The

FC Basel Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel, FCB, or just Basel, is a Swiss football club based in Basel, in the Canton of Basel-Stadt. Formed in 1893, the club has been Swiss national champions 20 times, Swiss Cup winners 13 times, and ...

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

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was elected as the new club chairman. FC Basel played their home games in the

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, 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

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(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.

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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

, 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

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and Basel won both the home game and the return match. They also played twice against

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, but both games ended with a defeat. Further there were two games against local rivals

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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

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ended with a home defeat, but an away win.

Players

; Players who left the squad

Results

;Legend

Friendly matches

Early season

Spring

References

Sources

* Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. * Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
FCB squad 1899-1900 at fcb-archiv.ch
''(NB: Despite all efforts, the editors of these books and the authors in "Basler Fussballarchiv" have failed to be able to identify all the players, their date and place of birth or date and place of death, who played in the games during the early years of FC Basel. Much documentation for this season is missing, most goal scorers remain unknown.)

External links

FC Basel official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:1899-1900 FC Basel season FC Basel seasons

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