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1943–44 Nationalliga

Nationalliga
Season1943–44
Dates6 September 1943 –
18 June 1944
ChampionsLausanne-Sport (5th title)
RelegatedLuzern
Matches played182
Goals scored555 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorerErich Andres
(Young Fellows)
23 goals

The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1943–44 football season. This was the 47th season of top-tier Swiss football.

Overview

Preamble

In Switzerland during the second world war, sport became an integral part of the "spiritual national defense". This was a political and cultural movement that had already become increasingly important during the late 1930s. Politicians, intellectuals and media professionals had increasingly called for measures to strengthen Switzerland's basic cultural values. Since the Nationalliga games were also considered to be one of the activities that seemed important for maintaining the morale of the population, the military authorities put considerably fewer obstacles in the way of the top players as they had during the previous World War.[1]

ASF/SFV

Therefore, it came about that the Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) expanded themselves. To this date, the Association had 14 members in the top-tier and 25 members in the second-tier, calles 1. Liga. The decision of the extraordinary assembly, held on 9 October 1943 in Lugano, was to double the number of top-tier members to 28 clubs for the following season. The Nationalliga would then be divided into two strength classes each with 14 teams. The Nationalliga would become the new Nationalliga A (NLA), while the Nationalliga B (NLB) would be completely newly formed. The second-tier would be contested by the one relegated team from the NLA and the 13 best teams of the 1943–44 1. Liga season. From this moment, the 1. Liga would become the third-tier of the Swiss football league system and would also be increased in size, from 25 clubs in two groups, to 30 clubs in three groups with 10 teams each.[2]

Format

The 14 teams, in this final Nationalliga season, played a double round-robin to decide their table positions. Two points were awarded for a win and one point was awarded for a draw. It was contested by the top 13 teams from the 1942–43 Nationalliga and the newly promoted, 1. Liga champion, La Chaux-de-Fonds.

Nationalliga

Teams, locations

Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Basel Basel  Basel-Stadt Landhof 4,000
FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne  Bern Stadion Gurzelen 5,500
FC Cantonal Neuchâtel Neuchâtel  Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière 25,500
Grasshopper Club Zürich Zürich  Zürich Hardturm 20,000
FC Grenchen Grenchen  Solothurn Stadium Brühl 15,100
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds  Neuchâtel Centre Sportif de la Charrière 10,000
FC Lausanne-Sport Lausanne  Vaud Pontaise 30,000
FC Lugano Lugano  Ticino Cornaredo Stadium 6,330
FC Luzern Lucerne  Lucerne Stadion Allmend 25,000
Servette FC Geneva  Geneva Stade des Charmilles 27,000
FC St. Gallen St. Gallen  St. Gallen Espenmoos 11,000
BSC Young Boys Bern  Bern Wankdorf Stadium 56,000
FC Young Fellows Zürich  Zürich Utogrund 2,850
FC Zürich Zürich  Zürich Letzigrund 25,000

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lausanne-Sport 26 17 4 5 48 25 +23 38 Swiss Champions and Swiss Cup winners
2 Servette[3] 26 12 8 6 39 25 +14 32
3 Lugano 26 12 6 8 47 32 +15 30
4 Grasshopper Club 26 13 3 10 54 32 +22 29
5 Biel-Bienne 26 12 5 9 42 30 +12 29
6 Young Boys[4] 26 9 11 6 38 32 +6 29
7 Cantonal Neuchâtel 26 10 8 8 38 27 +11 28
8 Grenchen 26 12 4 10 45 41 +4 28
9 Basel[5] 26 9 8 9 42 38 +4 26
10 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 10 6 10 34 45 −11 26
11 Young Fellows Zürich 26 9 3 14 46 51 −5 21
12 St. Gallen 26 8 3 15 26 60 −34 19
13 Zürich[6] 26 6 5 15 37 54 −17 17
14 Luzern 26 4 4 18 19 63 −44 12 Relegated to 1944–45 Nationalliga B
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

Results

Home \ Away BAS BB CAN CDF GCZ GRE LS LUG LUZ SER STG YB YFZ ZÜR
Basel 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–3 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 6–1 1–1 2–0 3–0
Biel-Bienne 2–0 0–1 3–0 0–2 2–0 5–1 1–1 4–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1
Cantonal Neuchâtel 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 4–1 2–0 5–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1
La Chaux-de-Fonds 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–3 0–5 3–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 3–2
Grasshopper Club 1–2 5–1 2–1 1–3 0–2 0–2 0–0 5–2 0–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 4–1
Grenchen 4–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–4 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 7–1 0–0 4–1 2–1
Lausanne-Sports 4–1 2–1 4–1 2–1 3–2 3–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 7–0 0–0 1–1 1–0
Lugano 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–3 1–2 3–1 0–1 6–0 0–1 3–1 1–2 3–2 5–1
Luzern 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 0–8 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–3 0–1 2–1 1–4
Servette 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–3 4–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 4–1 1–0
St. Gallen 2–1 0–5 1–2 1–0 2–5 2–1 0–1 2–4 2–0 1–4 0–2 2–0 0–3
Young Boys 0–3 2–1 0–5 11–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–7 1–1
Young Fellows 1–3 4–2 3–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–3 5–1 0–3 2–0 0–4 5–2
Zürich 4–3 0–1 1–3 2–1 0–2 4–2 0–2 1–3 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–3 3–3
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Topscorers

Rank Player Nat. Goals Club
1. Erich Andres Switzerland 23 Young Fellows Zürich
2. Alfred Bickel Switzerland 15 Grasshopper Club
Alfred Weisshaar Switzerland 15 Basel
4. Numa Monnard Switzerland 14 Lausanne-Sport
5. André Facchinetti Switzerland 13 Cantonal Neuchâtel
Marc Perroud Switzerland 13 La Chaux-de-Fonds
Josef Righetti Switzerland 13 Grenchen
8. Domenico Gallo Switzerland 12 Lugano
9. Hans-Peter Friedländer Switzerland 11 Grasshopper Club
10. Walter Bosshard Switzerland 10 Zürich
Robert Hasler Switzerland 10 Biel-Bienne

Further in Swiss football

References

  1. ^ Koller, Christian (2009). "Vierzigerjahre (1940 bis 1949): Die Kriegsmeisterschaften" [Forties (1940 to 1949): The War Championships] (PDF) (in Swiss High German). Zurich Open Repository and Archive. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  2. ^ Erste Liga (SFV) (2022). "Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2022" [First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2022] (PDF). PDF page 1 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  3. ^ Reichmuth, Daniel (2024). "Servette 1943/44" (PDF) (in French). super-servette-ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  4. ^ (red) BSC Young Boys AG (2024). "YB Saison 1943/44" [YB season 1943/44] (in Swiss High German). BSC Young Boys AG. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  5. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (2024). "Rangliste 1943/44" [Ranking 1943/44] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  6. ^ (red) dbFCZ (2023). "FCZ Saison 1943/44" [FCZ season 1943/44] (in Swiss High German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

Sources

Preceded by
1942–43 		Nationalliga
seasons in
Switzerland 		Succeeded by
1944–45
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943%E2%80%9344_in_Swiss_football