1913–14 FC Basel season

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FC Basel
1913–14 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Karl Ibach until 25 September 1913
Carl Albert Hintermann from 25 September 1913
First team coachPercy Humphreys
GroundLandhof, Basel
Serie AGroup Stage: 2nd
Top goalscorerChristian Albicker (12)

The FC Basel 1913–14 season was their twenty-first season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. The club's chairman was Karl Ibach, but he stood down at the AGM on 25 September 1913. From that date Carl Albert Hintermann took over as club president. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Basel-Wettstein in Kleinbasel, Basel.

Overview[]

The Englishman Percy Humphreys was the first professional trainer that the club FC Basel had ever employed. Under club chairman Karl Ibach, Humphreys signed his contract and began his duties on 1 April 1913. He had previously been head-coach for Hartlepool United in the English North Eastern League. Prior to Humphreys, it had always been the team captain who had taken over the function of the trainer.

Basel played 32 matches in their 1913–14 season. 14 of these matches were in the domestic league and 18 were friendly games. Six of these were home games, played in the Landhof, one other home game was played on the Margarethenwiese in Basel, five others were away games in Switzerland and five games were played abroad. Basel played seven matches against German teams, one against the English team Bradford City and the other ten opponents were Swiss. Of these friendlies 10 were won and 8 ended with a defeat. In these 18 games Basel scored a total of 57 goals and conceded 47.[1]

The Swiss Serie A 1913–14 was divided into three regional groups, East, Central and West. Basel were allocated to the Central group together with local rivals Old Boys and Nordstern Basel. The other teams playing in the Central group were Young Boys, FC La Chaux-de-Fonds, Étoile-Sporting FC La Chaux-de-Fonds, FC Bern and Biel-Bienne. Basel started well into the championship winning seven of the first eight games, the first four games straight off. After the new year break things turned against them and they were defeated three times. Basel lost contact to the Young Boys at the top of the table and ended the season in joint second position with FC Bern, they were three points behind the group winners. In their 14 games Basel scored 63 goals and conceded 33. The two highest scoring games were both played against FC La Chaux-de-Fonds. Basel won the home game 11–4 and the away game 10–1.[2]

The Young Boys continued to the finals against Cantonal Neuchatel and Aarau, who eventually won the championship in the Finals. Last place in the group bottom was Old Boys, who therefore entered the play-off round against relegation, in which they were successful.[3]

The Anglo-Cup was not played in this year and so, Basel could not defend the title that they had obtained the year before. But memories of this cup win soon faded anyway, because in fact the competition was discontinued completely due to World War I.[4]

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 Switzerland  SUI Fridolin Wenger
— DF Switzerland  SUI Paul Bettex
— DF Switzerland  SUI Hermann Moll
— DF Switzerland  SUI Peter Riesterer
— MF Switzerland  SUI Fritz Albicker (II)
— MF Switzerland  SUI Wilhelm 'Willy' Geisser
— MF Germany GER Josef Goldschmidt
— MF Switzerland  SUI Ernst Gossweiler
— MF Switzerland  SUI Emil Hasler
— MF Switzerland  SUI Ernst Kaltenbach
— MF Switzerland  SUI Otto Kuhn
— MF Switzerland  SUI Emil Schreyer
— FW Switzerland  SUI Fritz Aeppli
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Switzerland  SUI Christian Albicker (I)
— FW   Rudolf Bredschneider
— FW England ENG Percy Humphreys
— FW   Carl Schloz
— FW Switzerland  SUI Karl Wunderle
—   Roger Breithaupt
—   Walter Flück
—   Max Glenck
— GK   Emil Fehr
— GK  
— GK   Schaltenbrand
—   ? Gossweiler
—   ? Hack
—   ? Rittel

Results[]

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Friendly matches[]

Pre- and mid-season[]

24 August 1913 Pre-season Freiburger FC Germany 2–4 Switzerland Basel Feldberg
Goal Goal Summary Goal Goal Goal Goal
30 August 1913 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 2–0 Germany Stuttgarter Kickers Landhof, Basel
Schreyer Goal
Albicker Goal		 Summary Referee: Switzerland Louis Riesterer
14 September 1913 Pre-season St. Gallen Switzerland 3–2 Switzerland Basel St. Gallen
Leissing Goal (1:1)
Neumeyer Goal (2:1)
Ehrbar Goal (pen. 3:1)		 Summary Goal (0:1)
Goal (3:2) Humphreys
28 September 1913 Pre-season Servette Switzerland 0–4 Switzerland Basel Parc des Sports, Geneva
14:30 Summary Goal Goal Goal Goal
16 November 1913 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 3–0 Germany Freiburger FC Landhof, Basel
15:00 Goal Goal Goal Summary

Winter break to end of season[]

14 December 1913 Winter break Equipe Romande Basel Switzerland 1–6 Switzerland Basel Basel
Goal Summary Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal
26 December 1913 Winter break Karlsruher FV Germany 4–7 Basel Karlsruhe
Goal (1:2)
Goal (2:2)
Goal (pen. 3:3)
Fuchs Goal (4:4)		 Summary Goal 3' (0:1)
Goal (0:2)
Goal (2:3)
Goal (3:4) Aeppli
Goal (4:5) Aeppli
Goal (4:6)
Goal (4:7)
11 January 1914 Mid-season Freiburger FC Germany 3–6 Switzerland Basel Freiburg im Breisgau
Diemer Goal
Walch Goal
Nägele Goal		 Summary Goal
Goal
Goal
Goal
Goal
Goal		 Referee: Germany Ehret
Germany H. Banzhaf
1 February 1914 Mid-season Baden Switzerland 4–5 Switzerland Basel Baden
Goal Goal Goal Goal Summary Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Attendance: 300
8 March 1914 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 2–3 Switzerland Concordia Basel Landhof, Basel
10:30 Moll Goal 30' (pen. 1:0)
Moll Goal 75' (pen. 2:1)		 Summary Goal (1:1) Schürch
Goal (pen. 2:2) Ferralli II
Goal 90' Ferralli II
5 April 1914 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 0–5 Switzerland Cantonal Landhof, Basel
Summary Goal 10' (0:1)
Goal (0:2)
Goal 30' (0:3)
Goal 85' (0:4)
Goal 90' (0:5)
11 April 1914 Mid-season MTV München 1879 Germany 6–1 Switzerland Basel Munich
Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Summary Goal
12 April 1914 Mid-season Bayern Munich Germany 4–1 Switzerland Basel Munich
Goal Goal Goal Goal Summary Goal
26 April 1914 Mid-season Young Fellows Zürich Switzerland 3–0 Switzerland Basel Hardturm, Zürich
Schaltenbrand Goal
Wintsch Goal
Schaltenbrand Goal		 Summary Attendance: 1,500
10 May 1911 End of season Basel Switzerland 2–4 England Bradford City Landhof, Basel
15:10 Bredschneider Goal 76' (1:4)
Albicker Goal 78' (2:4)		 Summary Goal 10' (0:1) Slaer
Goal 20' (0:2) Bond
Goal 63' (0:3) Currie
Goal 70' (o.g. 0:4) Goldschmidt		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Louis Riesterer
17 May 1914 End of season Basel Switzerland 7–0 Switzerland Baden Landhof, Basel
Schreyer Goal (1:0)
Goal (2:0)
Aeppli Goal (3:0)
Goal (4:0)
Aeppli Goal (5:0)
Hasler Goal (6:0)
Goal 80' (7:0)		 Summary
24 May 1914 End of season Cantonal Switzerland 2–5 Switzerland Basel Colombier, Neuchâtel
Goal Goal Summary Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal
7 June 1914 End of season Basel Switzerland 0–3 Switzerland Young Fellows Zürich Margarethenwiese, Basel
17:00 Switzerland Summary Goal (0:1) Schaltenbrand
Goal (0:2) Schaltenbrand
Goal (0:3) Leiber II

Serie A[]

Main article: 1913–14 Swiss Serie A

Central group results[]

5 October 1913 Round 1 Basel 11–4 La Chaux-de-Fonds Landhof, Basel
15:00 Goal (1:3)
Goal (2:3)
Goal (3:3)
Goal (4:3)
Goal (5:3)
Goal (6:3)
Goal (7:3)
Goal (8:3)
Goal (9:3)
Goal (10:3)
Goal (11:3)		 Summary Goal (0:1)
Goal (0:2)
Goal (0:3)
Goal (pen. 11:4) Haudenschild		 Referee: Switzerland Etzensberger Etoile La Chaux-de-Fonds
12 October 1913 Round 2 Biel-Bienne 2–4 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
14:45 Fallet Goal 25' (1:1)
Grupp Goal 73' (2:3)		 Summary Goal 15' (0:1)
Goal 60' (1:2)
Goal 61' (1:3)
Goal 73' (2:4)		 Referee: Switzerland Dondelinger
19 October 1913 Round 3 Étoile-Sporting 1–5 Basel La Chaux-de-Fonds
14:35 Wyss (I) Goal 35' (1:3) Summary Goal 4' (0:1) Albicker (I)
Goal 9' (0:2) Albicker (I)
Goal 25' (0:3) Albicker (I)
Goal (1:4) Schreyer
Goal (1:5) Aeppli		 Referee: Switzerland Otto Eicher Young Boys
9 November 1913 Round 4 Nordstern Basel 5–7 Basel Basel
15:00 Bollinger Goal 11' (1:0)
Wüthrich Goal (2:2)
Bollinger Goal (pen. 3:4)
Bollinger Goal (4:7)
Bollinger Goal (5:7)		 Summary Goal 5' (1:1) Aeppli
Goal (1:2) Wunderle
Goal (2:3) Schreyer
Goal (2:4) Aeppli
Goal (3:5) Albicker (I)
Goal 51' (2:6) Schreyer
Goal (3:7) Aeppli		 Referee: Switzerland H. Allemann Zürich
23 November 1913 Round 5 Basel 1–2 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
14:30 Schreyer Goal 61' (1:2) Summary Goal 15' (0:1) Funk (II)
Goal 42' (0:2) Bommer		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Willy Beuttner Zürich
30 November 1913 Round 6 Old Boys 2–7 Basel Basel
15:00 Grunauer Goal 29' (1:1)
Higelin Goal (pen. 2:7)		 Summary Goal 12' (0:1) Albicker (I)
Goal 35' (pen. 1:2) Moll
Goal 43' Albicker (I)
Goal 48' (1:4) Aeppli
Goal 50' (pen. 1:5) Albicker (I)
Goal 64' (1:6) Albicker (I)
Goal (1:7) Bredschneider		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland H. Grisch Young Fellows Zürich
7 December 1913 Round 7 Basel 7–1 FC Bern Landhof, Basel
15:00 Albicker (I) Goal (1:0)
Wunderle Goal (2:0)
Albicker (I) Goal (pen. 3:0)
Goal (4:1)
Goal (5:1)
Goal (6:1)
Goal (7:1) Bredschneider		 Summary Goal (3:1) Beuchat Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Switzerland Allemann Zürich
4 January 1914 Round 8 Basel 4–1 Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
14:30 Moll Goal (pen. 1:0)
Schreyer Goal (2:0)
Kaltenbach Goal (3:0)
Bredschneider Goal (4:1)		 Summary Goal (3:1) Haas Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Switzerland H. Grisch Young Fellows Zürich
15 February 1914 Round 9 Young Boys 5–0 Basel Bern
Dasen Goal 2' (1:0)
Funk (II) Goal 5' (2:0)
Reber Goal 15' (3:0)
Dasen Goal 40' (4:0)
Dasen Goal 80' (5:0)		 Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Sandoz Lausanne-Sport
22 February 1914 Round 10 Basel 2–4 Étoile-Sporting Landhof, Basel
15:00 Albicker (I) Goal (1:2)
Albicker (I) Goal (2:2)		 Summary Goal 10' (0:1) Perrenoud
Goal 30' (0:2) Hirschi
Goal (2:3) Wyss (I)
Goal (2:4) Wyss (II)		 Referee: Switzerland Hans Koblet Winterthur
1 March 1914 Round 11 Basel 2–1 Old Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Wunderle Goal 5' (1:0)
Aeppli Goal 27' (2:0)		 Summary Goal 49' (2:1) Merkt Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Weber St. Gallen
15 March 1914 Round 12 Basel 2–2 Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
15:00 Moll Goal (pen. 1:0)
Kaltenbach Goal (2:2)		 Summary Goal (1:1) Lehmann
Goal (1:2) Keller		 Referee: Switzerland Weber St. Gallen
22 March 1914 Round 13 FC Bern 2–0 Basel Kirchenfeld, Bern
Goal (1:0)
Wasserfallen Goal (2:0)		 Summary Referee: Switzerland
3 May 1914 Round 14 La Chaux-de-Fonds 1–10 Basel Parc des Sports, La Chaux-de-Fonds
14:30 Robert Vital Goal (1:3) Summary Goal 5' (0:1)
Goal (0:2)
Goal (0:3)
Goal (1:4)
Goal (1:5)
Goal (1:6)
Goal (1:7)
Goal (1:8)
Goal (1:9)
Goal (1:10)		 Referee: Switzerland

Central group league table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Young Boys 14 10 2 2 46 21 +25 22 Advance to finals
2 Basel 14 9 1 4 63 33 +30 19
3 FC Bern 14 9 1 4 40 32 +8 19
4 Étoile-Sporting 14 7 1 6 34 34 0 15
5 Biel-Bienne 14 5 2 7 33 34 −1 12
6 Nordstern Basel 14 5 1 8 29 34 −5 11
7 La Chaux-de-Fonds 14 3 2 9 26 57 −31 8
8 Old Boys 14 2 2 10 21 47 −26 6 To relegation play-off
Source: rsssf

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Test games 1913–14". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  2. ^ "Central Switzerland 1913–14". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  3. ^ Garin, Erik. "Switzerland 1913-1914". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  4. ^ Mike Gosteli, Christoph Kieslich (17 May 2013). "Der vergessene Cup-Sieg". The forgotten cup victory. TagesWoche. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

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