1924–25 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1924–25 season
Chairman	Karl Ibach
First team coach	Gustav Putzendopler; (as team captain)
Ground	Landhof, Basel
Serie A	Group Stage: 4th
Top goalscorer	League: Emil Breh (7); All: Emil Breh (7)
Highest home attendance	3,500 on 16 November 1924; vs Young Boys
Lowest home attendance	1,500 on 3 May 1925; vs Grenchen
Average home league attendance	2,225
	← 1923–24 1925–26 →

The FC Basel 1924–25 season was their thirty second season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. The club's chairman was Karl Ibach in his third season as chairman in his second period as chairman. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel.

Overview

Gustav Putzendopler was team captain this season and as captain he led the team trainings and was responsible for the line-ups. Basel played a total of 28 matches in their 1924–25 season. 16 of these were in the domestic league, and 12 were friendly matches. Of these 12 friendlies only two were played at home in the Landhof and 10 were away games, seven in Switzerland, one in Strasbourg and two in Zagreb. Only two test games ended with a victory, the other ten all ended with a defeat. In these tests Basel scored just 11 goals but they conceded 34.^[1]

This season the Serie A was again divided into three regional groups, East, Central and West, each group with nine teams. Basel were allocated to the Central group together with the other teams from the city Concordia Basel, Nordstern Basel and Old Boys Basel. The further teams allocated to this group were Young Boys Bern, FC Bern, Aarau, Luzern and the newly promoted FC Grenchen. The team that won each group would continue to the finals and the last placed team in the group had to play a barrage against relegation.

Basel started their season well, only being defeated once in their first eleven games. They were always up with the table leaders, however at the end of the season three defeats against the other leading teams Aarau, Old Boys and lastly FC Bern, cost them their place at the top of the table. The team finished in fourth position, four points behind FC Bern, one point behind Aarau and level with Old Boys. During their league season Basel won seven of their matches, drawing five and were defeated four times.^[2] In their 16 league matches the team scored just 13 goals (the first game of the season ended 1–0, but later awarded 3–0). FC Bern won the central group and advanced to the finals. West group winners Servette won the championship, Bern were runners-up and east group winners Young Fellows Zürich were third. Luzern were last in the central group. They thus played the promotion-relegation barrage against Solothurn. Solothurn achieved promotion, Luzern were relegated.^[3]

Emil Breh was Basel's top league goal scorer with seven goals. Breh had joined the team before the season started and left the club at the end of it.^[4] Ernst Zorzotti was the team's second top scorer with just two goals. Four players each scored one goal, Karl Bielser, Arthur Fahr, Hans Rau and Hans Schneider. The other two goal scorers were not recorded.^[5]

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	SUI	Theodor Schär
—	GK	SUI	Ernst Zorzotti
—	DF	AUT	Gustav Putzendopler (I)
—	DF	SUI	Peter Riesterer
—	MF	SUI	Max Galler (II)
—	MF	SUI	Ernst Kaltenbach
—	MF	AUT	Karl Putzendopler (II)
—	FW	SUI	Arthur Fahr
—	FW	SUI	Karl Bielser
—	FW	SUI	Heinrich Hess
—	FW	SUI	Paul Nebiker
—	FW	SUI	Hans Rau


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	SUI	Fritz Schneider (I)
—	FW	SUI	Franz Zeiser
—		SUI	Wilhelm Flubacher
—		SUI	Hans Schneider (II)
—	FW	SUI	Max Strasser
—	FW	SUI	August von Arx
—			Emil Breh
—			? Bürgin
—			Fritz Eichenberger
—		SUI	? Flubacher (I)
—		SUI	? Flubacher (II)
—			Gustav Isler

Results

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season

24 August 1924 Pre-season	RC Strasbourg	1–3	Basel	Strasbourg
		Summary

7 September 1924 Pre-season	Fribourg	4–5	Basel	Stade Universitaire, Freiburg
	Poretti (1:2) Poretti (2:2) de Weck (3:4) de Weck (4:4)	Summary	(0:1) Hess (0:2) Hess (2:3) ? (2:4) ? (4:5) ?

12 October 1924 30 years FC Bern	FC Bern	1 – 0 ^{[note 1]}	Basel	Neufeld, Bern
	Wenger (1:0)	Summary		Attendance: 5,000

12 October 1924 30 years FC Bern	Servette	3 – 0 ^{[note 1]}	Basel	Neufeld, Bern
	Turling (1:0) (2:0) (3:0)	Summary		Attendance: 5,000

2 November 1924 Mid-season	Grasshopper Club	4–0	Basel	Heiligfeld, Zürich
13:00	Abegglen (1:0) Abegglen (2:0) Abegglen (3:0) Neuenschwander (4:0)	Summary		Referee: Blum Zürich

Notes

^ ^a ^b 2x 30 Minutes.

Winter break, mid- and end of season

1 January 1925 Winter break	Basel	1–5	1. Simmeringer SC	Landhof, Basel
14:30	Ganter (II) 15' (1:0)	Summary	20' (1:1) (2:1) (3:1) (4:1) (5:1)	Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Hafner Basel

22 March 1925 Mid-season	Solothurn	2–1	Basel	Solothurn
		Summary

12 April 1925 Mid-season	HŠK Građanski Zagreb	2–0	Basel	Građanski Stadium Zagreb
16:30	(pen. 1:0) Mantler (pen. 2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Petrovic

13 April 1925 Mid-season	HŠK Građanski Zagreb	1–0	Basel	Građanski Stadium Zagreb
16:30	Pasinek 28' (1:0)	Summary		Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Klemen

18 April 1925 Mid-season	SK Rapid Wien	5–0	Basel	Pfarrwiese, Wien
16:00	Wesselik 4' (1:0) Bauer (2:0) Wesselik 56' (3:0) Wesselik 58' (4:0) Kirbes 62' (5:0)	Summary		Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Werner

16 May 1925 End of season	Young Boys	5–1	Basel	Bern
	Vögeli (I) (1:0) Vögeli (II) (2:0) (3:1) (4:1) (5:1)	Summary	(1:1) Fahr	Referee: Fritz Beuchat Bern

24 May 1925 End of season	Basel	0 –1	Tottenham Hotspur	Landhof, Basel
16:00		Summary	30' (0:1) Seed	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Hafner Basel

Serie A

Central group results

14 September 1924 Round 1	Luzern	0 – 3 FF ^{[note 1]}	Basel	Tribschen, Luzern
		Summary	12' (0:1) Rau	Attendance: 800 Referee: Acker Zürich
Note: Forfeit win for Basel: the game ended 0–1, but Luzern had used an ineligible player.

28 September 1924 Round 2	Grenchen	0–3	Basel	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
		Summary	48' (0:1) Breh 50' (0:2) Breh (0:3) Zorzotti	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Edm. Dizerens Lausanne

5 October 1924 Round 3	Basel	0–0	Aarau	Landhof, Basel
13:30		Summary		Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Koblet Winterthur

26 October 1924 Round 4	Basel	1–0	Concordia Basel	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Breh	Summary		Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Gremminger Oberwinterthur

16 November 1924 Round 5	Basel	0–2	Young Boys	Landhof, Basel
14:30		Summary	25' (0:1) Vögeli 75' (0:2) Abplanalp	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Koblet Winterthur

30 November 1924 Round 6	Old Boys	0–0	Basel	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:45		Summary		Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Gremminger Oberwinterthur

7 December 1924 Round 7	Nordstern Basel	0–1	Basel	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
14:30		Summary	(0:1) Breh	Referee: Ruegg Thalwil

14 December 1924 Round 8	Concordia Basel	0–0	Basel	Landhof, Basel
14:30		Summary		Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Edm. Dizerens Lausanne

21 December 1924 Round 9	Basel	0–0	FC Bern	Landhof, Basel
14:30		Summary		Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Passera La Chaux-de-Fonds

11 January 1925 Round 10	Basel	2–0	Luzern	Landhof, Basel
13:00	Fahr 20' (1:0) Breh (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Gremminger Oberwinterthur

20 January 1925 Round 11	Basel	1–0	Nordstern Basel	Landhof, Basel
14:45	Breh (1:0)	Summary		Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Edm. Dizerens Lausanne

15 February 1924 Round 12	Aarau	4–0	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
15:00	Hürzeler (II) 51' (1:0) Hürzeler (II) 56' (2:0) Hürzeler (II) 73' (3:0) Hürzeler (II) 81' (4:0)	Summary		Referee: Ruegg Thalwil

29 March 1925 Round 13	Basel	0–3	Old Boys	Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary	(0:1) Katz (0:2) Wionsowsky 87' (pen. 0:3) Katz	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Ruegg Thalwil

5 April 1925 Round 14	Young Boys	0–0	Basel	Spitalacker, Bern
		Summary		Referee: Edm. Dizerens Lausanne

26 April 1925 Round 15	FC Bern	2–1	Basel	Neufeld, Bern
	Motta (1:0) Brand (2:0)	Summary	(2:1) Bielser	Referee: Edm. Dizerens Lausanne

3 May 1925 Round 16	Basel	3–2	Grenchen	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Breh 5' (1:0) Zorzotti 15' (2:0) Schneider (II) 20' (3:0)	Summary	(3:1) (3:2)	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ruegg Thalwil

Notes

^ Forfeit win for Basel: the game ended 0–1, but Luzern had used an ineligible player.

Central group table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Bern	16	9	5	2	25	10	+15	23	Advance to finals
2	Aarau	16	8	4	4	25	17	+8	20
3	Old Boys	16	7	5	4	33	23	+10	19
4	Basel	16	7	5	4	15	13	+2	19
5	Young Boys	16	7	3	6	26	18	+8	17
6	Nordstern Basel	16	5	4	7	17	13	+4	14
7	Grenchen	16	4	4	8	17	23	−6	12
8	Concordia Basel	16	4	4	8	15	25	−10	12
9	Luzern	16	2	4	10	12	43	−31	8	Relegation play-off

Source: rsssf.com

References

^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Testspiele Saison 1924/25". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1924/25". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
^ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1924/25". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Emil Breh - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Statistic 1924/25". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

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
FCB team 1924–25 at fcb-archiv.ch
Switzerland 1924-25 at RSSSF

External links

FC Basel official site

[30_years_FC_Bern-6] 2x 30 Minutes.

[fcl-fcb_1924/25-7] Forfeit win for Basel: the game ended 0–1, but Luzern had used an ineligible player.

[fcb-achiv-testspiele-1924/25-1] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Testspiele Saison 1924/25". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

[fcb-achiv-Bilanz_1924/25-2] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1924/25". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

[rsssf-Switzerland_1924/25-3] Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1924/25". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

[fcb-achiv-Emil_Breh-4] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Emil Breh - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

[fcb-achiv-Statistic_1924/25-5] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Statistic 1924/25". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

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