1925–26 FC Basel season

The FC Basel 1925–26 season was their thirty third season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. The club's new chairman was Carl Burkhardt. It was Burkhardt's second period as chairman. At the AGM he took over the presidency from Karl Ibach. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel.

FC Basel
1925–26 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Carl Burkhardt
First team coachSwitzerland Karl Bielser
(as team captain)
GroundLandhof, Basel
Serie AGroup Stage: 2nd
Swiss CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague: Arnold Hürzeler (8)
All: Arnold Hürzeler (15)
Highest home attendance3,200 on 7 February 2016
vs Young Boys
Lowest home attendance1,400 on 13 May 2016
vs FC Bern
Average home league attendance2,000

Overview

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Karl Bielser 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 33 matches in their 1925–26 season. 16 of these were in the domestic league, two were in the newly created Swiss Cup and 15 were friendly matches. Of these 15 friendlies four were played at home in the Landhof and 11 were away games, five in Switzerland and three each in France and Germany. Four of these games were won, four draws and seven defeats. 29 goals were scored, but 32 were conceded.[1]

During these friendly games, a highlight was the fixture in the Landhof as Huddersfield Town visited. Huddersfield had just won the English Football League championship for the third consecutive season. The game attracted 3,500 supporters. Basel lost the match against the English champions by five goals to one.[2]

As in the previous seasons, this is season the Serie A was divided into three regional groups, each group with nine teams. Basel were allocated to the Central group together with local clubs Concordia Basel, Nordstern Basel and Old Boys Basel. The other teams allocated to this group were Young Boys Bern, FC Bern, Aarau, Grenchen and the newly promoted Solothurn. The teams that won each of the three groups would continue to the finals and the last placed teams in the groups had to play a play-off against relegation.

Basel visited the group newcomers for the first match and promptly lost 1–2. Following this initial shock, the team played twelve games in succession undefeated. However, only six of these games were won and six were drawn and at this point, despite having defeated the league leaders Young Boys, they were trailing by five points. Basel lost their last two home games and thus ended the season in second position. During their league season Basel won seven of their matches, drawing six and were defeated three times. They were nine points adrift of Young Boys, who continued to the finals. Servette won the championship, Grasshopper Club were runners-up and YB were classified third. Grenchen ended the group stage at the bottom of the table and had to play the promotion/relegation play-off against Black Stars Basel, who had won the second tier championship. The teams each won one of the play-off matches and Grenchen won the deciding match to remain in the top tier.[3]

In their 16 league matches the team scored 26 goals and conceded 14.[4] Arnold Hürzeler, who had joined the team for this season, was the team's top league goal scorer with eight goals. He left the club after the season. Karl Bielser was second best league scorer with seven goals. Jules Düblin, Karl Putzendopler and Alfred Schlecht each scored two league goals.[5]

The very first Swiss Cup tournament was organised this season by the Swiss Football Association (and has been organised by them annually since then). In the first round Basel were drawn against lower tier FC Horgen and the game took place on 4 October 1925. Basel won their first cup match 8–1 and Arnold Hürzeler proved his goal scoring qualities by securing the victory for his team by scoring six of the goals.[6] In the next round, however, Basel were eliminated against Aarau, after a draw, by toss of a coin. Grasshopper Club won the final on 11 April 1926, played in the Letzigrund, 2–1 against FC Bern.[3]

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+FW   SUI Arthur Fahr
GK   SUI Arnold Wyssling
GK   SUI Ernst Zorzotti
DF   SUI Armando Ardizzoia
DF   SUI Alfred Heidig
DF   AUT Gustav Putzendopler (I)
DF   SUI Peter Riesterer
MF   SUI Max Galler (II)
MF   SUI Georg Heimann
MF   SUI Ernst Kaltenbach
MF   AUT Karl Putzendopler (II)
MF   SUI Jacques Steiner
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   SUI Karl Wangler
FW   SUI Karl Bielser
FW   SUI Fritz Bölle
FW   SUI Jules Düblin
FW   SUI Arnold Hürzeler
FW   SUI Paul Nebiker
FW   SUI Ernst Nyffeler
FW   SUI Hans Rau
FW   SUI Alfred Schlecht
FW   SUI Hans Schneider (II)
FW   SUI Max Strasser
FW   SUI August von Arx
FW   SUI Curt Wellauer

Results

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Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

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Pre- and mid-season

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23 August 1925 Pre-season Luzern   1–1   Basel Luzern
Waldis   (pen. 1:1) Summary   (0:1)
30 August 1925 Pre-season FC Bern   2–0   Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
11:00 Amrain   (1:0)
Kirschner   88' (2:0)
Summary
30 August 1925 Pre-season Cantonal Neuchâtel   1–0   Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
14:30 Abegglen III   (1:0) Summary
20 September 1925 Mid-season AS Montbéliard   0–6   Basel Montbéliard
Summary            
27 September 1925 Mid-season Grasshopper Club   4–4   Basel Hardturm, Zürich
13:30 Frankenfeldt   (1:1)
Neuenschwander   (2:1)
Frankenfeldt   (3:2)
Frankenfeldt   (pen. 4:2)
Summary   (0:1) Strasser
  (pen. 2:2) Galler
  (4:3) Hürzeler
  (4:4) Hürzeler
Attendance: 2,000
Referee:  

Winter break to end of season

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3 January 1926 Winter break Basel   0–2   1. Simmeringer SC Landhof, Basel
14:30 Summary   1' (1:0) Seszta
  (0:2) Urban
Attendance: 2,000
Referee:   Jacques Hirrle Basel
31 January 1926 Mid-season Baden   4–5   Basel Baden
Weber   1' (1:0)
Weber   (2:3)
Diebold   (3:3)
Egli   (4:5)
[ Summary]   (1:1) Strasser
  30' (1:2) Bielser
  39' (1:3) Heidig
  (3:4) Bielser
  (3:5) Bielser
Referee:   Gloor Baden
28 March 1926 Mid-season Basel   0–4   Étoile-Sporting Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary   (0:1)   (0:2)   (0:3)   (0:4) Attendance: 1,000
Referee:   Feurer Delémont
3 April 1924 Mid-season FC Viktoria Hanau   2–1   Basel Hanau
    Summary  
4 April 1926 Mid-season Kickers Offenbach   1–0   Basel Offenbach
  (1:0) Summary
8 April 1926 Mid-season 1. FSV Mainz 05   2–3   Basel Mainz
Kaiser   (1:2)
Lipponer   (2:2)
Summary   2' (0:1) Schlecht
  (0:2) Nyffeler
  (2:3)
24 April 1926 Mid-season Red Star F.C.   4–0   Basel Stade de Paris, Paris
Summary   (0:1) Schlecht
  (0:2) Schlecht
  (0:3) Schlecht
  (0:4) Strasser
25 April 1926 Mid-season Olympique Lillois   3–3   Basel Stade Henri-Jooris, Lille
  (1:0)
  (2:0)
  (3:1)
Summary   (2:1) Nebiker
  (3:2) Nyffeler
  (3:3) Schlecht
25 May 1926 Mid-season Basel   1–5   Huddersfield Town Landhof, Basel
18:15   (1:5) Summary   (0:1)
  (0:2)
  (0:3)
  (0:4)
  (0:5)
Attendance: 3,500
Referee:   Felix Herren Basel
6 June 1926 End of season Basel   1–1   Young Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Schlecht   (1:0) Summary   (1:1) Müllheim Attendance: 2,500
Referee:   Jacques Hirrle Basel

Serie A

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Central Group results

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6 September 1925 Round 1 Solothurn 2–1 Basel Sportplatz Steinbrugg, Solothurn
Jäggi IV   14' (1:0)
Jäggi IV   (2:0)
Summary   (2:1) Galler Attendance: 800
Referee:  
13 September 1925 Round 2 Basel 7–0 Concordia Basel Landhof, Basel
15:00 Putzendopler (II)   25' (1:0)
Hürzeler   (2:0)
Bielser   (3:0)
Hürzeler   (4:0)
Bölle   (5:0)
Hürzeler   (6:0)
Bielser   (7:0)
Summary Attendance: 1,800
Referee:   Weidmann Töss
18 October 1925 Round 3 Basel 1–0 Grenchen Landhof, Basel
13:15 Putzendopler (II)   (1:0) Summary Attendance: 1,800
Referee:   Teichmann Zürich
15 November 1925 Round 4 Young Boys 1–1 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Poretti   17' (1:1) Summary   10' (0:1) Bielser Attendance: 4,000
Referee:   Rutschmann Vevey
22 November 1925 Round 5 Basel 2–2 Old Boys Landhof, Basel
14:45 Hürzeler   (1:2)
Hürzeler   (2:2)
Summary   (1:0) Wüthrich
  (2:0) Wüthrich
Attendance: 1,800
Referee:   Weidmann Töss
6 December 1925 Round 6 Basel 1–1 Solothurn Landhof, Basel
14:30 Hürzeler   (1:0) Summary   72' (1:1) Reichle Attendance: 1,000
Referee:   Spengler Olten
20 December 1925 Round 7 Basel 1–1 Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
14:30 Hürzeler   5' (1:0) Summary   50' (1:1) Christen Attendance: 2,500
Referee:   Ruegg Thalwil
27 December 1925 Round 8 FC Bern 0–0 Basel Neufeld, Bern
Summary Attendance: 800
Referee:   Spengler Olten
10 January 1926 Round 9 Aarau 1–1 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
Hürzeler   (1:1) Summary   43' (0:1) Hürzeler Attendance: 1,200
Referee:   Edm. Dizerens Lausanne
7 February 1929 Round 10 Basel 2–0 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Bielser   (1:0)
Bielser   (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 3,200
Referee:   Ruegg Thalwil
14 February 1926 Round 11 Old Boys 0–2 Basel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00 Summary   30' (0:1) Schlecht
  52' (0:2) Bielser
Attendance: 3,000
Referee:   Fritz Beuchat Bern
21 February 1926 Round 12 Nordstern Basel 0–1 Basel Stadion Rankhof, Basel
15:00 Afflerbach   Summary   15' (0:1) Düblin Attendance: 3,000
Referee:   Felix Herren Basel
28 February 1926 Round 13 Grenchen 1–2 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
Righetti   80' (1:2) Summary   48' (o.g. 0:1) Kropf
  67' (0:2) Riesterer
Referee:   Gremminger Oberwinterthur
7 March 1926 Round 14 Basel 1–3 Aarau Landhof, Basel
15:00 Schlecht   20' (1:1) Summary   12' (0:1)
  (1:2) Dreier
  60' (1:3) Imhof
Attendance: 2,500
Referee:   Fritz Beuchat Bern
13 May 1929 Round 15 Basel 0–2 FC Bern Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary   25' (0:1) Bürgisser
  87' (0:2) Molteni
Attendance: 1,400
Referee:   Felix Herren Basel
29 May 1926 Round 16 Concordia Basel 0–3 Basel Landhof, Basel
17:30 Summary   (0:1) Strasser
  (0:2) Bielser
  (0:3) Düblin
Attendance: 500
Referee:   Felix Herren Basel

Central Group table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Young Boys 16 14 1 1 46 10 +36 29 Advance to finals
2 Basel 16 7 6 3 26 14 +12 20
3 FC Bern 16 9 2 5 28 16 +12 20
4 Nordstern Basel 16 8 2 6 34 31 +3 18
5 Solothurn 16 7 1 8 30 31 −1 15
6 Aarau 16 6 3 7 29 36 −7 15
7 Old Boys 16 5 2 9 24 31 −7 12
8 Concordia Basel 16 3 2 11 15 49 −34 8
9 Grenchen 16 3 1 12 27 41 −14 7 Relegation play-off
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

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4 October 1925 Round of 64 Basel 8–1 FC Horgen Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hürzeler   (6x)
Strasser   (1x)
Wegmüller   (o.g. 1x)
Summary   Pfitsch Attendance: 1,500
Referee:   Ritter La Chaux-de-Fonds
1 November 1925 Round of 32 Basel 1 – 1[note 1] Aarau Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hürzeler   (1:0) Summary   (1:1) Hürzeler Attendance: 1,200
Referee:   Fritz Beuchat Bern
Note: After 82 minutes, with the score at 1–0, the game was interrupted due to the falling darkness. The Aarau captain Imhof demanded the game to be abandoned, due to shortsightedness of some players. Basel also requested that the game be abandoned. The referee does not accept the suggestion and after several minutes of discussion, the game continued. Due to the darkness, extra time could not be played and the game should have been replayed. The two clubs could not agree to a date. The FCB was ultimately eliminated by toss of a coin.
Notes
  1. ^ Aarau win on Toss of a coin

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Friendly games 1925/26". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  2. ^ "FC Basel - Huddersfield Town FC 1:5 (0:2)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  3. ^ a b Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1925/26". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  4. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1925/26". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  5. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Statistic 1925/26". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  6. ^ "FC Basel - FC Horgen 8:1 (4:1)". Retrieved 2020-11-16.

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