1932–33 FC Basel season

FC Basel

1932–33 season
Chairman	Franz Rinderer
Manager	Karl Kurz
Ground	Landhof, Basel
Nationalliga	2nd in Group 1
Swiss Cup	Winners
← 1931–32 1934–34 →

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.

Overview

At the beginning of the season Karl Kurz took over as club trainer. There were eight teams in Group 1 of the 1932–33 Nationalliga. Basel finished their season in second position in the table, with seven victories from 14 games. The play-off game between the second placed teams from both groups was played in Basel in the Stadion Rankhof, but the home team lost 3–4 to Servette FC Genève. In the Swiss Cup Basel advanced to the Final, which was played in the Hardturm in Zürich. Basel won the final 4–3 and thus their first ever title.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Kurt Imhof Paul Blumer DF Alfred Enderlin DF Karl Bielser DF Emil Hummel DF Vlasta Borecky DF Armando Ardizzola DF Ernst Grauer MF Paul Schaub MF Walter Müller

No. Position Player MF Emil Blattmann MF Alfred Schlecht FW Ernst Hufschmid FW Otto Haftl FW Ferdinand Wesely FW Alfred Jaeck FW (?) Buser FW Josef Chloupek FW Manfred Enderlin Adolf Frey (?) Walter

Results

Legend

      Win       Draw       Loss

Nationalliga

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Grasshopper Club Zürich	14	10	3	1	56	26	23
2	FC Basel	14	7	4	3	42	29	18
3	FC Lugano	14	6	4	4	18	16	16
4	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	14	7	1	6	19	15	15
5	Urania Genève Sport	14	5	2	7	32	32	12
6	Young Fellows Zürich	14	5	2	7	29	29	12
7	FC Biel	14	6	0	8	29	45	12
8	Étoile Carouge FC	14	1	2	11	15	48	4

Play-off

Basel v Servette FC Genève

Match between 2nd of both groups	Basel	3 – 4	Servette FC Genève	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
		[ Report]

Swiss Cup

Concordia Basel v Basel

Round 1	Concordia Basel	2 – 4	Basel
		[ (Report)]

Basel v Blue Stars Zürich

Round 2	Basel	3 – 0	Blue Stars Zürich	Landhof, Basel
		[ Report]

AC Bellinzona v Basel

Round 3	AC Bellinzona	2 – 3	Basel
		[ (Report)]

Basel v Lugano

Quarter-final	Basel	4 – 2	Lugano	Landhof, Basel
		[ Report]

Basel v Lausanne-Sport

5 March 1933 Semi-final	Basel	5 – 3	Lausanne-Sport	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
	Ernst Hufschmid  18' Otto Haftl  19' Alfred Jaeck  42', 70' (pen.) Ferdinand Wesely  73'	[ Report]	25' Tschirren  45' A.Lehmann ?

Basel v Grasshopper Club

9 April 1933 Final	Basel	4 – 3	Grasshopper Club	Hardturm, Zürich
	Otto Haftl  29', 60' Alfred Jaeck  44' Walter Müller  68'	[ Report]	25' Kritec  71' Josef Schneider  84' (pen.) André Abegglen	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Wittwer (Genf)

See also

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

Sources and References

• Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2027-6
• Übersicht bei RSSSF