1908–09 FC Basel season

The FC Basel 1908–09 season was their sixteenth season since the club was formed. The club's chairman was Ernst-Alfred Thalmann, it was his seventh presidential term. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof.

FC Basel
1908–09 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Ernst-Alfred Thalmann
First team coachSwitzerland Emil Hasler
(as team captain)
GroundLandhof, Basel
Serie AGroup Stage: Sixth
Top goalscorern/a[note 08–09 1]
Average home league attendancen/a

Overview

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Daniel Hug, who had been team captain for many years, left the club and transferred to Genoa CFC as professional. Emil Hasler was the new team captain and as captain he led the team trainings and was responsible for the line-ups. Basel played 14 friendly games and 14 matches in the Swiss domestic league. Of the 14 friendly games that the team played, four were won and 10 ended in defeats. Nine games were played in Switzerland, six of which at home in the Landhof. The other games were played in Italy, both against Genoa as transfer compensation for Hug, and four in Germany, each once against Karlsruher FV, Britannia Frankfurt, Mannheimer VfB Union and Freiburger FC in Freiburg im Breisgau.[1]

The 1908–09 Serie A was divided into two regional groups, an east group with eight teams and a west group with seven teams. Basel were allocated to the east group, together with local rivals Old Boys Basel and Aarau, Zürich, Grasshopper Club, Young Fellows Zürich, Winterthur, and last but not least, St. Gallen.[2]

There were a number of changes in the Basel team. As mentioned Daniel Hug moved to Italy to play for Genoa CFC. Players such as Dr. Siegfried Pfeiffer, Ernst-Alfred Thalmann, Alfred Stöhrmann and Max Senn left the first team and were replaced by younger members. The newly formed team started the season in the worst possible way, six defeats in a row. The two 1–6 away defeats against Old Boys and Zürich, the 0–6 defeat away against Winterthur, together with the 1–2 home result against Young Fellows Zürich, the 4–5 home defeat against Aarau were only the beginning of the evil. The 2–9 home defeat against Grasshopper Club remains the highest home defeat in history until today. It was not until the seventh round, with a 3–2 win against St. Gallen on 22 November 1908, that Basel achieved their first points. After that they were only defeated once more, on 13 December 1908, a home defeat against Winterthur. Basel ended the season in the East group in sixth position.[3]

Winterthur won the east group, obtaining 25 points seven more than St. Gallen in second position in the league table. But Winterthur were defeated 0–1 by Young Boys Bern in the championship final, which was played on 6 June 2009 in Basel.[3]

Players

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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   SUI Albert Meyer
GK    ? Persenico (from reserve team)
GK   SUI Fridolin Wenger
DF   SUI Ernst Amstein (from reserve team)
DF   SUI Hermann Moll
MF   GER Josef Goldschmidt
MF   SUI Emil Hasler
MF   SUI Max Palatini
FW   SUI Rudolf Bredschneider
FW   SUI Rudolf Gossweiler (I)
FW   SUI Karl Gossweiler (II)
FW    ? Kunz
No. Pos. Nation Player
  SUI ? Albicker
  SUI Eduard Bauer (from reserve team)
   Robert Francey
   ? Glenck (from reserve team)
  SUI ? Gossweiler
   ? Gürtler
   ? Gürtler (I)
   ? Gürtler (III)
  SUI Werner Keller
   H. Légeret
   Gustav Riedlin
   Emil Vogt

Results

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Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Friendly matches

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Pre-season

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13 September 1908 Pre-season Basel   0 – 5   Karlsruher FV Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary   (0:1)
  (0:2)
  (0:3)
  (0:4)
  (0:5)
27 September 1908 Pre-season FC Cantonal Neuchâtel   3 – 4   Basel Colombier, Neuchâtel
14:30       Summary        

Winter break to end of season

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27 December 1908 Winter break La Chaux-de-Fonds   5 – 1   Basel Parc des Sports, La Chaux-de-Fonds
14:30   3' (1:0)
Goldschmidt   (o.g. 2:0)
  20' (3:0)
  (4:1)
  (5:1)
Summary   (3:1) Gossweiler
1 January 1909 Winter break Genoa   4 – 2   Basel Genoa
Girou   (1:2)
Francey   (o.g. 2:2)
  (3:2)
  (4:2)
Summary   (0:1) Glenck
  (0:2) Persenico
3 January 1909 Winter break Genoa   5 – 2   Basel Genoa
  (1:0)
  (2:2)
  (3:2)
  (4:2)
  (5:2)
Summary   (2:1) Bauer
  (2:2) Albicker
24 January 1909 Winter break Basel   4 – 0   Nordstern Landhof, Basel
15:00   (1:0)
  (2:0)
  (3:0)
  (4:0)
Summary
14 February 1909 Winter break Basel   1 – 2   La Chaux-de-Fonds Landhof, Basel
15:00 Légeret   1:1' Summary   20' (0:1) Reichen
  (1:2)
Referee:   Kupferschmid
21 February 1909 Winter break Young Boys   5 – 0   Basel Spitalacker, Bern
14:30 Rubli   (1:0)
Kämpfer   (2:0)
  (3:0)
  (4:0)
  (5:0)
Summary Attendance: 700
21 March 1909 Mid-season Karlsruher FV   8 – 0   Basel Karlsruhe
  (1:0)
  (2:0)
  (3:0)
  (4:0)
  (5:0)
  (6:0)
  (7:0)
  (8:0)
Summary
28 March 1909 Mid-season Basel   4 – 0   Bern Landhof, Basel
Moll   (1:0)
Wenger   (2:0)
Wenger   (3:0)
Keller   (4:0)
Summary Referee:   John André (FC Basel)
11 April 1909 Mid-season Britannia Frankfurt   3 – 2   Basel Frankfurt
  (pen. 1:2)
  (2:2)
  (3:2)
Summary   (0:1)
  (0:2)
12 April 1909 Mid-season Mannheimer VfB Union   3 – 2   Basel Mannheim
  (1:0)
  46' (2:2)
  (3:2)
Summary   (1:1)
  35' (1:2)
9 May 1909 End of season Freiburger FC   1 – 4   Basel Freiburg im Breisgau
  Summary  
 
 
 
31 May 1909 End of season Basel   1 – 4   Karlsruher FV Landhof, Basel
Wenger   63' (1:3) Summary   10' (0:1)
Hirsch   20' (0:2)
  51' (0:3)
  (1:4)
27 June 1909 End of season Basel   5 – 4   Karlsruher FV Landhof, Basel
          Summary        

Serie A

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East group results

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11 October 1908 Round 1 Basel 1 – 2 Young Fellows Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Gossweiler (I)   20' (1:0) Summary   (1:1) Staub
  (1:2) Burki
Referee:   Rudolf Schwarz (Old Boys)
18 October 1908 Round 2 Old Boys 6 – 1 Basel Margarethenwiese, Basel
1:00  
 
 
 
 
 
Summary   Referee:   Lalive
25 October 1908 Round 3 Basel 2 – 9 Grasshopper Club Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hasler   (pen. 1:3)
  (2:3)
Summary   (0:1)
  (0:2)
Taylor   (0:3)
  (2:4)
  (2:5)
  (2:6)
  (2:7)
  (2:8)
  (2:9)
1 November 1908 Round 4 Zürich 6 – 1 Basel Zürich
  (1:0)
  (2:0)
  (3:0)
  (4:0)
  (5:0)
  (6:0)
Summary   (6:1) Referee:   Hüni (Grasshopper Club)
8 November 1908 Round 5 Basel 4 – 5 Aarau Landhof, Basel
15:00   (1:5)
  (2:5)
  (3:5)
  (4:5)
Summary   (0:1)
  (0:2)
  (0:3)
  (0:4)
  (0:5)
15 November 1908 Round 6 Winterthur 6 – 0 Basel Winterthur
  10' (1:0)
  (2:0)
  (3:0)
  (4:0)
  (5:0)
  (6:0)
Summary Referee:   Fritz Seiffert (Old Boys)
22 November 1908 Round 7 Basel 3 – 2 St. Gallen Landhof, Basel
15:00  
 
 
Summary  
 
Referee:   Rudolf Schwarz (Old Boys)
29 November 1908 Round 8 Young Fellows Zürich 2 – 2 Basel Zürich
15:00 Staub (I)   (1:1)
  (2:2)
Summary   (0:1)
  (1:2)
Referee:   Koch (St. Gallen)
13 December 1908 Round 9 Basel 1 – 3 Winterthur Landhof, Basel
  Summary  
 
 
20 December 1908 Round 10 Basel 5 – 5 Old Boys Landhof, Basel
14:00  
 
 
 
 
Summary  
 
 
 
 
Referee:   Lang (Winterthur)
28 February 1909 Round 11 Basel 4 – 3 Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Keller   10' (1:0)
Keller   20' (2:1)
Keller   (3:1)
Gossweiler   (4:3)
Summary   15' (1:1)
  (3:2) Schlegel
  80' (3:3)
18 April 1909 Round 12 Grasshopper Club 3 – 7 Basel Zürich
 
 
 
Summary  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Referee:   Keller (Zürich)
25 April 1909 Round 13 St. Gallen 3 – 3 Basel St. Gallen
 
 
 
Summary  
 
 
2 May 1909 Round 14 Aarau 2 – 5 Basel Aarau
 
 
Summary  
 
 
 
 
Referee:   Schrader (Grasshopper Club)

East group league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Winterthur 14 11 3 0 59 17 +42 25 Advance to finals
2 FC St. Gallen 14 8 2 4 53 35 +18 18
3 Old Boys Basel 14 8 2 4 51 44 +7 18
4 FC Aarau 14 7 2 5 48 46 +2 16
5 Young Fellows Zürich 14 5 2 7 46 48 −2 12
6 FC Basel 14 4 3 7 39 57 −18 11
7 FC Zürich 14 4 0 10 38 55 −17 8
8 Grasshopper Club Zürich 14 2 0 12 23 55 −32 4
Source: rsssf

See also

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Notes

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ The player lines-ups and goal scorers for 10 of the 14 league games in the 1908–09 season are unknown or incomplete.

Incomplete league matches 1908–1909 season: FCB-YF, FCZ-FCB, FCB-Aarau, FCW-FCB, FCB-FCSG, YF-FCB, FCB-FCB, FCB-OB, GC-FCB, FCSG-FCB

References

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  1. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Test games 1908–09". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Archived from the original on 2024-01-20. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  2. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Games 1908-09 East Group". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Archived from the original on 2024-01-20. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  3. ^ a b Erik Garin. "Swiss Serie A 1908/09". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

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