1951–52 Nationalliga A

Swiss football season 1951–52 Nationalliga A Grasshopper Club Young FellowsBiel-Bienne Josef Hügi(Basel)24 goals 1950–51 1952–53 1951–52 Nationalliga B Fribourg FribourgGrenchen MendrisioNordstern Miodrag Glisovic(Malley)26 goals 1950–51 1952–53 The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1951–52 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 55th season of top-tier and the 54th 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 Grasshopper Club and FC Bern. 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 FC Cantonal Neuchâtel and Grenchen, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams from the 1. Liga Malley and Schaffhausen. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1952–53 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1952–53 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 The season commenced on 23 August 1951 and was completed with the last round on 12 June 1952. 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 Chiasso Chiasso Ticino Stadio Comunale Riva IV Grasshopper Club Zürich Zürich Zürich Hardturm 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 BSC Young Boys Bern Bern Wankdorf Stadium FC Young Fellows Zürich Zürich Utogrund FC Zürich Zürich Zürich Letzigrund Final league table main WDL QR 5 2 GCZ Grasshopper Club ZÜR Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=68 FCZ Saison 1951/52 de-ch FCZ season 1951/52 dbFCZ 2024-11-16 CHI Chiasso BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2024 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1951/52 Rangliste 1951/52 de-ch Ranking 1951/52 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2024-11-16 CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds SER Servette Daniel Reichmuth 2024 https://super-servette.ch/Doku/Resultate_Servette_1951-52.pdf Servette 1951/52 super-servette-ch fr 2024-11-16 YB Young Boys (red) BSC Young Boys AG 2024 https://www.bscyb.ch/archiv-1951-52 YB Saison 1951/52 YB season 1951/52 BSC Young Boys AG de-ch 2024-11-16 LS Lausanne-Sport BEL Bellinzona LOC Locarno LUG Lugano BER Bern YFZ Young Fellows Zürich BB Biel-Bienne 16 6 4 79 38 14 9 3 61 36 15 5 6 59 49 14 3 9 68 47 11 8 7 62 45 11 6 9 57 45 10 7 9 61 52 8 9 9 39 43 8 6 12 43 55 8 6 12 41 66 7 7 12 46 54 7 5 14 47 64 5 5 16 36 71 4 6 16 37 71 green1 Swiss Champions and Swiss Cup winners A red1 Relegated to 1952–53 Nationalliga B R1 red1 Relegated to 1952–53 Nationalliga B R2 complete RSSSF Results main FBR grey BAS BEL BB BER CDF CHI GCZ LS LOC LUG SER YB YFZ ZÜR Basel 4–1 7–1 5–1 1–2 2–0 1–5 5–3 3–2 2–0 0–3 3–0 6–1 2–2 Bellinzona 6–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 2–3 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–2 3–1 3–0 7–2 4–5 Biel-Bienne 0–3 1–1 3–3 1–2 2–3 0–0 3–2 1–1 6–1 0–3 4–2 0–2 0–5 Bern 2–6 1–0 1–1 3–2 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–4 3–1 6–6 1–6 4–0 0–1 Chiasso 1–0 5–1 2–4 5–4 2–0 2–3 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–5 1–0 4–1 1–1 Grasshopper Club 2–2 5–0 1–2 4–2 1–4 3–2 7–0 6–1 5–0 5–1 4–1 4–2 1–1 La Chaux-de-Fonds 2–1 1–3 7–1 2–4 2–3 2–1 1–5 2–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 Locarno 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–3 2–2 0–1 6–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 Lausanne-Sports 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 1–4 1–2 3–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 Lugano 0–3 1–1 6–1 2–0 7–0 2–5 1–1 5–0 1–1 1–1 4–4 3–2 2–3 Servette 4–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 1–2 1–3 2–2 7–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 Young Boys 4–3 2–1 4–3 3–4 3–3 2–2 3–1 8–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–0 Young Fellows 0–2 5–0 3–1 0–3 2–5 1–3 2–3 1–1 2–1 0–2 4–1 1–6 0–4 Zürich 4–1 6–1 2–0 4–2 2–3 1–1 4–3 1–3 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 complete RSSSF Topscorers Rank Player Nat. Goals Club1. Josef Hügi SUI 24 Basel 2. Robert Ballaman SUI 22 Grasshopper Club 3. Ferdinando Riva SUI 19 Chiasso4. Eugen Meier SUI 18 Young Boys Walter Bosshard SUI 18 Zürich6. Jacques Fatton SUI 16 Servette Charles Rossi SUI 16 Zürich8. Hans-Peter Friedländer SUI 14 Lausanne-Sport Berbig SUI 14 Grasshopper Club Ezio Sormani SUI 14 Bellinzona Nationalliga B Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity FC Aarau Aarau Aargau Stadion Brügglifeld FC Cantonal Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière FC Étoile-Sporting (red) Association neuchâteloise de football 2024 https://matchcenter-anf.football.ch/default.aspx?v=900&oid=15&lng=2 FC Étoile-Sporting' Association neuchâteloise de football fr 2024-11-16 La Chaux-de-Fonds Neuchâtel Les Foulets / Terrain des Eplatures / FC Fribourg Fribourg Fribourg Stade Universitaire FC Grenchen Grenchen Solothurn Stadium Brühl FC Luzern Lucerne Lucerne Stadion Allmend ES FC Malley Malley Vaud Centre sportif de la Tuilière FC Nordstern Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Rankhof FC Mendrisio Mendrisio Ticino Centro Sportivo Comunale FC Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Stadion Breite FC St. Gallen St. Gallen St. Gallen Espenmoos Urania Genève Sport Genève Geneva Stade de Frontenex FC Winterthur Winterthur Zürich Schützenwiese SC Zug Zug Zug Herti Allmend Stadion Final league table main WDL QR 5 2 FRI FC Fribourg 14 8 4 57 34 GRE FC Grenchen 16 3 7 78 40 SCZ SC Zug 14 7 5 52 34 CN FC Cantonal Neuchâtel 15 4 7 72 33 ESM ES FC Malley 14 2 10 54 49 UGS Urania Genève Sport 10 6 10 46 46 LUZ Luzern 10 5 11 49 52 WIN FC Winterthur 8 8 10 53 59 STG FC St. Gallen 8 7 11 65 51 AAR FC Aarau Stephan Beck 2023 https://www.arowa.ch/index.php?page=ligatabelle&saison=52 Schweizer Meisterschaft 1951/52 FCA Rangliste de-ch Swiss Championship 1951/52 FCA Ranking arowa.ch 2024-11-16 7 8 11 39 62 FCS FC Schaffhausen 7 7 12 31 56 ES FC Étoile-Sporting 7 6 13 30 45 MEN FC Mendrisio 6 5 15 38 75 NOR FC Nordstern Basel 6 4 16 35 63 green1 NLB champions and promoted to 1952–53 Nationalliga A P1 green3 Play-off for promotion P2 P2 red2 Relegated to 1952–53 1. Liga R1 red2 Relegated to 1952–53 1. Liga R2 yes yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers; complete RSSSF Decider for second place FC Grenchen and SC Zug ended the season level on points in joint second place. Therefore they had to contest a play-off for promotion. The decider match for second place was played on 15 June 1952 at Stadion Neufeld in Bern. FC Grenchen 1–0 SC Zug FC Grenchen won the play-off and were promoted to 1952–53 Nationalliga A. SC Zug remained in the division for the next season. Attendances No. Club Average 1 GCZ 11,769 2 Zürich 11,192 3 Young Boys 7,462 4 Servette 6,600 5 Lausanne 6,538 6 Basel 6,292 7 Bern 5,538 8 Young Fellows 4,808 9 La Chaux-de-Fonds 4,100 10 Biel-Bienne 3,854 11 Lugano 2,846 12 Locarno 2,685 13 Chiasso 2,500 14 Bellinzona 2,269Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/sui/avesui52.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk October 19, 2026 Further in Swiss football 1951–52 Swiss Cup 1951–52 Swiss 1. Liga References Sources Switzerland 1951–52 at RSSSF Nationalligaseasons inSwitzerland 1950–51 1952–53 Category:Swiss Football League seasons Swiss Category:1951–52 in Swiss football