1938–39 FC Basel season

FC Basel 1938–39 football season FC Basel 1938–39 Emil Junker First team coach Fernand Jaccard Ground Landhof, Basel Nationalliga 12th (relegated) Swiss Cup Round 2 Eduard Buser (11) Eduard Buser (11) 5,000 on 16 April 1939vs Nordstern Baseland on 19 May 1939vs Lugano 3,000 on 4 September 1938vs La Chaux-de-Fondsand on 2 October 1938vs Biel-Bienneand on 27 November 1938vs Grenchenand on 18 December 1938vs Grasshopper Club 3,681 1937–38 1939–40 The FC Basel 1938–39 season was the forty-sixth 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. Emil Junker was the club chairman and it was his third consecutive season as club president. The club had financial and sporting problems over the previous few years and these continued this season. Overview According to statements in the 75th anniversary book written years later by author Jules Düblin (ex-player and ex-club chairman) the club had problems with the Swiss Football Association (SFA). The club was also having financial problems and these problems continued this season. The club suffered under the results of this confrontation with the SFA. These were mainly due to the transfer of the player Numa Monnard, who at the start of the season returned to his former club Cantonal Neuchatel. Josef Zindel 2018 1939 Erste Abstieg Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel Fernand Jaccard who had been Basel's player-manager the previous season, continued for the club in the same position this season. Basel played a total of 29 matches in their 1938–39 season. 22 of these matches were in the Nationalliga, two in the Swiss Cup and five were friendly matches. Of these five friendlies two were played at home in the Landhof and the other three were also in Switzerland. Two friendly games were won, two drawn and one ended in a defeat. 12 teams contested the 1938–39 Nationalliga championship, which was played as a round-robin, one team to be relegated. Despite the fact that the players were well prepared for the season, as Düblin wrote in his summary, sportingly the season was very bad. Despite two victories over the two top clubs that season, Grasshopper Club and Grenchen, one catastrophic game followed the other. Of the 22 domestic league games only five ended with a win, 12 were defeats. The team ended in last position, two points behind Biel-Bienne and the Young Boys. Basel was relegated for the first time in the club history into the newly reorganized 1.Liga. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwithist.html Switzerland 1938-1939 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 In the first principal round of the Swiss Cup Basel were drawn at home against lower tier local rivals Concordia Basel and won 3–2. In the second round Basel were also drawn at home against a lower-tier team, but Brühl St. Gallen proved to be a strong competitor and Basel were defeated 1–3. and were thrown out of the competition. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/bilanz?saison=1938/39 Bilanz Saison 1938/39 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 Players The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the season 1938–39. The list includes players that were in the squad the day the season started on 24 July 1938 but subsequently left the club after that date. SUI GK Eugène de Kalbermatten SUI GK Fritz Glaser SUI GK Kurt Imhof SUI DF Henri Bernard SUI DF Robert Büchi SUI DF Louis Favre SUI DF Ernst Grauer SUI MF Ernst Hufschmid SUI DF Heinrich Diethelm SUI DF Heinz Elsässer SUI MF August Ibach SUI MF Fernand Jaccard SUI MF Albert Mohler FRG MF Franz Sattler SUI MF Fritz Schmidlin (I) SUI MF Guglielmo Spadini SUI MF Eduard Zuber SUI FW ? Bossoni SUI FW Eduard Buser SUI FW Maurice Dubosson SUI FW Eduard Irniger SUI FW Alex Mathys SUI FW Othmar Saner SUI FW René Schaller SUI FW Walter Zürrer Players who left the squad GER DF Emil Hummel SUI MF Caspar Monigatti SUI FW Numa Monnard SUI FW Alfons Weber (II) 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-season Pre-season 24 July 1938 Basel SUI 4–1 Summary SUI Biel-Bienne Buser 1:0Ibach 2:0Schaller 3:1Spadini 4:1 2:1 Im Teichboden Oftringen 300 W Pre-season 1 August 1938 17:30 Basel SUI 5–2 Summary SUI La Chaux-de-Fonds Spadini 2xMonigatti 1xIbach 1xBuser 1x 2x Bösch Landhof, Basel 1,000 SUI H. Neumann Basel W Pre-season 21 August 1938 17:00 Basel SUI 2–2 Summary FRG Freiburger FC Buser 1:1Ibach 2:1 0:1 Beha2:2 Beha Landhof, Basel 1,000 SUI Karl Wunderlin Basel D Pre-season 28 August 1938 Young Boys SUI 4–4 Summary SUI Basel Bickel 2xSydler 1xLukacs 1x 2x Schmidlin (I)1x Spadini1x Ibach Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 1,800 SUI Gerber Bern D Mid-season Mid-season 6 November 1938 15:00 La Chaux-de-Fonds SUI 1–0 Summary SUI Basel Trachsel 80 1:0 Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds 2,000 SUI Sandoz La Chaux-de-Fonds L Nationalliga 1938–39 Nationalliga League matches Round 1 4 September 1938 15:00 Basel 2–2 Summary La Chaux-de-Fonds Zuber 1xGrauer 1x 1x Messerli1x Schweizer Landhof, Basel 3,000 SUI Grassi Balerna D Round 2 11 September 1938 15:00 Grasshopper Club 4–0 Summary Basel Bickel 28 1:0Fauguel 61 2:0Rupf 73 3:0Bickel 75 4:0 Hardturm, Zürich 3,000 SUI Scherz Bern L Round 3 25 September 1938 15:00 Basel 4–1 Summary Luzern Buser 4x 1x Semp Landhof, Basel 3,500 SUI Spengler Olten W Round 4 2 October 1936 15:00 Basel 0–0 Summary Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel 3,000 SUI Gerber Bern D Round 5 9 October 1938 Servette 2–1 Summary Basel Aeby 7 1:0Trello 88 2:1 73 1:1 Jaccard Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 3,000 SUI Jaggi Bern L Round 6 26 October 1938 15:00 Basel 0–0 Summary Young Boys Landhof, Basel 4,500 SUI Allemann Biel/Bienne D Round 9 23 October 1938 15:00 Nordstern Basel 4–1 Summary Basel Burkhardt 2xBüche 1xForelli 1x 1x Ibach Stadion Rankhof, Basel 6,000 SUI Spengler Olten L Round 7 30 October 1938 Lugano 1–0 Summary Basel Forni 18 1:0 Campo Marzio, Lugano 2,000 SUI Scherz Bern L Round 8 13 November 1938 14:30 Basel 0–1 Summary Young Fellows Zürich 0:1 Häfeli Landhof, Basel 3,500 SUI Lutz Geneva L Round 10 27 November 1938 14:30 Basel 2–0 Summary Grenchen Grauer 4 1:0Dubosson 2:0 Landhof, Basel 3,000 SUI Spengler Olten W Round 11 4 December 1938 14:30 Lausanne-Sport 2–0 Summary Basel Rochat 20 1:0Spagnoli 40 2:0 Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 2,000 SUI Scherz Bern L Round 12 11 December 1938 14:30 La Chaux-de-Fonds 2–0 Summary Basel Volentik 1:0Wagner 30 2:0 Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds 3,000 SUI Gerber Bern L Round 13 18 December 1938 14:30 Basel 3–1 Summary Grasshopper Club Buser 2xIbach 1x 1x Nausch Landhof, Basel 3,000 SUI Grassi Balerna W Round 15 22 January 1939 Biel-Bienne 4–1 Summary Basel Frangi 1:0Frangi 2:0Weber 60 3:0Tineli 85 4:1 75 3:1 Spadini Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne 2,000 SUI Wittwer Geneva L Round 14 19 February 1939 Luzern 4–3 Summary Basel Karcher 21 1:134 o.g. 2:2Karcher 37 3:2Gloor 74 4:2 17 0:1 Buser25 1:2 Buser85 4:3 Sattler Stadion Allmend, Luzern 3,000 SUI Wittwer Geneva L Round 16 26 February 1939 15:00 Basel 0–1 Summary Servette 63 0:1 Walaschek Landhof, Basel 3,500 SUI Scherz Bern L Round 17 12 March 1939 Young Boys 1–1 Summary Basel Halblinker 0 20Fish 82 1:1 80 0:1 Ibach0 85 Schmidlin (I) Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 3,500 SUI Spengler Olten D Round 18 19 March 1939 Basel PP [ Summary] Lugano Landhof, Basel P Round 19 26 March 1935 20:00 Young Fellows Zürich 1–1 Summary Basel Kielholz 56 1:1 49 o.g. 0:1 Maag Letzigrund, Zürich 2,500 SUI Gerber Bern D Round 20 15 April 1935 15:00 Basel 0–1 Summary Nordstern Basel 0:1 Büche Landhof, Basel 5,000 SUI Lutz Geneva L Round 21 23 April 1939 Grenchen 3–2 Summary Basel o.g. 1:1Artimovicz 2:2Artimovicz 3:2 0:1 Ibach1:2 Buser Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 2,000 SUI Grassi Balerna L Round 22 30 April 1939 15:00 Basel 1–0 Summary Lausanne-Sport Mathys 77 1:0 Landhof, Basel 3,500 SUI Jaggi Bern W Round 18 18 May 1939 14:45 Basel 7–0 Summary Lugano Ibach 2xBuser 2xSchmidlin (I) 1xMathys 1xBernard 1x Landhof, Basel 5,000 SUI Wittwer Geneva W League table main WDL Q 5 2 GCZ Grasshopper Club GRE Grenchen LUG Lugano SER Servette NOR Nordstern Basel LS Lausanne-Sport CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds LUC Luzern YFZ Young Fellows Zürich YB Young Boys BB Biel-Bienne BAS Basel 12 7 3 34 20 10 7 5 38 30 11 5 6 29 23 11 4 7 43 28 8 7 7 29 24 8 6 8 34 28 9 4 9 29 41 7 5 10 42 45 6 6 10 29 31 4 9 9 22 35 4 9 9 22 39 5 5 12 29 36 green1 Swiss Champions A yellow1 Swiss Cup winners Y #FFC0D0 Relegated R complete rsssf.com Swiss Cup The teams from this season's Nationalliga, who had received byes for the first three rounds, entered the cup competition in the fourth round. These teams were seeded and could not be drawn against each other. Round 4 8 January 1939 14:30 Basel 3–2 FCB summary Concordia Basel Sattler 30 1:1Ibach 48 2:1Ibach 60 3:1 12 0:1 Martignoli76 3:2 Rufer Landhof, Basel 3,500 SUI Hans Wüthrich (Bern) W Concordia played the 1938/39 season in the 1. Liga (second tier), they waivered home-advantage and the game was played in FC Basel's home stadium. Round 2 29 January 1939 14:30 Basel 1–3 FCB summary SC Brühl St. Gallen Schmidlin (I) 1:1 0:1 Spengler1:2 Joris26 1:3 Spengler Landhof, Basel 2,500 SUI Mario Grassi (Balerna) L Brühl played the 1938/39 season in the 1. Liga (second 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 1938/39 at fcb-archiv.ch Switzerland 1938/39 by Erik Garin at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation External links FC Basel official site expanded Category:FC Basel seasons Basel