Josy Ebinger (26 March 1880 – 18 September 1955) was a Swiss-French businessman and founder member of FC Basel.
As businessman he was a well-known personality in the city and held high honorary positions in his hometown.
Ebinger was member of the Basel rowing club and during a visit to England had seen the new football game.
[1] The first football match that the club held was on 10 December against the football team of the afore mentioned gymnastics club RTV and Ebinger played in that match, which the FCB won two goals to nil.
At the end of this season the Swiss Football Association (ASF-SFV) was founded, FC Basel was founder member.
Subsequently, the protest was approved and awarded - and the disputed goal was simply deducted from the score to give the final result.
They competed in the Swiss championship, but ended the season in fifth position in the group stage.
During the eight seasons with the club as active footballer, Ebinger played in at least 23 games for Basel without scoring a goal.