1950–51 FC Basel season

The 1950–51 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 57th season in their existence. It was their fifth season in Nationalliga A the top flight of Swiss football following their promotion from the Nationalliga B in the season 1945–46. For the second consecutive season Basel played their home games in the Stadion Schützenmatte in the Bachletten quartier in the southwestern edge of the city of Basel. Jules Düblin was the club's chairman for the fifth successive season.

FC Basel
1950–51 season
Chairman Jules Düblin
Manager Ernst Hufschmid
GroundLandhof, Basel
Nationalliga A4th
Swiss CupRound 5
Top goalscorerLeague: Josef Hügi (21)
All: Josef Hügi (23)
Highest home attendance8,000 on 6 May 1951
vs Cantonal Neuchatel
Lowest home attendance3,000 on 30 December 1950
vs Bellinzona
Average home league attendance5,153

Overview

Ernst Hufschmid, who had functioned as player-coach the previous three seasons, continued in this function this year. Curiosity, Hufschmid played only in one match this season and it was his last active match as player and this he played as goalkeeper. On 10 August 1950 Football Club Basel played against Eishockey Club Basel. This was a return game for the ice hockey game EHC-FCB in December 1949. The football team won the football match 14–5. Goalkeeper Walter Müller played as striker and he scored six goals.[1]

Basel played a total of 40 games in this season. Of these 26 games were in the domestic league, three games were in the Swiss Cup and eleven were test games. The test games resulted with eight victories, one was drawn and two ended with defeats. In total, including the test games and the cup competition, they won 22 games, drew five and lost 13 times. In the 41 games they scored 106 goals and conceeded 75.[2]

As in the previous seasons, there were fourteen teams contesting in the 1950–51 Nationalliga A and the bottom two teams in the table to be relegated. Basel played a mediocre season and throughout the season they were in the midfield of the table. At the end of the season Basel won their last two games and finished in fourth position level on points with Zürich and Servette, six points behind the new champions Lausanne-Sport. Basel won 12 games, drew four and were defeated ten times, they scored 62 goals and conceded 51 as they gained their 28 points. Josef "Seppe" Hügi was teams best scorer and 2nd best league scorer. He netted 21 league goals. Paul Stöcklin was the teams second best goal getter and 12th best league scorer with 12 goals.[3]

In the 3rd principal round of the Swiss Cup on 29 October 1950 in the away match against FC Münchenstein Gottlieb Stäuble had a good day and scored a hat-trick as the team won 6–0 to qualify for the next round.[4] In round 4 Basel were drawn away against Biel-Bienne and this too was won. In round 5 Basel were drawn at home against Locarno. In the 65th minute goalkeeper Walter Müller and defender Werner Wenk were both sent off and Locarno won the game.[5] Locarno later advanced to the final, but here were defeated by La Chaux-de-Fonds who thus won the trophy.[6]

Players

The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the season 1950–51. The list includes players that were in the squad on the day that the Nationalliga A season started on 3 September 1950 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 Oswald Capra
— GK   SUI Walter Müller
— GK   SUI Jean Presset
— DF   SUI Werner Bopp
— DF   SUI Hans-Rudolf Fitze
— DF   SUI Ernst Hufschmid (Player-coach)
— DF   SUI Hans Hügi
— MF   SUI Max Sutter
— MF   SUI Hans Weber
— MF   SUI Leo Baumgratz
— MF   SUI Fritz Hartmann (from Nordstern Basel)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   SUI Eugen Müller
— MF  FRA Pierre Redolfi
— MF   SUI Gottlieb Stäuble
— MF   SUI Werner Wenk
— MF   SUI Willy Zingg
— FW   SUI René Bader
— FW   SUI Walter Bannwart
— FW   SUI Peter Baumgartner
— FW   SUI Erich Grether
— FW   SUI Josef Hügi
— FW   SUI Marcel Leisinger
— FW   SUI Paul Stöcklin
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
— MF   SUI Otto Krieg (to FC Birsfelden)
— MF   SUI Louis Schenker (to FC Luzern)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  FRA René Hebinger (to FC Mulhouse)
— FW   SUI Albert Meier
— FW   SUI Otto Soltermann (to FC Birsfelden)

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre-season
5 August 1950 Pre-seasonBasel 6 – 4 Freiburger FCStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
Leisinger  (2x)
Bader  (2x)
Bannwart  (1x)
Hügi (II)  (1x)		 Summary  (3x) Mokros
 (1x) Faber
 (1x) Lehmann		 Attendance: 1,600
Referee: von Wartburg Bern
10 August 1950 Pre-seasonBasel 14 – 5 EHC BaselStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
18:30 Müller  20' (1:0)
Hügi (II)  (2:0)
Müller  (3:0)
Bannwart  (4:1)
Hügi (II)  (5:1)
Müller  (6:1)
Bopp  (7:1)
Müller  (8:1)
Müller  (9:1)
Müller  (10:2)
Hügi (I)  (11:3)
Bader  (12:3)
Hügi (I)  (13:3)
Hügi (I)  (14:3)		 Summary  (3:1) Härter
 (9:2) Härter
 (10:3) Härter
 (14:4) Beer
 (14:5) Wiesner		 Attendance: 750
Referee: A. Aegerter
13 August 1950 Pre-seasonBasel 1 – 0 GrenchenSportplatz Nau, Laufen
Leisinger  85' (1:0) Summary Referee: Dörflinger Grenchen
19 August 1950 Pre-seasonBasel 2 – 3 Karlsruher FVHörnli, Basel
Hügi (I)  12' (1:0)
 (o.g. 2:3)		 Summary  (1:1)
 22' (1:2)
 35' (1:3)
20 August 1950 Pre-seasonWil 2 – 2 BaselLindengut, Wil
16:00 Hagen (II)  12' (1:0)
Hagen (II)  (2:0)		 Summary  (2:1) Wenk
 (pen. 2:2) Wenk		 Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Schären Winterthur
26 August 1950 Pre-seasonBasel 2 – 1 Berliner SV 1892Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
Bader  25' (1:1)
Bader  81 pen. 2:1'		 Summary  20' (0:1) Langetal Attendance: 2,500
Referee: E. Ruefer Bern
16 September 1950 Mid-seasonFribourg 1 – 2 BaselStade Universitaire, Freiburg
Kaeslin  51' (1:0) Summary  65' (1:1) Bopp
 88' (1:2) Stäuble		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Dörflinger Grenchen

Winter break to end of season
11 February 1951 Winter breakBasel 4 – 3 Concordia BaselStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
Wenk  5' (1:0)
Leisinger  25' (2:0)
Leisinger  43' (3:0)
Stöcklin  75' (pen. 4:2)		 Summary  53' (3:1) Girod
 65' (3:2) Rinderknecht
 78' (4:3) Girod		 Attendance: 650
Referee: Niederhauser Bern
14 April 1951 Mid-seasonBasel 0 – 2 Olympique de MarseilleStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:15 Summary  3' (0:1) Andersson
 68' (0:2) Andersson		 Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Scherz Bern
22 May 1951 Mid-seasonBasel 1 – 0 Bolton WanderersStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
18:30 Hügi (II)  88' (2:0) Summary Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Schürch Winterthur
6 June 1951 Mid-seasonBasel 2 – 0 BlackpoolStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:00 Ballaman  19' (1:0)
Stöcklin  32' (2;0)		 Summary Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Paul Wyssling Zürich

Nationalliga
Main article: 1950–51 Nationalliga A

League matches
3 September 1950 Round 1Biel-Bienne1 – 1BaselStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00 Rösch  60' (1:1) Summary  49' (0:1) Bannwart Attendance: 4,500
Referee: E. Guidi Bellinzona
9 September 1950 Round 2Basel5 – 1Young BoysStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II)  31' (1:1)
 40' (o.g. 2:1)
Stäuble  62' (3:1)
Bannwart  64' (4:1)
 72' (o.g. 5:1)		 Summary  30' (0:1) Beerli Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Lutz Geneva
24 September 1950 Round 3Servette2 – 2BaselCharmilles Stadium, Geneva
15:00 Jerusalem  30' (1:0)
Fatton  75' (2:1)		 Summary  41' (1:1) Bannwart
 77' (2:2) Hügi (II)		 Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Scherz Bern
1 October 1950 Round 4Basel4 – 1La Chaux-de-FondsStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00 Weber  21' (1:1)
Hügi (II)  69' (2:1)
Weber  78' (3:1)
Stäuble  79' (4:1)
Wenk 		Summary  2' (0:1) Tschann Attendance: 7,300
Referee: E. Ruefer Bern
8 October 1950 Round 5Zürich2 – 1BaselLetzigrund, Zürich
15:15 Andres  17' (1:0)
Bopp  44' (o.g. 2:1)		 Summary  30' (1:1) Stäuble Attendance: 6,000
Referee: von Gunten Bern
22 October 1950 Round 6Basel1 – 1LuganoStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00 Bader  37' (1:0) Summary  77' (1:1) Kauer Attendance: 7,300
Referee: M. Baumberger Lausanne
5 November 1950 Round 7Locarno5 – 0BaselStadio del Lido, Locarno
15:00 Santini  35' (1:0)
Roggero  58' (2:0)
Roggero  60' (3:0)
Roggero  75' (4:0)
Ruch  86' (pen. 5:0)		 Summary Attendance: 2,300
Referee: von Wartburg Bern
19 November 1950 Round 8Cantonal Neuchatel0 – 2BaselStade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
14:30 Summary  30' (0:1) Stöcklin
 38' (0:2) Bannwart
Stäuble		 Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Niederhauser Bern
26 November 1950 Round 9BaselP – PGrenchenStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
[ Summary]
10 December 1950 Round 10Lausanne-Sport3 – 1BaselOlympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
14:30 Maillard (II) 27' (1:1)
Bocquet  44' (pen. 2:1)
Bocquet  81' (pen. 3:1)		 Summary  7' (0:1) Stäuble Attendance: 6,000
Referee: E. Ruefer Bern
17 December 1950 Round 11Basel3 – 0Young Fellows ZürichStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:30 Hügi (II)  46' (1:0)
Bannwart  79' (2:0)
Wenk  84' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 4,400
Referee: Lutz Geneva
24 December 1950 Round 12ChiassoP – PBaselStadio Via Comacini, Chiasso
[ Summary]
30 December 1950 Round 13Basel3 – 0BellinzonaStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:45 Hügi (II)  14' (1:0)
Stöcklin  52' (pen. 2:0)
Hügi (II)  60' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Dörflinger Grenchen
27 January 1951 Round 9Basel0 – 2GrenchenStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00 Summary  58' (0:1) Righetti
 72' (0:2) Bohnen		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Paul Wyssling Zürich
3 March 1951 Round 14Basel2 – 2Biel-BienneStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:00 Stöcklin  12' (1:0)
Bader  67' (2:2)		 Summary  56' (1:1) Rösch
 63' (1:2) Rösch		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: E. Guidi Bellinzona
11 March 1951 Round 15Young Boys3 – 6BaselWankdorf Stadium, Bern
14:30 Thommen  5' (1:0)
Beerli  13' (2:0)
Beerli  59' (3:4)		 Summary  17' (2:1) Hügi (II)
 22' (2:2) Hügi (II)
 32' (2:3) Hügi (II)
 50' (2:4) Hügi (II)
 79' (3:5) Stäuble
 (3:6) Hügi (II)		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Lutz Geneva
18 March 1951 Round 16Basel4 – 2ServetteStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00 Wenk  18' (1:1)
Stäuble  35' (2:2)
Hügi (II)  48' (3:2)
Stäuble  75' (4:2)		 Summary  17' (0:1) Grobéty
 30' (1:2) Fatton		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Dörflinger Grenchen
25 March 1951 Round 12Chiasso2 – 1BaselStadio Via Comacini, Chiasso
Riva  35' (1:0)
Riva  82' (2:1)		 Summary  68' (1:1) Stöcklin Attendance: 3,000
Referee: von Wartburg Bern
1 April 1951 Round 17La Chaux-de-FondsP – PBaselStade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
[ Summary]
8 April 1951 Round 18Basel5 – 1ZürichStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II)  22' (1:0)
Stöcklin  51' (pen. 2:0)
Hügi (I)  55' (3:0)
Wenk  68' (4:0)
Hügi (II)  83' (5:0)		 Summary  88' (pen. 4:1) Schneiter Attendance: 7,000
Referee: M. Baumberger Lausanne
22 April 1951 Round 19Lugano1 – 0BaselCampo Marzio, Lugano
Bernasconi  24' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Rapin Lausanne
29 April 1951 Round 20Basel2 – 1LocarnoStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00 Stöcklin  28' (1:0)
Weber  72' (2:0)		 Summary  87' (2:1) Ferraris Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Paul Wyssling Zürich
5 May 1951 Round 21Basel2 – 3Cantonal NeuchatelStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:15 Fitze  76' (1:3)
Stöcklin  77' (2:3)		 Summary  13' (0:1) Gyger
 63' (0:2) Guillaume
 73' (0:3) Melia		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: von Gunten Bern
20 May 1951 Round 22Grenchen0 – 1BaselStadion Brühl, Grenchen
Summary  20' (0:1) Hügi (II) Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Bertsche Neuhausen am Rheinfall
27 May 1951 Round 23Basel1 – 4Lausanne-SportStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II)  57' (1:2) Summary  14' (0:1) Maillard (II)
 26' (0:3) Maillard (II)
 71' (1:3) Friedländer
 88' (1:4) Maillard (II)		 Attendance: 4,200
Referee: E. Guidi Bellinzona
30 May 1951 Round 17La Chaux-de-Fonds4 – 3BaselStade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
Antenen  25' (1:2)
Sobotka  32' (2:2)
Sobotka  48' (3:2)
Kernen  58' (4:2)		 Summary  3' (0:1) Bannwart
 7' (0:2) Bader
 76' (4:3) Stöcklin		 Attendance: 3,100
Referee: M. Baumberger Lausanne
3 June 1951 Round 24Young Fellows Zürich6 – 2BaselLetzigrund, Zürich
15:45 Mauron  28' (1:0)
Ballaman  33' (2:0)
Fink  55' (3:1)
Ballaman  60' (4:1)
Mauron  67' (5:1)
Siegenthaler  87' (6:2)		 Summary  36' (2:1) Wenk
 80' (5:2) Hügi (II)		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Rapin Lausanne
10 June 1951 Round 25Basel6 – 2ChiassoStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00 Bader  8' (1:0)
Stöcklin  29' (2:1)
Stöcklin  55' (3:1)
Hügi (II)  57' (4:2)
Stöcklin  80' (pen. 5:2)
Bader  82' (6:2)		 Summary  25' (1:1) Galli
 56' (3:2) Riva
77′ Zanollo		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Scherz Bern
17 June 1951 Round 26Bellinzona2 – 4BaselStadio Comunale, Bellinzona
Sartori  5' (1:0)
Sartori  16' (2:1)		 Summary  10' (pen. 1:1) Stöcklin
 55' (2:2) Hügi (II)
 69' (2:3) Hügi (II)
 79' (2:4) Hügi (II)		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Schmidsberger Zürich

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Lausanne-Sport 26 14 6 6 58 31 +27 34 Swiss Champions
2 Chiasso 26 12 7 7 60 52 +8 31
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 11 8 7 72 64 +8 30 Swiss Cup winners
4 Basel 26 12 4 10 62 51 +11 28
5 Zürich 26 13 2 11 65 62 +3 28
6 Servette 26 11 6 9 46 43 +3 28
7 Young Boys 26 11 5 10 53 55 −2 27
8 Lugano 26 9 8 9 33 42 −9 26
9 Bellinzona 26 10 5 11 36 45 −9 25
10 Young Fellows Zürich 26 9 6 11 55 58 −3 24
11 Biel-Bienne 26 8 7 11 45 41 +4 23
12 Locarno 26 8 6 12 40 43 −3 22 Play-off winners, remain in Nationalliga A
13 Grenchen 26 8 6 12 31 47 −16 22 Play-off losers, relegated to Nationalliga B
14 Cantonal Neuchatel 26 4 8 14 41 63 −22 16 Relegated
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup
29 October 1950 Round 3FC Münchenstein0 – 6BaselSportplatz Heiligholz, Münchenstein
Summary  15' (0:1) Stäuble
 55' (0:2) Stäuble
 (0:3) Hügi (II)
 (0:4) Hügi (II)
 (0:5) Stäuble
 (0:6) Wenk		 Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Keller Seuzach
3 December 1950 Round 4Biel-Bienne0 – 1BaselGurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
Summary  59' (0:1) Stöcklin Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Rapin Lausanne
7 January 1951 Round 5Basel1 – 2LocarnoStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:30 Bader  10' (1:1)
Müller  64'
Wenk  65'		 Summary  2' (0:1) Ernst
 50' (1:2) Ruch		 Attendance: 5,300
Referee: M. Tasca Geneva
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See also

References
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  2. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1950/51". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. Erik Garin. "Nationalliga A 1950/51". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. "FC Münchenstein - FC Basel 0:6 (0:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  5. "FC Basel - FC Locarno 1:2 (1:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
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