The FC Basel 1914–15 season was their twenty-second season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. The club's chairman was Ernst-Alfred Thalmann, it was his twelfth presidential term all together. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Basel-Wettstein in Kleinbasel, Basel.
| 1914–15 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman |  Ernst-Alfred Thalmann |
| First team coach | Christian Albicker (as team captain) |
| Ground | Landhof, Basel |
| Serie A | Group Stage: Third |
| Top goalscorer | Emil Hasler (7) |
| Average home league attendance | n/a |
Overview
editThe professional trainer, Englishman Percy Humphreys, was due to continue his job this season, but due to the outbreak of the first World War he had to return home.[1]
The war also caused further impingements to the football season. There were no pre-season matches and championship start was delayed. In their 1914–15 season, Basel played 11 matches. 6 of these were in the domestic league and 5 were friendly matches. Of these friendlies, 3 were won and 2 ended in a defeat. There was one home fixture played in the Landhof and four away games. In these friendly games, Basel scored 12 and conceded 12 goals. [2]
Also due to the war, the Swiss Serie A 1914–15 was played as an interim Championship, there was no relegation and promotion between Serie A and Serie B. The Serie A was divided into four regional groups, an east, a west and two central groups. Basel were allocated to the central group A together with their local rivals Old Boys, Nordstern Basel and the reigning champions Aarau. Basel started into the championship with an away defeat against Aarau. Then they won both home games against the other two local teams. After the new year and the away draw against Nordstern, Basel lost the home game against Aarau and the away game against Old Boys, to finish in third position in the league table. In their six games, Basel scored 15 goals and conceded 14. Aarau continued to the semifinal, but there they were defeated by Brühl St. Gallen. Brühl also won the final 3–0 against Servette to become the new Swiss champions.[3]
Players
edit- Squad members
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Results
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Win Draw Loss
Friendly matches
edit| 17 January 1915 | Old Boys | 0–1 | Basel | Margarethenwiese, Basel |
| Summary |  Albicker (I) |
Referee: Schmidlin, (Nordstern Basel) |
| 28 February 1915 | Basel | 5–3 | Young Boys | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Emil Hasler (1:0) Albicker (II) (2:0)Schreyer (3:2)Bredschneider (4:2)Albicker (II) (5:3) |
Summary | (2:1) Bertschi 32' (2:2) Mangold Mangold 67' (4:3) Funk II Funk II |
Attendance: 600 Referee: Louis Riesterer, (Basel) |
| 7 March 1915 | Young Boys | 6–0 | Basel | Spitalacker, (Bern) |
| Mangold (1:0) Bommer (2:0)Adamina (3:0)Funk (II) (4:0)Klopfenstein (5:0)Mangold (6:0) |
Summary | Referee: J. Blum, (Young Boys) |
| 25 April 1915 | Grasshopper Club | 2–0 | Basel | Zürich |
| (1:0) (2:0) |
Summary |
Serie A
editCentral Group A results
edit| 6 December 1914 Round 1 | Aarau | 5–1 | Basel | Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau |
| Osterwlder Brändli Gysi 65' (3:1)Gysi (4:1)Märk (5:1) |
Summary | Emil Hasler |
Referee: |
| 20 December 1914 Round 2 | Basel | 6–0 | Old Boys | Landhof, Basel |
| 14:30 | Albicker (I) 33' (1:0) Albicker (I) 35' (2:0)Gossweiler (3:0)Albicker (I) (4:0)Schreyer (5:0)Hasler (6:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Schmid, (Nordstern Basel) |
| 27 December 1914 Round 3 | Basel | 4–2 | Nordstern Basel | Landhof, Basel |
| 14:30 | Hasler 19' (1:0) Albicker (I) 30' (2:0)Hasler (3:2)Hasler 75' (4:2) |
Summary | 65' (2:1) Schneider (2:2) Franzon |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Nater |
| 10 January 1915 Round 4 | Nordstern Basel | 3–3 | Basel | Staldenrain, Riehen |
| 15:00 | Bollinger 42' (1:1) Ganter (2:2)Ganter (3:2) |
Summary | 34' (0:1) Hasler 48' (1:2) Hasler (3:3) Wunderle |
Attendance: 500 Referee: Stutz, (Old Boys) |
| 21 February 1915 Round 5 | Basel | 0–2 | Aarau | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Summary | 41' (0:1) Rubli II 55' (0:2) Bessmer I |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Schmid, (Nordstern Basel) |
| 16 May 1915 Round 6 | Old Boys | 2–1 | Basel | Margarethenwiese, Basel |
| 15:00 | Grunauer (1:0) Grunauer (2:0) |
Summary | (1:1) |
Attendance: 800 Referee: Thurnheer, (Biel-Bienne) |
Central Group A league table
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Aarau | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 10 | Advance to finals |
| 2 | Old Boys | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 8 | |
| 3 | Basel | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 5 | |
| 4 | Nordstern Basel | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 19 | −11 | 1 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ FC Basel 1893. "Clubgeschichte" (in German). FC Basel homepage. Archived from the original on 2017-10-08. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Test games 1914–15". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ Garin, Erik. "Switzerland 1914-1915". RSSSF. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
Sources
edit- Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2027-6
- Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
- FCB team 1914–15 at fcb-archiv.ch