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1975–76 Nationalliga A

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The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1975–76 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 79th season of top-tier and the 78th season of second-tier football in Switzerland.

Nationalliga A
Season1975–76
ChampionsZürich
RelegatedLugano
La Chaux-de-Fonds
Biel-Bienne
European CupZürich
Cup Winners' CupServette
UEFA CupBasel
Grasshopper Club
Top goalscorerPeter Risi (Zürich)
33 goals
Nationalliga B
Season1975–76
ChampionsBellinzona
PromotedBellinzona
RelegatedFC Martigny-Sports
FC Wettingen
Top goalscorerHerluf Bang (Bellinzona)
17 goals

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 1974–75 season and the two newly promoted teams Biel-Bienne and La Chaux-de-Fonds. The champions would qualify for the 1975–76 European Cup. The second and third placed teams were to have qualified for UEFA Cup, but because Zürich won the double, cup runners-up Servette advanced to the 1976–77 Cup Winners' Cup and the third and forth placed teams advanced tp the 1975–76 UEFA Cup.

There was to be a reform of the Swiss football league system at the end of this season. The number of teams in the top tier (NLA) was to be reduced from 14 to 12 and the second-tier (NLB) would increase from 14 to 16 teams. Therefore this season would see three teams relegated from the NLA and only one team promoted from the NLB. Lugano and the two newly promoted teams, Biel-Bienne and La Chaux-de-Fonds, suffered relegation. Because two teams ended the NLB level on points, a promotion play-off was required. Bellinzona won this play-off against Luzern to achieve promotion.[1]

Nationalliga A

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The first round of the NLA was played on 16 August 1975. There was a winter break between 30 Novmber and 7 March 1976. The season was completed on 12 June 1976.

Teams, locations

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Team Town Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Basel Basel   Basel-Stadt St. Jakob Stadium 36,800
FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne   Bern Stadion Gurzelen 15,000
CS Chênois Thônex   Geneva Stade des Trois-Chêne 8,000
Grasshopper Club Zürich Zürich   Zürich Hardturm 20,000
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds   Neuchâtel Centre Sportif de la Charrière 12,700
FC Lausanne-Sport Lausanne   Vaud Pontaise 15,700
FC Lugano Lugano   Ticino Cornaredo Stadium 6,330
Neuchâtel Xamax FC Neuchâtel   Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière 25,500
FC St. Gallen St. Gallen   St. Gallen Espenmoos 11,000
Servette FC Geneva   Geneva Stade des Charmilles 27,000
FC Sion Sion   Valais Stade de Tourbillon 16,000
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 or relegation
1 Zürich[2] 26 19 6 1 69 26 +43 44 Swiss champions, qualified for 1976–77 European Cup
and Swiss Cup winners, entered 1976 Intertoto Cup
2 Servette 26 16 7 3 50 14 +36 39 Swiss Cup runners-up, qualified for 1976–77 Cup Winners' Cup
3 Basel[3] 26 13 8 5 59 38 +21 34 qualified for 1976–77 UEFA Cup
4 Grasshopper Club 26 14 4 8 54 37 +17 32 qualified for 1976–77 UEFA Cup
and entered 1976 Intertoto Cup
5 Young Boys 26 11 9 6 41 27 +14 31 entered 1976 Intertoto Cup
6 Xamax 26 11 8 7 37 25 +12 30
7 St. Gallen 26 8 11 7 41 39 +2 27 entered 1976 Intertoto Cup
8 Lausanne-Sport 26 10 6 10 35 39 −4 26
9 Sion 26 6 9 11 40 54 −14 21
10 Chênois 26 5 9 12 30 42 −12 19
11 Winterthur 26 8 2 16 34 65 −31 18
12 Lugano 26 5 6 15 19 37 −18 16 Relegated to Nationalliga B
13 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 5 4 17 27 61 −34 14
14 Biel-Bienne 26 5 3 18 26 58 −32 13
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 BB CDF CHÊ GCZ LS LUG NX SER SIO STG YB WIN ZÜR
Basel 3–1 5–2 3–0 5–1 1–2 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 5–1 5–1 1–1
Biel-Bienne 1–5 2–0 2–1 2–7 0–2 1–0 0–2 0–3 1–1 2–2 3–2 0–1 1–3
La Chaux-de-Fonds 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–5 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–3 2–3 2–1 2–1 4–3 0–2
Chênois 1–3 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–3 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 5–1 3–5
Grasshopper Club 4–1 2–0 4–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 3–2 2–3 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–2
Lausanne-Sports 0–1 3–2 0–0 4–0 1–3 3–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–3
Lugano 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–2
Neuchâtel Xamax 2–2 3–1 0–0 2–1 4–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 3–1 4–1
Servette 3–0 1–0 4–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 5–0 3–0 3–0 0–0 3–1 0–0
Sion 5–1 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–2 0–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–3 2–3
St. Gallen 2–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 3–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 7–2 1–1 4–0 0–1
Young Boys 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 4–0 1–0 0–2
Winterthur 2–3 3–2 3–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 0–0 3–2 1–5 0–3 2–0 2–4 0–2
Zürich 1–1 5–3 8–0 2–0 1–0 5–1 4–1 2–2 0–0 5–2 1–1 3–1 5–1
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Nationalliga B

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Teams, locations

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Team Town Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Aarau Aarau   Aargau Stadion Brügglifeld 9,240
AC Bellinzona Bellinzona   Ticino Stadio Comunale Bellinzona 5,000
FC Chiasso Chiasso   Ticino Stadio Comunale Riva IV 4,000
Étoile Carouge FC Carouge   Geneva Stade de la Fontenette 3,690
FC Fribourg Fribourg   Fribourg Stade Universitaire 9,000
FC Gossau Gossau   St. Gallen Sportanlage Buechenwald 3,500
FC Grenchen Grenchen   Solothurn Stadium Brühl 15,100
FC Luzern Lucerne   Lucerne Stadion Allmend 25,000
FC Martigny-Sports Martigny   Valais Stade d'Octodure 2,500
FC Nordstern Basel Basel   Basel-Stadt Rankhof 7,600
FC Raron[4] Raron   Valais Sportplatz Rhoneglut 1,000
Vevey-Sports Vevey   Vaud Stade de Copet 4,000
FC Wettingen Wettingen   Aargau Stadion Altenburg 10,000
FC Young Fellows Zürich Zürich   Zürich Utogrund 2,850

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AC Bellinzona 26 14 7 5 47 29 +18 35 To play-off for promotion
2 Luzern 26 15 5 6 61 35 +26 35 To play-off for promotion
3 Etoile Carouge FC 26 13 6 7 48 42 +6 32
4 FC Nordstern Basel 26 10 7 9 58 44 +14 27
5 Vevey Sports 26 8 10 8 47 47 0 26
6 FC Fribourg 26 10 5 11 47 40 +7 25
7 FC Grenchen 26 10 5 11 58 53 +5 25
8 FC Gossau 26 10 5 11 40 40 0 25
9 FC Young Fellows Zürich 26 9 6 11 31 43 −12 24
10 FC Aarau[5] 26 8 7 11 35 38 −3 23
11 FC Chiasso 26 8 7 11 36 40 −4 23
12 FC Raron 26 10 3 13 29 52 −23 23
13 FC Martigny-Sports 26 6 10 10 27 47 −20 22 Relegated to 1976–77 1. Liga
14 FC Wettingen 26 5 9 12 33 47 −14 19
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

Play-off for promotion

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Bellinzona1–0Luzern
Edoardo Manzoni   44' summary
Referee:  

Further in Swiss football

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References

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  1. ^ Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A 1975/76". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ^ (red) dbFCZ (2006–2023). "FCZ 1975/76" (in German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  3. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (1976). "1975/76 Rangliste" [1975/76 Ranking] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  4. ^ (red) Walliser Fussballverband (2023). "FC Raron" (in French). Walliser Fussballverband - avf-wfv.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  5. ^ Beck, Stephan (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1975/76 Nationalliga B" [Swiss Championship 1975/76 Nationalliga B] (in German). arowa.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

Sources

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