FC Basel
1959–60 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Ernst Weber
ManagerHungary Jenő Vincze
GroundLandhof, Basel
Nationalliga A10th
Swiss CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Switzerland Roberto Frigerio
and Switzerland Josef Hügi (both 15)
All: Switzerland Josef Hügi (19)
Highest home attendance8,000 on 24 April 1960
vs La Chaux-de-Fonds
and on 11 June 1960
vs Young Boys
Lowest home attendance3,800 on 8 November 1959
vs Winterthur
and on 13 December 1959
vs Lugano
Average home league attendance5,523

The 1959–60 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 66th season in their existence. It was their 14th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football since their promotion from the Nationalliga B the season 1945–46. They played their home games in the Landhof, in the Wettstein Quarter in Kleinbasel. Ernst Weber was the club's new chairman taking over from Jules Düblin after the AGM on 27 May 1959. 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

Jenő Vincze was hired as new team manager, following René Bader who had been trainer ad-interim. The Hungarian ex-international footballer Vincze had been team manager of Servette the previous two seasons. Defender Ulrich Vetsch joined the club from Young Fellows Zürich, Hungarian striker Ferenc Stockbauer joined from SV Wiesbaden, Paul Speidel from lower tier club FC Olten and Jean-Louis Gygax from lower tier FC Moutier. In the other direction Hans Hügi moved on to Young Fellows Zürich after 11 seasons and 220 league and cup games for Basel. Hermann Suter, who had played 16 seasons for Basel and in 229 league and cup games had scored 104 goals, ended his active football career. Antoine Kohn moved on to play for Fortuna '54. Fredy Kehrli, Charles Turin and Gottlieb Stäuble returned to or moved on to newly promoted Biel-Bienne.[2]

Basel played a total of 44 games this season. Of these 44 matches 26 were in the domestic league, four were in the Swiss Cup and 14 were friendly matches. Only two of these friendly games were played at home, the rest were played away, including two in the Easter tournament in Bruges against Polonia Bytom and Club Brugge KV. The friendly games resulted with six victories, four draws and four defeats. The team scored 33 goals and conceded 18.[3]

Fourteen teams contested the 1959–60 Nationalliga A, these were the top 12 teams from the previous season and the two newly promoted teams FC Winterthur and FC Biel-Bienne. The Championship was played in a double round-robin and the last two teams in the table to be relegated. Basel started badly into the new season, losing five of the first seven games. In fact, the team won only one of their first 16 games and were always in the lower regions of the league table. However, with five victories in their last ten league matches, the team lifted themselves to tenth position in the table, but were still lower positioned than the afore mentioned two newly promoted teams. In fact, Biel-Bienne managed to end the season in second position behind the reigning and new champions Young Boys who won the championship for the fourth successive season. Two of these last five victories were against Lugano and Bellinzona and these two teams then suffered relegation. Basel's top league goal scorers were Roberto Frigerio and Josef Hügi both of whom managed 15 league goals. Frigerio managed a hat-trick in the away game against Zürich on 20 March 1960.[4]

Basel entered the Swiss Cup in the third principal round. They were drawn away against third tier SC Derendingen and won 1–0 through a goal by their Hungarian striker Ferenc Stockbauer. In the next round Basel were drawn at home at the Landhof against lower tier team FC Porrentruy and this ended with a 5–2 victory. In the round of 16 Basel played a home 1–1 draw with the Young Boys, but then lost the replay 3–5. Luzern won the competition winning the final against Grenchen.[5]

Players

The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the season 1959–60. The list includes players that were in the squad on the day that the Nationalliga A season started on 23 August 1959 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
1 GK Switzerland SUI René Jeker
1 GK Switzerland SUI Kurt Stettler
2 DF Switzerland SUI Bruno Michaud
3 DF Switzerland SUI Hans Weber
4 MF Switzerland SUI Jean-Jacques Maurer
5 FW Switzerland SUI Hansueli Oberer
6 MF Switzerland SUI René Thüler
7 FW Germany GER Otto Ludwig
8 FW Switzerland SUI Bernhard Chenaux
9 FW Switzerland SUI Josef Hügi (II)
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 FW Switzerland SUI Roberto Frigerio
11 FW Switzerland SUI Paul Speidel (from FC Olten)
— DF Switzerland SUI Werner Bopp
— DF Switzerland SUI Ulrich Vetsch (from Young Fellows Zürich)
— DF Switzerland SUI Jean-Louis Gygax (from FC Moutier)
— MF Switzerland SUI René Jaeck
— MF Switzerland SUI Rudolf Rickenbacher
— MF Switzerland SUI Silvan Thüler
— FW Switzerland SUI Ludwig Schraut
— FW Hungary HUN Ferenc Stockbauer (from SV Wiesbaden)
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 Wider
— DF Switzerland SUI Hans Hügi (I) (to Young Fellows Zürich)
— DF Switzerland SUI Fredy Kehrli (to Biel-Bienne)
— DF Switzerland SUI Jules Wyss
— MF Switzerland SUI Charles Turin (to Biel-Bienne)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Switzerland SUI Rudolf Burger (to Grasshopper Club)
— MF Switzerland SUI Gottlieb Stäuble (to Biel-Bienne)
— FW Luxembourg LUX Antoine Kohn (to Fortuna '54)
— FW Switzerland SUI Raymond Simonet (to Cantonal Neuchatel)
— FW Switzerland SUI Hermann Suter (retired)

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season

1959 Pre-season Old Boys Switzerland 2 – 2 Switzerland Basel Basel
Summary
2 August 1959 Pre-season Grenchen Switzerland 2 – 2 Switzerland Basel Stade de Fontenais, Fontenais
Hamel 21' (1:0)
Hamel (2:1)		 Summary 23' (1:1) Frigerio
(2:2) Ludwig		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland Surdez Delémont
8 August 1959 Pre-season SC Kleinhüningen Switzerland 1 – 6 Switzerland Basel Schorenmatte, Basel
18:00 Meier (1:6) Summary 23' (0:1) Frigerio
27' (0:2) Frigerio
(0:3) Stockbauer
(0:4) Schraut
(0:5) Speidel
(0:6) Speidel		 Attendance: 300
Referee: Switzerland M. Schreiber Reinach
12 August 1959 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 0 – 2 Belgium Standard Liège Landhof, Basel
20:00 Summary 71' (0:1) Paeschen
77' (0:2) Paeschen		 Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Gottfried Dienst Basel
16 August 1959 Pre-season Aarau Switzerland 1 – 0 Switzerland Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
Crivelli (1:0) Summary Attendance: 2,400
Referee: Switzerland W. Müller Baden
20 September 1959 Mid-season FC Emmenbrücke Switzerland 1 – 4 Switzerland Basel Gersag, Emmenbrücke
De Mauro (pen.) Summary (1x) Hügi (II)
(1x) Oberer
(1x) Chenaux
(1x) Stockbauer		 Attendance: 500
Referee: Switzerland Anton Bucheli Luzern
3 October 1959 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 0 – 0 Switzerland Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
16:00 Summary Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland E. Emmenegger Basel
25 October 1959 Mid-season FC Langenthal Switzerland 0 – 5 Switzerland Basel Langenthal
Summary Attendance: 1,500

Winter break and mid-season

1 February 1960 Winter break Baden Switzerland 2 – 6 Switzerland Basel Scharten, Baden
Arnold 3' (1:0)
Schweizer 22' (2:2)		 Summary 10' (1:1) Frigerio
(1:2) Jaeck
40' (o.g. 2:3)
55' (2:4) Frigerio
(o.g. 2:5)
(2:6) Jaeck		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Switzerland W. Rufli Bremgarten
17 April 1960 Semi-final Polonia Bytom Poland 1 – 1
(7 – 8 p)		 Switzerland Basel Bruges
Pilodwizck 55' (1:0) Summary (1:1) Hügi (II)
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Note: Easter tournament in Bruges. Decision after penalty shootout: 10 shots per team, Basel score 8 times, Bruges only 7 times.
18 April 1960 Final Club Brugge KV Belgium 2 – 0 Switzerland Basel Bruges
Gerard 13' (1:0)
van Eeckhout 78' (2:0)		 Summary
Note: Easter tournament in Bruges.
17 April 1960 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 1 – 3 France Toulouse FC St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Hügi (II) 10' (1:0) Summary 15' (1:1) Maouche
30' (1:2) Dorsini
75' (1:3) Schultze		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Switzerland Anton Bucheli Luzern

Nationalliga A

League matches

23 August 1959 Round 1 Grenchen 3 – 2 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
15:00 Morf 22' (pen. 1:1)
Glisovic 29' (2:1)
Moser 60' (3:2)
Raboud (I) Yellow card		 Summary 3' (pen. 0:1) Michaud
38' (2:2) Ludwig		 Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Switzerland Anton Bucheli Luzern
30 August 1959 Round 2 Basel 0 – 2 Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary 10' (0:1) Koller
41' (0:2) Derwall		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Guinnard Gletterens
6 September 1959 Round 3 Grasshopper Club 3 – 0 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
16:15 Gabrieli 3' (1:0)
Hagen 60' (2:0)
Ballaman 69' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Switzerland Meister Neuchâtel
13 September 1959 Round 4 Basel 3 – 1 Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Oberer 58' (1:1)
Weber 4' (2:1)
Hügi (II) 76' (3:1)		 Summary 13' (0:1) Reutlinger
Yellow card Kehl
Yellow card Stählin		 Attendance: 4,900
Referee: Switzerland Victor Werner Schicker Bern
27 September 1959 Round 5 Servette 5 – 2 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
Heuri 30' (1:2)
Fatton 36' (2:2)
Schneider 45' (pen. 3:2)
Fatton 71' (4:2)
Fatton 84' (5:2)		 Summary 5' (0:2) Hügi (II)
15' (0:2) Stockbauer		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Paul Wyssling Zürich
11 October 1959 Round 6 Basel 2 – 2 Lausanne-Sport Landhof, Basel
15:00 Weber 34 1:1'
Michaud 69' (2:2)		 Summary 32' (0:1) Hosp
49' (pen. 1:2) Vonlanden		 Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Othmar Huber Thun
18 October 1959 Round 7 La Chaux-de-Fonds 4 – 1 Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
15:00 Sommerlatt 25' (pen. 1:0)
Morand 70' (2:0)
Antenen 75' (3:0)
Antenen 79' (4:1)		 Summary 77' (3:1) Frigerio Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Schüttel Sion
8 November 1959 Round 8 Basel 3 – 3 Winterthur Landhof, Basel
14:30 Frigerio 5' (1:0)
Frigerio 37' (2:2)
Oberer 43' (3:2)		 Summary 12' (1:1) Scheller
30' (1:2) Akeret
59' (3:3) Etterlin		 Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Switzerland Anton Bucheli Luzern
15 November 1959 Round 9 Bellinzona P – P Basel Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona
[ Summary]
22 November 1959 Round 10 Basel 3 – 3 Luzern Landhof, Basel
14:30 Hügi (II) 20' (1:0)
Frigerio 30' (2:0)
Frigerio 77' (3:3)		 Summary 37' (2:1) Hahn
42' (2:2) Hahn
66' (2:3) Lüscher		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Guinnard Gletterens
6 December 1959 Round 11 Chiasso 2 – 1 Basel Stadio Via Comacini, Chiasso
Boldini 21' (1:0)
Boffi 52' (2:0)		 Summary 54' (2:1) Hügi (II) Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Domeniconi Geneva
13 December 1959 Round 12 Basel 1 – 1 Lugano Landhof, Basel
14:30 Michaud 71' (1:1) Summary 15' (0:1) Frosio Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Switzerland Schwab Neuchâtel
20 December 1959 Round 13 Young Boys 1 – 1 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Meier 39' (1:0) Summary 77' (1:1) Frigerio Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Switzerland D. Mellet Lausanne
21 February 1960 Round 9 Bellinzona 0 – 0 Basel Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona
Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland D. Mellet Lausanne
28 February 1960 Round 14 Basel 1 – 1 Grenchen Landhof, Basel
14:30 Hügi (II) 85' (1:1) Summary 40' (0:1) Löffel Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland M. Baumberger Lausanne
6 March 1960 Round 15 Biel-Bienne 3 – 1 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
Turin 6' (1:0)
Hänzi 59' (2:0)
Graf 70' (2:1)		 Summary 68' (2:1) Weber Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland Paul Wyssling Zürich
13 March 1960 Round 16 Basel 1 – 1 Grasshopper Club Landhof, Basel
15:00 Michaud 4' (pen. 1:0) Summary 9' (o.g. 1:1) Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Switzerland F. Schorer Interlaken
20 March 1960 Round 17 Zürich 2 – 3 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
15:00 Pastega 42' (1:2)
Wüthrich 50' (2:2)		 Summary 14' (0:1) Frigerio
23' (0:2) Frigerio
52' (2:3) Frigerio		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland Victor Werner Schicker Bern
3 April 1960 Round 18 Basel 2 – 2 Servette Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II) 48' (1:1)
Hügi (II) 78' (2:2)		 Summary 7' (0:1) Pázmándy
76' (1:2) Pázmándy		 Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Switzerland Schüttel Sion
10 April 1960 Round 19 Lausanne-Sport 2 – 1 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:22 Hertig 1' (1:0)
Armbruster 89' (2:1)		 Summary 20' (o.g. 1:1) Fesselet Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Burkhardt St. Gallen
24 April 1960 Round 20 Basel 4 – 0 La Chaux-de-Fonds Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II) 47' (1:0)
Hügi (II) 53' (2:0)
Frigerio 55' (3:0)
Frigerio 85' (4:0)		 Summary Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Switzerland Victor Werner Schicker Bern
1 May 1960 Round 21 Winterthur 2 – 0 Basel Schützenwiese, Winterthur
Schmid 64' (1:0)
Gantenbein 82' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland W. Müller Baden
15 May 1960 Round 22 Basel 3 – 1 Bellinzona Landhof, Basel
15:00 Frigerio 37' (1:0)
Frigerio 80' (2:0)
Hügi (II) 85' (3:0)		 Summary 86' (3:1) Pellanda Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Paul Wyssling Zürich
22 May 1960 Round 23 Luzern 6 – 1 Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
Wolfisberg 17' (1:0)
Blättler 19' (2:0)
Hahn 59' (pen. 3:1)
Hahn 80' (4:1)
Frey 81' (5:1)
Beerli 84' (6:1)		 Summary 27' (o.g. 2:1) Kunz Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Helbling Uznach
29 May 1960 Round 24 Basel 3 – 0 Chiasso Landhof, Basel
15:00 Frigerio 48' (1:0)
Michaud 83' (2:0)
Hügi (II) 85' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Switzerland Victor Werner Schicker Bern
5 June 1960 Round 25 Lugano 2 – 4 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
Benko 1' (1:0)
Ciani 26' (2:1)		 Summary 11' (1:1) Ludwig
34' (2:2) Jaeck
73' (2:3) Hügi (II)
78' (2:4) Hügi (II)		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Helbling Uznach
11 June 1960 Round 26 Basel 3 – 3 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
17:45 Hügi (II) 8' (1:0)
Frigerio 25' (2:1)
Hügi (II) 40' (3:1)		 Summary 9' (1:1) Wechselberger
69' (2:1) Dürr
76' (3:3) Wechselberger		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Switzerland Anton Bucheli Luzern

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Young Boys 26 20 2 4 86 44 +42 42 Swiss Champions, qualified for 1960–61 European Cup
2 Biel-Bienne 26 14 8 4 61 38 +23 36
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 14 4 8 71 51 +20 32
4 Zürich 26 13 5 8 64 44 +20 31
5 Luzern 26 11 5 10 65 62 +3 27 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1960–61 Cup Winners' Cup
6 Winterthur 26 12 3 11 40 40 0 27
7 Servette 26 8 9 9 46 39 +7 25
8 Grasshopper Club 26 8 8 10 54 61 −7 24
9 Chiasso 26 8 7 11 39 57 −18 23
10 Basel 26 6 10 10 46 55 −9 22
11 Grenchen 26 8 5 13 51 48 +3 21
12 Lausanne-Sport 26 7 7 12 41 74 −33 21
13 Lugano 26 6 6 14 34 52 −18 18 Relegated
14 Bellinzona 26 4 7 15 28 61 −33 15 Relegated
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

1 November 1959 3rd principal round SC Derendingen 0 – 1 Basel Heidenegg, Derendingen
15:30 Summary 21' (0:1) Stockbauer Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Surdez Delémont
29 November 1959 Round 4 Basel 5 – 2 FC Porrentruy Landhof, Basel
Frigerio 1' (1:0)
Hügi (II) 44' (2:0)
Weber 59' (3:0)
Hügi (II) 70' (4:1)
Frigerio 86' (5:2)		 Summary 69' (3:1) Froidevaux
82' (4:2) Brunner		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland Staufer Renens
27 December 1959 Round 5 Basel 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Hügi (II) 71' (1:1) Summary 8' (0:1) Meier Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Switzerland Helbling Uznach
7 February 1960 Round 5 replay Young Boys 5 – 3 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
14:30 Meier 1' (1:0)
Wechselberger 58' (2:2)
Wechselberger 663:2'
Meier 80' (4:3)
Wechselberger 88' (5:3)		 Summary 14' (1:1) Weber
32' (1:2) Frigerio
79' (3:3) Hügi (II)		 Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Switzerland Josef Gulde St. Gallen

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 und B 1958/59". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1959/60". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. ↑ Erik Garin. "Nationalliga A 1959/60". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  5. ↑ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1959/60". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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