1957–58 FC Basel season

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.

FC Basel
1957–58 season
Chairman Jules Düblin
Manager Rudi Strittich
GroundLandhof, Basel
Nationalliga A9th
Swiss CupRound 4
Top goalscorerLeague: Josef Hügi (18)
All: 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

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   SUI Hansruedi Blatter
— GK   SUI Werner Schley
— GK   SUI Kurt Stettler (from Luzern)
— DF   SUI Werner Bopp
— DF   SUI Wilhelm Jermann
— DF   SUI Hans Hügi (I)
— DF   SUI Hansjörg Tschirky
— DF   SUI Hans Weber (from Lausanne-Sport)
— MF   SUI Gustav Borer
— MF  FRA Pierre Redolfi
— MF   SUI Gottlieb Stäuble
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   SUI Silvan Thüler
— FW   SUI Rudolf Burger (from Nordstern Basel)
— FW   SUI Bernhard Chenaux (neu)
— FW   SUI Josef Hügi (II)
— FW   SUI Ernst Klauser (II)
— FW  HUN Janos Magyar (neu)
— FW   SUI Emil Müller (from Black Stars Basel)
— FW   SUI Hansueli Oberer
— FW   SUI Walter Rieder (neu)
— FW   SUI Raymond Simonet (neu)
— FW   SUI Hermann Suter
— FW  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   SUI Hans-Rudolf Fitze (retired)
— DF   SUI Bruno Michaud (to Lausanne-Sport)
— MF   SUI Benedikt Frey
— MF   SUI Rudolf Rickenbacher (to La Chaux-de-Fonds)
— FW   SUI René Bader (retired)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW   SUI Walter Bannwart (retired)
— FW   SUI Walter Bielser (retired)
— FW   SUI Pierre Geiser (to Nordstern Basel)
— FW   SUI Bruno Locher (II) (from Kleinhüningen)
— FW  GER Peter-Jürgen Sanmann (to SC Concordia von 1907)

Results
Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre- and mid-season
27 July 1957 Pre-season SC Kleinhüningen 0 – 8 Basel Schorenmatte, Basel
16:30 Summary  (3x) Hügi (II)
 (2x) Burger
 (2x) Müller
 (1x) Oberer		 Attendance: 900
Referee: K. Keller Basel
3 August 1957 Pre-season Basel 3 – 0 SVS Linz Landhof, Basel
17:30  (1x) Weber
 (1x) Müller
 (1x) Hügi (I)		 Summary Attendance: 2,500
Referee: 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: 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: 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: 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: F. Buchmüller Zürich

Nationalliga A
Main article: 1957–58 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: 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: 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: Domeniconi Geneva
22 September 1957 Round 4 Basel 0 – 0 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary Attendance: 13,000
Referee: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Paul Wyssling Zürich
Note: Minute of silence for the death of Hans Rupprecht (honorary member and former chairman (7 July 1928 to 6 Juy 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: 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: W. Müller Baden
2 March 1958 Round 16 Basel 1 – 2 Lugano Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II)  67' (1:2) Summary  18' Perroud
 49' (0:1) Meylan
 66' (0:2) Bernasconi
Clerici		 Attendance: 6,200
Referee: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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
51′ Maurer		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: 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) 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 50′ Attendance: 2,000
Referee: 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: 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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