1959–60 FC Basel season

The 1959–60 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 66th season in their existence. It was their 14th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football since 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 new chairman taking over from Jules Düblin after the AGM on 27 May 1959. Düblin presided the club during the period July 1946 until Mai 1959 and in the club's history he is the most permanent president that the club has had to date.[1]

FC Basel
1959–60 season
Chairman Ernst Weber
Manager Jenő Vincze
GroundLandhof, Basel
Nationalliga A10th
Swiss CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Roberto Frigerio
and Josef Hügi (both 15)
All: Josef Hügi (19)
Highest home attendance8,000 on 24 April 1960
vs La Chaux-de-Fonds
and on 11 June 1960
vs Young Boys
Lowest home attendance3,800 on 8 November 1959
vs Winterthur
and on 13 December 1959
vs Lugano
Average home league attendance5,523

Overview

Jenő Vincze was hired as new team manager, following René Bader who had been trainer ad-interim. The Hungarian ex-international footballer Vincze had been team manager of Servette the previous two seasons. Defender Ulrich Vetsch joined the club from Young Fellows Zürich, Hungarian striker Ferenc Stockbauer joined from SV Wiesbaden, Paul Speidel from lower tier club FC Olten and Jean-Louis Gygax from lower tier FC Moutier. In the other direction Hans Hügi moved on to Young Fellows Zürich after 11 seasons and 220 league and cup games for Basel. Hermann Suter, who had played 16 seasons for Basel and in 229 league and cup games had scored 104 goals, ended his active football career. Antoine Kohn moved on to play for Fortuna '54. Fredy Kehrli, Charles Turin and Gottlieb Stäuble returned to or moved on to newly promoted Biel-Bienne.[2]

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 and 14 were friendly matches. Only two of these friendly games were played at home, the rest were played away, including two in the Easter tournament in Bruges against Polonia Bytom and Club Brugge KV. The friendly games resulted with six victories, four draws and four defeats. The team scored 33 goals and conceded 18.[3]

Fourteen teams contested the 1959–60 Nationalliga A, these were the top 12 teams from the previous season and the two newly promoted teams FC Winterthur and FC Biel-Bienne. The Championship was played in a double round-robin and the last two teams in the table to be relegated. Basel started badly into the new season, losing five of the first seven games. In fact, the team won only one of their first 16 games and were always in the lower regions of the league table. However, with five victories in their last ten league matches, the team lifted themselves to tenth position in the table, but were still lower positioned than the afore mentioned two newly promoted teams. In fact, Biel-Bienne managed to end the season in second position behind the reigning and new champions Young Boys who won the championship for the fourth successive season. Two of these last five victories were against Lugano and Bellinzona and these two teams then suffered relegation. Basel's top league goal scorers were Roberto Frigerio and Josef Hügi both of who managed 15 league goals. Frigerio managed a hat-trick in the away game against Zürich on 20 March 1960.[4]

Basel entered the Swiss Cup in the third principal round. They were drawn away against third tier SC Derendingen and won 1–0 through a goal by their Hungarian striker Ferenc Stockbauer. In the next round Basel were drawn at home at the Landhof against lower tier team FC Porrentruy and this ended with a 5–2 victory. In the round of 16 Basel played a home 1–1 draw with the Young Boys, but then lost the replay 3–5. Luzern won the competition winning the final against Grenchen.[5]

Players

The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the season 1959–60. The list includes players that were in the squad on the day that the Nationalliga A season started on 23 August 1959 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
1 GK   SUI René Jeker
1 GK   SUI Kurt Stettler
2 DF   SUI Bruno Michaud
3 DF   SUI Hans Weber
4 MF   SUI Jean-Jacques Maurer
5 FW   SUI Hansueli Oberer
6 MF   SUI René Thüler
7 FW  GER Otto Ludwig
8 FW   SUI Bernhard Chenaux
9 FW   SUI Josef Hügi (II)
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 FW   SUI Roberto Frigerio
11 FW   SUI Paul Speidel (from FC Olten)
— DF   SUI Werner Bopp
— DF   SUI Ulrich Vetsch (from Young Fellows Zürich)
— DF   SUI Jean-Louis Gygax (from FC Moutier)
— MF   SUI René Jaeck
— MF   SUI Rudolf Rickenbacher
— MF   SUI Silvan Thüler
— FW   SUI Ludwig Schraut
— FW  HUN Ferenc Stockbauer (from SV Wiesbaden)
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   SUI Walter Wider
— DF   SUI Hans Hügi (I) (to Young Fellows Zürich)
— DF   SUI Fredy Kehrli (to Biel-Bienne)
— DF   SUI Jules Wyss
— MF   SUI Charles Turin (to Biel-Bienne)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW   SUI Rudolf Burger (to Grasshopper Club)
— MF   SUI Gottlieb Stäuble (to Biel-Bienne)
— FW  LUX Antoine Kohn (to Fortuna '54)
— FW   SUI Raymond Simonet (to Cantonal Neuchatel)
— FW   SUI Hermann Suter (retired)

Results
Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre- and mid-season
1959 Pre-season Old Boys 2 – 2 Basel Basel
Summary
1959 Pre-season Concordia Basel 1 – 4 Basel Basel
Summary
1959 Pre-season SC Binningen 0 – 2 Basel Binningen
Summary
2 August 1959 Pre-season Grenchen 2 – 2 Basel Stade de Fontenais, Fontenais
Hamel  21' (1:0)
Hamel  (2:1)		 Summary  23' (1:1) Frigerio
 (2:2) Ludwig		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Surdez Delémont
8 August 1959 Pre-season SC Kleinhüningen 1 – 6 Basel Schorenmatte, Basel
18:00 Meier  (1:6) Summary  23' (0:1) Frigerio
 27' (0:2) Frigerio
 (0:3) Stockbauer
 (0:4) Schraut
 (0:5) Speidel
 (0:6) Speidel		 Attendance: 300
Referee: M. Schreiber Reinach
12 August 1959 Pre-season Basel 0 – 2 Standard Liège Landhof, Basel
20:00 Summary  71' (0:1) Paeschen
 77' (0:2) Paeschen		 Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Gottfried Dienst Basel
16 August 1959 Pre-season Aarau 1 – 0 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
Crivelli  (1:0) Summary Attendance: 2,400
Referee: W. Müller Baden
20 September 1959 Mid-season FC Emmenbrücke 1 – 4 Basel Gersag, Emmenbrücke
De Mauro  (pen.) Summary  (1x) Hügi (II)
 (1x) Oberer
 (1x) Chenaux
 (1x) Stockbauer		 Attendance: 500
Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern
3 October 1959 Mid-season Basel 0 – 0 Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
16:00 Summary Attendance: 1,000
Referee: E. Emmenegger Basel
25 October 1959 Mid-season FC Langenthal 0 – 5 Basel Langenthal
Summary Attendance: 1,500

Winter break and mid-season
1 February 1960 Winter break Baden 2 – 6 Basel Scharten, Baden
Arnold  3' (1:0)
Schweizer  22' (2:2)		 Summary  10' (1:1) Frigerio
 (1:2) Jaeck
 40' (o.g. 2:3)
 55' (2:4) Frigerio
 (o.g. 2:5)
 (2:6) Jaeck		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee: W. Rufli Bremgarten
17 April 1960 Semi-final Polonia Bytom 1 – 1
(7 – 8 p)		 Basel Bruges
Pilodwizck  55' (1:0) Summary  (1:1) Hügi (II)
Penalties
Note: Easter tournament in Bruges. Decision after penalty shootout: 10 shots per team, Basel score 8 times, Bruges only 7 times.
18 April 1960 Final Club Brugge KV 2 – 0 Basel Bruges
Gerard  13' (1:0)
van Eeckhout  78' (2:0)		 Summary
Note: Easter tournament in Bruges.
17 April 1960 Mid-season Basel 1 – 3 Toulouse FC St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Hügi (II)  10' (1:0) Summary  15' (1:1) Maouche
 30' (1:2) Dorsini
 75' (1:3) Schultze		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern

Nationalliga A
Main article: 1959–60 Nationalliga A

League matches
23 August 1959 Round 1 Grenchen 3 – 2 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
15:00 Morf  22' (pen. 1:1)
Glisovic  29' (2:1)
Moser  60' (3:2)
Raboud (I) 		Summary  3' (pen. 0:1) Michaud
 38' (2:2) Ludwig		 Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern
30 August 1959 Round 2 Basel 0 – 2 Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary  10' (0:1) Koller
 41' (0:2) Derwall		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Guinnard Gletterens
6 September 1959 Round 3 Grasshopper Club 3 – 0 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
16:15 Gabrieli  3' (1:0)
Hagen  60' (2:0)
Ballaman  69' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Meister Neuchâtel
13 September 1959 Round 4 Basel 3 – 1 Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Oberer  58' (1:1)
Weber  4' (2:1)
Hügi (II)  76' (3:1)		 Summary  13' (0:1) Reutlinger
Kehl
Stählin		 Attendance: 4,900
Referee: Victor Werner Schicker Bern
27 September 1959 Round 5 Servette 5 – 2 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
Heuri  30' (1:2)
Fatton  36' (2:2)
Schneider  45' (pen. 3:2)
Fatton  71' (4:2)
Fatton  84' (5:2)		 Summary  5' (0:2) Hügi (II)
 15' (0:2) Stockbauer		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Paul Wyssling Zürich
11 October 1959 Round 6 Basel 2 – 2 Lausanne-Sport Landhof, Basel
15:00 Weber  34 1:1'
Michaud  69' (2:2)		 Summary  32' (0:1) Hosp
 49' (pen. 1:2) Vonlanden		 Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Othmar Huber Thun
18 October 1959 Round 7 La Chaux-de-Fonds 4 – 1 Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
15:00 Sommerlatt 25' (pen. 1:0)
Morand  70' (2:0)
Antenen  75' (3:0)
Antenen  79' (4:1)		 Summary  77' (3:1) Frigerio Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Schüttel Sion
8 November 1959 Round 8 Basel 3 – 3 Winterthur Landhof, Basel
14:30 Frigerio  5' (1:0)
Frigerio  37' (2:2)
Oberer  43' (3:2)		 Summary  12' (1:1) Scheller
 30' (1:2) Akeret
 59' (3:3) Etterlin		 Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern
15 November 1959 Round 9 Bellinzona P – P Basel Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona
[ Summary]
22 November 1959 Round 10 Basel 3 – 3 Luzern Landhof, Basel
14:30 Hügi (II)  20' (1:0)
Frigerio  30' (2:0)
Frigerio  77' (3:3)		 Summary  37' (2:1) Hahn
 42' (2:2) Hahn
 66' (2:3) Lüscher		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Guinnard Gletterens
6 December 1959 Round 11 Chiasso 2 – 1 Basel Stadio Via Comacini, Chiasso
Boldini  21' (1:0)
Boffi  52' (2:0)		 Summary  54' (2:1) Hügi (II) Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Domeniconi Geneva
13 December 1959 Round 12 Basel 1 – 1 Lugano Landhof, Basel
14:30 Michaud  71' (1:1) Summary  15' (0:1) Frosio Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Schwab Neuchâtel
20 December 1959 Round 13 Young Boys 1 – 1 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Meier  39' (1:0) Summary  77' (1:1) Frigerio Attendance: 10,000
Referee: D. Mellet Lausanne
21 February 1960 Round 9 Bellinzona 0 – 0 Basel Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona
Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee: D. Mellet Lausanne
28 February 1960 Round 14 Basel 1 – 1 Grenchen Landhof, Basel
14:30 Hügi (II)  85' (1:1) Summary  40' (0:1) Löffel Attendance: 5,000
Referee: M. Baumberger Lausanne
6 March 1960 Round 15 Biel-Bienne 3 – 1 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
Turin  6' (1:0)
Hänzi  59' (2:0)
Graf  70' (2:1)		 Summary  68' (2:1) Weber Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Paul Wyssling Zürich
13 March 1960 Round 16 Basel 1 – 1 Grasshopper Club Landhof, Basel
15:00 Michaud  4' (pen. 1:0) Summary  9' (o.g. 1:1) Attendance: 7,000
Referee: F. Schorer Interlaken
20 March 1960 Round 17 Zürich 2 – 3 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
15:00 Pastega  42' (1:2)
Wüthrich  50' (2:2)		 Summary  14' (0:1) Frigerio
 23' (0:2) Frigerio
 52' (2:3) Frigerio		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Victor Werner Schicker Bern
3 April 1960 Round 18 Basel 2 – 2 Servette Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II)  48' (1:1)
Hügi (II)  78' (2:2)		 Summary  7' (0:1) Pázmándy
 76' (1:2) Pázmándy		 Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Schüttel Sion
10 April 1960 Round 19 Lausanne-Sport 2 – 1 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:22 Hertig  1' (1:0)
Armbruster  89' (2:1)		 Summary  20' (o.g. 1:1) Fesselet Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Burkhardt St. Gallen
24 April 1960 Round 20 Basel 4 – 0 La Chaux-de-Fonds Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II)  47' (1:0)
Hügi (II)  53' (2:0)
Frigerio  55' (3:0)
Frigerio  85' (4:0)		 Summary Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Victor Werner Schicker Bern
1 May 1960 Round 21 Winterthur 2 – 0 Basel Schützenwiese, Winterthur
Schmid  64' (1:0)
Gantenbein  82' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 6,000
Referee: W. Müller Baden
15 May 1960 Round 22 Basel 3 – 1 Bellinzona Landhof, Basel
15:00 Frigerio  37' (1:0)
Frigerio  80' (2:0)
Hügi (II)  85' (3:0)		 Summary  86' (3:1) Pellanda Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Paul Wyssling Zürich
22 May 1960 Round 23 Luzern 6 – 1 Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
Wolfisberg  17' (1:0)
Blättler  19' (2:0)
Hahn  59' (pen. 3:1)
Hahn  80' (4:1)
Frey  81' (5:1)
Beerli  84' (6:1)		 Summary  27' (o.g. 2:1) Kunz Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Helbling Uznach
29 May 1960 Round 24 Basel 3 – 0 Chiasso Landhof, Basel
15:00 Frigerio  48' (1:0)
Michaud  83' (2:0)
Hügi (II)  85' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Victor Werner Schicker Bern
5 June 1960 Round 25 Lugano 2 – 4 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
Benko  1' (1:0)
Ciani  26' (2:1)		 Summary  11' (1:1) Ludwig
 34' (2:2) Jaeck
 73' (2:3) Hügi (II)
 78' (2:4) Hügi (II)		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Helbling Uznach
11 June 1960 Round 26 Basel 3 – 3 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
17:45 Hügi (II)  8' (1:0)
Frigerio  25' (2:1)
Hügi (II)  40' (3:1)		 Summary  9' (1:1) Wechselberger
 69' (2:1) Dürr
 76' (3:3) Wechselberger		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Young Boys 26 20 2 4 86 44 +42 42 Swiss Champions, qualified for 1960–61 European Cup
2 Biel-Bienne 26 14 8 4 61 38 +23 36
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 14 4 8 71 51 +20 32
4 Zürich 26 13 5 8 64 44 +20 31
5 Luzern 26 11 5 10 65 62 +3 27 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1960–61 Cup Winners' Cup
6 Winterthur 26 12 3 11 40 40 0 27
7 Servette 26 8 9 9 46 39 +7 25
8 Grasshopper Club 26 8 8 10 54 61 −7 24
9 Chiasso 26 8 7 11 39 57 −18 23
10 Basel 26 6 10 10 46 55 −9 22
11 Grenchen 26 8 5 13 51 48 +3 21
12 Lausanne-Sport 26 7 7 12 41 74 −33 21
13 Lugano 26 6 6 14 34 52 −18 18 Relegated
14 Bellinzona 26 4 7 15 28 61 −33 15 Relegated
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup
1 November 1959 3rd principal round SC Derendingen 0 – 1 Basel Heidenegg, Derendingen
15:30 Summary  21' (0:1) Stockbauer Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Surdez Delémont
29 November 1959 Round 4 Basel 5 – 2 FC Porrentruy Landhof, Basel
Frigerio  1' (1:0)
Hügi (II)  44' (2:0)
Weber  59' (3:0)
Hügi (II)  70' (4:1)
Frigerio  86' (5:2)		 Summary  69' (3:1) Froidevaux
 82' (4:2) Brunner		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Staufer Renens
27 December 1959 Round 5 Basel 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Hügi (II)  71' (1:1) Summary  8' (0:1) Meier Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Helbling Uznach
7 February 1960 Round 5 replay Young Boys 5 – 3 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
14:30 Meier  1' (1:0)
Wechselberger  58' (2:2)
Wechselberger  663:2'
Meier  80' (4:3)
Wechselberger  88' (5:3)		 Summary  14' (1:1) Weber
 32' (1:2) Frigerio
 79' (3:3) Hügi (II)		 Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Josef Gulde St. Gallen

See also

References
  1. Zindel, Josef (2015). Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4.
  2. Erik Garin. "Nationalliga A und B 1958/59". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1959/60". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. Erik Garin. "Nationalliga A 1959/60". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  5. Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1959/60". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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