FC Basel
1942–43 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Albert Besse
First team coachSwitzerland Eugen Rupf
GroundLandhof, Basel
1942–43 Nationalliga13th
Swiss CupQuarter-final
Top goalscorerLeague: Hermann Suter (6)
All: Hermann Suter (11)
Highest home attendance8,000 on 7 May 1943
vs Nordstern Basel
Lowest home attendance1,800 on 27 September 1942
vs Biel-Bienne
Average home league attendance4,423

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 Switzerland SUI Silvio Cinguetti
— GK Switzerland SUI Kurt Imhof
— GK Switzerland SUI Ernst Kipfer
— GK Switzerland SUI Paul Wechlin
— DF Switzerland SUI Louis Favre
— DF Switzerland SUI Ernst Grauer
— DF Switzerland SUI Fritz Greder (from Allschwil)
— DF Switzerland SUI Ernst Hufschmid
— MF Switzerland SUI Alexander Ebner
— MF Switzerland SUI Heinz Elsässer
— MF Switzerland SUI Rodolfo Kappenberger
— MF Switzerland SUI Alberto Losa
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Switzerland SUI Fritz Schmidlin
— MF Switzerland SUI Guglielmo Spadini
— MF Switzerland SUI Tschüppeli
— MF Switzerland SUI Hans Vonthron
— MF Switzerland SUI Werner Wenk
— MF Switzerland SUI Rudolf Wirz
— FW Switzerland SUI Erich Andres
— FW Switzerland SUI Rudolf Knup
— FW Switzerland SUI Eugen Rupf
— FW Switzerland SUI Hans Spengler
— FW Switzerland SUI Hermann Suter
— Switzerland 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 Switzerland SUI Henri Bernard
— MF Switzerland SUI Albert Mohler (to Nordstern Basel)
— MF Switzerland SUI Hans Studer
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Switzerland SUI Enrico Ardizzoia
— FW Switzerland SUI Giuseppe Bossi
— FW Switzerland SUI Erhard Grieder
— FW Switzerland SUI Alex Mathys (to Brühl St. Gallen)

Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre-season

August 1942 Pre-season Lausanne-Sport Switzerland – Switzerland Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
[ Summary]
16 August 1942 Pre-season Thun Switzerland 2–3 Switzerland Basel Grabengut, Thun
Abbühl (1:3)
Abbühl (2:3)		 Summary (0:1) Spengler
(0:2) Spengler
(0:3) Suter		 Referee: Switzerland Eggenberg
23 August 1942 Pre-season Solothurn Switzerland 2–3 Switzerland Basel Solothurn
Summary Referee: Switzerland
30 August 1942 Pre-season Cantonal Neuchâtel Switzerland 2–3 Switzerland Basel Stade de Cantonal, Neuchâtel
17:00 Monnard (1:2)
Sydler (2:2)		 Summary (0:1) Spengler
(0:2) Spengler		 Referee: Switzerland

Winter break

7 February 1942 Winter break SC Schöftland Switzerland 1–7 Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland Sally Rosenbaum Zürich/St. Gallen
11 October 1942 Round 5 Basel 2–3 Cantonal Neuchâtel 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland Lutz Geneva
22 November 1942 Round 8 Nordstern Basel 0–0 Basel Stadion Rankhof, Basel
14:30 Summary Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland Jaggi Bern
11 April 1943 Round 19 Basel 1–0 Lugano Landhof, Basel
15:00 Andres 35' (1:0) Summary Red card 53' Bottinelli Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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 Neuchâtel 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland 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: Switzerland von Wartburg Bern

See also

References

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

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