1919–20 FC Basel season

The FC Basel 1919–20 season was their twentyseventh season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. The club's chairman was Bernard Klingelfuss. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel.

FC Basel
1919–20 season
Chairman Bernard Klingelfuss
First team coachOtto Kuhn
(as team captain)
GroundLandhof, Basel
Serie AGroup Stage: 2nd
Top goalscorerLeague: Karl Wüthrich (9)
All: Alfréd Schaffer (18)
Average home league attendancen/a

Overview

Otto Kuhn was team captain and acted, so to say, as coach. Basel played a total of 44 matches in their 1919–20 season. 14 of these were in the domestic league and 30 were friendly matches.

From these 30 friendlies, 15 were against foreign opponents. Five were played against German teams. Basel travelled to Germany and played against Karlsruher FV, 1. FFC Germania 1894 and 1. FC Pforzheim. During the winter break the team travelld to Italy and on Christmas day played against Genoa C.F.C., on boxing day against SG Andrea Doria and the next day against US Biellese. They also played at home against Rapid Wien. At the end of the season Basel were hosts to Victoria Hamburg, Royal Charleroi SC, Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, Budapesti EAC, Ferencvárosi TC, MTK Budapest and Wiener Amateur Sportverein. Altogether 14 friendlies were home games, played in the Landhof and 16 were away games. Of these 18 ended in a victory, one match was drawn and 11 ended in a defeat. In these test games Basel scored a total of 68 goals and conceded 44.[1]

The former Hungarian international footballer Alfréd Schaffer joined Basel in April 1920 and played in 19 test matches and one league games, during which he scored a total of 27 goals.[2]

The domestic league, Swiss Serie A 1919–20, was divided into three regional groups, East, Central and West, each group with eight teams. FC Basel and the two other teams from Basel Nordstern and Old Boys were allocated to the Central group. The other teams playing in this group were Aarau, Luzern and Biel-Bienne and the two teams from the capital, Young Boys and FC Bern. FC Basel played a good season, winning seven matches, drawing four and suffering just three defeats. They ended the season in second position with 18 points. In their 14 games Basel scored 32 goals and conceded 20. Karl Wüthrich was the team's top goal scorer with 9 goals. BSC Young Boys won the group and continued to the finals.[3]

There was no relegation this year because the reserve team Nordstern were Serie B chmpions and could not be promoted because the first team already plays at top level. With a victory against Servette and a goalless draw against Grasshopper Club the Young Boys won the Swiss championship.[4]

The Serie A away match played on 7 March 1920 against Biel-Bienne in Gurzelen Stadion was the last game that Wilhelm Dietz played as he died 4 weeks later aged just 19 years old.[5]

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   SUI Walter Birbaum
— GK   SUI Arthur Fahr
— GK   SUI Ernst Zorzotti (III)
— DF   Fritz Grüssi
— DF   Karl Kroepfli
— DF  AUT Gustav Putzendopler (I)
— DF   SUI Peter Riesterer
— MF   SUI Walter Rupprecht
— MF   Ganter (I)
— MF   SUI Ernst Kaltenbach
— MF   SUI Jakob Känzig
— MF   SUI Otto Kuhn
— MF  AUT Karl Putzendopler (II)
— MF   SUI Fritz
— FW   SUI Christian Albicker (I)
— FW   SUI Karl Bielser
— FW   Gustav Buser
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW   SUI Walter Dietrich
— FW   SUI Wilhelm Dietz (I)
— FW   SUI Paul Dietz (II)
— FW   SUI Jules Düblin
— FW   SUI Karl Ibach
— FW   SUI Karl Lott (I)
— FW  HUN Sándor Nemes
— DF   SUI Louis Riesterer
— FW   SUI Karl Rudin
— FW  HUN Alfréd Schaffer
— FW   Carl Schloz
— FW   SUI Karl Wüthrich
—   Ernst Hasler
—   Friedrich Lott (II)
—   Fritz Müller
—   Hans Schneider
—   Siegrist

Results
Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre- and mid-season
12 July 1919 Basel championship Nordstern Basel 4 – 2 Basel Margarethenwiese, Basel
17:30 Afflerbach  (1:0)
Hermann  (2:1)
 (3:2)
Afflerbach  (4:2)		 Summary  (1:1)
 (2:2)		 Attendance: 800
Referee: Jacques Hirrle (Basel)
20 July 1919 Basel championship Old Boys 2 – 4 Basel Margarethenwiese, Basel
Grunauer  (1:0)
Katz  (2:2)		 Summary  (1:1) Dietz (I)
 (1:2) Buser
 (2:3) Albicker (I)
 (pen. 2:4) Dietz (I)
20 July 1919 Basel championship Nordstern Basel 0 – 1 Basel Margarethenwiese, Basel
15:00 Summary  (0:1) Bielser Attendance: 1,200
7 September 1919 Pre-season Karlsruher FV 1 – 2 Basel Karlsruhe
Hirsch  (1:1) Summary  (0:1)
 (1:2) Lott (I)
14 September 1919 Pre-season 1. FFC Germania 1894 0 – 4 Basel Frankfurt am Main
Summary  10' (0:1)
 (0:2)
 (0:3)
 (0:4)
21 September 1919 Pre-season 1. FC Pforzheim 2 – 1 Basel Pforzheim
 (1:1)
 (2:1)		 Summary  (0:1)
5 October 1919 Mid-season Grasshopper Club 0 – 1 Basel St. Gallen
Summary  (0:1)
5 October 1919 Mid-season St. Gallen 3 – 2 Basel St. Gallen
Summary
23 November 1919 Mid-season Basel 4 – 1 VfB Leipzig Landhof, Basel
14:30 Dietz (I)  6' (1:0)
Wüthrich  (2:1)
Dietz (I)  (3:1)
Dietz (II)  (4:1)		 Summary  (pen. 1:1) Hansi Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Riesterer (Basel)
30 November 1919 Mid-season Biel-Bienne 3 – 1 Basel Biel/Bienne
Summary

Winter break to end of season
25 December 1919 Winter break Genoa C.F.C. 4 – 0 Basel Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
12:00  (1:0)
 (2:0)
 (3:0)
 (4:0)		 Summary Attendance: 12,000
26 December 1919 Winter break SG Andrea Doria 1 – 3 Basel Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
15:00  (1:2) Summary  (0:1) Dietz (II)
 (0:2) Bielser
 (1:3) Dietz (I)
27 December 1919 Winter break US Biellese 2 – 3 Basel Stadio Comunale, Biella
15:00  (1:0)
 (2:0)		 Summary  (2:1) Kuhn
 (2:2) Kuhn
 (2:3) Kuhn
1 January 1920 Winter break Basel 0 – 1 Rapid Wien Landhof, Basel
14:30 Summary  (0:1) Kuthan Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Schmid (Basel)
22 February 1920 Mid-season Vgt FC Winterthur-Veltheim 3 – 1 Basel Winterthur
14:45 Kuhn  (1:1)
Weilenmann  (2:1)
Weilenmann  (3:1)		 Summary  (0:1) Wüthrich Referee: Müller (Winterthur)
28 March 1920 Mid-season Basel 1 – 1 Vgt FC Winterthur-Veltheim Landhof, Basel
15:00 Kuhn  10' (1:0) Summary  (1:1) Frankenfeld Referee:
3 April 1920 End of season Basel 3 – 0 Victoria Hamburg Landhof, Basel
16:30 Kuhn  6' (pen. 1:0)
Wüthrich  27' (2:0)
Schaffer  71' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Schenker (Basel)
5 April 1920 End of season Basel 3 – 0 Royal Charleroi SC Landhof, Basel
15:00 Schaffer  (1:0)
 (o.g. 2:0)
Schaffer  (3:0)		 Summary Referee: Schenker (Basel)
11 April 1920 End of season Basel 1 – 3 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise Landhof, Basel
16:00 Kaltenbach  (1:3) Summary  34' (0:1) Vergeylen
 51' (0:2) Much
 75' (0:3) Thys		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Stutz (Luzern)
2 May 1920 End of season Basel 1 – 0 Old Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Schaffer  80' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 1,200
Referee: László Balint (Zürich)
9 May 1920 End of season FC Bern 4 – 3 Basel Kirchenfeld, Bern
15:00 Quinclet  (1:0)
Galli  (2:0)
Brand  (3:2)
Galli  (4:2)		 Summary  (2:1) Kaltenbach
 (2:2)
 (4:3)		 Attendance: 1,500
13 May 1920 End of season Nordstern Basel 0 – 4 Basel Margarethenwiese, Basel
15:00 Summary  17' (0:1) Schaffer
 65' (0:2) Müller
 77' (0:3) Schaffer
 89' (0:4) Müller		 Attendance: 700
Referee: Riesterer (Basel)
30 May 1920 End of season Basel 3 – 0 Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Schaffer  2' (1:0)
Müller  (2:0)
Müller  (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 800
Referee: László Balint (Zürich)
6 June 1920 End of season Basel 4 – 0 Étoile-Sporting Landhof, Basel
15:00 Schaffer  5' (1:0)
Schaffer  56' (2:0)
Schaffer  60' (3:0)
Wüthrich  86' (4:0)		 Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Herren (Basel)
8 June 1920 End of season Basel 4 – 0 Budapesti EAC Landhof, Basel
18:30 Ibach  20' (1:0)
Dietrich  59' (2:0)
Schaffer  65' (3:0)
Wüthrich  (4:0)		 Summary Attendance: 2,000
Referee: László Balint (Zürich)
13 June 1920 End of season Basel 6 – 1 FC Bern Landhof, Basel
15:00 Wüthrich  17' (1:0)
Schaffer  33' (2:0)
Schaffer  (3:1)
Schaffer  (4:1)
Schaffer  (5:1)
Schaffer  82' (6:1)		 Summary  (2:1) Quinclet Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Herren (Basel)
20 June 1920 End of season Zürich 1 – 2 Basel Utogrund, Zürich
Sturzenegger  (1:2) Summary  (0:1) Schaffer
 (0:2) Schaffer		 Referee: László Balint (Zürich)
4 July 1920 End of season Basel 2 – 1 Ferencvárosi TC Landhof, Basel
16:00 Dietrich  61' (1:1)
Wüthrich  71' (2:1)		 Summary  44' (0:1) Toth Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Jacques Hirrle (Basel)
11 July 1920 End of season Basel 1 – 3 MTK Budapest Landhof, Basel
16:00  (pen. 1:1) Summary  19' (0:1) Winkler
Kuhn  (o.g. 1:2)
 (1:3) Winkler		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Jacques Hirrle (Basel)
18 July 1920 End of season Basel 1 – 3 Wiener Amateur Sportverein Landhof, Basel
16:30 Nemes  (1:3) Summary  (0:1) Konrad (II)
 (o.g. 0:2)
 76' (0:3) Hansl		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: László Balint (Zürich)

Serie A
Main article: 1919–20 Swiss Serie A

Central Group results
28 September 1919 Round 1 Basel 2 – 2 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Dietz (I)  47' (1:0)
Wüthrich  52' (2:0)		 Summary  (2:1) Funk (I)
 88' (2:2) Funk (II)		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Wieland Zürich
12 October 1919 Round 2 Aarau 3 – 0 Basel Schachen, Aarau
15:00 Tanner  20' (1:0)
Tanner  (2:0)
Brändl  89' (pen. 3:0)		 Summary Referee: Fricker Zürich
19 October 1919 Round 3 Basel 3 – 0 Old Boys Landhof, Basel
15:20 Wüthrich  20' (1:0)
Wüthrich  55' (2:0)
Lott (I)  59' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Gachnang Zürich
26 October 1919 Round 4 Nordstern Basel 0 – 1 Basel Margarethenwiese, Basel
15:00 Summary  50' (0:1) Dietz (II) Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Stutz Basel
9 November1919 Round 5 Basel 3 – 2 Luzern Landhof, Basel
14:45 Kuhn  53' (pen. 1:1)
Wüthrich  58' (2:1)
Dietz (II)  63' (3:1)		 Summary  (0:1) Ulrich
 (3:2) Halter		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Fricker Zürich
7 December 1919 Round 6 FC Bern 1 – 1 Basel Kirchenfeld, Bern
15:00 Küng  (1:0) Summary  88' (1:1) Wüthrich Referee: Reich Winterthur
14 December 1919 Round 7 Old Boys 2 – 1 Basel Margarethenwiese, Basel
14:30 Lüscher I  57' (1:1)
Lüscher I  (2:1)		 Summary  10' (1:10) Wüthrich Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Weber Gustav St. Gallen
21 December 1919 Round 8 Basel 3 – 2 Aarau Landhof, Basel
14:35 Dietz (II)  (1:1)
Dietz (II)  (2:1)
Albicker (I)  79' (3:2)		 Summary  20' (0:1) von Arx II}
 75' (2:2)		 Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Stutz Basel
25 January 1920 Round 9 Basel 6 – 1 FC Bern Landhof, Basel
14:30 Dietz (II)  (1:1)
Wüthrich  (2:1)
Bielser  (3:1)
Berlincourt  (o.g. 4:1)
Wüthrich  (5:1)
Dietz (I)  (6:1)		 Summary  12' (0:1) Weiss Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Gachnang Zürich
8 February 1920 Round 10 Luzern 2 – 2 Basel Tribschen, Luzern
Sormani  20' (1:1)
Tobler  82' (2:2)		 Summary  10' (0:1) Dietz (I)
 60' (1:1)		 Referee: Fricker Zürich
29 February 1920 Round 11 Basel 1 – 2 Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
15:00 Wüthrich  (1:2) Summary  (0:1) Berret
 (0:2) Berret		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Reich Winterthur
7 March 1920 Round 12 Biel-Bienne 0 – 3 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
Summary  (0:1)  (0:2)  (0:3) Attendance: 800
21 March 1920 Round 13 Young Boys 3 – 3 Basel Kasernenmatte, Bern
15:00 Fässler  30' (1:0)
Dasen (II)  28' (2:0)
Funk (II)  (3:1)		 Summary  (pen. 2:1) Kuhn
 (3:2) Zorzotti
 (3:3) Albicker (I)		 Referee: Wieland Zürich
28 March 1920 Round 14 Basel 3 – 0 FF Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
Summary

FC Biel-Bienne declared Forfait. As a replacement, a friendly match against Winterthur took place on the same date.

Central Group league table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Young Boys Bern 14 12 2 0 41 13 +28 26 Advance to finals
2 Basel 14 7 4 3 32 20 +12 18
3 Aarau 14 6 4 4 24 14 +10 16
4 Nordstern Basel 14 7 2 5 21 18 +3 16
5 Old Boys 14 5 2 7 19 30 −11 12
6 Luzern 14 4 3 7 18 28 −10 11
7 FC Bern 14 4 1 9 19 30 −11 9
8 Biel-Bienne 14 1 2 11 15 36 −21 4 No relegation this year[4]
Source: rsssf.com

See also

References
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  2. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". "Alfréd Schaffer – FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 16 November 2020.
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