1941–42 FC Basel season
| 1941–42 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | Switzerland Albert Besse |
| Manager | Switzerland Eugen Rupf |
| Ground | Landhof, Basel |
| 1st League | 1st |
| Play-off | Won |
| Swiss Cup | Runner-up |
| Top goalscorer | League: Rodolfo Kappenberger (15) All: Hermann Suter (17) |
| Highest home attendance | 4,500 on 10 May 1942 vs Blue Stars Zürich |
| Lowest home attendance | 700 on 7 June 1942 vs Bellinzona |
| Average home league attendance | 2,200 |
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The 1941–42 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 48th season in their existence. It was their third season in the 1st League (second flight of Swiss football) after being relegated from the Nationalliga in the 1938–39 season. They played their home games in the Landhof, in the Wettstein Quarter in Kleinbasel. Albert Besse was the club's chairman for the third consecutive year. The team achieved promotion and reached the Swiss Cup final.
Overview
Eugen Rupf was player-coach for his second season. Basel played 38 games in their 1941–42 season. 22 in the league group, two in the play-offs, 10 in the cup and 4 were test games. They won 27 and drew eight, they were defeated only three times. In total they scored 114 goals and conceded just 33-[1] There were twenty four teams contesting in the 1st League in the 1941–42 season, twelve in group East and twelve in group West. The winner of each group were to play a play-off for promotion to the Nationalliga the following year. Basel were allocated to group East together with the two other local teams Concordia Basel and FC Birsfelden. Basel started the league season well. On 31 August 1941 in the first league game against SC Juventus Zürich their striker Alex Mathys scored seven goals as Basel won by 10–1.[2] There is no indication or evidence in the history books that this was not a goal scoring record for a single FCB player in a single match in the club's entire history.[3] In the game on 18 January 1942 against Schaffhausen Basel won 11–0 and Erhard Grieder scored five goals. Basel finished their season as winners of group East while FC Birsfelden and Concordia were able to hold themselves clear of the relegation zone. Basel managed 18 victories and 3 draws from their 22 games, just one defeat. With a total of 39 points, scoring 77 and conceding just 15 goals Basel were five points clear of second placed Blue Stars Zürich. The promotion play-offs were then against group West winners FC Bern. The 1st leg was the away tie, this ended with a goalless draw. Basel won the 2nd leg at home at the Landhof 3–1 to achieve Promotion. In the Swiss Cup Basel started in the 2nd principal round and were drawn at home against local rivals Old Boys. Basel won 4–2 after extra time. In round 3 they were drawn at home and won 1–0 against another local team FC Birsfelden. The fourth round was another home tie and they beat the higher tier Nationalliga team BSC Young Boys by three goals to nil. The next round gave Basel another home tie against 1st League team Solothurn and they completed an easy victory, winning 6–1. The quarter-final draw saw them playing at home again, this time against Nationlige team Lugano. The game ended 1–1 after extra time. The two clubs could not agree on a date for the replay, therefore the winners were to be decided by lottery decision. Basel qualified on toss of a coin. The semi-final gave Basel their sixth home match and their third Nationalliga club FC Grenchen. On March 29 at Stadion Rankhof the semi-final between Basel and Grenchen ended with a goalless draw after extra time. A replay, on 4 April, was required. In the Gurzelen Stadion in Biel/Bienne the replay ended with a victory. Hermann Suter scored both Basel goals as they won 2–0. Basel thus qualified for the final which was just two days later on 6 April in the Wankdorf Stadion in Bern against the Nationalliga team Grasshopper Club. The final ended goalless after extra time and a replay was required here as well. The replay did not take place until the end of May because the Nationalliga championship had ended with a heat and thus a play-off was required here too between the Grasshoppers and Grenchen. In fact it required two games, the first ended 0–0 in Bern, the seconded ended 1–1 in Basel. The championship title was awarded to GC on goal average. The cup final replay was on 25 May, again in the Wankdorf Stadion, against the then Nationalliga champions Grasshoppers. Basel led by half time through two goals by Fritz Schmidlin, but two goals from Grubenmann a third from Neukom gave the Grasshoppers a 3–2 victory. Thus the Grasshoppers won the double.[4]
Players
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- Players who left the squad
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Results
Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches
Pre and mid-season
| 17 August 1941 Pre-season | Luzern Switzerland | 0–4 | Switzerland Basel | Stadion Allmend, Luzern |
| Summary | File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' (0:1) Mathys File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' (0:2) Mathys File:Soccerball shade.svg (0:3) Wenk File:Soccerball shade.svg (0:4) Ardizzoia |
Attendance: 150 Referee: Switzerland Allgöwer Luzern |
| 23 August 1941 Pre-season | Nordstern Basel Switzerland | 3–1 | Switzerland Basel | Stadion Rankhof, Basel |
| 16:30 | Borer File:Soccerball shade.svg (2x) Martin File:Soccerball shade.svg (1x) |
Summary | File:Soccerball shade.svg (1x) Rupf | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Switzerland Muri Basel |
| 5 October 1941 Mid-season | Nordstern Basel Switzerland | 0–2 | Switzerland Basel | Stadion Rankhof, Basel |
| 15:45 | Summary | File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' (0:1) Kappenberger File:Soccerball shade.svg (0:2) Oberer |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Switzerland Felix Herren Basel |
Winter break
| 11 January 1942 Winter break | SC Derendingen Switzerland | 5–6 | Switzerland Basel | Heidenegg, Derendingen |
| Herzog (I) File:Soccerball shade.svg (2x) Herzog (II) File:Soccerball shade.svg (1x) Werthmüller File:Soccerball shade.svg (1x) Stampfli File:Soccerball shade.svg (1x) |
Summary | File:Soccerball shade.svg (3x) Rupf File:Soccerball shade.svg (2x) Suter File:Soccerball shade.svg (1x) Losa |
Attendance: 300 Referee: Switzerland Dörflinger Grenchen |
Nationalliga
1st League group East, matches
| 31 August 1941 Round 1 | Basel | 10–1 | SC Juventus Zürich | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Mathys File:Soccerball shade.svg (7x) Rupf File:Soccerball shade.svg (1x) Bossi File:Soccerball shade.svg (1x) Kappenberger File:Soccerball shade.svg (1x) |
Summary | File:Soccerball shade.svg (1x) Bolzan | Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Switzerland Iseli Biel/Bienne |
| 7 September 1941 Round 2 | Brühl St. Gallen | 1–6 | Basel | Krontal, St. Gallen |
| Tanner File:Soccerball shade.svg (1:5) | Summary | File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' (0:1) Mathys File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' (0:2) Mathys File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' (0:3) Rupf File:Soccerball shade.svg (0:4) Rupf File:Soccerball shade.svg (o.g.) File:Soccerball shade.svg (1:6) Rupf |
Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Switzerland Bollinger Schaffhausen |
| 14 September 1941 Round 3 | Basel | 2–0 | Locarno | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
| 15:00 | Suter File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' (1:0) Kappenberger File:Soccerball shade.svg 75' (2:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Switzerland Hofer Moutier |
| 28 September 1941 Round 4 | Aarau | 0–0 | Basel | Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau |
| Summary | Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Switzerland Bollinger Schaffhausen |
| 12 October 1941 Round 5 | Basel | 4–0 | Chiasso | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
| 15:00 | Schmidlin (I) File:Soccerball shade.svg (2x) Kappenberger File:Soccerball shade.svg (1x) Knup File:Soccerball shade.svg (1x) |
Summary | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Switzerland Scanferla Winterthur |
| 19 October 1941 Round 6 | Blue Stars Zürich | 3–0 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
| 13:30 | Aeby File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' (1:0) Busenhart File:Soccerball shade.svg 66' (2:0) Aeby File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' (2:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Switzerland Marti Bern |
| 26 October 1941 Round 7 | Basel | 5–1 | Concordia Basel | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Kappenberger File:Soccerball shade.svg (4x) Schmidlin (I) File:Soccerball shade.svg (1x) |
Summary | File:Soccerball shade.svg (1x) Weber | Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Switzerland Ott Baden |
| 2 November 1941 Round 8 | SC Zug | 0–1 | Basel | Herti Allmend Stadion, Zug |
| Summary | File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' (0:1) Oberer | Attendance: 900 Referee: Switzerland Bihrer Zürich |
| 9 November 1941 Round 9 | FC Birsfelden | 0–2 | Basel | Sportplatz, Birsfelden |
| 14:30 | Summary | File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' (0:1) Rupf File:Soccerball shade.svg (0:2) Vonthron |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Switzerland Eggmann Zürich |
| 30 November 1941 Round 10 | Bellinzona | 1–5 | Basel | Campo Granata, Bellinzona |
| Bottinelli File:Soccerball shade.svg (1x) | Summary | File:Soccerball shade.svg (1x + 1x pen.) Rupf File:Soccerball shade.svg (1x) Suter File:Soccerball shade.svg (1x) Vonthron File:Soccerball shade.svg (1x) Hufschmid |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Switzerland Schürch Winterthur |
| 18 January 1942 Round 11 | Basel | 11–0 | Schaffhausen | Landhof, Basel |
| 14:30 | Losa File:Soccerball shade.svg (2x) Rupf File:Soccerball shade.svg (2x) Suter File:Soccerball shade.svg (2x) Grieder File:Soccerball shade.svg (5x) |
Summary | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Switzerland Stuber Solothurn |
| 5 April 1942 Round 12 | SC Juventus Zürich | P–P | Basel | Förrlibuck, Zürich |
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| 12 April 1942 Round 13 | Basel | 1–1 | Brühl St. Gallen | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Losa File:Soccerball shade.svg 89' (1:1) | Summary | File:Soccerball shade.svg (0:1) Breitenmoser | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Switzerland Ott Baden |
| 19 April 1942 Round 14 | Locarno | 1–3 | Basel | Stadio del Lido, Locarno |
| Bossoni File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' (1:2) | Summary | File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' (0:1) Kappenberger File:Soccerball shade.svg 46' (0:2) Rupf File:Soccerball shade.svg 88' (1:3) Kappenberger |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Switzerland Pusterla Oerlikon |
| 24 April 1942 Round 15 | Basel | 5–0 | Aarau | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Grieder File:Soccerball shade.svg (3x) Schmidlin (I) File:Soccerball shade.svg (2x) |
Summary | Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Switzerland Raimondi Chiasso |
| 1 May 1942 Round 18 | Concordia Basel | 0–1 | Basel | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Summary | File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' (0:1) Suter | Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Switzerland Hans Wüthrich Bern |
| 3 May 1942 Round 12 | SC Juventus Zürich | 0–3 | Basel | Förrlibuck, Zürich |
| Summary | File:Soccerball shade.svg (0:1) Spadini File:Soccerball shade.svg (0:2) Vonthron File:Soccerball shade.svg 82' (0:3) Spadini |
Attendance: 400 Referee: Switzerland Jaggi Bern |
| 10 May 1942 Round 17 | Basel | 2–1 | Blue Stars Zürich | Landhof, Basel |
| 16:00 | Rupf File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' (1:1) Rupf File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' (2:1) |
Summary | File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' (0:1) Maiser | Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Switzerland Schürch Winterthur |
| 14 May 1942 Round 22 | Schaffhausen | 0–2 | Basel | Emmersberg, Schaffhausen |
| Summary | File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' (0:1) Kappenberger File:Soccerball shade.svg (0:2) Kappenberger |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Switzerland Scanferla Winterthur |
| 17 May 1942 Round 19 | Basel | 2–1 | SC Zug | Landhof, Basel |
| 16:30 | Suter File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' (1:0) Suter File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' (2:0) |
Summary | File:Soccerball shade.svg (2:1) Mattes | Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Switzerland Sally Rosenbaum Zürich/St. Gallen |
| 31 May 1942 Round 16 | Chiasso | 1–3 | Basel | Stadio Comunale, Chiasso |
| File:Soccerball shade.svg 72' (1:2) | Summary | File:Soccerball shade.svg 2' (0:1) Rupf File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' (0:2) Suter File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' (1:3) Schmidlin (I) |
Attendance: 600 Referee: Switzerland Eggmann Zürich |
| 6 June 1942 Round 21 | Basel | 7–1 | Bellinzona | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Schmidlin (I) File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' (1:0) Hufschmid File:Soccerball shade.svg (2:0) Kappenberger File:Soccerball shade.svg (3:1) Kappenberger File:Soccerball shade.svg (4:1) Kappenberger File:Soccerball shade.svg (5:1) Suter File:Soccerball shade.svg (6:1) Hufschmid File:Soccerball shade.svg (7:1) |
Summary | File:Soccerball shade.svg (2:1) Darani | Attendance: 700 Referee: Switzerland Schürch Winterthur |
| 14 June 1942 Round 20 | Basel | 2–2 | FC Birsfelden | Landhof, Basel |
| 17:15 | Suter File:Soccerball shade.svg (1:1) Suter File:Soccerball shade.svg (2:2) |
Summary | File:Soccerball shade.svg (0:1) von Arx File:Soccerball shade.svg (1:2) Haller |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Switzerland Ott Baden |
1st League group East, table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basel | 22 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 77 | 15 | +62 | 39 | Play-off for promotion |
| 2 | Blue Stars Zürich | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 50 | 25 | +25 | 34 | |
| 3 | Bellinzona | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 24 | |
| 4 | FC Birsfelden | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 24 | |
| 5 | Brühl St. Gallen | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 24 | |
| 6 | SC Zug | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 24 | |
| 7 | Locarno | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 52 | 45 | +7 | 19 | |
| 8 | Chiasso | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 19 | |
| 9 | Aarau | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 19 | |
| 10 | Concordia Basel | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 44 | −14 | 17 | |
| 11 | Schaffhausen | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 29 | 64 | −35 | 12 | Play-off against relegation |
| 12 | SC Juventus Zürich | 22 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 34 | 73 | −39 | 9 | Relegated |
Promotion play-off
| 21 June 1942 First leg | Bern | 0–0 | Basel | Stadion Neufeld |
| Summary | Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Switzerland Schürch Winterthur |
| 28 June 1942 Return leg | Basel | 3–1 (3–1 agg.) | Bern | Landhof, Basel |
| 18:00 | Kappenberger File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' (1:0) Suter File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' (2:0) Schmidlin (I) File:Soccerball shade.svg 62' (3:0) |
Summary | File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' (3:1) | Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Switzerland Schürch Winterthur |
Basel won 3–1 on aggregate
Swiss Cup
| 23 November 1941 2nd principal round | Basel | 4–2 (a.e.t.) | Old Boys | Basel |
| 14:30 | Elsässer Red card 46' Rupf File:Soccerball shade.svg 86' (pen. 1:2) Kappenberger File:Soccerball shade.svg (2:2) Suter File:Soccerball shade.svg 115' (3:2) Rupf File:Soccerball shade.svg (pen. 4:2) |
Summary | File:Soccerball shade.svg 20' (0:1) Oeschger File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' (0:2) Hediger |
Stadium: Landhof Attendance: 800 Referee: Switzerland Hofer Moutier |
| 7 December 1941 Round 3 | FC Birsfelden | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Basel | Sportplatz, Birsfelden |
| 14:30 | Dussy File:Soccerball shade.svg (1:0) von ArxFile:Soccerball shade.svg (2:1) |
Summary | File:Soccerball shade.svg (1:1) Vonthron File:Soccerball shade.svg (2:2) Rupf |
Attendance: 500 Referee: Switzerland Ott Baden |
| 14 December 1941 Round 3 Replay | Basel | 1–0 | FC Birsfelden | Basel |
| 10:00 | Suter File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' (1:0) | Summary | Stadium: Landhof Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Switzerland Scherz Bern |
| 31 December 1941 Round 4 | Basel | 3–0 | BSC Young Boys | Landhof, Basel |
| 14:30 | Suter File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' (1:0) Kappenberger File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' (2:0) Rupf File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' (3:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Switzerland W. Bangerter La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| 15 March 1942 Round of 16 | Basel | 6–1 | Solothurn | Basel |
| 15:00 | Grieder File:Soccerball shade.svg (3x) Suter File:Soccerball shade.svg (2x) Vonthron File:Soccerball shade.svg (1x) |
Summary | File:Soccerball shade.svg (1x) Beetschen | Stadium: Landhof Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Switzerland von Wartburg Bern |
| 22 March 1942 Quarter-final | Basel | 1 – 1[note 1] (a.e.t.) | Lugano | Basel |
| 15:00 | Grieder File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' (1:1) | Summary | File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' (0:1) M. Fornara | Stadium: Stadion Rankhof Attendance: 7.500 Referee: Switzerland Wittwer Geneva |
| Note: Basel win on toss of coin | ||||
| 29 March 1942 Semi-final | Basel | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Grenchen | Stadion Rankhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Summary | Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Switzerland Schürch Winterthur |
| 4 April 1942 Semi-final replay | Grenchen | 0–2 | Basel | Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne |
| 17:30 | Summary | File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' (1:0) Suter File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' (2:0) Suter |
Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Switzerland W. Bangerter La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| 6 April 1942 Final | Grasshopper Club | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Basel | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
| 15:00 | Summary | Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Switzerland Grassi Balerna |
| 25 May 1942 Final replay | Grasshopper Club | 3–2 | Basel | Bern |
| 15:00 | Grubenmann File:Soccerball shade.svg 46' (1:2) Grubenmann File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' (2:2) Neukom File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' |
Summary | File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' (1:0) Schmidlin File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' (2:0) Schmidlin |
Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Switzerland |
- Notes
- ↑ Basel win on toss of coin
See also
References
- ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1941/42". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - SC Juventus Zürich 10:1 (6:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ↑ Zindel, Josef (2018), "Alex Mathys", Page 178, Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel
- ↑ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1941/42". 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
- FCB team 1941–42 at fcb-archiv.ch
- Switzerland 1941–42 at RSSSF