1978–79 Nationalliga A

Swiss football season 1978–79 Nationalliga A Servette Nordstern European Cup Servette Cup Winners' Cup Young Boys UEFA Cup ZürichGrasshopper Club Peter Risi (Zürich)16 goals 1977–78 1979–80 1978–79 Nationalliga B La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-FondsLuzernLugano Etoile CarougeYoung Fellows n/a 1977–78 1979–80 The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1978–79 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 82nd season of top-tier and the 81st season of second-tier football in Switzerland. Overview The Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) had 28 members at this time. The clubs were divided into two tiers, the top tier Nationalliga A (NLA) with 12 teams and the second tier Nationalliga B (NLB) with 16. The format in both divisions was that 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. Each club playing every other club twice (home and away), for a total of 22 rounds in the NLA and 30 rounds in the NLB. In the NLA following this first qualification stage the division was divided in two, the top placed six teams then played a championship stage and the others in a relegation play-out. In both groups each team took half of the points gained in the first stage, rounded up to complete units, as bonus with them. They played a further double round-robin within the group. The Swiss champions would qualify for the 1979–80 European Cup, the runners-up and third placed team would qualify for the 1979–80 UEFA Cup. In the following season the format was changed and both tiers would have 14 teams. Therefore, only one team from the NLA was relegated and the top three teams in the NLA were promoted. The bottom two teams in the NLB were relegated to the 1979–80 1. Liga. Nationalliga A The first round of the NLA was played on 12 August 1978. There was a winter break between 3 December and 4 March 1979. The qualifying phase was completed by 8 April and the second phase took place between 21 April and 23 June 1997. Teams, locations Team Town Canton Stadium CapacityFC BaselBaselBasel-Stadt St. Jakob Stadium CS Chênois Thônex Geneva Stade des Trois-Chêne FC ChiassoChiassoTicino Stadio Comunale Riva IV Grasshopper Club ZürichZürichZürich HardturmFC Lausanne-SportLausanneVaudPontaiseNeuchâtel Xamax FCNeuchâtelNeuchâtel Stade de la Maladière FC Nordstern Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Rankhof FC St. GallenSt. GallenSt. GallenEspenmoosServette FCGenevaGenevaStade des CharmillesFC SionSionValaisStade de TourbillonBSC Young BoysBernBernWankdorf StadiumFC ZürichZürichZürichLetzigrund Qualifying phase table main WDL First stage Q 2 ZÜR FC Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2006–2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=28&m=0&c=0&i=0&f=0&s=0&pord=0 FCZ 1978/1979 dbFCZ de 2023-11-16 SER Servette FC GCZ Grasshopper Club Zürich BAS FC Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 1979 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1978/79 1978/79 Rangliste Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" de-ch 1978/79 Ranking 2023-11-16 YB BSC Young Boys STG FC St. Gallen NX Neuchâtel Xamax CHÊ CS Chênois LS Lausanne Sports CHI FC Chiasso NOR FC Nordstern Basel SIO FC Sion 13 6 3 51 19 12 6 4 56 23 9 9 4 35 24 10 6 6 36 29 11 4 7 39 34 11 4 7 34 34 8 8 6 42 33 9 4 9 30 32 6 3 13 28 40 5 3 14 20 46 2 8 12 19 44 3 5 14 20 52 green3 To championship round CG CG CG CG CG CG red3 To relegation play-out round RG RG RG RG RG RG yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey BAS CHÊ CHI GCZ LS NX NOR SER SIO STG YB ZÜR Zürich 3–0 1–1 1–1 5–0 4–1 1–1 6–0 3–3 2–0 5–0 4–0 Servette 1–1 0–0 6–0 4–1 2–0 2–2 5–1 1–1 4–0 4–0 2–0 Grasshopper Club 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–3 2–2 2–2 1–0 3–0 4–0 3–1 2–1 Basel 1–0 4–1 3–2 4–2 2–2 5–2 2–1 2–0 4–0 1–1 2–0 St. Gallen 0–2 2–1 1–3 1–1 6–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 Young Boys 1–3 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 3–2 2–0 1–2 2–0 Neuchâtel Xamax 0–2 0–3 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–2 4–2 2–1 8–0 Chênois 3–0 1–5 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–3 3–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 Lausanne-Sports 1–2 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–4 4–3 2–0 4–2 Chiasso 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–3 0–2 1–0 2–2 0–2 Nordstern 0–1 0–5 1–1 1–1 2–4 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 Sion 2–2 1–5 2–4 0–0 0–1 4–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 complete Championship group table main WDL Q Playoff 2 y SER Servette ZÜR Zürich GCZ Grasshopper Club STG St. Gallen YB Young Boys BAS Basel 10 0 0 23 5 15 6 1 3 19 14 16 3 3 4 11 13 14 2 3 5 8 11 13 1 4 5 5 17 13 2 1 7 18 24 13 #D0F0C0 Champions and Swiss Cup winners qualified for 1979–80 European Cup C blue1 qualified for 1979–80 UEFA Cupand entered 1979 Intertoto Cup UE1 blue1 qualified for 1979–80 UEFA Cupand entered 1979 Intertoto Cup UE2 blue3 entered 1978 Intertoto Cup I1 yellow1 Cup finalist qualified for 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup Y complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey BAS GCZ STG SER YB ZÜR Servette 1–0 3–1 2–0 4–1 2–0 Zürich 2–3 3–3 2–1 1–0 4–2 Grasshopper Club 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 St. Gallen 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 4–1 Young Boys 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 Basel 1–4 1–3 2–3 2–0 6–0 complete Relegation play-out main WDL R Playout 5 2 y CHÊ CS Chênois SIO FC Sion CHI FC Chiasso LS Lausanne Sports NX Neuchâtel Xamax NOR FC Nordstern Basel 3 7 0 21 14 11 5 4 1 15 8 6 5 3 2 16 10 7 5 2 3 20 16 8 2 1 7 11 19 12 1 1 8 8 24 6 blue3 entered 1978 Intertoto Cup I1 red1 Relegated to 1979–80 Nationalliga B R yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey CHÊ CHI LS NX NOR SIO Chênois 1–1 1–0 3–3 6–3 3–1 Sion 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 Chiasso 1–1 2–0 3–1 3–1 2–0 Lausanne-Sports 2–4 1–2 2–0 1–0 4–0 Neuchâtel Xamax 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 2–3 Nordstern 1–1 0–3 2–3 1–2 0–2 complete Nationalliga B Teams, locations Team Town Canton Stadium Capacity FC Aarau Aarau Aargau Stadion Brügglifeld AC Bellinzona Bellinzona Ticino Stadio Comunale Bellinzona FC Bern Bern Bern Stadion Neufeld FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne Bern Stadion Gurzelen Étoile Carouge FC Carouge Geneva Stade de la Fontenette FC Frauenfeld Frauenfeld Thurgau Kleine Allmend FC Fribourg Fribourg Fribourg Stade Universitaire 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 Lugano Lugano Ticino Cornaredo Stadium Luzern Lucerne Lucerne Stadion Allmend Vevey-Sports Vevey Vaud Stade de Copet FC Wettingen Wettingen Aargau Stadion Altenburg FC Winterthur Winterthur Zürich Schützenwiese FC Young Fellows Zürich Zürich Zürich Utogrund Final league table main WDL R Playout 5 2 CdF FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 18 7 5 71 31 LUZ Luzern 17 9 4 62 36 WIN FC Winterthur 16 9 5 58 32 LUG Lugano 17 7 6 51 31 FRA FC Frauenfeld 10 12 8 46 39 AAR FC Aarau Stephan Beck 2023 https://www.arowa.ch/index.php?page=ligatabelle&saison=79 Schweizer Meisterschaft 1978/79 Nationalliga B Swiss Championship 1978/79 Nationalliga B arowa.ch de 2023-11-16 12 8 10 44 39 BER FC Bern 11 10 9 41 41 VEV Vevey-Sports 11 6 13 47 41 FRI FC Fribourg 9 9 12 37 33 BEL AC Bellinzona 10 7 13 47 49 GRE FC Grenchen 9 9 12 27 32 KRI SC Kriens 10 7 13 38 48 BIE FC Biel-Bienne 9 8 13 35 55 WET FC Wettingen 8 9 13 40 48 ETO Etoile Carouge FC 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 8 First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2018 Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV de 2023-11-16 5 11 14 42 53 YFJ FC Young Fellows Zürich 3 2 25 21 99 green1 Champions promoted to 1979–80 Nationalliga A PC green1 Promoted to 1979–80 Nationalliga A PNLA green3 To promotion play-off PPO PPO red1 Relegated to 1979–80 1. Liga R1 R1 yes yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers; 3) Goals scored; complete rsssf.com Further in Swiss football 1978–79 Swiss Cup 1978–79 Swiss 1. Liga References Sources Switzerland 1978–79 at RSSSF Nationalligaseasons inSwitzerland 1977–78 1979–80 Category:Swiss Football League seasons Swiss Category:1978–79 in Swiss football