1913–14 FC Basel season

The FC Basel 1913–14 season was their twenty-first season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. The club's chairman was Karl Ibach, but he stood down at the AGM on 25 September 1913. From that date Carl Albert Hintermann took over as club president. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Basel-Wettstein in Kleinbasel, Basel.

FC Basel
1913–14 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Karl Ibach until 25 September 1913
Carl Albert Hintermann from 25 September 1913
First team coachPercy Humphreys
GroundLandhof, Basel
Serie AGroup Stage: 2nd
Top goalscorerChristian Albicker (12)

Overview

The Englishman Percy Humphreys was the first professional trainer that the club FC Basel had ever employed. Under club chairman Karl Ibach, Humphreys signed his contract and began his duties on 1 April 1913. He had previously been head-coach for Hartlepool United in the English North Eastern League. Prior to Humphreys, it had always been the team captain who had taken over the function of the trainer.

Basel played 32 matches in their 1913–14 season. 14 of these matches were in the domestic league and 18 were friendly games. Six of these were home games, played in the Landhof, one other home game was played on the Margarethenwiese in Basel, five others were away games in Switzerland and five games were played abroad. Basel played seven matches against German teams, one against the English team Bradford City and the other ten opponents were Swiss. Of these friendlies 10 were won and 8 ended with a defeat. In these 18 games Basel scored a total of 57 goals and conceded 47.[1]

The Swiss Serie A 1913–14 was divided into three regional groups, East, Central and West. Basel were allocated to the Central group together with local rivals Old Boys and Nordstern Basel. The other teams playing in the Central group were Young Boys, FC La Chaux-de-Fonds, Étoile-Sporting FC La Chaux-de-Fonds, FC Bern and Biel-Bienne. Basel started well into the championship winning seven of the first eight games, the first four games straight off. After the new year break things turned against them and they were defeated three times. Basel lost contact to the Young Boys at the top of the table and ended the season in joint second position with FC Bern, they were three points behind the group winners. In their 14 games Basel scored 63 goals and conceded 33. The two highest scoring games were both played against FC La Chaux-de-Fonds. Basel won the home game 11–4 and the away game 10–1.[2]

The Young Boys continued to the finals against Cantonal Neuchatel and Aarau, who eventually won the championship in the Finals. Last place in the group bottom was Old Boys, who therefore entered the play-off round against relegation, in which they were successful.[3]

The Anglo-Cup was not played in this year and so, Basel could not defend the title that they had obtained the year before. But memories of this cup win soon faded anyway, because in fact the competition was discontinued completely due to World War I.[4]

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 Switzerland SUI Fridolin Wenger
DF Switzerland SUI Paul Bettex
DF Switzerland SUI Hermann Moll
DF Switzerland SUI Peter Riesterer
MF Switzerland SUI Fritz Albicker (II)
MF Switzerland SUI Wilhelm 'Willy' Geisser
MF Germany GER Josef Goldschmidt
MF Switzerland SUI Ernst Gossweiler
MF Switzerland SUI Emil Hasler
MF Switzerland SUI Ernst Kaltenbach
MF Switzerland SUI Otto Kuhn
MF Switzerland SUI Emil Schreyer
FW Switzerland SUI Fritz Aeppli
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Switzerland SUI Christian Albicker (I)
FW   Rudolf Bredschneider
FW England ENG Percy Humphreys
FW   Carl Schloz
FW Switzerland SUI Karl Wunderle
  Roger Breithaupt
  Walter Flück
  Max Glenck
GK   Emil Fehr
GK   Camillo Persenico
GK   Schaltenbrand
  ? Gossweiler
  ? Hack
  ? Rittel

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pre- and mid-season

24 August 1913 Pre-season Freiburger FC Germany 2–4 Switzerland Basel Feldberg
Summary
30 August 1913 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 2–0 Germany Stuttgarter Kickers Landhof, Basel
Schreyer
Albicker
Summary Referee: Switzerland Louis Riesterer
14 September 1913 Pre-season St. Gallen Switzerland 3–2 Switzerland Basel St. Gallen
Leissing (1:1)
Neumeyer (2:1)
Ehrbar (pen. 3:1)
Summary (0:1)
(3:2) Humphreys
28 September 1913 Pre-season Servette Switzerland 0–4 Switzerland Basel Parc des Sports, Geneva
14:30 Summary
16 November 1913 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 3–0 Germany Freiburger FC Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary

Winter break to end of season

14 December 1913 Winter break Equipe Romande Basel Switzerland 1–6 Switzerland Basel Basel
Summary
26 December 1913 Winter break Karlsruher FV Germany 4–7 Basel Karlsruhe
(1:2)
(2:2)
(pen. 3:3)
Fuchs (4:4)
Summary 3' (0:1)
(0:2)
(2:3)
(3:4) Aeppli
(4:5) Aeppli
(4:6)
(4:7)
11 January 1914 Mid-season Freiburger FC Germany 3–6 Switzerland Basel Freiburg im Breisgau
Diemer
Walch
Nägele
Summary




Referee: Germany Ehret
Germany H. Banzhaf
1 February 1914 Mid-season Baden Switzerland 4–5 Switzerland Basel Baden
Summary Attendance: 300
8 March 1914 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 2–3 Switzerland Concordia Basel Landhof, Basel
10:30 Moll 30' (pen. 1:0)
Moll 75' (pen. 2:1)
Summary (1:1) Schürch
(pen. 2:2) Ferralli II
90' Ferralli II
5 April 1914 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 0–5 Switzerland Cantonal Landhof, Basel
Summary 10' (0:1)
(0:2)
30' (0:3)
85' (0:4)
90' (0:5)
11 April 1914 Mid-season MTV München 1879 Germany 6–1 Switzerland Basel Munich
Summary
12 April 1914 Mid-season Bayern Munich Germany 4–1 Switzerland Basel Munich
Summary
26 April 1914 Mid-season Young Fellows Zürich Switzerland 3–0 Switzerland Basel Hardturm, Zürich
Schaltenbrand
Wintsch
Schaltenbrand
Summary Attendance: 1,500
10 May 1911 End of season Basel Switzerland 2–4 England Bradford City Landhof, Basel
15:10 Bredschneider 76' (1:4)
Albicker 78' (2:4)
Summary 10' (0:1) Slaer
20' (0:2) Bond
63' (0:3) Currie
70' (o.g. 0:4) Goldschmidt
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Louis Riesterer
17 May 1914 End of season Basel Switzerland 7–0 Switzerland Baden Landhof, Basel
Schreyer (1:0)
(2:0)
Aeppli (3:0)
(4:0)
Aeppli (5:0)
Hasler (6:0)
80' (7:0)
Summary
24 May 1914 End of season Cantonal Switzerland 2–5 Switzerland Basel Colombier, Neuchâtel
Summary
7 June 1914 End of season Basel Switzerland 0–3 Switzerland Young Fellows Zürich Margarethenwiese, Basel
17:00 Switzerland Summary (0:1) Schaltenbrand
(0:2) Schaltenbrand
(0:3) Leiber II

Serie A

Central group results

5 October 1913 Round 1 Basel 11–4 La Chaux-de-Fonds Landhof, Basel
15:00 (1:3)
(2:3)
(3:3)
(4:3)
(5:3)
(6:3)
(7:3)
(8:3)
(9:3)
(10:3)
(11:3)
Summary (0:1)
(0:2)
(0:3)
(pen. 11:4) Haudenschild
Referee: Switzerland Etzensberger Etoile La Chaux-de-Fonds
12 October 1913 Round 2 Biel-Bienne 2–4 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
14:45 Fallet 25' (1:1)
Grupp 73' (2:3)
Summary 15' (0:1)
60' (1:2)
61' (1:3)
73' (2:4)
Referee: Switzerland Dondelinger
19 October 1913 Round 3 Étoile-Sporting 1–5 Basel La Chaux-de-Fonds
14:35 Wyss (I) 35' (1:3) Summary 4' (0:1) Albicker (I)
9' (0:2) Albicker (I)
25' (0:3) Albicker (I)
(1:4) Schreyer
(1:5) Aeppli
Referee: Switzerland Otto Eicher Young Boys
9 November 1913 Round 4 Nordstern Basel 5–7 Basel Basel
15:00 Bollinger 11' (1:0)
Wüthrich (2:2)
Bollinger (pen. 3:4)
Bollinger (4:7)
Bollinger (5:7)
Summary 5' (1:1) Aeppli
(1:2) Wunderle
(2:3) Schreyer
(2:4) Aeppli
(3:5) Albicker (I)
51' (2:6) Schreyer
(3:7) Aeppli
Referee: Switzerland H. Allemann Zürich
23 November 1913 Round 5 Basel 1–2 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
14:30 Schreyer 61' (1:2) Summary 15' (0:1) Funk (II)
42' (0:2) Bommer
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Willy Beuttner Zürich
30 November 1913 Round 6 Old Boys 2–7 Basel Basel
15:00 Grunauer 29' (1:1)
Higelin (pen. 2:7)
Summary 12' (0:1) Albicker (I)
35' (pen. 1:2) Moll
43' Albicker (I)
48' (1:4) Aeppli
50' (pen. 1:5) Albicker (I)
64' (1:6) Albicker (I)
(1:7) Bredschneider
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland H. Grisch Young Fellows Zürich
7 December 1913 Round 7 Basel 7–1 FC Bern Landhof, Basel
15:00 Albicker (I) (1:0)
Wunderle (2:0)
Albicker (I) (pen. 3:0)
(4:1)
(5:1)
(6:1)
(7:1) Bredschneider
Summary (3:1) Beuchat Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Switzerland Allemann Zürich
4 January 1914 Round 8 Basel 4–1 Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
14:30 Moll (pen. 1:0)
Schreyer (2:0)
Kaltenbach (3:0)
Bredschneider (4:1)
Summary (3:1) Haas Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Switzerland H. Grisch Young Fellows Zürich
15 February 1914 Round 9 Young Boys 5–0 Basel Bern
Dasen 2' (1:0)
Funk (II) 5' (2:0)
Reber 15' (3:0)
Dasen 40' (4:0)
Dasen 80' (5:0)
Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Sandoz Lausanne-Sport
22 February 1914 Round 10 Basel 2–4 Étoile-Sporting Landhof, Basel
15:00 Albicker (I) (1:2)
Albicker (I) (2:2)
Summary 10' (0:1) Perrenoud
30' (0:2) Hirschi
(2:3) Wyss (I)
(2:4) Wyss (II)
Referee: Switzerland Hans Koblet Winterthur
1 March 1914 Round 11 Basel 2–1 Old Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Wunderle 5' (1:0)
Aeppli 27' (2:0)
Summary 49' (2:1) Merkt Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Weber St. Gallen
15 March 1914 Round 12 Basel 2–2 Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
15:00 Moll (pen. 1:0)
Kaltenbach (2:2)
Summary (1:1) Lehmann
(1:2) Keller
Referee: Switzerland Weber St. Gallen
22 March 1914 Round 13 FC Bern 2–0 Basel Kirchenfeld, Bern
(1:0)
Wasserfallen (2:0)
Summary Referee: Switzerland
3 May 1914 Round 14 La Chaux-de-Fonds 1–10 Basel Parc des Sports, La Chaux-de-Fonds
14:30 Robert Vital (1:3) Summary 5' (0:1)
(0:2)
(0:3)
(1:4)
(1:5)
(1:6)
(1:7)
(1:8)
(1:9)
(1:10)
Referee: Switzerland

Central group league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Young Boys 14 10 2 2 46 21 +25 22 Advance to finals
2 Basel 14 9 1 4 63 33 +30 19
3 FC Bern 14 9 1 4 40 32 +8 19
4 Étoile-Sporting 14 7 1 6 34 34 0 15
5 Biel-Bienne 14 5 2 7 33 34 1 12
6 Nordstern Basel 14 5 1 8 29 34 5 11
7 La Chaux-de-Fonds 14 3 2 9 26 57 31 8
8 Old Boys 14 2 2 10 21 47 26 6 To relegation play-off
Source: rsssf

See also

References

  1. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Test games 1913–14". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  2. "Central Switzerland 1913–14". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  3. Garin, Erik. "Switzerland 1913-1914". rsssf.org. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  4. Mike Gosteli, Christoph Kieslich (17 May 2013). "Der vergessene Cup-Sieg". The forgotten cup victory. TagesWoche. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

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