1926–27 FC Basel season

FC Basel

1926–27 season
Chairman
First team coach	Karl Bielser (as team captain)
Ground	Landhof, Basel
Serie A	Group Stage: 4th
Swiss Cup	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: Emil Arlt (12) All: Emil Arlt (12)
Highest home attendance	3,000 on 31 October 1926 vs Nordstern Basel and on 3 January 1927 vs Grenchen and on 13 February 1927 vs Young Boys
Lowest home attendance	1,000 on 20 March 1927 vs FC Bern
Average home league attendance	2,162
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The FC Basel 1926–27 season was their thirty fourth season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. The club's new chairman was . It was Rinderer's third period as chairman. He took over the presidency from at the AGM. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel.

Overview[]

Karl Bielser was team captain for the second season in a row and as captain he led the team trainings and was responsible for the line-ups. Basel played a total of 32 matches in their 1926–27 season. 16 of these were in the domestic league, one was in the Swiss Cup and 15 were friendly matches. Of these 15 friendlies only two were played at home in the Landhof and 13 were away games, six in Switzerland, five in France and two un Germany. Eight of these games were won, one was drawn and six ended with a defeat. The team scored 33 goals in these friendlies, but conceded 37.^[1]

An interesting match among these friendlies this season, was the away game against Bayern Munich. Not because of the result, because Basel were defeated 0–10, but because of the goalscorer Josef Pöttinger. Pöttinger was not only for his club, but also for the German national team, one of the most effective goal scorers of his time. On the 3 April 1927, as Basel played in Munich, Pöttinger scored a "perfect" hat-trick within the first 12 minutes (3', 10', 12') of the match and in the second half he scored five consecutive goals (52', 60', 62', 68', 83').^[2]

As in the previous year, this's season the Serie A was divided into three regional groups, each group with nine teams. Basel were allocated to the Central group together with local clubs Concordia Basel, Nordstern Basel and Old Boys Basel. The other teams allocated to this group were Young Boys Bern, FC Bern, Aarau, Grenchen and Solothurn. The teams that won each group continue to the finals and the last placed teams in the groups had to play a barrage against relegation. FC Basel played a mediocre season, winning eight matches, drawing three and suffering five defeats, scoring 29 goals and conceding 26. With 19 points they ended the season in fourth position, six points behind group winners Nordstern and the Young Boys, both of whom were level on points. Nordstern won the play-off 1–0 and advanced to the finals. Grasshopper Club won the championship, Nordstern were runner-up and Biel-Bienne were third. Aarau were the bottom placed team and won the promotion/relegation play-off against FC Madretsch.^[3]

In the round of 64 in the Swiss Cup Basel were drawn against Old Boys, but were eliminated in this round because they lost the match 0–2.^[4] Grasshopper Club won the cup, winning the final 3–1 against Young Fellows Zürich.^[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   SUI Ernst Christ — GK   SUI Arthur Fahr — GK   SUI Ernst Zorzotti — DF   SUI Armando Ardizzoia — DF  FRG Hermann Enderlin (II) — DF   SUI Alfred Heidig — DF   SUI Hermann Moll — DF  AUT Gustav Putzendopler (I) — DF   SUI Peter Riesterer — MF   SUI — MF   SUI ? Flubacher — MF   SUI Max Galler (II) — MF   SUI Georg Heimann — MF   SUI Ernst Kaltenbach — MF   SUI Otto Meier

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  AUT Karl Putzendopler (II) — MF   SUI Paul Schaub — MF   SUI Jacques Steiner — MF   SUI Emil Arlt — FW   SUI Karl Bielser — FW   SUI Fritz Bölle — FW   SUI . — FW   SUI Alfred Enderlin (I) — FW  FRA Max Lehmann — FW   SUI Paul Nebiker — FW   SUI Max Oswald — FW   SUI Hans Rau — FW   SUI Alfred Schlecht — FW   SUI Max Strasser — FW   SUI Hans Streng — FW   SUI Franz Zeiser

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 — GK   SUI Arnold Wyssling — MF   SUI — FW   SUI Jules Düblin — FW   SUI Arnold Hürzeler

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   SUI Ernst Nyffeler — FW   SUI Hans Schneider (II) — FW   SUI — FW   SUI

Results[]

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches[]

Pre- and mid-season[]

Winter break to end of season[]

Serie A[]

Central Group results[]

Central Group table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nordstern Basel	16	10	5	1	39	17	+22	25	Group play-off winners / Advance to finals
2	Young Boys Bern	16	10	5	1	30	10	+20	25	Group play-off
3	FC Grenchen	16	8	4	4	34	22	+12	20
4	FC Basel	16	8	3	5	29	26	+3	19
5	FC Bern	16	7	4	5	38	24	+14	18
6	Old Boys Basel	16	4	4	8	23	33	−10	12
7	FC Solothurn	16	2	7	7	23	35	−12	11
8	FC Concordia Basel	16	4	1	11	17	37	−20	9
9	FC Aarau	16	2	1	13	11	40	−29	5	Relegation play-off

Swiss Cup[]

See also[]

• History of FC Basel
• List of FC Basel players
• List of FC Basel seasons

References[]

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 team 1925–26 at fcb-archiv.ch
• Switzerland 1926-27 at RSSSF

External links[]

• FC Basel official site