1952–53 Nationalliga A

Swiss football season 1952–53 Nationalliga A Basel LuganoLocarno Josef Hügi (Basel)Eugen Meier (Young Boys)both 30 goals 1951–52 1953–54 1952–53 Nationalliga B Luzern LuzernBiel-Bienne SC ZugÉtoile-Sporting Jacques Guhl (Malley)26 goals 1951–52 1953–54 The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1952–53 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 56th season of top-tier and the 55th 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 FC Fribourg and FC Grenchen. The last two teams in the league table at the end of the season were to be relegated. The second-tier (NLB) was contested by the two teams that had been relegated from the NLA at the end of the last season, these were FC Biel-Bienne and FC Young Fellows, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams Wil and Solothurn. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1953–54 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1953–54 Swiss 1. Liga. 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 3 First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2022 Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV de 2024-11-16 Nationalliga A Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity FC Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Landhof AC Bellinzona Bellinzona Ticino Stadio Comunale Bellinzona FC Bern Bern Bern Stadion Neufeld FC Chiasso Chiasso Ticino Stadio Comunale Riva IV Grasshopper Club Zürich Zürich Zürich Hardturm FC Fribourg Fribourg Fribourg Stade Universitaire 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 Locarno Locarno Ticino Stadio comunale Lido FC Lugano Lugano Ticino Cornaredo Stadium Servette FC Geneva Geneva Stade des Charmilles BSC Young Boys Bern Bern Wankdorf Stadium FC Zürich Zürich Zürich Letzigrund Final league table main WDL Q 5 2 BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2024 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1952/53 Rangliste 1952/53 de-ch Ranking 1952/53 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2024-11-16 YB Young Boys (red) BSC Young Boys AG 2024 https://www.bscyb.ch/archiv-1952-53 YB Saison 1952/53 YB season 1952/53 BSC Young Boys AG de-ch 2024-11-16 GCZ Grasshopper Club SER Servette Daniel Reichmuth 2024 https://super-servette.ch/Doku/Resultate_Servette_1952-53.pdf Servette 1952/53 super-servette-ch fr 2024-11-16 CHI Chiasso BEL Bellinzona LS Lausanne-Sport CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds FRI Fribourg ZÜR Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=67 FCZ Saison 1952/53 de-ch FCZ season 1952/53 dbFCZ 2024-11-16 BER Bern GRE Grenchen LUG Lugano LOC Locarno 17 8 1 72 38 16 6 4 61 39 14 4 8 73 39 12 8 6 61 38 9 8 9 38 52 9 7 10 45 45 8 8 10 52 45 8 7 11 53 61 10 3 13 35 53 7 8 11 45 48 6 10 10 40 53 6 8 12 38 54 5 10 11 38 53 5 5 16 33 66 green1 Swiss Champions A yellow1 Swiss Cup winners B red3 Play-out against relegation PO PO red1 Relegated to 1953–54 Nationalliga B R2 yes yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers; complete RSSSF This was Basel's first championship title. Results main FBR grey BAS BEL BER CDF CHI FRI GCZ GRE LS LOC LUG SER YB ZÜR Basel 2–2 2–2 4–1 1–0 1–0 6–2 3–2 8–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 5–1 Bellinzona 2–3 5–2 1–1 2–0 3–2 3–1 4–0 1–4 2–2 2–2 1–3 0–0 2–2 Bern 1–2 1–1 0–0 5–2 1–6 3–0 3–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 3–2 2–3 3–3 Chiasso 4–3 1–4 2–3 1–0 1–4 1–0 2–2 3–1 1–0 5–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 Fribourg 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 3–1 0–0 2–2 4–1 2–0 1–3 2–5 0–2 2–1 Grasshopper Club 4–5 3–1 4–0 0–0 6–0 2–3 2–1 7–0 3–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–3 Grenchen 2–3 2–1 0–0 2–2 5–1 0–4 0–1 0–0 0–0 4–1 1–3 2–3 2–2 La Chaux-de-Fonds 2–6 0–1 2–0 4–0 1–4 3–3 3–3 1–0 3–1 6–2 1–1 3–3 2–1 Locarno 3–5 2–3 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 4–5 2–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 Lausanne-Sports 1–2 2–1 4–2 7–1 4–1 2–2 0–0 1–3 0–2 1–1 3–1 6–1 5–4 Lugano 0–0 1–2 4–0 0–1 0–1 4–4 0–1 5–5 2–1 1–6 1–1 1–2 2–0 Servette 3–3 3–0 2–0 1–1 4–2 1–5 4–0 7–1 6–0 3–1 0–0 3–3 1–1 Young Boys 2–2 3–1 2–2 5–2 5–1 2–0 3–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 4–1 2–3 4–2 Zürich 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 3–0 4–2 2–1 3–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 complete RSSSF Topscorers Rank Player Nat. Goals Club1. Josef Hügi SUI 32 Basel Eugen Meier SUI 32 Young Boys3. Roger Vonlanthen SUI 23 Grasshopper Club4. Jacques Fatton SUI 22 Servette5. Robert Ballaman SUI 16 Grasshopper Club Miodrag Glišović YUG 16 Lausanne-Sport 7. Ferdinando Riva SUI 15 Chiasso 8. Ledio Zanetti SUI 14 Bellinzona Hans Hagen SUI 14 Grasshopper Club Raymond Morand SUI 14 La Chaux-de-Fonds Heinz Pfister SUI 14 Grenchen Nationalliga B Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity FC Aarau Aarau Aargau Stadion Brügglifeld FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne Bern Stadion Gurzelen FC Cantonal Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière FC Étoile-Sporting (red) Association neuchâteloise de football 2024 https://matchcenter-anf.football.ch/default.aspx?v=900&oid=15&lng=2 FC Étoile-Sporting' Association neuchâteloise de football fr 2024-11-16 La Chaux-de-Fonds Neuchâtel Les Foulets / Terrain des Eplatures / FC Luzern Lucerne Lucerne Stadion Allmend ES FC Malley Malley Vaud Centre sportif de la Tuilière FC Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Stadion Breite FC Solothurn Solothurn Solothurn Stadion FC Solothurn FC St. Gallen St. Gallen St. Gallen Espenmoos Urania Genève Sport Genève Geneva Stade de Frontenex FC Wil Wil St. Gallen Sportpark Bergholz FC Winterthur Winterthur Zürich Schützenwiese FC Young Fellows Zürich Zürich Utogrund SC Zug Zug Zug Herti Allmend Stadion Final league table main WDL Q 5 2 LUZ Luzern 15 5 4 56 25 BIE FC Biel-Bienne 15 4 5 57 30 ESM ES FC Malley 12 7 5 59 40 WIN FC Winterthur 13 5 6 50 42 STG FC St. Gallen 11 5 8 43 40 CN FC Cantonal Neuchâtel 10 5 9 35 34 SOL FC Solothurn 10 3 11 37 37 WIL FC Wil 7 7 10 36 36 UGS Urania Genève Sport 8 3 13 46 48 YFJ Young Fellows Zürich 7 5 12 33 42 FCS FC Schaffhausen 6 5 13 28 43 AAR FC Aarau Stephan Beck 2023 https://www.arowa.ch/index.php?page=ligatabelle&saison=53 Schweizer Meisterschaft 1952/53 FCA Rangliste de-ch Swiss Championship 1952/53 FCA Ranking arowa.ch 2024-11-16 7 3 14 29 62 SCZ SC Zug 5 3 16 30 60 ES FC Étoile-Sporting green1 NLB champions and promoted to 1953–54 Nationalliga A P1 green3 Promoted to 1953–54 Nationalliga A P2 red2 Relegated to 1953–54 1. Liga R1 red2 Withdrew and were relegated to 1953–54 1. Liga R2 yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers; complete RSSSF Further in Swiss football 1952–53 Swiss Cup 1952–53 Swiss 1. Liga References Sources Switzerland 1952–53 at RSSSF Nationalligaseasons inSwitzerland 1951–52 1953–54 Category:Swiss Football League seasons Swiss Category:1952–53 in Swiss football