −47 11 Relegated
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

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22 October 1961 3rd principal round Basel 3 – 2 (a.e.t.) SR Delémont Landhof, Basel
14:30 Hügi (II) 47' (1:2)
Von Krannichfeldt 62' (2:2)
Blumer 101' (3:2)
Summary 13' (0:1) Gassmann
27' (o.g. 0:2) Weber
Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Switzerland Anton Bucheli Luzern
19 November 1961 Round 4 Basel 3 – 0 FC Breite Landhof, Basel
14:30 Hügi (II) 55' (1:0)
Pfirter 78' (2:0)
Hügi (II) 80' (3:0)
Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland A. Ceretti Biel/Bienne
14 January 1962 Round 5 Zürich 0 – 1 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
Summary 88' (o.g.) Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Othmar Huber Thun
18 February 1962 Quarter-final Bellinzona 1 – 0 Basel Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona
Buzzin 75' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland F. Schorer Interlaken

International Football Cup

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Group B4 matches

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17 June 1961 Round 1 Basel Switzerland 0 – 4 Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam Landhof, Basel
18:00 Summary (2x) van Miert
(1x) de Vries
(1x)} Janssen
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Austria Carl Erich Steiner Wien
25 June 1961 Round 2 IF Elfsborg Sweden 2 – 1 Switzerland Basel Ryavallen, Borås, Sweden
Raaberg (1x)
Larsson (1x)
Summary (1x) Hügi (II) Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Germany Johannes Malka Herten
2 July 1961 Round 3 SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin West Germany 1 – 2 Switzerland Basel Poststadion, Berlin
Rosenfeldt 7' (1:0) Summary 35' (1:1) Hügi (II)
46' (1:2) Stocker
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Sweden Johanesson
8 July 1961 Round 4 Basel Switzerland 1 – 1 West Germany SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin Landhof, Basel
18:30 Speidel (1x) Summary (1x o.g.) Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Austria Friedrich Seipelt
15 July 1961 Round 5 Basel Switzerland 3 – 6 Sweden IF Elfsborg Landhof, Basel
18:30 Hügi (II) (1x)
Von Krannichfeldt (1x)
Walther (1x)
Summary (3x) Larsson
(2x) Raberg
(1x) Bartholdsson
Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Austria Friedrich Mayer
23 July 1961 Round 6 Sparta Rotterdam Netherlands 5 – 2 Switzerland Basel Rotterdam
Van Buuren 3' (1:1)
De Vries 19' (2:1)
Verhoeven 49' (3:2)
Bosselaar 58' (4:2)
Jansen 76' (5:2)
Summary 2' (0:1) Hügi (II)
31' (2:2) Burri
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Sweden Gösta Ackerborn

Group table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam 6 5 0 1 23 12 +11 10 Qualified for knock out stage
2 Sweden IF Elfsborg 6 4 0 2 21 17 +4 8
3 West Germany SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin 6 1 1 4 11 16 −5 3
4 Switzerland Basel 6 1 1 4 9 19 −10 3

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Zindel, Josef (2018), "Die ersten 125 Jahre", Konstanz als Erfolgsrezept, Page 58, Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel
  2. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1961/62". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. ^ Mogielnicki, Pawel. "Intertoto Cup 1961/62". Pawel Mogielnicki. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. ^ Erik Garin. "Nationalliga A 1960/61". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  5. ^ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1961/62". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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