1945–46 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1945–46 season
Chairman	Emil Junker
First team coach	Max Barras
Ground	Landhof, Basel
Nationalliga B	1st
Swiss Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: René Bader (27); All: René Bader (31)
Highest home attendance	7,500 on 4 November 1945; vs Nordstern Basel
Lowest home attendance	1,100 pn 22 June 1946; vs SC Zug
Average home league attendance	3,753
	← 1944–45 1946–47 →

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

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

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

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre-season

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

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

League matches

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

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

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

References

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

Sources

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2027-6
Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
The FCB team 1945–46 at fcb-archiv.ch
Switzerland 1945–46 by Erik Garin at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

External links

FC Basel official site

[fcb-achiv-Bilanz_Saison_1945/46-1] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1945/46". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

[fcb-achiv-Rangliste_1945/46_Nationalliga_B-2] "Rangliste 1945–46 Nationalliga B". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

[rsssf-Switzerland_1945/46-3] Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1945–46". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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