1952–53 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1952–53 season
Chairman Switzerland Jules Düblin
Manager Switzerland René Bader
with Switzerland Willy Dürr
Ground Landhof, Basel
Nationalliga A Champions
Swiss Cup Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer League: Josef Hügi (32)
All: Josef Hügi

The 1952–53 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 59th season in their existence. It was their seventh 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.

Overview

At the beginning of the season René Bader took over the job as club trainer from Ernst Hufschmid who had acted as trainer the previous five years. Bader acted as player-coach and Willy Dürr was his assistant coach, he stood at the side line when Bader played.

There were fourteen teams contesting in the 1952–53 Nationalliga A and Basel won the championship four points clear of BSC Young Boys in second position and ten points ahead of Grasshopper Club Zürich who were third. Basel won 17 of the 26 games, losing only once, and they scored 72 goals conceding 38. Josef Hügi was the team's top league goal scorer. He shared the title of the league top scorer with Eugen Meier (Young Boys) both having netted 32 times during the season. In the Swiss Cup Basel started in the 3rd principal round with a 10–0 win against Helvetia Bern and in the 4th round they beat Thun 5–0. In the next round they won 4–1 against Grenchen. All three games were home ties. In the quarter-finals Basel were drawn away against Servette Genève and the tie went into extra time, Basel then losing 3–4.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Switzerland GK Walter Müller (games/goals: 8/0)
Switzerland GK Werner Schley (games/goals: 19/0)
Switzerland DF Werner Bopp (games/goals: 26/0)
Switzerland DF Hans-Rudolf Fitze (games/goals: 2/0)
Switzerland DF Hans Hügi (games/goals: 26/4)
Hungary DF György Mogoy (games/goals: 25/4)
Switzerland DF Hans Weber (games/goals: 10/0)
No. Position Player
France MF Pierre Redolfi (games/goals: 26/0)
Switzerland MF Kurt Maurer (games/goals: 26/1)
Switzerland MF Kurt Thalmann (games/goals: 26/3)
Switzerland FW René Bader (games/goals: 20/9)
Switzerland FW Walter Bannwart (games/goals: 26/9)
Switzerland FW Walter Bielser (games/goals: 21/9)
Switzerland FW Josef Hügi (games/goals: 26/32)

Results

Nationalliga

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1FC Basel261781723842
2BSC Young Boys261664613938
3Grasshopper Club Zürich261448733932
4Servette FC Genève261286613832
5FC Chiasso26989385226
6AC Bellinzona269710454525
7Lausanne Sports268810524524
8FC La Chaux-de-Fonds268711536123
9FC Fribourg2610313355323
10FC Zürich267811454822
11FC Bern2661010405322
12FC Grenchen266812385420
13FC Lugano2651011385320
14FC Locarno265516336615

Swiss Cup

Legend

      Win       Draw       Loss

See also

Sources and References

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