1953–54 FC Basel season

The 1953–54 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 60th season in their existence. It was their eighth 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 the eighth successive season.

FC Basel
1953–54 season
Chairman Jules Düblin
Manager René Bader
with Willy Dürr
GroundLandhof, Basel
Nationalliga A8th
Swiss CupRound 4
Top goalscorerLeague: Josef Hügi (30)
All: Josef Hügi (30)
Highest home attendance12,500 on 13 December 1953
vs Grasshopper Club
Lowest home attendance3,500 on 28 February 1954
vs Lausanne-Sport
Average home league attendance6,746

Overview

René Bader continued as the team's player-coach, for the second consecutive season. Basel played a total of 41 games during their 1953–54 season. Of these 41 matches 26 were in the domestic league, one match was in the Swiss Cup and 14 were test or friendly matches. The test/friendly games resulted with five victories, one was drawn, but eight matches ended with a defeat. In total, including the test games and the cup competition, 16 games were won, three were drawn and 22 were lost. In their 41 games they scored 93 goals and conceded 111.[1] A highlight in the test games was the match on 12 June against Brazil national team. This was the last test game before the 1954 World Cup.[2]

There were fourteen teams contesting in the 1953–54 Nationalliga A, the last two teams in the table were to be relegated. Basel won 11 of their 26 games and drew twice, but lost 13 matches. They scored 55 goals and conceded 62. Basel ended the championship with 24 points in 8th position. They were 18 points behind La Chaux-de-Fonds who became Swiss Champions. Josef Hügi was the Basel's top league goal scorer with 30 goals and thus the league top goal scorer. Walter Bielser was the team's second best goal scorer with six goals, Kurt Thalmann scored five, Hans Weber scored four.[3]

Basel joined the Swiss Cup in the 3rd principal round with a home match in the Landhof against Grenchen. The only goal of the match fell a couple of minutes before the final whistle and Basel were knocked out of the competition in this round.[4]

Players

The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the season 1953–54. The list includes players that were in the squad on the day that the Nationalliga A season started on 16 August 1953 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   SUI Gianfranco de Taddeo (from Young Boys)
— GK  FRA Simon Gusothien (from AS Huningue)
— GK   SUI Walter Müller
— DF   SUI Werner Bopp
— DF   SUI Hans-Rudolf Fitze
— DF   SUI Hans Hügi (I)
— DF   SUI René Klauser (I)
— DF  HUN György Mogoy
— DF   SUI Hans Weber
— MF   SUI Walter Felber (from FC Birsfelden)
— MF   SUI Benedikt Frey
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   SUI Kurt Maurer
— MF  FRA Pierre Redolfi
— MF   SUI Kurt Thalmann
— FW   SUI René Bader (Player-coach)
— FW   SUI Walter Bannwart
— FW   SUI Walter Bielser
— FW   SUI Josef Hügi (II)
— FW   SUI Ernst Klauser (II)
— FW  ITA Romano Zolin
—   Alfred Hartmann
—   Roman Studer
—   Werner Wederich
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   SUI Werner Schley (to Grasshopper Club)
— GK   SUI Werner Wenger
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   SUI Eugen Büchel (to Young Fellows Zürich)
— FW   SUI Marcel Frei
— FW   SUI Marcel Leisinger

Results
Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season and mid-season
21 July 1953 Pre-season SFK Lyn Oslo 3 – 3 Basel Oslo
Muggerud  24 pen. 1:1'
Nordahl  30' (2:1)
Olsen  59' (3:2)		 Summary  8' (0:1) Hügi (I)
 57' (2:2) Maurer
 69' (3:3) Hügi (II)		 Attendance: 8,000
23 July 1953 Pre-season Hamarkameratene 1 – 8 Basel Hamar
Olsen  20' (1:1) Summary  15' (0:1) Hügi (II)
 34' (1:2) Hügi (I)
 (1:3) Hügi (II)
 (1:4) Thalmann
 (1:5) Thalmann
 (1:6) Hügi (II)
 (1:7) Hügi (II)
 (1:8) Bader
26 July 1953 Pre-season Sjælland XI 6 – 2 Basel Roskilde
 10' (1:0)
 (2:1)
 (3:2)
 (4:2)
 (5:2)
 (6:2)		 Summary  12' (1:1) Hügi (II)
 17' (2:2) Bielser		 Attendance: 2,000
28 July 1953 Pre-season Sjælland XI 4 – 3 Basel Slagelse
Larsen  27' (1:2)
Jensen  46' (2:3)
 53' (pen. 3:3)
Jensen  77' (4:3)		 Summary  4' (0:1) Thalmann
 18' (0:2) Bader
 41' (1:3) Hügi (II)		 Attendance: 1,600
30 July 1953 Pre-season Nykøbing Falster BK 1901 3 – 1 Basel Nykøbing Falster
 (1:0)
 (2:1)
 (3:1)		 Summary  (1:1) Bader Attendance: 1,000
2 August 1953 Pre-season SV Werder Bremen 9 – 0 Basel Weserstadion, Bremen
Ebert  4' (1:0)
Hagenacker  10' (2:0)
Hagenacker  18' (3:0)
Hardtke  57' (4:0)
Preusse  50' (5:0)
Preusse  76' (6:0)
Ebert  80' (7:0)
Hagenacker  84' (8:0)
Ebert  86' (9:0)		 Summary
6 August 1953 Pre-seaspn Basel 0 – 3 Young Fellows Zürich Sports ground, Arlesheim
16:00 Summary  32' (0:1) Brühlmann
 38' (0:2) Beerli
 53' (0:3)		 Referee: Schaub Basel
20 September 1953 Mid-season AS Huningue 1919 2 – 5 Basel Huningue
16:00 Winterberger  (1:2)
Keller  43' (2:4)		 Summary  10' (0:1) Hügi (II)
 20' (0:2) Hügi (II)
 25' (1:3) Hügi (II)
 40' (1:4) Hügi (II)
 65' (2:5) Hügi (II)		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Moser
21 November 1953 Mid-season Basel 1 – 3 Karlsruher SC Landhof, Basel
14:45 Hügi (II)  64' (pen. 1:2) Summary  32' (0:1) Kunkel
 62' (0:2) Kunkel
 81' (1:3) Rastetter		 Attendance: 2,800
Referee: W. Rufli Bremgarten

Winter break to end of season
7 February 1954 Winter break Basel 3 – 5 Grasshopper Club Landhof, Basel
15:00 Thalmann  35' (1:0)
Bielser  61' (2:2)
Hügi (II)  73' (pen. 3:2)		 Summary  39' (pen. 1:1) Ballaman
 42' (1:2) Ballaman
 82' (pen. 3:3) Vonlanthen (II)
 84' (3:4) Jäger
 86' (3:5) Zappia		 Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Kellerhals Basel
14 February 1954 Winter break Wil 1 – 3 Basel Lindengut, Wil
Baltensberger  50' (1:3) Summary  4' (0:1) Maurer
 22' (0:2) Bannwart
 (0:3) Hügi (II)
Mogoy		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Josef Gulde St. Gallen
28 March 1954 Mid-season FC Reinach 1 – 4 Basel Reinach
Summary  (1x) Bannwart
 (1x) Hügi (II)
 (1x) Thalmann
 (1x) Weber
19 April 1954 Mid-season Lugano 2 – 3 Basel Al Ram, Bodio
Poma  28' (1:0)
Degiorgi  71' (2:1)		 Summary  65' (1:1) Hügi (I)
 80' (2:2) Hügi (II)
 82' (2:3) Hügi (II)		 Referee: Gino Bergamini Viganello
12 June 1954 End of season Basel 2 – 5 Brazil national team Landhof, Basel
17:30 Bosshard  27' (1:1)
Weber  47' (2:2)		 Summary  16' (0:1) Humberto
 43' (1:2) Humberto
 52' (2:3) Pinga
 57' (2:4) Pinga
 88' (2:5) Baltazar		 Attendance: 10,000
Referee: W. Rufli Bremgarten

Nationalliga A
Main article: 1953–54 Nationalliga A

League matches
16 August 1953 Round 1 Basel 1 – 0 Young Boys Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:30 Hügi (II)  23' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 7,500
Referee: F. Buchmüller Zürich
23 August 1953 Round 2 Grasshopper Club 3 – 4 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
16:00 Vukosavljević  19' (1:1)
Vukosavljević  36' (2:3)
Vukosavljević  54' (3:4)		 Summary  12' (0:1) Bader
 31' (1:2) Hügi (II)
 35' (1:3) Hügi (II)
 45' (2:4) Thalmann		 Attendance: 8.000
Referee: Zutter Bern
30 August 1953 Round 3 Basel 4 – 0 Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
16:30 Bader  15' (1:0)
Hügi (II)  55' (2:0)
Hügi (II)  60' (3:0)
Bielser  79' (4:0)		 Summary Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Fr. Karlen Bern
6 September 1953 Round 4 Fribourg 2 – 1 Basel Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard, Freiburg
Raetzo  7' (1:0)
Weil  75' (2:1)		 Summary  11' (1:1) Hügi (II) Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Rapin Lausanne
13 September 1953 Round 5 Basel 1 – 3 Chiasso Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II)  71' (1:2) Summary  31' (o.g. 0:1) Hügi (I)
 73' (0:2) Riva
 87' (1:3) Oberer		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: von Gunten Bern
27 September 1953 Round 6 Lausanne-Sport 5 – 2 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
15:30 Maillard (II)  53' (1:1)
Guhl  62' (2:1)
Guhl  65' (3:1)
Glisovic  70' (4:1)
Stäuble  80' (5:2)		 Summary  1' (0:1) Thalmann
 75' (4:2) Hügi (II)		 Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Schüttel Sion
4 October 1953 Round 7 Basel 3 – 1 FC Bern Landhof, Basel
15:00 Mogoy  43' (pen. 1:0)
Bielser  47' (2:0)
Thalmann  75' (3:1)		 Summary  69' (2:1) Hartmann Attendance: 4,500
Referee: E. Guidi Bellinzona
18 October 1953 Round 8 Zürich 1 – 2 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
15:00 Rossi  (2:1) Summary  20' (0:1) Hügi (I)
 40' (0:2) Bannwart		 Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Victor Werner Schicker Bern
25 October 1953 Round 9 Basel 4 – 3 Grenchen Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hügi (I)  12' (1:1)
Hügi (II)  (2:1)
Hügi (I)  53' (3:3)
Hügi (II)  58' (4:3)		 Summary  7' (0:1) Righetti (II)
 25' (2:2) Righetti (II)
 52' (2:3) Righetti (II)		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Schönholzer Lausanne
1 November 1953 Round 10 La Chaux-de-Fonds 2 – 0 Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
15:00 Coutaz  20' (1:0)
Coutaz  89' (2:0)		 Summary  15' Hügi (II) Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Paul Wyssling Zürich
8 November 1953 Round 11 Basel 3 – 2 Bellinzona Landhof, Basel
14:30 Bielser  14' (1:0)
Hügi (II)  42' (2:2)
Bannwart  83' (3:2)		 Summary  33' (o.g. 1:1) Mogoy
 38' (1:2) Zurmühle		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Zutter Bern
15 November 1953 Round 12 Basel 1 – 2 Luzern Landhof, Basel
14:30 Hügi (II)  19' (1:0) Summary  52' (1:1) Feller
 59' (1:2) Kruppa		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Gino Bergamini Viganello
29 November 1953 Round 13 Servette 2 – 2 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
14:30 Duret  22' (1:0)
Duret  52' (2:1)		 Summary  41' (1:1) Thalmann
 (2:2) Hügi (II)		 Attendance: 11,000
Referee: W. Rufli Bremgarten
6 December 1953 Round 14 Young Boys 3 – 0 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
14:30 Meier  17' (1:0)
Grütter  61' (2:0)
Meier  62' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Paul Wyssling Zürich
13 December 1953 Round 15 Basel 1 – 6 Grasshopper Club Landhof, Basel
14:30 Mogoy  21' (1:1) Summary  8' (0:1) Vonlanthen
 31' (1:2) Bickel
 34' (pen. 1:3) Bickel
 47' (1:4) Vuko
 60' (1:5) Bickel
 77' (1:6) Hagen		 Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Josef Gulde St. Gallen
20 December 1953 Round 16 Biel-Bienne 2 – 1 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
Lipps  17' (1:0)
Scheurer  60' (2:1)
Wiedmer 		Summary  20' (1:1) Hügi (II) Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Schüttel Sion
27 December 1953 Round 17 Basel 3 – 2 Fribourg Landhof, Basel
14:30 Bielser  24' (1:1)
Hügi (II)  62' (2:1)
Bielser  63' (3:1)		 Summary  11' (0:1) Raetzo
 72' (3:2) Streiner		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Bollinger Schaffhausen
21 February 1954 Round 18 Chiasso 3 – 5 Basel Stadio Via Comacini, Chiasso
Chiesa  6' (1:0)
Chiesa  8' (2:0)
Ferrari  10' (3:0)		 Summary  24' (3:1) Weber
 54' (3:2) Weber
 55' (3:3) Hügi (II)
 63' (3:4) Hügi (II)
 88' (3:5) Bannwart		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: W. Rufli Bremgarten
28 February 1954 Round 19 Basel 2 – 3 Lausanne-Sport Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II)  17' (1:0)
Weber  (2:3)		 Summary  19' (1:1) Maillard (II)
 46' (1:2) Eschmann
 47' (1:3) Eschmann		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Victor Werner Schicker Bern
7 March 1954 Round 20 FC Bern 2 – 2 Basel Neufeld, Bern
15:00 Hügi (II)  60' (1:0)
Thalmann  61' (2:0)		 Summary  74' (2:1) Grossenbacher
 74' (2:2) Wirsching		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Weiersmüller Suhr
14 March 1954 Round 21 Basel 3 – 4 Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II)  9' (1:0)
Hügi (II)  23' (pen. 2:2)
Hügi (II)  78' (3:3)		 Summary  31' (pen. 2:1) Kohler
 54' (o.g. 2:2) Klauser (I)
 67' (2:3) Schneiter
 80' (3:4) Bosshard		 Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Werner Müller
21 March 1954 Round 22 Grenchen 2 – 1 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
15:00 Sidler  35' (pen. 1:0)
Pfister  90' (2:1)		 Summary  54' (1:1) Weber Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Fr. Karlen Bern
4 April 1954 Round 23 Basel 4 – 2 La Chaux-de-Fonds Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II)  1' (pen. 1:0)
Bielser  15' (2:0)
Hügi (II)  43' (3:2)
Hügi (II)  75' (4:2)		 Summary  18' (2:1) Fesselet
 35' (2:2) Coutaz		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: F. Buchmüller Zürich
11 April 1954 Round 24 Bellinzona 2 – 0 Basel Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona
Sartori  61' (1:0)
Fontana  64' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Dörflinger Grenchen
2 May 1954 Round 25 Luzern 2 – 3 Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
Kyd  18' (1:0)
Kyd  51' (2:2)		 Summary  37' (1:1) Hügi (II)
 43' (1:2) Hügi (II)
 75' (2:3) Hügi (II)		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Schönholzer Lausanne
9 May 1954 Round 26 Basel 2 – 3 Servette Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II)  70' (1:2)
Hügi (II)  73' (2:2)		 Summary  44' (0:1) Fatton
 53' (0:2) Fatton
 83' (2:3) Fatton		 Attendance: 7,700
Referee: Gino Bergamini Viganello

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 20 2 4 78 36 +42 42 Champions and Swiss Cup winners
2 Grasshopper Club 26 19 3 4 108 47 +61 41
3 Lausanne-Sport 26 15 6 5 69 46 +23 36
4 Young Boys 26 13 4 9 66 44 +22 30
5 Servette 26 10 10 6 55 38 +17 30
6 Bellinzona 26 10 5 11 41 44 −3 25
7 Grenchen 26 10 4 12 53 58 −5 24
8 Basel 26 11 2 13 55 62 −7 24
9 Chiasso 26 9 5 12 45 62 −17 23
10 Luzern 26 10 2 14 47 68 −21 22
11 Zürich 26 8 4 14 45 64 −19 20
12 Fribourg 26 8 2 16 37 53 −16 18
13 FC Bern 26 8 1 17 40 75 −35 17 Relegated
14 Biel-Bienne 26 5 2 19 36 78 −42 12 Relegated
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup
10 January 1954 Round 3 Basel 0 – 1 Grenchen Landhof, Basel
14:30 Summary  88' (0:1) Pfister Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Gino Bergamini Viganello


See also

References
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  2. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - Brasilien 2:5 (1:2)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
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  4. Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1953/54". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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