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
20 August 1944 Pre-season Luzern Switzerland 1–3 Switzerland Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
Hug (1:2) Summary (0:1) Bertsch
(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 30' (1:1) Summary 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 6' (1:0)
Nyffeler (2:0)
Nyffeler 30' (3:0)
Oberer (4:0)
Ebner (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 (1:0)
Oberer (2:0)
Oberer (3:0)
Kappenberger (4:1)
Monigatti (5:1)
Monigatti (6:1)		 Summary (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 10' (1:0)
Suter (2:4)		 Summary 19' (1:1) Righetti (I)
21' (1:2) Courtat
(1:3) Courtat
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 10' (0:1) Scholl
(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 28' (1:0) Summary 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 21' (1:0)
Taddei 85' (2:1)		 Summary (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 30' (1:0)
Monigatti 50' (2:0)
Kappenberger 71' (3:1)		 Summary (2:1)
(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) 13' (1:0)
(o.g. 2:0)
Bader 72' (3:0)		 Summary 74' (3:1) Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Häring Basel

Nationalliga

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 6' (1:0)
Andreoli 54' (2:0)
Montorfani (III) 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 17' (1:0)
Ebner 58' (2:2)
Hufschmid 77' (3:3)		 Summary 18' (1:1) Friedländer
26' (o.g. 1:2) Elsässer
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 14' (1:0)
Fink 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) 13' (0:1)
Righetti (I) 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 36' (1:1)
Berthoud 56' (2:1)
Van Gessel 77' (3:1)		 Summary 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 40' (1:0)
Fatton 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 (1:0)
Bertsch (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 1' (1:0)
Bertsch 27' (2:2)		 Summary (1:1) Eggimann
7' (1:2) Eggimann
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 30' (1:0)
Bosshard (2:1)
Bosshard 80' (3:1)
Conte (4:1)		 Summary (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 28' (1:0)
Suter 51' (2:0)
Kappenberger 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 38' (1:0)
Ferioli 60' (2:1)		 Summary 56' (1:1) Suter
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 12' (0:1)
Sandoz 57' (0:2)
Sydler 58' (0:3)
Frangi 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 30' (1:0)
Trachsel 37' (2:0)		 Summary 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 2' (1:0)
Monnard (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 (1:2)
Kappenberger 20' (2:3)
Oberer (3:4)
Schmidlin (I) (4:4)		 Summary 1' (0:1) Montorfani
10' (0:2) Bernasconi
15' (1:3) Bernasconi
(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 (1:0)
Friedländer (2:2)
Friedländer (3:2)
Küenzler (4:2)
Bickel 76' (5:3)
Biedermann 87' (6:4)		 Summary (1:1) Bader
(1:2) Monigatti
75' (4:3) Monigatti
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 (pen. 1:0)
Bader 49' (2:0)
Monigatti 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 75' (1:1) Summary 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 (1:0)
Bader 15' (2:0)		 Summary (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 19' (1:0)
Schmidlin (I) 40' (2:0)
Monigatti 43' (3:0)		 Summary 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 (1:1)
Bader 52' (pen. 2:1)
Bader 83' (3:3)		 Summary 35' (0:1) Bosshard
63' (pen. 2:2) Minelli
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 43' (1:0)
Wagner 65' (2:2)		 Summary (1:1) Oberer
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 7' (1:0)
Wenk 84' (2:1)
Grauer (pen. 3:1)		 Summary 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 80' (1:0)
Franghi 81' (2:0)
Hufschmid (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 (1:3)
Bader 80' (2:4)
Vonthron (pen. 3:4)		 Summary 16' (0:1) Knecht
30' (0:2) Bernhard
62' (0:3) Walaschek
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 50' (1:1)
Bergamini 62' (2:1)
Montorfani 67' (3:1)
Fornara (II) 69' (4:1)		 Summary 17' (0:1) Wenk
(4:2) Wenk
(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 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 17' (0:1) Bader
18' (0:2) Bader
48' (0:3) Bader
(0:4) Bader
(0:5) Oberer
(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 (1:0)
Kappenberger 30' (2:0)
Monigatti 40' (3:0)		 Summary (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 65' (1:0)
Wagner 85' (2:0)
Casali 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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