1950–51 FC Basel season

FC Basel 1950–51 Ernst Hufschmid Jules Düblin Ground Landhof, Basel Nationalliga A 4th Swiss Cup Round 5 Josef Hügi (21) Josef Hügi (23) 8,000 on 6 May 1951vs Cantonal Neuchatel 3,000 on 30 December 1950vs Bellinzona 5,153 1949–50 1951–52 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. Overview 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. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=31069 FC Basel - EHC Basel 14:5 (7:1) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 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. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/bilanz?saison=1950/51 Bilanz Saison 1950/51 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 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. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwithist.html Nationalliga A 1950/51 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 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. https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=25755 FC Münchenstein - FC Basel 0:6 (0:1) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 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. https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=25757 FC Basel - FC Locarno 1:2 (1:1) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 Locarno later advanced to the final, but here were defeated by La Chaux-de-Fonds who thus won the trophy. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit51.html Switzerland 1950/51 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 Players 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. SUI GK Oswald Capra SUI GK Walter Müller SUI GK Jean Presset SUI DF Werner Bopp SUI DF Hans-Rudolf Fitze SUI DF Ernst Hufschmid Player-coach SUI DF Hans Hügi SUI MF Max Sutter SUI MF Hans Weber SUI MF Leo Baumgratz SUI MF Fritz Hartmann from Nordstern Basel SUI MF Eugen Müller FRA MF Pierre Redolfi SUI MF Gottlieb Stäuble SUI MF Werner Wenk SUI MF Willy Zingg SUI FW René Bader SUI FW Walter Bannwart SUI FW Peter Baumgartner SUI FW Erich Grether SUI FW Josef Hügi SUI FW Marcel Leisinger SUI FW Paul Stöcklin Players who left the squad SUI MF Otto Krieg to FC Birsfelden SUI MF Louis Schenker to FC Luzern FRA FW René Hebinger to FC Mulhouse SUI FW Albert Meier SUI FW Otto Soltermann to FC Birsfelden Results Legend #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #CCCCCC Postponed 1px solid #AAAAAA Friendly matches Pre-season Pre-season 5 August 1950 Basel SUI 6–4 Summary GER Freiburger FC Leisinger 2xBader 2xBannwart 1xHügi (II) 1x 3x Mokros1x Faber1x Lehmann Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 1,600 SUI von Wartburg Bern W Pre-season 10 August 1950 18:30 Basel SUI 14–5 Summary SUI EHC Basel Müller 20 1:0Hügi (II) 2:0Müller 3:0Bannwart 4:1Hügi (II) 5:1Müller 6:1Bopp 7:1Müller 8:1Müller 9:1Müller 10:2Hügi (I) 11:3Bader 12:3Hügi (I) 13:3Hügi (I) 14:3 3:1 Härter9:2 Härter10:3 Härter14:4 Beer14:5 Wiesner Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 750 SUI A. Aegerter W Pre-season 13 August 1950 Basel SUI 1–0 Summary SUI Grenchen Leisinger 85 1:0 Sportplatz Nau, Laufen SUI Dörflinger Grenchen W Pre-season 19 August 1950 Basel SUI 2–3 Summary GER Karlsruher FV Hügi (I) 12 1:0o.g. 2:3 1:122 1:235 1:3 Hörnli, Basel L Pre-season 20 August 1950 16:00 Wil SUI 2–2 Summary SUI Basel Hagen (II) 12 1:0Hagen (II) 2:0 2:1 Wenkpen. 2:2 Wenk Lindengut, Wil 2,200 SUI Schären Winterthur D Pre-season 26 August 1950 Basel SUI 2–1 Summary GER Berliner SV 1892 Bader 25 1:1Bader 81 pen. 2:1 20 0:1 Langetal Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 2,500 SUI E. Ruefer Bern W Mid-season 16 September 1950 Fribourg SUI 1–2 Summary SUI Basel Kaeslin 51 1:0 65 1:1 Bopp88 1:2 Stäuble Stade Universitaire, Freiburg 1,000 SUI Dörflinger Grenchen W Winter break to end of season Winter break 11 February 1951 Basel SUI 4–3 Summary SUI Concordia Basel Wenk 5 1:0Leisinger 25 2:0Leisinger 43 3:0Stöcklin 75 pen. 4:2 53 3:1 Girod65 3:2 Rinderknecht78 4:3 Girod Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 650 SUI Niederhauser Bern W Mid-season 14 April 1951 16:15 Basel SUI 0–2 Summary FRA Olympique de Marseille 3 0:1 Andersson68 0:2 Andersson Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 2,200 SUI Scherz Bern L Mid-season 22 May 1951 18:30 Basel SUI 1–0 Summary ENG Bolton Wanderers Hügi (II) 88 2:0 Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 5,200 SUI Schürch Winterthur W Mid-season 6 June 1951 19:00 Basel SUI 2–0 Summary ENG Blackpool Ballaman 19 1:0Stöcklin 32 2;0 Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 10,000 SUI Paul Wyssling Zürich W Nationalliga 1950–51 Nationalliga A League matches Round 1 3 September 1950 15:00 Biel-Bienne 1–1 Summary Basel Rösch 60 1:1 49 0:1 Bannwart Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 4,500 SUI E. Guidi Bellinzona D Round 2 9 September 1950 15:00 Basel 5–1 Summary Young Boys Hügi (II) 31 1:140 o.g. 2:1Stäuble 62 3:1Bannwart 64 4:172 o.g. 5:1 30 0:1 Beerli Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 5,500 SUI Lutz Geneva W Round 3 24 September 1950 15:00 Servette 2–2 Summary Basel Jerusalem 30 1:0Fatton 75 2:1 41 1:1 Bannwart77 2:2 Hügi (II) Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 10,000 SUI Scherz Bern D Round 4 1 October 1950 15:00 Basel 4–1 Summary La Chaux-de-Fonds Weber 21 1:1Hügi (II) 69 2:1Weber 78 3:1Stäuble 79 4:1Wenk 0 2 0:1 Tschann Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 7,300 SUI E. Ruefer Bern W Round 5 8 October 1950 15:15 Zürich 2–1 Summary Basel Andres 17 1:0Bopp 44 o.g. 2:1 30 1:1 Stäuble Letzigrund, Zürich 6,000 SUI von Gunten Bern L Round 6 22 October 1950 15:00 Basel 1–1 Summary Lugano Bader 37 1:0 77 1:1 Kauer Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 7,300 SUI M. Baumberger Lausanne D Round 7 5 November 1950 15:00 Locarno 5–0 Summary Basel Santini 35 1:0Roggero 58 2:0Roggero 60 3:0Roggero 75 4:0Ruch 86 pen. 5:0 Stadio del Lido, Locarno 2,300 SUI von Wartburg Bern L Round 8 19 November 1950 14:30 Cantonal Neuchatel 0–2 Summary Basel 30 0:1 Stöcklin38 0:2 Bannwart Stäuble Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel 3,200 SUI Niederhauser Bern W Round 9 26 November 1950 Basel P–P [ Summary] Grenchen Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel P Round 10 10 December 1950 14:30 Lausanne-Sport 3–1 Summary Basel Maillard (II)27 1:1Bocquet 44 pen. 2:1Bocquet 81 pen. 3:1 7 0:1 Stäuble Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 6,000 SUI E. Ruefer Bern L Round 11 17 December 1950 14:30 Basel 3–0 Summary Young Fellows Zürich Hügi (II) 46 1:0Bannwart 79 2:0Wenk 84 3:0 Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 4,400 SUI Lutz Geneva W Round 12 24 December 1950 Chiasso P–P [ Summary] Basel Stadio Via Comacini, Chiasso P Round 13 30 December 1950 14:45 Basel 3–0 Summary Bellinzona Hügi (II) 14 1:0Stöcklin 52 pen. 2:0Hügi (II) 60 3:0 Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 3,000 SUI Dörflinger Grenchen W Round 9 27 January 1951 15:00 Basel 0–2 Summary Grenchen 58 0:1 Righetti72 0:2 Bohnen Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 3,500 SUI Paul Wyssling Zürich L Round 14 3 March 1951 16:00 Basel 2–2 Summary Biel-Bienne Stöcklin 12 1:0Bader 67 2:2 56 1:1 Rösch63 1:2 Rösch Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 4,000 SUI E. Guidi Bellinzona D Round 15 11 March 1951 14:30 Young Boys 3–6 Summary Basel Thommen 5 1:0Beerli 13 2:0Beerli 59 3:4 17 2:1 Hügi (II)22 2:2 Hügi (II)32 2:3 Hügi (II)50 2:4 Hügi (II)79 3:5 Stäuble3:6 Hügi (II) Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 8,000 SUI Lutz Geneva W Round 16 18 March 1951 15:00 Basel 4–2 Summary Servette Wenk 18 1:1Stäuble 35 2:2Hügi (II) 48 3:2Stäuble 75 4:2 17 0:1 Grobéty30 1:2 Fatton Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 4,000 SUI Dörflinger Grenchen W Round 12 25 March 1951 Chiasso 2–1 Summary Basel Riva 35 1:0Riva 82 2:1 68 1:1 Stöcklin Stadio Via Comacini, Chiasso 3,000 SUI von Wartburg Bern L Round 17 1 April 1951 La Chaux-de-Fonds P–P [ Summary] Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds P Round 18 8 April 1951 15:00 Basel 5–1 Summary Zürich Hügi (II) 22 1:0Stöcklin 51 pen. 2:0Hügi (I) 55 3:0Wenk 68 4:0Hügi (II) 83 5:0 88 pen. 4:1 Schneiter Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 7,000 SUI M. Baumberger Lausanne W Round 19 22 April 1951 Lugano 1–0 Summary Basel Bernasconi 24 1:0 Campo Marzio, Lugano 2,500 SUI Rapin Lausanne L Round 20 29 April 1951 15:00 Basel 2–1 Summary Locarno Stöcklin 28 1:0Weber 72 2:0 87 2:1 Ferraris Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 3,800 SUI Paul Wyssling Zürich W Round 21 5 May 1951 15:15 Basel 2–3 Summary Cantonal Neuchatel Fitze 76 1:3Stöcklin 77 2:3 13 0:1 Gyger63 0:2 Guillaume73 0:3 Melia Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 8,000 SUI von Gunten Bern L Round 22 20 May 1951 Grenchen 0–1 Summary Basel 20 0:1 Hügi (II) Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 2,000 SUI Bertsche Neuhausen am Rheinfall W Round 23 27 May 1951 15:00 Basel 1–4 Summary Lausanne-Sport Hügi (II) 57 1:2 14 0:1 Maillard (II)26 0:3 Maillard (II)71 1:3 Friedländer88 1:4 Maillard (II) Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 4,200 SUI E. Guidi Bellinzona L Round 17 30 May 1951 La Chaux-de-Fonds 4–3 Summary Basel Antenen 25 1:2Sobotka 32 2:2Sobotka 48 3:2Kernen 58 4:2 3 0:1 Bannwart7 0:2 Bader76 4:3 Stöcklin Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds 3,100 SUI M. Baumberger Lausanne L Round 24 3 June 1951 15:45 Young Fellows Zürich 6–2 Summary Basel Mauron 28 1:0Ballaman 33 2:0Fink 55 3:1Ballaman 60 4:1Mauron 67 5:1Siegenthaler 87 6:2 36 2:1 Wenk80 5:2 Hügi (II) Letzigrund, Zürich 2,500 SUI Rapin Lausanne L Round 25 10 June 1951 15:00 Basel 6–2 Summary Chiasso Bader 8 1:0Stöcklin 29 2:1Stöcklin 55 3:1Hügi (II) 57 4:2Stöcklin 80 pen. 5:2Bader 82 6:2 25 1:1 Galli56 3:2 Riva 77′ Zanollo Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 5,000 SUI Scherz Bern W Round 26 17 June 1951 Bellinzona 2–4 Summary Basel Sartori 5 1:0Sartori 16 2:1 10 pen. 1:1 Stöcklin55 2:2 Hügi (II)69 2:3 Hügi (II)79 2:4 Hügi (II) Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona 1,000 SUI Schmidsberger Zürich W League standings main WDL Q 5 2 LS Lausanne-Sport CHI Chiasso CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds BAS Basel ZÜR Zürich SER Servette YB Young Boys LUG Lugano BEL Bellinzona YFZ Young Fellows Zürich BB Biel-Bienne LOC Locarno GRE Grenchen NX Cantonal Neuchatel 14 6 6 58 31 12 7 7 60 52 11 8 7 72 64 12 4 10 62 51 13 2 11 65 62 11 6 9 46 43 11 5 10 53 55 9 8 9 33 42 10 5 11 36 45 9 6 11 55 58 8 7 11 45 41 8 6 12 40 43 8 6 12 31 47 4 8 14 41 63 green1 Swiss Champions A yellow1 Swiss Cup winners B red4 Play-off winners, remain in Nationalliga A P red2 Play-off losers, relegated to Nationalliga B R1 red1 Relegated R2 complete rsssf.com Swiss Cup Round 3 29 October 1950 FC Münchenstein 0–6 Summary Basel 15 0:1 Stäuble55 0:2 Stäuble0:3 Hügi (II)0:4 Hügi (II)0:5 Stäuble0:6 Wenk Sportplatz Heiligholz, Münchenstein 2,300 SUI Keller Seuzach W Round 4 3 December 1950 Biel-Bienne 0–1 Summary Basel 59 0:1 Stöcklin Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne 3,500 SUI Rapin Lausanne W Round 5 7 January 1951 14:30 Basel 1–2 Summary Locarno Bader 10 1:1Müller 0 64Wenk 0 65 2 0:1 Ernst50 1:2 Ruch Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 5,300 SUI M. Tasca Geneva L See also History of FC Basel List of FC Basel players List of FC Basel seasons References Sources Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. 978-3-7245-2027-6 Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. 978-3-7245-2305-5 The FCB team 1950–51 at fcb-archiv.ch Switzerland 1950–51 by Erik Garin at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation External links FC Basel official site expanded Category:FC Basel seasons Basel