User:Huligan0/1946–47 FC Basel season

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
At the beginning of the season the Austrian ex-international Anton Schall took over as club trainer. 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. 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.

Nationalliga

 * League standings

Swiss Cup

 * Legend

Sources and References

 * Übersicht bei RSSSF