1938–39 FC Basel season
1938–39 season | |
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Chairman | ![]() |
First team coach | ![]() |
Ground | Landhof, Basel |
Nationalliga | 12th (relegated) |
Swiss Cup | Round 2 |
Top goalscorer | League: Eduard Buser (11) All: Eduard Buser (11) |
Highest home attendance | 5,000 on 16 April 1939 vs Nordstern Basel and on 19 May 1939 vs Lugano |
Lowest home attendance | 3,000 on 4 September 1938 vs La Chaux-de-Fonds and on 2 October 1938 vs Biel-Bienne and on 27 November 1938 vs Grenchen and on 18 December 1938 vs Grasshopper Club |
Average home league attendance | 3,681 |
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
[edit]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.[1]
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.[2]
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.[3]
Players
[edit]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.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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- 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.
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Results
[edit]Legend
[edit]Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches
[edit]Pre-season
[edit]24 July 1938 Pre-season | Basel ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() | Im Teichboden Oftringen |
Buser ![]() Ibach ![]() Schaller ![]() Spadini ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 300 |
1 August 1938 Pre-season | Basel ![]() | 5–2 | ![]() | Landhof, Basel |
17:30 | Spadini ![]() Monigatti ![]() Ibach ![]() Buser ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: ![]() |
21 August 1938 Pre-season | Basel ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | Landhof, Basel |
17:00 | Buser ![]() Ibach ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: ![]() |
28 August 1938 Pre-season | Young Boys ![]() | 4–4 | ![]() | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
Bickel ![]() Sydler ![]() Lukacs ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,800 Referee: ![]() |
Mid-season
[edit]6 November 1938 Mid-season | La Chaux-de-Fonds ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds |
15:00 | Trachsel ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: ![]() |
Nationalliga
[edit]League matches
[edit]4 September 1938 Round 1 | Basel | 2–2 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Zuber ![]() Grauer ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ![]() |
11 September 1938 Round 2 | Grasshopper Club | 4–0 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
15:00 | Bickel ![]() Fauguel ![]() Rupf ![]() Bickel ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ![]() |
25 September 1938 Round 3 | Basel | 4–1 | Luzern | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Buser ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: ![]() |
2 October 1936 Round 4 | Basel | 0–0 | Biel-Bienne | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Summary | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ![]() |
9 October 1938 Round 5 | Servette | 2–1 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
Aeby ![]() Trello ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ![]() |
26 October 1938 Round 6 | Basel | 0–0 | Young Boys | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Summary | Attendance: 4,500 Referee: ![]() |
23 October 1938 Round 9 | Nordstern Basel | 4–1 | Basel | Stadion Rankhof, Basel |
15:00 | Burkhardt ![]() Büche ![]() Forelli ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: ![]() |
30 October 1938 Round 7 | Lugano | 1–0 | Basel | Campo Marzio, Lugano |
Forni ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: ![]() |
13 November 1938 Round 8 | Basel | 0–1 | Young Fellows Zürich | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: ![]() |
27 November 1938 Round 10 | Basel | 2–0 | Grenchen | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Grauer ![]() Dubosson ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ![]() |
4 December 1938 Round 11 | Lausanne-Sport | 2–0 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
14:30 | Rochat ![]() Spagnoli ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: ![]() |
11 December 1938 Round 12 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 2–0 | Basel | Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds |
14:30 | Volentik ![]() Wagner ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ![]() |
18 December 1938 Round 13 | Basel | 3–1 | Grasshopper Club | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Buser ![]() Ibach ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ![]() |
22 January 1939 Round 15 | Biel-Bienne | 4–1 | Basel | Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne |
Frangi ![]() Frangi ![]() Weber ![]() Tineli ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: ![]() |
19 February 1939 Round 14 | Luzern | 4–3 | Basel | Stadion Allmend, Luzern |
Karcher ![]() ![]() Karcher ![]() Gloor ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ![]() |
26 February 1939 Round 16 | Basel | 0–1 | Servette | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: ![]() |
12 March 1939 Round 17 | Young Boys | 1–1 | Basel | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
Halblinker ![]() Fish ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: ![]() |
26 March 1935 Round 19 | Young Fellows Zürich | 1–1 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
20:00 | Kielholz ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: ![]() |
15 April 1935 Round 20 | Basel | 0–1 | Nordstern Basel | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: ![]() |
23 April 1939 Round 21 | Grenchen | 3–2 | Basel | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
![]() Artimovicz ![]() Artimovicz ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: ![]() |
30 April 1939 Round 22 | Basel | 1–0 | Lausanne-Sport | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Mathys ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 3,500 Referee: ![]() |
18 May 1939 Round 18 | Basel | 7–0 | Lugano | Landhof, Basel |
14:45 | Ibach ![]() Buser ![]() Schmidlin (I) ![]() Mathys ![]() Bernard ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 5,000 Referee: ![]() |
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Grasshopper Club | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 20 | +14 | 31 | Swiss Champions |
2 | Grenchen | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 27 | |
3 | Lugano | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 27 | |
4 | Servette | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 28 | +15 | 26 | |
5 | Nordstern Basel | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 23 | |
6 | Lausanne-Sport | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 22 | Swiss Cup winners |
7 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 22 | |
8 | Luzern | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 42 | 45 | −3 | 19 | |
9 | Young Fellows Zürich | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 31 | −2 | 18 | |
10 | Young Boys | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 35 | −13 | 17 | |
11 | Biel-Bienne | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 39 | −17 | 17 | |
12 | Basel | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 15 | Relegated |
Swiss Cup
[edit]8 January 1939 1st principal round | Basel | 3–2 | Concordia Basel | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Sattler ![]() Ibach ![]() Ibach ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: ![]() |
29 January 1939 Round 2 | Basel | 1–3 | SC Brühl St. Gallen | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Schmidlin (I) ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: ![]() |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Zindel, Josef (2018), 1939 Erste Abstieg, Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel
- ^ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1938-1939". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1938/39". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
Sources
[edit]- 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 1938/39 at fcb-archiv.ch
- Switzerland 1938/39 by Erik Garin at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation