1943–44 FC Basel season
1943–44 season | |
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Chairman | ![]() |
First team coach | ![]() |
Ground | Landhof, Basel |
1943–44 Nationalliga | 9th |
Swiss Cup | Finalist |
Top goalscorer | League: Alfred Weisshaar (15) All: Alfred Weisshaar (18) |
Highest home attendance | 7,500 on 31 October 1943 vs Grasshopper Club |
Lowest home attendance | 2,500 on 20 February 1944 vs Luzern |
Average home league attendance | 4,369 |
The FC Basel 1943–44 season was the fifty-first 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. Albert Besse was the club's chairman for the fifth consecutive season.
Overview
[edit]Team manager Eugen Rupf left the club following the last season and Willy Wolf was appointed as Basel's new team manager. Basel played 41 games in their 1943–44 season. 26 in the Nationalliga, five in the cup and ten were test games. They won 18, drew 11 and lost 12 times. In total, including the test games and the cup competition, they scored 83 goals and conceded 65.[1]
There were 14 teams contesting in the 1943–44 Nationalliga. The team that finished in last position in the league table would be relegated. Basel played a mediocre season, winning nine matches, drawing eight and suffered nine defeats they ended the season with 26 points in 9th position. Lausanne-Sport won the Swiss championship, Luzern were relegated. Alfred Weisshaar was Basel's top league goal scorer with 15 goals, joint second league scorer with Alfred Bickel (Grasshopper Club) behind top scorer Erich Andres (Young Fellows Zürich) who netted 23 times.[2]
In the Swiss Cup Basel started in the round of 32 with a home tie at the Landhof against lower tier local side Nordstern Basel. This was won 4–1. In the round of 16 they had a home tie and won 6–2 against St. Gallen. The quarter-final gave Basel another home tie and they won 5–1 against Young Boys. The semi-final was an away tie against Biel-Bienne. Hans Vonthron's goal was the only goal of the game and Basel qualified for the final. This was played on 10 April in Wankdorf Stadium in Bern against Lausanne-Sport. Two goals from Numa Monnard and one from Roger Courtois during the last five minutes of the match meant that Basel lost the game 0–3 and Lausanne won the national double.[3]
Players
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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- 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.
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Results
[edit]Legend
[edit]Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches
[edit]Pre- and mid-season
[edit]1 August 1943 Pre-season | Basel ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | Chur |
Bertsch ![]() ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
8 August 1943 Pre-season | Wettingen ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | Eggmann Zürich |
Egloff ![]() Bürgler ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Referee: ![]() |
15 August 1943 Pre-season | SC Derendingen ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Heidenegg, Derendingen |
Bernhard ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
22 August 1943 Pre-season | Young Fellows Zürich ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Letzigrund, Zürich |
16:15 | Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: ![]() |
29 August 1943 Pre-season | La Chaux-de-Fonds ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds |
14:30 | Burger ![]() Perroud ![]() Burger ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,800 Referee: ![]() |
12 September 1943 Mid-season | Basel ![]() | 6–3 | ![]() | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Nyffeler ![]() Hufschmid ![]() Vonthron ![]() Bertsch ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,800 Referee: ![]() |
Mid- to end of season
[edit]6 February 1944 Mid-season | Basel ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | Stadion Rankhof, Basel |
15:00 | Nyffeler ![]() Suter ![]() Gloor ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 800 Referee: ![]() |
18 March 1944 Mid-season | Nordstern Basel/Concordia Basel ![]() | 3–4 | ![]() | Basel |
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Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
1 July 1944 End of season | Lausanne-Sport ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
17:00 | Peruchoud ![]() Peruchoud ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: ![]() |
2 July 1944 End of season | Lugano ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
17:00 | Albizzati ![]() Albizzati ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ![]() |
Nationalliga
[edit]League matches
[edit]5 September 1943 Round 1 | Luzern | 1–1 | Basel | Stadion Allmend, Luzern |
Müller ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 1,600 Referee: ![]() |
September 1943 Round 2 | Basel | P–P | Grasshopper Club | Landhof, Basel |
[ Summary] |
26 September 1943 Round 3 | Lausanne-Sport | 4–1 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
15:30 | Eggimann ![]() Monnard ![]() Maillard (II) ![]() Courtois ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: ![]() |
3 October 1943 Round 4 | Basel | 2–0 | Biel-Bienne | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Kappenberger ![]() Suter ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 3,500 Referee: ![]() |
17 October 1943 Round 5 | Cantonal Neuchatel | 2–0 | Basel | Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel |
15:00 | Sydler ![]() Sydler ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 3,500 Referee: ![]() |
24 October 1943 Round 6 | Servette | 1–1 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
15:15 | Tamini ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: ![]() |
31 October 1943 Round 2 | Basel | 2–1 | Grasshopper Club | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Ebner ![]() Weisshaar ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 7,500 Referee: ![]() |
7 November 1943 Round 7 | Basel | 1–1 | Young Boys | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Vonthron ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: ![]() |
14 November 1943 Round 8 | Young Fellows Zürich | 1–3 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
13:00 | Nausch ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: ![]() |
21 November 1943 Round 9 | Basel | 3–0 | Zürich | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Ebner ![]() Weisshaar ![]() Weisshaar ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ![]() |
28 November 1943 Round 10 | Grenchen | 4–1 | Basel | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
Ducommun ![]() Rougemont ![]() Neuhaus ![]() Rougemont ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Referee: ![]() |
5 December 1943 Round 11 | Basel | 1–1 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Suter ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: ![]() |
12 December 1943 Round 12 | St. Gallen | 2–1 | Basel | Espenmoos, St. Gallen |
Wagner ![]() Wagner ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: ![]() |
19 December 1943 Round 13 | Basel | 0–0 | Lugano | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Summary | Attendance: 5,000 Referee: ![]() |
2 February 1944 Round 14 | Basel | 1–1 | Luzern | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Suter ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: ![]() |
February 1944 Round 15 | Grasshopper Club | P–P | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
[ Summary] |
5 March 1944 Round 16 | Basel | 2–1 | Lausanne-Sport | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Weisshaar ![]() Suter ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: ![]() |
19 March 1944 Round 17 | Biel-Bienne | 2–0 | Basel | Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne |
Graber ![]() Weibel ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 2,300 Referee: ![]() |
2 April 1944 Round 18 | Basel | 1–1 | Cantonal Neuchatel | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Weisshaar ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 4,800 Referee: ![]() |
16 April 1944 Round 15 | Grasshopper Club | 1–2 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
15:45 | Amadò ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,500 Referee: ![]() |
23 April 1944 Round 19 | Basel | 1–1 | Servette | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Kappenberger ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: ![]() |
30 April 1944 Round 20 | Young Boys | 0–3 | Basel | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: ![]() |
7 May 1944 Round 21 | Basel | 2–0 | Young Fellows Zürich | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Hufschmid ![]() Ebner ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 4,500 Referee: ![]() |
14 May 1944 Round 22 | Zürich | 4–3 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
14:15 | Hagenlocher ![]() Nyffeler ![]() Hagenlocher ![]() Busenhart ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: ![]() |
21 May 1944 Round 23 | Basel | 2–3 | Grenchen | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Ebner ![]() Hufschmid ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: ![]() |
4 June 1944 Round 24 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 3–1 | Basel | Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds |
15:00 | Perroud ![]() Perroud ![]() Neury ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: ![]() |
11 June 1944 Round 25 | Basel | 6–1 | St. Gallen | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Hufschmid ![]() Weisshaar ![]() Weisshaar ![]() Schmidlin (I) ![]() Weisshaar ![]() Gloor ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: ![]() |
17 June 1944 Round 26 | Lugano | 2–1 | Basel | Campo Marzio, Lugano |
Bernasconi ![]() Albizatti ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Referee: ![]() |
League table
[edit]League standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Lausanne-Sport | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 48 | 25 | +23 | 38 | Champions and Swiss Cup winners |
2 | Servette | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 25 | +14 | 32 | |
3 | Lugano | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 30 | |
4 | Grasshopper Club | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 54 | 32 | +22 | 29 | |
5 | Biel-Bienne | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 29 | |
6 | Young Boys | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 29 | |
7 | Cantonal Neuchatel | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 27 | +11 | 28 | |
8 | Grenchen | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 28 | |
9 | Basel | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 26 | |
10 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 26 | |
11 | Young Fellows Zürich | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 21 | |
12 | St. Gallen | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 26 | 60 | −34 | 19 | |
13 | Zürich | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 17 | |
14 | Luzern | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 63 | −44 | 12 | Relegated |
Swiss Cup
[edit]26 December 1943 Round of 32 | Basel | 4–1 | Nordstern Basel | Landhof, Basel |
14:00 | Suter ![]() Bertsch ![]() Suter ![]() Hufschmid ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: ![]() |
9 January 1944 Round of 16 | Basel | 6–2 | St. Gallen | Landhof, Basel |
14:00 | Ebner ![]() Bertsch ![]() Ebner ![]() Ebner ![]() Suter ![]() Ebner ![]() |
Summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ![]() |
13 February 1944 Quarter-final | Basel | 5–1 | Young Boys | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Weisshaar ![]() Vonthron ![]() Weisshaar ![]() Weisshaar ![]() Kappenberger ![]() |
Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: ![]() |
12 March 1944 Semi-final | Biel-Bienne | 0–1 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
15:00 | Summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: ![]() |
10 April 1944 Final | Lausanne-Sport | 3–0 | Basel | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
15:00 | Monnard ![]() Courtois ![]() Monnard ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 15,000 Referee: ![]() |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1943/44". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1943/44". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Lausanne-Sport - FC Basel 3:0 (0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
Sources
[edit]- Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2027-6
- Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
- FCB team 1943/44 at fcb-archiv.ch
- Switzerland 1943/44 by Erik Garin at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation