1945–46 FC Basel season

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.

FC Basel
1945–46 season
Chairman Emil Junker
First team coach 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

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

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
Main article: 1945–46 Nationalliga A

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

See also

References
  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.

Sources
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