Place of birth Basel 1932–1934 Switzerland Height 1.75 m Years Team Died November 30, 2001 | Playing position Role Footballer Date of death 30. November 2001 Name Ernst Hufschmid Position Midfielder | |
Date of birth (1913-02-04)4 February 1913 | ||
Ernst Hufschmid (born 4 February 1913 in Basel – 30 November 2001) was a Swiss footballer who played for Basel. He also played for Switzerland in the 1934 FIFA World Cup.
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Club football
Hufschmid played a total of 322 matches for Basel between 1929 and 1948. He scored 62 goals during this time. In the Season 1932–33 Basel advanced to the Swiss Cup Final due to a 5–3 win in the semi-final, in which Hufschmid scored the first goal, against Lausanne Sports. Hufschmid played in the final, which was played in the Hardturm in Zürich against Grasshopper Club. Basel won the final 4–3 and this the clubs first ever title win.
After suffering relegation to the 1st League (second flight of Swiss football) in 1938–39, during the 1941–42 season Basel achieved promotion to the Nationalliga as they beat Bern in the play-offs. Hufschmid and Basel qualified for the Swiss Cup final for a second time. This was played on 6 April 1942 in the Wankdorf Stadion against the Nationalliga team Grasshopper Club. The final ended goalless after extra time and a replay was required. The replay was on 25 May, again in the Wankdorf Stadion. Basel led by half time through two goals by Fritz Schmidlin, but two goals from Grubenmann a third from Neukom gave the Grasshoppers a 3–2 victory.
After his playing career the Austrian ex-international Anton Schall, who suffered from a rare heart condition, moved to Switzerland and took over Basel as club trainer for the 1946–47 season. Basel advanced to the Cup-Final, which was played in the Stadion Neufeld in Bern on 7 April 1947. Basel won the final 3–0 against Lausanne Sport and thus their second cup title. Schall led Basel to win the Cup, but he died shortly afterwards at the age of 40 years during a workout on the football field. Following this unhappy event captain Hufschmid took over as team coach and remained coach until 1952. He later managed FC Breitenbach.
National team
Hufschmid gained 11 caps for the Swiss national football team. His debut was on 19. June 1932 as Switzerland beat Hungary 3–1.
He scored his sole goal for the Swiss team on 29 October 1933 in the 2–2 draw with Romania during the 1934 FIFA World Cup qualification game. Hufschmid played both games in the 1934 World Cup.
His final game for the Swiss national team on 4 November 1934 as they won a test match 4–2 against the Netherlands.
Honours
Basel