1916–17 FC Basel season
| 1916–17 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman |  Franz Rinderer |
| First team coach | Peter Riesterer (as team captain) |
| Ground | Landhof, Basel |
| Serie A | Group Stage: Second |
| Top goalscorer | League: Karl Wüthrich (6) All: Karl Wüthrich (12) |
| Average home league attendance | n/a |
The FC Basel 1916–17 season was their twenty-fourth season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. The club's chairman was Franz Rinderer. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel.
Overview[edit]
Peter Riesterer was team captain and as captain he led the trainings and was responsible for the line-ups. Basel played a total of 28 matches in the 1916–17 season. 12 of these were in the domestic league and 16 were friendly matches. Of these friendlies eight were won, three were drawn and five ended in a defeat. There were three home fixtures played in the Landhof and 13 away games. Over the Christmas, New Year period the team were taken to a training camp in Barcelona. On Christmas eve and on boxing day they played to friendlies against Barcelona. The first game ended in a defeat and the second was one. Two days later Basel played a friendly in same stadium, Camp de la Indústria, against La Chaux-de-Fonds and they were able to win this game too. On New Year's Eve and on New Year's Day Basel played two friendlies against local club Terrassa. Tarrassa were Serie B champions and played with five loaned first-class players. The first game was drawn and Basel won the second. Four of these friendly matches were played in the so called Basel championship against the two other local teams Old Boys and Nordstern Basel. Due to the early date of the new season, the three teams decided to play the return matches of the Championship all on one day as a tournament and played shortened games, two halves each with just 30 minutes. FC Basel won the Championship.[1]
The domestic league, Swiss Serie A 1916–17, was divided into three regional groups, an east, a central and a west group. There were eight teams in the east and the west group, but only seven in the central group. Basel and the two other local teams were allocated to the Central group. The other teams playing in the Central group were FC Bern, Young Boys Bern, Biel-Bienne and Aarau. Basel played a good season, suffering only two defeats. Looking at things from the local point of view, Basel took three point from the two games against Old Boys and won both of their games against Nordstern Basel. Nordstern were in last position in the league table, but during the period of World War I there was not relegation/promotion between the Serie A and Serie B. Basel ended the season in second position with 15 points. In their 12 games Basel scored 31 goals and conceded 20. Karl Wüthrich was the team's best goal scorer, netting six times in 11 games.[2]
The Young Boys won the central group and continued to the finals. Here they played against La Chaux-de-Fonds and VFC Winterthur-Veltheim. Winterthur won both games in the finals and won the championship title.[3]
Players[edit]
- Squad members
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Results[edit]
- Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches[edit]
Pre- and mid-season[edit]
| 10 September 1916 Pre-season | Basel | 2–2 | Regiment 22 | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Wüthrich  20' (1:0)Kuhn (2:0) |
Summary | |
Referee: Riesterer FC Basel |
| 1 October 1916 Pre-season | Montriond Lausanne | 2–0 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
| 15:00 | Inäbnit 35' (1:0) Gottofrey (2:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 800 Referee: Jacques (Montriond-Sports) |
Winter break to end of season[edit]
| 24 December 1916 Winter break | Barcelona  | 3–1 | Basel | Camp de la Indústria, Barcelona |
| 15:00 | Garchitorena (1:0) Garchitorena (2:0) Hormeu (3:1) |
Summary | Haas |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Francisco Brú |
| 26 December 1916 Winter break | Barcelona | 1–3 | Basel | Camp de la Indústria, Barcelona |
| 15:00 | Garchitorena (1:0) |
Summary | (1:1) Wüthrich (1:2) Albicker (I) (1:3) Wüthrich |
Referee: Hamilton |
| 28 December 1916 Winter break | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 1–2 | Basel | Camp de la Indústria, Barcelona |
| 14:45 | |
Summary | |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Francisco Brú |
| 31 December 1916 Winter break | Terrassa | 1–1 | Basel | Terrassa |
| Torrella (1:0) |
Summary | 89' (1:1) Kaltenbach |
| 1 January 1917 Winter break | Terrassa | 3–4 | Basel | Terrassa |
| (1:0) (2:4) (3:4) |
Summary | (1:1) (1:2) (1:3) (1:4) |
| 20 May 1917 End-of-season | Basel | 0–1 | Winterthur | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Summary | |
Referee: Ollmann (Concordia Basel) |
| 2 June 1917 Basel championship | Nordstern Basel | 3–3 | Basel | Margarethenwiese, Basel |
| 18:00 | Chollet (pen. 1:1) Gaus (2:1)Bollinger (3:3) |
Summary | 6' (0:1) Albicker (I) 45' (2:2) Kuhn 50' (2:3) |
Referee: Wenger, (Old Boys) |
| 11 June 1917 Semi-Final Ostschweizerisches Turnier | Young Fellows Zürich | 1–5 | Basel | Zürich |
| (1:4) |
Summary | (0:1) (0:2) (0:3) (0:4) (1:5) Kaltenbach |
| 11 June 1917 Final Ostschweizerisches Turnier | Blue Stars Zürich | 1–0 | Basel | Zürich |
| (1:0) |
Summary |  Kaltenbach |
| 17 June 1917 Basel championship | Basel | 4–2 | Old Boys | Landhof, Basel |
| 17:00 | Kaltenbach (1:0) Wüthrich (2:0)Albicker (I) (3:0)Moll (pen. 4:1) |
Summary | (3:1) Danzeisen (I) (4:2) Danzeisen (I) |
| 1 July 1917 Basel championship | Basel | 2–0 | Nordstern Basel | Margarethenwiese, Basel |
| 16:15 | Schloz 10' (1:0) Kaltenbach 20' (2:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 1,000 | |
| Note: Due to the advanced season, the 3 participating clubs decided to hold this tournament in one day, the games lasted 2 x 30 minutes. | ||||
| 1 July 1917 Basel championship | Old Boys | 1–4 | Basel | Margarethenwiese, Basel |
| 17:00 | Dürr 27' (pen. 1:2) |
Summary | 9' (o.g. 0:1) Monta (0:2) Wüthrich 46' (1:3) Schloz 53' (pen. 1:4) Wüthrich |
Attendance: 1,000 |
| Note: Due to the advanced season, the 3 participating clubs decided to hold this tournament in one day, the games lasted 2 x 30 minutes. | ||||
Serie A[edit]
Central group results[edit]
| 8 October 1916 Round 1 | Biel-Bienne | 4–3 | Basel | Bern |
| Hugi 53' (1:1) Hugi (2:1) (3:2)Grupp 83' (4:3) |
Summary | 44' (0:1) Lotter (pen. 2:2) (3:3) Bredschneider |
Referee: A. Sandoz Lausanne |
| 15 October 1916 Round 2 | Basel | 3–3 | FC Bern | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Kuhn 12' (1:0) Wüthrich 35' (2:0)Moll (pen. 3:3) |
Summary | 38' (o.g. 2:1) Moll (2:2) (2:3) Schmiedlin |
Referee: John Forster La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| 29 October 1916 Round 3 | Basel | 6–2 | Nordstern Basel | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Moll 1' (pen. 1:0) Wüthrich 10' (2:0)Ganter 23' (3:2)Albicker (I) (4:2)Albicker (I) (5:2)Ganter 89' (6:2) |
Summary | 17' (2:1) Bollinger 22' (2:0) Bollinger |
Referee: Weber |
| 5 November 1916 Round 4 | Aarau | 0–4 | Basel | Aarau |
| Summary | 49' (0:1) Albicker (I) 52' (0:2) |
Referee: Jacques Reich VFC Winterthur-Veltheim |
| 12 November 1916 Round 5 | Basel | 0–0 | Young Boys | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Summary | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Stutz |
| 17 December 1916 Round 6 | Old Boys | 0–4 | Basel | Margarethenwiese, Basel |
| 15:00 | |
Summary | Wüthrich 35' (0:1) Wüthrich 40' (0:2)Riesterer (pen. 0:3)Wüthrich 75' (0:4) |
Referee: Weber |
| 25 February 1917 Round 7 | Nordstern Basel | 1–2 | Basel | Staldenrain, Riehen |
| 15:00 | Afflerbach 12' (1:0) |
Summary | (o.g. 1:1) Solberger 29' (1:2) Wüthrich |
Attendance: 1,200 Referee: John Forster La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| 25 March 1917 Round 8 | Young Boys | 6–1 | Basel | Spitalacker, Bern |
| 15:00 | Hubbard (1:0) Funk (II) (2:0)Klopfenstein 7' (3:0)Funk (I) 35' (4:0)Hubbard (5:0)Klopfenstein (6:1) |
Summary | (5:1) |
Referee: Reich Winterthur |
| 15 April 1917 Round 10 | Basel | 7–3 | Biel-Bienne | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | (1:2) (2:2) (3:2) (4:2) (5:3) (6:3) (7:3) |
Summary | (0:1) Grupp (0:2) (4:3) |
Referee: Reich Winterthur |
| 22 April 1917 Round 11 | FC Bern | 1–1 | Basel | Kirchenfeld, Bern |
| 15:00 | Orth (1:0) |
Summary | (1:1) Albicker (I) |
Referee: Ch. Kult-Reynaud Genève |
| 6 May 1917 Round 12 | Basel | 0–0 | Old Boys | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Riesterer |
Summary | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ammann Cantonal Neuchatel |
Central group league table[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Young Boys | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 15 | +16 | 18 | Advance to finals |
| 2 | Basel | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 20 | +11 | 15 | |
| 3 | Aarau | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 13 | |
| 4 | Biel-Bienne | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 12 | |
| 5 | Old Boys | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 11 | |
| 6 | FC Bern | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 27 | −4 | 10 | |
| 7 | Nordstern Basel | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 38 | −16 | 5 |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Test games 1916–17". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Rangliste Serie A - Zentralschweiz". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ Erik Garin. "Serie A 1916/17". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
Sources[edit]
- 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 1916–17 at fcb-archiv.ch
- Switzerland 1916-17 at RSSSF