1949–50 FC Basel season

FC Basel

1949–50 season
Chairman	Jules Düblin
Manager	Ernst Hufschmid
Ground	Landhof, Basel
Nationalliga A	2nd
Swiss Cup	Semi-final
Top goalscorer	League: Gottlieb Stäuble (13) All: Gottlieb Stäuble (15)
Highest home attendance	14,000 on 21 May 1950 vs Lausanne-Sport
Lowest home attendance	4,400 on 10 September 1949 vs Young Fellows Zürich
Average home league attendance	6,753

The 1949–50 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 56th season in their existence. It was their fourth season in the top flight of Swiss football following their promotion from the Nationalliga B after the season 1945–46. This 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 fourth successive season.

Overview

Ernst Hufschmid, who had functioned as player-coach the previous two seasons, continued in this function this season. Basel played a total of 41 games in this season. Of these 26 in the Nationalliga A, five in the Swiss Cup and ten were test games. The test games resulted with three victories and seven defeats. In total, including the test games and the cup competition, they won 21 games, drew five and lost 15 times. In the 41 games they scored 78 goals and conceded 75.

There were fourteen teams contesting in the 1949–50 Nationalliga A, the bottom two teams in the table to be relegated. Basel started the season well, winning six of the first seven games and things continued well. Basel stayed in contention of the championship. But at the end of the season they lost their last two games and finished in second position, two points behind the new champions Servette who won their last two games. Basel won 14 games, drew five and were defeated seven times, they scored 48 goals as they gained their 33 points. Gottlieb Stäuble with 13 goals was the team's best scorer and 8th best league scorer. René Bader was the team's second best goal getter, netting nine times, Paul Stöcklin netted six times.

Basel started in the 3rd round of the Swiss Cup with an away match against lower tier FC Porrentruy. This was won. In round 4 Basel were drawn away against Grasshopper Club and this too was won. In the round of 16 and the quarter-final Basel played at home and won against Wil and Bellinzona respectively. However Lausanne-Sport won the semi-final and continued to the final and they won the trophy.

Players

The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the season 1949–50. The list includes players that were in the squad on the day that the Nationalliga A season started on 28 August 1949 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	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	Leo Baumgratz
—	MF	SUI	Otto Krieg
—	MF	FRA	Pierre Redolfi
—	MF	SUI	Louis Schenker

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SUI	Gottlieb Stäuble
—	MF	SUI	Werner Wenk
—	MF	SUI	Willy Zingg
—	FW	SUI	René Bader
—	FW	SUI	Walter Bannwart
—	FW	SUI	Erich Grether
—	FW	FRA	René Hebinger
—	FW	SUI	Josef Hügi
—	FW	SUI	Albert Meier
—	FW	SUI	Otto Soltermann
—	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
—	DF	SUI	Hans Rieder (I) (to Nordstern Basel)
—	MF	SUI	Willy Monigatti

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	SUI	Rudolf Hägler (to Nordstern Basel)
—	FW	SUI	Hermann Suter (to Young Fellows Zürich)

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre-season

Fortuna Freiburg v Basel

7 August 1949 Pre-season	Fortuna Freiburg	4 – 2	Basel	Freiburg
	Sloal 40' (1:0) Dudeck 60' (2:1) Liechty (3:2) Liechty 78' (4:2)	Summary	50' (o.g. 1:1) (2:2)	Referee: Link Freiburg

Basel v Bayern Munich

13 August 1949 Pre-season	Basel	4 – 1	Bayern Munich	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
17:00	Hügi (I) 17' (1:0) Hügi (I) 18' (2:0) Bader 25' (3:0) Stöcklin 35' (4:0) Stöcklin ′	Summary	60' (4:1) Metz	Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Berner Basel

Eintracht Frankfurt v Basel

21 August 1949 Pre-season	Eintracht Frankfurt	4 – 1	Basel	Waldstadion, Frankfurt
	Schieth 11' (1:0) Schieth 38' (2:0) Schieth 51' (3:0) Schieth 55' (4:0)	Summary	67' (4:1) Bader	Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Schmidt Frankfurt

Mid- to end of season

Basel v Borussia Neunkirchen

2 October 1949 Mid-season	Basel	1 – 2	Borussia Neunkirchen	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00	Bopp 17' (pen. 1:0)	Summary	31' (1:1) Siedl 83' (1:2) Schirra	Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Hans Vogt Schweizerhalle, Muttenz

Basel v Nordstern Basel

19 February 1950 Mid-season	Basel	3 – 2	Nordstern Basel	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00	Bader 7' (1:0) Stöcklin 43' (pen. 2:0) Wenk 88' (3:2)	Summary	49' (2:1) Willimann 76' (2:2) Kirchhofer	Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Reimann Rheinfelden

Cantonal Neuchatel v Basel

14 March 1950 Mid-season	Cantonal Neuchatel	6 – 1	Basel	Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
	Monnard (2x) Buchoux (1x) Facchinetti (1x) Oberer (1x) Mella (1x)	Summary	(o.g.) Gyger	Attendance: 3,800 Referee: von Wartburg Bern

Aarhus GF v Basel

10 April 1950 Tournament	Aarhus GF	2 – 1	Basel	Liège
		Summary	(1x) Stäuble

LASK v Basel

10 April 1950 Tournament	LASK	2 – 1	Basel	Liège
		Summary	(1x) Hebinger

Basel v Inter Milan

13 June 1950 End of season	Basel	1 – 3	Inter Milan	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
18:45	Wenk 32' (1:0)	Summary	40' (pen. 1:1) Nyers 63' (1:2) Borri 77' (1:3) Wilkes	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Paul Wyssling Zürich

Basel v Hajduk Split

21 June 1950 End of season	Basel	4 – 3	Hajduk Split	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
18:45	Hügi (II) 21' (1:2) Hügi (II) 59' (2:2) Stäuble 75' (3:2) Bannwart 80' (4:2)	Summary	4' (0:1) Arapović 7' (0:2) Luštica 87' (4:3) Vidjak	Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Dörflinger Grenchen

Nationalliga

Main article: 1949–50 Nationalliga A

League matches

Basel v Servette

28 August 1949 Round 1	Basel	4 – 2	Servette	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:00	Bader 5' (1:0) Stäuble 30' (2:0) Stäuble 67' (3:2) Bader 75' (4:2)	Summary	49' (2:1) Fatton 62' (2:2) Belli	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: DörflingerGrenchen

Biel-Bienne v Basel

4 September 1949 Round 2	Biel-Bienne	0 – 0	Basel	Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
15:00		Summary		Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Niederhauser Bern

Basel v Young Fellows Zürich

10 September 1949 Round 3	Basel	3 – 0	Young Fellows Zürich	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:30	Hügi (II) 43' (1:0) Hügi (I) 62' (2:0) Bader 82' (3:0)	Summary		Attendance: 4,400 Referee: M. Tasca Geneva

La Chaux-de-Fonds v Basel

24 September 1949 Round 4	La Chaux-de-Fonds	0 – 2	Basel	Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
16:30		Summary	17' (0:1) Bader 77' (0:2) Bader	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: von Gunten Bern

Basel v Locarno

9 October 1949 Round 5	Basel	3 – 0	Locarno	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00	Bopp 53' (pen. 1:0) Wenk 60' (2:0) Bader 65' (3:0)	Summary		Attendance: 5,400 Referee: E. Ruefer Bern

Lugano v Basel

16 October 1949 Round 6	Lugano	1 – 2	Basel	Campo Marzio, Lugano
15:00	S. Bernasconi 75' (1:2)	Summary	16' (0:1) Stäuble 71' (0:2) Wenk	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Lutz Geneva

Basel v St. Gallen

12 October 1949 Round 7	Basel	2 – 0	St. Gallen	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00	Stöcklin 69' (1:0) Hügi (I) 72' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 6,800 Referee: Scherz Bern

Basel v Grenchen

6 November 1949 Round 8	Basel	1 – 1	Grenchen	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:45	Hügi (II) 63' (1:1)	Summary	65' (0:1) Righetti (I)	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: M. Tasca Geneva

Zürich v Basel

13 November 1949 Round 9	Zürich	5 – 2	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
14:45	Zanetti 10' (1:0) Bosshard 25' (2:0) Hotz 52' (3:0) Zanetti 66' (4:0) Zanetti 86' (5:1)	Summary	40' (1:1) Stäuble 87' (5:2) Krieg	Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Tschopp Delémont

Basel v FC Bern

20 November 1949 Round 10	Basel	3 – 1	FC Bern	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:45	Bannwart 12' (1:0) Bader 15' (2:0) Bannwart 42' (3:0)	Summary	85' (3:1) Liechti	Attendance: 6,400 Referee: Keller Seuzach

Lausanne-Sport v Basel

4 December 1949 Round 11	Lausanne-Sport	2 – 2	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
14:30	Nikolić 75' (1:2) Nikolić 80' (2:2)	Summary	6' (0:1) Stäuble 52' (0:2) Hügi (I)	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: W. Rufli Bremgarten

Basel v Bellinzona

11 December 1949 Round 12	Basel	1 – 0	Bellinzona	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:30	Stäuble 27' (pen. 1:0)	Summary		Attendance: 7,300 Referee: Zutter Bern

Chiasso v Basel

18 December 1949 Round 13	Chiasso	2 – 1	Basel	Stadio Via Comacini, Chiasso
14:30	Zanollo 44' (1:1) Bühler 47' (2:1)	Summary	13' (o.g. 0:1) Noseda	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Merlotti Neuchâtel

Servette v Basel

15 January 1950 Round 14	Servette	2 – 0	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
14:45	Fatton 6' (1:0) Fatton 80' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Scherz Bern

Basel v Biel-Bienne

26 February 1950 Round 15	Basel	1 – 1	Biel-Bienne	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:00	Stäuble 41' (1:0)	Summary	58' (1:1)	Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Schürch Winterthur

Young Fellows Zürich v Basel

12 March 1950 Round 16	Young Fellows Zürich	1 – 2	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
14:45	Busenhart 21' (pen. 1:1)	Summary	20' (pen. 0:1) Stöcklin 58' (1:2) Stöcklin	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Scherz Bern

Basel v La Chaux-de-Fonds

26 March 1950 Round 17	Basel	4 – 3	La Chaux-de-Fonds	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00	Bader 44' (1:1) Soltermann 51' (2:1) Stöcklin 53' (3:1) Wenk 55' (4:1)	Summary	40' (0:1) Sobotka 60' (4:2) Chodat 61' (4:3) Antenen	Attendance: 6,800 Referee: Niederhauser Bern

Locarno v Basel

2 April 1950 Round 18	Locarno	5 – 0	Basel	Stadio del Lido, Locarno
14:30	Ernst 15' (1:0) Canetti 34' (2:0) Fuesetti 44' (3:0) Canetti 70' (4:0) Fuesetti 89' (5:0)	Summary		Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Rapin Lausanne

Basel v Lugano

16 April 1950 Round 19	Basel	3 – 2	Lugano	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00	Stäuble 41' (1:1) Stäuble 58' (2:1) Hügi (II) 75' (3:2)	Summary	38' (0:1) Kauer 61' (2:2) Hasler	Attendance: 7,600 Referee: Merlotti Neuchâtel

St. Gallen v Basel

23 April 1950 Round 20	St. Gallen	3 – 0	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
14:30	Bertsch 24' (1:0) Bertsch 31' (2:0) Dorninger 80' (3:0)	Summary	68′ Wenk	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Schmidsberger Zürich

Grenchen v Basel

30 April 1950 Round 21	Grenchen	2 – 2	Basel	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
	Hebinger 49' (o.g. 1:1) Courtat 55′ Vuilleumier 70' (2:2)	Summary	23' (0:1) Stöcklin 53' (1:2) Stäuble	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: M. Tasca Geneva

Basel v Zürich

7 May 1950 Round 22	Basel	3 – 2	Zürich	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00	Stäuble 13' (1:1) Bannwart 30' (2:1) Bannwart 66' (3:2)	Summary	9' (0:1) Andres 55' (2:2) Andres	Attendance: 8,500 Referee: von Gunten Bern

FC Bern v Basel

14 May 1950 Round 23	FC Bern	0 – 4	Basel	Neufeld, Bern
15:00		Summary	35' (0:1) Bader 46' (0:2) Stäuble 75' (0:3) Hügi (II) 80' (0:4) Stäuble	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Dörflinger Grenchen

Basel v Lausanne-Sport

21 May 1950 Round 24	Basel	2 – 1	Lausanne-Sport	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00	Bannwart 2' (1:0) Stäuble 65' (2:1)	Summary	51' (1:1) Friedländer	Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Scherz Bern

Bellinzona v Basel

28 May 1950 Round 25	Bellinzona	2 – 1	Basel	Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona
15:00	Lusenti 17' (pen. 1:0) Lusenti 69' (2:1)	Summary	40′ Bader 55' (1:1) Grether	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Rapin Lausanne

Basel v Chiasso

4 June 1950 Round 26	Basel	0 – 2	Chiasso	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00		Summary	13' (0:1) Galli 86' (0:2) Bühler	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: von Wartburg Bern

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Servette	26	16	3	7	73	41	+32	35	Swiss Champions
2	Basel	26	14	5	7	48	40	+8	33
3	Lausanne-Sport	26	12	8	6	57	35	+22	32	Swiss Cup winners
4	Chiasso	26	13	5	8	45	39	+6	31
5	La Chaux-de-Fonds	26	12	7	7	56	53	+3	31
6	Zürich	26	12	4	10	59	46	+13	28
7	Grenchen	26	10	7	9	43	44	−1	27
8	Bellinzona	26	11	4	11	43	44	−1	26
9	Lugano	26	9	6	11	47	45	+2	24
10	Young Fellows Zürich	26	10	4	12	48	50	−2	24
11	Locarno	26	10	4	12	40	47	−7	24
12	Biel-Bienne	26	8	6	12	45	42	+3	22
13	St. Gallen	26	7	2	17	40	79	−39	16	Relegated
14	FC Bern	26	4	3	19	31	70	−39	11	Relegated

Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

FC Porrentruy v Basel

30 October 1949 Round 3	FC Porrentruy	1 – 2	Basel	Stade du Tirage, Porrentruy
	N. Adam 86' (1:2)	Summary	37' (0:1) Hügi (I) 79' (0:2) Stäuble	Attendance: 3,200 Referee: von Wartburg Bern

Grasshopper Club v Basel

27 November 1949 Round 4	Grasshopper Club	1 – 2	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
12:30	Bickel 2' (1:0)	Summary	5' (1:1) Bader 50' (1:2) Hügi (I)	Attendance: 16,000 Referee: M. Tasca Geneva

Basel v Wil

1 January 1950 Round of 16	Basel	5 – 2	Wil	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
14:30	Wenk 3' (1:0) Hügi (I) 47' (2:0) Bannwart 50' (3:0) Stäuble 76' (4:1) Krieg 78' (5:1)	Summary	62' (pen. 3:1) Conte (I) 90' (4:2) Hagen (II)	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Scherz Bern

Basel v Bellinzona

5 February 1950 Quarter-final	Basel	2 – 0	Bellinzona	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00	Bader 30' (1:0) Stöcklin 67' (pen. 2:0) Hügi (II)	Summary		Attendance: 8,700 Referee: M. Tasca Geneva

Basel v Lausanne-Sport

5 March 1950 Semi-final	Basel	0 – 1	Lausanne-Sport	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:30		Summary	85' (0:1) Maillard (II)	Attendance: 12,500 Referee: E. Ruefer Bern

See also

• History of FC Basel
• List of FC Basel players
• List of FC Basel seasons

Sources

• Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2027-6
• Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
• The FCB team 1949–50 at fcb-archiv.ch
• Switzerland 1949–50 by Erik Garin at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

External links

• FC Basel official site