FC Basel
1937–38 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Emil Junker
Trainer /
Player-manager		Switzerland Fernand Jaccard
GroundLandhof, Basel
Nationalliga4th
Swiss CupRound 3
Top goalscorerLeague: Numa Monnard (20)
All: Numa Monnard (28)
Highest home attendance4,500 on 27 February 1938
vs Grasshopper Club
and on 15 May 1938
vs Young Boys
Lowest home attendance2,498 on 29 August 1937
vs Young Fellows Zürich
Average home league attendance3,499

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Switzerland SUI Eugène de Kalbermatten
— GK Switzerland SUI Fritz Glaser
— DF Switzerland SUI Robert Büchi
— DF Switzerland SUI Louis Favre
— DF Switzerland SUI Ernst Grauer
— MF Switzerland SUI Ernst Hufschmid
— DF Germany GER Emil Hummel
— DF Switzerland SUI Heinz Elsässer
— MF Switzerland SUI August Ibach
— MF Switzerland SUI Fernand Jaccard
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Switzerland SUI Caspar Monigatti
— MF West Germany FRG Franz Sattler
— MF Switzerland SUI Fritz Schmidlin (I)
— MF Switzerland SUI Guglielmo Spadini
— MF Switzerland SUI Eduard Zuber
— FW Switzerland SUI Eduard Buser
— FW Switzerland SUI Numa Monnard
— FW Switzerland SUI Othmar Saner
— FW Switzerland SUI René Schaller
— FW Switzerland SUI Alfons Weber (II)
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 Kipfer
— DF Switzerland SUI Heinrich Diethelm
— MF Switzerland SUI Paul Schaub
— MF Switzerland SUI Ferdinand Spichiger
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Switzerland SUI Enrico Ardizzoia
— FW Austria AUT Josef Artimovicz
— FW Switzerland SUI Maurice Dubosson
— FW Austria AUT Gottfried Havlicek

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season

1937 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 2–2 Belgium Daring Club de Bruxelles Landhof, Basel
Summary Attendance: 1,558
15 August 1937 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 1–2 West Germany Freiburger FC Landhof, Basel
17:00 Monnard Summary (2x) Flöhl Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Switzerland Karl Wunderlin Basel
21 August 1937 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 4–2 Switzerland Young Boys Landhof, Basel
17:00 Monnard (2x)
Spadini (1x)
Ibach (1x)		 Summary (1x) Bacher
(1x) Lukacs		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland H. Neumann Basel
13 November 1937 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 7–2 Hungary South Hungarian XI Landhof, Basel
14:30 Saner (2x)
Spadini (2x)
Hufschmid (2x)
Schaller (1x)		 Summary (2x) Földesi Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Karl Wunderlin Basel

Winter break to end of season

1 January 1938 Winter break Basel Switzerland 1–2 Austria SK Admira Wien Landhof, Basel
14:30 Spadini (1:0) Summary (1:1) Schall
(1:2) Stoiber		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland H. Neumann Basel
13 March 1938 Mid-season St. Gallen Switzerland 3–2 Switzerland Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
Holenstein (II) 65' (1:2)
Saxenhammer 82' (2:2)
Holenstein (II) (3:2)		 Summary 5' (0:1) Weber
13' (0:2) Monigatti		 Attendance: 600
Referee: Switzerland Meier St. Gallen
6 June 1938 End of season Le Havre AC West Germany 3–5 Switzerland Basel Terrain des Havre AC, Le Havre
(1:1)
(2:1)
(3:2)		 Summary (0:1) Ibach
(2:2) Spadini
(3:3) Weber
75' (3:4) Weber
(4:5) Monnard		 Attendance: 6,000
12 June 1938 End of season Basel Switzerland 6–3 France Metz Landhof, Basel
Spadini 20' (1:1)
Ibach 39' (2:2)
Monnard 44' (3:2)
Spadini 55' (4:2)
Monnard 81' (5:3)
Ibach (pen. 6:3)		 Summary (0:1)
(1:2)
(o.g. 4:3) Elsässer		 Attendance: 500
Referee: Switzerland

Nationalliga

League matches

29 August 1937 Round 1 Basel 1–0 Young Fellows Zürich Landhof, Basel
16:00 Monnard 80' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 2,498
Referee: Switzerland Allemann Biel/Bienne
5 September 1937 Round 2 Biel-Bienne 1–3 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
Baur (pen. 1:2) Summary 12' (0:1) Saner
(0:2) Monnard
(1:3) Schaller		 Attendance: 1,700
Referee: Switzerland Hans Wüthrich Bern
12 September 1937 Round 3 Basel 4–0 Lausanne-Sport Landhof, Basel
15:00 Monnard 2' (1:0)
Saner 7' (2:0)
Monnard (3:0)
Monnard (4:0)		 Summary Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Jaggi Bern
26 September 1937 Round 4 Nordstern Basel 4–2 Basel Stadion Rankhof, Basel
15:00 Brückler (1x)
Mohler (1x)
Forelli (1x)
Büche (1x)		 Summary (2x) Monnard Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Switzerland Hans Wüthrich Bern
17 October 1937 Round 5 Basel 6–1 FC Bern Landhof, Basel
15:00 Monnard (2x)
Schaller (1x)
Saner (1x)
Jaccard (1x)
Weber (1x)		 Summary (1x) Bärlocher Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Meyer Lausanne
24 October 1937 Round 6 Grasshopper Club 4–2 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
15;00 Wagner 24' (1:1)
Bickel 45' (2:1)
Bickel 77' (3:1)
Wagner 72' (4:1)		 Summary 10' (0:1) Monnard
77' (4:2) Saner		 Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Switzerland Scherz Bern
21 November 1937 Round 7 Basel 2–2 Grenchen Landhof, Basel
14:30 Monnard (1x)
Weber (1x)		 Summary (2x) Schafroth Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Allemann Biel/Bienne
28 November 1937 Round 8 Servette 1–1 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
14:30 Walaschek 75' (1:1) Summary 65' (0:1) Monnard Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Hans Wüthrich Bern
12 December 1937 Round 9 Basel 0–2 Lugano Landhof, Basel
14:30 Summary (0:1) Amado
85' (0:2) Peverelli		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Spengler Olten
19 December 1937 Round 10 Basel 3–2 Luzern Landhof, Basel
10:30 Hufschmid (1x)
Schaller (1x)
Weber (1x)		 Summary (2x) Bammert Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Scherz Bern
26 December 1937 Round 11 Young Boys 1–0 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Lukacs Summary Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Iseli Biel/Bienne
16 January 1938 Round 13 Basel 2–0 Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
14:30 Schaller (1:0)
Monnard (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Grassi Bellinzona
23 January 1938 Round 14 Lausanne-Sport 2–3 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
14:30 Jäggi 17' (pen. 1:0)
Jäggi 78' (2:3)		 Summary 19' (o.g. 1:1) Kipfer
24' (1:3) Monnard
65' (1:3) Monnard		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Jaggi Bern
13 February 1938 Round 15 Basel 1–0 Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
14:30 Ibach 52' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Spengler Olten
20 February 1935 Round 16 FC Bern 2–7 Basel Neufeld, Bern
Baumgartner (1x)
Billeter (1x)		 Summary (2x) Weber
(2x) Monnard
(1x) Ibach
(1x) Schaller
(1x) Buser		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Allemann Biel/Bienne
27 February 1938 Round 17 Basel 2–1 Grasshopper Club Landhof, Basel
14:30 Buser (1:1)
Weber 37' (2:1)		 Summary (0:1) Abegglen Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Hans Wüthrich Bern
12 March 1938 Round 18 Grenchen 0–2 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
Summary (0:1) Monnard
(0:2) Weber		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Spengler Olten
27 March 1938 Round 19 Basel 0–1 Servette Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary 65' (0:1) Belli Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Jaggi Bern
10 April 1938 Round 20 Lugano 3–0 Basel Campo Marzio, Lugano
Bergamin (1:0)
Amado (2:0)
Amado (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Meyer Lausanne
24 April 1938 Round 21 Luzern 1–6 Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
Karcher (1x) Summary (2x) o.g.
(2x) Monnard
(1x) Spadini
(pen. 1x) Schmidlin (I)		 Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Switzerland Lutz Geneva
15 May 1938 Round 22 Basel 0–0 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Spengler Olten
29 May 1938 Round 12 Young Fellows Zürich 3–1 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
Kielholz (1:0)
Kielholz 14' (2:0)
Deriaz 48' (3:1)		 Summary 38' (2:1) Buser Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Allemann Biel/Bienne

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

3 October 1937 1st principal round FC Breite 2–10 Basel Stadion Rankhof, Basel
13:30 Alt (2x) Summary (5x) Monnard
(2x) Ibach
(2x) Weber
(1x) Schaller		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Enderli Winterthur
7 November 1937 Round 2 Basel 5–1 Bellinzona Stadion Rankhof, Basel
12:45 Monnard (1:1)
Monnard (2:1)
Monnard (3:1)
Schaller (4:1)
Saner (5:1)		 Summary (0:1) Bernasconi Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Marti Bern
5 December 1937 Round 3 Basel 0–1 Grasshopper Club Landhof, Basel
14:30 Summary 10' (0:1) Rupf Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Switzerland Meyer Lausanne

See also

References

  1. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1937/38". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC Lausanne-Sport 4:0 (4:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Numa Monnard - Saison 1937/38". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Breite - FC Basel 2:10 (1:3)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  5. ↑ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1937/38". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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