1976–77 Swiss 1. Liga

1. Liga
Season1976–77
Champions1. Liga champions:
FC Wettingen
Group 1:
FC Bulle
Group 2:
FC Bern
Group 3:
FC Wettingen
Group 4:
SC Zug
PromotedFC Wettingen
FC Bulle
RelegatedGroup 1:
FC Sierre
Group 2:
FC Superga
Group 3:
SC Kleinhüningen
Group 4:
FC Rüti
Matches played4 times 132 and 2 deciders
plus 13 play-offs

The 1976–77 1. Liga was the 45th season of this league 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 amateur football.

Format

There was a modification to the 1. Liga taking place at this time. The 1. Liga had been increased from 39 clubs, in three groups last season, to 48 clubs for the beginning of this season. These 48 teams were divided into four 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. The four group winners and the four runners-up contested a play-off round to decide the two promotion slots. At the end of the season the number of clubs was to be increased to 56 in four groups of 14 teams and, therefore, in this season only the last placed team from each group was to be relegated to the 2. Liga (fourth tier). From the following season onwards two teams from each group were to be relegated.

Group 1

Teams

Club Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Boudry[1] Neuchâtel Stade des Buchilles 1,500
FC Bulle Fribourg Stade de Bouleyres 7,000
FC Central Fribourg[2] Fribourg Guintzet 2,000
FC Fétigny[3] Fribourg Stade Communal Fétigny 500
FC Martigny-Sports Valais Stade d'Octodure 2,500
FC Meyrin Geneva Stade des Arbères 9,000
FC Monthey Valais Stade Philippe Pottier 1,800
FC Orbe[4] Vaud Stade du Puisoir 1,000
FC Renens[5] Waadt Zone sportive du Censuy 2,300
FC Sierre[6] Valais Complexe Ecossia 2,000
FC Stade Lausanne Vaud Centre sportif de Vidy 1,000
FC Stade Nyonnais Vaud Stade de Colovray 7,200

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Bulle 22 14 3 5 42 25 +17 31 Play-off to Nationalliga B
2 FC Stade Lausanne 22 13 4 5 46 24 +22 30
3 FC Stade Nyonnais 22 12 4 6 37 27 +10 28
4 FC Monthey 22 11 4 7 38 29 +9 26
5 Central Fribourg 22 10 4 8 32 24 +8 24
6 FC Meyrin 22 6 11 5 25 23 +2 23
7 FC Fétigny 22 10 3 9 39 43 −4 23
8 FC Orbe 22 8 6 8 40 37 +3 22
9 FC Martigny-Sports 22 6 9 7 34 26 +8 21
10 FC Boudry 22 5 6 11 25 36 −11 16
11 FC Renens 22 4 4 14 28 57 −29 12
12 FC Sierre[7] 22 2 4 16 20 55 −35 8 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers.

Group 2

Teams

Club Canton Stadium Capacity
ASI Audax-Friul[8] Neuchâtel Pierre-à-Bot 1,700
FC Aurore Bienne[9] Bern Tilleul-Linde 1,000
FC Bern Bern Stadion Neufeld 14,000
US Boncourt[10] Jura Stade Communal Léon Burrus 1,640
SR Delémont Jura La Blancherie 5,263
SC Derendingen[11] Solothurn Heidenegg 1,500
FC Dürrenast[12] Bern Stadion Lachen 13,500
FC Köniz[13] Bern Sportplatz Liebefeld-Hessgut 2,600
FC Le Locle[14] Neuchâtel Installation sportive - Jeanneret 3,142
FC Lerchenfeld[15] Bern Sportanlagen Waldeck 2,400
FC Solothurn Solothurn Stadion FC Solothurn 6,750
FC Superga[16] Neuchâtel Collège de la Charrière 1,000

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Bern 22 17 4 1 53 20 +33 38 Play-off to Nationalliga B
2 FC Köniz 22 11 9 2 41 18 +23 31
3 FC Aurore Bienne 22 12 5 5 53 25 +28 29
4 FC Le Locle 22 8 11 3 38 33 +5 27
5 FC Solothurn 22 8 4 10 26 32 −6 20
6 FC Dürrenast 22 6 7 9 26 30 −4 19
7 US Boncourt 22 7 5 10 32 34 −2 19
8 FC Lerchenfeld 22 8 3 11 34 46 −12 19
9 SR Delémont 22 6 6 10 25 27 −2 18
10 ASI Audax-Friul 22 5 6 11 20 42 −22 16
11 SC Derendingen 22 5 5 12 26 45 −19 15
12 FC Superga[7] 22 5 3 14 25 47 −22 13 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers.

Group 3

Teams

Club Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Baden Aargau Esp Stadium 7,000
FC Birsfelden[17] Basel-Country Sternenfeld 9,400
FC Blue Stars Zürich[18] Zürich Hardhof 1,000
SC Brühl St. Gallen Paul-Grüninger-Stadion 4,200
FC Concordia Basel Basel-City Stadion Rankhof 7,000
FC Frauenfeld Thurgau Kleine Allmend 6,370
SC Kleinhüningen[19][20] Basel-City Sportplatz Schorenmatte 300
FC Laufen Basel-Country Sportplatz Nau 3,000
SV Muttenz Basel-Country Sportplatz Margelacker 3,200
FC Red Star Zürich Zürich Allmend Brunau 2,000
FC Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Stadion Breite 7,300
FC Wettingen Aargau Stadion Altenburg 10,000

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Wettingen 22 16 3 3 59 14 +45 35 Play-off to Nationalliga B
2 FC Laufen 22 13 7 2 40 17 +23 33
3 FC Frauenfeld 22 13 4 5 39 30 +9 30
4 FC Concordia Basel 22 9 4 9 36 38 −2 22
5 FC Schaffhausen 22 8 5 9 33 35 −2 21
6 SV Muttenz 22 9 3 10 35 38 −3 21
7 SC Brühl 22 8 4 10 33 39 −6 20
8 FC Red Star Zürich 22 6 7 9 37 39 −2 19
9 FC Baden 22 7 4 11 26 43 −17 18
10 FC Blue Stars Zürich 22 6 5 11 26 30 −4 17
11 FC Birsfelden 22 6 4 12 26 33 −7 16
12 SC Kleinhüningen[7] 22 4 4 14 21 55 −34 12 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers.

Group 4

Teams

Club Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Balzers Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Sportplatz Rheinau 2,000
FC Brunnen[21] Schwyz Wintersried 500
SC Buochs Nidwalden Stadion Seefeld 5,000
FC Chur Grisons Ringstrasse 2,820
FC Glattbrugg[22] Zürich Sportanlage Au 1,250
FC Ibach Schwyz Gerbihof 3,300
FC Locarno Locarno, Ticino Stadio comunale Lido 5,000
FC Morbio[23] Ticino Campo comunale Balerna 800
FC Rüti[24] Zürich Schützenwiese 1,200
FC Unterstrass[25] Zürich Steinkluppe 1,000
FC Zug Zug Herti Allmend Stadion 6,000
SC Zug Zug Herti Allmend Stadion 6,000

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 SC Zug 22 11 9 2 46 28 +18 31 Play-off to Nationalliga B
2 FC Chur 22 10 7 5 51 36 +15 27 To decider for second place
3 FC Zug 22 11 5 6 42 34 +8 27
4 FC Balzers 22 9 6 7 55 45 +10 24
5 SC Buochs 22 7 9 6 41 38 +3 23
6 FC Unterstrass 22 8 7 7 39 37 +2 23
7 FC Glattbrugg 22 8 7 7 41 42 −1 23
8 FC Brunnen 22 8 4 10 34 39 −5 20
9 FC Locarno 22 7 6 9 27 38 −11 20
10 FC Ibach 22 5 6 11 37 42 −5 16
11 FC Morbio 22 4 7 11 24 38 −14 15 To decider against relegation
12 FC Rüti 22 3 9 10 29 49 −20 15
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 24 May in Küsnacht.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Zug 3–1 FC Chur

FC Zug win and advance to play-offs. FC Chur remain in the division.

Decider for eleventh place

The decider was played on 30 May in Brunnen.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Morbio 1–1 FC Rüti

The game was drawn, however, at this period in time, the extra-time as match extention had not yet been introduced. FC Morbio were declaired winners due to goal-average of the regular season and, therefore, they remained in the division and FC Rüti were relegated to 2. Liga Interregional.[7]

Promotion play-off

The games were played on 29 May and 5 June.

Qualification round

Team 1  Score  Team 2
SC Zug 1–1 FC Laufen
FC Laufen 1–0 SC Zug

FC Laufen win 2–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Bern 2–0 FC Zug
FC Zug 1–1 FC Bern

FC Bern win 3–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Bulle 3–0 FC Köniz
FC Köniz 2–2 FC Bulle

FC Bulle win 5–2 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Wettingen 1–0 FC Stade Lausanne
FC Stade Lausanne 0–2 FC Wettingen

FC Wettingen win 3–0 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Final round

The games were played on 12 and 19 June.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Bulle 4–0 FC Bern
FC Bern 2–1 FC Bulle

FC Bulle win 5–2 on aggregate and are promoted to 1977–78 Nationalliga B.[7]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Laufen 1–3 FC Wettingen
FC Wettingen 2–0 FC Laufen

FC Wettingen win 5–1 on aggregate and are promoted to 1977–78 Nationalliga B.[7]

Decider for 1. Liga championship

The final for the league championship was played on 22 June in Wettingen.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Wettingen 5–2 FC Bulle

FC Wettingen win and are 1. Liga champions.[7]

Further in Swiss football

References

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Sources

Preceded by
1975–76 		Seasons in
Swiss 1. Liga 		Succeeded by
1977–78