1915–16 FC Basel season
The FC Basel 1915–16 season was their twenty-third season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. The club's chairman was Philipp Leichner at the beginning of the season and during the season Franz Rinderer took over as chairman. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel. Retrospectively considered, the most important event in this FCB season, was the fact that the first youth department was founded.
1915–16 season | |
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Chairman | Franz Rinderer |
Ground | Landhof, Basel |
Serie A | Group Stage: 7th |
Top goalscorer | League: Emil Hasler (7) and Otto Kuhn (7) All: Otto Kuhn (13) |
Overview
Basel played a total of 28 matche in the 1915–16 season. 14 of these were in the domestic league and 14 were friendly matches. Of these friendlies six were won, three were drawn and five ended in a defeat. There were six one home fixtures played in the Landhof and eight away games. Four of these games were played in the Basel championship against the two other local teams Old Boys and Nordstern Basel. FC Basel won the Basel championship collecting three victories and a draw. In all of these friendly games Basel scored 31 goals and conceded 30.
The Swiss Serie A 1915–16 was divided into three regional groups, East, Central and West. Basel and the two other teams were allocated to the Central group. Further teams playing in the Central group were two from Bern, Young Boys and FC Bern, two from La Chaux-de-Fonds, FC La Chaux-de-Fonds, Étoile-Sporting FC La Chaux-de-Fonds and finally Biel-Bienne.
Basel didn't start well into the championship, winning only one of the first eight games. They ended the season in second-last position with nine points. In their 14 games Basel scored 30 goals and conceded 39. Local rivals BSC Old Boys won the group and continued to the finals.[1] Here they played against Cantonal Neuchatel and Winterthur. Cantonal 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
29 August 1915 Pre-season | Basel | 4 – 1 | St. Gallen | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Summary |
16 January 1916 Mid-season | Winterthur | 2 – 2 | Basel | Schützenwiese, Winterthur |
Summary |
23 January 1916 Mid-season | Young Fellows Zürich | 8 – 1 | Basel | Zürich |
Rais Weidmann Meier Leiber Meier Meier Meier Leiber |
Summary |
13 February 1916 Mid-season | Servette | 3 – 1 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
14:40 | Raymond (IV) Ofterdinger Raymond (IV) |
Summary | Referee: |
26 March 1916 Mid-season | Montriond Lausanne | 1 – 4 | Basel | Pontaise, Lausanne |
15:00 | Douglas |
Summary |
9 April 1916 Mid-season | Basel | 2 – 2 | Winterthur | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Wüthrich Wüthrich |
Summary | Referee: |
24 April 1916 Mid-season | Zürich | 3 – 0 | Basel | Utogrund, Zürich |
Schuepp Oetiker |
Summary |
30 April 1916 Mid-season | Basel | 0 – 2 | Montriond Lausanne | Landhof, Basel |
[ Summary] | Referee: |
14 May 1916 Basel championship | Basel | 5 – 1 | Nordstern Basel | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Moll Kuhn Kuhn Ritte Kuhn |
[ Summary] | Attendance: 1,500 Referee: |
1 June 1916 Basel championship | Old Boys | 1 – 1 | Basel | Margarethenwiese Basel |
15:00 | Angoso |
Summary | Attendance: 1,600 Referee: |
11 June 1916 End of season | Luzern | 1 – 6 | Basel | Tribschen, Luzern |
15:00 | Summary | Referee: |
Serie A
Central Group results
3 October 1915 Round 1 | Étoile-Sporting | 3 – 1 | Basel | Stade du FC Etoile, La Chaux-de-Fonds |
14:30 | Wyss (I) Meier Hirschy |
Summary | Referee: |
10 October 1915 Round 2 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Biel-Bienne | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Wüthrich |
Summary |
17 October 1915 Round 3 | FC Bern | 3 – 1 | Basel | Kirchenfeld, Bern |
14:30 | Brand |
Summary | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: |
31 October 1915 Round 4 | Nordstern Basel | 4 – 2 | Basel | Staldenrain, Riehen |
15:00 | Bollinger Gaus Bollinger Bollinger |
Summary | Referee: |
7 November 1915 Round 5 | Young Boys | 3 – 3 | Basel | Spitalacker, Berne |
15:00 | Funk (I) Funk (I) Mangold |
Summary | Attendance: 1,500 Referee: |
21 November 1915 Round 6 | Basel | 1 – 2 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Hasler |
Summary | Referee: |
28 November 1915 Round 7 | Basel | 1 – 6 | Old Boys | Landhof, Basel |
Hasler Hasler |
Summary | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: |
5 December 1915 Round 8 | Biel-Bienne | 6 – 2 | Basel | Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne |
15:00 | Marbot Gnägi Keller Keller Siegrist Keller |
Summary | Referee: |
30 January 1916 Round 9 | Basel | P – P | Young Boys | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Summary | Referee: |
22 February 1916 Round 10 | Basel | 5 – 3 | Étoile-Sporting | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Kuhn Kuhn Kuhn Kuhn Buss |
Summary | Referee: |
12 March 1916 Round 12 | Old Boys | 3 – 2 | Basel | Margarethenwiese, Basel |
15:00 | Katz Ferralli Wionsowsky |
Summary | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: |
2 April 1916 Round 13 | Basel | 0 – 1 | Nordstern Basel | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Summary | Referee: |
7 May 1916 Round 14 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 0 – 5 | Basel | Parc des Sports, La Chaux-de-Fonds |
14:45 | Summary | Attendance: 1,500 Referee: |
21 May 1916 Round 9 | Basel | 4 – 2 | Young Boys | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Moll Wunderle Kaltenbach Wüthrich |
Summary | Referee: |
Central Group league table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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4 | Young Boys Bern | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 26 | +7 | 15 |
5 | FC Biel | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 14 |
6 | FC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 32 | −9 | 13 |
7 | FC Basel | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 39 | −9 | 9 |
8 | Nordstern Basel | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 61 | −45 | 4 |
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 1915–16 at fcb-archiv.ch
- Switzerland 1915-16 at RSSSF
- Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Rangliste Serie A - Zentralschweiz". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16.