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.

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FC Basel

1926–27 season
Chairman	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
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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]

Squad members

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No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  SUI Ernst Christ — GK  SUI Arthur Fahr — GK  SUI Ernst Zorzotti — DF  SUI Armando Ardizzoia — DF  FRG Hermann Enderlin (II) — DF  SUI Alfred Heidig — DF  SUI Hermann Moll — DF  AUT Gustav Putzendopler (I) — DF  SUI Peter Riesterer — MF  SUI Louis Blindenbacher — MF  SUI ? Flubacher — MF  SUI Max Galler (II) — MF  SUI Georg Heimann — MF  SUI Ernst Kaltenbach — MF  SUI Otto Meier

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  AUT Karl Putzendopler (II) — MF  SUI Paul Schaub — MF  SUI Jacques Steiner — MF  SUI Emil Arlt — FW  SUI Karl Bielser — FW  SUI Fritz Bölle — FW  SUI François Comte . — FW  SUI Alfred Enderlin (I) — FW  FRA Max Lehmann — FW  SUI Paul Nebiker — FW  SUI Max Oswald — FW  SUI Hans Rau — FW  SUI Alfred Schlecht — FW  SUI Max Strasser — FW  SUI Hans Streng — FW  SUI Franz Zeiser

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No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  SUI Arnold Wyssling — MF  SUI Karl Wangler — FW  SUI Jules Düblin — FW  SUI Arnold Hürzeler

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  SUI Ernst Nyffeler — FW  SUI Hans Schneider (II) — FW  SUI August von Arx — FW  SUI Curt Wellauer

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Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season

St. Gallen v Basel

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

Concordia Basel v Basel

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

FC Saint-Louis v Basel

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

Lugano v Basel

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

Mulhouse v Basel

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

Cantonal Neuchâtel v Basel

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

AS Valentigney v Basel

27 March 1927 Mid-season	AS Valentigney	1–2	Basel	Valentigney
		Summary		Referee: Pachoud Bern

Bayern Munich v Basel

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

Royal Antwerp v Basel

17 April 1927 Mid-season	Royal Antwerp	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Paris
		Summary

CASG Paris v Basel

18 April 1927 Mid-season	CASG Paris	1–0	Basel	Paris
		Summary

FC Liestal v Basel

24 April 1927 Mid-season	FC Liestal	1–2	Basel	Liestal
		Summary

Basel v Cantonal Neuchâtel

24 April 1927 Mid-season	Basel	2–0	Cantonal Neuchâtel	Landhof, Basel
	Riesterer (1:0) Riesterer (2:0)	Summary

Basel v Lausanne-Sport

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

Black Stars Basel v 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

Freiburger FC v 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

Main article: 1926–27 Swiss Serie A

Central Group results

Basel v Solothurn

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

Young Boys v Basel

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

Basel v Aarau

26 September 1926 Round 3	Basel	0–0	Aarau	Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary		Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Weber St. Gallen

Old Boys v Basel

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

Grenchen v Basel

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

Concordia Basel v Basel

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

Basel v Nordstern Basel

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

FC Bern v Basel

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

Aarau v Basel

5 December 1926 Round 9	Aarau	0–1	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
		Summary	66' (0:1) Schlecht	Attendance: 300 Referee: Blum Zürich

Basel v Old Boys

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

Solothurn v Basel

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)	Referee:

Basel v Grenchen

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

Basel v Young Boys

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

Nordstern Basel v Basel

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

Basel v FC Bern

20 March 1927 Round 15	Basel	6–2	FC Bern	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Arlt 3' (1:0) Ardizzoia (2:0) Arlt (3:1) Arlt 24' (4:1) Arlt 55' (5:1) Enderlin (I) (6:1)	Summary	6' (2:1) Weiss 70' (6:2) Amrein	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Mercet Locarno

Basel v Concordia Basel

14 May 1927 Round 16	Basel	1–0	Concordia Basel	Landhof, Basel
15:30	Bielser 5' (1:0)	Summary		Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Spengler Olten

Central Group table

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

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Swiss Cup

Basel v Old Boys

3 October 1926 Round of 64	Basel	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Old Boys	Landhof, Basel
14:00		Summary	94' (0:1) Müller 99' (0:2)	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Blum Zürich

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