1899–1900 FC Basel season

FC Basel 1899–1900 First team coach unknown Charlie Volderauer(until 1899)Ernst-Alfred Thalmann(from 18 January 1900) Ground Landhof, Basel did not play domestic league 1898–99 1900–01 The FC Basel 1899–1900 season was their seventh season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. In this season they did not compete for the Swiss championship. The club's chairman was Charlie Volderauer, who was chairman between 1896 and 1900. He stood down at the AGM and Ernst-Alfred Thalmann was elected as the new club chairman. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof, in the Quarter Kleinbasel. Overview The first national championship in Switzerland took place in 1897–98. This championship is considered as unofficial because it was not organized by the Swiss Football Association (SFA; founded in 1895). FC Basel did not participate in this first championship. But they did in the second edition during the last season. gottfriedfuchs.blogspot.ch 2012 http://gottfriedfuchs.blogspot.ch/2012/11/fc-basel.html FC Basel gottfriedfuchs.blogspot.ch 2016-11-16 Basel did not compete in the championship this season either. But they have participated in every season since. Georges Fürstenberger was appointed as team captain by the club's board of directors under chairman Charlie Volderauer. As captain Fürstenberger led the team trainings and was responsible for the line-ups. Basel played 16 friendly games in the season, six were won, two drawn and eight ended with a defeat. The team scored 31 goals, but only seven goal scorers are documented, and they conceded 37 goals. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/bilanz?saison=1899/00 Bilanz 1899–1900 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2020-11-16 Eleven of these friendly games were played at home in the Landhof, five were played away. As in the previous season, all the friendly games were played against Swiss teams. Among the opponents were reigning Swiss champions Anglo-American Club Zürich and Basel won both the home game and the return match. They also played twice against Zürich, but both games ended with a defeat. Further there were two games against local rivals Old Boys and these were both lost as well. The two games against FC Concordia Zürich ended with a win at home but a defeat away. The two games against Biel-Bienne ended with a home defeat, but an away win. https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?saison=1899/00 Test games 1899–1900 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2020-11-16 Players SUI GK Paul Hofer SUI GK Jules Fingerlin SUI DF Josy Ebinger SUI DF Daniel Hug SUI MF Alphonse Schorpp SUI FW Dr. Siegfried Pfeiffer SUI FW Emanuel Schiess SUI FW Hermann Schneider SUI MF Ernst-Alfred Thalmann I SUI FW Hans Billeter SUI Georges Fürstenberger captain SUI Gass I SUI Ernst Gass II FRA Jules Gérard SUI FW Rudolf Gossweiler SUI Edmond Racle SUI MF Otto Reber SUI FW Karl Schneider SUI Rudolf Schwarz SUI Schweizer II SUI Albert Sevin SUI MF R. Sommer SUI MF Stutz II SUI Paul Thalmann III SUI Max Zutt Players who left the squad SUI DF Ferdinand Isler SUI DF Charles Volderauer FW L. Montbaron SUI Louis Gürtler SUI Alfred Iselin SUI Rudolf Iselin SUI Rudolf La Roche Horace Watts SUI Roland Ziegler Results Legend #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA Friendly matches Early season Friendly 8 October 1899 Basel 0–4 Summary FC Fortuna Zürich 0:10:20:30:4 Landhof, Basel L Friendly 12 November 1899 Basel 3–1 Summary FC Concordia Zürich Landhof, Basel W Friendly 19 November 1899 Basel 4–2 Summary Anglo-American Club Zürich Landhof, Basel W Friendly 26 November 1899 Basel 2–2 Summary FC Neuchâtel Landhof, Basel D Friendly 3 December 1899 Zürich 5–1 Summary Basel Zürich L Spring Friendly 21 January 1900 Old Boys 3–1 Summary Basel Mory 10 1:1Schwarz 75 2:1Mory 85 3:1 5 0:1 Thalmann I Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel E. Engelke, (Anglo-American Club Zürich) L Friendly 4 February 1900 Basel 3–1 Summary FC Fortuna Basel Landhof, Basel W Friendly 11 February 1900 15:45 Anglo-American Club Zürich 2–3 Summary Basel Suarès (I) 35 1:0Suarès (I) 2:3 1:11:21:3 Allmend Brunau, Zürich W Friendly 18 February 1900 14:45 Basel 0–1 Summary Old Boys 50 0:1 Schwarz Landhof, Basel H. Studer, (Old Boys) L Friendly 25 February 1900 14:30 Basel 0–3 Summary FC Neuchâtel 0:1 L. Billeter0:2 Salvadé0:3 Landhof, Basel Joe C. Devick, (Old Boys) L Friendly 11 March 1900 Basel 0–2 Summary Biel-Bienne 0:1 Frey0:2 Hiltbrand Landhof, Basel H. Banga, (Old Boys) L Friendly 18 March 1900 Biel-Bienne 0–2 Summary Basel 0:10:2 Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne W The game was abandoned 20 minutes before the end of the game due to two serious injuries in the FC Basel team. Friendly 1 April 1900 Basel 6–0 Summary FC Kleinbasel 1:02:03:04:05:06:0 Landhof, Basel W Friendly 15 April 1900 15:00 Basel 4–5 Summary Zürich Pfeiffer 1:0Schiess 2:3Pfeiffer 3:5H. Schneider 4:5 1:11:21:32:42:5 Landhof, Basel L Friendly 22 April 1900 Basel 1–1 Summary FC Fortuna Basel Landhof, Basel D Friendly 6 May 1900 FC Concordia Zürich 5–1 Summary Basel L 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 1899-1900 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 documentation for this season is missing, most goal scorers remain unknown.) 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