FC Basel

1946–47 season
Chairman	Jules Düblin
Manager	Anton Schall
Ground	Landhof, Basel
Nationalliga A	4th
Swiss Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Traugott Oberer (13) All: Traugott Oberer (16)
Highest home attendance	10,000 on 20 April 1947 vs Biel-Bienne
Lowest home attendance	3,500 on 16 February 1947 vs Locarno
Average home league attendance	6,515

The 1946–47 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's Fifty-fourth season in their existence. It was their first season in the top flight of Swiss football after their promotion from the Nationalliga B the season before. They played their home games in the Landhof, in the Quarter Kleinbasel. Jules Düblin was the club's new chairman and he took over this position from Emil Junkerat the club's AGM. Düblin had been player for FC Basel in the years 1919–1926 and had been on the club's board of directors. He was doctor, banker and politician, became author and private art collector.

Overview

After his playing career the Austrian ex-international Anton Schall, who suffered from a rare heart condition, moved to Switzerland and took over Basel as club trainer for the 1946–47 season. Basel played a total of 39 games in this season. Of these 26 in the Nationalliga A, six in the Swiss Cup and seven were test games. The test games resulted with three victories, three draws and one defeat. In total, they won 21 games, drew eight and lost 10 times. In total, including the test games and the cup competition, they scored 111 goals and conceded 65.^[1]

There were fourteen teams contesting in the 1946–47 Nationalliga A, the bottom two teams in the table to be relegated. Basel finished their season in fourth position in the table, with twelve victories from 26 games, scoring in total 60 goals. Traugott Oberer was the team's top goal scorer. René Bader and Hermann Suter were joint second best, each with 10 goals. FC Biel-Bienne won the championship. Young Boys and ended the season on the relegation places.^[2]

In the Swiss Cup Basel started in round 3 with a home match against local team Black Stars Basel, the game was won 3– 2. In round 4 they had an away tie against La Chaux-de-Fonds which was won 2–1. Round 5 gave Basel another home tie in the Landhof against another local club Nordstern and this ended with a 6–1 victory. Thus they advanced to the quarter-finals and were matched against the Grasshoppers. The Grasshoppers were beaten 2–1. In the semi-final goals from top scorers Traugott Oberer and René Bader gave Basel a 2–1 victory against Grenchen. Therefore, Basel advanced to the Cup-Final, which was played in the Stadion Neufeld in Bern on 7 April 1947. Basel won the final 3–0 against Lausanne Sport and thus their second cup title. In the Final Paul Stöcklin scored two goals and Bader the other. Schall led Basel to win the Cup, but he died shortly afterwards at the age of 40 years during a workout on the football field. Following this unhappy event captain Ernst Hufschmid later took over as team coach.

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 Walter Müller — GK  SUI Kurt Imhof — GK  SUI Hans Rothen — DF  SUI Werner Bopp — DF  SUI Ernst Grauer — DF  SUI Ernst Hufschmid — MF  SUI Alexander Ebner — MF  SUI Heinz Elsässer — MF  SUI Rodolfo Kappenberger — MF  SUI Kurt Maurer — MF  SUI Willy Monigatti

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  SUI Traugott Oberer — MF  SUI Hans Vonthron — MF  SUI Werner Wenk — MF  SUI Rudolf Wirz — FW  SUI René Bader — FW  SUI Walter Bosshard — FW  SUI Fritz Eckert — FW  SUI Bernard Mathez — FW  SUI Paul Stöcklin — FW  SUI Hermann Suter — FW  SUI Alfred Weisshaar

Results

Friendly matches

Pre-season

Basel v Grenchen

8 August 1946 Pre-season	Basel	3–3	Grenchen	Weiden, Dornach
	Eckert (1:0) Stöcklin (2:1) Eckert (3:3)	Summary	(1:1) Righetti (I) (2:2) Perroud (2:3) Righetti (II)	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Hofer Moutier

FC Langnau v Basel

18 August 1946 Pre-season	FC Langnau	1–11	Basel	Sägematte, Langnau im Emmental
	Nenniger (1:3)	Summary	17' (0:1) Bader (0:2) Bader 30' (0:3) Stöcklin 41' (1:4) Bader 60' (1:5) Hufschmid 67' (1:6) Bader (pen. 1:7) Oberer (1:8) Stöcklin (1:9) Bader 81' (1:10) Wenk (1:11) Stöcklin	Attendance: 600 Referee: Baumgartner Langnau im Emmental

Red Star Zürich v Basel

25 August 1946 Pre-season	Red Star Zürich	2–2	Basel	Sportanlage Allmend Brunau, Zürich
	Ryffel 12' (1:0) Bieri (pen. 2:0)	Summary	(pen. 2:1) Oberer (2:2) Bader	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Faust Oerlikon

Winter break

Basel v Ferencvárosi

5 January 1947 Winter break	Basel	2–2	Ferencvárosi	Landhof, Basel
	Oberer (pen. 1:2) Weisshaar (2:2)	Summary	(0:1) Gyulai (0:2) Mike Mike	Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Berner Basel

Basel v Concordia Basel

1 February 1947 Winter break	Basel	2–1	Concordia Basel	Landhof, Basel
	Stöcklin (1:1) Oberer (2:1)	Summary	(o.g. 0:1) Bopp	Referee: Steiner Basel

Basel v SC Binningen

9 March 1947 Winter break	Basel	12–1	SC Binningen	Landhof, Basel
	Weisshaar 5' (1:1) Weisshaar (2:1) Stöcklin (3:1) Suter (4:1) Suter (5:1) Oberer (6:1) Suter (7:1) Wenk (8:1) Suter (9:1) (o.g. 10:1) Suter (11:1) Suter (12:1)	Summary	(0:1) M. Dättwyler	Referee: Berner Basel

Basel v RC Strasbourg

7 June 1947 Mid-season	Basel	1–4	RC Strasbourg	Landhof, Basel
17:00	Monigatti 89' (1:4)	Summary	44' (0:1) Vanags 65' (0:2) Woehl 80' (0:3) Nyers 82' (0:4) Roland	Attendance: 3,700 Referee: Dörflinger Grenchen

Nationalliga

Main article: 1946–47 Nationalliga A

League matches

Locarno v Basel

1 September 1946 Round 1	Locarno	0–2	Basel	Stadio del Lido, Locarno
		Summary	38' (0:1) Stöcklin 64' (0:2) Suter	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Jaggi Bern

Basel v Young Boys

8 September 1946 Round 2	Basel	8–1	Young Boys	Landhof, Basel
	Oberer 12' (1:1) Bader 20' (2:1) Mathez (3:1) Oberer 60' (4:1) Bader (5:1) Bader (6:1) Mathez (7:1) Oberer (8:1)	Summary	3' (0:1) Streun	Attendance: 5,800 Referee: A. Sandoz Lausanne

Lausanne-Sport v Basel

22 September 1946 Round 3	Lausanne-Sport	7–0	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
15:00	Guhl 7' (1:0) Maillard (II) 12' (2:0) Nikolić 25' (3:0) Eggimann 60' (4:0) Monnard 67' (5:0) Maillard (II) (6:0) Monnard 85' (7:0)	Summary		Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Schürch Winterthur

Basel v Grenchen

29 September 1946 Round 4	Basel	1–0	Grenchen	Landhof, Basel
	Mathez 17' (1:0)	Summary		Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Grassi Balerna

Servette v Basel

6 October 1946 Round 5	Servette	3–2	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
	Tamini 42' (1:2) Buchoux 82' (2:2) Facchinetti 88' (3:2)	Summary	18' (0:1) Stöcklin 45' (0:2) Stöcklin	Attendance: 7,200 Referee: Scherz Bern

Basel v Young Fellows Zürich

13 October 1946 Round 6	Basel	3–2	Young Fellows Zürich	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Bader 3' (1:1) Stöcklin 15' (2:1) Bader 36' (3:1)	Summary	1' (0:1) Fink (II) 50' (3:2) Zappia	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: von Wartburg Bern

Bellinzona v Basel

20 October 1946 Round 7	Bellinzona	4–1	Basel	Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona
	Ruch 46' (1:0) Ruch 48' (2:0) Frigerio 60' (3:0) Frigerio 72' (4:1)	Summary	65' (3:1) Mathez	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: von Wartburg Bern

Biel-Bienne v Basel

27 October 1946 Round 8	Biel-Bienne	1–3	Basel	Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
	Wiedmer 42' (1:0)	Summary	52' (1:1) Suter 56' (1:2) Weisshaar 77' (1:3) Suter	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Jaggi Bern

Basel v FC Bern

3 November 1946 Round 9	Basel	1–1	FC Bern	Landhof, Basel
	Wenk 88' (1:1)	Summary	8' (0:1) Jauner (II)	Attendance: 6,200 Referee: W. Rufli Bremgarten

Cantonal Neuchatel v Basel

24 November 1946 Round 10	Cantonal Neuchatel	2–3	Basel	Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
14:30	Guillaume 10' (pen. 1:0) Guillaume 81' (pen. 2:3)	Summary	(1:1) Wenk (1:2) Stöcklin (pen. 1:3) Oberer	Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Scherz Bern

Basel v Urania Genève Sport

1 December 1946 Round 11	Basel	8–2	Urania Genève Sport	Landhof, Basel
	Oberer (pen. 1:0) Bader 15' (2:0) Suter (3:1) Oberer (4:1) Bader (5:1) Oberer (6:2) Suter (7:2) Suter (8:2)	Summary	(2:1) Prod'hom (5:2) Prod'hom	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Tschopp Delémont

Grasshopper Club v Basel

December 1946 Round 12	Grasshopper Club	P–P	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
		[ Summary]

Basel v Lugano

22 December 1946 Round 13	Basel	1–0	Lugano	Landhof, Basel
	Suter 67' (1:0)	Summary		Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Schürch Winterthur

Basel v Locarno

16 February 1947 Round 14	Basel	6–0	Locarno	Landhof, Basel
	Stöcklin 30' (1:0) Suter 35' (2:0) Oberer 30' (pen. 3:0) Bader 63' (4:0) Bader 65' (5:0) Oberer 75' (6:0)	Summary		Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Jaggi Bern

Young Boys v Basel

February 1947 Round 15	Young Boys	P–P	Basel	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
		[ Summary]

Basel v Lausanne-Sport

March 1947 Round 16	Basel	P–P	Lausanne-Sport	Landhof, Basel
		[ Summary]

Grenchen v Basel

March 1947 Round 17	Grenchen	P–P	Basel	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
		[ Summary]

Basel v Servette

23 March 1947 Round 18	Basel	5–1	Servette	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Wenk 18' (1:1) Stöcklin 22' (2:1) Suter 44' (3:1) Wenk 53' (4:1) Oberer 88' (5:1)	Summary	7' (0:1) Facchinetti	Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Niederhauser BernW

Young Fellows Zürich v Basel

30 March 1947 Round 19	Young Fellows Zürich	2–2	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
15:40	Wälchli 28' (1:0) Siegenthaler 33' (2:0)	Summary	84' (2:1) Vonthron 86' (2:2) Wenk	Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Scherz Bern

Basel v Bellinzona

13 April 1947 Round 20	Basel	4–1	Bellinzona	Landhof, Basel
	Hufschmid 12' (1:0) Kappenberger 40' (2:0) Hufschmid 45' (3:0) Kappenberger 65' (4:0)	Summary	75' (4:1) Frigerio	Attendance: 7,700 Referee: A. Sandoz Lausanne

Basel v Biel-Bienne

20 April 1947 Round 21	Basel	1–3	Biel-Bienne	Landhof, Basel
	Bader 26′ Wenk 30' (1:2)	Summary	15' (0:1) Lempen 28' (0:2) Scheurer 58' (1:3) Weibel	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Wittwer Geneva

Young Boys v Basel

27 April 1947 Round 15	Young Boys	2–0	Basel	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
	Stoll 77' (1:0) Grütter 78' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Rapin Lausanne

FC Bern v Basel

4 May 1947 Round 22	FC Bern	1–1	Basel	Neufeld, Bern
	Liechti 29' (pen. 1:0)	Summary	51' (1:1) Hufschmid	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Merlotti Neuchâtel

Lugano v Basel

11 May 1947 Round 26	Lugano	2–1	Basel	Campo Marzio, Lugano
	Bossoni 7' (pedn. 1:0) Bernasconi 37' (2:0)	Summary	61' (2:1) Oberer	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Scherz Bern

Basel v Lausanne-Sport

24 May 1947 Round 16	Basel	1–1	Lausanne-Sport	Landhof, Basel
16:30	Bader 63' (1:1)	Summary	56' (0:1) Nicolic	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: W. Rufli Bremgarten

Urania Genève Sport v Basel

1 June 1947 Round 24	Urania Genève Sport	0–0	Basel	Stade de Frontenex, Geneva
		Summary		Attendance: 3,500 Referee: E. Ruefer Bern

Basel v Grasshopper Club

14 June 1947 Round 25	Basel	0–1	Grasshopper Club	Landhof, Basel
		Summary	65' (0:1) Berbig	Attendance: 6,200 Referee: von Wartburg Bern

Basel v Cantonal Neuchatel

21 June 1947 Round 26	Basel	5–1	Cantonal Neuchatel	Landhof, Basel
	Oberer 9' (pen. 1:1) Kappenberger 14' (2:1) Oberer 40' (3:1) Suter 42' (4:1) Bopp 72' (pen. 5:1)	Summary	4' (0:1) Sydler 64′ Guillaume	Attendance: 4,300 Referee: Lutz Geneva

Grasshopper Club v Basel

25 June 1947 Round 12	Grasshopper Club	4–0	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
	Bickel (I) 53' (1:0) Grauer 73' (o.g. 2:0) Biedermann 83' (3:0) Amadò 88' (4:0)	Summary	58' Bader	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Lutz Geneva

Grenchen v Basel

28 June 1947 Round 17	Grenchen	3–1	Basel	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
	Ardizzoni 20' (1:0) Righetti (II) 58' (2:1) Sommer 82' (3:1)	Summary	39' (1:1) Stöcklin	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Rapin Lausanne

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Biel-Bienne	26	14	8	4	60	32	+28	36	Swiss Champions
2	Lausanne-Sport	26	15	5	6	44	25	+19	35
3	Lugano	26	10	11	5	34	26	+8	31
4	Basel	26	12	5	9	60	45	+15	29	Swiss Cup winners
5	Servette	26	11	6	9	54	49	+5	28
6	Grasshopper Club	26	12	3	11	61	42	+19	27
7	Grenchen	26	10	6	10	36	30	+6	26
8	Young Fellows Zürich	26	9	8	9	49	46	+3	26
9	Locarno	26	10	5	11	41	50	−9	25
10	Bellinzona	26	10	3	13	49	51	−2	23
11	FC Bern	26	8	5	13	31	48	−17	21
12	Cantonal Neuchatel	26	8	5	13	28	53	−25	21
13	Young Boys	26	6	6	14	44	59	−15	18	Relegated
14	Urania Genève Sport	26	7	4	15	33	68	−35	18

Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

Basel v Black Stars Basel

17 November 1946 Round 3	Basel	3–2	Black Stars Basel	Landhof, Basel
	Bader 5' (1:0) Suter 66' (2:0) Bader 75' (3:0)	Summary	76' (3:1) Horrisberger 85' (3:2) Schmid	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Jaggi Bern

La Chaux-de-Fonds v Basel

8 December 1946 Round 4	La Chaux-de-Fonds	1–2	Basel	Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
14:30	Kernen 55' (1:1)	Summary	30' (0:1) Wenk 70' (1:2) Oberer	Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Wittwer Geneva

Basel v Nordstern

29 December 1946 Round of 16	Basel	6–1	Nordstern	Landhof, Basel
	Suter 15' (1:1) Grauer 32' (2:1) Stöcklin 34' (3:1) Vonthron 60' (4:1) Oberer 75' (5:1) Bader 88' (6:1)	Summary	2' (0:1) Hütter	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: A. Sandoz Lausanne

Basel v Grasshoppers

9 February 1947 Quarter-final	Basel	2–1	Grasshoppers	Landhof, Basel
14:30	Wenk 62' (1:1) Grauer 80' (2:1)	Summary	60' (0:1) Amadò	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Scherz Bern

Basel v Grenchen

16 March 1947 Semi-final	Basel	2–1	Grenchen	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
15:00	Oberer 32' (1:1) Bader 52' (2:1)	Summary	22' (0:1) Zadra	Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Scherz Bern

Basel v Lausanne Sport

7 April 1947 Final	Basel	3–0	Lausanne Sport	Stadion Neufeld, Bern
15:00	Stöcklin 48' (1:0) Bader 82' (2:0) Stöcklin 86' (3:0)	Summary		Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Schürch Winterthur

See also

• History of FC Basel
• List of FC Basel players
• List of FC Basel seasons

References

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
• The FCB team 1946–47 at fcb-archiv.ch
• Switzerland 1946–47 by Erik Garin at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

External links

• FC Basel official site