1985–86 in Swiss football

Football in Switzerland
Season	1985–86
Men's football
Nationalliga A	Young Boys
Nationalliga B	FC Locarno
1. Liga	Overall champions; FC Olten; Group 1:; ES FC Malley; Group 2:; FC Bern; Group 3:; SC Kriens; Group 4:; FC Einsiedeln
Swiss Cup	Sion
Women's football
Swiss Women's Super League	DFC Bern
Swiss Cup	SV Seebach Zürich

The following is a summary of the 1985–86 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Nationalliga A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Young Boys	30	18	8	4	72	28	+44	44	Swiss champions, qualified for 1986–87 European Cup and entered 1986 Intertoto Cup
2	Xamax	30	18	6	6	78	32	+46	42	Qualified for 1986–87 UEFA Cup
3	Luzern	30	16	9	5	56	39	+17	41	Qualified for 1986–87 UEFA Cup and entered 1986 Intertoto Cup
4	Zürich^[1]	30	15	9	6	64	43	+21	39	Entered 1986 Intertoto Cup
5	Grasshopper Club	30	15	8	7	64	32	+32	38	Entered 1986 Intertoto Cup
6	Lausanne-Sport	30	13	9	8	59	50	+9	35	Entered 1986 Intertoto Cup
7	Aarau^[2]	30	14	6	10	62	47	+15	34
8	Sion	30	14	5	11	54	39	+15	33	Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1986–87 Cup Winners' Cup
9	Servette	30	14	3	13	49	50	−1	31
10	Basel^[3]	30	10	10	10	44	40	+4	30
11	St. Gallen	30	12	6	12	48	46	+2	30	Entered 1986 Intertoto Cup
12	Wettingen	30	8	8	14	35	42	−7	24
13	La Chaux-de-Fonds	30	3	12	15	24	61	−37	18
14	Vevey-Sports	30	6	5	19	36	76	−40	17
15	Grenchen	30	5	6	19	33	81	−48	16	Relegated to Nationalliga B
16	Baden	30	1	6	23	14	86	−72	8	Relegated to Nationalliga B

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

Nationalliga B

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Locarno	30	20	5	5	96	33	+63	45	NLB champions promoted to Nationalliga A
2	AC Bellinzona	30	18	9	3	58	24	+34	45	Promoted to Nationalliga A
3	Lugano	30	19	5	6	74	45	+29	43
4	CS Chênois	30	15	11	4	71	44	+27	41
5	FC Chiasso	30	13	9	8	48	41	+7	35
6	FC Winterthur	30	12	7	11	57	56	+1	31
7	FC Bulle	30	10	8	12	45	51	−6	28
8	FC Biel-Bienne	30	9	9	12	45	55	−10	27
9	FC Martigny-Sports	30	10	6	14	48	56	−8	26
10	SC Zug	30	8	9	13	41	49	−8	25
11	FC Renens	30	10	5	15	42	53	−11	25
12	Etoile Carouge FC	30	8	9	13	34	47	−13	25
13	FC Schaffhausen	30	8	9	13	36	51	−15	25
14	FC Zug	30	7	9	14	39	51	−12	23	Relegated to 1. Liga
15	FC Laufen	30	6	8	16	42	70	−28	20
16	FC Le Locle	30	7	2	21	39	89	−50	16

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

1. Liga

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	ES FC Malley	26	17	4	5	79	39	+40	38	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	FC Fribourg	26	14	8	4	54	23	+31	36	Play-off to Nationalliga B
3	Grand-Lancy FC	26	12	7	7	61	55	+6	31
4	Yverdon-Sport FC	26	11	9	6	52	49	+3	31
5	FC Montreux-Sports	26	10	8	8	53	46	+7	28
6	FC Monthey	26	11	5	10	46	43	+3	27
7	FC Savièse	26	8	10	8	35	36	−1	26
8	FC Saint-Jean GE	26	9	7	10	50	50	0	25
9	FC Stade Lausanne	26	10	4	12	46	50	−4	24
10	FC Leytron	26	10	4	12	37	56	−19	24
11	FC Echallens	26	7	8	11	37	39	−2	22
12	FC Vernier	26	8	6	12	42	46	−4	22	Play-out against relegation
13	FC Stade Payerne^[4]	26	6	7	13	37	63	−26	19	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
14	FC Stade Nyonnais^[4]	26	4	3	19	27	61	−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 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Bern	26	16	6	4	44	16	+28	38	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	FC Lengnau	26	11	9	6	47	38	+9	31	Play-off to Nationalliga B
3	FC Colombier	26	10	10	6	45	36	+9	30
4	BSC Old Boys	26	11	5	10	46	39	+7	27
5	SC Burgdorf	26	8	11	7	30	36	−6	27
6	FC Breitenbach	26	9	7	10	38	37	+1	25
7	FC Köniz	26	8	9	9	43	45	−2	25
8	FC Thun	26	7	10	9	39	40	−1	24
9	FC Solothurn	26	6	12	8	28	34	−6	24
10	SR Delémont	26	7	10	9	38	48	−10	24
11	FC Nordstern Basel	26	8	7	11	44	43	+1	23
12	FC Langenthal	26	7	9	10	41	42	−1	23	Decider for twelfth place
13	FC Concordia Basel	26	6	11	9	39	55	−16	23	Decider for twelfth place
14	SC Bümpliz 78^[4]	26	7	6	13	36	49	−13	20	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional

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

Decider for twelfth place

The decider was played on 27 May at La Blancherie in Delémont.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Langenthal	4–1	FC Concordia Basel

FC Langenthal win and continue in play-outs. FC Concordia Basel are relegated directly to 2. Liga Interregional^[4].

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	SC Kriens	26	16	5	5	68	36	+32	37	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	FC Olten	26	16	5	5	57	31	+26	37	Play-off to Nationalliga B
3	FC Mendrisio	26	13	9	4	48	23	+25	35
4	SC Buochs	26	12	8	6	43	35	+8	32
5	FC Sursee	26	10	10	6	48	36	+12	30
6	FC Ibach	26	9	7	10	41	48	−7	25
7	FC Ascona	26	7	10	9	26	34	−8	24
8	FC Suhr	26	8	8	10	30	43	−13	24
9	FC Emmenbrücke	26	8	7	11	48	44	+4	23
10	FC Klus-Balsthal	26	6	11	9	33	40	−7	23
11	FC Altdorf (Uri)	26	7	9	10	41	49	−8	23
12	FC Muri	26	7	9	10	36	52	−16	23	Play-out against relegation
13	SC Reiden^[4]	26	3	9	14	28	48	−20	15	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
14	FC Tresa/Monteggio^[4]	26	2	9	15	25	53	−28	13	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 Einsiedeln	26	14	8	4	52	30	+22	36	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	FC Red Star Zürich	26	14	7	5	54	23	+31	35	Play-off to Nationalliga B
3	FC Rorschach	26	13	6	7	44	32	+12	32
4	FC Vaduz	26	11	6	9	46	38	+8	28
5	FC Gossau	26	9	9	8	40	37	+3	27
6	FC Stäfa	26	9	8	9	36	34	+2	26
7	FC Rüti	26	8	9	9	33	33	0	25
8	FC Dübendorf	26	8	7	11	38	39	−1	23
9	FC Brüttisellen	26	10	3	13	38	49	−11	23
10	FC Küsnacht	26	9	5	12	35	49	−14	23
11	FC Altstätten (St. Gallen)	26	8	6	12	36	48	−12	22
12	FC Frauenfeld	26	8	6	12	35	51	−16	22	Play-out against relegation
13	FC Balzers^[4]	26	8	5	13	39	47	−8	21	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
14	SC Brühl^[4]	26	7	7	12	31	47	−16	21	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	0–0	FC Red Star Zürich
FC Red Star Zürich	1–1	SC Kriens

SC Kriens win on away goals and continue to the finals.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Lengnau	3–3	ES FC Malley
ES FC Malley	4–1	FC Lengnau

ES FC Malley win 7–4 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Fribourg	0–1	FC Einsiedeln
FC Einsiedeln	0–2	FC Fribourg

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

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Bern	0–3	FC Olten
FC Olten	7–0	FC Bern

FC Olten win 10–0 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Final round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Olten	3–0	SC Kriens
SC Kriens	1–1	FC Olten

FC Olten win 4–1 on aggregate and are promoted to 1986–87 Nationalliga B^[4].

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Fribourg	1–0	ES FC Malley
ES FC Malley	2–0	FC Fribourg

ES FC Malley win 2–1 on aggregate and are promoted to 1986–87 Nationalliga B^[4].

Decider for third place

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Fribourg	2–1	SC Kriens
SC Kriens	3–1	FC Fribourg

SC Kriens win 4–3 on aggregate and are promoted to 1986–87 Nationalliga B.^[4] FC Fribourg remain in the division.

Final for championship

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Olten	4–3	ES FC Malley

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

Relegation play-out

The four third-last placed teams from each group, competed a play-out against the ninth and last relegation spot.

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Langenthal	0–0 a.e.t. 4–2 pen.	FC Vernier

FC Vernier continue to the final round.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Muri	2–1	FC Frauenfeld

FC Frauenfeld continue to the final round.

Final round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Frauenfeld	0–1	FC Vernier
FC Vernier	4–0	FC Frauenfeld

FC Vernier win 5–0 on aggregate. FC Frauenfeld are relegated as ninth and final team to the 2. Liga^[4].

Swiss Cup

Early rounds

The routes of the finalists to the final, played on

Round 3: Malley-Sion 3:4 a.e.t. FC Lalden (4. Liga)-Servette 0:1.
Round 4: Sion-Yverdon 6:1. Zug-Servette 1:2.
Round 5: Sion-Vevey-Sports 4:2. Locarno-Servette 1:3.
Quarter-finals: Sion-Wettingen 2:0. St. Gallen-Servette 0:0 a.e.t., 5:6 Pen.
Semi-final: La Chaux-de-Fonds-Sion 0:2 a.e.t. Basel-Servette 3:4 (0:3, 3:3) a.e.t.

Final

19 May 1986

Sion	3–1	Servette
Balet 42' Balet 52' Bonvin 82'	Report	24' Schnyder

Stadion Wankdorf, Bern

Attendance: 39,000

Referee: Philippe Mercier (Pully)

Record revenue from advance sales (CHF 630,000 for 26,217 tickets). Symbolic kick-off by film actor Jean-Paul Belmondo. Referee Mercier was replaced by Georg Sandoz after an injury in the 85th minute.

Swiss Clubs in Europe

Servette as 1984–85 Nationalliga A champions: 1985–86 European Cup
Aarau as 1984–85 Swiss Cup winners: 1985–86 Cup Winners' Cup and entered 1985 Intertoto Cup
Xamax as league third placed team: 1985–86 UEFA Cup
St. Gallen as fourth third placed team: 1985–86 UEFA Cup and entered 1985 Intertoto Cup
Zürich: entered 1985 Intertoto Cup
Young Boys: entered 1985 Intertoto Cup

Servette

European Cup

First round

18 September 1985 First leg	Linfield	2–2	Servette	Windsor Park, Belfast
	Anderson 1' McKeown 89'	Report	Magnusson 18', 44'	Attendance: 2,898^[5] Referee: Ib Nielsen (Denmark)

2 October 1985 Second leg	Servette	2–1	Linfield	Stade des Charmilles, Geneve
	Magnusson 43' Jaccard 50'	Report	Anderson 22'	Attendance: 11,600 Referee: Bela Szabo (Hungary)

Servette won 4–3 on aggregate.

Second round

23 October 1985 First leg	Servette	0–0	Aberdeen	Stade des Charmilles, Geneve
		Report		Attendance: 7,080^[6] Referee: Zoran Petrović (Yugoslavia)

6 November 1985 Second leg	Aberdeen	1–0	Servette	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
	McDougall 23'	Report		Attendance: 18,751^[7] Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain)

Aberdeen won 1–0 on aggregate.

Aarau

Cup Winners' Cup

First round

18 September 1985 First leg	Red Star Belgrade	2–0	Aarau	Stadion Crvena zvezda, Belgrade
	Musemić 22' Ǵurovski 72'	Report		Attendance: 30,172

2 October 1985 Second leg	Aarau	2–2	Red Star Belgrade	Letzigrund, Zürich
	Meyer 7' Zwahlen 37'	Report	Musemić 3' Janković 17'	Attendance: 11,200

Red Star won 4–2 on aggregate.

Intertoto Cup

Group 11

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	MTK	CHB	STA	AAR
1	MTK	6	4	2	0	17	7	+10	10	—	5–1	3–0	3–1
2	Chernomorets Burgas	6	2	1	3	11	12	−1	5	1–2	—	2–0	4–1
3	Start	6	2	1	3	8	12	−4	5	3–3	1–0	—	2–0
4	Aarau	6	1	2	3	10	15	−5	4	1–1	3–3	4–2	—

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.

Xamax

UEFA Cup

First round

18 September 1985 First leg	Neuchâtel Xamax	3–0	Sportul Studențesc	Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
	Jacobacci 11' Ryf 27' Stielike 65'	Report		Attendance: 14,800 Referee: Stoyan Ilijevski (Yugoslavia)

2 October 1985 Second leg	Sportul Studențesc	4–4	Neuchâtel Xamax	Stadionul Sportul, Bucharest
	Hagi 3', 41' (pen.), 84' (pen.) Sandu 23'	Report	Ryf 9' Lüthi 20' Givens 50' Stielike 73'	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Keith Hackett (England)

Neuchâtel Xamax won 7-4 on aggregate.

Second round

23 October 1985 First leg	Lokomotiv Sofia	1–1	Neuchâtel Xamax	Lokomotiv Stadium, Sofia
	Bontchev 75'	Report	Perret 36'	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

6 November 1985 Second leg	Neuchâtel Xamax	0–0	Lokomotiv Sofia	La Maladière, Neuchâtel
		Report		Attendance: 17,200 Referee: Gerald Losert (Austria)

1–1 on aggregate; Neuchâtel Xamax won on away goals.

Third round

27 November 1985 First leg	Dundee United	2–1	Neuchâtel Xamax	Tannadice Park, Dundee
	Dodds 53' Redford 75'	Report	Stielike 22'	Attendance: 10,633 Referee: Marcel Van Langenhove (Belgium)

11 December 1985 Second leg	Neuchâtel Xamax	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Dundee United	La Maladière, Neuchâtel
	Nielsen 39', 109' Hermann 55'	Report	Redford 17'	Attendance: 17,400 Referee: José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal)

Neuchâtel Xamax won 4–3 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

5 March 1986 First leg	Real Madrid	3–0	Neuchâtel Xamax	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
	Sánchez 32' Míchel 74' Butragueño 85'	Report		Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Zoran Petrović

19 March 1986 Second leg	Neuchâtel Xamax	2–0	Real Madrid	La Maladière, Neuchâtel
	Stielike 11' Jacobacci 90'	Report		Attendance: 25,500 Referee: Karl-Heinz Tritschler

Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.

St. Gallen

UEFA Cup

First round

18 September 1985 First leg	Internazionale	5–1	St. Gallen	San Siro, Milan
	Altobelli 9' Marangon 35' Mandorlini 44' Rummenigge 60', 86'	Report	Pellegrini 70'	Attendance: 35,457

2 October 1985 Second leg	St. Gallen	0–0	Internazionale	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
		Report		Attendance: 16,200

Internazionale won 5–1 on aggregate.

Intertoto Cup

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	AIK	VID	B05	STG
1	AIK	6	3	1	2	12	5	+7	7	—	3–0	2–1	0–1
2	Videoton	6	3	1	2	8	11	−3	7	1–0	—	1–0	1–1
3	Bohemians Prague	6	2	1	3	12	10	+2	5	1–1	5–2	—	4–2
4	St. Gallen	6	2	1	3	9	15	−6	5	1–6	2–3	2–1	—

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

Intertoto Cup

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	SPA	LYN	LGD	ZÜR
1	Sparta Prague	6	3	2	1	15	8	+7	8	—	6–2	0–0	1–1
2	Lyngby	6	4	0	2	12	12	0	8	1–4	—	4–1	1–0
3	Lechia Gdańsk	6	2	1	3	6	9	−3	5	3–2	0–1	—	1–0
4	Zürich	6	1	1	4	5	9	−4	3	1–2	1–3	2–1	—

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.

Young Boys

Intertoto Cup

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	GÓR	ZAL	YB	AGF
1	Górnik Zabrze	6	5	1	0	14	5	+9	11	—	1–1	3–0	2–1
2	Zalaegerszegi	6	2	2	2	11	10	+1	6	0–1	—	4–0	1–0
3	Young Boys	6	2	0	4	12	17	−5	4	1–4	4–1	—	0–1
4	AGF	6	1	1	4	12	17	−5	3	2–3	4–4	4–7	—

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 1985–86 at RSSSF
Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz
Results 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 1984–85	Seasons in Swiss football	Succeeded by 1986–87

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