1924–25 FC Basel season

The FC Basel 1924–25 season was their thirty second season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. The club's chairman was Karl Ibach in his third season as chairman in his second period as chairman. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel.

FC Basel
1924–25 season
Chairman Karl Ibach
GroundLandhof, Basel
Serie AGroup Stage: 4th
Top goalscorerLeague: Emil Breh (7)
All: Emil Breh (7)
Highest home attendance3,500 on 16 November 1924
vs Young Boys
Lowest home attendance1,500 on 3 May 1925
vs Grenchen
Average home league attendance2,225

Overview

Basel played a total of 28 matches in their 1924–25 season. 16 of these were in the domestic league, and 12 were friendly matches. Of these 12 friendlies only two were played at home in the Landhof and 10 were away games, seven in Switzerland, one in Strasbourg and two in Zagreb. Only two test games ended with a victory, the other ten ended with a defeat. In these tests Basel scored just 11 goals but they conceded 34.[1]

This season the Serie A was again divided into three regional groups, East, Central and West, each group with nine teams. Basel were allocated to the Central group together with the other teams from the city Concordia Basel, Nordstern Basel and Old Boys Basel. The further teams allocated to this group were Young Boys Bern, FC Bern, Aarau, Luzern and the newly promoted FC Grenchen. The team that won each group would continue to the finals and the last placed team in the group had to play a barrage against relegation.

Basel started their season well, only being defeated once in their first eleven games. They were always up with the table leaders, however at the end of the season three defeats against the other leading teams Aarau, Old Boys and lastly FC Bern, cost them their place at the top of the table. The team finished in fourth position, four points behind FC Bern, one point behind Aarau and level with Old Boys. During their league season Basel won seven of their matches, drawing five and were defeated four times.[2] In their 16 league matches the team scored just 13 goals (the first game of the season ended 1–0, but later awarded 3–0). Emil Breh was the team’s top league goal scorer with seven goals and Ernst Zorzotti was second top scorer with just two goals.

Players

Squad members

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   SUI Theodor Schär
GK   SUI Ernst Zorzotti
DF  AUT Gustav Putzendopler (I)
DF   SUI Peter Riesterer
MF   SUI Max Galler (II)
MF   SUI Ernst Kaltenbach
MF  AUT Karl Putzendopler (II)
FW   SUI Arthur Fahr
FW   SUI Karl Bielser
FW   SUI Heinrich Hess
FW   SUI Paul Nebiker
FW   SUI Hans Rau
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW   SUI Fritz Schneider (I)
FW   SUI Franz Zeiser
  SUI Wilhelm Flubacher
  SUI Hans Schneider (II)
FW   SUI Max Strasser
FW   SUI August von Arx
  Emil Breh
  ? Bürgin
  Fritz Eichenberger
  SUI ? Flubacher (I)
  SUI ? Flubacher (II)
  Gustav Isler

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season

24 August 1924 Pre-seasonRC Strasbourg 1 – 3 BaselStrasbourg
Summary
7 September 1924 Pre-seasonFribourg 4 – 5 BaselStade Universitaire, Freiburg
Poretti  (1:2)
Poretti  (2:2)
de Weck  (3:4)
de Weck  (4:4)
Summary  (0:1) Hess
 (0:2) Hess
 (2:3) ?
 (2:4) ?
 (4:5) ?
12 October 1924 30 years FC BernFC Bern 1 – 0
[note 1]
BaselNeufeld, Bern
Wenger  (1:0) Summary Attendance: 5,000
12 October 1924 30 years FC BernServette 3 – 0
[note 1]
BaselNeufeld, Bern
Turling  (1:0)
 (2:0)
 (3:0)
Summary Attendance: 5,000
2 November 1924 Mid-seasonGrasshopper Club 4 – 0 BaselHeiligfeld, Zürich
13:00 Abegglen  (1:0)
Abegglen  (2:0)
Abegglen  (3:0)
Neuenschwander  (4:0)
Summary Referee: Blum Zürich
Notes
  1. 2x 30 Minutes.

Winter break, mid- and end of season

1 January 1925 Winter breakBasel 1 – 5 1. Simmeringer SCLandhof, Basel
14:30 Ganter (II) { 15' (1:0) Summary  20' (1:1)
 (2:1)
 (3:1)
 (4:1)
 (5:1)
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Hafner Basel
22 March 1925 Mid-seasonSolothurn2 – 1BaselSolothurn
Summary
12 April 1925 Mid-seasonHŠK Građanski Zagreb 2 – 0 BaselGrađanski Stadium Zagreb
16:30  (pen. 1:0)
Mantler  (pen. 2:0)
Summary Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Petrovic
13 April 1925 Mid-seasonHŠK Građanski Zagreb 1 – 0 BaselGrađanski Stadium Zagreb
16:30 Pasinek  28' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Klemen
18 April 1925 Mid-seasonSK Rapid Wien5 – 0BaselPfarrwiese, Wien
16:00 Wesselik  4' (1:0)
Bauer  (2:0)
Wesselik  56' (3:0)
Wesselik  58' (4:0)
Kirbes  62' (5:0)
Summary Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Werner
16 May 1925 End of seasonYoung Boys5 – 1BaselBern
Vögeli (I)  (1:0)
Vögeli (II)  (2:0)
 (3:1)
 (4:1)
 (5:1)
Summary  (1:1) Fahr Referee: Fritz Beuchat Bern
24 May 1925 End of seasonBasel0 –1Tottenham HotspurLandhof, Basel
16:00 Summary  30' (0:1) Seed Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Hafner Basel

Serie A

Central Group results

14 September 1924 Round 1Luzern0 – 3 FF
[note 1]
BaselTribschen, Luzern
Summary  12' (0:1) Rau Attendance: 800
Referee: Acker Zürich
28 September 1924 Round 2Grenchen0 – 3BaselStadion Brühl, Grenchen
Summary  48' (0:1) Breh
 50' (0:2) Breh
 (0:3) Zorzotti
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Edm. Dizerens Lausanne
5 October 1924 Round 3Basel0 – 0AarauLandhof, Basel
13:30 Summary Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Koblet Winterthur
26 October 1924 Round 4Basel1 – 0Concordia BaselLandhof, Basel
15:00 Breh Summary Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Gremminger Oberwinterthur
16 November 1924 Round 5Basel0 – 2Young BoysLandhof, Basel
14:30 Summary  25' (0:1) Vögeli
 75' (0:2) Abplanalp
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Koblet Winterthur
30 November 1924 Round 6Old Boys0 – 0BaselStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:45 Summary Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Gremminger Oberwinterthur
7 December 1924 Round 7Nordstern Basel0 – 1BaselStadion Rankhof, Basel
14:30 Summary  (0:1) Breh Referee: Ruegg Thalwil
14 December 1924 Round 8Concordia Basel0 – 0BaselLandhof, Basel
14:30 Summary Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Edm. Dizerens Lausanne
21 December 1924 Round 9Basel0 – 0FC BernLandhof, Basel
14:30 Summary Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Passera La Chaux-de-Fonds
11 January 1925 Round 10Basel2 – 0LuzernLandhof, Basel
13:00 Fahr  20' (1:0)
Breh  (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Gremminger Oberwinterthur
20 January 1925 Round 11Basel1 – 0Nordstern BaselLandhof, Basel
14:45 Breh  (1:0) Summary Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Edm. Dizerens Lausanne
15 February 1924 Round 12Aarau4 – 0BaselStadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
15:00 Hürzeler (II)  51' (1:0)
Hürzeler (II)  56' (2:0)
Hürzeler (II)  73' (3:0)
Hürzeler (II)  81' (4:0)
Summary Referee: Ruegg Thalwil
29 March 1925 Round 13Basel0 – 3Old BoysLandhof, Basel
15:00 Summary  (0:1) Katz
 (0:2) Wionsowsky
 87' (pen. 0:3) Katz
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Ruegg Thalwil
5 April 1925 Round 14Young Boys0 – 0BaselSpitalacker, Bern
Summary Referee: Edm. Dizerens Lausanne
26 April 1925 Round 15FC Bern2 – 1BaselNeufeld, Bern
Motta  (1:0)
Brand  (2:0)
Summary  (2:1) Bielser Referee: Edm. Dizerens Lausanne
3 May 1925 Round 16Basel3 – 2GrenchenLandhof, Basel
15:00 Breh  5' (1:0)
Zorzotti  15' (2:0)
Schneider (II)  20' (3:0)
Summary  (3:1)
 (3:2)
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Ruegg Thalwil
Notes
  1. Forfeit win for Basel: the game ended 0–1, but Luzern had used an ineligible player.

Central Group table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Bern 16 9 5 2 25 10 +15 23 Advance to finals
2 Aarau 16 8 4 4 25 17 +8 20
3 Old Boys 16 7 5 4 33 23 +10 19
4 Basel 16 7 5 4 15 13 +2 19
5 Young Boys 16 7 3 6 26 18 +8 17
6 Nordstern Basel 16 5 4 7 17 13 +4 14
7 Grenchen 16 4 4 8 17 23 6 12
8 Concordia Basel 16 4 4 8 15 25 10 12
9 Luzern 16 2 4 10 12 43 31 8 Relegation play-off
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See also

References

  1. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Testspiele Saison 1924/25". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1924/25". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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