1945–46 FC Basel season

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

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.

Overview

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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

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

Results

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Legend

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

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Pre-season

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August 1945 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 2–4 Belgium RC Bruxelles Landhof, Basel
Summary
12 August 1945 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 4–2 Switzerland 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: Switzerland Hans Vogt Schweizerhalle
19 August 1945 Pre-season FC Liestal Switzerland 0–8 Switzerland Basel Liestal
Summary
26 August 1945 Pre-season SC Schöftland Switzerland 2–4 Switzerland 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: Switzerland Huber Zürich
2 September 1945 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 1–3 Switzerland 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

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10 February 1946 Winter break Bellinzona Switzerland 6–1 Switzerland 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: Switzerland E. Guidi Bellinzona
21 April 1946 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 2–3 Austria 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: Switzerland Tschopp Delémont
16 May 1946 Mid-season SR Colmar France 0–4 Switzerland 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 Switzerland 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: Switzerland Schaub Basel
13 June 1946 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 2–3 England 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: Switzerland Scherz Bern
29 June 1946 End of season Copenhagen XI Norway 1–1 Switzerland Basel Copenhagen
Präst 31' (1:1) Summary 26' (0:1) Oberer Attendance: 7,000
1 July 1946 End of season Copenhagen XI Norway 2–4 Switzerland 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: Norway Pettersen Oslo

Nationalliga

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League matches

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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
Red card 44' Strähl
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland Wittwer Geneva
28 October 1945 Round 7 Fribourg 0–3 Basel Stade Universitaire, Freiburg
soccer ball with red X Summary 23' (0:1) Bader
60' (0:2) Oberer
90' (pen. 0:3) Bader
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland Schürch Winterthur
23 December 1945 Round 13 SC Zug 0–6 Basel Herti Allmend Stadion, Zug
Richenberger soccer ball with red X 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: Switzerland A. Sandoz Lausanne
February 1946 Round 14 SC Derendingen P–P Basel Heidenegg, Derendingen
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3 March 1946 Round 15 Brühl St. Gallen 0–0 Basel Paul-Grüninger-Stadion, St. Gallen
14:30 Summary Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland Tschopp Delémont
7 April 1946 Round 14 SC Derendingen 0–1 Basel Heidenegg, Derendingen
Summary 40' (o.g.) Leist Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland E. Ruefer Bern

League table

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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

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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: Switzerland Schmidsberger Zürich
13 January 1946 Round of 32 Fribourg 0–4 Basel Stade Universitaire, Freiburg
Thomet soccer ball with red X 69′ Summary 75' (0:1) Oberer
80' (0:2) Wenk
84' (0:3) Wenk
86' (0:4) Bader
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland 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: Switzerland DörflingerGrenchen

See also

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References

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  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.

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