1944–45 FC Basel season
1944–45 season | |
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Chairman | ![]() |
First team coach | ![]() |
Ground | Landhof, Basel |
1944–45 Nationalliga A | 13th |
Swiss Cup | Round of 16 |
Top goalscorer | League: René Bader (11) All: René Bader (14) |
Highest home attendance | 6,000 on 12 November 1944 vs Lausanne-Sport and on 17 December 1944 vs Cantonal Neuchatel |
Lowest home attendance | 3,500 on 26 November 1944 vs St. Gallen |
Average home league attendance | 4,753 |
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.
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
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- Players who left the squad
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Results
Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches
Pre- and mid-season
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20 August 1944 Pre-season | Luzern ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | Stadion Allmend, Luzern |
Hug ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 400 Referee: ![]() |
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27 August 1944 Pre-season | Basel ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
16:45 | Weisshaar ![]() | Summary | ![]() |
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10 September 1944 Pre-season | Basel ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Summary | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: ![]() |
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16 September 1944 Pre-season | Basel ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() | Landhof, Basel |
16:00 | Nyffeler ![]() Nyffeler ![]() Nyffeler ![]() Oberer ![]() Ebner ![]() | Summary | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: ![]() |
Winter break to end of season
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14 January 1945 Winter break | Basel ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Oberer ![]() Oberer ![]() Oberer ![]() Kappenberger ![]() Monigatti ![]() Monigatti ![]() | Summary | ![]() | Attendance: 800 Referee: ![]() |
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11 February 1945 Winter break | Basel ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Grauer ![]() Suter ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 1,200 Referee: ![]() |
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18 February 1945 Winter break | Basel ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Summary | ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 1,500 Referee: ![]() |
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25 February 1945 Winter break | Basel ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Tschüppeli ![]() | Summary | ![]() | Attendance: 2,500 Referee: ![]() |
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4 March 1945 Winter break | Aarau ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau |
Hofer ![]() Taddei ![]() | Summary | ![]() | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: ![]() |
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11 March 1945 Winter break | Basel ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | Landhof, Basel |
14:00 | Monigatti ![]() Monigatti ![]() Kappenberger ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ![]() |
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8 April 1945 Mid-season | Basel ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Schmidlin (I) ![]() ![]() Bader ![]() | Summary | ![]() | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: ![]() |
Nationalliga
League matches
September 1944 Round 1 | Basel | Postponed | Lausanne-Sport | Landhof, Basel |
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24 September 1944 Round 2 | Lugano | 3 – 0[note 1] | Basel | Campo Marzio, Lugano |
Galli ![]() Andreoli ![]() Montorfani (III) ![]() | Summary | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: ![]() |
1 October 1944 Round 3 | Basel | 3–3 | Grasshopper Club | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Bertsch ![]() Ebner ![]() Hufschmid ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 4,000 Referee: ![]() |
8 October 1944 Round 4 | Young Fellows Zürich | 2–0 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
14:22 | Andres ![]() Fink ![]() | Summary | Attendance: 6,000 Referee: ![]() |
15 October 1944 Round 5 | Basel | 0–2 | Grenchen | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Summary | Righetti (II) ![]() Righetti (I) ![]() | Attendance: 5,000 Referee: ![]() |
22 October 1944 Round 6 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 3–1 | Basel | Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds |
15:00 | Perroud ![]() Berthoud ![]() Van Gessel ![]() | Summary | ![]() | Attendance: 2,500 Referee: ![]() |
29 October 1944 Round 7 | Servette | 2–0 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
15:00 | Fatton ![]() Fatton ![]() | Summary | Attendance: 4,000 Referee: ![]() |
5 November 1944 Round 8 | Basel | 2–0 | Bellinzona | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Bertsch ![]() Bertsch ![]() | Summary | Attendance: 5,000 Referee: ![]() |
12 November 1944 Round 1 | Basel | 2–3 | Lausanne-Sport | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Bader ![]() Bertsch ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 6,000 Referee: ![]() |
19 November 1944 Round 9 | Zürich | 4–1 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
14:30 | Bosshard ![]() Bosshard ![]() Bosshard ![]() Conte ![]() | Summary | ![]() | Attendance: 3,500 Referee: ![]() |
26 November 1944 Round 10 | Basel | 3–0 | St. Gallen | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Kappenberger ![]() Suter ![]() Kappenberger ![]() | Summary | Attendance: 3,500 Referee: ![]() |
10 December 1944 Round 11 | Biel-Bienne | 2–2 | Basel | Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne |
14:30 | Weibel ![]() Ferioli ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 2,200 Referee: ![]() |
17 December 1944 Round 12 | Basel | 0–4 | Cantonal Neuchatel | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Summary | Sydler ![]() Sandoz ![]() Sydler ![]() Frangi ![]() | Attendance: 6,000 Referee: ![]() |
31 December 1944 Round 13 | Young Boys | 2–1 | Basel | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern |
14:30 | Walaschek ![]() Trachsel ![]() | Summary | ![]() | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ![]() |
18 March 1945 Round 14 | Lausanne-Sport | 2–0 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
15:00 | Monnard ![]() Monnard ![]() | Summary | Attendance: 4,500 Referee: ![]() |
25 March 1945 Round 15 | Basel | 4–4 | Lugano | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Monigatti ![]() Kappenberger ![]() Oberer ![]() Schmidlin (I) ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 5,000 Referee: ![]() |
15 April 1945 Round 16 | Grasshopper Club | 6–4 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
16:30 | Küenzler ![]() Friedländer ![]() Friedländer ![]() Küenzler ![]() Bickel ![]() Biedermann ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 6,000 Referee: ![]() |
22 April 1945 Round 17 | Basel | 3–0 | Young Fellows Zürich | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Bader ![]() Bader ![]() Monigatti ![]() | Summary | Attendance: 4,000 Referee: ![]() |
29 April 1945 Round 18 | Grenchen | 1 – 1[note 2] | Basel | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
Brunner ![]() | Summary | ![]() | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: ![]() |
6 May 1945 Round 19 | Basel | 2–1 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Landhof, Basel |
16:00 | Ebner ![]() Bader ![]() | Summary | ![]() | Attendance: 5,000 Referee: ![]() |
13 May 1945 Round 20 | Basel | 3–1 | Servette | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Monigatti ![]() Schmidlin (I) ![]() Monigatti ![]() | Summary | ![]() | Attendance: 4,800 Referee: ![]() |
27 May 1945 Round 21 | Bellinzona | 0–0 | Basel | Campo Granata, Bellinzona |
Summary | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: ![]() |
3 June 1945 Round 22 | Basel | 3–3 | Zürich | Landhof, Basel |
15:00 | Monigatti ![]() Bader ![]() Bader ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 4,500 Referee: ![]() |
10 June 1945 Round 23 | St. Gallen | 2–2 | Basel | Espenmoos, St. Gallen |
Luchsinger ![]() Wagner ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ![]() |
17 June 1945 Round 24 | Basel | 3–1 | Biel-Bienne | Landhof, Basel |
16:30 | Bader ![]() Wenk ![]() Grauer ![]() | Summary | ![]() | Attendance: 4,000 Referee: ![]() |
24 June 1945 Round 25 | Cantonal Neuchatel | 3–0 | Basel | Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel |
15:00 | Guillaume ![]() Franghi ![]() Hufschmid ![]() | Summary | Attendance: 1,400 Referee: ![]() |
1 July 1945 Round 26 | Basel | 3–4 | Young Boys | Landhof, Basel |
15:30 | Vonthron ![]() Bader ![]() Vonthron ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 5,000 Referee: ![]() |
- Notes
League matches Replays
8 July 1945 Round 2 | Lugano | 4–3 | Basel | Campo Marzio, Lugano |
Bergamini ![]() Bergamini ![]() Montorfani ![]() Fornara (II) ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: ![]() |
15 July 1945 Round 18 | Grenchen | 1–0 | Basel | Stadion Brühl, Grenchen |
18:00 | Zadra ![]() | Summary | Attendance: 800 Referee: ![]() |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
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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 |
Swiss Cup
3 December 1944 Round 3 | FC Allschwil | 0–6 | Basel | Sportplatz Bankverein, Allschwil |
14:00 | Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: ![]() |
24 December 1944 Round of 32 | Basel | 3–1 | SC Zofingen | Landhof, Basel |
14:30 | Suter ![]() Kappenberger ![]() Monigatti ![]() | Summary | ![]() | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: ![]() |
21 January 1945 Round of 16 | St. Gallen | 3–0 | Basel | Espenmoos, St. Gallen |
Hager ![]() Wagner ![]() Casali ![]() | Summary | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: ![]() |
See also
References
Sources
- 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 1944–45 at fcb-archiv.ch
- Switzerland 1944–45 by Erik Garin at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
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