1941–42 Nationalliga

Swiss football season Nationalliga 1941–42 Grasshopper Club La Chaux-de-Fonds Alessandro Frigerio (Lugano)31 goals 31 August 1941 to28 June 1942 182 658 1940–41 1942–43 1. Liga 1941–42 1. Liga champions:BaselGroup West:BernGroup East:Basel Basel Group West:Forward MorgesGroup East:SchaffhausenJuventus Zürich 156 (West), 132 (East)plus 2 play-offsand 3 play-outs 1940–41 1942–43 The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1941–42 football season. This was the 45th season of top-tier and the 44th 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. The Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) took advantage of this situation and expanded. It now had 14 member clubs that played in the top-tier, which was two more than in the previous season. The second-tier now had 25 members, which was one more than last season, and these teams were divided into two regional groups, as opposed to three groups as previously. 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 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 The 14 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. There had been no relegation last season, therefore this season the Nationalliga was contested by all 12 teams from the 1940–41 Nationalliga and the two newly promoted FC Zürich and Cantonal Neuchâtel. The first placed team at the end of the season would become Swiss champions and the last placed team would be relegated to the 1942–43 1. Liga.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 The 14-team league, in which the Swiss champion was determined in 13 home and away rounds, was to prove to be the ideal solution, at least for the next three decades. This format was to remain the valid formula until 1976. Nationalliga The league season began with the first matchday on 31 August 1941 and was concluded with the last round on 28 June 1942. However, there was one outstanding match which was played on 12 July. Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity 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 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 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 GRE Grenchen SER Servette Daniel Reichmuth 2024 https://super-servette.ch/Doku/Resultate_Servette_1941-42.pdf Servette Rangliste 1941/42 Servette ranking 1941/42 super-servette-ch fr 2024-11-16 LUG Lugano ZÜR Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=79 FCZ Saison 1941/42 de-ch FCZ season 1941/42 dbFCZ 2024-11-16 YFZ Young Fellows LS Lausanne-Sport STG St. Gallen YB BSC Young Boys (red) BSC Young Boys AG 2024 https://www.bscyb.ch/archiv-1941-42 YB Saison 1941/42 YB season 1941/42 BSC Young Boys AG de-ch 2024-11-16 NX Cantonal Neuchâtel NOR Nordstern Basel LUC Luzern BB Biel-Bienne CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds 14 8 4 63 23 16 4 6 56 23 16 3 7 75 41 12 8 6 55 36 13 5 8 67 63 11 7 8 37 36 11 3 12 48 43 10 4 12 40 62 7 9 10 38 41 9 3 14 52 60 7 7 12 30 48 5 8 13 26 54 7 3 16 39 76 6 4 16 30 50 green3 To play-off for championshipand Swiss Cup winners P1 green3 To play-off for championship P2 red2 Relegated to 1942–43 1. Liga R yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers; complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey BB CAN CDF GCZ GRE LS LUG LUZ NOR SER STG YB YFZ ZÜR Biel-Bienne 1–6 0–5 0–4 2–0 1–3 1–2 0–0 3–0 4–2 0–6 3–2 4–0 3–4 Cantonal Neuchâtel 4–0 2–3 3–1 2–0 1–4 4–1 1–3 1–3 1–1 3–1 1–2 3–1 2–3 Grasshopper Club 4–0 3–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–2 4–0 1–1 1–3 2–2 Grenchen 3–0 4–2 0–0 4–0 2–1 2–1 3–2 4–0 5–0 3–4 2–0 4–0 1–1 La Chaux-de-Fonds 1–2 2–3 1–1 0–0 1–2 3–0 0–4 2–2 2–0 4–0 0–1 3–2 4–1 Lausanne-Sports 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–2 5–0 1–3 0–0 0–1 2–4 4–3 0–1 2–2 Luzern 2–2 4–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 5–1 0–5 1–1 0–0 0–2 Lugano 6–1 5–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 4–2 3–0 0–0 5–2 3–4 1–1 2–2 3–1 Nordstern 2–1 1–1 1–3 1–2 2–0 1–5 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–5 St. Gallen 3–2 4–1 0–6 0–2 4–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–4 2–1 1–2 4–0 Servette 1–2 5–2 2–2 2–1 5–0 3–4 8–0 1–1 3–1 5–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 Young Boys 1–1 3–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–3 3–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–2 Young Fellows 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 Zürich 9–3 3–2 0–8 2–6 3–1 2–2 3–1 5–1 2–0 5–0 2–5 5–3 4–1 complete rsssf.com Championship play-off However, the first championship under the new system was not decided after the 26th matchday. Because Grasshopper Club and Grenchen ended the regular season level on points in joint first position a championship deciding match was required. The play-off took place on 19 July 1942 at the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern. Grasshopper Club 0–0 Grenchen The game ended with a goalless draw after extra time, thus a replay became necessary. The replay was held on 26 July at the Rankhof in Basel. Grasshopper Club 1–1 Grenchen The championship had neither been decided after the 26th matchday nor after two extra rounds. The replay in Basel also ended in a draw after 120 minutes. Since practices such as penalty shootouts or the "golden goal" were still unknown at the time, the title was awarded to the Grasshopper Club on the basis of the better goal average in the regular season. As GC had already won the Swiss Cup two months earlier, on 25 May, the team won the domestic Double in this season. This was the clubs tenth league title and their third Double to this date. Topscorers Rank Player Nat. Goals Club1. Alessandro Frigerio SUI 23 Lugano 2. Fritz Knecht SUI 22 Young Boys3. Numa Monnard SUI 20 Servette 1. Liga Group West main WDL QR 2 BER FC Bern 19 1 4 60 30 UGS Urania Genève Sport 18 2 4 57 24 ES FC Étoile-Sporting 12 4 8 60 39 FRI FC Fribourg 11 4 9 51 36 BBB US Bienne-Boujean 11 4 9 53 43 DER SC Derendingen 10 6 8 54 42 SOL FC Solothurn 9 4 11 38 56 CAG CA Genève 9 3 12 57 53 MOS FC Montreux-Sports 6 6 12 43 55 MON FC Monthey 6 6 12 41 62 VEV Vevey Sports 8 2 14 42 67 DOP Dopolavoro Genève 7 3 14 30 59 MOR FC Forward Morges 5 5 14 37 57 green3 To promotion play-off QP orange2 Play-out against relegation R1 red3 Relegation to 2. Liga R2 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers. complete RSSSF Group East main WDL QR East 5 2 BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2024 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1941/42 Rangliste FCB 1941/42 de-ch Ranking CB 1941/42 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2024-11-16 BSZ Blue Stars Zürich BEL Bellinzona BIR FC Birsfelden BRÜ Brühl St. Gallen ZUG SC Zug LOC Locarno CHI Chiasso AAR Aarau Stephan Beck 2023 https://www.arowa.ch/index.php?page=ligatabelle&saison=42 Schweizer Meisterschaft 1941/42 FCA Rangliste de-ch Swiss Championship 1941/42 FCA Ranking arowa.ch 2024-11-16 CON Concordia Basel SCH Schaffhausen YFZ SC Juventus Zürich 18 3 1 77 15 15 4 3 50 25 10 4 8 46 42 10 4 8 34 33 9 6 7 40 37 9 6 7 38 37 9 1 12 52 45 8 3 11 41 45 7 5 10 34 45 5 7 10 30 44 3 6 13 29 64 4 1 17 34 73 green3 To promotion play-off QP orange2 Play-out against relegation R1 red3 Relegation to 2. Liga R2 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers. complete RSSSF Promotion play-off The two group winners played a two legged tie for the title of 1. Liga champions and for promotion to the 1942–43 Nationalliga. The games were played 21 and 28 June 1942. Bern 0–0 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 21 June 1942 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=27988 FC Bern - FC Basel 0:0 (0:0) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" de-ch 2024-11-16 Basel Basel 3–1 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 28 June 1942 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=27989 FC Basel - FC Bern 3:1 (2:0) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" de-ch 2024-11-16 Bern Basel won the championship title and were promoted to the top-tier. Bern remained in the division for the next season. Relegation play-out The two second last placed teams from each group played a two legged tie to decide the third and last relegation slot. The games were played on 12 and 19 July 1942. Schaffhausen 2–3 Dopolavoro Genève Dopolavoro Genève 1–1 Schaffhausen The game Dopolavoro–Schaffhausen was nullified due to an ineligible player in the Dopolavoro team. The game was not awarded 0-3 (forfeit) but replayed on 26 July. Dopolavoro Genève 0–0 Schaffhausen Dopolavoro won and remained in the division for the next season. Schaffhausen were relegated to 2. Liga. Further in Swiss football 1941–42 Swiss Cup 1941–42 Swiss 1. Liga References Sources Switzerland 1941–42 at RSSSF Nationalligaseasons inSwitzerland 1940–41 1942–43 Category:Swiss Football League seasons Swiss Category:1941–42 in Swiss football