1947–48 Nationalliga A

Swiss football season 1947–48 Nationalliga A Bellinzona BernCantonal Neuchâtel Josef Righetti (Grenchen)26 goals 1946–47 1948–49 1947–48 Nationalliga B Urania Genève Sport Urania Genève SportChiasso ConcordiaSchaffhausen 1946–47 1948–49 The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1947–48 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 51st season of top-tier and the 50th season of second-tier football in Switzerland. Overview The Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) had 28 member clubs at this time which were divided 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 season and the two newly promoted teams FC Zürich and FC La Chaux-de-Fonds. 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 at the end of the last season, these were Urania Genève Sport and BSC Young Boys, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams from the 1. Liga FC Chiasso and FC Concordia Basel. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1948–49 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1948–49 Swiss 1. Liga. Erste Liga (SFV) 2022 https://www.el-pl.ch/Portaldata/3/Resources/statistiken/Statistik-Auf-Absteiger-bis_heute_19.12.22.pdf Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2022 PDF page 3 First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2022 Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV de 2024-11-16 Nationalliga A Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity FC Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Landhof AC Bellinzona Bellinzona Ticino Stadio Comunale Bellinzona FC Bern Bern Bern Stadion Neufeld FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne Bern Stadion Gurzelen FC Cantonal Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière Grasshopper Club Zürich Zürich Zürich Hardturm FC Grenchen Grenchen Solothurn Stadium Brühl FC La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds Neuchâtel Centre Sportif de la Charrière FC Lausanne-Sport Lausanne Vaud Pontaise FC Locarno Locarno Ticino Stadio comunale Lido FC Lugano Lugano Ticino Cornaredo Stadium Servette FC Geneva Geneva Stade des Charmilles FC Young Fellows Zürich Zürich Utogrund FC Zürich Zürich Zürich Letzigrund Final league table main WDL QR 5 2 BEL Bellinzona BB Biel-Bienne LS Lausanne-Sport CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds SER Servette Daniel Reichmuth 2024 https://super-servette.ch/Doku/Resultate_Servette_1947-48.pdf Servette 1947/48 super-servette-ch fr 2024-11-16 GRE Grenchen LOC Locarno GCZ Grasshopper Club ZÜR Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=72 FCZ Saison 1947/48 de-ch FCZ season 1947/48 dbFCZ 2024-11-16 BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2024 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1947/48 FCB Rangliste 1947/48 de-ch FCB Ranking 1947/48 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2024-11-16 LUG Lugano YFZ Young Fellows Zürich BER Bern CN Cantonal Neuchatel 15 8 3 58 28 16 5 5 57 38 16 2 8 59 32 12 4 10 73 54 10 6 10 61 51 10 6 10 53 58 10 5 11 43 45 9 6 11 60 52 10 4 12 54 60 7 10 9 44 51 9 6 11 34 44 9 5 12 41 45 8 5 13 28 56 2 6 18 34 85 green1 Swiss Champions A yellow1 Swiss Cup winners B red1 Relegated to 1948–49 NLB R1 R1 C R R 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers; complete rsssf.com This was Bellinzona's first championship title. Results main FBR grey BAS BEL BER BB CAN CDF GCZ GRE LS LOC LUG SER YFZ ZÜR Basel 5–1 1–2 3–3 4–1 2–2 2–2 2–2 2–1 1–3 0–1 3–2 2–0 3–3 Bellinzona 0–0 6–0 1–0 6–1 2–1 4–0 3–2 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 5–1 5–3 Bern 2–0 1–4 0–2 0–1 0–5 2–2 1–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–4 1–0 1–3 Biel-Bienne 1–0 4–0 2–0 2–1 4–1 4–7 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 4–1 4–1 Cantonal Neuchâtel 0–2 1–1 0–3 2–2 1–6 3–5 2–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–3 2–2 1–2 Grasshopper Club 3–0 1–2 1–1 1–3 1–3 5–3 1–5 3–1 1–2 6–0 4–3 2–2 4–2 Grenchen 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–3 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–4 2–1 3–0 4–3 2–0 2–0 La Chaux-de-Fonds 1–5 1–4 5–0 2–0 13–0 3–3 4–0 5–1 2–3 2–0 1–1 2–3 4–1 Locarno 3–0 1–1 4–0 2–0 3–2 1–0 5–2 4–2 1–3 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–3 Lausanne-Sports 5–0 1–5 2–3 6–1 8–1 2–1 3–1 0–3 2–0 3–0 5–0 1–4 3–1 Lugano 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–3 4–0 2–1 3–0 6–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 Servette 1–1 0–0 4–1 2–3 4–1 6–4 3–1 4–2 2–0 0–1 8–1 3–0 3–4 Young Fellows 5–0 3–1 0–0 0–3 4–2 0–1 2–1 1–4 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 5–2 Zürich 3–3 0–1 3–1 1–2 1–4 3–1 2–2 2–2 5–1 0–1 3–1 3–2 2–1 complete rsssf.com Topscorers Rank Player Nat. Goals Club1. Josef Righetti SUI 26 Grenchen2. Charles Antenen SUI 20 La Chaux-de-Fonds3. Ledio Zanetti SUI 18 Zürich4. Jacques Fatton SUI 17 Servette5. Milorad Nikolić YUG 16 Lausanne-Sport6. Hans Siegenthaler SUI 15 Young Fellows Zürich Jean Tamini SUI 15 Servette8. Walter Bosshard SUI 14 Zürich Willy Kernen SUI 14 La Chaux-de-Fonds10.Augusto Satori SUI 13 Bellinzona René Maillard SUI 13 Lausanne-Sport Lauro Amadò SUI 13 Grasshopper Club Nationalliga B Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity FC Aarau Aarau Aargau Stadion Brügglifeld SC Brühl St. Gallen St. Gallen Paul-Grüninger-Stadion FC Chiasso Chiasso Ticino Stadio Comunale Riva IV FC Concordia Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Stadion Rankhof FC Fribourg Fribourg Fribourg Stade Universitaire CS International Genève Geneva Geneva FC Luzern Lucerne Lucerne Stadion Allmend FC Nordstern Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Rankhof FC Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Stadion Breite FC St. Gallen St. Gallen St. Gallen Espenmoos FC Thun Thun Bern Stadion Lachen Urania Genève Sport Genève Geneva Stade de Frontenex BSC Young Boys Bern Bern Wankdorf Stadium SC Zug Zug Zug Herti Allmend Stadion Final league table main WDL QR 5 2 UGS Urania Genève Sport 17 2 7 57 28 CHI FC Chiasso 15 6 5 63 34 FRI FC Fribourg 13 8 5 54 42 YB Young Boys (red) BSC Young Boys AG 2024 https://www.bscyb.ch/archiv-1947-48 YB Saison 1947/48 YB season 1947/48 BSC Young Boys AG de-ch 2024-11-16 10 10 6 55 39 STG FC St. Gallen 11 6 9 55 43 NOR FC Nordstern Basel 12 4 10 54 48 BRÜ SC Brühl 10 6 10 57 49 LUZ Luzern 9 8 9 46 42 AAR FC Aarau Stephan Beck 2023 https://www.arowa.ch/index.php?page=ligatabelle&saison=48 Schweizer Meisterschaft 1947/48 FCA Rangliste de-ch Swiss Championship 1947/48 FCA Ranking arowa.ch 2024-11-16 10 6 10 40 42 INT CS International Genève 8 8 10 35 39 SCZ SC Zug 7 9 10 38 49 TUN FC Thun 4 10 12 24 60 CON FC Concordia Basel 7 1 18 38 66 FCS FC Schaffhausen 4 6 16 34 69 green3 To play-off for NLB championship P1 P1 red2 Relegated to 1948–49 1. Liga R1 red2 Relegated to 1948–49 1. Liga R2 yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers; complete RSSSF Decider for NLB championship Urania Genève Sport and FC Chiasso finished the season level on points in joint first position and both achieved promotion to 1948–49 Nationalliga A. However, it required a play-off to decide the division championship. The play-off was played on 20 June 1948 at the Letzigrund in Zürich. Urania Genève Sport 4–3 FC Chiasso Urania Genève Sport won and were NLB champions. Further in Swiss football 1947–48 Swiss Cup 1947–48 Swiss 1. Liga References Sources Switzerland 1947–48 at RSSSF Nationalligaseasons inSwitzerland 1946–47 1948–49 Category:Swiss Football League seasons Swiss Category:1947–48 in Swiss football