1907–08 FC Basel season

FC Basel 1907–08 football season
FC Basel
1907–08 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Dr. Siegfried Pfeiffer
First team coachDaniel Hug
(as team captain)
GroundLandhof, Basel
Serie AGroup Stage: Third
Top goalscorerSiegfried Pfeiffer (7)
Max Senn (7)
Average home league attendancen/a

The FC Basel 1907–08 season was their fifteenth season since the club was formed. The club's chairman was Dr. Siegfried Pfeiffer, it was his first presidential term. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof.

Overview

First, a mention to the football ground Landhof. The first ever international match between the Swiss national team and the German national team was scheduled to take place here in April 1908. Therefore, the authorities decided to build the first spectator stand in Switzerland, at the cost of four thousand Swiss Francs and a building time of more than six months. Following this, the ground was used a number of times as international venue.[1]

Second, a mention to club chairman Siegfried Pfeiffer, who had joined the club in 1899. During his presidential term for the club, he played his only international game for his country. Pfeiffer scored two goals in this legendary 5–3 victory over Germany.[2][3]

Then, a mention to team captain Daniel Hug. It was his third year in succession as captain and he also played in the afore mentioned international game. 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. It would end out, that at the end of the season he would transferred to Italy, to play professionally for Genoa C.F.C. in the Italian football championship.

Before the season started, Basel played three test games, in La Chaux-de-Fonds, in Freiburg im Breisgau and in Strassburg. They lost the first two games but came home with a 10–0 victory over FC Frankonia 1900 Strassburg. They also played four friendly games during the winter break. The first in their home stadium against Strassburger FV. The other three were away, the first game in Geneva. Over the Christmas period the team travelled to Mannheim and Hanau to play Mannheimer FG 1896 and 1. Hanauer FC 1893. The first was won the second ended in a defeat.[4]

The 1907–08 Serie A was divided into two regional groups, an east group and a west group. Together with local rivals Old Boys, Basel were allocated to the east group. The other teams in that group were Aarau, Grasshopper Club, Zürich, Young Fellows Zürich, Winterthur and St. Gallen. The group was an evenly balanced group and at the end of the season the teams from second to eighth position were only separated by six points. Only Winterthur had a good run of results and were able to move clear at the top of the league table, winning the group with a six-point advantage.[5]

Thus Winterthur qualified for the league final, which was held in Basel on 31 May 1908. Winterthur won the Swiss Championship title beating Young Boys Bern by four goals to one.[6]

Players

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   ? Persenico
— Switzerland SUI Ernesto Persenico
— GK Switzerland SUI Fridolin Wenger
— GK Switzerland SUI Jules Fingerlin
— MF Switzerland SUI Daniel Hug
— DF Switzerland SUI Adolf Ramseyer
— MF Germany GER Josef Goldschmidt
— MF Switzerland SUI Emil Hasler
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Switzerland SUI Max Palatini
— FW Switzerland SUI Christian Albicker (I)
— FW Switzerland SUI Ernst Gossweiler
— FW   ? Kunz
— FW Switzerland SUI Dr. Siegfried Pfeiffer
— FW Switzerland SUI Max Senn
— FW Germany GER Alfred Stöhrmann
— FW Switzerland SUI Ernst-Alfred Thalmann

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Friendly matches

Pre-season

La Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland v Switzerland Basel
1 September 1907 Pre-season La Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland 7 – 5 Switzerland Basel Parc des Sports, La Chaux-de-Fonds
14:30 Summary Attendance: 500
Referee: Switzerland
Freiburger FC Germany v Switzerland Basel
8 September 1907 Pre-season Freiburger FC Germany 5 – 3 Switzerland Basel Freiburg im Breisgau
Summary
FC Frankonia 1900 Strassburg France v Switzerland Basel
22 September 1907 Pre-season FC Frankonia 1900 Strassburg France 0 – 10 Switzerland Basel Strassburg
Summary (0:1)
(0:2)
(0:3)
(0:4)
(0:5)
(0:6)
(0:7)
(0:8)
(0:9)
(0:10)

Winter break

Basel Switzerland v France Strassburger FV
1 December 1907 Winter break Basel Switzerland 3 – 2 France Strassburger FV Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary
Servette Switzerland v Switzerland Basel
8 December 1907 Winter break Servette Switzerland 5 – 1 Switzerland Basel Parc des Sports, Geneva
Summary
Mannheimer FG 1896 Germany v Switzerland Basel
24 December 1907 Winter break Mannheimer FG 1896 Germany 0 – 2 Switzerland Basel Mannheim
Summary (0:1)
(0:2)
1. Hanauer FC 1893 Germany v Switzerland Basel
26 December 1907 Winter break 1. Hanauer FC 1893 Germany 1 – 0 Switzerland Basel Hanau
(1:0) Summary

Serie A

East group results

St. Gallen v Basel
6 October 1907 Round 1 St. Gallen 3 – 5 Basel Eisbahnfeld, St. Fiden
Schwendener II 20' (1:1)
Herzog (2:1)
Locatelli (3:3)		 Summary (1:0) Thalmann
55' (2:2) Pfeiffer
(2:3) Stöhrmann
(3:4) Senn
(3:5) Pfeiffer		 Referee: Switzerland Landolt (Grasshopper-Club Zürich)
Basel v Young Fellows Zürich
13 October 1907 Round 2 Basel 6 – 0 Young Fellows Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Thalmann 10' (pen.), 1:0'
Stöhrmann (2:0)
Senn 60' (3:0)
Senn 64' (4:0)
Pfeiffer (5:0)
Senn (6:0)		 Summary Referee: Switzerland Schwab (FC Young Boys Bern)
Winterthur v Basel
20 October 1907 Round 3 Winterthur 3 – 1 Basel Winterthur
(o.g. 1:0)
(2:0)
(3:0)		 Summary (3:1) Referee: Switzerland Tschudy (FC Blue Stars Zürich)
Basel v Old Boys
27 October 1907 Round 4 Basel 3 – 3 Old Boys Landhof, Basel
Pfeiffer (1:0)
Thalmann soccer ball with red X
Pfeiffer (2:1)
Senn (3:3)		 Summary (o.g. 1:1) Persenico
(pen. 2:2) Hopf
(2:3) Niggli		 Referee: Switzerland Lalive (FC La Chaux-de-Fonds)
Basel v Grasshopper Club
3 November 1907 Round 5 Basel 3 – 4 Grasshopper Club Landhof, Basel
15:00 Pfeiffer (1:1)
(2:3) Stöhrmann
(3:4) Stöhrmann		 Summary (0:1) Schmidt II
(1:2) Sutz
40' (1:3) Sutz
(2:4) Sutz		 Referee: Switzerland
Zürich v Basel
10 November 1907 Round 6 Zürich 5 – 3 Basel Zürich
14:30 Hinnen (1:0)
Staub (2:0)
Schlegel (3:0)
Weilenmann (4:2)
Staub (5:3)		 Summary (3:1)
(3:2)
(4:3)		 Referee: Switzerland Arbenz (Grasshopper-Club Zürich)
Basel v Aarau
17 November 1907 Round 7 Basel 6 – 5 Aarau Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hasler
Pfeiffer
Stöhrmann 		[ Summary]



Attendance: 300
Referee: Switzerland A. Blades
Basel v Zürich
15 March 1908 Round 8 Basel 4 – 2 Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Senn (1:2)
Pfeiffer 70' (2:2)
Pfeiffer (3:2)
Senn (4:2)		 Summary (0:1)
(o.g. 0:2)		 Referee: Switzerland Max Schwab (FC Young Boys Bern)
Young Fellows Zürich v Basel
22 March 1908 Round 9 Young Fellows Zürich 1 – 1 Basel Zürich
Summary Referee: Switzerland H. Tschudy (FC Blue Stars Zürich)
Old Boys v Basel
29 March 1908 Round 10 Old Boys 0 – 1 Basel Basel
15:30 Summary 24' (o.g. 0:1) Zoller Referee: Switzerland Hr. Schupp (FC Old Boys Basel)
Basel v St. Gallen
12 April 1908 Round 11 Basel 1 – 2 St. Gallen Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary
Referee: Switzerland Max Schwab (FC Young Boys Bern)
Aarau v Basel
3 May 1908 Round 12 Aarau 6 – 2 Basel Aarau
14:30 (1:0)
(2:0)
(3:1)
(4:2)
(5:2)
(6:2)		 Summary (2:1)
(3:2)		 Referee: Switzerland Kratz ( FC Zürich)
Grasshopper Club v Basel
10 May 1908 Round 13 Grasshopper Club 1 – 3 Basel Zürich
Summary

Referee: Switzerland Max Schwab (FC Young Boys Bern)
Basel v Winterthur
24 May 1908 Round 14 Basel 1 – 4 Winterthur Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary


Referee: Switzerland F. Seiffert (FC Old Boys Basel)

East group league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Winterthur 14 10 2 2 47 22 +25 22 Advance to finals
2 Old Boys Basel 14 7 2 5 33 29 +4 16
3 FC Basel 14 6 2 6 40 39 +1 14
4 Grasshopper Club Zürich 14 6 1 7 38 40 −2 13
5 FC Zürich 14 6 1 7 36 39 −3 13
6 Young Fellows Zürich 14 5 3 6 31 46 −15 13
7 FC St. Gallen 14 4 3 7 32 38 −6 11
8 FC Aarau 14 5 0 9 39 43 −4 10
Source: rsssf

See also

References

  1. ^ Zindel, Josef (2018), "Die ersten 125 Jahre", Page 19, 1908 The first stands in the country, Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel
  2. ^ weltfussball.com. "freundschaft 1908 april schweiz deutschland". weltfussball.com. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  3. ^ Deutscher Fußballbund. "Schweiz 5:3 Deutschland". dfb.de. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  4. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Test games 1907–08 season". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  5. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Games 1907-08 East Group". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  6. ^ Garin, Erik. "Switzerland 1908". RSSSF. Retrieved 2018-11-16.

Sources

  • 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
  • Switzerland 1907-08 at RSSSF
  • FCB team 1907-08 at fcb-archiv.ch

External links

  • FC Basel official site
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