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FC Basel
1959–60 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Ernst Weber
ManagerHungary Jenő Vincze
GroundLandhof, Basel
Highest home attendance
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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.[1]

Overview

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.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Switzerland SUI René Jeker
1 GK Switzerland SUI Kurt Stettler
2 DF Switzerland SUI Bruno Michaud
3 DF Switzerland SUI Hans Weber
4 MF Switzerland SUI Jean-Jacques Maurer
5 FW Switzerland SUI Hansueli Oberer
6 MF Switzerland SUI René Thüler
7 FW Germany GER Otto Ludwig
8 FW Switzerland SUI Bernhard Chenaux
9 FW Switzerland SUI Josef Hügi (II)
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 FW Switzerland SUI Roberto Frigerio
11 FW Switzerland SUI Paul Speidel (from FC Olten)
DF Switzerland SUI Werner Bopp
DF Switzerland SUI Ulrich Vetsch (from Young Fellows Zürich)
DF Switzerland SUI Jean-Louis Gygax (from FC Moutier)
MF Switzerland SUI René Jaeck
MF Switzerland SUI Rudolf Rickenbacher
MF Switzerland SUI Silvan Thüler
FW Switzerland SUI Ludwig Schraut
FW Hungary HUN Franz Stockbauer
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
GK Switzerland SUI Walter Wider
DF Switzerland SUI Hans Hügi (I) (to Young Fellows Zürich)
DF Switzerland SUI Alfred Kehrli (to Biel-Bienne)
DF Switzerland SUI Jules Wyss
MF Switzerland SUI Charles Turin (to Biel-Bienne)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Switzerland SUI Rudolf Burger (to Grasshopper Club)
MF Switzerland SUI Gottlieb Stäuble (to Biel-Bienne)
FW Luxembourg LUX Antoine Kohn (to Fortuna '54)
FW Switzerland SUI Raymond Simonet (to Cantonal Neuchatel)
FW Switzerland SUI Hermann Suter (to Young Fellows Zürich)

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season

1959 Pre-season Old Boys Switzerland 2 – 2 Switzerland Basel Basel
Summary
2 August 1959 Pre-season Grenchen Switzerland 2 – 2 Switzerland Basel Stade de Fontenais, Fontenais
Hamel 21' (1:0)
Hamel (2:1)
Summary 23' (1:1) Frigerio
(2:2) Ludwig
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland Surdez Delémont
8 August 1959 Pre-season SC Kleinhüningen Switzerland 1 – 6 Switzerland Basel Schorenmatte, Basel
18:00 Meier (1:6) Summary 23' (0:1) Frigerio
27' (0:2) Frigerio
(0:3) Stockbauer
(0:4) Schraut
(0:5) Speidel
(0:6) Speidel
Attendance: 300
Referee: Switzerland M. Schreiber Reinach
12 August 1959 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 0 – 2 Belgium Standard Liège Landhof, Basel
20:00 Summary 71' (0:1) Paeschen
77' (0:2) Paeschen
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Gottfried Dienst Basel
16 August 1959 Pre-season Aarau Switzerland 1 – 0 Switzerland Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
Crivelli (1:0) Summary Attendance: 2,400
Referee: Switzerland W. Müller Baden
20 September 1959 Mid-season FC Emmenbrücke Switzerland 1 – 4 Switzerland Basel Gersag, Emmenbrücke
De Mauro (pen.) Summary (1x) Hügi (II)
(1x) Oberer
(1x) Chenaux
(1x) Stockbauer
Attendance: 500
Referee: Switzerland Anton Bucheli Luzern
3 October 1959 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 0 – 0 Switzerland Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
16:00 Summary Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland E. Emmenegger Basel
25 October 1959 Mid-season FC Langenthal Switzerland 0 – 5 Switzerland Basel Langenthal
Summary Attendance: 1,500

Winter break and mid-season

1 February 1960 Winter break Baden Switzerland 2 – 6 Switzerland Basel Scharten, Baden
Arnold 3' (1:0)
Schweizer 22' (2:2)
Summary 10' (1:1) Frigerio
(1:2) Jaeck
40' (o.g. 2:3)
55' (2:4) Frigerio
(o.g. 2:5)
(2:6) Jaeck
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Switzerland W. Rufli Bremgarten
17 April 1960 Semi-final Polonia Bytom Poland 1 – 1
(7 – 8 p)
Switzerland Basel Bruges
Pilodwizck 55' (1:0) Summary (1:1) Hügi (II)
Penalties
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Note: Easter tournament in Bruges. Decision after penalty shootout: 10 shots per team, Basel score 8 times, Bruges only 7 times.
18 April 1960 Final Club Brugge KV Belgium 2 – 0 Switzerland Basel Bruges
Gerard 13' (1:0)
van Eeckhout 78' (2:0)
Summary
Note: Easter tournament in Bruges.
17 April 1960 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 1 – 3 France Toulouse FC St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Hügi (II) 10' (1:0) Summary 15' (1:1) Maouche
30' (1:2) Dorsini
75' (1:3) Schultze
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Switzerland Anton Bucheli Luzern

Nationalliga A

League matches

23 August 1959 Round 1 Grenchen 3 – 2 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
15:00 Morf 22' (pen. 1:1)
Glisovic 29' (2:1)
Moser 60' (3:2)
Raboud (I) Yellow card
Summary 3' (pen. 0:1) Michaud
38' (2:2) Ludwig
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Switzerland Anton Bucheli Luzern
30 August 1959 Round 2 Basel 0 – 2 Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary 10' (0:1) Koller
41' (0:2) Derwall
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Guinnard Gletterens
6 September 1959 Round 3 Grasshopper Club 3 – 0 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
16:15 Gabrieli 3' (1:0)
Hagen 60' (2:0)
Ballaman 69' (3:0)
Summary Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Switzerland Meister Neuchâtel
13 September 1959 Round 4 Basel 3 – 1 Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Oberer 58' (1:1)
Weber 4' (2:1)
Hügi (II) 76' (3:1)
Summary 13' (0:1) Reutlinger
Yellow card Kehl
Yellow card Stählin
Attendance: 4,900
Referee: Switzerland Victor Werner Schicker Bern
27 September 1959 Round 5 Servette 5 – 2 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
Heuri 30' (1:2)
Fatton 36' (2:2)
Schneider 45' (pen. 3:2)
Fatton 71' (4:2)
Fatton 84' (5:2)
Summary 5' (0:2) Hügi (II)
15' (0:2) Stockbauer
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Paul Wyssling Zürich
11 October 1959 Round 6 Basel 2 – 2 Lausanne-Sport Landhof, Basel
15:00 Weber 34 1:1'
Michaud 69' (2:2)
Summary 32' (0:1) Hosp
49' (pen. 1:2) Vonlanden
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Othmar Huber Thun
18 October 1959 Round 7 La Chaux-de-Fonds 4 – 1 Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
15:00 Sommerlatt 25' (pen. 1:0)
Morand 70' (2:0)
Antenen 75' (3:0)
Antenen 79' (4:1)
Summary 77' (3:1) Frigerio Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Schüttel Sion
8 November 1959 Round 8 Basel 3 – 3 Winterthur Landhof, Basel
14:30 Frigerio 5' (1:0)
Frigerio 37' (2:2)
Oberer 43' (3:2)
Summary 12' (1:1) Scheller
30' (1:2) Akeret
59' (3:3) Etterlin
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Switzerland Anton Bucheli Luzern
22 November 1959 Round 10 Basel 3 – 3 Luzern Landhof, Basel
14:30 Hügi (II) 20' (1:0)
Frigerio 30' (2:0)
Frigerio 77' (3:3)
Summary 37' (2:1) Hahn
42' (2:2) Hahn
66' (2:3) Lüscher
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Guinnard Gletterens
6 December 1959 Round 11 Chiasso 2 – 1 Basel Stadio Via Comacini, Chiasso
Boldini 21' (1:0)
Boffi 52' (2:0)
Summary 54' (2:1) Hügi (II) Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Domeniconi Geneva
  1. ^ Zindel, Josef (2015). Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4.