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1953–54 Nationalliga A

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Nationalliga A
Season1953–54
ChampionsLa Chaux-de-Fonds
RelegatedFC Bern
Biel-Bienne
Top goalscorerJosef Hügi (Basel)
29 goals
Nationalliga B
Season1953–54
ChampionsLugano
PromotedLugano
Thun
RelegatedWil
Aarau
Top goalscorerKurt Scheller (Winterthur)
17 goals

The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1953–54 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 57th season of top-tier and the 56th season of second-tier football in Switzerland.

Overview

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The Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) had 28 member clubs at this time and these were divided into two divisions of 14 teams each. The teams 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 12 teams from the previous season and the two newly promoted teams Luzern and Biel-Bienne. The last two teams in the league table at the end of the season were to be relegated.

The second-tier (NLB) was contested by the two teams that had been relegated from the NLA at the end of the last season, these were Lugano and Locarno, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams Thun and Yverdon-Sport. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1954–55 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1954–55 Swiss 1. Liga.[1]

Nationalliga A

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Teams, locations

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Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Basel Basel  Basel-Stadt Landhof 4,000
AC Bellinzona Bellinzona  Ticino Stadio Comunale Bellinzona 5,000
FC Bern Bern  Bern Stadion Neufeld 14,000
FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne  Bern Stadion Gurzelen 5,500
FC Chiasso Chiasso  Ticino Stadio Comunale Riva IV 4,000
Grasshopper Club Zürich Zürich  Zürich Hardturm 20,000
FC Fribourg Fribourg  Fribourg Stade Universitaire 9,000
FC Grenchen Grenchen  Solothurn Stadium Brühl 10,900
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 Luzern Lucerne  Lucerne Stadion Allmend 25,000
Servette FC Geneva  Geneva Stade des Charmilles 27,000
BSC Young Boys Bern  Bern Wankdorf Stadium 56,000
FC Zürich Zürich  Zürich Letzigrund 25,000

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 20 2 4 78 36 +42 42 Swiss Champions and Swiss Cup winners
2 Grasshopper Club 26 19 3 4 108 47 +61 41
3 Lausanne-Sport 26 15 6 5 69 46 +23 36
4 Young Boys[2] 26 13 4 9 66 44 +22 30
5 Servette[3] 26 10 10 6 55 38 +17 30
6 Bellinzona 26 10 5 11 41 44 −3 25
7 Grenchen 26 10 4 12 53 58 −5 24
8 Basel[4] 26 11 2 13 55 62 −7 24
9 Chiasso 26 9 5 12 45 62 −17 23
10 Luzern 26 10 2 14 47 68 −21 22
11 Zürich[5] 26 8 4 14 45 64 −19 20
12 Fribourg 26 8 2 16 37 53 −16 18
13 FC Bern 26 8 1 17 40 75 −35 17 Relegated to 1954–55 Nationalliga B
14 Biel-Bienne 26 5 2 19 36 78 −42 12 Relegated to 1954–55 Nationalliga B
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

Results

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Home \ Away BAS BEL BER BB CDF CHI FRI GCZ GRE LS LUZ SER YB ZÜR
Basel 3–2 3–1 4–0 4–2 1–3 3–2 1–6 4–3 2–3 1–2 2–3 1–0 3–4
Bellinzona 2–0 1–2 2–0 0–2 4–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–3 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–0
Bern 2–2 3–0 2–1 1–4 5–1 2–1 1–5 3–6 3–5 5–2 0–5 0–4 1–0
Biel-Bienne 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–5 3–4 2–0 0–5 2–4 0–3 5–2 1–4 2–4 2–2
La Chaux-de-Fonds 2–0 4–2 5–0 5–0 5–1 4–1 1–1 2–1 4–3 4–1 1–0 3–1 4–2
Chiasso 3–5 4–1 2–1 5–2 3–3 1–0 0–0 0–1 4–0 1–2 0–3 1–5 1–2
Fribourg 2–1 2–0 4–1 3–2 0–2 1–2 1–4 1–0 3–3 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–0
Grasshopper Club 3–4 6–0 4–2 4–2 4–2 7–2 3–0 8–3 1–1 9–1 7–4 3–2 6–0
Grenchen 2–1 1–1 4–1 1–2 2–4 2–2 2–0 2–6 2–2 3–1 0–0 1–4 3–1
Lausanne-Sports 5–2 1–1 3–0 3–1 3–4 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 4–0 2–2 6–1 2–5
Luzern 2–3 1–2 3–1 3–0 1–2 0–0 3–2 2–1 1–3 4–7 2–2 4–0 5–1
Servette 2–2 3–2 4–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 3–3 3–4 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–0
Young Boys 3–0 3–3 2–1 3–1 0–2 5–0 5–0 7–4 3–4 2–0 3–0 2–2 5–0
Zürich 1–2 0–3 1–2 6–1 2–1 1–1 4–3 2–4 3–1 0–2 5–2 1–1 2–2
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Topscorers

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Rank Player Nat. Goals Club
1. Josef Hügi Switzerland 29 Basel
2. Branislav Vukosavljević Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 28 Grasshopper Club
3. Roger Vonlanthen Switzerland 23 Grasshopper Club
4. Eugen Meier Switzerland 22 Young Boys
5. Charles Antenen Switzerland 17 La Chaux-de-Fonds
Hans Hagen Switzerland 17 Grasshopper Club
7. Robert Ballaman Switzerland 16 Grasshopper Club
8. Res Kyd Switzerland 15 Luzern
9. Jacques Fatton Switzerland 14 Servette
Ferdinando Riva Switzerland 14 Chiasso

Nationalliga B

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Teams, locations

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Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Aarau Aarau  Aargau Stadion Brügglifeld 9,240
FC Cantonal Neuchâtel Neuchâtel  Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière 25,500
FC Locarno Locarno  Ticino Stadio comunale Lido 5,000
FC Lugano Lugano  Ticino Cornaredo Stadium 6,330
ES FC Malley Malley  Vaud Centre sportif de la Tuilière 1,500
FC Schaffhausen Schaffhausen  Schaffhausen Stadion Breite 7,300
FC Solothurn Solothurn  Solothurn Stadion FC Solothurn 6,750
FC St. Gallen St. Gallen  St. Gallen Espenmoos 11,000
FC Thun Thun  Bern Stadion Lachen 10,350
Urania Genève Sport Genève  Geneva Stade de Frontenex 4,000
FC Wil Wil  St. Gallen Sportpark Bergholz 6,048
FC Winterthur Winterthur  Zürich Schützenwiese 8,550
FC Young Fellows Zürich  Zürich Utogrund 2,850
Yverdon-Sport FC Yverdon-les-Bains  Vaud Stade Municipal 6,600

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Lugano 26 16 4 6 55 38 +17 36 To play-off for NLB championship
2 FC Thun 26 16 4 6 60 34 +26 36
3 ES FC Malley 26 13 8 5 59 38 +21 34
4 FC Cantonal Neuchâtel 26 13 5 8 60 39 +21 31
5 Young Fellows Zürich 26 13 4 9 59 47 +12 30
6 FC Schaffhausen 26 9 10 7 50 42 +8 28
7 Yverdon-Sport FC 26 11 5 10 38 39 −1 27
8 FC St. Gallen 26 8 7 11 44 51 −7 23
9 FC Solothurn 26 9 5 12 41 50 −9 23
10 FC Locarno 26 9 4 13 39 55 −16 22
11 FC Winterthur 26 8 5 13 56 57 −1 21
12 Urania Genève Sport 26 7 6 13 31 47 −16 20
13 FC Wil[1] 26 7 3 16 32 62 −30 17 Relegated to 1954–55 1. Liga
14 FC Aarau[1][6] 26 5 6 15 27 52 −25 16 Relegated to 1954–55 1. Liga
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

Decider for NLB championship

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Lugano and FC Thun finished the season level on points in joint first position and both achieved promotion to 1954–55 Nationalliga A. However, it required a play-out to decide the division championship. The play-off was played on 16 May 1954 in the Stadion Allmend in Luzern.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Lugano 3–2 FC Thun

Lugano won and were NLB champions.

Further in Swiss football

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References

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  1. ^ 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 3 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  2. ^ (red) BSC Young Boys AG (2024). "YB Saison 1953/54" [YB season 1953/54] (in Swiss High German). BSC Young Boys AG. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  3. ^ Reichmuth, Daniel (2024). "Servette 1953/54" (PDF) (in French). super-servette-ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  4. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (2024). "Rangliste 1953/54" [Ranking 1953/54] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  5. ^ (red) dbFCZ (2023). "FCZ Saison 1953/54" [FCZ season 1953/54] (in Swiss High German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  6. ^ Beck, Stephan (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1953/54 FCA Rangliste" [Swiss Championship 1953/54 FCA Ranking] (in Swiss High German). arowa.ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

Sources

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Preceded by
1952–53 		Nationalliga
seasons in
Switzerland 		Succeeded by
1954–55
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