The FC Basel 1913–14 season was their twenty-first season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. The club's chairman was Karl Ibach, but he stood down at the AGM on 25 September 1913. From that date Carl Albert Hintermann took over as club president. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Basel-Wettstein in Kleinbasel, Basel.
| 1913–14 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman |  Karl Ibach until 25 September 1913Carl Albert Hintermann from 25 September 1913 |
| First team coach | Percy Humphreys |
| Ground | Landhof, Basel |
| Serie A | Group Stage: 2nd |
| Top goalscorer | Christian Albicker (12) |
Overview edit
The Englishman Percy Humphreys was the first professional trainer that the club FC Basel had ever employed. 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. Prior to Humphreys, it had always been the team captain who had taken over the function of the trainer.
Basel played 32 matches in their 1913–14 season. 14 of these matches were in the domestic league and 18 were friendly games. Six of these were home games, played in the Landhof, one other home game was played on the Margarethenwiese in Basel, five others were away games in Switzerland and five games were played abroad. Basel played seven matches against German teams, one against the English team Bradford City and the other ten opponents were Swiss. Of these friendlies 10 were won and 8 ended with a defeat. In these 18 games Basel scored a total of 57 goals and conceded 47.[1]
The Swiss Serie A 1913–14 was divided into three regional groups, East, Central and West. Basel were allocated to the Central group together with local rivals Old Boys and Nordstern Basel. The other teams playing in the Central group were Young Boys, FC La Chaux-de-Fonds, Étoile-Sporting FC La Chaux-de-Fonds, FC Bern and Biel-Bienne. Basel started well into the championship winning seven of the first eight games, the first four games straight off. After the new year break things turned against them and they were defeated three times. Basel lost contact to the Young Boys at the top of the table and ended the season in joint second position with FC Bern, they were three points behind the group winners. In their 14 games Basel scored 63 goals and conceded 33. The two highest scoring games were both played against FC La Chaux-de-Fonds. Basel won the home game 11–4 and the away game 10–1.[2]
The Young Boys continued to the finals against Cantonal Neuchatel and Aarau, who eventually won the championship in the Finals. Last place in the group bottom was Old Boys, who therefore entered the play-off round against relegation, in which they were successful.[3]
The Anglo-Cup was not played in this year and so, Basel could not defend the title that they had obtained the year before. But memories of this cup win soon faded anyway, because in fact the competition was discontinued completely due to World War I.[4]
Players edit
- Squad members
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Results edit
- Legend
Win Draw Loss
Friendly matches edit
Pre- and mid-season edit
| 24 August 1913 Pre-season | Freiburger FC  | 2–4 | Basel | Feldberg |
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Summary | |
| 30 August 1913 Pre-season | Basel | 2–0 | Stuttgarter Kickers | Landhof, Basel |
| Schreyer Albicker |
Summary | Referee: Louis Riesterer |
| 14 September 1913 Pre-season | St. Gallen | 3–2 | Basel | St. Gallen |
| Leissing (1:1) Neumeyer (2:1)Ehrbar (pen. 3:1) |
Summary | (0:1) (3:2) Humphreys |
| 16 November 1913 Mid-season | Basel | 3–0 | Freiburger FC | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | |
Summary |
Winter break to end of season edit
| 26 December 1913 Winter break | Karlsruher FV | 4–7 | Basel | Karlsruhe |
| (1:2) (2:2) (pen. 3:3) Fuchs (4:4) |
Summary | 3' (0:1) (0:2) (2:3) (3:4) Aeppli (4:5) Aeppli (4:6) (4:7) |
| 11 January 1914 Mid-season | Freiburger FC | 3–6 | Basel | Freiburg im Breisgau |
| Diemer Walch Nägele |
Summary | |
Referee: Ehret H. Banzhaf |
| 8 March 1914 Mid-season | Basel | 2–3 | Concordia Basel | Landhof, Basel |
| 10:30 | Moll 30' (pen. 1:0) Moll 75' (pen. 2:1) |
Summary | (1:1) Schürch (pen. 2:2) Ferralli II 90' Ferralli II |
| 5 April 1914 Mid-season | Basel | 0–5 | Cantonal | Landhof, Basel |
| Summary | 10' (0:1) (0:2) 30' (0:3) 85' (0:4) 90' (0:5) |
| 12 April 1914 Mid-season | Bayern Munich | 4–1 | Basel | Munich |
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Summary | |
| 26 April 1914 Mid-season | Young Fellows Zürich | 3–0 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
| Schaltenbrand Wintsch Schaltenbrand |
Summary | Attendance: 1,500 |
| 10 May 1911 End of season | Basel | 2–4 |  Bradford City | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:10 | Bredschneider 76' (1:4) Albicker 78' (2:4) |
Summary | 10' (0:1) Slaer 20' (0:2) Bond 63' (0:3) Currie 70' (o.g. 0:4) Goldschmidt |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Louis Riesterer |
| 17 May 1914 End of season | Basel | 7–0 | Baden | Landhof, Basel |
| Schreyer (1:0) (2:0) Aeppli (3:0) (4:0)Aeppli (5:0)Hasler (6:0) 80' (7:0) |
Summary |
| 24 May 1914 End of season | Cantonal | 2–5 | Basel | Colombier, Neuchâtel |
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Summary | |
| 7 June 1914 End of season | Basel | 0–3 | Young Fellows Zürich | Margarethenwiese, Basel |
| 17:00 | Summary |
(0:1) Schaltenbrand (0:2) Schaltenbrand (0:3) Leiber II |
Serie A edit
Central group results edit
| 5 October 1913 Round 1 | Basel | 11–4 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | (1:3) (2:3) (3:3) (4:3) (5:3) (6:3) (7:3) (8:3) (9:3) (10:3) (11:3) |
Summary | (0:1) (0:2) (0:3) (pen. 11:4) Haudenschild |
Referee: Etzensberger Etoile La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| 12 October 1913 Round 2 | Biel-Bienne | 2–4 | Basel | Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne |
| 14:45 | Fallet 25' (1:1) Grupp 73' (2:3) |
Summary | 15' (0:1) 60' (1:2) 61' (1:3) 73' (2:4) |
Referee: Dondelinger |
| 19 October 1913 Round 3 | Étoile-Sporting | 1–5 | Basel | La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| 14:35 | Wyss (I) 35' (1:3) |
Summary | 4' (0:1) Albicker (I) 9' (0:2) Albicker (I) 25' (0:3) Albicker (I) (1:4) Schreyer (1:5) Aeppli |
Referee: Otto Eicher Young Boys |
| 9 November 1913 Round 4 | Nordstern Basel | 5–7 | Basel | Basel |
| 15:00 | Bollinger 11' (1:0) Wüthrich (2:2)Bollinger (pen. 3:4)Bollinger (4:7)Bollinger (5:7) |
Summary | 5' (1:1) Aeppli (1:2) Wunderle (2:3) Schreyer (2:4) Aeppli (3:5) Albicker (I) 51' (2:6) Schreyer (3:7) Aeppli |
Referee: H. Allemann Zürich |
| 23 November 1913 Round 5 | Basel | 1–2 | Young Boys | Landhof, Basel |
| 14:30 | Schreyer 61' (1:2) |
Summary | 15' (0:1) Funk (II) 42' (0:2) Bommer |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Willy Beuttner Zürich |
| 30 November 1913 Round 6 | Old Boys | 2–7 | Basel | Basel |
| 15:00 | Grunauer 29' (1:1) Higelin (pen. 2:7) |
Summary | 12' (0:1) Albicker (I) 35' (pen. 1:2) Moll 43' Albicker (I) 48' (1:4) Aeppli 50' (pen. 1:5) Albicker (I) 64' (1:6) Albicker (I) (1:7) Bredschneider |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: H. Grisch Young Fellows Zürich |
| 7 December 1913 Round 7 | Basel | 7–1 | FC Bern | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Albicker (I) (1:0) Wunderle (2:0)Albicker (I) (pen. 3:0) (4:1) (5:1) (6:1) (7:1) Bredschneider |
Summary | (3:1) Beuchat |
Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Allemann Zürich |
| 4 January 1914 Round 8 | Basel | 4–1 | Nordstern Basel | Landhof, Basel |
| 14:30 | Moll (pen. 1:0) Schreyer (2:0)Kaltenbach (3:0)Bredschneider (4:1) |
Summary | (3:1) Haas |
Attendance: 1,200 Referee: H. Grisch Young Fellows Zürich |
| 15 February 1914 Round 9 | Young Boys | 5–0 | Basel | Bern |
| Dasen 2' (1:0) Funk (II) 5' (2:0)Reber 15' (3:0)Dasen 40' (4:0)Dasen 80' (5:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Sandoz Lausanne-Sport |
| 22 February 1914 Round 10 | Basel | 2–4 | Étoile-Sporting | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Albicker (I) (1:2) Albicker (I) (2:2) |
Summary | 10' (0:1) Perrenoud 30' (0:2) Hirschi (2:3) Wyss (I) (2:4) Wyss (II) |
Referee: Hans Koblet Winterthur |
| 1 March 1914 Round 11 | Basel | 2–1 | Old Boys | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Wunderle 5' (1:0) Aeppli 27' (2:0) |
Summary | 49' (2:1) Merkt |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Weber St. Gallen |
| 15 March 1914 Round 12 | Basel | 2–2 | Biel-Bienne | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Moll (pen. 1:0) Kaltenbach (2:2) |
Summary | (1:1) Lehmann (1:2) Keller |
Referee: Weber St. Gallen |
| 3 May 1914 Round 14 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 1–10 | Basel | Parc des Sports, La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| 14:30 | Robert Vital (1:3) |
Summary | 5' (0:1) (0:2) (0:3) (1:4) (1:5) (1:6) (1:7) (1:8) (1:9) (1:10) |
Referee: |
Central group league table edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Young Boys | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 21 | +25 | 22 | Advance to finals |
| 2 | Basel | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 63 | 33 | +30 | 19 | |
| 3 | FC Bern | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 19 | |
| 4 | Étoile-Sporting | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 15 | |
| 5 | Biel-Bienne | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 12 | |
| 6 | Nordstern Basel | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 11 | |
| 7 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 57 | −31 | 8 | |
| 8 | Old Boys | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 47 | −26 | 6 | To relegation play-off |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Test games 1913–14". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ "Central Switzerland 1913–14". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ Garin, Erik. "Switzerland 1913-1914". rsssf.org. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ 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 1913–14 at fcb-archiv.ch
- Switzerland 1913-14 at RSSSF