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1950–51 FC Basel season

The 1950–51 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 57th season in their existence. It was their fifth season in Nationalliga A the top flight of Swiss football following their promotion from the Nationalliga B in the season 1945–46. For the second consecutive season Basel played their home games in the Stadion Schützenmatte in the Bachletten quartier in the southwestern edge of the city of Basel. Jules Düblin was the club's chairman for the fifth successive season.

FC Basel
1950–51 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Jules Düblin
ManagerSwitzerland Ernst Hufschmid
GroundLandhof, Basel
Nationalliga A4th
Swiss CupRound 5
Top goalscorerLeague: Switzerland Josef Hügi (21)
All: Switzerland Josef Hügi (23)
Highest home attendance8,000 on 6 May 1951
vs Cantonal Neuchatel
Lowest home attendance3,000 on 30 December 1950
vs Bellinzona
Average home league attendance5,153

Overview

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Ernst Hufschmid, who had functioned as player-coach the previous three seasons, continued in this function this year. Curiosity, Hufschmid played only in one match this season and it was his last active match as player and this he played as goalkeeper. On 10 August 1950 Football Club Basel played against Eishockey Club Basel. This was a return game for the ice hockey game EHC-FCB in December 1949. The football team won the football match 14–5. Goalkeeper Walter Müller played as striker and he scored six goals.[1]

Basel played a total of 40 games in this season. Of these 26 games were in the domestic league, three games were in the Swiss Cup and eleven were test games. The test games resulted with eight victories, one was drawn and two ended with defeats. In total, including the test games and the cup competition, they won 22 games, drew five and lost 13 times. In the 41 games they scored 106 goals and conceded 75.[2]

As in the previous seasons, there were fourteen teams contesting in the 1950–51 Nationalliga A and the bottom two teams in the table to be relegated. Basel played a mediocre season and throughout the season they were in the midfield of the table. At the end of the season Basel won their last two games and finished in fourth position level on points with Zürich and Servette, six points behind the new champions Lausanne-Sport. Basel won 12 games, drew four and were defeated ten times, they scored 62 goals and conceded 51 as they gained their 28 points. Josef "Seppe" Hügi was the team's best scorer and 2nd best league scorer. He netted 21 league goals. Paul Stöcklin was the team's second best goal getter and 12th best league scorer with 12 goals.[3]

In the 3rd principal round of the Swiss Cup on 29 October 1950 in the away match against FC Münchenstein Gottlieb Stäuble had a good day and scored a hat-trick as the team won 6–0 to qualify for the next round.[4] In round 4 Basel were drawn away against Biel-Bienne and this too was won. In round 5 Basel were drawn at home against Locarno. In the 65th minute goalkeeper Walter Müller and defender Werner Wenk were both sent off and Locarno won the game.[5] Locarno later advanced to the final, but here were defeated by La Chaux-de-Fonds who thus won the trophy.[6]

Players

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The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the season 1950–51. The list includes players that were in the squad on the day that the Nationalliga A season started on 3 September 1950 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 Oswald Capra
— GK   SUI Walter Müller
— GK   SUI Jean Presset
— DF   SUI Werner Bopp
— DF   SUI Hans-Rudolf Fitze
— DF   SUI Ernst Hufschmid (Player-coach)
— DF   SUI Hans Hügi
— MF   SUI Max Sutter
— MF   SUI Hans Weber
— MF   SUI Leo Baumgratz
— MF   SUI Fritz Hartmann (from Nordstern Basel)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   SUI Eugen Müller
— MF   FRA Pierre Redolfi
— MF   SUI Gottlieb Stäuble
— MF   SUI Werner Wenk
— MF   SUI Willy Zingg
— FW   SUI René Bader
— FW   SUI Walter Bannwart
— FW   SUI Peter Baumgartner
— FW   SUI Erich Grether
— FW   SUI Josef Hügi
— FW   SUI Marcel Leisinger
— FW   SUI Paul Stöcklin
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
— MF   SUI Otto Krieg (to FC Birsfelden)
— MF   SUI Louis Schenker (to FC Luzern)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW   FRA René Hebinger (to FC Mulhouse)
— FW   SUI Albert Meier
— FW   SUI Otto Soltermann (to FC Birsfelden)

Results

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Legend

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

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Pre-season

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5 August 1950 Pre-season Basel   6–4   Freiburger FC Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
Leisinger   (2x)
Bader   (2x)
Bannwart   (1x)
Hügi (II)   (1x)		 Summary   (3x) Mokros
  (1x) Faber
  (1x) Lehmann		 Attendance: 1,600
Referee:   von Wartburg Bern
10 August 1950 Pre-season Basel   14–5   EHC Basel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
18:30 Müller   20' (1:0)
Hügi (II)   (2:0)
Müller   (3:0)
Bannwart   (4:1)
Hügi (II)   (5:1)
Müller   (6:1)
Bopp   (7:1)
Müller   (8:1)
Müller   (9:1)
Müller   (10:2)
Hügi (I)   (11:3)
Bader   (12:3)
Hügi (I)   (13:3)
Hügi (I)   (14:3)		 Summary   (3:1) Härter
  (9:2) Härter
  (10:3) Härter
  (14:4) Beer
  (14:5) Wiesner		 Attendance: 750
Referee:   A. Aegerter
13 August 1950 Pre-season Basel   1–0   Grenchen Sportplatz Nau, Laufen
Leisinger   85' (1:0) Summary Referee:   Dörflinger Grenchen
19 August 1950 Pre-season Basel   2–3   Karlsruher FV Hörnli, Basel
Hügi (I)   12' (1:0)
  (o.g. 2:3)		 Summary   (1:1)
  22' (1:2)
  35' (1:3)
20 August 1950 Pre-season Wil   2–2   Basel Lindengut, Wil
16:00 Hagen (II)   12' (1:0)
Hagen (II)   (2:0)		 Summary   (2:1) Wenk
  (pen. 2:2) Wenk		 Attendance: 2,200
Referee:   Schären Winterthur
26 August 1950 Pre-season Basel   2–1   Berliner SV 1892 Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
Bader   25' (1:1)
Bader   81 pen. 2:1'		 Summary   20' (0:1) Langetal Attendance: 2,500
Referee:   E. Ruefer Bern
16 September 1950 Mid-season Fribourg   1–2   Basel Stade Universitaire, Freiburg
Kaeslin   51' (1:0) Summary   65' (1:1) Bopp
  88' (1:2) Stäuble		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee:   Dörflinger Grenchen

Winter break to end of season

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11 February 1951 Winter break Basel   4–3   Concordia Basel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
Wenk   5' (1:0)
Leisinger   25' (2:0)
Leisinger   43' (3:0)
Stöcklin   75' (pen. 4:2)		 Summary   53' (3:1) Girod
  65' (3:2) Rinderknecht
  78' (4:3) Girod		 Attendance: 650
Referee:   Niederhauser Bern
14 April 1951 Mid-season Basel   0–2   Olympique de Marseille Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:15 Summary   3' (0:1) Andersson
  68' (0:2) Andersson		 Attendance: 2,200
Referee:   Scherz Bern
22 May 1951 Mid-season Basel   1–0   Bolton Wanderers Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
18:30 Hügi (II)   88' (2:0) Summary Attendance: 5,200
Referee:   Schürch Winterthur
6 June 1951 Mid-season Basel   2–0   Blackpool Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:00 Ballaman   19' (1:0)
Stöcklin   32' (2;0)		 Summary Attendance: 10,000
Referee:   Paul Wyssling Zürich

Nationalliga

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Main article: 1950–51 Nationalliga A

League matches

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3 September 1950 Round 1 Biel-Bienne 1–1 Basel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00 Rösch   60' (1:1) Summary   49' (0:1) Bannwart Attendance: 4,500
Referee:   E. Guidi Bellinzona
9 September 1950 Round 2 Basel 5–1 Young Boys Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II)   31' (1:1)
  40' (o.g. 2:1)
Stäuble   62' (3:1)
Bannwart   64' (4:1)
  72' (o.g. 5:1)		 Summary   30' (0:1) Beerli Attendance: 5,500
Referee:   Lutz Geneva
24 September 1950 Round 3 Servette 2–2 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
15:00 Jerusalem   30' (1:0)
Fatton   75' (2:1)		 Summary   41' (1:1) Bannwart
  77' (2:2) Hügi (II)		 Attendance: 10,000
Referee:   Scherz Bern
1 October 1950 Round 4 Basel 4–1 La Chaux-de-Fonds Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00 Weber   21' (1:1)
Hügi (II)   69' (2:1)
Weber   78' (3:1)
Stäuble   79' (4:1)
Wenk  		 Summary   2' (0:1) Tschann Attendance: 7,300
Referee:   E. Ruefer Bern
8 October 1950 Round 5 Zürich 2–1 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
15:15 Andres   17' (1:0)
Bopp   44' (o.g. 2:1)		 Summary   30' (1:1) Stäuble Attendance: 6,000
Referee:   von Gunten Bern
22 October 1950 Round 6 Basel 1–1 Lugano Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00 Bader   37' (1:0) Summary   77' (1:1) Kauer Attendance: 7,300
Referee:   M. Baumberger Lausanne
5 November 1950 Round 7 Locarno 5–0 Basel Stadio del Lido, Locarno
15:00 Santini   35' (1:0)
Roggero   58' (2:0)
Roggero   60' (3:0)
Roggero   75' (4:0)
Ruch   86' (pen. 5:0)		 Summary Attendance: 2,300
Referee:   von Wartburg Bern
19 November 1950 Round 8 Cantonal Neuchatel 0–2 Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
14:30 Summary   30' (0:1) Stöcklin
  38' (0:2) Bannwart
  Stäuble		 Attendance: 3,200
Referee:   Niederhauser Bern
26 November 1950 Round 9 Basel P–P Grenchen Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
[ Summary]
10 December 1950 Round 10 Lausanne-Sport 3–1 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
14:30 Maillard (II)  27' (1:1)
Bocquet   44' (pen. 2:1)
Bocquet   81' (pen. 3:1)		 Summary   7' (0:1) Stäuble Attendance: 6,000
Referee:   E. Ruefer Bern
17 December 1950 Round 11 Basel 3–0 Young Fellows Zürich Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:30 Hügi (II)   46' (1:0)
Bannwart   79' (2:0)
Wenk   84' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 4,400
Referee:   Lutz Geneva
24 December 1950 Round 12 Chiasso P–P Basel Stadio Via Comacini, Chiasso
[ Summary]
30 December 1950 Round 13 Basel 3–0 Bellinzona Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:45 Hügi (II)   14' (1:0)
Stöcklin   52' (pen. 2:0)
Hügi (II)   60' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee:   Dörflinger Grenchen
27 January 1951 Round 9 Basel 0–2 Grenchen Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00 Summary   58' (0:1) Righetti
  72' (0:2) Bohnen		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee:   Paul Wyssling Zürich
3 March 1951 Round 14 Basel 2–2 Biel-Bienne Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:00 Stöcklin   12' (1:0)
Bader   67' (2:2)		 Summary   56' (1:1) Rösch
  63' (1:2) Rösch		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee:   E. Guidi Bellinzona
11 March 1951 Round 15 Young Boys 3–6 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
14:30 Thommen   5' (1:0)
Beerli   13' (2:0)
Beerli   59' (3:4)		 Summary   17' (2:1) Hügi (II)
  22' (2:2) Hügi (II)
  32' (2:3) Hügi (II)
  50' (2:4) Hügi (II)
  79' (3:5) Stäuble
  (3:6) Hügi (II)		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee:   Lutz Geneva
18 March 1951 Round 16 Basel 4–2 Servette Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00 Wenk   18' (1:1)
Stäuble   35' (2:2)
Hügi (II)   48' (3:2)
Stäuble   75' (4:2)		 Summary   17' (0:1) Grobéty
  30' (1:2) Fatton		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee:   Dörflinger Grenchen
25 March 1951 Round 12 Chiasso 2–1 Basel Stadio Via Comacini, Chiasso
Riva   35' (1:0)
Riva   82' (2:1)		 Summary   68' (1:1) Stöcklin Attendance: 3,000
Referee:   von Wartburg Bern
1 April 1951 Round 17 La Chaux-de-Fonds P–P Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
[ Summary]
8 April 1951 Round 18 Basel 5–1 Zürich Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II)   22' (1:0)
Stöcklin   51' (pen. 2:0)
Hügi (I)   55' (3:0)
Wenk   68' (4:0)
Hügi (II)   83' (5:0)		 Summary   88' (pen. 4:1) Schneiter Attendance: 7,000
Referee:   M. Baumberger Lausanne
22 April 1951 Round 19 Lugano 1–0 Basel Campo Marzio, Lugano
Bernasconi   24' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 2,500
Referee:   Rapin Lausanne
29 April 1951 Round 20 Basel 2–1 Locarno Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00 Stöcklin   28' (1:0)
Weber   72' (2:0)		 Summary   87' (2:1) Ferraris Attendance: 3,800
Referee:   Paul Wyssling Zürich
5 May 1951 Round 21 Basel 2–3 Cantonal Neuchatel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:15 Fitze   76' (1:3)
Stöcklin   77' (2:3)		 Summary   13' (0:1) Gyger
  63' (0:2) Guillaume
  73' (0:3) Melia		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee:   von Gunten Bern
20 May 1951 Round 22 Grenchen 0–1 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
Summary   20' (0:1) Hügi (II) Attendance: 2,000
Referee:   Bertsche Neuhausen am Rheinfall
27 May 1951 Round 23 Basel 1–4 Lausanne-Sport Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00 Hügi (II)   57' (1:2) Summary   14' (0:1) Maillard (II)
  26' (0:3) Maillard (II)
  71' (1:3) Friedländer
  88' (1:4) Maillard (II)		 Attendance: 4,200
Referee:   E. Guidi Bellinzona
30 May 1951 Round 17 La Chaux-de-Fonds 4–3 Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
Antenen   25' (1:2)
Sobotka   32' (2:2)
Sobotka   48' (3:2)
Kernen   58' (4:2)		 Summary   3' (0:1) Bannwart
  7' (0:2) Bader
  76' (4:3) Stöcklin		 Attendance: 3,100
Referee:   M. Baumberger Lausanne
3 June 1951 Round 24 Young Fellows Zürich 6–2 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
15:45 Mauron   28' (1:0)
Ballaman   33' (2:0)
Fink   55' (3:1)
Ballaman   60' (4:1)
Mauron   67' (5:1)
Siegenthaler   87' (6:2)		 Summary   36' (2:1) Wenk
  80' (5:2) Hügi (II)		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee:   Rapin Lausanne
10 June 1951 Round 25 Basel 6–2 Chiasso Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00 Bader   8' (1:0)
Stöcklin   29' (2:1)
Stöcklin   55' (3:1)
Hügi (II)   57' (4:2)
Stöcklin   80' (pen. 5:2)
Bader   82' (6:2)		 Summary   25' (1:1) Galli
  56' (3:2) Riva
  77′ Zanollo		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee:   Scherz Bern
17 June 1951 Round 26 Bellinzona 2–4 Basel Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona
Sartori   5' (1:0)
Sartori   16' (2:1)		 Summary   10' (pen. 1:1) Stöcklin
  55' (2:2) Hügi (II)
  69' (2:3) Hügi (II)
  79' (2:4) Hügi (II)		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee:   Schmidsberger Zürich

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Lausanne-Sport 26 14 6 6 58 31 +27 34 Swiss Champions
2 Chiasso 26 12 7 7 60 52 +8 31
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 11 8 7 72 64 +8 30 Swiss Cup winners
4 Basel 26 12 4 10 62 51 +11 28
5 Zürich 26 13 2 11 65 62 +3 28
6 Servette 26 11 6 9 46 43 +3 28
7 Young Boys 26 11 5 10 53 55 −2 27
8 Lugano 26 9 8 9 33 42 −9 26
9 Bellinzona 26 10 5 11 36 45 −9 25
10 Young Fellows Zürich 26 9 6 11 55 58 −3 24
11 Biel-Bienne 26 8 7 11 45 41 +4 23
12 Locarno 26 8 6 12 40 43 −3 22 Play-off winners, remain in Nationalliga A
13 Grenchen 26 8 6 12 31 47 −16 22 Play-off losers, relegated to Nationalliga B
14 Cantonal Neuchatel 26 4 8 14 41 63 −22 16 Relegated
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

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29 October 1950 Round 3 FC Münchenstein 0–6 Basel Sportplatz Heiligholz, Münchenstein
Summary   15' (0:1) Stäuble
  55' (0:2) Stäuble
  (0:3) Hügi (II)
  (0:4) Hügi (II)
  (0:5) Stäuble
  (0:6) Wenk		 Attendance: 2,300
Referee:   Keller Seuzach
3 December 1950 Round 4 Biel-Bienne 0–1 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
Summary   59' (0:1) Stöcklin Attendance: 3,500
Referee:   Rapin Lausanne
7 January 1951 Round 5 Basel 1–2 Locarno Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:30 Bader   10' (1:1)
Müller   64'
Wenk   65'		 Summary   2' (0:1) Ernst
  50' (1:2) Ruch		 Attendance: 5,300
Referee:   M. Tasca Geneva

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - EHC Basel 14:5 (7:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1950/51". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. ^ Erik Garin. "Nationalliga A 1950/51". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. ^ "FC Münchenstein - FC Basel 0:6 (0:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  5. ^ "FC Basel - FC Locarno 1:2 (1:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  6. ^ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1950/51". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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