1916–17 FC Basel season

FC Basel 1916–17 First team coach Peter Riesterer(as team captain) Franz Rinderer Ground Landhof, Basel Serie A Group Stage: Second Karl Wüthrich (6) Karl Wüthrich (12) n/a 1915–16 1917–18 The FC Basel 1916–17 season was their twenty-fourth season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. The club's chairman was Franz Rinderer. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel. Overview Peter Riesterer was team captain and as captain he led the trainings and was responsible for the line-ups. Basel played a total of 28 matches in the 1916–17 season. 12 of these were in the domestic league and 16 were friendly matches. Of these friendlies eight were won, three were drawn and five ended in a defeat. There were three home fixtures played in the Landhof and 13 away games. Over the Christmas, New Year period the team were taken to a training camp in Barcelona. On Christmas Eve and on boxing day they played to friendlies against Barcelona. The first game ended in a defeat and the second was one. Two days later Basel played a friendly in same stadium, Camp de la Indústria, against La Chaux-de-Fonds and they were able to win this game too. On New Year's Eve and on New Year's Day Basel played two friendlies against local club Terrassa. Tarrassa were Serie B champions and played with five loaned first-class players. The first game was drawn and Basel won the second. Four of these friendly matches were played in the so-called Basel championship against the two other local teams Old Boys and Nordstern Basel. Due to the early date of the new season, the three teams decided to play the return matches of the Championship all on one day as a tournament and played shortened games, two halves each with just 30 minutes. FC Basel won the Championship. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?saison=1916%2F17&liga=8 Test games 1916–17 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2020-11-16 The domestic league, Swiss Serie A 1916–17, was divided into three regional groups, an east, a central and a west group. There were eight teams in the east and the west group, but only seven in the central group. Basel and the two other local teams were allocated to the Central group. The other teams playing in the Central group were FC Bern, Young Boys Bern, Biel-Bienne and Aarau. Basel played a good season, suffering only two defeats. Looking at things from the local point of view, Basel took three point from the two games against Old Boys and won both of their games against Nordstern Basel. Nordstern were in last position in the league table, but during the period of World War I there was not relegation/promotion between the Serie A and Serie B. Basel ended the season in second position with 15 points. In their 12 games Basel scored 31 goals and conceded 20. Karl Wüthrich was the team's best goal scorer, netting six times in 11 games. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1916/17 Rangliste Serie A - Zentralschweiz Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2018-11-16 The Young Boys won the central group and continued to the finals. Here they played against La Chaux-de-Fonds and VFC Winterthur-Veltheim. Winterthur won both games in the finals and won the championship title. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwithist-reg.html Serie A 1916/17 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2020-11-16 Players Squad members SUI GK Arthur Fahr SUI DF Emil Ganter SUI DF Hermann Moll SUI DF Peter Riesterer SUI DF Anton Rittel (I) SUI MF Fritz Albicker (II) SUI MF Wilhelm Geisser SUI MF Emil Hasler SUI MF Ernst Kaltenbach SUI MF Jakob Känzig SUI MF Otto Kuhn SUI MF Fritz Raas SUI FW Christian Albicker (I) SUI FW Karl Bielser SUI FW Rudolf Bredschneider SUI FW Ernst Rittel (II) SUI FW Carl Schloz SUI FW Karl Wüthrich FW Valentin von der Mühll Borer Fritz Eggenschwyler Forster SUI Walter Grunauer Haas Kientsch Oscar Kohler SUI Jules Lotter Perroud 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 10 September 1916 15:00 Basel SUI 2–2 Summary SUI Regiment 22 Wüthrich 20 1:0Kuhn 2:0 Landhof, Basel SUI Riesterer FC Basel D Pre-season 1 October 1916 15:00 Montriond Lausanne SUI 2–0 Summary SUI Basel Inäbnit 35 1:0Gottofrey 2:0 Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 800 SUI Jacques (Montriond-Sports) L Mid-season 26 November 1916 15:00 Old Boys SUI 5–2 Summary SUI Basel Margarethenwiese, Basel SUI L Winter break to end of season Winter break 24 December 1916 15:00 Barcelona ESP 3–1 Summary SUI Basel Garchitorena 1:0Garchitorena 2:0 Hormeu 3:1 Haas Camp de la Indústria, Barcelona 4,000 SPA Francisco Brú L Winter break 26 December 1916 15:00 Barcelona ESP 1–3 Summary SUI Basel Garchitorena 1:0 1:1 Wüthrich1:2 Albicker (I)1:3 Wüthrich Camp de la Indústria, Barcelona ESP Hamilton W Winter break 28 December 1916 14:45 La Chaux-de-Fonds SUI 1–2 Summary SUI Basel Camp de la Indústria, Barcelona 2,000 SPA Francisco Brú W Winter break 31 December 1916 Terrassa SPA 1–1 Summary SUI Basel Torrella 1:0 89 1:1 Kaltenbach Terrassa D Winter break 1 January 1917 Terrassa ESP 3–4 Summary SUI Basel 1:02:43:4 1:11:21:31:4 Terrassa W Mid-season 8 April 1917 Zürich SUI 3–4 Summary SUI Basel Utogrund, Zürich SUI Peterhans W End-of-season 20 May 1917 15:00 Basel SUI 0–1 Summary SUI Winterthur Landhof, Basel SUI Ollmann (Concordia Basel) L Basel championship 2 June 1917 18:00 Nordstern Basel SUI 3–3 Summary SUI Basel Chollet pen. 1:1Gaus 2:1Bollinger 3:3 6 0:1 Albicker (I)45 2:2 Kuhn50 2:3 Margarethenwiese, Basel SUI Wenger, (Old Boys) D Semi-FinalOstschweizerisches Turnier 11 June 1917 Young Fellows Zürich SUI 1–5 Summary SUI Basel 1:4 0:10:20:30:41:5 Kaltenbach Zürich W FinalOstschweizerisches Turnier 11 June 1917 Blue Stars Zürich SUI 1–0 Summary SUI Basel 1:0 Kaltenbach Zürich L Basel championship 17 June 1917 17:00 Basel SUI 4–2 Summary SUI Old Boys Kaltenbach 1:0Wüthrich 2:0Albicker (I) 3:0Moll pen. 4:1 3:1 Danzeisen (I)4:2 Danzeisen (I) Landhof, Basel W Basel championship 1 July 1917 16:15 Basel SUI 2–0 Summary SUI Nordstern Basel Schloz 10 1:0Kaltenbach 20 2:0 Margarethenwiese, Basel 1,000 W Due to the advanced season, the 3 participating clubs decided to hold this tournament in one day, the games lasted 2 x 30 minutes. Basel championship 1 July 1917 17:00 Old Boys SUI 1–4 Summary SUI Basel Dürr 27 pen. 1:2 9 o.g. 0:1 Monta0:2 Wüthrich46 1:3 Schloz53 pen. 1:4 Wüthrich Margarethenwiese, Basel 1,000 W Due to the advanced season, the 3 participating clubs decided to hold this tournament in one day, the games lasted 2 x 30 minutes. Serie A 1916–17 Swiss Serie A Central group results Round 1 8 October 1916 Biel-Bienne 4–3 Summary Basel Hugi 53 1:1Hugi 2:13:2Grupp 83 4:3 44 0:1 Lotterpen. 2:23:3 Bredschneider Bern SUI A. Sandoz Lausanne L Round 2 15 October 1916 15:00 Basel 3–3 Summary FC Bern Kuhn 12 1:0Wüthrich 35 2:0Moll pen. 3:3 38 o.g. 2:1 Moll2:22:3 Schmiedlin Landhof, Basel SUI John Forster La Chaux-de-Fonds D Round 3 29 October 1916 15:00 Basel 6–2 Summary Nordstern Basel Moll 1 pen. 1:0Wüthrich 10 2:0Ganter 23 3:2Albicker (I) 4:2Albicker (I) 5:2Ganter 89 6:2 17 2:1 Bollinger22 2:0 Bollinger Landhof, Basel SUI Weber W Round 4 5 November 1916 Aarau 0–4 Summary Basel 49 0:1 Albicker (I)52 0:2 Aarau SUI Jacques Reich VFC Winterthur-Veltheim W Round 5 12 November 1916 15:00 Basel 0–0 Summary Young Boys Landhof, Basel 3,000 SUI Stutz D Round 6 17 December 1916 15:00 Old Boys 0–4 Summary Basel Wüthrich 35 0:1Wüthrich 40 0:2Riesterer pen. 0:3Wüthrich 75 0:4 Margarethenwiese, Basel SUI Weber W Round 7 25 February 1917 15:00 Nordstern Basel 1–2 Summary Basel Afflerbach 12 1:0 o.g. 1:1 Solberger 29 1:2 Wüthrich Staldenrain, Riehen 1,200 SUI John Forster La Chaux-de-Fonds W Round 8 25 March 1917 15:00 Young Boys 6–1 Summary Basel Hubbard 1:0Funk (II)2:0Klopfenstein 7 3:0Funk (I) 35 4:0Hubbard 5:0Klopfenstein 6:1 5:1 Spitalacker, Bern SUI Reich Winterthur L Round 9 1 April 1917 15:00 Basel 0–0 Summary Aarau Landhof, Basel SUI Willy Beuttner FC Zürich D Round 10 15 April 1917 15:00 Basel 7–3 Summary Biel-Bienne 1:22:23:24:25:36:37:3 0:1 Grupp0:24:3 Landhof, Basel SUI Reich Winterthur W Round 11 22 April 1917 15:00 FC Bern 1–1 Summary Basel Orth 1:0 1:1 Albicker (I) Kirchenfeld, Bern SUI Ch. Kult-Reynaud Genève D Round 12 6 May 1917 15:00 Basel 0–0 Summary Old Boys Riesterer Landhof, Basel 1,000 SUI Ammann Cantonal Neuchatel D Central group league table main WDL Central 5 Q 2 YB Young Boys BAS Basel AAR Aarau BIE Biel-Bienne OBB Old Boys BER FC Bern NOR Nordstern Basel 8 2 2 31 15 5 5 2 31 20 5 3 4 23 21 6 0 6 37 45 5 1 6 19 20 3 4 5 23 27 2 1 9 22 38 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 1916–17 at fcb-archiv.ch Switzerland 1916-17 at RSSSF External links FC Basel official site expanded Category:FC Basel seasons Basel