The FC Basel 1912–13 season was their twentieth season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. The club's chairman was Ernst-Alfred Thalmann, all together it was his eleventh presidential term and his fifth season in succession. At the AGM Thalmann stood down and Karl Ibach took over. The club announced that to that point it had grown to have over 300 members at over half of them were active football players. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Basel-Wettstein in Kleinbasel, Basel.
| 1912–13 season | |
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| Chairman |  Ernst-Alfred Thalmann |
| First team coach | unknown |
| Ground | Landhof, Basel |
| Serie A | Group Stage: 4th |
| Anglo-Cup | Winners |
| Top goalscorer | Christian Albicker |
| Average home league attendance | n/a |
Overview
editEmil Hasler was the team captain for the fourth year running and as captain he led the trainings and was responsible for the line-ups. In their 1912–13 season Basel played a total of 37 matches, 19 were friendly games, 14 were in the domestic league and 5 in the Anglo Cup.
Of the friendly games just three were played in the Landhof, six others were away games in Switzerland and ten games were played abroad. During the pre-season the team travelled to Germany twice, played against Karlsruher FC Phönix and Freiburger FC, and travelled to France to play Strassburger FV. During the winter break the team made a tour to North Rhine-Westphalia and before Christmas played VfR Mannheim, on Christmas day played ETB Schwarz-Weiss Essen and on boxing day played Düsseldorfer FC Fortuna 1911. The team came home with two victories and one defeat. At easter the team made a tour to eastern Germany. They played against SC Erfurt on easter Sunday, against Sportlust Dresden on easter monday and against SC Wacker Leipzig the day after. At the end of the season Basel played host to English club Preston North End. Of the friendly games 10 were won, three were drawn and six ended with a defeat.[1]
The Swiss Serie A 1912–13 was divided into three regional groups, an east, a central and a west group. Basel were allocated to the central group together with local rivals Old Boys and Nordstern Basel. The other teams playing in this group were Young Boys, FC La Chaux-de-Fonds, Étoile-Sporting FC La Chaux-de-Fonds, FC Bern and Biel-Bienne. Basel started badly, with three defeats and a draw in the first four games. Despite seven victories and one draw during the next ten games, the team could not reduce the gap to the top of the league table. Basel ended the season in fourth position. They were four points behind group winners Old Boys, who continued to the finals. Lausanne Sports won the championship. Group bottom was Biel-Bienne, who therefore entered the play-off round against relegation, in which they were successful.[2]
The Englishman Percy Humphreys was the first professional trainer that the club FC Basel had ever employed. Prior to Humphreys signing, it had always been the team captain who had taken over the function of the trainer. Under club chairman Karl Ibach, Humphreys signed his contract and began his duties on 1 April 1913. He had previously been head-coach for Hartlepool United in the English North Eastern League. [3]
The Anglo-Cup was a forerunner to the Swiss Cup.[4] It was held for the fourth time this season and the first round was held on 1 May. In the first round Basel were drawn at home against lower classed Solothurn. In the second round, in the quarter-final and in the semi-final against East group teams, these being St. Gallen, Zürich and Winterthur and in that order. All these games were played at home in the Landhof and Basel won each game. In the final, which was played in the Hardau Stadium in Zürich on 29 June 1913, Basel played against lower classed Weissenbühl Bern and won 5–0. Humphreys led Basel to win their first national title. But memories of this soon faded, because the Anglo Cup was not played the following year and in fact it was discontinued completely due to World War I.[5]
Players
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Results
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Win Draw Loss
Friendly matches
editPre-season
edit| August 1912 Pre-season | Strassburger FV  | 0–0 | Basel | Strassburg |
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| 8 August 19112 Pre-season | Karlsruher FC Phönix  | 0–4 | Basel | Karlsruhe |
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| 1 September 1912 Pre-season | Freiburger FC | 4–2 | Basel | Freiburg im Breisgau |
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| 22 September 1912 Pre-season | Young Fellows Zürich | 0–2 | Basel | Zürich |
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Winter break to end of season
edit| 22 December 1912 Winter break | VfR Mannheim II | 0–8 | Basel | Mannheim |
| Summary | (1:0) Wenger (2:0) Albicker II (3:0) (4:0) (5:0) (6:0) (7:0) (8:0) |
| 25 December 1912 Winter break | ETB Schwarz-Weiss Essen | 2–1 | Basel | Essen |
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| 26 December 1912 Winter break | Düsseldorfer FC Fortuna 1911 | 2–4 | Basel | Düsseldorf |
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| 5 January 1913 Winter break | St. Gallen | 2–2 | Basel | St. Gallen |
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| 16 March 1913 Mid-season | Basel | 4–3 | Concordia Basel | Landhof, Basel |
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| 24 March 1913 Mid-season | BC Sportlust Dresden | 1–2 | Basel | Dresden |
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| 25 March 1913 Mid-season | SC Wacker Leipzig | 3–3 | Basel | Leipzig |
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| 13 April 1913 Mid-season | FC Stella Fribourg | 0–5 | Basel | Freiburg im Breisgau |
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| 27 April 1913 End of season | St. Gallen | 1–3 | Basel | St. Gallen |
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| 10 May 1913 End of season | Basel | 0–11 |  Preston North End | Landhof, Basel |
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| 1 June 1913 End of season | Basel | 7–2 | Freiburger FC | Landhof, Basel |
| 10:30 | (1:0) (2:0) (3:0) (4:0) (5:0) (6:1) (7:2) |
Summary | (5:1) (6:2) |
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| 8 June 1913 End of season | St. Gallen | 1–4 | Basel | St. Gallen |
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Serie A
editCentral group results
edit| 13 October 1912 Round 1 | Basel | 1–3 | Nordstern Basel | Landhof, Basel |
| Kaltenbach (1:0) |
Summary | (1:1) (1:2) (1:3) |
Referee: von Grafenried FC Bern |
| 20 October 1912 Round 2 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 4–2 | Basel | La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| (1:0) (2:0) (3:0) (4:0) |
Summary | (4:1) (4:2) |
Referee: Ammann Cantonal Neuchâtel |
| 27 October 1912 Round 3 | Basel | 2–2 | Old Boys | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Wunderle (1:2) Schreyer (2:2) |
Summary | (0:1) Merkt (pen. 0:2) |
Referee: Steiger FC Bern |
| 17 November 1912 Round 4 | FC Bern | 2–1 | Basel | Kirchenfeld, Bern |
| 15:05 | Niquille 42' (1:0) Keller 55' (2:1) |
Summary | 50' (1:1) Kaltenbach |
Referee: Gassmann Biel-Bienne |
| 24 November 1912 Round 5 | Basel | 6–0 | Étoile-Sporting | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Albicker (I) (1:0) Albicker (I) (2:0)Wenger (3:0)Albicker (I) (4:0)Albicker (I) (5:0)Wenger (6:0) |
Summary | Referee: Steiger FC Bern |
| 1 December 1912 Round 6 | Young Boys | 2–3 | Basel | Bern |
| Adamina (1:1) Bertschi (2:1) |
Summary | 20' (0:1) Schreyer (2:2) (2:3) |
| 15 December 1912 Round 7 | Biel-Bienne | 3–2 | Basel | Biel-Bienne |
| 14:40 | Siegrist 46' (1:2) Siegrist 48' (2:2)Siegrist (pen. 3:2) |
Summary | (0:1) (0:2) Kaltenbach |
Referee: Steiger FC Bern |
| 12 January 1913 Round 8 | Basel | 6–1 | Young Boys | Landhof, Basel |
| Albicker (I) (1:0) (2:1) (3:1) (4:1) (5:1) (6:1) |
Summary | (1:1) |
Attendance: 1,000 |
| 19 January 1913 Round 9 | Nordstern Basel | 1–5 | Basel | Staldenrain, Riehen |
| 15:15 | Hermann (1:3) |
Summary | (0:1) Albicker (I) (0:2) Schreyer (0:3) Wenger (1:4) Schreyer 80' (1:5) Albicker (I) |
Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Huldi Zürich |
| 2 February 1913 Round 10 | Old Boys | 8–3 | Basel | Margarethenwiese, Basel |
| 15:10 | 8' (1:0) Kalt 18' (2:0) 41' (3:0) 45' (4:1)Lüscher (5:3) (6:3) (7:3)Kalt (8:3) |
Summary | 41' (3:1) Albicker (I) (4:2) Schreyer (4:3) Albicker (I) |
Referee: Reich Winterthur |
| 9 February 1913 Round 11 | Basel | 2–0 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:15 | Albicker (I) (1:0) Schreyer (2:0) |
Summary |
| 30 March 1913 Round 12 | Basel | 9–2 | Biel-Bienne | Landhof, Basel |
| (1:0) (2:0) (3:0) (4:0) (5:2) (6:2) (7:2) (8:2) (9:2) |
Summary | (4:1) (4:2) |
Referee: Adamir Sandoz La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| 6 April 1913 Round 13 | Basel | 2–2 | FC Bern | Landhof, Basel |
| Wunderle 21' (1:1) Bredschneider (2:2) |
Summary | 6' (0:1) Beyeler II (1:2) Beyeler I |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Dondelinger (FC Breite) |
| 20 April 1913 Round 14 | Étoile-Sporting | 0–2 | Basel | Parc de l'Etoile La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| Summary | (0:1) (0:2) |
Central group league table
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Old Boys | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 43 | 29 | +14 | 20 | Advance to finals |
| 2 | Young Boys | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 41 | 25 | +16 | 19 | |
| 3 | Étoile-Sporting | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 25 | +8 | 17 | |
| 4 | Basel | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 16 | |
| 5 | FC Bern | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 14 | |
| 6 | Nordstern Basel | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 12 | |
| 7 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 9 | |
| 8 | Biel-Bienne | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 29 | 65 | −36 | 5 | To relegation play-off |
Anglo-Cup
edit| 8 June 1913 Round of 16 | Basel | 4–1 | St. Gallen | Landhof, Basel |
| 10:30 | Schreyer (1:0) Albicker (I) (2:0)Schreyer (3:0)Schreyer (4:1) |
Summary | (3:1) |
Referee: Dondelinger (FC Breite) |
| 22 June 1913 Semifinal | Basel | 3–0 | Winterthur | Landhof, Basel |
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| 29 June 1913 Final | FC Weissenbühl Bern | 0–5 | Basel | Hardau, Zürich |
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Test games 1912–13". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ Garin, Erik. "Switzerland 1913". rsssf.org. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ FC Basel 1893. "Clubgeschichte" (in German). FC Basel homepage. Archived from the original on 2017-10-08. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Schweizer Cup, Geschichte und Statistik". Swiss Cup, history and statistics. daniel schaub medienbüro gmbh. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ Mike Gosteli, Christoph Kieslich (17 May 2013). "Der vergessene Cup-Sieg". The forgotten cup victory. TagesWoche. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
Sources
edit- Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2027-6
- Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
- FCB team 1912–13 at fcb-archiv.ch
- Switzerland 1912-13 at RSSSF