User:Huligan0/1952–53 FC Basel season

The 1952–53 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 59th season in their existence. It was their seventh consequtive 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-manager 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 teams 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 the won 4–1 against Grenchen. All three games were home ties. In the quarter-finals Basel were draw away against Servette Genève and the tie went into extra time, Basel then losing 3–4.

Nationalliga

 * League standings

Swiss Cup

 * Legend

Sources and References

 * Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISSN: 978-3-7245-2027-6
 * Switzerland 1952–53 at RSSSF