After his playing career the Austrian ex-international Anton Schall, who suffered from a rare heart condition, moved to Switzerland and took over Basel as club trainer for the 1946–47 season.

Basel finished their season in fourth position in the table, with twelve victories from 26 games, scoring in total 60 goals.

Round 5 gave Basel another home tie in the Landhof against another local club Nordstern and this ended with a 6–1 victory.

In the semi-final goals from top scorers Traugott Oberer and René Bader gave Basel a 2–1 victory against Grenchen.

Schall led Basel to win the Cup, but he died shortly afterwards at the age of 40 years during a workout on the football field.

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