1929–30 FC Basel season
The FC Basel 1929–30 season was their thirty seventh 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. The club's new chairman was former player Otto Kuhn who took over the presidency from Hans Rupprecht at the AGM on 6 July 1929.
1929–30 season | |
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Chairman | |
First team coach | Gyula Kertész |
Ground | Landhof, Basel |
Serie A | Group Stage: 1st Final Stage: 4th |
Swiss Cup | Round of 16 |
Top goalscorer | League: Alfred Schlecht (13) All: Karl Bielser (19) |
Highest home attendance | 7,000 on 8 December 1929 vs Young Boys |
Lowest home attendance | 2,000 on 8 September 1929 vs Grenchen |
Average home league attendance | 3,750 |
Overview
The former Hungarian international footballer Gyula Kertész was coach/manager for the second successive season. He coached the team in a total of 41 matches in their 1929–30 season. 20 of these matches were in the domestic league, 16 in the qualification round and four in the final round. Four matches were in the Swiss Cup and 17 games were friendly matches. Of these 17 friendlies three were played at home in the Landhof and the other 14 were away games. At the end of the season Basel played a tour in Germany (one game in Leipzig) and five games in Norway. As stated, a total of 41 matches, 25 victories, six drawn and 10 defeats, 132 goals scored and 75 against.[1]
The 1929–30 Swiss Serie A was divided into three regional groups, each group with nine teams. Due to the modification in the league system in the following season. The number of teams per group is to be increased from nine to eleven and therefore there were a few small modifications this season. The teams that won each group continue to the finals as before, but now these were accompanied by the second place teams as well. Due to the foreseen increase, during this season barrage games promotion-relegation (Serie A-Serie B) were not played, were not required. 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.
FC Basel played a good league season, won ten matches, four were drawn and they suffered only two defeats. They scored 46 goals and conceded 20. With 24 points they ended the group in top position, two points ahead of runners-up Young Boys. These two teams continued to the final group. Here Basel played against Biel-Bienne and won, but lost the matches against Lugano, Grasshopper Club and finally Servette, who won the Swiss championship.[2]
In the preliminary, first and second round of the Swiss Cup Basel were drawn at home against FC Diana Zürich and FC Dietikon, then away against Lugano. But their second visit to the canton of Ticino ended in the away defeat against FC Locarno.[3]
Players
- Squad members
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- Players who left the squad
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Results
Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches
Pre- and mid-season
18 August 1929 Pre-season | Yverdon-Sports | 1 – 4 | Yverdon | |
Summary |
22 September 1929 Pre-season | AS Strasbourg | 1 – 3 | Strasbourg | |
Summary | Attendance: 3,000 |
6 October 1929 Mid-season | Biel-Bienne | 3 – 2 | Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne | |
Bonny Aeschbacher Aeschbacher |
Summary | Attendance: 600 |
Winter break to end of season
1 January 1930 Winter break | Young Fellows Zürich | 3 – 6 | Förrlibuck, Zürich | |
Winkler (IV) Diebold Diebold |
Summary | Attendance: 1,500 |
19 January 1930 Winter break | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 1 – 7 | Parc des Sports, La Chaux-de-Fonds | |
14:30 | Summary |
12 April 1930 Mid-season | Basel | 1 – 0 | Landhof, Basel | |
16:30 | Schlecht |
Summary | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: |
1 May 1930 Mid-season | Basel | 3 – 4 | Landhof, Basel | |
15:00 | Schlecht Kielholz |
Summary | Korb Lieb |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: |
3 May 1930 Mid-season | Basel | v | Landhof, Basel | |
[ Summary] |
3 June 1930 End of season | VfB Leipzig | 2 – 4 | Sportpark Connewitz Leipzig | |
18:45 | Bödecker Schrepper |
Summary |
5 June 1930 End of season | Mjøndalen IF/SBK Drafn | 1 – 2 | Drammen | |
1930 | Summary |
8 June 1930 End of season | Odds BK | 1 – 2 | Porsgrunn | |
Mitchel |
Summary | Attendance: 2,000 |
12 June 1930 End of season | SK Brann | 2 – 3 | Bergen | |
Summary | Attendance: 3,000 |
Serie A
Central Group results
1 September 1929 Round 1 | FC Bern | 1 – 4 | Basel | Neufeld, Bern |
Molteni |
Summary | Attendance: 800 Referee: |
8 September 1929 Round 2 | Basel | 4 – 1 | Grenchen | Landhof, Basel |
15:45 | Schaub Bielser Müller Müller |
Summary | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: |
20 October 1929 Round 3 | Basel | 1 – 0 | Old Boys | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Schlecht |
Summary | Attendance: 2,500 Referee: |
10 November 1929 Round 4 | Solothurn | 1 – 5 | Basel | Stadion FC Solothurn, Solothurn |
Summary | Attendance: 1,500 Referee: |
17 November 1929 Round 5 | Basel | 3 – 0 | Aarau | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Müller Enderlin (I) Schlecht |
Summary | Attendance: 3,500 Referee: |
8 December 1929 Round 6 | Basel | 2 – 3 | Young Boys | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Enderlin (I) Enderlin (I) |
Summary | Attendance: 7.000 Referee: |
15 December 1929 Round 7 | Basel | 3 – 1 | Concordia Basel | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Müller Bielser Bielser |
Summary | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: |
22 December 1929 Round 8 | Nordstern Basel | 1 – 1 | Basel | Stadion Rankhof, Basel |
14:30 | Breitenstein |
Summary | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: |
2 February 1930 Round 9 | Basel | 4 – 1 | Solothurn | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Bielser Schlecht Bielser Bielser |
Summary | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: |
16 February 1930 Round 10 | Basel | 9 – 2 | FC Bern | Landhof, Basel |
16:00 | Bielser Enderlin (I) Müller Wionsowsky Enderlin (I) Enderlin (I) Enderlin (I) Bielser Müller |
Summary | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: |
2 March 1930 Round 11 | Old Boys | 1 – 1 | Basel | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
15:00 | Bossi |
Summary | Attendance: 4,500 Referee: |
9 March 1930 Round 12 | Basel | 1 – 3 | Nordstern Basel | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Bielser |
Summary | Attendance: 6,000 Referee: |
16 March 1930 Round 13 | Young Boys | 2 – 3 | Basel | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
Jung Dasen |
Summary | Attendance: 5,000 Referee: |
30 March 1930 Round 14 | Grenchen | 0 – 0 | Basel | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
Summary | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: |
6 April 1930 Round 15 | Concordia Basel | 2 – 4 | Basel | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Rau Christen |
Summary | Attendance: 4,000 Referee: |
Central Group table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Basel | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 46 | 20 | +26 | 24 | Group winners / Advance to finals |
2 | Young Boys | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 51 | 18 | +33 | 22 | Advance to finals |
3 | Grenchen | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 19 | +5 | 19 | |
4 | Aarau | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 15 | |
5 | FC Bern | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 15 | |
6 | Old Boys | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 14 | |
7 | Concordia Basel | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 29 | −11 | 13 | |
8 | Nordstern Basel | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 36 | −14 | 12 | |
9 | Solothurn | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 56 | −35 | 10 | Relegation play-off |
Final Group results
11 May 1930 Round 1 | Lugano | 4 – 1 | Basel | Campo Marzio, Lugano |
Poretti Fink Costa Fink |
Summary | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: |
18 May 1930 Round 2 | Basel | 1 – 0 | Biel-Bienne | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Schlecht |
Summary | Attendance: 5,500 Referee: |
Final Group table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Servette | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 8 | Swiss champions |
2 | Grasshopper Club | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 | |
3 | Biel-Bienne | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | |
4 | Lugano | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | Young Boys | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 2 | |
4 | Basel | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 2 |
Swiss Cup
15 August 1929 Preliminary round | Basel | 6 – 2 | FC Diana Zürich | Landhof, Basel |
10:30 | Summary | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: |
13 October 1929 First round | Basel | 10 – 0 | FC Dietikon | Landhof, Basel |
10:45 | Enderlin (I) Bielser Bielser Bielser Wionsowsky Galler Strasser Müller Bielser Bielser |
Summary | Attendance: 1,800 Referee: |
3 November 1929 Second round | Lugano | 3 – 5 | Basel | Campo Marzio, Lugano |
Fink Fink Sturzenegger |
Summary | Attendance: 2,500 Referee: |
1 December 1929 Round of 16 | Locarno | 5 – 4 | Basel | Campo Sportivo Alle Palestre, Locarno |
14:45 | Case (II) Case (II) Mutter Mutter |
Summary | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: |
References
- Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz - Saison 1929/30". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Rangliste Saison 1929/30". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1929/30". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
Sources
- 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 1929–30 at fcb-archiv.ch
- Switzerland 1929-30 at RSSSF