1915–16 FC Basel season

FC Basel 1915–16 First team coach Ernst Kaltenbach(as team captain)until May 1916Peter Riesterer(ad interim)10 May to 30 June Philipp LeichnerFranz Rinderer Ground Landhof, Basel Serie A Group Stage: 7th Emil Hasler (7)and Otto Kuhn (7) Otto Kuhn (13) n/a 1914–15 1916–17 The FC Basel 1915–16 season was their twenty-third season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. The club's chairman was Philipp Leichner at the beginning of the season and during the season Franz Rinderer took over as chairman. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel. Retroactively, the most important event in this season is considered to be the founding of the clubs first youth department. Overview It had been in planning for a few years and to the beginning of this season FCB founded their youth department and employed some part-time youth trainers. Right from the very first day there were over 50 youngsters who joined the teams. Amongst these youngsters, for example, was Walter Dietrich, who was 13 years old as he joined. Other youngsters were Karl Bielser, Max Galler, Theodor Schär and Ernst Zorzotti who were all to advance to become important first team players. Josef Zindel 2018 Die ersten 125 Jahre Page 23, 50 new youth players Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel Because the holidays for the members of the Swiss Army are now becoming more frequent, a football championship as played in the pre-war years, could again be carried out as of the 1915–16 season. Team captain was Ernst Kaltenbach and as captain he led the trainings and was responsible for the line-ups. Basel played a total of 28 matches in this season. 14 of these matches were in the domestic league and 14 were friendly matches. Of these friendlies, six were won, three were drawn and five ended in a defeat. There were six one home fixtures played in the Landhof and eight away games. Four of these games were played in the Basel championship against the two other local teams Old Boys and Nordstern Basel. FC Basel won the Basel championship collecting three victories and a draw. In all of these friendly games Basel scored 31 goals and conceded 30. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?saison=1915%2F16&liga=8 Test games 1915–16 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2020-11-16 The Swiss Serie A 1915–16 was divided into three regional groups, east, central and west. There were seven teams in the east group, eight in the central group and six in the west group. FC Baden could not participate because their field was used for agricultural purposes due to the war. Basel and the two other local teams, Old Boys and Nordstern Basel, were allocated to the Central group. Further teams playing in the central group were two from the capital, Young Boys and FC Bern, two from La Chaux-de-Fonds, FC La Chaux-de-Fonds, Étoile-Sporting FC La Chaux-de-Fonds and finally Biel-Bienne. Basel didn't start well into the championship, winning only one of the first eight games. They ended the season in second-last position with nine points. In their 14 games Basel scored 30 goals and conceded 39. Local rivals Nordstern Basel were bottom of the league with just four points and these points were won in the derbys against Basel. Because during the war years there was no promotion or relegation, Nordstern did not have to play a play-out. The other local rivals Old Boys won the group and continued to the finals. Here they played against Cantonal Neuchatel and Winterthur. Cantonal eventually won the championship in the Finals. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1915/16 Rangliste Serie A - Zentralschweiz Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2018-11-16 Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwithist.html Serie A 1915/16 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2020-11-16 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 Ganter (I) SUI MF Wilhelm Geisser SUI MF Emil Hasler SUI MF Ernst Kaltenbach SUI MF Jakob Känzig SUI MF Otto Kuhn SUI MF Walter Rupprecht SUI FW Fritz Aeppli SUI FW Christian Albicker (I) FW Rudolf Bredschneider SUI FW Fritz Raas SUI FW Louis Riesterer SUI FW Karl Wunderle SUI FW Karl Wüthrich SUI Ernst Bickel SUI Roger Breithaupt SUI Ernst Buss Ernst Danzeisen (I) Willy Danzeisen (II) Philipp Leichner Anton Rittel (I) Ernst Rittel (II) Weiss (III) 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-season Pre-season 29 August 1915 15:00 Basel SUI 4–1 Summary SUI St. Gallen Landhof, Basel W Pre-season 26 September 1915 15:40 Basel SUI 1–4 Summary SUI Servette Landhof, Basel L Winter break Winter break 16 January 1916 Winterthur SUI 2–2 Summary SUI Basel 1:12:1 0:12:2 Schützenwiese, Winterthur D Winter break 23 January 1916 Young Fellows Zürich SUI 8–1 Summary SUI Basel Rais 1:0Weidmann 2:0Meier 3:0Leiber 4:0Meier 5:0Meier 6:0Meier 7:0Leiber 8:1 7:1 Zürich L Winter break 13 February 1916 14:40 Servette SUI 3–1 Summary SUI Basel Raymond (IV) 2 1:0Ofterdinger 2:1Raymond (IV) 3:1 1:1 Kuhn Charmilles Stadium, Geneva SUI Heck, (Servette) L Mid-season 26 March 1916 15:00 Montriond Lausanne SUI 1–4 Summary SUI Basel Douglas 1:1 0:11:21:31:4 Pontaise, Lausanne W Mid-season 9 April 1916 15:00 Basel SUI 2–2 Summary SUI Winterthur Wüthrich 1:0 Wüthrich 2:1 1:12:2 Koblet Landhof, Basel SUI Riesterer, (Basel) D Mid-season 24 April 1916 Zürich SUI 3–0 Summary SUI Basel Schuepp 15 1:0Oetiker 2:0o.g. 3:0 Utogrund, Zürich L Mid-season 30 April 1916 Basel SUI 0–2 Summary SUI Montriond Lausanne 0:1 Milleneto.g. 0:2 Landhof, Basel SUI Riesterer, (Basel) L Basel championship 14 May 1916 15:00 Basel SUI 5–1 Summary SUI Nordstern Basel Moll 1:1Kuhn 2:1Kuhn 3:1Ritte 4:1Kuhn 5:1 pen. 0:1 Landhof, Basel 1,500 SUI E. Stutz Luzern W Basel championship 1 June 1916 15:00 Old Boys SUI 1–1 Summary SUI Basel Angoso 1:0 1:1 Ganter Margarethenwiese Basel 1,600 SUI E. Stutz, (Luzern) D End of season 11 June 1916 15:00 Luzern SUI 1–6 Summary SUI Basel 1 1:0 1:11:21:31:41:51:6 Tribschen, Luzern SUI E. Stutz, (Luzern) W Basel championship 2 July 1916 15:00 Basel SUI 2–1 Summary SUI Old Boys Hasler 1:0Kuhn 89 2:1 pen. 1:1 Landhof, Basel 2,700 SUI Weber, (Zürich) W Basel championship 8 July 1916 15:00 Nordstern Basel SUI 0–2 Summary SUI Basel 11 0:1 Kuhn0:2 Staldenrain Riehen 1,500 SUI Zoller, (Basel) W Serie A 1915–16 Swiss Serie A Central Group results Round 1 3 October 1915 14:30 Étoile-Sporting 3–1 Summary Basel Wyss (I) 23 1:0Meier 25 2:0Hirschy35 3:0 63 3:1 Hasler Stade du FC Etoile, La Chaux-de-Fonds SUI Henninger, (CA Genève) L Round 2 10 October 1915 15:00 Basel 2–1 Summary Biel-Bienne 5 o.g.Wüthrich 78 2:1 1:1 Landhof, Basel W Round 3 17 October 1915 14:30 FC Bern 3–1 Summary Basel 1:1Brand 2:13:1 15 0:1 Kirchenfeld, Bern 1,000 SUI Henninger, (CA Genève) L Round 4 31 October 1915 15:00 Nordstern Basel 4–2 Summary Basel Bollinger 1 pen. 1:0Gaus 2:2Bollinger pen. 3:2Bollinger 84 4:2 1:1 Hasler31 1:2 Hasler Staldenrain, Riehen SUI Weber L Round 5 7 November 1915 15:00 Young Boys 3–3 Summary Basel Funk (I) pen. 1:1Funk (I) 2:3Mangold 3:3 0:1 Hasler1:21:3 Spitalacker, Bern 1,500 SWE Heck D Round 6 21 November 1915 15:00 Basel 1–2 Summary La Chaux-de-Fonds Hasler 1:0 1:1 Perrenoud (II)75 1:2 Reutter Landhof, Basel SUI Willy Beuttner, (FC Zürich) L Round 7 28 November 1915 Basel 1–6 Summary Old Boys Hasler 1:0Hasler pen. 1:1 Kalto.g. 1:2 Wüthrich1:31:41:51:6 Landhof, Basel 1,000 SUI Keller L Round 8 5 December 1915 15:00 Biel-Bienne 6–2 Summary Basel Marbot 1 1:0Gnägi 2:0Keller 3:0Keller 4:1Siegrist 5:1Keller 6:2 1:3 Hasler5:2 Albicker (I) Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne SUI Beuttner L Round 9 30 January 1916 15:00 Basel P–P Summary Young Boys Landhof, Basel SUI Weber P Round 10 22 February 1916 15:00 Basel 5–3 Summary Étoile-Sporting Kuhn 1:0Kuhn 2:1Kuhn 3:1Kuhn 4:1Buss 5:1 1:15:25:3 Landhof, Basel SUI Graffenried W Round 11 5 March 1916 15:00 Basel 1–2 Summary FC Bern 1:1 0:1 Weiss1:2 Weiss Landhof, Basel L Round 12 12 March 1916 15:00 Old Boys 3–2 Summary Basel Katz 24 pen. 1:0Ferralli 40 2:1Wionsowsky 60 3:1 25 1:1 Wunderle87 3:2 Albicker (I) Margarethenwiese, Basel 2,000 SUI Reich L Round 13 2 April 1916 15:00 Basel 0–1 Summary Nordstern Basel 87 0:1 Bollinger Landhof, Basel SUI Schaller, (Basel) L Round 14 7 May 1916 14:45 La Chaux-de-Fonds 0–5 Summary Basel 9 0:1 Kuhn0:2 Kuhn0:3 Kuhn0:40:5 Albicker (I) Parc des Sports, La Chaux-de-Fonds 1,500 SUI Jacques W Round 9 21 May 1916 15:00 Basel 4–2 Summary Young Boys Moll pen. 1:1Wunderle 2:2Kaltenbach 3:2Wüthrich 4:2 0:1 Funk (II)1:2 Funk (II) Landhof, Basel SUI Weber W Central Group league table main WDL Central 5 Q 2 OBB Old Boys BER FC Bern ÉCF Étoile-Sporting YB Young Boys BIE Biel-Bienne CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds BAS Basel NOR Nordstern Basel 9 3 2 47 31 9 2 3 41 23 7 2 5 46 27 6 3 5 33 26 6 2 6 29 26 6 1 7 23 32 4 1 9 30 39 2 0 12 16 61 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. 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