1942–43 FC Basel season

FC Basel 1942–43 Albert Besse First team coach Eugen Rupf Ground Landhof, Basel 1942–43 Nationalliga 13th Swiss Cup Quarter-final Hermann Suter (6) Hermann Suter (11) 8,000 on 7 May 1943vs Nordstern Basel 1,800 on 27 September 1942vs Biel-Bienne 4,423 1941–42 1943–44 The FC Basel 1942–43 season was the fiftieth 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 fourth consecutive season. Overview Eugen Rupf was the team's player-coach during this season in his third season as first team manager. Basel played 33 games in the 1942–43 season, including 26 in the Nationalliga, three in the cup and four test games. They won 12, drew five and lost 16 times. They scored 59 goals and conceded 67 in the 33 competition and test games. Of the four test games, they won three and drew one. There was a fifth test match against Lausanne-Sport in Lausanne, but its date and result are unknown. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/bilanz?saison=1942/43 Bilanz Saison 1942/43 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 There were 14 teams contesting in the 1942–43 Nationalliga. The team that finished in the last position on the league table would be relegated. Rupf and his team had won promotion the previous season and it was clear that avoiding relegation would be a main challenge for them. Things started badly and five of their first six games ended in a defeat. Shortly before Christmas, Basel suffered their biggest defeat of the season, a 1–9 dubbing by Servette. https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=27941 Servette FC - FC Basel 9:1 (4:1) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 Up until today this is still the highest score defeat that Basel have suffered in their domestic league history. They tied that unwanted record 45 years later. On 15 August 1987, in another away game, Basel were also defeated 1–9, this time by Xamax. However, despite this defeat, with the following 3–0 away game victory against their direct opponents Luzern, who also playing at risk of relegation near the bottom of the table, and a 2–0 home game victory against their other direct opponents Nordstern, Basel ended the season with 18 points in 13th position, just two points above local rivals Nordstern, who ended the season on the relegation spot. Of their 26 league games Basel won seven, drew four and lost 15 times. They scored 29 league goals and conceded 57. Hermann Suter was the team's top league goal scorer with six goals. Erich Andres and Rodolfo Kappenberger were joint second best scorers, each with five goals. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwithist.html Switzerland 1942-1943 Nationalliga A Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 In the Swiss Cup Basel started in the 4th principal round with a home tie at the Landhof against lower tier local side FC Pratteln. This ended with an expected easy 6–0 victory. In the round of 16 Basel were also allocated with a home match against lower tier SV Schaffhausen. Hermann Suter and Fritz Schmidlin were both able to achieve a hat-trick and Basel won 9–2. Then in the quarter-finals Basel were drawn at home against top tier Lugano. However, a 0–2 defeat ended their presence in this season's cup competition. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit43.html Switzerland 1942/43 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 Players SUI GK Silvio Cinguetti SUI GK Kurt Imhof SUI GK Ernst Kipfer SUI GK Paul Wechlin SUI DF Louis Favre SUI DF Ernst Grauer SUI DF Fritz Greder from Allschwil SUI DF Ernst Hufschmid SUI MF Alexander Ebner SUI MF Heinz Elsässer SUI MF Rodolfo Kappenberger SUI MF Alberto Losa SUI MF Fritz Schmidlin SUI MF Guglielmo Spadini SUI MF Tschüppeli SUI MF Hans Vonthron SUI MF Werner Wenk SUI MF Rudolf Wirz SUI FW Erich Andres SUI FW Rudolf Knup SUI FW Eugen Rupf SUI FW Hans Spengler SUI FW Hermann Suter SUI (?) Talone Players who left the squad SUI MF Henri Bernard SUI MF Albert Mohler to Nordstern Basel SUI MF Hans Studer SUI FW Enrico Ardizzoia SUI FW Giuseppe Bossi SUI FW Erhard Grieder SUI FW Alex Mathys to Brühl St. Gallen Results Legend #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #CCCCCC Postponed 1px solid #AAAAAA Friendly matches Pre-season Pre-season August 1942 Lausanne-Sport SUI – [ Summary] SUI Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne Pre-season 16 August 1942 Thun SUI 2–3 Summary SUI Basel Abbühl 1:3Abbühl 2:3 0:1 Spengler0:2 Spengler0:3 Suter Grabengut, Thun SUI Eggenberg W Pre-season 23 August 1942 Solothurn SUI 2–3 Summary SUI Basel Solothurn SUI W Pre-season 30 August 1942 17:00 Cantonal Neuchâtel SUI 2–3 Summary SUI Basel Monnard 1:2Sydler 2:2 0:1 Spengler0:2 Spengler Stade de Cantonal, Neuchâtel SUI D Winter break Winter break 7 February 1942 SC Schöftland SUI 1–7 Summary SUI Basel Schöftland W Nationalliga 1942–43 Nationalliga League matches Round 1 6 September 1942 16:15 Grasshopper Club 6–0 Summary Basel Bickel 32 1:0Amadò 33 2:0Aeby 35 3:0Bianchi 41 4:0Amadò 63 5:0Amadò 82 6:0 Hardturm, Zürich SUI Mario Grassi (Balerna) L Round 2 13 September 1942 15:25 Lausanne-Sport 2–1 Summary Basel Pasquini 25 1:0Pasquini 32 2:0 70 2:1 Hufschmid Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 300 SUI Rodolphe Wittwer (Geneva) L Round 3 27 September 1942 15:00 Basel 2–1 Summary Biel-Bienne Kappenberger 17 1:0Kappenberger 30 2:0 65 2:1 Buser Landhof, Basel 1,800 SUI Jean Lutz (Geneva) W Round 4 4 October 1942 15:00 Young Boys 4–0 Summary Basel Bernhard (II) 7 1:0Bernhard (II) 21 2:0Bernhard (II) 66 3:0Stegmeier 71 4:0 Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 8,000 SUI} Sally Rosenbaum (Zürich/St. Gallen) L Round 5 11 October 1942 15:00 Basel 2–3 Summary Cantonal Neuchâtel Schmidlin (I) 1:0Losa 30 2:0 47 2:1 Knecht57 2:2 Sauvain85 2:3 Knecht Landhof, Basel 3,500 SUI Mario Grassi (Balerna) L Round 6 25 October 1942 Lugano 5–1 Summary Basel Bossoni 1:0Galli 2:0Weber 64 3:1Frigerio 4:1Weber 75 5:1 58 2:1 Rupf Campo Marzio, Lugano 2,500 SUI Sally Rosenbaum (Zürich/St. Gallen) L Round 7 8 November 1942 14:30 Basel 0–0 Summary Young Fellows Zürich Landhof, Basel 2,000 SUI Lutz (Geneva) D Round 8 22 November 1942 14:30 Nordstern Basel 0–0 Summary Basel Stadion Rankhof, Basel 5,500 SUI Emil Heiniger (Bern) D Round 9 29 November 1942 14:30 Basel 1–0 Summary Grenchen Kappenberger 60 1:0 Landhof, Basel 4,500 SUI Paul von Wartburg (Bern) W Round 10 6 December 1942 14:30 Basel 2–1 Summary Luzern Rupf 46 1:1Vonthron 87 pen. 2:1 25 0:1 Martin Landhof, Basel 4,000 SUI Pusterla (Oerlikon) W Round 11 13 December 1942 12:45 Zürich 2–1 Summary Basel Trümpler 42 1:0Neumeyer 65 2:1 54 1:1 Suter Letzigrund, Zürich 2,500 SUI Roger Rapin (Lausanne) L Round 12 20 December 1942 14:30 Servette 9–1 Summary Basel Walaschek 1:0Pasteur 2:0Perroud 3:0Pasteur 4:0Belli 5:1Belli 6:1Perroud 7:1Perroud 8:1Perroud 9:1 4:1 Suter Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 3,000 SUI Adrien Sandoz (La Chaux-de-Fonds) L Round 13 27 December 1942 14:30 Basel 2–1 Summary St. Gallen Schmidlin (I) 25 1:1Andres 69 2:1 10 0:1 Hager (II) Landhof, Basel 2,500 SUI Emil Heiniger (Bern) W Round 14 14 February 1943 15:00 Basel 0–2 Summary Grasshopper Club 40 0:1 Amadò46 0:2 Amadò Landhof, Basel 7,500 SUI Jean Lutz (Geneva) L Round 15 21 February 1943 15:00 Basel 0–3 Summary Lausanne-Sport 10 0:1 Spagnoli30 0:2 Spagnoli75 0:3 Monnard Landhof, Basel 4,300 SUI Adien Sandoz (La Chaux-de-Fonds) L Round 16 7 March 1943 15:00 Biel-Bienne 2–1 Summary Basel Monbaron 16 1:0Buser 70 2:1 30 1:1 Andres Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne 2,000 SUI Josef Schürch (Winterthur) L Round 17 14 March 1943 15:00 Basel 1–1 Summary Young Boys Suter 38 1:0 55 1:1 Blaser Landhof, Basel 3,800 SUI Hans Eggmann (Zürich) D Round 18 21 March 1943 15:00 Cantonal Neuchatel 3–2 Summary Basel Amey 28 1:2Knecht 84 2:2Cuany 85 3:2 10 0:1 Andres21 0:2 Tschüppeli Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel 1,500 SUI Ernst Jaggi (Bern) L Round 19 11 April 1943 15:00 Basel 1–0 Summary Lugano Andres 35 1:0 0 53 Bottinelli Landhof, Basel 6,000 SUI Scherz Bern W Round 20 18 April 1943 15:45 Young Fellows Zürich 3–1 Summary Basel Lusenti 49 pen. 1:1Lusenti 64 pen. 2:1Kielholz 77 3:1 39 pen. 0:1 Hufschmid Letzigrund, Zürich 4,000 SUI Hans Wüthrich (Bern) L Round 21 2 May 1943 15:00 Basel 2–0 Summary Nordstern Basel Andres 47 1:0Schmidlin (I) 68 2:0 Landhof, Basel 8,000 SUI Paul von Wartburg (Bern) W Round 22 9 May 1943 Grenchen 2–1 Summary Basel Righetti 1:0Aebi 90 2:1 1:1 Spadini Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 1,000 SUI Rodolphe Wittwer (Geneva) L Round 23 23 May 1943 15:00 Luzern 0–3 Summary Basel 30 0:1 Kappenberger0:2 Suter90 0:3 Kappenberger Stadion Allmend, Luzern 2,000 SUI Theodor Ott (Oerlikon) W Round 24 30 May 1943 16:00 Basel 2–2 Summary Zürich Losa 48 1:1Suter 76 2:2 42 0:1 Busenhardt68 1:2 Schneiter Landhof, Basel 4,100 SUI Rodolphe Wittwer (Geneva) D Round 25 6 June 1943 16:00 Basel 0–2 Summary Servette 0:1 Walaschek65 0:2 Belli Landhof, Basel 4,500 SUI Mario Grassi (Balerna) L Round 26 20 June 1943 14:30 St. Gallen 3–2 Summary Basel Wagner 1 1:0Vonbüren 59 2:1Valentinuzzi 61 3:1 30 1:1 Suter3:2 Rupf Espenmoos, St. Gallen 2,000 SUI Eggmann Zürich L League table main WDL Q 5 2 GCZ Grasshopper Club LUG Lugano LS Lausanne-Sport YB Young Boys NX Cantonal Neuchâtel SER Servette GRE Grenchen STG St. Gallen BB Biel-Bienne YFZ Young Fellows Zürich ZÜR Zürich LUC Luzern BAS Basel NOR Nordstern Basel 19 6 1 91 22 15 5 6 67 33 15 4 7 45 36 12 7 7 46 33 13 2 11 50 45 12 3 11 59 44 11 5 10 47 39 12 2 12 43 53 8 4 14 33 45 6 8 12 26 43 9 2 15 38 71 6 6 14 31 45 7 4 15 29 57 5 6 15 25 64 green1 Champions and Swiss Cup winners A #FFC0D0 Relegated R complete rsssf.com Swiss Cup 4th principal round 3 January 1943 14:30 Basel 6–0 FCB summary FC Pratteln (red) Fussballverband Nordwestschweiz 2024 https://matchcenter.fvnws.ch/default.aspx?lng=1&cxxlnus=1&v=501& FC Pratteln Fussballverband Nordwestschweiz - fvnws.ch de 2024-11-16 Schmidlin (I) 1:0Schmidlin (I) 56 2:0Andres 64 3:0Andres 69 4:0Kappenberger 76 5:0Suter 80 6:0 Landhof, Basel 2,700 SUI Josef Schürch (Winterthur) W Round 5 10 January 1943 14:30 Basel 9–2 FCB summary SV Schaffhausen Suter 12 1:0Schmidlin (I) 28 2:1Schmidlin (I) 30 3:1Suter 50 4:1Kappenberger 53 5:1Losa 57 6:1Suter 71 7:2own goal 74 8:2Schmidlin (I) 76 9:2 15 1:1 Büche67 6:2 Meier Landhof, Basel 3,950 SUI Paul von Wartburg (Bern) W Quarter-final 28 February 1943 15:00 Basel 0–2 FCB summary Lugano 16 0:1 Frigerio61 0:2 Frigerio Landhof, Basel 7,400 SUI Paul von Wartburg (Bern) L See also History of FC Basel List of FC Basel players List of FC Basel seasons References Sources Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. 978-3-7245-2027-6 Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. 978-3-7245-2305-5 FCB team 1942/43 at fcb-archiv.ch Switzerland 1942/43 by Erik Garin at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation External links FC Basel official site expanded Category:FC Basel seasons Basel