1948–49 Swiss 1. Liga

1. Liga
Season1948–49
Champions1. Liga champions:
Étoile-Sporting
Group West:
Étoile-Sporting
Group Cenral:
Moutier
Group South and East:
Winterthur
PromotedÉtoile-Sporting
Moutier
RelegatedGroup West:
Racing Club Lausanne
Group Central:
FC Black Stars Basel
Allschwil
Group South and East:
GC Biaschesi
Matches played3 times 132 and 1 decider
plus 3 play-offs
and 3 play-outs

The 1948–49 1. Liga season was the 17th 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 36 teams competing in the 1. Liga this season. They were divided into three regional groups, each group with 12 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 overall championship and the two promotion slots to the second-tier (NLB). The last placed team in each group were directly relegated to the 2. Liga (fourth tier). The second last placed team from each group then contested a play-out to decide the fourth and final relegation slot.

Group West

Teams, locations

Club Based in Canton Stadium Capacity
Ambrosiana Lausanne Lausanne  Vaud
FC Central Fribourg[1] Fribourg  Fribourg Guintzet 2,000
FC Helvetia Bern[2] Bern  Bern Spitalacker, Bern 1,000
FC Étoile-Sporting[3] La Chaux-de-Fonds  Neuchâtel Les Foulets / Terrain des Eplatures 1,000 / 500
FC Gardy-Jonction Geneva  Geneva
ES FC Malley Malley  Vaud Centre sportif de la Tuilière 1,500
FC Montreux-Sports Montreux  Vaud Stade de Chailly 1,000
Racing Club Lausanne[4] Lausanne  Vaud Centre sportif de la Tuilière 1,000
FC Sierre[5] Sierre  Valais Complexe Ecossia 2,000
FC Stade Nyonnais Nyon  Vaud Stade de Colovray 7,200
FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy, Lausanne  Vaud Centre sportif de Vidy 1,000
Yverdon-Sport FC 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 Étoile-Sporting 22 16 2 4 66 31 +35 34 To promotion play-off
2 FC Montreux-Sports 22 14 3 5 64 31 +33 31
3 ES FC Malley 22 12 4 6 56 33 +23 28
4 FC Helvetia Bern 22 9 7 6 41 32 +9 25
5 FC Sierre 22 9 5 8 43 43 0 23
6 Central Fribourg 22 7 6 9 37 48 −11 20
7 FC Ambrosiana Lausanne 22 7 6 9 31 48 −17 20
8 FC Stade Nyonnais 22 8 3 11 26 32 −6 19
9 Yverdon-Sport FC 22 7 5 10 26 40 −14 19
10 FC Gardy-Jonction 22 6 4 12 30 59 −29 16
11 FC Stade Lausanne 22 5 5 12 30 38 −8 15 Play-out against relegation
12 Racing Club Lausanne[6] 22 5 4 13 32 47 −15 14 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 Allschwil[7] Allschwil  Basel-Landschaft Im Brüel 1,700
FC Birsfelden[8] Birsfelden  Basel-Landschaft Sternenfeld 9,400
FC Black Stars Basel Basel  Basel-Stadt Buschwilerhof 1,200
FC Concordia Basel Basel  Basel-Stadt Stadion Rankhof 7,000
SC Derendingen[9] Derendingen  Solothurn Heidenegg 1,500
SC Kleinhüningen[10][11] Basel  Basel-Stadt Sportplatz Schorenmatte 300
FC Lengnau[12] Lengnau  Bern Moos Lengnau BE 3,900
FC Moutier[13] Moutier  Bern Stade de Chalière 5,000
FC Porrentruy[14] Porrentruy  Jura Stade du Tirage 4,226
FC Pratteln[15] Pratteln  Basel-Landschaft In den Sandgruben 5,000
SC Schöftland[16] Schöftland  Aargau Sportanlage Rütimatten 2,000
FC Solothurn Solothurn  Solothurn Stadion FC Solothurn 6,750

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Moutier 22 16 3 3 62 31 +31 35 To promotion play-off
2 FC Concordia Basel 22 12 6 4 57 38 +19 30
3 FC Birsfelden 22 12 5 5 47 37 +10 29
4 SC Derendingen 22 8 8 6 52 41 +11 24
5 FC Solothurn 22 10 4 8 58 48 +10 24
6 FC Lengnau 22 8 6 8 34 35 −1 22
7 FC Porrentruy 22 9 3 10 46 47 −1 21
8 SC Schöftland 22 10 0 12 51 67 −16 20
9 FC Pratteln 22 7 4 11 41 50 −9 18
10 SC Kleinhüningen 22 7 3 12 37 45 −8 17
11 FC Allschwil 22 6 2 14 31 48 −17 14 Play-out against relegation
12 FC Black Stars Basel[6] 22 3 4 15 34 63 −29 10 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 Altstetten (Zürich)[17] Altstetten  Zürich Buchlern 1,000
FC Arbon[18] Arbon  Thurgau Stacherholz 1,000
GC Biaschesi Biasca  Ticino Campo Sportivo "Al Vallone" 2,850
FC Blue Stars Zürich[19] Zürich  Zürich Hardhof 1,000
FC Emmenbrücke Emmen  Lucerne Stadion Gersag 8,700
FC Kreuzlingen Kreuzlingen  Thurgau Sportplatz Hafenareal 1,200
FC Olten[20] Olten  Solothurn Sportanlagen Kleinholz 8,000
FC Red Star Zürich Zürich  Zürich Allmend Brunau 2,000
FC Schaffhausen Schaffhausen  Schaffhausen Stadion Breite 7,300
FC Uster[21] Uster  Zürich Sportanlage Buchholz 7,000
FC Winterthur Winterthur  Zürich Schützenwiese 8,550
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 Winterthur 22 15 4 3 42 19 +23 34 To promotion play-off
2 FC Schaffhausen 22 12 7 3 66 32 +34 31
3 FC Red Star Zürich 22 8 9 5 44 35 +9 25
4 FC Blue Stars Zürich 22 9 5 8 43 31 +12 23
5 FC Olten 22 9 4 9 42 36 +6 22
6 FC Uster 22 9 4 9 44 42 +2 22
7 FC Arbon 22 8 6 8 35 36 −1 22
8 FC Emmenbrücke 22 6 10 6 33 35 −2 22
9 FC Kreuzlingen 22 8 3 11 40 60 −20 19
10 SC Zofingen 22 6 3 13 39 70 −31 15 To decider for tenth place
11 FC Altstetten (Zürich) 22 4 7 11 25 38 −13 15
12 GC Biaschesi[6] 22 5 4 13 35 54 −19 14 Relegation to 2. Liga
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers.

Decider for tenth place

The decider was played on 19 June in Zürich.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Altstetten 0–1 Zofingen

Zofingen won and were placed tenth, thus they remained in the division for the following season. FC Altstetten were placed as eleventh and thus continued to the relegation play-outs.

Promotion, relegation

Promotion play-off

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 12, 19 and 26 June 1949.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ES MOU WIN
1 Étoile-Sporting 2 1 1 0 5 0 +5 3 Champions and promoted — 5–0 —
2 Moutier 2 1 0 1 1 5 −4 2 Promoted — — 1–0
3 Winterthur 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1 0–0 — —
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head 3) Decider.

Étoile-Sporting became 1. Liga Champions and together with runners-up Moutier were promoted to 1949–50 Nationalliga B. Winterthur remained in the division for the next season.[6]

Relegation play-out

The three second last placed teams from each group contested a play-out to decide the fourth and final relegation slot. The matches in the play-outs were held on 19 and 26 June 1949. The third match was not played.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation SLO ALTZ ALW
1 Stade Lausanne 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 2 — — 3–0
2 Altstetten 1 1 0 0 4 3 +1 2 n/p — —
3 Allschwil 2 0 0 2 3 7 −4 0 Relegated to 2. Liga — 3–4 —
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head 3) Decider.

The match Altstetten against Stade Lausanne was not played. Both teams remained in the division for the next season, Allschwil were relegated to 2. Liga.[6]

Further in Swiss football

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Sources

Preceded by
1947–48 		Seasons in
Swiss 1. Liga 		Succeeded by
1949–50