1917–18 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1917–18 season
Chairman	Franz Rinderer
Ground	Landhof, Basel
Serie A	Group Stage: 2nd
Top goalscorer	League: Otto Kuhn (4); Karl Wüthrich (4); All: Karl Wüthrich (13)

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.

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.

	Position	Player
	GK	Arthur Fahr
	GK	Emil Fehr
	DF	Paul Bettex
Template:Country data	DF	Emil Ganter
	DF	Hermann Moll
	DF	Peter Riesterer
Template:Country data	DF	Anton Rittel
	MF	Walter Rupprecht
Template:Country data	MF	Charles Bouwmeester
	MF	Emil Hasler
	MF	Ernst Kaltenbach
	MF	Jakob Känzig
	MF	Otto Kuhn
	MF	Fritz Raas

	Position	Player
	FW	Christian Albicker (I)
	FW	Karl Bielser
Template:Country data	FW	Rudolf Bredschneider
Template:Country data	FW	Gustav Buser
Template:Country data	FW	Wilhelm Dietz (I)
Template:Country data	FW	Ernst Rittel
Template:Country data	FW	Karl Rudin
Template:Country data	FW	Carl Schloz
	FW	Karl Wüthrich
Template:Country data		? Borer
Template:Country data		S. A. Campiche
Template:Country data		Jules Lotter
Template:Country data		? Rooser
Template:Country data		Valentin von der Mühll

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 (1:2) (2:3) (3:3) (4:4) (5:4) (6:4)	Summary	5' (0:1) Kuhn (0:2) Wüthrich (1:3) Kuhn (3:4) Kaltenbach	Referee: Sommer

9 September 1917 Pre-season	Servette	6 – 1	Basel	Parc des Sports, Genf
14:30	Beyner 18' (1:0) Bédouret (2:1) Pasche (3:1) Pasche (4:1) Pasche (5:1) Bédouret (6:1)	Summary	(1:1) Kuhn	Referee: Ryser

14 October 1917 Mid-season	Basel	3 – 0	Old Boys	Landhof, Basel
	Bouwmeester (1:0) Kaltenbach (2:0) Moll (3:0)	Summary		Referee: A. Schmidt Basel

14 October 1917 Mid-season	Basel	3 – 2	Young Fellows Zürich	Landhof, Basel
	Hasler (1:1) Bouwmeester (2:1) Rupprecht (3:1)	Summary	(0:1) Leiber (3:2) Leiber	Referee: A. Schmidt Basel

24 March 1918 Basel championship	Basel	6 – 1	Nordstern Basel	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Birbaum (o.g. 1:0) Wüthrich (2:0) Buser (3:0) Wüthrich (4:1) Kaltenbach (5:1) Wüthrich (6:1)	Summary	(3:1) Afflerbach	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: D. Wenger Basel

1 April 1918 Mid-season	VFC Winterthur-Veltheim	3 – 3	Basel	Winterthur
		Summary

24 April 1918 Basel championship	Old Boys	3 – 0 FF	Basel
		Summary

24 April 1918 Mid-season	Basel	5 – 1	Servette	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Wüthrich (1:0) Albicker (I) (2:0) Wüthrich (3:1) Buser (4:1) Wüthrich (5:1)	Summary	(2:1) Pache	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Louis Riesterer Basel

5 May 1918 Basel championship	Nordstern Basel	2 – 1	Basel	Margarethenwiese, Basel
15:00	Dietz (1:0) (2:1)	Summary	(1:1) Schloz	Referee: Guido Eichenberger Bern

2 June 1918 Basel championship	Basel	1 – 0	Old Boys	Landhof, Basel
15:00	80' (1:0)	Summary		Referee:

16 June 1918 End of season	Basel	6 – 3	5th Division military team	Landhof, Basel
	Wüthrich (1:) Wüthrich (2:3) Buser (3:3) Bielser (4:3) Bielser (5:3) Bielser (6:3)	Summary	(1:1) Apter (1:2) (1:3)	Referee:

Serie A

Central Group results

30 September 1917 Round 1	Basel	3 – 1	Biel-Bienne	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Buser (1:0) Schloz (2:0) Wüthrich (3:0)	Summary	(3:1) Borle	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Wieland Zürich

21 October 1917 Round 2	Young Boys	3 – 1	Basel	Spitalacker, Bern
14:30	Funk (I) (pen. 1:0) Klopfenstein (2:0) Dasen (I) (3:1)	Summary	(2:1) Albicker (I)	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Hermann Etzensberger La Chaux-de-Fonds

28 October 1917 Round 3	Basel	3 – 0	Old Boys	Landhof, Basel
15:15	Dietz (I) 5' (1:0) Hasler 25' (2:0) Hasler 39' (3:0)	Summary		Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Pohlmann Zürich

18 November 1917 Round 4	Basel	1 – 4	Aarau	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Albicker (I) 40' (1:1)	Summary	38' (0:1) von Arx (pen. 1:2) Märki (1:3) Märki (1:4)	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: E. Stutz Luzern

2 December 1917 Round 5	Nordstern Basel	0 – 2	Basel	Margarethenwiese, Basel
14:30		Summary	(o.g.) Schwegler (o.g.) Leder	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: John Forster La Chaux-de-Fonds

9 December 1917 Round 6	FC Bern	1 – 3	Basel	Kirchenfeld, Bern
14:30	Brand (1:0)	[ Summary]	22' (1:1) Buser (1:2) Kuhn 76' (1:3) Kuhn	Referee: Hermann Etzensberger La Chaux-de-Fonds

20 January 1918 Round 7	Basel	2 – 2	Nordstern Basel	Landhof, Basel
14:30	Kuhn (1:2) Rudin (2:2)	Summary	10' (0:1) Bürgin (0:2) Hermann	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Wieland Zürich

3 February 1918 Round 8	Aarau	0 – 0	Basel	Scachen, Aarau
		Summary

10 February 1918 Round 9	Biel-Bienne	4 – 5	Basel	Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
14:45	Börle (1:3) Keller (2:3) Marbot (3:4) Grupp (I) (4:5)	Summary	(0:1) Kaltenbach (0:2) Wüthrich (pen. 0:3) Riesterer (2:4) Rudin (o.g. 3:5) Suter

17 February 1918 Round 10	Basel	0 – 0	Young Boys	Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary		Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Reich Winterthur

3 March 1918 Round 11	Basel	8 – 3	FC Bern	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Kuhn (pen. 1:1) Wüthrich (2:1) von der Mühll (3:1) (4:1) (5:1) (6:1) (7:1) (8:3)	Summary	(0:1) Quinclet (7:2) (7:3)	Attendance: 800 Referee: Fricker Zürich

17 March 1918 Round 12	Old Boys	1 – 3	Basel	Margarethenwiese, Basel
15:00	Saxer 10' (1:0)	Summary	20' (1:1) Rudin 89' (1:2) Dietz (I) 90' (1:3) Wüthrich	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Lehmann Luzern

Central Group league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: rsssf.com

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.

External links

FC Basel official site

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[fcb-achiv-1917/18-1] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Rangliste Serie A - Zentralschweiz". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16.

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