1941–42 Swiss 1. Liga

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 1941–42 1. Liga season was the 10th season of the 1. Liga since its creation in 1931. At this time, the 1. Liga was the second-tier of the Swiss football league system. Overview Preamble In Switzerland during the second world war period, 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 and leading clubs as they had during the previous World War. However, in 1941, the "Lex Zumbühl", named after the Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) 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 There were new 25 clubs competing in the 1. Liga this season, one more than previously. This season saw the teams divided into just two regional groups as opposed to three groups in previous seasons. The eastern group had 12 teams, the western group had 13 teams. Within each group, the teams would play a double round-robin to decide their league position. Two points were awarded for a win and one point was awarded for a draw. The two group winners then contested a play-off to decide the 1. Liga championship and promotion to the top-tier Nationalliga. The last placed team in each group were directly relegated to the 2. Liga (third tier) and the two second last teams played a play-out against the third and final relegation slot. Group West Teams, locations ClubBased inCantonStadiumCapacity FC Bern Bern Bern Stadion Neufeld US Bienne-Boujean Biel/Bienne Bern CA Genève Geneva Geneva 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 Dopolavoro Genève Genève Geneva 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 FC Monthey Monthey Valais Stade Philippe Pottier FC Montreux-Sports Montreux Vaud Stade de Chailly FC Forward Morges (red) Association cantonale vaudoise de football 2024 https://matchcenter-acvf.football.ch/default.aspx?v=1104&oid=16&lng=2 FC Forward Morges Association cantonale vaudoise de football fr 2024-11-16 Morges Vaud Parc des Sports FC Solothurn Solothurn Solothurn Stadion FC Solothurn Urania Genève Sport Genève Geneva Stade de Frontenex Vevey Sports Vevey Vaud Stade de Copet Final league table main WDL QR 2 BER Bern 19 1 4 60 30 UGS Urania Genève Sport 18 2 4 57 24 ES Étoile-Sporting 12 4 8 60 39 FRI Fribourg 11 4 9 51 36 BBB US Bienne-Boujean 11 4 9 53 43 DER SC Derendingen 10 6 8 54 42 SOL Solothurn 9 4 11 38 56 CAG CA Genève 9 3 12 57 53 MOS Montreux-Sports 6 6 12 43 55 MON 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 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 2 First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2022 Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV de 2024-11-16 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 Teams, locations ClubBased inCantonStadiumCapacity FC Aarau Aarau Aargau Stadion Brügglifeld FC Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Landhof / AC Bellinzona Bellinzona Ticino Stadio Comunale Bellinzona 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 Birsfelden Basel-Landschaft Sternenfeld FC Blue Stars Zürich (red) Fussballverband Region Zürich 2024 https://matchcenter.fvrz.ch/default.aspx?v=1573&oid=11&lng=1 FC Blue Stars Zürich Fussballverband Region Zürich de 2024-11-16 Zürich Zürich Hardhof SC Brühl St. Gallen St. Gallen Paul-Grüninger-Stadion FC Chiasso Chiasso Ticino Stadio Comunale Riva IV FC Concordia Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Stadion Rankhof SC Juventus Zürich Zürich Zürich Utogrund FC Locarno Locarno Ticino Stadio comunale Lido FC Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Stadion Breite SC Zug Zug Zug Herti Allmend Stadion Final league table 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, relegation 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. First leg 21 June 1942 Bern 0–0 Summary Basel Stadion Neufeld , Bern 7,000 SUI Joseph Schürch Winterthur 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 Liechti Landhof, Basel 7,000 SUI Joseph Schürch Winterthur 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 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 Nationalliga 1941–42 Swiss Cup 1941–42 FC Basel season References Sources Switzerland 1941–42 at RSSSF Seasons inSwiss 1. Liga 1940–41 1942–43 Category:1941–42 in Swiss football Category:Swiss 1. Liga (football) seasons Switzerland