FC Basel
1947–48 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Jules Düblin
ManagerSwitzerland Ernst Hufschmid
GroundLandhof, Basel
Nationalliga A10th
Swiss CupQuarter-final
Top goalscorerLeague: Switzerland Paul Stöcklin (11)
All: Switzerland Traugott Oberer and
Switzerland Paul Stöcklin both (11)
Highest home attendance8,700 on 25 April 1948
vs Biel-Bienne
Lowest home attendance3,500 on 21 December 1947
vs Grenchen
Average home league attendance6,807

The 1947–48 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 54th season in their existence. It was their second season in the top flight of Swiss football after their promotion from the Nationalliga B during the season 1945–46. Basel played their home games in the Landhof, in the Quarter Kleinbasel. Jules Düblin was the club's chairman for the second successive season.

Overview

Anton Schall was to continue as first team manager, but he died at the age of 40 years, during a workout on the football field, shortly after the pre-season training had begun. Following this unhappy event captain Ernst Hufschmid then took over as player-manager. Basel played a total of 46 games in this season. Of these 26 in the Nationalliga A, four in the Swiss Cup and 16 were test games. The test games resulted with eight victories, three draws and five defeats. In total, they won 18 games, drew 13 and lost 15 times. In total, including the test games and the cup competition, they scored 100 goals and conceded 93.[1]

There were fourteen teams contesting in the 1947–48 Nationalliga A, the bottom two teams in the table to be relegated. Suffering under the shock of team manager Schall's death, the team started the season badly, losing six of their first eleven games without a single victory. With seven victories in the second half of the season the team were able to lift themselves out of the relegation zone. Basel finished the season in 10th position in the table, with seven victories from 26 games, ten draws and they lost nine times. The team scored 44 goals in the domestic league. Paul Stöcklin was the team's top goal scorer with 11 goals. Gottlieb Stäuble was second best scorer with eight goals. René Bader and Traugott Oberer both scored five times. Bellinzona won the championship. FC Bern and Cantonal Neuchatel ended the season on the relegation places.[2]

In the Swiss Cup Basel started in round 3 with a home match against SC Balerna, the game was won 7–0. In round 4 Basel were drawn with a home tie against Zürich which was won 2–1. Round 5 gave Basel another home tie in the Landhof against Locarno and this ended with a 5–3 victory. Thus Basel advanced to the quarter-finals, where they were drawn away against La Chaux-de-Fonds. The hosts won the game by two goals to nil and continued to the semi-final and the final. The final was played on 29 March at Wankdorf Stadium in Bern against Grenchen and ended with a 2–2 draw. The replay three weeks later was also drawn 2–2 and so a second replay was required. This was played on 27 June in the Stade Olympique de la Pontaise in Lausanne. La Chaux-de-Fonds won the trophy, winning the game by four goals to nil.[3]

Players

The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the season 1947–48. The list includes players that were in the squad the day the Nationalliga A season started on 31 August 1947 but subsequently left the club after that date.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Switzerland SUI Walter Müller
— GK Switzerland SUI Jean Presset
— GK Switzerland SUI Hans Rageth
— DF Switzerland SUI Werner Bopp
— DF Switzerland SUI Hans-Rudolf Fitze
— DF Switzerland SUI Ernst Grauer
— DF Switzerland SUI Ernst Hufschmid
— DF Switzerland SUI Hans Hügi
— MF Switzerland SUI Rodolfo Kappenberger
— MF Switzerland SUI Willy Monigatti
— MF Switzerland SUI Kurt Neuenschwander
— MF Switzerland SUI Traugott Oberer
— MF France FRA Pierre Redolfi
— MF Switzerland SUI Louis Schenker
— MF Switzerland SUI Gottlieb Stäuble
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Switzerland SUI Hans Vonthron
— MF Switzerland SUI Werner Wenk
— MF Switzerland SUI Rudolf Wirz
— FW Switzerland SUI René Bader
— FW Switzerland SUI Walter Bosshard
— FW France FRA Walter Emmenegger
— FW Switzerland SUI Roberto Finazzi
— FW Switzerland SUI Erich Grether
— FW Switzerland SUI Rudolf Hägler
— FW Switzerland SUI Ch. Martin
— FW Switzerland SUI Alex Mathys
— FW Switzerland SUI Virgilio Muggiasca
— FW Switzerland SUI Bernard Mathez
— FW Switzerland SUI Paul Stöcklin
— FW Switzerland SUI Hermann Suter
— FW Switzerland SUI Alfred Weisshaar
Players who left the squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Switzerland SUI Kurt Imhof (retired)
— GK Switzerland SUI Hans Rothen
— MF Switzerland SUI Alexander Ebner (to Cantonal Neuchatel)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Switzerland SUI Heinz Elsässer (retired)
— MF Switzerland SUI Kurt Maurer (to FC Bern)
— FW Switzerland SUI Fritz Eckert

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre and mid-season

9 August 1947 Pre-season Black Stars Switzerland 2–2 Switzerland Basel Buschwilerhof, Basel
Eckert (1:0)
Eckert (2:2)		 Summary (1:1) Mathez
(1:2) Wenk		 Referee: Switzerland Hans Vogt Muttenz
17 August 1947 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 3–1 Switzerland Biel-Bienne Bodenacker, Breitenbach
16:00 Oberer (2x)
Stöcklin (1x)		 Summary (1x) Ballaman Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Sannwald Sissach
23 August 1947 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 3–0 Luxembourg FA Red Boys Differdange Basel
Finazzi (1:0)
Weisshaar (2:0)
Stöcklin (3:0)		 Summary Referee: Switzerland Hans Vogt Muttenz
24 August 1947 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 2–0 Switzerland Nordstern Basel Basel
Stäuble (1:0)
Stäuble (2:0)		 Summary Referee: Switzerland Sannwald Sissach
1 November 1947 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 2–1 Switzerland Grasshopper Club Landhof, Basel
Müller 55' (1:1)
Grether 80' (2:1)		 Summary 20' (0:1) Quinche Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Schaub Basel

Winter break and mid-season

4 January 1948 Winter break Basel Switzerland 5–3 Switzerland FC Birsfelden Landhof, Basel
Bader (1:1)
Oberer (2:1)
Bader (3:1)
Vonthron (4:2)
Wenk (5:3)		 Summary (1:0) Fischer
(3:2) Bingetti
(4:3) von Arx		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Switzerland Schaub Basel
1 February 1948 Winter break Winterthur XI Switzerland 0–2 Switzerland Basel Schützenwiese, Winterthur
Summary 86' (0:1) Martin
90' (0:2) Bader		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Switzerland Bertsche Neuhausen am Rheinfall
7 February 1948 Winter break Basel Switzerland 1–2 Czech Republic SK Slezská Ostrava Landhof, Basel
15:00 Bader 35' (1:1) Summary 20' (0:1) Janik
75' (1:2) Simonek		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Schürch Winterthur
8 February 1948 Winter break Young Boys reserves Switzerland 0–8 Switzerland Basel Schönenwerd
Summary (2x) Grether
(2x) Monigatti
(2x) Oberer
(1x) Hägler
(1x) Ch. Martin
14 February 1948 Winter break Basel Switzerland 3–7 Austria Austria Wien Landhof, Basel
44' (o.g. 1:1)
Stäuble 47' (2:1)
(o.g. 3:1)		 Summary 2' (0:1) Stojaspal (I)
(3:2) Melchior (I)
57' (3:3) Stojaspal (II)
68' (3:4) Stroh (I)
(3:5) Stojaspal (I)
(3:6) Melchior (I)
(3:7) Melchior (I)		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Berner Basel
28 March 1948 Mid-season Ferencvárosi TC Hungary 3–2 Switzerland Basel Üllői úti stadion, Budapest
Tihanyi 3' (1:0)
Tihanyi 11' (2:0)
Surányi 29' (3:0)		 Summary 62' (3:1) Oberer
68' (pen. 2:3)		 Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Hungary Dorogi
29 March 1948 Mid-season Újpesti Dózsa Hungary 5–0 Switzerland Basel Budapest
Varnai 19' (1:0)
Krasznai (2:0)
(3:0)
(4:0)
(5:0)		 Summary
16 April 1948 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 2–2 Austria First Vienna Landhof, Basel
16:30 Oberer 17' (1:0)
Bader 57' (2:1)		 Summary 21' (1:1) Fischer
66' (2:2) Fischer		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland A. Sandoz Lausanne
12 May 1948 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 0–5 England Birmingham City Landhof, Basel
18:15 Summary (2x) Dougall
(2x) Slater
(1x) Stewart		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland DörflingerGrenchen
16 May 1948 Mid-season Haute-Marne North XI France 3–5 Switzerland Basel Saint-Dizier


 Summary (2x) Stäuble
(1x) Oberer
(1x) Stöcklin
17 May 1948 Mid-season Haute-Marne South XI France 2–2 Switzerland Basel Chaumont

 Summary (1x) Oberer
(1x) Stäuble

Nationalliga

League matches

31 August 1947 Round 1 Servette 1–1 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
Tamini Summary 21' (0:1) Stöcklin Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland DörflingerGrenchen
6 September 1947 Round 2 Basel 2–2 Grasshopper Club Landhof, Basel
16:30 Stöcklin 40' (1:2)
Weisshaar 85' (2:2)		 Summary 35' (0:1) Amadò
37' (0:2) Quinche		 Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Switzerland Scherz Bern
16 September 1947 Round 3 Young Fellows Zürich 5–0 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
Bossert 19' (1:0)
Siegenthaler 29' (2:0)
Siegenthaler 44' (3:0)
Bossert 69' (4:0)
Bossert (5:0)		 Summary Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland Merlotti Neuchâtel
28 September 1947 Round 4 Basel 0–0 Bellinzona Landhof, Basel
Summary Attendance: 6,800
Referee: Switzerland Schmidsberger Zürich
5 October 1947 Round 5 FC Bern 2–0 Basel Neufeld, Bern
15:00 Wyss 18' (1:0)
Jundt 23' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland W. Rufli Bremgarten
12 October 1947 Round 6 Basel 2–2 La Chaux-de-Fonds Landhof, Basel
Oberer 41' (pen. 1:1)
Oberer 49' (2:1)		 Summary 16' (0:1) Hermann
83' (pen. 2:2) Busenhart
Yellow card Amey		 Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Switzerland Tschopp Delémont
19 October 1947 Round 7 Biel-Bienne 1–0 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
Weibel 22' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Niederhauser Bern
9 November 1947 Round 8 Basel 1–3 Lausanne-Sport Landhof, Basel
Oberer 56' (1:1) Summary 26' (0:1)Maillard (II)
84' (1:2) Monnard
(1:3)		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Switzerland Scherz Bern
16 November 1947 Round 9 Zürich 3–3 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
14:45 Bosshart 32' (1:1)
Zanetti 56' (2:1)
Zanetti 72' (3:2)		 Summary 6' (0:1) Stöcklin
61' (2:2) Suter
79' (3:3) Oberer		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Grassi Balerna
23 November 1947 Round 10 Locarno 3–0 Basel Stadio del Lido, Locarno
Canetti 69' (1:0)
Ernst 71' (pen. 2:0)
Ernst 83' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Switzerland Schürch Winterthur
30 November 1947 Round 11 Basel 0–1 Lugano Landhof, Basel
14:30 Summary 69' (0:1) Daldini Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Switzerland DörflingerGrenchen
14 December 1947 Round 12 Cantonal Neuchatel 0–2 Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
14:30 Summary 30' (0:1) Bader
70' (0:2) Oberer		 Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Switzerland Schürch Winterthur
21 December 1947 Round 13 Basel 2–2 Grenchen Landhof, Basel
14:30 Wenk 50' (1:2)
Bader 90' (2:2)		 Summary 4' (0:1) Roth
44' (0:2) Vuilleumier		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Jaggi Bern
22 February 1948 Round 14 Basel 3–2 Servette Landhof, Basel
14:30 Stöcklin 30' (1:1)
Grether 75' (2:2)
Stäuble 86' (3:2)		 Summary 15' (0:1) Stefano (II)
38' (1:2) Würgler		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Keller Seuzach
29 February 1948 Round 15 Grasshopper Club 3–0 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
15:15 Mosimann 47' (1:0)
Berbig 61' (2:0)
Amadò (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland A. Sandoz Lausanne
14 March 1948 Round 16 Basel 2–1 Young Fellows Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Stäuble 57' (1:1)
Stäuble 65' (2:1)		 Summary 30' (0:1) Siegenthaler Attendance: 6,700
Referee: Switzerland Merlotti Neuchâtel
21 March 1948 Round 17 Bellinzona 1–5 Basel Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona
Busenhart 37' (1:2) Summary 25' (0:1) Stöcklin
37' (0:2) Vonthron
43' (1:3) Stöcklin
87' (1:4) Stöcklin
89' (pen. 1:5) Bopp		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Lutz Geneva
4 April 1948 Round 18 Basel 1–2 FC Bern Landhof, Basel
15:00 Bopp 57' (1:0) Summary 69' (1:1) Liechti
79' (1:2) Rothenbühler		 Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Switzerland Schürch Winterthur
11 April 1948 Round 19 La Chaux-de-Fonds 1–5 Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
15:00 Busenhart 62' (1:5) Summary 3' (1:0) Stöcklin
20' (2:0) Stöcklin
35' (0:3) Bader
50' (0:4) Stäuble
55' (0:5) Stäuble		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Lutz Geneva
25 April 1948 Round 20 Basel 3–3 Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
15:00 Suter 27' (1:1)
Stöcklin 60' (2:3)
Wenk 88' (3:3)		 Summary 19' (0:1) Scholl
48' (1:2) Scholl
52' (1:3) Lempen		 Attendance: 8,700
Referee: Switzerland Merlotti Neuchâtel
2 May 1948 Round 21 Lausanne-Sport 5–0 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
15:00 Friedländersoccer ball with red X 48′
Nikolić 58' (1:0)
Nikolić 67' (2:0)
Nikolić 68' (3:0)
Nikolić 73' (4:0)
Nikolić 77' (5:0)		 Summary Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Switzerland E. Ruefer Bern
9 May 1948 Round 22 Basel 3–3 Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Suter 15' (1:0)
Stöcklin 70' (2:2)
Bopp 77' (pen. 3:2)		 Summary 25' (1:1) Zanetti
56' (1:2) Bosshard
89' (pen. 3:3) Kohler		 Attendance: 8,200
Referee: Switzerland von Wartburg Bern
23 May 1948 Round 23 Basel 2–1 Locarno Landhof, Basel
Bader 43' (1:1)
Hügi (I) 90' (2:1)		 Summary 20' (2:1) Neury Attendance: 6,800
Referee: Switzerland Keller Seuzach
30 May 1948 Round 24 Lugano 1–1 Basel Campo Marzio, Lugano
Bergamini 60' (1:1) Summary 21' (0:1) Stäuble Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Scherz Bern
6 June 1948 Round 25 Basel 4–1 Cantonal Neuchatel Landhof, Basel
Hügi (I) 33' (1:1)
Stäuble 48' (2:1)
Hügi (I) 50' (3;1)
Stäuble 55' (4:1)		 Summary 7' (0:1) Guillaume Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Switzerland Lutz Geneva
13 June 1948 Round 26 Grenchen 2–2 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
Righetti (I) 17' (1:1)
Righetti (II) 25' (2:1)		 Summary 10' (0:1) Hügi (I)
46' (2:2)		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland Schmidsberger Zürich

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Bellinzona 26 15 8 3 58 28 +30 38 Swiss Champions
2 Biel-Bienne 26 16 5 5 57 38 +19 37
3 Lausanne-Sport 26 16 2 8 59 32 +27 34
4 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 12 4 10 73 54 +19 28 Swiss Cup winners
5 Servette 26 10 6 10 61 51 +10 26
6 Grenchen 26 10 6 10 53 58 −5 26
7 Locarno 26 10 5 11 43 45 −2 25
8 Grasshopper Club 26 9 6 11 60 52 +8 24
9 Zürich 26 10 4 12 54 60 −6 24
10 Basel 26 7 10 9 44 51 −7 24
11 Lugano 26 9 6 11 34 44 −10 24
12 Young Fellows Zürich 26 9 5 12 41 45 −4 23
13 FC Bern 26 8 5 13 28 56 −28 21 Relegated
14 Cantonal Neuchatel 26 2 6 18 34 85 −51 10 Relegated
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

26 October 1947 Round 3 Basel 7–0 SC Balerna Landhof, Basel
Oberer (3x)
Suter (2x)
Stäuble (2x)		 Summary Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Schmidsberger Zürich
7 December 1947 Round 4 Basel 2–1 Zürich Landhof, Basel
14:30 Oberer 12' (1:0)
Bader 58' (2:0)		 Summary 62' (2:1) Zanetti
soccer ball with red X 67′ Bosshard		 Attendance: 4,300
Referee: Switzerland Niederhauser Bern
27 December 1947 Round of 16 Basel 5–3 Locarno Landhof, Basel
Bader 30' (1:0)
Oberer 35' (2:0)
Wenk 40' (3:0)
Oberer 44' (4:0)
Hägler 65' (5:0)		 Summary Red card 60' Visentin
69' (pen. 5:1) Ernst
78' (5:2) Ernst
88' (5:3) Losa		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland A. Sandoz Lausanne
11 January 1948 Quarter-final La Chaux-de-Fonds 2–0 Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
14:30 Amey 37' (1:0)
Hermann 38' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Switzerland DörflingerGrenchen

See also

References

  1. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1947/48". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ↑ Erik Garin. "1947–48 Nationalliga A". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. ↑ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1947–48". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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