1909–10 FC Basel season

The FC Basel 1909–10 season was their seventeenth season since the club was founded on 15 November 1893. The club's chairman was once again Ernst-Alfred Thalmann, it was his eighth presidential term. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof.

FC Basel
1909–10 season
Chairman Ernst-Alfred Thalmann
First team coachEmil Hasler
(as team captain)
GroundLandhof, Basel
Serie AGroup Stage: Fifth
Anglo CupQuarterfinals
Top goalscorern/a[note 09–10 1]
Average home league attendancen/a

Overview

In the 1909–10 season 99 teams took part in the Swiss championships organised by the Swiss Football Association. In the Serie A there were 19 teams. From the regional point of view these were FC Basel and FC Old Boys Basel. In the Serie B there were 41 teams, from the region Nordstern Basel, Concordia Basel, FC Liestal and the second teams from FCB and OB. In the Serie C there wer 39 teams, FC Breite Basel and FC Rosenthal Basel, as well as second and third teams.[1]

Emil Hasler was team captain for the second season in a row and as captain he led the team trainings and was responsible for the line-ups. During the 1909–10 season Basel played a total of 37 matches, 25 friendly games, 10 in the domestic league and two in the newly created Anglo-Cup. Of the 25 friendlies 11 were played in the Landhof. The team travelled to France to play a good victory against FC Hagenau and to Germany tp play Freiburger FC, but here they were defeated. During the winter break they again travelled to Germany. They played a draw with 1. FC Pforzheim on Christmas day and on boxing day were defeated by a combined team with players from Mannheimer FG Union and FC Phönix Mannheim. The team again travelled to France in January, playing a draw with Strassburger FV. Over Easter the team played a tour in Germany, losing 4–0 against Stuttgarter Kickers, losing 5–3 against 1. FC Nürnberg on Good Friday and losing twice against Deutscher FC Prag, 2–1 on Easter Sunday and 4–1 on Easter Monday. In total 8 games were won, 6 six were drawn and 11 ended in a defeat.[2]

The Swiss Serie A 1909–10 was divided into three regional groups, seven team in the east group, six in the central and six in the west group. Basel were allocated to the central group together with local rivals Old Boys. The other teams playing in the Serie A central group were Luzern, Biel-Bienne, FC Bern and Young Boys. Basel ended the season in the fifth position in the group table, five points ahead of Luzern, who were relegated and three points behind the Young Boys, who won the group. YB continued to the finals and played against east group winners Aarau and west group winners Servette. YB won both games and became Swiss champions for the second time in a row.[3]

The first Anglo-Cup was played this season. In the round of 16 on 10 April 1910 Basel won against Young Fellows Zürich, but were beaten by St. Gallen in the quarterfinals. St. Gallen continued to the final, but were beaten in the replay by Young Boys.[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   Albert Meyer
GK   SUI Fridolin Wenger
DF   SUI Ernst Amstein
DF   SUI Hermann Moll
MF   SUI Wilhelm 'Willy' Geisser
MF  GER Josef Goldschmidt
MF   SUI Paul Gürtler
MF   SUI Emil Hasler
MF   SUI Ernst Kaltenbach
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   Max Palatini
MF   SUI Luigi Persenico
FW   SUI Christian Albicker (I)
FW   Rudolf Bredschneider
FW   SUI Rudolf GossweilerI (I)
FW   SUI Karl Gossweiler (II)
FW   SUI Ernst Gossweiler (III)
FW   SUI Gottfried Gunst
FW   SUI Karl Wunderle

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pre- and mid-season

15 August 1909 Pre-season Concordia Basel 1 – 12 Basel Basel
Summary
5 September 1909 Pre-season FC Hagenau 1 – 5 Basel Hagenau
Summary
12 September 1909 Pre-season Basel 4 – 1 Baden Landhof, Basel
Summary
19 September 1909 Pre-season Freiburger FC 4 – 2 Basel Freiburg im Breisgau
Summary
3 October 1909 Mid-season Basel 5 – 2 Cantonal Neuchâtel Landhof, Basel
15:00  (1:0)
 (2:0)
 (3:0)
 (4:0)
 (5:1)
Summary  (pen. 4:1)
 (5:2)
10 October 1909 Mid-season Basel 2 – 4 Winterthur Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hasler  (1:0)
Goldschmidt  (2:2)
Summary  (o.g. 1:1)
 (1:2) Koblet
 (2:3)
 (2:4) Keller
Referee: Kupferschmid (Old Boys
21 November 1909 Mid-season Basel 3 – 4 Concordia Basel Landhof, Basel
Summary
5 December 1909 Mid-season La Chaux-de-Fonds 3 – 6 Basel La Chaux-de-Fonds
 (1:5)
 (2:5)
 (3:5)
Summary  (0:1) Gürtler
 (0:2) Hasler
 (0:3) Hasler
 (0:5) Kaltenbach
 (3:6) Gossweiler II

Winter break to end of season

19 December 1909 Winter break Basel 4 – 4 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Wunderle  (1:0)
Wunderle  (2:2)
Gürtler  (3:4)
Moll  (4:4)
Summary  (1:1) Meister
 (1:2)
 (2:3)
 (o.g. 2:4) Amstein
Referee:
25 December 1909 Winter break 1. FC Pforzheim 2 – 2 Basel Pforzheim
Schweikert  (1:0)
 (pen, 2:2)
Summary  (1:1) Wunderle
 (1:2) Moll
26 December 1909 Winter break Mannheimer FG Union/FC Phönix Mannheim combined team 4 – 3 Basel Mannheim
 (1:0)
 (pen. 2:2)
 (3:2)
 (4:2)
Summary  (1:1) Moll
 (1:2)
 (4:3)
2 January 1910 Winter break Basel 10 – 1 Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
Summary  5' (0:1)
9 January 1910 Winter break Basel 1 – 5 Servette Landhof, Basel
15:00  (1:0) Summary  (1:1) Dessaules
 (1:2)
 (1:3) Renand
 (1:4) Morier
 (o.g. 1:2)
Attendance: 1,000
16 January 1910 Winter break Strassburger FV 3 – 3 Basel Akademiker-Platz, Strassburg
 (o.g. 1:1)
 (2:1)
 80' (3:3)
Summary  (0:1) Gürtler
 (2:2) Gossweiler
 70' (2:3)
Referee: Graef Strassburger FV
6 March 1910 Mid-season Basel 2 – 2 Winterthur Landhof, Basel
15:00 Wunderle  (1:1)
Moll  (2:2)
Summary  (0:1)
 (0:2)
Referee: Ramseyer Basel
20 March 1910 Mid-season Stuttgarter Kickers 4 – 0 Basel Stuttgart
 10' (1:0)
 (2:0)
Löble  (3:0)
 (4:0)
Summary
25 March 1910 Mid-season 1. FC Nürnberg 5 – 3 Basel Nürnberg
 (1:1)
 (2:2)
 (3:3)
 (pen. 4:3)
 (5:3)
Summary  (0:1) Gossweiler
 (1:2)
 (2:3) Moll
27 March 1910 Mid-season Deutscher FC Prag 2 – 1 Basel Prague
 (1:0)
 (2:0)
Summary  (2:1) Gürtler
28 March 1910 Mid-season Deutscher FC Prag 4 – 1 Basel Prague
 (o.g. 1:0)
 (2:1)
 (3:1)
 (4:1)
Summary  (1:1) Gürtler
29 April 1910 End of season Basel 0 – 3 The Pirates FC London Landhof, Basel
17:00 Summary  (0:1)
 (0:2)
 (0:3)
8 May 1910 End of season FV Baden-Baden 4 – 2 Basel Baden-Baden
Summary
15 May 1910 End of season FC Wacker München 3 – 3 Basel Munich
 (1:3)
 (2:3)
 (3:3)
Summary  (pen. 0:1) Kaltenbach
 (0:2) Moll
 (0:3) Wunderle
16 May 1910 End of season FC Wacker München 3 – 5 (a.e.t.) Basel Munich
 (1:1)
 (1:2)
 (3:3)
Summary  (0:1) Hasler
 (2:2)
 (2:3)
 (3:4) Kaltenbach
 (3:5) Gunst
22 May 1910 End of season Basel 2 – 2 Freiburger FC Landhof, Basel
16:00  (1:0)
Kaltenbach  (2:1)
Summary  (1:1)
 (2:2)
4 June 1910 End of season Basel 6 – 0 Concordia Basel Landhof, Basel
18:00 Hasler  (1:0)
Hasler  (2:0)
Hasler  (3:0)
Kaltenbach  (4:0)
Kaltenbach  (5:0)
 (6:0)
Summary

Serie A

Central group results

17 October 1909 Round 1 Basel 7 – 0 Luzern Landhof, Basel
15:00  (1:0)
 2:0'
 3:0'
 4:0'
 5:0'
 6:0'
 7:0'
Summary Referee: R. Seifert (Old Boys)
24 October 1909 Round 2 Young Boys 1 – 2 Basel Spitalacker, Bern
14:30  18' (1:0) Summary  (1:1) Wunderle
 (pen. 1:2) Hasler
Referee: Sevin (Cantonal Neuchâtel)
31 October 1909 Round 3 Basel 2 – 4 Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hasler  (1:1)
 (2:4)
Summary  (pen. 0:1) Lempen
 (1:2)
 (1:3)
 (1:4)
7 November 1909 Round 4 Old Boys 3 – 3 Basel Margarethenwiese, Basel
15:00 Niggli  18' (1:0)
Buser  (2:1)
Winter  (3:3)
Summary  (1:1) Hasler
 (2:2) Wunderle
 (2:3) Gossweiler II
Referee: Rüegg
14 November 1909 Round 5 Basel 2 – 3 Bern Landhof, Basel
15:00  (1:1)
Gossweiler II  (2:2)
Summary  (0:1) Hofer
 (1:2) Schäfter
 (o.g. 2:3) Meyer
12 December 1909 Round 6 Luzern 1 – 2 Basel Luzern
 10' (1:0)  (1:1) Kaltenbach
 (1:2) Gossweiler II
14 February 1910 Round 7 Basel 1 – 4 Old Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hasler  (1:0) Summary  (1:1) Buser III
 (1:2)
 (1:3)
 (1:4)
Referee: Escher Zürich
20 February 1910 Round 8 Bern 2 – 3 Basel Kirchenfeld, Bern
15:00 Brugger  (1:0)
Beuchat I  (2:1)
Summary  (1:1) Hasler
 (2:2)
 (2:3)
Referee: Haslebacher (Montriond)
17 April 1910 Round 9 Basel 0 – 4 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary  (0:1) Walter
 (0:2) Meister
 (0:3) Weiss
 (0:4) Kaiser
Referee: Schlegel (FC Zürich)
24 April 1910 Round 10 Biel-Bienne 2 – 2 Basel Biel/Bienne
Summary

Central group league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Young Boys Bern 10 6 1 3 38 18 +20 13 Advance to finals
2 Old Boys Basel 10 4 3 3 26 23 +3 11
3 FC Bern 10 4 3 3 22 20 +2 11
4 FC Biel 10 4 2 4 27 23 +4 10
5 FC Basel 10 4 2 4 24 24 0 10
6 FC Lucerne 10 2 1 7 15 44 29 5 Relegated
Source: rsssf

Anglo-Cup

10 April 1910 Round of 16 Basel 4 – 2 Young Fellows Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hasler  (1:0)
Kaltenbach  (pen. 2:0)
Moll  (3:0)
Hasler  (4:0)
Summary  (4:1)
 (4:2)
29 May 1910 Quarterfinal St. Gallen 2 – 1 Basel St. Gallen
Krämer  (1:0)
Grunder  (2:1)
Summary  (1:1) Referee: H. W. Koch

See also

Notes

Footnotes

  1. The player lines-ups and goal scorers for 6 of the 10 league games in the 1909–10 season are unknown or incomplete.

Incomplete league matches 1909–1910 season: YB-FCB, FCB-Biel, Luzern-FCB, Bern-FCB, FCB-YB, Biel-FCB

References

  1. Peter, Stefan. "Überregionale Meisterschaften, Schweizer und Basler Cup". Regional, national championships, Swiss and Basler Cup. Stefan Peter, Basel. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  2. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Spiele, Testspiele 1909-10". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  3. Garin, Erik. "Switzerland 1910". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2018-11-16.

Sources

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