Karl Bielser

Karl Bielser (1903–?) was a Swiss footballer who played for FC Basel. He played mainly in the position of forward, later as a defender.

Karl Bielser
Personal information
Full name Karl Bielser
Date of birth 1903
Place of birth Switzerland
Date of death Unknown
Position(s) Forward, Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1916–1936 FC Basel 291 (43)
National team
1922–1933 Switzerland 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Between the years 1916 and 1936 Bielser played a total of 461 games for Basel, scoring a total of 86 goals. 268 of these games were in the Swiss Nationalliga, 23 were in the 1 Liga (second highest tier) and 32 were in the Swiss Cup. The other 136 were friendly games. He scored 43 goals in the domestic league, twelve in the Swiss Cup and the other 30 were scored during the test games.[1]

A well-documented curiosity was that at the end of Basel's 1929–30 season, the team set off on a Scandinavian football tour, including a visit to Germany. Six games were played in Norway, but the first was played in Leipzig. The team travelled with 15 players, their trainer Kertész and two functionaries. The journey started with a train ride on 2 June 1930 at quarter past seven in the morning from Basel and they arrived in Leipzig at half passed eight that evening. The game against VfB Leipzig was played the next evening. The following one and a half days were spent travelling by train, train, ship, train and train again to Drammen in Norway. Only a few hours after their arrival, the team played a game against a joint team Mjøndalen IF / SBK Drafn. The next day was a train journey to Porsgrunn and two matches in 24 hours. Following that they travelled per bus and then by ship in a 48-hour journey to Bergen for a match against SK Brann. Another ship voyage, this time to Stavanger, two games against Viking FK, then a ship voyage back to Bergen. Finally, the tour ended with three train journeys in three days, Bergen/Oslo/Berlin/Basel, arriving at home on 20 June. The result of this tour was seven games, four wins, one draw, two defeats and approximately 160 hours of travelling. Bielser was member of this tour. He played in all seven games and scored four goals.

Bielser was a member of the Basel team that won the Swiss Cup in the 1932–33 season. The final was played in the Hardturm stadium against Grasshopper Club. Basel won 4–3 and achieved the club's first ever national title.[2]

International career

Bielser played a total of eight games for the Swiss national team. He played his debut on 11 June 1922 in the 7–1 win against Austria.

Honours

References
  1. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Karl Bielser". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  2. Fussball-Schweiz. "Schweizer Cup Finals 1926-1939". Fussball-Schweiz. Retrieved 2018-11-16.

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