1916–17 FC Basel season
| 1916–17 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman |  Philipp LeichnerFranz Rinderer |
| Ground | Landhof, Basel |
| Serie A | Group Stage: 2nd |
| Top goalscorer | League: Karl Wüthrich (6) All: Karl Wüthrich (12) |
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
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. Four of these games were played in the Basel championship against the two other local teams Old Boys and Nordstern Basel. Due to the early date of the season the three teams decided to play the return matches of the Championship all on one day as a tournament and played shortened games, both halves each in 30 minutes. FC Basel won the Championship.
The domestic league, Swiss Serie A 1916–17, was divided into three regional groups, East, Central and West. Basel and the two other Basel teams were allocated to the Central group which had only seven teams. 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. They 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. The Young Boys won the group and continued to the finals.[1] Here they played against La Chaux-de-Fonds and VFC Winterthur-Veltheim. Winterthur eventually won the championship in the Finals.
Players
- Squad members
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 Postponed
Friendly matches
| 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) |
| 24 December 1916 Mid-season | 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 Mid-season | 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 Mid-season | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 1 – 2 | Basel | Camp de la Indústria, Barcelona |
| 14:45 | |
Summary | |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Francisco Brú |
| 31 December 1916 Mid-season | Terrassa | 1 – 1 | Basel | Terrassa |
| Torrella (1:0) |
Summary | 89' (1:1) Kaltenbach |
| 1 January 1917 Mid-season | 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 |
| 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 |
Serie A
Central Group results
| 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 |
| 1 April 1917 Round 9 | Basel | 0 – 0 | Aarau | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Summary | Referee: Willy Beuttner FC Zürich |
| 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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Young Boys Bern | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 15 | +16 | 18 |
| 2 | FC Basel | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 20 | +11 | 15 |
| 3 | FC Aarau | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 13 |
| 4 | FC Biel | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 12 |
| 5 | Old Boys Basel | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 11 |
See also
Sources and references
- 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
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Rangliste Serie A - Zentralschweiz". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
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