1932–33 FC Basel season

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.

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

Overview edit

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 edit

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   SUI Emil Blattmann
GK   SUI Paul Blumer
GK   SUI Kurt Imhof
GK   SUI Gerhard Walter
DF   SUI Armando Ardizzoia
DF   GER Hermann Enderlin (II)
DF   SUI Ernst Grauer
DF    Paul Heinrich
MF   SUI Ernst Hufschmid
MF   GER Emil Hummel
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   CZE Vlastimil Borecký
MF   SUI Paul Schaub
FW   SUI Karl Bielser
FW   GER Alfred Enderlin (I)
FW   SUI Adolf Frey
FW   AUT Otto Haftl
FW   SUI Alfred Jaeck
MF   SUI Walter Müller
MF   SUI Alfred Schlecht
FW   AUT Ferdinand Wesely
FW   AUT Josef Chloupek

Results edit

Legend edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches edit

Pre-season edit

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:   Martin
18 August 1932 Pre-season Basel 2–1 Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
18:30     Summary   Attendance: 1,500
Referee:   Spiedel
21 August 1932 Pre-season Baden 2–8 Basel Baden
    Summary                 Attendance: 500

Winter break to end of season edit

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:   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:   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:   Pollitz Basel

Challenge National edit

Group 1 matches edit

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:   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:   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:   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:   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:   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:   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:   Mercet

League table edit

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 edit

Group 1 matches edit

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:   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:   Paschoud
11 September 1932 Round 3 Basel 1–1 Lugano Landhof, Basel
14:00 Hufschmid   53' (pen.)
Müller  
Summary   31' (0:1) Kittel
  Meier
Attendance: 7,000
Referee:   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:   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:   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:   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:   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:   Hans Wüthrich Bern
26 February 1933 Round 9 Lugano 1–0 Basel Campo Marzio, Lugano
Donizetti   80' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee:   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:   Spengler
26 March 1933 Round 11 FC UGS Genève 1–4 Basel
15:30 Jäggi   5' (1:0) Summary   15' (1:1) Haftl
  49' (1:2) Haftl
  (1:3) Wesely


  (1:4) Hufschmid

| stadium = Stade de Frontenex, Geneva | attendance = 4,000 | referee =   W. Bangerter Geneva | result = W }}

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:   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:   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:   Rapin

League table edit

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 edit

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:   Enderli

Swiss Cup edit

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:   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:   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:   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   40' Gilardoni
  69' (2:1) Wilhelm
  86' (4:2) Gianinazzi
Attendance: 6,500
Referee:   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:   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:   Wittwer (Genf)

See also edit

References edit

  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.
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