1898–99 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1898–99 season
Chairman	Charlie Volderauer
First team coach	unknown
Ground	Landhof, Basel
Serie A	Eliminated 1st round

The FC Basel 1898–99 season was their sixth season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. This was the first season in which they competed for the Swiss championship. The club's chairman was Charlie Volderauer, who was chairman between 1896 and 1900. He was the third chairman in the club's history, following Roland Geldner (1893–1896) and Emanuel Schiess (1896). FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof, in the Quarter Kleinbasel.

Overview

Although the first national championship in Switzerland took place in 1897–98 it is considered as unofficial because it was not organized by the Swiss Football Association (SFA; founded in 1895). FC Basel did not participate in this first championship, but did in the second edition during the season 1898–99.[1] The club did not compete in the following season either, but have participated in every season since 1900–01.

The 1898–99 championship was played as a knock out competition, divided into three regional groups, East (region Zürich) Central (regional north-west Switzerland) and West (Romandy). The winners of each group played the finals in a Round-robin tournament. Basel played in the central group against Old Boys. Because the game ended was drawn it required a replay, which was also drawn, despite an agreed two times 20 minutes extra time. Because the Old Boys complained that one of the two FCB goals had been scored by hand and protested, the SFA had to deal with the matter. Subsequently, the protest was approved - and the disputed goal simply deducted from the final result.[2]

Players

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	Paul Hofer
—	GK	SUI	Adolf Rittmann
—	DF	SUI	Ferdinand Isler
—	DF	SUI	Ernst Gass
—	DF	SUI	Charles Volderauer
—	MF	SUI	R. Sommer
—	MF	SUI	Otto Reber
—	MF	SUI	Ernst-Alfred Thalmann
—	FW		L. Montbaron
—	FW	SUI	Hermann Schneider
—	FW	SUI	Karl Schneider (Captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	SUI	Emanuel Schiess
—	FW	SUI	Hans Billeter
—		SUI	Georges Fürstenberger
—		FRA	Jules Gérard
—		SUI	Louis Gürtler
—			Alfred Iselin
—		SUI	Rudolf Iselin
—		SUI	Rudolf La Roche
—		SUI	Edmond Racle
—		SUI	Rudolf Schwarz
—			Horace Watts
—		SUI	Roland Ziegler

Results

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Friendly matches

2 October 1898 Friendly	Basel	2 – 0	Stade Genevois	Landhof, Basel
	Schiess (1:0) H. Schneider (2:0)	Summary
Note: Stade Genevois was a Geneva selection and with them Fredy Gamper from FC Zurich played in this game.

23 October 1898 Friendly	FC Bern	1 – 5	Basel	Aarau
	Müller (1:1)	Summary	(0:1) Schiess (1:2) H. Schneider (1:3) (1:4) (1:5)	Referee: de Costa, FC Basel

6 November 1898 Friendly	Basel	0 – 4	Grasshopper Club	Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary	60' (0:4) (pen. 0:2) Schmid (0:3) Huguenin 80' (0:4) Schmid	Referee: Alliston, FC Mulhouse

20 November 1898 Friendly	Winterthur	0 – 1	Basel	Schützenwiese, Winterthur
		Summary	(0:1) Thalmann I	Referee: J. Enderli, FC Zürich

22 January 1899 Friendly	Grasshopper Club	7 – 0	Basel	Zürich
		Summary

12 February 1899 Friendly	Basel	3 – 1	Zürich	Landhof, Basel
	Thalmann I (1:0) Thalmann I (2:0) Schiess (3:0)	Summary

5 March 1899 Friendly	Anglo-American Club Zürich	10 – 0	Basel	Zürich
	(1:0) (2:0) (3:0) (4:0) (5:0) (6:0) (7:0) (8:0) (9:0) (10:0)	Summary		Referee: Machwürth, Zürich

Serie A

Central group

13 November 1898 1st round	Basel	1 – 1	Old Boys	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Schiess ?'	Summary	4' Weber	Referee: de Costa

18 December 1898 replay	Old Boys	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:30	Devick 40' (pen.) Buser 65'	Summary	10' La Roche 80' Schiess	Referee: Doll

NB: Old Boys win 2–1 after protesting to the SFA[2]

Sources

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2027-6
Switzerland 1898-99 at RSSSF

References

gottfriedfuchs.blogspot.ch (2012). "FC Basel". gottfriedfuchs.blogspot.ch. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
Daniel Schaub (2014). "Wie die Old Boys zu den ersten Forfait-Siegern der Schweizer Fussballgeschichte wurden". tageswoche.ch. Retrieved 2014-08-19.

External links

FC Basel official site

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[gottfriedfuchs.blogspot.ch-1] ttfriedfuchs.blogspot.ch (2012). "FC Basel". gottfriedfuchs.blogspot.ch. Retrieved 2016-11-16.

[tageswoche.ch_2014-08-19-2] Daniel Schaub (2014). "Wie die Old Boys zu den ersten Forfait-Siegern der Schweizer Fussballgeschichte wurden". tageswoche.ch. Retrieved 2014-08-19.

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