1931–32 FC Basel season

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.

FC Basel
1931–32 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Franz Rinderer
First team coachAustria + Switzerland Gustav Putzendopler
Austria Otto Haftl
GroundLandhof, Basel
NationalligaGroup Stage: 7th
Swiss CupSemi-final
Top goalscorerLeague: Otto Haftl (11)
All: Otto Haftl (15)
Highest home attendance8,000 on 3 April 1932
vs Nordstern Basel
Lowest home attendance1,500 on 11 October 1931
vs La Chaux-de-Fonds
Average home league attendance3,937

Overview

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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.[1]

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.[2]

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.[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[3]

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.[4] According to the reports in the club chronicles, quite a few players were injured.[5] Josef Remay had a bleeding head, Hermann Enderlin had a hole above his eye, Leopold Kielholz and goalkeeper Paul Blumer were also hurt.[6]

Players

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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   SUI Paul Blumer
GK   TCH Klemm
GK   HUN Ferenc Plattko
GK   SUI Gerhard Walter
DF   SUI Armando Ardizzoia
DF   FRG Hermann Enderlin (II)
DF   SUI Ernst Grauer
MF   SUI Ernst Hufschmid
MF   FRG Emil Hummel
DF   HUN Josef Remay
DF   SUI Ernst Weber
MF   CZE Vlastimil Borecký
MF   SUI Max Galler (II)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   SUI Giovanni Lupi
MF   SUI Paul Schaub
FW   SUI Karl Bielser
FW   SUI Eduard Buser
FW   FRG Alfred Enderlin (I)
FW   SUI Adolf Frey
FW   AUT Otto Haftl
FW   SUI August Hiss
FW   SUI Alfred Jaeck
FW   SUI Leopold Kielholz
FW   CZE Josef Kratochvil
FW   SUI Walter Müller
FW   SUI Alfred Schlecht
FW   POL Leopold Wionsowsky
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   SUI Traugott Märki
GK   SUI Hans Nikles
GK   SUI Ernst Zorzotti
MF   SUI Otto Meier
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   SUI Walter Notz
MF   SUI Emil Riedener
FW   NOR Jørgen Juve
  SUI Hector Fisher
   Fritz Griesbaum

Results

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Legend

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

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Pre- and mid-season

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16 August 1931 Pre-season FC Liestal   2–3   Basel Liestal
Casartelli   8' (1:0)
Soverini   (2:0)
Summary   (2:1)
  (2:2)
  89' (2:3)
23 August 1931 Pre-season Aarau   1–3   Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
Taddei   Summary   (1x) Kielholz
  (1x) Müller
  (1x) Schlecht
Attendance: 500
Referee:   Reber Baden
20 September 1931 Mid-season FV Lörrach   1–1   Basel Lörrach
  (1:0) Summary   (o.g. 1:1)

Winter break

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26 December 1931 Winter break CA Mulhouse   1–3   Basel Mulhouse
  Summary      
1 January 1932 Winter break Basel   3–4   Freiburger FC Landhof, Basel
14:30   10' (o.g.)
Schlecht   18' (2:0)
Borecký   (3:1)
Summary   (2:1) Peters
  49' (3:2) Peters
  50' (3:3) Peters
  52' (3:4) Fehrle
Referee:   Karl Wunderlin Basel
17 January 1932 Winter break FC Olten   0–4   Basel Olten
Summary        
30 January 1932 Mid-season Basel   4–0   Old Boys Landhof, Basel
Haftl   7' (1:0)
Hiss   35' (2:0)
Enderlin (I)   (pen. 3:0)
Hiss   67' (4:0)
Summary Attendance: 800
Referee:   Hubert Basel
5 March 1932 Mid-season Basel XI   2–8   Basel Landhof, Basel
    Summary                
20 March 1932 Mid-season Luzern   2–7   Basel Luzern
    Summary   (2x) Enderlin (I)
  (2x) Hiss
  (2x) Haftl
  (1x) Wionsowsky
Attendance: 1,200
Referee:   Martin Luzern
27 March 1932 Mid-season Freiburger FC   2–3   Basel Freiburg
    Summary      
28 March 1932 Mid-season Young Boys   3–4   Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
O'Neill   40' (1:0)
O'Neill   (pen. 2:2)
Siegrist   (pen. 3:2)
Summary   42' (1:1) Kielholz
  50' (1:2) Kielholz
  (3:3) Borecký
  88' (3:4) Jaeck
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Gerber
1 May 1932 Mid-season Basel   6–2   Karlsruher FV Landhof, Basel
15:00 Haftl   15' (1:0)
Jaeck   (2:2)
Kielholz   (3:2)
Haftl   (4:2)
Kielholz   (5:2)
Hufschmid   (pen. 6:2)
Summary   17' (1:1) Link
  20' (1:2) Schneider
Attendance: 2,500
Referee:   Felix Herren Basel
22 May 1932 Mid-season Basel   3–3   Servette Landhof, Basel
15:00 Jaeck   (1:1)
Kielholz   60' (2:1)
Kielholz   75' (3:1)
Summary   6' (0:1) Passello
  (3:2) Passello
  (3:3) Kaiser
Referee:   Speidel Basel

Nationalliga

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Group 1 results

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30 August 1931 Round 1 Basel 1–4 Young Fellows Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Wionsowsky   (1:2) Summary   28' (0:1) Diebold
  (0:2) Martin
  (1:3) Meier
  (1:4) Diebold
Attendance: 2,500
Referee:   Allemann Biel/Bienne
6 September 1931 Round 2 Lugano 8–1 Basel Campo Marzio, Lugano
Ranz   (1:1)
Costa   (2:1)
Costa   (3:1)
Ranz   (4:1)
Costa   (5:1)
Sturzi   (6:1)
Sturzi   (7:1)
Poretti   (8:1)
Summary   5' (0:1) Grauer Attendance: 2,500
Referee:   Paschoud Bern
27 September 1931 Round 3 Basel 0–6 Urania Genève Sport Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary   (4x) Chabanel
  (1x) Stalder
  (1x) Ross
Attendance: 4,000
Referee:   Dagon Solothurn
10 October 1931 Round 4 Basel 2–5 La Chaux-de-Fonds Landhof, Basel
15:00 Schlecht   18' (1:0)
Schlecht   (2:3)
Summary   (1:1) Haefeli
  (1:2) Haefeli
  47' (1:3) Guerne
  (2:4) Grimm
  (2:5) Guerne
Attendance: 1,500
Referee:   Schrumpf Zürich
25 October 1931 Round 5 Zürich 4–1 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
15:00 Righetti   19' (1:0)
Righetti   78' (2:1)
Bösch   86' (3:1)
Righetti   (4:1)
Summary   (1:1) Hiss Attendance: 2,500
Referee:   Enderli Winterthur
8 November 1931 Round 6 St. Gallen 2–4 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
Mac Pherson   (1:0)
Mac Pherson   (2:1)
Summary   (1:1) Kielholz
  (2:2) Kielholz
  (pen. 2:3) Enderlin (I)
  (2:4) Haftl
Attendance: 2,500
Referee:   Osterwalder Bern
15 November 1931 Round 7 Nordstern Basel 2–0 Basel Stadion Rankhof, Basel
14:30 Kühm   13' (1:0)
Büche   65' (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 4,500
Referee:   W. Bangerter La Chaux-de-Fonds
6 December 1931 Round 8 Basel 2–2 FC Bern Landhof, Basel
14:30 Haftl   4' (1:0)
Haftl   89' (2:2)
Summary   (pen. 1:1) Townley
  88' (1:2) Schärer
Attendance: 2,500
Referee:   Enderli Winterthur
24 January 1932 Round 9 Basel 0–3 Zürich Landhof, Basel
14:30 Summary   30' (1:0) Holenstein
  32' (2:0) Lehmann
  (3:0) Righetti
Attendance: 4,000
Referee:   Ruoff Bern
14 February 1932 Round 10 FC Bern 3–4 Basel Neufeld, Bern
Schärer   (1:3)
Riva   50' (2:3)
Townley   55' (3:3)
Summary   1' (0:1) Wionsowsky
  33' (0:2) Hiss
  38' (0:3) Wionsowsky
  59' (3:4) Haftl
Attendance: 1,500
Referee:   Enderli Winterthur
21 February 1932 Round 11 Young Fellows Zürich 0–4 Basel Förrlibuck, Zürich
14:45 Summary   5' (0:1) Müller
  (pen. 0:2) Kielholz
  11' (0:3) Müller
  20' (0:4) Müller
Attendance: 3,000
Referee:   Meyer Lausanne
28 February 1932 Round 12 Basel 3–2 St. Gallen Landhof, Basel
Kielholz   52' (1:1)
Müller   57' (2:1)
Haftl   86' (3:2)
Summary   25' (0:1) Hautle
  (2:2) Hintermann
Attendance: 4,500
Referee:   Mercet Locarno
3 April 1932 Round 13 Basel 3–1 Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
15:00 Müller   (1:0)
Haftl   (2:0)
Hiss   (3:1)
Summary   (pen. 2:1) Büche Attendance: 8,000
Referee:   Osterwalder Bern
10 April 1932 Round 14 Urania Genève Sport 4–1 Basel Stade de Frontenex, Geneva
Jäggi IV   18' (1:1)
Jäggi IV   29' (2:1)
Jäggi IV   (3:1)
Zila   (4:1)
Summary   3' (0:1) Jaeck Attendance: 3,000
Referee:   Allemann Biel/Bienne
17 April 1932 Round 15 La Chaux-de-Fonds 2–6 Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
15:00 Haefeli   4' (1:0)
Sandoz   (pen. 2:1)
Summary   (1:1) Schlecht
  (2:2) Müller
  (2:3) Haftl
  (2:4) Haftl
  (2:5) Haftl
  (2:6) Müller
Attendance: 2,500
Referee:   Wittwer Geneva
8 May 1932 Round 16 Basel 3–0 Lugano Landhof, Basel
15:00 Schlecht   40' (1:0)
Haftl   74' (2:0)
Haftl   88' (3:0)
Summary Attendance: 4,500
Referee:   Wittwer Geneva

Group 1 table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Zürich 16 13 0 3 44 17 +27 26 Group winners / Advance to finals
2 Urania Genève Sport 16 9 1 6 34 24 +10 19 Play-off against second Group 2
3 Young Fellows Zürich 16 8 2 6 44 36 +8 18
4 Lugano 16 7 3 6 31 22 +9 17
5 Nordstern Basel 16 7 2 7 28 35 −7 16
6 La Chaux-de-Fonds 16 7 1 8 35 34 +1 15
7 Basel 16 7 1 8 35 48 −13 15
8 FC Bern 16 4 3 9 28 43 −15 11 Relegated
9 St. Gallen 16 2 3 11 35 55 −20 7
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

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4 October 1931 1st principal round SC Veltheim 1–5 Basel Schützenwiese, Winterthur
Eisenring   Summary   (2x) Hiss
  (1x) Hufschmid
  (1x) Schlecht
  (1x) Hummel
Attendance: 1,800
Referee:   Bollinger Schaffhausen
1 November 1932 2nd principal round Basel 3–3 (a.e.t.) Lugano Landhof, Basel
14:40 Enderlin (I)   47' (1:3)
Haftl   75' (2:3)
Hufschmid   80' (3:3)
Summary   5' (0:1) Lestina
  14' (0:2) Ranzi
  20' (0:3) Poretti
Attendance: 5,000
Referee:   Schrumpf Zürich
22 November 1931 Replay Lugano 0–1 Basel Campo Marzio, Lugano
14:00 Summary   2' (0:1) Schlecht Attendance: 3,000
Referee:   Hans Wüthrich Bern
13 December 1931 3rd principal round SC Brühl St. Gallen 1–4 Basel Krontal, St. Gallen
Joseph   (1:5) Summary   22' (0:1) Müller
  (0:2) Haftl
  60' (0:3) Müller
  78' (0:4) Kielholz
Attendance: 2,000
Referee:   Brüschweiler Zürich
7 February 1932 Quarter-final Basel 6–3 La Chaux-de-Fonds Landhof, Basel
14:30 Haftl   24' (1:0)
Haftl   32' (2:0)
Müller   36' (3:0)
Hiss   40' (4:0)
Kielholz   (5:1)
Kielholz   (6:2)
Summary   55' (4:1) Ducommun
  73' (5:2) Grimm
  88' (6:3) Romy
Attendance: 3,000
Referee:   Meyer Lausanne
13 March 1932 Semi-final Basel 1–8 Grasshopper Club Landhof, Basel
15:00 Jaeck   18' (1:2) Summary   8' (0:1) Adam
  (0:2) Hitrec
  (1:3) Trello
  40' (1:4) Hitrec
  (1:5) Hitrec
  (1:6) Trello
  (1:7) Hitrec
  (1:8) Zivkovic
Attendance: 9,000
Referee:   Osterwalder Bern

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz - Saison 1931/32". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  2. ^ a b Erik Garin, Dinant Abbink. "Nationalliga 1931/32". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  3. ^ Erik Garin, Peter Kungler. "Switzerland 1931/32". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  4. ^ Josef Zindel. "Flucht per Boot misslungen" (PDF). Failed to escape by boat. Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-03-02. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  5. ^ Zindel, Josef (2018), "Die ersten 125 Jahre / Flucht per Schiff", Page 318 / Escape by ship, Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel
  6. ^ "Grund 7". Reason number 7 out of 111 reasons to love FC Basel. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

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