FC Basel
1954–55 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Jules Düblin
ManagerSwitzerland René Bader
with Switzerland Willy Dürr
GroundLandhof, Basel
Top goalscorerLeague: Switzerland Josef Hügi (20)
All: Switzerland Josef Hügi (23)
Highest home attendance11,000 on 17 April 1955
vs Grasshopper Club
and on 22 May 1955
vs La Chaux-de-Fonds
Lowest home attendance4,500 on 5 September 1954
vs Bellinzona
and on 6 March 1955
vs Chiasso
Average home league attendance6,476

The 1954–55 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 61st season in their existence. It was their ninth 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. It was his ninth successive season as chairman.

Overview

René Bader continued as the team's player-coach, for the third consecutive season with Willy Dürr as his assistant. However, in this season Bader only played in one test match. Basel played a total of 43 games during their 1954–55 season. Of these 43 matches 26 were in the domestic league, three matches were in the Swiss Cup and 14 were test or friendly matches. The test/friendly games resulted with five victories, two were drawn and seven matches ended with a defeat. In total, including the test games and the cup competition, 17 games were won, six were drawn and 20 were lost. In their 41 games they scored 101 goals and conceded 98.[1]

There were fourteen teams contesting in the 1954–55 Nationalliga A, the last two teams in the table were to be relegated. Basel won 10 of their 26 games and drew four times and lost 12 times. They scored 47 goals and conceded 52. Basel ended the championship with 24 points in 9th position. They were 18 points behind La Chaux-de-Fonds who won the Swiss Championship for the second time in a row. Thun and Luzern suffered relegation. Josef Hügi was Basel's top league goal scorer with 20 goals and he was third top goal scorer in the league behind Marcel Mauron from La Chaux-de-Fonds who had scored 30 times. Bannwart was Basel's second best goal scorer with eight goals. Further, Hansueli Oberer scored five and Juan Monros netted four times.[2]

Basel joined the Swiss Cup in the third principal round. They were drawn away against lower tier local team FC Riehen, but the match was played at the Landhof and Basel won 6–0. In the fourth round they were drawn at home to lower tier FC Olten and Basel won 2–0. In the fifth round Basel were drawn at home to Zürich. But here they were knocked out of the competition[3]

Players

The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the season 1954–55. The list includes players that were in the squad on the day that the Nationalliga A season started on 29 August 1954 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 Walter Müller
— GK Switzerland SUI Werner Schley (from Grasshopper Club)
— DF Switzerland SUI Werner Bopp
— DF Switzerland SUI Hans-Rudolf Fitze
— DF Switzerland SUI Hans Hügi (I)
— DF Switzerland SUI René Klauser (I)
— DF Hungary HUN György Mogoy
— DF Switzerland SUI Hans Weber
— MF Switzerland SUI Eugen Büchel (from Young Fellows Zürich)
— MF Switzerland SUI Raymond Gilliéron (from Brühl St. Gallen)
— MF Switzerland SUI Albert Haug (from Zürich)
— MF Switzerland SUI Luciano Merlini (from Locarno)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Spain ESP Juan Monros
— MF France FRA Pierre Redolfi
— MF Switzerland SUI Kurt Thalmann
— FW Switzerland SUI René Bader (Player-coach)
— FW Switzerland SUI Walter Bannwart
— FW Switzerland SUI Josef Hügi (II)
— FW Switzerland SUI Rolf Keller
— FW Switzerland SUI Ernst Klauser (II)
— FW Switzerland SUI Hansueli Oberer (from FC Olten)
— FW Switzerland SUI Hans-Peter Schär
— FW Italy ITA Romano Zolin
— Switzerland SUI Alfred Hartmann
— Switzerland SUI Hans Jordi
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 Gianfranco de Taddeo (to Cantonal Neuchatel)
— GK France FRA Simon Gusothien (to FC Hégenheim)
— MF Switzerland SUI Walter Felber
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Switzerland SUI Benedikt Frey (to CIBA)
— MF Switzerland SUI Kurt Maurer (to La Chaux-de-Fonds)
— FW Switzerland SUI Walter Bielser (to Biel-Bienne)

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre-season and mid-season

July 1954 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 9 – 1 Switzerland FC Birsfelden Basel
Summary Referee: Switzerland
1 August 1954 Pre-season Biel-Bienne Switzerland 3 – 8 Switzerland Basel Sport ground, Gerlafingen
Wolfisberg (1x)
Lipps (1x)
Scheurer (1x)		 Summary (4x) Hügi (II)
(2x) Oberer
(1x) Klauser (II)
(o.g.)		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Hämisegger Gerlafingen
8 August 1954 Pre-season Stade Français France 2 – 1 Switzerland Basel Paris
Bopp 15' (o.g. 1:0)
Raymond 81' (2:0)		 Summary (2:1) Hügi (II)
14 August 1954 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 1 – 3 Germany SV Werder Bremen Landhof, Basel
17:30 Weber (0:3) Summary 25' (0:1) Hase
56' (pen. 0:2) Heyse
57' (0:3) Preise		 Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Switzerland Weiersmüller Suhr
Note: Game abandoned due to unplayable terrain (thunderstorm).
21 August 1954 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 2 – 2 Austria Austria Wien Landhof, Basel
17:30 Hügi (II) 58' (1:2)
Hügi (II) 68' (2:2)		 Summary 1' (0:1) Sabetzer
34' (0:2) Schleger		 Attendance: 850
Referee: Switzerland Basel
22 August 1954 Pre-season Grasshopper Club Switzerland 0 – 2 Switzerland Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
16:15 Vukosavljević soccer ball with red X Summary 19' (0:1) Maurer
54' (o.g. 0:2) Vetsch		 Referee: Switzerland Josef Gulde St. Gallen
14 September 1954 Mid-season Zagreb XI Croatia 6 – 3 Switzerland Basel Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
Medved 8' (1:0)
Liposinovic 30' (2:1)
Liposinovic 32' (3:1)
Medved 40' (4:1)
Osojnjak 61' (5:1)
Osojnjak 88' (6:3)		 Summary 17' (pen. 1:1) Casali
80' (5:2) Hügi (II)
81' (pen. 5:3) Casali		 Attendance: 5,000

Winter break to end of season

30 January 1955 Winter break Basel Switzerland 1 – 2 Switzerland Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
14:30 Bannwart 34' (1:1) Summary 4' (0:1) Kirchhofer
63' (1:2) Zingg		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Gottfried Dienst Basel
14 February 1955 Winter break Biel-Bienne Switzerland 7 – 4 Switzerland Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
Bielser 10' (1:1)
Kohler 16' (2:1)
Kohler 52' (3:3)
Kohler 70' (4:3)
Kohler 71' (5:3)
Bielser 80' (pen. 6:3)
Riederer 85' (7:3)		 Summary 8' (0:1) Keller
24' (2:2) Jordi
34' (2:3) Weber
88' (7:4) Bannwart		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Switzerland W. Caccivio Biel/Bienne
17 February 1955 Winter break FC Liestal Switzerland 1 – 7 Switzerland Basel Gitterli, Liestal
Summary (4x) Schär
(2x) Keller
(1x) Bannwart
30 April 1955 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 0 – 8 Croatia Zagreb XI Landhof, Basel
17:30 Summary 24' (1:0) Medved
32' (0:2) Caijkovski
40' (0:3) Benko
43' (0:4) Benko
(0:2) Liposinovic
(0:6) Medved
(0:7) Dvornic
(0:8) Caijkovski		 Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Switzerland W. Müller Baden
26 May 1955 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 3 – 1 BrazilAssociação Atlética Portuguesa Landhof, Basel
18:30 Oberer 8' (1:0)
Hügi (II) 27' (2:0)
Hügi (II) 61' (3:0)		 Summary 82' (3:1) Miltinho Attendance: 7,00
Referee: Switzerland Zutter Bern
18 June 1955 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 2 – 4 Brazil Fluminense Landhof, Basel
17:30 Oberer 13' (pen. 1:1)
Monros 18' (2:1)		 Summary 1' (1:0) Waldo
27' (pen. 2:2) Pinheiro
30' (2:3) Waldo
31' (2:4) Carlos		 Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Switzerland Gottfried Dienst Basel
30 June 1955 End of season Basel Switzerland 2 – 2 Germany Hamburger SV Landhof, Basel
18:30 Monros 11' (1:0)
Hügi (II) 65' (2:1)		 Summary 51' (1:1) Stürmer
71' (2:2) Schild		 Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Switzerland J. Heymann Arlesheim

Nationalliga A

League matches

29 August 1954 Round 1 Basel 0 – 3 Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary 72' (0:1) Bruppacher
73' (0:2) Vidjak
77' (0:3) Vidjak		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Victor Werner Schicker Bern
5 September 1954 Round 2 Basel 1 – 1 Bellinzona Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II) 52' (1:1) Summary 27' (0:1) Sartori Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland von Gunten Bern
12 September 1954 Round 3 Chiasso 3 – 1 Basel Stadio Via Comacini, Chiasso
Chiesa 40' (1:0)
Riva 52' (2:0)
Riva 87' (3:1)		 Summary (2:1) Oberer Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Switzerland Weiersmüller Suhr
26 September 1954 Round 4 Basel 3 – 1 Luzern Landhof, Basel
15:00 Bannwart 15' (1:0)
Bannwart 25' (2:0)
Bannwart 77' (3:1)		 Summary 28' (2:1) Kyd Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland W. Rufli Bremgarten
3 October 1954 Round 5 Thun 2 – 1 Basel Stadion Lachen, Thun
Czischeck 54' (1:1)
Czischeck 64' (2:1)		 Summary 15' (0:1) Hügi (II)
soccer ball with red X Mogoy		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland F. Buchmüller Zürich
17 October 1954 Round 6 Basel 3 – 2 Servette Landhof, Basel
15:00 Weber 5' (1:0)
Hügi (II) (2:1)
Hügi (II) 72' (3:2)		 Summary 30' (1:1) Friedländer
67' (2:2) Epp		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Switzerland Zutter Bern
24 October 1954 Round 7 Grasshopper Club 3 – 1 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
15:00 Hagen 20' (pen. 1:0)
Moser 28' (2:0)
Vonlanthen (II) 48' (3:1)		 Summary 33' (pen. 2:1) Hügi (II) Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Switzerland Fr. Karlen Bern
31 October 1954 Round 8 Basel 3 – 1 Grenchen Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II) 53' (1:0)
Bannwart 56' (2:0)
Hügi (II) 88' (3:1)		 Summary 73' (2:1) Raboud Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland F. Schorer Interlaken
14 November 1954 Round 9 Lugano 2 – 3 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
Poma 71' (1:3)
Stefanina 76' (2:3)		 Summary 18' (0:1) Keller
23' (0:2) Bannwart
51' (0:3) Hügi (II)		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland W. Müller Baden
21 November 1954 Round 10 Basel 2 – 0 Fribourg Landhof, Basel
14:30 Zolin 75' (1:0)
Keller 76' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Rapin Lausanne
27 November 1954 Round 11 La Chaux-de-Fonds 4 – 1 Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
14:30 Mauron 38' (1:0)
Colombino 40' (2:0)
Mauron 52' (3:0)
Antenen 68' (4:1)
Zappella Yellow card		 Summary 62' (3:1) Zolin Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland W. Rufli Bremgarten
12 December 1954 Round 12 Basel 1 – 1 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
14:30 Hügi (II) 55' (1:1) Summary 31' (pen. 0:1) Grütter Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Switzerland Merlotti Neuchâtel
19 December 1954 Round 13 Lausanne-Sport 1 – 1 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
Guhl 70' (1:1) Summary 24' (0:1) Keller Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Dörflinger Grenchen
December 1954 Round 14 Zürich P – P Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
[ Summary]
27 February 1955 Round 15 Bellinzona 1 – 0 Basel Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona
Sartori 60' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland von Gunten Bern
6 March 1955 Round 16 Basel 0 – 2 Chiasso Landhof, Basel
16:00 Summary 85' (pen. 0:1) Oberer
(0:2) Frigerio		 Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Schüttel Sion
13 March 1955 Round 17 Luzern 2 – 1 Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
Künzli 19' (1:0)
Kyd 60' (2:1)		 Summary (1:1) Thalmann Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland W. Rufli Bremgarten
20 March 1955 Round 14 Zürich 3 – 1 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
15:00 Fottner 43' (1:0)
Battistella 49' (2:0)
Feller 50' (3:0)		 Summary 60' (3:1) Hügi (II) Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland von Gunten BernL
27 March 1955 Round 18 Basel 3 – 2 Thun Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II) soccer ball with red X 21′
Hügi (II) 21' (1:0)
Bannwart 55' (2:1)
Hügi (II) 68' (3:1)		 Summary 48' (1:1) Czischeck
73' (pen. 3:2) Czischeck		 Attendance: 5,600
Referee: Switzerland F. Buchmüller Zürich
3 April 1955 Round 19 Servette 2 – 2 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
15:00 Pastega 57' (1:1)
Pasteur 60' (2:1)		 Summary 24' (0:1) Oberer
62' (2:2) Hügi (II)		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland Paul Wyssling Zürich
17 April 1955 Round 20 Basel 3 – 2 Grasshopper Club Landhof, Basel
15:00 Oberer 15' (1:0)
Monros 33' (2:1)
Monros (3:1)		 Summary 26' (1:1) Moser
77' (3:2) Hagen		 Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Switzerland F. Schorer Interlaken
24 April 1954 Round 21 Grenchen 3 – 1 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
15:00 Jeanneret 6' (1:0)
Sidler 46' (pen. 2:1)
Mäder 74' (3:1)		 Summary 19' (1:1) Monros Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Victor Werner Schicker Bern
8 May 1955 Round 22 Basel 4 – 1 Lugano Landhof, Basel
15:00 10' (o.g. 1:0)
Thalmann 20' (2:0)
Oberer 27' (3:1)
Hügi (II) 32' (4:1)		 Summary 26' (o.g. 2:1) Attendance: 5,600
Referee: Switzerland D. Mellet Lausanne
15 May 1955 Round 23 Fribourg 3 – 1 Basel Saint-Léonard, Freiburg
Edenhofer 47' (1:0)
Kaeslin 56' (2:0)
Edenhofer 82' (3:0)		 Summary 87' (3:1) Hügi (II) Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Switzerland Surdez Delémont
22 May 1955 Round 24 Basel 4 – 3 La Chaux-de-Fonds Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II) 11' (pen. 1:1)
Oberer 18' (2:1)
Bannwart 38' (3:1)
Hügi (II) 41' (4:2)		 Summary 6' (0:1) Mauron
31' (2:2) Mauron
58' (o.g. 4:3) Bopp		 Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Switzerland Victor Werner Schicker Bern
30 May 1955 Round 25 Young Boys 2 – 1 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
15:00 Hamel 26' (1:1)
Häuptli 56' (2:1)		 Summary 25' (0:1) Hügi (II) Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Switzerland Weiersmüller Suhr
12 June 1955 Round 26 Basel 5 – 2 Lausanne-Sport Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II) 4' (1:1)
Hügi (II) 37' (2:1)
Monros 75' (3:2)
Bannwart 79' (4:2)
Thalmann 89' (5:2)		 [ Summary] 3' (0:1) Appel
60' (2:2) Vonlanthen		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland von Gunten Bern

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 19 4 3 99 46 +53 42 Champions and Swiss Cup winners
2 Lausanne-Sport 26 16 6 4 75 35 +40 38
3 Grasshopper Club 26 14 5 7 80 43 +37 33
4 Zürich 26 13 4 9 52 48 +4 30
5 Young Boys 26 10 8 8 65 53 +12 28
6 Servette 26 11 4 11 54 53 +1 26
7 Bellinzona 26 8 10 8 28 29 −1 26
8 Chiasso 26 10 5 11 48 58 −10 25
9 Basel 26 10 4 12 47 52 −5 24
10 Fribourg 26 9 3 14 40 61 −21 21
11 Lugano 26 8 4 14 47 79 −32 20
12 Grenchen 26 7 5 14 35 48 −13 19
13 Thun 26 6 6 14 35 65 −30 18 Relegated
14 Luzern 26 6 2 18 38 73 −35 14 Relegated
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

7 November 1954 Round 3 Basel 6 – 0 FC Riehen Landhof, Basel
12:30 Hügi (II) 5' (1:0)
Fitze 23' (2:0)
30' (o.g. 3:0)
Keller 32' (4:0)
Bannwart 33' (5:0)
Keller 62' (6:0)		 Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Frieden Bern
5 December 1954 Round 4 Basel 2 – 0 FC Olten Landhof, Basel
14:30 Hügi (II) 17' (1:0)
Weber 19' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland W. Werner St. Gallen
2 January 1955 Round 5 Basel 1 – 4 Zürich Landhof, Basel
14:30 Hügi (II) 68' (pen. 1:1) Summary 27' (0:1) Feller
73' (1:2) Beerli
74' (1:3) Beerli
(1:4) Beerli		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Victor Werner Schicker Bern

See also

References

  1. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1954/55". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ↑ Erik Garin. "Nationalliga A 1953/54". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. ↑ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1954/55". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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