1895–96 FC Basel season

FC Basel 1895–96 Roland GeldnerEmanuel Schiess First team coach Ferdinand Isler(as team captain) Ground Landhof, Baseland Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel No championship this year note League League: up until 1898 there was no league football in Switzerland. n/a n/a 1894–95 1896–97 The FC Basel 1895–96 season was their third season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. Emanuel Schiess was elected as second chairman in the club's history at the club's AGM. FC Basel's home ground was the Landhof, in the Wettstein neighborhood of Kleinbasel (lesser Basel), but they also played home games at the Stadion Schützenmatte in the Bachletten quartier in Grossbasel (greater Basel). The Swiss national championships had not yet been called to into life. Overview Roland Geldner had been the club's chairman, but he stood down at the club's AGM held on 1 September 1895 and Emanuel Schiess was elected as new chairman. At this AGM on it was announced that 31 footballers had joined the club since the first day, 14 members had since left and so they had 17 active footballers. Christoph Kieslich 15 November 2013 https://tageswoche.ch/sport/vor-120-jahren-die-geburtsstunde-des-fcb/ Die Geburtsstunde des FCB The hour of FC Basel's birth TagesWoche 2020-11-16 The Swiss Football Association (ASF-SFV) was founded on 7 April 1895. FC Basel were founder members, although they were not present at the founder meeting. Basel goalkeeper and local businessman John Tollmann joined the ASF-SFV board of directors and was the first secretary-treasurer. Local rivals Old Boys were soon to become ASF-SFV members. The idea of a Swiss national championship following the form of the English championship was discussed as priority. Schweizerischer Fussballverband https://www.football.ch/sfv/news-seite/die-englischen-anfaenge-des-schweizer-fussballs.aspx Die englischen anfänge des schweizer fussballs The english beginnings of swiss football org.football.ch 2020-11-16 Ferdinand Isler was selected as team captain, he was responsible for leading the team trainings and choosing the player line-ups. For this season club organised ten friendly matches for their first team. Six of these matches were held in Basel, two in the Landhof, two on the Schützenmatte and from the other two games the playing fields are uncertain. In the autumn season Basel played twice against FC Excelsior Zürich, were defeated away and drew at home and in the spring they played them again twice and managed two victories. Basel played twice against French team FC Mulhouse, drawing away and winning at home. They also played twice against Grasshopper Club and won both games. Last season the team had lost the game against Buckjumpers Club Basel, this season they won the revenge. But the Buckjumpers were to dissolve their club at the end of the season, due to lack of members and therefore a number of their remaining members joined Basel before the beginning of the following season. Stefan Peter http://www.fussballstarbasel.ch/vereine-bs.php Basler Fussballvereine / Basler football clubs 2020-11-16 At the end of November 1895 Basel also played their very first game against Anglo-American Club Zürich, the game ended with a defeat. The ten games ended with six victories, two draws and two defeats. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/bilanz?saison=1895/96 Bilanz 1895–96 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2020-11-16 The team scored 18 scored goals and 15 conceded.note Scorers Scorers: many pre-First World War game sheets no longer exist or are incomplete and so, many line ups and most goal scorers in this period remain unknown. Players SUI GK Adolf Rittmann SUI DF Otto Bossart SUI DF Josy Ebinger SUI DF Christian Heyd SUI DF Carl Albert Hintermann SUI DF Ferdinand Isler GER DF Erwin Schricker SUI DF Charles Volderauer FW S. A. de Clerk SUI FW Roland Geldner SUI FW Wilhelm Glaser SUI FW W. Huber FW A. Kohts SUI FW Emanuel Schiess GER Ivo Schricker Henry Devick SUI Joan Gamper SUI Wilhelm Götz SUI Hans Koch SUI Albert Linder SUI Heinrich Preiswerk SUI J. Schneider SUI H. Siegrist SUI Fr. Stauber SUI John Tollmann R. C. Vanorden Results Legend #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA Friendly matches Autumn season Friendly 29 September 1895 Basel 1 – 0 Summary Buckjumpers Club Basel Schiess Landhof, Basel F. H. de Boer W Friendly 3 November 1895 15:00 FC Excelsior Zürich 5 – 0 Summary Basel Allmend Brunau, (FC Zürich) L Friendly 17 November 1895 Basel 2 – 1 Summary Grasshopper Club Glaser 1:0Glaser 2:1 1:1 E. A. Westermann Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel Carl Hintermann (FC Basel) W For FCB Ivo Schricker from Strasbourg FV played as guest player. An FCB player injured himself in the second half and, with the consent of GC, was substituted. Friendly 23 November 1895 Basel 0 – 1 Summary Anglo-American Club Zürich 0:1 Morris Basel Fritz Schäublin, (FC Basel) L Friendly 1 December 1895 Basel 2 – 2 Summary FC Excelsior Zürich Landhof, Basel Carl Albert Hintermann (FC Basel) D Spring season Friendly 1 March 1896 FC Mulhouse 1 – 1 Summary Basel Mulhouse D Friendly 8 March 1896 Grasshopper Club 1 – 3 Summary Basel Schwarzenbach 1:0 1:11:21:3 Zürich W Friendly 23 March 1896 15:00 Basel 3 – 2 Summary FC Mulhouse 1:02:03:2 2:12:2 Stadion Schützenmatte Basel Carl Albert Hintermann (FC Basel) W Friendly 12 April 1896 10:30 Basel 3 – 0 Summary FC Excelsior Zürich 1:02:03:0 Basel Reynolds, Basel W Friendly 26 April 1896 10:30 FC Excelsior Zürich 2 – 3 Summary Basel Zürich W The result of this match was also reported as 0–3 See also History of FC Basel List of FC Basel players List of FC Basel seasons Notes Footnotes note League note Scorers 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 squad 1895–1896 at fcb-archiv.ch (NB: Despite all efforts, the editors of these books and the authors in "Basler Fussballarchiv" have failed to be able to identify all the players, their date and place of birth or date and place of death, who played in the games during the early years of FC Basel. Much match documentation for this season is missing.) External links FC Basel official site expanded Category:FC Basel seasons Basel