FC Basel
1950–51 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Jules Düblin
ManagerSwitzerland Ernst Hufschmid
GroundLandhof, Basel
Nationalliga A4th
Swiss CupRound 5
Top goalscorerLeague: Switzerland Josef Hügi (21)
All: Switzerland 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

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.

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 conceded 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 the team's best scorer and 2nd best league scorer. He netted 21 league goals. Paul Stöcklin was the team's 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 Switzerland SUI Oswald Capra
— GK Switzerland SUI Walter Müller
— GK Switzerland SUI Jean Presset
— DF Switzerland SUI Werner Bopp
— DF Switzerland SUI Hans-Rudolf Fitze
— DF Switzerland SUI Ernst Hufschmid (Player-coach)
— DF Switzerland SUI Hans Hügi
— MF Switzerland SUI Max Sutter
— MF Switzerland SUI Hans Weber
— MF Switzerland SUI Leo Baumgratz
— MF Switzerland SUI Fritz Hartmann (from Nordstern Basel)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Switzerland SUI Eugen Müller
— MF France FRA Pierre Redolfi
— MF Switzerland SUI Gottlieb Stäuble
— MF Switzerland SUI Werner Wenk
— MF Switzerland SUI Willy Zingg
— FW Switzerland SUI René Bader
— FW Switzerland SUI Walter Bannwart
— FW Switzerland SUI Peter Baumgartner
— FW Switzerland SUI Erich Grether
— FW Switzerland SUI Josef Hügi
— FW Switzerland SUI Marcel Leisinger
— FW Switzerland 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 Switzerland SUI Otto Krieg (to FC Birsfelden)
— MF Switzerland SUI Louis Schenker (to FC Luzern)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW France FRA René Hebinger (to FC Mulhouse)
— FW Switzerland SUI Albert Meier
— FW Switzerland SUI Otto Soltermann (to FC Birsfelden)

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre-season

5 August 1950 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 6–4 Germany Freiburger FC Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
Leisinger (2x)
Bader (2x)
Bannwart (1x)
Hügi (II) (1x)		 Summary (3x) Mokros
(1x) Faber
(1x) Lehmann		 Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Switzerland von Wartburg Bern
10 August 1950 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 14–5 Switzerland EHC Basel Stadion 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: Switzerland A. Aegerter
13 August 1950 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 1–0 Switzerland Grenchen Sportplatz Nau, Laufen
Leisinger 85' (1:0) Summary Referee: Switzerland Dörflinger Grenchen
19 August 1950 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 2–3 Germany Karlsruher FV Hörnli, Basel
Hügi (I) 12' (1:0)
(o.g. 2:3)		 Summary (1:1)
22' (1:2)
35' (1:3)
20 August 1950 Pre-season Wil Switzerland 2–2 Switzerland Basel Lindengut, Wil
16:00 Hagen (II) 12' (1:0)
Hagen (II) (2:0)		 Summary (2:1) Wenk
(pen. 2:2) Wenk		 Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Switzerland Schären Winterthur
26 August 1950 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 2–1 Germany Berliner SV 1892 Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
Bader 25' (1:1)
Bader 81 pen. 2:1'		 Summary 20' (0:1) Langetal Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland E. Ruefer Bern
16 September 1950 Mid-season Fribourg Switzerland 1–2 Switzerland Basel Stade Universitaire, Freiburg
Kaeslin 51' (1:0) Summary 65' (1:1) Bopp
88' (1:2) Stäuble		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Dörflinger Grenchen

Winter break to end of season

11 February 1951 Winter break Basel Switzerland 4–3 Switzerland Concordia Basel Stadion 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: Switzerland Niederhauser Bern
14 April 1951 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 0–2 France Olympique de Marseille Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:15 Summary 3' (0:1) Andersson
68' (0:2) Andersson		 Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Switzerland Scherz Bern
22 May 1951 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 1–0 England Bolton Wanderers Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
18:30 Hügi (II) 88' (2:0) Summary Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Switzerland Schürch Winterthur
6 June 1951 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 2–0 England Blackpool Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:00 Ballaman 19' (1:0)
Stöcklin 32' (2;0)		 Summary Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Switzerland Paul Wyssling Zürich

Nationalliga

League matches

3 September 1950 Round 1 Biel-Bienne 1–1 Basel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00 Rösch 60' (1:1) Summary 49' (0:1) Bannwart Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland E. Guidi Bellinzona
9 September 1950 Round 2 Basel 5–1 Young Boys Stadion 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: Switzerland Lutz Geneva
24 September 1950 Round 3 Servette 2–2 Basel Charmilles 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: Switzerland Scherz Bern
1 October 1950 Round 4 Basel 4–1 La Chaux-de-Fonds Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00 Weber 21' (1:1)
Hügi (II) 69' (2:1)
Weber 78' (3:1)
Stäuble 79' (4:1)
Wenk Red card		 Summary 2' (0:1) Tschann Attendance: 7,300
Referee: Switzerland E. Ruefer Bern
8 October 1950 Round 5 Zürich 2–1 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
15:15 Andres 17' (1:0)
Bopp 44' (o.g. 2:1)		 Summary 30' (1:1) Stäuble Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland von Gunten Bern
22 October 1950 Round 6 Basel 1–1 Lugano Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00 Bader 37' (1:0) Summary 77' (1:1) Kauer Attendance: 7,300
Referee: Switzerland M. Baumberger Lausanne
5 November 1950 Round 7 Locarno 5–0 Basel Stadio 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: Switzerland von Wartburg Bern
19 November 1950 Round 8 Cantonal Neuchatel 0–2 Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
14:30 Summary 30' (0:1) Stöcklin
38' (0:2) Bannwart
Yellow card Stäuble		 Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Switzerland Niederhauser Bern
26 November 1950 Round 9 Basel P–P Grenchen Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
[ Summary]
10 December 1950 Round 10 Lausanne-Sport 3–1 Basel Olympique 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: Switzerland E. Ruefer Bern
17 December 1950 Round 11 Basel 3–0 Young Fellows Zürich Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:30 Hügi (II) 46' (1:0)
Bannwart 79' (2:0)
Wenk 84' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 4,400
Referee: Switzerland Lutz Geneva
24 December 1950 Round 12 Chiasso P–P Basel Stadio Via Comacini, Chiasso
[ Summary]
30 December 1950 Round 13 Basel 3–0 Bellinzona Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:45 Hügi (II) 14' (1:0)
Stöcklin 52' (pen. 2:0)
Hügi (II) 60' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Dörflinger Grenchen
27 January 1951 Round 9 Basel 0–2 Grenchen Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00 Summary 58' (0:1) Righetti
72' (0:2) Bohnen		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Paul Wyssling Zürich
3 March 1951 Round 14 Basel 2–2 Biel-Bienne Stadion 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: Switzerland E. Guidi Bellinzona
11 March 1951 Round 15 Young Boys 3–6 Basel Wankdorf 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: Switzerland Lutz Geneva
18 March 1951 Round 16 Basel 4–2 Servette Stadion 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: Switzerland Dörflinger Grenchen
25 March 1951 Round 12 Chiasso 2–1 Basel Stadio Via Comacini, Chiasso
Riva 35' (1:0)
Riva 82' (2:1)		 Summary 68' (1:1) Stöcklin Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland von Wartburg Bern
8 April 1951 Round 18 Basel 5–1 Zürich Stadion 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: Switzerland M. Baumberger Lausanne
22 April 1951 Round 19 Lugano 1–0 Basel Campo Marzio, Lugano
Bernasconi 24' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Rapin Lausanne
29 April 1951 Round 20 Basel 2–1 Locarno Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00 Stöcklin 28' (1:0)
Weber 72' (2:0)		 Summary 87' (2:1) Ferraris Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Switzerland Paul Wyssling Zürich
5 May 1951 Round 21 Basel 2–3 Cantonal Neuchatel Stadion 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: Switzerland von Gunten Bern
20 May 1951 Round 22 Grenchen 0–1 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
Summary 20' (0:1) Hügi (II) Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Bertsche Neuhausen am Rheinfall
27 May 1951 Round 23 Basel 1–4 Lausanne-Sport Stadion 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: Switzerland E. Guidi Bellinzona
30 May 1951 Round 17 La Chaux-de-Fonds 4–3 Basel Stade 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: Switzerland M. Baumberger Lausanne
3 June 1951 Round 24 Young Fellows Zürich 6–2 Basel Letzigrund, 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: Switzerland Rapin Lausanne
10 June 1951 Round 25 Basel 6–2 Chiasso Stadion 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
soccer ball with red X 77′ Zanollo		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Scherz Bern
17 June 1951 Round 26 Bellinzona 2–4 Basel Stadio 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: Switzerland 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 3 FC Münchenstein 0–6 Basel Sportplatz 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: Switzerland Keller Seuzach
3 December 1950 Round 4 Biel-Bienne 0–1 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
Summary 59' (0:1) Stöcklin Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Rapin Lausanne
7 January 1951 Round 5 Basel 1–2 Locarno Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:30 Bader 10' (1:1)
Müller Red card 64'
Wenk Red card 65'		 Summary 2' (0:1) Ernst
50' (1:2) Ruch		 Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Switzerland M. Tasca Geneva

See also

References

  1. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - EHC Basel 14:5 (7:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  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.
  6. ↑ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1950/51". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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