FC Basel
1915–16 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Philipp Leichner
Franz Rinderer
First team coachErnst Kaltenbach
(as team captain)
until May 1916
Peter Riesterer
(ad interim)
10 May to 30 June
GroundLandhof, Basel
Serie AGroup Stage: 7th
Top goalscorerLeague: Emil Hasler (7)
and Otto Kuhn (7)
All: Otto Kuhn (13)
Average home league attendancen/a

The FC Basel 1915–16 season was their twenty-third season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. The club's chairman was Philipp Leichner at the beginning of the season and during the season Franz Rinderer took over as chairman. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel. Retroactively, the most important event in this season is considered to be the founding of the clubs first youth department.

Overview

It had been in planning for a few years and to the beginning of this season FCB founded their youth department and employed some part-time youth trainers. Right from the very first day there were over 50 youngsters who joined the teams. Amongst these youngsters, for example, was Walter Dietrich, who was 13 years old as he joined. Other youngsters were Karl Bielser, Max Galler, Theodor Schär and Ernst Zorzotti who were all to advance to become important first team players.[1]

Because the holidays for the members of the Swiss Army are now becoming more frequent, a football championship as played in the pre-war years, could again be carried out as of the 1915–16 season. Team captain was Ernst Kaltenbach and as captain he led the trainings and was responsible for the line-ups. Basel played a total of 28 matches in this season. 14 of these matches were in the domestic league and 14 were friendly matches. Of these friendlies, six were won, three were drawn and five ended in a defeat. There were six one home fixtures played in the Landhof and eight away games. Four of these games were played in the Basel championship against the two other local teams Old Boys and Nordstern Basel. FC Basel won the Basel championship collecting three victories and a draw. In all of these friendly games Basel scored 31 goals and conceded 30.[2]

The Swiss Serie A 1915–16 was divided into three regional groups, east, central and west. There were seven teams in the east group, eight in the central group and six in the west group. FC Baden could not participate because their field was used for agricultural purposes due to the war. Basel and the two other local teams, Old Boys and Nordstern Basel, were allocated to the Central group. Further teams playing in the central group were two from the capital, Young Boys and FC Bern, two from La Chaux-de-Fonds, FC La Chaux-de-Fonds, Étoile-Sporting FC La Chaux-de-Fonds and finally Biel-Bienne.

Basel didn't start well into the championship, winning only one of the first eight games. They ended the season in second-last position with nine points. In their 14 games Basel scored 30 goals and conceded 39. Local rivals Nordstern Basel were bottom of the league with just four points and these points were won in the derbys against Basel. Because during the war years there was no promotion or relegation, Nordstern did not have to play a play-out. The other local rivals Old Boys won the group and continued to the finals. Here they played against Cantonal Neuchatel and Winterthur. Cantonal eventually won the championship in the Finals.[3][4]

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 Arthur Fahr
— DF Switzerland SUI Paul Bettex
— DF Switzerland SUI Hermann Moll
— DF Switzerland SUI Peter Riesterer
— MF Switzerland SUI Fritz Albicker (II)
— MF Switzerland SUI Ganter (I)
— MF Switzerland SUI Wilhelm Geisser
— MF Switzerland SUI Emil Hasler
— MF Switzerland SUI Ernst Kaltenbach
— MF Switzerland SUI Jakob Känzig
— MF Switzerland SUI Otto Kuhn
— MF Switzerland SUI Walter Rupprecht
— FW Switzerland SUI Fritz Aeppli
— FW Switzerland SUI Christian Albicker (I)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW   Rudolf Bredschneider
— FW Switzerland SUI Fritz Raas
— FW Switzerland SUI Louis Riesterer
— FW Switzerland SUI Karl Wunderle
— FW Switzerland SUI Karl Wüthrich
— Switzerland SUI Ernst Bickel
— Switzerland SUI Roger Breithaupt
— Switzerland SUI Ernst Buss
—   Ernst Danzeisen (I)
—   Willy Danzeisen (II)
—   Philipp Leichner
—   Anton Rittel (I)
—   Ernst Rittel (II)
—   Weiss (III)

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre-season

29 August 1915 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 4–1 Switzerland St. Gallen Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary
26 September 1915 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 1–4 Switzerland Servette Landhof, Basel
15:40 Summary

Winter break

16 January 1916 Winter break Winterthur Switzerland 2–2 Switzerland Basel Schützenwiese, Winterthur
(1:1)
(2:1)		 Summary (0:1)
(2:2)
23 January 1916 Winter break Young Fellows Zürich Switzerland 8–1 Switzerland Basel Zürich
Rais (1:0)
Weidmann (2:0)
Meier (3:0)
Leiber (4:0)
Meier (5:0)
Meier (6:0)
Meier (7:0)
Leiber (8:1)		 Summary (7:1)
13 February 1916 Winter break Servette Switzerland 3–1 Switzerland Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
14:40 Raymond (IV) 2' (1:0)
Ofterdinger (2:1)
Raymond (IV) (3:1)		 Summary (1:1) Kuhn Referee: Switzerland Heck, (Servette)
26 March 1916 Mid-season Montriond Lausanne Switzerland 1–4 Switzerland Basel Pontaise, Lausanne
15:00 Douglas (1:1) Summary (0:1)
(1:2)
(1:3)
(1:4)
9 April 1916 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 2–2 Switzerland Winterthur Landhof, Basel
15:00 Wüthrich (1:0)
Wüthrich (2:1)		 Summary (1:1)
(2:2) Koblet		 Referee: Switzerland Riesterer, (Basel)
24 April 1916 Mid-season Zürich Switzerland 3–0 Switzerland Basel Utogrund, Zürich
Schuepp 15' (1:0)
Oetiker (2:0)
(o.g. 3:0)		 Summary
30 April 1916 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 0–2 Switzerland Montriond Lausanne Landhof, Basel
Summary (0:1) Millenet
(o.g. 0:2)		 Referee: Switzerland Riesterer, (Basel)
14 May 1916 Basel championship Basel Switzerland 5–1 Switzerland Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
15:00 Moll (1:1)
Kuhn (2:1)
Kuhn (3:1)
Ritte (4:1)
Kuhn (5:1)		 Summary (pen. 0:1) Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland E. Stutz Luzern
1 June 1916 Basel championship Old Boys Switzerland 1–1 Switzerland Basel Margarethenwiese Basel
15:00 Angoso (1:0) Summary (1:1) Ganter Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Switzerland E. Stutz, (Luzern)
11 June 1916 End of season Luzern Switzerland 1–6 Switzerland Basel Tribschen, Luzern
15:00 1' (1:0) Summary (1:1)
(1:2)
(1:3)
(1:4)
(1:5)
(1:6)		 Referee: Switzerland E. Stutz, (Luzern)
2 July 1916 Basel championship Basel Switzerland 2–1 Switzerland Old Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hasler (1:0)
Kuhn 89' (2:1)		 Summary (pen. 1:1) Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Switzerland Weber, (Zürich)
8 July 1916 Basel championship Nordstern Basel Switzerland 0–2 Switzerland Basel Staldenrain Riehen
15:00 Summary 11' (0:1) Kuhn
(0:2)		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland Zoller, (Basel)

Serie A

Central Group results

3 October 1915 Round 1 Étoile-Sporting 3–1 Basel Stade du FC Etoile, La Chaux-de-Fonds
14:30 Wyss (I) 23' (1:0)
Meier 25' (2:0)
Hirschy 35' (3:0)		 Summary 63' (3:1) Hasler Referee: Switzerland Henninger, (CA Genève)
10 October 1915 Round 2 Basel 2–1 Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
15:00 5' (o.g.)
Wüthrich 78' (2:1)		 Summary (1:1)
17 October 1915 Round 3 FC Bern 3–1 Basel Kirchenfeld, Bern
14:30 (1:1)
Brand (2:1)
(3:1)		 Summary 15' (0:1) Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Henninger, (CA Genève)
31 October 1915 Round 4 Nordstern Basel 4–2 Basel Staldenrain, Riehen
15:00 Bollinger 1' (pen. 1:0)
Gaus (2:2)
Bollinger (pen. 3:2)
Bollinger 84' (4:2)		 Summary (1:1) Hasler
31' (1:2) Hasler		 Referee: Switzerland Weber
7 November 1915 Round 5 Young Boys 3–3 Basel Spitalacker, Bern
15:00 Funk (I) (pen. 1:1)
Funk (I) (2:3)
Mangold (3:3)		 Summary (0:1) Hasler
(1:2)
(1:3)		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Sweden Heck
21 November 1915 Round 6 Basel 1–2 La Chaux-de-Fonds Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hasler (1:0) Summary (1:1) Perrenoud (II)
75' (1:2) Reutter		 Referee: Switzerland Willy Beuttner, (FC Zürich)
28 November 1915 Round 7 Basel 1–6 Old Boys Landhof, Basel
Hasler (1:0)
Hasler soccer ball with red X		 Summary (pen. 1:1) Kalt
(o.g. 1:2) Wüthrich
(1:3)
(1:4)
(1:5)
(1:6)		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Keller
5 December 1915 Round 8 Biel-Bienne 6–2 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
15:00 Marbot 1' (1:0)
Gnägi (2:0)
Keller (3:0)
Keller (4:1)
Siegrist (5:1)
Keller (6:2)		 Summary (1:3) Hasler
(5:2) Albicker (I)		 Referee: Switzerland Beuttner
30 January 1916 Round 9 Basel P–P Young Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary Referee: Switzerland Weber
22 February 1916 Round 10 Basel 5–3 Étoile-Sporting Landhof, Basel
15:00 Kuhn (1:0)
Kuhn (2:1)
Kuhn (3:1)
Kuhn (4:1)
Buss (5:1)		 Summary (1:1)
(5:2)
(5:3)		 Referee: Switzerland Graffenried
5 March 1916 Round 11 Basel 1–2 FC Bern Landhof, Basel
15:00 (1:1) Summary (0:1) Weiss
(1:2) Weiss
12 March 1916 Round 12 Old Boys 3–2 Basel Margarethenwiese, Basel
15:00 Katz 24' (pen. 1:0)
Ferralli 40' (2:1)
Wionsowsky 60' (3:1)		 Summary 25' (1:1) Wunderle
87' (3:2) Albicker (I)		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Reich
2 April 1916 Round 13 Basel 0–1 Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary 87' (0:1) Bollinger Referee: Switzerland Schaller, (Basel)
7 May 1916 Round 14 La Chaux-de-Fonds 0–5 Basel Parc des Sports, La Chaux-de-Fonds
14:45 Summary 9' (0:1) Kuhn
(0:2) Kuhn
(0:3) Kuhn
(0:4)
(0:5) Albicker (I)		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland Jacques
21 May 1916 Round 9 Basel 4–2 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Moll (pen. 1:1)
Wunderle (2:2)
Kaltenbach (3:2)
Wüthrich (4:2)		 Summary (0:1) Funk (II)
(1:2) Funk (II)		 Referee: Switzerland Weber

Central Group league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Old Boys 14 9 3 2 47 31 +16 21 Advance to finals
2 FC Bern 14 9 2 3 41 23 +18 20
3 Étoile-Sporting 14 7 2 5 46 27 +19 16
4 Young Boys 14 6 3 5 33 26 +7 15
5 Biel-Bienne 14 6 2 6 29 26 +3 14
6 La Chaux-de-Fonds 14 6 1 7 23 32 −9 13
7 Basel 14 4 1 9 30 39 −9 9
8 Nordstern Basel 14 2 0 12 16 61 −45 4
Source: rsssf.com

See also

References

  1. ↑ Zindel, Josef (2018), "Die ersten 125 Jahre", Page 23, 50 new youth players, Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel
  2. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Test games 1915–16". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  3. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Rangliste Serie A - Zentralschweiz". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  4. ↑ Erik Garin. "Serie A 1915/16". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

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