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

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.

Overview

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

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 Switzerland SUI Hansruedi Blatter
— GK Switzerland SUI Werner Schley
— DF Switzerland SUI Werner Bopp
— DF Switzerland SUI Hans-Rudolf Fitze
— DF Switzerland SUI Hans Hügi (I)
— DF Switzerland SUI Bruno Michaud (I)
— MF Switzerland SUI Gustav Borer
— MF Switzerland SUI Benedikt Frey (from CIBA)
— MF France FRA Pierre Redolfi
— MF Switzerland SUI Rudolf Rickenbacher
— MF Switzerland SUI Gottlieb Stäuble
— MF Switzerland SUI Silvan Thüler
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Switzerland SUI Hans Loosli (new)
— FW Switzerland SUI René Bader
— FW Switzerland SUI Walter Bannwart
— FW Switzerland SUI Walter Bielser
— FW Switzerland SUI Pierre Geiser
— FW Switzerland SUI Josef Hügi (II)
— FW Switzerland SUI Ernst Klauser (II) (from Servette)
— FW Switzerland SUI Bruno Locher (II) (from Kleinhüningen)
— FW Switzerland SUI Hansueli Oberer
— FW Germany GER Peter-Jürgen Sanmann
— FW Switzerland SUI Hermann Suter
— FW Italy 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 Switzerland SUI Walter Müller (end of career)
— DF Switzerland SUI René Klauser (I) (to VfR Verein für Rasenspiele)
— DF Hungary HUN György Mogoy (to Nordstern Basel)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Switzerland SUI Raymond Gilliéron
— FW Switzerland SUI Rolf Keller (to Servette)
— FW Germany GER Otto Ludwig (to Schaffhausen)

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season

29 July 1956 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 7 – 3 Switzerland 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 soccer ball with red X 50′
Oberer 73' (7:3)		 Summary 25' (2:1) Ibach
47' (6:2) Muster
49' (6:3) Stramazzo
soccer ball with red X 54′ Ibach		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Gottfried Dienst, Basel
1 August 1956 Pre-season VfR Mannheim Germany 4 – 1 Switzerland Basel Nuremberg



 Summary Hügi (II)
12 August 1956 Pre-season La Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland 4 – 0 Switzerland Basel Brühl, Wettingen
Pottier 14' (1:0)
Kauer 17' (2:0)
Kauer 58' (3:0)
Morand 73' (4:0)		 Summary Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland W. Rufli Bremgarten
Note: Anniversary game 25 years FC Wettingen
19 August 1956 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 1 – 2 Slovakia ŠK Slovan Bratislava Landhof, Basel
15:00 Stäuble 41' (1:1) Summary 34' (0:1) Varga
73' (1:2) Obert		 Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Othmar Huber Thun

Winter break to end of season

27 January 1957 Winter break Basel Switzerland 5 – 2 Switzerland 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: Switzerland K. Keller Basel
9 February 1957 Winter break Basel Switzerland 1 – 1 Switzerland Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II) 65' (1:0) Summary 69' (1:1) Burger Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Fischlewitz Basel
10 March 1957 Mid-season FC Olten Switzerland 1 – 1 Switzerland Basel Kleinholz, Olten
Racheter 7' (1:0) Summary 45' (1:1) Stäuble Attendance: 800
Referee: Switzerland F. Schorer Interlaken
14 April 1957 Mid-season Biel-Bienne Switzerland 3 – 0 Switzerland Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
Gaille 32' (1:0)
Gaille 65' (2:0)
Turin 75' (3:0)		 Summary soccer ball with red X Stäuble Attendance: 500
Referee: Switzerland von Wartburg Bern
22 May 1957 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 2 – 0 Brazil EC Bahia Landhof, Basel
18:30 Oberer (1x)
Hügi (II) (1x)		 Summary soccer ball with red X Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Switzerland W. Rufli Bremgarten
29 May 1957 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 2 – 1 France 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: Switzerland Othmar Huber Thun
4 June 1957 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 2 – 3 Germany 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: Switzerland Victor Werner Schicker BernL
23 June 1957 End of season BC Augsburg Germany 1 – 2 Switzerland Basel Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
Summary

Nationalliga A

League matches

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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland W. Rufli Bremgarten
23 September 1956 Round 4 Servette 1 – 0 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
Coutaz 55' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland F. Buchmüller Zürich
25 November 1956 Round 11 Urania Genève Sport 1 – 0 Basel Stade de Frontenex, Geneva
Pasteuer soccer ball with red X 30′
Prod'hom 53' (1:0)		 Summary Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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 soccer ball with red X 88′		 Summary (1:1) Hügi (II)
61' (2:2) Hügi (II)
soccer ball with red X 68′ Hügi (II)
75' (2:3) Hügi (II)		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Josef Gulde St. Gallen
17 March 1957 Round 17 Basel 0 – 0 Servette Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland Victor Werner Schicker Bern

League table

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

21 October 1956 Round 3 SC Burgdorf 0 – 1 Basel Neumatt, Burgdorf
15:00 Probst soccer ball with red X 32′ Summary Red card 75' Bielser
86' (0:1) Hügi (II)		 Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Switzerland Peccorini Geneva
2 December 1956 Round 4 Luzern 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
Summary Attendance: 4,600
Referee: Switzerland
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: Switzerland Victor Werner Schicker Bern

See also

References

  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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