1956–57 FC Basel season

The 1956–57 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 63rd season in their existence. It was their eleventh consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football after their promotion from the Nationalliga B in 1945–46. They played their home games in the Landhof, in the Wettstein Quarter in Kleinbasel. Jules Düblin was again the club's chairman. At the AGM he was voted as club chairman for his eleventh successive term.

FC Basel
1956–57 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Jules Düblin
ManagerHungary Béla Sárosi
GroundLandhof, Basel
Top goalscorerLeague: Switzerland Josef Hügi (22)
All: Switzerland Josef Hügi (23)
Highest home attendance12,000 on 18 November 1956
vs BSC Young Boys
Lowest home attendance3,500 on 16 June 1957
vs Young Fellows Zürich
Average home league attendance6,415

Overview

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The Hungarian ex-international footballer Béla Sárosi who had been hired in as new team manager the previous season continued as coach this season. Basel played a total of 41 games this season. Of these 41 matches 26 were in the domestic league, three matches were in the Swiss Cup and 12 were friendly matches. The friendly games resulted in five victories, two draws and five defeats. In total, including the test games and the cup competition, 21 games were won, seven were drawn and 13 were lost. In their 41 games they scored 78 and conceded 65 goals.[1]

There were fourteen teams contesting the 1956–57 Nationalliga A, these were the top 12 teams from the previous season and the two newly promoted teams Winterthur and Young Fellows Zürich. Again this season, the bottom two teams in the table were to be relegated. Basel won 15 of their 26 games and drew four times and lost seven times. They scored 53 goals and conceded 48. Basel ended the championship with 34 points in 4th position. They were 11 points behind the new champions Young Boys. At the end of the league season, Zürich and Young Fellows Zürich were level with 14 points, joint second last, and therefore they had to play a relegation play-off. Young Fellows won this play-off match and therefore Zürich suffered relegation together with Schaffhausen who had finished in last position.[2]

Josef Hügi was the team's top league goal scorer with 22 goals. He managed three hat-tricks during the league season, in the home match against Zürich (26 August 1956), in the home game against Chiasso (28 October) and in the away game against La Chaux-de-Fonds (3 March 1957). Hügi (II) was third in the league top scorer list, behind Adrien Kauer from La Chaux-de-Fonds with 29 goals and Branislav Vukosavljević from Grasshopper Club who had scored 26 times. Gottlieb Stäuble was the team's second best goal scorer with 10 goals, Peter-Jürgen Sanmann netted eight times and both Hermann Suter and Hansueli Oberer netted six times.

Basel joined the Swiss Cup in the third principal round. They were drawn away against lower tier local team SC Burgdorf and won 1–0. In the fourth round they were drawn away to lower tier Luzern and this ended in a goalless draw after over time. The replay was held at the Landhof but here Basel were knocked out. La Chaux-de-Fonds won the competition.[3]

Players

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The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the season 1956–57. The list includes players that were in the squad on the day that the Nationalliga A season started on 26 August 1956 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
DF   SUI Werner Bopp
DF   SUI Hans-Rudolf Fitze
DF   SUI Hans Hügi (I)
DF   SUI Bruno Michaud (I)
MF   SUI Gustav Borer
MF   SUI Benedikt Frey (from CIBA)
MF   FRA Pierre Redolfi
MF   SUI Rudolf Rickenbacher
MF   SUI Gottlieb Stäuble
MF   SUI Silvan Thüler
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW   SUI Hans Loosli (new)
FW   SUI René Bader
FW   SUI Walter Bannwart
FW   SUI Walter Bielser
FW   SUI Pierre Geiser
FW   SUI Josef Hügi (II)
FW   SUI Ernst Klauser (II) (from Servette)
FW   SUI Bruno Locher (II) (from Kleinhüningen)
FW   SUI Hansueli Oberer
FW   GER Peter-Jürgen Sanmann
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
GK   SUI Walter Müller (end of career)
DF   SUI René Klauser (I) (to VfR Verein für Rasenspiele)
DF   HUN György Mogoy (to Nordstern Basel)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   SUI Raymond Gilliéron
FW   SUI Rolf Keller (to Servette)
FW   GER Otto Ludwig (to Schaffhausen)

Results

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Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

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Pre- and mid-season

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29 July 1956 Pre-season Basel   7 – 3   Biel-Bienne Sportplatz, Reinach
16:45 Hügi (II)   (1:0)
Locher   (2:0)
Hügi (II)   (3:1)
Stäuble   (4:1)
Hügi (II)   (5:1)
Stäuble   (6:1)
Stäuble   50′
Oberer   73' (7:3)
Summary   25' (2:1) Ibach
  47' (6:2) Muster
  49' (6:3) Stramazzo
  54′ Ibach
Attendance: 2,000
Referee:   Gottfried Dienst, Basel
1 August 1956 Pre-season VfR Mannheim   4 – 1   Basel Nuremberg
 
 
 
 
Summary   Hügi (II)
12 August 1956 Pre-season La Chaux-de-Fonds   4 – 0   Basel Brühl, Wettingen
Pottier   14' (1:0)
Kauer   17' (2:0)
Kauer   58' (3:0)
Morand   73' (4:0)
Summary Attendance: 3,500
Referee:   W. Rufli Bremgarten
Note: Anniversary game 25 years FC Wettingen
19 August 1956 Pre-season Basel   1 – 2   ŠK Slovan Bratislava Landhof, Basel
15:00 Stäuble   41' (1:1) Summary   34' (0:1) Varga
  73' (1:2) Obert
Attendance: 4,500
Referee:   Othmar Huber Thun

Winter break to end of season

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27 January 1957 Winter break Basel   5 – 2   Concordia Basel Landhof, Basel
Stäuble   15' (1:0)
Suter   (2:0)
Sanmann   (3:0)
Suter  
Stäuble   (5:2)
Summary   (3:1) Hosp
  (4:2) Ferrari
Referee:   K. Keller Basel
9 February 1957 Winter break Basel   1 – 1   Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II)   65' (1:0) Summary   69' (1:1) Burger Attendance: 2,500
Referee:   Fischlewitz Basel
10 March 1957 Mid-season FC Olten   1 – 1   Basel Kleinholz, Olten
Racheter   7' (1:0) Summary   45' (1:1) Stäuble Attendance: 800
Referee:   F. Schorer Interlaken
14 April 1957 Mid-season Biel-Bienne   3 – 0   Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
Gaille   32' (1:0)
Gaille   65' (2:0)
Turin   75' (3:0)
Summary   Stäuble Attendance: 500
Referee:   von Wartburg Bern
22 May 1957 Mid-season Basel   2 – 0   EC Bahia Landhof, Basel
18:30 Oberer   (1x)
Hügi (II)   (1x)
Summary   Attendance: 7,000
Referee:   W. Rufli Bremgarten
29 May 1957 Mid-season Basel   2 – 1   Olympique Lyonnais Landhof, Basel
18:00 Hügi (II)   63' (pen. 1:0)
Bopp   66' (pen. 2:0)
Summary   80' (2:1) Kneyer Attendance: 6,500
Referee:   Othmar Huber Thun
4 June 1957 Mid-season Basel   2 – 3   Bayern Munich Landhof, Basel
18:30 Hügi (II)   57' (1:0)
Suter   65' (2:1)
Summary   58' (1:1) Hahn
  85' (2:2) Lettl
  88' (2:3) Jobst
Attendance: 3,600
Referee:   Victor Werner Schicker BernL
23 June 1957 End of season BC Augsburg   1 – 2   Basel Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
  Summary    

Nationalliga A

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League matches

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26 August 1956 Round 1 Basel 3 – 0 Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II)   5' (1:0)
Hügi (II)   26' (pen. 2:0)
Hügi (II)   49' (3:0)
Summary Attendance: 6,000
Referee:   Schüttel Sion
2 September 1956 Round 2 Lugano 1 – 1 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
Bassoli   46' (1:0) Summary   73' (1:1) Sanmann Attendance: 4,000
Referee:   Victor Werner Schicker BernD
9 September 1956 Round 3 Basel 4 – 3 La Chaux-de-Fonds Landhof, Basel
15:00 Oberer   27' (1:1)
Stäuble   39' (2:1)
Hügi (II)   58' (3:2)
Stäuble   64' (4:2)
Summary   24' (0:1) Kauer
  44' (2:2) Kauer
  71' (4:3) Kauer
Attendance: 7,400
Referee:   W. Rufli Bremgarten
23 September 1956 Round 4 Servette 1 – 0 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
Coutaz   55' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 5,000
Referee:   Paul Wyssling Zürich
30 September 1956 Round 5 Basel 3 – 2 Winterthur Landhof, Basel
15:00 Sanmann   24' (1:1)
Oberer   58' (2:1)
Hügi (II)   78' (pen. 3:1)
Summary   15' (0:1) Brizzi
  80' (3:2) Etterlin
Attendance: 4,000
Referee:   Surdez Delémont
7 October 1956 Round 6 Basel 1 – 3 Grasshopper Club Landhof, Basel
15:00 Oberer   19' (1:0) Summary   39' (o.g. 1:1) Stäuble
  59' (1:2) Ballaman
  87' (1:3) Duret
Attendance: 8,200
Referee:   W. Rufli Bremgarten
14 October 1956 Round 7 Bellinzona 3 – 1 Basel Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona
Capoferri   10' (1:0)
Simoni   25' (2:1)
Pedrazzoli   51' (3:1)
Summary   12' (1:1) Sanmann Attendance: 2,800
Referee:   Schüttel Sion
28 October 1956 Round 8 Basel 3 – 0 Chiasso Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II)   30' (pen. 1:0)
Hügi (II)   41' (2:0)
Hügi (II)   51' (3:0)
Summary Attendance: 5,500
Referee:   Domeniconi Geneva
4 November 1956 Round 9 Schaffhausen 0 – 2 Basel Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen
14:30 Summary   19' (0:1) Stäuble
  68' (0:2) Loosli
Attendance: 2,000
Referee:   D. Mellet Lausanne
18 November 1956 Round 10 Basel 3 – 4 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
14:30 Oberer   49' (1:3)
Oberer   70' (2:3)
Hügi (II)   74' (3:3)
Summary   3' (pen. 0:1) Häuptli
  38' (0:2) Rey
  47' (0:3) Häuptli
  81' (3:4) Meier
Attendance: 12,000
Referee:   F. Buchmüller Zürich
25 November 1956 Round 11 Urania Genève Sport 1 – 0 Basel Stade de Frontenex, Geneva
Pasteuer   30′
Prod'hom   53' (1:0)
Summary Attendance: 6,000
Referee:   F. Schorer Interlaken
9 December 1956 Round 12 Basel 1 – 0 Lausanne-Sport Landhof, Basel
14:30 Suter   84' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 7,800
Referee:   Guinnard Gletterens
16 December 1956 Round 13 Young Fellows Zürich 0 – 3 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
14:45 Summary   48' (0:1) Hügi (II)
  51' (0:2) Hügi (II)
  87' (0:3) Sanmann
Attendance: 6,000
Referee:   Othmar Huber Thun
17 February 1957 Round 14 Zürich P – P Basel Hardturm, Zürich
[ Summary]
24 February 1957 Round 15 Basel 3 – 0 Lugano Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II)   49' (1:0)
Stäuble   80' (2:0)
Suter   82' (3:0)
Summary Attendance: 2,500
Referee:   Othmar Huber Thun
3 March 1957 Round 16 La Chaux-de-Fonds 2 – 3 Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
15:00 Mauron   22' (0:1)
Morand   (1:2)
Kauer   88′
Summary   (1:1) Hügi (II)
  61' (2:2) Hügi (II)
  68′ Hügi (II)
  75' (2:3) Hügi (II)
Attendance: 4,000
Referee:   Josef Gulde St. Gallen
17 March 1957 Round 17 Basel 0 – 0 Servette Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary Attendance: 9,000
Referee:   E. Guidi Bellinzona
24 March 1957 Round 18 Winterthur 0 – 1 Basel Schützenwiese, Winterthur
15:00 Summary   52' (0:1) Stäuble Attendance: 6,600
Referee:   F. Schorer Interlaken
31 March 1957 Round 19 Grasshopper Club 1 – 0 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
15:00 Winterhofen   55' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 10,000
Referee:   Domeniconi Geneva
7 April 1957 Round 20 Basel 3 – 1 Bellinzona Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II)   14' (1:0)
Sanmann   18' (2:0)
Sanmann   25' (3:0)
Summary   53' (3:1) Capoferri Attendance: 5,000
Referee:   D. Mellet Lausanne
28 April 1957 Round 21 Chiasso P – P Basel Stadio Via Comacini, Chiasso
[ Summary]
1 May 1957 Round 22 Basel 4 – 1 Schaffhausen Landhof, Basel
17:00 Stäuble   22' (1:0)
Hügi (II)   29' (2:0)
Sanmann   31' (3:0)
Hügi (II)   73' (4:0)
Summary   76' (pen. 4:1) Züfle Attendance: 4,500
Referee:   F. Schorer Interlaken
5 May 1957 Round 21 Chiasso 1 – 1 Basel Stadio Via Comacini, Chiasso
Laurito   35' (1:0) Summary   73' (1:1) Stäuble Attendance: 1,000
Referee:   D. Mellet Lausanne
12 May 1957 Round 23 Young Boys 2 – 2 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
15:00 Grütter   6' (1:0)
Rey   (2:0)
Summary   73' (2:1) Suter
  75' (2:2) Hügi (II)
Attendance: 9,000
Referee:   Paul Wyssling Zürich
15 May 1957 Round 14 Zürich 3 – 5 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
20:15 Feller   17' (1:2)
Poncioni   74' (2:5)
Feller   89' (3:5)
Summary   5' (0:1) Suter
  15' (0:2) Stäuble
  30' (1:3) Sanmann
  58' (1:4) Oberer
  66' (1:5) Hügi (II)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee:   Othmar Huber Thun
26 May 1957 Round 24 Basel 2 – 1 Urania Genève Sport Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II)   26' (1:0)
Stäuble   53' (2:1)
Summary   38' (1:1) Vincent Attendance: 8,000
Referee:   Guillet Yverdon
2 June 1957 Round 25 Lausanne-Sport 7 – 1 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
15:00 Maillard   30' (1:0)
Tedeschi   60' (2:1)
Vonlanden   62' (3:1)
Maillard   63' (4:1)
Tedeschi   74' (5:1)
Vonlanden   80' (6:1)
Maillard   83' (7:1)
Summary   55' (1:1) Suter Attendance: 3,500
Referee:   Josef Gulde St. Gallen
16 June 1957 Round 26 Basel 3 – 1 Young Fellows Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Suter   36' (1:0)
Stäuble   41' (2:0)
Hügi (II)   77' (3:0)
Summary   (3:1) Bossi Attendance: 3,500
Referee:   Victor Werner Schicker Bern

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Young Boys 26 21 3 2 76 22 +54 45 Swiss Champions
2 Grasshopper Club 26 19 3 4 82 30 +52 41
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 17 4 5 87 35 +52 38 Swiss Cup winners
4 Basel 26 15 4 7 53 38 +15 34
5 Urania Genève Sport 26 12 6 8 38 34 +4 30
6 Bellinzona 26 10 8 8 37 42 −5 28
7 Lausanne-Sport 26 11 5 10 44 37 +7 27
8 Servette 26 9 8 9 40 44 −4 26
9 Chiasso 26 10 5 11 46 62 −16 25
10 Lugano 26 6 5 15 39 51 −12 17
11 Winterthur 26 6 4 16 43 67 −24 16
12 Young Fellows Zürich 26 4 6 16 30 67 −37 14 Play-off winners, remain in Nationalliga A
13 Zürich 26 5 4 17 34 61 −27 14 Play-off losers, relegated to Nationalliga B
14 Schaffhausen 26 1 7 18 26 85 −59 9 Relegated to Nationalliga B
Source: rsssf.com


Swiss Cup

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21 October 1956 Round 3 SC Burgdorf 0 – 1 Basel Neumatt, Burgdorf
15:00 Probst   32′ Summary   75' Bielser
  86' (0:1) Hügi (II)
Attendance: 2,600
Referee:   Peccorini Geneva
2 December 1956 Round 4 Luzern 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
Summary Attendance: 4,600
Referee:  
23 December 1956 Round 4 replay Basel 0 – 2 Luzern Landhof, Basel
14:30 Summary   63' (o.g. 0:1) Thüler
  80' (0:2)
Attendance: 4,500
Referee:   Victor Werner Schicker Bern

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1956/57". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ^ Erik Garin. "Nationalliga A 1955/57". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. ^ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1956/57". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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