1936–37 Nationalliga

Swiss football season Nationalliga 1936–37 Grasshopper Club La Chaux-de-FondsSt. Gallen Alessandro Frigerio(Young Fellows)23 goals 30 August 1936 to6 June 1937 144 1935–36 1937–38 The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1936–37 football season. This was the 40th season of top-tier football in Switzerland. Overview For this season, the Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) had been reduced from 14 to 13 member clubs in the top-tier and 24 clubs in the second-tier. This was one Nationalliga team fewer than in the previous season, this because the league format was being modified. Next season would see the number of teams in the top-tier again reduced to just 12 teams. From then onwards the format would remain unchanged. The 13 top-tier teams played a double round-robin to decide their league table positions. Two points were awarded for a win and one point was awarded for a draw. The first placed team at the end of the season would be awarded the Swiss championship title and the last two placed teams would be relegated to the 1937–38 1. Liga. As only one team from the second tier 1. Liga would achieve promotion this season, the ASF/SFV would complete their modification of the Nationalliga for next season. Erste Liga (SFV) 2022 https://www.el-pl.ch/Portaldata/3/Resources/statistiken/Statistik-Auf-Absteiger-bis_heute_19.12.22.pdf Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2022 PDF page 1 First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2022 Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV de 2024-11-16 Nationalliga The league season began with the first matchday on 30 August 1936 and was concluded with the last round on 6 June 1937. Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity FC Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Landhof FC Bern Bern Bern Stadion Neufeld FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne Bern Stadion Gurzelen Grasshopper Club Zürich Zürich Zürich Hardturm FC La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds Neuchâtel Centre Sportif de la Charrière FC Lausanne-Sport Lausanne Vaud Pontaise FC Lugano Lugano Ticino Cornaredo Stadium FC Luzern Lucerne Lucerne Stadion Allmend FC Nordstern Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Rankhof Servette FC Geneva Geneva Stade des Charmilles FC St. Gallen St. Gallen St. Gallen Espenmoos BSC Young Boys Bern Bern Wankdorf Stadium FC Young Fellows Zürich Zürich Utogrund Final league table main WDL QR league 5 2 GCZ Grasshopper Club YB Young Boys YFZ Young Fellows Zürich LUC Luzern BB Biel-Bienne LUG Lugano SER Servette LS Lausanne-Sport BER Bern NOR Nordstern Basel BAS Basel CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds STG St. Gallen 15 6 3 68 32 12 5 7 61 36 12 4 8 57 53 11 6 7 44 45 11 5 8 45 37 11 4 9 57 54 11 3 10 55 47 10 3 11 56 40 8 6 10 42 44 7 7 10 42 50 8 4 12 30 42 9 2 13 54 61 2 3 19 32 102 green1 Swiss Champions and Swiss Cup winners A red3 To play-out against relegation RPO RPO red2 Relegated to 1937–38 1. Liga R yes yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers; complete rsssf.com As Grasshopper Club had already won the Swiss Cup three months earlier, on 29 March, the team won the domestic Double in this season. This was the clubs eighth league title and their second Double to this date. Results main FBR grey BAS BER BB CDF GCZ LS LUG LUZ NOR SER STG YB YFZ Basel 2–2 0–5 2–0 3–2 0–2 5–1 3–3 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 Bern 1–0 1–1 2–3 3–7 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 10–1 2–2 1–0 4–1 Biel-Bienne 2–0 3–0 0–1 3–0 1–3 0–1 4–1 2–1 4–2 2–1 1–1 0–4 Grasshopper Club 4–0 2–0 6–1 5–1 5–2 1–1 6–2 4–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 6–0 La Chaux-de-Fonds 0–0 0–1 3–0 2–4 4–2 1–1 4–2 6–0 2–3 3–1 2–5 1–0 Lausanne-Sports 3–0 2–0 0–1 2–3 4–3 1–0 3–1 0–1 15–2 1–1 0–1 3–2 Luzern 2–1 1–0 2–2 3–2 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 6–1 2–1 4–2 2–4 Lugano 2–1 0–3 2–0 1–1 8–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 6–0 4–0 2–0 2–2 Nordstern Basel 1–3 6–2 0–3 1–1 4–2 2–2 1–1 6–3 2–1 2–3 0–2 2–2 St. Gallen 2–1 2–2 1–4 4–4 1–2 0–5 2–4 1–2 2–4 2–4 0–1 1–4 Servette 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–6 2–0 7–1 3–2 3–1 8–0 1–3 3–4 Young Boys 1–2 1–2 4–4 1–1 3–0 3–3 2–3 9–2 1–1 7–1 4–1 3–0 Young Fellows 1–0 3–2 1–1 2–4 3–2 4–2 5–2 5–3 2–1 3–2 1–1 3–4 complete rsssf.com Play-out against relegation The twelfth position was the relegation slot. Because Basel and La Chaux-de-Fonds ended the season level on points in joint eleventh/twelfth position, a play-out against relegation was required. The play-out took place on 13 June 1937 at the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern. Play-out 13 June 1937 Basel 1–1 yes Summary La Chaux-de-Fonds Weber 99 1:1 95 0:1 Bösch Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 2,500 SUI Spengler Olten Because the match ended in a draw after extra time and since practices such as penalty shootouts or the "golden goal" were still unknown at the time, a replay was required. The replay took place at the Stadion Neufeld in Bern one week later. Replay 20 June 1937 17:30 Basel 1–0 Summary La Chaux-de-Fonds Spadini 32 1:0 Neufeld, Bern 4,000 SUI Hans Wüthrich Bern Basel won and remained in the division for the next season. La Chaux-de-Fonds were relegated to 1937–38 1. Liga. Topscorers Rank Player Nat. Goals Club1. Alessandro Frigerio SUI 23 Young Fellows2. Willy Jäggi SUI 21 Lausanne-Sports 2. István Grósz HUN 19 Servette 4. Xam Abegglen SUI 18 Grasshopper Club Albert Büche SUI 18 Nordstern Basel Eugen "Genia" Walaschek SUI 18 Servette7. Aldo Poretti SUI 15 Young Boys Stefanovic YUG 15 Lugano Further in Swiss football 1936–37 Swiss Cup 1936–37 Swiss 1. Liga References Sources Switzerland 1936–37 at RSSSF Nationalligaseasons inSwitzerland 1935–36 1937–38 Category:Swiss Football League seasons Swiss Category:1936–37 in Swiss football