1898–99 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1898–99 season
Chairman	Charlie Volderauer
First team coach	unknown
Ground	Landhof, Basel
Serie A	Eliminated 1st round

The FC Basel 1898–99 season was their sixth season since the clubs foundation on 15 November 1893. This was the first season in which they competed for the Swiss championship. The clubs chairman was Charlie Volderauer, who was chairman between 1896 and 1899. He was the third chairman in the clubs history, following Roland Geldner (1893–1896) and Emanuel Schiess (1896). FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof, in the Quarter Kleinbasel.

Overview

Although the first national championship in Switzerland took place in 1897–98 it 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 did in the second edition during the season 1898–99.^[1] The club did not compete in the following season either, but have participated in every season since 1900–01.

The 1898–99 championship was played as a knock out competition, divided into three regional groups, East (region Zürich) Central (regional north-west Switzerland) and West (Romandy). The winners of each group played the finals in a Round-robin tournament. Basel played in the central group against Old Boys. Because the game ended was drawn it required a replay, which was also drawn, despite an agreed two times 20 minutes extra time. Because the Old Boys complained that one of the two FCB goals had been scored by hand and protested, the SFA had to deal with the matter. Subsequently the protest was approved - and the disputed goal simply deducted from the final result.^[2]

Players

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Paul Hofer
		DF	Ferdinand Isler
		DF	Ernst Gass
		MF	R. Sommer
		MF	Adolf Rittmann
		MF	Otto Reber
		MF	Ernst-Alfred Thalmann

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Karl Schneider (Captain)
		FW	L. Montbaron
		FW	Emanuel Schiess
		FW	Hans Billeter
			Jules Gérard
			Georges Fürstenberger
			Rudolf La Roche
			Edmond Racle

Results

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Serie A

Central group

13 November 1898 1st round	Basel	1 – 1	Old Boys	Landhof, Basel
	?	[ Report]	?

18 December 1898 replay	Old Boys	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Landhof, Basel
	? ?	[ Report]	? ?

NB: Old Boys win after protesting to the SFA^[2]

Sources

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2027-6
Switzerland 1898-99 at RSSSF

References

↑ gottfriedfuchs.blogspot.ch (2012). "FC Basel". gottfriedfuchs.blogspot.ch. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
1 2 Daniel Schaub (2014). "Wie die Old Boys zu den ersten Forfait-Siegern der Schweizer Fussballgeschichte wurden". tageswoche.ch. Retrieved 2014-08-19.

External links

FC Basel official site

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[gottfriedfuchs.blogspot.ch-1] ttfriedfuchs.blogspot.ch (2012). "FC Basel". gottfriedfuchs.blogspot.ch. Retrieved 2016-11-16.

[tageswoche.ch_2014-08-19-2] 1 2 Daniel Schaub (2014). "Wie die Old Boys zu den ersten Forfait-Siegern der Schweizer Fussballgeschichte wurden". tageswoche.ch. Retrieved 2014-08-19.

FC Basel
History Players
Stadiums	Landhof St. Jakob Stadium St. Jakob Park
Seasons	1898–99 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–33 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
Other	Superleague Formula team