1930–31 Swiss Serie A

Swiss football season Nationalliga 1930–31 Grasshopper ClubGroup WestUrania Genève SportGroup CentralYoung BoysGroup EastGrasshopper Club Group WestLausanne-SportFC Cantonal NeuchâtelFC FribourgGroup CentralConcordiaSolothurnGrenchenGroup East SC BrühlWinterthurChiasso 24 August 1930 to28 June 1931 3x 82 and 1 deciderplus 12 play-offs 1929–30 1931–32 The following is the summary of the Swiss Nationalliga in the 1930–31 football season. This was the 34th season of top-tier football in Switzerland. Overview Preamble At this time, there was a major crisis taking place in Swiss football. There were disagreements between smaller and larger clubs. The smaller clubs wanted direct promotion without going through play-offs, while the larger clubs were insisting on separating the championship from the lower leagues, in a system similar to that which had already been implemented in Italy in 1922. Eventually, after various discussions, the Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) reached a compromis that remains without any sporting logic. A new First League was born and the old Promotion and Serie B become Second and Third league for this one season. Format Due to the differences, the past season had seen no promotions or relegations. The top-tier had the same 27 club members. As in the previous season, these were divided into three regional groups. However, the new championship regulations divided the season into two stages. During the first stage, within the each group the teams played a single round-robin to decide their league table positions. Two points were awarded for a win and one point was awarded for a draw. For the second stage, each top-tier group had two additional teams from the lower division. The three regional champions from the past season Monthey, Luzern and Locarno, that had been rejected an automatic promotion, now received a mid-season promotion. In addition, the first classified teams in each of the six sub-regional second-tier groups, competed a play-off to decide three more mid-season promotions. Racing Club Lausanne, Black Stars Basel and Wohlen were these three play-off winners. In these larger groups, the teams played another single round-robin. At the end of the championship, two rankings were drawn up. For the teams competing for the championship title, all games from both first and second stages were considered. For the relegation, only the games of the second stage were considered. A total of six teams qualified for the championship play-offs, these were the first two placed teams in each group. The top six teams in each group qualified for the new 1931–32 Nationalliga and all other teams were to contest in the newly created 1931–32 1. Liga. Serie A (First League) The first stage of league season began with the first matchday on 24 August 1930 and was completed on 21 December with one rescheduled match which was played on 28 December. The second stage began on 4 January 1931, but in each group one fixture was played earlier. The second stage was completed by 31 May with a few rescheduled fixtures being played later. The final stage began on 10 May and completed by 28 June 1931. Group West Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne Bern Stadion Gurzelen FC Cantonal Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière Étoile Carouge FC Carouge Geneva Stade de la Fontenette 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 Fribourg Fribourg Fribourg Stade Universitaire FC La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds Neuchâtel Centre Sportif de la Charrière FC Lausanne-Sport Lausanne Vaud Pontaise Racing Club Lausanne (red) Association cantonale vaudoise de football 2024 https://matchcenter-acvf.football.ch/default.aspx?v=1094&oid=16&lng=2 Racing Club Lausanne Association cantonale vaudoise de football fr 2024-11-16 Lausanne Vaud Centre sportif de la Tuilière FC Monthey Monthey Valais Stade Philippe Pottier Servette FC Geneva Geneva Stade des Charmilles Urania Genève Sport Genève Geneva Stade de Frontenex League table main WDL Group West 5 QR 2 UGS Urania Genève Sport 12 4 2 62 17 CdF La Chaux-de-Fonds 12 3 3 58 19 BIE Biel-Bienne 12 1 5 57 25 ETO Etoile Carouge 10 3 5 49 30 SER Servette Daniel Reichmuth 2024 https://super-servette.ch/Doku/Resultate_Servette_1930-31.pdf Servette Rangliste 1930/31 Servette ranking 1930/31 super-servette-ch fr 2024-11-16 9 2 7 49 32 ES Étoile-Sporting 7 3 8 36 49 LS Lausanne-Sport 6 1 11 25 42 CN Cantonal Neuchâtel 4 4 10 24 43 FRI Fribourg 2 5 11 22 66 RCL Racing Club Lausanne 2 2 6 19 42 MON Monthey 1 0 9 10 46 green1 Qualified for final round QF QF Qualified for 1931–32 Nationalliga QN QN QN QN red1 Relegated to 1931–32 1. Liga R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers; complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey BIE CAN CDF ÉTC ÉTS FRI LS MON RAC SER UGS Biel-Bienne 7–1 0–3 2–0 7–1 5–1 4–1 0–1 2–2 – 4–1 Cantonal Neuchâtel 1–2 2–5 1–2 1–1 0–4 1–1 3–0 1–0 – 1–3 La Chaux-de-Fonds 3–1 4–1 3–1 3–1 3–0 4–2 3–0 1–2 9–0 – Étoile Carouge 3–0 4–0 2–1 7–0 2–2 4–0 1–4 0–4 – 5–1 Étoile-Sporting 0–5 – 1–1 1–4 4–1 2–3 4–1 1–2 – 3–3 Fribourg 2–5 1–1 0–0 3–3 2–7 0–3 0–4 2–5 1–3 – Lausanne-Sports 1–2 1–3 0–4 3–2 0–1 1–2 0–3 0–4 3–0 – Servette 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–4 2–4 12–0 4–1 1–1 4–1 – Urania 1–0 5–1 0–0 3–3 5–1 8–1 0–2 4–0 – 6–0 Monthey 2–9 0–4 – 0–2 1–2 – – – 1–10 – Racing Lausanne – – 5–11 – – 0–0 1–3 3–8 – 2–1 complete rsssf.com Group Central Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity FC Aarau Aarau Aargau Stadion Brügglifeld FC Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Landhof FC Bern Bern Bern Stadion Neufeld FC Black Stars Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Buschwilerhof FC Concordia Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Stadion Rankhof FC Grenchen Grenchen Solothurn Stadium Brühl FC Luzern Lucerne Lucerne Stadion Allmend FC Nordstern Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Rankhof BSC Old Boys Basel Basel-Stadt Stadion Schützenmatte FC Solothurn Solothurn Solothurn Stadion FC Solothurn BSC Young Boys Bern Bern Wankdorf Stadium League table main WDL Group Central 5 QR 2 YB Young Boys 12 2 4 44 21 BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2024 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1930/31 FCB Rangliste 1930/31 de-ch FCB Ranking Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2024-11-16 11 2 5 48 28 NOR Nordstern 11 2 5 49 23 OBO Old Boys 9 3 6 36 35 AAR Aarau Stephan Beck 2023 https://www.arowa.ch/index.php?page=ligatabelle&saison=31 Schweizer Meisterschaft 1930/31 FCA Rangliste de-ch Swiss Championship 1930/31 FCA Ranking arowa.ch 2024-11-16 9 2 7 38 37 BER Bern 6 3 9 34 33 CON Concordia 5 3 10 25 46 SOL Solothurn 4 5 9 26 40 LUZ Luzern 4 3 3 16 14 GRE Grenchen 5 1 12 39 59 BSB Black Stars 1 2 7 12 31 green1 Qualified for final round QF green3 To decider for second place QP QP Qualified for 1931–32 Nationalliga QN QN QN red1 Relegated to 1931–32 1. Liga R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 yes yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers; complete rsssf.com Decider for second place FC Nordstern Basel and FC Basel ended the season level on points in joint second/third position. Because the second place was the qualifying slot for the final round a decider was required. The decider match for second place was played on 17 May 1931 at the Stadion Schützenmatte in Basel. Basel 2–1 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 17 May 1931 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=28450 FC Basel - FC Nordstern Basel 2:1 (1:0) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" de-ch 2024-11-16 Nordstern Basel won and advanced to the championship play-offs. Nordstern were qualified for 1931–32 Nationalliga. Results main FBR grey AAR BAS BER BSB CON GRE LUZ NOR OBB SOL YB Aarau 4–3 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 4–3 2–1 2–4 – Basel 3–1 2–1 3–0 4–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 – 2–2 Bern 1–2 1–3 4–0 5–2 1–2 4–1 1–1 0–3 4–1 – Concordia 3–3 1–4 3–2 2–0 0–4 2–3 – 3–2 3–1 – Grenchen 2–4 3–2 4–2 7–1 1–5 1–2 2–3 2–4 – 2–3 Nordstern 4–0 5–0 3–2 1–1 11–1 3–0 4–2 0–2 – 0–2 Old Boys 5–3 2–2 3–2 1–4 – 1–1 3–0 0–6 4–0 – Solothurn 0–2 4–2 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–2 1–5 1–1 2–2 – Young Boys 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–0 5–3 4–0 1–0 6–1 – 2–1 Black Stars – 1–7 – – 1–1 1–3 – – 1–3 0–2 Luzern 1–4 – 1–2 2–0 – – 1–1 1–1 – – complete rsssf.com Group East Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity FC Blue Stars Zürich (red) Fussballverband Region Zürich 2024 https://matchcenter.fvrz.ch/default.aspx?v=1573&oid=11&lng=1 FC Blue Stars Zürich Fussballverband Region Zürich de 2024-11-16 Zürich Zürich Hardhof SC Brühl St. Gallen St. Gallen Paul-Grüninger-Stadion FC Chiasso Chiasso Ticino Stadio Comunale Riva IV Grasshopper Club Zürich Zürich Zürich Hardturm FC Locarno Locarno Ticino Stadio comunale Lido FC Lugano Lugano Ticino Cornaredo Stadium FC St. Gallen St. Gallen St. Gallen Espenmoos FC Winterthur Winterthur Zürich Schützenwiese FC Wohlen Wohlen Aargau Stadion Niedermatten FC Young Fellows Zürich Zürich Utogrund FC Zürich Zürich Zürich Letzigrund League table main WDL Group East 5 QR 2 GCZ Grasshopper Club BSZ Blue Stars LUG Lugano YFZ Young Fellows ZÜR Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=93 FCZ Saison 1930/31 de-ch FCZ season 1930/31 dbFCZ 2024-11-16 STG St. Gallen BSG SC Brühl LOC Locarno WIN Winterthur CHI Chiasso WOH Wohlen 15 1 2 73 26 12 1 5 53 30 11 1 6 57 20 10 2 6 54 38 8 3 7 35 34 7 1 10 35 47 5 3 10 34 48 6 0 4 23 22 3 4 11 21 64 4 1 13 30 55 1 1 8 11 42 green1 Qualified for final round QF QF Qualified for 1931–32 Nationalliga QN QN QN QN red1 Relegated to 1931–32 1. Liga R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers; complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey BSZ BRÜ CHI GCZ LOC LUG STG WIN WOH YFZ ZÜR Blue Stars 4–1 6–1 0–3 0–5 1–0 9–2 4–2 2–1 0–1 – Brühl 1–5 7–1 2–3 1–5 0–2 1–1 4–4 2–4 4–2 – Chiasso 2–3 2–1 1–2 0–2 8–3 2–2 1–0 1–4 0–1 – Grasshopper Club 2–3 4–1 5–2 3–1 7–2 6–1 3–3 6–2 – – Lugano 3–0 2–3 3–1 1–3 7–0 5–0 2–3 0–1 – 2–0 St. Gallen 1–0 4–0 4–3 – 1–3 1–0 1–2 3–1 – 5–0 Winterthur 1–5 1–2 2–1 1–5 0–9 3–3 2–4 0–0 2–5 – Young Fellows 1–2 2–3 4–1 0–4 2–1 6–1 6–0 2–1 7–3 – Zürich 1–1 6–2 5–1 1–3 1–1 4–2 0–2 4–3 – 4–2 Locarno – – – 1–2 1–5 2–1 – – 3–0 5–1 Wohlen 2–8 1–1 2–5 – – – 1–0 1–3 – – complete rsssf.com Championship round The final stage, championship round, began on 10 May and completed by 28 June 1931. The format here was that each team here played once against each other team from the other regional groups. Final league table main WDL Final 5 Q 2 GCZ Grasshopper Club UGS Urania Genève Sport CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds BSZ Blue Stars BAS Basel YB Young Boys 3 1 0 12 2 2 2 0 8 5 2 0 2 10 8 1 1 2 9 9 1 1 2 7 11 0 1 3 4 15 green1 Swiss champions A yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers; complete rsssf.com Results |colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|10 May 1931 Blue Stars 2–0 Chaux-de-Fonds Young Boys 1–3 Urania |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|17 May 1931 Grasshopper Club 3–0 Young Boys Urania 3–2 Blue Stars |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|31 May 1931 Basel 2–2 Urania Grasshopper Club 5–1 La Chaux-de-Fonds Young Boys 3–3 Blue Stars |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|7 June 1931 Basel 1–4 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 7 June 1931 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=28452 FC Basel - Grasshopper Club 1:4 (1:2) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" de-ch 2024-11-16 Grasshopper Club Chaux-de-Fonds 6–0 Young Boys |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|21 June 1931 La Chaux-de-Fonds 3–1 Basel |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|28 June 1931 Blue Stars 2–3 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 28 June 1931 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=28454 FC Blue Stars Zürich - FC Basel 2:3 (1:2) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" de-ch 2024-11-16 Basel Urania 0–0 Grasshopper Club |} Grasshopper Club won the play-offs and were awarded the championship title. This was the club's seventh championship title to this date. Further in Swiss football 1931–32 Swiss Cup References Sources Switzerland 1930–31 at RSSSF Nationalligaseasons inSwitzerland 1929–30 1931–32 Category:Swiss Football League seasons Swiss Category:1930–31 in Swiss football