1946–47 FC Basel season

The 1946–47 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 53rd season in their existence. It was their first season in the top flight of Swiss football after their promotion from the Nationalliga B the season before. They played their home games in the Landhof, in the Quarter Kleinbasel.

FC Basel
1946–47 season
Chairman Jules Düblin
Manager Anton Schall
GroundLandhof, Basel
Nationalliga A4th
Swiss CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Traugott Oberer (13)
All: Traugott Oberer (16)
Highest home attendance10,000 on 20 April 1947
vs Biel-Bienne
Lowest home attendance3,500 on 16 February 1947
vs Locarno
Average home league attendance6,515

Overview

After his playing career the Austrian ex-international Anton Schall, who suffered from a rare heart condition, moved to Switzerland and took over Basel as club trainer for the 1946–47 season. Basel played a total of 39 games in this season. Of these 26 in the Nationalliga A, six in the Swiss Cup and seven were test games. The test games resulted with three victories, three draws and one defeat. In total, they won 21 games, drew eight and lost 10 times. In total, including the test games and the cup competition, they scored 111 goals and conceded 65.[1]

There were fourteen teams contesting in the 1946–47 Nationalliga A, the bottom two teams in the table to be relagted. Basel finished their season in fourth position in the table, with twelve victories from 26 games, scoring in total 60 goals. Traugott Oberer was the team's top goal scorer. René Bader and Hermann Suter were joint second best, each with 10 goals. FC Biel-Bienne won the championship. Young Boys and ended the season on the relegation places.[2]

In the Swiss Cup Basel started in round 3 with a home match against local team Black Stars Basel, the game was won 3– 2. In round 4 they had an away tie against La Chaux-de-Fonds which was won 2–1. Round 5 gave Basel another home tie in the Landhof against another local club Nordstern and this ended with a 6–1 victory. Thus they advanced to the quarter-finals and were matched against the Grasshoppers. The Grasshoppers were beaten 2–1. In the semi-final goals from top scorers Traugott Oberer and René Bader gave Basel a 2–1 victory against Grenchen. Therefore, Basel advanced to the Cup-Final, which was played in the Stadion Neufeld in Bern on 7 April 1947. Basel won the final 3–0 against Lausanne Sport and thus their second cup title. In the Final Paul Stöcklin scored two goals and Bader the other. Schall led Basel to win the Cup, but he died shortly afterwards at the age of 40 years during a workout on the football field. Following this unhappy event captain Ernst Hufschmid later took over as team coach.

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 Walter Müller
— GK   SUI Kurt Imhof
— GK   SUI Hans Rothen
— DF   SUI Werner Bopp
— DF   SUI Ernst Grauer
— DF   SUI Ernst Hufschmid
— MF   SUI Alexander Ebner
— MF   SUI Heinz Elsässer
— MF   SUI Rodolfo Kappenberger
— MF   SUI Kurt Maurer
— MF   SUI Willy Monigatti
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW   SUI Traugott Oberer
— MF   SUI Hans Vonthron
— MF   SUI Werner Wenk
— MF   SUI Rudolf Wirz
— FW   SUI René Bader
— FW   SUI Walter Bosshard
— FW   SUI Fritz Eckert
— FW   SUI Bernard Mathez
— FW   SUI Paul Stöcklin
— FW   SUI Hermann Suter
— FW   SUI Alfred Weisshaar

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season
8 August 1946 Pre-season Basel 3 – 3 Grenchen Weiden, Dornach
Eckert  (1:0)
Stöcklin  (2:1)
Eckert  (3:3)		 Summary  (1:1) Righetti (I)
 (2:2) Perroud
 (2:3) Righetti (II)		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Hofer Moutier
18 August 1946 Pre-season FC Langnau 1 – 11 Basel Sägematte, Langnau im Emmental
Nenniger  (1:3) Summary  17' (0:1) Bader
 (0:2) Bader
 30' (0:3) Stöcklin
 41' (1:4) Bader
 60' (1:5) Hufschmid
 67' (1:6) Bader
 (pen. 1:7) Oberer
 (1:8) Stöcklin
 (1:9) Bader
 81' (1:10) Wenk
 (1:11) Stöcklin		 Attendance: 600
Referee: Baumgartner Langnau im Emmental
25 August 1946 Pre-season Red Star Zürich 2 – 2 Basel Sportanlage Allmend Brunau, Zürich
Ryffel  12' (1:0)
Bieri  (pen. 2:0)		 Summary  (pen. 2:1) Oberer
 (2:2) Bader		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Faust Oerlikon

Winter break
5 January 1947 Winter break Basel 2 – 2 Ferencvárosi Landhof, Basel
Oberer  (pen. 1:2)
Weisshaar  (2:2)		 Summary  (0:1) Gyulai
 (0:2) Mike
Mike		 Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Berner Basel
1 February 1947 Winter break Basel 2 – 1 Concordia Basel Landhof, Basel
Stöcklin  (1:1)
Oberer  (2:1)		 Summary  (o.g. 0:1) Bopp Referee: Steiner Basel
9 March 1947 Winter break Basel 12 – 1 SC Binningen Landhof, Basel
Weisshaar  5' (1:1)
Weisshaar  (2:1)
Stöcklin  (3:1)
Suter  (4:1)
Suter  (5:1)
Oberer  (6:1)
Suter  (7:1)
Wenk  (8:1)
Suter  (9:1)
 (o.g. 10:1)
Suter  (11:1)
Suter  (12:1)		 Summary  (0:1) M. Dättwyler Referee: Berner Basel
7 June 1947 Mid-season Basel 1 – 4 RC Strasbourg Landhof, Basel
17:00 Monigatti  89' (1:4) Summary  44' (0:1) Vanags
 65' (0:2) Woehl
 80' (0:3) Nyers
 82' (0:4) Roland		 Attendance: 3,700
Referee: Dörflinger Grenchen

Nationalliga
Main article: 1946–47 Nationalliga A

League matches
1 September 1946 Round 1 Locarno 0 – 2 Basel Stadio del Lido, Locarno
Summary  38' (0:1) Stöcklin
 64' (0:2) Suter		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Jaggi Bern
8 September 1946 Round 2 Basel 8 – 1 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
Oberer  12' (1:1)
Bader  20' (2:1)
Mathez  (3:1)
Oberer  60' (4:1)
Bader  (5:1)
Bader  (6:1)
Mathez  (7:1)
Oberer  (8:1)		 Summary  3' (0:1) Streun Attendance: 5,800
Referee: A. Sandoz Lausanne
22 September 1946 Round 3 Lausanne-Sport 7 – 0 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
15:00 Guhl  7' (1:0)
Maillard (II)  12' (2:0)
Nikolić  25' (3:0)
Eggimann  60' (4:0)
Monnard  67' (5:0)
Maillard (II)  (6:0)
Monnard  85' (7:0)		 Summary Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Schürch Winterthur
29 September 1946 Round 4 Basel 1 – 0 Grenchen Landhof, Basel
Mathez  17' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Grassi Balerna
6 October 1946 Round 5 Servette 3 – 2 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
Tamini  42' (1:2)
Buchoux  82' (2:2)
Facchinetti  88' (3:2)		 Summary  18' (0:1) Stöcklin
 45' (0:2) Stöcklin		 Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Scherz Bern
13 October 1946 Round 6 Basel 3 – 2 Young Fellows Zürich Landhof, Basel
15:00 Bader  3' (1:1)
Stöcklin  15' (2:1)
Bader  36' (3:1)		 Summary  1' (0:1) Fink (II)
 50' (3:2) Zappia		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: von Wartburg Bern
20 October 1946 Round 7 Bellinzona 4 – 1 Basel Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona
Ruch  46' (1:0)
Ruch  48' (2:0)
Frigerio  60' (3:0)
Frigerio  72' (4:1)		 Summary  65' (3:1) Mathez Attendance: 2,000
Referee: von Wartburg Bern
27 October 1946 Round 8 Biel-Bienne 1 – 3 Basel Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
Wiedmer  42' (1:0) Summary  52' (1:1) Suter
 56' (1:2) Weisshaar
 77' (1:3) Suter		 Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Jaggi Bern
3 November 1946 Round 9 Basel 1 – 1 FC Bern Landhof, Basel
Wenk  88' (1:1) Summary  8' (0:1) Jauner (II) Attendance: 6,200
Referee: W. Rufli Bremgarten
24 November 1946 Round 10 Cantonal Neuchatel 2 – 3 Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
14:30 Guillaume  10' (pen. 1:0)
Guillaume  81' (pen. 2:3)		 Summary  (1:1) Wenk
 (1:2) Stöcklin
 (pen. 1:3) Oberer		 Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Scherz Bern
1 December 1946 Round 11 Basel 8 – 2 Urania Genève Sport Landhof, Basel
Oberer  (pen. 1:0)
Bader  15' (2:0)
Suter  (3:1)
Oberer  (4:1)
Bader  (5:1)
Oberer  (6:2)
Suter  (7:2)
Suter  (8:2)		 Summary  (2:1) Prod'hom
 (5:2) Prod'hom		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Tschopp Delémont
December 1946 Round 12 Grasshopper Club P – P Basel Hardturm, Zürich
[ Summary]
22 December 1946 Round 13 Basel 1 – 0 Lugano Landhof, Basel
Suter  67' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Schürch Winterthur
16 February 1947 Round 14 Basel 6 – 0 Locarno Landhof, Basel
Stöcklin  30' (1:0)
Suter  35' (2:0)
Oberer  30' (pen. 3:0)
Bader  63' (4:0)
Bader  65' (5:0)
Oberer  75' (6:0)		 Summary Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Jaggi Bern
February 1947 Round 15 Young Boys P – P Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
[ Summary]
March 1947 Round 16 Basel P – P Lausanne-Sport Landhof, Basel
[ Summary]
March 1947 Round 17 Grenchen P – P Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
[ Summary]
23 March 1947 Round 18 Basel 5 – 1 Servette Landhof, Basel
15:00 Wenk  18' (1:1)
Stöcklin  22' (2:1)
Suter  44' (3:1)
Wenk  53' (4:1)
Oberer  88' (5:1)		 Summary  7' (0:1) Facchinetti Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Niederhauser BernW
30 March 1947 Round 19 Young Fellows Zürich 2 – 2 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
15:40 Wälchli  28' (1:0)
Siegenthaler  33' (2:0)		 Summary  84' (2:1) Vonthron
 86' (2:2) Wenk		 Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Scherz Bern
13 April 1947 Round 20 Basel 4 – 1 Bellinzona Landhof, Basel
Hufschmid  12' (1:0)
Kappenberger  40' (2:0)
Hufschmid  45' (3:0)
Kappenberger  65' (4:0)		 Summary  75' (4:1) Frigerio Attendance: 7,700
Referee: A. Sandoz Lausanne
20 April 1947 Round 21 Basel 1 – 3 Biel-Bienne Landhof, Basel
Bader 26′
Wenk  30' (1:2)		 Summary  15' (0:1) Lempen
 28' (0:2) Scheurer
 58' (1:3) Weibel		 Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Wittwer Geneva
27 April 1947 Round 15 Young Boys 2 – 0 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Stoll  77' (1:0)
Grütter  78' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Rapin Lausanne
4 May 1947 Round 22 FC Bern 1 – 1 Basel Neufeld, Bern
Liechti  29' (pen. 1:0) Summary  51' (1:1) Hufschmid Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Merlotti Neuchâtel
11 May 1947 Round 26 Lugano 2 – 1 Basel Campo Marzio, Lugano
Bossoni  7' (pedn. 1:0)
Bernasconi  37' (2:0)		 Summary  61' (2:1) Oberer Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Scherz Bern
24 May 1947 Round 16 Basel 1 – 1 Lausanne-Sport Landhof, Basel
16:30 Bader  63' (1:1) Summary  56' (0:1) Nicolic Attendance: 9,000
Referee: W. Rufli Bremgarten
1 June 1947 Round 24 Urania Genève Sport 0 – 0 Basel Stade de Frontenex, Geneva
Summary Attendance: 3,500
Referee: E. Ruefer Bern
14 June 1947 Round 25 Basel 0 – 1 Grasshopper Club Landhof, Basel
Summary  65' (0:1) Berbig Attendance: 6,200
Referee: von Wartburg Bern
21 June 1947 Round 26 Basel 5 – 1 Cantonal Neuchatel Landhof, Basel
Oberer  9' (pen. 1:1)
Kappenberger  14' (2:1)
Oberer  40' (3:1)
Suter  42' (4:1)
Bopp  72' (pen. 5:1)		 Summary  4' (0:1) Sydler
64′ Guillaume		 Attendance: 4,300
Referee: Lutz Geneva
25 June 1947 Round 12 Grasshopper Club 4 – 0 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
Bickel (I)  53' (1:0)
Grauer  73' (o.g. 2:0)
Biedermann  83' (3:0)
Amadò 88' (4:0)		 Summary  58' Bader Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Lutz Geneva
28 June 1947 Round 17 Grenchen 3 – 1 Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
Ardizzoni  20' (1:0)
Righetti (II)  58' (2:1)
Sommer  82' (3:1)		 Summary  39' (1:1) Stöcklin Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Rapin Lausanne

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Biel-Bienne 26 14 8 4 60 32 +28 36 Swiss Champions
2 Lausanne-Sport 26 15 5 6 44 25 +19 35
3 Lugano 26 10 11 5 34 26 +8 31
4 Basel 26 12 5 9 60 45 +15 29 Swiss Cup winners
5 Servette 26 11 6 9 54 49 +5 28
6 Grasshopper Club 26 12 3 11 61 42 +19 27
7 Grenchen 26 10 6 10 36 30 +6 26
8 Young Fellows Zürich 26 9 8 9 49 46 +3 26
9 Locarno 26 10 5 11 41 50 −9 25
10 Bellinzona 26 10 3 13 49 51 −2 23
11 FC Bern 26 8 5 13 31 48 −17 21
12 Cantonal Neuchatel 26 8 5 13 28 53 −25 21
13 Young Boys 26 6 6 14 44 59 −15 18 Relegated
14 Urania Genève Sport 26 7 4 15 33 68 −35 18
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup
17 November 1946 Round 3 Basel 3 – 2 Black Stars Basel Landhof, Basel
Bader  5' (1:0)
Suter  66' (2:0)
Bader  75' (3:0)		 Summary  76' (3:1) Horrisberger
 85' (3:2) Schmid		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Jaggi Bern
8 December 1946 Round 4 La Chaux-de-Fonds 1 – 2 Basel Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
14:30 Kernen  55' (1:1) Summary  30' (0:1) Wenk
 70' (1:2) Oberer		 Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Wittwer Geneva
29 December 1946 Round of 16 Basel 6 – 1 Nordstern Landhof, Basel
Suter  15' (1:1)
Grauer  32' (2:1)
Stöcklin  34' (3:1)
Vonthron  60' (4:1)
Oberer  75' (5:1)
Bader  88' (6:1)		 Summary  2' (0:1) Hütter Attendance: 8,000
Referee: A. Sandoz Lausanne
9 February 1947 Quarter-final Basel 2 – 1 Grasshoppers Landhof, Basel
14:30 Wenk  62' (1:1)
Grauer  80' (2:1)		 Summary  60' (0:1) Amadò Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Scherz Bern
16 March 1947 Semi-final Basel 2 – 1 Grenchen Stadion Rankhof, Basel
15:00 Oberer  32' (1:1)
Bader  52' (2:1)		 Summary  22' (0:1) Zadra Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Scherz Bern
7 April 1947 Final Basel 3 – 0 Lausanne Sport Stadion Neufeld, Bern
15:00 Stöcklin  48' (1:0)
Bader  82' (2:0)
Stöcklin  86' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Schürch Winterthur

See also

References
  1. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1946/47". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1946–47". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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