1953–54 Nationalliga A

Swiss football season 1953–54 Nationalliga A La Chaux-de-Fonds FC BernBiel-Bienne Josef Hügi (Basel)29 goals 1952–53 1954–55 1953–54 Nationalliga B Lugano LuganoThun WilAarau Kurt Scheller (Winterthur)17 goals 1952–53 1954–55 The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1953–54 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 57th season of top-tier and the 56th 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 season and the two newly promoted teams Luzern and Biel-Bienne. 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, these were Lugano and Locarno, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams Thun and Yverdon-Sport. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1954–55 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1954–55 Swiss 1. Liga. 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 3 First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2022 Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV de 2024-11-16 Nationalliga A Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity FC Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Landhof AC Bellinzona Bellinzona Ticino Stadio Comunale Bellinzona FC Bern Bern Bern Stadion Neufeld FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne Bern Stadion Gurzelen FC Chiasso Chiasso Ticino Stadio Comunale Riva IV Grasshopper Club Zürich Zürich Zürich Hardturm FC Fribourg Fribourg Fribourg Stade Universitaire 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 BSC Young Boys Bern Bern Wankdorf Stadium FC Zürich Zürich Zürich Letzigrund Final league table main WDL Q 5 2 CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds GCZ Grasshopper Club LS Lausanne-Sport YB Young Boys (red) BSC Young Boys AG 2024 https://www.bscyb.ch/archiv-1953-54 YB Saison 1953/54 YB season 1953/54 BSC Young Boys AG de-ch 2024-11-16 SER Servette Daniel Reichmuth 2024 https://super-servette.ch/Doku/Resultate_Servette_1953-54.pdf Servette 1953/54 super-servette-ch fr 2024-11-16 BEL Bellinzona GRE Grenchen BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2024 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1953/54 Rangliste 1953/54 de-ch Ranking 1953/54 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2024-11-16 CHI Chiasso LUZ Luzern ZÜR Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=66 FCZ Saison 1953/54 de-ch FCZ season 1953/54 dbFCZ 2024-11-16 FRI Fribourg BER FC Bern BB Biel-Bienne 20 2 4 78 36 19 3 4 108 47 15 6 5 69 46 13 4 9 66 44 10 10 6 55 38 10 5 11 41 44 10 4 12 53 58 11 2 13 55 62 9 5 12 45 62 10 2 14 47 68 8 4 14 45 64 8 2 16 37 53 8 1 17 40 75 5 2 19 36 78 green1 Swiss Champions and Swiss Cup winners A red1 Relegated to 1954–55 Nationalliga B R1 red1 Relegated to 1954–55 Nationalliga B R2 yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers; complete RSSSF Results main FBR grey BAS BEL BER BB CDF CHI FRI GCZ GRE LS LUZ SER YB ZÜR Basel 3–2 3–1 4–0 1–3 3–2 1–6 4–3 4–2 2–3 1–2 2–3 1–0 3–4 Bellinzona 2–0 1–2 2–0 4–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–2 2–3 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 Bern 2–2 3–0 2–1 5–1 2–1 1–5 3–6 1–4 3–5 5–2 0–5 0–4 1–0 Biel-Bienne 2–1 1–1 3–0 3–4 2–0 0–5 2–4 1–5 0–3 5–2 1–4 2–4 2–2 Chiasso 3–5 4–1 2–1 5–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–3 4–0 1–2 0–3 1–5 1–2 Fribourg 2–1 2–0 4–1 3–2 1–2 1–4 1–0 0–2 3–3 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 Grasshopper Club 3–4 6–0 4–2 4–2 7–2 3–0 8–3 4–2 1–1 9–1 7–4 3–2 6–0 Grenchen 2–1 1–1 4–1 1–2 2–2 2–0 2–6 2–4 2–2 3–1 0–0 1–4 3–1 La Chaux-de-Fonds 2–0 4–2 5–0 5–0 5–1 4–1 1–1 2–1 4–3 4–1 1–0 3–1 4–2 Lausanne-Sports 5–2 1–1 3–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 3–4 4–0 2–2 6–1 2–5 Luzern 2–3 1–2 3–1 3–0 0–0 3–2 2–1 1–3 1–2 4–7 2–2 4–0 5–1 Servette 2–2 3–2 4–0 2–0 1–2 3–3 3–4 3–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–0 Young Boys 3–0 3–3 2–1 3–1 5–0 5–0 7–4 3–4 0–2 2–0 3–0 2–2 5–0 Zürich 1–2 0–3 1–2 6–1 1–1 4–3 2–4 3–1 2–1 0–2 5–2 1–1 2–2 complete RSSSF Topscorers Rank Player Nat. Goals Club1. Josef Hügi SUI 29 Basel2. Branislav Vukosavljević YUG 28 Grasshopper Club3. Roger Vonlanthen SUI 23 Grasshopper Club4. Eugen Meier SUI 22 Young Boys5. Charles Antenen SUI 17 La Chaux-de-Fonds Hans Hagen SUI 17 Grasshopper Club7. Robert Ballaman SUI 16 Grasshopper Club8. Res Kyd SUI 15 Luzern9. Jacques Fatton SUI 14 Servette Ferdinando Riva SUI 14 Chiasso Nationalliga B Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity FC Aarau Aarau Aargau Stadion Brügglifeld FC Cantonal Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière FC Locarno Locarno Ticino Stadio comunale Lido FC Lugano Lugano Ticino Cornaredo Stadium ES FC Malley Malley Vaud Centre sportif de la Tuilière FC Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Stadion Breite FC Solothurn Solothurn Solothurn Stadion FC Solothurn FC St. Gallen St. Gallen St. Gallen Espenmoos FC Thun Thun Bern Stadion Lachen Urania Genève Sport Genève Geneva Stade de Frontenex FC Wil Wil St. Gallen Sportpark Bergholz FC Winterthur Winterthur Zürich Schützenwiese FC Young Fellows Zürich Zürich Utogrund Yverdon-Sport FC Yverdon-les-Bains Vaud Stade Municipal Final league table main WDL Q 5 2 LUG FC Lugano 16 4 6 55 38 TUN FC Thun 16 4 6 60 34 ESM ES FC Malley 13 8 5 59 38 CN FC Cantonal Neuchâtel 13 5 8 60 39 YFJ Young Fellows Zürich 13 4 9 59 47 FCS FC Schaffhausen 9 10 7 50 42 YVE Yverdon-Sport FC 11 5 10 38 39 STG FC St. Gallen 8 7 11 44 51 SOL FC Solothurn 9 5 12 41 50 LOC FC Locarno 9 4 13 39 55 WIN FC Winterthur 8 5 13 56 57 UGS Urania Genève Sport 7 6 13 31 47 WIL FC Wil 7 3 16 32 62 AAR FC Aarau Stephan Beck 2023 https://www.arowa.ch/index.php?page=ligatabelle&saison=54 Schweizer Meisterschaft 1953/54 FCA Rangliste de-ch Swiss Championship 1953/54 FCA Ranking arowa.ch 2024-11-16 5 6 15 27 52 green3 To play-off for NLB championship QP1 QP1 red2 Relegated to 1954–55 1. Liga R1 red2 Relegated to 1954–55 1. Liga R2 yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers; complete RSSSF Decider for NLB championship Lugano and FC Thun finished the season level on points in joint first position and both achieved promotion to 1954–55 Nationalliga A. However, it required a play-out to decide the division championship. The play-off was played on 16 May 1954 in the Stadion Allmend in Luzern. Lugano 3–2 FC Thun Lugano won and were NLB champions. Further in Swiss football 1953–54 Swiss Cup 1953–54 Swiss 1. Liga References Sources Switzerland 1953–54 at RSSSF Nationalligaseasons inSwitzerland 1952–53 1954–55 Category:Swiss Football League seasons Swiss Category:1953–54 in Swiss football