1928–29 FC Basel season

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. 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.

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. The top five teams ended the season within four points of each other and each team won eight of their 16 matches. Of Basel's other games four were drawn and four were lost. Basel scored 48 goals and conceded 32. With 20 points they ended the season in second position, just one point behind group winners Young Boys. Karl Bielser was the team's top goalscorer with 15 goals, Alfred Schlecht was second top scorer with 14 goals.[1]

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.[2]

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 Traugott Märki — GK   SUI Ernst Zorzotti — DF   SUI Armando Ardizzoia — DF  FRG Hermann Enderlin (II) — DF   SUI Peter Riesterer — DF   SUI Ernst Weber — DF   SUI Hugo Flubacher — MF   SUI Max Galler (II) — MF   SUI Georg Heimann

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   SUI Otto Meier — MF   SUI Paul Schaub — FW   SUI Karl Bielser — FW  FRG Alfred Enderlin (I) — FW   SUI Walter Müller — FW   SUI Max Oswald — FW   SUI Alfred Schlecht — FW   SUI Max Strasser — FW   SUI Karl Wüthrich — FW   SUI Eugen Schmid

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 Ernst Christ — GK   SUI Arthur Fahr — DF   SUI Jakob Bürgin — FW   SUI Emil Arlt — DF   SUI Fritz Gerster — FW  FRA Max Lehmann

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   SUI Louis Matthey — FW   SUI Hans Rau — FW   SUI Hans Streng — DF   SUI Gustav Vogt — FW   SUI Franz Zeiser — FW   SUI ? Weber

• History of FC Basel
• List of FC Basel players
• List of FC Basel seasons

• 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 1928–29 at fcb-archiv.ch
• Switzerland 1928-29 at RSSSF

• FC Basel official site