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Edmond Racle (born 30 September 1880) was a Swiss footballer who played as striker and as midfielder during the late 1890s and the early 1900s.
Football career
FC Basel was founded on 15 November 1893 and Racle joined the club about five years later, during their 1898–99 season. During his first season with the club Racle did not play in any first team games. Racle played his first game for the club in the first game of the following season. This was a home game at the Landhof on 8 October 1899, but Basel were defeated 0–4 by FC Fortuna Zürich. During the 1899–1900 season Racle played only three of the teams 16 friendly games. Basel did not compete in the Swiss championship this season.
In their 1900–01 season Basel contested the 1900–01 Swiss Serie A, being assigned to the East group. Racle made his domestic league debut for the club in the away game on 10 March 1901 against FC Fortuna Basel. FCB protested because of the unplayable pitch, the protest was granted, Fortuna subsequently waivered a replay and the match was awarded forfait.
Racle played a total of five games for Basel without scoring a goal. One of these games were in the Swiss Serie A and the other four were friendly games.