1967–68 Nationalliga A

Nationalliga A
Season1967–68
ChampionsZürich
RelegatedYoung Fellows
Grenchen
Top goalscorerFritz Künzli (Zürich)
28 goals
Nationalliga B
Season1967–68
ChampionsWinterthur
PromotedWinterthur
St. Gallen
RelegatedMoutier
Bern
Top goalscorerTimo Konietzka (Winterthur)
34 goals

The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1967–68 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 71st season of top-tier and the 70th 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 1966–67 season and the two newly promoted teams FC Luzern and AC Bellinzona. The champions would qualify for the 1968–69 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, FC Winterthur and FC Moutier, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams FC Bern and FC Fribourg. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1968–69 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1968–69 Swiss 1. Liga.[1]

Nationalliga A

The first round of the NLA was played on 19 August 1957. After playing 13 rounds, completed on 3 December, there was a winter break until the 14th round was held on 3 March 1968. The season had 26 rounds and was completed on 9 June 1968.

Teams, locations

Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Basel Basel  Basel-Stadt St. Jakob Stadium 36,800
AC Bellinzona Bellinzona  Ticino Stadio Comunale Bellinzona 5,000
FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne  Bern Stadion Gurzelen 15,000
Grasshopper Club Zürich Zürich  Zürich Hardturm 20,000
FC Grenchen Grenchen  Solothurn Stadium Brühl 15,100
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds  Neuchâtel Centre Sportif de la Charrière 12,700
FC Lausanne-Sport Lausanne  Vaud Pontaise 15,700
FC Lugano Lugano  Ticino Cornaredo Stadium 6,330
FC Luzern Lucerne  Lucerne Stadion Allmend 25,000
Servette FC Geneva  Geneva Stade des Charmilles 27,000
FC Sion Sion  Valais Stade de Tourbillon 16,000
BSC Young Boys Bern  Bern Wankdorf Stadium 56,000
FC Young Fellows Zürich Zürich  Zürich Utogrund 2,850
FC Zürich Zürich  Zürich Letzigrund 25,000

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Zürich[2] 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[3] 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[4] 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[5] 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 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;

Results

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

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 on 19 June in Lausanne and Zürich-Lugano on 26 June 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.[6]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FCZ[2] GC LUG
1 Zürich[2] 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: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference regular season.

Nationalliga B

Teams, locations

Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Aarau Aarau  Aargau Stadion Brügglifeld 9,240
FC Baden Baden  Aargau Esp Stadium 7,000
FC Bern Bern  Bern Stadion Neufeld 14,000
SC Brühl St. Gallen  St. Gallen Paul-Grüninger-Stadion 4,200
FC Chiasso Chiasso  Ticino Stadio Comunale Riva IV 4,000
FC Fribourg Fribourg  Fribourg Stade Universitaire 9,000
FC Moutier[7] Moutier  Bern Stade de Chalière 5,000
FC Solothurn Solothurn  Solothurn Stadion FC Solothurn 6,750
FC St. Gallen St. Gallen  St. Gallen Espenmoos 11,000
FC Thun Thun  Bern Stadion Lachen 10,350
Urania Genève Sport Genève  Geneva Stade de Frontenex 4,000
FC Wettingen Wettingen  Aargau Stadion Altenburg 10,000
FC Winterthur Winterthur  Zürich Schützenwiese 8,550
FC Xamax Neuchâtel  Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière 25,500

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[8] 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[9] 26 6 4 16 38 74 −36 16 Relegated to 1968–69 1. Liga
14 FC Bern[9] 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;

Further in Swiss football

References

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Sources

Preceded by
1966–67 		Nationalliga
seasons in
Switzerland 		Succeeded by
1968–69