1982–83 Nationalliga A

Nationalliga A
Season1982–83
ChampionsGrasshopper Club
(19th title)
RelegatedBulle
Winterthur
European CupGrasshopper Club
Cup Winners' CupServette
UEFA CupSt. Gallen
Zürich
Top goalscorerJean-Paul Brigger
(Servette) 23 goals
Nationalliga B
Season1982–83
ChampionsLa Chaux-de-Fonds
PromotedLa Chaux-de-Fonds
Chiasso
RelegatedBern
Ibach
FC Rüti
Top goalscorerMongi Ben Brahim
(La Chaux-de-Fonds) 25 goals

Statistics of the Swiss National League in the 1982–83 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 86th season of top-tier and the 85th season of second-tier football in Switzerland.

Overview

There were 32 member clubs in the Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV), divided into two tiers of 16 teams each. The top tier was named Nationalliga A (NLA) and the second tier was named Nationalliga B (NLB).

The format in both divisions was that the teams played a double round-robin to decide their table positions. Each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 30 rounds. Two points were awarded for a win and one point was awarded for a draw. The Swiss champions would qualify for the 1983–84 European Cup, the runners-up and third placed team would qualify for the 1983–84 UEFA Cup. The last two placed teams in the NLA were relegated to the NLB for the following season. The top two placed teams in the NLB would be promoted to the top tier. The last three teams in the NLB were relegated to next season's 1. Liga and would be replaced by the best three teams from this season's 1. Liga.[1]

Nationalliga A

The top-tier, Nationalliga A (NLA), was contested by the top fourteen clubs from the previous season and the two sides promoted from the second level 1981–82 Nationalliga B (these being Winterthur and Wettingen). The first round was played on 14 August 1982. There was to be a winter break between 28 November and 27 February 1983. The season was completed on 11 June 1983.

Teams, locations

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Locations of teams' home cities in the 1981–82 Swiss Football Championship
Team Town Canton Position
in 1981–82 		Stadium Capacity
FC Aarau Aarau  Aargau 0077th Stadion Brügglifeld 9,240
FC Basel Basel  Basel-Stadt 0088th St. Jakob Stadium 36,800
AC Bellinzona Bellinzona  Ticino 01212th Stadio Comunale Bellinzona 5,000
FC Bulle Bulle  Fribourg 01414th Stade de Bouleyres 7,000
FC Winterthur Winterthur  Zürich 0151st in NLB Schützenwiese 8,550
Grasshopper Club Zürich  Zürich 001Champions Hardturm 20,000
Lausanne-Sports Lausanne  Vaud 01313th Pontaise 15,700
FC Luzern Lucerne  Lucerne 0099th Stadion Allmend 25,000
Neuchâtel Xamax Neuchâtel  Neuchâtel 0044th Stade de la Maladière 25,500
FC Wettingen Wettingen  Aargau 0162nd in NLB Stadion Altenburg 10,000
FC St. Gallen St. Gallen  St. Gallen 01010th Espenmoos 11,000
Servette Geneva  Geneva 0022nd Stade des Charmilles 27,000
FC Sion Sion  Valais 0066th Stade de Tourbillon 16,000
Vevey-Sports Vevey  Vaud 01111th Stade de Copet 4,000
Young Boys Bern  Bern 0055th Wankdorf Stadium 56,000
FC Zürich Zürich  Zürich 0033rd Letzigrund 25,000

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Grasshopper Club 30 24 1 5 86 29 +57 49 Swiss champions, qualified for 1983–84 European Cup
2 Servette 30 22 4 4 65 24 +41 48 Swiss Cup finalist, qualified for 1983–84 Cup Winners' Cup
3 St. Gallen 30 17 6 7 61 31 +30 40 qualified for 1983–84 UEFA Cup
and entered 1983 Intertoto Cup
4 Zürich[2] 30 17 4 9 55 39 +16 38 qualified for 1983–84 UEFA Cup
and entered 1983 Intertoto Cup
5 Lausanne-Sport 30 15 7 8 51 28 +23 37
6 Xamax 30 15 7 8 61 40 +21 37
7 Sion 30 12 11 7 51 36 +15 35
8 Luzern 30 14 3 13 57 56 +1 31 entered 1983 Intertoto Cup
9 Young Boys 30 11 8 11 35 42 −7 30 entered 1983 Intertoto Cup
10 Wettingen 30 8 9 13 40 47 −7 25
11 Basel[3] 30 10 5 15 47 56 −9 25
12 Vevey 30 9 4 17 42 61 −19 22
13 AC Bellinzona 30 8 5 17 36 74 −38 21
14 Aarau[4] 30 8 4 18 32 52 −20 20
15 Bulle 30 4 4 22 27 87 −60 12 Relegated to 1983–84 Nationalliga B
16 Winterthur 30 2 6 22 30 74 −44 10 Relegated to 1983–84 Nationalliga B
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers;

Results

Home \ Away AAR BAS BEL BUL GCZ NX LS LUZ SER SIO STG VEV WET WIN YB ZÜR
Aarau 1–2 0–0 4–0 0–2 1–5 2–0 1–2 0–3 1–5 2–1 2–0 1–3 3–0 2–0 0–1
Basel 2–1 2–3 3–1 3–1 0–4 1–0 3–0 1–3 2–2 2–2 5–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1
Bellinzona 1–0 0–3 4–0 0–2 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–4 2–2 0–4 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–3 1–0
Bulle 0–0 2–1 4–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–5 1–5 1–1 1–0 1–3 0–2
Grasshopper 7–0 1–0 6–0 6–2 4–1 3–0 5–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 6–0 3–1 6–1 4–0 2–1
Neuchâtel Xamax 4–1 3–2 4–2 4–1 2–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–0
Lausanne-Sports 3–0 7–0 1–1 4–2 2–0 1–0 4–0 1–1 4–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–0
Luzern 2–1 4–3 4–0 8–0 2–3 5–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 4–1 0–1 0–2
Servette 1–0 2–0 4–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 5–1 5–1 3–0 2–3
Sion 1–0 1–0 6–1 4–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 6–2 3–1 1–0 0–1
St. Gallen 2–0 2–0 2–1 5–1 5–1 1–0 0–0 4–1 4–1 1–1 4–3 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–0
Vevey-Sports 2–4 3–3 1–2 6–1 0–1 0–4 3–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 3–0 1–1 0–1
Wettingen 0–0 1–0 4–1 4–0 0–3 1–1 4–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 3–2 0–0 3–1
Winterthur 0–3 1–1 7–5 1–1 1–5 2–2 0–1 2–4 0–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–2
Young Boys 1–0 4–2 2–0 3–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–4 3–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–2
Zürich 2–2 4–3 4–0 2–1 2–3 3–2 0–2 5–1 2–1 2–1 0–4 4–1 2–0 4–1 2–0
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Nationalliga B

The Nationalliga B (NLB) was contested by the clubs in third to thirteenth position last season, further by the two clubs relegated from the top-tier last season (Nordstern Basel and Chiasso) and by the three clubs that had been promoted from the 1981–82 1. Liga at the end of the previous season (these being FC Rüti, FC Baden and Laufen. The first round was played on 14 August 1982. There was to be a winter break between 28 November and 27 February 1983. The season was completed on 11 June 1983.

Teams, locations

Team Town Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Baden Baden  Aargau Esp Stadium 7,000
FC Bern Bern  Bern Stadion Neufeld 14,000
FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne  Bern Stadion Gurzelen 15,000
CS Chênois Thônex  Geneva Stade des Trois-Chêne 8,000
FC Chiasso Chiasso  Ticino Stadio Comunale Riva IV 4,000
FC Fribourg Fribourg  Fribourg Stade Universitaire 9,000
FC Grenchen Grenchen  Solothurn Stadium Brühl 15,100
FC Ibach Ibach  Schwyz Gerbihof 3,300
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds  Neuchâtel Centre Sportif de la Charrière 12,700
FC Laufen Laufen  Basel-Landschaft Sportplatz Nau 3,000
FC Locarno Locarno  Ticino Stadio comunale Lido 5,000
Lugano Lugano  Ticino Cornaredo Stadium 6,330
Mendrisiostar Mendrisio  Ticino Centro Sportivo Comunale 4,000
FC Monthey Monthey  Valais Stade Philippe Pottier 1,800
FC Nordstern Basel Basel  Basel-Stadt Rankhof 7,600
FC Rüti[5] Rüti  Zürich Schützenwiese 1,200

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 30 22 4 4 76 20 +56 48 Promotion to 1983–84 Nationalliga A
2 FC Chiasso 30 18 7 5 62 35 +27 43
3 CS Chênois 30 17 6 7 62 39 +23 40
4 Lugano 30 15 6 9 65 49 +16 36
5 FC Biel-Bienne 30 16 4 10 64 51 +13 36
6 FC Nordstern Basel 30 11 13 6 55 43 +12 35
7 FC Fribourg 30 12 10 8 56 43 +13 34
8 FC Monthey 30 12 7 11 63 51 +12 31
9 FC Laufen 30 11 9 10 43 49 −6 31
10 FC Grenchen 30 9 10 11 35 43 −8 28
11 Mendrisiostar 30 9 10 11 40 50 −10 28
12 FC Baden 30 9 9 12 35 48 −13 27
13 FC Locarno 30 8 8 14 40 57 −17 24
14 FC Bern[6] 30 9 3 18 45 63 −18 21 Relegation to 1983–84 Swiss 1. Liga
15 FC Ibach[6] 30 4 5 21 29 75 −46 13
16 FC Rüti[6] 30 1 3 26 31 85 −54 5
Source: rsssf
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers;

Further in Swiss football

References

  1. ^ "Switzerland Final League Tables of the Nationalliga A and B 1930-2000". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  2. ^ (red) dbFCZ (2006–2023). "FCZ 1982/1983" (in German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  3. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (1983). "1982/83 Rangliste" [1982/83 Ranking] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  4. ^ Beck, Stephan (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1982/1983 Nationalliga B" [Swiss Championship 1982/1983 Nationalliga B] (in German). arowa.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  5. ^ (red) Fussballverband Region Zürich (2023). "FC Ruti" (in German). Fussballverband Region Zürich. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  6. ^ a b c 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 9 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

Sources

Preceded by
1981–82 		Nationalliga
seasons in
Switzerland 		Succeeded by
1983–84