FC Basel
1938–39 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Emil Junker
First team coachSwitzerland Fernand Jaccard
GroundLandhof, Basel
Nationalliga12th (relegated)
Swiss CupRound 2
Top goalscorerLeague: Eduard Buser (11)
All: Eduard Buser (11)
Highest home attendance5,000 on 16 April 1939
vs Nordstern Basel
and on 19 May 1939
vs Lugano
Lowest home attendance3,000 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 attendance3,681

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

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

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Switzerland SUI Eugène de Kalbermatten
GK Switzerland SUI Fritz Glaser
GK Switzerland SUI Kurt Imhof
DF Switzerland SUI Henri Bernard
DF Switzerland SUI Robert Büchi
DF Switzerland SUI Louis Favre
DF Switzerland SUI Ernst Grauer
MF Switzerland SUI Ernst Hufschmid
DF Switzerland SUI Heinrich Diethelm
DF Switzerland SUI Heinz Elsässer
MF Switzerland SUI August Ibach
MF Switzerland SUI Fernand Jaccard
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Switzerland SUI Albert Mohler
MF West Germany FRG Franz Sattler
MF Switzerland SUI Fritz Schmidlin (I)
MF Switzerland SUI Guglielmo Spadini
MF Switzerland SUI Eduard Zuber
FW Switzerland SUI ? Bossoni
FW Switzerland SUI Eduard Buser
FW Switzerland SUI Maurice Dubosson
FW Switzerland SUI Eduard Irniger
FW Switzerland SUI Alex Mathys
FW Switzerland SUI Othmar Saner
FW Switzerland SUI René Schaller
FW Switzerland SUI Walter Zürrer
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
DF Germany GER Emil Hummel
MF Switzerland SUI Caspar Monigatti
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Switzerland SUI Numa Monnard
FW Switzerland SUI Alfons Weber (II)

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre-season

24 July 1938 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 4–1 Switzerland Biel-Bienne Im Teichboden Oftringen
Buser (1:0)
Ibach (2:0)
Schaller (3:1)
Spadini (4:1)
Summary (2:1) Attendance: 300
1 August 1938 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 5–2 Switzerland La Chaux-de-Fonds Landhof, Basel
17:30 Spadini (2x)
Monigatti (1x)
Ibach (1x)
Buser (1x)
Summary (2x) Bösch Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland H. Neumann Basel
21 August 1938 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 2–2 West Germany Freiburger FC Landhof, Basel
17:00 Buser (1:1)
Ibach (2:1)
Summary (0:1) Beha
(2:2) Beha
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Karl Wunderlin Basel
28 August 1938 Pre-season Young Boys Switzerland 4–4 Switzerland Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Bickel (2x)
Sydler (1x)
Lukacs (1x)
Summary (2x) Schmidlin (I)
(1x) Spadini
(1x) Ibach
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Switzerland Gerber Bern

Mid-season

6 November 1938 Mid-season La Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland 1–0 Switzerland Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
15:00 Trachsel 80' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Sandoz La Chaux-de-Fonds

Nationalliga

League matches

4 September 1938 Round 1 Basel 2–2 La Chaux-de-Fonds Landhof, Basel
15:00 Zuber (1x)
Grauer (1x)
Summary (1x) Messerli
(1x) Schweizer
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Grassi Balerna
11 September 1938 Round 2 Grasshopper Club 4–0 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
15:00 Bickel 28' (1:0)
Fauguel 61' (2:0)
Rupf 73' (3:0)
Bickel 75' (4:0)
Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Scherz Bern
25 September 1938 Round 3 Basel 4–1 Luzern Landhof, Basel
15:00 Buser (4x) Summary (1x) Semp Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Spengler Olten
2 October 1936 Round 4 Basel 0–0 Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Gerber Bern
9 October 1938 Round 5 Servette 2–1 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
Aeby 7' (1:0)
Trello 88' (2:1)
Summary 73' (1:1) Jaccard Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Jaggi Bern
26 October 1938 Round 6 Basel 0–0 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Allemann Biel/Bienne
23 October 1938 Round 9 Nordstern Basel 4–1 Basel Stadion Rankhof, Basel
15:00 Burkhardt (2x)
Büche (1x)
Forelli (1x)
Summary (1x) Ibach Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland Spengler Olten
30 October 1938 Round 7 Lugano 1–0 Basel Campo Marzio, Lugano
Forni 18' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Scherz Bern
13 November 1938 Round 8 Basel 0–1 Young Fellows Zürich Landhof, Basel
14:30 Summary (0:1) Häfeli Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Lutz Geneva
27 November 1938 Round 10 Basel 2–0 Grenchen Landhof, Basel
14:30 Grauer 4' (1:0)
Dubosson (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Spengler Olten
4 December 1938 Round 11 Lausanne-Sport 2–0 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
14:30 Rochat 20' (1:0)
Spagnoli 40' (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Scherz Bern
11 December 1938 Round 12 La Chaux-de-Fonds 2–0 Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
14:30 Volentik (1:0)
Wagner 30' (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Gerber Bern
18 December 1938 Round 13 Basel 3–1 Grasshopper Club Landhof, Basel
14:30 Buser (2x)
Ibach (1x)
Summary (1x) Nausch Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Grassi Balerna
22 January 1939 Round 15 Biel-Bienne 4–1 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
Frangi (1:0)
Frangi (2:0)
Weber 60' (3:0)
Tineli 85' (4:1)
Summary 75' (3:1) Spadini Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Wittwer Geneva
19 February 1939 Round 14 Luzern 4–3 Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
Karcher 21' (1:1)
34' (o.g. 2:2)
Karcher 37' (3:2)
Gloor 74' (4:2)
Summary 17' (0:1) Buser
25' (1:2) Buser
85' (4:3) Sattler
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Wittwer Geneva
26 February 1939 Round 16 Basel 0–1 Servette Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary 63' (0:1) Walaschek Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Scherz Bern
12 March 1939 Round 17 Young Boys 1–1 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Halblinker Red card 20'
Fish 82' (1:1)
Summary 80' (0:1) Ibach
Red card 85' Schmidlin (I)
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Spengler Olten
19 March 1939 Round 18 Basel PP Lugano Landhof, Basel
[ Summary]
26 March 1935 Round 19 Young Fellows Zürich 1–1 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00 Kielholz 56' (1:1) Summary 49' (o.g. 0:1) Maag Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Gerber Bern
15 April 1935 Round 20 Basel 0–1 Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary (0:1) Büche Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Lutz Geneva
23 April 1939 Round 21 Grenchen 3–2 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
(o.g. 1:1)
Artimovicz (2:2)
Artimovicz (3:2)
Summary (0:1) Ibach
(1:2) Buser
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Grassi Balerna
30 April 1939 Round 22 Basel 1–0 Lausanne-Sport Landhof, Basel
15:00 Mathys 77' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Jaggi Bern
18 May 1939 Round 18 Basel 7–0 Lugano Landhof, Basel
14:45 Ibach (2x)
Buser (2x)
Schmidlin (I) (1x)
Mathys (1x)
Bernard (1x)
Summary Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Wittwer Geneva

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

8 January 1939 1st principal round Basel 3–2 Concordia Basel Landhof, Basel
14:30 Sattler 30' (1:1)
Ibach 48' (2:1)
Ibach 60' (3:1)
Summary 12' (0:1) Martignoli
76' (3:2) Rufer
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Hans Wüthrich Bern
29 January 1939 Round 2 Basel 1–3 SC Brühl St. Gallen Landhof, Basel
14:30 Schmidlin (I) (1x) Summary (2x) Spengler
(1x) Joris
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Grassi Balerna

See also

References

  1. Zindel, Josef (2018), 1939 Erste Abstieg, Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel
  2. Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1938-1939". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1938/39". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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