1959–60 FC Basel season

FC Basel 1959–60 Jenő Vincze Ernst Weber Ground Landhof, Basel Nationalliga A 10th Swiss Cup Round of 16 Roberto Frigerio and Josef Hügi (both 15) Josef Hügi (19) 8,000 on 24 April 1960vs La Chaux-de-Fondsand on 11 June 1960vs Young Boys 3,800 on 8 November 1959vs Winterthurand on 13 December 1959vs Lugano 5,523 1958–59 1960–61 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. Zindel Josef Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016 FC Basel Marketing AG 2015 978-3-7245-2050-4 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. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwithist.html Nationalliga A und B 1958/59 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 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. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/bilanz?saison=1959/60 Bilanz Saison 1959/60 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 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. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwithist.html Nationalliga A 1959/60 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 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. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit60.html Switzerland 1959/60 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 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. 1 SUI GK René Jeker 1 SUI GK Kurt Stettler 2 SUI DF Bruno Michaud 3 SUI DF Hans Weber 4 SUI MF Jean-Jacques Maurer 5 SUI FW Hansueli Oberer 6 SUI MF René Thüler 7 GER FW Otto Ludwig 8 SUI FW Bernhard Chenaux 9 SUI FW Josef Hügi (II) 10 SUI FW Roberto Frigerio 11 SUI FW Paul Speidel from FC Olten SUI DF Werner Bopp SUI DF Ulrich Vetsch from Young Fellows Zürich SUI DF Jean-Louis Gygax from FC Moutier SUI MF René Jaeck SUI MF Rudolf Rickenbacher SUI MF Silvan Thüler SUI FW Ludwig Schraut HUN FW Ferenc Stockbauer from SV Wiesbaden Players who left the squad SUI GK Walter Wider SUI DF Hans Hügi (I) to Young Fellows Zürich SUI DF Fredy Kehrli to Biel-Bienne SUI DF Jules Wyss SUI MF Charles Turin to Biel-Bienne SUI FW Rudolf Burger to Grasshopper Club SUI MF Gottlieb Stäuble to Biel-Bienne LUX FW Antoine Kohn to Fortuna '54 SUI FW Raymond Simonet to Cantonal Neuchatel SUI FW Hermann Suter retired 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- and mid-season Pre-season 1959 Old Boys SUI 2–2 Summary SUI Basel Basel D Pre-season 1959 Concordia Basel SUI 1–4 Summary SUI Basel Basel W Pre-season 1959 SC Binningen SUI 0–2 Summary SUI Basel Binningen W Pre-season 2 August 1959 Grenchen SUI 2–2 Summary SUI Basel Hamel 21 1:0Hamel 2:1 23 1:1 Frigerio2:2 Ludwig Stade de Fontenais, Fontenais 1,500 SUI Surdez Delémont D Pre-season 8 August 1959 18:00 SC Kleinhüningen SUI 1–6 Summary SUI Basel Meier 1:6 23 0:1 Frigerio27 0:2 Frigerio0:3 Stockbauer0:4 Schraut0:5 Speidel0:6 Speidel Schorenmatte, Basel 300 SUI M. Schreiber Reinach W Pre-season 12 August 1959 20:00 Basel SUI 0–2 Summary BEL Standard Liège 71 0:1 Paeschen77 0:2 Paeschen Landhof, Basel 4,500 SUI Gottfried Dienst Basel L Pre-season 16 August 1959 Aarau SUI 1–0 Summary SUI Basel Crivelli 1:0 Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 2,400 SUI W. Müller Baden L Mid-season 20 September 1959 FC Emmenbrücke SUI 1–4 Summary SUI Basel De Mauro pen. 1x Hügi (II)1x Oberer1x Chenaux1x Stockbauer Gersag, Emmenbrücke 500 SUI Anton Bucheli Luzern W Mid-season 3 October 1959 16:00 Basel SUI 0–0 Summary SUI Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel 1,000 SUI E. Emmenegger Basel D Mid-season 25 October 1959 FC Langenthal SUI 0–5 Summary SUI Basel Langenthal 1,500 W Winter break and mid-season Winter break 1 February 1960 Baden SUI 2–6 Summary SUI Basel Arnold 3 1:0Schweizer 22 2:2 10 1:1 Frigerio1:2 Jaeck40 o.g. 2:355 2:4 Frigerioo.g. 2:52:6 Jaeck Scharten, Baden 1,200 SUI W. Rufli Bremgarten W Semi-final 17 April 1960 Polonia Bytom POL 1–1 Summary SUI Basel Pilodwizck 55 1:0 1:1 Hügi (II) 7–8 Bruges W Easter tournament in Bruges. Decision after penalty shootout: 10 shots per team, Basel score 8 times, Bruges only 7 times. Final 18 April 1960 Club Brugge KV BEL 2–0 Summary SUI Basel Gerard 13 1:0van Eeckhout 78 2:0 Bruges L Easter tournament in Bruges. Mid-season 17 April 1960 20:00 Basel SUI 1–3 Summary FRA Toulouse FC Hügi (II) 10 1:0 15 1:1 Maouche30 1:2 Dorsini75 1:3 Schultze St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 1,200 SUI Anton Bucheli Luzern L Nationalliga A 1959–60 Nationalliga A League matches Round 1 23 August 1959 15:00 Grenchen 3–2 Summary Basel Morf 22 pen. 1:1Glisovic 29 2:1Moser 60 3:2Raboud (I) 3 pen. 0:1 Michaud38 2:2 Ludwig Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 3,800 SUI Anton Bucheli Luzern L Round 2 30 August 1959 15:00 Basel 0–2 Summary Biel-Bienne 10 0:1 Koller41 0:2 Derwall Landhof, Basel 5,000 SUI Guinnard Gletterens L Round 3 6 September 1959 16:15 Grasshopper Club 3–0 Summary Basel Gabrieli 3 1:0Hagen 60 2:0Ballaman 69 3:0 Hardturm, Zürich 7,000 SUI Meister Neuchâtel L Round 4 13 September 1959 15:00 Basel 3–1 Summary Zürich Oberer 58 1:1Weber 4 2:1Hügi (II) 76 3:1 13 0:1 Reutlinger Kehl Stählin Landhof, Basel 4,900 SUI Victor Werner Schicker Bern W Round 5 27 September 1959 Servette 5–2 Summary Basel Heuri 30 1:2Fatton 36 2:2Schneider 45 pen. 3:2Fatton 71 4:2Fatton 84 5:2 5 0:2 Hügi (II)15 0:2 Stockbauer Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 5,000 SUI Paul Wyssling Zürich L Round 6 11 October 1959 15:00 Basel 2–2 Summary Lausanne-Sport Weber 34 1:1Michaud 69 2:2 32 0:1 Hosp49 pen. 1:2 Vonlanden Landhof, Basel 4,500 SUI Othmar Huber Thun D Round 7 18 October 1959 15:00 La Chaux-de-Fonds 4–1 Summary Basel Sommerlatt25 pen. 1:0Morand 70 2:0Antenen 75 3:0Antenen 79 4:1 77 3:1 Frigerio Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds 4,000 SUI Schüttel Sion L Round 8 8 November 1959 14:30 Basel 3–3 Summary Winterthur Frigerio 5 1:0Frigerio 37 2:2Oberer 43 3:2 12 1:1 Scheller30 1:2 Akeret59 3:3 Etterlin Landhof, Basel 3,800 SUI Anton Bucheli Luzern D Round 9 15 November 1959 Bellinzona P–P [ Summary] Basel Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona P Round 10 22 November 1959 14:30 Basel 3–3 Summary Luzern Hügi (II) 20 1:0Frigerio 30 2:0Frigerio 77 3:3 37 2:1 Hahn42 2:2 Hahn66 2:3 Lüscher Landhof, Basel 5,000 SUI Guinnard Gletterens D Round 11 6 December 1959 Chiasso 2–1 Summary Basel Boldini 21 1:0Boffi 52 2:0 54 2:1 Hügi (II) Stadio Via Comacini, Chiasso 2,000 SUI Domeniconi Geneva L Round 12 13 December 1959 14:30 Basel 1–1 Summary Lugano Michaud 71 1:1 15 0:1 Frosio Landhof, Basel 3,800 SUI Schwab Neuchâtel D Round 13 20 December 1959 Young Boys 1–1 Summary Basel Meier 39 1:0 77 1:1 Frigerio Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 10,000 SUI D. Mellet Lausanne D Round 9 21 February 1960 Bellinzona 0–0 Summary Basel Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona 3,000 SUI D. Mellet Lausanne D Round 14 28 February 1960 14:30 Basel 1–1 Summary Grenchen Hügi (II) 85 1:1 40 0:1 Löffel Landhof, Basel 5,000 SUI M. Baumberger Lausanne D Round 15 6 March 1960 Biel-Bienne 3–1 Summary Basel Turin 6 1:0Hänzi 59 2:0Graf 70 2:1 68 2:1 Weber Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne 6,000 SUI Paul Wyssling Zürich L Round 16 13 March 1960 15:00 Basel 1–1 Summary Grasshopper Club Michaud 4 pen. 1:0 9 o.g. 1:1 Landhof, Basel 7,000 SUI F. Schorer Interlaken D Round 17 20 March 1960 15:00 Zürich 2–3 Summary Basel Pastega 42 1:2Wüthrich 50 2:2 14 0:1 Frigerio23 0:2 Frigerio52 2:3 Frigerio Letzigrund, Zürich 6,000 SUI Victor Werner Schicker Bern W Round 18 3 April 1960 15:00 Basel 2–2 Summary Servette Hügi (II) 48 1:1Hügi (II) 78 2:2 7 0:1 Pázmándy76 1:2 Pázmándy Landhof, Basel 5,800 SUI Schüttel Sion D Round 19 10 April 1960 20:22 Lausanne-Sport 2–1 Summary Basel Hertig 1 1:0Armbruster 89 2:1 20 o.g. 1:1 Fesselet Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 4,500 SUI Burkhardt St. Gallen L Round 20 24 April 1960 15:00 Basel 4–0 Summary La Chaux-de-Fonds Hügi (II) 47 1:0Hügi (II) 53 2:0Frigerio 55 3:0Frigerio 85 4:0 Landhof, Basel 8,000 SUI Victor Werner Schicker Bern W Round 21 1 May 1960 Winterthur 2–0 Summary Basel Schmid 64 1:0Gantenbein 82 2:0 Schützenwiese, Winterthur 6,000 SUI W. Müller Baden L Round 22 15 May 1960 15:00 Basel 3–1 Summary Bellinzona Frigerio 37 1:0Frigerio 80 2:0Hügi (II) 85 3:0 86 3:1 Pellanda Landhof, Basel 4,500 SUI Paul Wyssling Zürich W Round 23 22 May 1960 Luzern 6–1 Summary Basel Wolfisberg 17 1:0Blättler 19 2:0Hahn 59 pen. 3:1Hahn 80 4:1Frey 81 5:1Beerli 84 6:1 27 o.g. 2:1 Kunz Stadion Allmend, Luzern 5,000 SUI Helbling Uznach L Round 24 29 May 1960 15:00 Basel 3–0 Summary Chiasso Frigerio 48 1:0Michaud 83 2:0Hügi (II) 85 3:0 Landhof, Basel 6,500 SUI Victor Werner Schicker Bern W Round 25 5 June 1960 Lugano 2–4 Summary Basel Benko 1 1:0Ciani 26 2:1 11 1:1 Ludwig34 2:2 Jaeck73 2:3 Hügi (II)78 2:4 Hügi (II) Cornaredo, Lugano 2,500 SUI Helbling Uznach W Round 26 11 June 1960 17:45 Basel 3–3 Summary Young Boys Hügi (II) 8 1:0Frigerio 25 2:1Hügi (II) 40 3:1 9 1:1 Wechselberger69 2:1 Dürr76 3:3 Wechselberger Landhof, Basel 8,000 SUI Anton Bucheli Luzern D League table main WDL Q 5 2 YB Young Boys BB Biel-Bienne CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds ZÜR Zürich LUC Luzern WIN Winterthur SER Servette GCZ Grasshopper Club CHI Chiasso BAS Basel GRE Grenchen LS Lausanne-Sport LUG Lugano BEL Bellinzona 20 2 4 86 44 14 8 4 61 38 14 4 8 71 51 13 5 8 64 44 11 5 10 65 62 12 3 11 40 40 8 9 9 46 39 8 8 10 54 61 8 7 11 39 57 6 10 10 46 55 8 5 13 51 48 7 7 12 41 74 6 6 14 34 52 4 7 15 28 61 green1 Swiss Champions, qualified for 1960–61 European Cup A yellow1 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1960–61 Cup Winners' Cup C red1 Relegated R1 red1 Relegated R2 complete rsssf.com Swiss Cup 3rd principal round 1 November 1959 15:30 SC Derendingen 0–1 Summary Basel 21 0:1 Stockbauer Heidenegg, Derendingen 1,000 SUI Surdez Delémont W Round 4 29 November 1959 Basel 5–2 Summary FC Porrentruy Frigerio 1 1:0Hügi (II) 44 2:0Weber 59 3:0Hügi (II) 70 4:1Frigerio 86 5:2 69 3:1 Froidevaux82 4:2 Brunner Landhof, Basel 1,500 SUI Staufer Renens W Round 5 27 December 1959 14:30 Basel 1–1 yes Summary Young Boys Hügi (II) 71 1:1 8 0:1 Meier St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 12,000 SUI Helbling Uznach D Round 5 replay 7 February 1960 14:30 Young Boys 5–3 Summary Basel Meier 1 1:0Wechselberger 58 2:2Wechselberger 663:2Meier 80 4:3Wechselberger 88 5:3 14 1:1 Weber32 1:2 Frigerio79 3:3 Hügi (II) Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 7,500 SUI Josef Gulde St. Gallen L See also History of FC Basel List of FC Basel players List of FC Basel seasons References Sources Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. 978-3-7245-2305-5 The FCB team 1959–60 at fcb-archiv.ch Switzerland 1959–60 by Erik Garin at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation External links FC Basel official site expanded Category:FC Basel seasons Basel