1971–72 Nationalliga A

Swiss football season 1971–72 Nationalliga A Basel LuzernBiel-Bienne Herbert Dimmeler (Winterthur)and Bernd Dörfel (Servette)both 17 goals 1970–71 1972–73 1971–72 Nationalliga B Chiasso ChiassoFC Fribourg FC MontheyAS Gambarogno Jean-Robert Rub (Xamax)20 goals 1970–71 1972–73 The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1971–72 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 75th season of top-tier and the 74th season of second-tier football in Switzerland. Overview The Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) had 28 member clubs at this time which were divided into two divisions of 14 teams each. The teams played a double round-robin to decide their table positions. Two points were awarded for a win, and one point was awarded for a draw. The top tier (NLA) was contested by the top 12 teams from the previous season and the two newly promoted teams St. Gallen and FC Grenchen. This season's champions would qualify for the 1972–73 European Cup. The second and third placed teams were to be qualified for the 1972–73 UEFA Cup, but because second placed Zürich won the 1971–72 Swiss Cup, these UEFA rights were passed down to the third and fourth placed teams. The last two placed teams were to be relegated to the 1972–73 NLB. The second-tier (NLB) was contested by the two teams that had been relegated from the NLA, Bellinzona and Fribourg, the teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams CS Chênois and AS Gambarogno. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1972–73 NLA and the last two teams would be relegated to the 1972–73 Swiss 1. Liga. Luc Nackaerts Erik Garin 2018 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit72.html Switzerland 1971/72 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2024-11-16 Nationalliga A The first round of the NLA was played on 14 August 1971. After playing 13 rounds, completed on 12 December, there was a winter break until the 14th round was held on 5 March 1972. The season had 26 rounds and was completed on 10 June 1972. Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity FC Basel Basel Basel-Stadt St. Jakob Stadium FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne Bern Stadion Gurzelen Grasshopper Club ZürichZürichZürich Hardturm FC Grenchen Grenchen Solothurn Stadium Brühl 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 St. GallenSt. GallenSt. GallenEspenmoosServette FCGenevaGenevaStade des CharmillesFC SionSionValaisStade de Tourbillon FC Winterthur Winterthur Zürich Schützenwiese BSC Young BoysBernBernWankdorf Stadium FC Zürich Zürich Zürich Letzigrund Final league table main WDL Q 5 2 BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 1972 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1971/72 1971/72 Rangliste Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" de-ch 1971/72 Ranking 2024-11-16 ZÜR Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=43&m=0&c=0&i=0&f=0&s=0&pord=0 FCZ 1971/72 dbFCZ de-ch 2024-11-16 GCZ Grasshopper Club LS Lausanne-Sport YB Young Boys WIN Winterthur SIO Sion SER Servette LUG Lugano GRE Grenchen CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds STG St. Gallen LUZ Luzern BB Biel-Bienne 18 7 1 66 28 17 5 4 55 28 16 6 4 56 24 11 8 7 50 36 12 5 9 46 31 12 4 10 37 32 9 8 9 37 36 10 5 11 39 47 8 7 11 33 39 6 11 9 27 40 7 7 12 25 45 4 7 15 27 46 6 3 17 24 49 2 5 19 26 67 green1 Swiss champions, qualified for 1972–73 European Cup EC yellow1 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1972–73 Cup Winners' Cupand entered 1972 Intertoto Cup CWC blue1 Qualified for 1972–73 UEFA Cupand entered 1972 Intertoto Cup UEC1 blue1 Qualified for 1972–73 UEFA Cup UEC2 blue3 Entered 1972 Intertoto Cup I1 blue3 Entered 1972 Intertoto Cup I2 red3 To relegation play-out PR1 red3 To relegation play-out PR2 red1 Relegated to 1972–73 Nationalliga B R2 yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers; complete rsssf.com Relegation play out The decider was played on 13 June 1972 at the Hardturm in Zürich. St. Gallen 4–1 Luzern St. Gallen won and remained in the top-level. Luzern were relegated to 1972–73 Nationalliga B. Results main FBR grey BAS BB CDF GCZ GRE LS LUG LUZ SER SIO STG WIN YB ZÜR Basel 4–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 5–1 3–1 0–0 6–2 3–0 1–0 6–2 Zürich 3–3 1–1 2–3 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–1 3–1 4–0 1–1 3–1 4–1 Grasshopper Club 1–2 1–2 4–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 4–0 5–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 Lausanne-Sports 1–1 2–0 3–3 3–1 3–2 0–2 1–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 4–1 4–0 Young Boys 4–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 6–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 2–3 3–0 Winterthur 2–4 0–1 0–2 0–3 1–3 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 Sion 3–3 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–2 4–1 Servette 0–2 1–2 2–2 1–0 2–1 0–3 4–0 3–1 1–2 3–0 3–2 3–0 2–1 Lugano 0–3 1–3 1–2 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 3–0 3–1 0–1 3–3 1–1 2–2 Grenchen 0–2 1–1 0–2 3–2 3–3 2–2 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 La Chaux-de-Fonds 1–3 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 3–2 1–2 St. Gallen 1–1 1–4 1–4 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 1–0 Luzern 1–2 0–4 2–1 0–2 1–2 0–2 0–3 2–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 Biel-Bienne 1–2 1–4 1–2 1–5 0–3 1–3 2–4 0–2 1–3 2–2 2–2 2–1 0–1 complete rsssf.com Attendances Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/sui/avesui72.htm 2026-08-01 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk # Club Average attendance Highest attendance 1 Basel 18,769 56,000 2 Young Boys 10,131 22,500 3 Zürich 9,662 32,000 4 Lausanne 7,885 18,000 5 GCZ 7,323 29,500 6 Luzern 6,582 15,000 7 Grenchen 5,731 10,500 8 Servette 5,723 13,000 9 Sion 5,492 9,500 10 St. Gallen 5,431 9,600 11 Winterthur 4,769 10,500 12 Biel-Bienne 4,038 8,500 13 La Chaux-de-Fonds 3,385 8,000 14 Lugano 3,054 8,000 Nationalliga B Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity FC Aarau Aarau Aargau Stadion Brügglifeld AC Bellinzona Bellinzona Ticino Stadio Comunale Bellinzona SC Brühl St. Gallen St. Gallen Paul-Grüninger-Stadion CS Chênois Thônex Geneva Stade des Trois-Chêne FC Chiasso Chiasso Ticino Stadio Comunale Riva IV Étoile Carouge FC Carouge Geneva Stade de la Fontenette FC Fribourg Fribourg Fribourg Stade Universitaire AS Gambarogno (red) Federazione ticinese di calcio 2023 https://matchcenter-ftc.football.ch/default.aspx?v=1145603&oid=12&lng=3 AS Gambarogno Federazione ticinese di calcio it 2023-11-16 Gambarogno Ticino Centro Sportivo Regionale Magadino FC Martigny-Sports Martigny Valais Stade d'Octodure Mendrisiostar Mendrisio Ticino Centro Sportivo Comunale FC Monthey Monthey Valais Stade Philippe Pottier Vevey-Sports Vevey Vaud Stade de Copet FC Wettingen Wettingen Aargau Stadion Altenburg FC Xamax Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière Final league table main WDL Q 5 2 CHI FC Chiasso 17 3 6 45 25 FRI FC Fribourg 15 4 7 41 22 NX FC Xamax 12 9 5 59 41 VEV Vevey-Sports 12 8 6 44 39 MAS FC Martigny-Sports 9 10 7 46 37 BEL AC Bellinzona 10 6 10 48 39 MEN Mendrisiostar 8 10 8 36 30 WET FC Wettingen 9 7 10 34 42 CHE CS Chênois 10 5 11 39 54 AAR FC Aarau Stephan Beck 2023 https://www.arowa.ch/index.php?page=ligatabelle&saison=72 Schweizer Meisterschaft 1971/72 Nationalliga B Swiss Championship 1971/72 Nationalliga B arowa.ch de 2023-11-16 8 7 11 32 31 ETO Etoile Carouge FC 6 11 9 31 34 BRÜ SC Brühl 7 8 11 35 49 MON FC Monthey 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 7 First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2018 Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV de 2023-11-16 7 7 12 35 49 GAM AS Gambarogno 0 9 17 21 54 green1 NLB Champions and promoted to 1972–73 Nationalliga A CP1 green3 Promoted to 1972–73 Nationalliga A QP2 red1 Relegated to 1972–73 1. Liga R1 red1 Relegated to 1972–73 1. Liga R2 yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers; complete rsssf.com Further in Swiss football 1971–72 Swiss Cup 1971–72 Swiss 1. Liga References Sources Switzerland 1971–72 at RSSSF Nationalligaseasons inSwitzerland 1970–71 1972–73 Category:Swiss Football League seasons Swiss Category:1971–72 in Swiss football