1911–12 FC Basel season

FC Basel

1911–12 season
Chairman	Ernst-Alfred Thalmann
First team coach	unknown
Ground	Landhof, Basel
Serie A	Group Stage: Ffth
Top goalscorer	League: Emil Hasler All: Christian Albicker

The FC Basel 1911–12 season was their nineteenth season since the club's foundation. The club's chairman was Ernst-Alfred Thalmann, it was his tenth presidential term altogether and his fourth in succession. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Basel-Wettstein in Kleinbasel, Basel.

Overview

During the 1911–12 season Basel played a total of 37 matches, 23 friendly games and 14 in the domestic league. Of the friendlies Games 10 were won, 3 were drawn and 10 were defeats. Five of the games were played abroad and of the home games five were hosted against foreign clubs.

The Swiss Serie A 1911–12 was divided into three regional groups. Basel were allocated to the Central group together with local rivals Old Boys and Nordstern Basel. The other teams playing in the Central group were Biel-Bienne, FC Bern, Young Boys, FC La Chaux-de-Fonds and Étoile-Sporting (La Chaux-de-Fonds). Basel won five league matches, drew two, but lost seven, scoring a total of 30 goals and conceding 34. Étoile-Sporting won the group and qualified for the finals. Aarau became Swiss champions.

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		K. Sandmann
—	GK	SUI	Fridolin Wenger
—	GK		A.H. Würgler
—	MF	SUI	Fritz Albicker (II)
—	MF	SUI	Wilhelm 'Willy' Geisser
—	MF	GER	Josef Goldschmidt
—	MF	SUI	Emil Hasler
—	MF	SUI	Ernst Kaltenbach
—	MF	SUI	Jakob Känzig
—	MF	SUI	Otto Kuhn
—	MF		Max Palatini
—	FW	SUI	Christian Albicker (I)
—	FW		Rudolf Bredschneider
—	FW		E. Friedli
—	FW	SUI	Karl Ibach

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	SWE	Birger Persson
—	FW	SUI	Karl Wunderle
—			Max Bauer
—		SUI	Ernst Buss
—			Hans Enzmann
—		SUI	? Gossweiler
—			? Gürtler
—			? Keller
—			? Kuhn
—			Ernst Kuhn
—			? Kuhn (II)
—			? Levy
—			? Riesterer
—			? Ruprecht
—			? Scherrer

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Friendly matches

Basel v FV Baden-Baden

27 August 1911	Basel	7 – 1	FV Baden-Baden	Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary

Basel v SC Brühl St. Gallen

3 September 1911	Basel	2 – 1	SC Brühl St. Gallen	Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary

St. Gallen v Basel

10 September 1911	St. Gallen	1 – 2	Basel	St. Gallen
	(1:0)	Summary	(1:1) (2:1)	Attendance: 1,200

Basel Old Boys v Old Boys

24 September 1911	Basel Old Boys	1 – 0	Old Boys	Landhof, Basel
15:30	Goldschmidt	Summary		Referee: Ehret, Freiburger FC

Grasshopper Club v Basel

12 November 1911	Grasshopper Club	3 – 4	Basel	Zürich
		Summary

Basel v St. Gallen

10 December 1911	Basel	1 – 2	St. Gallen	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Friedli (1:2)	Summary	(0:1) (0:2) Jörg	Referee: Ramseyer

Basel v Freiburger FC

17 December 1911	Basel	4 – 3	Freiburger FC	Landhof, Basel
	Albicker (1:2) Albicker (2:2) (3:2) (4:2)	Summary	(0:1) 5' (0:2) (4:3)	Referee: Ramseyer

Genoa v Basel

24 December 1911	Genoa	1 – 0	Basel	Genoa
		Summary

SG Andrea Doria v Basel

26 December 1911	SG Andrea Doria	5 – 5	Basel	Genoa
	(1:0) (3:4) (4:4) (5:5)	Summary	(2:4) (4:5)

Basel v Würzburger Kickers

31 December 1911	Basel	2 – 3	Würzburger Kickers	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Buss (1:2) 2:3'	Summary	(0:1) (0:2) (o.g. 1:3)

Basel v FV 1900 Kaiserslautern

1 January 1912	Basel	2 – 2	FV 1900 Kaiserslautern	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Friedli (1:0) (2:1)	Summary	(1:1) (2:2)	Referee: Ramseyer

Young Boys v Basel

11 February 1912	Young Boys	7 – 0	Basel	Bern
		Summary	(1:0) (2:0) (3:0) (4:0) (5:0) (6:0) (7:0)

Basel v Mulhouse

18 February 1912	Basel	2 – 0	Mulhouse	Landhof, Basel
15:00	(1:0) (2:0)	Summary

Freiburger FC v Basel

3 March 1912	Freiburger FC	6 – 0	Basel	Freiburg im Breisgau
	Glaser (1:0) (2:0) (3:0) (4:0) (5:0) Hensler (6:0) The goals from 2:0 to 5:0 were scored by Mechling (2), Steiert and Rudolf but the sequence is unknown	Summary		Referee: J. Kaiser

Montriond Lausanne v Basel

Servette v Basel

21 April 1912	Servette	0 – 2	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
14:30		Summary	Albicker Albicker

Young Fellows Zürich v Basel

28 April 1912	Young Fellows Zürich	2 – 2	Basel	Zürich
	Kienast (1:2) Bonner (2:2)		(0:1) (0:2)

Basel v Baden

5 May 1912	Basel	4 – 2	Baden	Landhof, Basel
15:00		summary

Basel v Aarau

12 May 1912	Basel	3 – 1	Aarau	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Wunderle (1:0) Bredschneider (2:1) Kaltenbach (3:1)	Summary	(1:1)

St. Gallen v Basel

19 May 1912	St. Gallen	2 – 1	Basel	St. Gallen
		Summary

Kickers Offenbach v Basel

26 May 1912	Kickers Offenbach	5 – 0	Basel	Offenbach am Main
		Summary

Karlsruher FC Phönix v Basel

27 May 1912	Karlsruher FC Phönix	7 – 2	Basel	Karlsruhe
		Summary

Old Boys v Basel

2 June 1912	Old Boys	2 – 1	Basel	Margarethenwiese, Basel
15:00		Summary

Serie A

Main article: 1911–12 Swiss Serie A

Central group results

Basel v Nordstern Basel

8 October 1911 Round 1	Basel	0 – 2	Nordstern Basel	Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary

FC La Chaux-de-Fonds v Basel

15 October 1911 Round 2	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	6 – 2	Basel	Parc des Sports, La Chaux-de-Fonds
14:30		Summary

Old Boys v Basel

22 October 1911 Round 3	Old Boys	4 – 4	Basel	Margarethenwiese, Basel
15:00	(1:1) (2:2) (pen. 3:3) (4:4)	Summary	(1:0) Albicker (1:2) (2:3) Albicker (3:4) Goldschmidt	Referee: Sporrer, Winterthur

Étoile-Sporting v Basel

5 November 1911 Round 4	Étoile-Sporting	4 – 1	Basel	Parc de l'Etoile, La Chaux-de-Fonds
14:30		Summary

Biel-Bienne v Basel

19 November 1911 Round 5	Biel-Bienne	2 – 2	Basel	Biel-Bienne
		[ Summary]		Referee: W. Lehmann

Basel v Young Boys

26 November 1911 Round 6	Basel	3 – 0 FF	Young Boys	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Friedli (1:2)	Summary	(0:1) Kientsch (0:2) (1:3) (o.g. 1:4)
Note: The game was rated 3: 0 forfait because the Young Boys had used an unqualified player.

Basel v FC Bern

3 December 1911 Round 7	Basel	6 – 0	FC Bern	Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary		Referee: Jacques Reich, Winterthur
Note: Bern played with just 10 players

Basel v Biel-Bienne

7 January 1912 Round 8	Basel	4 – 2	Biel-Bienne	Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary

Basel v Old Boys

14 January 1912 Round 9	Basel	0 – 2	Old Boys	Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary	Winter 20' (0:1) Winter 75' (0:2)	Referee: Haslebacher, Montriond Lausanne

Nordstern Basel v Basel

21 January 1912 Round 10	Nordstern Basel	2 – 1	Basel	Landhof, Basel
15:30	Bucher (1:0) Rittel (2:1)	Summary	(1:1)	Referee: Allemann, Zürich

FC Bern v Basel

28 January 1912 Round 11	FC Bern	2 – 1	Basel	Kirchenfeld, Bern
	Baumann (I) 5' (1:0) Beuchat (2:1)	Summary	(1:1) Hasler	Referee: E. Ammann, Cantonal Neuchatel

Basel v Étoile-Sporting

25 February 1912 Round 12	Basel	4 – 1	Étoile-Sporting	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Goal scorers: Hasler (3), Kaltenbach (1)	Summary	Méroz	Referee: Hinnen, Baden
Note: Goal sequence unknown

Young Boys v Basel

17 March 1911 Round 13	Young Boys	6 – 0	Basel	Bern
		Summary

Basel v La Chaux-de-Fonds

24 March 1912 Round 14	Basel	2– 0	La Chaux-de-Fonds	Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary

Central group league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	14	9	0	5	53	29	+24	18
4	Young Boys Bern	14	6	0	8	31	25	+6	12
5	FC Basel	14	5	2	7	30	34	−4	12
6	Nordstern Basel	14	4	2	8	21	36	−15	10
7	FC Bern	14	4	2	8	21	38	−17	10

Source: rsssf

See also

• History of FC Basel
• List of FC Basel players
• List of FC Basel seasons

Sources and references

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

External links

• FC Basel official site