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
ChairmanSwitzerland Karl Ibach
First team coachAustria Gustav Putzendopler
(as team captain)
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

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Gustav Putzendopler was team captain this season and as captain he led the team trainings and was responsible for the line-ups. 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 all 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). FC Bern won the central group and advanced to the finals. West group winners Servette won the championship, Bern were runners-up and east group winners Young Fellows Zürich were third. Luzern were last in the central group. They thus played the promotion-relegation barrage against Solothurn. Solothurn achieved promotion, Luzern were relegated.[3]

Emil Breh was Basel's top league goal scorer with seven goals. Breh had joined the team before the season started and left the club at the end of it.[4] Ernst Zorzotti was the team's second top scorer with just two goals. Four players each scored one goal, Karl Bielser, Arthur Fahr, Hans Rau and Hans Schneider. The other two goal scorers were not recorded.[5]

Players

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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

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Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

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Pre- and mid-season

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24 August 1924 Pre-season RC Strasbourg   1–3   Basel Strasbourg
  Summary      
7 September 1924 Pre-season Fribourg   4–5   Basel Stade 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 Bern FC Bern   1 – 0
[note 1]
  Basel Neufeld, Bern
Wenger   (1:0) Summary Attendance: 5,000
12 October 1924 30 years FC Bern Servette   3 – 0
[note 1]
  Basel Neufeld, Bern
Turling   (1:0)
  (2:0)
  (3:0)
Summary Attendance: 5,000
2 November 1924 Mid-season Grasshopper Club   4–0   Basel Heiligfeld, Zürich
13:00 Abegglen   (1:0)
Abegglen   (2:0)
Abegglen   (3:0)
Neuenschwander   (4:0)
Summary Referee:   Blum Zürich
Notes
  1. ^ a b 2x 30 Minutes.

Winter break, mid- and end of season

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1 January 1925 Winter break Basel   1–5   1. Simmeringer SC Landhof, 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-season Solothurn   2–1   Basel Solothurn
    Summary  
12 April 1925 Mid-season HŠK Građanski Zagreb   2–0   Basel Građanski Stadium Zagreb
16:30   (pen. 1:0)
Mantler   (pen. 2:0)
Summary Attendance: 6,000
Referee:   Petrovic
13 April 1925 Mid-season HŠK Građanski Zagreb   1–0   Basel Građanski Stadium Zagreb
16:30 Pasinek   28' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 5,000
Referee:   Klemen
18 April 1925 Mid-season SK Rapid Wien   5–0   Basel Pfarrwiese, 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 season Young Boys   5–1   Basel Bern
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 season Basel   0 –1   Tottenham Hotspur Landhof, Basel
16:00 Summary   30' (0:1) Seed Attendance: 3,000
Referee:   Hafner Basel

Serie A

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Central group results

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14 September 1924 Round 1 Luzern 0 – 3 FF
[note 1]
Basel Tribschen, Luzern
Summary   12' (0:1) Rau Attendance: 800
Referee:   Acker Zürich
Note: Forfeit win for Basel: the game ended 0–1, but Luzern had used an ineligible player.
28 September 1924 Round 2 Grenchen 0–3 Basel Stadion 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 3 Basel 0–0 Aarau Landhof, Basel
13:30 Summary Attendance: 2,000
Referee:   Koblet Winterthur
26 October 1924 Round 4 Basel 1–0 Concordia Basel Landhof, Basel
15:00 Breh   Summary Attendance: 2,000
Referee:   Gremminger Oberwinterthur
16 November 1924 Round 5 Basel 0–2 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
14:30 Summary   25' (0:1) Vögeli
  75' (0:2) Abplanalp
Attendance: 3,500
Referee:   Koblet Winterthur
30 November 1924 Round 6 Old Boys 0–0 Basel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:45 Summary Attendance: 2,500
Referee:   Gremminger Oberwinterthur
7 December 1924 Round 7 Nordstern Basel 0–1 Basel Stadion Rankhof, Basel
14:30 Summary   (0:1) Breh Referee:   Ruegg Thalwil
14 December 1924 Round 8 Concordia Basel 0–0 Basel Landhof, Basel
14:30 Summary Attendance: 2,500
Referee:   Edm. Dizerens Lausanne
21 December 1924 Round 9 Basel 0–0 FC Bern Landhof, Basel
14:30 Summary Attendance: 2,000
Referee:   Passera La Chaux-de-Fonds
11 January 1925 Round 10 Basel 2–0 Luzern Landhof, Basel
13:00 Fahr   20' (1:0)
Breh   (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 1,800
Referee:   Gremminger Oberwinterthur
20 January 1925 Round 11 Basel 1–0 Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
14:45 Breh   (1:0) Summary Attendance: 2,500
Referee:   Edm. Dizerens Lausanne
15 February 1924 Round 12 Aarau 4–0 Basel Stadion 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 13 Basel 0–3 Old Boys Landhof, 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 14 Young Boys 0–0 Basel Spitalacker, Bern
Summary Referee:   Edm. Dizerens Lausanne
26 April 1925 Round 15 FC Bern 2–1 Basel Neufeld, Bern
Motta   (1:0)
Brand   (2:0)
Summary   (2:1) Bielser Referee:   Edm. Dizerens Lausanne
3 May 1925 Round 16 Basel 3–2 Grenchen Landhof, 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

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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
Source: rsssf.com

See also

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References

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  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.
  3. ^ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1924/25". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  4. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Emil Breh - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  5. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Statistic 1924/25". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

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