1996–97 Nationalliga A

Swiss football season 1996–97 Nationalliga A Sion Young BoysLugano Viorel Moldovan (27 goals) 1995–96 1997–98 1996–97 Nationalliga B Étoile Carouge Étoile CarougeKriens GossauMeyrin 1995–96 1997–98 Statistics of Swiss National League in the 1996–97 football season. Overview The 24 teams of the Swiss Football League (Nationalliga) were divided into two divisions. Both Nationalliga A (NLA) and Nationalliga B (NLB) were contested by 12 teams, with each team playing a double round-robin in the qualification phase. Thereafter, the divisions were divided into a championship group, a NLA/NLB promotion/relegation group and a relegation group NLB/1. Liga, each group with eight teams. Nationalliga A Qualification phase The first stage of the NLA began on 10 July 1996 and was completed on 1 December. The top eight teams in the qualification phase would advance to the championship group and the last four teams would play against relegation. Table main WDL First stage 5 Q NX Xamax 12 8 2 36 20 GCZ Grasshopper Club 10 9 3 42 27 SIO Sion 9 10 3 33 21 AAR Aarau 9 8 5 21 14 LS Lausanne-Sports 9 7 6 35 32 STG St. Gallen 6 10 6 20 26 ZÜR Zürich 6 9 7 24 25 BAS Basel 5 11 6 32 32 SER Servette 5 9 8 24 25 LUZ Luzern 4 11 7 27 32 LUG Lugano 2 9 11 14 32 YB Young Boys 3 3 16 17 39 yes green3 Advance to championship roundhalved points (rounded up) as bonus CP CP CP CP CP CP CP CP red3 Continue to promotion/relegation round RP RP RP RP 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey AAR BAS GCZ LS LUG LUZ NX SIO SER STG ZÜR YB Neuchâtel Xamax 3–1 1–3 2–0 6–1 3–0 1–1 3–3 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 Grasshopper Club 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 4–2 2–1 2–2 2–0 6–2 Sion 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 Aarau 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 4–0 1–0 Lausanne-Sport 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 3–2 0–0 1–2 2–2 4–0 3–2 St. Gallen 1–3 2–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 Zürich 0–1 2–4 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 Basel 0–1 4–5 0–3 2–0 2–4 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 Servette 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 Luzern 2–2 1–1 3–3 0–1 2–2 0–0 3–0 0–3 0–2 1–0 2–1 Lugano 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 Young Boys 0–1 0–4 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–3 1–1 2–1 1–0 complete RSSSF Championship group The first eight teams of the qualification phase competed in the Championship round. The teams took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the qualification as bonus with them. Table main WDL Champions group 5 Q y SIO Sion 9 3 2 18 10 19 NX Xamax 6 6 2 22 14 22 GCZ Grasshopper Club 7 4 3 37 18 20 LS Lausanne-Sports 8 2 4 20 16 17 AAR Aarau 3 4 7 17 22 18 STG St. Gallen 3 4 7 13 26 14 ZÜR Zürich 1 7 6 9 18 14 BAS Basel 3 2 9 16 28 13 green1 Swiss champions, qualified for 1997–98 Champions League EC blue1 qualified for 1997–98 UEFA Cup UC1 blue1 qualified for 1997–98 UEFA Cup UC2 blue3 entered 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup IT1 blue3 entered 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup IT2 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification. complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey AAR BAS GCZ LS NX SIO STG ZÜR Sion 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–3 2–1 3–1 1–0 Neuchâtel Xamax 0–0 2–3 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 3–0 Grasshopper Club 1–2 1–1 5–0 4–2 8–0 1–1 4–1 Lausanne-Sport 2–0 1–1 3–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 Aarau 1–1 2–3 0–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 St. Gallen 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 Zürich 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 Basel 0–1 1–3 3–3 3–2 3–2 1–2 1–0 complete RSSSF Attendances { class"wikitable sortable" !#!!Football club!!Average attendancehttps://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/sui/avesui97.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk August 17, 2026 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count FC Basel 10,811 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count FC Sion 10,739 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Xamax Neuchâtel 8,925 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count FC Luzern 8,718 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count FC St. Gallen 8,200 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Grasshopper Club Zürich 7,981 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Lausanne-Sport 6,994 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count FC Zürich 5,883 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Servette FC 4,956 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count BSC Young Boys 4,868 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count FC Aarau 4,622 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count FC Lugano 2,447 - } Nationalliga B Qualification phase The NLB was contested by 12 teams with each team playing each other twice in the qualification phase. The first stage began on 13 July 1996 and was completed on 23 November. The division was then separated into a NLA/NLB promotion/relegation group and a relegation group to the 1. Liga. The top four teams would play for promotion and the last eight teams would play against relegation. Table main WDL QR CAR Étoile Carouge 11 9 2 39 20 FCS FC Schaffhausen 12 6 4 32 18 KRI Kriens 12 5 5 40 25 SOL Solothurn 10 7 5 28 26 YVE Yverdon-Sport 9 8 5 34 26 W21 Winterthur 9 7 6 30 21 LOC Locarno 7 7 8 28 27 WIL Wil 7 6 9 33 30 BAD Baden 7 6 9 29 30 DEL Delémont 5 5 12 30 44 GOS Gossau 4 4 14 29 50 MEY Meyrin 2 4 16 15 50 yes green3 Advance to promotion/relegation NLA/LNB round CPR CPR CPR CPR red3 Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Ligahalved points (rounded up) as bonus RP RP RP RP RP RP RP RP 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete RSSSF Promotion/relegation group NLA/NLB The teams in the ninth to twelfth positions in Nationalliga A competed with the top four teams of Nationalliga B in a Nationalliga A/B promotion/relegation round. The teams played a double round-robin. Table main WDL Relegation group Q 5 SER Servette 7 4 3 18 10 ÉTO Étoile Carouge 7 3 4 15 13 LUC Luzern 6 5 3 16 12 KRI Kriens 6 4 4 22 16 YB Young Boys 5 5 4 19 17 SOL Solothurn 3 5 6 9 17 LUG Lugano 2 5 7 11 17 SCH FC Schaffhausen 2 5 7 13 21 yes yellow3 Remain in 1997–98 Nationalliga A S1 S1 green1 Promoted P1 P1 red1 Relegated R1 R1 yellow3 Remain in Nationalliga B RB2 RB2 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete RSSSF Results main FBR grey ÉTO KRI LUG LUZ SHA SER SOL YB Servette 0–1 1–3 4–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 Étoile Carouge 2–3 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 Luzern 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–3 Kriens 1–2 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 6–2 Young Boys 0–2 4–2 1–1 0–3 3–0 0–1 3–2 Solothurn 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 Lugano 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 2–3 1–1 Schaffhausen 1–0 1–2 2–3 0–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 complete RSSSF Relegation group NLB/1. Liga The last eight teams of the qualification phase competed in the relegation group against relegation to the 1. Liga. The teams took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the qualification as bonus with them. Table main WDL QR y W21 Winterthur 8 2 4 21 13 17 BAD Baden 7 4 3 28 20 14 WIL Wil 6 3 5 23 21 14 YVE Yverdon-Sport 4 4 6 17 21 18 LOC Locarno 4 7 3 14 14 14 DEL Delémont 5 5 4 28 24 10 GOS Gossau Erste Liga (SFV) 2018 https://www.el-pl.ch/PortalData/3/Resources/saison_2019_2020/Statistik-Auf-Absteiger-Juni-2019.pdf Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2018 PDF page 12 First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2018 Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV de 2023-11-16 5 1 8 15 23 8 MEY Meyrin 1 6 7 13 23 5 yes yellow3 Remain in NLB RB RB RB RB RB RB red3 Relegated to 1. Liga R1 R1 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification. complete RSSSF</onlyinclude> References Sources Switzerland 1996–97 at RSSSF Category:Swiss Football League seasons Swiss Category:1996–97 in Swiss football