1918–19 FC Basel season

March 2021 FC Basel 1918–19 First team coach Otto Kuhn(as team captain) August Rossa Ground Landhof, Basel Serie A Group Stage: 5th Otto Kuhn (6) Otto Kuhn (7)(figures incomplete) Figures n/a 1917–18 1919–20 The FC Basel 1918–19 season was their twenty-sixth season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. The club's chairman was August Rossa who took over from Franz Rinderer at the club's AGM. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel. World War I was still being fought as the Swiss season started. Overview Otto Kuhn was team captain and acted, so to say, as coach. Basel played a total of 30 matches in their 1918–19 season. 14 of these were in the domestic league and 16 were friendly matches. There were nine test games played in the Landhof and seven away games. Because of the war, all but one of these friendlies were played against Swiss teams. The war ended on 1 November 1918 and six months later, on 18 May 1919 Basel hosted their only foreign opponents, the German team Freiburger FC. Despite an early lead, the game ended in a 1–2 defeat. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=29190 FC Basel - Freiburger FC 1:2 (1:1) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2020-11-16 Nine of these friendlies were won and six ended in a sporting defeat. The 27 October 1918 was the Football Association day. The Basel teams played a tournament. The match in the afternoon between Basel and Nordstern Basel was abandoned during play, because following a crude foul, the FCB's right half was injured and had to leave the pitch due to his injury. His team then demanded the exclusion of the Nordstern player, who had already been negatively noted during the morning game. The referee did not respond to the request, therefore the entire FC Basel team walked off the pitch. The referee abandoned the game and awarded the victory forfeit 3:0 to Nordstern. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=30077 FC Basel - FC Nordstern Basel 0:3 FF Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 The domestic league, Swiss Serie A 1918–19, was divided into three regional groups, East, Central and West, each group with eight teams. FC Basel and the two other teams from Basel Nordstern and Old Boys were allocated to the Central group. The other teams playing in this group were Aarau, Luzern and Biel-Bienne and the two teams from La Chaux-de-Fonds, Étoile-Sporting and FC La Chaux-de-Fonds. FC Basel did not play a very good season, suffering six defeats. They ended the season in fifth position with 13 points. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwithist-reg.html Series A 1918/19 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2020-11-16 In their 14 league games Basel scored 27 goals and conceded 26. Otto Kuhn was the team's best goal scorer netting six times and Ernst Kaltenbach was second best scorer with four goals. Étoile-Sporting won the group, continued to the finals and won the Swiss championship. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1918/19 Rangliste Serie A - Zentralschweiz Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2019-11-16 Players Squad members SUI GK Arthur Fahr SUI GK Emil Fehr GK Paul Rittel (III) SUI GK Ernst Zorzotti (III) DF Emil Ganter DF Karl Kroepfli SUI DF Hermann Moll SUI DF Peter Riesterer DF Anton Rittel SUI MF Walter Rupprecht 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 FW Rudolf Bredschneider FW Albert Buser FW Gustav Buser FW Wilhelm Dietz (I) FW Karl Lott (I) FW Karl Rudin FW Carl Schloz SUI FW Karl Wüthrich 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 1 September 1918 15:00 Old Boys SUI 1–2 Summary SUI Basel Danzeisen (I) 10 1:0 35 1:1 Dietz (I)1:2 Dietz (I) Margarethenwiese, Basel 1,000 SUI Hs. Grunauer (Basel)SUI E. Buser (Old Boys) W Pre-season 8 September 1918 15:00 Young Boys SUI 3–2 Summary SUI Basel Ramseyer 5 1:0Dasen (I) 15 2:0Dasen (I) 3:2 2:12:2 Kirchenfeld, Bern SUI Beuchat L Pre-season 22 September 1918 15:00 Basel SUI 1–0 Summary SUI FC Neumünster Zürich pen. Landhof, Basel W Mid-season 27 October 1918 10:00 Basel SUI 1–0 Summary SUI Nordstern Basel Buser 1:0 Landhof, Basel SUI Ohlmann (Basel) W Football Association day tournament. Match played as 2x 25 Minutes. Mid-season 27 October 1918 11:00 Basel SUI 2–0 Summary SUI Old Boys Wüthrich 1:0 Kuhn pen. 2:0 Landhof, Basel SUI Schmidt (Basel) W Football Association day tournament. Match played as 2x 25 Minutes. Mid-season 27 October 1918 15:00 (2x 25 Minutes played) Basel SUI 0–3 FF Summary SUI Nordstern Basel pen. 1:0 ? Landhof, Basel SUI Zoller Old Boys (Basel) P Football Association day tournament. Match played as 2x 25 Minutes. After a bad foul, the FCB half right defender is injured and had to leave the field. Basel demanded the exclusion of the Nordstern player, who had already attracted negative attention in the morning. The referee did not respond to the request, so the Basel team left the field and the game was abandoned. Mid-season 17 November 1918 Military Team Zürich SUI 1–5 Summary SUI Basel Zürich W Mid-season 15 December 1918 13:30 Basel SUI 4–1 Summary SUI Freiburger Military Team 50 1:12:13:1o.g. 4:1 30 0:1 Landhof, Basel 2,000 W Winter break and mid-season Winter break 4 January 1919 Nordstern Basel SUI 5–1 Summary SUI Basel Wüthrich 1:1Wüthrich 2:1Dietz 3:1Wüthrich 4:1Afflerbach 5:1 5 0:1 Buser Margarethenwiese, Basel 1,200 SUI Grunauer (Basel) L Mid-season 2 March 1919 Basel SUI 2–4 Summary SUI Concordia Basel Basel L Mid-season 9 March 1919 Basel SUI 3–1 Summary SUI Team Basel 1:02:03:0 3:1 Landhof, Basel W Basel championship 6 April 1919 15:00 Basel SUI 4–0 Summary Old Boys Bielser 3 1:0Bielser 60 2:0Albicker (I) 3:0Wüthrich 4:0 SUI Landhof, Basel SUI Jacques Hirrle (Basel) W Mid-season 13 April 1919 Freiburger FC SUI 2–1 Summary SUI Basel FC Stadium, Freiburg 2,500 L Mid-season 18 May 1919 10:30 Basel SUI 1–2 Summary GER Freiburger FC Buser 1:0 1:1 Bantle1:2 Landhof, Basel SUI Riesterer (Basel) L Mid-season 6 June 1919 15:00 Montriond Lausanne SUI 2–1 Summary SUI Basel Hope 1:0Wydler 2:1 1:1 Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne SUI Diserens L Mid-season 9 June 1919 14:30 Montriond Lausanne SUI 0–2 Summary SUI Basel 0:1 Dietz (I)pen. 0:2 Albicker (I) Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne SUI Diserens W Serie A 1918–19 Swiss Serie A Central Group results Round 1 6 October 1918 14:30 La Chaux-de-Fonds 4–1 Summary Basel Parc des Sports, La Chaux-de-Fonds 2,000 L Round 2 13 October 1918 15:15 Luzern 1–1 Summary Basel Tobler 1:0 1:1 Dietz (I) Stadium Tribschen, Luzern 800 SUI Willy Beuttner FC Zürich D Round 3 20 October 1918 15:15 Old Boys 4–3 Summary Basel Danzeien I 26 pen. 1:0Katz 33 2:03:0Katz 50 4:0 60 4:1 Buser70 4:2 Kuhn80 4:3 Margarethenwiese, Basel SUI Walter Senn Aarau L Round 4 3 November 1918 Basel 3–2 Summary Biel-Bienne Kuhn 20 1:0Kuhn 2:1Kaltenbach 3:2 1:1 Borlé2:2 Keller Landhof, Basel 1,500 SUI Eugène Stutz Luzern W Round 5 1 December 1918 15:00 Basel 3–4 Summary Étoile-Sporting Wüthrich Kuhn Kuhn Brönnimann Marucco Wyss I Wyss I Landhof, Basel SUI Willy Beuttner FC Zürich L Round 6 8 December 1918 Basel 0–1 Summary Nordstern Basel 35 0:1 Afflerbach Landhof, Basel 2,000 SUI Daniel Wenger Basel L Round 7 22 December 1918 14:30 Basel 3–2 Summary Old Boys Ganter 5 1:0Kaltenbach 2:1Ganter 3:1 33 1:1 Danzeisen3:2 Katz Landhof, Basel 300 SUI Guido Eichenberger Bern W Round 8 9 March 1919 15:00 Nordstern Basel 2–1 Summary Basel Kohler 80 1:1Bürgin 85 2:1 20 0:1 Albicker (I) Margarethenwiese, Basel 1,500 SUI Grunauer Basel L Round 9 20 April 1919 14:05 Étoile-Sporting 1–1 Summary Basel Brönnimann 13 1:0 11 1:1 Albicker (I) Parc des Sports, La Chaux-de-Fonds 2,000 SUI Thurnheer Heinrich Nidau D Round 10 27 April 1919 15:00 Basel 3–2 Summary La Chaux-de-Fonds Kuhn 10 pen. 1:0Kaltenbach 2:2Wüthrich 80 3:2 1:1 Perrenoud65 1:2 Daucourt Landhof, Basel 800 SUI Eugen Stutz Luzern W Round 11 4 May 1919 16:00 Aarau 0–3 Summary Basel Schachen Aarau W Round 12 29 May 1919 Biel-Bienne 0–3 FF Summary Basel Biel P Reason for forfeit unknown Round 13 1 June 1919 15:00 Basel 1–1 Summary Luzern Kaltenbach 1:1 0:1 Landhof, Basel SUI Schenker Basel D Round 14 15 June 1919 15:00 Basel 1–2 Summary Aarau Wüthrich 50 1:1 20 0:11:2 Landhof, Basel L Central Group league table main WDL Central 5 Q 2 ÉCF Étoile-Sporting OBB Old Boys NOR Nordstern Basel CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds BAS Basel AAR Aarau LUC Luzern BIE Biel-Bienne 11 2 1 42 9 8 3 3 31 18 8 3 3 23 15 8 3 3 32 23 5 3 6 27 26 5 1 8 13 24 2 3 9 18 27 0 0 14 2 46 green1 Advance to finals A complete rsssf.com See also History of FC Basel List of FC Basel players List of FC Basel seasons Sources Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. 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