1945–46 FC Basel season

The FC Basel 1945–46 season was the fifty-third 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. Emil Junker was the club's chairman. It was his second year as president of the club.

FC Basel
1945–46 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Emil Junker
First team coachSwitzerland Max Barras
GroundLandhof, Basel
Nationalliga B1st
Swiss CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: René Bader (27)
All: René Bader (31)
Highest home attendance7,500 on 4 November 1945
vs Nordstern Basel
Lowest home attendance1,100 pn 22 June 1946
vs SC Zug
Average home league attendance3,753

Overview edit

Max Barras was first team manager for the second season. Basel played a total of 42 games in their 1945–46 season. Of these 26 in the Nationalliga B, three in the Swiss Cup and 13 were test games. The test games resulted with seven victories, one draw and five defeats. In total, they won 28 games, drew six and lost eight times. In total, including the test games and the cup competition, they scored 141 goals and conceded 55.[1]

Basel had suffered relegation the previous season and their clear aim was to obtain immediate promotion. The Nationalliga B was contested by 14 teams. The two teams that finished at the top of the division were to be promoted and the two teams that finished in last and second last position in the league table would be relegated. Basel played a good season, winning 19 league matches, drawing five, losing only two matches. Thus they ended the season with 43 points in 1st position four points ahead of Urania Genève Sport in 2nd position and these two clubs won promotion.[2]

In the Swiss Cup Basel started in the 3rd principal round with an away tie against lower tier local side SC Schöftland this ended with a 5–1 victory. In the round of 32 Basel had an away game against Nationalliga B team Fribourg which ended with a 4–0 win. In the round of 16 Basel had a home game at the Landhof against higher tier Servette and were knocked out of the competition.[3]

Players edit

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 Walter Müller
DF   SUI Werner Bopp
DF   SUI Louis Favre
DF   SUI Ernst Grauer
DF   SUI Ernst Hufschmid
MF   SUI Paul Bader
MF   SUI Alexander Ebner
MF   SUI Heinz Elsässer
MF   SUI Rodolfo Kappenberger
MF   SUI Kurt Maurer
MF   SUI Willy Monigatti
MF   SUI Traugott Oberer
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   SUI Guglielmo Spadini
MF   SUI Tschüppeli
MF   SUI Hans Vonthron
MF   SUI Werner Wenk
MF   SUI Rudolf Wirz
MF   SUI Willy Zingg
FW   SUI René Bader
FW   SUI Kurt Bertsch
FW   SUI Fritz Eckert (from FC Kleinhüningen)
FW   SUI Werner Martin
FW   SUI Alex Mathys
FW   SUI Paul Stöcklin
FW   SUI Hermann Suter
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 H. Müller
GK   SUI Paul Wechlin
MF   SUI Alberto Losa (to Locarno)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   SUI Fritz Schmidlin
FW   SUI Max Gloor
FW   SUI Hans Nyffeler
FW   SUI Alfred Weisshaar

Results edit

Legend edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches edit

Pre-season edit

August 1945 Pre-season Basel   2–4   RC Bruxelles Landhof, Basel
    Summary        
12 August 1945 Pre-season Basel   4–2   FC Bern Spiegelfeld, Binningen
Stöcklin   (1:1)
Stöcklin   (2:1)
Oberer   (3:2)
Bader   (pen. 4:2)
Summary   (0:1) Spühler
  (2:2) Jundt
Attendance: 2,500
Referee:   Hans Vogt Schweizerhalle
19 August 1945 Pre-season FC Liestal   0–8   Basel Liestal
Summary                
26 August 1945 Pre-season SC Schöftland   2–4   Basel Gemeindesportplatz, Schöftland
Lüthy   20' (1:1)
Lüthy   (2:2)
Summary   10' (0:1) Oberer
  (1:2) Eckert
  75' (2:3) Oberer
  (o.g. 2;4)
Attendance: 400
Referee:   Huber Zürich
2 September 1945 Pre-season Basel   1–3   Grenchen Landhof, Basel
Stöcklin   Summary   (0:1) Tschudy
  (0:2) Righetti (II)
  (0:3) Righetti (II)
Attendance: 2,500

Winter break to end of season edit

10 February 1946 Winter break Bellinzona   6–1   Basel Campo Granata, Bellinzona
Frigerio   16' (1:0)
Rossetti   (2:0)
Rossetti   57' (3:0)
Rossetti   (4:1)
Rossetti   (5:1)
Rossetti   (6:1)
Summary   (3:1) Maurer Attendance: 1,200
Referee:   E. Guidi Bellinzona
21 April 1946 Mid-season Basel   2–3   First Vienna Landhof, Basel
20:00 Stöcklin   40' (1:0)
Suter   66' (2:2)
Summary   42' (1:1) Fischer
  59' (1:2) Lechner
  80' (2:3) Decker
Attendance: 4,200
Referee:   Tschopp Delémont
16 May 1946 Mid-season SR Colmar   0–4   Basel Freiburg im Breisgau
Summary   3' (0:1) Stöcklin
  23' (0:2) Oberer
  (0:3) Oberer
  63' (0:4) Bader
Attendance: 3,000
10 June 1946 Mid-season Basel   3–1 SC Wacker Wien Landhof, Basel
17:15 Bertsch   21' (1:1)
Bertsch   24' (2:1)
Bader   37' (3:1)
Summary   20' (0:1) Wagner Attendance: 3,200
Referee:   Schaub Basel
13 June 1946 Mid-season Basel   2–3   Chelsea Landhof, Basel
18:30 Bertsch   12' (1:0)
Stöcklin   41' (2:2)
Summary   15' (1:1) Lawton
  29' (1:2) Machin
  77' (2:3) Lawton
Attendance: 7,000
Referee:   Scherz Bern
29 June 1946 End of season Copenhagen XI   1–1   Basel Copenhagen
Präst   31' (1:1) Summary   26' (0:1) Oberer Attendance: 7,000
1 July 1946 End of season Copenhagen XI   2–4   Basel Copenhagen
Ziegler   2' (1:0)
Rasmussen   (2:3)
Summary   50' (1:1) Suter
  60' (1:2) Bertsch
  75' (1:3) Suter
  (2:4) Oberer
Attendance: 6,000
Referee:   Pettersen Oslo
3 July 1946 End of season Nykøbing Falster BK 1901   2–6   Basel Nykøbing Falster
19:30     Summary            

Nationalliga edit

League matches edit

9 September 1945 Round 1 Basel 2–1 SC Derendingen Landhof, Basel
15:00 Oberer   40' (1:1)
Bader   85' (2:1)
Summary   7' (0:1) Bernhard
  44' Strähl
Attendance: 2,000
Referee:   Schürch Winterthur
23 September 1945 Round 2 Basel 2–0 Brühl St. Gallen Landhof, Basel
15:00 Ebner   88' (1:0)
Monigatti   89' (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 2,700
Referee:   Grassi Balerna
20 September 1945 Round 3 Aarau 1–1 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
Stettler   5' (1:0) Summary   26' (1:1) Ebner Attendance: 2,500
Referee:   Tschopp Delémont
7 October 1945 Round 4 Basel 1–1 Schaffhausen Landhof, Basel
14:30 Bader   75' (pen. 1:1) Summary   54' (0:1) Furrer Attendance: 3,000
Referee:   Iseli Biel/Bienne
14 October 1945 Round 5 Étoile-Sporting 1–2 Basel Stade des Eplatures, La Chaux-de-Fonds
15:00 Monnier   25' (1:0) Summary   35' (1:1) Oberer
  61' (1:2) Ebner
Attendance: 2,000
Referee:   Georges Craviolini Chippis
21 October 1945 Round 6 Basel 3–1 Luzern Landhof, Basel
14:30 Bader   65' (1:0)
Suter   80' (2:0)
Bader   89' (3:1)
Summary   87' (2:1) Hug Attendance: 3,500
Referee:   Wittwer Geneva
28 October 1945 Round 7 Fribourg 0–3 Basel Stade Universitaire, Freiburg
  Summary   23' (0:1) Bader
  60' (0:2) Oberer
  90' (pen. 0:3) Bader
Attendance: 1,500
Referee:   Sally Rosenbaum Zürich/St. Gallen
4 November 1945 Round 8 Basel 8–0 Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
14:30 Bertsch   12' (1:0)
Oberer   16' (2:0)
Bader   23' (3:0)
Bader   28' (4:0)
Martin   35' (5:0)
Bertsch   40' (6:0)
Oberer   63' (7:0)
Kaltenbrunner   71' (o.g. 8:0)
Summary Attendance: 7,500
Referee:   Tschopp Delémont
18 November 1945 Round 9 St. Gallen 3–1 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
Luchsinger   18' (1:0)
Luchsinger   76' (pen. 2:1)
W. Müller   85' (3:1)
Summary   23' (1:1) Suter Attendance: 1,500
Referee:   Schmoll Zug
2 December 1945 Round 10 Basel 2–0 Urania Genève Sport Landhof, Basel
14:30 Bader   48' (1:0)
Bader   88' (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 4,500
Referee:   Jaggi Bern
9 December 1945 Round 11 CS International Genève 2–1 Basel Stade de Frontenex, Geneva
Peyla   20' (1:0)
Morier   58' (2:1)
Summary   32' (1:1) Oberer Attendance: 1,200
Referee:   Tschopp Delémont
16 December 1945 Round 12 Basel 10–0 FC Helvetia Bern Landhof, Basel
14:30 Wenk   20' (1:0)
Bader   25' (2:0)
Oberer   30' (3:0)
Bader   35' (4:0)
Oberer   40' (5:0)
Bader   48' (6:0)
Bader   60' (7:0)
Oberer   70' (8:0)
Oberer   75' (9:0)
Oberer   80' (10:0)
Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee:   Schürch Winterthur
23 December 1945 Round 13 SC Zug 0–6 Basel Herti Allmend Stadion, Zug
Richenberger   33′ Summary   35' (0:1) Bader
  58' (0:2) Wenk
  58' (0:3) Suter
  65' (0:4) Suter
  82' (0:5) Martin
  87' (0:6) Suter
Attendance: 800
Referee:   A. Sandoz Lausanne
February 1946 Round 14 SC Derendingen P–P Basel Heidenegg, Derendingen
[ Summary]
3 March 1946 Round 15 Brühl St. Gallen 0–0 Basel Paul-Grüninger-Stadion, St. Gallen
14:30 Summary Attendance: 1,000
Referee:   Schmoll Zug
10 March 1946 Round 16 Basel 1–1 Aarau Landhof, Basel
15:00 Oberer   47' (1:1) Summary   17' (0:1) Stirnemann Attendance: 3,500
Referee:   Wittwer Geneva
24 March 1946 Round 17 Schaffhausen 2–7 Basel Emmersberg, Schaffhausen
Barchetti   (1:0)
Furrer   (2:2)
Summary   (1:1) Grauer
  (1:2) Maurer
  (2:3) Bader
  (2:4) Bertsch
  47' (2:5) Bader
  (2:6) Bertsch
  (2:7) Oberer
Attendance: 2,700
Referee:   Schmidsberger Zürich
31 March 1946 Round 18 Basel 7–0 Étoile-Sporting Landhof, Basel
15:00 Bader   5' (1:0)
Bader   10' (2:0)
Bertsch   47' (3:0)
Bader   48' (4:0)
Oberer   50' (5:0)
Bertsch   55' (6:0)
Bader   57' (7:0)
Summary Attendance: 3,500
Referee:   Tschopp Delémont
7 April 1946 Round 14 SC Derendingen 0–1 Basel Heidenegg, Derendingen
Summary   40' (o.g.) Leist Attendance: 1,500
Referee:   Merlotti Neuchâtel
14 April 1946 Round 19 Luzern 0–2 Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
Summary   48' (1:0) Stöcklin
  88' (0:2) Bertsch
Attendance: 2,600
Referee:   M. Tasca Geneva
28 April 1946 Round 20 Basel 6–1 Fribourg Landhof, Basel
15:00 Stöcklin   1' (1:0)
Oberer   10' (2:0)
Stöcklin   65' (3:0)
Stöcklin   71' (4:0)
Suter   73' (5:0)
Stöcklin   90' (6:1)
Summary   (5:1) Dietrich Attendance: 4,000
Referee:   W. Rufli Bremgarten
5 May 1946 Round 21 Nordstern Basel 3–5 Basel Stadion Rankhof, Basel
15:15 Hartmann   55' (pen. 1:3)
Keller   72' (2:4)
Scholl   75' (3:4)
Summary   21' (0:1) Oberer
  31' (0:2) Bertsch
  40' (0:3) Stöcklin
  67' (1:4) Suter
  86' (3:5) Stöcklin
Attendance: 7,000
Referee:   E. Ruefer Bern
19 May 1946 Round 22 Basel 2–1 St. Gallen Landhof, Basel
15:00 Stöcklin   50' (1:1)
Bader   80' (2:1)
Summary   33' (0:1) Deriaz Attendance: 6,000
Referee:   Schmidsberger Zürich
26 May 1946 Round 23 Urania Genève Sport 1–1 Basel Stade de Frontenex, Geneva
Berloz   15' (1:0) Summary   42' (1:1) Grauer Attendance: 3,000
Referee:   Iseli Biel/Bienne
2 June 1946 Round 24 Basel 4–0 CS International Genève Landhof, Basel
15:00 Bertsch   44' (1:0)
Suter   67' (2:0)
Oberer   72' (3:0)
Bader   74' (4:0)
Summary Attendance: 4,500
Referee:   Merlotti Neuchâtel
16 June 1946 Round 25 FC Helvetia Bern 1–6 Basel Spitalacker, Bern
Huck   74' (1:3) Summary   20' (0:1) Bader
  30' (0:2) Bader
  65' (0:3) Suter
  77' (1:4) Oberer
  80' (1:5) Oberer
  83' (1:6) Oberer
Attendance: 1,300
Referee:   Georges Craviolini Chippis
22 June 1946 Round 26 Basel 3–1 SC Zug Landhof, Basel
18:30 Bader   49' (1:1)
Bader   73' (2:1)
Bader   98' (3:1)
Summary   30' (o.g. 0:1) Wirz Attendance: 1,100
Referee:   E. Ruefer Bern

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Basel 26 19 5 2 87 21 +66 43 Champion Nationalliga B, promoted
2 Urania Genève Sport 26 17 5 4 53 30 +23 39 Promoted
3 St. Gallen 26 16 3 7 58 32 +26 35
4 CS International Genève 26 12 6 8 41 37 +4 30
5 Aarau 26 10 8 8 46 38 +8 28
6 Nordstern Basel 26 12 4 10 54 55 −1 28
7 Fribourg 26 11 5 10 50 53 −3 27
8 Brühl St. Gallen 26 8 6 12 31 33 −2 22
9 Luzern 26 8 6 12 44 48 −4 22
10 Schaffhausen 26 8 6 12 44 50 −6 22
11 FC Helvetia Bern 26 8 4 14 26 57 −31 20
12 SC Zug 26 6 6 14 28 63 −35 18 Play-off winners
13 SC Derendingen 26 6 6 14 38 53 −15 18 Play-off losers, relegated
14 Étoile-Sporting 26 2 8 16 27 57 −30 12 Relegated
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup edit

25 November 1945 3rd principal round SC Schöftland 1–5 Basel Gemeindesportplatz, Schöftland
Lüthy   7' (1:0) Summary   12' (1:1) Suter
  40' (o.g. 1:2)
  44' (1:3) Bertsch
  (1:4) Bader
  (pen. 1:5) Bader
Attendance: 900
Referee:   Schmidsberger Zürich
13 January 1946 Round of 32 Fribourg 0–4 Basel Stade Universitaire, Freiburg
Thomet   69′ Summary   75' (0:1) Oberer
  80' (0:2) Wenk
  84' (0:3) Wenk
  86' (0:4) Bader
Attendance: 2,500
Referee:   Scherz Bern
3 February 1946 Round of 16 Basel 3–4 Servette Landhof, Basel
14:30 Bertsch   12' (1:0)
Suter   27' (2:0)
Bader   29' (3:0)
Summary   50' (3:1) Fatton
  62' (3:2) Tamini
  66' (3:3) Facchinetti
  90' (3:4) Tamini
Attendance: 7,000
Referee:   DörflingerGrenchen

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1945/46". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ^ "Rangliste 1945–46 Nationalliga B". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. ^ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1945–46". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

Sources edit

External links edit