1924–25 FC Basel season

Gustav Putzendopler was team captain this season and as captain he led the team trainings and was responsible for the line-ups. Basel played a total of 28 matches in their 1924–25 season. 16 of these were in the domestic league, and 12 were friendly matches. Of these 12 friendlies only two were played at home in the Landhof and 10 were away games, seven in Switzerland, one in Strasbourg and two in Zagreb. Only two test games ended with a victory, the other ten all ended with a defeat. In these tests Basel scored just 11 goals but they conceded 34.[1]

This season the Serie A was again divided into three regional groups, East, Central and West, each group with nine teams. Basel were allocated to the Central group together with the other teams from the city Concordia Basel, Nordstern Basel and Old Boys Basel. The further teams allocated to this group were Young Boys Bern, FC Bern, Aarau, Luzern and the newly promoted FC Grenchen. The team that won each group would continue to the finals and the last placed team in the group had to play a barrage against relegation.

Basel started their season well, only being defeated once in their first eleven games. They were always up with the table leaders, however at the end of the season three defeats against the other leading teams Aarau, Old Boys and lastly FC Bern, cost them their place at the top of the table. The team finished in fourth position, four points behind FC Bern, one point behind Aarau and level with Old Boys. During their league season Basel won seven of their matches, drawing five and were defeated four times.[2] In their 16 league matches the team scored just 13 goals (the first game of the season ended 1–0, but later awarded 3–0). FC Bern won the central group and advanced to the finals. West group winners Servette won the championship, Bern were runners-up and east group winners Young Fellows Zürich were third. Luzern were last in the central group. They thus played the promotion-relegation barrage against Solothurn. Solothurn achieved promotion, Luzern were relegated.[3]

Emil Breh was Basel’s top league goal scorer with seven goals. Breh had joined the team before the season started and left the club at the end of it.[4] Ernst Zorzotti was the teams second top scorer with just two goals. Four players each scored one goal, Karl Bielser, Arthur Fahr, Hans Rau and Hans Schneider. The other two goal scorers were not recorded.[5]

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  SUI Theodor Schär — GK  SUI Ernst Zorzotti — DF  AUT Gustav Putzendopler (I) — DF  SUI Peter Riesterer — MF  SUI Max Galler (II) — MF  SUI Ernst Kaltenbach — MF  AUT Karl Putzendopler (II) — FW  SUI Arthur Fahr — FW  SUI Karl Bielser — FW  SUI Heinrich Hess — FW  SUI Paul Nebiker — FW  SUI Hans Rau

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  SUI Fritz Schneider (I) — FW  SUI Franz Zeiser —  SUI Wilhelm Flubacher —  SUI Hans Schneider (II) — FW  SUI Max Strasser — FW  SUI August von Arx —   Emil Breh —   ? Bürgin —   Fritz Eichenberger —  SUI ? Flubacher (I) —  SUI ? Flubacher (II) —   Gustav Isler

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre- and mid-season

RC Strasbourg v Basel

24 August 1924 Pre-season	RC Strasbourg	1–3	Basel	Strasbourg
		Summary

Fribourg v Basel

7 September 1924 Pre-season	Fribourg	4–5	Basel	Stade Universitaire, Freiburg
	Poretti (1:2) Poretti (2:2) de Weck (3:4) de Weck (4:4)	Summary	(0:1) Hess (0:2) Hess (2:3) ? (2:4) ? (4:5) ?

FC Bern v Basel

12 October 1924 30 years FC Bern	FC Bern	1 – 0 [note 1]	Basel	Neufeld, Bern
	Wenger (1:0)	Summary		Attendance: 5,000

Servette v Basel

12 October 1924 30 years FC Bern	Servette	3 – 0 [note 1]	Basel	Neufeld, Bern
	Turling (1:0) (2:0) (3:0)	Summary		Attendance: 5,000

Grasshopper Club v Basel

2 November 1924 Mid-season	Grasshopper Club	4–0	Basel	Heiligfeld, Zürich
13:00	Abegglen (1:0) Abegglen (2:0) Abegglen (3:0) Neuenschwander (4:0)	Summary		Referee: Blum Zürich

Notes

1. 2x 30 Minutes.

Winter break, mid- and end of season

Basel v 1. Simmeringer SC

1 January 1925 Winter break	Basel	1–5	1. Simmeringer SC	Landhof, Basel
14:30	Ganter (II) 15' (1:0)	Summary	20' (1:1) (2:1) (3:1) (4:1) (5:1)	Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Hafner Basel

Solothurn v Basel

22 March 1925 Mid-season	Solothurn	2–1	Basel	Solothurn
		Summary

HŠK Građanski Zagreb v Basel

12 April 1925 Mid-season	HŠK Građanski Zagreb	2–0	Basel	Građanski Stadium Zagreb
16:30	(pen. 1:0) Mantler (pen. 2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Petrovic

HŠK Građanski Zagreb v Basel

13 April 1925 Mid-season	HŠK Građanski Zagreb	1–0	Basel	Građanski Stadium Zagreb
16:30	Pasinek 28' (1:0)	Summary		Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Klemen

SK Rapid Wien v Basel

18 April 1925 Mid-season	SK Rapid Wien	5–0	Basel	Pfarrwiese, Wien
16:00	Wesselik 4' (1:0) Bauer (2:0) Wesselik 56' (3:0) Wesselik 58' (4:0) Kirbes 62' (5:0)	Summary		Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Werner

Young Boys v Basel

16 May 1925 End of season	Young Boys	5–1	Basel	Bern
	Vögeli (I) (1:0) Vögeli (II) (2:0) (3:1) (4:1) (5:1)	Summary	(1:1) Fahr	Referee: Fritz Beuchat Bern

Basel v Tottenham Hotspur

24 May 1925 End of season	Basel	0 –1	Tottenham Hotspur	Landhof, Basel
16:00		Summary	30' (0:1) Seed	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Hafner Basel

Central group results

Luzern v Basel

14 September 1924 Round 1	Luzern	0 – 3 FF [note 1]	Basel	Tribschen, Luzern
		Summary	12' (0:1) Rau	Attendance: 800 Referee: Acker Zürich
Note: Forfeit win for Basel: the game ended 0–1, but Luzern had used an ineligible player.

Grenchen v Basel

28 September 1924 Round 2	Grenchen	0–3	Basel	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
		Summary	48' (0:1) Breh 50' (0:2) Breh (0:3) Zorzotti	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Edm. Dizerens Lausanne

Basel v Aarau

5 October 1924 Round 3	Basel	0–0	Aarau	Landhof, Basel
13:30		Summary		Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Koblet Winterthur

Basel v Concordia Basel

26 October 1924 Round 4	Basel	1–0	Concordia Basel	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Breh	Summary		Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Gremminger Oberwinterthur

Basel v Young Boys

16 November 1924 Round 5	Basel	0–2	Young Boys	Landhof, Basel
14:30		Summary	25' (0:1) Vögeli 75' (0:2) Abplanalp	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Koblet Winterthur

Old Boys v Basel

30 November 1924 Round 6	Old Boys	0–0	Basel	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:45		Summary		Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Gremminger Oberwinterthur

Nordstern Basel v Basel

7 December 1924 Round 7	Nordstern Basel	0–1	Basel	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
14:30		Summary	(0:1) Breh	Referee: Ruegg Thalwil

Concordia Basel v Basel

14 December 1924 Round 8	Concordia Basel	0–0	Basel	Landhof, Basel
14:30		Summary		Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Edm. Dizerens Lausanne

Basel v FC Bern

21 December 1924 Round 9	Basel	0–0	FC Bern	Landhof, Basel
14:30		Summary		Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Passera La Chaux-de-Fonds

Basel v Luzern

11 January 1925 Round 10	Basel	2–0	Luzern	Landhof, Basel
13:00	Fahr 20' (1:0) Breh (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Gremminger Oberwinterthur

Basel v Nordstern Basel

20 January 1925 Round 11	Basel	1–0	Nordstern Basel	Landhof, Basel
14:45	Breh (1:0)	Summary		Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Edm. Dizerens Lausanne

Aarau v Basel

15 February 1924 Round 12	Aarau	4–0	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
15:00	Hürzeler (II) 51' (1:0) Hürzeler (II) 56' (2:0) Hürzeler (II) 73' (3:0) Hürzeler (II) 81' (4:0)	Summary		Referee: Ruegg Thalwil

Basel v Old Boys

29 March 1925 Round 13	Basel	0–3	Old Boys	Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary	(0:1) Katz (0:2) Wionsowsky 87' (pen. 0:3) Katz	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Ruegg Thalwil

Young Boys v Basel

5 April 1925 Round 14	Young Boys	0–0	Basel	Spitalacker, Bern
		Summary		Referee: Edm. Dizerens Lausanne

FC Bern v Basel

26 April 1925 Round 15	FC Bern	2–1	Basel	Neufeld, Bern
	Motta (1:0) Brand (2:0)	Summary	(2:1) Bielser	Referee: Edm. Dizerens Lausanne

Basel v Grenchen

3 May 1925 Round 16	Basel	3–2	Grenchen	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Breh 5' (1:0) Zorzotti 15' (2:0) Schneider (II) 20' (3:0)	Summary	(3:1) (3:2)	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ruegg Thalwil

Notes

1. Forfeit win for Basel: the game ended 0–1, but Luzern had used an ineligible player.

• History of FC Basel
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