1906–07 FC Basel season

The FC Basel 1906–07 season was their fourteenth season in their existence. The club's chairman was Ernst-Alfred Thalmann, who was chairman for the fourth consecutive year. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof.

FC Basel
1906–07 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Ernst-Alfred Thalmann
First team coachDaniel Hug
(as team captain)
GroundLandhof, Basel
Serie AGroup Stage: winners
Finals: third
Top goalscorern/a[note 06–07 1]
Average home league attendancen/a

Overview

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Daniel Hug was team captain for the second season in a row. Hug was Basel's most prominent and their largest player and as captain he led the team trainings and was responsible for the line-ups. Basel played five pre-season friendlies, two against German team Freiburger FC, two against German team Karlsruher FV and one against Swiss team Grasshopper Club. Four of these games ended with a defeat, only one ended in a victory. During the first half of the season they played another two friendlies, again one against the Grasshoppers and one against Montriond Lausanne. During the winter break the team travelled to Frankfurt and played against FC Hermannia on Christmas day and against FSV Frankfurt on boxing day. Further winter break friendlies were played away against Freiburger FC and at home in the Landhof against Cantonal Neuchâtel. After the season Basel played two friendly games against Winterthur, who had been runners-up in the east group. The team then travelled to Italy and won both friendlies against AC Milan on Easter Sunday 31 March and Easter Monday 1 April by four goals to three.[1]

The Swiss Serie A season 1906–07 was divided into three regional groups, east, central and west. Together with Young Boys, FC Bern, Aarau and the Old Boys, Basel were allocated to the central group. Basel played their first four games away, losing the consecutive games against Young Boys and Old Boys both 3–4. However, winning the next four consecutive games they climbed the table. As it came to the last group game of the season, at home against the Old Boys, Basel were leading the table two points ahead of their opponents. However, in this last match despite a two-goal lead, the goals being scored by Dr. Siegfried Pfeiffer and Max Senn, their local rivals turned the game and won three goals to two.[2]

Subsequently it came to a play-off to see who would advance to the finals. The play-off match was interrupted in the 50th minute due to a storm and following the restart it ended in a 1–1 draw. Thus, it required a reply one week later and this was also drawn 1–1. They played 2x 10 minutes extra time, but neither team scored. Therefore, both teams agreed to play a further 15 minutes, but neither team scored. Another week later it then came to a second replay which Basel decided with 4–1 for themselves.

Basel advanced to the finals for the first time in their history. The final was played as a round robin tournament. In the first match they were beaten 1–5 by west group winners Servette and in the second 2–3 by Young Fellows Zürich. Servette won the deciding match and became Swiss champions for the first time in the clubs history.[3]

Players

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Squad members

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK    Pierre Chevalley
GK   SUI Jules Fingerlin
MF   SUI Daniel Hug
DF   SUI Adolf Ramseyer
MF   GER Josef Goldschmidt
MF   SUI Emil Hasler
MF   SUI Max Palatini
MF   SUI Luigi Persenico
MF   SUI Eugen Strauss
MF    P. Vaney
FW    John André
FW    Manuel Bourgeois
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW   SUI Karl Gossweiler
FW    ? Kunz
FW   SUI Dr. Siegfried Pfeiffer
FW    ? Robert
FW   SUI Max Senn
FW   GER Alfred Stöhrmann
FW   SUI Ernst-Alfred Thalmann
   Edmond Bédat
   Carl Bitz
   ? Coco
   ? Maun
   Ernesto Persenico
   Arthur Viehoff

Results

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Legend

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  Win   Draw   Loss

Friendly matches

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Pre- and mid-season

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5 August 1906 Pre-season Freiburger FC   4 – 9   Basel Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg
 
 
 
 
Summary  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9 September 1906 Pre-season Karlsruher FV   5 – 3   Basel Karlsruhe
 
 
 
 
 
Summary  
 
 
23 September 1906 Pre-season Basel   0 – 3   Freiburger FC Landhof, Basel
Summary   (0:1)
  (0:2)
  (0:3)
Attendance: 600
30 March 1906 Pre-season Basel   2 – 8   Karlsruher FV Landhof, Basel
 
 
Summary  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14 October 1906 Pre-season Grasshopper Club   1 – 2   Basel Zürich
  (1:1) Summary   20' (0:1) Senn
  (1:2) Senn
25 November 1906 Mid-season Basel   4 – 3   Grasshopper Club Landhof, Basel
Pfeiffer   (1:1)
  (2:1)
  (3:1)
Gossweiler   (4:2)
Summary   (pen. 0:1) Bauer
  (3:2) Ochsenbein
  (4:3) Mory
Attendance: 600
2 December 1906 Mid-season Basel   2 – 3   Montriond Lausanne Landhof, Basel
Pfeiffer   (1:2)
Hug   (2:2)
Summary   (0:1)
  (0:2)
  (2:3) Bossard
Referee:   Kupferschmid (FC Old Boys Basel)

Winter break to end of season

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25 December 1906 Winter break FC Hermannia Frankfurt   2 – 3   Basel Sportplatz am Röderberg, Frankfurt
  17' (pen. 1:1)
  (2:3)
Summary   15' (0:1) Zigerli
  57' (1:2) Zigerli
  63' (1:3) Hug
Note: Basel without Siegfried Pfeiffer, Karl Gossweiler and Manuel Bourgeois, but with Zigerli (Young Boys) and players from the reserve team.
26 December 1906 Winter break FSV Frankfurt   3 – 5   Basel Frankfurt
 
 
 
Summary  
 
 
 
 
Note: Basel without Siegfried Pfeiffer, Karl Gossweiler and Manuel Bourgeois, but with Zigerli (Young Boys) and players from the reserve team. Due to the snow fall the game was played 2x 35 Minutes
6 January 1907 Winter break Freiburger FC   5 – 3   Basel Freiburg
Lichtenberg   (1:1)
Glaser   (2:2)
H. Bodenweber   (3:3)
Hunn   (4:3)
  (5:3)
Summary   (0:1)
  (1:2)
  (2:3) Pfeiffer
20 January 1907 Winter break Basel   7 – 1   Cantonal Neuchâtel Landhof, Basel
15:00  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Summary  
3 March 1907 Mid-season Basel   3 – 4   La Chaux-de-Fonds Landhof, Basel
Senn   (1:0)
Gossweiler   (2:0)
  (pen. 3:2)
Summary   (2:1)
  (2:2)
  (3:3)
  (3:4)
Referee:   Ebinger, (FC Basel)
17 March 1907 End of season Basel   3 – 2   Winterthur Landhof, Basel
15:00 Pfeiffer   (1:0)
Strauss   (2:0)
Stöhrmann   (3:0)
Summary   (3:1)
  (3:2)
Referee:   Seiffert, (Old Boys)
24 March 1907 End of season Winterthur   3 – 3   Basel Schützenwiese, Winterthur
Jules Fingerlin   (o.g. 1:0)
Frauenfelder   (2:0)
Hohmann   (3:2)
Summary   (2:1) Stöhrmann
  (2:2) Pfeiffer
  Gossweiler
  (3:3)
Referee:  
31 March 1907 End of season AC Milan   3 – 4   Basel Milan
Widmer   (pen. 1:0)
  (2:0)
  (3:1)
Summary   (pen. 2:1) Pfeiffer
  (3:2)
  (3:3)
  (3:4)
Referee:   Suter
1 April 1907 End of season AC Milan   3 – 4   Basel Milan
Chilpin   (1:2)
 
  (3:3)
Summary   (0:1) Pfeiffer
  (0:2) Thalmann
 
  (3:4) Stöhrmann
  Pfeiffer
Referee:   Suter
19 May 1907 End of season Basel   3 – 0   Combined team, medical recruits Landhof, Basel
  (1:0)
  (2:0)
  (3:0)
Summary
Note: To make things fairer, the football team played in a completely different line-up as usual, all defenders played as forwards and vice versa.

Serie A

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The Serie A was divided into three regional groups, east, central and west. The winners of each group played a final round robin.

Central group results

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28 October 1906 Round 1 FC Bern 2 – 6 Basel Kirchenfeld, Bern
14:30   (1:3)
  (2:3)
Summary   (0:1)
  (0:2)
  (0:3)
  (2:4)
  (2:5)
  (2:6)
Referee:   Bleuler (GC)
4 November 1906 Round 2 Young Boys 4 – 3 Basel Bern
        Summary      
11 November 1906 Round 3 Old Boys 4 – 3 Basel Margarethenwiese, Basel
15:00         Summary      
18 November 1906 Round 4 Aarau 1 – 2 Basel Aarau
14:50   30' (1:0) Summary   67' (1:1) Gossweiler
  (1:2) Senn
Referee:   Bleuler (GC)
9 December 1906 Round 5 Basel 3 – 0 FC Bern Landhof, Basel
Hug   (1:0)
Gossweiler   (2:0)
Gossweiler   75' (3:0)
Summary Referee:   Bleuler (GC)
16 December 1906 Round 6 Basel 4 – 2 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00         Summary     Referee:   Bleuler (GC)
24 February 1907 Round 7 Basel 7 – 4 Aarau Landhof, Basel
              Summary        
10 March 1907 Round 8 Basel 2 – 3 Old Boys Landhof, Basel
15:00 Pfeiffer   (1:0)
Senn   (2:0)
Summary   (1:2) Rink
  (2:2) Lotter
  (2:3) Rietmann
Referee:   René Meier (FC Blue Stars Zürich)

Play-off

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1st play-off
7 April 1907 Old Boys Basel 1 – 1 Basel Margarethenwiese, Basel
15:00 Kaltenbach   47' (1:0) Summary   86' (1:1) Pfeiffer Referee:   Landolt (Grasshopper-Club Zürich)
2nd play-off
14 April 1907 Old Boys Basel 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) Basel Margarethenwiese, Basel
15:00 Laube   70' (1:1) Summary   60' (0:1) Gossweiler Attendance: 1,200
Referee:   Eicher
Note: Extra time was agreed between the teams as 2x 10 Minutes and then a further 15 Minutes were also added.
3rd play-off
21 April 1907 Old Boys Basel 1 – 4 Basel Margarethenwiese, Basel
?   88' (1:4) Summary   (0:1) Gossweiler
  (0:2) Pfeiffer
  (0:3) Senn
  49' (0:4) ?
Referee:   Lalive (FC La Chaux-de-Fonds)

Central group league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Basel 8 5 0 3 30 20 +10 10 Play-off winners, advance to finals
2 Old Boys 8 5 0 3 20 18 +2 10 Play-offs
3 Young Boys 8 4 0 4 21 17 +4 8
4 FC Bern 8 4 0 4 16 21 −5 8
5 Aarau 8 2 0 6 14 25 −11 4
Source: rsssf

Finals

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The winners of each regional groups, east, central and west played a final round robin.

28 April 1907 Round 1 Servette 5 – 1 Basel Spitalacker Bern
14:45 Morier   14' (1:0)
Ponse   22' (2:0)
Morier   47' (3:0)
Frey   66' (4:0)
Frey   87' (pen. 5:1)
Summary   81' (4:1) Thalmann Referee:  
5 May 1907 Round 2 Young Fellows Zürich 3 – 2 Basel Kirchenfeld, Bern
15:00 Jenny II   5' (1:0)
Hajek   15' (pen. 2:0)
Glaser   15'
Summary   60' (3:1) Hasler
  (pen. 3:2) Strauss
Attendance: 600
Referee:   W. Baehler (FC Young Boys Bern)

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Servette 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 4 Swiss champions
2 Young Fellows Zürich 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 2
3 Basel 2 0 0 2 3 8 −5 0
Source: rsssf

See also

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Notes

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ The player lines-ups and goal scorers for 4 of the 8 league games in the 1906–07 season are unknown or incomplete.

1906–1907 season matches: YB-FCB, OB-FCB, FCB-YB, FCB-Aarau

References

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  1. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Test games 1906–07". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  2. ^ "FC Basel - BSC Old Boys 2:3 (2:2)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  3. ^ Erik Garin. "Serie A 1906/07". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

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