The FC Basel 1911–12 season was their nineteenth season since the club's foundation. The club's chairman was Ernst-Alfred Thalmann, it was his tenth presidential term altogether and his fourth in succession. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Basel-Wettstein in Kleinbasel, Basel.

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FC Basel

1911–12 season
Chairman	Ernst-Alfred Thalmann
First team coach	Emil Hasler (as team captain)
Ground	Landhof, Basel
Serie A	Group Stage: Fifth
Top goalscorer	n/a[note 11–12 1]
Average home league attendance	n/a
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During the 1911–12 season Emil Hasler was the team captain for the fourth consequtive season and as captain he led the team trainings and was responsible for the line-ups. Basel played a total of 37 matches, 23 friendly games and 14 in the domestic league. Of the friendlies five of the games were played abroad and of the home games five were hosted against foreign clubs. Seven were played against German teams. On 27 August 1911 Basel hosted their first German opponent and this game against FV Baden-Baden was won 7–1. The other three pre-season matches were also won and all three against Swiss teams. During the winter break the team travelled to Italy. On Christmas Eve they were beaten 1–0 by Genoa and on Boxing day they played a 5–5 draw with SG Andrea Doria. At the end of the season the team made a short tour to Germany and played games against Kickers Offenbach and Karlsruher FC Phönix. Basel also hosted French team Mulhouse. Of these 23 friendlies 10 were won, 3 were drawn and 10 were defeats.^[1]

The Swiss Serie A 1911–12 was divided into three regional groups. Eight teams in the east group, eight in the central and seven in the east group. Basel were allocated to the central group together with local rivals Old Boys and newly promoted Nordstern Basel. The other teams playing in the Central group were Biel-Bienne, FC Bern, Young Boys, FC La Chaux-de-Fonds and Étoile-Sporting (La Chaux-de-Fonds). Basel started the season badly, losing three of their first four matches and they ended it badly, losing four of their last six games. During the seasin Basel won five league matches, drew two, but lost seven, scoring a total of 30 goals and conceding 34. Étoile-Sporting won the group and qualified for the finals. Aarau became Swiss champions.^[2]

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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No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   K. Sandmann — GK  SUI Fridolin Wenger — GK   A.H. Würgler — MF  SUI Fritz Albicker (II) — MF  SUI Wilhelm Geisser — MF  GER Josef Goldschmidt — MF  SUI Emil Hasler — MF  SUI Ernst Kaltenbach — MF  SUI Jakob Känzig — MF  SUI Otto Kuhn — MF  SUI Max Palatini — FW  SUI Christian Albicker (I) — FW  SUI Rudolf Bredschneider — FW   E. Friedli — FW  SUI Karl Ibach

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  SWE Birger Persson — FW  SUI Karl Wunderle —   Max Bauer — FW  SUI Ernst Buss —   Hans Enzmann —  SUI ? Gossweiler —   ? Gürtler — MF  SUI Max Mayer —   ? Keller —   ? Kuhn —   Ernst Kuhn —   ? Kuhn (II) —   ? Levy —   ? Riesterer —   ? Ruprecht —   ? Scherrer

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Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid season

Basel v FV Baden-Baden

27 August 1911 Pre-season	Basel	7–1	FV Baden-Baden	Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary

Basel v SC Brühl St. Gallen

3 September 1911 Pre-season	Basel	2–1	SC Brühl St. Gallen	Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary

St. Gallen v Basel

10 September 1911 Pre-season	St. Gallen	1–2	Basel	St. Gallen
	(1:0)	Summary	(1:1) (2:1)	Attendance: 1,200

Old Boys v Basel

24 September 1911 Pre-season	Old Boys	1–0	Basel	Landhof, Basel
15:30	Goldschmidt (1:0)	Summary		Referee: Ehret, Freiburger FC

Grasshopper Club v Basel

12 November 1911 Mid-season	Grasshopper Club	3–4	Basel	Zürich
		Summary

Winter break to end of season

Basel v St. Gallen

10 December 1911 Winter break	Basel	1–2	St. Gallen	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Friedli (1:2)	Summary	(0:1) (0:2) Jörg	Referee: Ramseyer

Basel v Freiburger FC

17 December 1911 Winter break	Basel	4–3	Freiburger FC	Landhof, Basel
	Albicker (1:2) Albicker (2:2) (3:2) (4:2)	Summary	(0:1) 5' (0:2) (4:3)	Referee: Ramseyer

Genoa v Basel

24 December 1911 Winter break	Genoa	1–0	Basel	Genoa
	(1:0)	Summary

SG Andrea Doria v Basel

26 December 1911 Winter break	SG Andrea Doria	5–5	Basel	Genoa
	(1:0) (3:4) (4:4) (5:5)	Summary	(2:4) (4:5)

Basel v Würzburger Kickers

31 December 1911 Winter break	Basel	2–3	Würzburger Kickers	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Buss (1:2) 2:3'	Summary	(0:1) (0:2) (o.g. 1:3)

Basel v FV 1900 Kaiserslautern

1 January 1912 Winter break	Basel	2–2	FV 1900 Kaiserslautern	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Friedli (1:0) (2:1)	Summary	(1:1) (2:2)	Referee: Ramseyer

Young Boys v Basel

11 February 1912 Mid-season	Young Boys	7–0	Basel	Bern
	(1:0) (2:0) (3:0) (4:0) (5:0) (6:0) (7:0)	Summary

Basel v Mulhouse

18 February 1912 Mid-season	Basel	2–0	Mulhouse	Landhof, Basel
15:00	(1:0) (2:0)	Summary

Freiburger FC v Basel

3 March 1912 Mid-season	Freiburger FC	6–0	Basel	Freiburg im Breisgau
	Glaser (1:0) (2:0) (3:0) (4:0) (5:0) Hensler (6:0)	Summary		Referee: J. Kaiser
Note: The goals from 2:0 to 5:0 were scored by Mechling (2), Steiert and Rudolf but the sequence is unknown

Montriond Lausanne v Basel

10 March 1912 Mid-season	Montriond Lausanne	4–0	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
14:30	(1:0) (2:0) (3:0) (4:0)	Summary

Servette v Basel

21 April 1912 End of season	Servette	0–2	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
14:30		Summary	(0:1) Albicker (0:2) Albicker

Young Fellows Zürich v Basel

28 April 1912 End of season	Young Fellows Zürich	2–2	Basel	Zürich
	Kienast (1:2) Bonner (2:2)	Summary	(0:1) (0:2)

Basel v Baden

5 May 1912 End of season	Basel	4–2	Baden	Landhof, Basel
15:00		summary

Basel v Aarau

12 May 1912 End of season	Basel	3–1	Aarau	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Wunderle (1:0) Bredschneider (2:1) Kaltenbach (3:1)	Summary	(1:1)

St. Gallen v Basel

19 May 1912 End of season	St. Gallen	2–1	Basel	St. Gallen
		Summary

Kickers Offenbach v Basel

26 May 1912 End of season	Kickers Offenbach	5–0	Basel	Offenbach am Main
	(1:0) (2:0) (3:0) (4:0) (5:0)	Summary

Karlsruher FC Phönix v Basel

27 May 1912 End of season	Karlsruher FC Phönix	7–2	Basel	Karlsruhe
		Summary

Old Boys v Basel

2 June 1912 End of season	Old Boys	2–1	Basel	Margarethenwiese, Basel
15:00		Summary

Serie A

Main article: 1911–12 Swiss Serie A

Central group results

Basel v Nordstern Basel

8 October 1911 Round 1	Basel	0–2	Nordstern Basel	Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary

FC La Chaux-de-Fonds v Basel

15 October 1911 Round 2	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	6–2	Basel	Parc des Sports, La Chaux-de-Fonds
14:30		Summary

Old Boys v Basel

22 October 1911 Round 3	Old Boys	4–4	Basel	Margarethenwiese, Basel
15:00	(1:1) (2:2) (pen. 3:3) (4:4)	Summary	(1:0) Albicker (1:2) (2:3) Albicker (3:4) Goldschmidt	Referee: Sporrer, Winterthur

Étoile-Sporting v Basel

5 November 1911 Round 4	Étoile-Sporting	4–1	Basel	Parc de l'Etoile, La Chaux-de-Fonds
14:30		Summary

Biel-Bienne v Basel

19 November 1911 Round 5	Biel-Bienne	2–2	Basel	Biel-Bienne
		[ Summary]		Referee: W. Lehmann

Basel v Young Boys

26 November 1911 Round 6	Basel	3–0 FF	Young Boys	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Friedli (1:2)	Summary	(0:1) Kientsch (0:2) (1:3) (o.g. 1:4)
Note: The game was rated 3: 0 forfait because the Young Boys had used an unqualified player.

Basel v FC Bern

3 December 1911 Round 7	Basel	6–0	FC Bern	Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary		Referee: Jacques Reich, Winterthur
Note: Bern played with just 10 players

Basel v Biel-Bienne

7 January 1912 Round 8	Basel	4–2	Biel-Bienne	Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary

Basel v Old Boys

14 January 1912 Round 9	Basel	0–2	Old Boys	Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary	20' (0:1) Winter 75' (0:2) Winter	Referee: Haslebacher, Montriond Lausanne

Nordstern Basel v Basel

21 January 1912 Round 10	Nordstern Basel	2–1	Basel	Landhof, Basel
15:30	Bucher (1:0) Rittel (2:1)	Summary	(1:1)	Referee: Allemann, Zürich

FC Bern v Basel

28 January 1912 Round 11	FC Bern	2–1	Basel	Kirchenfeld, Bern
	Baumann (I) 5' (1:0) Beuchat (2:1)	Summary	(1:1) Hasler	Referee: E. Ammann, Cantonal Neuchatel

Basel v Étoile-Sporting

25 February 1912 Round 12	Basel	4–1	Étoile-Sporting	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Goal scorers: Hasler (3), Kaltenbach (1)	Summary	Méroz	Referee: Hinnen, Baden
Note: Goal sequence unknown

Young Boys v Basel

17 March 1911 Round 13	Young Boys	6–0	Basel	Bern
		Summary		Referee: Hinnen, (FC Baden)

Basel v La Chaux-de-Fonds

24 March 1912 Round 14	Basel	2– 0	La Chaux-de-Fonds	Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary

Central group league table

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Étoile-Sporting	14	12	0	2	38	19	+19	24	Advance to finals
2	Old Boys	14	11	1	2	45	19	+26	23
3	La Chaux-de-Fonds	14	9	0	5	53	29	+24	18
4	Young Boys	14	6	0	8	31	25	+6	12
5	Basel	14	5	2	7	30	34	−4	12
6	Nordstern Basel	14	4	2	8	21	36	−15	10
7	FC Bern	14	4	2	8	21	38	−17	10
8	Biel-Bienne	14	1	1	12	19	58	−39	3

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