1937–38 FC Basel season
1937–38 season | |
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Chairman | ![]() |
Trainer / Player-manager | ![]() |
Ground | Landhof, Basel |
Nationalliga | 4th |
Swiss Cup | Round 3 |
Top goalscorer | League: Numa Monnard (20) All: Numa Monnard (28) |
Highest home attendance | 4,500 on 27 February 1938 vs Grasshopper Club and on 15 May 1938 vs Young Boys |
Lowest home attendance | 2,498 on 29 August 1937 vs Young Fellows Zürich |
Average home league attendance | 3,499 |
The FC Basel 1937–38 season was the forty-fifth 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. Emil Junker was the club chairman and it was his second consecutive season as president.
Overview
Fernand Jaccard who had taken over as first team coach during the previous season stayed on as player-manager this season. Basel played a total of 33 matches in their 1937–38 season. 22 of these matches were in the Nationalliga, three in the Swiss Cup and eight were friendly matches. Of these eight friendlies six were played at home in the Landhof, one in Espenmoos as guests to FC St. Gallen and one as guests to Le Havre AC in the north of France. Four of the friendlies were won, one was drawn and three ended with a defeat.[1]
The number of teams in the 1937–38 Nationalliga was reduced by one team in comparison to the previous season. Thus 12 teams contested the championship this year, which was played as a round-robin, one team to be relegated and only one promoted from the two 1. Liga groups. Basel played an even and consistent season. 22 league games in total, 12 of them ended with a victory, three ended in a draw and the team suffered seven defeats. With 27 points Basel ended the season in fourth position, three points less than Lugano who became Swiss champions.
The young forward Numa Monnard, who had transferred in at the beginning of the season from Cantonal Neuchatel, was the team's top goal scorer. With 20 goals he was the Nationalliga top scorer as well. He played 21 league games and in each of his first eight games he scored at least one goal. In the league match against Lausanne-Sport on 12 September 1937 he scored a hat-trick as Basel won by four goals to nil.[2] In total, including cup and friendlies, Monnard played 29 games for Basel, in which he netted 34 times.[3]
In the 1st principal round of the Swiss Cup, as Basel played against lower tier FC Breite, Monard scored five times.[4] In the next cup round Monard scored a hat-trick against Bellinzona. However, in the round of 16 Basel lost 0–1 against Grasshopper Club, who then proceeded and eventually won the cup.[5]
Players
The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the season 1937–38. The list includes players that were in the squad the day the season started on 15 August 1937 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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- 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.
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Results
Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches
Pre- and mid-season
1937 Pre-season | Basel ![]() | 2 – 2 | ![]() | Landhof, Basel |
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Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,558 |
15 August 1937 Pre-season | Basel ![]() | 1 – 2 | ![]() | Landhof, Basel |
17:00 | Monnard ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 1,800 Referee: ![]() |
21 August 1937 Pre-season | Basel ![]() | 4 – 2 | ![]() | Landhof, Basel |
17:00 | Monnard ![]() Spadini ![]() Ibach ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: ![]() |
13 November 1937 Mid-season | Basel ![]() | 7 – 2 | ![]() | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Saner ![]() Spadini ![]() Hufschmid ![]() Schaller ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: ![]() |
Winter break to end of season
1 January 1938 Winter break | Basel ![]() | 1 – 2 | ![]() | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Spadini ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: ![]() |
13 March 1938 Mid-season | St. Gallen ![]() | 3 – 2 | ![]() | Espenmoos, St. Gallen |
Holenstein (II) ![]() Saxenhammer ![]() Holenstein (II) ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 600 Referee: ![]() |
6 June 1938 End of season | Le Havre AC ![]() | 3 – 5 | ![]() | Terrain des Havre AC, Le Havre |
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Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 6,000 |
12 June 1938 End of season | Basel ![]() | 6 – 3 | ![]() | Landhof, Basel |
Spadini ![]() Ibach ![]() Monnard ![]() Spadini ![]() Monnard ![]() Ibach ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 500 Referee: ![]() |
Nationalliga
League matches
29 August 1937 Round 1 | Basel | 1 – 0 | Young Fellows Zürich | Landhof, Basel |
16:00 | Monnard ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 2,498 Referee: ![]() |
5 September 1937 Round 2 | Biel-Bienne | 1 – 3 | Basel | Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne |
Baur ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,700 Referee: ![]() |
12 September 1937 Round 3 | Basel | 4 – 0 | Lausanne-Sport | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Monnard ![]() Saner ![]() Monnard ![]() Monnard ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 3,500 Referee: ![]() |
26 September 1937 Round 4 | Nordstern Basel | 4 – 2 | Basel | Stadion Rankhof, Basel |
15:00 | Brückler ![]() Mohler ![]() Forelli ![]() Büche ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 8,000 Referee: ![]() |
17 October 1937 Round 5 | Basel | 6 – 1 | FC Bern | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Monnard ![]() Schaller ![]() Saner ![]() Jaccard ![]() Weber ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: ![]() |
24 October 1937 Round 6 | Grasshopper Club | 4 – 2 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
15;00 | Wagner ![]() Bickel ![]() Bickel ![]() Wagner ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 8,500 Referee: ![]() |
21 November 1937 Round 7 | Basel | 2 – 2 | Grenchen | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Monnard ![]() Weber ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ![]() |
28 November 1937 Round 8 | Servette | 1 – 1 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
14:30 | Walaschek ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ![]() |
12 December 1937 Round 9 | Basel | 0 – 2 | Lugano | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: ![]() |
19 December 1937 Round 10 | Basel | 3 – 2 | Luzern | Landhof, Basel |
10:30 | Hufschmid ![]() Schaller ![]() Weber ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ![]() |
26 December 1937 Round 11 | Young Boys | 1 – 0 | Basel | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
Lukacs ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 3,500 Referee: ![]() |
Round 12 | Young Fellows Zürich | PP | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
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16 January 1938 Round 13 | Basel | 2 – 0 | Biel-Bienne | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Schaller ![]() Monnard ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ![]() |
23 January 1938 Round 14 | Lausanne-Sport | 2 – 3 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
14:30 | Jäggi ![]() Jäggi ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ![]() |
13 February 1938 Round 15 | Basel | 1 – 0 | Nordstern Basel | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Ibach ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 4,000 Referee: ![]() |
20 February 1935 Round 16 | FC Bern | 2 – 7 | Basel | Neufeld, Bern |
Baumgartner ![]() Billeter ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: ![]() |
27 February 1938 Round 17 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Grasshopper Club | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Buser ![]() Weber ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 4,500 Referee: ![]() |
12 March 1938 Round 18 | Grenchen | 0 – 2 | Basel | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ![]() |
27 March 1938 Round 19 | Basel | 0 – 1 | Servette | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: ![]() |
10 April 1938 Round 20 | Lugano | 3 – 0 | Basel | Campo Marzio, Lugano |
Bergamin ![]() Amado ![]() Amado ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 3,500 Referee: ![]() |
24 April 1938 Round 21 | Luzern | 1 – 6 | Basel | Stadion Allmend, Luzern |
Karcher ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,300 Referee: ![]() |
15 May 1938 Round 22 | Basel | 0 – 0 | Young Boys | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Summary | Attendance: 4,500 Referee: ![]() |
29 May 1938 Round 12 | Young Fellows Zürich | 3 – 1 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
Kielholz ![]() Kielholz ![]() Deriaz ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: ![]() |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | FC Lugano | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 28 | +18 | 30 | Swiss Champions |
2 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 50 | 26 | +24 | 29 | Swiss Cup winners |
3 | BSC Young Boys | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 28 | |
4 | FC Basel | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 48 | 31 | +17 | 27 | |
5 | FC Nordstern Basel | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 26 | |
6 | Lausanne Sports | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 25 | |
7 | Servette FC Genève | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 25 | |
8 | Young Fellows Zürich | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 46 | 32 | +14 | 24 | |
9 | FC Biel-Bienne | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 16 | |
10 | FC Grenchen | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 31 | 51 | −20 | 15 | |
11 | FC Lucerne | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 37 | 55 | −18 | 13 | |
12 | FC Bern | 22 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 65 | −47 | 6 | Relegated |
Swiss Cup
3 October 1937 1st principal round | FC Breite | 2 – 10 | Basel | Stadion Rankhof, Basel |
13:30 | Alt ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ![]() |
7 November 1937 Round 2 | Basel | 5 – 1 | Bellinzona | Stadion Rankhof, Basel |
12:45 | Monnard ![]() Monnard ![]() Monnard ![]() Schaller ![]() Saner ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 4,500 Referee: ![]() |
5 December 1937 Round 3 | Basel | 0 – 1 | Grasshopper Club | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 7,000 Referee: ![]() |
See also
References
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1937/38". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC Lausanne-Sport 4:0 (4:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Numa Monnard - Saison 1937/38". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Breite - FC Basel 2:10 (1:3)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1937/38". 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 1937/38 at fcb-archiv.ch
- Switzerland 1937/38 by Erik Garin at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation