1956–57 FC Basel season

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 the season 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 period.

FC Basel
1956–57 season
Chairman Jules Düblin
Manager Béla Sárosi
GroundLandhof, Basel
Top goalscorerLeague: Josef Hügi (22)
All: 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

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 with five victories, two were drawn and five friendlies ended with a defeat. 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 table Zürich and Young Fellows Zürich ended the season level with 14 points, joint second last, and therefore they had to play a relegation play-off. The 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   SUI Hansruedi Blatter
— GK   SUI Werner Schley
— DF   SUI Werner Bopp
— DF   SUI Hans-Rudolf Fitze
— DF   SUI Hans Hügi (I)
— DF   SUI Bruno Michaud (I)
— MF   SUI Gustav Borer
— MF   SUI Benedikt Frey (from CIBA)
— MF  FRA Pierre Redolfi
— MF   SUI Rudolf Rickenbacher
— MF   SUI Gottlieb Stäuble
— MF   SUI Silvan Thüler
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW   SUI Hans Loosli (new)
— FW   SUI René Bader
— FW   SUI Walter Bannwart
— FW   SUI Walter Bielser
— FW   SUI Pierre Geiser
— FW   SUI Josef Hügi (II)
— FW   SUI Ernst Klauser (II) (from Servette)
— FW   SUI Bruno Locher (II) (from Kleinhüningen)
— FW   SUI Hansueli Oberer
— FW  GER Peter-Jürgen Sanmann
— FW   SUI Hermann Suter
— FW  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   SUI Walter Müller (end of career)
— DF   SUI René Klauser (I) (to VfR Verein für Rasenspiele)
— DF  HUN György Mogoy (to Nordstern Basel)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   SUI Raymond Gilliéron
— FW   SUI Rolf Keller (to Servette)
— FW  GER Otto Ludwig (to Schaffhausen)

Results
Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

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



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

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

Nationalliga A
Main article: 1956–57 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: 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: 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: W. Rufli Bremgarten
23 September 1956 Round 4 Servette 1 – 0 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
Coutaz  55' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 5,000
Referee: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: F. Buchmüller Zürich
25 November 1956 Round 11 Urania Genève Sport 1 – 0 Basel Stade de Frontenex, Geneva
Pasteuer 30′
Prod'hom  53' (1:0)		 Summary Attendance: 6,000
Referee: 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: 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: 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: 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 88′		 Summary  (1:1) Hügi (II)
 61' (2:2) Hügi (II)
68′ Hügi (II)
 75' (2:3) Hügi (II)		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Josef Gulde St. Gallen
17 March 1957 Round 17 Basel 0 – 0 Servette Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary Attendance: 9,000
Referee: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 32′ Summary  75' Bielser
 86' (0:1) Hügi (II)		 Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Peccorini Geneva
2 December 1956 Round 4 Luzern 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
Summary Attendance: 4,600
Referee:
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: 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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