FC Basel
1930–31 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Otto Kuhn
First team coachAustria + Switzerland Gustav Putzendopler
GroundLandhof, Basel
Serie AGroup Stage: 2nd
Final Stage: 4th
Swiss Cup1st round
Top goalscorerLeague: Leopold Kielholz (19)
All: Leopold Kielholz (20)
Highest home attendance8,000 on 23 November 1930
vs Nordstern Basel
and on 17 May 1931
vs Nordstern Basel
Lowest home attendance3,000 on 28 December 1930
vs Luzern
Average home league attendance5,200

The FC Basel 1930–31 season was their thirty eighth season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel. The club's chairman was former player Otto Kuhn for the second successive year.

Overview

Former player Gustav Putzendopler was appointed as new coach/manager, succeeding Gyula Kertész who had moved on to Hamburger SV. Putzendopler coached the team in a total of 31 matches in their 1930–31 season. 23 of these matches were in the domestic league, 19 in the qualification round and four in the final round. Further, one match was in the Swiss Cup and seven games were friendly matches. Of these seven friendlies three were played at home in the Landhof, one other game was played in Switzerland, two in Germany and one in Mulhouse. Of the friendly games two were won, two were drawn and three ended with a defeat. Of the entire 31 matches, 15 ended with a victory, five with a draw and there were 11 defeats.[1]

The 1930–31 Swiss Serie A was divided into three regional groups, new each group with 11 teams, this due to the larger modification in the league system in the next season. The two teams that ended the group at the top of the table continued to the finals. The top six teams in the table would play the following season in the new Nationalliga, the bottom five teams would play the following season in the new second level named 1 Liga. Basel were allocated to the Central group together with the other local clubs Concordia Basel, Nordstern Basel and Old Boys Basel and newly promoted Black Stars Basel. The other six teams allocated to this group were Young Boys Bern, FC Bern, Aarau, Grenchen and Solothurn and newly promoted FC Luzern.

FC Basel played a good league season, out of the first nine games resulted just one defeat. The games in the new year were somewhat more problematic. In the last game of the season a defeat against Nordstern nearly cost them their place within the top two, because now these two teams were level on points. Basel and Nordstern had to play a barrage and put themselves through to the final by winning two goals to one.[2] Leopold Kielholz was the team's top league goal scorer with 19 goals, he managed a hat-trick in the game against Grenchen on 28 September 1930.[3] Jørgen Juve was second best scorer with 10 goals, he managed a hat-trick in the game against Black Stars Basel on 1 March 1931.[4]

In the preliminary round of the Swiss Cup Basel were drawn at home against FC Locarno and lost the game after extra time. The game had ended 2–2 after 90 minutes, after 120 minutes the score was 4–4 and so a further 2x 15 minutes were played. The final score was 4–5 and the winning goal was scored in the 150 minute.[5]

A curiosity note to this season is the player Hector Fisher. A tennis player, described as a cosmopolitan "Burmese-Siamese-English-Swiss" athlete.[6][7] After spending time at Oxford University,[8] he had played tennis there, he moved to Switzerland and played tennis at higher levels.[9] He represented Switzerland during his tennis career and played in the Davis Cup in the years between 1931 and 1939. Fisher also won the Swiss Open in Gstaad four times in 1923, 1928, 1929 and 1931. He played football for Montreux-Sports and played for Basel in this season.

Players

Squad members

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 Traugott Märki
— GK Switzerland SUI Hans Nikles
— GK Switzerland SUI Ernst Zorzotti
— DF Switzerland SUI Armando Ardizzoia
— DF West Germany FRG Hermann Enderlin (II)
— DF Switzerland SUI Ernst Grauer
— MF Switzerland SUI Ernst Hufschmid
— DF Switzerland SUI Ernst Weber
— MF Switzerland SUI Max Galler (II)
— MF Switzerland SUI Otto Meier
— MF Switzerland SUI Walter Notz
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Switzerland SUI Emil Riedener
— MF Switzerland SUI Paul Schaub
— FW Switzerland SUI Karl Bielser
— FW West Germany FRG Alfred Enderlin (I)
— FW Switzerland SUI Hector Fisher
— FW Switzerland SUI Alfred Jaeck
— FW Norway NOR Jørgen Juve
— FW Switzerland SUI Leopold Kielholz
— FW Switzerland SUI Alfred Schlecht
— FW Poland POL Leopold Wionsowsky
—   Fritz Griesbaum
Players who left the squad

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 Stefan Grünfeld
— DF Switzerland SUI Alfred Heidig
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Switzerland SUI Peter Riesterer
— FW Switzerland SUI Walter Müller
— FW Switzerland SUI Max Strasser

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season

August 1930 Pre-season Friedlingen West Germany 2–6 Switzerland Basel Friedlingen

 Summary




August 1930 Pre-season Rheinfelden West Germany – Switzerland Basel Rheinfelden
17 August 1930 Pre-season St. Gallen Switzerland 5–1 Switzerland Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
Volery (1:0)
Meier (I) (2:0)
Meier (I) (3:0)
Volery (4:0)
Volery (5:0)		 Summary (5:1) Kielholz Attendance: 1,200
25 October 1930 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 5–1 Switzerland La Chaux-de-Fonds Landhof, Basel
15:15 Juve 15' (1:0)
Juve (2:0)
Juve (3:0)
Wionsowsky (4:0)
Kielholz (5:0)		 Summary 75' (5:1) Jäggi Attendance: 1,500
9 November 1930 Mid-season Biel-Bienne Switzerland 2–2 Switzerland Basel Biel/Bienne
Summary
7 December 1930 Mid-season Mulhouse France 3–3 Switzerland Basel Mulhouse
Zolg (1:0)
Zolg (2:0)
Kaufmann (3:0)		 Summary (3:1) Juve
(3:2) Juve
(3:3) Kielholz		 Attendance: 800

Winter break and end of season

18 January 1931 Winter break Basel Switzerland 1–2 Switzerland Etoile Carouge Landhof, Basel
15:00 Jaeck (1:2) Summary (0:1) Borcier
(0:2) Losio		 Attendance: 700
Referee: Switzerland Pollitz Basel
25 May 1931 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 3–4 England West Ham United Landhof, Basel
17:45 Kielholz (1:1)
Kielholz (2:1)
Kielholz (3:3)		 Summary (0:1)
(2:2)
(2:3)
(3:4)		 Attendance: 2,500

Serie A

Central Group results

7 September 1930 Round 1 Basel 2–1 FC Bern Landhof, Basel
13:15 Kielholz 10' (1:1)
Kielholz 36' (2:1)		 Summary 7' (1:0) Schwaar Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland H. Neumann Basel
14 September 1930 Round 2 Young Boys 0–3 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Summary 25' (0:1) Bielser
53' (0:2) Kielholz
54' (0:3) Enderlin (I)		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Demartines Lausanne
28 September 1930 Round 3 Basel 4–0 Grenchen Landhof, Basel
14:00 Kielholz 10' (1:0)
Kielholz 30' (2:0)
Kielholz 73' (3:0)
Enderlin (I) 83' (4:0)		 Summary Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Meyer Lausanne
19 October 1930 Round 4 Aarau 4–3 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
14:45 Romberg
Taddei 22' (2:1)
Romberg 48' (3:1)
Romberg 67' (4:1)		 Summary 7' (1:1) Jaeck
70' (4:2) Wionsowsky
80' (4:3) Bielser		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Bitterli Baden
16 November 1930 Round 5 Basel 2–1 Solothurn Landhof, Basel
13:00 Kielholz 38' (1:1)
Schlecht (2:1)		 Summary 22' (0:1) Briggen Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Reber Baden
23 November 1930 Round 6 Basel 2–0 Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
14:30 Juve 40' (1:0)
Kielholz 85' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Switzerland Mercet Locarno
30 November 1930 Round 7 Old Boys 2–2 Basel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:30 Bechtel 8' (pen. 1:0)
Bechtel 50' (2:1)		 Summary (1:1) Hufschmid
69' (2:2) Juve		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Demartines Lausanne
21 December 1930 Round 8 Concordia Basel 1–5 Basel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:30 Christen (1:1) Summary (0:1) Jaeck
(1:2) Juve
(1:3) Jaeck
(1:1) Kielholz
(1:5) Kielholz		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland
28 December 1930 Round 9 Basel 2–2 Luzern Landhof, Basel
14:30 Juve 15' (1:0)
Kielholz 49' (2:0)		 Summary 66' (2:1) Ronchetti
86' (2:2) Waldis		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Mercet Locarno
11 January 1931 Round 10 Basel 0–1 Old Boys Landhof, Basel
14:30 Summary 60' (pen. 0:1) Bechtel Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Hafner Basel
25 January 1930 Round 11 Basel 3–1 Aarau Stadion Rankhof, Basel
14:45 Juve 5' (1:0)
Wionsowsky 15' (2:0)
Enderlin (I) 89' (pen. 3:1)		 Summary (pen. 2:1) Wernli Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland
22 February 1931 Round 12 Grenchen 3–2 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
Gerber 15' (1:0)
Wuillemin 20' (2:0)
Righetti 55' (3:1)		 Summary 40' (2:1) Schlecht
(3:2) Schlecht		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Allemann Biel/Bienne
1 March 1931 Round 13 Black Stars Basel 1–7 Basel Buschweilerhof, Basel
15:00 Greiner (II) (1:7) Summary (pen. 0:1) Enderlin (I)
(0:2) Juve
(0:3) Juve
(0:4) Schlecht
(0:5) Juve
(0:6) Kielholz
(0:7) Enderlin (I)		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland
22 March 1930 Round 14 Basel 3–1 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Jaeck 20' (1:0)
Juve 40' (2:0)
Wionsowsky 55' (3:1)		 Summary (2:1) Baumgartner Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Switzerland Menke
12 April 1931 Round 15 Solothurn 4–2 Basel Stadion FC Solothurn, Solothurn
Dreier (pen. 1:1)
Dreier (2:1)
Jäggi (3:1)
Burk 75' (4:2)		 Summary 3' (0:1) Notz
(3:2) Galler		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland Mercet Locarno
19 April 1931 Round 16 Basel 3–0 Concordia Basel Landhof, Basel
15:00 Kielholz 44' (pen. 1:0)
Kielholz 46' (2:0)
Enderlin (I) 61' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland Brüschweiler Zürich
26 April 1931 Round 17 FC Bern 1–3 Basel Neufeld, Bern
Riva 20' (1:0) Summary 20' (1:1) Enderlin (I)
55' (1:2) Kielholz
80' (1:3) Grauer		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland W. Bangerter La Chaux-de-Fonds
3 May 1931 Round 18 Nordstern Basel 5–0 Basel Stadion Rankhof, Basel
15:00 Bucco 25' (1:0)
Büche 68' (2:0)
Consigli (3:0)
Büche (4:0)
Ehrenbolger (I) 89' (5:0)		 Summary Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Switzerland W. Bangerter La Chaux-de-Fonds

Central Group play-off

17 May 1929 Play-pff second place Basel 2–1 Nordstern Basel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00 Kielholz 39' (1:0)
Schlecht 78' (2:1)		 Summary 60' (1:1) Büche Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Switzerland Osterwalder Bern

Central group table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Young Boys 18 12 2 4 44 21 +23 26 Group winners / Advance to finals
2 Basel 18 11 2 5 48 28 +20 24 Play-off winners, advance to finals
3 Nordstern Basel 18 11 2 5 49 23 +26 24 Play-off losers, 1931–32 Nationalliga
4 Old Boys 18 9 3 6 36 35 +1 21 1931–32 Nationalliga
5 Aarau 18 9 2 7 38 37 +1 20
6 FC Bern 18 6 3 9 34 33 +1 15
7 Concordia Basel 18 5 3 10 25 46 −21 13 1 Liga 1931–32
8 Solothurn 18 4 5 9 26 40 −14 13
9 Luzern 10 4 3 3 16 14 +2 11
10 Grenchen 18 5 1 12 39 59 −20 11
11 Black Stars Basel 10 1 2 7 12 31 −19 4
Source: rsssf.com

Final group results

31 May 1931 Round 1 Basel 2–2 Urania Genève Sport Landhof, Basel
14:45 Kielholz 5' (1:0)
Schlecht 48' (2:1)		 Summary 16' (1:1) Zila
67' (2:2) Stalder		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Ruoff Bern
7 June 1931 Round 2 Basel 1–4 Grasshopper Club Landhof, Basel
17:00 Enderlin (I) 15' (pen. 1:1) Summary 13' (0:1) Trello
25' (2:1) Grassi
(1:3) Trello
(1:4) Adam		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Switzerland Osterwalder Bern
21 June 1931 Round 3 La Chaux-de-Fonds 3–1 Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
17:30 Haefeli (1:0)
Held (2:1)
Grimm 85' (3:1)		 Summary (1:1) Schlecht Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Ruoff Bern
28 June 1931 Round 4 Blue Stars Zürich 3–4 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
Ilg (1:2)
Rey 85' (2:3)		 Summary 12' (0:1) Kielholz
(0:2) Kielholz
62' (1:3) Enderlin (I)		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Allemann Biel/Bienne

Final group table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Grasshopper Club 4 3 1 0 12 2 +10 7 Swiss champions
2 Urania Genève Sport 4 2 2 0 8 5 +3 6
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds 4 2 0 2 10 8 +2 4
4 Blue Stars Zürich 4 1 1 2 9 9 0 3
5 Basel 4 1 1 2 7 11 −4 3
6 Young Boys 4 0 1 3 4 15 −11 1
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

5 October 1930 1st principal round Basel 4 – 5[note 1] (a.e.t.) Locarno Landhof, Basel
14:30 Kielholz 11' (1:1)
Wionsowsky (2:1)
Wionsowsky 94' (3:2)
Bielser 110' (4:2)		 Summary 5' (0:1) Case (II)
60' (2:2) Spehler
111' (4:3) Mutter
120' (4:4) Case (II)
150' (4:5) Carminati		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Osterwalder Bern
Notes
  1. ↑ Extra time 2x 30 Minutes. Score after 120 Minutes 4:4

See also

References

  1. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz - Saison 1930/31". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  2. ↑ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1930/31". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC Grenchen 4:0 (2:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  4. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Black Stars - FC Basel 1:7 (0:3)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  5. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC Locarno 4:5 n.V. (2:2, 2:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  6. ↑ ""Im Umgang mit den Fans ist der FCB Vordbildhaft"". 20 Minuten. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  7. ↑ Zeitung, Basler (18 November 2015). "7 Gründe für dieses neuste FCB-Buch". Joggeli (in German). Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  8. ↑ "Oxford University Calendar". University of Oxford. 1923: 527. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. ↑ "News". American Lawn Tennis. American Lawn Tennis Publishing Company. 25: 19. 1931. Hector C. Fisher, the latter an Oxford Blue and now a Swiss Davis Cup Player

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