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
Ground	Landhof, Basel
Nationalliga A	9th
Swiss Cup	Round 4
Top goalscorer	League: Josef Hügi (18) All: Josef Hügi (18)
Highest home attendance	13,000 on 22 September 1957 vs Young Boys
Lowest home attendance	3,500 on 1 June 1958 vs Biel-Bienne
Average home league attendance	6,423

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

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season

SC Kleinhüningen v Basel

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

Basel v SVS Linz

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

Basel v Cantonal Neuchatel

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

Brühl St. Gallen v 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

Basel v RCD Espanyol

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

Basel v FK Partizan

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

Basel v Winterthur

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

Basel v Urania Genève Sport

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

Lugano v Basel

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

Basel v Young Boys

22 September 1957 Round 4	Basel	0 – 0	Young Boys	Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary		Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Josef Gulde St. Gallen

Grasshopper Club v Basel

29 September 1957 Round 5	Grasshopper Club	1 – 0	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
	Vukosavljević  34' (1:0)	Summary		Attendance: 13,000 Referee: D. Mellet Lausanne

Basel v Grenchen

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

La Chaux-de-Fonds v Basel

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

Basel v Lausanne-Sport

20 October 1957 Round 8	Basel	P – P	Lausanne-Sport	Landhof, Basel
		[ Summary]

Servette v Basel

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

Basel v 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

Chiasso v Basel

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

Basel v Young Fellows Zürich

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

Biel-Bienne v Basel

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

Basel v Lausanne-Sport

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).

Winterthur v Basel

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

Urania Genève Sport v Basel

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

Basel v Lugano

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

Young Boys v Basel

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

Basel v Grasshopper Club

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

Grenchen v Basel

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

Basel v La Chaux-de-Fonds

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

Lausanne-Sport v Basel

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

Basel v Servette

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

Bellinzona v Basel

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

Basel v Chiasso

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

Young Fellows Zürich v Basel

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

Basel v Biel-Bienne

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

Basel v FC Olten

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

Basel v FC Bern

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

• History of FC Basel
• List of FC Basel players
• List of FC Basel seasons

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.

Sources

• Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
• The FCB team 1957–58 at fcb-archiv.ch
• Switzerland 1957–58 by Erik Garin at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

External links

• FC Basel official site