1972–73 in Swiss football

none November 2024 Templates at bottom of article need to be active. Switzerland 1972–73 Nationalliga A Basel Nationalliga B Xamax 1. Liga 1. Liga champions:FC Nordstern BaselGroup West:FC MontheyGroup Cenral:FC Nordstern BaselGroup South and East:FC Tössfeld 1972–73 Swiss Cup Zürich 1972 Swiss League Cup Basel Swiss Women's Super League DFC Aarau 1971–72 1973–74 yes The following is a summary of the 1972–73 season of competitive football in Switzerland. Nationalliga A 1972–73 Nationalliga A Final league table main WDL QR 5 2 BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 1973 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1972/73 1972/73 Rangliste Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" de-ch 1972/73 Ranking 2023-11-16 GCZ Grasshopper Club SIO Sion SER Servette WIN Winterthur LS Lausanne-Sport ZÜR Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=42&m=0&c=0&i=0&f=0&s=0&pord=0 FCZ 1972/73 dbFCZ de-ch 2023-11-16 LUG Lugano YB Young Boys CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds CHI Chiasso STG St. Gallen FRI Fribourg GRE Grenchen 17 5 4 57 30 14 7 5 54 32 13 7 6 35 30 14 3 9 41 23 12 6 8 40 29 11 6 9 46 27 10 8 8 38 33 9 9 8 31 30 9 5 12 39 40 8 7 11 30 43 8 5 13 21 48 7 5 14 31 49 4 7 15 24 43 4 4 18 23 53 green1 Champions qualified for 1973–74 European Cup EC yellow1 Swiss Cup winners qualified for 1973–74 Cup Winners' Cupand entered 1973 Intertoto Cup CWC blue1 Qualified for 1973–74 UEFA Cupand entered 1973 Intertoto Cup UEC1 blue1 Qualified for 1973–74 UEFA Cup UEC2 blue3 Entered 1973 Intertoto Cup I1 blue3 Entered 1973 Intertoto Cup I2 red1 Relegated to 1973–74 Nationalliga B R1 red1 Relegated to 1973–74 Nationalliga B R2 yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers; complete rsssf.com Nationalliga B 1972–73 Nationalliga A#Nationalliga B League table main WDL QR 5 2 XAM Xamax 19 5 2 72 21 CHE CS Chênois 15 7 4 44 24 LUZ Luzern 15 7 4 60 26 BIE FC Biel-Bienne 11 6 9 45 35 VEV Vevey-Sports 11 5 10 50 40 MEN Mendrisiostar 9 9 8 30 34 YFJ FC Young Fellows Zürich 11 4 11 35 37 ETO Etoile Carouge FC 8 8 10 36 51 WET FC Wettingen 8 7 11 30 44 AAR FC Aarau Stephan Beck 2023 https://www.arowa.ch/index.php?page=ligatabelle&saison=73 Schweizer Meisterschaft 1972/73 Nationalliga B Swiss Championship 1972/73 Nationalliga B arowa.ch de 2023-11-16 7 8 11 29 42 MAS FC Martigny-Sports 6 9 11 27 45 BEL AC Bellinzona 7 6 13 30 41 BRÜ SC Brühl 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 8 First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2018 Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV de 2023-11-16 6 6 14 43 58 BUO SC Buochs 3 5 18 26 59 green1 NLB Champions and promoted to 1973–74 Nationalliga A CP1 green3 To promotion play-off QP2 green3 To promotion play-off QP3 red1 Relegated to 1973–74 1. Liga R1 red1 Relegated to 1973–74 1. Liga R2 yes yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers; complete rsssf.com Promotion play-off Chênois 2–1 Luzern Chênois won and were promoted to 1973–74 Nationalliga A. Luzern remained in division. 1. Liga 1972–73 Swiss 1. Liga Group West main WDL QR 2 MON FC Monthey 13 7 4 48 21 DÜR FC Dürrenast 11 8 5 43 31 RAR FC Raron 11 5 8 42 36 NYO FC Stade Nyonnais 11 4 9 43 31 LeL FC Le Locle 9 7 8 43 38 YVE Yverdon-Sport FC 10 5 9 35 38 MEY FC Meyrin 9 7 8 26 33 CEN Central Fribourg 10 4 10 45 43 THU FC Thun 10 4 10 35 46 UGS Urania Genève Sport 7 9 8 34 37 AUD ASI Audax-Friul 8 4 12 35 41 FON FC Fontainemelon 5 6 13 33 47 REN FC Renens 3 8 13 27 47 green3 Play-off to Nationalliga B QP QP red1 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional R R 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete RSSSF Group Central main WDL QR 2 NOR FC Nordstern Basel 16 3 5 44 22 DEL SR Delémont 13 4 7 41 29 KRI SC Kriens 11 7 6 46 32 SOL FC Solothurn 8 11 5 39 33 BER FC Bern 8 9 7 47 47 BAD FC Baden 9 6 9 31 35 POR FC Porrentruy 9 6 9 29 34 MOU FC Moutier 7 9 8 46 39 EMM FC Emmenbrücke 9 4 11 42 40 LAU FC Laufen 8 6 10 37 40 CON FC Concordia Basel 7 4 13 37 52 TRG FC Turgi 5 8 11 27 43 BRT FC Breite Basel 5 5 14 33 53 green3 Play-off to Nationalliga B QP QP orange2 Play-out against relegation POR POR red1 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional R 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete RSSSF Decider for eleventh place The decider was played on 3 June in Solothurn. FC Concordia Basel 2–2 FC Turgi The game was drawn, however, at this period in time, the extra-time as match extension had not yet been introduced. FC Concordia Basel were declaired winners due to the better goal-average of the regular season and, therefore, they remained in the division. FC Turgi were relegated to 2. Liga Interregional. Group South and East main WDL QR 2 TÖS FC Tössfeld 13 8 3 45 22 SCZ SC Zug 12 5 7 39 33 LOC FC Locarno 9 9 6 41 27 BSZ FC Blue Stars Zürich 9 8 7 34 22 UZW FC Uzwil 9 7 8 36 39 GOS FC Gossau 9 6 9 35 34 RED FC Red Star Zürich 7 8 9 28 28 GIU US Giubiasco 6 10 8 21 28 FRA FC Frauenfeld 7 8 9 32 40 CHU FC Chur 6 9 9 27 36 RALU FC Rapid Lugano 7 7 10 30 41 VAD FC Vaduz 7 6 11 38 44 GAM AS Gambarogno 6 7 11 31 43 green3 Play-off to Nationalliga B QP QP red1 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional R R 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete RSSSF (which contains a mistake by SC Zug, number of wins +1, number of draws -1, but points are correctly stated) Promotion play-off The three group winners played a two legged tie against one of the runners-up to decide the three finalists. The games were played on 3 and 10 June. Qualification round FC Nordstern Basel 3–3 SC Zug SC Zug 0–6 FC Nordstern Basel FC Nordstern Basel win 9–3 on aggregate and continue to the finals. FC Tössfeld 5–1 FC Dürrenast FC Dürrenast 3–1 FC Tössfeld FC Tössfeld win 6–4 on aggregate and continue to the finals. FC Monthey 0–1 SR Delémont SR Delémont 3–1 FC Monthey SR Delémont win 4–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals. Final round The three first round winners competed in a single round-robin to decide the two promotion slots. The games were played on 17, 24 June and 1 July. main WDL Q 2 NOR FC Nordstern Basel 1 0 1 2 1 TÖS FC Tössfeld 1 0 1 3 2 DEL SR Delémont 1 0 1 1 3 y noflag 2–0 — — 3–0 1–0 — complete RSSSF FC Nordstern Basel are champions, because they beat Tössfeld in the head-to-head and Tössfeld are runners-up. These two teams are promoted. Swiss Cup 1972–73 Swiss Cup The competition was played in a knockout system. In the case of a draw, extra time was played. If the teams were still level after extra time, the match was replayed at the away team's ground. Here, in case of a draw after extra time, the replay was to be decided with a penalty shoot-out. The quarter- and semi-finals were played as two legged rounds, home and away. The final was held in the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern. Early rounds The routes of the finalists to the final were: Third round: NLA teams with a bye. Fourth round: Bellinzona-Zürich 1:4. Basel-Martigny 6.0. Fifth round: Zürich-Lausanne 2:1. YB-Basel 0:4. Quarterfinals: First leg: Zürich-Etoile Carouge 1:1. Return leg: Etoile Carouge-Zürich 0:4 (agg. 1:5). Chiasso-Basel 0:2. Basel-Chiasso 5:3 (agg. 7:3). Semifinals: Winterthur-Zürich 1:1. Zürich-Winterthur 2:1 . (agg. 3:2). Biel/Bienne-Basel 0:1. Basel-Biel/Bienne 5:1 (agg. 6:1). Final Easter Monday23 April 1973 14:30 Zürich 2–0 yes FCB summaryFCZ summarySummary Basel Marti 92Künzli 101 Wankdorf, Bern 45,000 SUI Roland Keller Bern Swiss League Cup 1972 Swiss League Cup The 1972 League Cup was played as a pre-season tournament. The semi-finals and the final itself, however, was played after the season had commenced. The early stage was a group stage. The finalists Basel and Winterthur had a bye in this stage and they joined in the first round on 5 August. Early rounds The routes of the finalists to the final were: Round 1 FC Basel 8–0 Servette FC Genève FC Winterthur 4–1 FC Lugano Quarter-finals FC Basel 2–1 (aet) Lausanne-Sports Grasshopper Club Zürich 1–2 FC Winterthur Semi-finals FC Basel 6–1 FC Sion FC Luzern 0–2 FC Winterthur Final Final 11 November 1972 14:30 Basel 4–1 FCB summaryRSSSF summary FC Winterthur Hitzfeld 6 1:0Hitzfeld 22 2:0Balmer 40 3:1Hitzfeld 90 pen. 4:1 25 2:1 Nielsen Letzigrund, Zürich 7,600 SUI Jean Dubach Nidau Swiss Clubs in Europe Basel as 1971–72 Nationalliga A champions: 1972–73 European Cup Zürich as 1971–72 Swiss Cup winners: 1972–73 Cup Winners' Cup and entered 1972 Intertoto Cup Grasshopper Club as league third placed team: 1972–73 UEFA Cup and entered 1972 Intertoto Cup Lausanne-Sport as league fourth placed team: 1972–73 UEFA Cup Young Boys: entered 1972 Intertoto Cup Winterthur: entered 1972 Intertoto Cup Basel European Cup 1972–73 European Cup First round First leg 13 September 1972 17:30 Újpesti Dózsa HUN 2–0 UEFA summaryFCB summary SUI Basel Bene 39Horváth 57Zámbó 60 88 Ramseier Ferenc Szusza Stadium Újpest 7,000 AUT Paul Schiller L Second leg 27 September 1972 20:00 Basel SUI 3–2 UEFA summaryFCB summary HUN Újpesti Dózsa Hasler 65 1:1Balmer 75 2:1Balmer 83 3:1 32 E. Dunai46 0:1 Bene58 P. Juhász89 3:2 Bene St. Jakob Stadium Basel 16,000 ENG Walker W Újpesti Dózsa won 4–3 on aggregate. Zürich Cup Winners' Cup 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup First round First leg 13 September 1972 20:15 Zürich SUI 1–1 FCZ summary WAL Wrexham Kuhn 34Künzli 47 48 Kinsey Letzigrund, Zürich 6,500 YUG Petar Kostovski D Second leg 27 September 1972 Wrexham WAL 2–1 FCZ summary SUI Zürich May Mostyn Ashcroft 63Sutton 74 Zigerlig48 Martinelli Racecourse Ground, Wrexham 18,000 NOR Rolf Nyhus L Wrexham won 3–2 on aggregate Intertoto Cup 1972 Intertoto Cup Group 5 main WDL Q 2 SLO TCH Slovan Bratislava FIR AUT First Vienna ZÜR SUI Zürich DJU SWE Djurgården 5 0 1 16 7 2 2 2 9 10 1 3 2 8 8 1 1 4 6 14 5–0 0–3 4–1 0–1 2–2 3–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 2–3 1–3 2–1 y noflag 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete mogiel.net Results Round 1 24 June 1972 18:00 Zürich SUI 0–0 FCZ summary SWE Djurgården Letzigrund, Zürich 1,600 SUI Mario Clematide (Zollikofen) D Round 2 1 July 1972 First Vienna AUT 2–2 FCZ summary SUI Zürich Miss 21 1:0Hevera 26 2:0 71 2:1 Schweizer81 2:2 Schweizer Red Star-Platz, Vienna 2,000 AUT Paul Drabek D Round 3 8 July 1972 Slovan Bratislava TCH 0–3 FCZ summary SUI Zürich 2 0:1 Künzli64 0:2 Künzli65 0:3 Künzli Tehelné pole, Bratislava 4,000 W Round 4 15 July 1972 Zürich SUI 1–1 FCZ summary AUT First Vienna Künzli 45 1:0 66 1:1 Traxler Hevera Letzigrund, Zürich 3,500 SUI Jean Dubach (Nidau) D Round 5 22 July 1972 Zürich SUI 1–3 FCZ summary TCH Slovan Bratislava Künzli 25 1:0 42 1:1 Pekárik45 1:2 Pekárik87 1:3 Čapkovič Letzigrund, Zürich 4,100 SUI Hans Wieland (Grenchen) L Round 6 29 July 1972 Djurgården SWE 2–1 FCZ summary SUI Zürich Svensson 16 1:0Svensson 71 2:1 48 1:1 Künzli Stockholm 950 SWE Sven Jonsson L Grasshopper Club UEFA Cup 1972–73 UEFA Cup First round First leg Nîmes vs Grasshoppers 1972 9 13 y Nîmes FRA 1–2 SUI Grasshoppers https://www.uefa.com/api/v1/linkrules/match/64206/ Dell'Oste 30 Müller 28 Winiger 67 Stade Jean-Bouin, Nîmes 8,569 Joaquim Fernandes Campos (Portugal)June 2022 W Second leg Grasshoppers vs Nîmes 1972 9 26 y Grasshoppers SUI 2–1 FRA Nîmes https://www.uefa.com/api/v1/linkrules/match/64207/ Müller 19 Citherlet 37 pen. Adams 49 Hardturm, Zürich 4,800 Jan Keizer (Netherlands)June 2022 W Grasshoppers won 4–2 on aggregate. First leg Grasshoppers vs Ararat Yerevan 1972 10 25 y Grasshoppers SUI 1–3 URS Ararat Yerevan https://www.uefa.com/api/v1/linkrules/match/64256/ Citherlet 90 pen. Kazaryan 28 Ishtoyan 52 Andreasyan 58 Hardturm, Zürich 6,927 Jacques Colling (Luxembourg)June 2022 L Second leg Ararat Yerevan vs Grasshoppers 1972 11 8 y Ararat Yerevan URS 4–2 SUI Grasshoppers https://www.uefa.com/api/v1/linkrules/match/64257/ Kazaryan 13 23 Markarov 49 78 Gröbli 17 pen. Müller 65 Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan 12,486 Francis Rion (Belgium)June 2022 L Ararat Yerevan won 7–3 on aggregate. Intertoto Cup 1972 Intertoto Cup Group 7 main WDL Q 2 HAN FRG Hannover GCZ SUI Grasshopper Club STA POL Stal Mielec HVI DEN Hvidovre 4 1 1 15 10 2 3 1 12 7 3 1 2 13 12 0 1 5 5 16 3–2 4–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–4 5–0 1–2 0–3 1–2 y noflag 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete mogiel.net Lausanne-Sport UEFA Cup 1972–73 UEFA Cup First round First leg Red Star Belgrade vs Lausanne-Sport 1972 9 13 y Red Star Belgrade YUG 5–1 SUI Lausanne-Sport https://www.uefa.com/api/v1/linkrules/match/64184/ Karasi 17 Lazarević 25 55 88 Janković 67 Grahn 63 Red Star Stadium, Belgrade 3,555 Ertuğrul Dilek (Turkey) June 2022 L Second leg Lausanne-Sport vs Red Star Belgrade 1972 9 27 y Lausanne-Sport SUI 3–2 YUG Red Star Belgrade https://www.uefa.com/api/v1/linkrules/match/64185/ Cucinotta 28 Grahn 80 García 89 Janković 14 44 Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 8,000 Pablo Sánchez Ibáñez (Spain) June 2022 W Red Star Belgrade won 7–4 on aggregate. Young Boys Intertoto Cup 1972 Intertoto Cup Group 3 main WDL Q 2 STE FRA Saint-Étienne WIS POL Wisła Kraków YB SUI Young Boys ÅTV SWE Åtvidaberg 4 2 0 12 2 2 3 1 12 3 1 2 3 4 17 1 1 4 6 12 0–0 0–0 3–0 0–1 8–0 1–1 0–5 1–1 2–1 2–3 0–2 2–1 y noflag 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete mogiel.net Winterthur Intertoto Cup 1972 Intertoto Cup Group 2 main WDL Q 2 NOR SWE Norrköping SAL AUT Austria Salzburg WIN SUI Winterthur GWA POL Górnik Wałbrzych 3 2 1 10 7 4 0 2 11 9 2 2 2 9 8 0 2 4 3 9 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–4 3–2 2–0 1–1 1–2 3–2 0–2 0–1 0–0 y noflag 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete mogiel.net References Sources Switzerland 1972–73 at RSSSF League Cup finals at RSSSF European Competitions 1972–73 at RSSSF.com Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz Intertoto history at Pawel Mogielnicki's Page FC Basel 1893. 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