1996–97 in Swiss football

none Switzerland 1996–97 Nationalliga A Sion Nationalliga B Étoile Carouge 1. Liga OverallThunGroup 1:FC RenensGroup 2:SerrièresGroup 3:FC AsconaGroup 4:Tuggen Swiss Cup Sion Swiss Women's Super League FFC Bern Swiss Cup FFC Bern 1995–96 1997–98 yes The following is a summary of the 1996–97 season of competitive football in Switzerland. Nationalliga A 1996–97 Nationalliga A Qualification phase main WDL First stage 5 Q NX Xamax 12 8 2 36 20 GCZ Grasshopper Club 10 9 3 42 27 SIO Sion 9 10 3 33 21 AAR Aarau 9 8 5 21 14 LS Lausanne-Sports 9 7 6 35 32 STG St. Gallen 6 10 6 20 26 ZÜR Zürich 6 9 7 24 25 BAS Basel 5 11 6 32 32 SER Servette 5 9 8 24 25 LUZ Luzern 4 11 7 27 32 LUG Lugano 2 9 11 14 32 YB Young Boys 3 3 16 17 39 yes green3 Advance to championship roundhalved points (rounded up) as bonus CP CP CP CP CP CP CP CP red3 Continue to promotion/relegation round RP RP RP RP 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete rsssf.com Championship group The first eight teams of the qualification phase competed in the Championship round. The teams took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the qualification as bonus with them. main WDL Champions group 5 Q y SIO Sion 9 3 2 18 10 19 NX Xamax 6 6 2 22 14 22 GCZ Grasshopper Club 7 4 3 37 18 20 LS Lausanne-Sports 8 2 4 20 16 17 AAR Aarau 3 4 7 17 22 18 STG St. Gallen 3 4 7 13 26 14 ZÜR Zürich 1 7 6 9 18 14 BAS Basel 3 2 9 16 28 13 green1 Swiss champions, qualified for 1997–98 Champions League EC blue1 qualified for 1997–98 UEFA Cup UC1 blue1 qualified for 1997–98 UEFA Cup UC2 blue3 entered 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup IT1 blue3 entered 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup IT2 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification. complete rsssf.com Nationalliga B Qualification phase main WDL QR CAR Étoile Carouge 11 9 2 39 20 FCS FC Schaffhausen 12 6 4 32 18 KRI Kriens 12 5 5 40 25 SOL Solothurn 10 7 5 28 26 YVE Yverdon-Sport 9 8 5 34 26 W21 Winterthur 9 7 6 30 21 LOC Locarno 7 7 8 28 27 WIL Wil 7 6 9 33 30 BAD Baden 7 6 9 29 30 DEL Delémont 5 5 12 30 44 GOS Gossau 4 4 14 29 50 MEY Meyrin 2 4 16 15 50 yes green3 Advance to promotion/relegation NLA/LNB round CPR CPR CPR CPR red3 Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Ligahalved points (rounded up) as bonus RP RP RP RP RP RP RP RP 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete rsssf.com Promotion/relegation group NLA/NLB The teams in the ninth to twelfth positions in Nationalliga A competed with the top four teams of Nationalliga B in a Nationalliga A/B promotion/relegation round. main WDL Relegation group Q 5 SER Servette 7 4 3 18 10 ÉTO Étoile Carouge 7 3 4 15 13 LUC Luzern 6 5 3 16 12 KRI Kriens 6 4 4 22 16 YB Young Boys 5 5 4 19 17 SOL Solothurn 3 5 6 9 17 LUG Lugano 2 5 7 11 17 SCH FC Schaffhausen 2 5 7 13 21 yes yellow3 Remain in 1997–98 Nationalliga A S1 S1 green1 Promoted P1 P1 red1 Relegated R1 R1 yellow3 Remain in Nationalliga B RB2 RB2 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete rsssf.com Relegation group NLB/1. Liga The last eight teams of the qualification phase competed in the relegation group against relegation to the 1. Liga. The teams took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the qualification as bonus with them. main WDL QR y W21 Winterthur 8 2 4 21 13 17 BAD Baden 7 4 3 28 20 14 WIL Wil 6 3 5 23 21 14 YVE Yverdon-Sport 4 4 6 17 21 18 LOC Locarno 4 7 3 14 14 14 DEL Delémont 5 5 4 28 24 10 GOS Gossau 5 1 8 15 23 8 MEY Meyrin 1 6 7 13 23 5 yes yellow3 Remain in NLB RB RB RB RB RB RB red3 Relegated to 1. Liga R1 R1 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification. complete RSSSF</onlyinclude> 1. Liga 1996–97 Swiss 1. Liga Group 1 main WDL QR REN FC Renens 17 9 0 52 14 FRI FC Fribourg 14 4 8 46 33 NYO FC Stade Nyonnais 12 6 8 42 31 BUL FC Bulle 11 8 7 43 43 MAS FC Martigny-Sports 12 3 11 55 36 MON FC Monthey 9 9 8 44 47 SLO FC Stade Lausanne 8 11 7 34 29 ECH FC Echallens 8 9 9 32 34 GrL Grand-Lancy FC 8 8 10 34 44 VEV Vevey Sports 7 10 9 44 44 CHE CS Chênois 8 7 11 42 43 BEX FC Bex 8 6 12 36 45 MOS FC Montreux-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 13 First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2018 Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV de 2023-11-16 5 6 15 21 60 CEN Central Fribourg 4 6 16 38 60 green3 Play-off to Nationalliga B QP QP orange2 Play-out against relegation POR red2 Relegation to 2. Liga R R 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but play-off for qualifiers. complete RSSSF Group 2 main WDL QR SER FC Serrières 17 5 4 52 19 T21 FC Thun 17 4 5 48 26 BIE FC Biel-Bienne 15 8 3 53 27 NAT FC Naters 14 7 5 58 30 MÜN FC Münsingen 13 6 7 41 25 GRE FC Grenchen 10 8 8 39 29 WBO FC Wangen bei Olten 8 11 7 42 35 COL FC Colombier 8 7 11 41 41 CdF FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 7 9 10 37 52 LYS SV Lyss 7 8 11 41 45 KÖN FC Köniz 3 12 11 30 54 BÜM SC Bümpliz 78 4 8 14 28 46 NOI FC Noiraigue 3 7 16 24 62 KLU FC Klus-Balsthal 3 6 17 23 66 green3 Play-off to Nationalliga B QP QP orange2 Play-out against relegation POR red2 Relegation to 2. Liga R R 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but play-off for qualifiers. complete RSSSF Group 3 main WDL QR ASC FC Ascona 16 7 3 54 21 ZUG Zug 94 12 10 4 39 20 BEL AC Bellinzona 12 9 5 39 25 RIE FC Riehen 13 5 8 39 29 BUO SC Buochs 10 12 4 38 22 CHI FC Chiasso 12 6 8 34 20 MUT SV Muttenz 11 6 9 40 35 SCH FC Schötz 10 6 10 32 32 SUR FC Sursee 8 8 10 38 42 MÜR FC Muri 6 11 9 22 30 HOC FC Hochdorf 7 5 14 23 46 CON FC Concordia Basel 6 7 13 27 44 MEN FC Mendrisio 4 6 16 16 48 SUH FC Suhr 3 6 17 23 50 green3 Play-off to Nationalliga B QP QP orange2 Play-out against relegation POR red2 Relegation to 2. Liga R R 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but play-off for qualifiers. complete RSSSF Group 4 main WDL QR TUG FC Tuggen 16 4 6 51 27 SVS SV Schaffhausen 14 5 7 48 34 RAP FC Rapperswil-Jona 13 7 6 58 30 ALT FC Altstetten 14 4 8 44 29 FRA FC Frauenfeld 11 9 6 53 35 VAD FC Vaduz 11 8 7 38 31 ROR FC Rorschach 11 5 10 45 41 FRE FC Freienbach 9 10 7 38 42 RED FC Red Star Zürich 9 6 11 48 52 BÜL FC Bülach 9 5 12 37 38 YFJ SC Young Fellows Juventus 7 9 10 34 33 DÜB FC Dübendorf 5 7 14 26 52 BAL FC Balzers 4 6 16 21 49 GLA FC Glarus 5 3 18 19 67 green3 Play-off to Nationalliga B QP QP orange2 Play-out against relegation POR red2 Relegation to 2. Liga R R 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but play-off for qualifiers. complete RSSSF Promotion play-off Qualification round Fribourg 1–1 Serrières Serrières 3–2 Fribourg Serrières win 4–3 on aggregate and continue to the finals. Thun 2–1 FC Renens FC Renens 0–1 Thun Thun win 3–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals. Zug 94 1–4 Tuggen Tuggen 4–0 Zug 94 Tuggen win 8–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals. SV Schaffhausen 1–0 FC Ascona FC Ascona 1–2 SV Schaffhausen SV Schaffhausen win 3–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals. Final round Tuggen 1–0 Thun Thun 2–0 Tuggen Thun win 2–1 on aggregate and are promoted to Nationalliga B. Serrières 4–3 SV Schaffhausen SV Schaffhausen 1–0 Serrières 4–4 on aggregate. SV Schaffhausen win on away goals and are promoted to Nationalliga B. Relegation play-out First round Bümpliz 2–1 Bex Bex continue to the final. Concordia 2–0 FC Dübendorf FC Dübendorf continue to the final. Final round Bex 4–2 FC Dübendorf FC Dübendorf 3–4 Bex Bex win 8–5 on aggregate. FC Dübendorf are relegated to 2. Liga. Swiss Cup 1996–97 Swiss Cup Clubs that were playing in the European competitions were given a bye in round 4. The route of the finalists to the final: Round 4: Sion bye. Grenchen-Luzern 0–3 Round 5: FC Riehen-Sion 0–2. Lugano-Luzern 0–3. Round 6: Sion-Grasshopper Club 2–1. Monthey-Luzern 2–3. Quarter-finals: Sion-St. Gallen 5–0. Étoile Carouge-Luzern 0–6. Semi-finals: Sion-Fribourg 5–2. Luzern-FC Schaffhausen 2–1 Final 8 June 1997 15:00 FC Sion 3 – 3 yes Report FC Luzern Meyrieu 1Gaspoz 28Lukić 84 pen. 17 68 pen. Wolf42 Kögl Wankdorf, Bern 28,500 SUI Claude Détruche (Thônex) 5 – 4 Lukić Outtara Zambaz Gaspoz Assis Quentin Wolf Wyss Moser Kögl Sermeter Sawu Swiss Clubs in Europe Grasshopper Club as 1995–96 Nationalliga A champions: 1996–97 Champions League qualifying round Sion as 1995–96 Swiss Cup winners: qualifying round of the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Xamax as third placed team in the league: qualifying round of the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Aarau as fourth placed team: qualifying round of the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Luzern: 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup Basel: 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup Vaduz as 1995–96 Liechtenstein Cup winners: qualifying round of the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Grasshopper Club Champions League 1996–97 UEFA Champions League Qualifying round First leg 7 August 1996 20:15 Grasshopper Club SUI 5–0 Report CZE Slavia Prague Türkyilmaz 11 46Esposito 43Moldovan 57Koller 89 Hardturm, Zürich 9,300 Jorge Monteiro Coroado (Portugal) W Second leg 21 August 1996 20:15 Slavia Prague CZE 0–1 Report SUI Grasshopper Club Türkyilmaz 70 Stadion Evžena Rošického, Prague 3,012 Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) W Grasshopper won 6–0 on aggregate. Group Stage / Group A Matchday 1 Grasshopper v Rangers 11 September 1996 20:30 Grasshopper Club SUI 3–0 Report SCO Rangers Yakin 18Türkyilmaz 28 79 Hardturm, Zürich 20,030 José María García-Aranda (Spain) W Matchday 2 Ajax v Grasshopper 25 September 1996 20:30 Ajax NED 0–1 Report SUI Grasshopper Club Yakin 60 Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam 43,134 Günter Benkö (Austria) W Matchday 3 Auxerre v Grasshopper 16 October 1996 20:30 Auxerre FRA 1974 1–0 Report SUI Grasshopper Club Deniaud 43 Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre 17,000 Rune Pedersen (Norway) L Matchday 4 Grasshopper v Auxerre 30 October 1996 20:30 Grasshopper Club SUI 3–1 Report FRA 1974 Auxerre Moldovan 17 29Gren 59 Gren 48 o.g. Hardturm, Zürich 19,200 Vadim Zhuk (Belarus) W Matchday 5 Rangers v Grasshopper 20 November 1996 19:30 Rangers SCO 2–1 Report SUI Grasshopper Club McCoist 67 73 Berger 77 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow 34,192 László Vágner (Hungary) L Matchday 6 Grasshopper v Ajax 4 December 1996 20:30 Grasshopper Club SUI 0–1 Report NED Ajax Kluivert 32 Hardturm, Zürich 19,200 Pierluigi Collina (Italy) L Table main WDL Group A Q AUX FRA 1974 Auxerre AJA NED Ajax GRA SUI Grasshopper Club RAN SCO Rangers 4 0 2 8 7 4 0 2 8 4 3 0 3 8 5 1 0 5 5 13 KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage y noflag 1–2 0–1 4–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 3–1 3–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 complete UEFA Sion Cup Winners' Cup 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round First leg 8 August 1996 20:00 Sion SUI 4–2 Lineups LIT 1988 Kareda Šiauliai Chassot 14Bonvin 26Pančev 35 pen.Vercruysse 88 Baranauskas 73 pen.Dančenka 86 Stade Tourbillon, Sion 5,200 Yevi Kollari (Albania) W Second leg 22 August 1996 17:00 Kareda Šiauliai LIT 1988 0–0 Lineups SUI Sion Savivaldybė Stadium, Šiauliai 2,500 Lars Gerner (Denmark) D Sion won 4–2 on aggregate. First round First leg 12 September 1996 20:00 Sion SUI 2–0 Lineups UKR Nyva Vinnytsia Colombo 50Bonvin 82 Stade Tourbillon, Sion 6,500 Andreas Georgiou (Cyprus) W Second leg 26 September 1996 15:00 Nyva Vinnytsia UKR 0–4 Lineups SUI Sion Lukić 2Vercruysse 9 68Milton 54 Tsentralnyi Stadion, Vinnitsa 12,000 Manfred Schüttengruber (Austria) W Sion won 6–0 on aggregate. Second round First leg 17 October 1996 20:00 Sion SUI 1–2 Lineups ENG Liverpool Bonvin 10 Fowler 28Barnes 80 Stade Tourbillon, Sion 16,500 Antonio López Nieto (Spain) L Second leg 31 October 1996 20:45 Liverpool ENG 6–3 Lineups SUI Sion McManaman 27Bjørnebye 55Barnes 66Fowler 70 79Berger 89 Chassot 20 65Bonvin 23 Anfield, Liverpool 38,514 Hartmut Strampe (Germany) L Liverpool won 8–4 on aggregate. Xamax UEFA Cup 1996–97 UEFA Cup Qualifaying round First leg 6 August 1996 19:00 Anorthosis Famagusta CYP 1960 1–2 Report SUI Neuchâtel Xamax Stavrou 18 Vernier 29Leśniak 57 Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca 9,400 Alan Howells (Wales) W Second leg 20 August 1996 20:00 Neuchâtel Xamax SUI 4–0 Report CYP 1960 Anorthosis Famagusta Sandjak 10 27Cyprien 17Vernier 37 Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel 12,074 Haim Lipkovich (Israel) W Neuchâtel Xamax won 6–1 on aggregate. First round First leg 10 September 1996 19:00 Dynamo Kyiv UKR 0–0 Report SUI Neuchâtel Xamax Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kyiv 60,000 Armand Ancion (Belgium) D Second leg 24 September 1996 21:00 Neuchâtel Xamax SUI 2–1 Report UKR Dynamo Kyiv Leśniak 25Isabella 54 Maksymov 60 Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel 8,600 Charles Agius (Malta) W Neuchâtel Xamax won 2–1 on aggregate. Second round First leg 15 October 1996 Helsingborg SWE 2–0 Report SUI Neuchâtel Xamax Jonson 14 60 Helsingborg L Second leg 29 October 1996 Neuchâtel Xamax SUI 1–1 Report SWE Helsingborg Bonalair 51 pen. Jonson 43 Xamax D Helsingborg won 3–1 on aggregate. Aarau UEFA Cup 1996–97 UEFA Cup Qualifaying round First leg 6 August 1996 Aarau SUI 4–0 Report EST Lantana Tallinn Georgiev 21Skrzypczak 55Pavličević 76 86 Aarau W Second leg 20 August 1996 Lantana Tallinn EST 2–0 Report SUI Aarau Lebret 80Hepner 85 Tallinn L Aarau won 4–2 on aggregate. First round First leg 10 September 1996 Brøndby DEN 5–0 Report SUI Aarau Vilfort 21 pen.Bjur 56Møller 66 88 89 Brøndby L Second leg 24 September 1996 Aarau SUI 0–2 Report DEN Brøndby Møller 39Daugaard 90 pen. Prague L Brøndby won 7–0 on aggregate. Luzern Intertoto Cup 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group 6, matches Matchday 1 22 June 1996 Örgryte SWE 3–0 SUI Luzern Samuelsson 4Allbäck 67 71 Slottsskogsvallen, Gothenburg 405 Robert Boggi (Italy) L Matchday 2 30 June 1996 Luzern SUI 2–0 ISR Hapoel Tel Aviv Wyss 47Sawu 67 Stadion Allmend, Lucerne 1,088 Sergei Tatulyan (Ukraine) W Matchday 3 7 July 1996 Rennes FRA 1–2 SUI Luzern Merdy 62 Sawu 54 60 Stade de la Route de Lorient, Rennes 1,969 Ladislav Gádoši (Slovakia) W Matchday 5 20 July 1996 Luzern SUI 0–1 HRV Segesta Šašivarević 81 Stadion Allmend, Lucerne 1,400 Keimpe Zuidema (Netherlands) L Table main WDL Group 6 Q SEG HRV Segesta ÖRG SWE Örgryte LUC SUI Luzern REN FRA Rennes HTA ISR Hapoel Tel Aviv 3 1 0 7 3 2 2 0 8 2 2 0 2 4 5 1 1 2 5 5 0 0 4 1 10 green1 Advanced to semi-finals A complete rsssf.com Basel Intertoto Cup 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group 7, matches Matchday 1 22 June 1996 10:15 Basel SUI 2 – 2 Summary UKR Shakhtar Donetsk Zuffi 12 1:0H. Yakin 80 2:2 22 1:1 Ostachov 29 Jaksmanutski45 Pyatenko57 1:2 Pyatenko St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 2,000 CRO Darko Cvitkovic D Matchday 2 29 June 1997 17:30 Antalyaspor TUR 2 – 5 Summary SUI Basel Aliriza 2 1:0Nuri 34 2:3Murat 39 23 1:1 Smajić25 1:2 Moser29 1:3 H. Yakin56 2:4 Giallanza57 Poulard61 2:5 La Placa69 Frick85 Armentano Isparta Atatürk Stadium, Isparta 4,600 RUM Gheorghe Constantin W Matchday 4 13 July 1996 20:00 Basel SUI 5 – 0 Summary BLR Ataka-Aura Minsk Nyarko 20 1:0Moser 22 2:0La Placa 42 3:0Frick 53 4:0Armentano 67 5:0Salvi 89 50 Ermakovich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 4,200 Vanco Kocev (Macedonia) W Matchday 5 20 July 1996 18:00 Rotor Volgograd RUS 3 – 2 Summary SUI Basel Niederhaus 18 1:0Yesipov 38 2:2Veretennikov 57 3:2Yesipov 61 29 1:1 Orlando30 1:2 Giallanza31 Giallanza49 Salvi Central Stadium, Volgograd 8,000 Branimir Babarogić (FR Yugoslavia) L Table main WDL Group 7 Q ROT RUS Rotor Volgograd BAS SUI Basel ANT TUR Antalyaspor SHA UKR Shakhtar Donetsk AAM BLR 1995 Ataka-Aura Minsk 3 0 1 12 5 2 1 1 14 7 2 0 2 7 7 1 1 2 5 8 1 0 3 2 13 green1 Advanced to semi-finals A complete rsssf.com Vaduz Cup Winners' Cup 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round First leg 8 August 1996 17:30 Universitate Riga LAT 1–1 Lineups LIE Vaduz Zarins 43 Daumantas 40 Latvijas Universitates Stadions, Riga 1,500 Merab Malagouradze (Georgia) D Second leg 22 August 1996 18:00 Vaduz LIE 1–1 yes Lineups LAT Universitate Riga Polvorino 89 Zarins 48 Gemeindesportplatz, Vaduz 1,100 Krsto Danilovski (Macedonia) D Müller Polvorino Weber Heeb 4–2 Draguns Zarins Mastyanica Dolgopolovs 2–2 on aggregate. Vaduz won 4–2 on penalties. Round 1 First leg 12 September 1996 17:00 Vaduz LIE 0–4 Lineups FRA Paris Saint-Germain Le Guen 12Dely Valdés 39Leonardo 43Allou 72 Gemeindesportplatz, Vaduz 3,900 Romans Lajuks (Latvia) L Second leg 26 September 1996 20:45 Paris Saint-Germain FRA 3–0 Lineups LIE Vaduz Allou 23Roche 40Mboma 50 Parc des Princes, Paris 15,973 Bujar Pregja (Albania) L Paris Saint-Germain won 7–0 on aggregate. References Sources Switzerland 1996–97 at RSSSF Switzerland Cup 1996–97 at RSSSF Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz UEFA Intertoto Cup 1996 at RSSSF FC Basel 1893. Die ersten 125 Jahre Josef Zindel Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag Basel 2018 978-3-7245-2305-5 de Seasons inSwiss football 1995–96 1997–98 Category:Seasons in Swiss football