The 1958–59 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 65th season in their existence. It was their thirteenth 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 13th successive, but final, period. 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]
| 1958–59 season | |
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| Chairman |  Jules Düblin |
| Manager | until 30 November 1958 Rudi Strittichfrom 1 December René Bader |
| Ground | Landhof, Basel |
| Nationalliga A | 6th |
| Swiss Cup | Round of 32 |
| Top goalscorer | League: Josef Hügi and Gottlieb Stäuble (both 12)All: Josef Hügi (14) |
| Highest home attendance | 11,500 on 9 November 1958 vs BSC Young Boys |
| Lowest home attendance | 3,500 on 12 October 1958 vs Bellinzona and on 7 June 1959 vs Young Fellows Zürich |
| Average home league attendance | 6,023 |
Overview edit
The Austrian ex-international footballer Rudi Strittich was team manager for the second successive season. The club directors and the team management strengthened the team following the previous disappointing season. Bruno Michaud returned from Lausanne-Sport, Fredy Kehrli, Jean-Jacques Maurer and Charles Turin were hired from Biel-Bienne who had suffered relegation the previous season.[2] Roberto Frigerio was hired from Schaffhausen and Antoine Kohn from Karlsruher SC. But on 30 November 1958 Basel were beaten 0–2 by FC Moutier, a team from the 1 Liga (third highest tier of Swiss football), and because the Basel had lost their previous three league matches this was one bad result too many. Even for club chairman Jules Düblin, who was known as prudent and cautious, this was too much and he replaced Strittich through their ex-trainer René Bader.[3]
Basel played a total of 50 games this season. Of these 50 matches 26 were in the domestic league, two were in the Swiss Cup and 22 were friendly matches. The friendly games resulted with twelve victories, five draws and five defeats. In total, including the test games and the cup competition, 24 games were won, 10 games were drawn and 16 games were lost. In these 50 games the team scored 126 goals and conceded 101.[4]
Fourteen teams contested the 1958–59 Nationalliga A, these were the top 12 teams from the previous season and the two newly promoted teams FC Zürich and FC Luzern. At the end of the season the last two teams in the table were to be relegated. Basel started badly into the new season, losing the first game 1–2 against La Chaux-de-Fonds and then losing at home 1–4 against Grenchen. Then, despite two high wins, 5–0 away against Lausanne-Sport and 6–1 at home against Bellinzona, the afore mentioned three defeats against Young Boys, Zürich and Grasshopper Club caused the change in manager position. But under the new manager things did not change immediately, the lowest point was after round 15 as the team slipped to second last position in the table. But in the last 11 rounds the team lost only one more match and rose in the table to sixth position.[3]
Basel entered the Swiss Cup in the third principal round. They were drawn at home at the Landhof against third tier local team Old Boys. The match was played on 26 October and despite the fact that former Basel goalkeeper Gianfranco de Taddeo, who now played for the Old Boys, held a penalty taken by Hans Weber, Basel won 3–0.[5] In the next round Basel were drawn and lost against FC Moutier. Thus Basel's short and disappointing cup season ended here. As mentioned before, the consequence of this defeat was that team manager Rudi Strittich was fired. Grenchen won the cup this season.[6]
Players edit
The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the season 1958–59. The list includes players that were in the squad on the day that the Nationalliga A season started on 31 August 1958 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.
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Results edit
- Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches edit
Pre- and mid-season edit
| July 1958 Pre-season | ASCA Wittelsheim  | 2 – 4 | Basel | Wittelsheim |
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Summary | |
| July 1958 Pre-season | FC Saint-Louis | 1 – 2 | Basel | Saint-Louis |
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Summary | |
| 27 July 1958 Pre-season | Basel | 3 – 2 | FC Bern | Eichhölzli, Zwingen |
| 16:30 | Hügi (II) 10' (1:1) Frigerio (2:0)Kohn (3:0) |
Summary | 7' (0:1) Schott 73' (3:2) Schott |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Gottfried Dienst Basel |
| Note: Anniversary game 25 years FC Zwingen | ||||
| 3 August 1958 Pre-season | Freiburger FC  | 5 – 0 | Basel | Elztalstadion, Waldkirch |
| Busch (3x) Schukraft (1x)Höge (1x) |
Summary | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Walter Stemmler Offenburg | ||
| Note: Anniversary game 50 years SV Waldkirch | ||||
| 10 August 1958 Pre-season | 1. FC Köln | 4 – 1 | Basel | Köln |
| Schäfer 41' (1:1) Schäfer 42' (2:1)Schäfer 46' (3:1)Sturm (4:1) |
Summary | |
Attendance: 7,000 |
| 16 August 1958 Friendship Cup | Basel | 1 – 1 (4 – 4 p) | Lugano | Landhof, Basel |
| Hügi (II) 10' (1:0) |
Summary | (1:1) Pantellini |
Attendance: 7,000 Referee: W. Müller Baden | |
| Penalties | ||||
 Hügi (II)  |
Tibor |
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| Note: Friendship Cup Basel–Ticino: 10 years of US Ticinese Basel. Penalty shoot-out 5 penalties per team. Lugano win on toss of coin. | ||||
| 17 August 1958 Friendship Cup | Basel | 3 – 1 | Concordia Basel | Landhof, Basel |
| Frigerio 5' (1:0) 30' (o.g. 1:2) Kohn (3:1) |
Summary | 13' (1:1) Hosp |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Surdez Delémont | |
| Note: Friendship Cup Basel–Ticino: 10 years of US Ticinese Basel. | ||||
| 21 August 1958 Pre-season | Basel | 2 – 2 |  Royal Olympic Club de Charleroi | Landhof, Basel |
| 20:00 | Hügi (II) (1:1) Jaeck 53' (2:1) |
Summary | (0:1) Gosseries 73' (2:2) Frerotte |
Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Gottfried Dienst Basel |
| Note: Game originally scheduled for Tuesday, postponed until Thursday due to bad weather. | ||||
| 24 August 1958 Pre-season | Schaffhausen | 3 – 4 | Basel | Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen |
| Brändli (1x) Knobloch (1x)Zannin (1x) |
Summary | (1x) Frigerio (1x) Hügi (II) (1x) Kohn (1x) Weber |
Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Paul Wyssling Zürich |
| 20 September 1958 Mid-season | Solothurn | 2 – 6 | Basel | Stadion FC Solothurn, Solothurn |
| Fedeli 40' (1:4) Zürcher 48' (2:4) |
Summary | 15' (0:1) Hügi (II) 16' (0:2) Kohn (0:3) Kohn 31' (0:4) Kohn (2:5) Hügi (II) (2:6) Stäuble |
Attendance: 800 Referee: von Arx Biel/Bienne | |
| Note: Transfer game Walter Wider | ||||
| 23 September 1958 Mid-season | Basel | 3 – 5 | Zürich | Landhof, Basel |
| 20:00 | Stäuble 16' (1:1) Stäuble 20' (2:1)Kohn 70' (3:5) |
Summary | 8' (0:1) Probst 24' (2:2) Leimgruber 55' (2:3) Probst 57' (2:4) Probst 26' (2:5) Corti |
Attendance: 2,600 Referee: W. Müller Baden |
| Note: Transfer game Werner Schley | ||||
| 4 October 1958 Mid-season | Basel | 7 – 1 | FC Allschwil | Landhof, Basel |
| Suter (1:1) Otto Ludwig (2:1)Kohn (3:1) |
Summary | |
Referee: M. Schreiber Reinach |
| 7 October 1958 Mid-season | Royal Olympic Club de Charleroi | 2 – 4 | Basel | Stade de la Neuville, Charleroi Belgium |
| Deschrijver 4' (1:0) Delire 55' (2:0) |
Summary | 67' (2:1) Suter 69' (2:2) Hügi (II) 70' (2:3) Frigerio 88' (2:4) Hügi (II) |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Karl Lescart |
| 22 October 1958 Mid-season | Basel | 2 – 2 | Karlsruher SC | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Burger (2x) |
Summary | (1x) Beck (1x) Schmidt |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Fischlewitz Basel |
Winter break to end of season edit
| 14 February 1959 Winter break | Winterthur | 3 – 3 | Basel | Schützenwiese, Winterthur |
| 16:00 | Vukosavljević 5' (1:0) Gantenbein 43' (2:1)Akeret 48' (3:2) |
Summary | 19' (1:1) Hügi (II) (2:2) Hügi (II) 57' (3:3) Burger |
Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern |
| 15 February 1959 Winter break | Concordia Basel | 1 – 1 | Basel | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 14:30 | Marti 11' (1:0) |
Summary | 28' (1:1) Hügi (II) |
Attendance: 1,100 Referee: M. Schreiber Reinach |
| 22 February 1959 Winter break | Basel | 4 – 2 | Vevey-Sports | Landhof, Basel |
| 14:30 | Oberer 11' (pen. 1:0) Burger 19' (2:0)Turin (3:1)Hügi (II) (4:2) |
Summary | 27' (2:1) Lausche (3:2) Carrard |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: W. Müller Baden |
| 19 April 1959 Mid-season | Basel | 2 – 3 |  HNK Rijeka | Landhof, Basel |
| 16:30 | Hügi (II) (2x) |
Summary | (2x) Lalic (1x) Berec |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Victor Werner Schicker Bern |
| 14 May 1959 Mid-season | Basel | 0 – 4 | SpVgg Fürth | Landhof, Basel |
| 18:30 | Summary | (o.g.0:1) (0:2) Schmidt (0:3) Appis (0:4) Wagner |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Othmar Huber Thun | |
| Note: The game was abandoned in the 70th minute due to darkness | ||||
| 24 June 1959 End of season | Basel | 4 – 3 |  Sparta Rotterdam | Landhof, Basel |
| 18:30 | Stäuble (2x) Hügi (II) (1x) (o.g.) |
Summary | (3x) Daniels |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: D. Mellet Lausanne |
Nationalliga A edit
League matches edit
| 31 August 1958 Round 1 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 2 – 1 | Basel | Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| 15:00 | Csernai 8' (1:0) Gigandet 28' (2:0) |
Summary | 60' (1:2) Kohn |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: D. Mellet Lausanne |
| 6 September 1958 Round 2 | Basel | 1 – 4 | Grenchen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 20:00 | Kohn 71' (1:4) |
Summary | 15' (0:1) Glisovic 30' (0:2) Glisovic 32' (0:3) Karrer 67' (0:4) Moser |
Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Josef Gulde St. Gallen |
| 14 September 1958 Round 3 | Lausanne-Sport | 0 – 5 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
| 15:30 | Summary | 14' (0:1) Suter 39' (0:2) Kohn 58' (0:3) Stäuble 69' (0:4) Suter 79' (0:5) Otto Ludwig |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: E. Guidi Bellinzona |
| 28 September 1958 Round 4 | Basel | 0 – 0 | Chiasso | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Summary | Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Othmar Huber Thun |
| 12 October 1958 Round 6 | Basel | 6 – 1 | Bellinzona | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Suter 15' (1:1) Stäuble 31' (2:1)Suter 55' (3:1)Stäuble 73' (4:1)Oberer 78' (5:1)Weber 86' (pen. 6:1) |
Summary | 8' (0:1) Sartori |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Roland David Lausanne |
| 19 October 1958 Round 7 | Luzern | 2 – 4 | Basel | Stadion Allmend, Luzern |
| 15:00 | Frigerio 52' (o.g. 1:3) Brühlmann 68' (2:4) |
Summary | 25' (0:1) Hügi (II) 36' (0:2) Kohn 43' (0:3) Hügi (II) 57' (1:4) Suter |
Attendance: 9,300 Referee: Meister Neuchâtel |
| 9 November 1958 Round 8 | Basel | 2 – 3 | Young Boys | Landhof, Basel |
| 14:30 | Kohn 2' (1:0) Hügi (II) 31' (2:0) |
Summary | 54' (2:1) Wechselberger 58' (pen. 2:2) Bigler 80' (2:3) Wechselberger |
Attendance: 11,500 Referee: D. Mellet Lausanne |
| 16 November 1958 Round 9 | Zürich | 3 – 1 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
| 14:45 | Leimgruber 27' (1:0) Feller 57' (2:0)Leimgruber 87' (3:1) |
Summary | 85' (2:1) Hügi (II) |
Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Roland David Lausanne |
| 23 November 1958 Round 10 | Basel | 2 – 4 | Grasshopper Club | Landhof, Basel |
| 14:30 | Hügi (II) 70' (1:3) Maurer 85' (pen 2:4) |
Summary | 30' (0:1) Duret 51' (0:2) Duret 54' (0:3) Scheller 76' (1:4) Scheller |
Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Domeniconi Geneva |
| 7 December 1958 Round 11 | Young Fellows Zürich | 1 – 0 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
| 14:30 | Laubacher 60' (1:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 6,000 Referee: E. Guidi Bellinzona |
| 14 December 1958 Round 12 | Urania Genève Sport | 1 – 3 | Basel | Stade de Frontenex, Geneva |
| Pasteur 75' (pen. 1:2) |
Summary | 15' (pen. 0:1) Maurer 50' (0:2) Kohn 86' (1:3) Hügi (II) |
Attendance: 4,200 Referee: F. Schorer Interlaken |
| 21 December 1958 Round 13 | Basel | 0 – 3 | Servette | Landhof, Basel |
| 14:30 | Summary | 34' (0:1) Steffanina 35' (0:2) Makay 64' (0:3) Nemeth |
Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Schüttel Sion |
| 28 December 1958 Round 5 | Lugano | 0 – 1 | Basel | Cornaredo, Lugano |
Ciani   88' |
Summary | 37' (0:1) Frigerio |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Othmar Huber Thun |
| 1 March 1959 Round 14 | Basel | 1 – 3 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Burger 20' (1:1) |
Summary | 13' (0:1) Pottier 46' (1:2) Pottier 29' (1:3) Jaccard |
Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern |
| 7 March 1959 Round 15 | Grenchen | 6 – 2 | Basel | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
| 15:00 | Glisovic 32' (1:0) Glisovic 52' (2:0)Moser 52' (3:0)Karrer 79' (4:2)Moser 80' (52)Hamel 81' (6:2) |
Summary | 68' (pen. 3:1) Maurer 74' (3:2) Stäuble Burger |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Surdez Delémont |
| 15 March 1959 Round 16 | Basel | 4 – 0 | Lausanne-Sport | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Stäuble 63' (1:0) Stäuble 78' (2:0)Hügi (II) 83' (3:0)Hügi (II) 79' (pen. 4:0) |
Summary | Magnin Monti |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: W. Müller Baden |
| Note: Josef Hügi scored his 200th goal for Basel | ||||
| 22 March 1959 Round 17 | Chiasso | 1 – 2 | Basel | Stadio Via Comacini, Chiasso |
| Ferrari 2' (1:0) |
Summary | 28' (1:1) Stäuble 40' (1:2) Kohn |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: D. Mellet Lausanne |
| 5 April 1959 Round 18 | Basel | 2 – 2 | Lugano | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Hügi (II) 24' (1:1) Stäuble 55' (2:2) |
Summary | 23' (0:1) Pantellini 44' (1:2) Frosio |
Attendance: 5,800 Referee: Meister Neuchâtel |
| 12 April 1959 Round 19 | Bellinzona | 0 – 0 | Basel | Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona |
| Summary | Attendance: 1,500 Referee: W. Müller Baden |
| 3 May 1959 Round 20 | Basel | 2 – 2 | Luzern | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Kohn 11' (1:0) Kohn 85' (2:2) |
Summary | 48' (pen. 1:1) Beerli 71' (1:2) Beerli |
Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Schüttel Sion |
| 10 May 1959 Round 21 | Young Boys | 1 – 0 | Basel | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
| 15:00 | Rey 44' (1:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Josef Gulde St. Gallen |
| 24 May 1959 Round 22 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Zürich | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Stäuble (1:1) Oberer (2:1) |
Summary | 34' (0:1) Feller |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Gino Bergamini Viganello |
| 31 May 1959 Round 23 | Grasshopper Club | 1 – 2 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
| 16:00 | Scheller 61' (pen. 1:2) |
Summary | 18' (0:1) Burger 34' (0:2) Stäuble |
Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Guinnard Gletterens |
| 7 June 1959 Round 24 | Basel | 5 – 2 | Young Fellows Zürich | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Maurer 1' (pen. 1:0) Oberer 3' (2:0)Kohn 37' (3:2)Maurer 63' (4:2)Hügi (II) 65' (5:2) |
Summary | 7' (2:1) Buhtz 18' (2:2) Niggeler |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Schwab Neuchâtel |
| 14 June 1959 Round 25 | Basel | 2 – 2 | Urania Genève Sport | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Stäuble 50' (1:2) Kohn 67' (2:2) |
Summary | 18' (0:1) Pillon 33' (0:2) Dufau |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: W. Müller Baden |
| 21 June 1959 Round 26 | Servette | 3 – 4 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
| Mauron 26' (1:1) Makay 38' (2:1)Fatton 71' (3:2) |
Summary | 18' (0:1) Hügi (II) 48' (2:2) Stäuble 75' (3:3) Burger 80' (3:4) Hügi (II) |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Othmar Huber Thun |
League table edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | BSC Young Boys | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 79 | 42 | +37 | 38 | Swiss Champions, qualified for 1958–59 European Cup |
| 2 | FC Grenchen | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 57 | 39 | +18 | 32 | Swiss Cup winners |
| 3 | FC Zürich | 26 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 30 | |
| 4 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 63 | 54 | +9 | 30 | |
| 5 | Lausanne Sports | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 29 | |
| 6 | FC Basel | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 27 | |
| 7 | FC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 26 | |
| 8 | FC Lucerne | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 26 | |
| 9 | Servette FC Genève | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 70 | 58 | +12 | 24 | |
| 10 | FC Chiasso | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 48 | 61 | −13 | 24 | |
| 11 | FC Lugano | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 23 | |
| 12 | AC Bellinzona | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 38 | 57 | −19 | 22 | |
| 13 | Urania Genève Sport | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 19 | Relegated |
| 14 | Young Fellows Zürich | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 33 | 72 | −39 | 14 | Relegated |
Swiss Cup edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Zindel, Josef (2015). Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4.
- ^ Erik Garin. "Nationalliga A 1957/58". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ a b Zindel, Josef (2018), "Die ersten 125 Jahre", 1959 - Trainerentlassung / Coach dismissal, Page 55, Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1958/59". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ "FC Basel - BSC Old Boys 3:0 (2:0". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ Erik Garin. "Switzerland Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
Sources edit
- Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
- The FCB team 1958–59 at fcb-archiv.ch
- Switzerland 1958–59 by Erik Garin at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation