1944–45 FC Basel season

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.

FC Basel
1944–45 season
Chairman Emil Junker
First team coach 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

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. Position Player
GK H. Müller
GK Walter Müller
GK Paul Wechlin
DF Werner Bopp
DF Louis Favre
DF Ernst Grauer
DF Ernst Hufschmid
MF Alexander Ebner
MF Heinz Elsässer
MF Rodolfo Kappenberger
MF Alberto Losa
MF Willy Monigatti
MF Traugott Oberer
No. Position Player
MF Fritz Schmidlin
MF Guglielmo Spadini
MF Tschüppeli
MF Hans Vonthron
MF Werner Wenk
MF Willy Zingg
FW René Bader
FW Kurt Bertsch
FW Max Gloor
FW Alex Mathys (from Brühl St. Gallen)
FW Hans Nyffeler
FW Hermann Suter
FW 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. Position Player
GK Kurt Imhof
GK Ernst Kipfer
No. Position Player
MF Rudolf Wirz
FW Rudolf Knup
FW Hans Rothen

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season
12 August 1944 Pre-seasonOld Boys 0 – 7 BaselBasel
Summary
20 August 1944 Pre-seasonLuzern 1 – 3 BaselStadion Allmend, Luzern
Hug  (1:2) Summary  (0:1) Bertsch
 (0:2) Gloor		 Attendance: 400
Referee: Allgöwer Luzern
27 August 1944 Pre-seasonBasel 1 – 1 Nordstern BaselStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:45 Weisshaar  30' (1:1) Summary  53' (1:1) Scholl
10 September 1944 Pre-seasonBasel 0 – 0 St. GallenLandhof, Basel
15:00 Summary Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Hans Vogt Schweizerhalle
16 September 1944 Pre-seasonBasel 5 – 0 Cantonal NeuchatelLandhof, 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: Hans Vogt Schweizerhalle

Winter break to end of season
14 January 1945 Winter breakBasel 6 – 1 Concordia Basel/SC KleinhüningenLandhof, 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: Sannwald Sissach
11 February 1945 Winter breakBasel 2 – 4 GrenchenLandhof, 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: Traub Basel
18 February 1945 Winter breakBasel 0 – 2 Nordstern BaselLandhof, Basel
15:00 Summary  10' (0:1) Scholl
 (0:2) Scholl		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Häring Basel
25 February 1945 Winter breakBasel 1 – 1 ZürichLandhof, Basel
15:00 Tschüppeli  28' (1:0) Summary  52' (1:1) Hirt Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Sannwald Sissach
4 March 1945 Winter breakAarau 2 – 1 BaselStadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
Hofer  21' (1:0)
Taddei  85' (2:1)		 Summary  (1:1) Oberer Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ott Baden
11 March 1945 Winter breakBasel 3 – 2 Italian Internee TeamLandhof, 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: Hans Vogt Schweizerhlle
8 April 1945 Mid-seasonBasel 3 – 1 Polish Internee TeamLandhof, Basel
15:00 Schmidlin (I)  13' (1:0)
 (o.g. 2:0)
Bader  72' (3:0)		 Summary  74' (3:1) Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Häring Basel

Nationalliga
Main article: 1944–45 Nationalliga A

League matches
September 1944 Round 1BaselPostponedLausanne-SportLandhof, Basel
[ Summary]
24 September 1944 Round 2Lugano3 – 0[note 1]BaselCampo Marzio, Lugano
Galli  6' (1:0)
Andreoli  54' (2:0)
Montorfani (III)  55' (pen. 3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 2,000
Referee: E. Heiniger Bern
1 October 1944 Round 3Basel3 – 3Grasshopper ClubLandhof, 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: Rapin Lausanne
8 October 1944 Round 4Young Fellows Zürich2 – 0BaselHardturm, Zürich
14:22 Andres  14' (1:0)
Fink  65' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Grassi Balerna
15 October 1944 Round 5Basel0 – 2GrenchenLandhof, Basel
15:00 Summary Righetti (II)  13' (0:1)
Righetti (I)  48' (0:2)		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Sandoz La Chaux-de-Fonds
22 October 1944 Round 6La Chaux-de-Fonds3 – 1BaselStade 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: Rapin Lausanne
29 October 1944 Round 7Servette2 – 0BaselCharmilles Stadium, Geneva
15:00 Fatton  40' (1:0)
Fatton  43' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Georges Craviolini Chippis
5 November 1944 Round 8Basel2 – 0BellinzonaLandhof, Basel
14:30 Bertsch  (1:0)
Bertsch  (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Merlotti Neuchâtel
12 November 1944 Round 1Basel2 – 3Lausanne-SportLandhof, 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: Niederhauser Bern
19 November 1944 Round 9Zürich4 – 1BaselLetzigrund, 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: Tschopp Delémont
26 November 1944 Round 10Basel3 – 0St. GallenLandhof, Basel
14:30 Kappenberger  28' (1:0)
Suter  51' (2:0)
Kappenberger  86' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 3,500
Referee: von Wartburg Bern
10 December 1944 Round 11Biel-Bienne2 – 2BaselGurzelen 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: Lutz Geneva
17 December 1944 Round 12Basel0 – 4Cantonal NeuchatelLandhof, Basel
14:30 Summary Sydler  12' (0:1)
Sandoz  57' (0:2)
Sydler  58' (0:3)
Frangi  61' (0:4)		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Jaggi Bern
31 December 1944 Round 13Young Boys2 – 1BaselWankdorf Stadium, Bern
14:30 Walaschek  30' (1:0)
Trachsel  37' (2:0)		 Summary  75' (2:1) Oberer Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Wittwer Geneva
18 March 1945 Round 14Lausanne-Sport2 – 0BaselOlympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
15:00 Monnard  2' (1:0)
Monnard  (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Iseli Biel/Bienne
25 March 1945 Round 15Basel4 – 4LuganoLandhof, 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: Lutz Geneva
15 April 1945 Round 16Grasshopper Club6 – 4BaselHardturm, 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: Niederhauser Bern
22 April 1945 Round 17Basel3 – 0Young Fellows ZürichLandhof, Basel
15:00 Bader  (pen. 1:0)
Bader  49' (2:0)
Monigatti  75' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Wittwer Geneva
29 April 1945 Round 18Grenchen1 – 1[note 2]BaselStadion Brühl, Grenchen
Brunner  75' (1:1) Summary  4' (0:1) Bader Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Sally Rosenbaum Zürich/St. Gallen
6 May 1945 Round 19Basel2 – 1La Chaux-de-FondsLandhof, Basel
16:00 Ebner  (1:0)
Bader  15' (2:0)		 Summary  (o.g. 2:1) Grauer Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Merlotti Neuchâtel
13 May 1945 Round 20Basel3 – 1ServetteLandhof, 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: von Wartburg Bern
27 May 1945 Round 21Bellinzona0 – 0BaselCampo Granata, Bellinzona
Summary Attendance: 2,000
Referee: DörflingerGrenchen
3 June 1945 Round 22Basel3 – 3ZürichLandhof, 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: Niederhauser Bern
10 June 1945 Round 23St. Gallen2 – 2BaselEspenmoos, St. Gallen
Luchsinger  43' (1:0)
Wagner  65' (2:2)		 Summary  (1:1) Oberer
 57' (1:2) Monigatti		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Jaggi Bern
17 June 1945 Round 24Basel3 – 1Biel-BienneLandhof, 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: Scherz Bern
24 June 1945 Round 25Cantonal Neuchatel3 – 0BaselStade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
15:00 Guillaume  80' (1:0)
Franghi  81' (2:0)
Hufschmid  (o.g.)		 Summary Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Sally Rosenbaum Zürich/St. Gallen
1 July 1945 Round 26Basel3 – 4Young BoysLandhof, 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: DörflingerGrenchen
Notes
  1. Replay July 8, 1945
  2. Replay July 14, 1945

League matches Replays
8 July 1945 Round 2Lugano4 – 3BaselCampo 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: von Wartburg Bern
15 July 1945 Round 18Grenchen1 – 0BaselStadion Brühl, Grenchen
18:00 Zadra  28' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 800
Referee: 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 3FC Allschwil0 – 6BaselSportplatz 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: Scherz Bern
24 December 1944 Round of 32Basel3 – 1SC ZofingenLandhof, Basel
14:30 Suter  (1:0)
Kappenberger  30' (2:0)
Monigatti  40' (3:0)		 Summary  (pen. 3:1) Conus Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Arn Grenchen
21 January 1945 Round of 16St. Gallen3 – 0BaselEspenmoos, St. Gallen
Hager  65' (1:0)
Wagner  85' (2:0)
Casali  87' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 1,000
Referee: 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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