1978–79 in Swiss football

none Switzerland 1978–79 Nationalliga A Servette Nationalliga B FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 1. Liga 1. Liga champions:FC RaronGroup 1:FC RaronGroup 2:SR DelémontGroup 3:SV MuttenzGroup 4:FC Locarno Swiss Cup Servette Swiss League Cup Servette Swiss Women's Super League FFC Bern Swiss Cup FC Spreitenbach 1977–78 1979–80 yes The following is a summary of the 1978–79 season of competitive football in Switzerland. Nationalliga A 1978–79 Nationalliga A Qualifying phase main WDL First stage Q 2 ZÜR Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2006–2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=28&m=0&c=0&i=0&f=0&s=0&pord=0 FCZ 1978/1979 dbFCZ de 2023-11-16 SER Servette GCZ Grasshopper Club BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 1979 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1978/79 1978/79 Rangliste Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" de-ch 1978/79 Ranking 2023-11-16 YB Young Boys STG St. Gallen NX Xamax CHÊ Chênois LS Lausanne-Sport CHI Chiasso NOR Nordstern Basel SIO Sion 13 6 3 51 19 12 6 4 56 23 9 9 4 35 24 10 6 6 36 29 11 4 7 39 34 11 4 7 34 34 8 8 6 42 33 9 4 9 30 32 6 3 13 28 40 5 3 14 20 46 2 8 12 19 44 3 5 14 20 52 green3 To championship round CG CG CG CG CG CG red3 To relegation play-out round RG RG RG RG RG RG yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; complete rsssf.com Championship main WDL Q Playoff 2 y SER Servette ZÜR Zürich GCZ Grasshopper Club STG St. Gallen YB Young Boys BAS Basel 10 0 0 23 5 15 6 1 3 19 14 16 3 3 4 11 13 14 2 3 5 8 11 13 1 4 5 5 17 13 2 1 7 18 24 13 green1 Champions qualified for 1979–80 European Cupand Swiss Cup winners C blue1 qualified for 1979–80 UEFA Cupand entered 1979 Intertoto Cup UE1 blue1 qualified for 1979–80 UEFA Cupand entered 1979 Intertoto Cup UE2 blue3 entered 1978 Intertoto Cup I1 yellow1 Swiss Cup finalist qualified for 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup Y 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; complete rsssf.com Relegation play-out main WDL R Playout 5 2 y CHÊ Chênois SIO Sion CHI Chiasso LS Lausanne-Sport NX Xamax NOR Nordstern Basel 3 7 0 21 14 11 5 4 1 15 8 6 5 3 2 16 10 7 5 2 3 20 16 8 2 1 7 11 19 12 1 1 8 8 24 6 blue3 entered 1978 Intertoto Cup I1 red1 Relegated to 1979–80 Nationalliga B R yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; complete rsssf.com Nationalliga B 1978–79 Nationalliga A#Nationalliga B Final league table main WDL R Playout 5 2 CdF FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 18 7 5 71 31 LUZ Luzern 17 9 4 62 36 WIN FC Winterthur 16 9 5 58 32 LUG Lugano 17 7 6 51 31 FRA FC Frauenfeld 10 12 8 46 39 AAR FC Aarau Stephan Beck 2023 https://www.arowa.ch/index.php?page=ligatabelle&saison=79 Schweizer Meisterschaft 1978/79 Nationalliga B Swiss Championship 1978/79 Nationalliga B arowa.ch de 2023-11-16 12 8 10 44 39 BER FC Bern 11 10 9 41 41 VEV Vevey-Sports 11 6 13 47 41 FRI FC Fribourg 9 9 12 37 33 BEL AC Bellinzona 10 7 13 47 49 GRE FC Grenchen 9 9 12 27 32 KRI SC Kriens 10 7 13 38 48 BIE FC Biel-Bienne 9 8 13 35 55 WET FC Wettingen 8 9 13 40 48 ETO Etoile Carouge FC 5 11 14 42 53 YFJ FC Young Fellows Zürich 3 2 25 21 99 green1 Champions promoted to 1979–80 Nationalliga A PC green1 Promoted to 1979–80 Nationalliga A PNLA green3 To promotion play-off PPO PPO red1 Relegated to 1979–80 1. Liga R1 R1 yes yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers; 3) Goals scored; complete rsssf.com Promotion play-off The play-off match took place on 27 June 1979 at the Stadion Allmend in Luzern. Lugano 1–0 FC Winterthur Lugano win 1–0 and promoted to 1979–80 Nationalliga A. FC Winterthur remain in division 1. Liga 1978–79 Swiss 1. Liga Group 1 main WDL QR 2 RAR FC Raron 16 8 2 58 21 SLO FC Stade Lausanne 15 5 6 59 42 REN FC Renens 13 6 7 47 32 MAS FC Martigny-Sports 12 6 8 44 36 ESM ES FC Malley 10 6 10 51 46 ORB FC Orbe 11 4 11 61 58 NYO FC Stade Nyonnais 9 8 9 38 39 BOU FC Boudry 10 6 10 38 43 LEY FC Leytron 10 5 11 57 50 MEY FC Meyrin 8 8 10 33 40 MON FC Monthey 8 7 11 28 40 VIS FC Visp 9 4 13 31 41 YVE Yverdon-Sport FC 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 8 First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2018 Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV de 2023-11-16 9 3 14 31 48 LeL FC Le Locle 3 2 21 24 64 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 DEL SR Delémont 18 7 1 60 24 BUL FC Bulle 13 7 6 45 35 LER FC Lerchenfeld 11 8 7 45 31 SOL FC Solothurn 11 7 8 41 30 BON US Boncourt 11 7 8 38 32 AUR FC Aurore Bienne 10 8 8 30 30 CEN Central Fribourg 8 10 8 41 41 KÖN FC Köniz 9 7 10 31 36 LAU FC Laufen 6 10 10 26 34 FET FC Fétigny 6 10 10 41 53 HER FC Herzogenbuchsee 6 9 11 35 51 DER SC Derendingen 5 10 11 20 33 DÜR FC Dürrenast 6 6 14 36 47 OST FC Rapid Ostermundigen 5 8 13 41 53 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 3 main WDL QR 2 MUT SV Muttenz 17 4 5 54 26 BAD FC Baden 16 5 5 49 37 FCS FC Schaffhausen 16 4 6 55 27 TUR FC Turicum 11 9 6 46 38 BIR FC Birsfelden 10 9 7 45 39 BRÜ SC Brühl 13 2 11 50 46 SUH FC Suhr 11 5 10 46 43 BSZ FC Blue Stars Zürich 10 7 9 48 46 ALW FC Allschwil 8 6 12 31 43 GLT FC Glattbrugg 7 5 14 37 47 UNT FC Unterstrass 5 8 13 36 54 GOS FC Gossau 4 10 12 30 50 RED FC Red Star Zürich 6 5 15 44 56 CON FC Concordia Basel 5 7 14 34 53 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 4 main WDL QR 2 LOC FC Locarno 13 9 4 43 23 IBA FC Ibach 16 3 7 46 30 MEN Mendrisiostar 13 8 5 49 28 SCZ SC Zug 12 7 7 53 37 BAL FC Balzers 13 4 9 58 44 VAD FC Vaduz 10 8 8 50 43 STÄ FC Stäfa 11 6 9 32 28 EMM FC Emmenbrücke 8 10 8 42 36 MOR FC Morbio 9 6 11 36 44 ZUG FC Zug 9 4 13 37 47 RÜT FC Rüti 7 7 12 31 36 EMN FC Emmen 6 8 12 29 62 CHU FC Chur 5 7 14 31 48 GIU US Giubiasco 5 3 18 33 64 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 Promotion play-off Qualification round SV Muttenz 0–1 FC Ibach FC Ibach 5–2 SV Muttenz FC Ibach win 6–2 on aggregate and continue to the semi-finals. FC Baden 1–0 FC Locarno FC Locarno 2–2 FC Baden FC Baden win 3–2 on aggregate and continue to the semi-finals. FC Bulle 0–1 FC Raron FC Raron 3–2 FC Bulle FC Raron win 4–2 on aggregate and continue to the semi-finals. FC Stade Lausanne 2–3 SR Delémont SR Delémont 1–0 FC Stade Lausanne SR Delémont win 4–2 on aggregate and continue to the semi-finals. Semi-final round FC Ibach 1–3 FC Raron FC Raron 3–1 FC Ibach FC Raron win 6–2 on aggregate and are promoted to 1979–80 Nationalliga B. FC Ibach remain in the division. FC Baden 1–0 SR Delémont SR Delémont 1–1 FC Baden FC Baden win 2–1 on aggregate and are promoted to 1979–80 Nationalliga B. SR Delémont remain in the division. Final for 1. Liga championship The final was played on 1 July in Baden. FC Baden 0–1 FC Raron FC Raron win and became 1. Liga champions. Swiss Cup 1978–79 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 at the end of extra time, the match was replayed on the away team's pitch. The Cup-final was held in Bern. Early rounds The routes of the finalists to the final were: Third round: NLA teams with bye Fourth round: La Rondinella Neuveville-Servette 1:4 . Vevey-Sports YB 1:2 . Fifth round: Etoile Carouge Servette 0:3. YB Chiasso 3:2. Quarterfinals: Nordstern Basel Servette 0:2. YB St. Gallen 2:0. Semi-finals: Servette NE Xamax 3:2. YB Chênois 1:0 . Final Final Whit Monday 4 June 1979 15:00 Servette 1–1 yes Report Young Boys Pfister 52 78 Hussner Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 31,765 SUI Replay 20 June 1979 15:00 Servette 3–2 Report Young Boys Weber 28Barberis 62Hamberg 73 10 Schmidlin32 Hussner Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 30,000 SUI Swiss League Cup 1978–79 Swiss League Cup Early rounds The routes of the finalists to the final were: Round 1 (home 22 July and away 29 July): Servette 4:0 3:4 Etoile Carouge. Basel 2:0 2:3 Grenchen. Round 2: La Chaux-de-Fonds 0:1 Servette. Basel 1:0 Nordstern Basel. Quarter-finals: Chênois 2:4 Servette. Basel 3:1 Luzern. Semi-finals: Servette 3:1 Grasshopper Club. Xamax 0:2 Basel. Final Final 1 May 1979 19:00 Servette 2– 2 yes 4–3 Summary Basel Peterhans 5 Barberis 37 Schnyder Barberis Guyot Trinchero Engel 18 87 Schönenberger Stohler Maradan Schönenberger von Wartburg Tanner St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 8,500 SUI Jean-Marie Macheret Swiss Clubs in Europe Grasshopper Club as 1977–78 Nationalliga A champions: 1978–79 European Cup and entered 1978 Intertoto Cup Servette as Swiss Cup winners: 1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup Basel as league third placed team: 1978–79 UEFA Cup Lausanne-Sport as league fourth placed team: 1978–79 UEFA Cup Zürich: entered 1978 Intertoto Cup Sion: entered 1978 Intertoto Cup Young Boys: entered 1978 Intertoto Cup Grasshopper Club European Cup 1978–79 European Cup First round First leg 13 September 1978 Grasshopper Club SUI 8–0 Report MLT Valletta Sulser 31 46 58 62 64Ponte 32 35Wehrli 67 Hardturm, Zürich 3,500 Marcel Herrmann (Luxembourg) W Second leg 27 September 1978 Valletta MLT 3–5 Report SUI Grasshopper Club Agius 56Seychell 83Farrugia 86 Sulser 13 pen.Ponte 61Traber 69 78Her. Hermann 77 Empire Stadium, Gżira 2,500 Franz Latzin (Austria) W Grasshopper Club won 13–3 on aggregate. Second round First leg 18 October 1978 Real Madrid ESP 1977 3–1 Report SUI Grasshopper Club Juanito 5García Hernández 65Santillana 77 Sulser 59 Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid 35,000 Michel Vautrot (France) L Second leg 1 November 1978 Grasshopper Club SUI 2–0 Report ESP 1977 Real Madrid Sulser 8 86 Hardturm, Zürich 28,000 Adolf Prokop (East Germany) W 3–3 on aggregate; Grasshopper Club won on away goals. Quarter-finals First leg 7 March 1979 Nottingham Forest ENG 4–1 Report SUI Grasshopper Club Birtles 31Robertson 47 pen.Gemmill 87Lloyd 89 Sulser 11 City Ground, Nottingham 31,949 Marjan Rauš (Yugoslavia) L Second leg 21 March 1979 Grasshopper Club SUI 1–1 Report ENG Nottingham Forest Sulser 33 pen. O'Neill 38 Hardturm, Zürich 17,800 Gianfranco Menegali (Italy) D Nottingham Forest won 5–2 on aggregate. Intertoto Cup 1978 Intertoto Cup Group 4 main WDL Q 2 EIN FRG Eintracht Braunschweig STA BEL Standard Liège GCZ SUI Grasshopper Club B03 DEN Boldklubben 1903 4 1 1 10 3 2 3 1 6 3 1 3 2 4 5 1 1 4 7 16 0–1 0–0 5–1 0–1 0–0 3–0 0–2 0–0 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–3 y noflag 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete mogiel.net Servette Cup Winners' Cup 1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup First round First leg 13 September 1978 PAOK FC GRC old 2–0 Report SWI Servette Kermanidis 77 Sarafis 87 Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki 10,62460650 PAOK FC vs. Servette FC, 13 September 1978 24 May 2024 Constantin Bărbulescu (Romania) L Second leg 27 September 1978 Servette SWI 4–0 Report GRE PAOK FC 15 Pfister76 Hamberg 86 89 Elia Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 12,00060651 Servette FC vs. PAOK FC, 27 September 1978 24 May 2024 László Pádár (Hungary) W Servette FC won 4–2 on aggregate. Second round First leg 18 October 1978 Servette SWI 2–1 Report FRA AS Nancy Hamberg 28 Barberis 58 35 Rubio Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 23,00060668 Servette FC vs. AS Nancy, 18 October 1978 24 May 2024 Vojtěch Christov (Czechoslovakia) W Second leg 1 November 1978 AS Nancy FRA 2–2 Report SWI Servette Zénier 70 pen. Umpiérrez 89 68 Elia 76 Schnyder Stade Marcel Picot, Tomblaine 18,48360669 AS Nancy vs. Servette FC, 1 November 1978 24 May 2024 Tome Manojlovski (Yugoslavia) D Servette FC won 4–3 on aggregate. Quarter-finals First leg 7 March 1979 Fortuna Düsseldorf West Germany 0–0 SUI Servette Rheinstadion Düsseldorf D Second leg 21 March 1979 Servette SUI 1–1 West Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf Andrey 80 34 Bommer Charmilles Stadium, Geneva D Aggregate score 1–1. Fortuna Düsseldorf won on away goals Basel UEFA Cup 1978–79 UEFA Cup First round First leg 13 September 1978 20:00 Basel SUI 2 – 3 UEFA reportFCB report GER VfB Stuttgart Stohler 30 von Wartburg 1 30 40 Tanner 78 44 D. Hoeneß 54 70 Ohlicher 85 Förster St. Jakob Stadium Basel 25,100 SCO Brian McGinlay L Second leg 27 September 1978 20:00 VfB Stuttgart GER 4 – 1 UEFA reportFCB report SUI Basel Kelsch 24 48 68 Müller 64 35 Schönenberger Neckarstadion Stuttgart 23,000 UKR Miroslav Stupar L VfB Stuttgart won 7–3 on aggregate. Lausanne-Sport UEFA Cup 1978–79 UEFA Cup First round First leg 13 September 1978 Jeunesse Esch LUX 0–0 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65097--jeunesse-esch-vs-lausanne/ SUI Lausanne-Sport Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette 2,200 Michel Vautrot (France) D Second leg 26 September 1978 Lausanne-Sport SUI 2–0 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65098--lausanne-vs-jeunesse-esch/ LUX Jeunesse Esch Diserens 39 Sampedro 76 Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 4,000 Jean-Claude Jourquin (Belgium) W Lausanne-Sport won 2–0 on aggregate. Second round First leg 18 October 1978 Ajax NED 1–0 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66250--ajax-vs-lausanne/ SUI Lausanne-Sport Lerby 23 Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam 22,500 Valentin Lipatov (Soviet Union) L Second leg 1 November 1978 Lausanne-Sport SUI 0–4 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66251--lausanne-vs-ajax/ NED Ajax 10 Erkens 13 83 Clarke37 Arnesen Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 16,000 Nikola Dudin (Bulgaria) L Ajax won 5–0 on aggregate. Zürich Intertoto Cup 1978 Intertoto Cup Group 5 Matches Round 1 24 June 1978 Maccabi Tel Aviv ISR 0–2 FCZ summary SUI Zürich 52 0:1 Risi80 0:2 Risi Tel Aviv 2,500 W Round 2 1 July 1978 Zürich SUI 0–2 FCZ summary SWE Malmö FF 22 0:1 Sjöberg82 0:2 Sjöberg Linthstrasse, Tuggen 2,000 SUI Rudolf Renggli (Luzern/Stans) L Round 3 8 July 1978 Zürich SUI 2–0 FCZ summary AUT First Vienna Risi 58 1:0Scheiwiler 61 2:0 Kuhnert Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens 1,200 SUI Jakob Baumann (Schaffhausen) W Round 4 02 July 1978 Malmö FF SWE 2–0 FCZ summary SUI Zürich Ljungberg 37 1:0Sjöberg 41 2:0Kristensson 0 Malmö Stadion, Malmö 2,150 SWE Erik Fredriksson L Round 5 22 July 1978 First Vienna AUT 0–2 FCZ summary SUI Zürich 35 0:1 Risi89 0:2 Botteron Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Vienna 2,500 AUT Adolf Mathias W Round 6 29 July 1978 Zürich SUI 0–3 FCZ summary ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv 3 0:1 Peretz25 0:2 Tabak78 0:3 Tabak Letzigrund, Zürich 2,500 SUI Bruno Galler (Kirchdorf, Bern) L Table main WDL Q 2 MAL SWE Malmö FF ZÜR SUI Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2006–2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=28&m=0&c=0&i=0&f=0&s=0&pord=0 Internationaler Fussballcup (IFC) 1978 dbFCZ de 2023-11-16 MTA ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv FVI AUT First Vienna 5 1 0 11 3 3 0 3 6 7 2 0 4 10 10 1 1 4 6 13 2–0 3–1 2–1 0–2 0–3 2–0 0–1 0–2 5–1 1–1 0–2 3–1 y noflag 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete mogiel.net Sion Intertoto Cup 1978 Intertoto Cup Group 6 main WDL Q 2 LKE CSK Lokomotíva Košice BRY NOR Bryne FK STU AUT Sturm Graz SIO SUI Sion 4 2 0 17 4 3 2 1 10 5 2 0 4 4 11 0 2 4 4 15 2–1 4–0 5–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–3 0–2 3–0 2–2 0–2 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 YB Intertoto Cup 1978 Intertoto Cup Group 7 main WDL Q 2 TAT CSK Tatran Prešov ESB DEN Esbjerg WSC AUT Wiener Sport-Club YB SUI Young Boys 6 0 0 18 2 3 1 2 10 8 1 1 4 3 15 0 2 4 2 8 4–2 6–0 1–0 0–2 3–1 3–0 0–4 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 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 1978–79 at RSSSF Swiss League Cup finals at RSSSF European Competitions 1978–79 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 1977–78 1979–80 Category:Seasons in Swiss football