411 REFERENCE · Wikipedia
1979–80 in Swiss football
Reference material by Wikipedia contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
none
Switzerland 1979–80 Nationalliga A Basel Nationalliga B AC Bellinzona 1. Liga 1. Liga championsMendrisiostarGroup 1:FC BulleGroup 2:FC LaufenGroup 3:FC EmmenGroup 4:Mendrisiostar Swiss Cup Sion Swiss League Cup Servette Swiss Women's Super League SV Seebach Zürich Swiss Cup FFC Bern 1978–79 1980–81 yes
The following is a summary of the 1979–80 season of competitive football in Switzerland.
Nationalliga A
1979–80 Nationalliga A
League table
Qualifying phase table
main WDL First stage Q 2 SER Servette BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 1988 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1979/80 1979/80 Rangliste Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" de-ch 1979/80 Ranking 2023-11-16 GCZ Grasshopper Club LUC Luzern ZÜR Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2006–2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=27&m=0&c=0&i=0&f=0&s=0&pord=0 FCZ 1979/1980 dbFCZ de 2023-11-16 SIO Sion STG St. Gallen CHI Chiasso LS Lausanne-Sport YB Young Boys CHÊ Chênois NX Xamax CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds LUG Lugano 16 7 3 61 25 15 7 4 67 27 14 8 4 61 21 14 4 8 44 44 13 5 8 56 42 11 9 6 47 37 11 6 9 48 37 6 11 9 27 43 8 6 12 35 38 8 5 13 34 49 4 12 10 32 45 8 4 14 33 48 5 7 14 24 57 1 5 20 18 74 green2 Advance to championship roundhalved points (rounded up) as bonus CG CG CG CG CG CG blue3 entered 1980 Intertoto Cup IT1 blue3 entered 1980 Intertoto Cup IT2 blue3 entered 1980 Intertoto Cup IT3 red1 Relegated to 1980–81 Nationalliga B R R yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; complete rsssf.com
Championship table
main WDL Playoff Q 5 2 y BAS Basel GCZ Grasshopper Club SER Servette ZÜR Zürich SIO Sion LUC Luzern 6 2 2 24 11 19 5 3 2 21 11 18 5 1 4 18 11 20 5 1 4 17 15 16 4 2 4 22 20 16 0 1 9 4 38 16 green1 Champions, qualified for 1980–81 European Cup EC blue1 qualified for 1980–81 UEFA Cup UC1 blue1 qualified for 1980–81 UEFA Cup UC2 yellow1 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1980–81 Cup Winners' Cupand entered 1980 Intertoto Cup CWC 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; complete rsssf.com
Nationalliga B
1979–80 Nationalliga A#Nationalliga B
League table
main WDL First stage Q 2 BEL AC Bellinzona 12 14 0 37 14 NOR FC Nordstern Basel 15 7 4 63 32 WIN FC Winterthur 13 7 6 46 32 VEV Vevey Sports 12 7 7 46 27 FRI FC Fribourg 11 7 8 30 24 BER FC Bern 11 7 8 44 41 FRA FC Frauenfeld 9 10 7 30 26 GRE FC Grenchen 9 8 9 38 40 AAR FC Aarau Stephan Beck 2023 https://www.arowa.ch/index.php?page=ligatabelle&saison=80 Schweizer Meisterschaft 1979/80 Nationalliga B Swiss Championship 1979/80 Nationalliga B arowa.ch de 2023-11-16 8 8 10 43 52 BIE FC Biel-Bienne 6 11 9 24 29 WET FC Wettingen 6 8 12 47 46 KRI SC Kriens 6 6 14 29 51 RAR FC Raron 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 5 5 16 21 47 BAD FC Baden 5 3 18 29 66 green1 NLB Champions promoted to 1980–81 Nationalliga A P1 green3 Promoted to 1980–81 Nationalliga A P2 red3 Relegated to 1980–81 1. Liga R1 red3 Relegated to 1980–81 1. Liga R2 yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; complete rsssf.com
1. Liga
1979–80 Swiss 1. Liga
Group 1
main WDL QR 2 BUL FC Bulle 20 3 3 68 37 ETO Etoile Carouge FC 17 2 7 64 29 MOS FC Montreux-Sports 13 6 7 43 30 MAS FC Martigny-Sports 12 6 8 49 31 MON FC Monthey 12 5 9 43 34 ESM ES FC Malley 11 6 9 54 43 REN FC Renens 9 8 9 39 32 SLO FC Stade Lausanne 9 8 9 48 51 LEY FC Leytron 9 4 13 51 53 NYO FC Stade Nyonnais 9 4 13 45 65 ORB FC Orbe 6 9 11 47 56 FET FC Fétigny 8 5 13 29 45 MEY FC Meyrin 6 7 13 30 55 VIS FC Visp 2 5 19 32 81 green3 Play-off to Nationalliga B QP QP red1 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional R R 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers. complete RSSSF
Group 2
main WDL QR 2 LAU FC Laufen 15 7 4 56 18 MUT SV Muttenz 18 1 7 60 31 AUR FC Aurore Bienne 15 7 4 42 22 KÖN FC Köniz 11 7 8 54 42 DEL SR Delémont 11 7 8 39 31 ALW FC Allschwil 10 8 8 31 28 CEN Central Fribourg 10 6 10 35 40 BON US Boncourt 9 5 12 31 36 LER FC Lerchenfeld 9 5 12 44 59 BOU FC Boudry 8 6 12 35 38 BIN SC Binningen 9 2 15 34 60 BIR FC Birsfelden 6 7 13 25 35 SCD SC Düdingen 7 4 15 33 60 LEN FC Lengnau 7 2 17 36 55 green3 Play-off to Nationalliga B QP orange2 To decider for second place DPO2 DPO2 red1 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional R R 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers. complete RSSSF
Decider for second place
The decider match for second place was played on 28 May in La Blancherie in Delémont
SV Muttenz 0–0 a.e.t.4–2 pen. FC Aurore Bienne
SV Muttenz win after the penalty shoot-out and advance to play-offs. FC Aurore Bienne remain in the division.
Group 3
main WDL QR 2 EMN FC Emmen 17 5 4 74 35 EMM FC Emmenbrücke 17 3 6 65 38 SUR FC Sursee 10 13 3 57 37 DER SC Derendingen 12 8 6 45 37 SUH FC Suhr 13 4 9 50 39 BSZ FC Blue Stars Zürich 12 4 10 45 41 SOL FC Solothurn 9 6 11 34 33 YFJ SC Young Fellows 8 8 10 39 41 TUR FC Turicum 7 10 9 39 49 FCS FC Schaffhausen 9 5 12 39 48 ENT FC Oberentfelden 8 6 12 42 58 GLT FC Glattbrugg 6 6 14 38 56 HER FC Herzogenbuchsee 6 6 14 30 54 UNT FC Unterstrass 4 4 18 25 56 green3 Play-off to Nationalliga B QP QP orange2 Decider for twelfth place POR POR red1 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional R 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers. complete RSSSF
Decider for twelfth place
The decider was played on 1 June in Baden.
FC Herzogenbuchsee 5–1 FC Glattbrugg
FC Herzogenbuchsee win and remain in the division. FC Glattbrugg are relegated to 2. Liga Interregional.
Group 4
main WDL QR 2 MEN Mendrisiostar 17 6 3 47 17 ALTG FC Altstätten (St. Gallen) 13 11 2 58 34 IBA FC Ibach 13 8 5 58 31 LOC FC Locarno 11 8 7 37 29 VAD FC Vaduz 10 9 7 55 38 RÜT FC Rüti 11 6 9 36 35 STÄ FC Stäfa 11 4 11 35 39 BAL FC Balzers 9 5 12 49 55 UZW FC Uzwil 7 9 10 44 57 MOR FC Morbio 7 7 12 37 48 GOS FC Gossau 6 8 12 35 50 BRÜ SC Brühl 4 11 11 26 43 SCZ SC Zug 6 7 13 31 49 ZUG FC Zug 2 11 13 17 40 green3 Play-off to Nationalliga B QP QP orange2 Decider for twelfth place POR POR red1 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional R 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers. complete RSSSF
Decider for twelfth place
The decider was played on 1 June in Zürich.
SC Zug 4–3 a.e.t. SC Brühl
SC Zug win and remain in division. SC Brühl are relegated to 2. Liga Interregional.
Promotion play-off
Qualification round
FC Bulle 2–2 FC Altstätten (SG)
FC Altstätten (SG) 1–3 FC Bulle
FC Bulle win 5–3 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
Etoile Carouge FC 0–4 Mendrisiostar
Mendrisiostar 1–0 Etoile Carouge FC
Mendrisiostar win 5–0 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
SV Muttenz 0–0 FC Emmen
FC Emmen 3–2 SV Muttenz
FC Emmen win 3–2 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
FC Emmenbrücke 0–1 FC Laufen
FC Laufen 4–1 FC Emmenbrücke
FC Laufen win 5–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
Final round
FC Bulle 3–0 FC Emmen
FC Emmen 0–0 FC Bulle
FC Bulle win 3–0 on aggregate and are promoted to 1980–81 Nationalliga B. FC Emmen remain in the division.
FC Laufen A–A Mendrisiostar
Mendrisiostar 1–2 FC Laufen
FC Laufen 0–3 Mendrisiostar
1st match abandoned after 6' due to rainfall: replay June 29 in Laufen. Mendrisiostar win 4–2 on aggregate and are promoted to 1980–81 Nationalliga B. FC Laufen remain in the division.
Swiss Cup
1979–80 Swiss Cup
Early rounds
The routes of the finalists to the final were:
Round of 32: Bern-Sion 2:3 . Estavayer-le-Lac-YB 0:1.
Round of 16: GC-Sion 3:3 4:5 . YB-Basel 2:0. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 4 November 1979 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=20254 BSC Young Boys - FC Basel 2:0 (1:0) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2023-11-16
Quarter-finals: Sion-Luzern 4:1. Chênois-YB 0:1.
Semi-finals: Sion-Servette 2:1. Neuchâtel Xamax-YB 0:1.
Final
Whit Monday 26 May 1980. Sion 2–1 Report Young Boys Balet 8 Mathez 62 10 >Schönenberger Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 45,000 SUI Otto Isler, (Zürich)
Swiss League Cup
1979–80 Swiss League Cup
Early rounds
The routes of the finalists to the final were:
Round 1: Servette-Sion 1:0. Lerchenfeld-Grasshopper Club 1:6
Round 2: FC Bern-Servette 0:3. Frauenfeld-Grasshopper Club 1:2
Quarter-finals: BSC Young Boys-Servette 0:2. Lausanne-Sports-Grasshopper Club 1:2.
Semi-finals: Servette-Luzern 6:0. Grasshopper Club-FC Zürich 2:1.
Final
6 May 1980 Servette 3–0 RSSSF Grasshopper Club Cucinotta 12Schnyder 46Barberis 49 Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne 7,700 SUI Werner Bösch (Sulz)
Swiss Clubs in Europe
Servette as 1978–79 Nationalliga A champions: 1979–80 European Cup
Young Boys as Swiss Cup finalist: 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup
Zürich as league runners-up: 1979–80 UEFA Cup and entered 1979 Intertoto Cup
Grasshopper Club as league third placed team: 1979–80 UEFA Cup and entered 1979 Intertoto Cup
St. Gallen: entered 1979 Intertoto Cup
CS Chênois: entered 1979 Intertoto Cup
Servette
European Cup
1979–80 European Cup
First round
First leg 19 September 1979 Servette SUI 3–1 Report BEL Beveren Van Genechten 2 o.g.Coutaz 65Hamberg 80 Janssens 5 Stade des Charmilles, Geneve 16,605 Antonin Vencl (Czechoslovakia) W
Second leg 3 October 1979 Beveren BEL 1–1 Report SUI Servette Albert 18 pen. Barberis 37 Freethiel Stadion, Beveren 11,000 Clive White (England) D
Servette won 4–2 on aggregate.
Second round
First leg 24 October 1979 BFC Dynamo DDR 2–1 Report SUI Servette Pelka 8Netz 10 Cucinotta 65 Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Stadion, East Berlin 25,000 Bob Valentine (Scotland) L
Second leg 7 November 1979 Servette SUI 2–2 Report DDR BFC Dynamo Hamberg 83Barberis 90 Brillat 33Terletzki 81 Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 20,000 Alek Jarguz (Poland) D
BFC Dynamo won 4–3 on aggregate.
Young Boys
Cup Winners' Cup
1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup
First round
First leg 19 September 1979 Young Boys SUI 2–2 ROU 1965 Steaua București Zwygart 42 penSchönenberger 78 Stoica 38Iordănescu 44 Wankdorf, Bern 7,000 Sándor Kuti (Hungary) D
Second leg 3 October 1979 Steaua București ROU 1965 6–0 SUI Young Boys Nițu 1Sameș 7 65Aelenei 47 Răducanu 56 Zahiu 72 Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest 6,700 Talal Tokat (Turkey) L
Steaua București won 8–2 on aggregate.
Zürich
UEFA Cup
1979–80 UEFA Cup
First round
First leg 19 September 1979 Zürich SUI 1–3 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66414--zurich-vs-kaiserslautern/ FRG Kaiserslautern Zwicker 83
Neues 20 pen.
Bongartz 82
Wolf 85 Letzigrund, Zürich 18,000 Alexis Ponnet (Belgium) L
Second leg 3 October 1979 Kaiserslautern FRG 5–1 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66415--kaiserslautern-vs-zurich/ SUI Zürich
Melzer 15 46
Kaminke 29
Wendt 54
Geye 85 Zappa 16 Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern 14,160 Bob Valentine (Scotland) L
Kaiserslautern won 8–2 on aggregate.
Intertoto Cup
1979 Intertoto Cup
Group 4
Matches
Round 1 30 June 1979 Bohemians Prague CSK 2–2 FCZ summary Zürich Tichý 19 1:1Nemec 53 2:1 12 0:1 Risi87 2:2 Botteron Prague 3,000 CSK Jaromír Fausek D
Round 2 7 July 1979 Zürich 1–0 FCZ summary IFK Göteborg Seiler 73 1:0 63 Karlsson Eschenbach, St. Gallen 1,300 SUI Peter Scherz (Aegerten) W
Round 3 14 July 1979 Zürich 4–3 FCZ summary DEN Odense Seiler 5 1:0Jerković 14 2:0Jerković 26 3:1Jerković 77 4:3 23 pen. 2:1 Eriksen41 3:2 Eriksen44 3:3 Munk Nielsen Dulliken 2,000 SUI Franz Gächter (Suhr, Aargau) W
Round 4 21 July 1979 Zürich 1–2 FCZ summary CSK Bohemians Prague Zwicker 68 1:1 49 0:1 Tichý72 Roubícek81 Panenka82 1:2 Nemec Allmend, Horgen 3,000 SUI Meier L
Round 5 28 July 1979 Odense DEN 3–0 FCZ summary Zürich Eriksen 10 1:0Eriksen 28 2:0Andersen 54Eriksen 67 3:0 67 Lüdi67 Baur Fionia Park, Odense 1,500 DEN Sörensen L
Round 6 4 August 1979 IFK Göteborg 5–1 FCZ summary Zürich Holm 10 pen. 1:0Holmgren 34 2:0Nilsson 38 3:0Nilsson 45 4:0Holmgren 54 5:0Olausson 75 5:1 Zwicker Baur Chapuisat Zwicker Seiler Zappa Göteborg 3,289 SWE Per-Arne Morin L
Final table
main WDL Q 2 B05 CSK Bohemians Prague GÖT SWE IFK Göteborg ZÜR SUI Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2006 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=27&m=0&c=0&lc=0&i=1&p=0&f=0 Internationaler Fussballcup (IFC) dbFCZ.ch 2024-11-16 OB DEN Odense 4 1 1 13 10 3 1 2 19 8 2 1 3 9 15 1 1 4 10 18 3–2 2–2 4–1 4–0 5–1 6–1 1–2 1–0 4–3 0–2 2–2 3–0 y noflag 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete mogiel.net
Grasshopper Club
UEFA Cup
1979–80 UEFA Cup
First round
First leg 26 September 1979 Progrès Niederkorn LUX 0–2 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66448--progres-vs-grasshoppers/ SUI Grasshopper Club
Hermann 53
Egli 79 Stade du Thillenberg, Differdange 2,500 Alain Delmer (France) W
Second leg 3 October 1979 Grasshopper Club SUI 4–0 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66449--grasshoppers-vs-progres/ LUX Progrès Niederkorn
Ponte 15
Pfister 29
Egli 36
Hermann 86 Hardturm, Zürich 3,900 Richard Casha (Malta) W
Grasshopper Club won 6–0 on aggregate.
Second round
First leg 24 October 1979 Grasshopper Club SUI 0–0 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66458--grasshoppers-vs-ipswich/ ENG Ipswich Town Hardturm, Zürich 16,000 Roger Schoeters (Belgium) D
Second leg 7 November 1979 Ipswich Town ENG 1–1 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66459--ipswich-vs-grasshoppers/ SWI Grasshopper Club Beattie 43 Sulser 69 Portman Road, Ipswich 19,574 Klaus Scheurell (East Germany) D
1–1 on aggregate; Grasshopper Club won on away goals.
Third round
First leg 28 November 1979 Grasshopper Club SUI 0–2 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66484--grasshoppers-vs-stuttgart/ FRG Stuttgart
Klotz 14
Hadewicz 79 Hardturm, Zürich 29,450 Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia) L
Second leg 12 December 1979 Stuttgart FRG 3–0 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66485--stuttgart-vs-grasshoppers/ SUI Grasshopper Club
Müller 4
Martin 35
Kelsch 59 Neckarstadion, Stuttgart 58,000 Jan Beck (Netherlands) L
Stuttgart won 5–0 on aggregate.
Intertoto Cup
1979 Intertoto Cup
Group 2
main WDL Q 2 GCZ SUI Grasshopper Club VEJ DEN Vejle ANT BEL Royal Antwerp DUI FRG Duisburg 3 1 2 9 10 2 2 2 10 7 2 2 2 11 11 1 3 2 7 9 1–4 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–2 3–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 y noflag 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete mogiel.net
St. Gallen
Intertoto Cup
1979 Intertoto Cup
Group 3
main WDL Q 2 EIN FRG Eintracht Braunschweig MAL SWE Malmö FF SLA CSK Slavia Prague STG SUI St. Gallen 4 2 0 15 7 4 1 1 13 9 2 1 3 6 9 0 0 6 5 14 3–1 2–0 3–2 2–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 1–4 1–2 0–1 y noflag 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete mogiel.net
Chênois
Intertoto Cup
1979 Intertoto Cup
Group 6
main WDL Q 2 BRN CSK Zbrojovka Brno SLA BUL 1971 Slavia Sofia CHÊ SUI Chênois LIN AUT LASK 5 0 1 19 5 4 1 1 15 6 1 1 4 7 17 1 0 5 4 17 3–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 4–1 1–7 2–2 3–0 0–3 0–4 3–0 y noflag 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete mogiel.net
References
Sources
Switzerland 1979–80 at RSSSF
Swiss League Cup at RSSSF
European Competitions 1979–80 at RSSSF.com
Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz
Intertoto history at Pawel Mogielnicki's Page
FC Basel 1893. Die ersten 125 Jahre Josef Zindel Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag Basel 2018 978-3-7245-2305-5 de
Seasons inSwiss football 1978–79 1980–81
Category:Seasons in Swiss football