1899–1900 FC Basel season
# 1899–1900 FC Basel season

The FC Basel 1899–1900 season was their seventh season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. In this season they did not compete for the Swiss championship. The club's chairman was Charlie Volderauer, who was chairman between 1896 and 1900. He stood down at the AGM and Ernst-Alfred Thalmann was elected as the new club chairman. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof, in the Quarter Kleinbasel.

## Overview

The first national championship in Switzerland took place in 1897–98. This championship is considered as unofficial because it was not organized by the Swiss Football Association (SFA; founded in 1895). FC Basel did not participate in this first championship. But they did in the second edition during the last season. Basel did not compete in the championship this season either. But they have participated in every season since.

Georges Fürstenberger was appointed as team captain by the club's board of directors under chairman Charlie Volderauer. As captain Fürstenberger led the team trainings and was responsible for the line-ups. Basel played 16 friendly games in the season, six were won, two drawn and eight ended with a defeat. The team scored 31 goals, but only seven goal scorers are documented, and they conceded 37 goals.

Eleven of these friendly games were played at home in the Landhof, five were played away. As in the previous season, all the friendly games were played against Swiss teams. Among the opponents were reigning Swiss champions Anglo-American Club Zürich and Basel won both the home game and the return match. They also played twice against Zürich, but both games ended with a defeat. Further there were two games against local rivals Old Boys and these were both lost as well. The two games against FC Concordia Zürich ended with a win at home but a defeat away. The two games against Biel-Bienne ended with a home defeat, but an away win.

## Players

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 | Paul Hofer |
| — | GK | SUI | Jules Fingerlin |
| — | DF | SUI | Josy Ebinger |
| — | DF | SUI | Daniel Hug |
| — | MF | SUI | Alphonse Schorpp |
| — | FW | SUI | Dr. Siegfried Pfeiffer |
| — | FW | SUI | Emanuel Schiess |
| — | FW | SUI | Hermann Schneider |
| — | MF | SUI | Ernst-Alfred Thalmann I |
| — | FW | SUI | Hans Billeter |
| — | | SUI | Georges Fürstenberger (captain) |
| — | | SUI | Gass I |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | | SUI | Ernst Gass II |
| — | | FRA | Jules Gérard |
| — | FW | SUI | Rudolf Gossweiler |
| — | | SUI | Edmond Racle |
| — | MF | SUI | Otto Reber |
| — | FW | SUI | Karl Schneider |
| — | | SUI | Rudolf Schwarz |
| — | | SUI | Schweizer II |
| — | | SUI | Albert Sevin |
| — | MF | SUI | R. Sommer |
| — | MF | SUI | Stutz II |
| — | | SUI | Paul Thalmann III |
| — | | SUI | Max Zutt |

### Players who left the squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| — | DF | SUI | Ferdinand Isler |
| — | DF | SUI | Charles Volderauer |
| — | FW | | L. Montbaron |
| — | | SUI | Louis Gürtler |
| No. | Nation | Player |
| — | SUI | Alfred Iselin |
| — | SUI | Rudolf Iselin |
| — | SUI | Rudolf La Roche |
| — | | Horace Watts |
| — | SUI | Roland Ziegler |

## Results

### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss

