FC Basel
1958–59 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Jules Düblin
Manageruntil 30 November 1958
Austria Rudi Strittich
from 1 December
Switzerland René Bader
GroundLandhof, Basel
Nationalliga A6th
Swiss CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague: Switzerland Josef Hügi
and Switzerland Gottlieb Stäuble (both 12)

All: Switzerland Josef Hügi (14)
Highest home attendance11,500 on 9 November 1958
vs BSC Young Boys
Lowest home attendance3,500 on 12 October 1958
vs Bellinzona
and on 7 June 1959
vs Young Fellows Zürich
Average home league attendance6,023

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]

Overview

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

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Switzerland SUI René Jeker (from Concordia Basel)
GK Switzerland SUI Kurt Stettler
GK Switzerland SUI Walter Wider (from Solothurn)
DF Switzerland SUI Werner Bopp
DF Switzerland SUI Hans Hügi (I)
DF Switzerland SUI Fredy Kehrli (from Biel-Bienne)
DF Switzerland SUI Bruno Michaud (from Lausanne-Sport)
DF Switzerland SUI Hans Weber
DF Switzerland SUI Jules Wyss (from SC Kleinhüningen)
MF Switzerland SUI René Jaeck (from Schaffhausen)
MF Switzerland SUI Jean-Jacques Maurer (from Biel-Bienne)
MF Switzerland SUI Rudolf Rickenbacher (from La Chaux-de-Fonds)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Switzerland SUI Gottlieb Stäuble
MF Switzerland SUI Silvan Thüler
MF Switzerland SUI Charles Turin (from Biel-Bienne)
FW Switzerland SUI Rudolf Burger
FW Switzerland SUI Bernhard Chenaux
FW Switzerland SUI Roberto Frigerio (from Schaffhausen)
FW Switzerland SUI Josef Hügi (II)
FW Luxembourg LUX Antoine Kohn (from Karlsruher SC)
FW Germany GER Otto Ludwig
FW Switzerland SUI Hansueli Oberer
FW Switzerland SUI Raymond Simonet
FW Switzerland SUI Hermann Suter
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 Switzerland SUI Hansruedi Blatter
GK Switzerland SUI Werner Schley (to Zürich)
DF Switzerland SUI Wilhelm Jermann (to FC Laufen)
DF Switzerland SUI Hansjörg Tschirky
MF Switzerland SUI Gustav Borer (to Aarau)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF France FRA Pierre Redolfi (to FC Hegenheim)
FW Switzerland SUI Ernst Klauser (II) (to Black Stars Basel)
FW Hungary HUN Janos Magyar
FW Switzerland SUI Emil Müller (to Black Stars Basel)
FW Switzerland SUI Walter Rieder
FW Italy ITA Romano Zolin

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season

July 1958 Pre-season FC Kickers Luzern Switzerland 1 – 3 Switzerland Basel Luzern
Summary
July 1958 Pre-season ASCA Wittelsheim France 2 – 4 Switzerland Basel Wittelsheim
Summary
23 July 1958 Pre-season FC Arlesheim Switzerland 1 – 10 Switzerland Basel Arlesheim
(1x) Summary (8x) Hügi (II)
(1x)
(1x)
27 July 1958 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 3 – 2 Switzerland 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: Switzerland Gottfried Dienst Basel
Note: Anniversary game 25 years FC Zwingen
3 August 1958 Pre-season Freiburger FC Germany 5 – 0 Switzerland Basel Elztalstadion, Waldkirch
Busch (3x)
Schukraft (1x)
Höge (1x)
Summary Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Germany Walter Stemmler Offenburg
Note: Anniversary game 50 years SV Waldkirch
10 August 1958 Pre-season 1. FC Köln Germany 4 – 1 Switzerland 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 Switzerland 1 – 1
(4 – 4 p)
Switzerland Lugano Landhof, Basel
Hügi (II) 10' (1:0) Summary (1:1) Pantellini Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Switzerland W. Müller Baden
Penalties
soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark
Hügi (II) soccer ball with red X
soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with red X Tibor
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 Switzerland 3 – 1 Switzerland 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: Switzerland Surdez Delémont
Note: Friendship Cup Basel–Ticino: 10 years of US Ticinese Basel.
21 August 1958 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 2 – 2 Belgium 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: Switzerland Gottfried Dienst Basel
Note: Game originally scheduled for Tuesday, postponed until Thursday due to bad weather.
24 August 1958 Pre-season Schaffhausen Switzerland 3 – 4 Switzerland Basel Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen
Brändli (1x)
Knobloch (1x)
Zannin (1x)
Summary (1x) Frigerio
(1x) Hügi (II)
(1x) Kohn
(1x) Weber
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Switzerland Paul Wyssling Zürich
20 September 1958 Mid-season Solothurn Switzerland 2 – 6 Switzerland 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: Switzerland von Arx Biel/Bienne
Note: Transfer game Walter Wider
23 September 1958 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 3 – 5 Switzerland 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: Switzerland W. Müller Baden
Note: Transfer game Werner Schley
4 October 1958 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 7 – 1 Switzerland FC Allschwil Landhof, Basel
Suter (1:1)
Otto Ludwig (2:1)
Kohn (3:1)



Summary Referee: Switzerland M. Schreiber Reinach
7 October 1958 Mid-season Royal Olympic Club de Charleroi Belgium 2 – 4 Switzerland 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: Switzerland Karl Lescart
22 October 1958 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 2 – 2 Germany Karlsruher SC St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Burger (2x) Summary (1x) Beck
(1x) Schmidt
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Fischlewitz Basel

Winter break to end of season

14 February 1959 Winter break Winterthur Switzerland 3 – 3 Switzerland 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: Switzerland Anton Bucheli Luzern
15 February 1959 Winter break Concordia Basel Switzerland 1 – 1 Switzerland Basel St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Marti 11' (1:0) Summary 28' (1:1) Hügi (II) Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Switzerland M. Schreiber Reinach
22 February 1959 Winter break Basel Switzerland 4 – 2 Switzerland 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: Switzerland W. Müller Baden
19 April 1959 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 2 – 3 Croatia HNK Rijeka Landhof, Basel
16:30 Hügi (II) (2x) Summary (2x) Lalic
(1x) Berec
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Victor Werner Schicker Bern
14 May 1959 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 0 – 4 Germany SpVgg Fürth Landhof, Basel
18:30 Summary (o.g.0:1)
(0:2) Schmidt
(0:3) Appis
(0:4) Wagner
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Othmar Huber Thun
Note: The game was abandoned in the 70th minute due to darkness
24 June 1959 End of season Basel Switzerland 4 – 3 Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam Landhof, Basel
18:30 Stäuble (2x)
Hügi (II) (1x)
(o.g.)
Summary (3x) Daniels Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland D. Mellet Lausanne

Nationalliga A

League matches

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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland E. Guidi Bellinzona
28 September 1958 Round 4 Basel 0 – 0 Chiasso Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Switzerland Othmar Huber Thun
5 October 1958 Round 5 Lugano P – P Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
[ Summary]
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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland Schüttel Sion
28 December 1958 Round 5 Lugano 0 – 1 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
Ciani Yellow card Yellow-red card 88' Summary 37' (0:1) Frigerio Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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
Yellow card Burger
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland 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 Yellow card Magnin
Yellow card Monti
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland Meister Neuchâtel
12 April 1959 Round 19 Bellinzona 0 – 0 Basel Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona
Summary Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland Othmar Huber Thun

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

26 October 1958 Round 3 Basel 3 – 0 Old Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II) 11' (1:0)
Burger 20' (2:0)
Weber soccer ball with red X 63′
Hügi (II) 88' (3:0)
Summary Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland C. Stettler Feuerthalen
30 November 1958 Round 4 Basel 0 – 2 FC Moutier Landhof, Basel
14:30 Summary 24' (0:1) Schaffter
62' (0:2) Heuri
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Meister Neuchâtel

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 1957/58". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. 1 2 Zindel, Josef (2018), "Die ersten 125 Jahre", 1959 - Trainerentlassung / Coach dismissal, Page 55, Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel
  4. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1958/59". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  5. "FC Basel - BSC Old Boys 3:0 (2:0". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
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