1940–41 FC Basel season
The FC Basel 1940–41 season was the forty-eighth season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel. Albert Besse was the club's chairman for the second consecutive season.
| 1940–41 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman |  Albert Besse |
| First team coach | Eugen Rupf |
| Ground | Landhof, Basel |
| 1. Liga | 1st |
| Play-off | 3rd |
| Swiss Cup | Round 4 |
| Top goalscorer | League: August Ibach (15) All: August Ibach (15) |
| Highest home attendance | 3,000 on 24 November 1940 vs Aarau |
| Lowest home attendance | 800 on 22 December 1940 vs Fribourg |
| Average home league attendance | 2,042 |
Overview
Former Swiss international Eugen Rupf was appointed as manager. Basel played 27 matches in this season. 14 of these matches were in the 1. Liga, two in the play-offs, four in the Swiss Cup and seven were friendly matches. Of these friendlies three were played at home in the Landhof, four were away games. Five friendly games were won and two ended in a defeat.
Despite having been 1. Liga champions the previous season, Basel played this season in the 1. Liga as well because there had been no promotion to the top tier of Swiss football due to World War II. This season, however, two promotions were planned. 24 teams competed in the 1.Liga, which was divided into three regional groups. Basel were allocated to the Central Group, together with local rivals Concordia Basel and FC Birsfelden. The further teams in this group were Aarau, FC Bern, US Bienne-Boujean and Fribourg. Basel and Aarau dominated their group, both teams winning 11 of their 14 group games. Basel suffered one sole defeat, and that against Aarau, but won the group with 24 points, one point above them, because they had been defeated twice. But in the promotion play-offs Basel were defeated by Cantonal Neuchatel and drew the game with Zürich. Their two play-off opponents were thus promoted and Basel remained for another season in the 1 Liga.[1]
Basel joined the Swiss Cup in the 2nd principal round and were drawn at home to and beat Old Boys 4 – 3. In round three Basel beat lower tier FC Allschwil and were drawn against higher tier Nordstern Basel in round four. After a 3 – 3 draw, Basel were knocked out when they lost the replay.[2]
Players
The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the season 1940–41. The list includes players that were in the squad the day the season started on 1 September 1940 but subsequently left the club after that date.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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- 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.
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Results
Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Pre and mid-season
| 1 September 1940 Pre-season | Basel | 3 – 2 | Young Fellows Zürich | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Suter  (1x)Doppler (1x)Ibach (Pen. 1x) |
Summary | (Pen. 1x) Kielholz (1x) Fink |
Attendance: 800 Referee: Muespach Basel |
| 6 October 1935 Mid-season | Nordstern Basel | 1 – 3 | Basel | Stadion Rankhof, Basel |
| Forelli (1:3) |
Summary | (o.g.) (0:2) Ibach (0:3) Mathys |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Felix Herren Basel |
Winter break
| 29 December 1940 Winter break | Basel | 2 – 4 | FC Birsfelden | Landhof, Basel |
| 14:30 | Mathys 30' (1:0) Bossi (2:3) |
Summary | 35' (1:1) Haller 40' (1:2) Haller (1:3) F. Krattiger 88' (2:4) F. Krattiger |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Müry Basel |
| 22 February 1941 Winter break | FC Olten | 0 – 2 | Basel | Kleinholz, Olten |
| Summary | (0:1) Suter (0:2) Schmidlin (I) |
Attendance: 500 Referee: Siegrist Olten |
| 2 March 1941 Winter break | Basel | 2 – 3 | Blue Stars Zürich | Landhof, Basel |
| 10:30 | Jaeck (1x) Hufschmid (1x) |
Summary | (1x) Aebi (1x) Schlaepfer (1x) Busenhart |
Attendance: 800 Referee: Hans Vogt Schweierhalle |
| 14 April 1941 Mid-season | Brühl St. Gallen | 1 – 2 | Basel | Krontal, St. Gallen |
| Joris 20' (pen. 1:1) |
Summary | 6' (0:1) Ibach (pen. 1:2) Ibach |
Attendance: 800 Referee: Ried St. Gallen |
| April 1941 Mid-season | FC Olten | 0 – 2 | Basel | Kleinholz, Olten |
| Summary | (0:1) Schmidlin (I) (0:2) Suter |
Nationalliga
League matches
| 8 September 1940 Round 1 | Fribourg | 3 – 3 | Basel | Stade Universitaire, Freiburg |
| Dietrich 26' (1:0) |
Summary | 44' (1:1) Suter 53' (1:2) Suter (1:3) Schmidlin (I) |
Attendance: 350 Referee: Marti Bern |
| 15 September 1940 Round 2 | Basel | 3 – 1 | FC Birsfelden | Landhof, Basel |
| Mathys (1x) Ibach (2x) |
Summary | (1x) Grieder |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Allemann Biel/Bienne |
| 22 September 1940 Round 3 | Solothurn | 4 – 4 | Basel | Stadion FC Solothurn, Solothurn |
| Townley (1x) Studer (1x)Louys (1x)Bärlocher (1x)Bernhard  |
Summary | (2x) Ibach (1x) Mathys (1x) Jaeck Elsässer |
Attendance: 600 Referee: von Wartburg Bern |
| 13 October 1940 Round 4 | Basel | 4 – 1 | Concordia Basel | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Ibach (2x) Hufschmid (1x)Suter (1x) |
Summary | 5' (0:1) Raas |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Raimondi Bern |
| 20 October 1940 Round 5 | FC Bern | 2 – 2 | Basel | Neufeld, Bern |
| Weber 14' (1:0) Rupf 34' (2:1) |
Summary | 30' (1:1) Ibach 38' (2:2) Suter |
Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Meyer LausanneD |
| 3 November 1940 Round 6 | US Bienne-Boujean | 1 – 2 | Basel | Champagne, Biel/Bienne |
| Schwob (1:2) |
Summary | 75' (0:1) Mathys 84' (0:2) Suter |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Marti Bern |
| 24 November 1940 Round 7 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Aarau | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Ibach 4' (1:0) Ibach 28' (2:1) |
Summary | 7' (1:1) Stirnemann |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Scherz Bern |
| 22 December 1940 Round 8 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Fribourg | Landhof, Basel |
| 14:30 | Bossi (1:0) Schmidlin (I) (2:0) |
Summary | (2:1) Paroz |
Attendance: 800 Referee: Raimondi Bern |
| 9 March 1941 Round 9 | Basel | 5 – 0 | FC Bern | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Suter (2x) Jaeck (1x)Ibach (1x)Schmidlin (I) (1x) |
Summary | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ott Oerlikon |
| 16 March 1941 Round 10 | Aarau | 4 – 0 | Basel | Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau |
| Wüest (1:0) Leutwiler (2:0)Fischer (3:0)Leutwiler (4:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Jaggi Bern |
| 23 March 1941 Round 11 | Concordia Basel | 0 – 2 | Basel | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Summary | 25' (1:0) Spadini 71' (2:0) Spadini |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Pusterla Oerlikon |
| 6 April 1941 Round 12 | Basel | 3 – 1 | Solothurn | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Ibach (1:0) Schmidlin (I) (2:0)Ibach 85' (3:1) |
Summary | 77' (2:1) Bernet |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Raimondi Bern |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Basel | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 19 | +25 | 24 | Advance to play-off |
| 2 | Aarau | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 10 | +27 | 23 | |
| 3 | FC Bern | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 24 | +10 | 19 | |
| 4 | Solothurn | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 12 | |
| 5 | FC Birsfelden | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 27 | −10 | 11 | |
| 6 | Concordia Basel | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 40 | −17 | 9 | |
| 7 | Fribourg | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 35 | −15 | 7 | |
| 8 | US Bienne-Boujean | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 43 | −25 | 7 |
Play-offs
| 22 May 1941 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Zürich | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Schmidlin (I) (1x) |
Summary | (1x) Schneiter |
Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Lutz Geneva |
| 8 June 1941 | Cantonal Neuchatel | 2 – 1 | Basel | Stade de Cantonal, Neuchatel |
| 15:00 | Saner 6' (1:0) Saner 58' (2:0)Sandoz 62' |
Summary | 80' (2:1) Suter |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Schürch Winterthur |
Swiss Cup
| 27 October 1940 2nd principal round | Basel | 4 – 3 | Old Boys | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Suter (1x) Bossi (1x)Mathys (pen. 1x)Hufschmid (1x) |
Summary | (2x) Mädorin (1x) Oeschger |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Felix Herren Basel |
| 10 November 1940 Round 3 | Basel | 2 – 1 | FC Allschwil | Landhof, Basel |
| 15:00 | Hufschmid (1x) Bossi (2x) |
Summary | (1x) Bailleux |
Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Hans Vogt Schweizerhalle |
| 12 January 1941 Round 4 | Basel | 3 – 3 (a.e.t.) | Nordstern Basel | Landhof, Basel |
| 14:30 | Suter (1:1) Suter 80' (2:2)Suter (3:3) |
Summary | (0:1) Martin 73' (1:2) Derstroff (2:3) Horrisberger |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Hans Wüthrich Bern |
| 2 February 1941 Round 4 Replay | Nordstern Basel | 2 – 0 | Basel | Stadion Rankhof, Basel |
| 14:30 | Kaltenbrunner 39' (1:0) Nyffeler 88' (2:0) |
Summary | Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Jaggi Bern |
References
- Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1940/41". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1940/41". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. 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 1940/41 at fcb-archiv.ch
- Switzerland 1940/41 by Erik Garin at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation