1931–32 FC Basel season

FC Basel 1931–32 Franz Rinderer First team coach Gustav PutzendoplerOtto Haftl Ground Landhof, Basel Nationalliga Group Stage: 7th Swiss Cup Semi-final Otto Haftl (11) Otto Haftl (15) 8,000 on 3 April 1932vs Nordstern Basel 1,500 on 11 October 1931vs La Chaux-de-Fonds 3,937 1930–31 1932–33 The FC Basel 1931–32 season was their thirty ninth 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 new chairman Franz Rinderer, who took over the presidency from Otto Kuhn at the AGM on 11 July 1931. Overview Last season's coach/manager Austrian Gustav Putzendopler stayed on for his second season as trainer. Fellow Austrian international Otto Haftl signed in from AC Sparta Prague to the team becoming Basel's first ever fully professional football player. During his first season at the club he also acted as player-manager after Putzendopler laid down the job as trainer. The team played a total of 35 matches in their 1931–32 season. 16 of these matches were in the domestic league, six matches in the Swiss Cup and 13 games were friendly matches. Of these 13 friendlies four were played in the Landhof, six other games were also played in Switzerland. Only one was played in Germany against FV Lörrach and another one was played in France against CA Mulhouse. Of the friendly games, ten games ended with a victory, two were drawn and one match ended with a defeat. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/bilanz?saison=1931/32 Bilanz - Saison 1931/32 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2020-11-16 The previous season the top tier of Swiss football had three regional groups each with 11 teams. The number of teams was reduced from 33 to 18, which meant that 15 teams were relegated. The newly formed and renamed domestic league, now Nationalliga, started at the end of August. The new 1931–32 Nationalliga was now divided into two groups, each with nine teams, 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 the curiosity this season the second tier champions would also qualify to the finals. Basel were allocated to Group 1. The league season started very badly, they lost their first five games straight off, conceding 27 goals. Not only did Basel change their trainer, but they also changed their goalkeeper and various players. In the second half of the season things improved and with six victories in the last seven games Basel were able to rise from the foot of the table. They finished the season four points above the relegation zone. FC Bern and St. Gallen were relegated from this group, Étoile-Sporting and Old Boys from the other group. Dinant Abbink Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwithist.html Nationalliga 1931/32 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2020-11-16 Zürich were group 1 winners and as second placed Urania Genève Sport won the play-off against Biel-Bienne, these two teams advanced to the finals with group 2 winners Grasshopper Club. As mentioned the second tier champions were also qualified for the finals, this being Lausanne-Sport. After the four teams had each played their three games, Zürich and Lausanne were then level, each with four points and a play-off decided the championship. The curiosity that a second-tier team would become Swiss champions happened, because Lausanne won the play-off 5–2. In the 1st principal round of the Swiss Cup Basel were drawn away against and defeated lower classed SC Veltheim. They needed a reply in the second round to beat Lugano and were victorious against lower classed SC Brühl St. Gallen in the third round. Then a quarter-final victory over La Chaux-de-Fonds took the team into a semi-final against Grasshopper Club. However this ended with a rather hefty defeat 1–8 and that fits completely into the picture of a rather disappointing season. The Grasshoppers won the final 5–1 against Urania Genève Sport Peter Kungler Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit32.html Switzerland 1931/32 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2020-11-16 An episode that is noted in association with the Cup, was the second-round replay away against FC Lugano on 22 November 1931. The mood amongst the 3,000 spectators was heated even before the kick-off. This because after the 3–3 draw in the first game; the local press had circulated the most incredible rumours. Then, Basel's Alfred Schlecht scored the winning goal early, not even two minutes after the game had started. However, shortly before the end of the match referee Hans Wüthrich did not blow his whistle and award a penalty after an alleged handball by a Basel player. The referee ended the game shortly afterwards with a Basel victory and the ill tempers were worsened. After the game there were tumults and riots among the spectators who were not satisfied with the referee's performance. Stones were thrown at referee and players and the windows of the changing rooms were smashed. It was some eight hours later, before things were settled enough, for the police to able to bring both the referee and the entire Basel team to safety, by ship over Lake Lugano. Josef Zindel https://www.fcb.ch/getmedia/0470f86d-0c11-43d9-9e77-e6b6331fff40/Rotblau_Match_07_Lugano_2018.pdf Flucht per Boot misslungen Failed to escape by boat Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag 2020-11-16 2020-03-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20200302201001/https://www.fcb.ch/getmedia/0470f86d-0c11-43d9-9e77-e6b6331fff40/Rotblau_Match_07_Lugano_2018.pdf dead According to the reports in the club chronicles, quite a few players were injured. Josef Zindel 2018 Die ersten 125 Jahre / Flucht per Schiff Page 318 / Escape by ship Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel Josef Remay had a bleeding head, Hermann Enderlin had a hole above his eye, Leopold Kielholz and goalkeeper Paul Blumer were also hurt. https://www.tageswoche.ch/allgemein/9-von-111-gruenden-den-fc-basel-zu-lieben/index.html#grund7 Grund 7 Reason number 7 out of 111 reasons to love FC Basel 2020-11-16 Players Squad members SUI GK Paul Blumer CSK GK Ferdinand Klemm HUN GK Ferenc Plattko SUI GK Gerhard Walter SUI DF Armando Ardizzoia FRG DF Hermann Enderlin (II) SUI DF Ernst Grauer SUI MF Ernst Hufschmid FRG MF Emil Hummel HUN DF Josef Remay SUI DF Ernst Weber CZE MF Vlastimil Borecký SUI MF Max Galler (II) SUI MF Giovanni Lupi SUI MF Paul Schaub SUI FW Karl Bielser SUI FW Eduard Buser FRG FW Alfred Enderlin (I) SUI FW Adolf Frey AUT FW Otto Haftl SUI FW August Hiss SUI FW Alfred Jaeck SUI FW Leopold Kielholz CZE FW Josef Kratochvil SUI FW Walter Müller SUI FW Alfred Schlecht POL FW Leopold Wionsowsky Players who left the squad SUI GK Traugott Märki SUI GK Hans Nikles SUI GK Ernst Zorzotti SUI MF Otto Meier SUI MF Walter Notz SUI MF Emil Riedener NOR FW Jørgen Juve SUI Hector Fisher Fritz Griesbaum Results Legend #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #CCCCCC Postponed 1px solid #AAAAAA Friendly matches Pre- and mid-season Pre-season 16 August 1931 FC Liestal SUI 2–3 Summary SUI Basel Casartelli 8 1:0Soverini 2:0 2:12:289 2:3 Liestal W Pre-season 23 August 1931 Aarau SUI 1–3 Summary SUI Basel Taddei 1x Kielholz1x Müller1x Schlecht Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 500 SUI Reber Baden W Mid-season 20 September 1931 FV Lörrach FRG 1–1 Summary SUI Basel 1:0 o.g. 1:1 Lörrach D Winter break Winter break 26 December 1931 CA Mulhouse FRA 1–3 Summary SUI Basel Mulhouse W Winter break 1 January 1932 14:30 Basel SUI 3–4 Summary FRG Freiburger FC 10 o.g.Schlecht 18 2:0Borecký 3:1 2:1 Peters49 3:2 Peters50 3:3 Peters52 3:4 Fehrle Landhof, Basel SUI Karl Wunderlin Basel L Winter break 17 January 1932 FC Olten SUI 0–4 Summary SUI Basel Olten W Mid-season 30 January 1932 Basel SUI 4–0 Summary SUI Old Boys Haftl 7 1:0Hiss 35 2:0Enderlin (I) pen. 3:0Hiss 67 4:0 Landhof, Basel 800 SUI Hubert Basel W Mid-season 5 March 1932 Basel XI SUI 2–8 Summary SUI Basel Landhof, Basel W Mid-season 20 March 1932 Luzern SUI 2–7 Summary SUI Basel 2x Enderlin (I)2x Hiss2x Haftl1x Wionsowsky Luzern 1,200 SUI Martin Luzern W Mid-season 27 March 1932 Freiburger FC SUI 2–3 Summary SUI Basel Freiburg W Mid-season 28 March 1932 Young Boys SUI 3–4 Summary SUI Basel O'Neill 40 1:0O'Neill pen. 2:2Siegrist pen. 3:2 42 1:1 Kielholz50 1:2 Kielholz3:3 Borecký88 3:4 Jaeck Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 2,500 Gerber W Mid-season 1 May 1932 15:00 Basel SUI 6–2 Summary FRG Karlsruher FV Haftl 15 1:0Jaeck 2:2Kielholz 3:2Haftl 4:2Kielholz 5:2 Hufschmid pen. 6:2 17 1:1 Link20 1:2 Schneider Landhof, Basel 2,500 SUI Felix Herren Basel W Mid-season 22 May 1932 15:00 Basel SUI 3–3 Summary SUI Servette Jaeck 1:1Kielholz 60 2:1Kielholz 75 3:1 6 0:1 Passello3:2 Passello3:3 Kaiser Landhof, Basel SUI Speidel Basel D Nationalliga 1931–32 Nationalliga Group 1 results Round 1 30 August 1931 15:00 Basel 1–4 Summary Young Fellows Zürich Wionsowsky 1:2 28 0:1 Diebold0:2 Martin1:3 Meier1:4 Diebold Landhof, Basel 2,500 SUI Allemann Biel/Bienne L Round 2 6 September 1931 Lugano 8–1 Summary Basel Ranz 1:1Costa 2:1Costa 3:1Ranz 4:1Costa 5:1Sturzi 6:1Sturzi 7:1Poretti 8:1 5 0:1 Grauer Campo Marzio, Lugano 2,500 SUI Paschoud Bern L Round 3 27 September 1931 15:00 Basel 0–6 Summary Urania Genève Sport 4x Chabanel1x Stalder1x Ross Landhof, Basel 4,000 SUI Dagon Solothurn L Round 4 10 October 1931 15:00 Basel 2–5 Summary La Chaux-de-Fonds Schlecht 18 1:0Schlecht 2:3 1:1 Haefeli1:2 Haefeli47 1:3 Guerne2:4 Grimm2:5 Guerne Landhof, Basel 1,500 SUI Schrumpf Zürich L Round 5 25 October 1931 15:00 Zürich 4–1 Summary Basel Righetti 19 1:0Righetti 78 2:1Bösch 86 3:1Righetti 4:1 1:1 Hiss Letzigrund, Zürich 2,500 SUI Enderli Winterthur L Round 6 8 November 1931 St. Gallen 2–4 Summary Basel Mac Pherson 1:0Mac Pherson 2:1 1:1 Kielholz2:2 Kielholzpen. 2:3 Enderlin (I)2:4 Haftl Espenmoos, St. Gallen 2,500 SUI Osterwalder Bern W Round 7 15 November 1931 14:30 Nordstern Basel 2–0 Summary Basel Kühm 13 1:0Büche 65 2:0 Stadion Rankhof, Basel 4,500 SUI W. Bangerter La Chaux-de-Fonds L Round 8 6 December 1931 14:30 Basel 2–2 Summary FC Bern Haftl 4 1:0Haftl 89 2:2 pen. 1:1 Townley88 1:2 Schärer Landhof, Basel 2,500 SUI Enderli Winterthur D Round 9 24 January 1932 14:30 Basel 0–3 Summary Zürich 30 1:0 Holenstein32 2:0 Lehmann3:0 Righetti Landhof, Basel 4,000 SUI Ruoff Bern L Round 10 14 February 1932 FC Bern 3–4 Summary Basel Schärer 1:3Riva 50 2:3Townley 55 3:3 1 0:1 Wionsowsky33 0:2 Hiss38 0:3 Wionsowsky59 3:4 Haftl Neufeld, Bern 1,500 SUI Enderli Winterthur W Round 11 21 February 1932 14:45 Young Fellows Zürich 0–4 Summary Basel 5 0:1 Müllerpen. 0:2 Kielholz11 0:3 Müller20 0:4 Müller Förrlibuck, Zürich 3,000 SUI Meyer Lausanne W Round 12 28 February 1932 Basel 3–2 Summary St. Gallen Kielholz 52 1:1Müller 57 2:1Haftl 86 3:2 25 0:1 Hautle2:2 Hintermann Landhof, Basel 4,500 SUI Mercet Locarno W Round 13 3 April 1932 15:00 Basel 3–1 Summary Nordstern Basel Müller 1:0Haftl 2:0Hiss 3:1 pen. 2:1 Büche Landhof, Basel 8,000 SUI Osterwalder Bern W Round 14 10 April 1932 Urania Genève Sport 4–1 Summary Basel Jäggi IV 18 1:1Jäggi IV 29 2:1Jäggi IV 3:1Zila 4:1 3 0:1 Jaeck Stade de Frontenex, Geneva 3,000 SUI Allemann Biel/Bienne L Round 15 17 April 1932 15:00 La Chaux-de-Fonds 2–6 Summary Basel Haefeli 4 1:0Sandoz pen. 2:1 1:1 Schlecht2:2 Müller2:3 Haftl2:4 Haftl2:5 Haftl2:6 Müller Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds 2,500 SUI Wittwer Geneva W Round 16 8 May 1932 15:00 Basel 3–0 Summary Lugano Schlecht 40 1:0Haftl 74 2:0Haftl 88 3:0 Landhof, Basel 4,500 SUI Wittwer Geneva W Group 1 table main WDL Group 1 5 Q 2 ZÜR Zürich UGS Urania Genève Sport YFZ Young Fellows Zürich LUG Lugano NOR Nordstern Basel CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds BAS Basel BER FC Bern STG St. Gallen 13 0 3 44 17 9 1 6 34 24 8 2 6 44 36 7 3 6 31 22 7 2 7 28 35 7 1 8 35 34 7 1 8 35 48 4 3 9 28 43 2 3 11 35 55 green1 Group winners / Advance to finals A green2 Play-off against second Group 2 B red1 Relegated R R complete rsssf.com Swiss Cup First principal round 4 October 1931 SC Veltheim (Winterthur) (red) Fussballverband Region Zürich 2024 https://matchcenter.fvrz.ch/default.aspx?v=1556&oid=11&lng=1 SC Veltheim fvrz.ch - Fussballverband Region Zürich de 2024-11-16 1–5 FCB summary Basel Eisenring 2x Hiss1x Hufschmid1x Schlecht1x Hummel Schützenwiese, Winterthur 1,800 SUI Hans Bollinger (Schaffhausen) W Veltheim played the 1931/32 season in the 2. Liga (third tier). Second round 1 November 1932 14:40 Basel 3–3 yes Summary Lugano Enderlin (I) 47 1:3Haftl 75 2:3Hufschmid 80 3:3 5 0:1 Lestina14 0:2 Ranzi20 0:3 Poretti Landhof, Basel 5,000 SUI Schrumpf (Zürich) D Both teams played the 1931/32 season in the Nationalliga (top-tier). Replay 22 November 1931 14:00 Lugano 0–1 FCB summary Basel 2 0:1 Schlecht Campo Marzio, Lugano 3,000 SUI Hans Wüthrich Bern W Third round 13 December 1931 SC Brühl St. Gallen 1–4 Summary Basel Joseph 1:5 22 0:1 Müller0:2 Haftl60 0:3 Müller78 0:4 Kielholz Krontal, St. Gallen 2,000 SUI Ernst Brüschweiler (Zürich) W Brühl played the 1931/32 season in the 1. Liga (second tier). Quarter-final 7 February 1932 14:30 Basel 6–3 FCB summary La Chaux-de-Fonds Haftl 24 1:0Haftl 32 2:0Müller 36 3:0Hiss 40 4:0Kielholz 5:1Kielholz 6:2 55 4:1 Ducommun73 5:2 Grimm88 6:3 Romy Landhof, Basel 3,000 SUI Ernest Meyer (Lausanne) W La Chaux-de-Fonds played the 1931/32 season in the Nationalliga (top-tier). Semi-final 13 March 1932 15:00 Basel 1–8 FCB summary Grasshopper Club Jaeck 18 pen 1:2 8 0:1 Adam10 0:2 Hitrec20 1:3 Max Abegglen 40 1:4 Hitrec70 1:5 Hitrec75 1:6 A. Abegglen 79 1:7 Hitrec85 1:8 Živković Landhof, Basel 9,000 SUI Osterwalder Bern L GC played the 1931/32 season in the Nationalliga (top-tier). See also History of FC Basel List of FC Basel players List of FC Basel seasons References Sources Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. 978-3-7245-2027-6 Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. 978-3-7245-2305-5 FCB team 1931–32 at fcb-archiv.ch Switzerland 1931–32 at RSSSF External links FC Basel official site expanded Category:FC Basel seasons Basel