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1899–1900 FC Basel season

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FC Basel
1899–1900 season
ChairmanCharlie Volderauer
(until 1899)
Ernst-Alfred Thalmann
(from 18 January 1900)
First team coachunknown
GroundLandhof, Basel

The FC Basel 1899–1900 season was their seventh season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. In this season they did not compete for the Swiss championship. The club's chairman was Charlie Volderauer, who was chairman between 1896 and 1900. He stood down at the AGM and Ernst-Alfred Thalmann was elected as the new club chairman. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof, in the Quarter Kleinbasel.

Overview

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The first national championship in Switzerland took place in 1897–98. This championship is considered as unofficial because it was not organized by the Swiss Football Association (SFA; founded in 1895). FC Basel did not participate in this first championship. But they did in the second edition during the last season.[1] Basel did not compete in the championship this season either. But they have participated in every season since.

Georges Fürstenberger was appointed as team captain by the club's board of directors under chairman Charlie Volderauer. As captain Fürstenberger led the team trainings and was responsible for the line-ups. Basel played 16 friendly games in the season, six were won, two drawn and eight ended with a defeat. The team scored 31 goals, but only seven goal scorers are documented, and they conceded 37 goals.[2]

Eleven of these friendly games were played at home in the Landhof, five were played away. As in the previous season, all the friendly games were played against Swiss teams. Among the opponents were reigning Swiss champions Anglo-American Club Zürich and Basel won both the home game and the return match. They also played twice against Zürich, but both games ended with a defeat. Further there were two games against local rivals Old Boys and these were both lost as well. The two games against FC Concordia Zürich ended with a win at home but a defeat away. The two games against Biel-Bienne ended with a home defeat, but an away win.[3]

Players

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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 Switzerland SUI Paul Hofer
GK Switzerland SUI Jules Fingerlin
DF Switzerland SUI Josy Ebinger
DF Switzerland SUI Daniel Hug
MF Switzerland SUI Alphonse Schorpp
FW Switzerland SUI Dr. Siegfried Pfeiffer
FW Switzerland SUI Emanuel Schiess
FW Switzerland SUI Hermann Schneider
MF Switzerland SUI Ernst-Alfred Thalmann I
FW Switzerland SUI Hans Billeter
Switzerland SUI Georges Fürstenberger (captain)
Switzerland SUI Gass I
No. Pos. Nation Player
Switzerland SUI Ernst Gass II
France FRA Jules Gérard
FW Switzerland SUI Rudolf Gossweiler
Switzerland SUI Edmond Racle
MF Switzerland SUI Otto Reber
FW Switzerland SUI Karl Schneider
Switzerland SUI Rudolf Schwarz
Switzerland SUI Schweizer II
Switzerland SUI Albert Sevin
MF Switzerland SUI R. Sommer
MF Switzerland SUI Stutz II
Switzerland SUI Paul Thalmann III
Switzerland SUI Max Zutt
Players who left the squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Switzerland SUI Ferdinand Isler
DF Switzerland SUI Charles Volderauer
FW   L. Montbaron
Switzerland SUI Louis Gürtler
No. Pos. Nation Player
Switzerland SUI Alfred Iselin
Switzerland SUI Rudolf Iselin
Switzerland SUI Rudolf La Roche
  Horace Watts
Switzerland SUI Roland Ziegler

Results

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Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Friendly matches

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Early season

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8 October 1899 Friendly Basel Switzerland 0–4 Switzerland FC Fortuna Zürich Landhof, Basel
Summary (0:1)
(0:2)
(0:3)
(0:4)
12 November 1899 Friendly Basel Switzerland 3–1 Switzerland FC Concordia Zürich Landhof, Basel


Summary
26 November 1899 Friendly Basel Switzerland 2–2 Switzerland FC Neuchâtel Landhof, Basel

Summary
3 December 1899 Friendly Zürich Switzerland 5–1 Switzerland Basel Zürich




Summary

Spring

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21 January 1900 Friendly Old Boys Switzerland 3–1 Switzerland Basel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
Mory 10' (1:1)
Schwarz 75' (2:1)
Mory 85' (3:1)
Summary 5' (0:1) Thalmann I Referee: Switzerland E. Engelke, (Anglo-American Club Zürich)
4 February 1900 Friendly Basel Switzerland 3–1 Switzerland FC Fortuna Basel Landhof, Basel


Summary
11 February 1900 Friendly Anglo-American Club Zürich Switzerland 2–3 Switzerland Basel Allmend Brunau, Zürich
15:45 Suarès (I) 35' (1:0)
Suarès (I) (2:3)
Summary (1:1)
(1:2)
(1:3)
18 February 1900 Friendly Basel Switzerland 0–1 Switzerland Old Boys Landhof, Basel
14:45 Summary 50' (0:1) Schwarz Referee: Switzerland H. Studer, (Old Boys)
25 February 1900 Friendly Basel Switzerland 0–3 Switzerland FC Neuchâtel Landhof, Basel
14:30 Summary (0:1) L. Billeter
(0:2) Salvadé
(0:3)
Referee: Switzerland Joe C. Devick, (Old Boys)
11 March 1900 Friendly Basel Switzerland 0–2 Switzerland Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
Summary (0:1) Frey
(0:2) Hiltbrand
Referee: Switzerland H. Banga, (Old Boys)
18 March 1900 Friendly Biel-Bienne Switzerland 0–2 Switzerland Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
Summary (0:1)
(0:2)
Referee: Switzerland
Note: The game was abandoned 20 minutes before the end of the game due to two serious injuries in the FC Basel team.
1 April 1900 Friendly Basel Switzerland 6–0 Switzerland FC Kleinbasel Landhof, Basel
(1:0)
(2:0)
(3:0)
(4:0)
(5:0)
(6:0)
Summary
15 April 1900 Friendly Basel Switzerland 4–5 Switzerland Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Pfeiffer (1:0)
Schiess (2:3)
Pfeiffer (3:5)
H. Schneider (4:5)
Summary (1:1)
(1:2)
(1:3)
(2:4)
(2:5)
22 April 1900 Friendly Basel Switzerland 1–1 Switzerland FC Fortuna Basel Landhof, Basel
Summary
6 May 1900 Friendly FC Concordia Zürich Switzerland 5–1 Switzerland Basel




Summary

References

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  1. ^ gottfriedfuchs.blogspot.ch (2012). "FC Basel". gottfriedfuchs.blogspot.ch. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  2. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz 1899–1900". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  3. ^ "Test games 1899–1900". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

Sources

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(NB: Despite all efforts, the editors of these books and the authors in "Basler Fussballarchiv" have failed to be able to identify all the players, their date and place of birth or date and place of death, who played in the games during the early years of FC Basel. Much documentation for this season is missing, most goal scorers remain unknown.)

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