1980–81 Nationalliga A

Swiss football season 1980–81 Nationalliga A Zürich Chênois European Cup Zürich Cup Winners' Cup Lausanne-Sport UEFA Cup Grasshopper ClubXamax Peter Risi(Luzern) 18 goals 1979–80 1981–82 1980–81 Nationalliga B Vevey-Sports Vevey-SportsFC AarauFC Bulle SC Kriens Roland Blanchard (Bulle)Patrick Gavillet (Vevey)both 20 goals 1979–80 1981–82 The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1980–81 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 85th season of top-tier and the 84th season of second-tier football in Switzerland. Overview The Swiss Football League had 28 members at this time. The clubs were divided into two tiers of 14 teams each. The top tier was named Nationalliga A (NLA) and the second tier was named Nationalliga B (NLB). The format in both divisions was that the teams played a double round-robin to decide their table positions. Each club playing every other club twice (home and away) for a total of 26 rounds. Two points were awarded for a win and one point was awarded for a draw. The Swiss champions would qualify for the 1981–82 European Cup, the runners-up and third placed team would qualify for the 1981–82 UEFA Cup. There was to be an expansion from 28 to 32 members of the ASF/SFV at the end of this season, with new 16 teams in each division. Therefore, this season would only see one club from the NLA relegated to the second-tier. The top three placed teams in the NLB would be promoted to the top tier. Only one team from the NLB was relegated to next season's 1. Liga. Five teams from this season's 1. Liga would be promoted to make up the numbers.Switzerland Final League Tables of the Nationalliga A and B 1930-2000 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwithist.html RSSSF 16 November 2023 Nationalliga A The first round of the NLA was played on 23 August 1980. There was a winter break between 6 December and 28 February 1981. The season was completed on 13 June 1981. Teams, locations Team Town Canton StadiumCapacityFC BaselBaselBasel-Stadt St. Jakob Stadium AC BellinzonaBellinzonaTicinoStadio Comunale Bellinzona CS Chênois Thônex Geneva Stade des Trois-Chêne FC ChiassoChiassoTicino Stadio Comunale Riva IV Grasshopper ClubZürichZürich HardturmLausanne-SportsLausanneVaudPontaiseFC LuzernLucerneLucerneStadion AllmendNeuchâtel XamaxNeuchâtelNeuchâtel Stade de la Maladière Nordstern Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Rankhof FC St. GallenSt. GallenSt. GallenEspenmoosServetteGenevaGenevaStade des CharmillesFC SionSionValaisStade de TourbillonYoung BoysBernBernWankdorf StadiumFC ZürichZürichZürichLetzigrund Final league table main WDL Q 5 2 ZÜR Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2006–2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=26&m=0&c=0&i=0&f=0&s=0&pord=0 FCZ 1980/1981 dbFCZ de 2023-11-16 GCZ Grasshopper Club NX Xamax YB Young Boys LS Lausanne-Sport BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 1982 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1980/81 1980/81 Rangliste Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" de-ch 1980/81 Ranking 2023-11-16 SER Servette SIO Sion LUC Luzern STG St. Gallen NOR Nordstern Basel BEL Bellinzona CHI Chiasso CHÊ Chênois 18 4 4 57 28 11 12 3 45 24 14 6 6 44 25 11 11 4 46 33 12 6 8 40 29 9 10 7 48 44 8 10 8 38 36 8 8 10 35 42 6 10 10 39 46 7 8 11 35 42 6 7 13 28 37 7 5 14 25 46 5 8 13 28 46 3 9 14 23 53 green1 Champions, qualified for 1981–82 European Cup and entered 1981 Intertoto Cup EC blue1 qualified for 1981–82 UEFA Cup and entered 1981 Intertoto Cup UC1 blue1 qualified for 1981–82 UEFA Cup UC2 blue3 entered 1981 Intertoto Cup IT1 yellow1 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1981–82 Cup Winners' Cup CWC blue3 entered 1981 Intertoto Cup IT2 #FFC0D0 Relegated to 1981–82 Nationalliga B R yes 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey BAS BEL CHÊ CHI GCZ LS LUZ NX NOR SER SIO STG YB ZÜR Zürich 1–0 2–1 4–0 2–0 1–3 3–2 3–1 1–0 3–1 5–1 3–1 4–1 6–0 Grasshopper 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 2–2 2–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 Neuchâtel Xamax 0–2 0–0 1–0 4–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–2 1–1 3–0 2–0 4–0 Young Boys 0–0 1–1 3–1 2–4 3–1 3–2 0–0 3–2 3–1 2–2 2–0 3–0 1–1 Lausanne-Sports 2–2 0–2 4–1 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 0–1 4–1 Basel 2–0 1–5 1–2 2–2 3–2 2–2 4–1 4–4 1–0 1–1 4–0 3–0 0–0 Servette 1–2 2–1 0–2 1–4 0–0 2–1 3–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 4–2 3–1 Sion 1–3 2–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–3 1–2 4–1 2–1 3–1 5–0 2–2 Luzern 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 0–2 0–2 3–2 1–2 2–1 St. Gallen 3–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 5–4 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 Nordstern Basel 1–2 0–3 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 4–0 1–3 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 Bellinzona 4–1 0–2 1–0 0–3 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 3–1 Chiasso 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 3–0 1–1 2–4 1–1 1–2 4–3 5–1 0–0 Chênois 1–3 1–3 0–4 1–2 1–4 2–2 2–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 complete rsssf.com Attendances Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/sui/avesui81.htm 2026-08-01 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk # Club Average attendance Highest attendance 1 Young Boys 10,838 25,000 2 Luzern 8,146 12,000 3 Zürich 7,292 14,000 4 Basel 6,631 17,500 5 St. Gallen 6,238 11,000 6 GCZ 5,444 17,000 7 Xamax 5,185 10,200 8 Lausanne 4,000 8,500 9 Sion 3,954 10,300 10 Servette 3,738 5,500 11 Bellinzona 3,492 7,000 12 Nordstern Basel 2,654 6,500 13 Chiasso 2,415 9,200 14 Chênois 2,115 5,500 Nationalliga B The first round of the NLB was played on 23 August 1980. There was a winter break between 6 December and 28 February 1981. The season was completed on 13 June 1981. Teams, locations Team Town Canton Stadium Capacity FC Aarau Aarau Aargau Stadion Brügglifeld FC Bern Bern Bern Stadion Neufeld FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne Bern Stadion Gurzelen FC Bulle Bulle Fribourg Stade de Bouleyres 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 FC Lugano Lugano Ticino Cornaredo Stadium Mendrisiostar Mendrisio Ticino Centro Sportivo Comunale Vevey Sports Vevey Vaud Stade de Copet FC Wettingen Wettingen Aargau Stadion Altenburg FC Winterthur Winterthur Zürich Schützenwiese Final league table main WDL QR VEV Vevey-Sports 14 8 4 59 29 AAR FC Aarau Stephan Beck 2023 https://www.arowa.ch/index.php?page=ligatabelle&saison=81 Schweizer Meisterschaft 1980/81 Nationalliga B Swiss Championship 1980/81 Nationalliga B arowa.ch de 2023-11-16 14 7 5 55 37 BUL FC Bulle 13 8 5 45 30 WET FC Wettingen 11 11 4 45 25 FRA FC Frauenfeld 11 9 6 47 29 BER FC Bern 8 10 8 43 40 FRI FC Fribourg 7 11 8 24 33 WIN FC Winterthur 9 6 11 40 47 GRE FC Grenchen 10 3 13 32 42 LUG Lugano 6 10 10 42 56 BIE FC Biel-Bienne 8 5 13 41 52 CdF FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 6 7 13 24 37 MEN Mendrisiostar 6 6 14 23 35 KRI SC Kriens 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 9 First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2018 Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV de 2023-11-16 4 9 13 31 59 #D0F0C0 NLB Champions promoted to 1981–82 Nationalliga A P1 #D0F0C0 Promoted to 1981–82 Nationalliga A P2 #D0F0C0 Promoted to 1981–82 Nationalliga A P3 #FFCCCC Relegated to 1981–82 1. Liga R yes yes 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete rsssf.com</onlyinclude> Further in Swiss football 1980–81 Swiss Cup 1980–81 Swiss 1. Liga References Sources Switzerland 1980–81 at RSSSF Nationalligaseasons inSwitzerland 1979–80 1981–82 Category:Swiss Football League seasons Swiss Category:1980–81 in Swiss football