1967–68 in Swiss football

Football in Switzerland
Season1967–68
Men's football
Nationalliga AZürich
Nationalliga BWinterthur
1. Liga1. Liga champions:
Etoile Carouge
Group West:
Etoile Carouge
Group Cenral:
FC Porrentruy
Group South and East:
Mendrisiostar
Swiss CupLugano
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The following is a summary of the 1967–68 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Nationalliga A

Main article: 1967–68 Nationalliga A

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Zürich[1] 26 16 6 4 63 27 +36 38 To championship play-off
2 Grasshopper Club 26 17 4 5 54 23 +31 38
3 Lugano 26 17 4 5 53 30 +23 38
4 Lausanne-Sport 26 13 6 7 67 43 +24 32 Entered 1968 Intertoto Cup
5 Basel[2] 26 13 5 8 49 33 +16 31
6 Luzern 26 12 4 10 51 58 −7 28
7 Biel-Bienne 26 10 5 11 43 45 −2 25 Entered 1968 Intertoto Cup
8 Young Boys[3] 26 9 7 10 37 43 −6 25
9 Sion 26 7 10 9 31 41 −10 24
10 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 8 6 12 40 49 −9 22 Entered 1968 Intertoto Cup
11 Servette[4] 26 8 5 13 40 42 −2 21
12 Bellinzona 26 8 5 13 26 40 −14 21 Entered 1968 Intertoto Cup
13 Young Fellows Zürich 26 3 6 17 21 58 −37 12 Relegated to Nationalliga B
14 Grenchen 26 3 3 20 19 62 −43 9 Relegated to Nationalliga B
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

Championship play-off

Three teams finished level on points, therefore a play-off was required. The game GC-Zürich was played on 12 June in Bern, Lugano-GC 19 June in Lausanne and Zürich-Lugano in Zürich with the acceptation of Lugano. Before this final match it was already clear that FCZ were Swiss champions, as a win for Lugano would have left all three play-off finalists equal on the same number of points. In this case the goal difference from the regular championship was decisive. The match was therefore moved from Lausanne to Zurich. After the match, the trophy was presented by Federal Councillor Nello Celio under difficult conditions following a pitch invasion by fans.[5]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FCZ[1] GC LUG
1 FC Zürich[1] 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 4 Swiss Champions, qualified for 1968–69 European Cup — — 2–0
2 Grasshopper Club 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 2 0–2 — —–
3 Lugano 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1968–69 Cup Winners' Cup
and entered 1968 Intertoto Cup 		— 1–2 —
Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference regular season.

Nationalliga B

Main article: 1967–68 Nationalliga A § Nationalliga B

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Winterthur 26 18 4 4 70 27 +43 40 NLB Champions and promoted to 1968–69 Nationalliga A
2 FC St. Gallen 26 12 9 5 61 34 +27 33 Promoted to 1968–69 Nationalliga A
3 FC Aarau[6] 26 11 9 6 50 26 +24 31
4 FC Xamax 26 12 6 8 52 43 +9 30
5 FC Chiasso 26 11 7 8 33 29 +4 29
6 FC Wettingen 26 10 8 8 51 47 +4 28
7 SC Brühl 26 11 6 9 46 44 +2 28
8 FC Thun 26 9 9 8 40 37 +3 27
9 Urania Genève Sport 26 10 7 9 46 47 −1 27
10 FC Solothurn 26 8 7 11 44 52 −8 23
11 FC Fribourg 26 6 9 11 35 36 −1 21
12 FC Baden 26 7 7 12 27 56 −29 21
13 FC Moutier[7] 26 6 4 16 38 74 −36 16 Relegated to 1968–69 1. Liga
14 FC Bern[7] 26 3 4 19 34 75 −41 10 Relegated to 1968–69 1. Liga
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

1. Liga

Main article: 1967–68 Swiss 1. Liga

Group West

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Etoile Carouge FC 24 16 5 3 61 25 +36 37 Play-off to Nationalliga B
2 FC Le Locle 24 15 5 4 59 34 +25 35
3 FC Monthey 24 15 4 5 49 25 +24 34
4 FC Cantonal Neuchâtel 24 10 7 7 39 37 +2 27
5 Vevey-Sports 24 11 4 9 36 31 +5 26
6 Yverdon-Sport FC 24 10 6 8 38 34 +4 26
7 CS Chênois 24 9 5 10 42 49 −7 23
8 FC Fontainemelon 24 4 11 9 31 51 −20 19
9 FC Martigny-Sports 24 6 6 12 42 53 −11 18
10 US Campagnes GE 24 7 4 13 33 49 −16 18
11 FC Raron 24 6 5 13 37 46 −9 17 Play-out against relegation
12 FC Versoix 24 6 5 13 24 39 −15 17
13 FC Stade Lausanne 24 3 11 10 26 44 −18 17
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers.

Relegation play-out

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Stade Lausanne 4–2 FC Raron
FC Versoix 1–2 FC Stade Lausanne
FC Raron n/p FC Versoix

FC Stade Lausanne won both matches and remain in the division. The match Raron-Versoix was not played. Both teams were relegated to 2. Liga Interregional.[7]

Group Central

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Porrentruy 24 17 5 2 57 15 +42 39 Play-off to Nationalliga B
2 FC Emmenbrücke 24 15 3 6 53 25 +28 33
3 FC Minerva Bern 24 12 7 5 48 27 +21 31
4 FC Dürrenast 24 11 6 7 43 31 +12 28
5 FC Langenthal 24 10 6 8 51 51 0 26
6 FC Concordia Basel 24 12 1 11 62 46 +16 25
7 FC Breitenbach 24 8 8 8 43 33 +10 24
8 SC Burgdorf 24 8 7 9 36 34 +2 23
9 SC Zofingen 24 8 5 11 38 36 +2 21
10 FC Nordstern Basel 24 8 4 12 43 44 −1 20 Play-out against relegation
11 BSC Old Boys 24 7 6 11 35 46 −11 20
12 FC Alle 24 8 4 12 31 63 −32 20
13 ASEP Saint-Imier[7] 24 1 0 23 19 108 −89 2 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers.

Relegation play-out

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Alle 1–1 FC Nordstern Basel
BSC Old Boys 1–0 FC Alle
FC Nordstern Basel 0–0 BSC Old Boys

FC Alle are relegated to 2. Liga Interregional. BSC Old Boys and FC Nordstern Basel remain in the division.[7]

Group South and East

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Mendrisiostar 24 17 5 2 50 20 +30 39 Play-off to Nationalliga B
2 FC Frauenfeld 24 13 8 3 57 27 +30 34
3 FC Vaduz 24 12 4 8 41 33 +8 28
4 FC Locarno 24 9 10 5 40 35 +5 28
5 FC Küsnacht 24 9 7 8 32 37 −5 25
6 FC Schaffhausen 24 9 7 8 41 36 +5 25
7 FC Red Star Zürich 24 6 10 8 37 38 −1 22
8 SC Zug 24 7 8 9 30 33 −3 22
9 FC Uster 24 7 8 9 22 30 −8 22
10 FC Amriswil 24 5 10 9 32 39 −7 20
11 FC Blue Stars Zürich 24 7 6 11 31 40 −9 20
12 FC Widnau[7] 24 4 7 13 28 44 −16 15 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
13 FC Brunnen[7] 24 3 6 15 21 50 −29 12
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 played a two legged tie against one of the runners-up to decide the three finalists. The games were played on 2 and 9 June 1968.

Qualification round

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Porrentruy 3–1 FC Frauenfeld
FC Frauenfeld 1–1 FC Porrentruy

FC Porrentruy win 4–2 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Etoile Carouge FC 0–0 FC Emmenbrücke
FC Emmenbrücke 1–1 Etoile Carouge FC

Etoile Carouge FC are qualified as best classed in the regular season, FC Emmenbrücke is eliminated.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Mendrisiostar 3–0 FC Le Locle
FC Le Locle 3–0 Mendrisiostar

Mendrisiostar and Le Locle-Sports are qualified as best classed in the regular season, FC Emmenbrücke is eliminated..

Final round

The games were played on 16 and 23 June 1968.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Le Locle 1–2 Etoile Carouge FC
Etoile Carouge FC 1–1 FC Le Locle

Etoile Carouge FC won 3–2 on aggregate and are promoted to 1968–69 Nationalliga B..[7]

These games were played on 23 and 30 June 1968.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Mendrisiostar 2–0 FC Porrentruy
FC Porrentruy 1–2 Mendrisiostar

Mendrisiostar won 4–1 on aggregate, are declaired 1. Liga champions and are promoted to 1968–69 Nationalliga B.[7]

Swiss Cup

Main article: 1967–68 Swiss Cup

The competition was played in a knockout system. In the case of a draw, extra time was played. If the teams were still level after extra time, the match was replayed at the away team's ground. Here, in case of a draw after extra time, the replay was to be decided with a penalty shoot-out.

Early rounds

The routes of the finalists to the final were:

  • Second round: teams from the NLA and NLB with byes.
  • Third round: teams from the NLA with a bye. Winterthur-Vaduz 10:1.
  • Fourth round: Aarau-Lugano 2:2 (a.e.t.), Replay: Lugano-Aarau 3:1.[8] Winterthur-Amriswil 3:0.
  • Fifth round: St. Gallen-Lugano 1:2. Xamax-Winterthur 4:5 (a.e.t.).
  • Quarter-finals. Lugano-Zürich 1:0.[9] Winterthur-Young Fellows 2:1.
  • Semi-finals: Luzern-Lugano 2:4 (a.e.t.). Winterthur-Biel 2:1.

Final

The final was held at the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern on Whit Monday 1969.

Lugano2–1Winterthur
Luttrop 11'
Simonetti 77'		 Fussball Schweiz 46' Dimmeler
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Switzerland Mario Clematide, (Zollikofen)

Swiss Clubs in Europe

Basel

European Cup

Main article: 1967–68 European Cup
First round
20 September 1967 First leg Basel Switzerland 1 – 2 Denmark Hvidovre St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Hauser 17' (1:0) Report
FCB Summary		 58' (1:1) Larsen
80' (1:2) Sørensen		 Attendance: 13,344
Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)
18 October 1967 Second leg Hvidovre Denmark 3 – 3 Switzerland Basel Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
19:00 Hansen 18'
Sørensen 39'
Olsen 58'		 Report
FCB Summary		 2' Hauser
Yellow card 63' Benthaus
78' Benthaus
85' Wenger		 Attendance: 9,363
Referee: England Ken Dagnall (England)

Hvidovre won 5–4 on aggregate.

Lausanne

Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 1967–68 European Cup Winners' Cup
First round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lausanne Sports Switzerland 3–4 Czechoslovakia Spartak Trnava 3–2 0–2

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 1967 Intertoto Cup
Group A2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts FEY RDC STR LS
1 Netherlands Feyenoord 6 5 0 1 17 6 +11 10 — 5–1 3–0 2–1
2 Belgium RDC Molenbeek 6 3 1 2 8 9 −1 7 1–0 — 0–0 1–0
3 France Strasbourg 6 1 2 3 6 11 −5 4 1–3 3–1 — 0–2
4 Switzerland Lausanne-Sports 6 1 1 4 8 13 −5 3 2–4 1–4 2–2 —
Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Lugano

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 1967 Intertoto Cup
Group A1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts LUG BOR SPA WAR
1 Switzerland Lugano 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 7 — 0–0 2–0 2–1
2 France Bordeaux 6 3 1 2 5 7 −2 7 2–1 — 1–4 0–2
3 Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam 6 3 0 3 9 6 +3 6 1–0 0–1 — 4–0
4 Belgium Waregem 6 2 0 4 6 10 −4 4 1–3 0–1 2–0 —
Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Grasshopper Club

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 1967 Intertoto Cup
Group B3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts BYT BRE ELF GCZ
1 Poland Polonia Bytom 6 5 0 1 16 6 +10 10 — 2–1 3–0 5–1
2 West Germany Werder Bremen 6 3 2 1 12 7 +5 8 2–0 — 4–1 1–1
3 Sweden Elfsborg 6 1 1 4 10 16 −6 3 1–2 2–2 — 5–2
4 Switzerland Grasshopper Club 6 1 1 4 9 18 −9 3 1–4 1–2 3–1 —
Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Sion

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 1967 Intertoto Cup
Group A3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts LIL SIO BEE GRO
1 France Lille 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 8 — 0–0 0–1 2–1
2 Switzerland Sion 6 3 1 2 10 7 +3 7 1–3 — 5–2 3–1
3 Belgium Beerschot 6 1 3 2 6 9 −3 5 2–2 0–1 — 1–1
4 Netherlands Groningen 6 1 2 3 5 9 −4 4 1–3 1–0 0–0 —
Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Young Boys

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 1967 Intertoto Cup
Group B5
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts RUC FRE YB FIR
1 Poland Ruch Chorzów 6 6 0 0 18 6 +12 12 — 5–1 4–3 2–0
2 Denmark Frem 6 2 1 3 11 11 0 5 1–2 — 4–1 4–1
3 Switzerland Young Boys 6 1 2 3 8 12 −4 4 0–2 0–0 — 2–0
4 Austria First Vienna 6 1 1 4 6 14 −8 3 1–3 2–1 2–2 —
Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Grenchen

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 1967 Intertoto Cup
Group A4
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts LIE GRE ROU GAE
1 Belgium Lierse 6 4 1 1 13 7 +6 9 — 3–1 1–1 2–0
2 Switzerland Grenchen 6 2 2 2 8 9 −1 6 2–1 — 1–1 2–0
3 France Rouen 6 1 3 2 9 15 −6 5 2–4 1–1 — 4–3
4 Netherlands Go Ahead Eagles 6 2 0 4 12 11 +1 4 1–2 3–1 5–0 —
Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Young Fellows

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 1967 Intertoto Cup
Group B4
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts GÖT JEN B05 YFZ
1 Sweden Gothenburg 6 4 1 1 16 7 +9 9 — 4–0 2–1 2–2
2 East Germany FC Carl Zeiss Jena 6 4 1 1 10 9 +1 9 3–1 — 1–0 3–2
3 Czechoslovakia Bohemians Prague 6 2 1 3 12 8 +4 5 1–3 1–1 — 4–0
4 Switzerland Young Fellows Zürich 6 0 1 5 6 20 −14 1 0–4 1–2 1–5 —
Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.


References

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  3. ^ (red) BSC Young Boys AG (2024). "YB Saison 1967/68" [YB season 1967/68] (in German). BSC Young Boys AG. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
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  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i 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 7 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
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