1944–45 FC Basel season

FC Basel 1944–45 Emil Junker First team coach Max Barras Ground Landhof, Basel 1944–45 Nationalliga A 13th Swiss Cup Round of 16 René Bader (11) René Bader (14) 6,000 on 12 November 1944vs Lausanne-Sportand on 17 December 1944vs Cantonal Neuchatel 3,500 on 26 November 1944vs St. Gallen 4,753 1943–44 1945–46 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. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/bilanz?saison=1944/45 Bilanz Saison 1944/45 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 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. https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1944/45 Rangliste 1944–45 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 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. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit45.html Switzerland 1944–45 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 Players SUI GK H. Müller SUI GK Walter Müller SUI GK Paul Wechlin SUI DF Werner Bopp SUI DF Louis Favre SUI DF Ernst Grauer SUI DF Ernst Hufschmid SUI MF Alexander Ebner SUI MF Heinz Elsässer SUI MF Rodolfo Kappenberger SUI MF Alberto Losa SUI MF Willy Monigatti SUI MF Traugott Oberer SUI MF Fritz Schmidlin SUI MF Guglielmo Spadini SUI MF Tschüppeli SUI MF Hans Vonthron SUI MF Werner Wenk SUI MF Willy Zingg SUI FW René Bader SUI FW Kurt Bertsch SUI FW Max Gloor SUI FW Alex Mathys from Brühl St. Gallen SUI FW Hans Nyffeler SUI FW Hermann Suter SUI FW Alfred Weisshaar Players who left the squad SUI GK Kurt Imhof SUI GK Ernst Kipfer SUI MF Rudolf Wirz SUI FW Rudolf Knup SUI FW Hans Rothen 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- and mid-season Pre-season 12 August 1944 Old Boys SUI 0–7 Summary SUI Basel Basel W Pre-season 20 August 1944 Luzern SUI 1–3 Summary SUI Basel Hug 1:2 0:1 Bertsch0:2 Gloor Stadion Allmend, Luzern 400 SUI Allgöwer Luzern W Pre-season 27 August 1944 16:45 Basel SUI 1–1 Summary SUI Nordstern Basel Weisshaar 30 1:1 53 1:1 Scholl Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel D Pre-season 10 September 1944 15:00 Basel SUI 0–0 Summary SUI St. Gallen Landhof, Basel 1,000 SUI Hans Vogt Schweizerhalle D Pre-season 16 September 1944 16:00 Basel SUI 5–0 Summary SUI Cantonal Neuchatel Nyffeler 6 1:0Nyffeler 2:0Nyffeler 30 3:0Oberer 4:0Ebner 5:0 Landhof, Basel 1,000 SUI Hans Vogt Schweizerhalle W Winter break to end of season Winter break 14 January 1945 14:30 Basel SUI 6–1 Summary SUI Concordia Basel/SC Kleinhüningen Oberer 1:0Oberer 2:0Oberer 3:0Kappenberger 4:1Monigatti 5:1Monigatti 6:1 3:1 Eckert Landhof, Basel 800 SUI Sannwald Sissach W Winter break 11 February 1945 14:30 Basel SUI 2–4 Summary SUI Grenchen Grauer 10 1:0Suter 2:4 19 1:1 Righetti (I)21 1:2 Courtat1:3 Courtat51 1:4 Courtat Landhof, Basel 1,200 SUI Traub Basel L Winter break 18 February 1945 15:00 Basel SUI 0–2 Summary SUI Nordstern Basel 10 0:1 Scholl0:2 Scholl Landhof, Basel 1,500 SUI Häring Basel L Winter break 25 February 1945 15:00 Basel SUI 1–1 Summary SUI Zürich Tschüppeli 28 1:0 52 1:1 Hirt Landhof, Basel 2,500 SUI Sannwald Sissach D Winter break 4 March 1945 Aarau SUI 2–1 Summary SUI Basel Hofer 21 1:0Taddei 85 2:1 1:1 Oberer Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 1,000 SUI Ott Baden L Winter break 11 March 1945 14:00 Basel SUI 3–2 Summary ITA Italian Internee Team Monigatti 30 1:0Monigatti 50 2:0Kappenberger 71 3:1 2:1pen. 3:2 Landhof, Basel 3,000 SUI Hans Vogt Schweizerhlle W Mid-season 8 April 1945 15:00 Basel SUI 3–1 Summary POL Polish Internee Team Schmidlin (I) 13 1:0o.g. 2:0Bader 72 3:0 74 3:1 Landhof, Basel 2,000 SUI Häring Basel W Nationalliga 1944–45 Nationalliga A League matches Round 1 September 1944 Basel Postponed [ Summary] Lausanne-Sport Landhof, Basel P Round 2 24 September 1944 Lugano 3–0note Annulled 1 Replay July 8, 1945 Summary Basel Galli 6 1:0Andreoli 54 2:0Montorfani (III) 55 pen. 3:0 Campo Marzio, Lugano 2,000 SUI E. Heiniger Bern P Round 3 1 October 1944 15:00 Basel 3–3 Summary Grasshopper Club Bertsch 17 1:0Ebner 58 2:2Hufschmid 77 3:3 18 1:1 Friedländer26 o.g. 1:2 Elsässer62 2:3 Bickel Landhof, Basel 4,000 SUI Rapin Lausanne D Round 4 8 October 1944 14:22 Young Fellows Zürich 2–0 Summary Basel Andres 14 1:0Fink 65 2:0 Hardturm, Zürich 6,000 SUI Grassi Balerna L Round 5 15 October 1944 15:00 Basel 0–2 Summary Grenchen Righetti (II) 13 0:1Righetti (I) 48 0:2 Landhof, Basel 5,000 SUI Sandoz La Chaux-de-Fonds L Round 6 22 October 1944 15:00 La Chaux-de-Fonds 3–1 Summary Basel Perroud 36 1:1Berthoud 56 2:1Van Gessel 77 3:1 6 0:1 Kappenberger Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds 2,500 SUI Rapin Lausanne L Round 7 29 October 1944 15:00 Servette 2–0 Summary Basel Fatton 40 1:0Fatton 43 2:0 Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 4,000 SUI Georges Craviolini Chippis L Round 8 5 November 1944 14:30 Basel 2–0 Summary Bellinzona Bertsch 1:0Bertsch 2:0 Landhof, Basel 5,000 SUI Merlotti Neuchâtel W Round 1 12 November 1944 14:30 Basel 2–3 Summary Lausanne-Sport Bader 1 1:0Bertsch 27 2:2 1:1 Eggimann7 1:2 Eggimann70 2:3 Courtois Landhof, Basel 6,000 SUI Niederhauser Bern L Round 9 19 November 1944 14:30 Zürich 4–1 Summary Basel Bosshard 30 1:0Bosshard 2:1Bosshard 80 3:1Conte 4:1 pen. 1:1 Bader Letzigrund, Zürich 3,500 SUI Tschopp Delémont L Round 10 26 November 1944 14:30 Basel 3–0 Summary St. Gallen Kappenberger 28 1:0Suter 51 2:0Kappenberger 86 3:0 Landhof, Basel 3,500 SUI von Wartburg Bern W Round 11 10 December 1944 14:30 Biel-Bienne 2–2 Summary Basel Weibel 38 1:0Ferioli 60 2:1 56 1:1 Suter70 2:2 Vonthron Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne 2,200 SUI Lutz Geneva D Round 12 17 December 1944 14:30 Basel 0–4 Summary Cantonal Neuchatel Sydler 12 0:1Sandoz 57 0:2Sydler 58 0:3Frangi 61 0:4 Landhof, Basel 6,000 SUI Jaggi Bern L Round 13 31 December 1944 14:30 Young Boys 2–1 Summary Basel Walaschek 30 1:0Trachsel 37 2:0 75 2:1 Oberer Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 3,000 SUI Wittwer Geneva L Round 14 18 March 1945 15:00 Lausanne-Sport 2–0 Summary Basel Monnard 2 1:0Monnard 2:0 Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 4,500 SUI Iseli Biel/Bienne L Round 15 25 March 1945 15:00 Basel 4–4 Summary Lugano Monigatti 1:2Kappenberger 20 2:3Oberer 3:4Schmidlin (I) 4:4 1 0:1 Montorfani10 0:2 Bernasconi15 1:3 Bernasconi2:4 Fornara (II) Landhof, Basel 5,000 SUI Lutz Geneva D Round 16 15 April 1945 16:30 Grasshopper Club 6–4 Summary Basel Küenzler 1:0Friedländer 2:2Friedländer 3:2Küenzler 4:2Bickel 76 5:3Biedermann 87 6:4 1:1 Bader1:2 Monigatti75 4:3 Monigatti 82 5:4 Monigatti Hardturm, Zürich 6,000 SUI Niederhauser Bern L Round 17 22 April 1945 15:00 Basel 3–0 Summary Young Fellows Zürich Bader pen. 1:0Bader 49 2:0Monigatti 75 3:0 Landhof, Basel 4,000 SUI Wittwer Geneva W Round 18 29 April 1945 Grenchen 1–1note Annulled 2 Replay July 14, 1945 Summary Basel Brunner 75 1:1 4 0:1 Bader Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 1,000 SUI Sally Rosenbaum Zürich/St. Gallen P Round 19 6 May 1945 16:00 Basel 2–1 Summary La Chaux-de-Fonds Ebner 1:0Bader 15 2:0 o.g. 2:1 Grauer Landhof, Basel 5,000 SUI Merlotti Neuchâtel W Round 20 13 May 1945 15:00 Basel 3–1 Summary Servette Monigatti 19 1:0Schmidlin (I) 40 2:0Monigatti 43 3:0 67 3:1 Belli Landhof, Basel 4,800 SUI von Wartburg Bern W Round 21 27 May 1945 Bellinzona 0–0 Summary Basel Campo Granata, Bellinzona 2,000 SUI DörflingerGrenchen D Round 22 3 June 1945 15:00 Basel 3–3 Summary Zürich Monigatti 1:1Bader 52 pen. 2:1Bader 83 3:3 35 0:1 Bosshard63 pen. 2:2 Minelli67 2:3 Schneiter Landhof, Basel 4,500 SUI Niederhauser Bern D Round 23 10 June 1945 St. Gallen 2–2 Summary Basel Luchsinger 43 1:0Wagner 65 2:2 1:1 Oberer57 1:2 Monigatti Espenmoos, St. Gallen 3,000 SUI Jaggi Bern D Round 24 17 June 1945 16:30 Basel 3–1 Summary Biel-Bienne Bader 7 1:0Wenk 84 2:1Grauer pen. 3:1 17 pen. 1:1 Veeser Landhof, Basel 4,000 SUI Scherz Bern W Round 25 24 June 1945 15:00 Cantonal Neuchatel 3–0 Summary Basel Guillaume 80 1:0Franghi 81 2:0Hufschmid o.g. Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel 1,400 SUI Sally Rosenbaum Zürich/St. Gallen L Round 26 1 July 1945 15:30 Basel 3–4 Summary Young Boys Vonthron 1:3Bader 80 2:4Vonthron pen. 3:4 16 0:1 Knecht30 0:2 Bernhard62 0:3 Walaschek67 1:4 Streun Landhof, Basel 5,000 SUI DörflingerGrenchen L Notes note League matches Replays Round 2 8 July 1945 Lugano 4–3 Summary Basel Bergamini 50 1:1Bergamini 62 2:1Montorfani 67 3:1Fornara (II) 69 4:1 17 0:1 Wenk4:2 Wenk4:3 Hufschmid Campo Marzio, Lugano 1,000 SUI von Wartburg Bern L Round 18 15 July 1945 18:00 Grenchen 1–0 Summary Basel Zadra 28 1:0 Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 800 SUI Schürch Winterthur L League table main WDL R 5 2 GCZ Grasshopper Club Zürich LUG FC Lugano YB BSC Young Boys GRE FC Grenchen LS Lausanne Sports NX Cantonal Neuchâtel YFZ Young Fellows Zürich CDF FC La Chaux-de-Fonds SER Servette FC Genève BEL AC Bellinzona ZÜR FC Zürich BB FC Biel-Bienne BAS FC Basel STG FC St. Gallen 18 5 3 78 39 15 4 7 55 36 13 8 5 37 30 13 7 6 37 29 15 2 9 58 39 10 9 7 36 29 10 5 11 35 43 8 7 11 42 50 8 5 13 43 47 5 11 10 24 32 6 8 12 45 57 5 10 11 39 56 6 6 14 45 59 3 7 16 28 56 green1 Swiss Champions A yellow1 Swiss Cup winners B #FFC0D0 Relegated R R complete rsssf.com Swiss Cup Round 3 3 December 1944 14:00 FC Allschwil 0–6 Summary Basel 17 0:1 Bader18 0:2 Bader48 0:3 Bader0:4 Bader0:5 Oberer0:6 Bader Sportplatz Bankverein, Allschwil 2,000 SUI Scherz Bern W Round of 32 24 December 1944 14:30 Basel 3–1 Summary SC Zofingen Suter 1:0Kappenberger 30 2:0Monigatti 40 3:0 pen. 3:1 Conus Landhof, Basel 1,000 SUI Arn Grenchen W Round of 16 21 January 1945 St. Gallen 3–0 Summary Basel Hager 65 1:0Wagner 85 2:0Casali 87 3:0 Espenmoos, St. Gallen 1,000 SUI Schmidsberger Zürich 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 1944–45 at fcb-archiv.ch Switzerland 1944–45 by Erik Garin at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation External links FC Basel official site expanded Category:FC Basel seasons Basel