1941–42 Nationalliga

Statistics of Swiss Super League in the 1941–42 season.

Nationalliga

Season	1941–42
← 1940–41 1942–43 →

Overview

The Nationalliga was contested by 14 teams and in this season it ended in a heat, because two teams ended the season equal on points. Thus a play-off was required, between the Grasshopper Club Zürich and FC Grenchen. The first game ended 0–0 in Bern, the second game ended 1–1 in Basel. The championship title awarded to GC on goal average. The 1st League was contested by 25 teams, these were divided into two groups. There were twelve teams contesting in group East and thirteen in group West. The winner of each group had to play a play-off for promotion to the Nationalliga. Basel finished their season as winners of group East and the play-offs were then against group West winners Bern, the away tie ending with a goalless draw and Basel won their home tie 3–1 to achieve Promotion.

Nationalliga standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Grasshopper Club Zürich	26	14	8	4	63	23	+40	36
2	FC Grenchen	26	16	4	6	56	23	+33	36
3	Servette FC Genève	26	16	3	7	75	41	+34	35
4	FC Lugano	26	12	8	6	55	36	+19	32
5	FC Zürich	26	13	5	8	67	63	+4	31
6	Young Fellows Zürich	26	11	7	8	37	36	+1	29
7	Lausanne Sports	26	11	3	12	48	43	+5	25
8	FC St. Gallen	26	10	4	12	40	62	−22	24
9	BSC Young Boys	26	7	9	10	38	41	−3	23
10	Cantonal Neuchâtel	26	9	3	14	52	60	−8	21
11	FC Nordstern Basel	26	7	7	12	30	48	−18	21
12	FC Lucerne	26	5	8	13	26	54	−28	18
13	FC Biel-Bienne	26	7	3	16	39	76	−37	17
14	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	26	6	4	16	30	50	−20	16

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	BB	CAN	CDF	GCZ	GRE	LS	LUG	LUZ	NOR	SER	STG	YB	YFZ	ZÜR
Biel-Bienne		1–6	2–0	0–5	0–4	1–3	0–0	1–2	3–0	0–6	4–2	3–2	4–0	3–4
Cantonal Neuchâtel	4–0		2–0	2–3	3–1	1–4	1–3	4–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–3
Chaux-de-Fonds	1–2	2–3		1–1	0–0	1–2	0–4	3–0	2–2	4–0	2–0	0–1	3–2	4–1
Grasshopper	4–0	3–1	2–0		0–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	3–0	4–0	1–2	1–1	1–3	2–2
Grenchen	3–0	4–2	4–0	0–0		2–1	3–2	2–1	4–0	3–4	5–0	2–0	4–0	1–1
Lausanne-Sports	3–1	1–2	0–2	2–1	1–0		1–3	5–0	0–0	2–4	0–1	4–3	0–1	2–2
Lugano	6–1	5–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	4–2		3–0	0–0	3–4	5–2	1–1	2–2	3–1
Luzern	2–2	4–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–0		3–1	0–5	5–1	1–1	0–0	0–2
Nordstern	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–2	1–5	2–1	1–1		0–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–5
Servette	1–2	5–2	5–0	2–2	2–1	3–4	1–1	8–0	3–1		5–1	1–0	0–1	2–1
St. Gallen	3–2	4–1	4–1	0–6	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–4		2–1	1–2	4–0
Young Boys	1–1	3–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	2–3	1–1	3–2	1–1	2–3		1–1	1–2
Young Fellows	3–2	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–3	1–1	1–0		1–1
Zürich	9–3	3–2	3–1	0–8	2–6	2–2	5–1	3–1	2–0	2–5	5–0	5–3	4–1

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

League standings 1st League group East

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Basel	22	18	3	1	77	15	+62	39	Play-off for promotion
2	Blue Stars Zürich	22	15	4	3	50	25	+25	34
3	AC Bellinzona	22	10	4	8	46	42	+4	24
4	FC Birsfelden	22	10	4	8	34	33	+1	24
5	Brühl St.Gallen	22	9	6	7	40	37	+3	24
6	SC Zug	22	9	6	7	38	37	+1	24
7	FC Locarno	22	9	1	12	52	45	+7	19
8	FC Chiasso	22	8	3	11	41	45	−4	19
9	FC Aarau	22	7	5	10	34	45	−11	19
10	Concordia Basel	22	5	7	10	30	44	−14	17
11	FC Schaffhausen	22	3	6	13	29	64	−35	12	Play-off against relegation
12	Juventus Zürich	22	4	1	17	34	73	−39	9	Relegated

Source: rsssf.com

League standings 1st League group West

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Bern	24	19	1	4	60	30	+30	39	Play-off for promotion
2	Urania Genève Sport	24	18	2	4	57	24	+33	38
3	Etoile La Chaux-de-Fonds	24	12	4	8	60	39	+21	28
4	FC Fribourg	24	11	4	9	51	36	+15	26
5	US Bienne-Boujean	24	11	4	9	53	43	+10	26
6	SC Derendingen	24	10	6	8	54	42	+12	26
7	FC Solothurn	24	9	4	11	38	56	−18	22
8	CA Genève	24	9	3	12	57	53	+4	21
9	FC Montreux-Sports	24	6	6	12	43	55	−12	18
10	FC Monthey	24	6	6	12	41	62	−21	18
11	FC Vevey-Sports 05	24	8	2	14	42	67	−25	18
12	Dopolavoro Genève	24	7	3	14	30	59	−29	17	Play-off against relegation
13	FC Forward-Morges	24	5	5	14	37	57	−20	15	Relegated

Source: rsssf.com

Promotion play-off

21 June 1942

First game

Bern	0 – 0	Basel

Stadion Neufeld, Bern

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28 June 1942

Return game

Basel	3 – 1	Bern

Landhof, Basel

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Basel won 3–1 on aggregate

Sources

• Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2027-6
• Switzerland 1941–42 at RSSSF