1942–43 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1942–43 season
Chairman	Albert Besse
First team coach	Eugen Rupf
Ground	Landhof, Basel
1942–43 Nationalliga	13th
Swiss Cup	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: Hermann Suter (6); All: Hermann Suter (11)
Highest home attendance	8,000 on 7 May 1943; vs Nordstern Basel
Lowest home attendance	1,800 on 27 September 1942; vs Biel-Bienne
Average home league attendance	4,423

The FC Basel 1942–43 season was the fiftieth 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 fourth consecutive season.

Overview

Eugen Rupf was the team's player-coach during this season and it was his third season as first team manager. Basel played 33 games in their 1942–43 season. 26 in the Nationalliga, three in the cup and four were test games. They won 12, drew five and lost 16 times. In total including the test games and the cup competition they scored 59 goals and conceded just 67. Of the four test games three were won and one was drawn. There was a fifth test match against Lausanne-Sport in Lausanne, but date and result are unknown.[1]

There were 14 teams contesting in the 1942–43 Nationalliga. The team that finished in last position in the league table would be relegated. Rupf and his team had won promotion the previous season and thus it was clear that this was going to be a difficult year. Things started badly and five of the first six games ended with a defeat. Shortly before Christmas, Basel suffered their biggest defeat of the season, a 1–9 dubbing by Servette.[2] Up until today this is still the highest score defeat that Basel have suffered in their domestic league history. However, this is shared with another match 45 years later. On 15 August 1987, in another away game, Basel were also defeated 1–9 this by Xamax.

However, despite this defeat, with the following 3–0 away game victory against their direct opponents Luzern, who also playing at risk of relegation near the bottom of the table, and a 2–0 home game victory against their other direct opponents Nordstern, Basel ended the season with 18 points in 13th position, just two points above local rivals Nordstern, who ended the season on the relegation spot. Of their 26 league games Basel won seven, drew four and lost 15 times. They scored 29 league goals and conceded 57. Hermann Suter was the team's top league goal scorer with six goals. Erich Andres and Rodolfo Kappenberger were joint second best scorers, each with five goals.[3]

In the Swiss Cup Basel started in the 4th principal round with a home tie at the Landhof against lower tier local side FC Pratteln. This ended with an expected easy 6–0 victory. In the round of 16 Basel were also allocated with a home match against lower tier SV Schaffhausen. Hermann Suter and Fritz Schmidlin were both able to achieve a hat-trick and Basel won 9–2. Then in the quarter-finals Basel were drawn at home against top tier Lugano. However, a 0–2 defeat ended their presence in this season's cup competition.[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	Louis Favre
—	DF	SUI	Ernst Grauer
—	DF	SUI	Fritz Greder (from Allschwil)
—	DF	SUI	Ernst Hufschmid
—	MF	SUI	Alexander Ebner
—	MF	SUI	Heinz Elsässer
—	MF	SUI	Rodolfo Kappenberger
—	MF	SUI	Alberto Losa


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SUI	Fritz Schmidlin
—	MF	SUI	Guglielmo Spadini
—	MF	SUI	Tschüppeli
—	MF	SUI	Hans Vonthron
—	MF	SUI	Werner Wenk
—	MF	SUI	Rudolf Wirz
—	FW	SUI	Erich Andres
—	FW	SUI	Rudolf Knup
—	FW	SUI	Eugen Rupf
—	FW	SUI	Hans Spengler
—	FW	SUI	Hermann Suter
—		SUI	(?) Talone

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	Henri Bernard
—	MF	SUI	Albert Mohler (to Nordstern Basel)
—	MF	SUI	Hans Studer


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	SUI	Enrico Ardizzoia
—	FW	SUI	Erhard Grieder
—	FW	SUI	Alex Mathys (to Brühl St. Gallen)

Results

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre-season

August 1942 Pre-season	Lausanne-Sport	–	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
		[ Summary]

16 August 1942 Pre-season	Thun	2 – 3	Basel	Grabengut, Thun
	Abbühl (1:3) Abbühl (2:3)	Summary	(0:1) Spengler (0:2) Spengler (0:3) Suter	Referee: Eggenberg

23 August 1942 Pre-season	Solothurn	2 – 3	Basel	Solothurn
		Summary		Referee:

30 August 1942 Pre-season	Cantonal Neuchatel	2 – 3	Basel	Stade de Cantonal, Neuchatel
17:00	Monnard (1:2) Sydler (2:2)	Summary	(0:1) Spengler (0:2) Spengler	Referee:

Winter break

7 February 1942 Winter break	SC Schöftland	1 – 7	Basel	Schöftland
		Summary

Nationalliga

League matches

6 September 1942 Round 1	Grasshopper Club	6 – 0	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
16:15	Bickel 32' (1:0) Amadò (2:0) Aeby (3:0) Bianchi (4:0) Amadò 65' (5:0) Amadò 82' (6:0)	Summary		Referee: Grassi Balerna

13 September 1942 Round 2	Lausanne-Sport	2 – 1	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
15:25	Pasquini 25' (1:0) Pasquini 32' (2:0)	Summary	70' (2:1) Hufschmid	Attendance: 300 Referee: Wittwer Geneva

27 September 1942 Round 3	Basel	2 – 1	Biel-Bienne	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Kappenberger 17' (1:0) Kappenberger 30' (2:0)	Summary	65' (2:1) Buser	Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Lutz Geneva

4 October 1942 Round 4	Young Boys	4 – 0	Basel	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
15:00	Bernhard (II) 7' (1:0) Bernhard (II) 21' (2:0) Bernhard (II) 66' (3:0) Stegmeier 71' (4:0)	Summary		Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Sally Rosenbaum Zürich/St. Gallen

11 October 1942 Round 5	Basel	2 – 3	Cantonal Neuchatel	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Schmidlin (I) (1:0) Losa 30' (2:0)	Summary	47' (2:1) Knecht 57' (2:2) Sauvain 85' (2:3) Knecht	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Grassi Balerna

25 October 1942 Round 6	Lugano	5 – 1	Basel	Campo Marzio, Lugano
	Bossoni (1:0) Galli (2:0) Weber 64' (3:1) Frigerio (4:1) Weber 75' (5:1)	Summary	58' (2:1) Rupf	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Sally Rosenbaum Zürich/St. Gallen

8 November 1942 Round 7	Basel	0 – 0	Young Fellows Zürich	Landhof, Basel
14:30		Summary		Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Lutz Geneva

22 November 1942 Round 8	Nordstern Basel	0 – 0	Basel	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
14:30		Summary		Attendance: 5,500 Referee: E. Heiniger Bern

29 November 1942 Round 9	Basel	1 – 0	Grenchen	Landhof, Basel
14:30	Kappenberger 60' (1:0)	Summary		Attendance: 4,500 Referee: von Wartburg Bern

6 December 1942 Round 10	Basel	2 – 1	Luzern	Landhof, Basel
14:30	Rupf 46' (1:1) Vonthron 87' (pen. 2:1)	Summary	25' (0:1) Martin	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Pusterla Oerlikon

13 December 1942 Round 11	Zürich	2 – 1	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
12:45	Trümpler 42' (1:0) Neumeyer 65' (2:1)	Summary	54' (1:1) Suter	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Rapin Lausanne

20 December 1942 Round 12	Servette	9 – 1	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
14:30	Walaschek (1:0) Pasteur (2:0) Perroud (3:0) Pasteur (4:0) Belli (5:1) Belli (6:1) Perroud (7:1) Perroud (8:1) Perroud (9:1)	Summary	(4:1) Suter	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Sandoz La Chaux-de-Fonds

27 December 1942 Round 13	Basel	2 – 1	St. Gallen	Landhof, Basel
14:30	Schmidlin (I) 25' (1:1) Andres 69' (2:1)	Summary	10' (0:1) Hager (II)	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: E. Heiniger Bern

14 February 1943 Round 14	Basel	0 – 2	Grasshopper Club	Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary	40' (0:1) Amadò 46' (0:2) Amadò	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Lutz Geneva

21 February 1943 Round 15	Basel	0 – 3	Lausanne-Sport	Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary	10' (0:1) Spagnoli 30' (0:2) Spagnoli 75' (0:3) Monnard	Attendance: 4,300 Referee: Sandoz La Chaux-de-Fonds

7 March 1943 Round 16	Biel-Bienne	2 – 1	Basel	Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
15:00	Monbaron 16' (1:0) Buser 70' (2:1)	Summary	30' (1:1) Andres	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Schürch Winterthur

14 March 1943 Round 17	Basel	1 – 1	Young Boys	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Suter 38' (1:0)	Summary	55' (1:1) Blaser	Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Eggmann Zürich

21 March 1943 Round 18	Cantonal Neuchatel	3 – 2	Basel	Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
15:00	Amey (1:2) Knecht 85' (2:2) Cuany (3:2)	Summary	(0:1) Andres 21' (0:2) Tschüppeli	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Jaggi Bern

11 April 1943 Round 19	Basel	1 – 0	Lugano	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Andres 35' (1:0)	Summary	53' Bottinelli	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Scherz Bern

18 April 1943 Round 20	Young Fellows Zürich	3 – 1	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
15:45	Lusenti 48' (pen. 1:1) Lusenti (pen. 2:1) Kielholz 77' (3:1)	Summary	(pen. 0:1) Hufschmid	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Hans Wüthrich Bern

2 May 1943 Round 21	Basel	2 – 0	Nordstern Basel	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Andres 47' (1:0) Schmidlin (I) 68' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 8,000 Referee: von Wartburg Bern

9 May 1943 Round 22	Grenchen	2 – 1	Basel	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
	Righetti (1:0) Aebi (2:1)	Summary	(1:1) Spadini	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Wittwer Geneva

23 May 1943 Round 23	Luzern	0 – 3	Basel	Stadion Allmend, Luzern
15:00		Summary	30' (0:1) Kappenberger (0:2) Suter 90' (0:3) Kappenberger	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ott Oerlikon

30 May 1943 Round 24	Basel	2 – 2	Zürich	Landhof, Basel
16:00	Losa 48' (1:1) Suter 76' (2:2)	Summary	42' (0:1) Busenhardt 68' (1:2) Schneiter	Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Wittwer Geneva

6 June 1943 Round 25	Basel	0 – 2	Servette	Landhof, Basel
16:00		Summary	(0:1) Walaschek 65' (0:2) Belli	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Grassi Balerna

20 June 1943 Round 26	St. Gallen	3 – 2	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
14:30	Wagner 1' (1:0) Vonbüren 59' (2:1) Valentinuzzi 61' (3:1)	Summary	30' (1:1) Suter (3:2) Rupf	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Eggmann Zürich

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Grasshopper Club	26	19	6	1	91	22	+69	44	Champions and Swiss Cup winners
2	Lugano	26	15	5	6	67	33	+34	35
3	Lausanne-Sport	26	15	4	7	45	36	+9	34
4	Young Boys	26	12	7	7	46	33	+13	31
5	Cantonal Neuchatel	26	13	2	11	50	45	+5	28
6	Servette	26	12	3	11	59	44	+15	27
7	Grenchen	26	11	5	10	47	39	+8	27
8	St. Gallen	26	12	2	12	43	53	−10	26
9	Biel-Bienne	26	8	4	14	33	45	−12	20
10	Young Fellows Zürich	26	6	8	12	26	43	−17	20
11	Zürich	26	9	2	15	38	71	−33	20
12	Luzern	26	6	6	14	31	45	−14	18
13	Basel	26	7	4	15	29	57	−28	18
14	Nordstern Basel	26	5	6	15	25	64	−39	16	Relegated

Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

3 January 1943 4th principal round	Basel	6 – 0	FC Pratteln	Landhof, Basel
14:30	Schmidlin (I) (2x) Andres (2x) Kappenberger (1x) Suter (1x)	Summary		Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Schürch Winterthur

10 January 1943 Round of 16	Basel	9 – 2	SV Schaffhausen	Landhof, Basel
14:30	Suter (3x) Schmidlin (I) (3x) Kappenberger (1x) Losa (1x) (o.g.)	Summary	(1x) Büche (1x) Meier	Attendance: 3,950 Referee: von Wartburg Bern

28 February 1943 Quarter-final	Basel	0 – 2	Lugano	Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary	16' (0:1) Frigerio 61' (0:2) Frigerio	Attendance: 7,400 Referee: von Wartburg Bern

References

Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1942/43". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
"Servette FC - FC Basel 9:1 (4:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1942-1943 Nationalliga A". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1942/43". 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 1942/43 at fcb-archiv.ch
Switzerland 1942/43 by Erik Garin at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

External links

FC Basel official site

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[fcb-achiv-Bilanz_Saison_1942/43-1] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1942/43". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

[fcb-achiv-servette-fcb-1942/43-2] "Servette FC - FC Basel 9:1 (4:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

[rsssf-tables_1942-1943-3] Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1942-1943 Nationalliga A". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

[rsssf-Switzerland_1942/43-4] Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1942/43". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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