1940–41 Nationalliga

Swiss football season Nationalliga 1940–41 Lugano None Alessandro Frigerio (Lugano)26 goals 8 September 1940 to8 June 1941 182 1939–40 1941–42 The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1940–41 football season. This was the 44th season of top-tier football in Switzerland. Overview Preamble In Switzerland during the second world war, sport became an integral part of the "spiritual national defense". This was a political and cultural movement that had already become increasingly important during the late 1930s. Politicians, intellectuals and media professionals had increasingly called for measures to strengthen Switzerland's basic cultural values. Since the Nationalliga games were also considered to be one of the activities that seemed important for maintaining the morale of the population, the military authorities put considerably fewer obstacles in the way of the top players as they had during the previous World War. However, in 1941, the "Lex Zumbühl", named after the Football Association's president, formally banned professional football players. In addition to this, the number of foreign players allowed to play was to be reduced from three to one per team. Christian Koller 2009 https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/7144/10/Koller_Kriegsmeisterschaften.pdf Vierzigerjahre (1940 bis 1949): Die Kriegsmeisterschaften Forties (1940 to 1949): The War Championships Zurich Open Repository and Archive de-ch 2024-11-16 Format At this time, the Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) had 12 member clubs in the top-tier and 24 members in the second-tier. The 12 top-tier teams played a double round-robin to decide their league table positions. Two points were awarded for a win and one point was awarded for a draw. The first placed team at the end of the season would be awarded the Swiss championship title. Once again there was no relegation from the Nationalliga, although this time not because of the special circumstances of the war championship, as in the previous year, but as a result of the decision to increase the league to 14 teams. The two additional places were played out between the three group winners of the 1940–41 1. Liga. Erste Liga (SFV) 2022 https://www.el-pl.ch/Portaldata/3/Resources/statistiken/Statistik-Auf-Absteiger-bis_heute_19.12.22.pdf Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2022 PDF page 1 First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2022 Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV de 2024-11-16 Nationalliga The league season began with the first matchday on 8 September 1940 and was concluded with the last round on 8 June 1941. Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne Bern Stadion Gurzelen Grasshopper Club Zürich Zürich Zürich Hardturm FC Grenchen Grenchen Solothurn Stadium Brühl FC La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds Neuchâtel Centre Sportif de la Charrière FC Lausanne-Sport Lausanne Vaud Pontaise FC Lugano Lugano Ticino Cornaredo Stadium FC Luzern Lucerne Lucerne Stadion Allmend FC Nordstern Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Rankhof Servette FC Geneva Geneva Stade des Charmilles FC St. Gallen St. Gallen St. Gallen Espenmoos Young Boys Bern Bern Wankdorf Stadium FC Young Fellows Zürich Zürich Utogrund Final league table main WDL QR league 5 2 LUG Lugano YB Young Boys (red) BSC Young Boys AG 2024 https://www.bscyb.ch/archiv-1940-41 YB Saison 1940/41 YB season 1940/41 BSC Young Boys AG de-ch 2024-11-16 SER Servette Daniel Reichmuth 2024 https://super-servette.ch/Doku/Resultate_Servette_1940-41.pdf Servette Rangliste 1940/41 Servette ranking 1940/41 super-servette-ch fr 2024-11-16 GCZ Grasshopper Club LS Lausanne-Sport GRE Grenchen NOR Nordstern Basel YFZ Young Fellows Zürich LUC Luzern BB Biel-Bienne CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds STG St. Gallen 17 3 2 57 16 15 5 2 50 9 15 3 4 55 27 13 3 6 46 31 11 2 9 34 17 8 8 6 36 28 6 4 12 30 57 5 5 12 27 36 5 4 13 26 52 5 4 13 23 48 5 2 15 35 54 5 1 16 26 70 green1 Swiss champions P1 yellow1 Swiss Cup winners B yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers; complete rsssf.com No relegation. 14 teams in Nationalliga 1941–42. Results main FBR grey BB CDF GRA GRE LS LUG LUZ NOR SER STG YB YFZ Biel-Bienne 0–1 0–3 3–1 2–7 2–2 1–3 1–0 5–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 Grasshopper Club 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–2 1–1 4–1 1–5 0–4 5–2 Grenchen 1–1 1–2 4–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 3–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 La Chaux-de-Fonds 1–2 1–4 3–3 0–1 6–2 1–2 1–1 7–0 1–3 1–3 3–1 Lausanne-Sports 5–1 5–0 3–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 4–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 Luzern 2–0 1–3 1–3 3–0 0–1 0–3 0–1 0–0 2–3 0–6 0–3 Lugano 5–0 2–1 3–1 4–0 1–0 2–3 1–1 4–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 Nordstern 1–0 0–6 1–2 9–3 1–3 2–5 1–7 3–2 4–0 0–3 0–2 St. Gallen 1–0 1–5 0–3 4–2 1–2 3–1 1–6 4–1 0–1 1–5 0–1 Servette 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 5–1 4–2 8–0 6–2 0–2 2–2 Young Boys 5–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 4–1 4–1 2–3 2–0 Young Fellows 1–4 1–2 2–2 0–1 0–0 4–0 0–2 1–1 5–1 1–2 0–3 complete rsssf.com Topscorers Rank Player Nat. Goals Club1. Alessandro Frigerio SUI 26 Lugano 2. Lauro Amadò SUI 21 Grasshopper Club3. Willy Bernhard SUI 20 Young Boys Further in Swiss football 1940–41 Swiss Cup 1940–41 Swiss 1. Liga References Sources Switzerland 1940–41 at RSSSF Nationalligaseasons inSwitzerland 1939–40 1941–42 Category:Swiss Football League seasons Swiss Category:1940–41 in Swiss football