1910–11 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1910–11 season
Chairman	Ernst-Alfred Thalmann
First team coach	unknown
Ground	Landhof, Basel
Serie A	Group Stage: Third
Anglo Cup	Quarterfinals
Top goalscorer	League: Emil Hasler (4); All: Emil Hasler (13)
	← 1909–10 1911–12 →

The FC Basel 1910–11 season was their eighteenth season since the club's foundation. The club's chairman was Ernst-Alfred Thalmann, it was his ninth presidential term, his third term in succession. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof.

Overview

During the 1910–11 season Basel played a total of 38 matches, 23 friendly games, 12 in the domestic league and three games in the Anglo-Cup. Of the 23 friendlies Basel won eleven, drawing three and they were defeated nine times. Ten games were played abroad and five other away games were played in Switzerland against Swiss teams. Eight of the friendlies were played at home, four of the guest teams came from abroad, three guest teams came from clubs in Switzerland.

The other friendly match was played against the Switzerland national football team on Sunday 26 February 1911. The national time line up was: Von Gunten; Adamina, Müller; Leuner, Rubli I, Ehrbar; Collet, Rubli II, Wyss, Kaiser, Weiss. Basel played with a strengthened team in following line up: Flückiger (Aarau); Moll, Wenger; Albicker II, Hartmann (Biel), Albicker I; Wunderle, Renand (Servette), Kaltenbach, Hasler, Stauss (La Chaux-de-Fonds). Team Basel won the game 3–0 thanks to two goals from Renand and one from Stauss.^[1]

The Swiss Serie A 1909–10 was again divided into three regional groups. Basel were allocated to the Central group together with local rivals Old Boys. The other teams playing in the Central group were Biel-Bienne, FC Bern, Young Boys and Stella Fribourg. The Young Boys won the group and continued to the finals and eventually won the championship.^[2]

Three other local teams play in the Swiss Serie B, Nordstern Basel, Concordia Basel and FC Liestal.^[3] In the Anglo-Cup Basel were drawn against two of these lower classed locals. In the round of 32 away against FC Liestal, which ended with a 7–1 victory and in the round of 16 against Concordia, in which Basel ended victors 2–0. In the Quarterfinals Basel were drawn away from home against Young Boys Bern. This game ended with a 2–8 defeat. Young Boys went on to win the final against Servette.^[2]

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	SUI	Fridolin Wenger
—	GK		A.H. Würgler
—	DF	SUI	Hermann Moll
—	MF	SUI	Fritz Albicker (II)
—	MF	SUI	Wilhelm 'Willy' Geisser
—	MF	SUI	Emil Hasler
—	MF	SUI	Ernst Kaltenbach
—	FW	SUI	Christian Albicker (I)
—	FW		Rudolf Bredschneider


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	SUI	Karl Ibach
—	FW		Camille Meyer
—	FW	SWE	Birger Persson
—	FW	SUI	Karl Wunderle
—		SUI	? Gossweiler (II)
—		SUI	? Weiss
—		SUI	? Riesterer
—			? Gürtler
—			Hans Enzmann
—			Ed. Buser

Results

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Friendly matches

21 August 1910	Freiburger FC	3 – 4	Basel	Freiburg im Breisgau
		Summary

28 August 1910	Concordia Basel	3 – 3	Basel	Basel
15:00	Kalt (1:0) Lüscher (2:3) Hermann (3:3)	Summary	(1:1) (1:2) (1:3)

4 September 1910	Winterthur	0 – 2	Basel	Winterthur
		Summary	(0:1) Hasler 80' (0:2)

11 September 1910	Servette	1 – 5	Basel	Geneva
	Renand 89' (1:5)	Summary	(0:1) Wunderle (0:2) (0:3) (0:4) (0:5)	Referee: H. Garonne (Genf)

18 September 1910	FV Baden-Baden	0 – 7	Basel	Baden-Baden
		Summary	Kaltenbach Wunderle Weiss Hasler

25 September 1910	Basel	4 – 1	Zürich	Landhof, Basel
15:00	(1:0) (2:0) (3:0) Hasler (4:1)	Summary	(3:1) Haberstock

2 October 1910	La Chaux-de-Fonds	3 – 2	Basel	La Chaux-de-Fonds
		Summary

25 December 1910	Würzburger Kickers	2 – 2	Basel	Würzburg
		Summary

26 December 1910	Ludwigshafener FG 1903	0 – 5	Basel	Ludwigshafen
		Summary

1 January 1911	Basel	3 – 2	St. Gallen	Landhof, Basel
	Kaltenbach (1:2) Hasler (2:2) Kaltenbach (2:3)	Summary	(0:1) Senn (0:2) Neumeyer

8 January 1911	Mulhouse	0 – 5	Basel	Mulhouse
		Summary

26 February 1911	Basel	3 – 0	Switzerland national football team	Landhof, Basel
	Renand Renand Stauss	Summary		Referee: Escher Zürich

5 March 1911	Mannheimer FG 1896	6 – 1	Basel	Mannheim
	5' (1:0) Leissing (2:0) Leissing (3:0) Leissing (4:0) Leissing (5:0) Leissing (6:0)	Summary	(6:1) Persson

12 March 1911	Basel	0 – 2	Strassburger FV	Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary		Referee: Ramseyer Basel

2 April 1911	St. Gallen	1 – 1	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
15:00	Maschmeyer (1:0)	Summary	(1:1) Kaltenbach	Referee: Vonwiller St. Gallen

16 April 1911	FV 1900 Kaiserslautern	4 – 2	Basel	Haardtwalde Kaiserslautern
		Summary	Albicker (I)

17 April 1911	Mannheimer FC Phönix 02	1 – 0	Basel	Mannheim
	(1:0)	Summary

23 April 1911	Freiburger FC	5 – 1	Basel	Freiburg im Breisgau
	15' (pen. 1:0) (o.g. 2:0) Hensler (3:0) Burkart (4:0) (5:1)	Summary	(4:1)

30 April 1911	Strassburger FV	3 – 2	Basel	Velodrome, Strassburg
	(1:0) (2:0) (3:1)	Summary	(2:1) Kaltenbach (3:2) Kaltenbach

21 May 1910	Basel	1 – 7	Newcastle United	Landhof, Basel
16:00	Hasler (pen. 1:1)	Summary	(0:1) (1:2) (1:3) (1:4) (1:5) (1:6) (1:7)	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Winkler Freiburger FC

27 May 1911	Basel	1 – 5	Celtic	Landhof, Basel
17:30	Kaltenbach (1:0)	Summary	(1:1) (1:2) McMenemy (1:3) McMenemy (1:4) McMenemy (1:5) Johnstone	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: M'Maily (Glasgow)

5 June 1911	Basel	5 – 3	1. FC Pforzheim	Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary

25 June 1911	Basel	4 – 0	St. Gallen	Landhof, Basel
	Kaltenbach Füllemann (o.g.)	Summary

Serie A

Central group results

9 October 1910 Round 1	Aarau	5 – 2	Basel	Aarau
	9' (1:0) (2:1) (3:1) 70' (4:1) (5:1)	Summary	(pen. 1:1) (5:2)	Referee: D. Wenger (FC Old Boys Basel)

16 October 1910 Round 2	Basel	0 – 2	Young Boys	Landhof, Basel
		Summary	(0:1) 55' (0:2)

23 October 1910 Round 3	Stella Fribourg	2 – 5	Basel	Fribourg
		Summary

30 October 1910 Round 4	Basel	3 – 3	Old Boys	Landhof, Basel
15:00	(1:0) Hasler (2:3) Wunderle (3:3)	Summary	(1:1) (1:2) (1:3)	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Kratz Zürich

13 November 1910 Round 5	Basel	3 – 1	FC Bern	Landhof, Basel
15:00	76' (1:1) Wunderle (2:1) (pen. 3:1)	Summary	Hofer (0:1)	Attendance: 1,000

20 November 1910 Round 6	Basel	3 – 1	Biel-Bienne	Landhof, Basel
	Hasler (1:0) Riesterer (2:0) Hasler (3:0)	Summary	(pen. 3:1) Hartmann

27 November 1910 Round 7	Basel	1 – 4	Aarau	Landhof, Basel
	Kaltenbach (1:3)	Summary	(0:1) (0:2) (0:3) (1:4)	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Kratz (FC Zürich)

4 December 1910 Round 8	Young Boys	4 – 1	Basel	Spitalacker, Bern
		Summary

11 December 1910 Round 9	Basel	3 – 1	Stella Fribourg	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Wunderle (1:0) Hasler (2:1) Kaltenbach (3:1)	Summary	(1:1) Freely	Referee: von Gunten La Chaux-de-Fonds

5 February 1911 Round 10	Old Boys	2 – 4	Basel	Margarethenwiese Basel
	(1:1) (2:4)	Summary	(0:1) Kaltenbach (1:2) (1:3) Kaltenbach (1:4) Kaltenbach	Referee: Sandoz La Chaux-de-Fonds

19 March 1911 Round 11	FC Bern	4 – 3	Basel	Bern
14:40	Kramer 20' (1:0) Schaffter 25' (2:0) Payot (3:1) Schaffter (4:3)	Summary	(2:1) 50' (3:2) 58' (3:3)	Referee: Grünig Biel-Bienne

9 April 1911 Round 12	Biel-Bienne	7 – 4	Basel	Biel-Bienne
	Sigrist (1:1) (2:1) (3:1) (4:2) (5:4) (6:4) (7:4)	Summary	(0:1) (3:2) (4:3) (4:4)	Referee: W. Lehmann

Central group league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Young Boys Bern	12	10	2	0	45	10	+35	22
2	FC Aarau	12	10	0	2	52	16	+36	20
3	FC Basel	12	5	1	6	32	36	−4	11
4	FC Biel	12	4	3	5	28	39	−11	11
5	FC Bern	12	4	1	7	22	29	−7	9

Source: rsssf

Anglo-Cup

26 March 1911 Round of 32	FC Liestal	1 – 7	Basel	Liestal
		Summary

7 May 1911 Round of 16	Basel	2 – 0	Concordia Basel	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Kaltenbach (pen. 1:0) Kaltenbach (2:0)	Summary		Referee: Hörtig Young Fellows Zürich

8 June 1911 Quarterfinal	Young Boys	8 – 2	Basel	Bern
		Summary

Sources and references

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2027-6
FC Basel team 1910-11 at fcb-archiv.ch

^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Report FC Basel - Schweiz 3:0 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
^ ^a ^b Garin, Erik. "Switzerland 1910-11". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2018-11-16. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
^ Stefan Peter. "Überregionale Meisterschaften, Schweizer und Basler Cup". Retrieved 2018-11-16. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

External links

FC Basel official site

[fcb-achiv-1911-02-26-1] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Report FC Basel - Schweiz 3:0 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[rsssf_1911-2] Garin, Erik. "Switzerland 1910-11". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2018-11-16. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[fussballstarbasel-3] Stefan Peter. "Überregionale Meisterschaften, Schweizer und Basler Cup". Retrieved 2018-11-16. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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