1918–19 FC Basel season
The FC Basel 1918–19 season was their twentysixth season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. The club's chairman was August Rossa. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel.
1918–19 season | |
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Chairman | ![]() |
Ground | Landhof, Basel |
Serie A | Group Stage: 5th |
Top goalscorer | League: Otto Kuhn (6) All: Otto Kuhn (7) |
Overview
Basel played a total of 30 matches in their 1918–19 season. 14 of these were in the domestic league and 16 were friendly matches.
There were nine test games played in the Landhof and seven away games. Of these friendlies, nine were won and six ended in a sporting defeat. The test home match against Nordstern Basel, played on the Football Association day, was abandoned during play. Following a crude foul, the FCB's right half was injured and had to leave the pitch. His team then demanded the exclusion of the Nordstern player, who had already been noted negatively during the morning. The referee did not respond to the request, therefore the entire FC Basel team walked off the pitch. The referee abandoned the game and awarded the victory forfeit 3:0 to Nordstern.[1]
The domestic league, Swiss Serie A 1918–19, was divided into three regional groups, East, Central and West, each group with eight teams. FC Basel and the two other teams from Basel Nordstern and Old Boys were allocated to the Central group. The other teams playing in this group were Aarau, Luzern and Biel-Bienne and the two teams from La Chaux-de-Fonds, Étoile-Sporting and FC La Chaux-de-Fonds. FC Basel did not play a very good season, suffering six defeats. They ended the season in fifth position with 13 points. In their 14 games Basel scored 27 goals and conceded 26. Otto Kuhn was the team's best goal scorer netting six times. Étoile-Sporting won the group, continued to the finals and won the Swiss championship.[2]
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
1 September 1918 Pre-season | Old Boys | 1 – 2 | Basel | Margarethenwiese, Basel |
15:00 | Danzeisen (I) ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: ![]() ![]() |
8 September 1918 Pre-season | Young Boys | 3 – 2 | Basel | Kirchenfeld, Bern |
15:00 | Ramseyer ![]() Dasen (I) ![]() Dasen (I) ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Referee: ![]() |
27 October 1918 Mid-season | Basel | 1 – 0 | Nordstern Basel | Landhof, Basel |
10:00 (2x 25 Minutes played) | Buser ![]() |
Summary | Referee: ![]() |
27 October 1918 Mid-season | Basel | 2 – 0 | Old Boys | Landhof, Basel |
11:00 (2x 25 Minutes played) | Wüthrich ![]() Kuhn ![]() |
Summary | Referee: ![]() |
27 October 1918 Mid-season | Basel | 0 – 3 FF | Nordstern Basel | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 (2x 25 Minutes played) | Summary | ![]() |
Referee: ![]() |
15 December 1918 Mid-season | Basel | 4 – 1 | Freiburger Military Team | Landhof, Basel |
13:30 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 |
4 January 1919 Mid-season | Nordstern Basel | 5 – 1 | Basel | Margarethenwiese, Basel |
Wüthrich ![]() Wüthrich ![]() Dietz ![]() Wüthrich ![]() Afflerbach ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 1,200 Referee: ![]() |
2 March 1919 Mid-season | Basel | 2 – 4 | Concordia Basel | Basel |
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Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
6 April 1919 Basel championship | Basel | 4 – 0 | Old Boys | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Bielser ![]() Bielser ![]() Albicker (I) ![]() Wüthrich ![]() |
Summary | Referee: ![]() |
13 April 1919 Mid-season | Freiburger FC | 2 – 1 | Basel | FC Stadium, Freiburg |
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Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 2,500 |
18 May 1919 Mid-season | Basel | 1 – 2 | Freiburger FC | Landhof, Basel |
10:30 | Buser ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Referee: ![]() |
6 June 1919 Mid-season | Montriond Lausanne | 2 – 1 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
15:00 | Hope ![]() Wydler ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Referee: ![]() |
9 June 1919 Mid-season | Montriond Lausanne | 0 – 2 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
14:30 | Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Referee: ![]() |
Serie A
Central Group results
6 October 1918 Round 1 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 4 – 1 | Basel | Parc des Sports, La Chaux-de-Fonds |
14:30 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 |
13 October 1918 Round 2 | Luzern | 1 – 1 | Basel | Stadium Tribschen, Luzern |
15:15 | Tobler ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 800 Referee: ![]() |
20 October 1918 Round 3 | Old Boys | 4 – 3 | Basel | Margarethenwiese, Basel |
15:15 | Danzeien I ![]() Katz ![]() ![]() Katz ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Referee: ![]() |
3 November 1918 Round 4 | Basel | 3 – 2 | Biel-Bienne | Landhof, Basel |
Kuhn ![]() Kuhn ![]() Kaltenbach ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: ![]() |
1 December 1918 Round 5 | Basel | 3 – 4 | Étoile-Sporting | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Wüthrich ![]() Kuhn ![]() Kuhn ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Referee: ![]() |
8 December 1918 Round 6 | Basel | 0 – 1 | Nordstern Basel | Landhof, Basel |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: ![]() |
22 December 1918 Round 7 | Basel | 3 – 2 | Old Boys | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Ganter ![]() Kaltenbach ![]() Ganter ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 300 Referee: ![]() |
9 March 1919 Round 8 | Nordstern Basel | 2 – 1 | Basel | Margarethenwiese, Basel |
15:00 | Kohler ![]() Bürgin ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: ![]() |
20 April 1919 Round 9 | Étoile-Sporting | 1 – 1 | Basel | Parc des Sports, La Chaux-de-Fonds |
14:05 | Brönnimann ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: ![]() |
27 April 1919 Round 10 | Basel | 3 – 2 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Kuhn ![]() Kaltenbach ![]() Wüthrich ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 800 Referee: ![]() |
29 May 1919 Round 12 | Biel-Bienne | 0 – 3 FF | Basel | Biel |
Summary |
Central Group league table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Étoile-Sporting | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 9 | +33 | 24 |
2 | Old Boys | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 18 | +13 | 19 |
3 | Nordstern Basel | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 15 | +8 | 19 |
4 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 19 |
5 | Basel | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 13 |
6 | Aarau | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 24 | −11 | 11 |
7 | Luzern | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 27 | −9 | 7 |
8 | Biel-Bienne | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 46 | −44 | 0 |
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 1918–19 at fcb-archiv.ch
- Switzerland 1918-19 at RSSSF
References
- Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC Nordstern Basel 0:3 FF". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Rangliste Serie A - Zentralschweiz". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.