1947–48_FC_Basel_season
1947–48 FC Basel season
FC Basel 1947–48 football season
The 1947–48 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 54th season in their existence. It was their second season in the top flight of Swiss football after their promotion from the Nationalliga B during the season 1945–46. Basel played their home games in the Landhof, in the Quarter Kleinbasel. Jules Düblin was the club's chairman for the second successive season.
| 1947–48 season | |
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| Chairman |  Jules Düblin |
| Manager | Ernst Hufschmid |
| Ground | Landhof, Basel |
| Nationalliga A | 10th |
| Swiss Cup | Quarter-final |
| Top goalscorer | League: Paul Stöcklin (11) All: Traugott Oberer and Paul Stöcklin both (11) |
| Highest home attendance | 8,700 on 25 April 1948 vs Biel-Bienne |
| Lowest home attendance | 3,500 on 21 December 1947 vs Grenchen |
| Average home league attendance | 6,807 |
Anton Schall was to continue as first team manager, but he died at the age of 40 years, during a workout on the football field, shortly after the pre-season training had begun. Following this unhappy event captain Ernst Hufschmid then took over as player-manager. Basel played a total of 46 games in this season. Of these 26 in the Nationalliga A, four in the Swiss Cup and 16 were test games. The test games resulted with eight victories, three draws and five defeats. In total, they won 18 games, drew 13 and lost 15 times. In total, including the test games and the cup competition, they scored 100 goals and conceded 93.[1]
There were fourteen teams contesting in the 1947–48 Nationalliga A, the bottom two teams in the table to be relegated. Suffering under the shock of team manager Schall's death, the team started the season badly, losing six of their first eleven games without a single victory. With seven victories in the second half of the season the team were able to lift themselves out of the relegation zone. Basel finished the season in 10th position in the table, with seven victories from 26 games, ten draws and they lost nine times. The team scored 44 goals in the domestic league. Paul Stöcklin was the team's top goal scorer with 11 goals. Gottlieb Stäuble was second best scorer with eight goals. René Bader and Traugott Oberer both scored five times. Bellinzona won the championship. FC Bern and Cantonal Neuchatel ended the season on the relegation places.[2]
In the Swiss Cup Basel started in round 3 with a home match against SC Balerna, the game was won 7–0. In round 4 Basel were drawn with a home tie against Zürich which was won 2–1. Round 5 gave Basel another home tie in the Landhof against Locarno and this ended with a 5–3 victory. Thus Basel advanced to the quarter-finals, where they were drawn away against La Chaux-de-Fonds. The hosts won the game by two goals to nil and continued to the semi-final and the final. The final was played on 29 March at Wankdorf Stadium in Bern against Grenchen and ended with a 2–2 draw. The replay three weeks later was also drawn 2–2 and so a second replay was required. This was played on 27 June in the Stade Olympique de la Pontaise in Lausanne. La Chaux-de-Fonds won the trophy, winning the game by four goals to nil.[3]
The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the season 1947–48. The list includes players that were in the squad the day the Nationalliga A season started on 31 August 1947 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.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches
Pre and mid-season
v Basel
| 9 August 1947 Pre-season | Black Stars | 2–2 | Basel | Buschwilerhof, Basel |
Eckert  (1:0)Eckert (2:2) |
Summary | (1:1) Mathez (1:2) Wenk |
Referee: Hans Vogt Muttenz |
v Biel-Bienne
| 17 August 1947 Pre-season | Basel | 3–1 | Biel-Bienne | Bodenacker, Breitenbach |
| 16:00 | Oberer (2x) Stöcklin (1x) |
Summary | (1x) Ballaman |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Sannwald Sissach |
v 
FA Red Boys Differdange
| 23 August 1947 Pre-season | Basel | 3–0 | FA Red Boys Differdange | Basel |
| Finazzi (1:0) Weisshaar (2:0)Stöcklin (3:0) |
Summary | Referee: Hans Vogt Muttenz |
v Nordstern Basel
| 24 August 1947 Pre-season | Basel | 2–0 | Nordstern Basel | Basel |
| Stäuble (1:0) Stäuble (2:0) |
Summary | Referee: Sannwald Sissach |
Winter break and mid-season
v FC Birsfelden
| 4 January 1948 Winter break | Basel | 5–3 | FC Birsfelden | Landhof, Basel |
| Bader (1:1) Oberer (2:1)Bader (3:1)Vonthron (4:2)Wenk (5:3) |
Summary | (1:0) Fischer (3:2) Bingetti (4:3) von Arx |
Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Schaub Basel |
v Basel
| 1 February 1948 Winter break | Winterthur XI | 0–2 | Basel | Schützenwiese, Winterthur |
| Summary | 86' (0:1) Martin 90' (0:2) Bader |
Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Bertsche Neuhausen am Rheinfall |
v 
SK Slezská Ostrava
| 7 February 1948 Winter break | Basel | 1–2 | SK Slezská Ostrava | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Bader 35' (1:1) |
Summary | 20' (0:1) Janik 75' (1:2) Simonek |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Schürch Winterthur |
v Basel
| 8 February 1948 Winter break | Young Boys reserves | 0–8 | Basel | Schönenwerd |
| Summary | (2x) Grether (2x) Monigatti (2x) Oberer (1x) Hägler (1x) Ch. Martin |
v 
Austria Wien
| 14 February 1948 Winter break | Basel | 3–7 | Austria Wien | Landhof, Basel |
| 44' (o.g. 1:1) Stäuble 47' (2:1) (o.g. 3:1) |
Summary | 2' (0:1) Stojaspal (I) (3:2) Melchior (I) 57' (3:3) Stojaspal (II) 68' (3:4) Stroh (I) (3:5) Stojaspal (I) (3:6) Melchior (I) (3:7) Melchior (I) |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Berner Basel |
v Basel
| 28 March 1948 Mid-season | Ferencvárosi TC | 3–2 | Basel | Üllői úti stadion, Budapest |
| Tihanyi 3' (1:0) Tihanyi 11' (2:0)Surányi 29' (3:0) |
Summary | 62' (3:1) Oberer 68' (pen. 2:3) |
Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Dorogi |
v Basel
| 29 March 1948 Mid-season | Újpesti Dózsa | 5–0 | Basel | Budapest |
| Varnai 19' (1:0) Krasznai (2:0) (3:0) (4:0) (5:0) |
Summary |
v First Vienna
| 16 April 1948 Mid-season | Basel | 2–2 | First Vienna | Landhof, Basel |
| 16:30 | Oberer 17' (1:0) Bader 57' (2:1) |
Summary | 21' (1:1) Fischer 66' (2:2) Fischer |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: A. Sandoz Lausanne |
v 
Birmingham City
| 12 May 1948 Mid-season | Basel | 0–5 | Birmingham City | Landhof, Basel |
| 18:15 | Summary | (2x) Dougall (2x) Slater (1x) Stewart |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: DörflingerGrenchen |
Nationalliga
League matches
| 31 August 1947 Round 1 | Servette | 1–1 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
| Tamini |
Summary | 21' (0:1) Stöcklin |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: DörflingerGrenchen |
| 6 September 1947 Round 2 | Basel | 2–2 | Grasshopper Club | Landhof, Basel |
| 16:30 | Stöcklin 40' (1:2) Weisshaar 85' (2:2) |
Summary | 35' (0:1) Amadò 37' (0:2) Quinche |
Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Scherz Bern |
| 16 September 1947 Round 3 | Young Fellows Zürich | 5–0 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
| Bossert 19' (1:0) Siegenthaler 29' (2:0)Siegenthaler 44' (3:0)Bossert 69' (4:0)Bossert (5:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Merlotti Neuchâtel |
| 28 September 1947 Round 4 | Basel | 0–0 | Bellinzona | Landhof, Basel |
| Summary | Attendance: 6,800 Referee: Schmidsberger Zürich |
| 5 October 1947 Round 5 | FC Bern | 2–0 | Basel | Neufeld, Bern |
| 15:00 | Wyss 18' (1:0) Jundt 23' (2:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 4,500 Referee: W. Rufli Bremgarten |
| 12 October 1947 Round 6 | Basel | 2–2 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Landhof, Basel |
| Oberer 41' (pen. 1:1) Oberer 49' (2:1) |
Summary | 16' (0:1) Hermann 83' (pen. 2:2) Busenhart Amey |
Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Tschopp Delémont |
| 19 October 1947 Round 7 | Biel-Bienne | 1–0 | Basel | Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne |
| Weibel 22' (1:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Niederhauser Bern |
| 9 November 1947 Round 8 | Basel | 1–3 | Lausanne-Sport | Landhof, Basel |
| Oberer 56' (1:1) |
Summary | 26' (0:1)Maillard (II) 84' (1:2) Monnard (1:3) |
Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Scherz Bern |
| 16 November 1947 Round 9 | Zürich | 3–3 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
| 14:45 | Bosshart 32' (1:1) Zanetti 56' (2:1)Zanetti 72' (3:2) |
Summary | 6' (0:1) Stöcklin 61' (2:2) Suter 79' (3:3) Oberer |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Grassi Balerna |
| 23 November 1947 Round 10 | Locarno | 3–0 | Basel | Stadio del Lido, Locarno |
| Canetti 69' (1:0) Ernst 71' (pen. 2:0)Ernst 83' (3:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Schürch Winterthur |
| 30 November 1947 Round 11 | Basel | 0–1 | Lugano | Landhof, Basel |
| 14:30 | Summary | 69' (0:1) Daldini |
Attendance: 8,000 Referee: DörflingerGrenchen |
| 14 December 1947 Round 12 | Cantonal Neuchatel | 0–2 | Basel | Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel |
| 14:30 | Summary | 30' (0:1) Bader 70' (0:2) Oberer |
Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Schürch Winterthur |
| 21 December 1947 Round 13 | Basel | 2–2 | Grenchen | Landhof, Basel |
| 14:30 | Wenk 50' (1:2) Bader 90' (2:2) |
Summary | 4' (0:1) Roth 44' (0:2) Vuilleumier |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Jaggi Bern |
| 22 February 1948 Round 14 | Basel | 3–2 | Servette | Landhof, Basel |
| 14:30 | Stöcklin 30' (1:1) Grether 75' (2:2)Stäuble 86' (3:2) |
Summary | 15' (0:1) Stefano (II) 38' (1:2) Würgler |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Keller Seuzach |
| 29 February 1948 Round 15 | Grasshopper Club | 3–0 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
| 15:15 | Mosimann 47' (1:0) Berbig 61' (2:0)Amadò (3:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 6,000 Referee: A. Sandoz Lausanne |
| 14 March 1948 Round 16 | Basel | 2–1 | Young Fellows Zürich | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Stäuble 57' (1:1) Stäuble 65' (2:1) |
Summary | 30' (0:1) Siegenthaler |
Attendance: 6,700 Referee: Merlotti Neuchâtel |
| 21 March 1948 Round 17 | Bellinzona | 1–5 | Basel | Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona |
| Busenhart 37' (1:2) |
Summary | 25' (0:1) Stöcklin 37' (0:2) Vonthron 43' (1:3) Stöcklin 87' (1:4) Stöcklin 89' (pen. 1:5) Bopp |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Lutz Geneva |
| 4 April 1948 Round 18 | Basel | 1–2 | FC Bern | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Bopp 57' (1:0) |
Summary | 69' (1:1) Liechti 79' (1:2) Rothenbühler |
Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Schürch Winterthur |
| 11 April 1948 Round 19 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 1–5 | Basel | Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| 15:00 | Busenhart 62' (1:5) |
Summary | 3' (1:0) Stöcklin 20' (2:0) Stöcklin 35' (0:3) Bader 50' (0:4) Stäuble 55' (0:5) Stäuble |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Lutz Geneva |
| 25 April 1948 Round 20 | Basel | 3–3 | Biel-Bienne | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Suter 27' (1:1) Stöcklin 60' (2:3)Wenk 88' (3:3) |
Summary | 19' (0:1) Scholl 48' (1:2) Scholl 52' (1:3) Lempen |
Attendance: 8,700 Referee: Merlotti Neuchâtel |
| 2 May 1948 Round 21 | Lausanne-Sport | 5–0 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
| 15:00 | Friedländer 48′Nikolić 58' (1:0)Nikolić 67' (2:0)Nikolić 68' (3:0)Nikolić 73' (4:0)Nikolić 77' (5:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 7,000 Referee: E. Ruefer Bern |
| 9 May 1948 Round 22 | Basel | 3–3 | Zürich | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Suter 15' (1:0) Stöcklin 70' (2:2)Bopp 77' (pen. 3:2) |
Summary | 25' (1:1) Zanetti 56' (1:2) Bosshard 89' (pen. 3:3) Kohler |
Attendance: 8,200 Referee: von Wartburg Bern |
| 23 May 1948 Round 23 | Basel | 2–1 | Locarno | Landhof, Basel |
| Bader 43' (1:1) Hügi (I) 90' (2:1) |
Summary | 20' (2:1) Neury |
Attendance: 6,800 Referee: Keller Seuzach |
| 30 May 1948 Round 24 | Lugano | 1–1 | Basel | Campo Marzio, Lugano |
| Bergamini 60' (1:1) |
Summary | 21' (0:1) Stäuble |
Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Scherz Bern |
League standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bellinzona | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 58 | 28 | +30 | 38 | Swiss Champions |
| 2 | Biel-Bienne | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 38 | +19 | 37 | |
| 3 | Lausanne-Sport | 26 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 59 | 32 | +27 | 34 | |
| 4 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 73 | 54 | +19 | 28 | Swiss Cup winners |
| 5 | Servette | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 61 | 51 | +10 | 26 | |
| 6 | Grenchen | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 53 | 58 | −5 | 26 | |
| 7 | Locarno | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 25 | |
| 8 | Grasshopper Club | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 60 | 52 | +8 | 24 | |
| 9 | Zürich | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 54 | 60 | −6 | 24 | |
| 10 | Basel | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 24 | |
| 11 | Lugano | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 24 | |
| 12 | Young Fellows Zürich | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 23 | |
| 13 | FC Bern | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 56 | −28 | 21 | Relegated |
| 14 | Cantonal Neuchatel | 26 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 34 | 85 | −51 | 10 | Relegated |
Swiss Cup
| 26 October 1947 Round 3 | Basel | 7–0 | SC Balerna | Landhof, Basel |
| Oberer (3x) Suter (2x)Stäuble (2x) |
Summary | Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Schmidsberger Zürich |
| 7 December 1947 Round 4 | Basel | 2–1 | Zürich | Landhof, Basel |
| 14:30 | Oberer 12' (1:0) Bader 58' (2:0) |
Summary | 62' (2:1) Zanetti 67′ Bosshard |
Attendance: 4,300 Referee: Niederhauser Bern |
| 27 December 1947 Round of 16 | Basel | 5–3 | Locarno | Landhof, Basel |
| Bader 30' (1:0) Oberer 35' (2:0)Wenk 40' (3:0)Oberer 44' (4:0)Hägler 65' (5:0) |
Summary |  60' Visentin 69' (pen. 5:1) Ernst 78' (5:2) Ernst 88' (5:3) Losa |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: A. Sandoz Lausanne |
| 11 January 1948 Quarter-final | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 2–0 | Basel | Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| 14:30 | Amey 37' (1:0) Hermann 38' (2:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 7,500 Referee: DörflingerGrenchen |
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