1939–40 Nationalliga

Swiss football season Nationalliga 1939–40 Servette None Georges Aeby (Servette)22 goals 22 October 1939 to14 July 1940 132 1938–39 1940–41 The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1939–40 football season. This was the 43rd season of top-tier football in Switzerland. This was played as "Championnat Suisse de Mobilisation" due to the Second World War. 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. Nevertheless, the outbreak of the Second World War, triggered by the German attack on Poland on 1 September 1939, was also a shock for Switzerland, although international signs had been pointing towards a war for some time. On 30 August, the Federal Assembly elected staff officer Henri Guisan as Commander-in-Chief of the Army. On 2 September, general mobilisation for war took place. The national exhibition in Zurich, during which the Swiss national football team had also played representative matches against teams from neighbouring countries, was closed for some time. The general mobilisation brought regular championship operations to a standstill, and in its place an improvised mobilisation championship was held without automatic promotion or relegation. In some cases the games could not be played or were postponed because the clubs did not have enough players available. 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 At this time, the Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) had 12 member clubs in the top-tier and 24 clubs in the second-tier. The 12 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. The team in first place at the end of the season was awarded the Swiss championship title. As explained, this season there was no relegation from the Nationalliga, due to the special circumstances of the war championship. Due to the outbreak the Second World War the start of the championship was postponed. The first matchday was on 22 October 1939 and the season was concluded with the last two rounds which took place on 13 and 14 July 1940. To this date there were two unplayed postponed matches, these were rescheduled and played on 21 July. This seasons 1. Liga was postponed until December and it was completely re-organised for this season. 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 Nationalliga Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne Bern Stadion Gurzelen 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 Young Boys Bern Bern Wankdorf Stadium FC Young Fellows Zürich Zürich Utogrund Final league table main WDL QR league 5 2 SER Servette Daniel Reichmuth 2024 https://super-servette.ch/Doku/Resultate_Servette_1939-40.pdf Servette Rangliste 1939/40 Servette ranking 1939/40 super-servette-ch fr 2024-11-16 GRE Grenchen GCZ Grasshopper Club LS Lausanne-Sport YB Young Boys (red) BSC Young Boys AG 2024 https://www.bscyb.ch/archiv-1939-40 YB Saison 1939/40 YB season 1939/40 BSC Young Boys AG de-ch 2024-11-16 LUG Lugano CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds LUC Luzern NOR Nordstern Basel STG St. Gallen YFZ Young Fellows Zürich BB Biel-Bienne 19 3 0 64 14 11 6 5 45 24 10 6 6 45 30 10 5 7 40 26 11 3 8 37 27 12 1 9 46 38 10 2 10 41 35 9 2 11 39 43 7 3 12 30 40 5 3 14 27 63 4 4 14 30 53 3 4 15 19 70 green1 Swiss champions P1 yellow1 Swiss Cup winners B yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers; complete rsssf.com This season there was no relegation. Results main FBR grey BB CDF GCZ GRE LS LUG LUZ NOR SER STG YB YFZ Biel-Bienne 2–8 1–1 0–4 0–4 2–2 1–5 1–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 Grasshopper Club 2–1 0–3 4–1 0–0 4–1 3–3 0–1 4–2 1–1 2–0 5–0 Grenchen 3–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 3–4 4–1 2–1 2–1 2–3 0–1 6–1 La Chaux-de-Fonds 6–0 1–4 0–1 2–0 3–0 4–3 4–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 4–2 Lausanne-Sports 3–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 4–2 1–0 3–0 4–0 0–4 1–0 7–3 Luzern 2–3 1–2 0–3 3–1 2–1 2–0 3–2 5–2 1–1 3–0 3–0 Lugano – 2–0 1–0 4–1 2–0 2–1 0–2 3–0 2–3 5–1 4–1 Nordstern 4–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–3 2–1 0–2 8–2 0–2 0–1 1–3 St. Gallen 6–2 1–1 3–2 1–3 2–1 1–2 3–2 0–0 0–4 0–2 1–1 Servette 7–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 4–0 7–0 4–0 2–1 6–3 3–1 Young Boys 3–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 4–1 4–0 6–0 1–4 0–0 Young Fellows 4–0 0–1 2–2 1–3 1–4 2–1 0–2 2–3 3–0 1–2 1–1 By decision of the sports judge, without result but as if it had been played: 0 points for both teams. complete rsssf.com Topscorers Rank Player Nat. Goals Club1. Georges Aeby SUI 22 Servette 2. Fritz Wagner SUI 15 La Chaux-de-Fonds3. Paul Aeby SUI 14 Grenchen Further in Swiss football 1939–40 Swiss Cup 1939–40 Swiss 1. Liga References Sources Switzerland 1939–40 at RSSSF Nationalligaseasons inSwitzerland 1938–39 1940–41 Category:Swiss Football League seasons Swiss Category:1939–40 in Swiss football