1917–18 FC Basel season

The FC Basel 1917–18 season was their twentyfifth 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. The club's chairman was Franz Rinderer and in 1917 he was elected as president of the Swiss Football Association.

FC Basel
1917–18 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Franz Rinderer
First team coachErnst Kaltenbach
(as team captain)
GroundLandhof, Basel
Serie AGroup Stage: Second
Top goalscorerLeague: Otto Kuhn (4)
Karl Wüthrich (4)

All: Karl Wüthrich (13)
Average home league attendancen/a

Overview

Before the first World War came to an end, over 420,000 square meters of the total of 920,000 square meters of Swiss footballs field had been converted into potato fields. In 1913 FCB founded an athletics section, in 1915 their youth football section, Therefore the club fought hard to keep their ground Landhof. In 1917 the club organised the Swiss athletic championships in their grounds. The first nine championships, in the years 1906 to 1916 (1914–15 was canceled) were all held in French-speaking Switzerland. 1917 was the first time that the championships were held in the German-speaking region. The event was a success, 17 clubs and over 100 athletics took part and it attracted about 4,000 spectators.[1]

The football team played a total of 23 matches in the 1917–18 season. 12 of these were in the domestic league and 10 were friendly matches. Of these friendlies six were won, one was drawn and three ended in a defeat. There were six home fixtures played in the Landhof and three away games. Three of these games were played in the Basel championship against the two other local teams Old Boys and Nordstern Basel. The away game in the Basel championship against the Old Boys was postponed and awarded 3–0 to the opponents.[2]

The domestic league, Swiss Serie A 1917–18, was divided into three regional groups, an east, a central and a west. Basel and the two other local teams were allocated to the central group which had just seven teams, as opposed to the other two groups which both had eight teams. Baden could not participate because their field was used for agricultural purposes due to the war. The other teams playing in the Central group were FC Bern, Young Boys Bern, Biel-Bienne and Aarau. Basel played a good season, suffering only two defeats. They ended the season in second position with 17 points. In their 12 games Basel scored 31 goals and conceded 19. Karl Wüthrich and Otto Kuhn were jointly the team's best goal scorers both netting four times. Looking at things from the local point of view, Basel took three point from the two games against Nordstern Basel and won both of their games against Old Boys.[3]

The Old Boys were in last position in the central group league table, but during the period of World War I there was not relegation/promotion between the Serie A and Serie B. The Young Boys won the group and continued to the finals. In the finals YB beat St. Gallen 2–1 but were defeated 2–4 by Servette, who thus won the Swiss championship.[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 Arthur Fahr
GK Switzerland SUI Emil Fehr
DF Switzerland SUI Paul Bettex
DF Switzerland SUI Emil Ganter
DF Switzerland SUI Hermann Moll
DF Switzerland SUI Peter Riesterer
DF Switzerland SUI Anton Rittel (I)
MF   Charles Bouwmeester
MF Switzerland SUI Emil Hasler
MF Switzerland SUI Ernst Kaltenbach
MF Switzerland SUI Jakob Känzig
MF Switzerland SUI Otto Kuhn
MF Switzerland SUI Fritz Raas
MF Switzerland SUI Walter Rupprecht
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Switzerland SUI Christian Albicker (I)
FW Switzerland SUI Karl Bielser
FW   Rudolf Bredschneider
FW   Gustav Buser
FW Switzerland SUI Wilhelm Dietz (I)
FW Switzerland SUI Ernst Rittel (II)
FW Switzerland SUI Karl Rudin
FW Switzerland SUI Carl Schloz
FW Switzerland SUI Karl Wüthrich
FW   Valentin von der Mühll
  Borer
  S.A. Campiche
Switzerland SUI Jules Lotter
  Rooser

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed and forfeit

Pre- and mid-season

2 September 1917 Pre-season Étoile-Sporting Switzerland 6–4 Switzerland Basel Stade du FC Etoile, La Chaux-de-Fonds
14:30 Meroz (1:2)
(2:3)
(3:3)
(4:4)
(5:4)
(6:4)
Summary 5' (0:1) Kuhn
(0:2) Wüthrich
(1:3) Kuhn
(3:4) Kaltenbach
Referee: Switzerland Sommer
9 September 1917 Pre-season Servette Switzerland 6–1 Switzerland Basel Parc des Sports, Genf
14:30 Beyner 18' (1:0)
Bédouret (2:1)
Pasche (3:1)
Pasche (4:1)
Pasche (5:1)
Bédouret (6:1)
Summary (1:1) Kuhn Referee: Switzerland Ryser
14 October 1917 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 3–0 Switzerland Old Boys Landhof, Basel
Bouwmeester (1:0)
Kaltenbach (2:0)
Moll (3:0)
Summary Referee: Switzerland A. Schmidt Basel
14 October 1917 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 3–2 Switzerland Young Fellows Zürich Landhof, Basel
Hasler (1:1)
Bouwmeester (2:1)
Rupprecht (3:1)
Summary (0:1) Leiber
(3:2) Leiber
Referee: Switzerland A. Schmidt Basel

Second half of season

24 March 1918 Basel championship Basel Switzerland 6–1 Switzerland Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
15:00 Birbaum (o.g. 1:0)
Wüthrich (2:0)
Buser (3:0)
Wüthrich (4:1)
Kaltenbach (5:1)
Wüthrich (6:1)
Summary (3:1) Afflerbach Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland D. Wenger Basel
24 April 1918 Basel championship Old Boys Switzerland 3–0 FF Switzerland Basel
Summary
24 April 1918 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 5–1 Switzerland Servette Landhof, Basel
15:00 Wüthrich (1:0)
Albicker (I) (2:0)
Wüthrich (3:1)
Buser (4:1)
Wüthrich (5:1)
Summary (2:1) Pache Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Louis Riesterer Basel
5 May 1918 Basel championship Nordstern Basel Switzerland 2–1 Switzerland Basel Margarethenwiese, Basel
15:00 Dietz (1:0)
(2:1)
Summary (1:1) Schloz Referee: Switzerland Guido Eichenberger Bern
2 June 1918 Basel championship Basel Switzerland 1–0 Switzerland Old Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 80' (1:0) Summary Referee: Switzerland
16 June 1918 End of season Basel Switzerland 6–3 Switzerland 5th Division military team Landhof, Basel
Wüthrich (1:)
Wüthrich (2:3)
Buser (3:3)
Bielser (4:3)
Bielser (5:3)
Bielser (6:3)
Summary (1:1) Apter
(1:2)
(1:3)
Referee: Switzerland

Serie A

Central Group results

30 September 1917 Round 1 Basel 3–1 Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
15:00 Buser (1:0)
Schloz (2:0)
Wüthrich (3:0)
Summary (3:1) Borle Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Wieland Zürich
21 October 1917 Round 2 Young Boys 3–1 Basel Spitalacker, Bern
14:30 Funk (I) (pen. 1:0)
Klopfenstein (2:0)
Dasen (I) (3:1)
Summary (2:1) Albicker (I) Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Hermann Etzensberger La Chaux-de-Fonds
28 October 1917 Round 3 Basel 3–0 Old Boys Landhof, Basel
15:15 Dietz (I) 5' (1:0)
Hasler 25' (2:0)
Hasler 39' (3:0)
Summary Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland Pohlmann Zürich
18 November 1917 Round 4 Basel 1–4 Aarau Landhof, Basel
15:00 Albicker (I) 40' (1:1) Summary 38' (0:1) von Arx
(pen. 1:2) Märki
(1:3) Märki
(1:4)
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland E. Stutz Luzern
2 December 1917 Round 5 Nordstern Basel 0–2 Basel Margarethenwiese, Basel
14:30 Summary (o.g.) Schwegler
(o.g.) Leder
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Switzerland John Forster La Chaux-de-Fonds
9 December 1917 Round 6 FC Bern 1–3 Basel Kirchenfeld, Bern
14:30 Brand (1:0) [ Summary] 22' (1:1) Buser
(1:2) Kuhn
76' (1:3) Kuhn
Referee: Switzerland Hermann Etzensberger La Chaux-de-Fonds
20 January 1918 Round 7 Basel 2–2 Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
14:30 Kuhn (1:2)
Rudin (2:2)
Summary 10' (0:1) Bürgin
(0:2) Hermann
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Wieland Zürich
3 February 1918 Round 8 Aarau 0–0 Basel Scachen, Aarau
Summary
10 February 1918 Round 9 Biel-Bienne 4–5 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
14:45 Börle (1:3)
Keller (2:3)
Marbot (3:4)
Grupp (I) (4:5)
Summary (0:1) Kaltenbach
(0:2) Wüthrich
(pen. 0:3) Riesterer
(2:4) Rudin
(o.g. 3:5) Suter
17 February 1918 Round 10 Basel 0–0 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Reich Winterthur
3 March 1918 Round 11 Basel 8–3 FC Bern Landhof, Basel
15:00 Kuhn (pen. 1:1)
Wüthrich (2:1)
von der Mühll (3:1)
(4:1)
(5:1)
(6:1)
(7:1)
(8:3)
Summary (0:1) Quinclet
(7:2)
(7:3)
Attendance: 800
Referee: Switzerland Fricker Zürich
17 March 1918 Round 12 Old Boys 1–3 Basel Margarethenwiese, Basel
15:00 Saxer 10' (1:0) Summary 20' (1:1) Rudin
89' (1:2) Dietz (I)
90' (1:3) Wüthrich
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Lehmann Luzern

Central Group league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Young Boys 12 8 3 1 52 18 +34 19 Advance to finals
2 Basel 12 7 3 2 31 19 +12 17
3 Aarau 12 7 2 3 24 16 +8 16
4 FC Bern 12 4 4 4 21 26 5 12
5 Nordstern Basel 12 3 2 7 18 26 8 8
6 Biel-Bienne 12 4 0 8 24 36 12 8
7 Old Boys 12 2 0 10 21 50 29 4
8 Baden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Could not participate
Source: rsssf.com

NB: Baden could not participate because their field was used for agricultural purposes due to the war.

See also

References

  1. Zindel, Josef (2018), "Die ersten 125 Jahre", Page 24, 1917 athletics, Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel
  2. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Test games 1917–18". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  3. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Rangliste Serie A - Zentralschweiz". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  4. Erik Garin. "Nationalliga A Serie A 1917/18". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

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