1978–79 Servette FC season

Servette FC 1978-79 Péter Pázmándy Stade des Charmilles Nationalliga A 1st Swiss Cup Winners Swiss League Cup Winners Cup of the Alps Winners Cup Winners' Cup Quarter-finals Piet Hamberg (15 goals) Piet Hamberg (22 goals) 1977–78 1978–79 The 1978–79 Servette season was probably the greatest season in the history of Servette FC, with the club winning the Nationalliga A, the Swiss Cup, the Swiss League Cup and the Cup of the Alps. The Geneva club ended its league campaign with 35 points, with six more points than runners-up FC Zürich. Servette started the season by defeating Lausanne-Sport in the Cup of the Alps by 1978. They defeated Young Boys and Basel in the finals of the Swiss Cup and Swiss League Cup, respectively. In the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Servette beat PAOK and Nancy in the first two rounds, but eventually missed out on the semi-finals due to losing to Fortuna Düsseldorf in the quarter-finals because of the away goal rule. Due to his performances throughout the season, star playmaker Umberto Barberis won the Swiss Footballer of the Year award.https://glory.sfl.ch/fr/stories/detail/4-trophees-pour-servette/ 4 TROPHÉES POUR SERVETTE SFL Glory 7 June 2026https://enfantsduservette.ch/2011/12/24/les-quatres-trophees-de-1979-pour-votre-noel/ Les quatres trophées de 1979 pour votre Noël… Les Enfants du Servette 7 June 2026https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit79.html Switzerland 1978/79 RSSSF 7 June 2026 Squad SWI GK Karl Engel SWI GK Jean-Claude Milani SWI DF Lucio Bizzini SWI DF Gérald Coutaz SWI DF Guy Dutoit SWI DF Gilbert Guyot SWI DF Jean-Luc Martin ITA DF Gianfranco Seramondi SWI DF Jean-Yves Valentini SWI MF Umberto Barberis SWI MF Marc Schnyder SWI MF Serge Trinchero SWI FW Claude Andrey SWI FW Angelo Elia NED FW Piet Hamberg SWI FW Yves Mauron SWI FW Joko Pfister SWI FW Franz Peterhans SWI FW Hans-Peter Weber Competitions Cup of the Alps Cup of the Alps Final 15 August 1978 Servette SUI 4–0 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/alpi78.html SUI Lausanne-Sport Elia 12 23Weber 85Barberis 88 Stade des Charmilles, Geneva W Nationalliga A 1978-79 Nationalliga A Qualifying phase Championship Swiss Cup 1978-79 Swiss Cup Swiss League Cup 1978-79 Swiss League Cup Cup Winners' Cup 1978-79 European Cup Winners' Cup References Category:Servette FC seasons Servette FC Category:Swiss football championship–winning seasons