1940–41 Nationalliga

Nationalliga
Season1940–41
Dates8 September 1940 to
8 June 1941
ChampionsLugano
RelegatedNone
Matches played182
Top goalscorerAlessandro Frigerio (Lugano)
26 goals

The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1940–41 football season. This was the 44th season of top-tier football in Switzerland.

Overview

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Preamble

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In Switzerland during the second world war, sport became an integral part of the "spiritual national defense". This was a political and cultural movement that had already become increasingly important during the late 1930s. Politicians, intellectuals and media professionals had increasingly called for measures to strengthen Switzerland's basic cultural values. Since the Nationalliga games were also considered to be one of the activities that seemed important for maintaining the morale of the population, the military authorities put considerably fewer obstacles in the way of the top players as they had during the previous World War. However, in 1941, the "Lex Zumbühl", named after the Football Association's president, formally banned professional football players. In addition to this, the number of foreign players allowed to play was to be reduced from three to one per team.[1]

Format

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At this time, the Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) had 12 member clubs in the top-tier and 24 members in the second-tier. The 12 top-tier teams played a double round-robin to decide their league table positions. Two points were awarded for a win and one point was awarded for a draw. The first placed team at the end of the season would be awarded the Swiss championship title. Once again there was no relegation from the Nationalliga, although this time not because of the special circumstances of the war championship, as in the previous year, but as a result of the decision to increase the league to 14 teams. The two additional places were played out between the three group winners of the 1940–41 1. Liga.[2]

Nationalliga

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The league season began with the first matchday on 8 September 1940 and was concluded with the last round on 8 June 1941.

Teams, locations

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Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne  Bern Stadion Gurzelen 5,500
Grasshopper Club Zürich Zürich  Zürich Hardturm 20,000
FC Grenchen Grenchen  Solothurn Stadium Brühl 15,100
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds  Neuchâtel Centre Sportif de la Charrière 12,700
FC Lausanne-Sport Lausanne  Vaud Pontaise 30,000
FC Lugano Lugano  Ticino Cornaredo Stadium 6,330
FC Luzern Lucerne  Lucerne Stadion Allmend 25,000
FC Nordstern Basel Basel  Basel-Stadt Rankhof 7,600
Servette FC Geneva  Geneva Stade des Charmilles 27,000
FC St. Gallen St. Gallen  St. Gallen Espenmoos 11,000
Young Boys Bern  Bern Wankdorf Stadium 56,000
FC Young Fellows Zürich  Zürich Utogrund 2,850

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lugano 22 17 3 2 57 16 +41 37 Swiss champions
2 Young Boys[3] 22 15 5 2 50 9 +41 35
3 Servette[4] 22 15 3 4 55 27 +28 33
4 Grasshopper Club 22 13 3 6 46 31 +15 29 Swiss Cup winners
5 Lausanne-Sport 22 11 2 9 34 17 +17 24
6 Grenchen 22 8 8 6 36 28 +8 24
7 Nordstern Basel 22 6 4 12 30 57 −27 16
8 Young Fellows Zürich 22 5 5 12 27 36 −9 15
9 Luzern 22 5 4 13 26 52 −26 14
10 Biel-Bienne 22 5 4 13 23 48 −25 14
11 La Chaux-de-Fonds 22 5 2 15 35 54 −19 12
12 St. Gallen 22 5 1 16 26 70 −44 11
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

No relegation. 14 teams in Nationalliga 1941–42.[2]

Results

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Home \ Away BB CDF GRA GRE LS LUG LUZ NOR SER STG YB YFZ
Biel-Bienne 3–1 0–1 0–3 2–7 1–3 2–2 1–0 0–1 5–1 0–0 0–0
La Chaux-de-Fonds 1–2 1–4 3–3 0–1 1–2 6–2 1–1 1–3 7–0 1–3 3–1
Grasshopper Club 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–5 4–1 0–4 5–2
Grenchen 1–1 4–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 3–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–0
Lausanne-Sports 5–1 0–1 5–0 3–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 4–0 0–1 2–1
Lugano 5–0 4–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–3 1–1 2–0 4–0 1–0 3–0
Luzern 2–0 3–0 1–3 1–3 0–1 0–3 0–1 2–3 0–0 0–6 0–3
Nordstern 1–0 9–3 0–6 1–2 1–3 1–7 2–5 4–0 3–2 0–3 0–2
Servette 4–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 4–2 5–1 8–0 6–2 0–2 2–2
St. Gallen 1–0 4–2 1–5 0–3 1–2 1–6 3–1 4–1 0–1 1–5 0–1
Young Boys 5–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 4–1 2–3 4–1 2–0
Young Fellows 1–4 0–1 1–2 2–2 0–0 0–2 4–0 1–1 1–2 5–1 0–3
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Topscorers

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Rank Player Nat. Goals Club
1. Alessandro Frigerio Switzerland 26 Lugano
2. Lauro Amadò Switzerland 21 Grasshopper Club
3. Willy Bernhard Switzerland 20 Young Boys

Further in Swiss football

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References

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  1. ^ Koller, Christian (2009). "Vierzigerjahre (1940 bis 1949): Die Kriegsmeisterschaften" [Forties (1940 to 1949): The War Championships] (PDF) (in Swiss High German). Zurich Open Repository and Archive. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  2. ^ a b Erste Liga (SFV) (2022). "Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2022" [First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2022] (PDF). PDF page 1 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  3. ^ (red) BSC Young Boys AG (2024). "YB Saison 1940/41" [YB season 1940/41] (in Swiss High German). BSC Young Boys AG. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  4. ^ Reichmuth, Daniel (2024). "Servette Rangliste 1940/41" [Servette ranking 1940/41] (PDF) (in French). super-servette-ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

Sources

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Preceded by
1939–40 		Nationalliga
seasons in
Switzerland 		Succeeded by
1941–42
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