FC Basel
1957–58 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Jules Düblin
ManagerAustria Rudi Strittich
GroundLandhof, Basel
Nationalliga A9th
Swiss CupRound 4
Top goalscorerLeague: Switzerland Josef Hügi (18)
All: Switzerland Josef Hügi (18)
Highest home attendance13,000 on 22 September 1957
vs Young Boys
Lowest home attendance3,500 on 1 June 1958
vs Biel-Bienne
Average home league attendance6,423

The 1957–58 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 64th season in their existence. It was their twelfth consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football after their promotion from the Nationalliga B the season 1945–46. They played their home games in the Landhof, in the Wettstein Quarter in Kleinbasel. Jules Düblin was the club's chairman for his twelfth successive period.

Overview

The Austrian ex-international footballer Rudi Strittich was hired as new team manager this season. He took over from Béla Sárosi who had moved on to Jahn Regensburg. Basel played a total of 42 games this season. Of these 42 matches 26 were in the domestic league, two were in the Swiss Cup and 14 were friendly matches. The friendly games resulted with seven victories and seven defeats. In total, including the test games and the cup competition, 17 games were won, six games were drawn and 19 games were lost. In their 42 games the team scored 107 goals and conceded 87.[1]

Fourteen teams contested the 1957–58 Nationalliga A, these were the top 12 teams from the previous season and the two newly promoted teams FC Biel-Bienne and FC Grenchen. The last two teams in the table at the end of the season were to be relegated. Basel won nine of their 26 games and drew six times and lost eleven times. They scored 59 goals and conceded 53. Basel ended the championship with 24 points in 9th position. They were 19 points behind Young Boys who were able to defend their championship title. At the end of the league table Urania Genève Sport and FC Winterthur ended the season joint second last, each with 18 points, and therefore they had to play a relegation play-off. Urania won the play-off and therefore Winterthur suffered relegation together with FC Biel-Bienne who had finished in last position.[2]

Josef Hügi was the Basel's top league goal scorer with 18 goals. He managed two hat-tricks during the league season, in the first game of the season on 25 August 1957 at home against Winterthur and in the last game of the season on 1 June 1958 at home against Biel-Bienne. Gottlieb Stäuble was the team's second best goal scorer with nine goals, Rudolf Burger netted eight times and both Hermann Suter and Hans Weber netted seven times.

Basel joined the Swiss Cup in the third principal round. They were drawn at home at the Landhof against lower tier local team FC Oten on 2 November 1957. Hans Weber scored five goals during the second half of the game as Basel won 8–0.[3] In the fourth round Basel were also drawn at home against lower tier FC Bern but here Basel were knocked out. Young Boys won the competition and thus completed the double.[4]

Players

The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the season 1957–58. The list includes players that were in the squad on the day that the Nationalliga A season started on 25 August 1957 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 Hansruedi Blatter
— GK Switzerland SUI Werner Schley
— GK Switzerland SUI Kurt Stettler (from Luzern)
— DF Switzerland SUI Werner Bopp
— DF Switzerland SUI Wilhelm Jermann
— DF Switzerland SUI Hans Hügi (I)
— DF Switzerland SUI Hansjörg Tschirky
— DF Switzerland SUI Hans Weber (from Lausanne-Sport)
— MF Switzerland SUI Gustav Borer
— MF France FRA Pierre Redolfi
— MF Switzerland SUI Gottlieb Stäuble
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Switzerland SUI Silvan Thüler
— FW Switzerland SUI Rudolf Burger (from Nordstern Basel)
— FW Switzerland SUI Bernhard Chenaux (neu)
— FW Switzerland SUI Josef Hügi (II)
— FW Switzerland SUI Ernst Klauser (II)
— FW Hungary HUN Janos Magyar (neu)
— FW Switzerland SUI Emil Müller (from Black Stars Basel)
— FW Switzerland SUI Hansueli Oberer
— FW Switzerland SUI Walter Rieder (neu)
— FW Switzerland SUI Raymond Simonet (neu)
— FW Switzerland SUI Hermann Suter
— FW Italy ITA Romano Zolin
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
— DF Switzerland SUI Hans-Rudolf Fitze (retired)
— DF Switzerland SUI Bruno Michaud (to Lausanne-Sport)
— MF Switzerland SUI Benedikt Frey
— MF Switzerland SUI Rudolf Rickenbacher (to La Chaux-de-Fonds)
— FW Switzerland SUI René Bader (retired)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Switzerland SUI Walter Bannwart (retired)
— FW Switzerland SUI Walter Bielser (retired)
— FW Switzerland SUI Pierre Geiser (to Nordstern Basel)
— FW Switzerland SUI Bruno Locher (II) (from Kleinhüningen)
— FW Germany GER Peter-Jürgen Sanmann (to SC Concordia von 1907)

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season

27 July 1957 Pre-season SC Kleinhüningen Switzerland 0 – 8 Switzerland Basel Schorenmatte, Basel
16:30 Summary (3x) Hügi (II)
(2x) Burger
(2x) Müller
(1x) Oberer		 Attendance: 900
Referee: Switzerland K. Keller Basel
3 August 1957 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 3 – 0 Austria SVS Linz Landhof, Basel
17:30 (1x) Weber
(1x) Müller
(1x) Hügi (I)		 Summary Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland M. Schreiber Reinach
8 August 1957 Pre-season Basel 4 – 2 Cantonal Neuchatel Landhof, Basel
18:30 Burger 27' (1:1)
Hügi (II) 58' (2:1)
Hügi (II) (3:1)
Weber (4:1)		 Summary 23' (0:1) Michaud
(4:2) Beck		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland K. Keller Basel
11 August 1957 Pre-season Brühl St. Gallen 0 – 7 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
16:00 Summary 15' (0:1) Hügi (II)
39' (0:2) Müller
42' (0:3) Oberer
(0:4) Hügi (II)
(0:5) Hügi (II)
(0:6) Hügi (II)
(0:7) Suter		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland W. Werner St. Gallen
18 August 1955 Pre-season Basel 1 – 4 RCD Espanyol Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II) (1x) Summary (1x) Coll
(1x) Gamiz
(1x) Benavidez
(1x) Arcas		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Switzerland Paul Wyssling Zürich

Winter break

1 January 1958 Winter break Basel 1 – 3 FK Partizan Landhof, Basel
14:30 Frey 33' (1:1) Summary 24' (0:1) Kaloperović
34' (o.g. 1:2) Brodmann
86' (1:3) Mihajlovic		 Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Switzerland F. Buchmüller Zürich

Nationalliga A

League matches

25 August 1957 Round 1 Basel 8 – 1 Winterthur Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II) 16' (1:0)
Burger 18' (2:0)
Weber 31' (3:0)
Hügi (II) 42' (4:0)
Hügi (II) 43' (5:0)
Hügi (II) 47' (6:0)
Burger 55' (7:0)
Burger 81' (8:1)		 Summary 74' (7:1) Perazza Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Switzerland E. Guidi Bellinzona
31 August 1957 Round 2 Basel 6 – 0 Urania Genève Sport Landhof, Basel
16:30 Weber 52' (1:0)
Weber 67' (2:0)
Weber 68' (3:0)
Weber 70' (4:0)
Hügi (II) 74' (5:0)
Suter 78' (6:0)		 Summary Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Switzerland Victor Werner Schicker Bern
8 September 1957 Round 3 Lugano 2 – 0 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
Kauer 16' (1:0)
Steffanina 69' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Domeniconi Geneva
22 September 1957 Round 4 Basel 0 – 0 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Switzerland Josef Gulde St. Gallen
29 September 1957 Round 5 Grasshopper Club 1 – 0 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
Vukosavljević 34' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Switzerland D. Mellet Lausanne
6 October 1957 Round 6 Basel 3 – 4 Grenchen Landhof, Basel
16:00 Bopp 7' (pen. 1:1)
Suter 30' (2:2)
Müller 56' (3:4)		 Summary 2' (0:1) Raboud (I)
29' (1:2) Karrer
31' (2:3) Moser
38' (2:4) Hamel		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland Schüttel Sion
13 October 1957 Round 7 La Chaux-de-Fonds 1 – 0 Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
15:00 Cornuel 87' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland F. Schorer Interlaken
20 October 1957 Round 8 Basel P – P Lausanne-Sport Landhof, Basel
[ Summary]
27 October 1957 Round 9 Servette 2 – 2 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
Fatton 17' (1:0)
Fatton 67' (2:1)		 Summary 45' (pen. 1:1) Hügi (I)
78' (2:2) Burger		 Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Switzerland E. Guidi Bellinzona
10 November 1957 Round 10 Basel 3 – 2 Bellinzona Landhof, Basel
14:30 Suter 3' (1:0)
Burger 52' (2:2)
Suter 88' (3:2)		 Summary 9' (1:1) Fontana
31' (o.g. 1:2) Redolfi		 Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Switzerland Guinnard Gletterens
17.11 1957 Round 11 Chiasso 1 – 1 Basel Stadio Via Comacini, Chiasso
Riva 3' (1:0) Summary 80' (o.g. 1:1) Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Victor Werner Schicker Bern
8 December 1957 Round 12 Basel 1 – 6 Young Fellows Zürich Landhof, Basel
14:30 Weber 4' (1:0) Summary 8' (1:1) Schennach
23' (1:2) Buhtz
27' (1:3) Schönmann
63' (1:4) Buhtz
68' (1:5) Weissbaum
78' (1:6) Reutlinger		 Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Switzerland Othmar Huber Thun
15 December 1957 Round 13 Biel-Bienne 2 – 2 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
Hügi (I) 9' (o.g. 1:0)
Koller 70' (pen. 2:2)		 Summary 44' (1:1) Stäuble
57' (1:2) Stäuble		 Attendance: 6,300
Referee: Switzerland Schüttel Sion
29 December 1957 Round 8 Basel 1 – 1 Lausanne-Sport Landhof, Basel
14:30 Stäuble 68' (1:1) Summary 63' (0:1) Rösch Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Paul Wyssling Zürich
Note: Minute of silence for the death of Hans Rupprecht (honorary member and former chairman (7 July 1928 to 6 July 1929).
16 February 1958 Round 14 Winterthur 2 – 2 Basel Schützenwiese, Winterthur
Berger 38' (pen. 1:0)
Etterlin 77' (2:2)		 Summary 51' (1:1) Weber
60' (1:2) Burger		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland W. Rufli Bremgarten
Note: Minute of silence for Manchester United and all the victims of the Munich air disaster
23 February 1958 Round 15 Urania Genève Sport 3 – 2 Basel Stade de Frontenex, Geneva
Dufau 32' (1:0)
Prod'hom 60' (2:0)
Linder 83' (3:1)		 Summary 77' (2:1) Chenaux
86' (3:2) Hügi (II)		 Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland W. Müller Baden
2 March 1958 Round 16 Basel 1 – 2 Lugano Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II) 67' (1:2) Summary Red card 18' Perroud
49' (0:1) Meylan
66' (0:2) Bernasconi
Yellow card Clerici		 Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Switzerland D. Mellet Lausanne
9 March 1958 Round 17 Young Boys 6 – 2 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Spicher 11' (1:0)
Häuptli 13' (2:0)
Wechselberger 16' (3:0)
Rey 54' (4:1)
Häuptli 70' (5:1) Häuptli
88' (6:2)		 Summary 40' (3:1) Hügi (II)
84' (5:2) Stäuble		 Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Switzerland Guinnard Gletterens
16 March 1958 Round 18 Basel 1 – 3 Grasshopper Club Landhof, Basel
15:00 Klauser (II) 85' (1:3) Summary 38' (0:1) Rognoni
64' (0:2) Ballaman
68' (0:3) Robbiani		 Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Switzerland Domeniconi Geneva
23 March 1958 Round 19 Grenchen 3 – 4 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
Glisovic 37' (1:2)
Hamel 40' (2:2)
Morf 78' (pen. 3:4)		 Summary 1' (0:1) Hügi (II)
20' (0:2) Burger
62' (2:3) Magyar
72' (2:4) Hügi (II)		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Paul Wyssling Zürich
30 March 1958 Round 20 Basel 2 – 1 La Chaux-de-Fonds Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II) 61' (1:1)
Hügi (II) 64' (2:1)		 Summary 55' (0:1) Antenen Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Switzerland Schüttel Sion
13 April 1958 Round 21 Lausanne-Sport 0 – 1 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
15:00 Summary 87' (o.g. 0:1) Michaud Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Othmar Huber Thun
20 April 1958 Round 22 Basel 6 – 2 Servette Landhof, Basel
15:30 Hügi (II) 33' (1:2)
Stäuble 69' (2:2)
Hügi (II) 48' (3:2)
Stäuble 49' (4:2)
Gonins 54' (o.g. 5:2)
Stäuble 82' (6:2)		 Summary 11' (o.g. 0:1) Thüler
33' (0:2) Eschmann		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Switzerland Paul Wyssling Zürich
4 May 1958 Round 23 Bellinzona 3 – 2 Basel Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona
Sartori 80' (pen. 1:2)
Ghilardi 81' (2:2)
Sartori 87' (3:2)		 Summary 35' (0:1) Hügi (II)
64' (0:2) Stäuble		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Victor Werner Schicker Bern
11 May 1958 Round 24 Basel 0 – 2 Chiasso Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary 13' (0:1) Riva
68' (0:2) Boffi		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Surdez Delémont
18 May 1958 Round 25 Young Fellows Zürich 1 – 3 Basel Förrlibuck, Zürich
15:00 Bossi 28' (1:1) Summary 15' (0:1) Chenaux
37' (1:2) Suter
42' (1:3) Burger		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland D. Mellet Lausanne
1 June 1958 Round 26 Basel 6 – 2 Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II) 3' (1:0)
Suter 7' (2:0)
Stäuble 13' (3:0)
Hügi (II) 63' (4:2)
Hügi (II) 72' (5:2)
Suter 87' (6:2)		 Summary 19' (3:1) Maurer
30' (3:2) Koller
soccer ball with red X 51′ Maurer		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Domeniconi Geneva

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Young Boys 26 20 3 3 76 37 +39 43 Champions and Swiss Cup winners
2 Grasshopper Club 26 16 3 7 81 47 +34 35
3 Chiasso 26 15 5 6 56 43 +13 35
4 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 13 5 8 56 55 +1 31
5 Grenchen 26 9 9 8 54 52 +2 27
6 Lausanne-Sport 26 9 9 8 51 52 −1 27
7 Young Fellows Zürich 26 10 5 11 57 54 +3 25
8 Servette 26 10 4 12 50 47 +3 24
9 Basel 26 9 6 11 59 53 +6 24
10 Bellinzona 26 8 5 13 35 52 −17 21
11 Lugano 26 7 6 13 36 47 −11 20
12 Urania Genève Sport 26 7 4 15 38 55 −17 18 Play-off winners, remain in Nationalliga A
13 Winterthur 26 6 6 14 51 76 −25 18 Play-off losers, relegated to Nationalliga B
14 Biel-Bienne 26 6 4 16 25 55 −30 16 Relegated to Nationalliga B
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

2 November 1957 Round 3 Basel 8 – 0 FC Olten Landhof, Basel
14:30 Borer 17' (1:0)
Hügi (II) soccer ball with red X 30′
Stäuble 38' (2:0)
Müller 44' (3:0)
Weber 51' (4:0)
Weber 53' (5:0)
Weber 87' (6:0)
Weber 88' (7:0)
Weber 89' (8:0)		 Summary soccer ball with red X 50′ Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Pic Le Noirmont
1 December 1957 Round 4 Basel 1 – 2 FC Bern Landhof, Basel
14:30 Oberer 62' (1:1) Summary 18' (0:1) Schott
63' (1:2) Casali (I)		 Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Switzerland Josef Gulde St. Gallen

See also

References

  1. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1957/58". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ↑ Erik Garin. "Nationalliga A 1957/58". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC Olten 8:0 (3:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. ↑ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1957/58". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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