1957–58 Nationalliga A

Nationalliga A
Season1957–58
ChampionsYoung Boys
RelegatedWinterthur
Biel-Bienne
Top goalscorerErnst Wechselberger (Young Boys)
22 goals
Nationalliga B
Season1957–58
ChampionsZürich
PromotedZürich
Luzern
RelegatedES Malley
Nordstern
Top goalscorerWerner Frey (Luzern)
Werner Leimgruber (Zürich)
both 22 goals

The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1957–58 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 61st season of top-tier and the 60th season of second-tier football in Switzerland.

Overview

The Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) had 28 member clubs at this time and these were devided into two divisions of 14 teams each. 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. The top tier (NLA) was contested by the top 12 teams from the previous 1956–57 season and the two newly promoted teams Biel-Bienne and Grenchen. The champions would qualify for the 1958–59 European Cup and the last two teams in the league table at the end of the season were to be relegated.

The second-tier (NLB) was contested by the two teams that had been relegated from the NLA at the end of the last season, Zürich and Schaffhausen, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams Concordia and Sion. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1958–59 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1958–59 Swiss 1. Liga.[1]

Nationalliga A

Teams, locations

Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Basel Basel  Basel-Stadt Landhof 4,000
AC Bellinzona Bellinzona  Ticino Stadio Comunale Bellinzona 5,000
FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne  Bern Stadion Gurzelen 5,500
FC Chiasso Chiasso  Ticino Stadio Comunale Riva IV 4,000
Grasshopper Club Zürich Zürich  Zürich Hardturm 20,000
FC Grenchen Grenchen  Solothurn Stadium Brühl 10,900
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds  Neuchâtel Centre Sportif de la Charrière 10,000
FC Lausanne-Sport Lausanne  Vaud Pontaise 30,000
FC Lugano Lugano  Ticino Cornaredo Stadium 6,330
Servette FC Geneva  Geneva Stade des Charmilles 27,000
Urania Genève Sport Genève  Geneva Stade de Frontenex 4,000
FC Winterthur Winterthur  Zürich Schützenwiese 8,550
BSC Young Boys Bern  Bern Wankdorf Stadium 56,000
FC Young Fellows Zürich  Zürich Utogrund 2,850

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Young Boys[2] 26 20 3 3 76 37 +39 43 Swiss Champions qualified for 1958–59 European Cup
and Swiss Cup winners
2 Grasshopper Club 26 16 3 7 81 47 +34 35
3 Chiasso 26 15 5 6 56 43 +13 35
4 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 13 5 8 56 55 +1 31
5 Grenchen 26 9 9 8 54 52 +2 27
6 Lausanne-Sport 26 9 9 8 51 52 −1 27
7 Young Fellows Zürich 26 10 5 11 57 54 +3 25
8 Servette[3] 26 10 4 12 50 47 +3 24
9 Basel[4] 26 9 6 11 59 53 +6 24
10 Bellinzona 26 8 5 13 35 52 −17 21
11 Lugano 26 7 6 13 36 47 −11 20
12 Urania Genève Sport 26 7 4 15 38 55 −17 18 to play-out against relegation
13 Winterthur 26 6 6 14 51 76 −25 18 to play-out against relegation
14 Biel-Bienne 26 6 4 16 25 55 −30 16 Relegated to 1958–59 Nationalliga B
Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away BAS BEL BB CDF CHI GCZ GRE LS LUG SER UGS WIN YB YFZ
Basel 3–2 6–2 2–1 0–2 1–3 3–4 1–1 1–2 6–2 6–0 8–1 0–0 1–6
Bellinzona 3–2 0–2 0–1 1–2 3–5 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–4 3–1 1–2 3–2
Biel-Bienne 2–2 1–0 2–2 1–3 0–2 2–4 1–2 2–1 0–4 0–1 1–4 0–1 1–0
La Chaux-de-Fonds 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–2 3–2 3–4 2–5 2–1 2–0 3–2 6–2 2–1 3–2
Chiasso 1–1 0–2 2–0 3–0 4–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 2–3 2–1 1–3 1–0
Grasshopper Club 1–0 8–0 6–0 7–2 0–2 3–2 4–4 6–2 2–1 1–1 5–3 2–1 1–3
Grenchen 3–4 3–1 3–0 1–3 0–1 0–1 4–2 0–0 2–2 2–0 3–3 1–2 2–2
Lausanne-Sports 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–7 2–2 4–2 2–1 4–2 2–2 1–2 2–2
Lugano 2–0 1–1 1–2 4–1 3–3 1–0 2–4 0–1 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–1 2–3
Servette 2–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 4–3 1–3 4–0 2–2 2–0 3–0 7–1 1–4 3–2
Urania 3–2 1–2 2–0 3–1 1–3 2–3 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 2–2 0–2 3–4
Winterthur 2–2 0–1 0–2 4–4 2–3 3–2 2–2 1–3 3–2 2–0 3–1 2–3 2–3
Young Boys 6–2 4–1 2–1 1–2 5–1 4–4 6–3 4–3 6–1 3–1 2–1 4–3 5–1
Young Fellows 1–3 1–1 3–0 4–4 5–4 3–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–4 1–2 1–2
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-out

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Urania Genève Sport 2–1 Winterthur

Urania Genève Sport won and remained in top-tier. Winterthur were relegated to 1958–59 Nationalliga B.

Topscorers

Rank Player Nat. Goals Club
1. Ernst Wechselberger Germany 22 Young Boys
2. Raymond Duret Switzerland 20 Grasshopper Club
3. Miodrag Glisovic Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 19 Grenchen
4. Norbert Eschmann Switzerland 18 Grenchen
Josef Hügi Switzerland 18 Basel
6. Eugen Meier Switzerland 16 Young Boys
Giuliano Robbiani Switzerland 16 Grasshopper Club
8. René Hamel Switzerland 15 Grenchen
9. Laurito Oscar Switzerland 14 Chiasso
10. Ferdinando Riva Switzerland 13 Chiasso

Nationalliga B

Teams, locations

Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Bern Bern  Bern Stadion Neufeld 14,000
FC Cantonal Neuchâtel Neuchâtel  Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière 25,500
FC Concordia Basel Basel  Basel-Stadt Stadion Rankhof 7,000
FC Fribourg Fribourg  Fribourg Stade Universitaire 9,000
FC Lengnau[5] Lengnau  Bern Moos Lengnau BE 3,900
FC Luzern Lucerne  Lucerne Stadion Allmend 25,000
ES FC Malley Malley  Vaud Centre sportif de la Tuilière 1,500
FC Nordstern Basel Basel  Basel-Stadt Rankhof 7,600
FC Schaffhausen Schaffhausen  Schaffhausen Stadion Breite 7,300
FC Sion Sion  Valais Stade de Tourbillon 16,000
FC Solothurn Solothurn  Solothurn Stadion FC Solothurn 6,750
FC Thun Thun  Bern Stadion Lachen 10,350
Yverdon-Sport FC Yverdon-les-Bains  Vaud Stade Municipal 6,600
FC Zürich Zürich  Zürich Letzigrund 25,000

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Zürich[6] 26 18 4 4 92 44 +48 40 NLB Champions and promoted to 1958–59 Nationalliga A
2 FC Luzern 26 17 4 5 74 42 +32 38 Promoted to 1958–59 Nationalliga A
3 FC Cantonal Neuchâtel 26 15 5 6 52 28 +24 35
4 FC Lengnau 26 13 7 6 66 38 +28 33
5 FC Fribourg 26 12 6 8 54 30 +24 30
6 FC Bern 26 11 8 7 50 43 +7 30
7 FC Sion 26 12 5 9 46 50 −4 29
8 Yverdon-Sport FC 26 11 4 11 48 48 0 26
9 FC Thun 26 8 6 12 47 60 −13 22
10 FC Concordia Basel 26 9 4 13 51 67 −16 22
11 FC Solothurn 26 8 5 13 33 46 −13 21
12 FC Schaffhausen 26 6 4 16 38 65 −27 16
13 ES FC Malley[1] 26 4 5 17 30 60 −30 13 Relegated to 1958–59 1. Liga
14 FC Nordstern Basel[1] 26 3 3 20 36 96 −60 9 Relegated to 1958–59 1. Liga
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

Further in Swiss football

References

  1. ^ a b c Erste Liga (SFV) (2022). "Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2022" [First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2022] (PDF). PDF page 3 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  2. ^ (red) BSC Young Boys AG (2024). "YB Saison 1957/58" [YB season 1957/58] (in Swiss High German). BSC Young Boys AG. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  3. ^ Reichmuth, Daniel (2024). "Servette 1957/58" (PDF) (in French). super-servette-ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  4. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (2024). "FCB Rangliste 1957/58" [FCB Ranking 1957/58] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  5. ^ (red) Fussballverband Bern/Jura (2024). "FC Lengnau" (in German). Fussballverband Bern/Jura. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  6. ^ (red) dbFCZ (2023). "FCZ Saison 1957/58" [FCZ season] (in Swiss High German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

Sources

Preceded by
1956–57 		Nationalliga
seasons in
Switzerland 		Succeeded by
1958–59