1932–33 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1932–33 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Franz Rinderer
ManagerAustria Karl Kurz
GroundLandhof, Basel
Nationalliga2nd in Group 1
Challenge National5th in Group 1
Swiss CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Otto Haftl (17)
All: Otto Haftl (28)
Highest home attendance14,000 on 30 April 1933
vs Grasshopper Club
Lowest home attendance3,000 on 19 February 1933
vs La Chaux-de-Fonds
and on 19 March 1933
vs Young Fellows Zürich
Average home league attendance6,000

The 1932–33 season was the Fussball Club Basel 1893's 40th season in their existence and their 33rd consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. They played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel. The club's chairman Franz Rinderer was confirmed at the AGM for the second consecutive period.

Overview

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At the beginning of the season the Austrian former international Karl Kurz was appointed as new head coach. The previous season Kunz had been head coach for FC Grenchen. He took over as club trainer from player-manager Otto Haftl who continued with the team as player. Basel played a total of 39 matches in their 1932–33 season. 15 of these matches were in the domestic league Nationalliga, seven in the Challenge National, six matches in the Swiss Cup and 11 matches were friendlies. Of these 11 friendly matches seven were played in the Landhof, two other games were also played in Switzerland and two were played in a tournament in Luxembourg. Of the friendly games, six games ended with a victory, one was drawn and four matches ended with a defeat. The team scored 42 goals and conceded 27.[1]

In the middle of 36th National championships there was an intermediate championship called Challenge National (Championnat intermédiaire). The competition participants were divided into two groups, with encounters between the two groups taking place among themselves. The winners of both groups were to play the final. The games were played in the winter months between November and February. Basel were allocated to group 1 Basel and finished in fifth position, however the away match against Blue Stars Zürich was not played. Basel won three of their seven games drawing and losing twice. Group 1 was won by Grasshopper Club but the Challenge National championship was won by the BSC Young Boys.[2]

Same situation as the previous season in the 36th Swiss championship 1932–33 Nationalliga was also divided into two groups. This year with eight teams in each group, coming from the whole of Switzerland and no longer just regional groups. The top team in each group would advance to the finals. The two second placed teams would have a play-off to decide the third final place and, same curiosity as the previous season, the second tier champions would also qualify to the finals. In this competition the teams played a double round robin. In the first stage the games were played between August and November the remaining between February and May. Basel were allocated to Group 1 and finished in second position in the table, with seven victories and four draws from 14 games. With 18 points they were five behind group winner Grasshopper Club who advanced with group 2 winners Young Boys to the finals. Etoile Carouge finished in last position in the group and suffered relegation. Second tier (1st League) champions were FC Bern and they also advanced to the finals. The cross-over play-off game between the second placed teams from each group was played in Basel in the Stadion Rankhof. But Basel lost 3–4 against Servette, despite the fact that Otto Haftl scored a hat-trick. As last team Servette advanced to the finals, which they finished level on points with Grasshoppers. Servette won the play-off match between these two teams and became champions.[2]

In the Swiss Cup first round Basel were drawn at home in the Landhof against local team Concordia Basel, who in the meantime had been relegated to the third highest league. Basel won 4–2 and advanced to the next round. They played and won 3–0 at home against Blue Stars Zürich. In the third round Basel played away against AC Bellinzona and won 2–3 after extra time. The quarter-final was played at home against Lugano and was won 4–2. In the semi-final Basel were drawn with a home match against Lausanne-Sport. In another high scoring game Basel managed a 5–3 victory. Basel advanced to the Final, which was played in the Hardturm in Zürich. Twice Haftl, once Jaeck and once Walter Müller scored the goals as Basel won the final 4–3.[3] This was their first ever national title, apart from the Anglo-Cup in 1913 which was a forerunner to the Swiss Cup.[4]

The team scored 91 goals, excluding the friendly games, and conceded 62. Haftl was the team's top goal scorer, 17 in the league, 4 in the intermediate and 7 in the cup, in total 28 goals. Ferdinand Wesely was second best goal scorer, 9 in the league, 2 in the intermediate and 7 in the cup, in total 16 goals. Equal third were Alfred Jaeck (4/8/3) and Ernst Hufschmid (10/2/3) both with 15 goals.[5]

Players

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The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the season 1932–33. The list includes players that were in the squad the day the season started on 7 August 1932 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
GK Switzerland SUI Emil Blattmann
GK Switzerland SUI Paul Blumer
GK Switzerland SUI Kurt Imhof
GK Switzerland SUI Gerhard Walter
DF Switzerland SUI Armando Ardizzoia
DF Germany GER Hermann Enderlin (II)
DF Switzerland SUI Ernst Grauer
DF   Paul Heinrich
MF Switzerland SUI Ernst Hufschmid
MF Germany GER Emil Hummel
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Czech Republic CZE Vlastimil Borecký
MF Switzerland SUI Paul Schaub
FW Switzerland SUI Karl Bielser
FW Germany GER Alfred Enderlin (I)
FW Switzerland SUI Adolf Frey
FW Austria AUT Otto Haftl
FW Switzerland SUI Alfred Jaeck
MF Switzerland SUI Walter Müller
MF Switzerland SUI Alfred Schlecht
FW Austria AUT Ferdinand Wesely
FW Austria AUT Josef Chloupek

Results

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Legend

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

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Pre-season

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7 August 1932 Pre-season Basel 5–2 FC Birsfelden Landhof, Basel
Summary Attendance: 100
14 August 1932 Pre-season Luzern 0–5 Basel Tribschen
Summary Haftl
Haftl
Haftl
Wesely
Schlecht
Referee: Switzerland Martin
18 August 1932 Pre-season Basel 2–1 Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
18:30 Summary Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland Spiedel
21 August 1932 Pre-season Baden 2–8 Basel Baden
Summary Attendance: 500

Winter break to end of season

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1 January 1933 Winter break Basel 3–2 SC Nicholson Wien Landhof, Basel
14:30 Müller 12' (1:0)
Haftl 60' (2:1)
Haftl 61' (3:1)
Summary 43' (1:1) Kadletz
85' (3:2) Bydzowsky
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Feix Herren
21 January 1933 Mid-season Basel 0–3 SK Admira Wien Landhof, Basel
14:45 Summary 27' (0:1) Schall
87' (0:2) Vogl
88' (0:3) Vogl
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Felix Herren Basel
2 April 1933 Mid-season Basel 5–5 Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
16:30 Frey (2x)
Haftl (1x)
Hummel (1x)
Wesely (1x)
Summary (2x) Possak
(1x) Bucco
(1x) Büche
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Pollitz Basel

Challenge National

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Group 1 matches

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20 November 1932 Round 1 Basel 5–0 Concordia Basel Landhof, Basel
Müller 13' (1:0)
Jäck 38' (2:0)
Jäck 45' (3:0)
Jäck 50' (4:0)
Wesely 70' (5:0)
Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland H. Neumann
27 November 1932 Round 2 Young Boys 3–3 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Schicker 20' (1:0)
Ziltener 55' (pen. 2:2)
O'Neill 70' (3:2)
Summary 35' (pen. 1:1) Jäck
44' (1:2) Hummel oder Müller
82' (pen. 3:3) Jäck
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Diehelm
11 December 1932 Round 3 Aarau 1–2 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
Schmitt 40' (1:1) Summary 38' (o.g. 0:1) Wernli
80' (1:2) Hummel
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Cottier
18 December 1932 Round 4 Lausanne-Sport P–P Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
Note: Abandoned after 60 minutes with the score at 2–2 due to fog; Replayed in January
2 January 1933 Round 4 Lausanne-Sport 4–2 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
14:30 Lehmann 44' (1:0)
Weiller (2:0)
Spagnoli (3:0)
Spagnoli (4:0)
[ Summary] (4:1) Haftl
(4:2) Haftl
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Wittwer
8 January 1933 Round 5 Servette 3–0 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
14:30 Marat 26' (1:0)
Kielholz 27' (2:0)
Kielholz 65' (3:0)
Summary Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Dagon
15 January 1933 Round 6 Basel 2–2 Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
14:30 Haftl 6' (1:0)
Jäck 80' (pen. 2:2)
Summary 35' (1:1) Büche
53' (1:2) Possak
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Sally Rosenbaum
22 January 1933 Round 7 Basel P–P Blue Stars Zürich Landhof, Basel
Note: Match not played
12 February 1933 Round 8 Basel 6–1 Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hufschmid 12' (1:0)
Haftl 28' (2:0)
Hufschmid 37' (3:0)
Jäck 58' (4:0)
Jäck (5:0)
Wesely 76' (6:0)
Summary 83' (6:1) Weyermann Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Mercet

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Grasshopper Club Zürich 8 7 0 1 41 6 +35 14 Advance to final
2 Urania Genève Sport 8 6 1 1 37 11 +26 13
3 FC Lugano 8 6 1 1 21 12 +9 13
4 FC Biel-Bienne 8 5 1 2 16 8 +8 11
5 FC Basel 7 3 2 2 20 14 +6 8
6 Young Fellows Zürich 8 4 0 4 18 15 +3 8
7 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 7 2 3 2 24 18 +6 7
8 Étoile Carouge FC 8 0 5 3 11 14 −3 5

Nationalliga

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Group 1 matches

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28 August 1932 Round 1 Basel 6–3 Etoile Carouge Landhof, Basel
16:00 Haftl (1:0)
Hufschmid (pen. 2:0)
Wesely (3:2)
Wesely (4:2)
Wesely (5:2)
Schlecht (6:2)
Summary (2:1) Vaccani
44' (2:2) Machow
(6:3) Vaccani
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Demartines
4 September 1932 Round 2 La Chaux-de-Fonds 2–3 Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
15:30 Ducommun 60' (1:2)
Jäggi (pen. 2:3)
Summary 11' (0:1) Wesely
(pen. 0:2) Hufschmid
70' (1:3) Haftl
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Paschoud
11 September 1932 Round 3 Basel 1–1 Lugano Landhof, Basel
14:00 Hufschmid 53' (pen.)
Müller Red card
Summary 31' (0:1) Kittel
Red card Meier
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Switzerland Meyer
25 September 1932 Round 4 Grasshopper Club 7–1 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
15:15 Sekulic 5' (1:0)
Sekulic 11' (2:0)
Trello 35' (3:1)
Trello 47' (4:1)
Sekulic 49' (5:1)
Xam 61' (6:1)
Xam 73' (7:1)
[ Summary] 33' (2:1) Borecký Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Switzerland Wittwer
9 October 1932 Round 5 Young Fellows Zürich 2–2 Basel Förrlibuck, Zürich
15:15 Gyurkovits 15' (1:0)
Nehadoma 16' (2:0)
Summary 69' (2:1) Haftl
79' (2:2) Haftl
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Spengler
16 October 1932 Round 6 Basel 4–2 FC UGS Genève Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hummel (1:2)
Haftl (2:2)
Haftl (3:2)
Jäck (4:2)
Summary (0:1) Courtois
(0:2) Jäggi
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland Hans Wüthrich Bern
30 October 1932 Round 7 Basel 6–2 Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
13:15 Jäck 22' (1:1)
Hummel 25' (2:1)
Enderlin (II) 64' (3:2)
Wesely 77' (4:2)
Haftl 84' (5:2)
Hufschmid 87' (pen. 6:2)
Summary 8' (0:1) Beiner
40' (2:2) Aebi
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Heer
19 February 1933 Round 8 Basel 4–1 La Chaux-de-Fonds Landhof, Basel
13:15 Chodat 50' (o.g. 1:1)
Wesely 55' (2:1)
Wesely 84' (3:1)
Müller 88' (4:1)
Summary 19' (0:1) Matzinger Referee: Switzerland Hans Wüthrich Bern
26 February 1933 Round 9 Lugano 1–0 Basel Campo Marzio, Lugano
Donizetti 80' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Spengler
19 March 1933 Round 10 Basel 7–0 Young Fellows Zürich Landhof, Basel
13:15 Jäck (1:0)
Wesely 22' (2:0)
Haftl 26' (3:0)
Jäck (4:0)
Hufschmid (5:0)
Hufschmid (6:0)
Hufschmid (7:0)
Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Spengler
26 March 1933 Round 11 FC UGS Genève 1–4 Basel Stade de Frontenex, Geneva
15:30 Jäggi 5' (1:0) Summary 15' (1:1) Haftl
49' (1:2) Haftl
(1:3) Wesely
(1:4) Hufschmid
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland W. Bangerter Geneva
23 April 1933 Round 13 Etoile Carouge 1–1 Basel Stade de Frontenex, Geneva
15:00 Macho 51' (1:1) Summary (0.1) Haftl Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Endreli
30 April 1933 Round 14 Basel 3–3 Grasshopper Club Landhof, Basel
Hufschmid 18' (1:0)
Hufschmid 55' (2:2)
Haftl 62' (3:2)
Summary (1:1) Xam
42' (1:2) Xam
83' (3:3) Xam
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Switzerland Dagon
7 May 1933 Round 12 Biel-Bienne 6–3 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
Grünfeld II
Binder
Binder
(o.g.)
Heimer
?
Summary Frey
Haftl
Haftl
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Rapin

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Grasshopper Club Zürich 14 10 3 1 56 26 +30 23 Qualified for final
2 FC Basel 14 7 4 3 42 29 +13 18 Qualified for play off
3 FC Lugano 14 6 4 4 18 16 +2 16
4 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 14 7 1 6 19 15 +4 15
5 Urania Genève Sport 14 5 2 7 32 32 0 12
6 Young Fellows Zürich 14 5 2 7 29 29 0 12
7 FC Biel 14 6 0 8 29 45 −16 12
8 Étoile Carouge FC 14 1 2 11 15 48 −33 4 Relegated
Source: rsssf.com

Play-off

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28 May 1933 Match between 2nd of both groups Basel 3–4 Servette FC Genève Stadion Rankhof, Basel
15:00 Haftl 46' (1:3)
Haftl 56' (2:3)
Haftl 89' (3:4)
Report 21' (0:1) Kielholz
28' (0:2) L'Hote
38' (0:3) Tax
75' (2:4) Amado
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Switzerland Enderli

Swiss Cup

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2 October 1932 Round 1 Basel 4–2 Concordia Basel Landhof, Basel
Wesely 15' (1:1)
Wesely (2:1)
Haftl (3:1)
Hummel (4:1)
Summary (0:1) Rufer
90' (4:2) Rufer
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Hans Wüthrich
13 November 1932 Round 2 Basel 3–0 Blue Stars Zürich Landhof, Basel
14:30 Müller (1:0)
Haftl (2:0)
Hummel (3:0)
Summary Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland J. Besomo
8 December 1932 Round 3 AC Bellinzona 2–3 (a.e.t.) Basel Campo Granata, Bellinzona
Berini (1:2)
Treier (2:2)
Summary 30' (0:1) Haftl
(0:2) Haftl
(2:3) Wesely
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Switzerland Dagon
5 February 1933 Quarter-final Basel 4–2 Lugano Landhof, Basel
14:30 Hufschmid 35' (1:0)
Hufschmid 48' (2:0)
Wesely 70' (3:1)
Müller 73' (4:1)
Summary Red card 40' Gilardoni
69' (2:1) Wilhelm
86' (4:2) Gianinazzi
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Switzerland Wittwer
5 March 1933 Semi-final Basel 5–3 Lausanne-Sport Stadion Rankhof, Basel
15:00 Hufschmid 18' (1:1)
Haftl 19' (2:1)
Jäck 42' (3:1)
Wesely 63' (4:2)
Jäck 70' (pen. 5:2)
Report 25' (0:1) Tschirren
45' (3:2) Lehmann
(5:3) Lehmann
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Endetli
9 April 1933 Final Basel 4–3 Grasshopper Club Hardturm, Zürich
15:00 Haftl 29' (1:1)
Jäck 44' (2:1)
Haftl 60' (3:1)
Müller 68' (4:1)
Summary 23' (0:1) Kritec
71' (4:2) Schneider
84' (pen. 4:3) Abegglen
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Switzerland Wittwer (Genf)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz - Saison 1932/33". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ^ a b Erik Garin, Peter Kungle. "Switzerland 1932/33". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  3. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Grasshopper Club - FC Basel 3:4 (1:2)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. ^ "Schweizer Cup, Geschichte und Statistik". Swiss Cup, history and statistics. daniel schaub medienbüro gmbh. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  5. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Statistic". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

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