1909–10 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1909–10 season
Chairman	Ernst-Alfred Thalmann
First team coach	unknown
Ground	Landhof, Basel
Serie A	Group Stage: Fifth
Anglo Cup	Quarterfinals
	← 1908–09 1910–11 →

The FC Basel 1909–10 season was their seventeenth season since the club was founded on 15 November 1893. The club's chairman was once again Ernst-Alfred Thalmann, it was his eighth presidential term. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof.

Overview

During the 1909–10 season Basel played a total of 37 matches, 25 friendly games, 10 in the domestic league and two in the newly created Anglo-Cup. Of the 25 friendlies 11 were played in the Landhof. In total 8 games were won, 6 six were drawn and 11 ended in a defeat.^[1]

The Swiss Serie A 1909–10 was divided into three regional groups, an East, a Central and a West group. Basel were allocated to the Central group together with local rivals Old Boys. Three other local teams play in the Swiss Serie B, Nordstern Basel, Concordia Basel and FC Liestal.^[2] The other teams playing in the Serie A central group were Luzern, Biel-Bienne, FC Bern and Young Boys. The Young Boys won the group and continued to the finals and eventually won the championship.^[3]

The first Anglo-Cup was played this season. In the round of 16 on 10 April 1910 Basel won against Young Fellows Zürich, but were beaten by St. Gallen in the quarterfinals. St. Gallen continued to the final, but were beaten in the replay by Young Boys.^[3]

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
—	DF	SUI	Ernst Amstein
—	DF	SUI	Hermann Moll
—	MF	SUI	Wilhelm 'Willy' Geisser
—	MF	GER	Josef Goldschmidt
—	MF	SUI	Paul Gürtler
—	MF	SUI	Emil Hasler
—	MF	SUI	Ernst Kaltenbach


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF		Max Palatini
—	MF	SUI	Luigi Persenico
—	FW	SUI	Christian Albicker (I)
—	FW		Rudolf Bredschneider
—	FW	SUI	Gottfried Gunst
—	FW	SUI	Karl Wunderle
—		SUI	? Gossweiler
—		SUI	? Gossweiler (I)
—		SUI	? Gossweiler (II)

Results

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Friendly matches

15 August 1909	Concordia Basel	1 – 12	Basel	Basel
		Summary

5 September 1909	FC Hagenau	1 – 5	Basel	Hagenau
		Summary

12 September 1909	Basel	4 – 1	Baden	Landhof, Basel
		Summary

19 September 1909	Freiburger FC	4 – 2	Basel	Freiburg im Breisgau
		Summary

3 October 1909	Basel	5 – 2	Cantonal Neuchâtel	Landhof, Basel
15:00	(1:0) (2:0) (3:0) (4:0) (5:1)	Summary	(pen. 4:1) (5:2)

10 October 1909	Basel	2 – 4	Winterthur	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Hasler (1:0) Goldschmidt (2:2)<	Summary	(o.g. 1:1) (1:2) Koblet (2:3) (2:4) Keller	Referee: Kupferschmid (Old Boys

21 November 1909	Basel	3 – 4	Concordia Basel	Landhof, Basel
		Summary

5 December 1909	La Chaux-de-Fonds	3 – 6	Basel	La Chaux-de-Fonds
	(1:5) (2:5) (3:5)	Summary	(0:1) Gürtler (0:2) Hasler (0:3) Hasler (0:5) Kaltenbach (3:6) Gossweiler II

19 December 1909	Basel	4 – 4	Young Boys	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Wunderle (1:0) Wunderle (2:2) Gürtler (3:4) Moll (4:4)	Summary	(1:1) Meister (1:2) (2:3) (o.g. 2:4) Amstein	Referee:

25 December 1909	1. FC Pforzheim	2 – 2	Basel	Pforzheim
	Schweikert (1:0) (pen, 2:2)	Summary	(1:1) Wunderle (1:2) Moll

26 December 1909	Mannheimer FG Union/FC Phönix Mannheim combined team	4 – 3	Basel	Mannheim
	(1:0) (pen. 2:2) (3:2) (4:2)	Summary	(1:1) Moll (1:2) (4:3)

2 January 1910	Basel	10 – 1	Nordstern Basel	Landhof, Basel
		Summary	5' (0:1)

9 January 1910	Basel	1 – 5	Servette	Landhof, Basel
15:00	(1:0)	Summary	(1:1) Dessaules (1:2) (1:3) Renand (1:4) Morier (o.g. 1:2)	Attendance: 1,000

16 January 1910	Strassburger FV	3 – 3	Basel	Akademiker-Platz, Strassburg
	(o.g. 1:1) (2:1) 80' (3:3)	Summary	(0:1) Gürtler (2:2) Gossweiler 70' (2:3)	Referee: Graef Strassburger FV

6 March 1910	Basel	2 – 2	Winterthur	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Wunderle (1:1) Moll (2:2)	Summary	(0:1) (0:2)	Referee: Ramseyer Basel

20 March 1910	Stuttgarter Kickers	4 – 0	Basel	Stuttgart
	10' Löble	Summary

25 March 1910	1. FC Nürnberg	5 – 3	Basel	Nürnberg
	(1:1) (2:2) (3:3) (pen. 4:3) (5:3)	Summary	(0:1) Gossweiler (1:2) (2:3) Moll

27 March 1910	Deutscher FC Prag	2 – 1	Basel	Prague
	(1:0) (2:0)	[ Summary]	(2:1) Gürtler

28 March 1910	Deutscher FC Prag	4 – 1	Basel	Prague
	(o.g. 1:0) (2:1) (3:1) (4:1)	[ Summary]	(1:1) Gürtler

29 April 1910	Basel	0 – 3	The Pirates FC London	Landhof, Basel
17:00		Summary

8 May 1910	FV Baden-Baden	4 – 2	Basel	Baden-Baden
		Summary

15 May 1910	FC Wacker München	3 – 3	Basel	Munich
	(1:3) (2:3) (3:3)	[ Summary]	(pen. 0:1) Kaltenbach (0:2) Moll (0:3) Wunderle

16 May 1910	FC Wacker München	3 – 5 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Munich
	(1:1) (1:2) (3:3)	Summary	(0:1) Hasler (2:2) (2:3) (3:4) Kaltenbach (3:5) Gunst

22 May 1910	Basel	2 – 2	Freiburger FC	Landhof, Basel
16:00	(1:0) Kaltenbach (2:1)	Summary	(1:1) (2:2)

4 June 1910	Basel	6 – 0	Concordia Basel	Landhof, Basel
18:00	Hasler (1:0) Hasler (2:0) Hasler (3:0) Kaltenbach (4:0) Kaltenbach (5:0) (6:0)	Summary

Serie A

Central group results

17 October 1909 Round 1	Basel	7 – 0	Luzern	Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary		Referee: R. Seifert (Old Boys)

24 October 1909 Round 2	Young Boys	1 – 2	Basel	Spitalacker, Bern
14:30	18' (1:0)	Summary	(1:1) Wunderle (pen. 1:2) Hasler	Referee: Sevin (Cantonal Neuchâtel)

31 October 1909 Round 3	Basel	2 – 4	Biel-Bienne	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Hasler (1:1) (2:4)	Summary	(pen. 0:1) Lempen (1:2) (1:3) (1:4)

7 November 1909 Round 4	Old Boys	3 – 3	Basel	Margarethenwiese, Basel
15:00	Niggli 18' (1:0) Buser (2:1) Winter (3:3)	Summary	(1:1) Hasler (2:2) Wunderle (2:3) Gossweiler II	Referee: Rüegg

14 November 1909 Round 5	Basel	2 – 3	Bern	Landhof, Basel
15:00	(1:1) Gossweiler II (2:2)	Summary	(0:1) Hofer (1:2) Schäfter (o.g. 2:3) Meyer

12 December 1909 Round 6	Luzern	1 – 2	Basel	Luzern
	10' (1:0)		(1:1) Kaltenbach (1:2) Gossweiler II

14 February 1910 Round 7	Basel	1 – 4	Old Boys	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Hasler (1:0)	Summary	(1:1) Buser III (1:2) (1:3) (1:4)	Referee: Escher Zürich

20 February 1910 Round 8	Bern	2 – 3	Basel	Kirchenfeld, Bern
15:00	Brugger (1:0) Beuchat I (2:1)	Summary	(1:1) Hasler (2:2) (2:3)	Referee: Haslebacher (Montriond)

17 April 1910 Round 9	Basel	0 – 4	Young Boys	Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary	(0:1) Walter (0:2) Meister (0:3) Weiss (0:4) Kaiser	Referee: Schlegel (FC Zürich)

24 April 1910 Round 10	Biel-Bienne	2 – 2	Basel	Biel/Bienne
		Summary

Central group league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2	Old Boys Basel	10	4	3	3	26	23	+3	11
3	FC Bern	10	4	3	3	22	20	+2	11
4	FC Biel	10	4	2	4	27	23	+4	10
5	FC Basel	10	4	2	4	24	24	0	10
6	FC Lucerne	10	2	1	7	15	44	−29	5

Source: rsssf

Anglo-Cup

10 April 1910 Round of 16	Basel	4 – 2	Young Fellows Zürich	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Hasler (1:0) Kaltenbach (pen. 2:0) Moll (3:0) Hasler (4:0)	Summary	(4:1) (4:2)

29 May 1910 Quarterfinal	St. Gallen	2 – 1	Basel	St. Gallen
	Krämer (1:0) Grunder (2:1)	Summary	(1:1)	Referee: H. W. Koch

Sources and references

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2027-6
FCB team 1909-10 at fcb-archiv.ch

^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Spiele, Testspiele 1909-10". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. 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)
^ ^a ^b Garin, Erik. "Switzerland 1910". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2018-11-16. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

External links

FC Basel official site

[fcb-achiv-1909-10-1] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Spiele, Testspiele 1909-10". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[fussballstarbasel-2] Stefan Peter. "Überregionale Meisterschaften, Schweizer und Basler Cup". Retrieved 2018-11-16. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[rsssf_1910-3] Garin, Erik. "Switzerland 1910". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2018-11-16. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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