1928–29 FC Basel season

FC Basel 1928–29 Hans Rupprecht First team coach Gyula Kertész Ground Landhof, Basel Serie A Group Stage: 2nd Swiss Cup Second round Karl Bielser (15) Karl Bielser (20) 5,500 on 30 December 1928vs Nordstern Baseland on 7 April 1929vs Young Boys 3,000 on 30 September 1928vs Grenchenand on 3 March 1929vs FC Bern 4,250 1927–28 1929–30 The FC Basel 1928–29 season was their thirty sixth season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. The club's new chairman was Hans Rupprecht who took over the presidency from Karl Ibach at the AGM on 7 July 1928. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel. Overview The former Hungarian international footballer Gyula Kertész was appointed as coach/manager at the beginning of the 1928–29 Serie A season. After Percy Humphreys (1913–14) and Max Breunig (1922–23), Kertész was just the third professional trainer that the club had engaged up until this point. The decision to employ a professional football trainer/manager was made because FC Basel had slipped well below the level of their local rivals Nordstern, who had qualified for the finals three times in the last five years. Josef Zindel 2018 Die ersten 125 Jahre - 1928 Ungarischer Trainer Page 31 - Hungarian coach Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel Basel played a total of 29 matches in their 1928–29 season. 16 of these were in the domestic league, three were in the Swiss Cup and 10 were friendly matches. Of these 10 friendlies three were played at home in the Landhof and seven were away games. Apart from the away game against Mulhouse all other matches were in Switzerland. Basel scored 24 goals in these friendlies and conceded 32. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/bilanz?saison=1928/29 Bilanz - Saison 1928/29 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 The 1928–29 Swiss Serie A was divided into three regional groups, each group with nine teams. The teams that won each group continue to the finals and the last placed team in each group had to play a barrage against relegation. Basel were allocated to the Central group together with the other three local clubs Concordia Basel, Nordstern Basel and Old Boys Basel. The other five teams allocated to this group were Young Boys Bern, FC Bern, Aarau, Grenchen and Solothurn. This season was a very competitive one. After a defeat against YB in the first match, it was obvious that a professional coach was at work, because the team won eight of the next ten matches. The team rose to the top of the table, thanks to the good goal scoring of their best forwards Alfred Schlecht, Karl Bielser and Alfred Enderlin. But then, an unawaited 1–4 home defeat against lower placed local rivals Concordia changed everything. In the last five matches Basel managed only three draws and were defeated twice. Josef Zindel 2018 Die ersten 125 Jahre / 1929 Page 32 Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel The top five teams ended the season within four points of each other and each team won eight of their 16 matches. With 20 points Basel ended the season in second position, just one point behind group winners Young Boys, who advanced to the finals and then won the championship. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwithist-reg.html Swiss Series A 1928/29 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2020-11-16 Basel scored 48 league goals and conceded 32. Karl Bielser was the team's top league goalscorer with 15 goals, Alfred Schlecht was second top scorer with 14 goals and Alfred Enderlin scored nine. Further goal scorers were Walter Müller with four, Max Strasser with three, Paul Schaub with two and Otto Meier one. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/statistik?saison=1928/29 Statistik - Saison 1928/29 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2020-11-16 In the Swiss Cup Basel were drawn against Baden in the preliminary round, against Bülach in the first round, but were eliminated by Concordia Basel in the second round. Concordia continued the competition and reached the semi-final, there losing to Urania Genève Sport, who won the final against Young Boys 1–0, which was played in the Stade de Frontenex in Geneva. Erik Garin Switzerland 1928/29 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit29.html Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 Players Squad members SUI GK Traugott Märki SUI GK Ernst Zorzotti SUI DF Armando Ardizzoia FRG DF Hermann Enderlin (II) SUI DF Peter Riesterer SUI DF Ernst Weber SUI DF Hugo Flubacher SUI MF Max Galler (II) SUI MF Georg Heimann SUI MF Otto Meier SUI MF Paul Schaub SUI FW Karl Bielser FRG FW Alfred Enderlin (I) SUI FW Walter Müller SUI FW Max Oswald SUI FW Alfred Schlecht SUI FW Max Strasser SUI FW Karl Wüthrich SUI FW Eugen Schmid Players who left the squad SUI GK Ernst Christ SUI GK Arthur Fahr SUI DF Jakob Bürgin SUI FW Emil Arlt SUI DF Fritz Gerster FRA FW Max Lehmann SUI DF Louis Matthey SUI FW Hans Rau SUI FW Hans Streng SUI DF Gustav Vogt SUI FW Franz Zeiser SUI FW ? Weber 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 12 August 1928 15:00 Étoile-Sporting SUI 2–0 Summary SUI Basel Matzinger 20 1:0Matzinger 2:0 Stade des Eplatures, La Chaux-de-Fonds 100 SUI Schumacher La Chaux-de-Fonds L Pre-season 26 August 1928 11:00 Lausanne-Sport SUI 3–0 Summary SUI Basel Fauguel 25 1:0Fauguel 2:0Syrvet 3:0 Stade de Cantonal, Neuchâtel SUI Voisard Biel/Bienne L Pre-season 26 August 1928 14:30 Cantonal Neuchatel SUI 3–0 Summary SUI Basel Abegglen (III) 8 1:0Abegglen (III) 11 2:0Struppler 3:1Abegglen (III) 4:1Kohler 5:2 23 2:14:2 Stade de Cantonal, Neuchâtel SUI Voisard Biel/Bienne L Mid-season 16 September 1928 09:00 Basel SUI 4–3 yes Summary FRA AS Valentigney Bielser 1:0Müller 2:13:1Bielser 4:3 1:1 Goll3:23:3 Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne SUI Schneider W Mid-season 16 September 1928 15:30 Lausanne-Sport SUI 7–3 Summary SUI Basel Bolomey 6 1:0Bolomey 2:0Hart 3:0Bolomey 4:0Bolomey 5:0Hart pen. 6:0Bolomey 7:3 6:1 Müller6:2 Enderlin (I)6:3 Enderlin (I) Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne SUI Mercet Locarno L Mid-season 2 December 1928 Mulhouse FRA 2–3 Summary SUI Basel Lieb pen. 1:3Huerzeler 2:3 0:1 Bielser0:2 Bielser0:3 Bielser Stade de Bourtzwiller, Mulhouse 2,000 FRA Studer Strasbourg W Winter break to end of season Winter break 24 February 1929 14:30 Lugano SUI 4–3 Summary SUI Basel Costa 20 1:1Fink 2:2Costa 49 3:2Hintermann 4:3 0:135 1:2 Müller75 3:3 Strasser Campo Marzio, Lugano 1,200 SUI Regazzoni Chiasso L Mid-season 1 April 1929 15:00 Basel SUI 2–1 Summary SUI Young Fellows Zürich Enderlin (I) 41 1:1Müller 50 2:1 24 0:1 Brendle Landhof, Basel 1,500 SUI Walter Jordan Basel W Mid-season 5 May 1929 15:45 Basel SUI 4–4 Summary SUIBiel-Bienne Bielser 53 1:4Schlecht 55 2:4Bielser 57 3:4Ardizzoia 70 4:4 5 0:10:20:30:4 Landhof, Basel 8,000 SUI Krämer Basel D End of season 2 June 1929 15:00 Basel SUI 3–1 Summary ITA US Alessandria Bielser 44 1:0Schaub 79 2:1Schlecht 86 3:1 49 1:1 Cattaneo Landhof, Basel 3,500 SUI Ruoff Bern W Serie A 1928–29 Swiss Serie A Central Group results Round 1 9 September 1928 Young Boys 3–0 Summary Basel Schicker 12 1:0Dasen 38 2:0von Arx (II) pen. 3:0 Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 2,500 SUI Voisard Biel/Bienne L Round 2 30 September 1928 15:00 Basel 3–1 Summary Grenchen Schlecht 28 1:0Bielser 34 2:0Enderlin (I) 65 pen. 3:1 40 2:1 Schüpbach Landhof, Basel 3,000 SUI Ehrbar St. Gallen W Round 3 21 October 1928 15:00 Concordia Basel 1–1 Summary Basel Nann 42 1:0 59 1:1 Enderlin (I) Landhof, Basel 3,000 SUI Regazzoni Chiasso D Round 4 25 November 1928 13:00 Basel 9–2 Summary Aarau Enderlin (II) 1:0Bielser 2:0Schlecht 3:0Strasser 4:0Schlecht 5:1Bielser 6:1Bielser 7:1Strasser 8:2Bielser 9:1 o.g. 4:17:2 Taddei Landhof, Basel SUI Brüschweiler Zürich W Round 5 16 December 1928 Solothurn 2–7 Summary Basel Christen 1:0Dreier 2:4 1:1 Enderlin (I)1:2 Enderlin (I)1:3 Bielser1:4 Schlecht2:5 Schlecht2:6 Schlecht2:7 Bielser Stadion FC Solothurn, Solothurn SUI Mercet Locarno W Round 6 23 December 1928 FC Bern 3–5 Summary Basel Reinle 1:3Brand 48 2:3Reinle 3:5 13 0:1 Bielser0:2 Bielser0:3 Schlecht2:4 Schlecht2:5 Meier Neufeld, Bern 2,500 SUI Demartines Lausanne W Round 7 30 December 1928 14:30 Basel 1–0 Summary Nordstern Basel Müller 65 1:0 Landhof, Basel 5,500 SUI Kempf W Round 8 6 January 1929 14:30 Basel 0–5 Summary Solothurn 16 0:1 Dreier29 0:2 Dreier39 0:3 Dreiero.g. 0:480 0:5 Landhof, Basel SUI Kempf L Round 9 27 January 1929 Grenchen 0–4 Summary Basel Widmer 0Füry 0 pen. 0:1 Enderlin (I)0:2 Enderlin (I)48 Müller0:4 Schlecht Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 1,500 SUI Kempf W Round 10 3 March 1929 15:00 Basel 3–0 Summary FC Bern Bielser 10 1:0Schlecht 12 2:0Schlecht 3:0 Landhof, Basel 3,000 SUI Edm. Dizerens Lausanne W Round 11 10 March 1929 15:00 Basel 7–3 Summary Old Boys Bielser 19 1:1Enderlin (I) 24 2:1Müller 25 3:1Schlecht 45 4:1Bielser 46 5:1Schlecht 54 6:2Bielser 75 7:2 4 0:1 Bossi51 5:27:3 Brack Landhof, Basel 4,500 SUI Schumacher La Chaux-de-Fonds W Round 12 17 March 1929 15:00 Basel 1–4 Summary Concordia Basel Enderlin (I) 43 1:1 30 0:1 Ehrenbolger45 1:2 Christen1:3 Ehrenbolger59 pen. 1:4 Nann Landhof, Basel 4,000 SUI Voisard Biel/Bienne L Round 13 17 April 1929 15:00 Basel 2–2 Summary Young Boys Schlecht 49 1:0Bielser 60 2:0 80 2:1 Schicker85 2:2 Schicker Landhof, Basel 5,500 SUI Enderli Winterthur D Round 14 14 April 1929 15:00 Old Boys 2–2 Summary Basel Bossi pen. 1:0Müller 41 2:2 34 1:1 Müller35 1:2 Strasser Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 2,000 SUI Calpini Sion D Round 15 28 April 1929 15:00 Nordstern Basel 2–1 Summary Basel Flubacher 42 1:0Breitenstein 80 2:1 70 1:1 Bielser Stadion Rankhof, Basel 4,000 SUI Kempf L Round 16 20 May 1929 Aarau 2–2 Summary Basel Vaccani 56 1:1Wernli 68 pen. 2:1 23 0:1 Schaub80 2:2 Schaub Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 1,100 SUI Edm. Dizerens Lausanne D Central Group table main WDL Central 5 Q 2 YB Young Boys BAS Basel NOR Nordstern Basel BER FC Bern CON Concordia Basel GRE Grenchen OBB Old Boys SOL Solothurn AAR Aarau 8 5 3 34 22 8 4 4 48 32 8 2 6 46 32 8 2 6 29 29 8 1 7 33 30 6 2 8 20 24 5 3 8 29 32 5 2 9 34 49 4 3 9 26 49 green1 Group winners / Advance to finals A red1 Relegation play-off R complete rsssf.com Swiss Cup Preliminary round 2 September 1928 10:30 Basel 1–0 Summary Baden Enderlin (I) 80 1:0 Landhof, Basel SUI Feurer Delémont W First round 7 October 1928 15:00 Basel 10–2 Summary Bülach Schlecht 3 1:0Bielser 30 2:1Enderlin (I) 50 pen. 3:1Enderlin (I) 51 4:1Strasser 54 5:1Bielser 57 6:1Bielser 61 7:1Enderlin (I) 62 8:1Bielser 70 9:2Schlecht 80 10:2 10 1:1 Mattenleger67 8:2 Rüegg Landhof, Basel SUI Karl Wunderlin Basel W Second round 4 November 1928 14:30 Basel 2–3 Summary Concordia Basel Enderlin (I) 52 1:2Müller 55 2:2 16 0:1 Christen35 0:2 Ehrenbolger (I)83 2:3 Christen Landhof, Basel 3,580 SUI Spengler Olten L See also History of FC Basel List of FC Basel players List of FC Basel seasons References Sources Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. 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