1943–44 FC Basel season

The FC Basel 1943–44 season was the fifty-first season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel. Albert Besse was the club's chairman for the fifth consecutive season.

FC Basel
1943–44 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Albert Besse
First team coachSwitzerland Willy Wolf
GroundLandhof, Basel
1943–44 Nationalliga9th
Swiss CupFinalist
Top goalscorerLeague: Alfred Weisshaar (15)
All: Alfred Weisshaar (18)
Highest home attendance7,500 on 31 October 1943
vs Grasshopper Club
Lowest home attendance2,500 on 20 February 1944
vs Luzern
Average home league attendance4,369

Overview

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Team manager Eugen Rupf left the club following the last season and Willy Wolf was appointed as Basel's new team manager. Basel played 41 games in their 1943–44 season. 26 in the Nationalliga, five in the cup and ten were test games. They won 18, drew 11 and lost 12 times. In total, including the test games and the cup competition, they scored 83 goals and conceded 65.[1]

There were 14 teams contesting in the 1943–44 Nationalliga. The team that finished in last position in the league table would be relegated. Basel played a mediocre season, winning nine matches, drawing eight and suffered nine defeats they ended the season with 26 points in 9th position. Lausanne-Sport won the Swiss championship, Luzern were relegated. Alfred Weisshaar was Basel's top league goal scorer with 15 goals, joint second league scorer with Alfred Bickel (Grasshopper Club) behind top scorer Erich Andres (Young Fellows Zürich) who netted 23 times.[2]

In the Swiss Cup Basel started in the round of 32 with a home tie at the Landhof against lower tier local side Nordstern Basel. This was won 4–1. In the round of 16 they had a home tie and won 6–2 against St. Gallen. The quarter-final gave Basel another home tie and they won 5–1 against Young Boys. The semi-final was an away tie against Biel-Bienne. Hans Vonthron's goal was the only goal of the game and Basel qualified for the final. This was played on 10 April in Wankdorf Stadium in Bern against Lausanne-Sport. Two goals from Numa Monnard and one from Roger Courtois during the last five minutes of the match meant that Basel lost the game 0–3 and Lausanne won the national double.[3]

Players

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   SUI Kurt Imhof
GK   SUI Ernst Kipfer
GK   SUI Walter Müller
GK   SUI Paul Wechlin
DF   SUI Louis Favre
DF   SUI Ernst Grauer
DF   SUI Ernst Hufschmid
MF   SUI Alexander Ebner
MF   SUI Heinz Elsässer
MF   SUI Rodolfo Kappenberger
MF   SUI Alberto Losa
MF   SUI Fritz Schmidlin
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   SUI Guglielmo Spadini
MF   SUI Tschüppeli
MF   SUI Hans Vonthron
MF   SUI Werner Wenk
MF   SUI Rudolf Wirz
FW   SUI Kurt Bertsch
FW   SUI Max Gloor
FW   SUI Rudolf Knup
FW   SUI Alex Mathys (from Brühl St. Gallen)
FW   SUI Hans Nyffeler
FW   SUI Hans Rothen
FW   SUI Hermann Suter
FW   SUI Alfred Weisshaar
Players who left the squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   SUI Silvio Cinguetti
DF   SUI Fritz Greder
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW   SUI Erich Andres
FW   SUI Eugen Rupf (to Grasshopper Club)
FW   SUI Hans Spengler

Results

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Legend

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

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Pre- and mid-season

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1 August 1943 Pre-season Basel   2–2   SC Derendingen Chur
Bertsch   80' (1:2)
  (2:2)
Summary   (pen. 0:1) Steiner
  (0:2) Herzog
8 August 1943 Pre-season Wettingen   2–2   Basel Eggmann Zürich
Egloff   (1:0)
Bürgler   (2:1)
Summary   (1:1)
  (2:2)
Referee:   Eggmann Zürich
15 August 1943 Pre-season SC Derendingen   1–1   Basel Heidenegg, Derendingen
Bernhard   (1:0) Summary   (1:1) Bertsch
22 August 1943 Pre-season Young Fellows Zürich   0–1   Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
16:15 Summary   7' (0:1) Losa Attendance: 1,000
Referee:   Ott Oerlikon
29 August 1943 Pre-season La Chaux-de-Fonds   3–2   Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
14:30 Burger   1' (1:0)
Perroud   7' (2:0)
Burger   33' (3:1)
Summary   32' (2:1) Tschüppeli
  65' (3:2) Bertsch
Attendance: 2,800
Referee:   Sandoz La Chaux-de-Fonds
12 September 1943 Mid-season Basel   6–3   Grasshopper Club Landhof, Basel
15:00 Nyffeler   (3x)
Hufschmid   (1x pen.)
Vonthron   (1x)
Bertsch   (1x)
Summary   (2x) Biedermann
  (1x pen.) Friedländer
Attendance: 2,800
Referee:   von Wartburg Bern

Mid- to end of season

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6 February 1944 Mid-season Basel   3–2   Concordia Basel Stadion Rankhof, Basel
15:00 Nyffeler   79' (1:2)
Suter   81' (2:2)
Gloor   (3:2)
Summary   (0:1) Holderegger
  49' (0:2) Urfer
Attendance: 800
Referee:   Hans Vogt Schweizerhalle
18 March 1944 Mid-season Nordstern Basel/Concordia Basel   3–4   Basel Basel
 
 
 
Summary   (1x) Ebner
  (1x) Tschüppeli
  (2x) Weisshaar
1 July 1944 End of season Lausanne-Sport   2–3   Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
17:00 Peruchoud   8' (1:2)
Peruchoud   37' (2:3)
Summary   6' (0:1) Weisshaar
  7' (0:2) Kappenberger
  18' (1:3) Schmidlin (I)
Attendance: 1,500
Referee:   Rapin Lausanne
2 July 1944 End of season Lugano   2–1   Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
17:00 Albizzati   50' (1:0)
Albizzati   63' (2:0)
Summary   70' (2:1) Kappenberger Attendance: 3,000
Referee:   Rapin Lausanne

Nationalliga

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League matches

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5 September 1943 Round 1 Luzern 1–1 Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
Müller   (1:1) Summary   44' (0:1) Bertsch Attendance: 1,600
Referee:   Sally Rosenbaum Zürich/St. Gallen
September 1943 Round 2 Basel P–P Grasshopper Club Landhof, Basel
[ Summary]
26 September 1943 Round 3 Lausanne-Sport 4–1 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
15:30 Eggimann   2' (1:0)
Monnard   5' (2:0)
Maillard (II)   25' (3:1)
Courtois   30' (4:1)
Summary   6' (2:1) Nyffeler Attendance: 2,500
Referee:   Sandoz La Chaux-de-Fonds
3 October 1943 Round 4 Basel 2–0 Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
15:00 Kappenberger   73' (1:0)
Suter   86' (pen. 2:0)
Summary Attendance: 3,500
Referee:   Schürch Winterthur
17 October 1943 Round 5 Cantonal Neuchatel 2–0 Basel Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
15:00 Sydler   47' (1:0)
Sydler   (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 3,500
Referee:   Sally Rosenbaum Zürich/St. Gallen
24 October 1943 Round 6 Servette 1–1 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
15:15 Tamini   78' (1:0) Summary   80' (1:1) Weisshaar Attendance: 4,000
Referee:   Jaggi Bern
31 October 1943 Round 2 Basel 2–1 Grasshopper Club Landhof, Basel
15:00 Ebner   49' (1:0)
Weisshaar   59' (2:0)
Summary   75 pen. 2:1' Bickel Attendance: 7,500
Referee:   von Wartburg Bern
7 November 1943 Round 7 Basel 1–1 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
14:30 Vonthron   85' (1:1) Summary   20' (0:1) Bernhard Attendance: 3,500
Referee:   Sandoz La Chaux-de-Fonds
14 November 1943 Round 8 Young Fellows Zürich 1–3 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
13:00 Nausch   (1:2) Summary   63' (0:1) Weisshaar
  73' (0:2) Weisshaar
  (1:3) Suter
Attendance: 3,500
Referee:   Grassi Balerna
21 November 1943 Round 9 Basel 3–0 Zürich Landhof, Basel
14:30 Ebner   5' (1:0)
Weisshaar   15' (2:0)
Weisshaar   (3:0)
Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee:   Tschopp Delémont
28 November 1943 Round 10 Grenchen 4–1 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
Ducommun   5' (1:0)
Rougemont   15' (2:0)
Neuhaus   55' (3:0)
Rougemont   90' (4:1)
Summary   62' (3:1) Vonthron Referee:   Schürch Winterthur
5 December 1943 Round 11 Basel 1–1 La Chaux-de-Fonds Landhof, Basel
14:30 Suter   82' (pen. 1:1) Summary   30' (0:1) Abegglen
  82' Jaeck
Attendance: 5,000
Referee:   Sally Rosenbaum Zürich/St. Gallen
12 December 1943 Round 12 St. Gallen 2–1 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
Wagner   (1:1)
Wagner   78' (2:1)
Summary   (0:1) Ebner Attendance: 1,500
Referee:   Eggmann Zürich
19 December 1943 Round 13 Basel 0–0 Lugano Landhof, Basel
14:30 Summary Attendance: 5,000
Referee:   Georges Craviolini Chippis
2 February 1944 Round 14 Basel 1–1 Luzern Landhof, Basel
15:00 Suter   62' (1:0) Summary   76' (1:1) Irniger Attendance: 2,500
Referee:   Grassi Balerna
February 1944 Round 15 Grasshopper Club P–P Basel Hardturm, Zürich
[ Summary]
5 March 1944 Round 16 Basel 2–1 Lausanne-Sport Landhof, Basel
15:00 Weisshaar   21' (1:0)
Suter   (2:0)
Summary   58' (2:1) Eggimann Attendance: 4,000
Referee:   von Wartburg Bern
19 March 1944 Round 17 Biel-Bienne 2–0 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
Graber   16' (1:0)
Weibel   85' (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 2,300
Referee:   Hans Wüthrich Bern
2 April 1944 Round 18 Basel 1–1 Cantonal Neuchatel Landhof, Basel
15:00 Weisshaar   70' (1:1) Summary   63' (0:1) Facchinetti Attendance: 4,800
Referee:   Scherz Bern
16 April 1944 Round 15 Grasshopper Club 1–2 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
15:45 Amadò   30' (1:0) Summary   35' (1:1) Bertsch
  36' (1:2) Weisshaar
Attendance: 4,500
Referee:   Jaggi Bern
23 April 1944 Round 19 Basel 1–1 Servette Landhof, Basel
15:00 Kappenberger   (1:1) Summary   (0:1) Bachasse Attendance: 6,000
Referee:   E. Heiniger Bern
30 April 1944 Round 20 Young Boys 0–3 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Summary   12' (0:1) Hufschmid
  74' (0:2) Kappenberger
  77' (0:3) Weisshaar
Attendance: 3,500
Referee:   Lutz Geneva
7 May 1944 Round 21 Basel 2–0 Young Fellows Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hufschmid   56' (1:0)
Ebner   (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 4,500
Referee:   Wittwer Geneva
14 May 1944 Round 22 Zürich 4–3 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
14:15 Hagenlocher   (pen. 1:1)
Nyffeler   (pen. 2:3)
Hagenlocher   (3:3)
Busenhart   80' (4:3)
Summary   (0:1) Kappenberger
  43' (1:2) Ebner
  (1:3) Weisshaar
Attendance: 4,000
Referee:   Scherz Bern
21 May 1944 Round 23 Basel 2–3 Grenchen Landhof, Basel
15:00 Ebner   14' (1:1)
Hufschmid   22' (2:1)
Summary   2' (pen. 0:1) Righetti
  63' (2:2) Courtat
  (2:3) Courtat
Attendance: 4,000
Referee:   Grassi Balerna
4 June 1944 Round 24 La Chaux-de-Fonds 3–1 Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
15:00 Perroud   (1:1)
Perroud   (2:1)
Neury   (3:1)
Summary   25' (0:1) Weisshaar Attendance: 1,500
Referee:   Sally Rosenbaum Zürich/St. Gallen
11 June 1944 Round 25 Basel 6–1 St. Gallen Landhof, Basel
15:00 Hufschmid   15' (1:0)
Weisshaar   (2:0)
Weisshaar   (3:0)
Schmidlin (I)   (4:0)
Weisshaar   34' (5:0)
Gloor   (6:1)
Summary   (5:1) Deriaz Attendance: 3,500
Referee:   Merlotti Neuchâtel
17 June 1944 Round 26 Lugano 2–1 Basel Campo Marzio, Lugano
Bernasconi   42' (1:1)
Albizatti   55' (2:1)
Summary   24' (0:1) Gloor Referee:   Scherz Bern

League table

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League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Lausanne-Sport 26 17 4 5 48 25 +23 38 Champions and Swiss Cup winners
2 Servette 26 12 8 6 39 25 +14 32
3 Lugano 26 12 6 8 47 32 +15 30
4 Grasshopper Club 26 13 3 10 54 32 +22 29
5 Biel-Bienne 26 12 5 9 42 30 +12 29
6 Young Boys 26 9 11 6 38 32 +6 29
7 Cantonal Neuchatel 26 10 8 8 38 27 +11 28
8 Grenchen 26 12 4 10 45 41 +4 28
9 Basel 26 9 8 9 42 38 +4 26
10 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 10 6 10 34 45 −11 26
11 Young Fellows Zürich 26 9 3 14 46 51 −5 21
12 St. Gallen 26 8 3 15 26 60 −34 19
13 Zürich 26 6 5 15 37 54 −17 17
14 Luzern 26 4 4 18 19 63 −44 12 Relegated
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

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26 December 1943 Round of 32 Basel 4–1 Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
14:00 Suter   21' (1:0)
Bertsch   32' (2:0)
Suter   77' (pen. 3:1)
Hufschmid   (4:1)
Summary   56' (2:1) Wiesner Attendance: 4,000
Referee:   Schürch Winterthur
9 January 1944 Round of 16 Basel 6–2 St. Gallen Landhof, Basel
14:00 Ebner   10' (1:0)
Bertsch   22' (2:0)
Ebner   44' (3:0)
Ebner   56' (4:1)
Suter   66' (pen. 5:1)
Ebner   75' (6:1)
Summary   66' Schenker
  82' (o.g. 3:1)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee:   Lutz Geneva
13 February 1944 Quarter-final Basel 5–1 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
14:30 Weisshaar   26' (1:1)
Vonthron   32' (2:1)
Weisshaar   (3:1)
Weisshaar   79' (4:1)
Kappenberger   81' (5:1)
Summary   17' (0:1) Bernhard Attendance: 3,500
Referee:   Widmer Geneva
12 March 1944 Semi-final Biel-Bienne 0–1 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
15:00 Summary   67' (0:1) Vonthron Attendance: 4,000
Referee:   Grassi Balerna
10 April 1944 Final Lausanne-Sport 3–0 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
15:00 Monnard   85' (1:0)
Courtois   88' (2:0)
Monnard   90' (3:0)
Summary Attendance: 15,000
Referee:   Hans Wüthrich Bern

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1943/44". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ^ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1943/44". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Lausanne-Sport - FC Basel 3:0 (0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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