1944–45 Nationalliga A

Swiss football season 1944–45 Nationalliga A 3 September 1944 –1 July 1945 Grasshopper Club (13th title) BaselSt. Gallen Hans-Peter Friedländer (GC)26 goals 182 602 1943–44 1945–46 1944–45 Nationalliga B 3 September 1944 –1 July 1945 Locarno LocarnoBern SolothurnPro Daro 182 1943–44 1. Liga 1945–46 The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1944–45 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 49th season of top-tier and the 48th season of second-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. 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 ASF/SFV Therefore, it came about that the Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) expanded themselves. The decision of the extraordinary assembly, held on 9 October 1943 in Lugano, was to double the number of members to 28 clubs for the 1944–45 season and to initiate a new format. The Nationalliga was divided into two strength classes each with 14 teams. The previous Nationalliga became the Nationalliga A (NLA), while the Nationalliga B (NLB) was newly formed. From this moment, the 1. Liga became the third-tier of the Swiss football league system. It was also increased in size, from 25 clubs in two groups, to new three groups with 10 teams each. Format The teams in both NLA and in NLB played a double round-robin to decide their table positions. Two points were awarded for a win and one point was awarded for a draw. The top tier (NLA) was contested by the top 13 teams from the 1943–44 Nationalliga and the newly promoted, 1. Liga champion, AC Bellinzona. The two last placed teams in the league table at the end of the season were to be relegated. The second-tier, the newly formed NLB, was contested by the relegated team from the NLA, FC Luzern, and the 13 best teams of the 1943–44 Swiss 1. Liga season. The top two teams would be promoted to 1945–46 Nationalliga A and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1945–46 Swiss 1. Liga. Nationalliga A Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity FC Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Landhof AC Bellinzona Bellinzona Ticino Stadio Comunale Bellinzona FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne Bern Stadion Gurzelen FC Cantonal Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière 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 Servette FC Geneva Geneva Stade des Charmilles FC St. Gallen St. Gallen St. Gallen Espenmoos BSC Young Boys Bern Bern Wankdorf Stadium FC Young Fellows Zürich Zürich Utogrund FC Zürich Zürich Zürich Letzigrund Final league table main WDL QR league 5 2 GCZ Grasshopper Club LUG Lugano YB Young Boys (red) BSC Young Boys AG 2024 https://www.bscyb.ch/archiv-1944-45 YB Saison YB season BSC Young Boys AG de-ch 2024-11-16 GRE Grenchen LS Lausanne-Sport NX Cantonal Neuchâtel YFZ Young Fellows Zürich CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds SER Servette Daniel Reichmuth 2024 https://super-servette.ch/Doku/Resultate_Servette_1944-45.pdf Servette 1944/45 super-servette-ch fr 2024-11-16 BEL Bellinzona ZÜR FC Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=76 FCZ Saison 1944/45 de-ch FCZ season 1944/45 dbFCZ 2024-11-16 BB Biel-Bienne BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2024 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1944/45 Rangliste 1944/45 de-ch Ranking 1944/45 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2024-11-16 STG 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 red1 Relegated to 1945–46 NLB R1 red1 Relegated to 1945–46 NLB R2 yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers; complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey BAS BEL BB CAN CDF GCZ GRE LS LUG SER STG YB YFZ ZÜR Basel 2–0 3–1 0–4 3–3 0–2 2–1 2–3 4–4 3–0 3–1 3–4 3–0 3–3 Bellinzona 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 3–1 3–0 2–3 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 Biel-Bienne 2–2 1–1 0–0 3–3 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–5 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–3 Cantonal Neuchâtel 3–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 4–2 2–3 1–3 1–1 2–1 Grasshopper Club 6–4 3–0 6–3 1–1 5–1 4–1 1–2 4–3 6–0 6–3 2–1 2–1 4–1 Grenchen 1–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–4 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 4–2 1–0 0–1 4–3 La Chaux-de-Fonds 3–1 0–0 4–0 4–1 0–3 2–2 4–7 3–1 3–2 3–1 0–1 4–1 0–0 Lausanne-Sports 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–3 4–0 2–1 4–1 2–3 2–0 4–3 3–0 1–0 5–0 Lugano 4–3 3–1 3–0 2–0 1–2 2–0 4–0 4–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–4 2–0 St. Gallen 2–2 3–3 1–0 0–2 2–3 0–2 2–5 1–3 1–2 4–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 Servette 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 3–1 1–0 2–3 1–1 4–0 3–0 1–1 Young Boys 2–1 3–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 4–4 Young Fellows 2–0 0–0 5–4 3–1 0–3 0–2 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–3 Zürich 4–1 2–0 3–3 1–1 1–4 2–3 3–0 3–2 1–2 1–2 1–3 0–3 2–3 complete rsssf.com Topscorers Rank Player Nat. Goals Club1. Hans-Peter Friedländer SUI 26 Grasshopper Club2. Alfred Bickel SUI 18 Grasshopper Club3. Numa Monnard SUI 16 Lausanne-Sport4. Domenico Gallo SUI 13 Lugano Roberto Bergamini SUI 13 Lugano6. Georges Aeby SUI 12 Lausanne-Sport Roger Courtois SUI 12 Lausanne-Sport Giovanni Conte SUI 12 Zürich9. Lauro Amadò SUI 11 Grasshopper Club Mario Fornara SUI 11 Lugano Eugen Walaschek SUI 11 Young Boys Walter Bosshard SUI 11 Zürich René Bader SUI 11 Basel Nationalliga B Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity FC Aarau Aarau Aargau Stadion Brügglifeld FC Bern Bern Bern Stadion Neufeld SC Brühl St. Gallen St. Gallen Paul-Grüninger-Stadion SC Derendingen (red) Solothurner Fussballverband 2024 https://matchcenter.sofv.ch/default.aspx?v=1822&oid=10&lng=1 SC Derendingen Solothurner Fussballverband - sofv.ch de 2024-11-16 Derendingen Solothurn Heidenegg 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 Fribourg Fribourg Fribourg Stade Universitaire CS International Genève Geneva Geneva FC Locarno Locarno Ticino Stadio comunale Lido FC Luzern Lucerne Lucerne Stadion Allmend FC Nordstern Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Rankhof US Pro Daro (red) Federazione ticinese di calcio 2023 https://matchcenter-ftc.football.ch/default.aspx?v=540&oid=12&lng=3 US Pro Daro Federazione ticinese di calcio it 2024-11-16 Bellinzona Ticino Campo Geretta / Stadio Comunale Bellinzona / FC Solothurn Solothurn Solothurn Stadion FC Solothurn Urania Genève Sport Genève Geneva Stade de Frontenex SC Zug Zug Zug Herti Allmend Stadion Final league table main WDL QR 2nd 5 2 LOC FC Locarno 17 6 3 60 26 BER FC Bern 18 3 5 65 36 AAR FC Aarau Stephan Beck 2023 https://www.arowa.ch/index.php?page=ligatabelle&saison=45 Schweizer Meisterschaft 1944/45 FCA Rangliste de-ch Swiss Championship 1944/45 FCA Ranking arowa.ch 2024-11-16 15 4 7 67 40 INT CS International Genève 14 5 7 40 28 UGS Urania Genève Sport 11 6 9 53 48 DER SC Derendingen 9 9 8 43 43 LUZ FC Luzern 8 10 8 41 32 ES FC Étoile-Sporting 10 6 10 54 54 FRI FC Fribourg 9 6 11 36 42 NOR FC Nordstern Basel 8 5 13 41 46 BRÜ SC Brühl 8 5 13 40 53 SCZ SC Zug 6 6 14 24 38 SOL FC Solothurn 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 4 7 15 29 61 PRO US Pro Daro 4 4 18 24 70 green1 NLB champions and promoted to 1945–46 NLA A green3 Promoted to 1945–46 NLA P red3 Relegated to 1945–46 1. Liga R1 red1 Relegated to 1945–46 1. Liga R2 yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers; complete rsssf.com Further in Swiss football 1944–45 Swiss Cup 1944–45 Swiss 1. Liga References Sources Switzerland 1944–45 at RSSSF Nationalligaseasons inSwitzerland 1943–44 1945–46 Category:Swiss Football League seasons Swiss Category:1944–45 in Swiss football