Full name Helmut Hauser until 1964 SV Schopfheim Years Team | Playing position Place of birth Schopfheim Name Helmut Hauser | |
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Date of birth (1941-03-07) 7 March 1941 (age 74) | ||
Helmut Hauser (born 7 March 1941) is a German former footballer. He played as forward.
Hauser started his youth football with local club SV Schopfheim. He also played a few years in their senior team. In 1964 he transferred to Basel and played there for eight years, the first under trainer Georges Sobotka and seven under trainer Helmut Benthaus. He won the Swiss Championship four times and was Swiss Cup winner once. Hauser had a total of 215 appearances for Basel, scoring 107 goals.
Hauser won his first championship title in Basel's 1966–67 season. Basel finished the championship one point clear of FC Zürich who finished in second position. Basel won 16 of the 26 games, drawing eight, losing twice, and they scored 60 goals conceding just 20. Roberto Frigerio was the teams top goal scorer with 16 league goals and Hauser second best goal scorer with 14 league goals in 18 appearances.
In that season Hauser won the double with Basel. In the Cup final on 15 May 1967 Basel's opponents were Lausanne-Sports. In the former Wankdorf Stadium, Hauser scored the decisive goal via penalty. The game went down in football history due to the sit-down strike that followed this goal. After 88 minutes of play, with the score at 1–1, referee Karl Göppel awarded Basel a controversial penalty. André Grobéty had pushed Hauser gently in the back and he let himself drop theatrically. Subsequent to the 2–1 for Basel the Lausanne players refused to resume the game and they sat down demonstratively on the pitch. The referee had to abandon the match. Basel were awarded the cup with a 3–0 forfait.