1940–41 Swiss 1. Liga

1. Liga 1940–41 1. Liga champions:ZürichGroup West winners:Cantonal NeuchâtelGroup Central winners:BaselGroup East winners:Zürich ZürichCantonal Neuchâtel none 3x 56plus 3 play-offs 1939–40 1941–42 The 1940–41 1. Liga season was the 9th season of the 1. Liga since its creation in 1931. At this time, the 1. Liga was the second-tier of the Swiss football league system. Overview In Switzerland during the second world war period, 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 and leading clubs as they had during the previous World War. However, in 1941, the "Lex Zumbühl", named after the Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) president, formally banned professional football players. In addition to this, the number of foreign players allowed to play was 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 There were 24 clubs competing in the 1. Liga this season. They were divided into three regional groups, each with eight teams. Within each group, the teams would play a double round-robin to decide their league position. Two points were awarded for a win and one point was awarded for a draw. Last season had seen no promotions to the top tier, due to World War II. This season, however, two promotions were planned. The three group winners contested a play-off round to decide the 1. Liga championship and the two promotion slots to the Nationalliga. However, this season would see no relegations because the Nationalliga was to be expanded from 12 to 14 clubs next season. There was to be three promotions from the 2. Liga (third tier) this season, therefore there would be one more club in this division in the next season. 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 2 First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2022 Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV de 2024-11-16 Group West Teams, locations ClubBased inCantonStadiumCapacity FC Cantonal Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière Dopolavoro Genève Genève Geneva FC Étoile-Sporting (red) Association neuchâteloise de football 2024 https://matchcenter-anf.football.ch/default.aspx?v=900&oid=15&lng=2 FC Étoile-Sporting' Association neuchâteloise de football fr 2024-11-16 La Chaux-de-Fonds Neuchâtel Les Foulets / Terrain des Eplatures / FC Montreux-Sports Montreux Vaud Stade de Chailly FC Forward Morges (red) Association cantonale vaudoise de football 2024 https://matchcenter-acvf.football.ch/default.aspx?v=1104&oid=16&lng=2 FC Forward Morges Association cantonale vaudoise de football fr 2024-11-16 Morges Vaud Parc des Sports FC Monthey Monthey Valais Stade Philippe Pottier Urania Genève Sport Genève Geneva Stade de Frontenex Vevey Sports Vevey Vaud Stade de Copet Final league table main WDL QR 2 CN FC Cantonal Neuchâtel 12 1 1 50 13 ES FC Étoile-Sporting 9 3 2 47 29 UGS Urania Genève Sport 9 2 3 31 21 VEV Vevey Sports 7 1 6 36 28 MON FC Monthey 3 4 7 19 37 DOP Dopolavoro Genève 3 3 8 19 24 MOR FC Forward Morges 2 4 8 14 31 MOS FC Montreux-Sports 1 2 11 14 47 green3 To promotion play-off QP 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers. complete RSSSF</onlyinclude> Group Central Teams, locations ClubBased inCantonStadiumCapacity FC Aarau Aarau Aargau Stadion Brügglifeld FC Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Landhof FC Bern Bern Bern Stadion Neufeld US Bienne-Boujean Biel/Bienne Bern FC Birsfelden (red) Fussballverband Nordwestschweiz 2024 https://matchcenter.fvnws.ch/default.aspx?v=488&oid=8&lng=1 FC Birsfelden Fussballverband Nordwestschweiz de 2024-11-16 Birsfelden Basel-Landschaft Sternenfeld FC Concordia Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Stadion Rankhof FC Fribourg Fribourg Fribourg Stade Universitaire FC Solothurn Solothurn Solothurn Stadion FC Solothurn Final league table <onlyinclude>main WDL Q 5 2 FCB Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2024 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1940/41 FCB Rangliste 1940/41 de-ch FCB Ranking 1940/41 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2024-11-16 FCA Aarau Stephan Beck 2023 https://www.arowa.ch/index.php?page=ligatabelle&saison=41 Schweizer Meisterschaft 1940/41 FCA Rangliste de-ch Swiss Championship 1940/41 FCA Ranking arowa.ch 2024-11-16 BER FC Bern SOL Solothurn BIR Birsfelden CON Concordia Basel FRI Fribourg USB US Bienne-Boujean 11 2 1 44 19 11 1 2 37 10 8 3 3 34 24 5 2 7 35 30 4 3 7 17 27 3 3 8 23 40 3 1 10 20 35 2 3 9 18 43 green3 To promotion play-off QP 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers. complete RSSSF Group East Teams, locations ClubBased inCantonStadiumCapacity AC Bellinzona Bellinzona Ticino Stadio Comunale Bellinzona FC Blue Stars Zürich (red) Fussballverband Region Zürich 2024 https://matchcenter.fvrz.ch/default.aspx?v=1573&oid=11&lng=1 FC Blue Stars Zürich Fussballverband Region Zürich de 2024-11-16 Zürich Zürich Hardhof SC Brühl St. Gallen St. Gallen Paul-Grüninger-Stadion FC Chiasso Chiasso Ticino Stadio Comunale Riva IV SC Juventus Zürich Zürich Zürich Utogrund FC Locarno Locarno Ticino Stadio comunale Lido SC Zug Zug Zug Herti Allmend Stadion FC Zürich Zürich Zürich Letzigrund Final league table main WDL QR 2 FCZ FC Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=80 FCZ Saison 1940/41 de-ch FCZ season 1940/41 dbFCZ 2024-11-16 11 2 1 65 10 BEL AC Bellinzona 9 3 2 37 18 LOC FC Locarno 8 2 4 31 30 BRÜ SC Brühl 7 2 5 34 19 BSZ FC Blue Stars Zürich 7 2 5 31 19 CHI FC Chiasso 5 1 8 16 37 SCZ SC Zug 2 2 10 17 48 YFJ SC Juventus Zürich 0 0 14 15 65 green3 To promotion play-off QP 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers. complete RSSSF Promotion The three group winners played a single round-robin for the title of 1. Liga champions and for the two promotion slots to the 1941–42 Nationalliga. The games were played on 25 May, 8 and 15 June 1941 Promotion play-off main WDL Q 2 FCZ Zürich 1 1 0 7 2 CN Cantonal Neuchâtel 1 0 1 3 7 BAS Basel 0 1 1 2 3 6–1 — — 2–1 1–1 — y noflag 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head 3) Decider. complete RSSSF Zürich won the 1. Liga championship title and together with runners-up Cantonal Neuchâtel were promoted to the top-tier. Basel remained in the division for the next season. Further in Swiss football 1941–42 Nationalliga 1941–42 Swiss Cup 1940–41 FC Basel season References Sources Switzerland 1940–41 at RSSSF Seasons inSwiss 1. Liga 1939–40 1941–42 Category:1940–41 in Swiss football Category:Swiss 1. Liga (football) seasons Switzerland