1959–60 in Swiss football

none October 2025 October 2025 October 2025 Switzerland 1959–60 Nationalliga A Young Boys Nationalliga B Fribourg 1. Liga 1. Liga champions:Martigny-SportsGroup West:FC Martigny-SportsGroup Cenral:FC Nordstern BaselGroup South and East:FC Bodio Swiss Cup Luzern 1958–59 1960–61 yes The following is a summary of the 1959–60 season of competitive football in Switzerland. Nationalliga A 1959–60 Nationalliga A Final league table main WDL Q 5 2 YB Young Boys (red) BSC Young Boys AG 2024 https://www.bscyb.ch/archiv-1959-60 YB Saison 1959/60 YB season 1959/60 BSC Young Boys AG de 2024-11-16 BB Biel-Bienne CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds ZÜR Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=58&m=0&c=0&i=0&p=0&f=0&s=0&pord=0 FCZ Saison 1959/60 de-ch FCZ season 1959/60 dbFCZ 2024-11-16 LUC Luzern WIN Winterthur SER Servette Daniel Reichmuth 2024 https://super-servette.ch/Doku/Resultate_Servette_1959-60.pdf Servette 1959/60 super-servette-ch fr 2024-11-16 GCZ Grasshopper Club CHI Chiasso BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2024 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1959/60 Rangliste 1959/60 de-ch Ranking 1959/60 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2024-11-16 GRE Grenchen LS Lausanne-Sport LUG Lugano BEL Bellinzona 20 2 4 86 44 14 8 4 61 38 14 4 8 71 51 13 5 8 64 44 11 5 10 65 62 12 3 11 40 40 8 9 9 46 39 8 8 10 54 61 8 7 11 39 57 6 10 10 46 55 8 5 13 51 48 7 7 12 41 74 6 6 14 34 52 4 7 15 28 61 green1 Swiss Champions qualified for 1960–61 European Cup A yellow1 Swiss Cup winners qualified for 1960–61 Cup Winners' Cup C red1 Relegated to 1960–61 Nationalliga B R1 red1 Relegated to 1960–61 Nationalliga B R2 yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers; complete rsssf.com Nationalliga B 1959–60 Nationalliga A#Nationalliga B Final league table main WDL QR 5 2 YFJ Young Fellows Zürich 16 5 5 55 34 FRI FC Fribourg 16 5 5 50 31 BRÜ SC Brühl 12 7 7 50 51 YVE Yverdon-Sport FC 10 9 7 49 41 BER FC Bern 10 9 7 52 52 THU FC Thun 11 5 10 62 43 UGS Urania Genève Sport 11 3 12 56 51 VEV Vevey Sports 7 10 9 54 49 SIO FC Sion 10 3 13 54 52 AAR FC Aarau Stephan Beck 2023 https://arowa.ch/index.php?page=ligatabelle&saison=60 Schweizer Meisterschaft 1959/60 FCA Rangliste de-ch Swiss Championship 1959/60 FCA Ranking arowa.ch 2024-11-16 9 5 12 45 50 FCS FC Schaffhausen 9 5 12 39 45 CN FC Cantonal Neuchâtel 8 6 12 48 55 LAN FC Langenthal 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 2024-11-16 7 7 12 29 42 LEN Lengnau 2 9 15 33 80 green3 To play-off for title QP2 QP2 red1 Relegated to 1960–61 1. Liga R1 red1 Relegated to 1960–61 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 Young Fellows Zürich and FC Fribourg finished level on points in joint first position and had both achieved promotion to 1960–61 Nationalliga A. However, it required a play-off to decide the title as NLB champions and this took place on 15 June 1960 in Wankdorf Stadium, Bern. Young Fellows Zürich 1–4 FC Fribourg FC Fribourg won the NLB championship. 1. Liga 1959–60 Swiss 1. Liga Group West main WDL QR 2 MAS FC Martigny-Sports 15 4 3 56 24 VER FC Versoix 13 2 7 59 44 SIE FC Sierre 12 3 7 54 47 SOL FC Solothurn 11 3 8 56 37 ETO Etoile Carouge FC 11 2 9 54 51 PAY FC Stade Payerne 10 3 9 37 56 MOR FC Forward Morges 7 6 9 41 45 MON FC Monthey 7 5 10 47 44 ESM ES FC Malley 5 8 9 34 43 BÖZ FC Bözingen 34 7 4 11 40 57 BBB US Bienne-Boujean 6 3 13 36 45 DER SC Derendingen 4 5 13 32 47 green3 Play-off to Nationalliga B QP orange2 Play-out against relegation R1 red3 Relegation to 2. Liga R2 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers. complete RSSSF Group Central main WDL QR 2 NOR FC Nordstern Basel 13 3 6 59 32 ALL FC Alle 10 7 5 42 29 MOU FC Moutier 9 8 5 49 32 OBO BSC Old Boys 10 6 6 35 39 CON FC Concordia Basel 10 4 8 48 38 BUR SC Burgdorf 8 7 7 42 30 POR FC Porrentruy 8 4 10 49 47 BAD FC Baden 7 6 9 31 34 BSS FC Bassecourt 7 6 9 35 40 DEL SR Delémont 8 4 10 31 50 WET FC Wettingen 6 7 9 33 40 OLT FC Olten 3 4 15 30 73 green3 Play-off to Nationalliga B QP orange2 Play-out against relegation R1 red3 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 BSZ FC Blue Stars Zürich 15 2 5 65 30 BOD FC Bodio 13 6 3 42 26 STG FC St. Gallen 12 3 7 56 34 EMM FC Emmenbrücke 11 3 8 43 46 RALU FC Rapid Lugano 7 8 7 40 33 RED FC Red Star Zürich 8 6 8 43 45 SOL FC Solduno 8 5 9 36 35 LOC FC Locarno 8 4 10 33 42 DIE FC Dietikon 7 4 11 41 42 HÖN SV Höngg 6 6 10 22 38 WIL FC Wil 8 2 12 25 41 MEN Mendrisiostar 1 7 14 16 50 green3 Decider for first position QP QP orange2 Decider for eleventh position R1 R1 R1 red3 Relegation to 2. Liga R2 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers. complete RSSSF Decider for first place The decider match for first place and division championship was played on 12 June 1960 in Olten. FC Bodio 1–0 Blue Stars FC Bodio win group championship and advance to play-offs for promotion. Blue Stars remain in the division. Decider for eleventh position The play-outs were played on 12, 15 and 19 June. main WDL Q 2 DIE FC Dietikon 1 1 0 4 1 WIL FC Wil 1 0 1 6 6 HÖN SV Höngg 0 1 1 4 7 — 1–1 0–3 — — 3–6 orange2 Play-out against relegation R1 y noflag 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head 3) Decider. complete RSSSF FC Dietikon and FC Wil remain in division. SV Höngg continue in play-outs against relegation. Promotion, relegation Play-off for promotion The play-offs for the two promotion slots were played on 12, 15 and 19 June. main WDL Q 2 MAS FC Martigny-Sports 2 0 0 6 2 NOR FC Nordstern Basel 1 0 1 7 7 BOD FC Bodio 0 0 2 4 8 4–1 — — 6–3 1–2 — green1 Champions CP green3 Promoted QP y noflag 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head 3) Decider. complete RSSSF Martigny-Sports become 1. Liga champions and together with Nordstern are promoted to 1960–61 Nationalliga B. Play-out against relegation The play-outs were played on 12 and 26 June. main WDL QR 2 HÖN SV Höngg 1 0 0 4 0 WET FC Wettingen 1 0 0 3 2 BBB US Bienne-Boujean 0 0 2 2 7 — 4–0 n/p — — 2–3 red3 Relegation to 2. Liga R2 y noflag 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head 3) Decider. complete RSSSF The match Wettingen–Höngg was not played, both teams remain in division. As fourth and final team US Bienne-Boujean are relegated to 2. Liga. Swiss Cup 1959–60 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, if the teams were still level after extra time, the match was replayed at a neutral ground. Here 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: Luzern–Wädenswil 6:1. Minerva Bern–Grenchen 0:7. Fourth round: Luzern–Young Fellows 3:2. Olten–Grenchen 2:7. Fifth round: Luzern–Bern 4:1. Fribourg–Grenchen 3:3 . Wiederholung: Grenchen–Fribourg 3:1. Quarter-finals: Luzern–Thun 6:0. Grenchen–La Chaux-de-Fonds 1:0. Semi-finals: Luzern–YB 3:1. Grenchen–Zürich 2:2 . First replay: Zürich–Grenchen 2:2 . Second replay (in Bern): Grenchen–Zürich 4:0. Final The final was held at the former Wankdorf Stadium on Sunday 8 May 1960. 8 May 1960 Luzern 1–0 Summary Grenchen Blättler 82 Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 30,000 SUI Paul Wyssling (Zürich) This was the very first title in FC Luzern's history. As Cup winners they qualified for the first edition of the Cup Winners' Cup which was to be contested in the following season. (red) FC Luzern-Innerschweiz AG 2024 https://fcl.ch/publication/1951-1961/ Paul Wolfisberg stemmt Pokal in die Höhe: Der FCL Luzern wird erstmals Cupsieger! Paul Wolfisberg lifts the trophy: FCL Lucerne becomes cup winner for the first time! FC Luzern-Innerschweiz AG de-ch 2024-11-16 Swiss Clubs in Europe This was the fifth season with the European Cup. Young Boys as 1958–59 Nationalliga A champions: 1959–60 European Cup Young Boys European Cup 1959–60 European Cup Preliminary round The Young Boys were drawn a bye. First round First leg Young Boys v Eintracht 4 November 1959 20:00 CET Young Boys SUI 1–4 Report FRG Eintracht Frankfurt Meier 23 Weilbächer 4Stein 72Bäumler 76 pen.Meier 82 Wankdorf, Bern 33,32261522 Young Boys v Eintracht Frankfurt, 4 November 1959 11 March 2022 Daniel Zariquiegui (Spain) L Second leg Eintracht v Young Boys 25 November 1959 20:00 CET Eintracht Frankfurt FRG 1–1 Report SUI Young Boys Bäumler 68 pen. Schneider 90 Waldstadion, Frankfurt-am-Main 30,80061523 Eintracht Frankfurt v Young Boys, 25 November 1959 11 March 2022 José Blanco Pérez (Spain) D Eintracht Frankfurt won 5–2 on aggregate. References Sources Switzerland 1959–60 at RSSSF European Competitions 1959–60 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 1958–59 1960–61 Category:Seasons in Swiss football