1899–1900 FC Basel season

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FC Basel
1899–1900 season
ChairmanCharlie Volderauer
(until 1899)
Ernst-Alfred Thalmann
(from 18 January 1900)
First team coachunknown
GroundLandhof, Basel

The FC Basel 1899–1900 season was their seventh season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. In this season they did not compete for the Swiss championship. The club's chairman was Charlie Volderauer, who was chairman between 1896 and 1900. He stood down at the AGM and Ernst-Alfred Thalmann was elected as the new club chairman. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof, in the Quarter Kleinbasel.

Overview[]

The first national championship in Switzerland took place in 1897–98. This championship 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 they did in the second edition during the last season.[1] Basel did not compete in the championship this season either. But they have participated in every season since.

Georges Fürstenberger was appointed as team captain by the club’s board of directors under chairman Charlie Volderauer. As captain Fürstenberger led the team trainings and was responsible for the line-ups. Basel played 16 friendly games in the season, six were won, two drawn and eight ended with a defeat. The team scored 31 goals, but only seven goal scorers are documented, and they conceded 37 goals.[2]

Eleven of these friendly games were played at home in the Landhof, five were played away. As in the previous season, all the friendly games were played against Swiss teams. Among the opponents were reigning Swiss champions Anglo-American Club Zürich and Basel won both the home game and the return match. They also played twice against Zürich, but both games ended with a defeat. Further there were two games against local rivals Old Boys and these were both lost as well. The two games against FC Concordia Zürich ended with a win at home but a defeat away. The two games against Biel-Bienne ended with a home defeat, but an away win.[3]

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 Switzerland  SUI Paul Hofer
— GK Switzerland  SUI Jules Fingerlin
— DF Switzerland  SUI Josy Ebinger
— DF Switzerland  SUI Daniel Hug
— MF Switzerland  SUI Alphonse Schorpp
— FW Switzerland  SUI Dr. Siegfried Pfeiffer
— FW Switzerland  SUI Emanuel Schiess
— FW Switzerland  SUI Hermann Schneider
— MF Switzerland  SUI Ernst-Alfred Thalmann I
— FW Switzerland  SUI Hans Billeter
— Switzerland  SUI Georges Fürstenberger (captain)
— Switzerland  SUI Gass I
No. Pos. Nation Player
— Switzerland  SUI Ernst Gass II
— France FRA Jules Gérard
— FW Switzerland  SUI Rudolf Gossweiler
— Switzerland  SUI Edmond Racle
— MF Switzerland  SUI Otto Reber
— FW Switzerland  SUI Karl Schneider
— Switzerland  SUI Rudolf Schwarz
— Switzerland  SUI Schweizer II
— Switzerland  SUI
— MF Switzerland  SUI R. Sommer
— MF Switzerland  SUI Stutz II
— Switzerland  SUI Paul Thalmann III
— Switzerland  SUI Max Zutt
Players who left the squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Switzerland  SUI Ferdinand Isler
— DF Switzerland  SUI Charles Volderauer
— FW   L. Montbaron
— Switzerland  SUI Louis Gürtler
No. Pos. Nation Player
— Switzerland  SUI
— Switzerland  SUI Rudolf Iselin
— Switzerland  SUI Rudolf La Roche
—  
— Switzerland  SUI

Results[]

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Forfait

Friendly matches[]

Early season[]

8 October 1899 Friendly Basel Switzerland 0–4 Switzerland FC Fortuna Zürich Landhof, Basel
Summary Goal (0:1)
Goal (0:2)
Goal (0:3)
Goal (0:4)
12 November 1899 Friendly Basel Switzerland 3–1 Switzerland FC Concordia Zürich Landhof, Basel
Goal
Goal
Goal		 Summary Goal
19 November 1899 Friendly Basel Switzerland 4–2 Switzerland Anglo-American Club Zürich Landhof, Basel
Goal
Goal
Goal
Goal		 Summary Goal
Goal
26 November 1899 Friendly Basel Switzerland 2–2 Switzerland FC Neuchâtel Landhof, Basel
Goal
Goal		 Summary Goal
Goal
3 December 1899 Friendly Zürich Switzerland 5–1 Switzerland Basel Zürich
Goal
Goal
Goal
Goal
Goal		 Summary Goal

Spring[]

21 January 1900 Friendly Old Boys Switzerland 3–1 Switzerland Basel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
Mory Goal 10' (1:1)
Schwarz Goal 75' (2:1)
Mory Goal 85' (3:1)		 Summary Goal 5' (0:1) Thalmann I Referee: Switzerland E. Engelke, (Anglo-American Club Zürich)
4 February 1900 Friendly Basel Switzerland 3–1 Switzerland FC Fortuna Basel Landhof, Basel
Goal
Goal
Goal		 Summary Goal
11 February 1900 Friendly Anglo-American Club Zürich Switzerland 2–3 Switzerland Basel Allmend Brunau, Zürich
15:45 Suarès (I) Goal 35' (1:0)
Suarès (I) Goal (2:3)		 Summary Goal (1:1)
Goal (1:2)
Goal (1:3)
18 February 1900 Friendly Basel Switzerland 0–1 Switzerland Old Boys Landhof, Basel
14:45 Summary Goal 50' (0:1) Schwarz Referee: Switzerland H. Studer, (Old Boys)
25 February 1900 Friendly Basel Switzerland 0–3 Switzerland FC Neuchâtel Landhof, Basel
14:30 Summary Goal (0:1) L. Billeter
Goal (0:2) Salvadé
Goal (0:3)		 Referee: Switzerland Joe C. Devick, (Old Boys)
11 March 1900 Friendly Basel Switzerland 0–2 Switzerland Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
Summary Goal (0:1) Frey
Goal (0:2) Hiltbrand		 Referee: Switzerland H. Banga, (Old Boys)
18 March 1900 Friendly Biel-Bienne Switzerland 0–2 Switzerland Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
Summary Goal (0:1)
Goal (0:2)		 Referee: Switzerland
Note: The game was abandoned 20 minutes before the end of the game due to two serious injuries in the FC Basel team.
1 April 1900 Friendly Basel Switzerland 6–0 Switzerland FC Kleinbasel Landhof, Basel
Goal (1:0)
Goal (2:0)
Goal (3:0)
Goal (4:0)
Goal (5:0)
Goal (6:0)		 Summary
15 April 1900 Friendly Basel Switzerland 4–5 Switzerland Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Pfeiffer Goal (1:0)
Schiess Goal (2:3)
Pfeiffer Goal (3:5)
H. Schneider Goal (4:5)		 Summary Goal (1:1)
Goal (1:2)
Goal (1:3)
Goal (2:4)
Goal (2:5)
22 April 1900 Friendly Basel Switzerland 1–1 Switzerland FC Fortuna Basel Landhof, Basel
Goal Summary Goal
6 May 1900 Friendly FC Concordia Zürich Switzerland 5–1 Switzerland Basel
Goal
Goal
Goal
Goal
Goal		 Summary Goal

References[]

  1. ^ gottfriedfuchs.blogspot.ch (2012). "FC Basel". gottfriedfuchs.blogspot.ch. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  2. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz 1899–1900". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  3. ^ "Test games 1899–1900". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

Sources[]

  • Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2027-6
  • Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
  • FCB squad 1899-1900 at fcb-archiv.ch

(NB: Despite all efforts, the editors of these books and the authors in "Basler Fussballarchiv" have failed to be able to identify all the players, their date and place of birth or date and place of death, who played in the games during the early years of FC Basel. Much documentation for this season is missing, most goal scorers remain unknown.)

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