1917–18 FC Basel season

FC Basel 1917–18 First team coach Ernst Kaltenbach(as team captain) Franz Rinderer Ground Landhof, Basel Serie A Group Stage: Second Otto Kuhn (4)Karl Wüthrich (4) Karl Wüthrich (13) n/a 1916–17 1918–19 The FC Basel 1917–18 season was their twentyfifth season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel. The club's chairman was Franz Rinderer and in 1917 he was elected as president of the Swiss Football Association. Overview Before the first World War came to an end, over 420,000 square meters of the total of 920,000 square meters of Swiss footballs field had been converted into potato fields. In 1913 FCB founded an athletics section, in 1915 their youth football section, Therefore, the club fought hard to keep their ground Landhof. In 1917 the club organised the Swiss athletic championships in their grounds. The first nine championships, in the years 1906 to 1916 (1914–15 was canceled) were all held in French-speaking Switzerland. 1917 was the first time that the championships were held in the German-speaking region. The event was a success, 17 clubs and over 100 athletics took part and it attracted about 4,000 spectators. Josef Zindel 2018 Die ersten 125 Jahre Page 24, 1917 athletics Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel The football team played a total of 23 matches in the 1917–18 season. 12 of these were in the domestic league and 10 were friendly matches. Of these friendlies six were won, one was drawn and three ended in a defeat. There were six home fixtures played in the Landhof and three away games. Three of these games were played in the Basel championship against the two other local teams Old Boys and Nordstern Basel. The away game in the Basel championship against the Old Boys was postponed and awarded 3–0 to the opponents. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?saison=1917%2F18&liga=8 Test games 1917–18 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2020-11-16 The domestic league, Swiss Serie A 1917–18, was divided into three regional groups, an east, a central and a west. Basel and the two other local teams were allocated to the central group which had just seven teams, as opposed to the other two groups which both had eight teams. Baden could not participate because their field was used for agricultural purposes due to the war. The other teams playing in the Central group were FC Bern, Young Boys Bern, Biel-Bienne and Aarau. Basel played a good season, suffering only two defeats. They ended the season in second position with 17 points. In their 12 games Basel scored 31 goals and conceded 19. Karl Wüthrich and Otto Kuhn were jointly the team's best goal scorers both netting four times. Looking at things from the local point of view, Basel took three point from the two games against Nordstern Basel and won both of their games against Old Boys. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1917/18 Rangliste Serie A - Zentralschweiz Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2018-11-16 The Old Boys were in last position in the central group league table, but during the period of World War I there was not relegation/promotion between the Serie A and Serie B. The Young Boys won the group and continued to the finals. In the finals YB beat St. Gallen 2–1 but were defeated 2–4 by Servette, who thus won the Swiss championship. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwithist-reg.html Nationalliga A Serie A 1917/18 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2020-11-16 Players Squad members SUI GK Arthur Fahr SUI GK Emil Fehr SUI DF Paul Bettex SUI DF Emil Ganter SUI DF Hermann Moll SUI DF Peter Riesterer SUI DF Anton Rittel (I) MF Charles Bouwmeester SUI MF Emil Hasler SUI MF Ernst Kaltenbach SUI MF Jakob Känzig SUI MF Otto Kuhn SUI MF Fritz Raas SUI MF Walter Rupprecht SUI FW Christian Albicker (I) SUI FW Karl Bielser FW Rudolf Bredschneider FW Gustav Buser SUI FW Wilhelm Dietz (I) SUI FW Ernst Rittel (II) SUI FW Karl Rudin SUI FW Carl Schloz SUI FW Karl Wüthrich FW Valentin von der Mühll Borer S.A. Campiche SUI Jules Lotter Rooser Results Legend #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #CCCCCC Postponed and forfeit 1px solid #AAAAAA Friendly matches Pre- and mid-season Pre-season 2 September 1917 14:30 Étoile-Sporting SUI 6–4 Summary SUI Basel Meroz 1:2 2:3 3:3 4:4 5:4 6:4 5 0:1 Kuhn0:2 Wüthrich1:3 Kuhn 3:4 Kaltenbach Stade du FC Etoile, La Chaux-de-Fonds SUI Sommer L Pre-season 9 September 1917 14:30 Servette SUI 6–1 Summary SUI Basel Beyner 18 1:0Bédouret 2:1Pasche 3:1Pasche 4:1Pasche 5:1Bédouret 6:1 1:1 Kuhn Parc des Sports, Genf SUI Ryser L Mid-season 14 October 1917 Basel SUI 3–0 Summary SUI Old Boys Bouwmeester 1:0Kaltenbach 2:0Moll 3:0 Landhof, Basel SUI A. Schmidt Basel W Mid-season 14 October 1917 Basel SUI 3–2 Summary SUI Young Fellows Zürich Hasler 1:1Bouwmeester 2:1Rupprecht 3:1 0:1 Leiber3:2 Leiber Landhof, Basel SUI A. Schmidt Basel W Second half of season Basel championship 24 March 1918 15:00 Basel SUI 6–1 Summary SUI Nordstern Basel Birbaum o.g. 1:0Wüthrich 2:0Buser 3:0Wüthrich 4:1 Kaltenbach 5:1Wüthrich 6:1 3:1 Afflerbach Landhof, Basel 2,500 SUI D. Wenger Basel W Mid-season 1 April 1918 VFC Winterthur-Veltheim SUI 3–3 Summary SUI Basel Winterthur D Basel championship 24 April 1918 Old Boys SUI 3–0 FF Summary SUI Basel P Mid-season 24 April 1918 15:00 Basel SUI 5–1 Summary SUI Servette Wüthrich 1:0Albicker (I) 2:0Wüthrich 3:1Buser 4:1Wüthrich 5:1 2:1 Pache Landhof, Basel 2,000 SUI Louis Riesterer Basel W Basel championship 5 May 1918 15:00 Nordstern Basel SUI 2–1 Summary SUI Basel Dietz 1:0 2:1 1:1 Schloz Margarethenwiese, Basel SUI Guido Eichenberger Bern L Basel championship 2 June 1918 15:00 Basel SUI 1–0 Summary SUI Old Boys 80 1:0 Landhof, Basel SUI W End of season 16 June 1918 Basel SUI 6–3 Summary SUI 5th Division military team Wüthrich 1:Wüthrich 2:3Buser 3:3Bielser 4:3Bielser 5:3Bielser 6:3 1:1 Apter 1:2 1:3 Landhof, Basel SUI W Serie A 1917–18 Swiss Serie A Central Group results Round 1 30 September 1917 15:00 Basel 3–1 Summary Biel-Bienne Buser 1:0Schloz 2:0Wüthrich 3:0 3:1 Borle Landhof, Basel 2,000 SUI Wieland Zürich W Round 2 21 October 1917 14:30 Young Boys 3–1 Summary Basel Funk (I) pen. 1:0Klopfenstein 2:0Dasen (I) 3:1 2:1 Albicker (I) Spitalacker, Bern 2,000 SUI Hermann Etzensberger La Chaux-de-Fonds L Round 3 28 October 1917 15:15 Basel 3–0 Summary Old Boys Dietz (I) 5 1:0Hasler 25 2:0Hasler 39 3:0 Landhof, Basel 1,500 SUI Pohlmann Zürich W Round 4 18 November 1917 15:00 Basel 1–4 Summary Aarau Albicker (I) 40 1:1 38 0:1 von Arxpen. 1:2 Märki1:3 Märki1:4 Landhof, Basel 2,000 SUI E. Stutz Luzern L Round 5 2 December 1917 14:30 Nordstern Basel 0–2 Summary Basel o.g. Schweglero.g. Leder Margarethenwiese, Basel 1,200 SUI John Forster La Chaux-de-Fonds W Round 6 9 December 1917 14:30 FC Bern 1–3 [ Summary] Basel Brand 1:0 22 1:1 Buser1:2 Kuhn76 1:3 Kuhn Kirchenfeld, Bern SUI Hermann Etzensberger La Chaux-de-Fonds W Round 7 20 January 1918 14:30 Basel 2–2 Summary Nordstern Basel Kuhn 1:2Rudin 2:2 10 0:1 Bürgin0:2 Hermann Landhof, Basel 1,000 SUI Wieland Zürich D Round 8 3 February 1918 Aarau 0–0 Summary Basel Scachen, Aarau D Round 9 10 February 1918 14:45 Biel-Bienne 4–5 Summary Basel Börle 1:3Keller 2:3Marbot 3:4Grupp (I) 4:5 0:1 Kaltenbach0:2 Wüthrichpen. 0:3 Riesterer2:4 Rudin o.g. 3:5 Suter Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne W Round 10 17 February 1918 15:00 Basel 0–0 Summary Young Boys Landhof, Basel 3,000 SUI Reich Winterthur D Round 11 3 March 1918 15:00 Basel 8–3 Summary FC Bern Kuhn pen. 1:1Wüthrich 2:1von der Mühll 3:14:15:16:17:18:3 0:1 Quinclet 7:2 7:3 Landhof, Basel 800 SUI Fricker Zürich W Round 12 17 March 1918 15:00 Old Boys 1–3 Summary Basel Saxer 10 1:0 20 1:1 Rudin89 1:2 Dietz (I)90 1:3 Wüthrich Margarethenwiese, Basel 2,000 SUI Lehmann Luzern W Central Group league table main WDL Central 5 Q 2 YB Young Boys BAS Basel AAR Aarau BER FC Bern NOR Nordstern Basel BIE Biel-Bienne OBB Old Boys BAD Baden 8 3 1 52 18 7 3 2 31 19 7 2 3 24 16 4 4 4 21 26 3 2 7 18 26 4 0 8 24 36 2 0 10 21 50 0 0 0 0 0 green1 Advance to finals A yellow2 Could not participate N complete rsssf.com NB: Baden could not participate because their field was used for agricultural purposes due to the war. See also History of FC Basel List of FC Basel players List of FC Basel seasons References Sources Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. 978-3-7245-2027-6 Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. 978-3-7245-2305-5 FCB team 1916–17 at fcb-archiv.ch Switzerland 1917-18 at RSSSF External links FC Basel official site expanded Category:FC Basel seasons Basel