1944–45 BSC Young Boys season

BSC Young Boys
1944–45 season
ChairmanOtto Wirz
ManagerBéla Volentik
StadiumStadion Wankdorf
Nationalliga A3rd
Swiss CupWinners[1]
Biggest winYoung Boys 10-0 Etoile Sporting La Chaux-de-Fonds
Biggest defeatYoung Boys 0-4 Servette FC

The 1944–45 season was the 45th season in the history of Berner Sport Club Young Boys. The team played their home games at Stadion Wankdorf in Bern.

Overview

Young Boys achieved a third place finish in the Nationalliga and reached the finals of the Swiss Cup where they beat FC St. Gallen 2-0 on April 2, 1945. The club started strong in the Nationalliga season, keeping their non-losing streak for 16 consecutive games before losing 2-1 to FC Biel-Bienne. The team's top scorer was Eugen "Genia" Walaschek who ended the season with 11 goals.

Players

  • Maurice Glur
  • Hans Flühmann
  • Louis Gobet
  • Albert Stoll
  • Eugène Walaschek
  • Hans Liniger
  • Fritz Knecht
  • Walter Streun
  • Hans Trachsel
  • Willy Bernhard
  • José Puigventos

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

10 September 1944 Friendly Young Boys Switzerland 3–1 Switzerland Zürich Bern
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Paul von Wartburg

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Nationalliga A 24 September 1944 1 July 1945 Matchday 1 3rd 26 13 8 5 37 30 +7 050.00
Swiss Cup 24 December 1944 2 April 1945 Round of 32 Winners 6 5 1 0 22 4 +18 083.33
Total 32 18 9 5 59 34 +25 056.25

Source: Competitions

Nationalliga A

Main article: 1944–45 Nationalliga A

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Grasshopper Club Zürich 26 18 5 3 78 39 +39 41
2 FC Lugano 26 15 4 7 55 36 +19 34
3 BSC Young Boys 26 13 8 5 37 30 +7 34
4 FC Grenchen 26 13 7 6 37 29 +8 33
5 Lausanne Sports 26 15 2 9 58 39 +19 32
Source: rsssf.com

Matches

24 September 1944 Round 2 Young Boys 4–4 Zürich Bern
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Mario Grassi
1 October 1944 Round 3 St. Gallen 0–0 Young Boys St. Gallen
Stadium: Espenmoos
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland Armand Merlotti
8 October 1944 Round 4 Young Boys 2–2 Biel-Bienne Bern
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Leopold Schmidsberger
15 October 1944 Round 5 Cantonal Neuchâtel 1–3 Young Boys Neuchâtel
Stadium: Stade de la Maladière
Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Switzerland Charles Iseli
12 November 1944 Round 1 Bellinzona 0–0 Young Boys Bellinzona
Stadium: Campo via Stefano Franscini
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Charles Iseli
22 October 1944 Round 6 Young Boys 3–2 Servette Bern
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Hans Vogt
29 October 1944 Round 7 Young Boys 1–0 Lausanne-Sport Bern
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Alfred Schmoll
5 November 1944 Round 8 Lugano 0–0 Young Boys Lugano
Stadium: Campo Marzio
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Rosenbaum
19 November 1944 Round 9 Young Boys 1–0 Grasshopper Club Zürich Bern
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Switzerland Jean Lutz
26 November 1944 Round 10 Young Fellows Zürich 1–2 Young Boys Zürich
Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Switzerland Walter Häring
10 December 1944 Round 11 Young Boys 0–0 Grenchen Bern
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Switzerland Hans Vogt
17 December 1944 Round 12 La Chaux-de-Fonds 0–1 Young Boys La Chaux-de-Fonds
Stadium: Stade de la Charrière
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Rodolphe Wittwer
31 December 1944 Round 13 Young Boys 2–1 Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
14:30 Walaschek 30' (1:0)
Trachsel 37' (2:0)		 Summary 75' (2:1) Oberer Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Wittwer Geneva
18 March 1945 Round 14 Young Boys 3–1 Bellinzona Bern
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Rosenbaum
15 April 1945 Round 16 Young Boys 1–1 St. Gallen Bern
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Walter Häring
22 April 1945 Round 17 Biel-Bienne 2–1 Young Boys Biel/Bienne
Stadium: Stadion Gurzelen
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Switzerland Adrien Sandoz
29 April 1945 Round 18 Young Boys 1–0 Cantonal Neuchâtel Bern
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Louis Tschopp
6 May 1945 Round 19 Servette 4–0 Young Boys Geneva
Stadium: Stade des Charmilles
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Rosenbaum
13 May 1945 Round 20 Lausanne-Sport 3–0 Young Boys Lausanne
Stadium: Stade de la Pontaise
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Hans Vogt
21 May 1945 Round 15 Zürich 0–3 Young Boys Zürich
Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Jean Lutz
27 May 1945 Round 21 Young Boys 2–1 Lugano Bern
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland Roger Rapin
3 June 1945 Round 22 Grasshopper Club Zürich 2–1 Young Boys Zürich
Stadium: Hardturm
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Switzerland Ernst Dörflinger
10 June 1945 Round 23 Young Boys 1–0 Young Fellows Zürich Bern
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Mario Grassi
17 June 1945 Round 24 Grenchen 1–0 Young Boys Grenchen
Stadium: Stadion Brühl
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Joseph Schürch
24 June 1945 Round 25 Young Boys 1–1 La Chaux-de-Fonds Bern
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Rodolphe Wittwer
1 July 1945 Round 26 Basel 3–4 Young Boys Landhof, Basel
15:30 Vonthron (1:3)
Bader 80' (2:4)
Vonthron (pen. 3:4)		 Summary 16' (0:1) Knecht
30' (0:2) Bernhard
62' (0:3) Walaschek
67' (1:4) Streun		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland} DörflingerGrenchen

Swiss Cup

Main article: 1944–45 Swiss Cup
24 December 1944 Round of 32 Sion 2–4 Young Boys Sion
Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
19 February 1945 Round of 16 Young Boys 10–0 Etoile-Sporting La Chaux-de-Fonds Bern
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
26 February 1945 Quarter-finals Grenchen 0–2 Young Boys Grenchen
Stadium: Stadion Brühl
11 March 1945 Semi-finals Young Fellows Zürich 1–1 (a.e.t.) Young Boys Zürich
Stadium: Letzigrund
25 March 1945 Semi-finals replay Young Boys 0–0 (a.e.t.) Young Fellows Zürich Bern
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
31 March 1945 Semi-finals 2nd replay Young Fellows Zürich 2–4 Young Boys Basel
Stadium: Landhof
2 April 1945 Final Young Boys 2–0 (a.e.t.) St. Gallen Bern
  • Trachsel 97'
  • Walascheck 108' (pen.)
 Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

References

  1. ^ "Switzerland 1944/45". RSSSF.