1925–26 FC Basel season

FC Basel 1925–26 Carl Burkhardt First team coach Karl Bielser(as team captain) Ground Landhof, Basel Serie A Group Stage: 2nd Swiss Cup Round of 32 Arnold Hürzeler (8) Arnold Hürzeler (15) 3,200 on 7 February 2016vs Young Boys 1,400 on 13 May 2016vs FC Bern 2,000 1924–25 1926–27 The FC Basel 1925–26 season was their thirty third season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. The club's new chairman was Carl Burkhardt. It was Burkhardt's second period as chairman. At the AGM he took over the presidency from Karl Ibach. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel. Overview Karl Bielser was team captain this season and as captain he led the team trainings and was responsible for the line-ups. Basel played a total of 33 matches in their 1925–26 season. 16 of these were in the domestic league, two were in the newly created Swiss Cup and 15 were friendly matches. Of these 15 friendlies four were played at home in the Landhof and 11 were away games, five in Switzerland and three each in France and Germany. Four of these games were won, four draws and seven defeats. 29 goals were scored, but 32 were conceded. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?saison=1925%2F26&liga=8 Friendly games 1925/26 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2020-11-16 During these friendly games, a highlight was the fixture in the Landhof as Huddersfield Town visited. Huddersfield had just won the English Football League championship for the third consecutive season. The game attracted 3,500 supporters. Basel lost the match against the English champions by five goals to one. https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=29480 FC Basel - Huddersfield Town FC 1:5 (0:2) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2018-11-16 As in the previous seasons, this is season the Serie A was divided into three regional groups, each group with nine teams. Basel were allocated to the Central group together with local clubs Concordia Basel, Nordstern Basel and Old Boys Basel. The other teams allocated to this group were Young Boys Bern, FC Bern, Aarau, Grenchen and the newly promoted Solothurn. The teams that won each of the three groups would continue to the finals and the last placed teams in the groups had to play a play-off against relegation. Basel visited the group newcomers for the first match and promptly lost 1–2. Following this initial shock, the team played twelve games in succession undefeated. However, only six of these games were won and six were drawn and at this point, despite having defeated the league leaders Young Boys, they were trailing by five points. Basel lost their last two home games and thus ended the season in second position. During their league season Basel won seven of their matches, drawing six and were defeated three times. They were nine points adrift of Young Boys, who continued to the finals. Servette won the championship, Grasshopper Club were runners-up and YB were classified third. Grenchen ended the group stage at the bottom of the table and had to play the promotion/relegation play-off against Black Stars Basel, who had won the second tier championship. The teams each won one of the play-off matches and Grenchen won the deciding match to remain in the top tier. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit26.html Switzerland 1925/26 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2020-11-16 In their 16 league matches the team scored 26 goals and conceded 14. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/bilanz?saison=1925/26 Bilanz Saison 1925/26 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2020-11-16 Arnold Hürzeler, who had joined the team for this season, was the team's top league goal scorer with eight goals. He left the club after the season. Karl Bielser was second best league scorer with seven goals. Jules Düblin, Karl Putzendopler and Alfred Schlecht each scored two league goals. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/statistik?saison=1925/26 Statistic 1925/26 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2020-11-16 The very first Swiss Cup tournament was organised this season by the Swiss Football Association (and has been organised by them annually since then). In the first round Basel were drawn against lower tier FC Horgen and the game took place on 4 October 1925. Basel won their first cup match 8–1 and Arnold Hürzeler proved his goal scoring qualities by securing the victory for his team by scoring six of the goals. https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=29498 FC Basel - FC Horgen 8:1 (4:1) 2020-11-16 In the next round, however, Basel were eliminated against Aarau, after a draw, by toss of a coin. Grasshopper Club won the final on 11 April 1926, played in the Letzigrund, 2–1 against FC Bern. Players Squad members SUI GK+FW Arthur Fahr SUI GK Arnold Wyssling SUI GK Ernst Zorzotti SUI DF Armando Ardizzoia SUI DF Alfred Heidig AUT DF Gustav Putzendopler (I) SUI DF Peter Riesterer SUI MF Max Galler (II) SUI MF Georg Heimann SUI MF Ernst Kaltenbach AUT MF Karl Putzendopler (II) SUI MF Jacques Steiner SUI MF Karl Wangler SUI FW Karl Bielser SUI FW Fritz Bölle SUI FW Jules Düblin SUI FW Arnold Hürzeler SUI FW Paul Nebiker SUI FW Ernst Nyffeler SUI FW Hans Rau SUI FW Alfred Schlecht SUI FW Hans Schneider (II) SUI FW Max Strasser SUI FW August von Arx SUI FW Curt Wellauer 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 23 August 1925 Luzern SUI 1–1 Summary SUI Basel Waldis pen. 1:1 0:1 Luzern D Pre-season 30 August 1925 11:00 FC Bern SUI 2–0 Summary SUI Basel Amrain 1:0Kirschner 88 2:0 Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel L Pre-season 30 August 1925 14:30 Cantonal Neuchâtel SUI 1–0 Summary SUI Basel Abegglen III 1:0 Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel L Mid-season 20 September 1925 AS Montbéliard FRA 0–6 Summary SUI Basel Montbéliard W Mid-season 27 September 1925 13:30 Grasshopper Club SUI 4–4 Summary SUI Basel Frankenfeldt 1:1Neuenschwander 2:1Frankenfeldt 3:2Frankenfeldt pen. 4:2 0:1 Strasserpen. 2:2 Galler4:3 Hürzeler4:4 Hürzeler Hardturm, Zürich 2,000 SUI D Winter break to end of season Winter break 3 January 1926 14:30 Basel SUI 0–2 Summary AUT 1. Simmeringer SC 1 1:0 Seszta0:2 Urban Landhof, Basel 2,000 SUI Jacques Hirrle Basel L Mid-season 31 January 1926 Baden SUI 4–5 [ Summary] SUI Basel Weber 1 1:0Weber 2:3Diebold 3:3Egli 4:5 1:1 Strasser30 1:2 Bielser39 1:3 Heidig 3:4 Bielser3:5 Bielser Baden SUI Gloor Baden W Mid-season 28 March 1926 15:00 Basel SUI 0–4 Summary SUI Étoile-Sporting 0:1 0:2 0:3 0:4 Landhof, Basel 1,000 SUI Feurer Delémont L Mid-season 3 April 1924 FC Viktoria Hanau FRG 2–1 Summary SUI Basel Hanau L Mid-season 4 April 1926 Kickers Offenbach FRG 1–0 Summary SUI Basel 1:0 Offenbach L Mid-season 8 April 1926 1. FSV Mainz 05 FRG 2–3 Summary SUI Basel Kaiser 1:2Lipponer 2:2 2 0:1 Schlecht0:2 Nyffeler2:3 Mainz W Mid-season 24 April 1926 Red Star F.C. FRA 4–0 Summary SUI Basel 0:1 Schlecht0:2 Schlecht0:3 Schlecht0:4 Strasser Stade de Paris, Paris W Mid-season 25 April 1926 Olympique Lillois FRA 3–3 Summary SUI Basel 1:02:03:1 2:1 Nebiker3:2 Nyffeler3:3 Schlecht Stade Henri-Jooris, Lille D Mid-season 25 May 1926 18:15 Basel SUI 1–5 Summary ENG Huddersfield Town 1:5 0:10:20:30:40:5 Landhof, Basel 3,500 SUI Felix Herren Basel L End of season 6 June 1926 15:00 Basel SUI 1–1 Summary SUI Young Boys Schlecht 1:0 1:1 Müllheim Landhof, Basel 2,500 SUI Jacques Hirrle Basel D Serie A 1925–26 Swiss Serie A Central Group results Round 1 6 September 1925 Solothurn 2–1 Summary Basel Jäggi IV 14 1:0Jäggi IV 2:0 2:1 Galler Sportplatz Steinbrugg, Solothurn 800 SUI L Round 2 13 September 1925 15:00 Basel 7–0 Summary Concordia Basel Putzendopler (II) 25 1:0Hürzeler 2:0Bielser 3:0Hürzeler 4:0Bölle 5:0Hürzeler 6:0Bielser 7:0 Landhof, Basel 1,800 SUI Weidmann Töss W Round 3 18 October 1925 13:15 Basel 1–0 Summary Grenchen Putzendopler (II) 1:0 Landhof, Basel 1,800 SUI Teichmann Zürich W Round 4 15 November 1925 Young Boys 1–1 Summary Basel Poretti 17 1:1 10 0:1 Bielser Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 4,000 SUI Rutschmann Vevey D Round 5 22 November 1925 14:45 Basel 2–2 Summary Old Boys Hürzeler 1:2Hürzeler 2:2 1:0 Wüthrich 2:0 Wüthrich Landhof, Basel 1,800 SUI Weidmann Töss D Round 6 6 December 1925 14:30 Basel 1–1 Summary Solothurn Hürzeler 1:0 72 1:1 Reichle Landhof, Basel 1,000 SUI Spengler Olten D Round 7 20 December 1925 14:30 Basel 1–1 Summary Nordstern Basel Hürzeler 5 1:0 50 1:1 Christen Landhof, Basel 2,500 SUI Ruegg Thalwil D Round 8 27 December 1925 FC Bern 0–0 Summary Basel Neufeld, Bern 800 SUI Spengler Olten D Round 9 10 January 1926 Aarau 1–1 Summary Basel Hürzeler 1:1 43 0:1 Hürzeler Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 1,200 SUI Edm. Dizerens Lausanne D Round 10 7 February 1929 15:00 Basel 2–0 Summary Young Boys Bielser 1:0Bielser 2:0 Landhof, Basel 3,200 SUI Ruegg Thalwil W Round 11 14 February 1926 15:00 Old Boys 0–2 Summary Basel 30 0:1 Schlecht52 0:2 Bielser Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 3,000 SUI Fritz Beuchat Bern W Round 12 21 February 1926 15:00 Nordstern Basel 0–1 Summary Basel Afflerbach 0 15 0:1 Düblin Stadion Rankhof, Basel 3,000 SUI Felix Herren Basel W Round 13 28 February 1926 Grenchen 1–2 Summary Basel Righetti 80 1:2 48 o.g. 0:1 Kropf67 0:2 Riesterer Stadion Brühl, Grenchen SUI Gremminger Oberwinterthur W Round 14 7 March 1926 15:00 Basel 1–3 Summary Aarau Schlecht 20 1:1 12 0:11:2 Dreier60 1:3 Imhof Landhof, Basel 2,500 SUI Fritz Beuchat Bern L Round 15 13 May 1929 15:00 Basel 0–2 Summary FC Bern 25 0:1 Bürgisser87 0:2 Molteni Landhof, Basel 1,400 SUI Felix Herren Basel L Round 16 29 May 1926 17:30 Concordia Basel 0–3 Summary Basel 0:1 Strasser0:2 Bielser0:3 Düblin Landhof, Basel 500 SUI Felix Herren Basel W Central Group table main WDL Central 5 Q 2 YB Young Boys BAS Basel BER FC Bern NOR Nordstern Basel SOL Solothurn AAR Aarau OBB Old Boys CON Concordia Basel GRE Grenchen 14 1 1 46 10 7 6 3 26 14 9 2 5 28 16 8 2 6 34 31 7 1 8 30 31 6 3 7 29 36 5 2 9 24 31 3 2 11 15 49 3 1 12 27 41 green1 Advance to finals A red1 Relegation play-off R complete rsssf.com Swiss Cup Round of 64 4 October 1925 15:00 Basel 8–1 Summary FC Horgen Hürzeler 6xStrasser 1xWegmüller o.g. 1x Pfitsch Landhof, Basel 1,500 SUI Ritter La Chaux-de-Fonds W Round of 32 1 November 1925 15:00 Basel 1–1note Aarau win on Toss of a coin Summary Aarau Hürzeler 1:0 1:1 Hürzeler Landhof, Basel 1,200 SUI Fritz Beuchat Bern L After 82 minutes, with the score at 1–0, the game was interrupted due to the falling darkness. The Aarau captain Imhof demanded the game to be abandoned, due to shortsightedness of some players. Basel also requested that the game be abandoned. The referee does not accept the suggestion and after several minutes of discussion, the game continued. Due to the darkness, extra time could not be played and the game should have been replayed. The two clubs could not agree to a date. The FCB was ultimately eliminated by toss of a coin. Notes note 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 1925–26 at fcb-archiv.ch Switzerland 1925-26 at RSSSF External links FC Basel official site expanded Category:FC Basel seasons Basel