FC Basel
1927–28 season
ChairmanFrom 8 July to 15 September 1927
Switzerland Karl Junker
From 15 September
Switzerland Karl Ibach
First team coachSwitzerland Karl Bielser
(as team captain)
Switzerland Peter Riesterer
(as team captain)
GroundLandhof, Basel
Serie AGroup Stage: 3rd
Swiss CupRound of 64
Top goalscorerLeague: Karl Wüthrich (8)
All: Karl Wüthrich (8)
Highest home attendance3,500 on 9 October 1927
vs Nordstern Basel
and on 29 April 1928
vs Old Boys Basel
Lowest home attendance1,500 on 22 January 1928
vs Concordia Basel
Average home league attendance2,700

The FC Basel 1927–28 season was their thirty fifth season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. The club's new chairman was Karl Junker took over the presidency from Carl Burkhardt at the AGM on 8 July 1927. However Junker only remained as president until 15 September, then Karl Ibach took over for his third period. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel.

Overview

Karl Bielser was team captain for the third season in a row and as captain he led the team trainings and was responsible for the line-ups. During the season Peter Riesterer took over as team captain and he acted as team coach from then onwards. Basel played a total of 27 matches in their 1927–28 season. 16 of these were in the domestic league, one was in the Swiss Cup and 10 were friendly matches. Of these 10 friendlies four were played at home in the Landhof and six were away games. Apart from the away game against Mulhouse all other matches were in Switzerland. The team won four of the friendly games and lost the other six. They scored 20 goals and conceded 26.[1]

Probably one of the biggest highlights during these friendly games, was the fixture in the Landhof against Everton, who had just won the English Football League championship that season. The game attracted 8,000 supporters, but Basel lost the comparison against the English champions by two goals to nil. Both goals were scored by Dixie Dean.[2] Dean's greatest point of note is that he is still the only player in English football to score 60 league goals in one season and this (1927–28) was the season in that he accomplished this record.[3] At that the end of that season he was 21 years old.

The 1927–28 Swiss Serie A was divided into three regional groups, each group with nine teams. Basel were allocated to the Central group together with the other three local clubs Concordia Basel, Nordstern Basel and Old Boys Basel. The other five teams allocated to this group were Young Boys Bern, FC Bern, Aarau, Grenchen and Solothurn. The teams that won each group continue to the finals and the last placed teams in the groups had to play a barrage against relegation. FC Basel played a good season, won ten matches, one was drawn and they suffered five defeats. Basel scored 27 goals and conceded 21. With 21 points they ended the season in third position, two points behind group winners and local rivals Nordstern.[4] Nordstern advanced to the finals. Grasshopper Club won the championship, Nordstern were runner-up and Étoile Carouge were third. Solothurn finished the season in last position and competed the promotion/relegation play-off against Luzern. Winning the first match and drawing the second leg they retained their place in the top tier of Swiss football.[5]

In this season's Swiss Cup Basel were drawn against Young Fellows Zürich in the first round and were eliminated because they lost 0–1.[6] Servette won the cup, beating Grasshopper Club 5–1 in the final.[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 Ernst Christ
— GK Switzerland SUI Arthur Fahr
— GK Switzerland SUI Ernst Zorzotti
— DF Switzerland SUI Armando Ardizzoia
— DF Switzerland SUI Jakob Bürgin
— DF West Germany FRG Hermann Enderlin (II)
— DF Switzerland SUI Peter Riesterer
— MF Switzerland SUI Max Galler (II)
— MF Switzerland SUI Georg Heimann
— MF Switzerland SUI Otto Meier
— MF Switzerland SUI Paul Schaub
— FW Switzerland SUI Emil Arlt
— FW Switzerland SUI Karl Bielser
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW West Germany FRG Alfred Enderlin (I)
— DF Switzerland SUI Fritz Gerster
— FW France FRA Max Lehmann
— DF Switzerland SUI Louis Matthey
— FW Switzerland SUI Max Oswald
— FW Switzerland SUI Hans Rau
— FW Switzerland SUI Alfred Schlecht
— FW Switzerland SUI Max Strasser
— FW Switzerland SUI Hans Streng
— DF Switzerland SUI Gustav Vogt
— FW Switzerland SUI Karl Wüthrich
— FW Switzerland SUI Franz Zeiser
— FW Switzerland SUI ? Weber
Players who left the squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Switzerland SUI Alfred Heidig
— DF Switzerland SUI Hermann Moll
— DF Austria AUT Gustav Putzendopler (I)
— MF Switzerland SUI Louis Blindenbacher
— MF Switzerland SUI ? Flubacher
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Switzerland SUI Ernst Kaltenbach
— MF Austria AUT Karl Putzendopler (II)
— MF Switzerland SUI Jacques Steiner
— FW Switzerland SUI Fritz Bölle
— FW Switzerland SUI François Comte
— FW Switzerland SUI Paul Nebiker

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season

14 August 1927 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 2–4 Switzerland Young Fellows Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Enderlin (I) 3' (1:0)
Enderlin (I) (pen. 2:4)		 Summary 5' (1:1) Muntwiler
15' (1:2) Brendle
30' (1:3) Ulrich
50' (1:4) Ulrich		 Attendance: 800
Referee: Switzerland Plütz Basel
21 August 1927 Pre-season Lausanne-Sport Switzerland 3–5 Switzerland Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
16:00 Syrvet 27' (1:1)
Syrvet 62' (2:3)
Fauguel 65' (3:3)		 Summary 25' (0:1) Arlt
33' (1:2) Arlt
47' (1:3) Enderlin (I)
87' (3:4) Enderlin (I)
90' (3:5) Enderlin (I)		 Referee: Switzerland Demartines Lausanne
28 August 1927 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 4–2 Switzerland Black Stars Landhof, Basel
15:00 Bielser (pen. 1:1)
Enderlin (I) (2:1)
Strasser 25' (3:1)
Streng (4:2)		 Summary 5' (0:1) Bechtel
(3:2) Ehrismann		 Attendance: 800
Referee: Switzerland G. Rupprecht Basel
21 November 1927 Mid-season SC Schweizerischer Bankverein BS Switzerland 0–6 Switzerland Basel Basel
Summary

Winter break

15 January 1928 Winter break Mulhouse France 4–3 Switzerland Basel Stade de Bourtzwiller Mulhouse
Bilger (1:1)
Arny (2:3)
Zolg (3:3)
Steiner (4:3)		 Summary (0:1) Bielser
(1:2) Wüthrich
(pen. 1:3)		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: France Munsch
29 January 1928 Winter break Chiasso Switzerland 4–0 Switzerland Basel Chiasso
700 Grassi 46' (1:0)
(2:0)
(3:0)
(4:0)		 Summary
25 March 1928 Mid-season Zürich Switzerland 0–1 Switzerland Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
Summary Enderlin (I) Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland
15 April 1928 Mid-season Luzern Switzerland 5–0 Switzerland Basel Luzern
(2x) Zimmermann (I)
(1x) Waldis
(1x) Sormani
(1x o.g.)		 Summary
12 May 1928 End of season Basel Switzerland 0–2 England Everton Landhof, Basel
17:00 Summary 18' (0:1) Dean
60' (0:2) Dean		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Switzerland Felix Herren Basel
17 May 1928 End of season Basel Switzerland 0–2 France Mulhouse Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary 35' (0:1) Kaufmann
48' (0:2) Lieb		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland Hans Wüthrich Bern

Serie A

Central Group results

4 September 1927 Round 1 FC Bern 3–2 Basel Neufeld, Bern
Ramseyer 8' (1:0)
Brand (2:0)
Brand (3:2)		 Summary (2:1) Arlt
(2:2) Schlecht		 Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Switzerland Nagel St. Gallen
25 September 1927 Round 2 Solothurn 1–3 Basel Sportplatz Steinbrugg, Solothurn
Dreyer 5' (1:0) Summary 18' (1:1) Schlecht
(1:2) Schlecht
75' (1:3) Enderlin (I)		 Attendance: 500
Referee: Switzerland Voisard Biel/Bienne
9 October 1927 Round 3 Basel 1–0 Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
15:00 Schlecht 27' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Müller Winterthur
16 October 1927 Round 4 Aarau 2–0 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
Roomberg 30' (1:0)
Imhof (II) 47' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland Edm. Dizerens Lausanne
30 October 1927 Round 5 Basel 0–5 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary 10' (0:1) Nyffeler
35' (0:2) Gründer
65' (0:3)
85' (0:4) Minder
88' (0:5) Dasen		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Voisard Biel/Bienne
20 November 1927 Round 6 Old Boys 2–3 Basel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:30 Bossi 12' (1:0)
Bossi 62' (2:2)		 Summary 57' (1:1) Arlt
60' (1:2) Wüthrich
65' (2:3) Enderlin (I)		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland Demartines Lausanne
27 November 1927 Round 7 Basel 2–1 Grenchen Landhof, Basel
13:00 Wüthrich 52' (1:0)
Wüthrich (2:1)		 Summary (1:1) Dubois Referee: Switzerland Spengler Olten
4 December 1927 Round 8 Nordstern Basel 0–1 Basel Stadion Rankhof, Basel
14:30 Summary 47' (0:1) Rau Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Edm. Dizerens Lausanne
11 December 1927 Round 9 Young Boys 0–0 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Schumacher La Chaux-de-Fonds
18 December 1927 Round 10 Concordia Basel 0–1 Basel Landhof, Basel
14:30 Summary 52' (pen. 0:1) Enderlin (I) Referee: Switzerland Demartines Lausanne
22 January 1928 Round 11 Basel 2–1 Concordia Basel Landhof, Basel
14:3. Wüthrich 1' (1:0)
Enderlin (I) 51' (2:0)		 Summary 61' (2:1) Kielmeyer Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland Edm. Dizerens Lausanne
12 February 1928 Round 12 Basel 1–2 FC Bern Landhof, Basel
14:30 Wüthrich 41' (1:1) Summary 19' (o.g. 0:1)
87' (1:2) Brand		 Attendance: 1,900
Referee: Switzerland Voisard Biel/Bienne
19 February 1928 Round 13 Basel 4–0 Solothurn Landhof, Basel
15:00 Wüthrich 25' (1:0)
Enderlin (I) 70' (2:0)
Oswald (3:0)
Wüthrich 80' (4:0)		 Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Mercet Locarno
4 March 1928 Round 14 Basel 3–1 Aarau Landhof, Basel
15:00 Wüthrich 19' (1:0)
Oswald 23' (2:0)
Oswald 64' (3:0)		 Summary 75' (3:1) Lüthy Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Voisard Biel/Bienne
1 April 1928 Round 15 Grenchen 3–2 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
Schüpbach (II) (1:1)
Schüpbach (II) (2:2)
Schüpbach (II) 87' (3:2)		 Summary 15' (o.g. 0:1)
(1:2) Enderlin (I)		 Attendance: 600
Referee: Switzerland Brüschweiler Zürich
29 April 1928 Round 16 Basel 2–0 Old Boys Landhof, Basel
13:45 Bielser 39' (1:0)
Enderlin (I) 43' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Allemann Biel/Bienne

Central Group table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Nordstern Basel 16 10 3 3 40 11 +29 23 Group winners / Advance to finals
2 Young Boys 16 9 4 3 34 10 +24 22
3 Basel 16 10 1 5 27 21 +6 21
4 Aarau 16 8 4 4 27 19 +8 20
5 FC Bern 16 7 3 6 32 22 +10 17
6 Grenchen 16 5 3 8 20 33 −13 13
7 Concordia Basel 16 5 1 10 26 38 −12 11
8 Old Boys 16 4 2 10 15 40 −25 10
9 Solothurn 16 2 3 11 16 43 −27 7 Relegation play-off
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

2 October 1927 Round of 64 Basel 0–1 Young Fellows Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:15 Summary 60' (0:1) Winkler Referee: Switzerland Edm. Dizerens Lausanne

See also

References

  1. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison=1927/28". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  2. ↑ "FC Basel - Everton FC 0:2 (0:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  3. ↑ James M. Ross. "English League Leading Goalscorers 1889–2007". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  4. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz - Saison 1927/28". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  5. 1 2 Erik Garin, Peter Kungler. "Switzerland 1927/28". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  6. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC Young Fellows Zürich 0:1 (0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

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