1944–45 FC Basel season

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FC Basel
1944–45 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Emil Junker
First team coachSwitzerland Max Barras
GroundLandhof, Basel
1944–45 Nationalliga A13th
Swiss CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: René Bader (11)
All: René Bader (14)
Highest home attendance6,000 on 12 November 1944
vs Lausanne-Sport
and on 17 December 1944
vs Cantonal Neuchatel
Lowest home attendance3,500 on 26 November 1944
vs St. Gallen
Average home league attendance4,753

The FC Basel 1944–45 season was the fifty-second 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 new chairman. He took over from Albert Besse following the AGM on 8 July 1944.

Overview[]

Max Barras was appointed as new first team manager. Basel played 43 games in their 1944–45 season. 28 in the Nationalliga (including two replayed games), three in the Swiss Cup and 12 were test games. They won 14, drew 10 and lost 19 times. In total, including the test games and the cup competition, they scored 86 goals and conceded 82.[1] René Bader was the best scorer with 14 goals, Willy Monigatti second best with 13.

There were 14 teams contesting in the 1944–45 Nationalliga A. The two teams that finished in last and second last position in the league table would be relegated. Basel played a bad season, winning just six matches, drawing six and they suffered 14 defeats, thus they ended the season with 18 points in 13th position, second last. Two of the games during the season were played under protest and were later replayed. These were the games on 24 September 1944 against Lugano and on 29 April 1945 against Grenchen. The protest was because Basel could not field their best teams due to the military duties of their players. Both replayed games ended with a defeat. Grasshopper Club won the Swiss championship, Basel and St. Gallen were relegated. René Bader was the best league goal scorer with 11 goals and Willy Monigatti second best with 9 league goals.[2]

In the Swiss Cup Basel started in the 3rd principal round with an away tie against lower tier local side FC Allschwil and a 6–0 victory. In the round of 32 Basel had a home game at the Landhof against lower tier SC Zofingen which ended with a 3–1 win. In the round of 16 Basel travelled to an away game against St. Gallen and were knocked out of the competition.[3]

Players[]

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 Switzerland  SUI H. Müller
— GK Switzerland  SUI Walter Müller
— GK Switzerland  SUI Paul Wechlin
— DF Switzerland  SUI Werner Bopp
— DF Switzerland  SUI Louis Favre
— DF Switzerland  SUI Ernst Grauer
— DF Switzerland  SUI Ernst Hufschmid
— MF Switzerland  SUI Alexander Ebner
— MF Switzerland  SUI Heinz Elsässer
— MF Switzerland  SUI Rodolfo Kappenberger
— MF Switzerland  SUI Alberto Losa
— MF Switzerland  SUI Willy Monigatti
— MF Switzerland  SUI Traugott Oberer
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Switzerland  SUI Fritz Schmidlin
— MF Switzerland  SUI Guglielmo Spadini
— MF Switzerland  SUI Tschüppeli
— MF Switzerland  SUI Hans Vonthron
— MF Switzerland  SUI Werner Wenk
— MF Switzerland  SUI Willy Zingg
— FW Switzerland  SUI René Bader
— FW Switzerland  SUI Kurt Bertsch
— FW Switzerland  SUI Max Gloor
— FW Switzerland  SUI Alex Mathys (from Brühl St. Gallen)
— FW Switzerland  SUI Hans Nyffeler
— FW Switzerland  SUI Hermann Suter
— FW Switzerland  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 Switzerland  SUI Kurt Imhof
— GK Switzerland  SUI Ernst Kipfer
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Switzerland  SUI Rudolf Wirz
— FW Switzerland  SUI Rudolf Knup
— FW Switzerland  SUI Hans Rothen

Results[]

Legend[]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches[]

Pre- and mid-season[]

12 August 1944 Pre-season Old Boys Switzerland 0–7 Switzerland Basel Basel
Summary Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal
20 August 1944 Pre-season Luzern Switzerland 1–3 Switzerland Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
Hug Goal (1:2) Summary Goal (0:1) Bertsch
Goal (0:2) Gloor		 Attendance: 400
Referee: Switzerland Allgöwer Luzern
27 August 1944 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 1–1 Switzerland Nordstern Basel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:45 Weisshaar Goal 30' (1:1) Summary Goal 53' (1:1) Scholl
10 September 1944 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 0–0 Switzerland St. Gallen Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Hans Vogt Schweizerhalle
16 September 1944 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 5–0 Switzerland Cantonal Neuchatel Landhof, Basel
16:00 Nyffeler Goal 6' (1:0)
Nyffeler Goal (2:0)
Nyffeler Goal 30' (3:0)
Oberer Goal (4:0)
Ebner Goal (5:0)		 Summary Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Hans Vogt Schweizerhalle

Winter break to end of season[]

14 January 1945 Winter break Basel Switzerland 6–1 Switzerland Concordia Basel/SC Kleinhüningen Landhof, Basel
14:30 Oberer Goal (1:0)
Oberer Goal (2:0)
Oberer Goal (3:0)
Kappenberger Goal (4:1)
Monigatti Goal (5:1)
Monigatti Goal (6:1)		 Summary Goal (3:1) Eckert Attendance: 800
Referee: Switzerland Sannwald Sissach
11 February 1945 Winter break Basel Switzerland 2–4 Switzerland Grenchen Landhof, Basel
14:30 Grauer Goal 10' (1:0)
Suter Goal (2:4)		 Summary Goal 19' (1:1) Righetti (I)
Goal 21' (1:2) Courtat
Goal (1:3) Courtat
Goal 51' (1:4) Courtat		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Switzerland Traub Basel
18 February 1945 Winter break Basel Switzerland 0–2 Switzerland Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary Goal 10' (0:1) Scholl
Goal (0:2) Scholl		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland Häring Basel
25 February 1945 Winter break Basel Switzerland 1–1 Switzerland Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Tschüppeli Goal 28' (1:0) Summary Goal 52' (1:1) Hirt Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Sannwald Sissach
4 March 1945 Winter break Aarau Switzerland 2–1 Switzerland Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
Hofer Goal 21' (1:0)
Taddei Goal 85' (2:1)		 Summary Goal (1:1) Oberer Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Ott Baden
11 March 1945 Winter break Basel Switzerland 3–2 Italy Italian Internee Team Landhof, Basel
14:00 Monigatti Goal 30' (1:0)
Monigatti Goal 50' (2:0)
Kappenberger Goal 71' (3:1)		 Summary Goal (2:1)
Goal (pen. 3:2)		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Hans Vogt Schweizerhlle
8 April 1945 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 3–1 Poland Polish Internee Team Landhof, Basel
15:00 Schmidlin (I) Goal 13' (1:0)
Goal (o.g. 2:0)
Bader Goal 72' (3:0)		 Summary Goal 74' (3:1) Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Häring Basel

Nationalliga[]

Main article: 1944–45 Nationalliga A

League matches[]

September 1944 Round 1 Basel Postponed Lausanne-Sport Landhof, Basel
[ Summary]
24 September 1944 Round 2 Lugano 3 – 0[note 1] Basel Campo Marzio, Lugano
Galli Goal 6' (1:0)
Andreoli Goal 54' (2:0)
Montorfani (III) Goal 55' (pen. 3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland E. Heiniger Bern
1 October 1944 Round 3 Basel 3–3 Grasshopper Club Landhof, Basel
15:00 Bertsch Goal 17' (1:0)
Ebner Goal 58' (2:2)
Hufschmid Goal 77' (3:3)		 Summary Goal 18' (1:1) Friedländer
Goal 26' (o.g. 1:2) Elsässer
Goal 62' (2:3) Bickel		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Rapin Lausanne
8 October 1944 Round 4 Young Fellows Zürich 2–0 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
14:22 Andres Goal 14' (1:0)
Fink Goal 65' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland Grassi Balerna
15 October 1944 Round 5 Basel 0–2 Grenchen Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary Righetti (II) Goal 13' (0:1)
Righetti (I) Goal 48' (0:2)		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Sandoz La Chaux-de-Fonds
22 October 1944 Round 6 La Chaux-de-Fonds 3–1 Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
15:00 Perroud Goal 36' (1:1)
Berthoud Goal 56' (2:1)
Van Gessel Goal 77' (3:1)		 Summary Goal 6' (0:1) Kappenberger Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Rapin Lausanne
29 October 1944 Round 7 Servette 2–0 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
15:00 Fatton Goal 40' (1:0)
Fatton Goal 43' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Georges Craviolini Chippis
5 November 1944 Round 8 Basel 2–0 Bellinzona Landhof, Basel
14:30 Bertsch Goal (1:0)
Bertsch Goal (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Merlotti Neuchâtel
12 November 1944 Round 1 Basel 2–3 Lausanne-Sport Landhof, Basel
14:30 Bader Goal 1' (1:0)
Bertsch Goal 27' (2:2)		 Summary Goal (1:1) Eggimann
Goal 7' (1:2) Eggimann
Goal 70' (2:3) Courtois		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland Niederhauser Bern
19 November 1944 Round 9 Zürich 4–1 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
14:30 Bosshard Goal 30' (1:0)
Bosshard Goal (2:1)
Bosshard Goal 80' (3:1)
Conte Goal (4:1)		 Summary Goal (pen. 1:1) Bader Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Tschopp Delémont
26 November 1944 Round 10 Basel 3–0 St. Gallen Landhof, Basel
14:30 Kappenberger Goal 28' (1:0)
Suter Goal 51' (2:0)
Kappenberger Goal 86' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland von Wartburg Bern
10 December 1944 Round 11 Biel-Bienne 2–2 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
14:30 Weibel Goal 38' (1:0)
Ferioli Goal 60' (2:1)		 Summary Goal 56' (1:1) Suter
Goal 70' (2:2) Vonthron		 Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Switzerland Lutz Geneva
17 December 1944 Round 12 Basel 0–4 Cantonal Neuchatel Landhof, Basel
14:30 Summary Sydler Goal 12' (0:1)
Sandoz Goal 57' (0:2)
Sydler Goal 58' (0:3)
Frangi Goal 61' (0:4)		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland Jaggi Bern
31 December 1944 Round 13 Young Boys 2–1 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
14:30 Walaschek Goal 30' (1:0)
Trachsel Goal 37' (2:0)		 Summary Goal 75' (2:1) Oberer Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Wittwer Geneva
18 March 1945 Round 14 Lausanne-Sport 2–0 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
15:00 Monnard Goal 2' (1:0)
Monnard Goal (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Iseli Biel/Bienne
25 March 1945 Round 15 Basel 4–4 Lugano Landhof, Basel
15:00 Monigatti Goal (1:2)
Kappenberger Goal 20' (2:3)
Oberer Goal (3:4)
Schmidlin (I) Goal (4:4)		 Summary Goal 1' (0:1) Montorfani
Goal 10' (0:2) Bernasconi
Goal 15' (1:3) Bernasconi
Goal (2:4) Fornara (II)		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Lutz Geneva
15 April 1945 Round 16 Grasshopper Club 6–4 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
16:30 Küenzler Goal (1:0)
Friedländer Goal (2:2)
Friedländer Goal (3:2)
Küenzler Goal (4:2)
Bickel Goal 76' (5:3)
Biedermann Goal 87' (6:4)		 Summary Goal (1:1) Bader
Goal (1:2) Monigatti
Goal 75' (4:3) Monigatti
Goal 82' (5:4) Monigatti		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland Niederhauser Bern
22 April 1945 Round 17 Basel 3–0 Young Fellows Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Bader Goal (pen. 1:0)
Bader Goal 49' (2:0)
Monigatti Goal 75' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Wittwer Geneva
29 April 1945 Round 18 Grenchen 1 – 1[note 2] Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
Brunner Goal 75' (1:1) Summary Goal 4' (0:1) Bader Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Sally Rosenbaum Zürich/St. Gallen
6 May 1945 Round 19 Basel 2–1 La Chaux-de-Fonds Landhof, Basel
16:00 Ebner Goal (1:0)
Bader Goal 15' (2:0)		 Summary Goal (o.g. 2:1) Grauer Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Merlotti Neuchâtel
13 May 1945 Round 20 Basel 3–1 Servette Landhof, Basel
15:00 Monigatti Goal 19' (1:0)
Schmidlin (I) Goal 40' (2:0)
Monigatti Goal 43' (3:0)		 Summary Goal 67' (3:1) Belli Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Switzerland von Wartburg Bern
27 May 1945 Round 21 Bellinzona 0–0 Basel Campo Granata, Bellinzona
Summary Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland DörflingerGrenchen
3 June 1945 Round 22 Basel 3–3 Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Monigatti Goal (1:1)
Bader Goal 52' (pen. 2:1)
Bader Goal 83' (3:3)		 Summary Goal 35' (0:1) Bosshard
Goal 63' (pen. 2:2) Minelli
Goal 67' (2:3) Schneiter		 Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Niederhauser Bern
10 June 1945 Round 23 St. Gallen 2–2 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
Luchsinger Goal 43' (1:0)
Wagner Goal 65' (2:2)		 Summary Goal (1:1) Oberer
Goal 57' (1:2) Monigatti		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Jaggi Bern
17 June 1945 Round 24 Basel 3–1 Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
16:30 Bader Goal 7' (1:0)
Wenk Goal 84' (2:1)
Grauer Goal (pen. 3:1)		 Summary Goal 17' (pen. 1:1) Veeser Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Scherz Bern
24 June 1945 Round 25 Cantonal Neuchatel 3–0 Basel Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
15:00 Guillaume Goal 80' (1:0)
Franghi Goal 81' (2:0)
Hufschmid Goal (o.g.)		 Summary Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Switzerland Sally Rosenbaum Zürich/St. Gallen
1 July 1945 Round 26 Basel 3–4 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
15:30 Vonthron Goal (1:3)
Bader Goal 80' (2:4)
Vonthron Goal (pen. 3:4)		 Summary Goal 16' (0:1) Knecht
Goal 30' (0:2) Bernhard
Goal 62' (0:3) Walaschek
Goal 67' (1:4) Streun		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland DörflingerGrenchen
Notes
  1. ^ Replay July 8, 1945
  2. ^ Replay July 14, 1945

League matches Replays[]

8 July 1945 Round 2 Lugano 4–3 Basel Campo Marzio, Lugano
Bergamini Goal 50' (1:1)
Bergamini Goal 62' (2:1)
Montorfani Goal 67' (3:1)
Fornara (II) Goal 69' (4:1)		 Summary Goal 17' (0:1) Wenk
Goal (4:2) Wenk
Goal (4:3) Hufschmid		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland von Wartburg Bern
15 July 1945 Round 18 Grenchen 1–0 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
18:00 Zadra Goal 28' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 800
Referee: Switzerland Schürch Winterthur

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Grasshopper Club Zürich 26 18 5 3 78 39 +39 41 Swiss Champions
2 FC Lugano 26 15 4 7 55 36 +19 34
3 BSC Young Boys 26 13 8 5 37 30 +7 34 Swiss Cup winners
4 FC Grenchen 26 13 7 6 37 29 +8 33
5 Lausanne Sports 26 15 2 9 58 39 +19 32
6 Cantonal Neuchâtel 26 10 9 7 36 29 +7 29
7 Young Fellows Zürich 26 10 5 11 35 43 −8 25
8 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 8 7 11 42 50 −8 23
9 Servette FC Genève 26 8 5 13 43 47 −4 21
10 AC Bellinzona 26 5 11 10 24 32 −8 21
11 FC Zürich 26 6 8 12 45 57 −12 20
12 FC Biel-Bienne 26 5 10 11 39 56 −17 20
13 FC Basel 26 6 6 14 45 59 −14 18 Relegated
14 FC St. Gallen 26 3 7 16 28 56 −28 13
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup[]

3 December 1944 Round 3 FC Allschwil 0–6 Basel Sportplatz Bankverein, Allschwil
14:00 Summary Goal 17' (0:1) Bader
Goal 18' (0:2) Bader
Goal 48' (0:3) Bader
Goal (0:4) Bader
Goal (0:5) Oberer
Goal (0:6) Bader		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Scherz Bern
24 December 1944 Round of 32 Basel 3–1 SC Zofingen Landhof, Basel
14:30 Suter Goal (1:0)
Kappenberger Goal 30' (2:0)
Monigatti Goal 40' (3:0)		 Summary Goal (pen. 3:1) Conus Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Arn Grenchen
21 January 1945 Round of 16 St. Gallen 3–0 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
Hager Goal 65' (1:0)
Wagner Goal 85' (2:0)
Casali Goal 87' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Schmidsberger Zürich

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1944/45". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ^ "Rangliste 1944–45". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. ^ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1944–45". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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