1902–03 FC Basel season
| 1902–03 season | |
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| Chairman |  Ernst-Alfred Thalmann Josy Ebinger |
| First team coach | unknown |
| Ground | Landhof, Basel |
| Serie A | Central group 3rd |
The FC Basel 1902–03 season was their tenth season in their existence. The club's chairman was Ernst-Alfred Thalmann, who took over for the second time, and later Josy Ebinger, who then became the fifth chairman in the club's history. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the Quarter Kleinbasel.
Overview
The Swiss Serie A season 1902–03 was divided into three regional groups, east, central and west. Basel were allocated to the central group together with the Young Boys, FC Bern and two other teams from region Basel, these being Old Boys Basel and Fortuna Basel. Fortuna were disqualified due to incidents in the match against Old Boys, the results of the previous matches being counted. Basel completed the central division with eight games, three victories and five defeats with six points, 13 to 20 goals, in third position in the table six points behind YB who qualified for the finals. Here YB won both matches and the championship.[1]
Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Results
- Legend
Win Draw Loss
Friendly matches
End of season
| 15 March 1903 End of season | Basel | 8 – 1 |  Mulhouse | Landhof, Basel |
Laubi 2x  Schorpp 2x Gossweiler I 2x Gossweiler II 1x Hasler 1x |
Summary | |
Attendance: 200 |
Serie A
Central group matches
| 2 November 1902 Round 1 | Basel | 1 – 4 | FC Bern | Landhof, Basel |
| Landerer |
Summary | Ochsenbein Artigue Kehrli Kehrli |
Referee: Huguenin, (Zürich) |
| 16 November 1902 Round 3 | Basel | 0 – 7 | Young Boys | Landhof, Basel |
| Summary | Kratz O. Schwab |
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| Note: Paul Hofer had to leave the field at the beginning of the game due to a sprain, therefore FCB had to play practically the whole match with just ten players | ||||
| 23 November 1902 Round 4 | Basel | 1 – 2 | Old Boys | Landhof, Basel |
| Hasler (1:0) |
Summary | (1:1) Senn (1:2) Senn |
Referee: A. Lalive, (La Chaux-de-Fonds) |
| 30 November 1902 Round 5 | Basel | 2 – 0 | FC Fortuna Basel | Landhof, Basel |
| Schorpp (1:0) Hug (2:0) |
Summary | Referee: Ankersmith, (Grasshopper Club) |
Central group league table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | Young Boys Bern | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 5 | +24 | 12 |
| 2 | BSC Old Boys Basel | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 11 |
| 3 | FC Basel | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 20 | −7 | 6 |
| 4 | FC Bern | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 21 | −11 | 3 |
| 5 | Fortuna Basel (D) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 18 | −15 | 2 |
- ^ Fortuna were disqualified due to incidents in the match against Old Boys
See also
Sources
- Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2027-6
- Switzerland 1902-03 at RSSSF
References
- ^ Betschart, Daniel (2012). "IVA Homepage über den BSC Young Boys" (PDF). wieist.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2016-11-13.