The FC Basel 1922–23 season was their thirtieth season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. The club's chairman was Karl Ibach. It was his second period as chairman. At the AGM he took over the presidency from Carl Burkhardt. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel.
| 1922–23 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | Karl Ibach |
| First team coach | Max Breunig |
| Ground | Landhof, Basel |
| Serie A | Group Stage: 4th |
| Top goalscorer | League: Otto Kuhn (4) All: Otto Kuhn (11) |
| Highest home attendance | 4,000 on 4 February 1923 vs FC Bern |
| Lowest home attendance | 1,000 on 4 March 1923 vs Aarau |
| Average home league attendance | 2,666 |
Overview
editFor the beginning of this season the club hired the ex German international Max Breunig as trainer. He came from Karlsruher FV where he had been trainer for two seasons. Basel played a total of 32 matches in this season. 14 of these were in the domestic league and 18 were friendly matches. Of these 18 friendlies, six were home games played in the Landhof and 12 were away games. Nine test games ended in a victory, four were drawn and five ended in a defeat. In these tests Basel scored a total of 45 goals and conceded 28. Of these 18 friendlies, seven were during the winter break and one was a mid season game eight were played after the domestic league season had been completed.
After just two pre-season friendlies Basel started in the 1921–22 Swiss Serie A. The domestic league was again divided into three regional groups, East, Central and West, each group with eight teams. FC Basel and the two other teams from Basel Nordstern and Old Boys were allocated to the Central group. The other teams playing in this group were Aarau, Luzern and Biel-Bienne and the two teams from the capital, Young Boys Bern and FC Bern. FC Basel played a mediocre season, winning six matches, drawing three and suffering five defeats, scoring 17 goals and conceding 22. With 15 points they ended the season in fourth position.[1] Otto Kuhn was the team's top league goal scorer with four goals.
An outrage and scandal after the 8th round match at the Landhof on 12 November 1922 against BSC Young Boys. It came to spme massive disagreements between Basel manager Breunig's co-trainer Mr Sutter, the players of both teams and some fans. The Swiss Football Association started an enquiry immediately and postponed the match Basel against Luzern from 3 December 1922 to 18 February the following year. After an appeal the results of the enquiry ended with following decision: The club Basel was fined 200 Swiss Francs, co-trainer Mr Sutter was banned for three years, Basel's player Gustav Putzendopler was banned for six months, Young Boy's players Osterwalder and von Arx were both fined 20 Swiss Francs, Referee Josef Wieland received a life long ban for the top tier of Swiss football. The club Basel had to pay the costs of the court and it was decided that the team had to play two games behind closed doors. Because Basel won the appeal they did not have to play two matches without supporters, but the fine remained unchanged.[2]
Another outrage and scandal was that the team Young Boys sportingly ended the season as Central group winners. But before the start of the championship play-offs, the qualification match FC Biel-Bienne versus FC Bern (the game had ended 3–1) from 25.02.1923 was awarded 0–3 due to ineligible players of FC Biel-Bienne. So both Young Boys Bern and FC Bern were level with 22 points and consequently a play-off was to be held for the regional championship. Young Boys withdrew from this match. Thus FC Bern continued to the finals, which they won. After the play-offs finals had been completed, the qualification match Basel versus FC Bern (the game had ended 0–4) from 04.02.1923 was awarded 3–0 forfait because FC Bern had played an ineligible player. After this decision Young Boys were again winners of the regional group. The date of this decision was in September 1923 and there was not enough time left for a new Play-off Final before the next season started. Therefore no Swiss championship was awarded for 1922/23 season.[3]
Players
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Results
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Friendly matches
editPre-season
edit| 3 September 1922 Pre-season | 1. FC Pforzheim  | 0–0 |  Basel | Pforzheim |
| Summary |
| 10 September 1922 Pre-season | Blue Stars Zürich | 0–2 | Basel | Zürich |
| Summary |  25' (0:1) Wüthrich 89' (0:2) Kuhn |
Referee: Acker Zürich |
Winter break to end of season
edit| 24 December 1922 Winter break | US Alessandria  | 5–3 | Basel | Alessandria |
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Summary | |
| 28 December 1922 Winter break | US Valenzana | 2–1 | Basel | Valenzana |
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Summary | |
| 26 December 1922 Winter break | US Biellese | 1–2 | Basel | Biella |
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Summary | |
| 31 December 1922 Winter break | Vgt FC Schaffhausen-Sparta | 0–1 | Basel | Schaffhausen |
| Summary | 86' (0:1) Schneider (I) |
Attendance: 800 |
| 1 January 1922 Winter break | Basel | 3–1 | Bayern München | Landhof, Basel |
| 14:30 | Wüthrich (1:0) Fahr (2:0)Kuhn (3:0) |
Summary | (3:1) |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Felix Herren Basel |
| 7 January 1923 Winter break | Basel | 4–2 |  AS Strasbourg | Landhof, Basel |
| 14:30 | Kuhn (1:1) Fahr (2:2) (o.g. 2:3)Fahr (4:2) |
Summary | (0:1) Bloch (1:2) |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Jacques Hirrle Basel |
| 14 January 1923 Winter break | Zürich | 1–8 | Basel | Heiligfeld, Zürich |
| 13:45 | (o.g. 1:4) |
Summary | 20' (0:1) Fahr (0:2) Kuhn (0:3) Fahr (0:4) Wüthrich (1:5) Kuhn (1:6) Kuhn (1:7) Wüthrich (1:8) Schneider (I) |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: |
| 31 March 1923 End of season | Basel | 1–1 | 1860 München | Landhof, Basel |
| 16:30 | (1:1) |
Summary | (0:1) Grimm |
Attendance: D Referee: Jacques Hirrle Basel |
| 8 April 1923 End of season | Lugano | 2–2 | Basel | Campo Marzio, Lugano |
| Vicari (II) (1:0) Vicari (II) (2:0) |
Summary | (2:1) Schlecht 85' (o.g. 2:2) |
Referee: Sadis |
| 15 April 1923 End of season | Basel | 1–2 | Karlsruher FC Phönix | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
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Summary | |
| 22 April 1923 End of season | Basel | 8–1 | Freiburger FC | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | |
Summary | |
Referee: Jacques Hirrle Basel |
| 29 April 1923 End of season | Mulhouse XI | 1–1 | Basel | Mulhouse |
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Summary | |
| 13 May 1923 End of season | Basel | 3–1 | 1. FC Pforzheim | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Wüthrich (1:0) Schneider (I) (2:0)Putzendopler (II) (3:1) |
Summary | (2:1) |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Jacques Hirrle Basel |
| 27 May 1923 End of season | Basel | 0–3 |  Rangers | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Summary | 35' (0:1) Henderson (pen. 0:2) Cunningham (0:3) Archibald |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Felix Herren Basel |
| 17 June 1923 End of season | Freiburger FC | 4–2 | Basel | Freiburg |
| Stanzel (1:0) Stanzel (2:0) (o.g. 3:1) (4:1) |
Summary | (2:1) (4:2) |
Referee: Jacques Hirrle Basel |
Serie A
editCentral Group results
edit| 25 September 1922 Round 1 | FC Bern | 2–0 | Basel | Kirchenfeld, Bern |
| Wenger 10' (1:0) 89' (2:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Edm. Dizerens Lausanne |
| 1 October 1922 Round 2 | Basel | 1–1 | Nordstern Basel | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Fahr (1:0) |
Summary | (pen. 1:1) Flubacher |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Edm. Dizerens Lausanne |
| 8 October 1922 Round 3 | Luzern | 0–3 | Basel | Tribschen, Luzern |
| Summary | (0:1) Fahr (0:2) Kaltenbach (0:3) Kuhn |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ruegg Thalwil |
| 15 October 1922 Round 4 | Old Boys | 1–1 | Basel | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
| 15:00 | Merkt (1:0) |
Summary | (1:1) Wüthrich |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Guido Eichenberger Bern |
| 22 October 1922 Round 5 | Basel | 1–3 | Biel-Bienne | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Riesterer (1:3) |
Summary | 3' (0:1) Minder (0:2) Salvisberg (0:3) Blaser |
Referee: Epiney Genf |
| 29 October 1922 Round 6 | Aarau | 0–2 | Basel | Schachen, Aarau |
| Summary | (o.g. 0:1) Pfister (0:2) |
Referee: John Forster La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| 5 November 1922 Round 7 | Nordstern Basel | 0–0 | Basel | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Summary | Referee: Guido Eichenberger Bern |
| 12 November 1922 Round 8 | Basel | 2–1 | Young Boys | Landhof, Basel |
| 14:45 | Wüthrich (1:1) Schneider (I) (2:1) |
Summary | (0:1) Von Arx (I) |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Wieland Zürich |
| 26 November 1922 Round 9 | Biel-Bienne | 2–0 | Basel | Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne |
| Renser (1:0) Kramer (II) 80' (2:0) |
Summary |
| 21 January 1923 Round 11 | Basel | 0–5 | Old Boys | Landhof, Basel |
| 14:45 | Summary | 15' (0:1) Katz (0:2) Brack (0:3) Bohny (0:4) Wionsowsky (0:5) L'Eplattenier |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Guido Eichenberger Bern |
| 4 February 1923 Round 12 | Basel | 3–0 FF | FC Bern | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Summary | Brandt (0:1) Afflerbach (0:2)Stämpfli (0:3)Afflerbach (0:4) |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: John Forster La Chaux-de-Fonds | |
| Note: Awarded forfait for Basel, the game had ended 0–4, but Bern used an unqualified player | ||||
| 18 February 1923 Round 10 | Basel | 2–0 | Luzern | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Schlecht (1:0) Düblin (2:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ruegg Thalwil |
| 4 March 1923 Round 13 | Basel | 4–3 | Aarau | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Schneider (I) (1:1) Kuhn (2:1)Wüthrich (3:1)Fahr (4:3) |
Summary | (0:1) Märki (II) (3:2) Märki (II) (3:3) |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ruegg Thalwil |
| 18 March 1923 Round 14 | Young Boys | 0–1 | Basel | Spitalacker, Bern |
| Summary | (0:1) Kuhn |
Referee: Ruegg Thalwil |
Central Group table
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | Young Boys Bern | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 10 | +26 | 22 |
| 2 | FC Bern | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 13 | +22 | 22 |
| 3 | Old Boys | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 16 |
| 4 | Basel | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 22 | −5 | 15 |
| 5 | Nordstern Basel | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | Aarau | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 24 | −10 | 8 |
| 7 | Luzern | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 35 | −23 | 8 |
| 8 | Biel-Bienne | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 27 | −16 | 7 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1922/23". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ Zindel, Josef (2018), Serie A 1922/23, 8 Runde, 12 November 1922, Landhof, Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel
- ^ Erik Garin (2017). "Switzerland 1922/23". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
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 1922–23 at fcb-archiv.ch
- Switzerland 1922-23 at RSSSF