1932–33 FC Basel season
The 1932–33 season was the Fussball Club Basel 1893's 40th season in their existence and their 33rd consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. They played their home games in the Landhof, in the Quarter Kleinbasel.
1932–33 season | |
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Chairman | ![]() |
Manager | ![]() |
Ground | Landhof, Basel |
Nationalliga | 2nd in Group 1 |
Challenge National | 5th in Group 1 |
Swiss Cup | Winners |
Top goalscorer | League: Otto Haftl (21) All: Otto Haftl (28) |
Highest home attendance | 14,000 on 30 April 1933 vs Grasshopper Club |
Lowest home attendance | 3,000 on 19 February 1933 vs La Chaux-de-Fonds and on 19 March 1933 vs Young Fellows Zürich |
Average home league attendance | 6,000 |
Overview
At the beginning of the season Karl Kurz took over as club trainer from player-manager Otto Haftl who continued as player. There were eight teams in each of the groups in the 1932–33 Nationalliga and in this competition the teams played a double round robin. There were eight teams in each of the groups in the Challenge National and in this competition the teams played a single round robin against the teams of the other group. Basel played a total of 39 matches in their 1932–33 season. 15 of these matches were in the domestic league Nationalliga, seven in the Challenge National, six matches in the Swiss Cup and 11 games were friendly matches. Of these 11 friendlies seven were played in the Landhof, two other games were also played in Switzerland and two were played in a tournament in Luxembourg. Of the friendly games, six games ended with a victory, one was drawn and four match ended with a defeat.[1]
Basel finished their Nationalliga season in second position in the table, with seven victories from 14 games. The cross-over play-off game between the second placed teams from each group was played in Basel in the Stadion Rankhof, but Basel lost 3–4 against Servette FC Genève. Basel completed the Challenge National in 5th position in their group.
In the Swiss Cup Basel advanced to the Final, which was played in the Hardturm in Zürich. Twice Haftl, once Jaeck and once Walter Müller scored the goals as Basel won the final 4–3. This was their first ever title.[2]
Players
The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the season 1932–33. The list includes players that were in the squad the day the season started on 7 August 1932 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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Results
Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Pre-season
14 August 1932 Pre-season | Luzern | 0 – 5 | Basel | Tribschen |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Referee: ![]() |
18 August 1932 Pre-season | Basel | 2 – 1 | Nordstern Basel | Landhof, Basel |
18:30 | ![]() ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: ![]() |
Winter break to end of season
1 January 1933 Winter break | Basel | 3 – 2 | SC Nicholson Wien | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Müller ![]() Haftl ![]() Haftl ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: ![]() |
Group 1 matches
20 November 1932 Round 1 | Basel | 5 – 0 | Concordia Basel | Landhof, Basel |
Müller ![]() Jäck ![]() Jäck ![]() Jäck ![]() Wesely ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ![]() |
27 November 1932 Round 2 | Young Boys | 3 – 3 | Basel | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
Schicker ![]() Ziltener ![]() O'Neill ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: ![]() |
11 December 1932 Round 3 | Aarau | 1 – 2 | Basel | Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau |
Schmitt ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: ![]() |
18 December 1932 Round 4 | Lausanne-Sport | P – P | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
2 January 1933 Round 4 | Lausanne-Sport | 4 – 2 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
14:30 | Lehmann ![]() Weiller ![]() Spagnoli ![]() Spagnoli ![]() |
[ Summary] | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: ![]() |
8 January 1933 Round 5 | Servette | 3 – 0 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
14:30 | Marat ![]() Kielholz ![]() Kielholz ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: ![]() |
15 January 1933 Round 6 | Basel | 2 – 2 | Nordstern Basel | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Haftl ![]() Jäck ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: ![]() |
22 January 1933 Round 7 | Basel | P – P | Blue Stars Zürich | Landhof, Basel |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 6 | +35 | 14 |
2 | Urania Genève Sport | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 11 | +26 | 13 |
3 | FC Lugano | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 13 |
4 | FC Biel-Bienne | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 11 |
5 | FC Basel | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 8 |
6 | Young Fellows Zürich | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 8 |
7 | FC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 7 |
8 | Étoile Carouge FC | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 5 |
Nationalliga
Group 1 matches
28 August 1932 Round 1 | Basel | 6 – 3 | Etoile Carouge | Landhof, Basel |
16:00 | Haftl ![]() Hufschmid ![]() Wesely ![]() Wesely ![]() Wesely ![]() Schlecht ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: ![]() |
4 September 1932 Round 2 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 2 – 3 | Basel | Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds |
15:30 | Ducommun ![]() Jäggi ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ![]() |
11 September 1932 Round 3 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Lugano | Landhof, Basel |
14:00 | Hufschmid ![]() Müller ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 7,000 Referee: ![]() |
25 September 1932 Round 4 | Grasshopper Club | 7 – 1 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
15:15 | Sekulic ![]() Sekulic ![]() Trello ![]() Trello ![]() Sekulic ![]() Xam ![]() Xam ![]() |
[ Summary] | ![]() |
Attendance: 9,000 Referee: ![]() |
9 October 1932 Round 5 | Young Fellows Zürich | 2 – 2 | Basel | Förrlibuck, Zürich |
15:15 | Gyurkovits ![]() Nehadoma ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: ![]() |
16 October 1932 Round 6 | Basel | 4 – 2 | FC UGS Genève | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Hummel ![]() Haftl ![]() Haftl ![]() Jäck ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: ![]() |
30 October 1932 Round 7 | Basel | 6 – 2 | Biel-Bienne | Landhof, Basel |
13:15 | Jäck ![]() Hummel ![]() Enderlin (II) ![]() Wesely ![]() Haftl ![]() Hufschmid ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: ![]() |
19 February 1933 Round 8 | Basel | 4 – 1 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Landhof, Basel |
13:15 | Chodat ![]() Wesely ![]() Wesely ![]() Müller ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Referee: ![]() |
26 February 1933 Round 9 | Lugano | 1 – 0 | Basel | Campo Marzio, Lugano |
Donizetti ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ![]() |
19 March 1933 Round 10 | Basel | 7 – 0 | Young Fellows Zürich | Landhof, Basel |
13:15 | Jäck ![]() Wesely ![]() Haftl ![]() Jäck ![]() Hufschmid ![]() Hufschmid ![]() Hufschmid ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ![]() |
26 March 1933 Round 11 | FC UGS Genève | 1 – 4 | Basel | Stade de Frontenex, Geneva |
15:30 | Jäggi ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: ![]() |
Round 12 | Biel-Bienne | P – P | Basel | Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne |
23 April 1933 Round 13 | Etoile Carouge | 1 – 1 | Basel | Stade de Frontenex, Geneva |
15:00 | Macho ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ![]() |
30 April 1933 Round 14 | Basel | 3 – 3 | Grasshopper Club | Landhof, Basel |
Hufschmid ![]() Hufschmid ![]() Haftl ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 15,000 Referee: ![]() |
7 May 1933 Round 12 | Biel-Bienne | 6 – 3 | Basel | Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne |
Grünfeld II ![]() Binder ![]() Binder ![]() ![]() Heimer ![]() ? ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: ![]() |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 56 | 26 | +30 | 23 | Qualified for final |
2 | FC Basel | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 18 | Qualified for play off |
3 | FC Lugano | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 16 | |
4 | FC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 15 | |
5 | Urania Genève Sport | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 12 |
Play-off
28 May 1933 Match between 2nd of both groups | Basel | 3 – 4 | Servette FC Genève | Stadion Rankhof, Basel |
15:00 | Haftl ![]() Haftl ![]() Haftl ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 7,000 Referee: ![]() |
Swiss Cup
2 October 1932 Round 1 | Basel | 4 – 2 | Concordia Basel | Landhof, Basel |
Wesely ![]() Wesely ![]() Haftl ![]() Hummel ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: ![]() |
13 November 1932 Round 2 | Basel | 3 – 0 | Blue Stars Zürich | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Müller ![]() Haftl ![]() Hummel ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 2,500 Referee: ![]() |
8 December 1932 Round 3 | AC Bellinzona | 2 – 3 (a.e.t.) | Basel | Campo Granata, Bellinzona |
Berini ![]() Treier ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,100 Referee: ![]() |
5 February 1933 Quarter-final | Basel | 4 – 2 | Lugano | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Hufschmid ![]() Hufschmid ![]() Wesely ![]() Müller ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 6,500 Referee: ![]() |
5 March 1933 Semi-final | Basel | 5 – 3 | Lausanne-Sport | Stadion Rankhof, Basel |
15:00 | Hufschmid ![]() Haftl ![]() Jäck ![]() Wesely ![]() Jäck ![]() |
[ Report] | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: ![]() |
Sources and references
- 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
- Übersicht bei RSSSF
- Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz - Saison 1932/33". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Grasshopper Club - FC Basel 3:4 (1:2)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.