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FC Basel
1925–26 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Carl Burkhardt
GroundLandhof, Basel
Serie AGroup Stage: 2nd
Swiss CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague: Arnold Hürzeler (8)
All: Arnold Hürzeler (15)
Highest home attendance3,200 on 7 February 2016
vs Young Boys
Lowest home attendance1,400 on 13 May 2016
vs FC Bern
Average home league attendance2,000

The FC Basel 1925–26 season was their thirty third season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. The club's new chairman was Carl Burkhardt. It was Burkhardt's second period as chairman. At the AGM he took over the presidency from Karl Ibach. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel.

Overview

Basel played a total of 33 matches in their 1925–26 season. 16 of these were in the domestic league, two were in the newly created Swiss Cup and 15 were friendly matches. Of these 15 friendlies four were played at home in the Landhof and 11 were away games, five in Switzerland and three each in France and Germany. Four of these games were won, four draws and seven defeats. During these friendly games, was the fixture in the Landhof as Huddersfield Town visited. Huddersfield had just won the English Football League championship for the third consecutive season. The game attracted 3,500 supporters. Basel lost the match against the English champions by five goals to one.[1]

Again this's season the Serie A was divided into three regional groups, each group with nine teams. Basel were allocated to the Central group together with local clubs Concordia Basel, Nordstern Basel and Old Boys Basel. The other teams allocated to this group were Young Boys Bern, FC Bern, Aarau, Grenchen and the newly promoted Solothurn. The teams that won each group continue to the finals and the last placed teams in the groups had to play a playoff against relegation.

Basel visited the group newcomers for the first match and promptly lost 1–2. Following this initial shock, the team played twelve games in succession undefeated. However, at this point, despite having defeated the league leaders Young Boys, they were trailing by five points. Basel lost their last two home games and thus ended the season in second position nine points adrift of Young Boys, who continued to the finals. During their league season Basel won seven of their matches, drawing six and were defeated three times. In their 16 league matches the team scored 26 goals and conceded 14.[2] Arnold Hürzeler was the team's top league goal scorer with eight goals and Karl Bielser was second top scorer with seven goals.

The very first Swiss Cup tournament was organised this season by the Swiss Football Association (and has been organised by them annually since then). In the first round Basel were drawn against lower tier FC Horgen and the game took place on 4 October 1925. Basel won their first cup match 8–1 and Arnold Hürzeler proved his goal scoring qualities by securing the victory for his team by scoring six of the goals.[3] In the next round, however, Basel were eliminated against Aarau by toss of a coin.

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+FW Switzerland SUI Arthur Fahr
— GK Switzerland SUI Arnold Wyssling
— GK Switzerland SUI Ernst Zorzotti
— DF Switzerland SUI Armando Ardizzoia
— DF Switzerland SUI Alfred Heidig
— DF Austria AUT Gustav Putzendopler (I)
— DF Switzerland SUI Peter Riesterer
— MF Switzerland SUI Max Galler (II)
— MF Switzerland SUI Georg Heimann
— MF Switzerland SUI Ernst Kaltenbach
— MF Austria AUT Karl Putzendopler (II)
— MF Switzerland SUI Jacques Steiner
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Switzerland SUI Karl Wangler
— FW Switzerland SUI Karl Bielser
— FW Switzerland SUI Fritz Bölle
— FW Switzerland SUI Jules Düblin
— FW Switzerland SUI Arnold Hürzeler
— FW Switzerland SUI Paul Nebiker
— FW Switzerland SUI Ernst Nyffeler
— FW Switzerland SUI Hans Rau
— FW Switzerland SUI Alfred Schlecht
— FW Switzerland SUI Hans Schneider (II)
— FW Switzerland SUI Max Strasser
— FW Switzerland SUI August von Arx
— FW Switzerland SUI Curt Wellauer

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season

23 August 1925 Pre-season Luzern Switzerland 1 – 1 Switzerland Basel Luzern
Waldis (pen. 1:1) Summary (0:1)
30 August 1925 Pre-season FC Bern Switzerland 2 – 0 Switzerland Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
11:00 Amrain (1:0)
Kirschner 88' (2:0)		 Summary
30 August 1925 Pre-season Cantonal Neuchâtel Switzerland 1 – 0 Switzerland Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
14:30 Abegglen III (1:0) Summary
20 September 1925 Mid-season AS Montbéliard France 0 – 6 Switzerland Basel Montbéliard
Summary
27 September 1925 Mid-season Grasshopper Club Switzerland 4 – 4 Switzerland Basel Hardturm, Zürich
13:30 Frankenfeldt (1:1)
Neuenschwander (2:1)
Frankenfeldt (3:2)
Frankenfeldt (pen. 4:2)		 Summary (0:1) Strasser
(pen. 2:2) Galler
(4:3) Hürzeler
(4:4) Hürzeler		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland

Winter break to end of season

3 January 1926 Winter break Basel Switzerland 0 – 2 Austria 1. Simmeringer SC Landhof, Basel
14:30 Summary 1' (1:0) Seszta
(0:2) Urban		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Jacques Hirrle Basel
31 January 1926 Mid-season Baden Switzerland 4 – 5 Switzerland Basel Baden
Weber 1' (1:0)
Weber (2:3)
Diebold (3:3)
Egli (4:5)		 [ Summary] (1:1) Strasser
30' (1:2) Bielser
39' (1:3) Heidig
(3:4) Bielser
(3:5) Bielser		 Referee: Switzerland Gloor Baden
28 March 1926 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 0 – 4 Switzerland Étoile-Sporting Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary (0:1) (0:2) (0:3) (0:4) Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Feurer Delémont
3 April 1924 Mid-season FC Viktoria Hanau West Germany 2 – 1 Switzerland Basel Hanau
Summary
4 April 1926 Mid-season Kickers Offenbach West Germany 1 – 0 Switzerland Basel Offenbach
(1:0) Summary
8 April 1926 Mid-season 1. FSV Mainz 05 West Germany 2 – 3 Switzerland Basel Mainz
Kaiser (1:2)
Lipponer (2:2)		 Summary 2' (0:1) Schlecht
(0:2) Nyffeler
(2:3)
24 April 1926 Mid-season Red Star F.C. France 4 – 0 Switzerland Basel Stade de Paris, Paris
Summary (0:1) Schlecht
(0:2) Schlecht
(0:3) Schlecht
(0:4) Strasser
25 April 1926 Mid-season Olympique Lillois France 3 – 3 Switzerland Basel Stade Henri-Jooris, Lille
(1:0)
(2:0)
(3:1)		 Summary (2:1) Nebiker
(3:2) Nyffeler
(3:3) Schlecht
25 May 1926 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 1 – 5 England Huddersfield Town Landhof, Basel
18:15 (1:5) Summary (0:1)
(0:2)
(0:3)
(0:4)
(0:5)		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Felix Herren Basel
6 June 1926 End of season Basel Switzerland 1 – 1 Switzerland Young Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Schlecht (1:0) Summary (1:1) Müllheim Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Jacques Hirrle Basel

Serie A

Main article: 1925–26 Swiss Serie A

Central Group results

6 September 1925 Round 1 Solothurn 2 – 1 Basel Sportplatz Steinbrugg, Solothurn
Jäggi IV 14' (1:0)
Jäggi IV (2:0)		 Summary (2:1) Galler Attendance: 800
Referee: Switzerland
13 September 1925 Round 2 Basel 7 – 0 Concordia Basel Landhof, Basel
15:00 Putzendopler (II) 25' (1:0)
Hürzeler (2:0)
Bielser (3:0)
Hürzeler (4:0)
Bölle (5:0)
Hürzeler (6:0)
Bielser (7:0)		 Summary Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Switzerland Weidmann Töss
18 October 1925 Round 3 Basel 1 – 0 Grenchen Landhof, Basel
13:15 Putzendopler (II) (1:0) Summary Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Switzerland Teichmann Zürich
15 November 1925 Round 4 Young Boys 1 – 1 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Poretti 17' (1:1) Summary 10' (0:1) Bielser Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Rutschmann Vevey
22 November 1925 Round 5 Basel 2 – 2 Old Boys Landhof, Basel
14:45 Hürzeler (1:2)
Hürzeler (2:2)		 Summary (1:0) Wüthrich
(2:0) Wüthrich		 Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Switzerland Weidmann Töss
6 December 1925 Round 6 Basel 1 – 1 Solothurn Landhof, Basel
14:30 Hürzeler (1:0) Summary 72' (1:1) Reichle Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Spengler Olten
20 December 1925 Round 7 Basel 1 – 1 Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
14:30 Hürzeler 5' (1:0) Summary 50' (1:1) Christen Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Ruegg Thalwil
27 December 1925 Round 8 FC Bern 0 – 0 Basel Neufeld, Bern
Summary Attendance: 800
Referee: Switzerland Spengler Olten
10 Januar 1926 Round 9 Aarau 1 – 1 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
Hürzeler (1:1) Summary 43' (0:1) Hürzeler Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Switzerland Edm. Dizerens Lausanne
7 February 1929 Round 10 Basel 2 – 0 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Bielser (1:0)
Bielser (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Switzerland Ruegg Thalwil
14 February 1926 Round 11 Old Boys 0 – 2 Basel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00 Summary 30' (0:1) Schlecht
52' (0:2) Bielser		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Fritz Beuchat Bern
21 February 1926 Round 12 Nordstern Basel 0 – 1 Basel Stadion Rankhof, Basel
15:00 Afflerbach Red card Summary 15' (0:1) Düblin Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Felix Herren Basel
28 February 1926 Round 13 Grenchen 1 – 2 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
Righetti 80' (1:2) Summary 48' (o.g. 0:1) Kropf
67' (0:2) Riesterer		 Referee: Switzerland Gremminger Oberwinterthur
7 March 1926 Round 14 Basel 1 – 3 Aarau Landhof, Basel
15:00 Schlecht 20' (1:1) Summary 12' (0:1)
(1:2) Dreier
60' (1:3) Imhof		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Fritz Beuchat Bern
13 Max 1929 Round 15 Basel 0 – 2 FC Bern Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary 25' (0:1) Bürgisser
87' (0:2) Molteni		 Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Switzerland Felix Herren Basel
29 May 1926 Round 16 Concordia Basel 0 – 3 Basel Landhof, Basel
17:30 Summary (0:1) Strasser
(0:2) Bielser
(0:3) Düblin		 Attendance: 500
Referee: Switzerland Felix Herren Basel

Central Group table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Young Boys 16 14 1 1 46 10 +36 29 Advance to finals
2 Basel 16 7 6 3 26 14 +12 20
3 FC Bern 16 9 2 5 28 16 +12 20
4 Nordstern Basel 16 8 2 6 34 31 +3 18
5 Solothurn 16 7 1 8 30 31 −1 15
6 Aarau 16 6 3 7 29 36 −7 15
7 Old Boys 16 5 2 9 24 31 −7 12
8 Concordia Basel 16 3 2 11 15 49 −34 8
9 Grenchen 16 3 1 12 27 41 −14 7 Relegation play-off
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

4 October 1925 Round of 64 Basel 8 – 1 FC Horgen Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hürzeler (6x)
Strasser (1x)
Wegmüller (o.g. 1x)		 Summary Pfitsch Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland Ritter La Chaux-de-Fonds
1 November 1925 Round of 32 Basel 1 – 1[note 1] Aarau Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hürzeler (1:0) Summary (1:1) Hürzeler Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Switzerland Fritz Beuchat Bern
Notes
  1. ^ Aarau win on Toss of a coin

See also

References

  1. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - Huddersfield Town FC 1:5 (0:2)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1925/26". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC Horgen 8:1 (4:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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