1941–42 Nationalliga
# 1941–42 Nationalliga

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

## 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 |

### 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 | |

## 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 |

## 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 |

## Promotion play-off

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

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