1959–60 Nationalliga A

Swiss football season 1959–60 Nationalliga A Young Boys LuganoBellinzona Willy Schneider (Young Boys)25 goals 1958–59 1960–61 1959–60 Nationalliga B Fribourg FribourgYoung Fellows FC LangenthalLengnau Edy Zimmermann (Young Fellows)21 goals 1958–59 1960–61 The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1959–60 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 63rd season of top-tier and the 62nd 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 1958–59 season and the two newly promoted teams FC Winterthur and FC Biel-Bienne. The champions would qualify for the 1960–61 European Cup and the last two teams in the league table at the end of the season were to be relegated. The second-tier (NLB) was contested by the two teams that had been relegated from the NLA at the end of the last season, Urania Genève Sport and Young Fellows Zürich, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams FC Langenthal and SC Brühl. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1960–61 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1960–61 Swiss 1. Liga. The Swiss champions received a slot in the 1960–61 European Cup and the Swiss Cup winners this season qualified for the first edition of the Cup Winners' Cup which was to be contested in the following season. Nationalliga A Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity FC Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Landhof AC Bellinzona Bellinzona Ticino Stadio Comunale Bellinzona FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne Bern Stadion Gurzelen FC Chiasso Chiasso Ticino Stadio Comunale Riva IV Grasshopper Club Zürich Zürich Zürich Hardturm FC Grenchen Grenchen Solothurn Stadium Brühl FC La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds Neuchâtel Centre Sportif de la Charrière FC Lausanne-Sport Lausanne Vaud Pontaise FC Lugano Lugano Ticino Cornaredo Stadium FC Luzern Lucerne Lucerne Stadion Allmend Servette FC Geneva Geneva Stade des Charmilles FC Winterthur Winterthur Zürich Schützenwiese BSC Young Boys Bern Bern Wankdorf Stadium FC Zürich Zürich Zürich Letzigrund Final league table main WDL Q 5 2 YB Young Boys (red) BSC Young Boys AG 2024 https://www.bscyb.ch/archiv-1959-60 YB Saison 1959/60 YB season 1959/60 BSC Young Boys AG de 2024-11-16 BB Biel-Bienne CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds ZÜR Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=58&m=0&c=0&i=0&p=0&f=0&s=0&pord=0 FCZ Saison 1959/60 de-ch FCZ season 1959/60 dbFCZ 2024-11-16 LUC Luzern WIN Winterthur SER Servette Daniel Reichmuth 2024 https://super-servette.ch/Doku/Resultate_Servette_1959-60.pdf Servette 1959/60 super-servette-ch fr 2024-11-16 GCZ Grasshopper Club CHI Chiasso BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2024 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1959/60 Rangliste 1959/60 de-ch Ranking 1959/60 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2024-11-16 GRE Grenchen LS Lausanne-Sport LUG Lugano BEL Bellinzona 20 2 4 86 44 14 8 4 61 38 14 4 8 71 51 13 5 8 64 44 11 5 10 65 62 12 3 11 40 40 8 9 9 46 39 8 8 10 54 61 8 7 11 39 57 6 10 10 46 55 8 5 13 51 48 7 7 12 41 74 6 6 14 34 52 4 7 15 28 61 green1 Swiss Champions qualified for 1960–61 European Cup A yellow1 Swiss Cup winners qualified for 1960–61 Cup Winners' Cup C red1 Relegated to 1960–61 Nationalliga B R1 red1 Relegated to 1960–61 Nationalliga B R2 blue1 1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup FF FF yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers; complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey BAS BEL BB CDF CHI GCZ GRE LS LUG LUZ SER WIN YB ZÜR Basel 3–1 0–2 3–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 2–2 3–3 1–1 2–2 3–3 3–3 3–1 Bellinzona 0–0 2–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 3–0 0–4 3–2 Biel-Bienne 3–1 7–0 0–0 5–1 3–2 2–0 3–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 Chiasso 2–1 6–3 2–5 2–2 1–4 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–4 0–2 Grasshopper Club 3–0 2–2 5–5 1–1 1–0 1–1 5–0 4–2 4–2 4–1 1–2 5–3 0–2 Grenchen 3–2 4–1 2–2 1–2 5–1 3–4 1–2 2–4 5–1 0–0 3–0 1–3 0–1 La Chaux-de-Fonds 4–1 5–1 4–0 1–1 4–3 1–2 5–1 2–2 7–0 4–2 2–1 5–1 3–2 Lausanne-Sports 2–1 2–0 3–3 3–1 5–4 4–3 0–4 0–4 2–3 3–3 1–0 0–2 2–2 Luzern 6–1 3–2 2–3 5–1 6–0 2–4 2–5 5–2 1–0 0–3 0–2 4–8 2–1 Lugano 2–4 2–1 1–1 0–2 3–1 2–1 3–0 4–0 1–1 1–3 1–2 1–2 0–1 Servette 5–2 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 5–3 5–0 4–2 4–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 Winterthur 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 5–0 2–3 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 Young Boys 1–1 6–2 3–2 3–1 4–1 3–2 8–3 2–1 4–1 4–2 4–0 5–0 2–3 Zürich 2–3 3–2 4–1 8–2 2–3 5–1 3–1 4–4 2–2 2–1 1–1 6–2 1–2 complete rsssf.com Topscorers Rank Player Nat. Goals Club1. Willy Schneider SUI 25 Young Boys2.Eugen Meier SUI 21 Young Boys3. Edgar Graf SUI 19 Biel-Bienne Philippe Pottier SUI 19 La Chaux-de-Fonds5. Peter Lüscher SUI 18 Luzern Bruno Brizzi SUI 18 Zürich 7. Kurt Sommerlatt GER 17 La Chaux-de-Fonds8. Jacques Fatton SUI 16 Servette9. Josef Hügi SUI 15 Basel Roberto Frigerio SUI 15 Basel Miodrag Glišović YUG 15 Grenchen Erich Hahn GER 15 Luzern13. Charles Antenen SUI 13 La Chaux-de-Fonds Ernst Wechselberger GER 13 Young Boys Nationalliga B Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity FC Aarau Aarau Aargau Stadion Brügglifeld FC Bern Bern Bern Stadion Neufeld SC Brühl St. Gallen St. Gallen Paul-Grüninger-Stadion FC Cantonal Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière FC Fribourg Fribourg Fribourg Stade Universitaire FC Langenthal (red) Fussballverband Bern/Jura 2024 https://matchcenter.fvbj-afbj.ch/default.aspx?lng=1&cxxlnus=1&v=1412& FC Langenthal Fussballverband Bern/Jura - fvbj-afbj.ch de 2024-11-16 Langenthal Bern Rankmatte FC Lengnau (red) Fussballverband Bern/Jura 2024 https://matchcenter.fvbj-afbj.ch/default.aspx?v=1295&oid=6&lng=1 FC Lengnau Fussballverband Bern/Jura de 2024-11-16 Lengnau Bern Moos Lengnau BE FC Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Stadion Breite FC Sion Sion Valais Stade de Tourbillon FC Thun Thun Bern Stadion Lachen Urania Genève Sport Genève Geneva Stade de Frontenex Vevey Sports Vevey Vaud Stade de Copet FC Young Fellows Zürich Zürich Utogrund Yverdon-Sport FC Yverdon-les-Bains Vaud Stade Municipal Final league table main WDL QR 5 2 YFJ Young Fellows Zürich 16 5 5 55 34 FRI FC Fribourg 16 5 5 50 31 BRÜ SC Brühl 12 7 7 50 51 YVE Yverdon-Sport FC 10 9 7 49 41 BER FC Bern 10 9 7 52 52 THU FC Thun 11 5 10 62 43 UGS Urania Genève Sport 11 3 12 56 51 VEV Vevey Sports 7 10 9 54 49 SIO FC Sion 10 3 13 54 52 AAR FC Aarau Stephan Beck 2023 https://arowa.ch/index.php?page=ligatabelle&saison=60 Schweizer Meisterschaft 1959/60 FCA Rangliste de-ch Swiss Championship 1959/60 FCA Ranking arowa.ch 2024-11-16 9 5 12 45 50 FCS FC Schaffhausen 9 5 12 39 45 CN FC Cantonal Neuchâtel 8 6 12 48 55 LAN FC Langenthal 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 5 First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2018 Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV de 2024-11-16 7 7 12 29 42 LEN Lengnau 2 9 15 33 80 green3 Both promoted, however play-off for NLB championship title QP2 QP2 red1 Relegated to 1960–61 1. Liga R1 red1 Relegated to 1960–61 1. Liga R2 yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers; complete rsssf.com Play-off for title Young Fellows Zürich and FC Fribourg finished level on points in joint first position and had both achieved promotion to 1960–61 Nationalliga A. However, it required a play-off to decide the title as NLB champions and this took place on 15 June 1960 in Wankdorf Stadium, Bern. Young Fellows Zürich 1–4 FC Fribourg FC Fribourg won the NLB championship. Further in Swiss football 1959–60 Swiss Cup 1959–60 Swiss 1. Liga References Sources Switzerland 1959–60 at RSSSF Nationalligaseasons inSwitzerland 1958–59 1960–61 Category:Swiss Football League seasons Swiss Category:1959–60 in Swiss football