1919–20 FC Basel season

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FC Basel
1919–20 season
ChairmanSwitzerland
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

The FC Basel 1919–20 season was their twentyseventh 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[]

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

Results[]

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches[]

Pre- and mid-season[]

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

Winter break to end of season[]

25 December 1919 Winter break Genoa C.F.C. Italy 4–0 Switzerland Basel Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
12:00 Goal (1:0)
Goal (2:0)
Goal (3:0)
Goal (4:0)		 Summary Attendance: 12,000
26 December 1919 Winter break SG Andrea Doria Italy 1–3 Switzerland Basel Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
15:00 Goal (1:2) Summary Goal (0:1) Dietz (II)
Goal (0:2) Bielser
Goal (1:3) Dietz (I)
27 December 1919 Winter break US Biellese Italy 2–3 Switzerland Basel Stadio Comunale, Biella
15:00 Goal (1:0)
Goal (2:0)		 Summary Goal (2:1) Kuhn
Goal (2:2) Kuhn
Goal (2:3) Kuhn
1 January 1920 Winter break Basel Switzerland 0–1 Austria Rapid Wien Landhof, Basel
14:30 Summary Goal (0:1) Kuthan Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Schmid (Basel)
22 February 1920 Mid-season Vgt FC Winterthur-Veltheim Switzerland 3–1 Switzerland Basel Winterthur
14:45 Kuhn Goal (1:1)
Weilenmann Goal (2:1)
Weilenmann Goal (3:1)		 Summary Goal (0:1) Wüthrich Referee: Switzerland Müller (Winterthur)
28 March 1920 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 1–1 Switzerland Vgt FC Winterthur-Veltheim Landhof, Basel
15:00 Kuhn Goal 10' (1:0) Summary Goal (1:1) Frankenfeld Referee: Switzerland
3 April 1920 End of season Basel Switzerland 3–0 Germany Victoria Hamburg Landhof, Basel
16:30 Kuhn Goal 6' (pen. 1:0)
Wüthrich Goal 27' (2:0)
Schaffer Goal 71' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Schenker (Basel)
5 April 1920 End of season Basel Switzerland 3–0 Belgium Royal Charleroi SC Landhof, Basel
15:00 Schaffer Goal (1:0)
Goal (o.g. 2:0)
Schaffer Goal (3:0)		 Summary Referee: Switzerland Schenker (Basel)
11 April 1920 End of season Basel Switzerland 1–3 Belgium Royale Union Saint-Gilloise Landhof, Basel
16:00 Kaltenbach Goal (1:3) Summary Goal 34' (0:1) Vergeylen
Goal 51' (0:2) Much
Goal 75' (0:3) Thys		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Stutz (Luzern)
2 May 1920 End of season Basel Switzerland 1–0 Switzerland Old Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Schaffer Goal 80' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Hungary László Balint (Zürich)
9 May 1920 End of season FC Bern Switzerland 4–3 Switzerland Basel Kirchenfeld, Bern
15:00 Quinclet Goal (1:0)
Galli Goal (2:0)
Brand Goal (3:2)
Galli Goal (4:2)		 Summary Goal (2:1) Kaltenbach
Goal (2:2)
Goal (4:3)		 Attendance: 1,500
13 May 1920 End of season Nordstern Basel Switzerland 0–4 Switzerland Basel Margarethenwiese, Basel
15:00 Summary Goal 17' (0:1) Schaffer
Goal 65' (0:2) Müller
Goal 77' (0:3) Schaffer
Goal 89' (0:4) Müller		 Attendance: 700
Referee: Switzerland Riesterer (Basel)
30 May 1920 End of season Basel Switzerland 3–0 Switzerland Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Schaffer Goal 2' (1:0)
Müller Goal (2:0)
Müller Goal (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 800
Referee: Hungary László Balint (Zürich)
6 June 1920 End of season Basel Switzerland 4–0 Switzerland Étoile-Sporting Landhof, Basel
15:00 Schaffer Goal 5' (1:0)
Schaffer Goal 56' (2:0)
Schaffer Goal 60' (3:0)
Wüthrich Goal 86' (4:0)		 Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Herren (Basel)
8 June 1920 End of season Basel Switzerland 4–0 Hungary Budapesti EAC Landhof, Basel
18:30 Ibach Goal 20' (1:0)
Dietrich Goal 59' (2:0)
Schaffer Goal 65' (3:0)
Wüthrich Goal (4:0)		 Summary Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Hungary László Balint (Zürich)
13 June 1920 End of season Basel Switzerland 6–1 Switzerland FC Bern Landhof, Basel
15:00 Wüthrich Goal 17' (1:0)
Schaffer Goal 33' (2:0)
Schaffer Goal (3:1)
Schaffer Goal (4:1)
Schaffer Goal (5:1)
Schaffer Goal 82' (6:1)		 Summary Goal (2:1) Quinclet Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Switzerland Herren (Basel)
20 June 1920 End of season Zürich Switzerland 1–2 Switzerland Basel Utogrund, Zürich
Sturzenegger Goal (1:2) Summary Goal (0:1) Schaffer
Goal (0:2) Schaffer		 Referee: Hungary László Balint (Zürich)
4 July 1920 End of season Basel Switzerland 2–1 Turkey Ferencvárosi TC Landhof, Basel
16:00 Dietrich Goal 61' (1:1)
Wüthrich Goal 71' (2:1)		 Summary Goal 44' (0:1) Toth Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland Jacques Hirrle (Basel)
11 July 1920 End of season Basel Switzerland 1–3 Hungary MTK Budapest Landhof, Basel
16:00 Goal (pen. 1:1) Summary Goal 19' (0:1) Winkler
Kuhn Goal (o.g. 1:2)
Goal (1:3) Winkler		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Jacques Hirrle (Basel)
18 July 1920 End of season Basel Switzerland 1–3 Austria Wiener Amateur Sportverein Landhof, Basel
16:30 Nemes Goal (1:3) Summary Goal (0:1) Konrad (II)
Goal (o.g. 0:2)
Goal 76' (0:3) Hansl		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Hungary 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) Goal 47' (1:0)
Wüthrich Goal 52' (2:0)		 Summary Goal (2:1) Funk (I)
Goal 88' (2:2) Funk (II)		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Wieland Zürich
12 October 1919 Round 2 Aarau 3–0 Basel Schachen, Aarau
15:00 Tanner Goal 20' (1:0)
Tanner Goal (2:0)
Brändl Goal 89' (pen. 3:0)		 Summary Referee: Switzerland Fricker Zürich
19 October 1919 Round 3 Basel 3–0 Old Boys Landhof, Basel
15:20 Wüthrich Goal 20' (1:0)
Wüthrich Goal 55' (2:0)
Lott (I) Goal 59' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Gachnang Zürich
26 October 1919 Round 4 Nordstern Basel 0–1 Basel Margarethenwiese, Basel
15:00 Summary Goal 50' (0:1) Dietz (II) Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Stutz Basel
9 November1919 Round 5 Basel 3–2 Luzern Landhof, Basel
14:45 Kuhn Goal 53' (pen. 1:1)
Wüthrich Goal 58' (2:1)
Dietz (II) Goal 63' (3:1)		 Summary Goal (0:1) Ulrich
Goal (3:2) Halter		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Fricker Zürich
7 December 1919 Round 6 FC Bern 1–1 Basel Kirchenfeld, Bern
15:00 Küng Goal (1:0) Summary Goal 88' (1:1) Wüthrich Referee: Switzerland Reich Winterthur
14 December 1919 Round 7 Old Boys 2–1 Basel Margarethenwiese, Basel
14:30 Lüscher I Goal 57' (1:1)
Lüscher I Goal (2:1)		 Summary Goal 10' (1:10) Wüthrich Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Switzerland Weber Gustav St. Gallen
21 December 1919 Round 8 Basel 3–2 Aarau Landhof, Basel
14:35 Dietz (II) Goal (1:1)
Dietz (II) Goal (2:1)
Albicker (I) Goal 79' (3:2)		 Summary Goal 20' (0:1) von Arx II}
Goal 75' (2:2)		 Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Switzerland Stutz Basel
25 January 1920 Round 9 Basel 6–1 FC Bern Landhof, Basel
14:30 Dietz (II) Goal (1:1)
Wüthrich Goal (2:1)
Bielser Goal (3:1)
Berlincourt Goal (o.g. 4:1)
Wüthrich Goal (5:1)
Dietz (I) Goal (6:1)		 Summary Goal 12' (0:1) Weiss Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland Gachnang Zürich
8 February 1920 Round 10 Luzern 2–2 Basel Tribschen, Luzern
Sormani Goal 20' (1:1)
Tobler Goal 82' (2:2)		 Summary Goal 10' (0:1) Dietz (I)
Goal 60' (1:1)		 Referee: Switzerland Fricker Zürich
29 February 1920 Round 11 Basel 1–2 Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
15:00 Wüthrich Goal (1:2) Summary Goal (0:1) Berret
Goal (0:2) Berret		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Reich Winterthur
7 March 1920 Round 12 Biel-Bienne 0–3 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
Summary Goal (0:1) Goal (0:2) Goal (0:3) Attendance: 800
21 March 1920 Round 13 Young Boys 3–3 Basel Kasernenmatte, Bern
15:00 Fässler Goal 30' (1:0)
Dasen (II) Goal 28' (2:0)
Funk (II) Goal (3:1)		 Summary Goal (pen. 2:1) Kuhn
Goal (3:2) Zorzotti
Goal (3:3) Albicker (I)		 Referee: Switzerland 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[]

  1. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison=1919/20". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". "Alfréd Schaffer – FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  3. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Rangliste Serie A - Zentralschweiz". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
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  5. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Biel-Bienne - FC Basel 0:3 (0:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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