1961–62 in Swiss football

none October 2025 October 2025 October 2025 October 2025 Switzerland 1961–62 Nationalliga A Servette Nationalliga B Sion 1. Liga 1. Liga champions:FC MoutierGroup West:Cantonal NeuchâtelGroup Cenral:FC MoutierGroup South and East:FC Baden Swiss Cup Lausanne-Sport 1960–61 1962–63 yes The following is a summary of the 1961–62 season of competitive football in Switzerland. Nationalliga A 1961–62 Nationalliga A Final league table main WDL QR 5 2 SER Servette Daniel Reichmuth 2024 https://super-servette.ch/Doku/Resultate_Servette_1960-61.pdf Servette 1961/62 super-servette-ch fr 2024-11-16 LS Lausanne-Sport CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds GCZ Grasshopper Club YB Young Boys (red) BSC Young Boys AG 2024 https://www.bscyb.ch/archiv-1961-62 YB Saison 1961/62 YB season 1961/62 BSC Young Boys AG de 2024-11-16 LUC Luzern BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2024 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1961/62 Rangliste 1961/62 de-ch Ranking 1961/62 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2024-11-16 BB Biel-Bienne ZÜR Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=56&m=0&c=0&i=0&p=0&f=0&s=0&pord=0 FCZ Saison 1961/62 de-ch FCZ season 1961/62 dbFCZ 2024-11-16 LUG Lugano GRE Grenchen YFZ Young Fellows Zürich SCH Schaffhausen FRI Fribourg 18 4 4 93 30 15 5 6 63 38 16 2 8 72 45 12 7 7 61 52 13 3 10 61 51 11 6 9 45 38 10 8 8 51 54 7 10 9 45 49 8 6 12 53 57 6 10 10 32 60 7 7 12 39 59 7 6 13 53 63 6 7 13 40 65 2 7 17 33 80 green1 Swiss Champions qualified for 1962–63 European Cup and entered 1962–63 Intertoto Cup A yellow1 Swiss Cup winners qualified for 1962–63 Cup Winners' Cup C blue1 Entered 1962–63 Intertoto Cup I1 blue1 Entered 1962–63 Intertoto Cup I2 blue1 Entered 1962–63 Intertoto Cup I3 red1 Relegated to 1962–63 Nationalliga B R1 red1 Relegated to 1962–63 Nationalliga B R2 yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers; complete rsssf.com Nationalliga B 1961–62 Nationalliga A#Nationalliga B Final league table main WDL QR 5 2 SIO FC Sion 14 7 5 62 36 CHI FC Chiasso 14 7 5 54 30 WIN FC Winterthur 13 6 7 56 37 BEL AC Bellinzona 11 7 8 56 46 UGS Urania Genève Sport 11 5 10 52 48 THU FC Thun 10 7 9 50 47 AAR FC Aarau Stephan Beck 2023 https://arowa.ch/index.php?page=ligatabelle&saison=62 Schweizer Meisterschaft 1961/62 FCA Rangliste de-ch Swiss Championship 1961/62 FCA Ranking arowa.ch 2024-11-16 9 8 9 37 39 VEV Vevey Sports 10 5 11 40 48 POR FC Porrentruy 10 5 11 38 51 BRÜ SC Brühl 9 6 11 44 51 BER FC Bern 8 6 12 59 48 BOD FC Bodio 6 10 10 38 47 MAS FC Martigny-Sports 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 2023-11-16 5 9 12 29 58 YVE Yverdon-Sport FC 4 8 14 36 65 green3 To play-off for title QP2 QP2 red1 Relegated to 1962–63 1. Liga R1 red1 Relegated to 1962–63 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 Sion and Chiasso finished level on points in joint first position and had both achieved promotion to 1962–63 Nationalliga A. However, it required a play-off to decide the title as NLB champions. Chiasso 4–3 Sion Chiasso won the NLB championship. 1. Liga 1961–62 Swiss 1. Liga Group West main WDL QR 2 y CNX FC Cantonal Neuchâtel 17 4 1 55 15 LeL FC Le Locle 15 1 6 57 27 NX FC Xamax 14 3 5 66 40 -8 MON FC Monthey 11 1 10 60 44 ETO Etoile Carouge FC 9 3 10 47 46 SIE FC Sierre 9 2 11 34 48 RAR FC Raron 7 5 10 38 44 MOR FC Forward Morges 7 5 10 29 41 VER FC Versoix 8 1 13 32 45 LEN FC Lengnau 7 3 12 27 47 ESM ES FC Malley 5 5 12 22 43 BÖZ FC Bözingen 34 5 3 14 35 62 green3 Play-off to Nationalliga B QP orange2 * See note below DED red1 Relegation to 2. Liga R2 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers. complete RSSSF Note: Xamax had 8 points deducted because they had been accused by former coach Vidjak of paying illegal bonuses to the players. Group Central main WDL QR 2 MOU FC Moutier 13 6 3 52 32 DEL SR Delémont 13 3 6 43 32 NOR FC Nordstern Basel 9 8 5 31 17 ALL FC Alle 11 4 7 48 35 SOL FC Solothurn 7 10 5 27 25 CON FC Concordia Basel 8 6 8 48 39 EMM FC Emmenbrücke 9 3 10 41 41 BUR SC Burgdorf 7 6 9 41 47 WOH FC Wohlen 5 8 9 34 49 LAN FC Langenthal 6 5 11 32 39 OBO BSC Old Boys 4 8 10 23 40 Brei FC Breitenbach 6 1 15 37 61 green3 Play-off to Nationalliga B QP red1 Relegation to 2. Liga R2 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers. complete RSSSF Group South and East main WDL QR 2 BAD FC Baden 15 4 3 63 28 DIE FC Dietikon 14 3 5 60 38 STG FC St. Gallen 14 2 6 56 36 RALU FC Rapid Lugano 7 9 6 34 31 RED FC Red Star Zürich 10 2 10 53 40 WET FC Wettingen 9 4 9 42 40 LOC FC Locarno 8 5 9 40 40 VAD FC Vaduz 8 5 9 44 50 POL FC Oerlikon/Polizei ZH 8 4 10 37 46 BSZ FC Blue Stars Zürich 7 4 11 42 54 SOL FC Solduno 5 2 15 30 58 HÖN SV Höngg 4 2 16 24 64 green3 Play-off to Nationalliga B QP red1 Relegation to 2. Liga R2 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers. complete RSSSF Promotion play-off The three group winners played single a round-robin for the two promotion slots and for the championship. Round-robin main WDL Q 2 MOU FC Moutier 2 0 0 3 1 CN Cantonal Neuchâtel 1 0 1 4 3 BAD Baden 0 0 2 1 4 2–1 — — 3–1 0–1 — green1 PW green3 P y noflag 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head 3) Decider. complete RSSSF FC Moutier were declaired 1. Liga champions. The champions and the runners-up Cantonal Neuchâtel were promoted to 1962–63 Nationalliga B. Swiss Cup 1963–64 Swiss Cup The competition was played in a knockout system. In the case of a draw, extra time was played. If the teams were still level after extra time, the match was replayed at the away team's ground. In the replay, in case of a draw after extra time, a toss of the coin would decide which team progressed. Early rounds The routes of the finalists to the final were: Second round: teams from the NLA and NLB with byes. Third round: Versoix-Lausanne 0:11. Bellinzona-Emmenbrücke 3:1. Fourth round: Lausanne-Martigny 5:1. Luzern-Bellinzona 0:3. Fifth round: Lausanne-Alle 5:0. Solothurn-Bellinzona 1:1 . Replay: Bellinzona-Solothurn 3:1. Quarter-finals: Lausanne-Servette 5:1. Bellinzona-Basel 1:0. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 18 February 1962 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=24480 AC Bellinzona - FC Basel 1:0 (0:0) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2024-11-16 Semi-finals: Lausanne-YB 1:1 . Replay: YB-Lausanne 2:3. Bellinzona-La Chaux-de-Fonds 1:0. Final The final was held at the former Wankdorf Stadium on Easter Monday 1962. 23 April 1962 15:00 Lausanne-Sport 4–0 yes Summary Bellinzona Hosp 93Glisovic 98Dürr 109 pen.Hosp 115 Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 23,000 SUI Albert Guinnard (Gletterens) Swiss Clubs in Europe Servette as 1960–61 Nationalliga A champions: 1961–62 European Cup La Chaux-de-Fonds as 1960–61 Swiss Cup winners: 1961–62 Cup Winners' Cup and entered 1961–62 Intertoto Cup Zürich: entered 1961–62 Intertoto Cup Grenchen: entered 1961–62 Intertoto Cup Basel: entered 1961–62 Intertoto Cup Servette European Cup 1961–62 European Cup Preliminary round First leg Servette v Hibernians 6 September 1961 21:30 CET Servette SUI 5–0 Report MLT 1943 Hibernians Robbiani 3 30Németh 20Georgy 57 pen. 70 Stade des Charmilles, Geneva 14,739 Cesare Jonni (Italy) W Second leg Hibernians v Servette 20 September 1961 Hibernians MLT 1943 1–2 Report SUI Servette Sultana 60 Wüthrich 42Robbiani 78 Empire Stadium, Gżira 4,853 Gennaro Marchese (Italy) W Servette won 7–1 on aggregate. First round First leg Servette v Dukla 5 November 1961 Servette SUI 4–3 Report TCH Dukla Prague Fatton 19 67 88Robbiani 84 Adamec 7 50Vacenovský 37 Stade des Charmilles, Geneva 25,644 Gino Rigato (Italy) W Second leg Dukla v Servette 22 November 1961 13:30 CET Dukla Prague TCH 2–0 Report SUI Servette Kučera 24 27 Stadion Juliska, rague 9,585 Giuseppe Adami (Italy) L Dukla Prague won 5–4 on aggregate. La Chaux-de-Fonds Cup Winners' Cup 1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup Preliminary round First leg 7 September 1961 La Chaux-de-Fonds SUI 6–2 October 2025 POR Leixões Antenen 8Sommerlatt 25Bertschi 51 67Jäger 52 57 Oliveirinha 42 86 Stade de la Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds 3,194 Pierre Schwinte (France) W Second leg 5 October 1961 Leixões POR 5–0 October 2025 SUI La Chaux-de-Fonds Osvaldo Silva 24 30Oliveirinha 46 71Ventura 52 Campo de Santana, Matosinhos 3,747 Jean Tricot (France) L Leixões won 7–6 on aggregate. Intertoto 1961–62 Intertoto Cup Group main WDL Q 2 FEY NED Feyenoord S04 FRG Schalke 04 GÖT SWE IFK Göteborg CDF SUI La Chaux-de-Fonds 5 0 1 24 12 A 4 0 2 22 12 1 1 4 12 22 1 1 4 11 23 1–3 4–1 3–2 1–5 4–1 8–0 3–6 2–4 3–2 2–5 3–2 2–2 green3 Advanced to quarter-finals GW y noflag 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Draw. complete mogiel.net Zürich Intertoto 1961–62 Intertoto Cup Group B2 main WDL Group B2 Q 2 AJA NED Ajax MAL SWE Malmö FF PIR FRG Pirmasens ZÜR SUI Zürich 4 1 1 26 8 3 2 1 15 10 3 1 2 17 19 0 0 6 6 27 1–0 9–1 9–1 1–1 4–2 4–1 4–2 3–3 5–0 1–4 2–3 1–2 green1 Advanced to quarter-finals A y noflag 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Draw. complete mogiel.net Matches Round 1 18 June 1961 Zürich SUI 2–3 FCZ summary SWE Malmö FF Waldner 9 1:0Feller 79 2:3 25 1:1 Wendt58 1:2 Holmqvist67 1:3 Wendt Letzigrund, Zürich 3,000 AUT Fritz Seipelt L Malmö, due to the international match envolving Denmark, with the substitute players Ahlberg and Ekenberg (Helsingborgs IF), Pedersson and Wendt (Örebro SK) and Holmqvist (Saltö BK). Round 2 25 June 1961 Zürich SUI 1–2 FCZ summary GER Pirmasens Fäh 1:0 1:1 Weishaar21 1:2 Matischak Hardturm, Zürich 6,500 NED H. Martens L Pirmasens played in the Oberliga Südwest in 1961. Round 3 2 July 1961 Ajax NED 9–1 FCZ summary SUI Zürich Groot 2 1:0Keizer 15 2:0Groot 20 3:0Keizer 50 4:0Keizer 55 5:0Feldmann 62 6:0Swart 75 7:0Groot 82 8:0Groot 85 9:0 90 9:1 Kuhn Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam 6,500 SWE Einar Boström L The correct time of Kuhn's consolation goal remains unclear. Round 4 8 July 1961 Zürich SUI 1–4 FCZ summary NED Ajax Waldner 44 1:1 Petersen 34 0:1Petersen 65 1:2Groot 69 1:3Groot 85 1:4 Hardturm, Zürich 1,200 GER Albert Dusch L Round 5 16 July 1961 Pirmasens GER 5–0 FCZ summary SUI Zürich Hohmann 5 1:0Kapitulski 25 2:0Fritzsche 3:0Kapitulski 67 4:0Kapitulski 87 5:0 Stadion an der Zweibrücker Strasse, Pirmasens 4,000 NED La Croix L Round 6 23 July 1961 Malmö FF SWE 4–1 FCZ summary SUI Zürich Gustafsson 44 1:1Gustafsson 47 2:1Granström 60 3:1Gustafsson 77 4:1 18 0:1 Zsámboki Malmö Stadion, Malmö 3,700 NED Bogert L Grenchen Intertoto 1961–62 Intertoto Cup Group B3 main WDL Q 2 ÖRG SWE Örgryte VVV NED VVV-Venlo NEU FRG Borussia Neunkirchen GRE SUI Grenchen 4 2 0 15 7 A 3 1 2 13 12 2 0 4 12 15 1 1 4 6 12 2–1 3–1 2–2 2–2 3–2 1–0 1–3 5–3 2–0 0–3 1–3 3–1 green3 Advanced to quarter-finals GW y noflag 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Draw. complete mogiel.net Basel Intertoto 1961–62 Intertoto Cup Group B4 main WDL Q 2 SPA NED Sparta Rotterdam ELF SWE Elfsborg TAS FRG Tasmania Berlin BAS SUI Basel 5 0 1 23 12 A 4 0 2 21 17 1 1 4 11 16 1 1 4 9 19 4–3 4–1 5–2 2–5 5–2 2–1 4–1 2–3 1–2 0–4 3–6 1–1 green3 Advanced to quarter-finals GW y noflag 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Draw. complete mogiel.net Matches Round 1 17 June 1961 18:00 Basel SUI 0 – 4 Summary Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam 2x van Miert1x de Vries1x Janssen Landhof, Basel 3,500 AUT Carl Erich Steiner Wien L Round 2 25 June 1961 Elfsborg SWE 2 – 1 Summary SUI Basel Raaberg 1xLarsson 1x 1x Hügi (II) Ryavallen, Borås, Sweden 3,300 GER Johannes Malka Herten L Round 3 2 July 1961 Tasmania Berlin FRG 1 – 2 Summary SUI Basel Rosenfeldt 7 1:0 35 1:1 Hügi (II)46 1:2 Stocker Poststadion, Berlin 2,500 SWE Johanesson W Round 4 8 July 1961 18:30 Basel SUI 1 – 1 Summary FRG Tasmania Berlin Speidel 1x 1x o.g. Landhof, Basel 3,000 AUT Friedrich Seipelt D Round 5 15 July 1961 18:30 Basel SUI 3 – 6 Summary SWE Elfsborg Hügi (II) 1xVon Krannichfeldt 1xWalther 1x 3x Larsson2x Raberg1x Bartholdsson Landhof, Basel 2,800 AUT Friedrich Mayer L Round 6 23 July 1961 Sparta Rotterdam Netherlands 5 – 2 Summary SUI Basel Van Buuren 3 1:1De Vries 19 2:1Verhoeven 49 3:2Bosselaar 58 4:2Jansen 76 5:2 2 0:1 Hügi (II)31 2:2 Burri Rotterdam 12,000 SWE Gösta Ackerborn L References Sources Switzerland 1961–62 at RSSSF European Competitions 1961–62 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 1960–61 1962–63 Category:Seasons in Swiss football