1976–77 Nationalliga A

Swiss football season 1976–77 Nationalliga A Basel WinterthurBellinzona European Cup Basel Cup Winners' Cup Young Boys UEFA Cup ServetteZürichGrasshopper Club Franco Cucinotta (Zürich)28 goals 1975–76 1977–78 1976–77 Nationalliga B Etoile Carouge Etoile CarougeYoung Fellows Zürich MendrisiostarFC Raron Stefan Fischer (SC Kriens)19 goals 1975–76 1977–78 The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1976–77 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 80th season of top-tier and the 79th season of second-tier football in Switzerland. Overview The Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) had 28 members at this time and they had just reformed the Swiss football league system in advance of this season. The number of teams in the top tier (NLA) had been reduced from 14 to 12 and increased the second-tier (NLB) from 14 to 16 teams. The NLA was contested by the first 11 teams from the previous season and the sole promoted team AC Bellinzona. The NLA was played in two stages. The first phase was the qualification and was played by all 12 teams in a double round-robin to decide their table positions. Two points were awarded for a win and one point was awarded for a draw. After completion of the qualification phase, the division was divided into two groups. The first six teams contended in the championship group and the teams in positions seventh to twelfth contended the relegation group. The teams took half of the points obtained in the qualification as bonus into the second stage. The first stage had 22 rounds, the second stage had 10 rounds. The champions would qualify for the 1977–78 European Cup and the Swiss Cup winners would qualify for 1977–78 Cup Winners' Cup. The UEFA modified the entry rules for Switzerland, therefore, this season three teams would qualify for the 1977–78 UEFA Cup. The last two teams in the relegation group dropped to the second-tier. The NLB was contested 11 teams from that division the previous season, the three relegated teams Lugano, La Chaux-de-Fonds and Biel-Bienne and the two promoted teams Mendrisiostar and SC Kriens. The teams in the NLB played in just one stage, a total of 30 rounds. The top two teams achieved promotion, the bottom two teams were relegated to the 1. Liga. Nationalliga A The first round of the NLA was played on 14 August 1976. There was a winter break between 5 December and 26 February 1977. The qualifying phase was completed by 16 April and the second phase took place between 30 April and 25 June. A championship play-off was required and this took place on 28 June 1977 at the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern in front of 55,000 supporters. Teams, locations Team Town Canton Stadium CapacityFC BaselBaselBasel-Stadt St. Jakob Stadium AC Bellinzona Bellinzona Ticino Stadio Comunale Bellinzona CS Chênois Thônex Geneva Stade des Trois-Chêne Grasshopper Club ZürichZürichZürich HardturmFC Lausanne-SportLausanneVaudPontaiseNeuchâtel Xamax FCNeuchâtelNeuchâtel Stade de la Maladière FC St. GallenSt. GallenSt. GallenEspenmoosServette FCGenevaGenevaStade des CharmillesFC SionSionValaisStade de Tourbillon FC Winterthur Winterthur Zürich Schützenwiese BSC Young BoysBernBernWankdorf StadiumFC ZürichZürichZürichLetzigrund Qualifying phase table main WDL Q First stage 2 SER Servette Daniel Reichmuth 2025 https://super-servette.ch/Doku/Resultate_Servette_1976-77.pdf Servette Rangliste 1976/77 Servette ranking 1976/77 super-servette-ch fr 2025-11-16 BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 1977 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1976/77 1976/77 Rangliste Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" de-ch 1976/77 Ranking 2023-11-16 ZÜR Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2006–2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=29&m=0&c=0&i=0&f=0&s=0&pord=0 FCZ 1976/1977 dbFCZ de-ch 2023-11-16 NX Neuchâtel Xamax YB Young Boys (red) BSC Young Boys AG 2025 https://www.bscyb.ch/archiv-1976-77 YB Saison 1976/77 YB season 1976/77 BSC Young Boys AG de-ch 2025-11-16 GCZ Grasshopper Club LS Lausanne-Sport CHÊ Chênois SIO Sion STG St. Gallen BEL Bellinzona WIN Winterthur 14 7 1 68 27 14 5 3 54 30 12 7 3 49 18 10 7 5 37 27 8 9 5 37 34 7 8 7 41 28 8 6 8 39 31 6 8 8 29 39 4 10 8 19 32 5 6 11 26 40 3 2 17 19 73 1 5 16 19 58 green3 To championship roundhalved points (rounded up) as bonus CG CG CG CG CG CG red3 To relegation play-out roundhalved points (rounded up) as bonus RG RG RG RG RG RG yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey BAS BEL CHÊ GCZ LS NX SER SIO STG YB WIN ZÜR Servette 2–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 6–0 4–1 10–0 2–0 Basel 4–1 1–3 3–1 1–4 3–2 2–2 4–1 2–1 4–2 4–3 6–1 Zürich 1–1 1–0 6–1 5–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 6–0 4–0 Neuchâtel Xamax 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–2 3–2 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 5–0 2–0 Young Boys 0–2 0–6 1–1 0–4 1–0 2–0 5–2 0–0 1–1 5–0 5–2 Grasshopper Club 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–3 4–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 8–2 4–0 Lausanne-Sports 3–7 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 3–0 3–0 5–0 5–0 3–0 Chênois 1–4 1–2 1–0 1–5 4–4 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 Sion 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–3 0–0 1–3 2–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 St. Gallen 3–5 1–1 1–3 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–4 0–3 1–1 4–0 2–0 Bellinzona 0–4 1–2 0–3 2–2 0–2 1–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 4–1 Winterthur 4–4 2–3 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–4 1–2 2–2 1–1 0–3 2–0 complete rsssf.com Championship table main WDL Q Championship group 2 y BAS Basel] SER Servette ZÜR Zürich GCZ Grasshopper Club NX Xamax YB Young Boys 5 2 3 19 16 17 5 1 4 16 14 18 5 1 4 24 18 16 5 2 3 15 10 11 3 1 6 14 18 14 3 1 6 12 24 13 green1 Championship winners, qualified for 1977–78 European Cup POW green3 Play-off losers, qualified for 1977–78 UEFA Cup POL blue1 qualified for 1977–78 UEFA Cupand entered 1977 Intertoto Cup UEC1 blue1 qualified for 1977–78 UEFA Cupand entered 1977 Intertoto Cup UEC2 yellow1 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1977–78 Cup Winners' Cupand entered 1977 Intertoto Cup CWC 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but play-off for the title. complete rsssf.com Championship play-off Play-Off 28 June 1977 20:15 Basel 2–1 FCB report Servette Mundschin 37von Wartburg 75 30 Müller66 Thouvenel77 Guyot Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 55,000 SUI Ruedi Renggli Results main FBR grey BAS GCZ NX SER YB ZÜR Basel 2–0 3–1 2–3 3–1 2–0 Servette 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 4–1 Zürich 3–3 4–0 1–0 5–2 3–6 Grasshopper Club 6–1 0–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 Neuchâtel Xamax 0–0 4–2 2–0 0–1 2–0 Young Boys 0–3 2–1 1–5 0–3 2–1 complete rsssf.com Relegation play-out main WDL QR Playout group 5 2 y LS Lausanne-Sport CHÊ Chênois SIO Sion STG St. Gallen WIN Winterthur BEL Bellinzona 7 3 0 24 7 11 5 4 1 24 13 10 5 0 5 18 17 9 3 2 5 18 19 8 3 3 4 11 14 4 0 2 8 7 32 4 blue3 Entered 1977 Intertoto Cup IT1 red1 Relegated to 1977–78 Nationalliga B R1 red1 Relegated to 1977–78 Nationalliga B R2 yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey BEL CHÊ LS SIO STG WIN Lausanne-Sports 2–2 2–0 3–1 1–0 5–0 Chênois 1–1 3–2 0–1 4–0 6–2 Sion 0–4 1–1 3–1 1–1 7–1 St. Gallen 2–4 1–3 3–1 1–0 5–1 Winterthur 1–2 3–3 2–1 1–0 3–1 Bellinzona 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–3 0–0 complete rsssf.com Nationalliga B Teams, locations Team Town Canton Stadium Capacity FC Aarau Aarau Aargau Stadion Brügglifeld FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne Bern Stadion Gurzelen FC ChiassoChiassoTicino Stadio Comunale Riva IV Étoile Carouge FC Carouge Geneva Stade de la Fontenette FC Fribourg Fribourg Fribourg Stade Universitaire FC Gossau Gossau St. Gallen Sportanlage Buechenwald FC Grenchen Grenchen Solothurn Stadium Brühl SC Kriens Kriens Lucerne Stadion Kleinfeld FC La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds Neuchâtel Centre Sportif de la Charrière FC Lugano Lugano Ticino Cornaredo Stadium FC Luzern Lucerne Lucerne Stadion Allmend Mendrisiostar Mendrisio Ticino Centro Sportivo Comunale FC Nordstern Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Rankhof FC Raron (red) Walliser Fussballverband 2023 https://matchcenter.avf-wfv.ch/default.aspx?v=989&oid=17&lng=1 FC Raron Walliser Fussballverband - avf-wfv.ch fr 2023-11-16 Raron Valais Sportplatz Rhoneglut Vevey-Sports Vevey Vaud Stade de Copet FC Young Fellows Zürich Zürich Zürich Utogrund Final league table main WDL R Playout 5 2 ETO Etoile Carouge 19 6 5 58 32 YFJ FC Young Fellows Zürich 15 11 4 52 25 NOR Nordstern Basel 15 10 5 53 28 LUG Lugano 13 9 8 37 30 CHI FC Chiasso 12 10 8 37 24 CdF La Chaux-de-Fonds 14 5 11 55 41 GRE FC Grenchen 11 11 8 31 29 KRI SC Kriens 11 7 12 42 45 LUZ Luzern 9 10 11 35 43 VEV Vevey-Sports 9 8 13 38 47 FRI FC Fribourg 7 12 11 32 42 GOS FC Gossau 8 8 14 30 44 AAR FC Aarau Stephan Beck 2023 https://www.arowa.ch/index.php?page=ligatabelle&saison=77 Schweizer Meisterschaft 1976/77 Nationalliga B Swiss Championship 1976/77 Nationalliga B arowa.ch de 2023-11-16 9 5 16 34 43 BIE FC Biel-Bienne 6 10 14 30 49 MEN Mendrisiostar 8 5 17 28 46 RAR FC Raron 7 7 16 28 52 green1 NLB Champions promoted to 1978–79 Nationalliga A PC green1 Promoted to 1978–79 Nationalliga A PNLA red1 Relegated to 1978–79 1. Liga R1 red1 Relegated to 1978–79 1. Liga R2 yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers; 3) Goals scored; complete rsssf.com Attendances # Club Average 1 Basel 11,219 2 Servette 10,381 3 Young Boys 10,031 4 Zürich 8,219 5 Xamax 6,528 6 Grasshopper 6,225 7 Lausanne 4,469 8 St. Gallen 3,794 9 Sion 2,975 10 Bellinzona 2,501 11 Chênois 2,381 12 Winterthur 2,281Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/sui/avesui77.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk October 5, 2026 Further in Swiss football 1976–77 Swiss Cup 1976–77 Swiss 1. Liga References Sources Switzerland 1976–77 at RSSSF Nationalligaseasons inSwitzerland 1975–76 1977–78 Category:Swiss Football League seasons Swiss Category:1976–77 in Swiss football