1916–17 FC Basel season
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 Franz Rinderer. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel.
1916–17 season | |
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Chairman | Franz Rinderer |
Ground | Landhof, Basel |
Serie A | Group Stage: 2nd |
Top goalscorer | League: Karl Wüthrich (6) All: Karl Wüthrich (12) |
Overview
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. Four of these games were played in the Basel championship against the two other local teams Old Boys and Nordstern Basel. Due to the early date of the season the three teams decided to play the return matches of the Championship all on one day as a tournament and played shortened games, both halves each in 30 minutes. FC Basel won the Championship.
The domestic league, Swiss Serie A 1916–17, was divided into three regional groups, East, Central and West. Basel and the two other Basel teams were allocated to the Central group which had only seven teams. 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. They 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. The Young Boys won the group and continued to the finals.[1] Here they played against La Chaux-de-Fonds and VFC Winterthur-Veltheim. Winterthur eventually won the championship in the Finals.
Players
- Squad members
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Results
- Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches
10 September 1916 Pre-season | Basel | 2 – 2 | Regiment 22 | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Wüthrich Kuhn |
Summary | Referee: |
1 October 1916 Pre-season | Montriond Lausanne | 2 – 0 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
15:00 | Inäbnit Gottofrey |
Summary | Attendance: 800 Referee: |
24 December 1916 Mid-season | Barcelona | 3 – 1 | Basel | Camp de la Indústria, Barcelona |
15:00 | Garchitorena Garchitorena Hormeu |
Summary | Attendance: 4,000 Referee: |
26 December 1916 Mid-season | Barcelona | 1 – 3 | Basel | Camp de la Indústria, Barcelona |
15:00 | Garchitorena |
Summary | Referee: Hamilton |
28 December 1916 Mid-season | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 1 – 2 | Basel | Camp de la Indústria, Barcelona |
14:45 | Summary | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: |
31 December 1916 Mid-season | Terrassa | 1 – 1 | Basel | Terrassa |
Torrella |
Summary |
1 January 1917 Mid-season | Terrassa | 3 – 4 | Basel | Terrassa |
Summary |
20 May 1917 End-of-season | Basel | 0 – 1 | Winterthur | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Summary | Referee: |
2 June 1917 Basel championship | Nordstern Basel | 3 – 3 | Basel | Margarethenwiese, Basel |
18:00 | Chollet Gaus Bollinger |
Summary | Referee: |
11 June 1917 Semi-Final Ostschweizerisches Turnier | Young Fellows Zürich | 1 – 5 | Basel | Zürich |
Summary |
11 June 1917 Final Ostschweizerisches Turnier | Blue Stars Zürich | 1 – 0 | Basel | Zürich |
Summary |
17 June 1917 Basel championship | Basel | 4 – 2 | Old Boys | Landhof, Basel |
17:00 | Kaltenbach Wüthrich Albicker (I) Moll |
Summary |
1 July 1917 Basel championship | Basel | 2 – 0 | Nordstern Basel | Margarethenwiese, Basel |
16:15 | Schloz Kaltenbach |
Summary | Attendance: 1,000 |
Serie A
Central Group results
8 October 1916 Round 1 | Biel-Bienne | 4 – 3 | Basel | Bern |
Hugi Hugi Grupp |
Summary | Referee: |
15 October 1916 Round 2 | Basel | 3 – 3 | FC Bern | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Kuhn Wüthrich Moll |
Summary | Referee: |
29 October 1916 Round 3 | Basel | 6 – 2 | Nordstern Basel | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Moll Wüthrich Ganter Albicker (I) Albicker (I) Ganter |
Summary | Referee: |
5 November 1916 Round 4 | Aarau | 0 – 4 | Basel | Aarau |
Summary | Referee: |
12 November 1916 Round 5 | Basel | 0 – 0 | Young Boys | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Summary | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: |
17 December 1916 Round 6 | Old Boys | 0 – 4 | Basel | Margarethenwiese, Basel |
15:00 | Summary | Wüthrich Wüthrich Riesterer Wüthrich |
Referee: |
25 February 1917 Round 7 | Nordstern Basel | 1 – 2 | Basel | Staldenrain, Riehen |
15:00 | Afflerbach |
Summary | Attendance: 1,200 Referee: |
25 March 1917 Round 8 | Young Boys | 6 – 1 | Basel | Spitalacker, Bern |
15:00 | Hubbard Funk (II) Klopfenstein Funk (I) Hubbard Klopfenstein |
Summary | Referee: |
15 April 1917 Round 10 | Basel | 7 – 3 | Biel-Bienne | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Summary | Referee: |
22 April 1917 Round 11 | FC Bern | 1 – 1 | Basel | Kirchenfeld, Bern |
15:00 | Orth |
Summary | Referee: |
Central Group league table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Young Boys Bern | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 15 | +16 | 18 |
2 | FC Basel | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 20 | +11 | 15 |
3 | FC Aarau | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 13 |
4 | FC Biel | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 12 |
5 | Old Boys Basel | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 11 |
Sources and references
- 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 1916–17 at fcb-archiv.ch
- Switzerland 1916-17 at RSSSF
- Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Rangliste Serie A - Zentralschweiz". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16.