1941–42 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1941–42 season
Chairman	Albert Besse
Manager	Eugen Rupf
Ground	Landhof, Basel
1st League	1st
Play-off	Won
Swiss Cup	Runner-up
Top goalscorer	League: Rodolfo Kappenberger (15); All: Hermann Suter (17)
Highest home attendance	4,500 on 10 May 1942; vs Blue Stars Zürich
Lowest home attendance	700 on 7 June 1942 ; vs Bellinzona
Average home league attendance	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-^[1]

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.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4]

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	SUI	Silvio Cinguetti
—	GK	SUI	Kurt Imhof
—	GK	SUI	Ernst Kipfer
—	GK	SUI	Paul Wechlin
—	DF	SUI	Henri Bernard
—	DF	SUI	Louis Favre
—	DF	SUI	Ernst Grauer
—	MF	SUI	Ernst Hufschmid
—	MF	SUI	Alexander Ebner
—	MF	SUI	Heinz Elsässer
—	MF	SUI	Rodolfo Kappenberger
—	MF	SUI	Alberto Losa
—	MF	SUI	Albert Mohler


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SUI	Traugott Oberer
—	MF	SUI	Fritz Schmidlin
—	MF	SUI	Guglielmo Spadini
—	MF	SUI	Hans Studer
—	MF	SUI	Hans Vonthron
—	MF	SUI	Werner Wenk
—	MF	SUI	Rudolf Wirz
—	FW	SUI	Enrico Ardizzoia
—	FW	SUI	Giuseppe Bossi
—	FW	SUI	Charles Grauwiler
—	FW	SUI	Erhard Grieder
—	FW	SUI	Rudolf Knup
—	FW	SUI	Eugen Rupf
—	FW	SUI	Hermann Suter

Players who left the squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SUI	August Ibach (to Biel-Bienne)
—	MF	FRG	Andreas Kränzlin


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	SUI	Alfred Jaeck
—	FW	SUI	Alex Mathys (to Brühl St. Gallen)

Results

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre and mid-season

17 August 1941 Pre-season	Luzern	0–4	Basel	Stadion Allmend, Luzern
		Summary	15' (0:1) Mathys 77' (0:2) Mathys (0:3) Wenk (0:4) Ardizzoia	Attendance: 150 Referee: Allgöwer Luzern

23 August 1941 Pre-season	Nordstern Basel	3–1	Basel	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
16:30	Borer (2x) Martin (1x)	Summary	(1x) Rupf	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Muri Basel

5 October 1941 Mid-season	Nordstern Basel	0–2	Basel	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
15:45		Summary	30' (0:1) Kappenberger (0:2) Oberer	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Felix Herren Basel

Winter break

11 January 1942 Winter break	SC Derendingen	5–6	Basel	Heidenegg, Derendingen
	Herzog (I) (2x) Herzog (II) (1x) Werthmüller (1x) Stampfli (1x)	Summary	(3x) Rupf (2x) Suter (1x) Losa	Attendance: 300 Referee: Dörflinger Grenchen

Nationalliga

1st League group East, matches

31 August 1941 Round 1	Basel	10–1	SC Juventus Zürich	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Mathys (7x) Rupf (1x) Bossi (1x) Kappenberger (1x)	Summary	(1x) Bolzan	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Iseli Biel/Bienne

7 September 1941 Round 2	Brühl St. Gallen	1–6	Basel	Krontal, St. Gallen
	Tanner (1:5)	Summary	17' (0:1) Mathys 18' (0:2) Mathys 34' (0:3) Rupf (0:4) Rupf (o.g.) (1:6) Rupf	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Bollinger Schaffhausen

14 September 1941 Round 3	Basel	2–0	Locarno	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00	Suter 15' (1:0) Kappenberger 75' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Hofer Moutier

28 September 1941 Round 4	Aarau	0–0	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
		Summary		Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Bollinger Schaffhausen

12 October 1941 Round 5	Basel	4–0	Chiasso	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00	Schmidlin (I) (2x) Kappenberger (1x) Knup (1x)	Summary		Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Scanferla Winterthur

19 October 1941 Round 6	Blue Stars Zürich	3–0	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
13:30	Aeby 57' (1:0) Busenhart 66' (2:0) Aeby 83' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Marti Bern

26 October 1941 Round 7	Basel	5–1	Concordia Basel	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Kappenberger (4x) Schmidlin (I) (1x)	Summary	(1x) Weber	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ott Baden

2 November 1941 Round 8	SC Zug	0–1	Basel	Herti Allmend Stadion, Zug
		Summary	33' (0:1) Oberer	Attendance: 900 Referee: Bihrer Zürich

9 November 1941 Round 9	FC Birsfelden	0–2	Basel	Sportplatz, Birsfelden
14:30		Summary	15' (0:1) Rupf (0:2) Vonthron	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Eggmann Zürich

30 November 1941 Round 10	Bellinzona	1–5	Basel	Campo Granata, Bellinzona
	Bottinelli (1x)	Summary	(1x 1x pen.) Rupf (1x) Suter (1x) Vonthron (1x) Hufschmid	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Schürch Winterthur

18 January 1942 Round 11	Basel	11–0	Schaffhausen	Landhof, Basel
14:30	Losa (2x) Rupf (2x) Suter (2x) Grieder (5x)	Summary		Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Stuber Solothurn

5 April 1942 Round 12	SC Juventus Zürich	P–P	Basel	Förrlibuck, Zürich
		[ Summary]

12 April 1942 Round 13	Basel	1–1	Brühl St. Gallen	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Losa 89' (1:1)	Summary	(0:1) Breitenmoser	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ott Baden

19 April 1942 Round 14	Locarno	1–3	Basel	Stadio del Lido, Locarno
	Bossoni 48' (1:2)	Summary	32' (0:1) Kappenberger 46' (0:2) Rupf 88' (1:3) Kappenberger	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Pusterla Oerlikon

24 April 1942 Round 15	Basel	5–0	Aarau	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Grieder (3x) Schmidlin (I) (2x)	Summary		Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Raimondi Chiasso

1 May 1942 Round 18	Concordia Basel	0–1	Basel	Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary	22' (0:1) Suter	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Hans Wüthrich Bern

3 May 1942 Round 12	SC Juventus Zürich	0–3	Basel	Förrlibuck, Zürich
		Summary	(0:1) Spadini (0:2) Vonthron 82' (0:3) Spadini	Attendance: 400 Referee: Jaggi Bern

10 May 1942 Round 17	Basel	2–1	Blue Stars Zürich	Landhof, Basel
16:00	Rupf 69' (1:1) Rupf 85' (2:1)	Summary	22' (0:1) Maiser	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Schürch Winterthur

14 May 1942 Round 22	Schaffhausen	0–2	Basel	Emmersberg, Schaffhausen
		Summary	65' (0:1) Kappenberger (0:2) Kappenberger	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Scanferla Winterthur

17 May 1942 Round 19	Basel	2–1	SC Zug	Landhof, Basel
16:30	Suter 12' (1:0) Suter 64' (2:0)	Summary	(2:1) Mattes	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Sally Rosenbaum Zürich/St. Gallen

31 May 1942 Round 16	Chiasso	1–3	Basel	Stadio Comunale, Chiasso
	72' (1:2)	Summary	2' (0:1) Rupf 8' (0:2) Suter 85' (1:3) Schmidlin (I)	Attendance: 600 Referee: Eggmann Zürich

6 June 1942 Round 21	Basel	7–1	Bellinzona	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Schmidlin (I) 40' (1:0) Hufschmid (2:0) Kappenberger (3:1) Kappenberger (4:1) Kappenberger (5:1) Suter (6:1) Hufschmid (7:1)	Summary	(2:1) Darani	Attendance: 700 Referee: Schürch Winterthur

14 June 1942 Round 20	Basel	2–2	FC Birsfelden	Landhof, Basel
17:15	Suter (1:1) Suter (2:2)	Summary	(0:1) von Arx (1:2) Haller	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ott Baden

1st League group East, table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Basel	22	18	3	1	77	15	62	39	Play-off for promotion
2	Blue Stars Zürich	22	15	4	3	50	25	25	34
3	Bellinzona	22	10	4	8	46	42	4	24
4	FC Birsfelden	22	10	4	8	34	33	1	24
5	Brühl St. Gallen	22	9	6	7	40	37	3	24
6	SC Zug	22	9	6	7	38	37	1	24
7	Locarno	22	9	1	12	52	45	7	19
8	Chiasso	22	8	3	11	41	45	−4	19
9	Aarau	22	7	5	10	34	45	−11	19
10	Concordia Basel	22	5	7	10	30	44	−14	17
11	Schaffhausen	22	3	6	13	29	64	−35	12	Play-off against relegation
12	SC Juventus Zürich	22	4	1	17	34	73	−39	9	Relegated

Source: rsssf.com

Promotion play-off

21 June 1942 First leg	Bern	0–0	Basel	Stadion Neufeld
		Summary		Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Schürch Winterthur

28 June 1942 Return leg	Basel	3–1 (3–1 agg.)	Bern	Landhof, Basel
18:00	Kappenberger 17' (1:0) Suter 27' (2:0) Schmidlin (I) 62' (3:0)	Summary	80' (3:1)	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Schürch Winterthur

Basel won 3–1 on aggregate

Swiss Cup

23 November 1941 2nd principal round	Basel	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Old Boys	Basel
14:30	Elsässer 46' Rupf 86' (pen. 1:2) Kappenberger (2:2) Suter 115' (3:2) Rupf (pen. 4:2)	Summary	20' (0:1) Oeschger 83' (0:2) Hediger	Stadium: Landhof Attendance: 800 Referee: Hofer Moutier

7 December 1941 Round 3	FC Birsfelden	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Sportplatz, Birsfelden
14:30	Dussy (1:0) von Arx (2:1)	Summary	(1:1) Vonthron (2:2) Rupf	Attendance: 500 Referee: Ott Baden

14 December 1941 Round 3 Replay	Basel	1–0	FC Birsfelden	Basel
10:00	Suter 53' (1:0)	Summary		Stadium: Landhof Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Scherz Bern

31 December 1941 Round 4	Basel	3–0	BSC Young Boys	Landhof, Basel
14:30	Suter 13' (1:0) Kappenberger 39' (2:0) Rupf 50' (3:0)	Summary		Attendance: 4,000 Referee: W. Bangerter La Chaux-de-Fonds

15 March 1942 Round of 16	Basel	6–1	Solothurn	Basel
15:00	Grieder (3x) Suter (2x) Vonthron (1x)	Summary	(1x) Beetschen	Stadium: Landhof Attendance: 3,000 Referee: von Wartburg Bern

22 March 1942 Quarter-final	Basel	1 – 1^{[note 1]} (a.e.t.)	Lugano	Basel
15:00	Grieder 90' (1:1)	Summary	53' (0:1) M. Fornara	Stadium: Stadion Rankhof Attendance: 7.500 Referee: Wittwer Geneva
Note: Basel win on toss of coin

29 March 1942 Semi-final	Basel	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Grenchen	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
15:00		Summary		Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Schürch Winterthur

4 April 1942 Semi-final replay	Grenchen	0–2	Basel	Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
17:30		Summary	19' (1:0) Suter 53' (2:0) Suter	Attendance: 5,500 Referee: W. Bangerter La Chaux-de-Fonds

6 April 1942 Final	Grasshopper Club	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
15:00		Summary		Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Grassi Balerna

25 May 1942 Final replay	Grasshopper Club	3–2	Basel	Bern
15:00	Grubenmann 46' (1:2) Grubenmann 52' (2:2) Neukom 71'	Summary	15' (1:0) Schmidlin 37' (2:0) Schmidlin	Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee:

Notes

^ Basel win on toss of coin

References

^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1941/42". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - SC Juventus Zürich 10:1 (6:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
^ Zindel, Josef (2018), "Alex Mathys", Page 178, Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel
^ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1941/42". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

Sources

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2027-6
Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
FCB team 1941–42 at fcb-archiv.ch
Switzerland 1941–42 at RSSSF

External links

FC Basel official site

[Toss_of_coin-5] Basel win on toss of coin

[fcb-achiv-Bilanz_Saison_1941/42-1] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1941/42". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

[fcb-achiv-fcb-Juventus_Zürich_1941/42-2] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - SC Juventus Zürich 10:1 (6:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

[Die_ersten_125_Jahre_-_Alex_Mathys-3] Zindel, Josef (2018), "Alex Mathys", Page 178, Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel

[rsssf-Switzerland_1941/42-4] Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1941/42". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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