The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1944–45 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 49th season of top-tier and the 48th season of second-tier football in Switzerland.

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. The decision of the extraordinary assembly, held on 9 October 1943 in Lugano, was to double the number of members to 28 clubs for the 1944–45 season and to initiate a new format. The Nationalliga was divided into two strength classes each with 14 teams. The previous Nationalliga became the Nationalliga A (NLA), while the Nationalliga B (NLB) was newly formed. From this moment, the 1. Liga became the third-tier of the Swiss football league system. It was also increased in size, from 25 clubs in two groups, to new three groups with 10 teams each.

Format

The teams in both NLA and in NLB 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. The top tier (NLA) was contested by the top 13 teams from the 1943–44 Nationalliga and the newly promoted, 1. Liga champion, AC Bellinzona. The two last placed teams in the league table at the end of the season were to be relegated.

The second-tier, the newly formed NLB, was contested by the relegated team from the NLA, FC Luzern, and the 13 best teams of the 1943–44 Swiss 1. Liga season. The top two teams would be promoted to 1945–46 Nationalliga A and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1945–46 Swiss 1. Liga.[2]

Nationalliga A

Teams, locations

Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Basel Basel  Basel-Stadt Landhof 4,000
AC Bellinzona Bellinzona  Ticino Stadio Comunale Bellinzona 5,000
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
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 Grasshopper Club 26 18 5 3 78 39 +39 41 Swiss Champions
2 Lugano 26 15 4 7 55 36 +19 34
3 Young Boys[3] 26 13 8 5 37 30 +7 34 Swiss Cup winners
4 Grenchen 26 13 7 6 37 29 +8 33
5 Lausanne-Sport 26 15 2 9 58 39 +19 32
6 Cantonal Neuchâtel 26 10 9 7 36 29 +7 29
7 Young Fellows Zürich 26 10 5 11 35 43 −8 25
8 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 8 7 11 42 50 −8 23
9 Servette[4] 26 8 5 13 43 47 −4 21
10 Bellinzona 26 5 11 10 24 32 −8 21
11 FC Zürich[5] 26 6 8 12 45 57 −12 20
12 Biel-Bienne 26 5 10 11 39 56 −17 20
13 Basel[6] 26 6 6 14 45 59 −14 18 Relegated to 1945–46 NLB
14 St. Gallen 26 3 7 16 28 56 −28 13 Relegated to 1945–46 NLB
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

Results

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

Topscorers

Rank Player Nat. Goals Club
1. Hans-Peter Friedländer Switzerland 26 Grasshopper Club
2. Alfred Bickel Switzerland 18 Grasshopper Club
3. Numa Monnard Switzerland 16 Lausanne-Sport
4. Domenico Gallo Switzerland 13 Lugano
Roberto Bergamini Switzerland 13 Lugano
6. Georges Aeby Switzerland 12 Lausanne-Sport
Roger Courtois Switzerland 12 Lausanne-Sport
Giovanni Conte Switzerland 12 Zürich
9. Lauro Amadò Switzerland 11 Grasshopper Club
Mario Fornara Switzerland 11 Lugano
Eugen Walaschek Switzerland 11 Young Boys
Walter Bosshard Switzerland 11 Zürich
René Bader Switzerland 11 Basel

Nationalliga B

Teams, locations

Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Aarau Aarau  Aargau Stadion Brügglifeld 9,240
FC Bern Bern  Bern Stadion Neufeld 14,000
SC Brühl St. Gallen  St. Gallen Paul-Grüninger-Stadion 4,200
SC Derendingen[7] Derendingen  Solothurn Heidenegg 1,500
FC Étoile-Sporting[8] La Chaux-de-Fonds  Neuchâtel Les Foulets / Terrain des Eplatures 1,000 / 500
FC Fribourg Fribourg  Fribourg Stade Universitaire 9,000
CS International Genève Geneva  Geneva
FC Locarno Locarno  Ticino Stadio comunale Lido 5,000
FC Luzern Lucerne  Lucerne Stadion Allmend 25,000
FC Nordstern Basel Basel  Basel-Stadt Rankhof 7,600
US Pro Daro[9] Bellinzona  Ticino Campo Geretta / Stadio Comunale Bellinzona 500 / 5,000
FC Solothurn Solothurn  Solothurn Stadion FC Solothurn 6,750
Urania Genève Sport Genève  Geneva Stade de Frontenex 4,000
SC Zug Zug  Zug Herti Allmend Stadion 6,000

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Locarno 26 17 6 3 60 26 +34 40 NLB champions and promoted to 1945–46 NLA
2 FC Bern 26 18 3 5 65 36 +29 39 Promoted to 1945–46 NLA
3 FC Aarau[10] 26 15 4 7 67 40 +27 34
4 CS International Genève 26 14 5 7 40 28 +12 33
5 Urania Genève Sport 26 11 6 9 53 48 +5 28
6 SC Derendingen 26 9 9 8 43 43 0 27
7 FC Luzern 26 8 10 8 41 32 +9 26
8 FC Étoile-Sporting 26 10 6 10 54 54 0 26
9 FC Fribourg 26 9 6 11 36 42 −6 24
10 FC Nordstern Basel 26 8 5 13 41 46 −5 21
11 SC Brühl 26 8 5 13 40 53 −13 21
12 SC Zug 26 6 6 14 24 38 −14 18
13 FC Solothurn[2] 26 4 7 15 29 61 −32 15 Relegated to 1945–46 1. Liga
14 US Pro Daro[2] 26 4 4 18 24 70 −46 12 Relegated to 1945–46 1. Liga
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

Further in Swiss football

References

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  2. ^ a b c 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. ^ (red) BSC Young Boys AG (2024). "YB Saison" [YB season] (in Swiss High German). BSC Young Boys AG. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  4. ^ Reichmuth, Daniel (2024). "Servette 1944/45" (PDF) (in French). super-servette-ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  5. ^ (red) dbFCZ (2023). "FCZ Saison 1944/45" [FCZ season 1944/45] (in Swiss High German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  6. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (2024). "Rangliste 1944/45" [Ranking 1944/45] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  7. ^ (red) Solothurner Fussballverband (2024). "SC Derendingen" (in German). Solothurner Fussballverband - sofv.ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  8. ^ (red) Association neuchâteloise de football (2024). "FC Étoile-Sporting'" (in French). Association neuchâteloise de football. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  9. ^ (red) Federazione ticinese di calcio (2023). "US Pro Daro" (in Italian). Federazione ticinese di calcio. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  10. ^ Beck, Stephan (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1944/45 FCA Rangliste" [Swiss Championship 1944/45 FCA Ranking] (in Swiss High German). arowa.ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

Sources

Preceded by
1943–44 		Nationalliga
seasons in
Switzerland 		Succeeded by
1945–46
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944%E2%80%9345_Nationalliga_A
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