1945–46 Swiss 1. Liga

1. Liga
Season1945–46
Champions1. Liga champions:
Red Star
Group West:
Thun
Group Cenral:
Concordia
Group South and East:
Red Star
PromotedRed Star
Thun
RelegatedGroup West:
FC Sion
Group Central:
FC Tramelan
Group South and East:
FC Adliswil
Matches played3 times 132
plus 3 play-offs

The 1945–46 1. Liga season was the 14th season of the 1. Liga since its creation in 1931. At this time, the 1. Liga was the third-tier of the Swiss football league system.

Format

There were 33 teams competing in the 1. Liga this season. They were divided into three regional groups, each group with 11 teams. Within each group, the teams would play a double round-robin to decide their league position. Two points were awarded for a win and one point was awarded for a draw. The three group winners then contested a play-off round to decide the two promotion slots to the second-tier (NLB). The last placed team in each group was directly relegated to the 2. Liga (fourth tier). The season started on 9 September 1945, was completed by 23 June 1946 with two of the games in the promotion play-off being held in July.

The following season would see the 1. Liga with the addition of three further clubs, thus the number of teams in each group was to be new twelve teams, therefore six clubs from the 2. Liga (fourth tier) would be promoted this season.

Group West

Teams, locations

Club Based in Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Central Fribourg[1] Fribourg  Fribourg Guintzet 2,000
FC Gardy-Jonction Geneva  Geneva
FC Le Locle[2] Le Locle  Neuchâtel Installation sportive - Jeanneret 3,142
FC Montreux-Sports Montreux  Vaud Stade de Chailly 1,000
Racing Club Lausanne[3] Lausanne  Vaud Centre sportif de la Tuilière 1,000
FC Renens[4] Renens  Vaud Zone sportive du Censuy 2,300
FC Sierre[5] Sierre  Valais Complexe Ecossia 2,000
FC Sion Sion  Valais Parc des sports (Tourbillon) 8,000
FC Thun Thun  Bern Stadion Lachen 10,350
Vevey-Sports Vevey  Vaud Stade de Copet 4,000
Concordia Yverdon Yverdon-les-Bains  Vaud Stade Municipal 6,600

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Thun 20 16 2 2 48 24 +24 34 To promotion play-off
2 Vevey-Sports 20 11 4 5 42 24 +18 26
3 FC Gardy-Jonction 20 10 2 8 42 38 +4 22
4 FC Le Locle 20 8 5 7 36 29 +7 21
5 Central Fribourg 20 9 2 9 51 42 +9 20
6 Concordia Yverdon 20 9 2 9 26 29 −3 20
7 FC Sierre 20 10 0 10 39 44 −5 20
8 Racing Club Lausanne 20 8 4 8 29 37 −8 20
9 FC Montreux-Sports 20 6 4 10 28 39 −11 16
10 FC Renens 20 4 4 12 28 37 −9 12
11 FC Sion[6] 20 3 3 14 19 45 −26 9 Relegation to 2. Liga
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers.

Group Central

Teams, locations

Club Based in Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Birsfelden[7] Birsfelden  Basel-Landschaft Sternenfeld 9,400
FC Concordia Basel Basel  Basel-Stadt Stadion Rankhof 7,000
SC Kleinhüningen[8][9] Basel  Basel-Stadt Sportplatz Schorenmatte 300
FC Moutier[10] Moutier  Bern Stade de Chalière 5,000
FC Olten[11] Olten  Solothurn Sportanlagen Kleinholz 8,000
FC Porrentruy[12] Porrentruy  Jura Stade du Tirage 4,226
FC Pratteln[13] Pratteln  Basel-Landschaft In den Sandgruben 5,000
FC Solothurn Solothurn  Solothurn Stadion FC Solothurn 6,750
SC Schöftland[14] Schöftland  Aargau Sportanlage Rütimatten 2,000
FC Tramelan[15] Tramelan  Bern Bâloise Stadium / (Allianz Suisse Stadium) 1,500 / (1,800)
SC Zofingen Zofingen  Aargau Sportanlagen Trinermatten 2,000

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Concordia Basel 20 14 1 5 47 29 +18 29 To promotion play-off
2 SC Schöftland 20 11 5 4 56 31 +25 27
3 FC Birsfelden 20 9 8 3 42 32 +10 26
4 FC Moutier 20 10 5 5 38 24 +14 25
5 FC Pratteln 20 7 8 5 30 19 +11 22
6 SC Kleinhüningen 20 6 8 6 26 27 −1 20
7 FC Porrentruy 20 7 6 7 31 37 −6 20
8 FC Olten 20 5 7 8 27 34 −7 17
9 SC Zofingen 20 5 5 10 28 42 −14 15
10 FC Solothurn 20 3 8 9 21 32 −11 14
11 FC Tramelan[6] 20 1 3 16 18 57 −39 5 Relegation to 2. Liga
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers.

Group South and East

Teams, locations

Club Based in Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Adliswil[16] Adliswil  Zürich Tüfi / Tal 1,000 / 1,000
FC Altstetten (Zürich)[17] Altstetten  Zürich Buchlern 1,000
FC Arbon[18] Arbon  Thurgau Stacherholz 1,000
FC Blue Stars Zürich[19] Zürich  Zürich Hardhof 1,000
FC Chiasso Chiasso  Ticino Stadio Comunale Riva IV 4,000
FC Gränichen[20] Gränichen  Aargau ZehnderMatte 1,000
FC Mendrisio Mendrisio  Ticino Centro Sportivo Comunale 4,000
US Pro Daro[21] Bellinzona  Ticino Campo Geretta / Stadio Comunale Bellinzona 500 / 5,000
FC Red Star Zürich Zürich  Zürich Allmend Brunau 2,000
FC Uster[22] Uster  Zürich Sportanlage Buchholz 7,000
FC Winterthur Winterthur  Zürich Schützenwiese 8,550

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Red Star Zürich 20 13 4 3 34 19 +15 30 To promotion play-off
2 FC Mendrisio 20 13 2 5 37 22 +15 28
3 FC Chiasso 20 10 3 7 30 30 0 23
4 US Pro Daro 20 10 1 9 27 35 −8 21
5 FC Winterthur 20 8 4 8 37 30 +7 20
6 FC Arbon 20 8 3 9 41 35 +6 19
7 FC Blue Stars Zürich 20 8 3 9 35 40 −5 19
8 FC Uster 20 6 5 9 32 40 −8 17
9 FC Altstetten (Zürich) 20 6 4 10 35 44 −9 16
10 FC Gränichen 20 7 1 12 34 29 +5 15
11 FC Adliswil[6] 20 5 2 13 33 51 −18 12 Relegation to 2. Liga
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers.

Promotion

The three group winners played a single round-robin to decide the overall championship and the two promotion slots. The promotion play-offs were held on 16 June, 21 and 28 July 1946.

Promotion play-off

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RED TUN CON
1 Red Star 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 3 Champions and promoted — 1–0 —
2 Thun 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 2 Promoted — — 2–1
3 Concordia 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 1 2–2 — —
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head 3) Decider.

Red Star became overall 1. Liga Champions and together with runners-up Thun were promoted to 1946–47 Nationalliga B. Concordia remained in the division for the next season.[6]

Further in Swiss football

References

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Sources

Preceded by
1944–45 		Seasons in
Swiss 1. Liga 		Succeeded by
1946–47