1902–03 FC Basel season

The FC Basel 1902–03 season was their tenth season in their existence. The club's chairman was Ernst-Alfred Thalmann, who took over for the second time, and later Josy Ebinger, who then became the fifth chairman in the club's history. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the Quarter Kleinbasel.

FC Basel
1902–03 season
Chairman Ernst-Alfred Thalmann
Josy Ebinger
First team coachunknown
GroundLandhof, Basel
Serie ACentral group 3rd

Overview

The Swiss Serie A season 1902–03 was divided into three regional groups, east, central and west. Basel were allocated to the central group together with the Young Boys, FC Bern and two other teams from region Basel, these being Old Boys Basel and Fortuna Basel. Fortuna were disqualified due to incidents in the match against Old Boys, the results of the previous matches being counted. Basel completed the central division with eight games, three victories and five defeats with six points, 13 to 20 goals, in third position in the table six points behind YB who qualified for the finals. Here YB won both matches and the championship.[1]

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
DF   SUI Eugène Strauss
MF   SUI Ernst-Alfred Thalmann
FW   SUI Rudolf Gossweiler (Gossweiler I)
FW   SUI Emil Hasler
FW   SUI Daniel Hug
FW   SUI Rudolf Landerer
FW   SUI Dr. Siegfried Pfeiffer
FW   SUI Hans Riggenbach (Riggenbach II)
  (?) Champod
  SUI Percy Kaufmann
No. Pos. Nation Player
  SUI A. Klein
  SUI Eduard Laubi
  (?) Lee
  SUI P. Lozéron
  SUI Paul Nosch
  SUI Adolf Ramseier
  SUI Hans Rietmann
  SUI Alphonse Schorpp
  SUI Ernst Stutz (Stutz I)
  SUI Werner Stutz (Stutz II)
  SUI Paul Thalmann (Thalmann III)

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

End of season

15 March 1903 End of season Basel 8 – 1 Mulhouse Landhof, Basel
Laubi 2x
Schorpp 2x
Gossweiler I 2x
Gossweiler II 1x
Hasler 1x
Summary Attendance: 200

Serie A

Central group matches

2 November 1902 Round 1 Basel 1 – 4 FC Bern Landhof, Basel
Landerer Summary Ochsenbein
Artigue
Kehrli
Kehrli
Referee: Huguenin, (Zürich)
9 November 1902 Round 2 FC Fortuna Basel 0 – 4 Basel Basel
Summary 1x Landerer
1x Hug
2x Laubi
16 November 1902 Round 3 Basel 0 – 7 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
Summary Kratz
O. Schwab




Note: Paul Hofer had to leave the field at the beginning of the game due to a sprain, therefore FCB had to play practically the whole match with just ten players
23 November 1902 Round 4 Basel 1 – 2 Old Boys Landhof, Basel
Hasler  (1:0) Summary  (1:1) Senn
 (1:2) Senn
Referee: A. Lalive, (La Chaux-de-Fonds)
30 November 1902 Round 5 Basel 2 – 0 FC Fortuna Basel Landhof, Basel
Schorpp  (1:0)
Hug  (2:0)
Summary Referee: Ankersmith, (Grasshopper Club)

Central group league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Young Boys Bern 7 6 0 1 29 5 +24 12
2 BSC Old Boys Basel 7 5 1 1 16 7 +9 11
3 FC Basel 8 3 0 5 13 20 7 6
4 FC Bern 7 1 1 5 10 21 11 3
5 Fortuna Basel (D) 5 1 0 4 3 18 15 2
Source: rsssf
(D) Disqualified.
Notes:

    See also

    Sources

    • Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2027-6
    • Switzerland 1902-03 at RSSSF

    References

    1. Betschart, Daniel (2012). "IVA Homepage über den BSC Young Boys" (PDF). wieist.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
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