Football World Cup 1934 / Switzerland

This article covers the Swiss national team at the 1934 World Cup .

qualification

Switzerland was in qualification group 6 with Romania and Yugoslavia. The two draws (2-2 each) would not have been enough for qualification, but since Romania had used an ineligible player, the draw turned into a 2-0 forfait win transformed.

	country	Gates	Pt
1.	Switzerland **	5: 2	3: 1
2.	Romania **	2: 3	2: 2
3.	Yugoslavia	3: 4	1: 3

Group 6 games

date	Venue	encounter	Result
September 24, 1933	Belgrade	Yugoslavia - Switzerland	2: 2 (0: 0)
October 29, 1933	Bern	Switzerland - Romania	2: 0 *
April 29, 1934	Bucharest	Romania - Yugoslavia	2: 1 (1: 0)

* Final result 2: 2 (0: 1), but scored 2: 0 goals and 2: 0 points for Switzerland.

Swiss contingent

Surname		Association at the time	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
	Frank Séchehaye	Servette Geneva	November 3, 1907	2	0
	Renato Bizzozzero	FC Lugano	?	0	0
	Willy Huber	Grasshopper Club Zurich	December 17, 1913	0	0
defender
	Severino Minelli	Grasshopper Club Zurich	September 6, 1909	2	0
	Walter Weiler	Grasshopper Club Zurich	4th December 1903	2	0
	Louis Gobet	FC Bern	October 28, 1908	0	0
	Arnaldo Ortelli	FC Lugano	?	0	0
	Max Weiler	Grasshopper Club Zurich	September 25, 1900	0	0
runner
	Albert Guinchard	Servette Geneva	November 10, 1914	2	0
	Ernst Hufschmid	FC Basel	February 4, 1913	2	0
	Fernand Jaccard	FC La Tour-de-Peilz	October 8, 1907	2	0
	Ernst Frick	FC Luzern	?	0	0
	Edmond Loichot	Servette Geneva	?	0	0
	Willy Jäggi	Lausanne Sports	July 28, 1906	1	1
striker
	Leopold Kielholz	Servette Geneva	June 9, 1911	2	3
	André Abegglen	Grasshopper Club Zurich	March 7, 1909	2	1
	Willy von Känel	FC Biel	October 30, 1909	2	0
	Giuseppe Bossi	FC Bern	August 29, 1911	1	0
	Alfred Jaeck	FC Basel	August 2, 1911	1	0
	Raymond Passello	Servette Geneva	January 12, 1905	1	0
	Erwin Hochstrasser	Lausanne Sports	?	0	0
	Albert Büche	FC Nordstern Basel	?	0	0
Trainer
	Heinrich Muller		June 4, 1886

Game results

Switzerland - Netherlands 3: 2 (2: 1)

Against the Netherlands, two teams of equal value faced each other in an extremely even game, with the Swiss having the necessary luck on their side. Player of the day was Leopold Kielholz , who scored two goals.

Switzerland: Séchehaye - Minelli - Walter Weiler - Guinchard - Jaccard - Hufschmid - von Känel - Passelo - Kielholz - André Abegglen - Bossi. Trainer: Müller.

Netherlands: van der Meulen - Weber - van Ruun - Pellikaan - Anderiesen - van Heel - Wels - Vente - Bakhuys - Smit - van Nellen. Trainer: Glendenning.

• Goals: 1: 0 Kielholz (9th), 1: 1 Smit (29th), 2: 1 Kielholz (44th), 3: 1 André Abegglen (65th), 3: 2 Vente (69th)
• Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)
• Spectators: 35,000
• Location: Stadio San Siro , Milan
• Date: May 27, 1934

Czechoslovakia - Switzerland 3: 2 (1: 1)

Czechoslovakia prevailed 3-2 in the quarter-finals thanks to their very good goalkeeper František Plánička . Switzerland was able to keep the game against the favorites open for a long time. Shortly before the end, the Czechoslovak top striker Oldřich Nejedlý scored the decisive goal.

Czechoslovakia: Plánicka - Zenisek - Ctyroky - Kostalek - Cambal - Krcil - Junek - Svoboda - Sobotka - Nejedly - Puc

Switzerland: Séchehaye - Minelli - Walter Weiler - Guinchard - Jaccard - Hufschmid - von Känel - Jäggi - Kielholz - André Abegglen - Jäck

• Goals: 0: 1 Kielholz (18th), 1: 1 Svoboda (36th), 2: 1 Sobotka (55th), 2: 2 Jaeggi (64th), 3: 2 Nejedlý (84th)
• Referee: Alois Beranek (Austria)
• Spectators: 12,000
• Location: Stadio Benito Mussolini , Turin
• Date: May 31, 1934