1972–73 Nationalliga A

Swiss football season 1972–73 Nationalliga A Basel FribourgGrenchen Ottmar Hitzfeld (Basel)and Ove Grahn (Lausanne-Sport)both 18 goals 1971–72 1973–74 1972–73 Nationalliga B Xamax XamaxCS Chênois SC BrühlSC Buochs Jean-Robert Rub (Xamax)and Guy Mathez (Xamax)both 18 goals 1971–72 1973–74 The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1972–73 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 76th season of top-tier and the 75th 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 1971–72 season and the two newly promoted teams FC Chiasso and FC Fribourg. The champions would qualify for the 1973–74 European Cup. The second and third placed teams were qualified for the 1973–74 UEFA Cup. The last two placed teams were to be relegated. The second-tier (NLB) was contested by the two teams that had been relegated from the NLA, FC Biel-Bienne and Luzern, the teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams Young Fellows Zürich and SC Buochs. The top two teams would be promoted and the last two teams relegated. Luc Nackaerts Erik Garin https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit73.html Nationalliga A 1972/73 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2019-11-16 Nationalliga A The first round of the NLA was played on 14 August 1972. After playing 13 rounds, there was a winter break, held between 5 December and the 14th round on 5 March 1973. The season had 26 rounds and was completed on 10 June 1973. Teams, locations Team Town Canton Stadium CapacityFC BaselBaselBasel-Stadt St. Jakob Stadium FC ChiassoChiassoTicino Stadio Comunale Riva IV FC Fribourg Fribourg Fribourg Stade Universitaire Grasshopper Club ZürichZürichZürich Hardturm FC Grenchen Grenchen Solothurn Stadium Brühl FC La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds Neuchâtel Centre Sportif de la Charrière FC Lausanne-SportLausanneVaudPontaise Lugano Lugano Ticino Cornaredo Stadium FC St. GallenSt. GallenSt. GallenEspenmoosServette FCGenevaGenevaStade des CharmillesFC SionSionValaisStade de Tourbillon FC Winterthur Winterthur Zürich Schützenwiese BSC Young BoysBernBernWankdorf StadiumFC ZürichZürichZürichLetzigrund Final league table main WDL Q 5 2 BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 1973 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1972/73 1972/73 Rangliste Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" de-ch 1972/73 Ranking 2023-11-16 GCZ Grasshopper Club SIO Sion SER Servette WIN Winterthur LS Lausanne-Sport ZÜR Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=42&m=0&c=0&i=0&f=0&s=0&pord=0 FCZ 1972/73 dbFCZ de-ch 2023-11-16 LUG Lugano YB Young Boys CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds CHI Chiasso STG St. Gallen FRI Fribourg GRE Grenchen 17 5 4 57 30 14 7 5 54 32 13 7 6 35 30 14 3 9 41 23 12 6 8 40 29 11 6 9 46 27 10 8 8 38 33 9 9 8 31 30 9 5 12 39 40 8 7 11 30 43 8 5 13 21 48 7 5 14 31 49 4 7 15 24 43 4 4 18 23 53 green1 Swiss champions, qualified for 1973–74 European Cup EC yellow1 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1973–74 Cup Winners' Cupand entered 1973 Intertoto Cup CWC blue1 Qualified for 1973–74 UEFA Cupand entered 1973 Intertoto Cup UEC1 blue1 Qualified for 1973–74 UEFA Cup UEC2 blue3 Entered 1973 Intertoto Cup I1 blue3 Entered 1973 Intertoto Cup I2 red1 Relegated to 1973–74 Nationalliga B R1 red1 Relegated to 1973–74 Nationalliga B R2 yes complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey BAS CDF CHI FRI GCZ GRE LS LUG SER SIO STG WIN YB ZÜR Basel 0–1 2–3 2–2 3–1 2–1 2–1 5–2 2–0 7–1 4–0 4–3 3–0 2–0 Grasshopper Club 1–2 2–2 2–0 2–2 2–1 3–0 3–1 3–1 2–3 7–0 2–2 3–1 3–0 Sion 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–3 2–2 1–0 0–3 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 Servette 0–0 0–1 2–2 3–0 1–0 5–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 4–0 2–1 2–0 Winterthur 3–1 3–1 0–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–3 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 4–2 0–0 Lausanne-Sports 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 5–1 1–1 8–0 2–2 2–2 2–0 Zürich 1–1 3–1 1–2 3–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 5–3 1–2 4–0 Lugano 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 4–0 1–1 3–2 Young Boys 2–3 4–3 4–1 0–1 2–2 3–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 3–2 1–0 2–0 6–3 La Chaux-de-Fonds 2–3 0–1 3–1 1–3 1–0 0–4 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 Chiasso 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–3 0–0 1–3 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 0–1 St. Gallen 3–4 2–3 0–0 1–5 0–4 3–1 1–3 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 Fribourg 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–1 1–3 3–2 Grenchen 1–2 1–2 1–3 0–3 2–3 1–3 1–4 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 complete rsssf.com Attendances # Club Average 1 Basel 13,154 2 Young Boys 8,123 3 Zürich 7,308 4 Lausanne 6,938 5 St. Gallen 6,423 6 GCZ 6,015 7 Chiasso 5,892 8 Sion 5,631 9 Fribourg 5,600 10 Lugano 4,923 11 Servette 4,462 12 Grenchen 3,854 13 La Chaux-de-Fonds 3,377 14 Winterthur 3,131 Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/sui/avesui73.htm 2026-08-01 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk Nationalliga B Teams, locations Team Town Canton Stadium Capacity FC Aarau Aarau Aargau Stadion Brügglifeld AC Bellinzona Bellinzona Ticino Stadio Comunale Bellinzona FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne Bern Stadion Gurzelen SC Brühl St. Gallen St. Gallen Paul-Grüninger-Stadion SC Buochs Buochs Nidwalden Stadion Seefeld CS Chênois Thônex Geneva Stade des Trois-Chêne Étoile Carouge FC Carouge Geneva Stade de la Fontenette FC Luzern Lucerne Lucerne Stadion Allmend FC Martigny-Sports Martigny Valais Stade d'Octodure Mendrisiostar Mendrisio Ticino Centro Sportivo Comunale Vevey-Sports Vevey Vaud Stade de Copet FC Wettingen Wettingen Aargau Stadion Altenburg Xamax Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière FC Young Fellows Zürich Zürich Zürich Utogrund Final league table main WDL Q 5 2 NX Xamax 19 5 2 72 21 CHE CS Chênois 15 7 4 44 24 LUZ Luzern 15 7 4 60 26 BIE FC Biel-Bienne 11 6 9 45 35 VEV Vevey-Sports 11 5 10 50 40 MEN Mendrisiostar 9 9 8 30 34 YFJ Young Fellows Zürich 11 4 11 35 37 ETO Etoile Carouge FC 8 8 10 36 51 WET FC Wettingen 8 7 11 30 44 AAR FC Aarau Stephan Beck 2023 https://www.arowa.ch/index.php?page=ligatabelle&saison=73 Schweizer Meisterschaft 1972/73 Nationalliga B Swiss Championship 1972/73 Nationalliga B arowa.ch de 2023-11-16 7 8 11 29 42 MAS FC Martigny-Sports 6 9 11 27 45 BEL AC Bellinzona 7 6 13 30 41 BRÜ SC Brühl 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 7 First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2018 Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV de 2023-11-16 6 6 14 43 58 BUO SC Buochs 3 5 18 26 59 green1 NLB Champions and promoted to 1973–74 Nationalliga A CP1 green3 To promotion play-off QP2 green3 To promotion play-off QP3 red1 Relegated to 1973–74 1. Liga R1 red1 Relegated to 1973–74 1. Liga R2 yes yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers; complete rsssf.com Decider for second place The decider match for second place was played on CS Chênois 2–1 Luzern CS Chênois won and were promoted to 1973–74 Nationalliga A. Luzern remain in the division. Further in Swiss football 1972–73 Swiss Cup 1972–73 Swiss 1. Liga References Sources Switzerland 1972–73 at RSSSF FC Basel 1893. Die ersten 125 Jahre Josef Zindel Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag Basel 2018 978-3-7245-2305-5 de Nationalligaseasons inSwitzerland 1971–72 1973–74 Category:Swiss Football League seasons Swiss Category:1972–73 in Swiss football