1978–79 Nationalliga A

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The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1978–79 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 82nd season of top-tier and the 81st season of second-tier football in Switzerland.

Nationalliga A
Season1978–79
ChampionsServette
RelegatedNordstern
European CupServette
Cup Winners' CupYoung Boys
UEFA CupZürich
Grasshopper Club
Top goalscorerPeter Risi (Zürich)
16 goals
Nationalliga B
Season1978–79
ChampionsLa Chaux-de-Fonds
PromotedLa Chaux-de-Fonds
Luzern
Lugano
RelegatedEtoile Carouge
Young Fellows
Top goalscorern/a

Overview

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The Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) had 28 members at this time. The clubs were divided into two tiers, the top tier Nationalliga A (NLA) with 12 teams and the second tier Nationalliga B (NLB) with 16. The format in both divisions was that 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. Each club playing every other club twice (home and away), for a total of 22 rounds in the NLA and 30 rounds in the NLB.

In the NLA following this first qualification stage the division was divided in two, the top placed six teams then played a championship stage and the others in a relegation play-out. In both groups each team took half of the points gained in the first stage, rounded up to complete units, as bonus with them. They played a further double round-robin within the group. The Swiss champions would qualify for the 1979–80 European Cup, the runners-up and third placed team would qualify for the 1979–80 UEFA Cup.

In the following season the format was changed and both tiers would have 14 teams. Therefore, only one team from the NLA was relegated and the top three teams in the NLA were promoted. The bottom two teams in the NLB were relegated to the 1979–80 1. Liga.

Nationalliga A

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The first round of the NLA was played on 12 August 1978. There was a winter break between 3 December and 4 March 1979. The qualifying phase was completed by 8 April and the second phase took place between 21 April and 23 June 1997.

Teams, locations

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Team Town Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Basel Basel   Basel-Stadt St. Jakob Stadium 36,800
CS Chênois Thônex   Geneva Stade des Trois-Chêne 8,000
FC Chiasso Chiasso   Ticino Stadio Comunale Riva IV 4,000
Grasshopper Club Zürich Zürich   Zürich Hardturm 20,000
FC Lausanne-Sport Lausanne   Vaud Pontaise 15,700
Neuchâtel Xamax FC Neuchâtel   Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière 25,500
FC Nordstern Basel Basel   Basel-Stadt Rankhof 7,600
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
BSC Young Boys Bern   Bern Wankdorf Stadium 56,000
FC Zürich Zürich   Zürich Letzigrund 25,000

Qualifying phase table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Zürich[1] 22 13 6 3 51 19 +32 32 To championship round
2 Servette FC 22 12 6 4 56 23 +33 30
3 Grasshopper Club Zürich 22 9 9 4 35 24 +11 27
4 FC Basel[2] 22 10 6 6 36 29 +7 26
5 BSC Young Boys 22 11 4 7 39 34 +5 26
6 FC St. Gallen 22 11 4 7 34 34 0 26
7 Neuchâtel Xamax 22 8 8 6 42 33 +9 24 To relegation play-out round
8 CS Chênois 22 9 4 9 30 32 −2 22
9 Lausanne Sports 22 6 3 13 28 40 −12 15
10 FC Chiasso 22 5 3 14 20 46 −26 13
11 FC Nordstern Basel 22 2 8 12 19 44 −25 12
12 FC Sion 22 3 5 14 20 52 −32 11
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored;

Results

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Home \ Away BAS CHÊ CHI GCZ LS NX NOR SER SIO STG YB ZÜR
Basel 2–1 4–0 3–2 2–0 5–2 1–1 4–1 2–0 4–2 2–2 1–0
Chênois 1–0 3–0 0–0 3–0 1–3 1–1 1–5 3–0 2–1 2–2 3–0
Chiasso 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–3 2–2 2–2 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–2
Grasshopper Club 2–1 1–0 4–0 3–0 2–2 3–1 0–0 2–1 2–3 2–2 2–1
Lausanne-Sports 0–1 1–4 4–3 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–2 4–2 1–2 0–1 1–2
Neuchâtel Xamax 2–0 2–0 4–2 0–0 2–2 2–1 0–3 8–0 1–1 0–1 0–2
Nordstern 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–5 1–2 2–4 1–2 0–1
Servette 6–0 5–1 4–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 4–0 2–0 4–1 2–0 1–1
Sion 0–0 1–1 0–3 2–4 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–5 0–1 4–1 2–2
St. Gallen 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–3 2–1 3–2 2–0 2–1 3–0 6–0 0–2
Young Boys 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–2 4–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–3
Zürich 1–1 6–0 2–0 1–1 3–3 1–1 5–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 4–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship group table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification
1 Servette 10 10 0 0 23 5 +18 15 35 Champions and Swiss Cup winners qualified for 1979–80 European Cup
2 Zürich[1] 10 6 1 3 19 14 +5 16 29 qualified for 1979–80 UEFA Cup
and entered 1979 Intertoto Cup
3 Grasshopper Club 10 3 3 4 11 13 −2 14 23 qualified for 1979–80 UEFA Cup
and entered 1979 Intertoto Cup
4 St. Gallen 10 2 3 5 8 11 −3 13 20 entered 1978 Intertoto Cup
5 Young Boys 10 1 4 5 5 17 −12 13 19 Cup finalist qualified for 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup
6 Basel[2] 10 2 1 7 18 24 −6 13 18
Source: rsssf.com

Results

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Home \ Away BAS GCZ STG SER YB ZÜR
Basel 2–3 2–0 1–4 6–0 1–3
Grasshopper Club 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–1
St. Gallen 4–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–2
Servette 2–0 3–1 2–0 4–1 1–0
Young Boys 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–1
Zürich 4–2 3–3 2–1 2–3 1–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-out

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Relegation
1 CS Chênois 10 3 7 0 21 14 +7 11 24 entered 1978 Intertoto Cup
2 FC Sion 10 5 4 1 15 8 +7 6 20
3 FC Chiasso 10 5 3 2 16 10 +6 7 20
4 Lausanne Sports 10 5 2 3 20 16 +4 8 20
5 Neuchâtel Xamax 10 2 1 7 11 19 −8 12 17
6 FC Nordstern Basel 10 1 1 8 8 24 −16 6 9 Relegated to 1979–80 Nationalliga B
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored;

Results

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Home \ Away CHÊ CHI LS NX NOR SIO
Chênois 1–0 3–3 6–3 3–1 1–1
Chiasso 1–1 3–1 3–1 2–0 2–0
Lausanne-Sports 2–4 2–0 1–0 4–0 1–2
Neuchâtel Xamax 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–3 0–2
Nordstern 1–1 2–3 1–2 0–2 0–3
Sion 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–0
Source: [citation needed]
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 Bern Bern   Bern Stadion Neufeld 14,000
FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne   Bern Stadion Gurzelen 15,000
Étoile Carouge FC Carouge   Geneva Stade de la Fontenette 3,690
FC Frauenfeld Frauenfeld   Thurgau Kleine Allmend 6,370
FC Fribourg Fribourg   Fribourg Stade Universitaire 9,000
FC Grenchen Grenchen   Solothurn Stadium Brühl 15,100
SC Kriens Kriens   Lucerne Stadion Kleinfeld 5,100
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds   Neuchâtel Centre Sportif de la Charrière 12,700
Lugano Lugano   Ticino Cornaredo Stadium 6,330
Luzern Lucerne   Lucerne Stadion Allmend 25,000
Vevey-Sports Vevey   Vaud Stade de Copet 4,000
FC Wettingen Wettingen   Aargau Stadion Altenburg 10,000
FC Winterthur Winterthur   Zürich Schützenwiese 8,550
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 Relegation
1 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 30 18 7 5 71 31 +40 43 Champions promoted to 1979–80 Nationalliga A
2 Luzern 30 17 9 4 62 36 +26 43 Promoted to 1979–80 Nationalliga A
3 FC Winterthur 30 16 9 5 58 32 +26 41 To promotion play-off
4 Lugano 30 17 7 6 51 31 +20 41
5 FC Frauenfeld 30 10 12 8 46 39 +7 32
6 FC Aarau[3] 30 12 8 10 44 39 +5 32
7 FC Bern 30 11 10 9 41 41 0 32
8 Vevey-Sports 30 11 6 13 47 41 +6 28
9 FC Fribourg 30 9 9 12 37 33 +4 27
10 AC Bellinzona 30 10 7 13 47 49 −2 27
11 FC Grenchen 30 9 9 12 27 32 −5 27
12 SC Kriens 30 10 7 13 38 48 −10 27
13 FC Biel-Bienne 30 9 8 13 35 55 −20 26
14 FC Wettingen 30 8 9 13 40 48 −8 25
15 Etoile Carouge FC[4] 30 5 11 14 42 53 −11 21 Relegated to 1979–80 1. Liga
16 FC Young Fellows Zürich[4] 30 3 2 25 21 99 −78 8
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers; 3) Goals scored;

Further in Swiss football

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References

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  1. ^ a b (red) dbFCZ (2006–2023). "FCZ 1978/1979" (in German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  2. ^ a b Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (1979). "1978/79 Rangliste" [1978/79 Ranking] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  3. ^ Beck, Stephan (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1978/79 Nationalliga B" [Swiss Championship 1978/79 Nationalliga B] (in German). arowa.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  4. ^ a b 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.

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Preceded by
1977–78
Nationalliga
seasons in
Switzerland
Succeeded by
1979–80