1906–07 FC Basel season

The Swiss Serie A season 1906–07 was divided into three regional groups, east, central and west. Together with Young Boys, FC Bern, Aarau and the Old Boys, Basel were allocated to the central group. Basel played their first four games away, losing the consecutive games against Young Boys and Old Boys both 3–4. However, winning the next four consecutive games they climbed the table. As it came to the last group game, at home against the Old Boys, Basel were leading the table two points ahead of the other teams. In this last match, however, despite a two goal lead against the local rivals, the Old Boys turned the game and won. Subsequently it came to a play-off.[1] The play-off was drawn. The reply was also drawn, even after extra time. It then came to a second replay which Basel decided for themselves.

Basel entered into the final for the first time in their history. The final was played as a round robin tournament. The first match was against Servette and the other against Young Fellows Zürich. Both games were lost. Servette went on to win the championship.[1]

Squad members

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

No. Position Player Template:Country data GK P. Chevalley GK Jules Fingerlin MF Daniel Hug DF Adolf Ramseyer MF Josef Goldschmidt MF Emil Hasler Template:Country data MF Max Palatini Template:Country data Arthur Viehoff Template:Country data ? Maun Template:Country data ? Coco Template:Country data Carl Bitz Template:Country data Edmond Bédat

No. Position Player Template:Country data Ernesto Persenico MF Eugen Strauss Template:Country data MF John André Template:Country data MF P. Vaney FW Ernst-Alfred Thalmann Template:Country data FW Manuel Bourgeois FW Karl Gossweiler Template:Country data FW ? Kunz FW Dr. Siegfried Pfeiffer Template:Country data FW ? Robert FW Max Senn FW Alfred Stöhrmann

The Serie A was divided into three regional groups, east, central and west. The winners of each group played a final round robin.

Central group results

FC Bern v Basel

28 October 1906 Round 1	FC Bern	2 – 6	Basel	Kirchenfeld, Bern
14:30	(1:3)  (2:3)	Summary	(0:1)  (0:2)  (0:3)  (2:4)  (2:5)  (2:6)	Referee: Bleuler (GC)

Young Boys v Basel

4 November 1906 Round 2	Young Boys	4 – 3	Basel	Bern
		Summary

Old Boys v Basel

11 November 1906 Round 3	Old Boys	4 – 3	Basel	Margarethenwiese, Basel
15:00		Summary

Aarau v Basel

18 November 1906 Round 4	Aarau	1 – 2	Basel	Aarau
14:50	30' (1:0)	Summary	67' (1:1) Gossweiler  (1:2) Senn	Referee: Bleuler (GC)

Basel v FC Bern

9 December 1906 Round 5	Basel	3 – 0	FC Bern	Landhof, Basel
	Hug  (1:0) Gossweiler  (2:0) Gossweiler  75' (3:0)	Summary		Referee: Bleuler (GC)

Basel v Young Boys

16 December 1906 Round 6	Basel	4 – 2	Young Boys	Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary		Referee: Bleuler (GC)

Basel v Aarau

24 February 1907 Round 7	Basel	7 – 4	Aarau	Landhof, Basel
		Summary

Basel v Old Boys

10 March 1907 Round 8	Basel	2 – 3	Old Boys	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Pfeiffer  (1:0) Senn  (2:0)	Summary	(1:2) Rink  (2:2) Lotter  (2:3) Rietmann	Referee: René Meier (FC Blue Stars Zürich)

Play-Off

1st Play-Off

Old Boys Basel v Basel

7 April 1907	Old Boys Basel	1 – 1	Basel	Margarethenwiese, Basel
15:00	Kaltenbach  47' (1:0)	Summary	86' (1:1) Pfeiffer	Referee: Landolt (Grasshopper-Club Zürich)

2nd Play-Off

Old Boys Basel v Basel

14 April 1907	Old Boys Basel	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Margarethenwiese, Basel
15:00	Laube  70' (1:1)	Summary	60' (0:1) Gossweiler	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Eicher

NB: Extra time was agreed as 2x 10 Minutes and then a further 15 Minutes

3rd Play-Off

Old Boys Basel v Basel

21 April 1907	Old Boys Basel	1 – 4	Basel	Margarethenwiese, Basel
	?  88' (1:4)	Summary	(0:1) Gossweiler  (0:2) Pfeiffer  (0:3) Senn  49' (0:4) ?	Referee: Lalive (FC La Chaux-de-Fonds)

Finals

The winners of each regional groups, east, central and west played a final round robin.

Servette v Basel

28 April 1907 Round 1	Servette	5 – 1	Basel	Spitalacker Bern
14:45	Morier  14' (1:0) Ponse  22' (2:0) Morier  47' (3:0) Frey  66' (4:0) Frey  87' (pen. 5:1)	Summary	81' (4:1) Thalmann	Referee:

Young Fellows Zürich v Basel

5 May 1907 Round 2	Young Fellows Zürich	3 – 2	Basel	Kirchenfeld, Bern
15:00	Jenny II  5' (1:0) Hajek  15' (pen. 2:0) Glaser  15'	Summary	60' (3:1) Hasler  (pen. 3:2) Strauss	Attendance: 600 Referee: W. Baehler (FC Young Boys Bern)

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

• Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2027-6
• Switzerland 1906-07 at RSSSF
• FCB team 1906-07 at fcb-archiv.ch

• FC Basel official site