1917–18 FC Basel season
The FC Basel 1917–18 season was their twentyfifth 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.
1917–18 season | |
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Chairman | |
Ground | Landhof, Basel |
Serie A | Group Stage: 2nd |
Top goalscorer | League: Otto Kuhn (4) Karl Wüthrich (4) All: Karl Wüthrich (13) |
Overview
Basel played a total of 23 matches in the 1917–18 season. 12 of these were in the domestic league and 10 were friendly matches. Of these friendlies six were won, one was drawn and three ended in a defeat. There were six home fixtures played in the Landhof and three away games. Three of these games were played in the Basel championship against the two other local teams Old Boys and Nordstern Basel. The away game in the Basel Championship against the Old Boys was postponed and awarded 3–0 to the opponents.
The domestic league, Swiss Serie A 1917–18, 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 just seven teams, as opposed to the other two groups which both had eight 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 17 points. In their 12 games Basel scored 31 goals and conceded 19. Karl Wüthrich and Otto Kuhn were jointly the team's best goal scorers both netting four times. The Young Boys won the group and continued to the finals.[1]
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
2 September 1917 Pre-season | Étoile-Sporting | 6 – 4 | Basel | Stade du FC Etoile, La Chaux-de-Fonds |
14:30 | Meroz |
Summary | Referee: |
9 September 1917 Pre-season | Servette | 6 – 1 | Basel | Parc des Sports, Genf |
14:30 | Beyner Bédouret Pasche Pasche Pasche Bédouret |
Summary | Referee: |
14 October 1917 Mid-season | Basel | 3 – 0 | Old Boys | Landhof, Basel |
Bouwmeester Kaltenbach Moll |
Summary | Referee: |
14 October 1917 Mid-season | Basel | 3 – 2 | Young Fellows Zürich | Landhof, Basel |
Hasler Bouwmeester Rupprecht |
Summary | Referee: |
24 March 1918 Basel championship | Basel | 6 – 1 | Nordstern Basel | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Birbaum Wüthrich Buser Wüthrich Kaltenbach Wüthrich |
Summary | Attendance: 2,500 Referee: |
1 April 1918 Mid-season | VFC Winterthur-Veltheim | 3 – 3 | Basel | Winterthur |
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24 April 1918 Mid-season | Basel | 5 – 1 | Servette | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Wüthrich Albicker (I) Wüthrich Buser Wüthrich |
Summary | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: |
Serie A
Central Group results
30 September 1917 Round 1 | Basel | 3 – 1 | Biel-Bienne | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Buser Schloz Wüthrich |
Summary | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: |
21 October 1917 Round 2 | Young Boys | 3 – 1 | Basel | Spitalacker, Bern |
14:30 | Funk (I) Klopfenstein Dasen (I) |
Summary | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: |
28 October 1917 Round 3 | Basel | 3 – 0 | Old Boys | Landhof, Basel |
15:15 | Dietz (I) Hasler Hasler |
Summary | Attendance: 1,500 Referee: |
18 November 1917 Round 4 | Basel | 1 – 4 | Aarau | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Albicker (I) |
Summary | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: |
2 December 1917 Round 5 | Nordstern Basel | 0 – 2 | Basel | Margarethenwiese, Basel |
14:30 | Summary | Attendance: 1,200 Referee: |
9 December 1917 Round 6 | FC Bern | 1 – 3 | Basel | Kirchenfeld, Bern |
14:30 | Brand |
[ Summary] | Referee: |
20 January 1918 Round 7 | Basel | 2 – 2 | Nordstern Basel | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Kuhn Rudin |
Summary | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: |
10 February 1918 Round 9 | Biel-Bienne | 4 – 5 | Basel | Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne |
14:45 | Börle Keller Marbot Grupp (I) |
Summary |
17 February 1918 Round 10 | Basel | 0 – 0 | Young Boys | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Summary | Attendance: 3,000 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 | 3 | 1 | 52 | 18 | +34 | 19 |
2 | FC Basel | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 19 | +12 | 17 |
3 | FC Aarau | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 16 | +8 | 16 |
4 | FC Bern | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 12 |
5 | Nordstern Basel | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 26 | −8 | 8 |
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 1916–17 at fcb-archiv.ch
- Switzerland 1917-18 at RSSSF
References
- Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Rangliste Serie A - Zentralschweiz". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16.