FC Basel
1924–25 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Karl Ibach
First team coachAustria Gustav Putzendopler
(as team captain)
GroundLandhof, Basel
Serie AGroup Stage: 4th
Top goalscorerLeague: Emil Breh (7)
All: Emil Breh (7)
Highest home attendance3,500 on 16 November 1924
vs Young Boys
Lowest home attendance1,500 on 3 May 1925
vs Grenchen
Average home league attendance2,225

The FC Basel 1924–25 season was their thirty second season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. The club's chairman was Karl Ibach in his third season as chairman in his second period as chairman. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel.

Overview

Gustav Putzendopler 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 28 matches in their 1924–25 season. 16 of these were in the domestic league, and 12 were friendly matches. Of these 12 friendlies only two were played at home in the Landhof and 10 were away games, seven in Switzerland, one in Strasbourg and two in Zagreb. Only two test games ended with a victory, the other ten all ended with a defeat. In these tests Basel scored just 11 goals but they conceded 34.[1]

This season the Serie A was again divided into three regional groups, East, Central and West, each group with nine teams. Basel were allocated to the Central group together with the other teams from the city Concordia Basel, Nordstern Basel and Old Boys Basel. The further teams allocated to this group were Young Boys Bern, FC Bern, Aarau, Luzern and the newly promoted FC Grenchen. The team that won each group would continue to the finals and the last placed team in the group had to play a barrage against relegation.

Basel started their season well, only being defeated once in their first eleven games. They were always up with the table leaders, however at the end of the season three defeats against the other leading teams Aarau, Old Boys and lastly FC Bern, cost them their place at the top of the table. The team finished in fourth position, four points behind FC Bern, one point behind Aarau and level with Old Boys. During their league season Basel won seven of their matches, drawing five and were defeated four times.[2] In their 16 league matches the team scored just 13 goals (the first game of the season ended 1–0, but later awarded 3–0). FC Bern won the central group and advanced to the finals. West group winners Servette won the championship, Bern were runners-up and east group winners Young Fellows Zürich were third. Luzern were last in the central group. They thus played the promotion-relegation barrage against Solothurn. Solothurn achieved promotion, Luzern were relegated.[3]

Emil Breh was Basel’s top league goal scorer with seven goals. Breh had joined the team before the season started and left the club at the end of it.[4] Ernst Zorzotti was the teams second top scorer with just two goals. Four players each scored one goal, Karl Bielser, Arthur Fahr, Hans Rau and Hans Schneider. The other two goal scorers were not recorded.[5]

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 Theodor Schär
GK Switzerland SUI Ernst Zorzotti
DF Austria AUT Gustav Putzendopler (I)
DF Switzerland SUI Peter Riesterer
MF Switzerland SUI Max Galler (II)
MF Switzerland SUI Ernst Kaltenbach
MF Austria AUT Karl Putzendopler (II)
FW Switzerland SUI Arthur Fahr
FW Switzerland SUI Karl Bielser
FW Switzerland SUI Heinrich Hess
FW Switzerland SUI Paul Nebiker
FW Switzerland SUI Hans Rau
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Switzerland SUI Fritz Schneider (I)
FW Switzerland SUI Franz Zeiser
Switzerland SUI Wilhelm Flubacher
Switzerland SUI Hans Schneider (II)
FW Switzerland SUI Max Strasser
FW Switzerland SUI August von Arx
  Emil Breh
  ? Bürgin
  Fritz Eichenberger
Switzerland SUI ? Flubacher (I)
Switzerland SUI ? Flubacher (II)
  Gustav Isler

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season

24 August 1924 Pre-season RC Strasbourg France 1–3 Switzerland Basel Strasbourg
Summary
7 September 1924 Pre-season Fribourg Switzerland 4–5 Switzerland Basel Stade Universitaire, Freiburg
Poretti (1:2)
Poretti (2:2)
de Weck (3:4)
de Weck (4:4)
Summary (0:1) Hess
(0:2) Hess
(2:3) ?
(2:4) ?
(4:5) ?
12 October 1924 30 years FC Bern FC Bern Switzerland 1 – 0
[note 1]
Switzerland Basel Neufeld, Bern
Wenger (1:0) Summary Attendance: 5,000
12 October 1924 30 years FC Bern Servette Switzerland 3 – 0
[note 1]
Switzerland Basel Neufeld, Bern
Turling (1:0)
(2:0)
(3:0)
Summary Attendance: 5,000
2 November 1924 Mid-season Grasshopper Club Switzerland 4–0 Switzerland Basel Heiligfeld, Zürich
13:00 Abegglen (1:0)
Abegglen (2:0)
Abegglen (3:0)
Neuenschwander (4:0)
Summary Referee: Switzerland Blum Zürich
Notes
  1. 1 2 2x 30 Minutes.

Winter break, mid- and end of season

1 January 1925 Winter break Basel Switzerland 1–5 Austria 1. Simmeringer SC Landhof, Basel
14:30 Ganter (II) 15' (1:0) Summary 20' (1:1)
(2:1)
(3:1)
(4:1)
(5:1)
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Switzerland Hafner Basel
22 March 1925 Mid-season Solothurn Switzerland 2–1 Switzerland Basel Solothurn
Summary
12 April 1925 Mid-season HŠK Građanski Zagreb Kingdom of Yugoslavia 2–0 Switzerland Basel Građanski Stadium Zagreb
16:30 (pen. 1:0)
Mantler (pen. 2:0)
Summary Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Kingdom of Yugoslavia Petrovic
13 April 1925 Mid-season HŠK Građanski Zagreb Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1–0 Switzerland Basel Građanski Stadium Zagreb
16:30 Pasinek 28' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Kingdom of Yugoslavia Klemen
18 April 1925 Mid-season SK Rapid Wien Austria 5–0 Switzerland Basel Pfarrwiese, Wien
16:00 Wesselik 4' (1:0)
Bauer (2:0)
Wesselik 56' (3:0)
Wesselik 58' (4:0)
Kirbes 62' (5:0)
Summary Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Austria Werner
16 May 1925 End of season Young Boys Switzerland 5–1 Switzerland Basel Bern
Vögeli (I) (1:0)
Vögeli (II) (2:0)
(3:1)
(4:1)
(5:1)
Summary (1:1) Fahr Referee: Switzerland Fritz Beuchat Bern
24 May 1925 End of season Basel Switzerland 0 –1 England Tottenham Hotspur Landhof, Basel
16:00 Summary 30' (0:1) Seed Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Hafner Basel

Serie A

Central group results

14 September 1924 Round 1 Luzern 0 – 3 FF
[note 1]
Basel Tribschen, Luzern
Summary 12' (0:1) Rau Attendance: 800
Referee: Switzerland Acker Zürich
Note: Forfeit win for Basel: the game ended 0–1, but Luzern had used an ineligible player.
28 September 1924 Round 2 Grenchen 0–3 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
Summary 48' (0:1) Breh
50' (0:2) Breh
(0:3) Zorzotti
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland Edm. Dizerens Lausanne
5 October 1924 Round 3 Basel 0–0 Aarau Landhof, Basel
13:30 Summary Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Koblet Winterthur
26 October 1924 Round 4 Basel 1–0 Concordia Basel Landhof, Basel
15:00 Breh Summary Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Gremminger Oberwinterthur
16 November 1924 Round 5 Basel 0–2 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
14:30 Summary 25' (0:1) Vögeli
75' (0:2) Abplanalp
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Koblet Winterthur
30 November 1924 Round 6 Old Boys 0–0 Basel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:45 Summary Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Gremminger Oberwinterthur
7 December 1924 Round 7 Nordstern Basel 0–1 Basel Stadion Rankhof, Basel
14:30 Summary (0:1) Breh Referee: Switzerland Ruegg Thalwil
14 December 1924 Round 8 Concordia Basel 0–0 Basel Landhof, Basel
14:30 Summary Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Edm. Dizerens Lausanne
21 December 1924 Round 9 Basel 0–0 FC Bern Landhof, Basel
14:30 Summary Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Passera La Chaux-de-Fonds
11 January 1925 Round 10 Basel 2–0 Luzern Landhof, Basel
13:00 Fahr 20' (1:0)
Breh (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Switzerland Gremminger Oberwinterthur
20 January 1925 Round 11 Basel 1–0 Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
14:45 Breh (1:0) Summary Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Edm. Dizerens Lausanne
15 February 1924 Round 12 Aarau 4–0 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
15:00 Hürzeler (II) 51' (1:0)
Hürzeler (II) 56' (2:0)
Hürzeler (II) 73' (3:0)
Hürzeler (II) 81' (4:0)
Summary Referee: Switzerland Ruegg Thalwil
29 March 1925 Round 13 Basel 0–3 Old Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary (0:1) Katz
(0:2) Wionsowsky
87' (pen. 0:3) Katz
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Ruegg Thalwil
5 April 1925 Round 14 Young Boys 0–0 Basel Spitalacker, Bern
Summary Referee: Switzerland Edm. Dizerens Lausanne
26 April 1925 Round 15 FC Bern 2–1 Basel Neufeld, Bern
Motta (1:0)
Brand (2:0)
Summary (2:1) Bielser Referee: Switzerland Edm. Dizerens Lausanne
3 May 1925 Round 16 Basel 3–2 Grenchen Landhof, Basel
15:00 Breh 5' (1:0)
Zorzotti 15' (2:0)
Schneider (II) 20' (3:0)
Summary (3:1)
(3:2)
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland Ruegg Thalwil
Notes
  1. Forfeit win for Basel: the game ended 0–1, but Luzern had used an ineligible player.

Central group table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Bern 16 9 5 2 25 10 +15 23 Advance to finals
2 Aarau 16 8 4 4 25 17 +8 20
3 Old Boys 16 7 5 4 33 23 +10 19
4 Basel 16 7 5 4 15 13 +2 19
5 Young Boys 16 7 3 6 26 18 +8 17
6 Nordstern Basel 16 5 4 7 17 13 +4 14
7 Grenchen 16 4 4 8 17 23 6 12
8 Concordia Basel 16 4 4 8 15 25 10 12
9 Luzern 16 2 4 10 12 43 31 8 Relegation play-off
Source: rsssf.com

See also

References

  1. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Testspiele Saison 1924/25". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1924/25". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1924/25". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  4. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Emil Breh - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  5. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Statistic 1924/25". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

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