FC Basel
1939–40 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Albert Besse
First team coachSwitzerland Walter Dietrich
Max Galler
GroundLandhof, Basel
1. Liga Group 3Winners
1. Liga play-offWinners
Swiss CupRound 4
Top goalscorerLeague: August Ibach (19)
All: August Ibach (20)
Highest home attendance2,000 on 31 March 1940
vs Aarau
Lowest home attendance500 on 18 February 1940
vs Concordia Basel
and on 23 June 1940
vs Solothurn
Average home league attendance1,266

The FC Basel 1939–40 season was the forty-seventh 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 new chairman. He took over from Emil Junker at the AGM on 15 July 1939.

Overview

After being relegated last season for the first time in the club's history, Basel played this season in the newly reorganized 1.Liga. Due to the outbreak of World War II on 1 September 1939 the start of the Swiss football championship was postponed until 22 October and the 1. Liga postponed until December. The 1939–40 Nationalliga was played as "Championnat Suisse de Mobilisation" due to the war and the 1. Liga divided into five regional zones. There was to be no promotion and no relegation. Basel were allocated to . Liga group 3 (North-West Switzerland) together with Solothurn, Aarau, Concordia Basel and FC Birsfelden. The group was played in three round-robins.

Player-manager Fernand Jaccard had left the club after the relegation season to join FC Locarno. The former players Walter Dietrich and Max Galler took over as team co-managers. Basel played a good season, in total including test matches they played 29 games, winning 22, drawing three and suffering four defeats. In total they scored 98 goals conceding 50.[1]

After winning their four test games in October, Basel started the season well in December winning the first seven matches straight off before suffering their first defeat at the beginning of April. At the end of the group stage Basel had won nine games drawn two and were defeated just once and with 20 points were five points above second placed Aarau. Basel advanced to the play-off stage. In the semi-final they won the round-robin against group four winners SC Brühl St. Gallen and group five winners AC Bellinzona. Basel became 1. Liga champions winning the best of three final against Fribourg.[2] August Ibach was team top league goal scorer with 19 goals, Fritz Schmidlin, Hermann Suter and Werner Wenk each scored five times.

In the Swiss Cup Basel started with a victory in the 2nd principal round away against lower tier SC Zofingen. In the next round they were again drawn away from home against lower tier SC Schöftland. This was won 4–1. In the next round Basel played in the Landhof against Aarau but were defeated and knocked out of the competition.[3]

Players

The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the season 1939–40. The list includes players that were in the squad the day the season started on 1 October 1939 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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Switzerland SUI Kurt Imhof
— GK Switzerland SUI Paul Wechlin
— DF Switzerland SUI Henri Bernard
— DF Switzerland SUI Louis Favre
— DF Switzerland SUI Ernst Grauer
— MF Switzerland SUI Ernst Hufschmid
— DF Switzerland SUI René Champod
— DF Switzerland SUI Alexander Ebner
— DF Switzerland SUI Heinz Elsässer
— DF Switzerland SUI Hauenstein
— DF Switzerland SUI Fritz Huggenberger
— MF Switzerland SUI August Ibach
— MF West Germany FRG Andreas Kränzlin
— MF Switzerland SUI Albert Mohler
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Switzerland SUI Fritz Schmidlin (I)
— MF Switzerland SUI Walter Schmidlin (II)
— MF Switzerland SUI Guglielmo Spadini
— MF Switzerland SUI Hans Studer
— MF Switzerland SUI Werner Wenk
— FW Switzerland SUI Max Bosshard
— FW   Henri Brinks
— FW   Karl Doppler
— FW Switzerland SUI Alfred Jaeck
— FW Switzerland SUI Kurrus
— FW Switzerland SUI Fritz Lanz
— FW Switzerland SUI Alex Mathys
— FW Switzerland SUI Hermann Suter
— FW Switzerland SUI Walter Zürrer
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
— GK Switzerland SUI Eugène de Kalbermatten
— GK Switzerland SUI Fritz Glaser
— DF Switzerland SUI Robert Büchi
— DF Switzerland SUI Heinrich Diethelm
— MF Switzerland SUI Fernand Jaccard
— MF West Germany FRG Franz Sattler
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Switzerland SUI Eduard Zuber
— FW Switzerland SUI Eduard Buser
— FW Switzerland SUI Maurice Dubosson
— FW Switzerland SUI Eduard Irniger
— FW Switzerland SUI Othmar Saner
— FW Switzerland SUI René Schaller

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre-season

1 October 1939 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 3–2 Switzerland FC Polizei Basel Landhof, Basel
Ibach (1:0)

 Summary (1:1) Dill
8 October 1939 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 4–1 Switzerland Nordstern Basel Landhof, Basel
15:00 Ibach 20' (1:1)
(2:1)
Grauer 77' (3:1)
Ibach (pen. 4:1)		 Summary 5' (0:1) Giger Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Switzerland H. Neumann Basel
15 October 1939 Pre-season FC Olten Switzerland 2–3 Switzerland Basel Kleinholz, Olten
Kiefer 45' (1:3)
Vogel 86' (pen. 2:3)		 Summary 26' (0:1) Ibach
35' (0:2) Ibach
(0:3) Ibach		 Attendance: 700
Referee: Switzerland Grütter Olten
22 October 1939 Pre-season Aarau Switzerland 2–3 Switzerland Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
Berner (1:2)
Wüest (2:3)		 Summary 26' (0:1) Ibach
36' (0:2) Bosshard
(1:3) Brinks		 Referee: Switzerland Siegrist Olten

Winter break and mid-season

28 January 1940 Winter break Basel Switzerland 4–6 Switzerland Military Rifle Corps. Landhof, Basel
Summary Attendance: 400
Referee: Switzerland Kettler Basel
23 March 1940 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 5–2 Switzerland Basel Military Team Landhof, Basel
Ibach (3x)
Mathys (1x)
Schmidlin (I) (1x)		 Summary (2x) Hellstern Attendance: 500
Referee: Switzerland Switzerland Häring Basel
24 March 1940 Mid-season Blue Stars Zürich Switzerland 2–5 Switzerland Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
15:00 Kuster 15' (1:0)
Meister (2:0)		 Summary (1:1) Mathys
(2:2) Mathys
(2:3) Ibach
(2:4) Ibach
(2:5) Wenk		 Attendance: 400
Referee: Switzerland Huber Zürich
6 April 1940 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 7–1 Switzerland Fighter Pilot Corps. Landhof, Basel
16:00 Summary Attendance: 200
Referee: Switzerland

1. Liga Group 3

League matches

3 December 1939 Round 1 Basel 5–0 Solothurn Landhof, Basel
14:30 Ibach (1:0)
Suter (2:0)
Brinks (2x)
Hufschmid (pen. 1x)		 Summary Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Switzerland Raimondi Bern
10 December 1939 Round 2 Aarau 2–4 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
Eichenberger (1:2)
Wüest 		Summary 10' (pen. 0:1) Ibach
(0:2) Suter
(1:3) Ibach
(1:4) Bosshard
Red card 65' Ibach		 Attendance: 500
Referee: Switzerland Iseli Biel/Bienne
17 December 1939 Round 3 Concordia Basel 1–6 Basel Landhof, Basel
(o.g.) Summary (3x) Ibach
(2x) Brinks
(o.g.)		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Gerber Bern
2 February 1940 Round 4 FC Birsfelden 0–1 Basel Sportplatz, Birsfelden
14:30 Summary 35' (0:1) Mathys Attendance: 600
Referee: Switzerland Müry Basel
8 February 1940 Round 5 Basel 3–2 Concordia Basel Landhof, Basel
10:15 Ibach (1:0)
(2:0)
(3:0)		 Summary (3:1) Otter
(3:2) Imhof		 Attendance: 500
Referee: Switzerland Hans Vogt Schweizerhalle
10 March 1940 Round 6 Basel 4–1 FC Birsfelden Landhof, Basel
13:40 Ibach (2x)
Mathys (1x)
Wenk (1x)		 Summary (1x) Dussy Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Marti Bern
31 March 1940 Round 7 Basel 1–0 Aarau Landhof, Basel
15:00 Ibach (1:0) Summary Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Pusterla (Oerlikon)
3 April 1940 Round 8 Solothurn 5–2 Basel Stadion FC Solothurn, Solothurn




 Summary (1x) Ibach
(1x) Mathys		 Attendance: 400
Referee: Switzerland
14 April 1940 Round 9 Aarau 3–3 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
(o.g. 1:0)
Stirnemann (2:2)
Eichenberger (3:3)		 Summary (1:1) Schmidlin (I)
(1:2) Karl Doppler
(2:3) Hermann Suter		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland Huber Zürich
28 April 1940 Round 10 Basel 2–0 FC Birsfelden Landhof, Basel
14:00 Schmidlin (I) (1:0)
Ibach (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Switzerland Hans Vogt Schweizerhalle
16 June 1940 Round 11 Concordia Basel 1–1 Basel Landhof, Basel
17:00 Leutwyler 60' (1:0) Summary 75' (1:1) Karl Doppler Attendance: 300
Referee: Switzerland Raimondi Bern
23 June 1940 Round 12 Basel 6–1 Solothurn Landhof, Basel
15:00 Wenk (3x)
Jaeck (1x)
Schmidlin (I) (1x)
Mathys (1x)		 Summary (1x) Steiner Attendance: 500
Referee: Switzerland Müry Basel

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Basel 12 9 2 1 38 16 +22 20 Advance to play-off
2 Aarau 12 7 1 4 37 26 +11 15
3 Concordia Basel 12 4 1 7 26 32 −6 9
4 Solothurn 12 4 0 8 25 35 −10 8
5 FC Birsfelden 12 4 0 8 14 31 −17 8
Source: rsssf.com

Play-offs

Semi-final (as group, three teams)

7 July 1940 Semi-final Brühl St. Gallen 2–2 Basel Krontal, St. Gallen
Dübendorfer (1:1)
Spengler 73' (2:2)		 Summary (0:1) Ibach
40' (1:2) Lanz		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland Pusterla (Oerlikon)
21 July 1940 Semi-final Basel 4–1 Bellinzona Landhof, Basel
15:00 Ibach (3x)
Jaeck (1x)		 Summary (1x) Chiesi Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland Studer Bern
28 July 1940 Replay Basel 2–0 Brühl St. Gallen Landhof, Basel
16:00 Suter (1:0)
Schmidlin (I) (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland A. Sandoz Lausanne

Final (best of three)

4 August 1940 1st Leg Fribourg 4–0 Basel Stade Universitaire, Freiburg
Dietrich 50' (1:0)
Dietrich (2:0)
Thomet (3:0)
Cotting (4:0)		 Summary Attendance: 700
Referee: Switzerland Meyer Lausanne
11 August 1940 2nd leg Basel 4–2 Fribourg Landhof, Basel
16:00 Ibach 6' (1:0)
Schmidlin (I) (2:0)
Wenk (3:0)
Ibach (4:0)		 Summary (4:1) Dietrich
(4:2) Paroz		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Jaggi Bern
18 August 1940 3rd Leg Fribourg 1–2 Basel Neufeld, Bern
Mauroux 13' (1:0) Summary (1:1) Suter
(1:2) Ibach		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Gerber Bern

Swiss Cup

26 November 1939 Round 2 SC Zofingen 1–6 Basel Zofingen
Summary Attendance: 650
24 December 1939 Round 3 SC Schöftland 1–4 Basel Schöftland
(pen. 1:3) Summary (0:1)
(0:2)
(0:3)
(1:4)		 Attendance: 600
Referee: Switzerland E. Heiniger Bern
7 January 1940 Round 4 Basel 2–4 Aarau Landhof, Basel
14:30 Ibach (pen.)
(o.g.)		 Summary (1x) Wüest
(1x) Fischer
(2x) Beiner		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Hofer Moutier


See also

References

  1. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1939/40". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ↑ Erik Garin. "Switzerland league tables 1939/40". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. ↑ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1939/40". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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