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

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.

Overview

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

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

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Friendly matches

Pre-season

13 September 1908 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 0 – 5 Germany Karlsruher FV Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary (0:1)
(0:2)
(0:3)
(0:4)
(0:5)

Winter break to end of season

27 December 1908 Winter break La Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland 5 – 1 Switzerland 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 Italy 4 – 2 Switzerland 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 Italy 5 – 2 Switzerland 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 Switzerland 4 – 0 Switzerland Nordstern Landhof, Basel
15:00 (1:0)
(2:0)
(3:0)
(4:0)		 Summary
14 February 1909 Winter break Basel Switzerland 1 – 2 Switzerland La Chaux-de-Fonds Landhof, Basel
15:00 Légeret 1:1' Summary 20' (0:1) Reichen
(1:2)		 Referee: Switzerland Kupferschmid
21 February 1909 Winter break Young Boys Switzerland 5 – 0 Switzerland 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 Germany 8 – 0 Switzerland 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 Switzerland 4 – 0 Switzerland Bern Landhof, Basel
Moll (1:0)
Wenger (2:0)
Wenger (3:0)
Keller (4:0)		 Summary Referee: Switzerland John André (FC Basel)
11 April 1909 Mid-season Britannia Frankfurt Germany 3 – 2 Switzerland Basel Frankfurt
(pen. 1:2)
(2:2)
(3:2)		 Summary (0:1)
(0:2)
12 April 1909 Mid-season Mannheimer VfB Union Germany 3 – 2 Switzerland Basel Mannheim
(1:0)
46' (2:2)
(3:2)		 Summary (1:1)
35' (1:2)
31 May 1909 End of season Basel Switzerland 1 – 4 Germany 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 Switzerland 5 – 4 Germany Karlsruher FV Landhof, Basel
Summary

Serie A

East group results

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: Switzerland Rudolf Schwarz (Old Boys)
18 October 1908 Round 2 Old Boys 6 – 1 Basel Margarethenwiese, Basel
1:00




Summary Referee: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland Fritz Seiffert (Old Boys)
22 November 1908 Round 7 Basel 3 – 2 St. Gallen Landhof, Basel
15:00

Summary
Referee: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland Schrader (Grasshopper Club)

East group league table

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

Notes

Footnotes

  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

  1. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Test games 1908–09". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  2. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Games 1908-09 East Group". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  3. 1 2 Erik Garin. "Swiss Serie A 1908/09". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

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