1911–12 FC Basel season

The FC Basel 1911–12 season was their nineteenth season since the club's foundation. The club's chairman was Ernst-Alfred Thalmann, it was his tenth presidential term altogether and his fourth in succession. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Basel-Wettstein in Kleinbasel, Basel.

FC Basel
1911–12 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Ernst-Alfred Thalmann
First team coachSwitzerland Emil Hasler
(as team captain)
GroundLandhof, Basel
Serie AGroup Stage: Fifth
Top goalscorern/a[note 11–12 1]
Average home league attendancen/a

Overview

During the 1911–12 season Emil Hasler was the team captain for the fourth consequtive season and as captain he led the team trainings and was responsible for the line-ups. Basel played a total of 37 matches, 23 friendly games and 14 in the domestic league. Of the friendlies five of the games were played abroad and of the home games five were hosted against foreign clubs. Seven were played against German teams. On 27 August 1911 Basel hosted their first German opponent and this game against FV Baden-Baden was won 7–1. The other three pre-season matches were also won and all three against Swiss teams. During the winter break the team travelled to Italy. On Christmas Eve they were beaten 1–0 by Genoa and on Boxing day they played a 5–5 draw with SG Andrea Doria. At the end of the season the team made a short tour to Germany and played games against Kickers Offenbach and Karlsruher FC Phönix. Basel also hosted French team Mulhouse. Of these 23 friendlies 10 were won, 3 were drawn and 10 were defeats.[1]

The Swiss Serie A 1911–12 was divided into three regional groups. Eight teams in the east group, eight in the central and seven in the east group. Basel were allocated to the central group together with local rivals Old Boys and newly promoted Nordstern Basel. The other teams playing in the Central group were Biel-Bienne, FC Bern, Young Boys, FC La Chaux-de-Fonds and Étoile-Sporting (La Chaux-de-Fonds). Basel started the season badly, losing three of their first four matches and they ended it badly, losing four of their last six games. During the seasin Basel won five league matches, drew two, but lost seven, scoring a total of 30 goals and conceding 34. Étoile-Sporting won the group and qualified for the finals. Aarau became Swiss champions.[2]

Players
Squad members

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   K. Sandmann
— GK Switzerland SUI Fridolin Wenger
— GK   A.H. Würgler
— MF Switzerland SUI Fritz Albicker (II)
— MF Switzerland SUI Wilhelm Geisser
— MF Germany GER Josef Goldschmidt
— MF Switzerland SUI Emil Hasler
— MF Switzerland SUI Ernst Kaltenbach
— MF Switzerland SUI Jakob Känzig
— MF Switzerland SUI Otto Kuhn
— MF Switzerland SUI Max Palatini
— FW Switzerland SUI Christian Albicker (I)
— FW Switzerland SUI Rudolf Bredschneider
— FW   E. Friedli
— FW Switzerland SUI Karl Ibach
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Sweden SWE Birger Persson
— FW Switzerland SUI Karl Wunderle
—   Max Bauer
— FW Switzerland SUI Ernst Buss
—   Hans Enzmann
— Switzerland SUI ? Gossweiler
—   ? Gürtler
— MF Switzerland SUI Max Mayer
—   ? Keller
—   ? Kuhn
—   Ernst Kuhn
—   ? Kuhn (II)
—   ? Levy
—   ? Riesterer
—   ? Ruprecht
—   ? Scherrer

Results
Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pre- and mid season
27 August 1911 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 7–1 Germany FV Baden-Baden Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary
3 September 1911 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 2–1 Switzerland SC Brühl St. Gallen Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary
10 September 1911 Pre-season St. Gallen Switzerland 1–2 Switzerland Basel St. Gallen
(1:0) Summary (1:1) (2:1) Attendance: 1,200
24 September 1911 Pre-season Old Boys Switzerland 1–0 Switzerland Basel Landhof, Basel
15:30 Goldschmidt (1:0) Summary Referee: Germany Ehret, Freiburger FC
12 November 1911 Mid-season Grasshopper Club Switzerland 3–4 Switzerland Basel Zürich
Summary

Winter break to end of season
10 December 1911 Winter break Basel Switzerland 1–2 Switzerland St. Gallen Landhof, Basel
15:00 Friedli (1:2) Summary (0:1)
(0:2) Jörg		 Referee: Switzerland Ramseyer
17 December 1911 Winter break Basel Switzerland 4–3 Germany Freiburger FC Landhof, Basel
Albicker (1:2)
Albicker (2:2)
(3:2)
(4:2)		 Summary (0:1)
5' (0:2)
(4:3)		 Referee: Switzerland Ramseyer
24 December 1911 Winter break Genoa Italy 1–0 Switzerland Basel Genoa
(1:0) Summary
26 December 1911 Winter break SG Andrea Doria Italy 5–5 Switzerland Basel Genoa
(1:0)

(3:4)
(4:4)
(5:5)		 Summary


(2:4)
(4:5)
31 December 1911 Winter break Basel Switzerland 2–3 Germany Würzburger Kickers Landhof, Basel
15:00 Buss (1:2)
2:3'		 Summary (0:1)
(0:2)
(o.g. 1:3)
1 January 1912 Winter break Basel Switzerland 2–2 Germany FV 1900 Kaiserslautern Landhof, Basel
15:00 Friedli (1:0)
(2:1)		 Summary (1:1)
(2:2)		 Referee: Switzerland Ramseyer
11 February 1912 Mid-season Young Boys Switzerland 7–0 Switzerland Basel Bern
(1:0)
(2:0)
(3:0)
(4:0)
(5:0)
(6:0)
(7:0)		 Summary
18 February 1912 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 2–0 France Mulhouse Landhof, Basel
15:00 (1:0)
(2:0)		 Summary
3 March 1912 Mid-season Freiburger FC Germany 6–0 Switzerland Basel Freiburg im Breisgau
Glaser (1:0)
(2:0)
(3:0)
(4:0)
(5:0)
Hensler (6:0)		 Summary Referee: J. Kaiser
Note: The goals from 2:0 to 5:0 were scored by Mechling (2), Steiert and Rudolf but the sequence is unknown
10 March 1912 Mid-season Montriond Lausanne Switzerland 4–0 Switzerland Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
14:30 (1:0) (2:0) (3:0) (4:0) Summary
21 April 1912 End of season Servette Switzerland 0–2 Switzerland Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
14:30 Summary (0:1) Albicker
(0:2) Albicker
28 April 1912 End of season Young Fellows Zürich Switzerland 2–2 Switzerland Basel Zürich
Kienast (1:2)
Bonner (2:2)		 Summary (0:1)
(0:2)
5 May 1912 End of season Basel Switzerland 4–2 Switzerland Baden Landhof, Basel
15:00 summary
12 May 1912 End of season Basel Switzerland 3–1 Switzerland Aarau Landhof, Basel
15:00 Wunderle (1:0)
Bredschneider (2:1)
Kaltenbach (3:1)		 Summary (1:1)
19 May 1912 End of season St. Gallen Switzerland 2–1 Switzerland Basel St. Gallen
Summary
26 May 1912 End of season Kickers Offenbach Germany 5–0 Switzerland Basel Offenbach am Main
(1:0) (2:0) (3:0) (4:0) (5:0) Summary
27 May 1912 End of season Karlsruher FC Phönix Germany 7–2 Switzerland Basel Karlsruhe
Summary
2 June 1912 End of season Old Boys Switzerland 2–1 Switzerland Basel Margarethenwiese, Basel
15:00 Summary

Serie A
Main article: 1911–12 Swiss Serie A

Central group results
8 October 1911 Round 1 Basel 0–2 Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary
15 October 1911 Round 2 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 6–2 Basel Parc des Sports, La Chaux-de-Fonds
14:30 Summary
22 October 1911 Round 3 Old Boys 4–4 Basel Margarethenwiese, Basel
15:00 (1:1)
(2:2)
(pen. 3:3)
(4:4)		 Summary (1:0) Albicker
(1:2)
(2:3) Albicker
(3:4) Goldschmidt		 Referee: Switzerland Sporrer, Winterthur
5 November 1911 Round 4 Étoile-Sporting 4–1 Basel Parc de l'Etoile, La Chaux-de-Fonds
14:30 Summary
19 November 1911 Round 5 Biel-Bienne 2–2 Basel Biel-Bienne
[ Summary] Referee: Switzerland W. Lehmann
26 November 1911 Round 6 Basel 3–0 FF Young Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Friedli (1:2) Summary (0:1) Kientsch
(0:2)
(1:3)
(o.g. 1:4)
Note: The game was rated 3: 0 forfait because the Young Boys had used an unqualified player.
3 December 1911 Round 7 Basel 6–0 FC Bern Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary Referee: Switzerland Jacques Reich, Winterthur
Note: Bern played with just 10 players
7 January 1912 Round 8 Basel 4–2 Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary
14 January 1912 Round 9 Basel 0–2 Old Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary 20' (0:1) Winter
75' (0:2) Winter		 Referee: Switzerland Haslebacher, Montriond Lausanne
21 January 1912 Round 10 Nordstern Basel 2–1 Basel Landhof, Basel
15:30 Bucher (1:0)
Rittel (2:1)		 Summary (1:1) Referee: Switzerland Allemann, Zürich
28 January 1912 Round 11 FC Bern 2–1 Basel Kirchenfeld, Bern
Baumann (I) 5' (1:0)
Beuchat (2:1)		 Summary (1:1) Hasler Referee: Switzerland E. Ammann, Cantonal Neuchatel
25 February 1912 Round 12 Basel 4–1 Étoile-Sporting Landhof, Basel
15:00
Goal scorers: Hasler (3), Kaltenbach (1)		 Summary Méroz Referee: Switzerland Hinnen, Baden
Note: Goal sequence unknown
17 March 1911 Round 13 Young Boys 6–0 Basel Bern
Summary Referee: Switzerland Hinnen, (FC Baden)
24 March 1912 Round 14 Basel 2– 0 La Chaux-de-Fonds Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary

Central group league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Étoile-Sporting 14 12 0 2 38 19 +19 24 Advance to finals
2 Old Boys 14 11 1 2 45 19 +26 23
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds 14 9 0 5 53 29 +24 18
4 Young Boys 14 6 0 8 31 25 +6 12
5 Basel 14 5 2 7 30 34 −4 12
6 Nordstern Basel 14 4 2 8 21 36 −15 10
7 FC Bern 14 4 2 8 21 38 −17 10
8 Biel-Bienne 14 1 1 12 19 58 −39 3
Source: rsssf

See also

Notes

Footnotes
  1. The player lines-ups and goal scorers for 6 of the 14 league games in the 1911–12 season are unknown or incomplete.

Incomplete league matches 1911–12 season: FCB-Nordstern, LcdF-FCB, Sporting-FCB, Biel-FCB, FCB-Biel, YB-FCB

References
  1. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Test games 1911–12". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  2. Erik Garin. "Nationalliga A 1911/12". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

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