1946–47 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1946–47 season
Chairman Switzerland Jules Düblin
Manager Austria Anton Schall
Ground Landhof, Basel
Nationalliga A 4th
Swiss Cup Winners
Top goalscorer Traugott Oberer (13)
← 1945–46 1947–48 →

The 1946–47 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 53rd 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.

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. There were fourteen teams contesting in the 1946–47 Nationalliga A and FC Biel-Bienne won the championship. Basel finished their season in fourth position in the table, with twelve victories from 26 games, scoring in total 60 goals.

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. Position Player
1 Switzerland GK Walter Müller
2 Switzerland DF Ernst Grauer
3 Switzerland DF Werner Bopp
4 Switzerland DF Rudolf Wirz
5 Switzerland MF Hans Vonthron
6 Switzerland MF Kurt Maurer
7 Switzerland FW Paul Stöcklin
No. Position Player
8 Switzerland FW Traugott Oberer
9 Switzerland FW René Bader
10 Switzerland FW Hermann Suter
11 Switzerland FW Werner Wenk
- France MF Pierre Redolfi
- Switzerland MF Rodolfo Kappenberger
- Switzerland DF Heinz Elsässer
- Switzerland FW Ernst Hufschmid

Results

Nationalliga

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1FC Biel-Bienne261484603236
2Lausanne Sports261556442535
3FC Lugano2610115342631
4FC Basel261259604529
5Servette FC Genève261169544928
6Grasshopper Club Zürich2612311614227
7FC Grenchen2610610363026
8Young Fellows Zürich26989494626
9FC Locarno2610511415025
10AC Bellinzona2610313495123
11FC Bern268513314821
12Cantonal Neuchâtel268513285321
13BSC Young Boys266614445918
14Urania Genève Sport267415336818

Swiss Cup

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

See also

Sources and References

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