1964–65 Swiss 1. Liga

1. Liga
Season1964–65
Champions1. Liga champions:
St. Gallen
Group West:
Etoile Carouge FC
Group Cenral:
FC Langenthal
Group South and East:
St. Gallen
PromotedSt. Gallen
FC Blue Stars Zürich
RelegatedGroup West:
ES FC Malley
FC Renens
Group Central:
FC Breitenbach
FC Gerlafingen
Group South and East:
FC Bodio
FC Turgi
Matches played3 times 156
and 1 decider
plus 12 play-offs

The 1964–65 1. Liga season was the 33rd 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 and it was the highest level of total amateur football. The two higher divisions in Switzerland, at this time, were becoming professional or semi-professional.

Format

There were 39 teams competing in the 1. Liga 1965–66 season. They were divided into three regional groups, each group with 13 teams. Within each group, the teams would play a double round-robin to decide their league position. Two points were awarded for a win. The three group winners and the three runners-up then contested a play-off round to decide the two promotion slots. The last two placed teams in each group were relegated to the 2. Liga (fourth tier).

Group West

Teams, locations

Club Based in Canton Stadium Capacity
CS Chênois Thônex  Geneva Stade des Trois-Chêne 8,000
Étoile Carouge FC Carouge  Geneva Stade de la Fontenette 3,690
FC Fribourg Fribourg  Fribourg Stade Universitaire 9,000
ES FC Malley Malley  Vaud Centre sportif de la Tuilière 1,500
FC Martigny-Sports Martigny  Valais Stade d'Octodure 2,500
FC Forward Morges[1] Morges  Vaud Parc des Sports 600
FC Raron[2] Raron  Valais Sportplatz Rhoneglut 1,000
FC Renens[3] Renens  Vaud Zone sportive du Censuy 2,300
FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy, Lausanne  Vaud Centre sportif de Vidy 1,000
FC Versoix[4] Versoix  Geneva Centre sportif de la Bécassière 1,000
Vevey Sports Vevey  Vaud Stade de Copet 4,000
Xamax Neuchâtel  Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière 25,500
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 Etoile Carouge FC 24 15 4 5 61 33 +28 34 Play-off to Nationalliga B
2 FC Fribourg 24 12 9 3 39 19 +20 33 To decider for second place
3 FC Forward Morges 24 14 5 5 47 31 +16 33
4 Xamax 24 12 8 4 49 37 +12 32
5 FC Raron 24 11 7 6 47 37 +10 29
6 Vevey-Sports 24 10 5 9 55 52 +3 25
7 CS Chênois 24 9 5 10 39 32 +7 23
8 Yverdon-Sport FC 24 9 5 10 39 48 −9 23
9 FC Versoix 24 6 7 11 36 46 −10 19
10 FC Martigny-Sports 24 6 7 11 23 30 −7 19
11 FC Stade Lausanne 24 7 5 12 40 56 −16 19
12 ES FC Malley[5] 24 5 6 13 38 52 −14 16 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
13 FC Renens[5] 24 2 3 19 22 62 −40 7
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers.

Decider for second place

The decider match for second place was played on 6 June at Stade Municipal in Yverdon-les-Bains.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Fribourg 3–0 FC Forward Morges

FC Fribourg win and advance to play-offs. FC Forward Morges remain in the division.

Group Central

Teams, locations

Club Based in Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Alle Alle  Jura Centre Sportif Régional 2,000
FC Breitenbach[6] Breitenbach  Solothurn Grien 2,000
SC Burgdorf[7] Burgdorf  Bern Stadion Neumatt 3,850
FC Concordia Basel Basel  Basel-Stadt Stadion Rankhof 7,000
SR Delémont Delémont  Jura La Blancherie 5,263
FC Emmenbrücke Emmen  Lucerne Stadion Gersag 8,700
FC Fontainemelon[8][9] Neuchâtel  Neuchâtel Centre Sportif Fontainemelon 1,000
FC Gerlafingen[10] Gerlafingen  Solothurn Kirchacker 1,000
FC Langenthal[11] Langenthal  Bern Rankmatte 2,000
FC Minerva Bern Bern  Bern Spitalacker 1,450
FC Nordstern Basel Basel  Basel-Stadt Rankhof 7,600
FC Olten[12] Olten  Solothurn Sportanlagen Kleinholz 8,000
FC Wohlen Wohlen  Aargau Stadion Niedermatten 3,734[13]

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Langenthal 24 15 6 3 43 21 +22 36 Play-off to Nationalliga B
2 SC Burgdorf 24 16 3 5 50 23 +27 35
3 FC Minerva Bern 24 14 6 4 45 21 +24 34
4 SR Delémont 24 9 7 8 40 40 0 25
5 FC Concordia Basel 24 8 6 10 39 39 0 22
6 FC Emmenbrücke 24 8 6 10 38 40 −2 22
7 FC Alle 24 9 4 11 39 43 −4 22
8 FC Wohlen 24 10 2 12 45 50 −5 22
9 FC Nordstern Basel 24 7 7 10 29 41 −12 21
10 FC Olten 24 7 6 11 36 39 −3 20
11 FC Fontainemelon 24 7 6 11 34 54 −20 20
12 FC Breitenbach[5] 24 7 3 14 46 50 −4 17 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
13 FC Gerlafingen[5] 24 6 4 14 32 55 −23 16
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 Blue Stars Zürich[14] Zürich  Zürich Hardhof 1,000
FC Bodio[15] Bodio  Ticino Campo comunale Pollegio 1,000
FC Dietikon[16] Dietikon  Zürich Fussballplatz Dornau 1,000
FC Locarno Locarno  Ticino Stadio comunale Lido 5,000
FC Oerlikon/Polizei ZH[17] Oerlikon (Zürich)  Zürich Sportanlage Neudorf 1,000
FC Red Star Zürich Zürich  Zürich Allmend Brunau 2,000
FC Rorschach[18] Rorschach  Schwyz Sportplatz Kellen 1,000
FC St. Gallen St. Gallen  St. Gallen Espenmoos 11,000
FC Turgi[19] Turgi  Aargau Sportanlage Oberau 1,000
FC Vaduz Vaduz Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Rheinpark Stadion 7,584
FC Wettingen Wettingen  Aargau Stadion Altenburg 10,000
FC Widnau[20] Widnau  St. Gallen Sportanlage Aegeten 2,000
SC Zug Zug  Zug Herti Allmend Stadion 6,000

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 St. Gallen 24 16 4 4 79 41 +38 36 Play-off to Nationalliga B
2 FC Blue Stars Zürich 24 15 5 4 52 36 +16 35
3 FC Wettingen 24 15 3 6 64 30 +34 33
4 SC Zug 24 9 8 7 53 47 +6 26
5 FC Red Star Zürich 24 10 6 8 48 43 +5 26
6 FC Widnau 24 9 6 9 32 38 −6 24
7 FC Oerlikon/Polizei ZH 24 9 5 10 43 49 −6 23
8 FC Vaduz 24 9 4 11 44 62 −18 22
9 FC Locarno 24 5 9 10 31 34 −3 19
10 FC Dietikon 24 8 3 13 36 43 −7 19
11 FC Rorschach 24 6 6 12 33 52 −19 18
12 FC Bodio[5] 24 5 7 12 37 54 −17 17 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
13 FC Turgi[5] 24 4 6 14 30 53 −23 14
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers.

Promotion play-off

The three group winners and the runners-up played a round-robin against the four teams who had not been in their group. The teams did not play against the team that had been in the same group.

Matches

The first games were played on 13 June 1965.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Burgdorf 3–0 Fribourg
Blue Stars 3–1 Etoile Carouge
Langenthal 1–1 St. Gallen

The second round was played on 20 June.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Etoile Carouge 0–2 Langenthal
Fribourg 2–3 Blue Stars
St. Gallen 4–2 Burgdorf

The third round was played on 27 June.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Burgdorf 1–2 Etoile Carouge
Langenthal 4–4 Blue Stars
St. Gallen 1–0 Fribourg

The final round was played on 4 July.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Blue Stars 1–0 Burgdorf
Etoile Carouge 2–3 St. Gallen
Fribourg 0–3 Langenthal

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 St. Gallen[5] 4 3 1 0 9 5 +4 7 1. Liga champions, promoted to 1965–66 Nationalliga B
2 FC Blue Stars Zürich[5] 4 3 1 0 11 7 +4 7 Promoted to 1965–66 Nationalliga B
3 FC Langenthal 4 2 2 0 10 5 +5 6
4 Etoile Carouge FC 4 1 0 3 5 9 −4 2
5 SC Burgdorf 4 1 0 3 6 7 −1 2
6 FC Fribourg 4 0 0 4 2 10 −8 0
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Goal difference.

St. Gallen are declaired 1. Liga champions due to their position in the regular season.[5]

Further in Swiss football

References

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Sources

Preceded by
1963–64 		Seasons in
Swiss 1. Liga 		Succeeded by
1965–66