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.
| 1925–26 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman |  Carl Burkhardt |
| First team coach | Karl Bielser (as team captain) |
| Ground | Landhof, Basel |
| Serie A | Group Stage: 2nd |
| Swiss Cup | Round of 32 |
| Top goalscorer | League: Arnold Hürzeler (8) All: Arnold Hürzeler (15) |
| Highest home attendance | 3,200 on 7 February 2016 vs Young Boys |
| Lowest home attendance | 1,400 on 13 May 2016 vs FC Bern |
| Average home league attendance | 2,000 |
Overview
editKarl Bielser was team captain this season and as captain he led the team trainings and was responsible for the line-ups. 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. 29 goals were scored, but 32 were conceded.[1]
During these friendly games, a highlight 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.[2]
As in the previous seasons, this is 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 of the three groups would continue to the finals and the last placed teams in the groups had to play a play-off 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, only six of these games were won and six were drawn and 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. During their league season Basel won seven of their matches, drawing six and were defeated three times. They were nine points adrift of Young Boys, who continued to the finals. Servette won the championship, Grasshopper Club were runners-up and YB were classified third. Grenchen ended the group stage at the bottom of the table and had to play the promotion/relegation play-off against Black Stars Basel, who had won the second tier championship. The teams each won one of the play-off matches and Grenchen won the deciding match to remain in the top tier.[3]
In their 16 league matches the team scored 26 goals and conceded 14.[4] Arnold Hürzeler, who had joined the team for this season, was the team's top league goal scorer with eight goals. He left the club after the season. Karl Bielser was second best league scorer with seven goals. Jules Düblin, Karl Putzendopler and Alfred Schlecht each scored two league goals.[5]
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.[6] In the next round, however, Basel were eliminated against Aarau, after a draw, by toss of a coin. Grasshopper Club won the final on 11 April 1926, played in the Letzigrund, 2–1 against FC Bern.[3]
Players
edit- Squad members
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Results
edit- Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches
editPre- and mid-season
edit| 30 August 1925 Pre-season | FC Bern | 2–0 | Basel | Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel |
| 11:00 | Amrain  (1:0)Kirschner 88' (2:0) |
Summary |
| 30 August 1925 Pre-season | Cantonal Neuchâtel | 1–0 | Basel | Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel |
| 14:30 | Abegglen III (1:0) |
Summary |
| 20 September 1925 Mid-season | AS Montbéliard  | 0–6 | Basel | Montbéliard |
| Summary | |
| 27 September 1925 Mid-season | Grasshopper Club | 4–4 | 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: |
Winter break to end of season
edit| 3 January 1926 Winter break | Basel | 0–2 |  1. Simmeringer SC | Landhof, Basel |
| 14:30 | Summary | 1' (1:0) Seszta (0:2) Urban |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Jacques Hirrle Basel |
| 31 January 1926 Mid-season | Baden | 4–5 | 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: Gloor Baden |
| 28 March 1926 Mid-season | Basel | 0–4 | Étoile-Sporting | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Summary | (0:1) (0:2) (0:3) (0:4) |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Feurer Delémont |
| 4 April 1926 Mid-season | Kickers Offenbach  | 1–0 | Basel | Offenbach |
| (1:0) |
Summary |
| 8 April 1926 Mid-season | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 2–3 | 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. | 4–0 | 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 | 3–3 | 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 | 1–5 |  Huddersfield Town | Landhof, Basel |
| 18:15 | (1:5) |
Summary | (0:1) (0:2) (0:3) (0:4) (0:5) |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Felix Herren Basel |
| 6 June 1926 End of season | Basel | 1–1 | Young Boys | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Schlecht (1:0) |
Summary | (1:1) Müllheim |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Jacques Hirrle Basel |
Serie A
editCentral Group results
edit| 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: |
| 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: Weidmann Töss |
| 18 October 1925 Round 3 | Basel | 1–0 | Grenchen | Landhof, Basel |
| 13:15 | Putzendopler (II) (1:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 1,800 Referee: 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: 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: 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: 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: Ruegg Thalwil |
| 27 December 1925 Round 8 | FC Bern | 0–0 | Basel | Neufeld, Bern |
| Summary | Attendance: 800 Referee: Spengler Olten |
| 10 January 1926 Round 9 | Aarau | 1–1 | Basel | Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau |
| Hürzeler (1:1) |
Summary | 43' (0:1) Hürzeler |
Attendance: 1,200 Referee: 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: 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: Fritz Beuchat Bern |
| 21 February 1926 Round 12 | Nordstern Basel | 0–1 | Basel | Stadion Rankhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Afflerbach  |
Summary | 15' (0:1) Düblin |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: 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: 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: Fritz Beuchat Bern |
| 13 May 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: 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: Felix Herren Basel |
Central Group table
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| 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 |
Swiss Cup
edit| 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: 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: Fritz Beuchat Bern |
| Note: After 82 minutes, with the score at 1–0, the game was interrupted due to the falling darkness. The Aarau captain Imhof demanded the game to be abandoned, due to shortsightedness of some players. Basel also requested that the game be abandoned. The referee does not accept the suggestion and after several minutes of discussion, the game continued. Due to the darkness, extra time could not be played and the game should have been replayed. The two clubs could not agree to a date. The FCB was ultimately eliminated by toss of a coin. | ||||
- Notes
- ^ Aarau win on Toss of a coin
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Friendly games 1925/26". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ "FC Basel - Huddersfield Town FC 1:5 (0:2)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ a b Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1925/26". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1925/26". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Statistic 1925/26". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ "FC Basel - FC Horgen 8:1 (4:1)". Retrieved 2020-11-16.
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 1925–26 at fcb-archiv.ch
- Switzerland 1925-26 at RSSSF