1973–74 in Swiss football

Football in Switzerland
Season	1973–74
Men's football
Nationalliga A	Zürich
Nationalliga B	Luzern
1. Liga	1. Liga champions:; FC Raron; Group West:; FC Bulle; Group Cenral:; FC Solothurn; Group South and East:; FC Gossau
1973–74 Swiss Cup	Sion
1973 Swiss League Cup	Grasshopper Club
Women's football
Swiss Women's Super League	DFC Aarau

The following is a summary of the 1973–74 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Nationalliga A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zürich^[1]	26	20	5	1	67	20	+47	45	Champions, qualified for 1974–75 European Cup and entered 1974 Intertoto Cup
2	Grasshopper Club	26	12	9	5	41	27	+14	33	Qualified for 1974–75 UEFA Cup and entered 1974 Intertoto Cup
3	Servette	26	12	8	6	49	35	+14	32	Qualified for 1974–75 UEFA Cup
4	Winterthur	26	13	6	7	42	29	+13	32	Entered 1974 Intertoto Cup
5	Basel^[2]	26	13	3	10	57	39	+18	29
6	Young Boys	26	10	8	8	52	38	+14	28
7	Xamax	26	10	6	10	38	38	0	26	Entered 1974 Intertoto Cup
8	Lausanne-Sport	26	9	8	9	45	48	−3	26
9	St. Gallen	26	10	5	11	38	48	−10	25
10	Sion	26	5	12	9	24	31	−7	22	Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1974–75 Cup Winners' Cup
11	Chênois	26	7	8	11	30	48	−18	22
12	Lugano	26	4	9	13	20	44	−24	17

13	La Chaux-de-Fonds	26	3	10	13	28	51	−23	16	Relegated to 1974–75 Nationalliga B
14	Chiasso	26	2	7	17	18	53	−35	11	Relegated to 1974–75 Nationalliga B

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

Nationalliga B

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Luzern	26	16	6	4	60	24	+36	38	NLB Champions and promoted to 1974–75 Nationalliga A
2	Vevey Sports	26	15	7	4	48	28	+20	37	Promoted to 1974–75 Nationalliga A

3	FC Grenchen	26	14	8	4	59	47	+12	36
4	FC Aarau^[3]	26	9	10	7	34	29	+5	28
5	FC Nordstern Basel	26	9	9	8	37	36	+1	27
6	AC Bellinzona	26	10	7	9	41	44	−3	27
7	FC Wettingen	26	8	10	8	49	42	+7	26
8	FC Fribourg	26	10	5	11	36	32	+4	25
9	FC Biel-Bienne	26	7	11	8	33	37	−4	25
10	FC Martigny-Sports	26	7	8	11	24	35	−11	22
11	Mendrisiostar	26	6	10	10	28	41	−13	22
12	Etoile Carouge FC	26	7	7	12	30	38	−8	21

13	FC Young Fellows Zürich^[4]	26	7	4	15	41	54	−13	18	Relegated to 1974–75 1. Liga
14	FC Tössfeld^[5]^[4]	26	3	6	17	23	56	−33	12	Relegated to 1974–75 1. Liga

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

1. Liga

Group West

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Bulle	24	14	6	4	53	32	+21	34	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	FC Raron	24	14	4	6	39	20	+19	32	Play-off to Nationalliga B
3	FC Monthey	24	12	4	8	37	24	+13	28
4	FC Dürrenast	24	9	8	7	45	43	+2	26
5	FC Stade Nyonnais	24	9	8	7	36	39	−3	26
6	FC Le Locle	24	9	7	8	48	35	+13	25
7	ASI Audax-Friul	24	9	6	9	45	51	−6	24
8	FC Sierre	24	8	7	9	33	42	−9	23
9	FC Meyrin	24	8	6	10	33	33	0	22
10	Central Fribourg	24	9	4	11	38	42	−4	22
11	Yverdon-Sport FC	24	8	5	11	26	27	−1	21	Play-out against relegation
12	FC Thun	24	7	7	10	38	46	−8	21	Play-out against relegation
13	Urania Genève Sport^[4]	24	2	4	18	28	65	−37	8	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Decider for eleventh place

The decider was played on 1 June in Solothurn.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Yverdon-Sport FC	3–2	FC Thun

Yverdon-Sport FC win and remain in division. FC Thun are relegated directly to 2. Liga Interregional.^[4]

Group Cenral

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Solothurn	24	14	5	5	37	21	+16	33	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	FC Brunnen	24	13	6	5	51	32	+19	32	Play-off to Nationalliga B
3	FC Emmenbrücke	24	13	4	7	54	34	+20	30
4	SR Delémont	24	11	7	6	36	20	+16	29
5	FC Concordia Basel	24	9	7	8	33	36	−3	25
6	FC Laufen	24	9	5	10	33	37	−4	23
7	FC Porrentruy	24	8	7	9	32	43	−11	23
8	SC Zug	24	7	8	9	31	33	−2	22
9	SC Buochs	24	8	5	11	37	39	−2	21
10	FC Bern	24	10	1	13	45	48	−3	21
11	SC Kriens	24	6	9	9	34	41	−7	21
12	FC Moutier ^[4]	24	3	10	11	26	44	−18	16	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
13	FC Deitingen^[4]	24	6	4	14	40	61	−21	16	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Group South and East

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Gossau	24	15	6	3	54	28	+26	36	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	US Giubiasco	24	12	10	2	32	21	+11	34	Play-off to Nationalliga B
3	FC Frauenfeld	24	13	6	5	51	27	+24	32
4	FC Baden	24	13	6	5	39	20	+19	32
5	FC Chur	24	13	6	5	47	30	+17	32
6	SC Brühl	24	11	4	9	38	44	−6	26
7	FC Uzwil	24	10	5	9	37	38	−1	25
8	FC Blue Stars Zürich	24	8	7	9	41	38	+3	23
9	FC Locarno	24	7	6	11	30	31	−1	20
10	FC Schaffhausen	24	6	8	10	29	37	−8	20
11	FC Red Star Zürich	24	4	7	13	25	54	−29	15
12	FC Rapid Lugano^[4]	24	1	7	16	10	40	−30	9	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
13	FC Rorschach^[4]	24	4	0	20	31	56	−25	8	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Promotion play-off

The three group winners played a two legged tie against one of the runners-up to decide the three finalists. The games were played on 1 and 8 June.

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Brunnen	2–1	FC Bulle
FC Bulle	0–0	FC Brunnen

FC Brunnen win 2–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Gossau	0–0	FC Raron
FC Raron	2–0	FC Gossau

FC Raron win 2–0 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Solothurn	1–1	US Giubiasco
US Giubiasco	1–1	FC Solothurn

2–2 on aggregate. Giubiasco qualified as best classed in the regular season and continue to the finals.

Final round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RAR	GIU	BRN
1	FC Raron	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	2	Promoted to Nationalliga B	—	—	3–0
2	US Giubiasco	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	2	Promoted to Nationalliga B	1–0	—	—

3	FC Brunnen	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	2		—	2–1	—

Source: RSSSF

FC Raron are 1. Liga champions, US Giubiasco are runners-up and these two teams are promoted.^[4]

Swiss Cup

The competition was played in a knockout system. In the case of a draw, extra time was played. If the teams were still level after extra time, the match was replayed at the away team's ground. In case of a draw after extra time, the replay was to be decided with a penalty shoot-out. The Quarter- and Semi-finals were played as two legged rounds, home and away. The final was held in Bern.

Early rounds

The routes of the finalists to the final were:

Third round: NLA teams with a bye.
Fourth round: Bulle Sion 1:4. Martigny Xamax 0:6.
Fifth round: Sion Servette 3:0. Xamax Chiasso 2:0.
Quarter-finals: First leg: Sion Basel 1:0. Return leg: Basel Sion 2:2 (agg. 2:3). First leg: Xamax Chênois 5:1. Return leg: Chênois Xamax 0:2 (agg. 1:7).
Semi-finals: First leg: Sion Lausanne 0:0. Return leg: Lausanne Sion 1:1 (agg 1:1, Sion won on away goals). First leg: Xamax GC 0:0. Return leg: GC Xamax 1:1 (agg. 1:1, Xamax won on away goals).

Final

Easter Monday 15 April 1974

Sion	3–2	Xamax
Luttrop 7' (pen.) Barberis 14' Pillet 43'	Summary	84' Elsig 87' Mathez

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Attendance: 30,000

Referee:

Hans Wieland (Grenchen)

Swiss League Cup

The 1973 League Cup was played as a pre-season tournament. In the first round the best eight placed teams from the previous league season had a bye, the other 20 league teams participated, playing a two legged round. The best eight winners qualified for the second round. The remainder of the tournament was a played in single-elimination. In the case of a draw, extra time was played. If the teams were still level after extra time, the decision was brought about with a penalty shoot-out. The final took place on 10 October 1973 at Letzigrund in Zürich.

Early rounds

The routes of the finalists to the final were:

First round: GC bye. Winterthur bye.
Second round: Zürich-GC 1:1 (a.e.t.) 3:4 (p). Winterthur-Luzern 1:0.
Quarter-finals: Vevey-GC 1:4. St. Gallen-Winterthur 1:2.
Semi-finals: GC-Servette 2:0. Biel-Bienne-Winterthur 1:3.

Final

10 October 1973

Grasshopper Club	2–2 aet (a.e.t.)	Winterthur
Elsener 71' Ohlhauser 76'	Summary	25', 66' Risi
Penalties
	5–4

Letzigrund, Zürich

Attendance: 3,700

Referee:

Anton Bucheli (Lucerne)

Swiss Clubs in Europe

Basel as 1972–73 Nationalliga A champions: 1973–74 European Cup
Zürich as 1972–73 Swiss Cup winners: 1973–74 Cup Winners' Cup and entered 1973 Intertoto Cup
Grasshopper Club as league runners-up: 1973–74 UEFA Cup and entered 1973 Intertoto Cup
Sion as league third placed team: 1973–74 UEFA Cup
Winterthur: entered 1973 Intertoto Cup
Lugano: entered 1973 Intertoto Cup

Basel

European Cup

First round

18 September 1973 First leg	Fram	0–5	Basel	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00		UEFA summary FCB summary	2' (1:0) Cubillas 21' (2:0) Balmer 75' (3:0) Hasler 85' (4:0) Balmer 88' (5:0) Demarmels	Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Sandor Petri
Note: Fram home game

20 September 1973 Second leg	Basel	6–2 (11–2 agg.)	Fram	Kleinholz Stadion, Olten
20:00	Tanner 4' (0:1) Cubillas 24' (0:2) Geirsson 39' (o.g. 0:3) Tanner 56' (1:4) Wampfler 60' (1:5) Stohler 66' (pen. 1:6)	UEFA summary FCB summary	52' (1:3) Leifsson 78' (2:6) Elíasson	Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Karoly Palotai
Note: Home game of FCB. Organised by FC Olten

Basel won 11–2 on aggregate'

Second round

24 October 1973 First leg	Club Brugge	2–1	Basel	Jan Breydel Stadium, Sint-Andries, Bruges
	Carteus 7' (1:0) Thio 60' (pen. 2:1)	UEFA summary FCB summary	28' Wampfler 36' Mundschin 39' (pen. 1:1) Odermatt 71' Demarmels	Attendance: 23,000 Referee: John Carpenter

7 November 1973 Second leg	Basel	6–4 (7–6 agg.)	Club Brugge	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Rüssmann 19' (o.g. 1:0) Balmer 31' (2:2) Wampfler 37' (3:2) Hitzfeld 63' (pen. 4:3) Hitzfeld 70' (5:4) Hitzfeld 87' (6:4)	UEFA summary FCB summary	23' (1:1) Lambert 28' (1:2) Carteus 46' (pen. 3:3) Lambert 68' (4:4) Lambert 84' Geels 87' Bastjins	Attendance: 12,500 Referee: B. Nielsen

Basel won 7–6 on aggregate

Quarter-final

27 February 1974 First leg	FC Basel	3–2	Celtic	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Hitzfeld 28' (1:1) Odermatt 31' (2:1) Demarmels 54' Hitzfeld 64' (pen. 3:2)	UEFA summary FCB summary	21' (0:1) Wilson 57' (2:2) Dalglish	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Günter Männig

20 March 1974 Second leg	Celtic	4–2 (a.e.t.) (6–5 agg.)	FC Basel	Celtic Park, Glasgow
20:00	Dalglish 14' (1:0) Deans 18' (2:0) Hood 43' Callaghan 62' (3:2) Murray 114'	UEFA summary FCB summary	33' (2:1) Mundschin 36' Tanner 48' (2:2) Balmer	Attendance: 71,000 Referee: Michel Kitabidjan

Celtic won 6–5 on aggregate

Zürich

Cup Winners' Cup

First round

19 September 1973 First leg	Anderlecht	3–2	Zürich	Émile Versé Stadium, Brussels
	Rensenbrink 46', 49', 52'		Stierli 21' Katić 29'	Attendance: 14,729 Referee: Alistair McKenzie (Scotland)

3 October 1973 Second leg	Zürich	1–0 (3–3 agg.)	Anderlecht	Letzigrund, Zürich
	Rutschmann 29' (pen.)			Attendance: 19,658 Referee: Antonio Rigo Sureda (Spain)

3-3 on aggregate, Zürich won on away goals.

Second round

23 October 1973 First leg	Zürich	0–0	Malmö FF	Letzigrund, Zürich
				Attendance: 10,957 Referee: Antoine Queudeville (Luxembourg)

4 November 1973 Second leg	Malmö FF	1–1 (1–1 agg.)	Zürich	Malmö Stadion, Malmö
	Malmberg 23'		Katić 68'	Attendance: 7,469 Referee: Günter Männig (East Germany)

1-1 on aggregate, Zürich won on away goals.

Quarter-final

6 March 1974 First leg	Sporting CP	3–0	Zürich	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
	Nélson 55' Marinho 57' Yazalde 80'			Attendance: 41,280 Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (West Germany)

20 March 1974 Second leg	Zürich	1–1 (1–4 agg.)	Sporting CP	Letzigrund, Zürich
	Botteron 7'		Baltasar 18'	Attendance: 13,697 Referee: György Müncz (Hungary)

Sporting CP won 4-1 on aggregate.

Intertoto Cup

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	ZÜR	SLA	NAN	NOR
1	Zürich	6	3	2	1	15	9	+6	8	—	3–0	4–1	4–4
2	Slavia Prague	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	7	2–1	—	2–1	4–0
3	Nancy	6	2	1	3	7	13	−6	5	1–1	1–0	—	2–1
4	Norrköping	6	1	2	3	12	14	−2	4	1–2	1–1	5–1	—

Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Grasshopper Club

UEFA Cup

First round

19 September 1973 First leg	Grasshoppers	1–5	Tottenham Hotspur	Hardturm, Zürich
	Noventa 44' (pen.)	Report	Chivers 5', 72' Evans 31' Gilzean 80', 85'	Attendance: 10,314 Referee: Вohumil Kopcio (Czechoslovakia)

3 October 1973 Second leg	Tottenham Hotspur	4–1	Grasshoppers	White Hart Lane, London
	Lador 73' (o.g.) Peters 79', 88' England 84'	Report	Elsener 24'	Attendance: 18,105 Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)

Tottenham Hotspur won 9–2 on aggregate.

Intertoto Cup

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	HER	CUF	MAL	GRA
1	Hertha Berlin	6	4	2	0	12	6	+6	10	—	1–0	1–1	3–1
2	CUF	6	3	1	2	10	4	+6	7	0–0	—	4–0	2–1
3	Malmö FF	6	3	1	2	8	9	−1	7	2–4	1–0	—	3–0
4	Grasshopper Club	6	0	0	6	5	16	−11	0	2–3	1–4	0–1	—

Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Sion

UEFA Cup

First round

19 September 1973 First leg	Lazio	3–0	Sion	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
	Chinaglia 2', 22' (pen.), 38' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 24,247 Referee: Joseph Cassar-Naudi (Malta)

3 October 1973 Second leg	Sion	3–1	Lazio	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
	Isoz 14', 90' Barberis 57'	Report	Garlaschelli 10'	Attendance: 6,653 Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany)

Lazio won 4–3 on aggregate.

Winterthur

Intertoto Cup

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	HAN	ADO	ÅTV	WIN
1	Hannover	6	5	0	1	9	4	+5	10	—	2–1	1–0	3–0
2	Den Haag	6	2	2	2	8	7	+1	6	0–1	—	3–2	2–0
3	Åtvidaberg	6	1	2	3	8	9	−1	4	2–0	1–1	—	1–1
4	Winterthur	6	1	2	3	6	11	−5	4	1–2	1–1	3–2	—

Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Lugano

Intertoto Cup

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	RYB	LNZ	ÖRE	LUG
1	Rybnik	6	4	1	1	16	6	+10	9	—	3–1	3–1	3–0
2	VÖEST Linz	6	3	1	2	12	11	+1	7	2–2	—	2–1	4–1
3	Örebro	6	3	0	3	13	10	+3	6	2–1	4–1	—	0–1
4	Lugano	6	1	0	5	4	18	−14	2	0–4	0–2	2–5	—

Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

References

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^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (1974). "1973/74 Rangliste" [1973/74 Ranking] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2023-11-16.
^ Beck, Stephan (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1973/74 Nationalliga B" [Swiss Championship 1973/74 Nationalliga B] (in German). arowa.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
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Sources

Switzerland 1973–74 at RSSSF
League Cup finals at RSSSF
European Competitions 1973–74 at RSSSF.com
Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz
Intertoto history at Pawel Mogielnicki's Page
Josef Zindel (2018). FC Basel 1893. Die ersten 125 Jahre (in German). Basel: Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5.

Preceded by 1972–73	Seasons in Swiss football	Succeeded by 1974–75

[dbFCZ-FCZ-1973/74-1] (red) dbFCZ (2023). "FCZ 1973/74" (in Swiss High German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

[fcb-achiv-FCB-1973/74_Rangliste-2] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (1974). "1973/74 Rangliste" [1973/74 Ranking] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2023-11-16.

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[Erste_Liga-Statistik_der_Ersten_Liga_über_Aufstieg_und_Abstieg-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ 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 8 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

[Fussballverband_Region_Zürich-2023-FC_Tössfeld-5] (red) Fussballverband Region Zürich (2023). "FC Tössfeld" (in German). Fussballverband Region Zürich. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

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