1978–79 Swiss 1. Liga

1. Liga
Season1978–79
Champions1. Liga champions:
FC Raron
Group 1:
FC Raron
Group 2:
SR Delémont
Group 3:
SV Muttenz
Group 4:
FC Locarno
PromotedFC Raron
FC Baden
RelegatedGroup 1:
Yverdon-Sport FC
FC Le Locle
Group 2:
FC Dürrenast
FC Rapid Ostermundigen
Group 3:
FC Red Star Zürich
FC Concordia Basel
Group 4:
FC Chur
US Giubiasco
Matches played4 times 182
plus 13 play-offs

The 1978–79 1. Liga was the 47th 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 were 56 clubs in the 1. Liga. These were divided into four regional groups, each with 14 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. The two last placed teams in each group were directly relegated to the 2. Liga (fourth tier).

Group 1

Teams

Club Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Boudry[1] Neuchâtel Stade des Buchilles 1,500
FC Leytron[2] Valais Stade Saint-Martin 1,000
FC Le Locle[3] Neuchâtel Installation sportive - Jeanneret 3,142
ES FC Malley Vaud Centre sportif de la Tuilière 1,500
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 Raron[5] Valais Sportplatz Rhoneglut 1,000
FC Renens[6] Waadt Zone sportive du Censuy 2,300
FC Stade Lausanne Vaud Centre sportif de Vidy 1,000
FC Stade Nyonnais Vaud Stade de Colovray 7,200
FC Visp[7] Valais Sportplatz Mühleye 1,000
Yverdon-Sport FC Vaud Stade Municipal 6,600

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Raron 26 16 8 2 58 21 +37 40 Play-off to Nationalliga B
2 FC Stade Lausanne 27 15 5 7 59 42 +17 35
3 FC Renens 26 13 6 7 47 32 +15 32
4 FC Martigny-Sports 26 12 6 8 44 36 +8 30
5 ES FC Malley 26 10 6 10 51 46 +5 26
6 FC Orbe 26 11 4 11 61 58 +3 26
7 FC Stade Nyonnais 26 9 8 9 38 39 −1 26
8 FC Boudry 26 10 6 10 38 43 −5 26
9 FC Leytron 26 10 5 11 57 50 +7 25
10 FC Meyrin 26 8 8 10 33 40 −7 24
11 FC Monthey 26 8 7 11 28 40 −12 23
12 FC Visp 26 9 4 13 31 41 −10 22
13 Yverdon-Sport FC[8] 26 9 3 14 31 48 −17 21 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
14 FC Le Locle[8] 26 3 2 21 24 64 −40 8
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
FC Aurore Bienne[9] Bern Tilleul-Linde 1,000
US Boncourt[10] Jura Stade Communal Léon Burrus 1,640
FC Bulle Fribourg Stade de Bouleyres 7,000
FC Central Fribourg[11] Fribourg Guintzet 2,000
SR Delémont Jura La Blancherie 5,263
SC Derendingen[12] Solothurn Heidenegg 1,500
FC Dürrenast[13] Bern Stadion Lachen 13,500
FC Fétigny[14] Fribourg Stade Communal Fétigny 500
FC Herzogenbuchsee[15] Bern Waldäcker 1,000
FC Köniz[16] Bern Sportplatz Liebefeld-Hessgut 2,600
FC Laufen Basel-Country Sportplatz Nau 3,000
FC Lerchenfeld[17] canton of Bern Sportanlagen Waldeck 2,400
FC Rapid Ostermundigen[18][19] Bern Oberfeld 1,000
FC Solothurn Solothurn Stadion FC Solothurn 6,750

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 SR Delémont 26 18 7 1 60 24 +36 43 Play-off to Nationalliga B
2 FC Bulle 26 13 7 6 45 35 +10 33
3 FC Lerchenfeld 26 11 8 7 45 31 +14 30
4 FC Solothurn 26 11 7 8 41 30 +11 29
5 US Boncourt 26 11 7 8 38 32 +6 29
6 FC Aurore Bienne 26 10 8 8 30 30 0 28
7 Central Fribourg 26 8 10 8 41 41 0 26
8 FC Köniz 26 9 7 10 31 36 −5 25
9 FC Laufen 26 6 10 10 26 34 −8 22
10 FC Fétigny 26 6 10 10 41 53 −12 22
11 FC Herzogenbuchsee 26 6 9 11 35 51 −16 21
12 SC Derendingen 26 5 10 11 20 33 −13 20
13 FC Dürrenast[8] 26 6 6 14 36 47 −11 18 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
14 FC Rapid Ostermundigen[8] 26 5 8 13 41 53 −12 18
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 Allschwil[20] Basel-Country Im Brüel, Allschwil 1,700
FC Baden Aargau Esp Stadium 7,000
FC Birsfelden[21] Basel-Country Sternenfeld 9,400
FC Blue Stars Zürich[22] Zürich Hardhof 1,000
SC Brühl St. Gallen Paul-Grüninger-Stadion 4,200
FC Concordia Basel Basel-City Stadion Rankhof 7,000
FC Glattbrugg[23] Zürich Sportanlage Au 1,250
FC Gossau St. Gallen Sportanlage Buechenwald 3,500
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 Suhr[24] Aargau Hofstattmatten 2,000
FC Turicum[25] Zürich Hardhof 1,000
FC Unterstrass[26] Zürich Steinkluppe 1,000

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 SV Muttenz 26 17 4 5 54 26 +28 38 Play-off to Nationalliga B
2 FC Baden 26 16 5 5 49 37 +12 37
3 FC Schaffhausen 26 16 4 6 55 27 +28 36
4 FC Turicum 26 11 9 6 46 38 +8 31
5 FC Birsfelden 26 10 9 7 45 39 +6 29
6 SC Brühl 26 13 2 11 50 46 +4 28
7 FC Suhr 26 11 5 10 46 43 +3 27
8 FC Blue Stars Zürich 26 10 7 9 48 46 +2 27
9 FC Allschwil 26 8 6 12 31 43 −12 22
10 FC Glattbrugg 26 7 5 14 37 47 −10 19
11 FC Unterstrass 26 5 8 13 36 54 −18 18
12 FC Gossau 26 4 10 12 30 50 −20 18
13 FC Red Star Zürich[8] 26 6 5 15 44 56 −12 17 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
14 FC Concordia Basel[8] 26 5 7 14 34 53 −19 17
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 Chur Grisons Ringstrasse 2,820
SC Emmen[27] Lucerne Sportanlage Feldbreite 500
FC Emmenbrücke Lucerne Stadion Gersag 8,700
US Giubiasco[28] Ticino Campo Semine 1,000
FC Ibach Schwyz Gerbihof 3,300
FC Locarno Locarno, Ticino Stadio comunale Lido 5,000
Mendrisiostar Ticino Centro Sportivo Comunale 4,000
FC Morbio[29] Ticino Campo comunale Balerna 800
FC Rüti[30] Zürich Schützenwiese 1,200
FC Stäfa[31] Zürich Sportanlage Frohberg 1,500
FC Vaduz Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Rheinpark Stadion 7,584
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 FC Locarno 26 13 9 4 43 23 +20 35 Play-off to Nationalliga B
2 FC Ibach 26 16 3 7 46 30 +16 35
3 Mendrisiostar 26 13 8 5 49 28 +21 34
4 SC Zug 26 12 7 7 53 37 +16 31
5 FC Balzers 26 13 4 9 58 44 +14 30
6 FC Vaduz 26 10 8 8 50 43 +7 28
7 FC Stäfa 26 11 6 9 32 28 +4 28
8 FC Emmenbrücke 26 8 10 8 42 36 +6 26
9 FC Morbio 26 9 6 11 36 44 −8 24
10 FC Zug 26 9 4 13 37 47 −10 22
11 FC Rüti 26 7 7 12 31 36 −5 21
12 FC Emmen 26 6 8 12 29 62 −33 20
13 FC Chur[8] 26 5 7 14 31 48 −17 17 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
14 US Giubiasco[8] 26 5 3 18 33 64 −31 13
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers.

Promotion play-off

Qualification round

Team 1  Score  Team 2
SV Muttenz 0–1 FC Ibach
FC Ibach 5–2 SV Muttenz

FC Ibach win 6–2 on aggregate and continue to the semi-finals.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Baden 1–0 FC Locarno
FC Locarno 2–2 FC Baden

FC Baden win 3–2 on aggregate and continue to the semi-finals.

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

FC Raron win 4–2 on aggregate and continue to the semi-finals.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Stade Lausanne 2–3 SR Delémont
SR Delémont 1–0 FC Stade Lausanne

SR Delémont win 4–2 on aggregate and continue to the semi-finals.

Semi-final round

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Ibach 1–3 FC Raron
FC Raron 3–1 FC Ibach

FC Raron win 6–2 on aggregate and are promoted to 1979–80 Nationalliga B. FC Ibach remain in the division.[8]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Baden 1–0 SR Delémont
SR Delémont 1–1 FC Baden

FC Baden win 2–1 on aggregate and are promoted to 1979–80 Nationalliga B. SR Delémont remain in the division.[8]

Final for 1. Liga championship

The final was played on 1 July in Baden.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Baden 0–1 FC Raron

FC Raron win and became 1. Liga champions.[8]

Further in Swiss football

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Sources

Preceded by
1977–78 		Seasons in
Swiss 1. Liga 		Succeeded by
1979–80