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. Jules Düblin was the club's chairman for the seventh successive season.

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FC Basel

1952–53 season
Chairman	Jules Düblin
Manager	René Bader with Willy Dürr
Ground	Landhof, Basel
Nationalliga A	Champions
Swiss Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Josef Hügi (32) All: Josef Hügi (38)
Highest home attendance	13,000 on 7 June 1953 vs Servette
Lowest home attendance	8,000 on 21 December 1952 vs Fribourg
Average home league attendance	7,869
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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.

Basel played a total of 43 games during this season. Of these 26 games were in the domestic league, four games were in the Swiss Cup and 13 were test games. The test games resulted with seven victories, three were drawn and three ended with defeats. In total, including the test games and the cup competition, they won 27 games, drew 11 and lost five times. In the 43 games they scored 146 goals and conceded 72 goals.^[1]

There were fourteen teams contesting in the 1952–53 Nationalliga A and the bottom two teams in the league table were to be relegated. Basel won 17 of the 26 games, losing only once, and they scored 72 goals conceding 38. Basel won the championship four points clear of Young Boys in second position and ten points ahead of Grasshopper Club Zürich who were third. 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. Three players were teams joint second best league scorers René Bader, Walter Bannwart and Bielser each scored nine times.^[2]

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.^[3]

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

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No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  SUI Walter Müller (games/goals: 8/0) — GK  SUI Werner Schley (games/goals: 19/0) — GK  SUI Werner Wenger — DF  SUI Werner Bopp (games/goals: 26/0) — DF  SUI Hans-Rudolf Fitze (games/goals: 2/0) — DF  SUI Hans Hügi (I) (games/goals: 26/4) — DF  HUN György Mogoy (games/goals: 25/4) — DF  SUI Hans Weber (games/goals: 10/0) — MF  SUI Eugen Büchel

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  FRA Pierre Redolfi (games/goals: 26/0) — MF  SUI Kurt Maurer (games/goals: 26/1) — MF  SUI Kurt Thalmann (games/goals: 26/3) — FW  SUI René Bader (games/goals: 20/9) — FW  SUI Walter Bannwart (games/goals: 26/9) — FW  SUI Walter Bielser (games/goals: 21/9) — FW  SUI Marcel Frei — FW  SUI Josef Hügi (games/goals: 26/32) — FW  SUI Marcel Leisinger

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Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre-season and mid-season

Basel v VfB Stuttgart

28 June 1952 Pre-season	Basel	2 – 6	VfB Stuttgart	Landhof, Basel
18:30	Bader 37' (1:0) Weber 75' (2:3)	Summary	(1:1) Blessing (1:2) Blessing 57' (1:3) Blessing (2:4) Blessing 79' (2:5) Baitinger 90' (2:6) Läpple	Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Dörflinger Grenchen

SC Kleinhüningen v Basel

2 August 1952 Pre-season	SC Kleinhüningen	2 – 8	Basel	Schorenmatte, Basel
17:30	2' (1:0)	Summary	(pen. 1:1) Hügi (II) (1:2) Bader (1:4) Hügi (II) 65' (pen. 1:5) Bader (1:6) Hügi (II) Bader Bader	Attendance: 800 Referee: Kellerhals Basel

Old Boys v Basel

14 August 1952 Pre-season	Old Boys	1 – 7	Basel	Basel
		Summary	(3x) Hügi (II) (2x) Bader (1x) Bielser (1x) Thalmann

Freiburger FC v Basel

17 August 1952 Pre-season	Freiburger FC	1 – 0	Basel	Möslestadion, Freiburg
	Faber	Summary		Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Merkel

Basel v Old Boys

24 August 1952 Pre-season	Basel	11 – 1	Old Boys	Landhof, Basel
	Hügi (II) 13' (1:0) Hügi (II) 14' (2:0) Bader 29' (3:0) Bielser (4:0) Bannwart 51' (5:0) Hügi (II) 54' (6:0) Hügi (II) 60' (7:0) Grauer (o.g. 8:1) Bader (9:1) Bielser (10:1) Hügi (II) (11:1)	Summary	(pen. 1:7) Eggler	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Kellerhals Basel

Franche-Comté XI v Basel

11 November 1952 Mid-season	Franche-Comté XI	2 – 5	Basel	Besançon
	Gardien (1:0) Biancheri 10' (2:0)	Summary	21' (2:1) Hügi (II) 40' (2:2) Hügi (II) 53' (2:3) Thalmann 85' (2:4) Hügi (II) 88' (2:5) Hügi (II)	Attendance: 4,000

Winter break to end of season

Basel v Kickers Offenbach

8 February 1953 Winter break	Basel	3 – 3	Kickers Offenbach	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Thalmann 31' (1:1) Hügi (II) 33' (2:1) Hügi (II) 49' (3:1)	Summary	19' (0:1) Kircher 63' (3:2) Finke 66' (3:3) Kraus	Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Andres

Luzern v Basel

8 March 1953 Mid-season	Luzern	1 – 5	Basel	Stadion Allmend, Luzern
	Kruppa 42' (pen. 1:2)	Summary	4' (0:1) Hügi (II) (0:2) Hügi (II) 52' (1:3) Hügi (II) 85' (1:4) Hügi (II) 87' (1:5) Thalmann	Attendance: 3,200 Referee: F. Buchmüller Zürich

Basel v 1. FC Nürnberg

21 March 1953 Mid-season	Basel	2 – 5	1. FC Nürnberg	Landhof, Basel
16:15	Hüssy (II) 12' (1:0) Büchel 85' (2:4)	Summary	17' (1:1) Schweinberger 26' (1:2) Glomb 39' (1:3) Schweinberger 80' (1:4) Winterstein 89' (2:5) Schweinberger	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Andres

Basel v Skovshoved IF

20 May 1953 Mid-season	Basel	1 – 2	Skovshoved IF	Landhof, Basel
18:15	Hügi (II) 44' (1:1) Hügi (II) 75' (2:1)	Summary	30' (0:1) Sörensen (II)	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Hauser Basel

Basel v SV Werder Bremen

26 May 1953 Mid-season	Basel	2 – 2	SV Werder Bremen	Landhof, Basel
18:15	Mariani 7' (1:0) Rindlisbacher 15' (2:1)	Summary	12' (1:1) Gaerner 66' (2:2) Gernhardt	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: von Wartburg Bern

Basel v Clube Atlético Juventus

11 June 1953 Mid-season	Basel	4 – 3	Clube Atlético Juventus	Landhof, Basel
18:30	Bielser 68' (1:3) Bielser 78' (2:3) Hügi (II) 78' (3:3) Bannwart 88' (4:3)	Summary	32' (0:1) Durval 50' (0:2) Durval 52' (0:3) Bazao	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Dörflinger Grenchen

Basel v Clube Atlético Juventus

19 June 1953 End of season	Basel	1 – 1	Clube Atlético Juventus	Landhof, Basel
18:45	Hügi (II) 2' (1:0)	Summary	48' (1:1) Arias	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: von Wartburg Bern

Nationalliga A

Main article: 1952–53 Nationalliga A

League matches

Young Boys v Basel

31 August 1952 Round 1	Young Boys	2 – 2	Basel	Neufeld, Bern
15:00	Casali (I) 28' (1:0) Casali (I) 55' (2:1)	Summary	53' (1:1) Hügi (II) 82' (2:2) Bielser	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Grassi

FC Bern v Basel

7 September 1952 Round 2	FC Bern	1 – 2	Basel	Neufeld, Bern
15:00	Wirsching 80' (1:2)	Summary	50' (0:1) Hügi (II) 77' (0:2) Hügi (II)	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Tschopp

Basel v Lugano

14 September 1952 Round 3	Basel	1 – 1	Lugano	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Bader 59' (pen. 1:1)	Summary	53' (0:1) Vetter	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Schüttel

Locarno v Basel

28 September 1952 Round 4	Locarno	3 – 5	Basel	Stadio del Lido, Locarno
	Ferraris 7' (1:1) Canetti 17' (2:1) Ferraris 82' (3:5)	Summary	4' (0:1) Bielser 53' (2:2) Hügi (II) 55' (2:3) Hügi (II) 62' (2:4) Thalmann 69' (pen. 2:5) Bader	Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Bertsche

Basel v Zürich

8 October 1952 Round 5	Basel	5 – 1	Zürich	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Molina 8' (o.g.) Hügi (II) 14' (2:0) Bielser 26' (3:0) Bannwart 42' (4:0) Hügi (II) 52' (5:0)	Summary	82' (5:1) Schneiter	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Josef Gulde

Lausanne-Sport v Basel

12 October 1952 Round 6	Lausanne-Sport	1 – 2	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
15:00	Glisevic 11' (1:0)	Summary	14' (1:1) Bielser 25' (1:2) Bannwart	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Grassi

Basel v Grenchen

19 October 1952 Round 7	Basel	6 – 2	Grenchen	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Hügi (II) 15' (1:0) Hügi (II) 22' (2:0) Bielser 25' (3:0) Bader 34' (4:0) Hügi (II) 38' (5:0) Hügi (II) 83' (6:1)	Summary	65' (5:1) Pfister 83' (6:2) Pfister	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: W Rufli

La Chaux-de-Fonds v Basel

2 November 1952 Round 8	La Chaux-de-Fonds	2 – 6	Basel	Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
14:30	Morand 38' (1:2) Chodat 73' (2:5)	Summary	10' (0:1) Hügi (II) 20' (0:2) Hügi (II) 47' (1:3) Hügi (II) 59' (1:4) Bielser 67' (1:5) Bannwart 85' (2:6) Bader	Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Zutter

Basel v Chiasso

9 November 1952 Round 9

Basel

P – P

Chiasso

Landhof, Basel

Bellinzona v Basel

30 November 1952 Round 10	Bellinzona	2 – 3	Basel	Stadio Comunale Bellinzona
	Genetelli 7' (1:0) Zanetti 29' (2:1)	Summary	17' (1:1) Hügi (II) 40' (2:2) Hügi (II) 71' (pen. 2:3) Hügi (II)	Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Berlotti

Basel v Grasshopper Club

7 December 1952 Round 11	Basel	1 – 0	Grasshopper Club	Landhof, Basel
14:30	Bielser 62' (1:0)	Summary		Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Victor Werrner Schicker, Bern

Servette v Basel

14 December 1952 Round 12	Servette	3 – 3	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
14:30	Fatton 17' (1:0) Tamini 21' (2:0) Ballaman 68' (3:1)	Summary	33' (2:1) Bader 77' (3:2) Thalmann 89' (3:3) Hügi (II)	Attendance: 16,000 Referee: von Wartburg, Bern

Basel v Fribourg

21 December 1952 Round 13	Basel	1 – 0	Fribourg	Landhof, Basel
14:30	Bannwart 87' (1:0)	Summary		Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Python, Lausanne

Basel v Chiasso

11 January 1953 Round 9	Basel	4 – 1	Chiasso	Landhof, Basel
14:00	Hügi (II) 3' (1:0) Hügi (I) 21' (2:1) Hügi (II) 69' (3:1) Bader 79' (4:1)	Summary	7' (1:1) Chiesa	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Dörflinger, Grenchen

Basel v Young Boys

22 February 1953 Round 14	Basel	1 – 0	Young Boys	Landhof, Basel
14:30	Bielser 85' (1:0) Marc	Summary		Attendance: 8,000 Referee: W Rufli

Basel v FC Bern

1 March 1953 Round 15	Basel	2 – 2	FC Bern	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Bader 56' (1:0) Hügi (II) 64' (2:0)	Summary	70' (2:1) Schönmann 78' (2:2) Liechti	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Paul Wyssling, Zürich

Lugano v Basel

15 March 1953 Round 16	Lugano	0 – 0	Basel	Cornaredo, Lugano
		Summary		Attendance: 4,000 Referee: von Wartburg, Bern

Basel v Locarno

29 March 1953 Round 17	Basel	8 – 1	Locarno	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Hügi (II) 26' (1:0) Hügi (II) 43' (2:0) Hügi (II) 51' (3:0) Hügi (I) 54' (4:0) Maurer 60' (5:0) Hügi (II) 65' (6:1) Bannwart 82' (7:1) Bannwart 86' (8:1)	Summary	62' (5:1) Canetti	Attendance: 6,800 Referee: Rapin

Zürich v Basel

12 April 1953 Round 18	Zürich	1 – 1	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
16:00	Lehrieder 43' (1:1)	Summary	32' (0:1) Bannwart	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: W. Rufli

Basel v Lausanne-Sport

19 April 1953 Round 19	Basel	1 – 1	Lausanne-Sport	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Mogoy 8' (pe, 1:1)	Summary	56' (1:1) Glisovic	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Zutter Bern

Grenchen v Basel

26 April 1953 Round 20	Grenchen	2 – 3	Basel	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
	Pfister 10' (1:0) Pfister 46' (2:0)	Summary	50' (2:1) Hügi (I) 60' (2:2) Hügi (II) 65' (2:3) Hügi (II)	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Paul Wyssling Zürich

Basel v La Chaux-de-Fonds

3 May 1953 Round 21	Basel	3 – 2	La Chaux-de-Fonds	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Hügi (II) 26' (1:0) Bannwart 39' (2:0) Mogoy 84' (pen. 3:2)	Summary	57' (2:1) Chodat 66' (2:2) Mauron	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: E. Guidi Bellinzona

Chiasso v Basel

10 May 1953 Round 22	Chiasso	4 – 3	Basel	Stadio Via Comacini Chiasso
	Rossetti 16' (1:0) Riva 31' (2:2) Riva 35' (3:2) Chiesa 48' (4:2)	Summary	17' (1:1) Bielser 23' (1:2) Hügi (II) 82' (pen. 4:3) Mogoy	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Josef Gulde St. Gallen

Basel v Bellinzona

16 May 1953 Round 23	Basel	2 – 2	Bellinzona	Landhof, Basel
17:15	Hügi (I) 30' (1:0) Hügi (II) 86' (2:2)	Summary	60' (1:1) Zanetti 74' (1:2) Sorman	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Rapin Lausanne

Grasshopper Club v Basel

31 May 1953 Round 24	Grasshopper Club	4 – 5	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
16:15	Zappia 2' (1:0) Bickel 22' (2:1) Bickel 56' (3:4) Vonlanthen 85' (4:5)	Summary	8' (1:1) Hügi (II) 28' (2:2) Thalmann 34' (2:3) Bader 50' (pen. 2:4) Mogoy 69' (3:5) Hügi (II)	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Dörflinger Grenchen

Basel v Servette

7 June 1953 Round 25	Basel	1 – 0	Servette	Landhof, Basel
16:30	Bannwart 34' (1:0)	Summary		Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Tschopp Delémont

Fribourg v Basel

14 June 1953 Round 26	Fribourg	0 – 1	Basel	St-Leonard, Fribourg
		Summary	46' (0:1) Bader	Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Merlotti Neuchâtel

League table

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Basel	26	17	8	1	72	38	+34	42	Swiss Champions
2	BSC Young Boys	26	16	6	4	61	39	+22	38	Swiss Cup winners
3	Grasshopper Club Zürich	26	14	4	8	73	39	+34	32
4	Servette FC Genève	26	12	8	6	61	38	+23	32
5	FC Chiasso	26	9	8	9	38	52	−14	26
6	AC Bellinzona	26	9	7	10	45	45	0	25
7	Lausanne Sports	26	8	8	10	52	45	+7	24
8	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	26	8	7	11	53	61	−8	23
9	FC Fribourg	26	10	3	13	35	53	−18	23
10	FC Zürich	26	7	8	11	45	48	−3	22
11	FC Bern	26	6	10	10	40	53	−13	22
12	FC Grenchen	26	6	8	12	38	54	−16	20	Play-off winners, remain in Nationalliga A
13	FC Lugano	26	5	10	11	38	53	−15	20	Play-off losers, relegated to Nationalliga B
14	FC Locarno	26	5	5	16	33	66	−33	15	Relegated

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Swiss Cup

Basel v Helvetia Bern

26 October 1952 Round 3	Basel	10 – 0	Helvetia Bern	Basel
14:30	Bielser 3' (1:0) Hügi (II) 6' (2:0) Hügi (II) 8' (3:0) Bielser 13' (4:0) Bader 23' (pen. 5:0) Bannwart 35' (6:0) Hügi (II) 63' (pen. 7:0) Hügi (I) 77' (8:0) Hügi (II) 82' (9:0) Thalmann 85' (10:0)	Summary		Stadium: Landhof Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Locher Zürich

Basel v Thun

2 November 1952 Round 4	Basel	5 – 0	Thun	Basel
14:30	Thalmann 35' (1:0) Bader 62' (2:0) Bader 65' (3:0) Bader 87' (4:0) Bannwart 89' (5:0)	Summary		Stadium: Landhof Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Ducret Vevey

Basel v Grenchen

4 January 1953 Round 5	Basel	4 – 1	Grenchen	Landhof, Basel
14:30	Bannwart 60' (1:0) Bannwart 66' (2:0) Morf 68' (o.g. 3:0) Thalmann (4:1)	Summary	82' (3:1) Sidler	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Rapin Lausanne

Servette v Basel

15 February 1953 Quarter-final	Servette	4 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
14:45	Fatton 5' (1:0) Ballaman 10' (2:0) Mezzena 99' (3:3) Fatton 91' (4:3)	Summary	22' (2:1) Hügi (II) 23' (2:2) Bader 50' (2:3) Hügi (II)	Attendance: 13,000 Referee: M. Baumberger Lausanne

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