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1959–60 Nationalliga A

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Nationalliga A
Season1959–60
ChampionsYoung Boys
RelegatedLugano
Bellinzona
Top goalscorerWilly Schneider (Young Boys)
25 goals
Nationalliga B
Season1959–60
ChampionsFribourg
PromotedFribourg
Young Fellows
RelegatedFC Langenthal
Lengnau
Top goalscorerEdy Zimmermann (Young Fellows)
21 goals

The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1959–60 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 63rd season of top-tier and the 62nd 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 devided 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 1958–59 season and the two newly promoted teams FC Winterthur and FC Biel-Bienne. The champions would qualify for the 1960–61 European Cup and 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, Urania Genève Sport and Young Fellows Zürich, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams FC Langenthal and SC Brühl. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1960–61 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1960–61 Swiss 1. Liga.[1]

The Swiss champions received a slot in the 1960–61 European Cup and the Swiss Cup winners this season qualified for the first edition of the Cup Winners' Cup which was to be contested in the following season.

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 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 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 Lugano Lugano  Ticino Cornaredo Stadium 6,330
FC Luzern Lucerne  Lucerne Stadion Allmend 25,000
Servette FC Geneva  Geneva Stade des Charmilles 27,000
FC Winterthur Winterthur  Zürich Schützenwiese 8,550
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 Young Boys[2] 26 20 2 4 86 44 +42 42 Swiss Champions qualified for 1960–61 European Cup
2 Biel-Bienne 26 14 8 4 61 38 +23 36
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 14 4 8 71 51 +20 32
4 Zürich[3] 26 13 5 8 64 44 +20 31
5 Luzern 26 11 5 10 65 62 +3 27 Swiss Cup winners qualified for 1960–61 Cup Winners' Cup
6 Winterthur 26 12 3 11 40 40 0 27
7 Servette[4] 26 8 9 9 46 39 +7 25
8 Grasshopper Club 26 8 8 10 54 61 −7 24
9 Chiasso 26 8 7 11 39 57 −18 23
10 Basel[5] 26 6 10 10 46 55 −9 22
11 Grenchen 26 8 5 13 51 48 +3 21
12 Lausanne-Sport 26 7 7 12 41 74 −33 21
13 Lugano 26 6 6 14 34 52 −18 18 Relegated to 1960–61 Nationalliga B
14 Bellinzona 26 4 7 15 28 61 −33 15 Relegated to 1960–61 Nationalliga B
Source: rsssf.com
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 BB CDF CHI GCZ GRE LS LUG LUZ SER WIN YB ZÜR
Basel 3–1 0–2 4–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–3 2–2 3–3 3–3 3–1
Bellinzona 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–3 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 3–0 0–4 3–2
Biel-Bienne 3–1 7–0 2–0 0–0 5–1 3–2 3–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–1
La Chaux-de-Fonds 4–1 5–1 4–0 1–1 4–3 1–2 5–1 7–0 2–2 4–2 2–1 5–1 3–2
Chiasso 2–1 6–3 2–5 1–1 2–2 1–4 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–3 1–0 0–4 0–2
Grasshopper Club 3–0 2–2 5–5 1–1 1–1 1–0 5–0 4–2 4–2 4–1 1–2 5–3 0–2
Grenchen 3–2 4–1 2–2 3–4 1–2 5–1 1–2 5–1 2–4 0–0 3–0 1–3 0–1
Lausanne-Sports 2–1 2–0 3–3 0–4 3–1 5–4 4–3 2–3 0–4 3–3 1–0 0–2 2–2
Lugano 2–4 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–2 3–1 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–3 1–2 1–2 0–1
Luzern 6–1 3–2 2–3 2–5 5–1 6–0 2–4 5–2 1–0 0–3 0–2 4–8 2–1
Servette 5–2 1–1 0–2 5–3 1–2 0–0 0–0 5–0 4–2 4–2 1–2 1–2 1–1
Winterthur 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 5–0 1–1 2–3 2–0 1–2 1–2
Young Boys 1–1 6–2 3–2 8–3 3–1 4–1 3–2 2–1 4–2 4–1 4–0 5–0 2–3
Zürich 2–3 3–2 4–1 3–1 8–2 2–3 5–1 4–4 2–1 2–2 1–1 6–2 1–2
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Topscorers

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Rank Player Nat. Goals Club
1. Willy Schneider Switzerland 25 Young Boys
2. Eugen Meier Switzerland 21 Young Boys
3. Edgar Graf Switzerland 19 Biel-Bienne
Philippe Pottier Switzerland 19 La Chaux-de-Fonds
5. Peter Lüscher Switzerland 18 Luzern
Bruno Brizzi Switzerland 18 Zürich
7. Kurt Sommerlatt Germany 17 La Chaux-de-Fonds
8. Jacques Fatton Switzerland 16 Servette
9. Josef Hügi Switzerland 15 Basel
Roberto Frigerio Switzerland 15 Basel
Miodrag Glisovic Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 15 Grenchen
Erich Hahn Germany 15 Luzern
13. Charles Antenen Switzerland 13 La Chaux-de-Fonds
Ernst Wechselberger Germany 13 Young Boys

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 Bern Bern  Bern Stadion Neufeld 14,000
SC Brühl St. Gallen  St. Gallen Paul-Grüninger-Stadion 4,200
FC Cantonal Neuchâtel Neuchâtel  Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière 25,500
FC Fribourg Fribourg  Fribourg Stade Universitaire 9,000
FC Langenthal[6] Langenthal  Bern Rankmatte 2,000
FC Lengnau[7] Lengnau  Bern Moos Lengnau BE 3,900
FC Schaffhausen Schaffhausen  Schaffhausen Stadion Breite 7,300
FC Sion Sion  Valais Stade de Tourbillon 16,000
FC Thun Thun  Bern Stadion Lachen 10,350
Urania Genève Sport Genève  Geneva Stade de Frontenex 4,000
Vevey Sports Vevey  Vaud Stade de Copet 4,000
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 or relegation
1 Young Fellows Zürich 26 16 5 5 55 34 +21 37 Both promoted, however play-off for NLB championship title
2 FC Fribourg 26 16 5 5 50 31 +19 37
3 SC Brühl 26 12 7 7 50 51 −1 31
4 Yverdon-Sport FC 26 10 9 7 49 41 +8 29
5 FC Bern 26 10 9 7 52 52 0 29
6 FC Thun 26 11 5 10 62 43 +19 27
7 Urania Genève Sport 26 11 3 12 56 51 +5 25
8 Vevey Sports 26 7 10 9 54 49 +5 24
9 FC Sion 26 10 3 13 54 52 +2 23
10 FC Aarau[8] 26 9 5 12 45 50 −5 23
11 FC Schaffhausen 26 9 5 12 39 45 −6 23
12 FC Cantonal Neuchâtel 26 8 6 12 48 55 −7 22
13 FC Langenthal[1] 26 7 7 12 29 42 −13 21 Relegated to 1960–61 1. Liga
14 Lengnau[1] 26 2 9 15 33 80 −47 13 Relegated to 1960–61 1. Liga
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

Play-off for title

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Young Fellows Zürich and FC Fribourg finished level on points in joint first position and had both achieved promotion to 1960–61 Nationalliga A. However, it required a play-off to decide the title as NLB champions and this took place on 15 June 1960 in Wankdorf Stadium, Bern.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Young Fellows Zürich 1–4 FC Fribourg

FC Fribourg won the NLB championship.

Further in Swiss football

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Erste Liga (SFV) (2018). "Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2018" [First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2018] (PDF). PDF page 5 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  2. ^ (red) BSC Young Boys AG (2024). "YB Saison 1959/60" [YB season 1959/60] (in German). BSC Young Boys AG. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  3. ^ (red) dbFCZ (2023). "FCZ Saison 1959/60" [FCZ season 1959/60] (in Swiss High German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  4. ^ Reichmuth, Daniel (2024). "Servette 1959/60" (PDF) (in French). super-servette-ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  5. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (2024). "Rangliste 1959/60" [Ranking 1959/60] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  6. ^ (red) Fussballverband Bern/Jura (2024). "FC Langenthal" (in German). Fussballverband Bern/Jura - fvbj-afbj.ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  7. ^ (red) Fussballverband Bern/Jura (2024). "FC Lengnau" (in German). Fussballverband Bern/Jura. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  8. ^ Beck, Stephan (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1959/60 FCA Rangliste" [Swiss Championship 1959/60 FCA Ranking] (in Swiss High German). arowa.ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

Sources

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Preceded by
1958–59 		Nationalliga
seasons in
Switzerland 		Succeeded by
1960–61
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