| 1926–27 season | |
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| Chairman | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Franz Rinderer |
| First team coach | Karl Bielser (as team captain) |
| Ground | Landhof, Basel |
| Serie A | Group Stage: 4th |
| Swiss Cup | Round of 64 |
| Top goalscorer | League: Emil Arlt (12) All: Emil Arlt (12) |
| Highest home attendance | 3,000 on 31 October 1926 vs Nordstern Basel and on 3 January 1927 vs Grenchen and on 13 February 1927 vs Young Boys |
| Lowest home attendance | 1,000 on 20 March 1927 vs FC Bern |
| Average home league attendance | 2,162 |
The FC Basel 1926–27 season was their thirty fourth season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. The club's new chairman was Franz Rinderer. It was Rinderer's third period as chairman. He took over the presidency from Carl Burkhardt at the AGM. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel.
Overview
Karl Bielser was team captain for the second season in a row and as captain he led the team trainings and was responsible for the line-ups. Basel played a total of 32 matches in their 1926–27 season. 16 of these were in the domestic league, one was in the Swiss Cup and 15 were friendly matches. Of these 15 friendlies only two were played at home in the Landhof and 13 were away games, six in Switzerland, five in France and two un Germany. Eight of these games were won, one was drawn and six ended with a defeat. The team scored 33 goals in these friendlies, but conceded 37.[1]
An interesting match among these friendlies this season, was the away game against Bayern Munich. Not because of the result, because Basel were defeated 0–10, but because of the goalscorer Josef Pöttinger. Pöttinger was not only for his club, but also for the German national team, one of the most effective goal scorers of his time. On the 3 April 1927, as Basel played in Munich, Pöttinger scored a "perfect" hat-trick within the first 12 minutes (3', 10', 12') of the match and in the second half he scored five consecutive goals (52', 60', 62', 68', 83').[2]
As in the previous year, this is season the Serie A was divided into three regional groups, each group with nine teams. Basel were allocated to the Central group together with local clubs Concordia Basel, Nordstern Basel and Old Boys Basel. The other teams allocated to this group were Young Boys Bern, FC Bern, Aarau, Grenchen and Solothurn. The teams that won each group continue to the finals and the last placed teams in the groups had to play a barrage against relegation. FC Basel played a mediocre season, winning eight matches, drawing three and suffering five defeats, scoring 29 goals and conceding 26. With 19 points they ended the season in fourth position, six points behind group winners Nordstern and the Young Boys, both of whom were level on points. Nordstern won the play-off 1–0 and advanced to the finals. Grasshopper Club won the championship, Nordstern were runner-up and Biel-Bienne were third. Aarau were the bottom placed team and won the promotion/relegation play-off against FC Madretsch.[3]
In the round of 64 in the Swiss Cup Basel were drawn against Old Boys, but were eliminated in this round because they lost the match 0–2.[4] Grasshopper Club won the cup, winning the final 3–1 against Young Fellows Zürich.[3]
Players
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Results
- Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches
Pre- and mid-season
| 15 August 1926 Pre-season | St. Gallen | 2–3 | Basel | Espenmoos, St. Gallen |
Marcolini  (1:0)Heim (2:1) |
Summary | (1:1) Emil Arlt (2:2) Putzendopler (II) (2:3) Schlecht |
| 28 August 1926 Pre-season | Concordia Basel | 2–0 | Basel | Landhof, Basel |
| 16:15 | Zorzotti 40' (o.g. 1:0) Hürzeler 85' (2:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Feurer Delémont |
| 19 September 1926 Mid-season | FC Saint-Louis  | 2–4 | Basel | Stade de la Frontière, Saint-Louis |
| Dalben (1:0) Zink (2:4) |
Summary | (1:1) (1:2) (1:3) (1:4) |
Attendance: 600 |
Winter break to end of season
| 26 December 1926 Winter break | Lugano | 6–0 | Basel | Campo Marzio, Lugano |
| Poretti 20' (1:0) Perucconi 24' (2:0)Fink (3:0)Sturzenegger (4:0)Poretti 44' (5:0)Sturzenegger (6:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Regazzoni Chiasso |
| 23 January 1927 Mid-season | Mulhouse | 2–6 | Basel | Mulhouse |
| Brodie (1:2) Moll 40' (o.g. 2:3) |
Summary | 10' (o.g. 0:1) 15' (0:2) Arlt (1:3) Schlecht (2:4) Enderlin (I) (2:5) Arlt (2:6) Bielser |
Attendance: 100 Referee: Roesch Mulhouse |
| 13 March 1927 Mid-season | Cantonal Neuchâtel | 1–1 | Basel | Neuchâtel |
| 15:00 | Fenat 75' (1:1) |
Summary | 18' (0:1) Arlt |
Attendance: 800 Referee: Jacques Hirrle Basel |
| 27 March 1927 Mid-season | AS Valentigney | 1–2 | Basel | Valentigney |
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Summary | |
Referee: Pachoud Bern |
| 3 April 1927 Mid-season | Bayern Munich  | 10–0 | Basel | München |
| Pöttinger 3' (1:0) Pöttinger 10' (2:0)Pöttinger 12' (3:0)Dietl 15' (4:0)Schmid (II) 43' (5:0)Pöttinger 52' (6:0)Pöttinger 60' (7:0)Pöttinger 62' (8:0)Pöttinger 68' (9:0)Pöttinger 83' (10:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 8,000 |
| 17 April 1927 Mid-season | Royal Antwerp .svg.png.webp){kind=small} | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Basel | Paris |
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Summary | |
| 18 April 1927 Mid-season | CASG Paris | 1–0 | Basel | Paris |
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| 24 April 1927 Mid-season | Basel | 2–0 | Cantonal Neuchâtel | Landhof, Basel |
| Riesterer (1:0) Riesterer (2:0) |
Summary |
| 26 May 1927 End of season | Basel | 7–2 | Lausanne-Sport | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Bielser 5' (1:0) Arlt (2:1)Arlt (3:1)Oswald (4:2)Bielser (5:2)Arlt (6:2)Bielser (7:2) |
Summary | (1:1) (3;2) |
Attendance: 800 Referee: Brodbeck Basel |
| 5 June 1927 End of season | Black Stars Basel | 1–3 | Basel | Sportplatz Neu-Allschwil Allschwil |
| 15:00 | Sormants (1:0) |
Summary | (1:1) Lehmann (1:2) Galler (1:3) Lehmann |
Attendance: 300 Referee: Plüss Basel |
| 12 June 1927 End of season | Freiburger FC | 4–2 | Basel | Sportplatz am Haagenersträsschen, Lörrach |
| Bantle (1:1) (2:1) Streng (3:2)Eberhard (4:2) |
Summary | (pen. 0:1) (2:2) |
Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Müller Beiertheim/Karlsruhe |
Serie A
Central Group results
| 5 September 1926 Round 1 | Basel | 2–2 | Solothurn | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Rau 3' (1:0) Bielser 55' (2:1) |
Summary | (1:1) Jäggi (IV) (2:2) Jäggi (I) |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Pedrotta Zürich |
| 12 September 1926 Round 2 | Young Boys | 1–1 | Basel | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
| Schlecht 60' (1:0) |
Summary | 63' (1:1) Brendle |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Blum Zürich |
| 26 September 1926 Round 3 | Basel | 0–0 | Aarau | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Summary | Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Weber St. Gallen |
| 10 October 1926 Round 4 | Old Boys | 1–4 | Basel | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
| 15:00 | Schneebeli 15' (1:0) |
Summary | 47' (1:1) Schlecht 70' (1:2) Arlt 80' (1:3) Arlt 83' (1:4) Schlecht |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Pedrotta Zürich |
| 17 October 1926 Round 5 | Grenchen | 5–0 | Basel | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
| Schüpbach (I) 30' (1:0) Righetti 40' (2:0)Righetti (3:0)Righetti (4:0)Dubois (5:0) |
Summary |  Rau |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Demartines Lausanne |
| 24 October 1926 Round 6 | Concordia Basel | 0–1 | Basel | Landhof, Basel |
| 14:00 | Summary | 57' (0:1) Arlt |
Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Fritz Beuchat Bern |
| 31 October 1926 Round 7 | Basel | 1–2 | Nordstern Basel | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Schlecht 34' (1:1) |
Summary | 31' (0:1) Flubacher 70' (1:2) Hossli |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Edm. Dizerens Lausanne |
| 21 November 1926 Round 8 | FC Bern | 0–1 | Basel | Neufeld, Bern |
| Summary | 47' (0:1) Arlt |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Schumacher La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| 5 December 1926 Round 9 | Aarau | 0–1 | Basel | Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau |
| Summary | 66' (0:1) Schlecht |
Attendance: 300 Referee: Blum Zürich |
| 12 December 1926 Round 10 | Basel | 3–1 | Old Boys | Landhof, Basel |
| 14:30 | Rau 32' (1:0) Enderlin (I) 57' (2:1)Enderlin (I) 87' (3:1) |
Summary | 41' (1:1) Lorenzini |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ruegg Thalwil |
| 16 January 1927 Round 11 | Solothurn | 2–4 | Basel | Stadion FC Solothurn, Solothurn |
| Jäggi (IV) (1:1) Hänzi (2:4) |
Summary | 15' (0:1) Arlt (1:2) Arlt (1:3) Schlecht (1:4) |
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| 30 January 1927 Round 12 | Basel | 3–4 | Grenchen | Landhof, Basel |
| 14:30 | Arlt (1:0) Bielser 74' (2:4)Riesterer 75' (3:4) |
Summary | (1:1) (pen. 1:2) Vuillemin 57' (1:3) 60' (1:4) Righetti |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Blum Zürich |
| 13 February 1927 Round 13 | Basel | 0–2 | Young Boys | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Summary | 40' (0:1) Brendle (0:2) Brendle |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ruegg Thalwil |
| 27 February 1927 Round 14 | Nordstern Basel | 4–1 | Basel | Stadion Rankhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Meier 3' (1:0) Leonhard (2:0)Bucco 15' (3:0)Flubacher 50' (4:0) |
Summary | 60' (4:1) Arlt |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Pedrotta Zürich |
Central Group table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Nordstern Basel | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 17 | +22 | 25 | Group play-off winners / Advance to finals |
| 2 | Young Boys Bern | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 10 | +20 | 25 | Group play-off |
| 3 | FC Grenchen | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 20 | |
| 4 | FC Basel | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 19 | |
| 5 | FC Bern | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 24 | +14 | 18 | |
| 6 | Old Boys Basel | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 33 | −10 | 12 | |
| 7 | FC Solothurn | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 35 | −12 | 11 | |
| 8 | FC Concordia Basel | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 37 | −20 | 9 | |
| 9 | FC Aarau | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 40 | −29 | 5 | Relegation play-off |
Swiss Cup
See also
References
- ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Friendly games 1926/27". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ↑ "FC Bayern München - FC Basel 10:0 (5:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- 1 2 Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1926/27". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz - Saison 1926/27". 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 1925–26 at fcb-archiv.ch
- Switzerland 1926-27 at RSSSF