FC Basel
1933–34 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Franz Rinderer
First team coachAustria Karl Kurz
until 26 November 1933 then
Austria Josef Haist
GroundLandhof, Basel
NationalligaGroup Stage: 5th
Swiss CupQuarter-final
Top goalscorerLeague: Otto Haftl (28)
All: Otto Haftl (36)
Highest home attendance9,000 on 6 May 1934
vs Young Fellows Zürich
Lowest home attendance1,000 on 24 June 1934
vs FC Bern
Average home league attendance3,833

The FC Basel 1933–34 season was the forty-first season since the club was foundation on 15 November 1893. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel. The club chairman Franz Rinderer, who was the president for the third consecutive period.

Overview

The Austrian trainer Karl Kurz remained trainer for his second season and fellow Austrian Josef Haist was is co-trainer. Kurz was ill with leukaemia and his condition worsened. He died because of his illness during the evening of 26 November 1933, only hours the team's victory in the away game against Blue Stars Zürich. He was 35 years old. Josef Haist then took over the job as head coach.[1]

Basel played a total of 46 matches in their 1933–34 season. 30 of these matches were in the domestic league Nationalliga, four in the Swiss Cup and 12 were friendly matches. Of these 12 friendlies seven were played in the Landhof, three other games were also played in Switzerland and three were played in France. Of the friendly games, seven ended with a victory and four ended with a defeat.[2]

The 1933–34 Nationalliga was reformed. The top division was no longer divided into two groups, but for the first time, all teams were in one group. The second tier league remained with two regional groups. The championship was contested by 16 teams and was played in a double round robin, gaining two points for a victory and one for a draw. The three bottom-placed teams would be relegated. Basel started the season well, winning six of the first nine games, suffering only one defeat. Following the death of trainer Kurz the team was disorientated, losing five of the next seven matches and thus losing contact with the two top teams. Then in March Basel caught their form and improved again to finish their Nationalliga season in fifth position in the table, with 15 victories from the 30 games and 36 points.[3] Servette won the championship with 49 points, three points ahead of Grasshopper Club. Urania Genève Sport, FC Blue Stars Zürich and FC Zürich suffered relegation.[4]

In the 1st principal round of the Swiss Cup Basel were drawn at home against and defeated lower tier Solothurn. In the second round away against Lausanne-Sport winning 3–1 and third round at home against local rivals Nordstern Basel winning by three goals to one. Then in the quarter-final on 4 February 1934 Basel were defeated by Locarno and that fits, timely, completely into the entire picture of the seasons evolution. Grasshopper Club won the cup beating Servette 2–0, thanks to an own goal and a goal from Federico Schott.[5]

Players

The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the season 1933–34. The list includes players that were in the squad the day the season started on 6 August 1933 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 Kurt Imhof
— DF Switzerland SUI Robert Büchi
— DF Austria AUT Josef Chloupek
— DF Germany GER Hermann Enderlin (II)
— MF Switzerland SUI Ernst Hufschmid
— DF Germany GER Emil Hummel
— MF Czech Republic CZE Vlastimil Borecký
— MF Switzerland SUI Hans Greiner
— MF Switzerland SUI Paul Schaub
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Switzerland SUI Eduard Zuber
— FW Switzerland SUI Karl Bielser
— FW Switzerland SUI Adolf Frey
— FW Austria AUT Otto Haftl
— FW Switzerland SUI Alfred Jaeck
— FW Switzerland SUI Machow
— FW Switzerland SUI Walter Müller
— FW Switzerland SUI Mutter
— FW Switzerland SUI Alfred Schlecht
— FW Austria AUT Ferdinand Wesely
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 Paul Blumer
— GK Switzerland SUI Gerhard Walter
— DF Switzerland SUI Armando Ardizzoia
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Switzerland SUI Ernst Grauer
— DF   Paul Heinrich
— FW Germany GER Alfred Enderlin (I)

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre-season

6 August 1933 Pre-season RC Strasbourg France 2–3 Switzerland Basel Strasbourg
39' (1:1)
Keller 50' (2:1)		 Summary 17' (0:1) Haftl
52' (2:2) Haftl
60' (2:3) Greiner
13 August 1933 Pre-season Luzern Switzerland 2–4 Switzerland Basel Tribschen, Luzern
Brönnimann (1x)
Treier (1x)		 Summary (2x) Greiner
(2x) Meyer		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Switzerland Hans Wüthrich Bern
20 August 1933 Pre-season Biel-Bienne Switzerland 3–2 Switzerland Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
Jennings (1:2)
Rahmen (2:2)
Rahmen (3:2)		 Summary (0:1) Wesely
(0:2) Hufschmid		 Attendance: 800
Referee: Switzerland Voisard Biel/Bienne
23 August 1933 Pre-season Kreuzlingen Switzerland 2–3 Switzerland Basel Landhof, Basel
Stadler (1:0)
Stadler (2:1)		 Summary 30' (1;1) Haftl
(2:2)
(2:3) Haftl		 Attendance: Stadion an der Konstanzerstrasse, Kreuzlingen
Referee: Switzerland

Mid-season

24 September 1932 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 7–0 Switzerland Black Stars Basel Landhof, Basel
Hufschmid (1:0)
Wesely (2:0)
Haftl (3:0)
Hufschmid (4:0)
Hufschmid (5:0)
Hufschmid (6:0)
Haftl (7:0)		 Summary Attendance: 800
Referee: Switzerland Pollitz Basel
19 November 1933 Mid-season FC Porrentruy Switzerland 0–10 Switzerland Basel Porrentruy
Summary
3 December 1933 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 3–9 Hungary Ferencvárosi TC Landhof, Basel
14:30 Wesely (1:8)
Wesely (2:9)
Haftl (3:9)		 Summary 6' (0:1) Sárosi
9' (0:2) Kemény
23' (0:3) Kemény
24' (0:4) Toldi
52' (0:5) Toldi
(0:6) Takács
(0:7) Kemény
70' (0:8) Toldi
(1:9) Sárosi		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Hans Wüthrich Bern
4 March 1934 Mid-season Metz France 2–4 Switzerland Basel Metz

 Summary (2x) Hufschmid
(1x) Jaeck
(1x) Haftl
24 March 1934 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 2–3 Hungary 33 FC Budai Landhof, Basel
16:00 Haftl (1x)
Wesely (1x)		 Summary (2x) Remmer
(1x) Poszony		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland H. Neumann Basel
1 April 1934 Mid-season Valenciennes France v Switzerland Basel Valenciennes
[ Summary]
7 April 1934 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 1–7 West Germany VfB Leipzig Landhof, Basel
16:00 Chloupek (pen.) Summary (3x) Grosse
(2x) Lindemann
(2x) Schön		 Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Switzerland H. Neumann Basel
10 May 1934 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 1–2 West Germany Freiburger FC Stadion Rankhof, Basel
15:45 Haftl 28' (1:1) Summary 10' (0:1) Reinecke
90' (o.g. 1:2)		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Müry Basel
6 June 1934 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 5–2 Hungary Bocskai FC Landhof, Basel
18:45 Müller 4' (1:0)
Clunas 10' (2:0)
Jaeck 64' (pen. 3:0)
Clunas 65' (4:0)
Haftl 75' (5:1)		 Summary (4:1) Vince
73' (pen. 5:2) Markos		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Traub Basel

Nationalliga

Matches

27 August 1933 Round 1 Locarno 3–3 Basel Stadio del Lido, Locarno
Signorini 17' (1:0)
Signorini 36' (2:1)
Stalder 50' (3:1)		 Summary 32' (1:1) Haftl
55' (3:2) Wesely
85' (3:3) Jaeck		 Attendance: 800
Referee: Switzerland Brüschweiler Zürich
3 September 1933 Round 2 Basel 3–1 Servette Landhof, Basel
15:15 Schlecht 26' (1:0)
Wesely (2:0)
Schlecht 75' (3:1)		 Summary 50' (2:1) Amdado Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Switzerland Schrumpf Zürich
10 September 1933 Round 3 Basel 3–0 La Chaux-de-Fonds Landhof, Basel
15:00 Jaeck 47' (1:0)
Jaeck 51' (2:0)
Schlecht (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Wittwer Geneva
8 October 1933 Round 4 Basel 4–1 Concordia Basel Stadion Rankhof, Basel
13:15 Haftl (3x)
Hufschmid (1x)		 Summary (pen.) Faszinek Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland Fischer Bern
15 October 1933 Round 5 Urania Genève Sport 6–5 Basel Stade de Frontenex, Geneva
Neury 6' (1:0)
Buchoux 46' (2:3)
Zila 49' (3:3)
Neury (4:5)
Zila (5:5)
Drozda (6:5)		 Summary (pen. 1:1) Jaeck
29' (1:2) Hufschmid
32' (1:3) Hufschmid
50' (pen. 3:4) Jaeck
52' (3:5) Haftl		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland W. Bangerter La Chaux-de-Fonds
22 October 1933 Round 6 Basel 2–1 Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
15:00 Jaeck (pen. 1:1)
Schlecht (2:1)		 Summary (0:1) Szabo Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland Hans Wüthrich Bern
29 October 1933 Round 7 Basel 4–0 Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Borecký 24' (1:0)
Jaeck 62' (pen. 2:0)
Müller 64' (3:0)
Schlecht (4:0)		 Summary Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Sally Rosenbaum Zürich
12 November 1933 Round 8 Young Boys 1–1 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Schicker 70' (1:1) Summary 65' (0:1) Jaeck Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Brüschweiler Zürich
26 November 1933 Round 9 Blue Stars Zürich 1–5 Basel Förrlibuck, Zürich
14:45 Kohler (1:5) Summary 51' (0:1) Jaeck
60' (0:2) Haftl
64' (0:3) Hummel
85' (0:4) Haftl
86' (0:5) Hummel		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Allemann Biel/Bienne
17 December 1933 Round 10 Basel 2–5 Young Fellows Zürich Landhof, Basel
14:45 Haftl (1:1)
Müller (2:3)		 Summary 11' (0:1) Snopek
22' (1:2) Snopek
(1:3) Snopek
75' (2:4) Müller
83' (2:5) Diebold		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Enderli Winterthur
24 December 1933 Round 11 Grasshopper Club 3–0 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
14:30 Xam 56' (1:0)
Trello 58' (2:0)
Trello 79' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Schwaar Biel/Bienne
31 December 1933 Round 12 Basel 3–1 Lugano Landhof, Basel
14:30 Haftl (1:0)
Jaeck (2:0)
Jaeck (3:0)		 Summary 72' (3:1) Gilardoni Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Spengler Olten
7 January 1934 Round 13 Biel-Bienne 8–1 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
Grünfeld 20' (1:0)
Karcher 25' (2:0)
Fascinek (3:0)
von Känel (4:0)
Fascinek (5:1)
Binder (pen. 6:1)
Rahmen (7:1)
Karcher (8:1)		 Summary (4:1) Jaeck Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland Schrumpf Zürich
14 January 1934 Round 14 Lausanne-Sport 2–2 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
14:30 Spagnoli (1x)
Jäggi (IV) (1x)		 Summary (1x) Schlecht
(1x) Haftl		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland W. Bangerter La Chaux-de-Fonds
21 January 1934 Round 15 FC Bern 3–2 Basel Neufeld, Bern
Townley 30' (1:0)
Bösch (2:0)
Bösch (3:1)		 Summary (2:1) Haftl
89' (3:2) Haftl		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Meyer Lausanne
Round 16 Basel A–A Locarno Landhof, Basel
[ Summary]
Note: Abandoned, with the score at 2–1, due to bad weather. Replayed in March
18 February 1934 Round 17 Servette 3–2 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
14:45 Tax 46' (1:2)
Passello 75' (2:2)
Kielholz 85' (3:2)		 Summary 25' (0:1) Jaeck
(0:2) Wesely		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Hans Wüthrich Bern
25 February 1934 Round 18 La Chaux-de-Fonds 2–2 Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
14:30 Grünfeld 5' (1:0)
Volentik (I) (2:2)		 Summary 6' (1:1) Hufschmid
(1:2) Hufschmid		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Allemann Biel/Bienne
11 March 1934 Round 16 Basel 7–1 Locarno Landhof, Basel
14:30 Haftl (1:0)
Haftl (2:0)
Müller 45' (3:0)
Haftl (4:0)
(o.g. 5:1)
Wesely (6:1)
Haftl (7:1)		 Summary (4:1) Pinter Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Enderli Winterthur
Round 19 Concordia Basel P–P Basel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
[ Summary]
Note: Played on 15 April.
Round 20 Basel P–P Urania Genève Sport Landhof, Basel
[ Summary]
Note: Played on 8 April
18 March 1934 Round 21 Nordstern Basel 1–4 Basel Stadion Rankhof, Basel
15:00 Büche (1:1) Summary 12' (0:1) Hufschmid
29' (1:2)
80' (o.g. 1:3)
(1:4) Haftl		 Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Switzerland Spengler Olten
8 April 1934 Round 20 Basel 2–2 Urania Genève Sport Landhof, Basel
15:00 Schlecht 5' (1:0)
Müller 44' (2:2)		 Summary 28' (1:1) Buchoux
41' (1:2) Campana		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Mercet Locarno
15 April 1934 Round 19 Concordia Basel 0–3 Basel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00 Summary 7' (1:0) Schlecht
10' (0:2) Greiner
68' (0:3) Greiner		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Hans Wüthrich Bern
22 April 1934 Round 22 Zürich 2–4 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
14:00 Baumeister 3' (1:0)
Cay 25' (2:2)		 Summary 20' (1:1) Schlecht
52' (1:2)
(2:3) Müller
89' (2:4) Haftl		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Meyer Lausanne
Round 23 Basel P–P Young Boys Landhof, Basel
[ Summary]
Note: Played at the end of the season
29 April 1934 Round 27 Lugano 3–2 Basel Campo Marzio, Lugano
Amado 50' (1:1)
Kovacz 55' (2:1)
Donizetti (3:1)		 Summary 25' (0:1) Schlecht
75' (3:2) Jaeck		 Attendance: 3.000
Referee: Switzerland Mercet Locarno
1 May 1934 Round 28 Basel 6–2 Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
15:00 Wesely 12' (1:0)
Haftl 46' (2:1)
Hufschmid 49' (3:1)
Haftl 54' (pen 4:1)
Wesely 70' (5:1)
Haftl (6:2)		 Summary 30' (1:1) Karcher
52' Rahmen		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Enderli Winterthur
6 May 1934 Round 24 Basel 8–2 Blue Stars Zürich Landhof, Basel
13:1 Haftl 17' (1:0)
Haftl 30' (2:0)
Schlecht (3:0)
Müller (4:0)
Haftl 51' (5:0)
Hufschmid 53' (6:0)
Müller 54' (7:0)
Haftl 68' (8:1)		 Summary 55' (7:1) Schmid
80' (8:2) Suter		 Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Switzerland Rapin Lausanne
15 May 1934 Round 25 Young Fellows Zürich 2–0 Basel Förrlibuck, Zürich
15:45 Cabrini 65' (1:0)
Frigerio 70' (pen. 2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Dagon Solothurn
19 May 1934 Round 26 Basel 1–2 Grasshopper Club Landhof, Basel
17:00 Jaeck 65' (1:1) Summary 43' (0:1) Rohr
70' (pen. 1:2) Trello		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Wittwer Geneva
17 June 1934 Round 29 Basel 2–2 Lausanne-Sport Stadion Rankhof, Basel
13:30 Schlecht 30' (1:1)
Wesely 35' (2:1)		 Summary 5' (0:1) Spagnoli
48' (o.g. 2:2) Hummel		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Hans Wüthrich Bern
24 June 1934 Round 30 Basel 3–2 FC Bern Landhof, Basel
15:00 Jaeck (pen. 1:2)
Wesely (2:2)
Jaeck (3:2)		 Summary (0:1) Kipp
(0:2) Bossi		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Iseli Biel/Bienne
30 June 1934 Round 23 Basel 3–2 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
17:00 Müller (1_1)
Haftl 66' (2:2)
Schlecht 75' (3:2)		 Summary (0:1) Hediger
57' (1:2) Hediger		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Meyer Lausanne

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Servette FC Genève 30 24 1 5 100 29 +71 49 Swiss Champions
2 Grasshopper Club Zürich 30 20 6 4 100 39 +61 46 Swiss Cup winners
3 FC Lugano 30 17 4 9 69 47 +22 38
4 FC Bern 30 16 6 8 81 63 +18 38
5 FC Basel 30 15 6 9 89 64 +25 36
6 Lausanne Sports 30 15 5 10 89 67 +22 35
7 FC Biel 30 14 4 12 78 68 +10 32
8 FC Nordstern Basel 30 13 5 12 57 66 −9 31
9 BSC Young Boys 30 13 4 13 73 65 +8 30
10 FC Concordia Basel 30 11 5 14 64 71 −7 27
11 FC Locarno 30 11 5 14 57 66 −9 27
12 Young Fellows Zürich 30 11 3 16 54 74 −20 25
13 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 30 10 3 17 46 78 −32 23
14 Urania Genève Sport 30 8 6 16 57 85 −28 22 Relegated
15 FC Blue Stars Zürich 30 3 5 22 37 100 −63 11
16 FC Zürich 30 4 2 24 27 96 −69 10
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

1 October 1933 1st principal round Basel 8–0 Solothurn Landhof, Basel
15:00 Haftl (1:0)
Jaeck (2:0)
Schlecht (3:0)
Müller 35' (4:0)
Haftl (5:0)
Jaeck (pen. 6:0)
Hufschmid 75' (7:0)
Hufschmid (8:0)		 Summary Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland W. Bangerter La Chaux-de-Fonds
5 November 1933 Round 2 Lausanne-Sport 1–3 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
14:30 Spagnoli (1:2) Summary (0:1) Haftl
(0:2) Wesely
(1:3) Müller		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Spengler Olten
10 December 1933 Round 3 Basel 3–1 Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
14:30 Haftl 42' (1:1)
Haftl (2:1)
Haftl 78' (3:1)		 Summary 26' (0:1) Clunas Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland Wittwer Geneva
4 February 1934 Quarter-final Basel 3–4 (a.e.t.) Locarno Landhof, Basel
14:30 Jaeck (1:2)
Haftl 57' (2:2)
Haftl (3:2)		 Summary 26' (0:1) Pomi
32' (0:2)
80' (3:3)
(3:4) Pinter		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Wittwer Geneva

See also

References

  1. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Karl Kurz". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz - Saison 1933/34". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Rangliste Saison 1933/34". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. ↑ Erik Garin, Peter Kungler. "Switzerland 1933/34". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  5. ↑ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1933/34". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

Sources

  • Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2027-6
  • Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
  • FCB team 1933–34 at fcb-archiv.ch
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