1916–17 FC Basel season

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FC Basel
1916–17 season
ChairmanSwitzerland
First team coachPeter Riesterer
(as team captain)
GroundLandhof, Basel
Serie AGroup Stage: Second
Top goalscorerLeague: Karl Wüthrich (6)
All: Karl Wüthrich (12)
Average home league attendancen/a

The FC Basel 1916–17 season was their twenty-fourth season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. The club's chairman was . FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel.

Overview[]

Peter Riesterer was team captain and as captain he led the trainings and was responsible for the line-ups. Basel played a total of 28 matches in the 1916–17 season. 12 of these were in the domestic league and 16 were friendly matches. Of these friendlies eight were won, three were drawn and five ended in a defeat. There were three home fixtures played in the Landhof and 13 away games. Over the Christmas, New Year period the team were taken to a training camp in Barcelona. On Christmas eve and on boxing day they played to friendlies against Barcelona. The first game ended in a defeat and the second was one. Two days later Basel played a friendly in same stadium, Camp de la Indústria, against La Chaux-de-Fonds and they were able to win this game too. On New Year's Eve and on New Year's Day Basel played two friendlies against local club Terrassa. Tarrassa were Serie B champions and played with five loaned first-class players. The first game was drawn and Basel won the second. Four of these friendly matches were played in the so called Basel championship against the two other local teams Old Boys and Nordstern Basel. Due to the early date of the new season, the three teams decided to play the return matches of the Championship all on one day as a tournament and played shortened games, two halves each with just 30 minutes. FC Basel won the Championship.[1]

The domestic league, Swiss Serie A 1916–17, was divided into three regional groups, an east, a entral and a west group. There were eight teams in the east and the west group, but only seven in the central group. Basel and the two other local teams were allocated to the Central group. The other teams playing in the Central group were FC Bern, Young Boys Bern, Biel-Bienne and Aarau. Basel played a good season, suffering only two defeats. Looking at things from the local point of view, Basel took three point from the two games against Old Boys and won both of their games against Nordstern Basel. Nordstern were in last position in the league table, but during the period of World War I there was not relegation/promotion between the Serie A and Serie B. Basel ended the season in second position with 15 points. In their 12 games Basel scored 31 goals and conceded 20. Karl Wüthrich was the team's best goal scorer, netting six times in 11 games.[2]

The Young Boys won the central group and continued to the finals. Here they played against La Chaux-de-Fonds and VFC Winterthur-Veltheim. Winterthur won both games in the finals and won the championship title.[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 Switzerland  SUI Arthur Fahr
— DF Switzerland  SUI Emil Ganter
— DF Switzerland  SUI Hermann Moll
— DF Switzerland  SUI Peter Riesterer
— DF Switzerland  SUI Anton Rittel (I)
— MF Switzerland  SUI Fritz Albicker (II)
— MF Switzerland  SUI Wilhelm Geisser
— MF Switzerland  SUI Emil Hasler
— MF Switzerland  SUI Ernst Kaltenbach
— MF Switzerland  SUI Jakob Känzig
— MF Switzerland  SUI Otto Kuhn
— MF Switzerland  SUI Fritz Raas
— FW Switzerland  SUI Christian Albicker (I)
— FW Switzerland  SUI Karl Bielser
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Switzerland  SUI Rudolf Bredschneider
— FW Switzerland  SUI Ernst Rittel (II)
— FW Switzerland  SUI Carl Schloz
— FW Switzerland  SUI Karl Wüthrich
— FW   Valentin von der Mühll
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— Switzerland  SUI
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— Switzerland  SUI Jules Lotter
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Results[]

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches[]

Pre- and mid-season[]

10 September 1916 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 2–2 Switzerland Regiment 22 Landhof, Basel
15:00 Wüthrich Goal 20' (1:0)
Kuhn Goal (2:0)		 Summary Goal
Goal		 Referee: Switzerland Riesterer FC Basel
1 October 1916 Pre-season Montriond Lausanne Switzerland 2–0 Switzerland Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
15:00 Inäbnit Goal 35' (1:0)
Gottofrey Goal (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 800
Referee: Switzerland Jacques (Montriond-Sports)
26 November 1916 Mid-season Old Boys Switzerland 5–2 Switzerland Basel Margarethenwiese, Basel
15:00 Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Summary Goal Goal Referee: Switzerland

Winter break to end of season[]

24 December 1916 Winter break Barcelona Spain 3–1 Switzerland Basel Camp de la Indústria, Barcelona
15:00 Garchitorena Goal (1:0)
Garchitorena Goal (2:0)
Goal (3:1)		 Summary Goal Haas Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Spain Francisco Brú
26 December 1916 Winter break Barcelona Spain 1–3 Switzerland Basel Camp de la Indústria, Barcelona
15:00 Garchitorena Goal (1:0) Summary Goal (1:1) Wüthrich
Goal (1:2) Albicker (I)
Goal (1:3) Wüthrich		 Referee: Spain Hamilton
28 December 1916 Winter break La Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland 1–2 Switzerland Basel Camp de la Indústria, Barcelona
14:45 Goal Summary Goal Goal Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Spain Francisco Brú
31 December 1916 Winter break Terrassa Spain 1–1 Switzerland Basel Terrassa
Torrella Goal (1:0) Summary Goal 89' (1:1) Kaltenbach
1 January 1917 Winter break Terrassa Spain 3–4 Switzerland Basel Terrassa
Goal (1:0)
Goal (2:4)
Goal (3:4)		 Summary Goal (1:1)
Goal (1:2)
Goal (1:3)
Goal (1:4)
8 April 1917 Mid-season Zürich Switzerland 3–4 Switzerland Basel Utogrund, Zürich
Goal Goal Goal Summary Goal Goal Goal Goal Referee: Switzerland Peterhans
20 May 1917 End-of-season Basel Switzerland 0–1 Switzerland Winterthur Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary Goal Referee: Switzerland Ollmann (Concordia Basel)
2 June 1917 Basel championship Nordstern Basel Switzerland 3–3 Switzerland Basel Margarethenwiese, Basel
18:00 Chollet Goal (pen. 1:1)
Gaus Goal (2:1)
Bollinger Goal (3:3)		 Summary Goal 6' (0:1) Albicker (I)
Goal 45' (2:2) Kuhn
Goal 50' (2:3)		 Referee: Switzerland Wenger, (Old Boys)
11 June 1917 Semi-Final
Ostschweizerisches Turnier		 Young Fellows Zürich Switzerland 1–5 Switzerland Basel Zürich
Goal (1:4) Summary Goal (0:1)
Goal (0:2)
Goal (0:3)
Goal (0:4)
Goal (1:5) Kaltenbach
11 June 1917 Final
Ostschweizerisches Turnier		 Blue Stars Zürich Switzerland 1–0 Switzerland Basel Zürich
Goal (1:0) Summary Penalty missed Kaltenbach
17 June 1917 Basel championship Basel Switzerland 4–2 Switzerland Old Boys Landhof, Basel
17:00 Kaltenbach Goal (1:0)
Wüthrich Goal (2:0)
Albicker (I) Goal (3:0)
Moll Goal (pen. 4:1)		 Summary Goal (3:1) Danzeisen (I)
Goal (4:2) Danzeisen (I)
1 July 1917 Basel championship Basel Switzerland 2–0 Switzerland Nordstern Basel Margarethenwiese, Basel
16:15 Schloz Goal 10' (1:0)
Kaltenbach Goal 20' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 1,000
Note: Due to the advanced season, the 3 participating clubs decided to hold this tournament in one day, the games lasted 2 x 30 minutes.
1 July 1917 Basel championship Old Boys Switzerland 1–4 Switzerland Basel Margarethenwiese, Basel
17:00 Dürr Goal 27' (pen. 1:2) Summary Goal 9' (o.g. 0:1) Monta
Goal (0:2) Wüthrich
Goal 46' (1:3) Schloz
Goal 53' (pen. 1:4) Wüthrich		 Attendance: 1,000
Note: Due to the advanced season, the 3 participating clubs decided to hold this tournament in one day, the games lasted 2 x 30 minutes.

Serie A[]

Main article: 1916–17 Swiss Serie A

Central group results[]

8 October 1916 Round 1 Biel-Bienne 4–3 Basel Bern
Hugi Goal 53' (1:1)
Hugi Goal (2:1)
Goal (3:2)
Grupp Goal 83' (4:3)		 Summary Goal 44' (0:1) Lotter
Goal (pen. 2:2)
Goal (3:3) Bredschneider		 Referee: Switzerland A. Sandoz Lausanne
15 October 1916 Round 2 Basel 3–3 FC Bern Landhof, Basel
15:00 Kuhn Goal 12' (1:0)
Wüthrich Goal 35' (2:0)
Moll Goal (pen. 3:3)		 Summary Goal 38' (o.g. 2:1) Moll
Goal (2:2)
Goal (2:3) Schmiedlin		 Referee: Switzerland John Forster La Chaux-de-Fonds
29 October 1916 Round 3 Basel 6–2 Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
15:00 Moll Goal 1' (pen. 1:0)
Wüthrich Goal 10' (2:0)
Ganter Goal 23' (3:2)
Albicker (I) Goal (4:2)
Albicker (I) Goal (5:2)
Ganter Goal 89' (6:2)		 Summary Goal 17' (2:1) Bollinger
Goal 22' (2:0) Bollinger		 Referee: Switzerland Weber
5 November 1916 Round 4 Aarau 0–4 Basel Aarau
Summary Goal 49' (0:1) Albicker (I)
Goal 52' (0:2)
Goal
Goal		 Referee: Switzerland Jacques Reich VFC Winterthur-Veltheim
12 November 1916 Round 5 Basel 0–0 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Stutz
17 December 1916 Round 6 Old Boys 0–4 Basel Margarethenwiese, Basel
15:00 Penalty missed
Penalty missed		 Summary Wüthrich Goal 35' (0:1)
Wüthrich Goal 40' (0:2)
Riesterer Goal (pen. 0:3)
Wüthrich Goal 75' (0:4)		 Referee: Switzerland Weber
25 February 1917 Round 7 Nordstern Basel 1–2 Basel Staldenrain, Riehen
15:00 Afflerbach Goal 12' (1:0) Summary Goal (o.g. 1:1) Solberger
Goal 29' (1:2) Wüthrich		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Switzerland John Forster La Chaux-de-Fonds
25 March 1917 Round 8 Young Boys 6–1 Basel Spitalacker, Bern
15:00 Hubbard Goal (1:0)
Funk (II)Goal (2:0)
Klopfenstein Goal 7' (3:0)
Funk (I) Goal 35' (4:0)
Hubbard Goal (5:0)
Klopfenstein Goal (6:1)		 Summary Goal (5:1) Referee: Switzerland Reich Winterthur
1 April 1917 Round 9 Basel 0–0 Aarau Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary Referee: Switzerland Willy Beuttner FC Zürich
15 April 1917 Round 10 Basel 7–3 Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
15:00 Goal (1:2)
Goal (2:2)
Goal (3:2)
Goal (4:2)
Goal (5:3)
Goal (6:3)
Goal (7:3)		 Summary Goal (0:1) Grupp
Goal (0:2)
Goal (4:3)		 Referee: Switzerland Reich Winterthur
22 April 1917 Round 11 FC Bern 1–1 Basel Kirchenfeld, Bern
15:00 Orth Goal (1:0) Summary Goal (1:1) Albicker (I) Referee: Switzerland Ch. Kult-Reynaud Genève
6 May 1917 Round 12 Basel 0–0 Old Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Riesterer Penalty missed Summary Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Ammann Cantonal Neuchatel

Central group league table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Young Boys 12 8 2 2 31 15 +16 18 Advance to finals
2 Basel 12 5 5 2 31 20 +11 15
3 Aarau 12 5 3 4 23 21 +2 13
4 Biel-Bienne 12 6 0 6 37 45 −8 12
5 Old Boys 12 5 1 6 19 20 −1 11
6 FC Bern 12 3 4 5 23 27 −4 10
7 Nordstern Basel 12 2 1 9 22 38 −16 5
Source: rsssf.com

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Test games 1916–17". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  2. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Rangliste Serie A - Zentralschweiz". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  3. ^ Erik Garin. "Serie A 1916/17". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

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