1960–61 Nationalliga A

Swiss football season 1960–61 Nationalliga A Servette WinterthurChiasso Giuliano Robbiani (GC)27 goals 1959–60 1961–62 1960–61 Nationalliga B Lugano LuganoSchaffhausen CantonalNordstern Vittore Gottardi (Lugano)26 goals 1959–60 1961–62 The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1960–61 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 64th season of top-tier and the 63rd 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 1959–60 season and the two newly promoted teams Young Fellows Zürich and FC Fribourg. The champions would qualify for the 1962–63 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, Lugano and Bellinzona, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams Martigny-Sports and Nordstern. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1961–62 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1961–62 Swiss 1. Liga. The Swiss champions received a slot in the 1961–62 European Cup and the Swiss Cup winners received a slot in the 1961–62 Cup Winners' Cup. The following summer would see the start of the International Football Cup. The initial rounds would see a group stage and this would take place as a pre-season event. The knock-out stage would then be played during the season. The ASF/SFV were allocated four starting places. These would be given to the four best placed teams in this season. However, if a club was not interested in contesting the slot would be passed down to the next willing club. Nationalliga A Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity FC Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Landhof FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne Bern Stadion Gurzelen FC Chiasso Chiasso Ticino Stadio Comunale Riva IV FC Fribourg Fribourg Fribourg Stade Universitaire 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 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 Young Fellows Zürich Zürich Utogrund FC Zürich Zürich Zürich Letzigrund Final league table main WDL Q 5 2 SER Servette Daniel Reichmuth 2024 https://super-servette.ch/Doku/Resultate_Servette_1960-61.pdf Servette 1960/61 super-servette-ch fr 2024-11-16 YB Young Boys (red) BSC Young Boys AG 2024 https://www.bscyb.ch/archiv-1960-61 YB Saison 1960/61 YB season 1960/61 BSC Young Boys AG de 2024-11-16 ZÜR Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=57&m=0&c=0&i=0&p=0&f=0&s=0&pord=0 FCZ Saison 1960/61 de-ch FCZ season 1960/61 dbFCZ 2024-11-16 GRE Grenchen BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2024 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1960/61 Rangliste 1960/61 de-ch Ranking 1960/61 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2024-11-16 GCZ Grasshopper Club CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds LUC Luzern LS Lausanne-Sport BB Biel-Bienne YFZ Young Fellows Zürich FRI Fribourg WIN Winterthur CHI Chiasso 23 0 3 77 29 15 6 5 70 37 15 5 6 74 43 12 6 8 68 49 13 2 11 42 36 10 6 10 60 53 11 4 11 65 64 9 6 11 37 45 9 5 12 57 58 8 7 11 43 47 8 6 12 48 63 7 6 13 30 55 8 1 17 33 66 2 4 20 22 81 green1 Swiss Champions qualified for 1961–62 European Cup A yellow1 Swiss Cup winners qualified for 1961–62 Cup Winners' Cupand entered 1961–62 International Football Cup C blue1 Entered 1961–62 International Football Cup I1 blue1 Entered 1961–62 International Football Cup I2 blue1 Entered 1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup I3 I3 red1 Relegated to 1961–62 Nationalliga B R1 red1 Relegated to 1961–62 Nationalliga B R2 yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers; complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey BAS BB CDF CHI FRI GCZ GRE LS LUZ SER WIN YB YFZ ZÜR Basel 4–0 3–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–4 2–0 1–5 2–4 Biel-Bienne 0–1 3–2 5–0 4–3 3–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–2 5–2 2–1 1–1 1–3 Chiasso 1–0 0–4 0–0 0–2 0–5 2–0 1–1 3–3 1–3 1–3 1–2 0–3 1–1 Fribourg 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 3–2 4–4 0–0 1–4 4–0 2–5 0–4 2–0 Grasshopper Club 2–4 2–1 6–3 0–2 5–2 1–5 0–0 4–1 3–1 3–0 4–4 1–1 4–0 Grenchen 1–2 2–0 5–1 2–2 4–0 4–4 3–2 2–4 3–5 4–1 1–1 4–1 2–2 La Chaux-de-Fonds 2–3 2–2 5–2 1–0 3–2 5–1 3–2 5–2 0–2 4–0 2–4 2–2 6–4 Lausanne-Sports 3–1 1–1 6–0 3–1 2–6 0–6 4–2 2–0 1–3 3–0 3–2 6–0 3–3 Luzern 0–1 2–1 4–0 3–1 0–3 0–0 2–1 2–4 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 Servette 4–2 2–0 4–0 2–0 5–2 4–3 4–0 5–1 1–0 3–1 1–3 7–0 4–2 Winterthur 0–4 2–0 1–0 3–2 5–5 1–3 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–2 0–6 3–2 1–3 Young Boys 0–0 3–3 3–0 9–1 1–0 3–2 3–1 3–1 3–0 4–0 2–0 1–1 1–3 Young Fellows 1–0 4–1 5–2 0–1 0–0 2–0 3–5 3–1 2–5 1–4 3–1 2–4 2–4 Zürich 2–0 2–2 7–0 3–0 2–1 1–2 8–1 3–2 3–0 1–3 3–1 3–0 6–1 complete rsssf.com Topscorers Rank Player Nat. Goals Club1. Giuliano Robbiani SUI 27 Grasshopper Club2.Eugen Meier SUI 26 Young Boys Erwin Waldner GER 26 Zürich 4. René Hamel SUI 23 Grenchen5. Ernst Wechselberger GER 20 Young Boys6. Bruno Brizzi SUI 19 Zürich 7. Josef Hügi SUI 17 Basel8. Josef "Jupp" Derwall GER 16 Biel-Bienne Miodrag Glisovic YUG 16 Grenchen Walter Heuri SUI 16 Servette Nationalliga B Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity FC Aarau Aarau Aargau Stadion Brügglifeld AC Bellinzona Bellinzona Ticino Stadio Comunale Bellinzona 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 Lugano Lugano Ticino Cornaredo Stadium FC Martigny-Sports Martigny Valais Stade d'Octodure FC Nordstern Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Rankhof 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 Yverdon-Sport FC Yverdon-les-Bains Vaud Stade Municipal Final league table main WDL QR 5 2 LUG FC Lugano 16 6 4 77 36 FCS FC Schaffhausen 16 4 6 55 29 BEL AC Bellinzona 14 8 4 52 30 YVE Yverdon-Sport FC 17 1 8 51 37 THU FC Thun 13 6 7 62 36 SIO FC Sion 11 5 10 51 51 BER FC Bern 9 7 10 55 59 MAS FC Martigny-Sports 7 10 9 36 48 BRÜ SC Brühl 8 5 13 46 50 VEV Vevey Sports 8 5 13 28 41 AAR FC Aarau Stephan Beck 2023 https://arowa.ch/index.php?page=ligatabelle&saison=61 Schweizer Meisterschaft 1960/61 FCA Rangliste de-ch Swiss Championship 1960/61 FCA Ranking arowa.ch 2024-11-16 7 7 12 32 53 UGS Urania Genève Sport 7 6 13 39 47 CN FC Cantonal Neuchâtel Erste Liga (SFV) 2022 https://www.el-pl.ch/Portaldata/3/Resources/statistiken/Statistik-Auf-Absteiger-bis_heute_19.12.22.pdf Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2022 PDF page 5 First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2022 Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV de 2024-11-16 6 5 15 44 72 NOR FC Nordstern Basel 5 1 20 27 66 green1 NLB Champions and promoted to 1961–62 Nationalliga A CP1 green3 Play off for second position QP2 QP2 red1 Relegated to 1961–62 1. Liga R1 red1 Relegated to 1961–62 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 Schaffhausen and Bellinzona ended the season level on points, therefore a play-off for promotion was required. The decider match for second place was played on 18 June 1961 at the Stadion Neufeld in Bern. Schaffhausen 2–0 * Bellinzona * Note: The match was abandoned due to pitch invasion in the 68th Minute. The replay was played on 23 July at Stadion Allmend in Lucerne. Schaffhausen 4–0 Bellinzona Schaffhausen won and were promoted to 1961–62 Nationalliga A. Bellinzona remained in the division. Further in Swiss football 1960–61 Swiss Cup 1960–61 Swiss 1. Liga References Sources Switzerland 1960–61 at RSSSF Nationalligaseasons inSwitzerland 1959–60 1961–62 Category:Swiss Football League seasons Swiss Category:1960–61 in Swiss football