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1944–45 BSC Young Boys season

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.

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

Overview

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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

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

Friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss

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

Competitions

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Overall record

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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

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Main article: 1944–45 Nationalliga A

League table

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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

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

Swiss Cup

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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

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