1914–15 FC Basel season

FC Basel 1914–15 First team coach Christian Albicker(as team captain) Ernst-Alfred Thalmann Ground Landhof, Basel Serie A Group Stage: Third Emil Hasler (7) n/a 1913–14 1915–16 The FC Basel 1914–15 season was their twenty-second season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. The club's chairman was Ernst-Alfred Thalmann, it was his twelfth presidential term all together. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Basel-Wettstein in Kleinbasel, Basel. Overview The professional trainer, Englishman Percy Humphreys, was due to continue his job this season, but due to the outbreak of the first World War he had to return home. FC Basel 1893 https://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/Club/Clubgeschichte#1900bis1914 Clubgeschichte de FC Basel homepage 2020-11-16 2017-10-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20171008130652/https://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/Club/Clubgeschichte#1900bis1914 dead The war also caused further impingements to the football season. There were no pre-season matches and championship start was delayed. In their 1914–15 season, Basel played 11 matches. 6 of these were in the domestic league and 5 were friendly matches. Of these friendlies, 3 were won and 2 ended in a defeat. There was one home fixture played in the Landhof and four away games. In these friendly games, Basel scored 12 and conceded 12 goals. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?saison=1914%2F15&liga=8 Test games 1914–15 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2020-11-16 Also due to the war, the Swiss Serie A 1914–15 was played as an interim Championship, there was no relegation and promotion between Serie A and Serie B. The Serie A was divided into four regional groups, an east, a west and two central groups. Basel were allocated to the central group A together with their local rivals Old Boys, Nordstern Basel and the reigning champions Aarau. Basel started into the championship with an away defeat against Aarau. Then they won both home games against the other two local teams. After the new year and the away draw against Nordstern, Basel lost the home game against Aarau and the away game against Old Boys, to finish in third position in the league table. In their six games, Basel scored 15 goals and conceded 14. Aarau continued to the semifinal, but there they were defeated by Brühl St. Gallen. Brühl also won the final 3–0 against Servette to become the new Swiss champions. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwithist-reg.html Switzerland 1914-1915 RSSSF 2018-11-16 Players Squad members SUI GK Arthur Fahr SUI DF Paul Bettex SUI DF Hermann Moll SUI DF Peter Riesterer SUI MF Fritz Albicker (II) SUI MF Wilhelm 'Willy' Geisser SUI MF Emil Hasler SUI MF Ernst Kaltenbach SUI MF Jakob Känzig SUI MF Emil Schreyer SUI FW Fritz Aeppli SUI FW Christian Albicker (I) FW Rudolf Bredschneider SUI FW Karl Wunderle Roger Breithaupt Walter Flück ? Gossweiler ? Rittel Ernst Bickel ? Borer Philipp Leichner Rud. Steffen Results Legend #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA Friendly matches Old Boys 1–6 Summary Basel W 17 January 1915 Old Boys 0–1 Summary Basel Albicker (I) Margarethenwiese, Basel SUI Schmidlin, (Nordstern Basel) W 28 February 1915 15:00 Basel 5–3 Summary Young Boys Emil Hasler 1:0Albicker (II) 2:0Schreyer 3:2Bredschneider 4:2Albicker (II) 5:3 2:1 Bertschi32 2:2 Mangold Mangold67 4:3 Funk II Funk II Landhof, Basel 600 SUI Louis Riesterer, (Basel) W 7 March 1915 Young Boys 6–0 Summary Basel Mangold 1:0Bommer 2:0Adamina 3:0Funk (II) 4:0Klopfenstein 5:0Mangold 6:0 Spitalacker, (Bern) SUI J. Blum, (Young Boys) L 25 April 1915 Grasshopper Club 2–0 Summary Basel 1:0 2:0 Zürich L Serie A 1914–15 Swiss Serie A Central Group A results Round 1 6 December 1914 Aarau 5–1 Summary Basel Osterwlder Brändli Gysi 65 3:1Gysi 4:1Märk 5:1 Emil Hasler Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau SUI L Round 2 20 December 1914 14:30 Basel 6–0 Summary Old Boys Albicker (I) 33 1:0Albicker (I) 35 2:0Gossweiler 3:0Albicker (I) 4:0Schreyer 5:0Hasler 6:0 Landhof, Basel 1,500 SUI Schmid, (Nordstern Basel) W Round 3 27 December 1914 14:30 Basel 4–2 Summary Nordstern Basel Hasler 19 1:0Albicker (I) 30 2:0Hasler 3:2Hasler 75 4:2 65 2:1 Schneider2:2 Franzon Landhof, Basel 1,000 SUI Nater W Round 4 10 January 1915 15:00 Nordstern Basel 3–3 Summary Basel Bollinger 42 1:1Ganter 2:2Ganter 3:2 34 0:1 Hasler48 1:2 Hasler3:3 Wunderle Staldenrain, Riehen 500 SUI Stutz, (Old Boys) D Round 5 21 February 1915 15:00 Basel 0–2 Summary Aarau 41 0:1 Rubli II55 0:2 Bessmer I Landhof, Basel 2,500 SUI Schmid, (Nordstern Basel) L Round 6 16 May 1915 15:00 Old Boys 2–1 Summary Basel Grunauer 1:0Grunauer 2:0 1:1 Margarethenwiese, Basel 800 SUI Thurnheer, (Biel-Bienne) L Central Group A league table main WDL Central A Q 2 AAR Aarau OBB Old Boys BAS Basel NOR Nordstern Basel 5 0 1 18 7 4 0 2 15 16 2 1 3 15 14 0 1 5 8 19 green1 Advance to finals A 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 1914–15 at fcb-archiv.ch External links FC Basel official site expanded Category:FC Basel seasons Basel