| 1924–25 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 |
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 teams 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.
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Results
- Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches
Pre- and mid-season
| 24 August 1924 Pre-season | RC Strasbourg  | 1–3 | Basel | Strasbourg |
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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
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 |
| 12 April 1925 Mid-season | HŠK Građanski Zagreb .svg.png.webp){kind=small} | 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 |
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 |
See also
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