1941–42 FC Basel season

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.

FC Basel
1941–42 season
Chairman Albert Besse
Manager Eugen Rupf
GroundLandhof, Basel
1st League1st
Play-offWon
Swiss CupRunner-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Rodolfo Kappenberger (15)
All: Hermann Suter (17)
Highest home attendance4,500 on 10 May 1942
vs Blue Stars Zürich
Lowest home attendance700 on 7 June 1942
vs Bellinzona
Average home league attendance2,200

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

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 Silvio Cinguetti
GK   SUI Kurt Imhof
GK   SUI Ernst Kipfer
GK   SUI Paul Wechlin
DF   SUI Henri Bernard
DF   SUI Louis Favre
DF   SUI Ernst Grauer
MF   SUI Ernst Hufschmid
MF   SUI Alexander Ebner
MF   SUI Heinz Elsässer
MF   SUI Rodolfo Kappenberger
MF   SUI Alberto Losa
MF   SUI Albert Mohler
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   SUI Traugott Oberer
MF   SUI Fritz Schmidlin
MF   SUI Guglielmo Spadini
MF   SUI Hans Studer
MF   SUI Hans Vonthron
MF   SUI Werner Wenk
MF   SUI Rudolf Wirz
FW   SUI Enrico Ardizzoia
FW   SUI (?) Bossi
FW   SUI Charles Grauwiler
FW   SUI Erhard Grieder
FW   SUI Rudolf Knup
FW   SUI Eugen Rupf
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
MF   SUI August Ibach (to Biel-Bienne)
MF  FRG Andreas Kränzlin
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW   SUI Alfred Jaeck
FW   SUI Alex Mathys (to Brühl St. Gallen)

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre and mid-season

17 August 1941 Pre-season Luzern 0 – 4 Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
Summary  15' (0:1) Mathys
 77' (0:2) Mathys
 (0:3) Wenk
 (0:4) Ardizzoia
Attendance: 150
Referee: Allgöwer Luzern
23 August 1941 Pre-season Nordstern Basel 3 – 1 Basel Stadion Rankhof, Basel
16:30 Borer  (2x)
Martin  (1x)
Summary  (1x) Rupf Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Muri Basel
5 October 1941 Mid-season Nordstern Basel 0 – 2 Basel Stadion Rankhof, Basel
15:45 Summary  30' (0:1) Kappenberger
 (0:2) Oberer
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Felix Herren Basel

Winter break

11 January 1942 Winter break SC Derendingen 5 – 6 Basel Heidenegg, Derendingen
Herzog (I)  (2x)
Herzog (II)  (1x)
Werthmüller  (1x)
Stampfli  (1x)
Summary  (3x) Rupf
 (2x) Suter
 (1x) Losa
Attendance: 300
Referee: Dörflinger Grenchen

Nationalliga

1st League group East, matches

31 August 1941 Round 1 Basel 10 – 1 SC Juventus Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Mathys  (7x)
Rupf  (1x)
Bossi  (1x)
Kappenberger  (1x)
Summary  (1x) Bolzan Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Iseli Biel/Bienne
7 September 1941 Round 2 Brühl St. Gallen 1 – 6 Basel Krontal, St. Gallen
Tanner  (1:5) Summary  17' (0:1) Mathys
 18' (0:2) Mathys
 34' (0:3) Rupf
 (0:4) Rupf
 (o.g.)
 (1:6) Rupf
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Bollinger Schaffhausen
14 September 1941 Round 3 Basel 2 – 0 Locarno Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00 Suter  15' (1:0)
Kappenberger  75' (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Hofer Moutier
28 September 1941 Round 4 Aarau 0 – 0 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
Summary Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Bollinger Schaffhausen
12 October 1941 Round 5 Basel 4 – 0 Chiasso Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00 Schmidlin (I)  (2x)
Kappenberger  (1x)
Knup  (1x)
Summary Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Scanferla Winterthur
19 October 1941 Round 6 Blue Stars Zürich 3 – 0 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
13:30 Aeby  57' (1:0)
Busenhart  66' (2:0)
Aeby  83' (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Marti Bern
26 October 1941 Round 7 Basel 5 – 1 Concordia Basel Landhof, Basel
15:00 Kappenberger  (4x)
Schmidlin (I)  (1x)
Summary  (1x) Weber Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Ott Baden
2 November 1941 Round 8 SC Zug 0 – 1 Basel Herti Allmend Stadion, Zug
Summary  33' (0:1) Oberer Attendance: 900
Referee: Bihrer Zürich
9 November 1941 Round 9 FC Birsfelden 0 – 2 Basel Sportplatz, Birsfelden
14:30 Summary  15' (0:1) Rupf
 (0:2) Vonthron
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Eggmann Zürich
30 November 1941 Round 10 Bellinzona 1 – 5 Basel Campo Granata, Bellinzona
Bottinelli  (1x) Summary  (1x + 1x pen.) Rupf
 (1x) Suter
 (1x) Vonthron
 (1x) Hufschmid
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Schürch Winterthur
18 January 1942 Round 11 Basel 11 – 0 Schaffhausen Landhof, Basel
14:30 Losa  (2x)
Rupf  (2x)
Suter  (2x)
Grieder  (5x)
Summary Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Stuber Solothurn
5 April 1942 Round 12 SC Juventus Zürich P – P Basel Förrlibuck, Zürich
[ Summary]
12 April 1942 Round 13 Basel 1 – 1 Brühl St. Gallen Landhof, Basel
15:00 Losa  89' (1:1) Summary  (0:1) Breitenmoser Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ott Baden
19 April 1942 Round 14 Locarno 1 – 3 Basel Stadio del Lido, Locarno
Bossoni  48' (1:2) Summary  32' (0:1) Kappenberger
 46' (0:2) Rupf
 88' (1:3) Kappenberger
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Pusterla Oerlikon
24 April 1942 Round 15 Basel 5 – 0 Aarau Landhof, Basel
15:00 Grieder  (3x)
Schmidlin (I)  (2x)
Summary Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Raimondi Chiasso
1 May 1942 Round 18 Concordia Basel 0 – 1 Basel Landhof, Basel
15:00 Summary  22' (0:1) Suter Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Hans Wüthrich Bern
3 May 1942 Round 12 SC Juventus Zürich 0 – 3 Basel Förrlibuck, Zürich
Summary  (0:1) Spadini
 (0:2) Vonthron
 82' (0:3) Spadini
Attendance: 400
Referee: Jaggi Bern
10 May 1942 Round 17 Basel 2 – 1 Blue Stars Zürich Landhof, Basel
16:00 Rupf  69' (1:1)
Rupf  85' (2:1)
Summary  22' (0:1) Maiser Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Schürch Winterthur
14 May 1942 Round 22 Schaffhausen 0 – 2 Basel Emmersberg, Schaffhausen
Summary  65' (0:1) Kappenberger
 (0:2) Kappenberger
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Scanferla Winterthur
17 May 1942 Round 19 Basel 2 – 1 SC Zug Landhof, Basel
16:30 Suter  12' (1:0)
Suter  64' (2:0)
Summary  (2:1) Mattes Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Sally Rosenbaum Zürich/St. Gallen
31 May 1942 Round 16 Chiasso 1 – 3 Basel Stadio Comunale, Chiasso
 72' (1:2) Summary  2' (0:1) Rupf
 8' (0:2) Suter
 85' (1:3) Schmidlin (I)
Attendance: 600
Referee: Eggmann Zürich
6 June 1942 Round 21 Basel 7 – 1 Bellinzona Landhof, Basel
15:00 Schmidlin (I)  40' (1:0)
Hufschmid  (2:0)
Kappenberger  (3:1)
Kappenberger  (4:1)
Kappenberger  (5:1)
Suter  (6:1)
Hufschmid  (7:1)
Summary  (2:1) Darani Attendance: 700
Referee: Schürch Winterthur
14 June 1942 Round 20 Basel 2 – 2 FC Birsfelden Landhof, Basel
17:15 Suter  (1:1)
Suter  (2:2)
Summary  (0:1) von Arx
 (1:2) Haller
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: 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
Source: rsssf.com

Promotion play-off

21 June 1942 First leg Bern 0 – 0 Basel Stadion Neufeld
Summary Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Schürch Winterthur
28 June 1942 Return leg Basel 3 – 1
(3 – 1 agg.)
Bern Landhof, Basel
18:00 Kappenberger  17' (1:0)
Suter  27' (2:0)
Schmidlin (I)  62' (3:0)
Summary  80' (3:1) Attendance: 7,000
Referee: 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  46'
Rupf  86' (pen. 1:2)
Kappenberger  (2:2)
Suter  115' (3:2)
Rupf  (pen. 4:2)
Summary  20' (0:1) Oeschger
 83' (0:2) Hediger
Stadium: Landhof
Attendance: 800
Referee: Hofer Moutier
7 December 1941 Round 3 FC Birsfelden 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) Basel Sportplatz, Birsfelden
14:30 Dussy  (1:0)
von Arx (2:1)
Summary  (1:1) Vonthron
 (2:2) Rupf
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ott Baden
14 December 1941 Round 3 Replay Basel 1 – 0 FC Birsfelden Basel
10:00 Suter  53' (1:0) Summary Stadium: Landhof
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Scherz Bern
31 December 1941 Round 4 Basel 3 – 0 BSC Young Boys Landhof, Basel
14:30 Suter  13' (1:0)
Kappenberger  39' (2:0)
Rupf  50' (3:0)
Summary Attendance: 4,000
Referee: W. Bangerter La Chaux-de-Fonds
15 March 1942 Round of 16 Basel 6 – 1 Solothurn Basel
15:00 Grieder  (3x)
Suter  (2x)
Vonthron  (1x)
Summary  (1x) Beetschen Stadium: Landhof
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: von Wartburg Bern
22 March 1942 Quarter-final Basel 1 – 1[note 1] (a.e.t.) Lugano Basel
15:00 Grieder  90' (1:1) Summary  53' (0:1) M. Fornara Stadium: Stadion Rankhof
Attendance: 7.500
Referee: 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: Schürch Winterthur
4 April 1942 Semi-final replay Grenchen 0 – 2 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
17:30 Summary  19' (1:0) Suter
 53' (2:0) Suter
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: 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: Grassi Balerna
25 May 1942 Final replay Grasshopper Club 3 – 2 Basel Bern
15:00 Grubenmann  46' (1:2)
Grubenmann  52' (2:2)
Neukom  71'
Summary  15' (1:0) Schmidlin
 37' (2:0) Schmidlin
Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium
Attendance: 14,000
Referee:
Notes
  1. Basel win on toss of coin

See also

References

  1. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1941/42". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - SC Juventus Zürich 10:1 (6:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. Zindel, Josef (2018), "Alex Mathys", Page 178, Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel
  4. Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1941/42". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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