FC Basel
1928–29 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Hans Rupprecht
First team coachGyula Kertész
GroundLandhof, Basel
Serie AGroup Stage: 2nd
Swiss CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Karl Bielser (15)
All: Karl Bielser (20)
Highest home attendance5,500 on 30 December 1928
vs Nordstern Basel
and on 7 April 1929
vs Young Boys
Lowest home attendance3,000 on 30 September 1928
vs Grenchen
and on 3 March 1929
vs FC Bern
Average home league attendance4,250

The FC Basel 1928–29 season was their thirty sixth season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. The club's new chairman was Hans Rupprecht who took over the presidency from Karl Ibach at the AGM on 7 July 1928. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel.

Overview

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. The decision to employ a professional football trainer/manager was made because FC Basel had slipped well below the level of their local rivals Nordstern, who had qualified for the finals three times in the last five years.[1]

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. Basel scored 24 goals in these friendlies and conceded 32.[2]

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. After a defeat against YB in the first match, it was obvious that a professional coach was at work, because the team won eight of the next ten matches. The team rose to the top of the table, thanks to the good goal scoring of their best forwards Alfred Schlecht, Karl Bielser and Alfred Enderlin. But then, an unawaited 1–4 home defeat against lower placed local rivals Concordia changed everything. In the last five matches Basel managed only three draws and were defeated twice.[3] The top five teams ended the season within four points of each other and each team won eight of their 16 matches. With 20 points Basel ended the season in second position, just one point behind group winners Young Boys, who advanced to the finals and then won the championship.[4]

Basel scored 48 league goals and conceded 32. Karl Bielser was the team's top league goalscorer with 15 goals, Alfred Schlecht was second top scorer with 14 goals and Alfred Enderlin scored nine. Further goal scorers were Walter Müller with four, Max Strasser with three, Paul Schaub with two and Otto Meier one.[5]

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, there losing to Urania Genève Sport, who won the final against Young Boys 1–0, which was played in the Stade de Frontenex in Geneva.[6]

Players

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 Switzerland SUI Traugott Märki
— GK Switzerland SUI Ernst Zorzotti
— DF Switzerland SUI Armando Ardizzoia
— DF West Germany FRG Hermann Enderlin (II)
— DF Switzerland SUI Peter Riesterer
— DF Switzerland SUI Ernst Weber
— DF Switzerland SUI Hugo Flubacher
— MF Switzerland SUI Max Galler (II)
— MF Switzerland SUI Georg Heimann
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Switzerland SUI Otto Meier
— MF Switzerland SUI Paul Schaub
— FW Switzerland SUI Karl Bielser
— FW West Germany FRG Alfred Enderlin (I)
— FW Switzerland SUI Walter Müller
— FW Switzerland SUI Max Oswald
— FW Switzerland SUI Alfred Schlecht
— FW Switzerland SUI Max Strasser
— FW Switzerland SUI Karl Wüthrich
— FW Switzerland 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 Switzerland SUI Ernst Christ
— GK Switzerland SUI Arthur Fahr
— DF Switzerland SUI Jakob Bürgin
— FW Switzerland SUI Emil Arlt
— DF Switzerland SUI Fritz Gerster
— FW France FRA Max Lehmann
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Switzerland SUI Louis Matthey
— FW Switzerland SUI Hans Rau
— FW Switzerland SUI Hans Streng
— DF Switzerland SUI Gustav Vogt
— FW Switzerland SUI Franz Zeiser
— FW Switzerland SUI ? Weber

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season

12 August 1928 Pre-season Étoile-Sporting Switzerland 2–0 Switzerland Basel Stade des Eplatures, La Chaux-de-Fonds
15:00 Matzinger 20' (1:0)
Matzinger (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 100
Referee: Switzerland Schumacher La Chaux-de-Fonds
26 August 1928 Pre-season Lausanne-Sport Switzerland 3–0 Switzerland Basel Stade de Cantonal, Neuchâtel
11:00 Fauguel 25' (1:0)
Fauguel (2:0)
Syrvet (3:0)		 Summary Referee: Switzerland Voisard Biel/Bienne
26 August 1928 Pre-season Cantonal Neuchatel Switzerland 3–0 Switzerland Basel Stade de Cantonal, Neuchâtel
14:30 Abegglen (III) 8' (1:0)
Abegglen (III) 11' (2:0)
Struppler (3:1)
Abegglen (III) (4:1)
Kohler (5:2)		 Summary 23' (2:1)
(4:2)		 Referee: Switzerland Voisard Biel/Bienne
16 September 1928 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 4–3 (a.e.t.) France AS Valentigney Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
09:00 Bielser (1:0)
Müller (2:1)
(3:1)
Bielser (4:3)		 Summary (1:1) Goll
(3:2)
(3:3)		 Referee: Switzerland Schneider
16 September 1928 Mid-season Lausanne-Sport Switzerland 7–3 Switzerland Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
15:30 Bolomey 6' (1:0)
Bolomey (2:0)
Hart (3:0)
Bolomey (4:0)
Bolomey (5:0)
Hart (pen. 6:0)
Bolomey (7:3)		 Summary (6:1) Müller
(6:2) Enderlin (I)
(6:3) Enderlin (I)		 Referee: Switzerland Mercet Locarno
2 December 1928 Mid-season Mulhouse France 2–3 Switzerland Basel Stade de Bourtzwiller, Mulhouse
Lieb (pen. 1:3)
Huerzeler (2:3)		 Summary (0:1) Bielser
(0:2) Bielser
(0:3) Bielser		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: France Studer Strasbourg

Winter break to end of season

24 February 1929 Winter break Lugano Switzerland 4–3 Switzerland Basel Campo Marzio, Lugano
14:30 Costa 20' (1:1)
Fink (2:2)
Costa 49' (3:2)
Hintermann (4:3)		 Summary (0:1)
35' (1:2) Müller
75' (3:3) Strasser		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Switzerland Regazzoni Chiasso
1 April 1929 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 2–1 Switzerland Young Fellows Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Enderlin (I) 41' (1:1)
Müller 50' (2:1)		 Summary 24' (0:1) Brendle Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland Walter Jordan Basel
5 May 1929 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 4–4 SwitzerlandBiel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
15:45 Bielser 53' (1:4)
Schlecht 55' (2:4)
Bielser 57' (3:4)
Ardizzoia 70' (4:4)		 Summary 5' (0:1)
(0:2)
(0:3)
(0:4)		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Switzerland Krämer Basel
2 June 1929 End of season Basel Switzerland 3–1 Italy US Alessandria Landhof, Basel
15:00 Bielser 44' (1:0)
Schaub 79' (2:1)
Schlecht 86' (3:1)		 Summary 49' (1:1) Cattaneo Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Ruoff Bern

Serie A

Central Group results

9 September 1928 Round 1 Young Boys 3–0 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Schicker 12' (1:0)
Dasen 38' (2:0)
von Arx (II) (pen. 3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Voisard Biel/Bienne
30 September 1928 Round 2 Basel 3–1 Grenchen Landhof, Basel
15:00 Schlecht 28' (1:0)
Bielser 34' (2:0)
Enderlin (I) 65' (pen. 3:1)		 Summary 40' (2:1) Schüpbach Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Ehrbar St. Gallen
21 October 1928 Round 3 Concordia Basel 1–1 Basel Landhof, Basel
15:00 Nann 42' (1:0) Summary 59' (1:1) Enderlin (I) Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Regazzoni Chiasso
25 November 1928 Round 4 Basel 9–2 Aarau Landhof, Basel
13:00 Enderlin (II) (1:0)
Bielser (2:0)
Schlecht (3:0)
Strasser (4:0)
Schlecht (5:1)
Bielser (6:1)
Bielser (7:1)
Strasser (8:2)
Bielser (9:1)		 Summary (o.g. 4:1)
(7:2) Taddei		 Referee: Switzerland Brüschweiler Zürich
16 December 1928 Round 5 Solothurn 2–7 Basel Stadion FC Solothurn, Solothurn
Christen (1:0)
Dreier (2:4)		 Summary (1:1) Enderlin (I)
(1:2) Enderlin (I)
(1:3) Bielser
(1:4) Schlecht
(2:5) Schlecht
(2:6) Schlecht
(2:7) Bielser		 Referee: Switzerland Mercet Locarno
23 December 1928 Round 6 FC Bern 3–5 Basel Neufeld, Bern
Reinle (1:3)
Brand 48' (2:3)
Reinle (3:5)		 Summary 13' (0:1) Bielser
(0:2) Bielser
(0:3) Schlecht
(2:4) Schlecht
(2:5) Meier		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Demartines Lausanne
30 December 1928 Round 7 Basel 1–0 Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
14:30 Müller 65' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Switzerland Kempf
6 January 1929 Round 8 Basel 0–5 Solothurn Landhof, Basel
14:30 Summary 16' (0:1) Dreier
29' (0:2) Dreier
39' (0:3) Dreier
(o.g. 0:4)
80' (0:5)		 Referee: Switzerland Kempf
27 January 1929 Round 9 Grenchen 0–4 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
Widmer Red card
Füry Red card		 Summary (pen. 0:1) Enderlin (I)
(0:2) Enderlin (I)
48' Müller
(0:4) Schlecht		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland Kempf
3 March 1929 Round 10 Basel 3–0 FC Bern Landhof, Basel
15:00 Bielser 10' (1:0)
Schlecht 12' (2:0)
Schlecht (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Edm. Dizerens Lausanne
10 March 1929 Round 11 Basel 7–3 Old Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Bielser 19' (1:1)
Enderlin (I) 24' (2:1)
Müller 25' (3:1)
Schlecht 45' (4:1)
Bielser 46' (5:1)
Schlecht 54' (6:2)
Bielser 75' (7:2)		 Summary 4' (0:1) Bossi
51' (5:2)
(7:3) Brack		 Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Schumacher La Chaux-de-Fonds
17 March 1929 Round 12 Basel 1–4 Concordia Basel Landhof, Basel
15:00 Enderlin (I) 43' (1:1) Summary 30' (0:1) Ehrenbolger
45' (1:2) Christen
(1:3) Ehrenbolger
59' (pen. 1:4) Nann		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Voisard Biel/Bienne
17 April 1929 Round 13 Basel 2–2 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Schlecht 49' (1:0)
Bielser 60' (2:0)		 Summary 80' (2:1) Schicker
85' (2:2) Schicker		 Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Switzerland Enderli Winterthur
14 April 1929 Round 14 Old Boys 2–2 Basel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00 Bossi (pen. 1:0)
Müller 41' (2:2)		 Summary 34' (1:1) Müller
35' (1:2) Strasser		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Calpini Sion
28 April 1929 Round 15 Nordstern Basel 2–1 Basel Stadion Rankhof, Basel
15:00 Flubacher 42' (1:0)
Breitenstein 80' (2:1)		 Summary 70' (1:1) Bielser Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Kempf
20 May 1929 Round 16 Aarau 2–2 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
Vaccani 56' (1:1)
Wernli 68' (pen. 2:1)		 Summary 23' (0:1) Schaub
80' (2:2) Schaub		 Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Switzerland Edm. Dizerens Lausanne

Central Group table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Young Boys 16 8 5 3 34 22 +12 21 Group winners / Advance to finals
2 Basel 16 8 4 4 48 32 +16 20
3 Nordstern Basel 16 8 2 6 46 32 +14 18
4 FC Bern 16 8 2 6 29 29 0 18
5 Concordia Basel 16 8 1 7 33 30 +3 17
6 Grenchen 16 6 2 8 20 24 −4 14
7 Old Boys 16 5 3 8 29 32 −3 13
8 Solothurn 16 5 2 9 34 49 −15 12
9 Aarau 16 4 3 9 26 49 −23 11 Relegation play-off
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

2 September 1928 Preliminary round Basel 1–0 Baden Landhof, Basel
10:30 Enderlin (I) 80' (1:0) Summary Referee: Switzerland Feurer Delémont
7 October 1928 First round Basel 10–2 Bülach Landhof, Basel
15:00 Schlecht 3' (1:0)
Bielser 30' (2:1)
Enderlin (I) 50' (pen. 3:1)
Enderlin (I) 51' (4:1)
Strasser 54' (5:1)
Bielser 57' (6:1)
Bielser 61' (7:1)
Enderlin (I) 62' (8:1)
Bielser 70' (9:2)
Schlecht 80' (10:2)		 Summary 10' (1:1) Mattenleger
67' (8:2) Rüegg		 Referee: Switzerland Karl Wunderlin Basel
4 November 1928 Second round Basel 2–3 Concordia Basel Landhof, Basel
14:30 Enderlin (I) 52' (1:2)
Müller 55' (2:2)		 Summary 16' (0:1) Christen
35' (0:2) Ehrenbolger (I)
83' (2:3) Christen		 Attendance: 3,580
Referee: Switzerland Spengler Olten

See also

References

  1. ↑ Zindel, Josef (2018), "Die ersten 125 Jahre - 1928 Ungarischer Trainer", Page 31 - Hungarian coach, Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel
  2. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz - Saison 1928/29". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. ↑ Zindel, Josef (2018), "Die ersten 125 Jahre / 1929", Page 32, Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel
  4. ↑ Erik Garin. "Swiss Series A 1928/29". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  5. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Statistik - Saison 1928/29". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  6. ↑ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1928/29". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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