1983–84 in Swiss football

Football in Switzerland
Season	1983–84
Men's football
Nationalliga A	Grasshopper Club
Nationalliga B	SC Zug
1. Liga	Overall champions; FC Schaffhausen; Group 1:; Etoile Carouge FC; Group 2:; FC Köniz; Group 3:; SC Kriens; Group 4:; FC Schaffhausen
Swiss Cup	Servette
Women's football
Swiss Women's Super League	DFC Bern
Swiss Cup	DFC Bern

The following is a summary of the 1983–84 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Nationalliga A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Grasshopper Club	30	19	6	5	59	32	+27	44	Championship play-off winners, qualified for 1984–85 European Cup
2	Servette	30	19	6	5	67	31	+36	44	Championship play-off loosers Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1984–85 Cup Winners' Cup
3	Sion	30	18	7	5	74	39	+35	43	qualified for 1984–85 UEFA Cup
4	Xamax	30	15	10	5	54	27	+27	40	qualified for 1984–85 UEFA Cup
5	St. Gallen	30	16	8	6	57	41	+16	40	entered 1984 Intertoto Cup
6	Lausanne-Sport	30	13	8	9	49	37	+12	34
7	La Chaux-de-Fonds	30	12	9	9	52	47	+5	33
8	Wettingen	30	12	6	12	43	43	0	30	entered 1984 Intertoto Cup
9	Basel^[1]	30	11	6	13	55	59	−4	28
10	Aarau^[2]	30	9	9	12	50	42	+8	27
11	Young Boys	30	8	9	13	39	40	−1	25
12	Zürich^[3]	30	8	8	14	39	56	−17	24	entered 1984 Intertoto Cup
13	Vevey-Sports	30	9	6	15	43	65	−22	24
14	Luzern	30	9	4	17	35	52	−17	22	entered 1984 Intertoto Cup

15	Bellinzona	30	4	4	22	30	79	−49	12	Relegated to 1984–85 Nationalliga B
16	Chiasso	30	4	2	24	26	82	−56	10	Relegated to 1984–85 Nationalliga B

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

Championship play-off

15 June 1984

Play-off

Grasshopper Club	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Servette
Egli 109' (pen.)	RSSSF summary

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Attendance: 30,000

Referee:

André Daina Eclépens

Nationalliga B

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	SC Zug	30	16	9	5	64	33	+31	41	Promotion to 1984–85 Nationalliga A
2	FC Winterthur	30	16	9	5	56	43	+13	41	Promotion to 1984–85 Nationalliga A

3	Lugano	30	13	12	5	59	35	+24	38
4	FC Martigny-Sports	30	13	7	10	49	40	+9	33
5	FC Baden	30	13	7	10	60	53	+7	33
6	FC Bulle	30	12	7	11	48	45	+3	31
7	Mendrisiostar	30	9	12	9	41	35	+6	30
8	FC Locarno	30	9	11	10	44	49	−5	29
9	CS Chênois	30	10	9	11	42	51	−9	29
10	FC Grenchen	30	8	12	10	41	45	−4	28
11	FC Biel-Bienne	30	8	12	10	45	51	−6	28
12	FC Laufen	30	8	12	10	38	47	−9	28

13	FC Monthey	30	7	10	13	34	43	−9	24	To relegation play-out
14	FC Fribourg	30	8	8	14	38	51	−13	24	To relegation play-out

15	FC Nordstern Basel^[4]	30	7	9	14	38	60	−22	23	Relegation to 1984–85 Swiss 1. Liga
16	FC Red Star Zürich^[4]	30	8	4	18	48	64	−16	20	Relegation to 1984–85 Swiss 1. Liga

Source: rsssf
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers;

Play-out against relegation

The decider was played on 15 June in Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Monthey	1–1 a.e.t. 4–3 pen.	FC Fribourg

FC Monthey win after penalty shoot-out and remain in division. FC Fribourg are relegated to 1984–85 Swiss 1. Liga.^[4]

1. Liga

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Etoile Carouge FC	26	16	5	5	58	25	+33	37	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	Yverdon-Sport FC	26	16	4	6	61	34	+27	36	Play-off to Nationalliga B
3	FC Leytron	26	13	9	4	54	34	+20	35
4	FC Montreux-Sports	26	13	6	7	48	39	+9	32
5	ES FC Malley	26	11	7	8	54	42	+12	29
6	FC Renens	26	10	7	9	36	40	−4	27
7	FC Saint-Jean GE	26	10	6	10	53	51	+2	26
8	FC Stade Lausanne	26	9	7	10	34	39	−5	25
9	FC Fétigny	26	9	6	11	39	44	−5	24
10	FC Savièse	26	12	0	14	54	62	−8	24
11	FC Stade Payerne	26	8	8	10	40	49	−9	24
12	FC Raron	26	7	6	13	28	39	−11	20	Play-out against relegation
13	FC Boudry^[4]	26	6	5	15	28	52	−24	17	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
14	FC Stade Nyonnais^[4]	26	3	2	21	33	70	−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.

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Köniz	26	16	5	5	44	28	+16	37	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	FC Breitenbach	26	14	3	9	45	36	+9	31	Play-off to Nationalliga B
3	FC Concordia Basel	26	12	6	8	35	28	+7	30
4	FC Lengnau	26	9	11	6	42	34	+8	29
5	SR Delémont	26	10	8	8	44	36	+8	28
6	US Boncourt	26	9	8	9	40	31	+9	26
7	FC Bern	26	9	8	9	37	43	−6	26
8	BSC Old Boys	26	9	7	10	35	30	+5	25
9	SC Burgdorf	26	8	9	9	39	37	+2	25
10	FC Thun	26	8	9	9	48	48	0	25
11	FC Le Locle	26	8	9	9	41	42	−1	25
12	FC Solothurn	26	9	7	10	40	50	−10	25	Play-out against relegation
13	FC Allschwil^[4]	26	7	7	12	32	45	−13	21	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
14	FC Aurore Bienne^[4]	26	3	5	18	18	52	−34	11	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers.

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	SC Kriens	26	15	7	4	70	29	+41	37	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	FC Zug	26	14	9	3	58	22	+36	37	Play-off to Nationalliga B
3	FC Olten	26	12	9	5	42	30	+12	33
4	FC Suhr	26	12	7	7	43	32	+11	31
5	FC Emmenbrücke	26	12	6	8	44	39	+5	30
6	FC Klus-Balsthal	26	10	9	7	42	39	+3	29
7	FC Bremgarten	26	11	5	10	41	49	−8	27
8	FC Ibach	26	6	11	9	32	33	−1	23
9	SC Reiden	26	7	9	10	29	38	−9	23
10	FC Sursee	26	8	7	11	39	50	−11	23
11	SC Buochs	26	5	12	9	28	33	−5	22
12	FC Brugg	26	8	6	12	27	47	−20	22	Play-out against relegation
13	FC Emmen^[4]	26	7	4	15	42	52	−10	18	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
14	FC Oberentfelden^[4]	26	2	5	19	19	63	−44	9	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers.

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Schaffhausen	26	18	5	3	60	25	+35	41	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	FC Vaduz	26	15	5	6	54	36	+18	35	Play-off to Nationalliga B
3	FC Kreuzlingen	26	14	5	7	54	42	+12	33
4	FC Rüti	26	13	7	6	33	21	+12	33
5	FC Brüttisellen	26	12	8	6	38	24	+14	32
6	FC Altstätten (St. Gallen)	26	11	4	11	55	52	+3	26
7	FC Dübendorf	26	10	6	10	35	35	0	26
8	FC Einsiedeln	26	11	4	11	45	51	−6	26
9	FC Frauenfeld	26	9	6	11	40	37	+3	24
10	FC Turicum	26	6	9	11	42	55	−13	21
11	FC Küsnacht	26	6	6	14	20	39	−19	18
12	FC Rorschach	26	5	8	13	35	55	−20	18	Play-out against relegation
13	FC Balzers^[4]	26	6	5	15	25	42	−17	17	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
14	FC Uzwil^[4]	26	4	6	16	33	56	−23	14	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers.

Promotion play-off

Qualification round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
SC Kriens	2–3	Yverdon-Sport FC
Yverdon-Sport FC	1–1	SC Kriens

Yverdon-Sport FC win 4–3 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Köniz	2–3	FC Zug
FC Zug	3–2	FC Köniz

FC Zug win 6–4 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Breitenbach	1–0	FC Schaffhausen
FC Schaffhausen	7–0	FC Breitenbach

FC Schaffhausen win 7–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Vaduz	1–2	Etoile Carouge FC
Etoile Carouge FC	1–0	FC Vaduz

Etoile Carouge FC win 3–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Final round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Schaffhausen	2–1	FC Zug
FC Zug	1–3	FC Schaffhausen

FC Schaffhausen win 5–2 on aggregate and are promoted to 1984–85 Nationalliga B.^[4]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Etoile Carouge FC	1–0	Yverdon-Sport FC
Yverdon-Sport FC	2–1	Etoile Carouge FC

Etoile Carouge FC win on away goals and are promoted to 1984–85 Nationalliga B.^[4]

Decider for third place

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Zug	1–1	Yverdon-Sport FC
Yverdon-Sport FC	2–1 a.e.t.	FC Zug

Yverdon-Sport FC win 3–2 on aggregate and are promoted to 1984–85 Nationalliga B. FC Zug remain in 1. Liga.^[4]

Decider for 1. Liga championship

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Schaffhausen	1–0	Etoile Carouge FC

FC Schaffhausen win and are 1. Liga champions.^[4]

Relegation play-out

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Raron	1–6	FC Solothurn

FC Raron continue to the final.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Brugg	1–0	FC Rorschach

FC Rorschach continue to the final.

Final round

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

FC Rorschach win 3–1 on aggregate and remain in division. FC Raron are relegated to 2. Liga.^[4]

Swiss Cup

Early rounds

The routes of the finalists to the final were:

Round 3: Martigny-Servette 1:2. Charmey-Lausanne 1:13.
Round 4: La Chaux-de-Fonds-Servette 1:3. YB-Lausanne 2:4.
Round 5: Servette-Sion 4:2. Grenchen-Lausanne 0:2.
Quarter-finals: Servette-Chiasso 5:0. Lausanne-Zürich 3:2 a.e.t.
Semi-finals: Aarau-Servette 0:0 a.e.t. Replay: Servette-Aarau 1:0. Lausanne-St. Gallen 1:0.

Final

Whit Monday 11 June 1984

Servette	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Lausanne-Sport
Geiger	Report

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Attendance: 38,000

Referee:

Ulrich Nyffenegger

Swiss Clubs in Europe

Grasshopper Club as 1982–83 Nationalliga A champions: 1983–84 European Cup
Servette as 1982–83 Swiss Cup finalist: 1983–84 Cup Winners' Cup
St. Gallen: as league third placed team: 1983–84 UEFA Cup and entered 1983 Intertoto Cup
Zürich: as league fourth placed team: 1983–84 UEFA Cup and entered 1983 Intertoto Cup
Luzern: entered 1983 Intertoto Cup
Young Boys: entered 1983 Intertoto Cup

Grasshopper Club

European Cup

First round

14 September 1983 First leg	Dinamo Minsk	1–0	Grasshopper	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
	Kurnenin 18'	Report		Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Pietro D'Elia (Italy)

28 September 1983 Second leg	Grasshopper	2–2	Dinamo Minsk	Hardturm, Zürich
	Ponte 21', 49'	Report	Kondratiev 31' Sokol 84'	Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Brian McGinlay (Scotland)

Dinamo Minsk won 3–2 on aggregate.

Servertte

Cup Winners' Cup

First round

14 September 1983 First leg	Servette	4–0	Avenir Beggen	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
	Schnyder 25' Brigger 52' Elia 55' Barberis 75'	Report		Attendance: 5,130^[5] Referee: Georges Konrath (France)

27 September 1983 Second leg	Avenir Beggen	1–5	Servette	Stade rue Henri Dunant, Luxembourg City
	Dresch 51'	Report	Elia 33' Brigger 43', 72' Castella 62' Geiger 89'	Attendance: 516^[6] Referee: Louis Delsemme (Belgium)

Servette won 9–1 on aggregate.

Second

19 October 1983 First leg	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–0	Servette	Shakhtar Stadium, Donetsk
18:00	Hrachov 85'	Report		Attendance: 37,450 Referee: Arto Ravander (Finland)

1 November 1983 Second leg	Servette	1–2	Shakhtar Donetsk	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
20:00	Brigger 88'	Report	Varnavskyi 58', 61'	Attendance: 14,400^[7] Referee: Alder dos Santos (Portugal)

Shakhtar Donetsk won 3–1 on aggregate.

St. Gallen

UEFA Cup

First round

14 September 1983 First leg	Radnički Niš	3–0	St. Gallen	Stadion Čair, Niš
20:00	Beganović 4' (pen.) Stojković 37' Rinčić 65'	Report		Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)

27 September 1983 Second leg	St. Gallen	1–2	Radnički Niš	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
17:30	Ritter 65'	Report	Mitošević 62' Aleksić 82'	Attendance: 10,200 Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladrén (Spain)

Radnički Niš won 5–1 on aggregate.

Intertoto Cup

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PSZ	BRE	MAL	STG
1	Pogoń Szczecin	6	3	2	1	10	10	0	8	—	2–1	2–0	1–1
2	Werder Bremen	6	3	1	2	12	8	+4	7	4–0	—	1–1	3–2
3	Malmö FF	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	5	1–2	2–1	—	2–0
4	St. Gallen	6	1	2	3	10	12	−2	4	3–3	1–2	3–1	—

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.

Zürich

UEFA Cup

First round

14 September 1983 First leg	FC Zürich	1–4	Royal Antwerp	Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00	Baur 28'	Report	Pétursson 13', 17', 67' Cnops 89'	Attendance: 6,350 Referee: Miklós Nagy (Hungary)

27 September 1983 Second leg	Royal Antwerp	4–2	FC Zürich	Bosuilstadion, Antwerp
20:00	Fazekas 50' (pen.), 84' Petrović 74' Van Der Linden 76'	Report	Landolt 69' Rufer 80'	Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Howard King (Wales)

Royal Antwerp won 8–3 on aggregate.

Intertoto Cup

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	TWE	STA	ZÜR	DÜS
1	Twente	6	4	1	1	14	10	+4	9	—	2–0	1–1	1–0
2	Standard Liège	6	4	0	2	13	9	+4	8	4–2	—	3–0	4–3
3	Zürich	6	2	2	2	13	13	0	6	3–4	2–1	—	5–2
4	Fortuna Düsseldorf	6	0	1	5	9	17	−8	1	2–4	0–1	2–2	—

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.

Luzern

Intertoto Cup

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	MNE	AGF	LUZ	STA
1	Maccabi Netanya	6	5	0	1	17	10	+7	10	—	3–1	6–3	3–0
2	AGF	6	3	0	3	14	11	+3	6	1–2	—	8–3	2–1
3	Luzern	6	2	1	3	12	17	−5	5	4–1	1–0	—	1–2
4	Shimshon Tel Aviv	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	3	1–2	1–2	0–0	—

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.

Young Boys

Intertoto Cup

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	YB	SLP	BRØ	SLS
1	Young Boys	6	4	0	2	7	6	+1	8	—	2–1	0–2	1–0
2	Slavia Prague	6	3	0	3	12	8	+4	6	2–1	—	3–1	5–0
3	Brøndby	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	5	1–2	2–0	—	0–0
4	Slavia Sofia	6	2	1	3	5	9	−4	5	0–1	2–1	3–1	—

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.

References

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Sources

Switzerland 1983–84 at RSSSF
Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz
European Competitions 1983–84 at RSSSF.com
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 1982–83	Seasons in Swiss football	Succeeded by 1984–85

[fcb-achiv-FCB-1983/84_Rangliste-1] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (1984). "1983/84 Rangliste" [1983/84 Ranking] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2023-11-16.

[arowa-FCA-1983/1984_Rangliste-2] Beck, Stephan (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1983/1984 Nationalliga B" [Swiss Championship 1983/1984 Nationalliga B] (in German). arowa.ch. 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 ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p 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 10 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

[5] "Servette v Avenir Beggen, 14 September 1983" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 13 January 2021.

[6] "Avenir Beggen v Servette, 27 September 1983" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 13 January 2021.

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