1923–24 FC Basel season

The FC Basel 1923–24 season was their thirty first season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. The club's chairman was Karl Ibach. It was his second season as chairman in his second period as chairman. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel.

FC Basel
1923–24 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Karl Ibach
First team coachGermany Max Breunig
GroundLandhof, Basel
Serie AGroup Stage: 3rd
Top goalscorerLeague: Otto Kuhn (4)
All: Otto Kuhn (8)
Highest home attendance6,300 on 30 March 1924
vs Young Boys
Lowest home attendance1,500 on 6 January 1924
vs Luzern
Average home league attendance3,042

Overview

The ex-German international Max Breunig was the first team trainer for the second successive season.

Basel played a total of 30 matches in this season. 16 of these were in the domestic league and 14 were friendly matches. Of these 14 friendlies, three were home games played in the Landhof and 11 were away games. Seven test games ended in a victory and seven ended in a defeat. In these tests Basel scored a total of 39 goals and conceded 35. Of these friendlies, six were during the pre-season, and one was a mid-season. Because the domestic league had no real winter break the other seven were played after group stage had been completed.[1]

There were a few modifications to the Swiss football league system, this season the number of clubs was increased from 24 to 27 teams. Again, the league was again divided into three regional groups, East, Central and West, now each group with nine teams. The last team in each group had to play a barrage against relegation. FC Basel were allocated to the Central group and now there were four teams from the city of Basel. The others being Concordia Basel, who were newly promoted, Nordstern Basel and Old Boys Basel. The further teams allocated to this group were Young Boys Bern, FC Bern, Aarau, Luzern and Biel-Bienne.

Basel started their season unfavourably, losing four of the first five games. Despite improving during the rest of the season, they could not close the gap to the leading two teams and they finished the group in third position with 18 points, seven points behind Young Boys and eight behind local rivals Nordstern who won the group and continued to the finals. East group winners Zürich won the championship, Nordstern were runners-up and West group winners Servette were third. Basel won eight of their matches, drawing two and suffered six defeats. Basel scored 16 goals and conceded 15.[2]

Therefore, the problem seems to be because of their strikers, because the team scored just 16 goals in 16 matches. Otto Kuhn was the team’s top league goal scorer in the league season with just four goals. Alfred Schlecht scored three, Heinrich Hess, Karl Putzendopler and Karl Wüthrich each scored two goals and Arthur Fahr scored one. The other two goal scorers were not recorded.[3]

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 Theodor Schär
GK Switzerland SUI Arnold Wyssling
DF Austria AUT Gustav Putzendopler (I)
DF Switzerland SUI Peter Riesterer
MF Switzerland SUI Walter Rupprecht
MF Switzerland SUI Max Galler (II)
MF Switzerland SUI Ernst Kaltenbach
MF Switzerland SUI Otto Kuhn
MF Austria AUT Karl Putzendopler (II)
FW Switzerland SUI Arthur Fahr
FW Switzerland SUI Karl Bielser
FW Switzerland SUI Paul Dietz (II)
FW Switzerland SUI Eugen Haas
FW Switzerland SUI Gottlieb Häusselmann
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Switzerland SUI Heinrich Hess
FW Switzerland SUI Paul Nebiker
FW Switzerland SUI Hans Rau
FW Switzerland SUI Alfred Schlecht
FW Switzerland SUI Fritz Schneider (I)
FW Switzerland SUI Curt Wellauer
FW Switzerland SUI Karl Wüthrich
FW Switzerland SUI Franz Zeiser
Switzerland SUI Wilhelm Flubacher
Switzerland SUI Hans Schneider (II)
  Ernst Hasler (II)
  Eduard Schaub
  Hans Strung
  Hans Vogt

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season and mid-season

1 July 1923 Pre-season Borussia Neunkirchen Germany 3–1 Switzerland Basel Neunkirchen
Summary
26 August 1923 Pre-season La Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland 5–1 Switzerland Basel Parc des Sports, La Chaux-de-Fonds
14:45 Ottolini 20' (1:0)
Donzé (2:1)
Theurillat (3:1)
Donzé (4:1)
Theurillat (5:1)
Summary (1:1) Schneider (I) Referee: Switzerland Paul Reutter
1 September 1923 Pre-season Grasshopper Club Switzerland 0–7 Switzerland Basel Hardturm, Zürich
15:30 Summary (4x) Wüthrich
(2x) Schneider (I)
(1x) Kuhn
Attendance: 1,000
2 September 1923 Pre-season Bayern München Germany 6–1 Switzerland Basel Hardturm, Zürich
16:30 Hierländer (1:0)
(2:0)
(3:0)
Hierländer (4:1)
(5:1)
Hierländer (6:1)
Summary (3:1) Dietz (II) Attendance: 2,000
9 September 1923 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 1–4 Switzerland Young Fellows Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Rosset (o.g. 1:1) Summary (0:1) Meyer
(1:2) Leiber
(1:3) Meyer
(1:4) Meyer
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Kaltenbach Basel
16 September 1923 Pre-season Black Stars Basel Switzerland 1–3 Switzerland Basel Sportplatz Neu-Allschwil Allschwil
15:00 Hummel (1:2) Summary (1x) Haas
(1x) Schneider (I)
(1x) Wüthrich
Attendance: 800
Referee: Switzerland Felix Herren Basel
25 November 1923 Mid-season St. Gallen Switzerland 3–2 Switzerland Basel St. Gallen
Angehrn (1:0)
Bühler (2:0)
Townley (3:1)
Summary (2:1)
(3:2)

End of season

23 March 1924 Mid-season Baden Switzerland 1–4 Switzerland Basel Baden
Summary
18 April 1924 End of season Bremer SC Germany 2–3 Switzerland Basel Bremen
70' (1:3)
(2:3)
Summary (0:1) Haas
(0:2) Rau
(0:3) Schneider
19 April 1924 End of season SC Victoria Hamburg Germany 2–1 SwitzerlandBasel Stadion Hoheluft, Hamburg
17:30 Westphalen (1:0)
Hartmann (pen. 2:1)
Summary (1:1) Riesterer Referee: Switzerland
21 April 1924 End of season Geestemünder SC Germany 2–4 Switzerland Basel Geestemünde

Summary (2x) Rau
(1x) Kuhn
(1x) Putzendopler (I)
Referee: Switzerland
4 May 1924 End of season Basel Switzerland 6–1 Switzerland St. Gallen Landhof, Basel
15:00 Fahr 20' (1:0)
Hess (2:0)
Hess (3:1)
Fahr (4:1)
Kuhn (5:1)
Wellauer (6:1)
Summary (2:1) Townley Attendance: 800
Referee: Switzerland Hafner Basel
25 May 1924 End of season Zürich Switzerland 3–0 Switzerland Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
Hauser
Manter
Pfändler
Summary Attendance: 300
Referee: Switzerland
29 May 1924 End of season Basel Switzerland 5–2 Switzerland Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Kuhn (1:0)
Hess (2:0)
Fahr (3:0)
Rau (4:1)
? (5:1)
Summary (3:1) Haufer
(5:2) Mantel
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Kaltenbach Basel

Serie A

Central Group results

30 September 1923 Round 1 Nordstern Basel 2–1 Basel Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hossli 20' (1:1)
Hossli (2:1)
Summary (0:1) Schlecht Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Ruegg Thalwil
7 October 1923 Round 2 Luzern 0–1 Basel Tribschen, Luzern
Summary 85' (pen.) Attendance: 500
Referee: Switzerland Koblet Winterthur
14 October 1923 Round 3 Basel 1–4 Old Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Fahr 43' (1:3) Summary (0:1) Brack
8' (0:2) Wionsowsky
18' (0:3) Merkt
65' (pen. 1:4) Wionsowsky
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland John Forster La Chaux-de-Fonds
24 October 1923 Round 4 Aarau 1–0 Basel Schachen, Aarau
Imhof (II) (pen.) Summary Referee: Switzerland Guido Eichenberger Bern
28 October 1923 Round 5 Young Boys 1–0 Basel Spitalacker, Bern
R. Ramseyer 89' (pen.) Summary Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland John Forster La Chaux-de-Fonds
11 November 1923 Round 6 Basel 1–0 Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
13:30 Hess 15' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Spengler Olten
9 December 1923 Round 7 Basel 2–1 FC Bern Landhof, Basel
14:45 Wüthrich (1:0)
Wüthrich (2:0)
Summary 74' (2:1) Amrein Referee: Switzerland Edm. Dizerens Lausanne
16 December 1923 Round 8 Basel 1–0 Concordia Basel Landhof, Basel
Kuhn (1:0) Summary Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Koblet Winterthur
6 January 1924 Round 9 Basel 2–2 Luzern Landhof, Basel
14:45 Putzendopler (II) 48' (1:2)
Schlecht (2:2)
Summary 5' (0:1) Arnold
(0:2) Waldis
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland Epiney Geneva
13 January 1924 Round 10 FC Bern 3–1 Basel Kirchenfeld, Bern
Wenger (1:0)
Motta (2:1)
Wenger (3:1)
Summary (1:1) Schlecht Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Switzerland Epiney Geneva
27 January 1924 Round 11 Basel 1–0 Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
14:45 Kuhn 86' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Koblet Winterthur
3 February 1924 Round 12 Biel-Bienne 0–1 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
Summary 85' (0:1) Hess Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Edm. Dizerens Lausanne
10 February 1924 Round 13 Old Boys 0–2 Basel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:45 Summary (0:1) Kuhn
(0:2) Putzendopler (II)
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Koblet Winterthur
17 February 1924 Round 14 Concordia Basel 1–0 Basel Basel
14:45 Feralli 65' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Guido Eichenberger Bern
9 March 1923 Round 15 Basel 2–0 Aarau Landhof, Basel
15:00 Schneider (1:0)
Kuhn 75' (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Sandoz La Chaux-de-Fonds
30 March 1923 Round 16 Basel 0–0 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary Attendance: 6,300
Referee: Switzerland Spengler Olten

Central Group table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Nordstern Basel 16 11 4 1 34 10 +24 26 Advance to finals
2 Young Boys 16 10 5 1 28 9 +19 25
3 Basel 16 8 2 6 16 15 +1 18
4 Old Boys 16 6 5 5 29 26 +3 17
5 FC Bern 16 4 6 6 25 31 6 14
6 Aarau 16 4 4 8 14 20 6 12
7 Concordia Basel 16 4 3 9 19 31 12 11
8 Luzern 16 4 3 9 13 30 17 11
9 Biel-Bienne 16 3 4 9 13 19 6 10 Relegation play-off
Source: rsssf.com

See also

References

  1. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1923/24". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1923/24". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  3. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Statistic 1923/24". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

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