1908–09 FC Basel season
The FC Basel 1908–09 season was their sixteenth season since the club was formed. The club's chairman was Ernst-Alfred Thalmann, it was his seventh presidential term. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof. Basel played 14 friendly games and 14 in the Swiss league.
1908–09 season | |
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Chairman | |
First team coach | unknown |
Ground | Landhof, Basel |
Serie A | Group Stage: Sixth |
Top goalscorer | League: Emil Hasler (3) W. Keller (3) All: W. Keller (4) |
Overview
Of the 14 friendly games that the team played, four were won and 10 ended in defeats. Nine games were played in Switzerland, six of which at home in the Landhof. The other games were played in Italy, both against Genoa, and four in Germany, each once against Karlsruher FV, Britannia Frankfurt, Mannheimer VfB Union and Freiburger FC in Freiburg im Breisgau.
The 1908–09 Serie A was divided into two regional groups, an East group and a West group. Basel were allocated to the East group, together with Old Boys Basel, Aarau, Zürich, Grasshopper Club, Young Fellows Zürich, Winterthur and St. Gallen.[1]
There were a number of changes in the Basel team. Daniel Hug moved to Italy and played for Genoa. Players such as Dr. Siegfried Pfeiffer, Ernst-Alfred Thalmann, Alfred Stöhrmann and Max Senn left the first team and were replaced by younger members. The newly formed team started the season in the worst possible way, six defeats in a row. The two 1–6 away defeats against Old Boys and Zürich, the 0–6 defeat away against Winterthur, together with the 1–2 home result against Young Fellows Zürich, the 4–5 home defeat against Aarau were only the beginning of the evil. The 2–9 home defeat against Grasshopper Club remains the highest home defeat in history until today. It was not until the seventh round, with a 3–2 win against St. Gallen on 22 November 1908, that Basel achieved their first points. After that they were only defeated once more, on 13 December 1908, a home defeat against Winterthur. Basel ended the season in the East group in sixth position.
Winterthur won the East group, obtaining 25 points seven more than St. Gallen in second position in the league table. But Winterthur were defeated 0–1 by Young Boys Bern in the championship final, which was played on 6 June 2009 in Basel.
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
Friendly matches
13 September 1908 | Basel | 0 – 5 | Karlsruher FV | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Summary |
27 September 1908 | FC Cantonal Neuchâtel | 3 – 4 | Basel | Colombier, Neuchâtel |
14:30 | Summary |
27 December 1908 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 5 – 1 | Basel | Parc des Sports, La Chaux-de-Fonds |
14:30 | Goldschmidt |
Summary |
1 January 1909 | Genoa | 4 – 2 | Basel | Genoa |
Girou Francey |
Summary |
3 January 1909 | Genoa | 5 – 2 | Basel | Genoa |
Summary |
14 February 1909 | Basel | 1 – 2 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Légeret |
Summary | Referee: |
21 February 1909 | Young Boys | 5 – 0 | Basel | Spitalacker, Bern |
14:30 | Rubli Kämpfer |
Summary | Attendance: 700 |
21 March 1909 | Karlsruher FV | 8 – 0 | Basel | Karlsruhe |
Summary |
28 March 1909 | Basel | 4 – 0 | Bern | Landhof, Basel |
Moll Wenger Wenger Keller |
Summary | Referee: |
9 May 1909 | Freiburger FC | 1 – 4 | Basel | Freiburg im Breisgau |
Summary |
31 May 1909 | Basel | 1 – 4 | Karlsruher FV | Landhof, Basel |
Wenger |
Summary | Hirsch |
27 June 1909 | Basel | 5 – 4 | Karlsruher FV | Landhof, Basel |
Summary |
Serie A
East group results
11 October 1908 Round 1 | Basel | 1 – 2 | Young Fellows Zürich | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Gossweiler |
Summary | Referee: |
25 October 1908 Round 3 | Basel | 2 – 9 | Grasshopper Club | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Hasler |
Summary | Taylor |
1 November 1908 Round 4 | Zürich | 6 – 1 | Basel | Zürich |
Summary | Referee: |
8 November 1908 Round 5 | Basel | 4 – 5 | Aarau | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Summary |
15 November 1908 Round 6 | Winterthur | 6 – 0 | Basel | Winterthur |
Summary | Referee: |
22 November 1908 Round 7 | Basel | 3 – 2 | St. Gallen | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Summary | Referee: |
29 November 1908 Round 8 | Young Fellows Zürich | 2 – 2 | Basel | Zürich |
15:00 | Staub (I) |
Summary | Referee: |
13 December 1908 Round 9 | Basel | 1 – 3 | Winterthur | Landhof, Basel |
Summary |
28 February 1909 Round 11 | Basel | 4 – 3 | Zürich | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Keller Keller Keller Gossweiler |
Summary |
18 April 1909 Round 12 | Grasshopper Club | 3 – 7 | Basel | Zürich |
Summary | Referee: |
25 April 1909 Round 13 | St. Gallen | 3 – 3 | Basel | St. Gallen |
Summary |
2 May 1909 Round 14 | Aarau | 2 – 5 | Basel | Aarau |
Summary | Referee: |
East group league table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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4 | FC Aarau | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 48 | 46 | +2 | 16 |
5 | Young Fellows Zürich | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 12 |
6 | FC Basel | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 39 | 57 | −18 | 11 |
7 | FC Zürich | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 38 | 55 | −17 | 8 |
8 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 23 | 55 | −32 | 4 |
Sources and references
- Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2027-6
- Switzerland 1908-09 at RSSSF
- FCB team 1908-09 at fcb-archiv.ch
- Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Games 1908-09 East Group". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16.