1920–21 FC Basel season

FC Basel 1919–20 First team coach Walter Dietrich(as team captain) Franz Rinderer Ground Landhof, Basel Serie A Group Stage: 7th Karl Wüthrich (8) Karl Wüthrich (28) n/a n/a 1919–20 1921–22 The FC Basel 1920–21 season was their twenty-eighth season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. The club's chairman was Franz Rinderer who took over from Bernard Klingelfuss. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel. Overview Walter Dietrich was team captain and acted as coach. Basel played a total of 40 matches in their 1919–20 season, scoring 80 goals and conceded 62. 14 of these matches plus the playoff were in the domestic league and the other 25 were friendly matches. Of these 25 friendlies, 13 were played against German teams, one was against AS Strasbourg and one was against Juventus. The game against Juventus was played in the Olympique de la Pontaise. Just before the end of the season Basel made a tour of north Germany and played three games in four days against Hannover 96, Victoria Hamburg and Kieler SV Holstein. 10 were home games played in the Landhof and 15 were away games. 15 of these games ended with a victory, six were drawn and only four ended with a defeat. In these test games Basel scored a total of 60 goals and conceded 33. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/bilanz?saison=1920/21 Bilanz Saison=1920/21 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 Otto Kuhn played in 24 of these games scoring 13 times and Karl Wüthrich played in 19 test games scoring 20 times, which means that these two players scored more than half of the team's goals. The domestic league, Swiss Serie A 1920–21, was divided into three regional groups, East, Central and West, each group with eight teams. FC Basel and two other teams from Basel Nordstern and Old Boys were allocated to the Central group. The other teams playing in this group were the two teams from the capital, Young Boys Bern and FC Bern as well as Aarau, Luzern and Biel-Bienne. As opposed to the good results in the friendly games, Basel played a very bad season. Eight of the first ten games ended in a defeat, in fact the first victory was the eleventh round match against FC Bern. Basel only moved off the last position in the league table because they won the playoff against Luzern. They ended the season in second last position with just six points. They only won two championship matches, drawing two and suffering ten defeats. In their 14 games Basel scored just 18 goals and conceded 29. Karl Wüthrich was the team's top league goal scorer with 8 goals. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1920/21 Rangliste Serie A - Zentralschweiz Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 The reigning champions Young Boys won the group and continued to the finals. Despite the victory against Servette, the Young Boys lost 3–1 against Grasshopper Club who therefore became the new Swiss champions. RSSSF https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwithist-reg.html Switzerland 1920/21 RSSSF 2019-11-16 Players Squad members SUI GK Arthur Fahr SUI GK Ernst Zorzotti (III) DF Karl Kroepfli SUI DF Hermann Moll AUT DF Gustav Putzendopler (I) SUI DF Peter Riesterer SUI MF Walter Rupprecht SUI MF Emil Hasler SUI MF Ernst Kaltenbach SUI MF Jakob Känzig SUI MF Otto Kuhn AUT MF Karl Putzendopler (II) SUI MF Fritz SUI MF Ruppli SUI FW Karl Bielser SUI FW Fritz Bucco FW Gustav Buser SUI FW Walter Dietrich SUI FW Paul Dietz (II) SUI FW Jules Düblin SUI FW Walter Galler (I) SUI FW Karl Ibach SUI FW Karl Lott (I) SUI DF Müller SUI FW Karl Rudin HUN FW Alfréd Schaffer SUI FW Karl Wüthrich Albert Albrecht MF Galler (II) Willy Geiser Results Legend #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #CCCCCC Postponed 1px solid #AAAAAA Friendly matches Pre- and mid season Pre-season 21 August 1920 17:15 Basel SUI 2–7 Summary GER Karlsruher FV Kuhn 48 1:2Schaffer 2:4 27 0:1 Würzburger0:21:31:42:52:62:7 Landhof, Basel 1,500 SUI Schenker Basel L Pre-season 29 August 1920 14:30 Cantonal Neuchâtel FC SUI 1–3 Summary SUI Basel Schaffer Schaffer Schaffer Parc des Sports Colombier W Pre-season 4 September 1920 16:00 Servette SUI 2–4 Summary SUI Basel 1:02:0 2:1 Schaffer2:2 Schaffer2:3 Müller2:4 Putzendopler (II) Stade des Eplatures, La Chaux-de-Fonds SUI John Forster La Chaux-de-Fonds W Pre-season 5 September 1920 16:00 Étoile-Sporting SUI 0–0 Summary SUI Basel Stade des Eplatures, La Chaux-de-Fonds SUI Guido Eichenberger Bern D Pre-season 9 September 1920 10:30 Basel SUI 1–1 Summary SUI St. Gallen Putzendopler (I) 50 1:0 60 1:1 Angehrn Landhof, Basel 1,000 SUI Schenker Basel D Pre-season 19 September 1920 13:45 Juventus ITA 1–3 Summary SUI Basel Giriodi 1:3 0:1 Putzendopler (I)0:2 Putzendopler (I)0:3 Schaffer Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne SUI Humberset W In the last minute of the game, Juventus was awarded a penalty. It hits the post and the rebound was shot in by Blando. The referee decides on offside, but changes his mind afterwards. It is not known whether Basel won 3–1 or 3–2 (source: SFAZ). Pre-season 20 September 1920 15:30 Grasshopper Club SUI 1–2 Summary SUI Basel Martenet 1:2 0:1 Schaffer0:2 Schaffer Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 400 SUI Humberset W Mid-season 7 November 1920 Freiburger FC GER 0–0 Summary SUI Basel Freiburg D Mid-season 12 December 1920 14:30 Basel SUI 2–1 Summary SUI Cantonal Neuchâtel FC Dietrich 1:0Wüthrich 2:0 2:1 Landhof, Basel 500 SUI Rinderer Basel W Winter break and mid-season Winter break 25 December 1920 1. FC Nürnberg GER 2–0 Summary SUI Basel Böss 1:0Träg 2:0 Nürnberg 5,000 L Winter break 1 January 1921 14:30 Basel SUI 2–3 Summary GER Freiburger FC Albicker (I) 1:0Albicker (I) 2:2 1:1 Nicolsen1:2 Fuchso.g. 2:3 Kuhn Landhof, Basel 2,000 SUI Felix Herren Basel L Winter break 9 January 1921 14:15 AS Strasbourg FRA 2–5 Summary SUI Basel 1:22:4 0:1 Kuhn0:2 Kuhn1:3 Dietz (II)1:4 Dietz (II)2:5 Riesterer Strassbourg 2.000 W Winter break 23 January 1921 14:45 Basel SUI 3–1 Summary GER 1. FC Pforzheim Kuhn pen. 1:0Wüthrich 2:0Wüthrich 3:1 2:1 Landhof, Basel 1,000 SUI Jacques Hirrle Basel W Mid-season 13 February 1921 Winterthur SUI 1–3 Summary SUI Basel Kuhn pen. 1:3 0:1 Dietz (II)0:2 Wüthrich0:3 Wüthrich Schützenwiese, Winterthur 600 SUI Koblet Winterthur W Mid-season 27 February 1921 15:00 Basel SUI 4–2 Summary SUI Servette Wüthrich 1:0Wüthrich 2:0Wüthrich 3:1Wüthrich 4:1 30 pen. 1:2 Wyss (I)4:2 Landhof, Basel 1.500 SUI Felix Herren Basel W Mid-season 6 March 1921 14:45 Servette SUI 1–3 Summary SUI Basel Wyss (I) 60 1:1 58 0:1 Dietz (II)1:2 Wüthrich80 1:3 Dietz (II) Parc des Sports, Genf 3,000 SUI Epiney Genf W Mid-season 25 March 1921 Hannover 96 GER 0–4 Summary SUI Basel Wüthrich Wüthrich Wüthrich Kuhn Hannover 10,000 SUI Jacques Hirrle Basel W Mid-season 26 March 1921 Victoria Hamburg GER 2–2 Summary SUI Basel Wüthrich Wüthrich Hamburg 10,000 SUI Jacques Hirrle Basel D Mid-season 28 March 1921 Kieler SV Holstein GER 1–1 Summary SUI Basel 5 1:0 70 1:1 Dietz (II) Holstein-Stadion, Kiel 6,000 SUI Jacques Hirrle Basel D End of season 8 May 1921 15:00 Basel SUI 4–1 Summary SUI La Chaux-de-Fonds Kuhn 15 1:0Wüthrich 16 2:0Kuhn 30 3:0Bucco 4:1 40 3:1 Landhof, Basel 1,000 SUI Schenker Basel W End of season 15 May 1921 SG Germania Wiesbaden GER 2–3 Summary SUI Basel Kuhn Kuhn Dietrich Wiesbaden SUI Jacques Hirrle Basel W End of season 16 May 1921 1. FSV Mainz 05 GER 0–0 Summary SUI Basel Mainz GER Emmerich Köln D End of season 29 May 1921 15:00 Basel SUI 6–0 Summary GER Karlsruher FV Wüthrich 12 1:0Kuhn 2:0Kuhn 3:0Wüthrich 4:0Kuhn 5:0Kroepfli6:0 Landhof, Basel 1,500 SUI Schenker Basel W End of season 12 June 1921 15:00 Basel SUI 3–0 Summary GER Wacker München Kuhn 41 1:0Wüthrich 56 2:0Wüthrich 85 3:0 Landhof, Basel 4,000 SUI Jacques Hirrle Basel W End of season 19 June 1921 15:00 Basel SUI 0–1 Summary GER 1. FC Nürnberg 44 0:1 Träg Landhof, Basel 5,000 SUI Jacques Hirrle Basel L Serie A 1920–21 Swiss Serie A Central Group results Round 1 26 September 1920 15:00 Young Boys 4–1 Summary Basel Dasen 1:1Funk (II) 2:1Dasen 3:1Funk (II) 4:1 0:1 Putzendopler (I) Kasernenmatte, Bern 4,000 SUI Jacques Hirrle Basel L Round 2 3 October 1920 15:00 Basel 2–2 Summary Aarau Wüthrich 1:2Dietrich 2:2 0:1 Näf0:2 Märki Landhof, Basel 2,500 SUI Weber D Round 3 10 October 1920 15:00 Old Boys 3–2 Summary Basel Röscher 1:1Wionsowsky 2:1Merkt 3:2 3 pen. 0:1 Wüthrichpen. 2:2 Wüthrich Margarethenwiese, Basel 3,000 SUI Fricker Zürich L Round 4 24 October 1921 15:00 Basel 1–1 Summary Nordstern Basel Bielser 1:0 1:1 Rölle Landhof, Basel 3,000 HUN László Balint Zürich D Round 5 31 October 1920 Luzern 2–1 Summary Basel Sormani 1:0Hunziker 2:1 1:1 Kaltenbach Tribschen, Luzern 1,200 SUI Maurer Zürich L Round 6 14 November 1921 15:00 Basel 0–2 Summary Biel-Bienne pen. 0:1 Toth0:2 Toth Landhof, Basel 3,000 SUI Fricker Zürich L Round 7 28 November 1920 15:00 FC Bern 2–0 Summary Basel Küng 25 1:0Brandt 2:0 Kirchenfeld, Bern 1,500 SUI Müller Winterthur L Round 8 5 December 1920 15:00 Basel 0–1 Summary Young Boys 0:1 Osterwalder Landhof, Basel 2,000 SUI Fricker Zürich L Round 9 19 December 1920 Aarau 3–1 Summary Basel Diggelmann 26 1:0Märki 81 2:0Märki 86 3:0 3:1 Putzendopler (II) Schachen, Aarau SUI L Round 10 16 January 1921 14:45 Nordstern Basel 3–2 Summary Basel Rölle 1:1Meier 2:1Rölle pen. 3:1 0:1 Dietz (II)3:2 Riesterer Landhof, Basel 3,000 SUI Ruegg Thalwil L Round 11 30 January 1921 15:00 Basel 3–0 Summary FC Bern Wüthrich 1:0Kuhn 2:0Kuhn 3:0 Landhof, Basel 4,000 SUI Jacques Hirrle Basel W Round 12 13 March 1921 Biel-Bienne 1–0 Summary Basel Minder 1:0 Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne 3,000 SUI Ducrest Fribourg L Round 13 20 March 1921 15:00 Basel 1–4 Summary Old Boys Wüthrich pen. 1:2 2 0:1 Kalt0:2 Wionsowsky1:3 Wionsowsky1:4 Dürr Landhof, Basel 3,500 SUI Reich Winterthur L Round 14 17 April 1921 15:00 Basel 4–1 Summary Luzern Kuhn 1:0Wüthrich pen. 2:1Wüthrich 3:1Kuhn 4:1 1:1 Gross Landhof, Basel 2,000 SUI Guido Eichenberger Bern W Last-place play-off Playoff 1 May 1921 Basel 2–0 Summary Luzern Wüthrich 12 1:0Kuhn 66 2:0 Landhof, Basel Schachen, Aarau SUI Edm. Dizerens Lausanne W Central Group league table main WDL Central 5 Q 2 YB Young Boys OBB Old Boys BIE Biel-Bienne NOR Nordstern Basel BER FC Bern AAR Aarau BAS Basel LUC Luzern 9 4 2 30 15 9 2 4 32 22 7 5 2 26 12 6 4 4 23 17 5 3 6 26 30 3 6 5 13 20 3 2 10 20 29 2 2 11 17 42 green1 Advance to finals A red3 Seventh place after play-off P red1 To promotion/relegation play-off R complete rsssf.com 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 1920–21 at fcb-archiv.ch Switzerland 1920-21 at RSSSF External links FC Basel official site expanded Category:FC Basel seasons Basel