FC Basel
1909–10 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Ernst-Alfred Thalmann
First team coachEmil Hasler
(as team captain)
GroundLandhof, Basel
Serie AGroup Stage: Fifth
Anglo CupQuarterfinals
Top goalscorern/a[note 09–10 1]
Average home league attendancen/a

The FC Basel 1909–10 season was their seventeenth season since the club was founded on 15 November 1893. The club's chairman was once again Ernst-Alfred Thalmann, it was his eighth presidential term. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof.

Overview

In the 1909–10 season 99 teams took part in the Swiss championships organised by the Swiss Football Association. In the Serie A there were 19 teams. From the regional point of view these were FC Basel and FC Old Boys Basel. In the Serie B there were 41 teams, from the region Nordstern Basel, Concordia Basel, FC Liestal and the second teams from FCB and OB. In the Serie C there wer 39 teams, FC Breite Basel and FC Rosenthal Basel, as well as second and third teams.[1]

Emil Hasler was team captain for the second season in a row and as captain he led the team trainings and was responsible for the line-ups. During the 1909–10 season Basel played a total of 37 matches, 25 friendly games, 10 in the domestic league and two in the newly created Anglo-Cup. Of the 25 friendlies 11 were played in the Landhof. The team travelled to France to play a good victory against FC Hagenau and to Germany tp play Freiburger FC, but here they were defeated. During the winter break they again travelled to Germany. They played a draw with 1. FC Pforzheim on Christmas day and on boxing day were defeated by a combined team with players from Mannheimer FG Union and FC Phönix Mannheim. The team again travelled to France in January, playing a draw with Strassburger FV. Over Easter the team played a tour in Germany, losing 4–0 against Stuttgarter Kickers, losing 5–3 against 1. FC Nürnberg on Good Friday and losing twice against Deutscher FC Prag, 2–1 on Easter Sunday and 4–1 on Easter Monday. In total 8 games were won, 6 six were drawn and 11 ended in a defeat.[2]

The Swiss Serie A 1909–10 was divided into three regional groups, seven team in the east group, six in the central and six in the west group. Basel were allocated to the central group together with local rivals Old Boys. The other teams playing in the Serie A central group were Luzern, Biel-Bienne, FC Bern and Young Boys. Basel ended the season in the fifth position in the group table, five points ahead of Luzern, who were relegated and three points behind the Young Boys, who won the group. YB continued to the finals and played against east group winners Aarau and west group winners Servette. YB won both games and became Swiss champions for the second time in a row.[3]

The first Anglo-Cup was played this season. In the round of 16 on 10 April 1910 Basel won against Young Fellows Zürich, but were beaten by St. Gallen in the quarterfinals. St. Gallen continued to the final, but were beaten in the replay by Young Boys.[3]

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   Albert Meyer
— GK Switzerland SUI Fridolin Wenger
— DF Switzerland SUI Ernst Amstein
— DF Switzerland SUI Hermann Moll
— MF Switzerland SUI Wilhelm 'Willy' Geisser
— MF Germany GER Josef Goldschmidt
— MF Switzerland SUI Paul Gürtler
— MF Switzerland SUI Emil Hasler
— MF Switzerland SUI Ernst Kaltenbach
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   Max Palatini
— MF Switzerland SUI Luigi Persenico
— FW Switzerland SUI Christian Albicker (I)
— FW   Rudolf Bredschneider
— FW Switzerland SUI Rudolf GossweilerI (I)
— FW Switzerland SUI Karl Gossweiler (II)
— FW Switzerland SUI Ernst Gossweiler (III)
— FW Switzerland SUI Gottfried Gunst
— FW Switzerland SUI Karl Wunderle

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season

15 August 1909 Pre-season Concordia Basel Switzerland 1 – 12 Switzerland Basel Basel
Summary
5 September 1909 Pre-season FC Hagenau France 1 – 5 Switzerland Basel Hagenau
Summary
12 September 1909 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 4 – 1 Switzerland Baden Landhof, Basel
Summary
19 September 1909 Pre-season Freiburger FC Germany 4 – 2 Switzerland Basel Freiburg im Breisgau
Summary
3 October 1909 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 5 – 2 Switzerland Cantonal Neuchâtel Landhof, Basel
15:00 (1:0)
(2:0)
(3:0)
(4:0)
(5:1)		 Summary (pen. 4:1)
(5:2)
10 October 1909 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 2 – 4 Switzerland Winterthur Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hasler (1:0)
Goldschmidt (2:2)		 Summary (o.g. 1:1)
(1:2) Koblet
(2:3)
(2:4) Keller		 Referee: Switzerland Kupferschmid (Old Boys
21 November 1909 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 3 – 4 Switzerland Concordia Basel Landhof, Basel
Summary
5 December 1909 Mid-season La Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland 3 – 6 Switzerland Basel La Chaux-de-Fonds
(1:5)
(2:5)
(3:5)		 Summary (0:1) Gürtler
(0:2) Hasler
(0:3) Hasler
(0:5) Kaltenbach
(3:6) Gossweiler II

Winter break to end of season

19 December 1909 Winter break Basel Switzerland 4 – 4 Switzerland Young Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Wunderle (1:0)
Wunderle (2:2)
Gürtler (3:4)
Moll (4:4)		 Summary (1:1) Meister
(1:2)
(2:3)
(o.g. 2:4) Amstein		 Referee: Switzerland
25 December 1909 Winter break 1. FC Pforzheim Germany 2 – 2 Switzerland Basel Pforzheim
Schweikert (1:0)
(pen, 2:2)		 Summary (1:1) Wunderle
(1:2) Moll
26 December 1909 Winter break Mannheimer FG Union/FC Phönix Mannheim combined team Germany 4 – 3 Switzerland Basel Mannheim
(1:0)
(pen. 2:2)
(3:2)
(4:2)		 Summary (1:1) Moll
(1:2)
(4:3)
2 January 1910 Winter break Basel Switzerland 10 – 1 SwitzerlandNordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
Summary 5' (0:1)
9 January 1910 Winter break Basel Switzerland 1 – 5 Switzerland Servette Landhof, Basel
15:00 (1:0) Summary (1:1) Dessaules
(1:2)
(1:3) Renand
(1:4) Morier
(o.g. 1:2)		 Attendance: 1,000
16 January 1910 Winter break Strassburger FV France 3 – 3 Switzerland Basel Akademiker-Platz, Strassburg
(o.g. 1:1)
(2:1)
80' (3:3)		 Summary (0:1) Gürtler
(2:2) Gossweiler
70' (2:3)		 Referee: France Graef Strassburger FV
6 March 1910 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 2 – 2 Switzerland Winterthur Landhof, Basel
15:00 Wunderle (1:1)
Moll (2:2)		 Summary (0:1)
(0:2)		 Referee: Switzerland Ramseyer Basel
20 March 1910 Mid-season Stuttgarter Kickers Germany 4 – 0 Switzerland Basel Stuttgart
10' (1:0)
(2:0)
Löble (3:0)
(4:0)		 Summary
25 March 1910 Mid-season 1. FC Nürnberg Germany 5 – 3 Switzerland Basel Nürnberg
(1:1)
(2:2)
(3:3)
(pen. 4:3)
(5:3)		 Summary (0:1) Gossweiler
(1:2)
(2:3) Moll
27 March 1910 Mid-season Deutscher FC Prag Germany 2 – 1 Switzerland Basel Prague
(1:0)
(2:0)		 Summary (2:1) Gürtler
28 March 1910 Mid-season Deutscher FC Prag Germany 4 – 1 Switzerland Basel Prague
(o.g. 1:0)
(2:1)
(3:1)
(4:1)		 Summary (1:1) Gürtler
29 April 1910 End of season Basel Switzerland 0 – 3 England The Pirates FC London Landhof, Basel
17:00 Summary (0:1)
(0:2)
(0:3)
8 May 1910 End of season FV Baden-Baden Germany 4 – 2 Switzerland Basel Baden-Baden
Summary
15 May 1910 End of season FC Wacker München Germany 3 – 3 SwitzerlandBasel Munich
(1:3)
(2:3)
(3:3)		 Summary (pen. 0:1) Kaltenbach
(0:2) Moll
(0:3) Wunderle
16 May 1910 End of season FC Wacker München Germany 3 – 5 (a.e.t.) Switzerland Basel Munich
(1:1)
(1:2)
(3:3)		 Summary (0:1) Hasler
(2:2)
(2:3)
(3:4) Kaltenbach
(3:5) Gunst
22 May 1910 End of season Basel Switzerland 2 – 2 Germany Freiburger FC Landhof, Basel
16:00 (1:0)
Kaltenbach (2:1)		 Summary (1:1)
(2:2)
4 June 1910 End of season Basel Switzerland 6 – 0 Switzerland Concordia Basel Landhof, Basel
18:00 Hasler (1:0)
Hasler (2:0)
Hasler (3:0)
Kaltenbach (4:0)
Kaltenbach (5:0)
(6:0)		 Summary

Serie A

Central group results

17 October 1909 Round 1 Basel 7 – 0 Luzern Landhof, Basel
15:00 (1:0)
2:0'
3:0'
4:0'
5:0'
6:0'
7:0'		 Summary Referee: Switzerland R. Seifert (Old Boys)
24 October 1909 Round 2 Young Boys 1 – 2 Basel Spitalacker, Bern
14:30 18' (1:0) Summary (1:1) Wunderle
(pen. 1:2) Hasler		 Referee: Switzerland Sevin (Cantonal Neuchâtel)
31 October 1909 Round 3 Basel 2 – 4 Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hasler (1:1)
(2:4)		 Summary (pen. 0:1) Lempen
(1:2)
(1:3)
(1:4)
7 November 1909 Round 4 Old Boys 3 – 3 Basel Margarethenwiese, Basel
15:00 Niggli 18' (1:0)
Buser (2:1)
Winter (3:3)		 Summary (1:1) Hasler
(2:2) Wunderle
(2:3) Gossweiler II		 Referee: Switzerland Rüegg
14 November 1909 Round 5 Basel 2 – 3 Bern Landhof, Basel
15:00 (1:1)
Gossweiler II (2:2)		 Summary (0:1) Hofer
(1:2) Schäfter
(o.g. 2:3) Meyer
12 December 1909 Round 6 Luzern 1 – 2 Basel Luzern
10' (1:0) (1:1) Kaltenbach
(1:2) Gossweiler II
14 February 1910 Round 7 Basel 1 – 4 Old Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hasler (1:0) Summary (1:1) Buser III
(1:2)
(1:3)
(1:4)		 Referee: Switzerland Escher Zürich
20 February 1910 Round 8 Bern 2 – 3 Basel Kirchenfeld, Bern
15:00 Brugger (1:0)
Beuchat I (2:1)		 Summary (1:1) Hasler
(2:2)
(2:3)		 Referee: Switzerland Haslebacher (Montriond)
17 April 1910 Round 9 Basel 0 – 4 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary (0:1) Walter
(0:2) Meister
(0:3) Weiss
(0:4) Kaiser		 Referee: Switzerland Schlegel (FC Zürich)
24 April 1910 Round 10 Biel-Bienne 2 – 2 Basel Biel/Bienne
Summary

Central group league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Young Boys Bern 10 6 1 3 38 18 +20 13 Advance to finals
2 Old Boys Basel 10 4 3 3 26 23 +3 11
3 FC Bern 10 4 3 3 22 20 +2 11
4 FC Biel 10 4 2 4 27 23 +4 10
5 FC Basel 10 4 2 4 24 24 0 10
6 FC Lucerne 10 2 1 7 15 44 −29 5 Relegated
Source: rsssf

Anglo-Cup

10 April 1910 Round of 16 Basel 4 – 2 Young Fellows Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hasler (1:0)
Kaltenbach (pen. 2:0)
Moll (3:0)
Hasler (4:0)		 Summary (4:1)
(4:2)
29 May 1910 Quarterfinal St. Gallen 2 – 1 Basel St. Gallen
Krämer (1:0)
Grunder (2:1)		 Summary (1:1) Referee: Switzerland H. W. Koch

See also

Notes

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The player lines-ups and goal scorers for 6 of the 10 league games in the 1909–10 season are unknown or incomplete.

Incomplete league matches 1909–1910 season: YB-FCB, FCB-Biel, Luzern-FCB, Bern-FCB, FCB-YB, Biel-FCB

References

  1. ↑ Peter, Stefan. "Überregionale Meisterschaften, Schweizer und Basler Cup". Regional, national championships, Swiss and Basler Cup. Stefan Peter, Basel. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  2. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Spiele, Testspiele 1909-10". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  3. 1 2 Garin, Erik. "Switzerland 1910". rsssf.org. Retrieved 2018-11-16.

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