1946–47 FC Basel season

FC Basel 1946–47 Anton Schall Jules Düblin Ground Landhof, Basel Nationalliga A 4th Swiss Cup Winners Traugott Oberer (13) Traugott Oberer (16) 10,000 on 20 April 1947vs Biel-Bienne 3,500 on 16 February 1947vs Locarno 6,515 1945–46 1947–48 The 1946–47 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's Fifty-fourth season in their existence. It was their first season in the top flight of Swiss football after their promotion from the Nationalliga B the season before. They played their home games in the Landhof, in the Quarter Kleinbasel. Jules Düblin was the club's new chairman and he took over this position from Emil Junkerat the club's AGM. Düblin had been player for FC Basel in the years 1919–1926 and had been on the club's board of directors. He was doctor, banker and politician, became author and private art collector. Overview After his playing career the Austrian ex-international Anton Schall, who suffered from a rare heart condition, moved to Switzerland and took over Basel as club trainer for the 1946–47 season. Basel played a total of 39 games in this season. Of these 26 in the Nationalliga A, six in the Swiss Cup and seven were test games. The test games resulted with three victories, three draws and one defeat. In total, they won 21 games, drew eight and lost 10 times. In total, including the test games and the cup competition, they scored 111 goals and conceded 65. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/bilanz?saison=1946/47 Bilanz Saison 1946/47 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 There were fourteen teams contesting in the 1946–47 Nationalliga A, the bottom two teams in the table to be relegated. Basel finished their season in fourth position in the table, with twelve victories from 26 games, scoring in total 60 goals. Traugott Oberer was the team's top goal scorer. René Bader and Hermann Suter were joint second best, each with 10 goals. FC Biel-Bienne won the championship. Young Boys and ended the season on the relegation places. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwithist.html Switzerland 1946–47 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 In the Swiss Cup Basel started in round 3 with a home match against local team Black Stars Basel, the game was won 3– 2. In round 4 they had an away tie against La Chaux-de-Fonds which was won 2–1. Round 5 gave Basel another home tie in the Landhof against another local club Nordstern and this ended with a 6–1 victory. Thus they advanced to the quarter-finals and were matched against the Grasshoppers. The Grasshoppers were beaten 2–1. In the semi-final goals from top scorers Traugott Oberer and René Bader gave Basel a 2–1 victory against Grenchen. Therefore, Basel advanced to the Cup-Final, which was played in the Stadion Neufeld in Bern on 7 April 1947. Basel won the final 3–0 against Lausanne Sport and thus their second cup title. In the Final Paul Stöcklin scored two goals and Bader the other. Schall led Basel to win the Cup, but he died shortly afterwards at the age of 40 years during a workout on the football field. Following this unhappy event captain Ernst Hufschmid later took over as team coach. Players SUI GK Walter Müller SUI GK Kurt Imhof SUI GK Hans Rothen SUI DF Werner Bopp SUI DF Ernst Grauer SUI DF Ernst Hufschmid SUI MF Alexander Ebner SUI MF Heinz Elsässer SUI MF Rodolfo Kappenberger SUI MF Kurt Maurer SUI MF Willy Monigatti SUI FW Traugott Oberer SUI MF Hans Vonthron SUI MF Werner Wenk SUI MF Rudolf Wirz SUI FW René Bader SUI FW Walter Bosshard SUI FW Fritz Eckert SUI FW Bernard Mathez SUI FW Paul Stöcklin SUI FW Hermann Suter SUI FW Alfred Weisshaar 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 8 August 1946 Basel SUI 3–3 Summary SUI Grenchen Eckert 1:0Stöcklin 2:1Eckert 3:3 1:1 Righetti (I)2:2 Perroud2:3 Righetti (II) Weiden, Dornach 2,000 SUI Hofer Moutier D Pre-season 18 August 1946 FC Langnau SUI 1–11 Summary SUI Basel Nenniger 1:3 17 0:1 Bader0:2 Bader30 0:3 Stöcklin41 1:4 Bader60 1:5 Hufschmid67 1:6 Baderpen. 1:7 Oberer1:8 Stöcklin1:9 Bader81 1:10 Wenk 1:11 Stöcklin Sägematte, Langnau im Emmental 600 SUI Baumgartner Langnau im Emmental W Pre-season 25 August 1946 Red Star Zürich SUI 2–2 Summary SUI Basel Ryffel 12 1:0Bieri pen. 2:0 pen. 2:1 Oberer2:2 Bader Sportanlage Allmend Brunau, Zürich 1,000 SUI Faust Oerlikon D Winter break Winter break 5 January 1947 Basel SUI 2–2 Summary HUN Ferencvárosi Oberer pen. 1:2Weisshaar 2:2 0:1 Gyulai0:2 Mike0 Mike Landhof, Basel 2,200 SUI Berner Basel D Winter break 1 February 1947 Basel SUI 2–1 Summary SUI Concordia Basel Stöcklin 1:1Oberer 2:1 o.g. 0:1 Bopp Landhof, Basel SUI Steiner Basel W Winter break 9 March 1947 Basel SUI 12–1 Summary SUI SC Binningen Weisshaar 5 1:1Weisshaar 2:1Stöcklin 3:1Suter 4:1Suter 5:1Oberer 6:1Suter 7:1Wenk 8:1Suter 9:1o.g. 10:1Suter 11:1Suter 12:1 0:1 M. Dättwyler Landhof, Basel SUI Berner Basel W Mid-season 7 June 1947 17:00 Basel SUI 1–4 Summary FRA RC Strasbourg Monigatti 89 1:4 44 0:1 Vanags65 0:2 Woehl80 0:3 Nyers82 0:4 Roland Landhof, Basel 3,700 SUI Dörflinger Grenchen L Nationalliga 1946–47 Nationalliga A League matches Round 1 1 September 1946 Locarno 0–2 Summary Basel 38 0:1 Stöcklin64 0:2 Suter Stadio del Lido, Locarno 2,000 SUI Jaggi Bern W Round 2 8 September 1946 Basel 8–1 Summary Young Boys Oberer 12 1:1Bader 20 2:1Mathez 3:1Oberer 60 4:1Bader 5:1Bader 6:1Mathez 7:1Oberer 8:1 3 0:1 Streun Landhof, Basel 5,800 SUI A. Sandoz Lausanne W Round 3 22 September 1946 15:00 Lausanne-Sport 7–0 Summary Basel Guhl 7 1:0Maillard (II) 12 2:0Nikolić 25 3:0Eggimann 60 4:0Monnard 67 5:0Maillard (II) 6:0Monnard 85 7:0 Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 8,000 SUI Schürch Winterthur L Round 4 29 September 1946 Basel 1–0 Summary Grenchen Mathez 17 1:0 Landhof, Basel 6,000 SUI Grassi Balerna W Round 5 6 October 1946 Servette 3–2 Summary Basel Tamini 42 1:2Buchoux 82 2:2Facchinetti 88 3:2 18 0:1 Stöcklin45 0:2 Stöcklin Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 7,200 SUI Scherz Bern L Round 6 13 October 1946 15:00 Basel 3–2 Summary Young Fellows Zürich Bader 3 1:1Stöcklin 15 2:1Bader 36 3:1 1 0:1 Fink (II)50 3:2 Zappia Landhof, Basel 6,000 SUI von Wartburg Bern W Round 7 20 October 1946 Bellinzona 4–1 Summary Basel Ruch 46 1:0Ruch 48 2:0Frigerio 60 3:0Frigerio 72 4:1 65 3:1 Mathez Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona 2,000 SUI von Wartburg Bern L Round 8 27 October 1946 Biel-Bienne 1–3 Summary Basel Wiedmer 42 1:0 52 1:1 Suter56 1:2 Weisshaar77 1:3 Suter Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne 4,500 SUI Jaggi Bern W Round 9 3 November 1946 Basel 1–1 Summary FC Bern Wenk 88 1:1 8 0:1 Jauner (II) Landhof, Basel 6,200 SUI W. Rufli Bremgarten D Round 10 24 November 1946 14:30 Cantonal Neuchatel 2–3 Summary Basel Guillaume 10 pen. 1:0Guillaume 81 pen. 2:3 1:1 Wenk1:2 Stöcklinpen. 1:3 Oberer Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel 2,600 SUI Scherz Bern W Round 11 1 December 1946 Basel 8–2 Summary Urania Genève Sport Oberer pen. 1:0Bader 15 2:0Suter 3:1Oberer 4:1Bader 5:1Oberer 6:2Suter 7:2Suter 8:2 2:1 Prod'hom 5:2 Prod'hom Landhof, Basel 4,000 SUI Tschopp Delémont W Round 12 December 1946 Grasshopper Club P–P [ Summary] Basel Hardturm, Zürich P Round 13 22 December 1946 Basel 1–0 Summary Lugano Suter 67 1:0 Landhof, Basel 7,500 SUI Schürch Winterthur W Round 14 16 February 1947 Basel 6–0 Summary Locarno Stöcklin 30 1:0Suter 35 2:0Oberer 30 pen. 3:0Bader 63 4:0Bader 65 5:0Oberer 75 6:0 Landhof, Basel 3,500 SUI Jaggi Bern W Round 15 February 1947 Young Boys P–P [ Summary] Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern P Round 16 March 1947 Basel P–P [ Summary] Lausanne-Sport Landhof, Basel P Round 17 March 1947 Grenchen P–P [ Summary] Basel Stadion Brühl, Grenchen P Round 18 23 March 1947 15:00 Basel 5–1 Summary Servette Wenk 18 1:1Stöcklin 22 2:1Suter 44 3:1Wenk 53 4:1Oberer 88 5:1 7 0:1 Facchinetti Landhof, Basel 8,500 SUI Niederhauser BernW W Round 19 30 March 1947 15:40 Young Fellows Zürich 2–2 Summary Basel Wälchli 28 1:0Siegenthaler 33 2:0 84 2:1 Vonthron86 2:2 Wenk Letzigrund, Zürich 9,500 SUI Scherz Bern D Round 20 13 April 1947 Basel 4–1 Summary Bellinzona Hufschmid 12 1:0Kappenberger 40 2:0Hufschmid 45 3:0Kappenberger 65 4:0 75 4:1 Frigerio Landhof, Basel 7,700 SUI A. Sandoz Lausanne W Round 21 20 April 1947 Basel 1–3 Summary Biel-Bienne Bader 26′Wenk 30 1:2 15 0:1 Lempen28 0:2 Scheurer58 1:3 Weibel Landhof, Basel 10,000 SUI Wittwer Geneva L Round 15 27 April 1947 Young Boys 2–0 Summary Basel Stoll 77 1:0Grütter 78 2:0 Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 3,500 SUI Rapin Lausanne L Round 22 4 May 1947 FC Bern 1–1 Summary Basel Liechti 29 pen. 1:0 51 1:1 Hufschmid Neufeld, Bern 3,500 SUI Merlotti Neuchâtel D Round 26 11 May 1947 Lugano 2–1 Summary Basel Bossoni 7 pedn. 1:0Bernasconi 37 2:0 61 2:1 Oberer Campo Marzio, Lugano 2,500 SUI Scherz Bern L Round 16 24 May 1947 16:30 Basel 1–1 Summary Lausanne-Sport Bader 63 1:1 56 0:1 Nicolic Landhof, Basel 9,000 SUI W. Rufli Bremgarten D Round 24 1 June 1947 Urania Genève Sport 0–0 Summary Basel Stade de Frontenex, Geneva 3,500 SUI E. Ruefer Bern D Round 25 14 June 1947 Basel 0–1 Summary Grasshopper Club 65 0:1 Berbig Landhof, Basel 6,200 SUI von Wartburg Bern L Round 26 21 June 1947 Basel 5–1 Summary Cantonal Neuchatel Oberer 9 pen. 1:1Kappenberger 14 2:1Oberer 40 3:1Suter 42 4:1Bopp 72 pen. 5:1 4 0:1 Sydler 64′ Guillaume Landhof, Basel 4,300 SUI Lutz Geneva W Round 12 25 June 1947 Grasshopper Club 4–0 Summary Basel Bickel (I) 53 1:0Grauer 73 o.g. 2:0Biedermann 83 3:0Amadò88 4:0 0 58 Bader Hardturm, Zürich 2,500 SUI Lutz Geneva L Round 17 28 June 1947 Grenchen 3–1 Summary Basel Ardizzoni 20 1:0Righetti (II) 58 2:1Sommer 82 3:1 39 1:1 Stöcklin Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 1,000 SUI Rapin Lausanne W League table main WDL Q 5 2 BB Biel-Bienne LS Lausanne-Sport LUG Lugano BAS Basel SER Servette GCZ Grasshopper Club GRE Grenchen YFZ Young Fellows Zürich LOC Locarno BEL Bellinzona BER FC Bern NX Cantonal Neuchatel YB Young Boys UGS Urania Genève Sport 14 8 4 60 32 15 5 6 44 25 10 11 5 34 26 12 5 9 60 45 11 6 9 54 49 12 3 11 61 42 10 6 10 36 30 9 8 9 49 46 10 5 11 41 50 10 3 13 49 51 8 5 13 31 48 8 5 13 28 53 6 6 14 44 59 7 4 15 33 68 green1 Swiss Champions A yellow1 Swiss Cup winners B #FFC0D0 Relegated R R complete rsssf.com Swiss Cup Round 3 17 November 1946 Basel 3–2 Summary Black Stars Basel Bader 5 1:0Suter 66 2:0Bader 75 3:0 76 3:1 Horrisberger85 3:2 Schmid Landhof, Basel 3,000 SUI Jaggi Bern W Round 4 8 December 1946 14:30 La Chaux-de-Fonds 1–2 Summary Basel Kernen 55 1:1 30 0:1 Wenk70 1:2 Oberer Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds 3,800 SUI Wittwer Geneva W Round of 16 29 December 1946 Basel 6–1 Summary Nordstern Suter 15 1:1Grauer 32 2:1Stöcklin 34 3:1Vonthron 60 4:1Oberer 75 5:1Bader 88 6:1 2 0:1 Hütter Landhof, Basel 8,000 SUI A. Sandoz Lausanne W Quarter-final 9 February 1947 14:30 Basel 2–1 Summary Grasshoppers Wenk 62 1:1Grauer 80 2:1 60 0:1 Amadò Landhof, Basel 8,000 SUI Scherz Bern W Semi-final 16 March 1947 15:00 Basel 2–1 Summary Grenchen Oberer 32 1:1Bader 52 2:1 22 0:1 Zadra Stadion Rankhof, Basel 14,000 SUI Scherz Bern W Final 7 April 1947 15:00 Basel 3–0 Summary Lausanne Sport Stöcklin 48 1:0Bader 82 2:0Stöcklin 86 3:0 Stadion Neufeld, Bern 28,000 SUI Schürch Winterthur W 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 The FCB team 1946–47 at fcb-archiv.ch Switzerland 1946–47 by Erik Garin at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation External links FC Basel official site expanded Category:FC Basel seasons Basel