1941–42 FC Basel season

FC Basel 1941–42 Eugen Rupf Albert Besse Ground Landhof, Basel 1st League 1st Play-off Champions Swiss Cup Runner-up Rodolfo Kappenberger (15) Hermann Suter (17) 4,500 on 10 May 1942vs Blue Stars Zürich 700 on 7 June 1942 vs Bellinzona 2,200 1940–41 1942–43 The 1941–42 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 48th season in their existence. It was their third season in the 1st League (second flight of Swiss football) after being relegated from the Nationalliga in the 1938–39 season. They played their home games in the Landhof, in the Wettstein Quarter in Kleinbasel. Albert Besse was the club's chairman for the third consecutive year. The team achieved promotion and reached the Swiss Cup final. Overview Eugen Rupf was player-coach for his second season. Basel played 38 games in their 1941–42 season. 22 in the league group, two in the play-offs, 10 in the cup and 4 were test games. They won 27 and drew eight, they were defeated only three times. In total they scored 114 goals and conceded just 33- Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/bilanz?saison=1941/42 Bilanz Saison 1941/42 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 There were twenty four teams contesting in the 1st League in the 1941–42 season, twelve in group East and twelve in group West. The winner of each group were to play a play-off for promotion to the Nationalliga the following year. Basel were allocated to group East together with the two other local teams Concordia Basel and FC Birsfelden. Basel started the league season well. On 31 August 1941 in the first league game against SC Juventus Zürich their striker Alex Mathys scored seven goals as Basel won by 10–1. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=27966 FC Basel - SC Juventus Zürich 10:1 (6:1) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2019-11-16 There is no indication or evidence in the history books that this was not a goal scoring record for a single FCB player in a single match in the club's entire history. Josef Zindel 2018 Alex Mathys Page 178 Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel In the game on 18 January 1942 against Schaffhausen Basel won 11–0 and Erhard Grieder scored five goals. Basel finished their season as winners of group East while FC Birsfelden and Concordia were able to hold themselves clear of the relegation zone. Basel managed 18 victories and 3 draws from their 22 games, just one defeat. With a total of 39 points, scoring 77 and conceding just 15 goals Basel were five points clear of second placed Blue Stars Zürich. The promotion play-offs were then against group West winners FC Bern. The 1st leg was the away tie, this ended with a goalless draw. Basel won the 2nd leg at home at the Landhof 3–1 to achieve Promotion. In the Swiss Cup Basel started in the 2nd principal round and were drawn at home against local rivals Old Boys. Basel won 4–2 after extra time. In round 3 they were drawn at home and won 1–0 against another local team FC Birsfelden. The fourth round was another home tie and they beat the higher tier Nationalliga team BSC Young Boys by three goals to nil. The next round gave Basel another home tie against 1st League team Solothurn and they completed an easy victory, winning 6–1. The quarter-final draw saw them playing at home again, this time against Nationlige team Lugano. The game ended 1–1 after extra time. The two clubs could not agree on a date for the replay, therefore the winners were to be decided by lottery decision. Basel qualified on toss of a coin. The semi-final gave Basel their sixth home match and their third Nationalliga club FC Grenchen. On March 29 at Stadion Rankhof the semi-final between Basel and Grenchen ended with a goalless draw after extra time. A replay, on 4 April, was required. In the Gurzelen Stadion in Biel/Bienne the replay ended with a victory. Hermann Suter scored both Basel goals as they won 2–0. Basel thus qualified for the final which was just two days later on 6 April in the Wankdorf Stadion in Bern against the Nationalliga team Grasshopper Club. The final ended goalless after extra time and a replay was required here as well. The replay did not take place until the end of May because the Nationalliga championship had ended with a heat and thus a play-off was required here too between the Grasshoppers and Grenchen. In fact it required two games, the first ended 0–0 in Bern, the seconded ended 1–1 in Basel. The championship title was awarded to GC on goal average. The cup final replay was on 25 May, again in the Wankdorf Stadion, against the then Nationalliga champions Grasshoppers. Basel led by half time through two goals by Fritz Schmidlin, but two goals from Grubenmann a third from Neukom gave the Grasshoppers a 3–2 victory. Thus the Grasshoppers won the double. Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit42.html Switzerland 1941/42 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 Henri Bernard SUI DF Louis Favre SUI DF Ernst Grauer SUI MF Ernst Hufschmid SUI MF Alexander Ebner SUI MF Heinz Elsässer SUI MF Rodolfo Kappenberger SUI MF Alberto Losa SUI MF Albert Mohler SUI MF Traugott Oberer SUI MF Fritz Schmidlin SUI MF Guglielmo Spadini SUI MF Hans Studer SUI MF Hans Vonthron SUI MF Werner Wenk SUI MF Rudolf Wirz SUI FW Enrico Ardizzoia SUI FW Giuseppe Bossi SUI FW Charles Grauwiler SUI FW Erhard Grieder SUI FW Rudolf Knup SUI FW Eugen Rupf SUI FW Hermann Suter Players who left the squad SUI MF August Ibach to Biel-Bienne FRG MF Andreas Kränzlin SUI FW Alfred Jaeck 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 and mid-season Pre-season 17 August 1941 Luzern SUI 0–4 Summary SUI Basel 15 0:1 Mathys77 0:2 Mathys0:3 Wenk0:4 Ardizzoia Stadion Allmend, Luzern 150 SUI Allgöwer (Luzern) W Pre-season 23 August 1941 16:30 Nordstern Basel SUI 3–1 Summary SUI Basel 1:1 Martin2:1 Borer75 3:1 Borer 30 0:1 Rupf Stadion Rankhof, Basel 1,000 SUI Muri (Basel) L Mid-season 5 October 1941 15:45 Nordstern Basel SUI 0–2 Summary SUI Basel 30 0:1 Kappenberger0:2 Oberer Stadion Rankhof, Basel 2,000 SUI Felix Herren (Basel) W Winter break Winter break 11 January 1942 SC Derendingen SUI 5–6 Summary SUI Basel Herzog (I) 2xHerzog (II) 1xWerthmüller 1xStampfli 1x 3x Rupf2x Suter1x Losa Heidenegg, Derendingen 300 SUI Dörflinger (Grenchen) W Nationalliga 1941–42 Nationalliga 1st League group East, matches 1941–42 Swiss 1. Liga#Group East Round 1 31 August 1941 15:00 Basel 10–1 Summary SC Juventus Zürich Rupf 3 1:0Mathys 10 2:0Mathys 16 3:0Mathys 25 4:0Mathys 29 5:0Mathys 34 6:1Bossi 55 7:1Kappenberger 8:1Mathys 58 9:1Mathys 10:1 5:1 Bolzan Landhof, Basel 1,500 SUI Iseli (Biel/Bienne) W Round 2 7 September 1941 Brühl St. Gallen 1–6 Summary Basel Tanner 1:5 17 0:1 Mathys18 0:2 Mathys34 0:3 Rupf0:4 Rupfo.g.1:6 Rupf Krontal, St. Gallen 1,200 SUI Hans Bollinger (Schaffhausen) W Round 3 14 September 1941 15:00 Basel 2–0 Summary Locarno Suter 15 1:0Kappenberger 75 2:0 Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 3,000 SUI Hofer (Moutier) W Round 4 28 September 1941 Aarau 0–0 Summary Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 1,500 SUI Bollinger (Schaffhausen) D Round 5 12 October 1941 15:00 Basel 4–0 Summary Chiasso Kappenberger 8 1:0Schmidlin (I) 15 2:0Schmidlin (I) 20 3:0Knup 55 4:0 Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 2,000 SUI Scanferla (Winterthur) W Round 6 19 October 1941 13:30 Blue Stars Zürich 3–0 Summary Basel Aeby 57 1:0Busenhart 66 2:0 Aeby 83 2:0 Letzigrund, Zürich 1,500 SUI Marti (Bern) L Round 7 26 October 1941 15:00 Basel 5–1 Summary Concordia Basel Kappenberger 23 1:0Kappenberger 38 2:0Kappenberger 49 3:0Kappenberger 4:1Schmidlin (I) 15:1 55 3:1 Weber Landhof, Basel 1,500 SUI Ott (Baden) W Round 8 2 November 1941 SC Zug 0–1 Summary Basel 33 0:1 Oberer Herti Allmend Stadion, Zug 900 SUI Bihrer (Zürich) W Round 9 9 November 1941 14:30 FC Birsfelden 0–2 Summary Basel 15 0:1 Rupf0:2 Vonthron Sportplatz, Birsfelden 1,500 SUI Eggmann (Zürich) W Round 10 30 November 1941 Bellinzona 1–5 Summary Basel Bottinelli 60 1:3 3 0:1 Suter35 0:2 Vonthron55 0:3 Rupf67 1:4 Hufschmid80 1:5 Hufschmid Campo Granata, Bellinzona 1,000 SUI Joseph Schürch (Winterthur) W Round 11 18 January 1942 14:30 Basel 11–0 Summary Schaffhausen Losa 17 1:0Rupf 19 2:0Losa 38 3:0Suter 45 4:0Suter 47 5:0Grieder 49 6:0Grieder 52 7:0Suter 59 8:0Grieder 75 9:0Grieder 76 10:0Grieder 83 11:0 Landhof, Basel 1,000 SUI Albert Stuber (Solothurn) W Round 12 5 April 1942 SC Juventus Zürich P–P [ Summary] Basel Förrlibuck, Zürich P Round 13 12 April 1942 15:00 Basel 1–1 Summary Brühl St. Gallen Losa 89 1:1 54 0:1 Breitenmoser Landhof, Basel 2,000 SUI Ott (Baden) D Round 14 19 April 1942 Locarno 1–3 Summary Basel Bossoni 48 1:2 32 0:1 Kappenberger46 0:2 Rupf88 1:3 Kappenberger Stadio del Lido, Locarno 1,500 SUI Pusterla (Oerlikon) W Round 15 24 April 1942 15:00 Basel 5–0 Summary Aarau Grieder 1:0Schmidlin (I) 53 2:0Grieder 61 3:0Schmidlin (I) 78 4:0Grieder 81 5:0 Landhof, Basel 2,500 SUI Raimondi (Chiasso) W Round 18 1 May 1942 15:00 Concordia Basel 0–1 Summary Basel 22 0:1 Suter Landhof, Basel 2,500 SUI Hans Wüthrich (Bern) W Round 12 3 May 1942 SC Juventus Zürich 0–3 Summary Basel 0:1 Spadini0:2 Vonthron82 0:3 Spadini Förrlibuck, Zürich 400 SUI Jaggi (Bern) W Round 17 10 May 1942 16:00 Basel 2–1 Summary Blue Stars Zürich Rupf 69 1:1Rupf 85 2:1 22 0:1 Maiser Landhof, Basel 4,500 SUI Schürch (Winterthur) W Round 22 14 May 1942 Schaffhausen 0–2 Summary Basel 65 0:1 Kappenberger0:2 Kappenberger Emmersberg, Schaffhausen 1,500 SUI Scanferla (Winterthur) W Round 19 17 May 1942 16:30 Basel 2–1 Summary SC Zug Suter 12 1:0Suter 64 2:0 2:1 Mattes Landhof, Basel 4,000 SUI Sally Rosenbaum (Zürich/St. Gallen) W Round 16 31 May 1942 Chiasso 1–3 Summary Basel 72 1:2 2 0:1 Rupf8 0:2 Suter85 1:3 Schmidlin (I) Stadio Comunale, Chiasso 600 SUI Eggmann (Zürich) W Round 21 6 June 1942 15:00 Basel 7–1 Summary Bellinzona Schmidlin (I) 34 1:0Hufschmid 46 2:0Kappenberger 65 3:1Kappenberger 70 4:1Kappenberger 75 5:1Suter 6:1Hufschmid 7:1 56 2:1 Darani Landhof, Basel 700 SUI Josef Schürch (Winterthur) W Round 20 14 June 1942 17:15 Basel 2–2 Summary FC Birsfelden Suter 70 1:1Suter 80 2:2 46 0:1 von Arx74 1:2 Haller Landhof, Basel 1,500 SUI Ott (Baden) D 1st League group East, table main WDL QR East 5 2 BAS Basel 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 FC 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 Play-off for promotion PP orange2 Play-off against relegation RP red3 Relegated R complete rsssf.com Promotion play-off First leg 21 June 1942 Bern 0–0 Summary Basel Stadion Neufeld , Bern 7,000 SUI Josef Schürch (Winterthur) D Return leg 28 June 1942 18:00 Basel 3–1 3–1 Summary Bern Kappenberger 17 1:0Suter 27 2:0Schmidlin (I) 62 3:0 80 3:1 Landhof, Basel 7,000 SUI Josef Schürch (Winterthur) W Basel won 3–1 on aggregate Swiss Cup The winning teams from the first round were joined by the teams from this years 1. Liga to compete in the second round. 2nd principal round 23 November 1941 14:30 Basel 4–2 yes FCB summary Old Boys Elsässer 0 46Rupf 86 pen. 1:2Kappenberger 90 2:2Suter 115 3:2Rupf pen. 4:2 20 0:1 Oeschger83 0:2 Hediger Landhof Basel 800 SUI François Hofer (Moutier) W Old Boys played the 1941/42 season in the 2. Liga (third tier). Round 3 7 December 1941 14:30 FC Birsfelden (red) Fussballverband Nordwestschweiz 2024 https://matchcenter.fvnws.ch/default.aspx?v=488&oid=8&lng=1 FC Birsfelden Fussballverband Nordwestschweiz de 2024-11-16 2–2 yes FCB summary Basel Dussy 1:0von Arx2:1 1:1 Vonthron2:2 Rupf Sportplatz Sternenfeld, Birsfelden 500 SUI Theodor Ott (Oerlikon (Zürich)) D Birsfelden played the 1941/42 season in the 2. Liga (third tier). Round 3 Replay 14 December 1941 10:00 Basel 1–0 FCB summary FC Birsfelden Suter 53 1:0 Landhof Basel 2,000 SUI Eugen Scherz (Bern) W The teams from this season's Nationalliga, who had received a bye for the first three rounds, entered the cup competition in this round. The teams from the Nationalliga were seeded in the fourth round and could not be drawn against each other. Whenever possible, the draw respected local regionalities. Round 4 31 December 1941 14:30 Basel 3–0 FCB summary BSC Young Boys Suter 13 1:0Kappenberger 39 2:0Rupf 50 3:0 Landhof, Basel 4,000 SUI William Bangerter (La Chaux-de-Fonds) W Young Boys played the 1941/42 season in the Nationalliga (top-tier). Round 5 15 March 1942 15:00 Basel 6–1 FCB summary Solothurn Suter 2 1:0Grieder 38 2:1Vonthron 42 3:1Grieder 4:1Suter 61 5:1Grieder 6:1 32 1:1 Beetschen Landhof, Basel 3,000 SUI von Wartburg (Bern) W Solothurn played the 1941/42 season in the 2. Liga (third tier), but they waived their home advantage due to strong competition from the other cup matches near-by, Biel-GC and Grenchen-Young Fellows. From 60th minute Solothurn down to ten players due to an injury. Quarter-final 22 March 1942 15:00 Basel 1–1note Toss of coin Basel win on toss of coin yes FCB summary Lugano Grieder 90 1:1 53 0:1 M. Fornara Stadion Rankhof Basel 7.500 SUI Rodolphe Wittwer (Geneva) W The teams could not agree upon a replay date. Lugano offered a midweek match in Lucerne or Zurich. Basel stated that its players in military-duty would not be allowed to play a weekday match. Basel qualified on toss of a coin. Semi-final 29 March 1942 15:00 Basel 0–0 yes Summary Grenchen Stadion Rankhof, Basel 10,000 SUI Josef Schürch (Winterthur) D Grenchen played the 1941/42 season in the Nationalliga (top-tier). Grenchen had only ten players from the 48th minute onwards, due to an injury to Tanner. Semi-final replay 4 April 1942 17:30 Grenchen 0–2 FCB summary Basel 19 1:0 Suter53 2:0 Suter Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne 5,500 SUI William Bangerter (La Chaux-de-Fonds) W Final 6 April 1942 15:00 Grasshopper Club 0–0 yes FCB summary Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 12,000 SUI Grassi Balerna D Final replay 25 May 1942 15:00 Grasshopper Club 3–2 Fussball-Schweiz summaryFCB summary Basel Grubenmann 46 1:2Grubenmann 52 2:2Neukom 71 15 0:1 Schmidlin37 0:2 Schmidlin Wankdorf Stadium Bern 14,000 SUI Jean Lutz (Genève) L Grasshopper Club won the cup and this was the club's ninth cup title to this date. Three weeks later the team also won the Swiss league championship and thus secured themselves the double. This was the club's third time in their history that they had achieved the double to this date. Notes note See also History of FC Basel List of FC Basel players List of FC Basel seasons References Sources Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. 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