1977–78 Nationalliga A

Swiss football season 1977–78 Nationalliga A Grasshopper Club Étoile CarougeYoung Fellows European Cup Grasshopper Club Cup Winners' Cup Servette UEFA Cup BaselLausanne-Sport Fritz Künzli (Zürich)21 goals 1976–77 1978–79 1977–78 Nationalliga B Nordstern NordsternChiasso GossauBulle Helmut Degen (Nordstern)27 goals 1976–77 1978–79 The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1977–78 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 81st season of top-tier and the 80th season of second-tier football in Switzerland. Overview The Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) had 28 members at this time. The clubs were divided into two tiers, the top tier Nationalliga A (NLA) with 12 teams and the second tier Nationalliga B (NLB) with 16. The format in both divisions was that 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. Each club playing every other club twice (home and away), for a total of 22 rounds in the NLA and 30 rounds in the NLB. In the NLA following this first qualification stage the division was divided in two, the top placed six teams then played a championship stage and the other teams in a relegation play-out. In both groups each team took half of the points gained in the first stage, rounded up to complete units, as bonus with them. They played a further double round-robin within the group. The Swiss champions would qualify for the 1978–79 European Cup, the runners-up and third placed team would qualify for the 1978–79 UEFA Cup. From the play-out group the bottom two teams were relegated to the second-tier. From the NLB the top two teams were promoted and the bottom two teams relegated to the 1978–79 1. Liga. Nationalliga A The first round of the NLA was played on 13 August 1977. There was a winter break between 11 December and 26 February 1978. The qualifying phase was completed by 25 March and the second phase took place between 1 April and 27 May 1978. Teams, locations Team Town Canton Stadium CapacityFC BaselBaselBasel-Stadt St. Jakob Stadium CS Chênois Thônex Geneva Stade des Trois-Chêne Étoile Carouge FC Carouge Geneva Stade de la Fontenette Grasshopper Club ZürichZürichZürich HardturmFC Lausanne-SportLausanneVaudPontaiseNeuchâtel Xamax FCNeuchâtelNeuchâtel Stade de la Maladière FC St. GallenSt. GallenSt. GallenEspenmoosServette FCGenevaGenevaStade des CharmillesFC SionSionValaisStade de TourbillonBSC Young BoysBernBernWankdorf Stadium FC Young Fellows Zürich Zürich Zürich Utogrund FC ZürichZürichZürichLetzigrund Qualifying phase table main WDL Q First stage 2 GCZ Grasshopper Club SER Servette LS Lausanne-Sport BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 1978 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1977/78 1977/78 Rangliste Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" de-ch 1977/78 Ranking 2023-11-16 ZÜR FC Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2006–2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=29&m=0&c=0&i=0&f=0&s=0&pord=0 FCZ 1977/1978 dbFCZ de 2023-11-16 SIO Sion NX Xamax YB Young Boys CHÊ Chênois STG St. Gallen ÉTO Étoile Carouge YFZ Young Fellows Zürich 15 4 3 60 27 14 5 3 44 20 13 4 5 47 21 12 4 6 53 34 11 6 5 38 27 6 9 7 29 33 8 3 11 32 42 7 5 10 27 45 8 2 12 27 35 5 7 10 27 38 5 3 14 22 40 1 2 19 14 58 green3 To championship round CG CG CG CG CG CG red3 To relegation play-out round RG RG RG RG RG RG yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey BAS CHÊ ÉTO GCZ LS NX SER SIO STG YB YFZ ZÜR Grasshopper Club 0–1 2–0 0–1 7–2 3–0 2–0 3–0 5–1 3–2 3–2 1–1 Servette 2–2 3–1 2–0 0–2 2–2 3–0 5–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 Lausanne-Sports 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 6–0 3–0 4–1 1–0 4–1 Basel 2–5 2–1 1–4 2–2 5–0 6–1 0–0 3–1 4–2 4–0 5–0 Zürich 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 5–1 5–1 Sion 2–2 0–2 3–2 4–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 Neuchâtel Xamax 2–3 0–1 1–3 2–5 1–2 1–1 5–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–2 Young Boys 1–4 1–5 1–1 4–5 0–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 3–0 Chênois 1–3 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–2 2–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 5–0 St. Gallen 2–6 2–2 2–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 5–3 2–0 1–0 Étoile Carouge 2–3 2–2 1–3 1–0 2–1 0–3 0–1 0–1 0–2 2–1 3–0 Young Fellows 1–1 0–3 0–3 1–4 1–3 1–2 2–4 0–1 3–1 0–1 0–1 complete rsssf.com Championship table main WDL Q Playoff 2 y GCZ Grasshopper Club SER Servette BAS Basel LS Lausanne-Sport ZÜR Zürich SIO Sion 4 4 2 17 12 17 3 5 2 10 10 17 5 3 2 21 14 14 4 3 3 21 14 15 5 2 3 15 15 14 0 1 9 8 27 11 green1 Swiss Champions, qualified for 1978–79 European Cupand entered 1978 Intertoto Cup A yellow1 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1978–79 Cup Winners' Cup Y blue1 qualified for 1978–79 UEFA Cup UE1 blue1 qualified for 1978–79 UEFA Cup UE2 blue3 entered 1978 Intertoto Cup I1 blue3 entered 1978 Intertoto Cup I2 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey BAS GCZ LS SER SIO ZÜR Grasshopper Club 1–1 4–2 0–0 1–0 4–1 Servette 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 Basel 2–0 2–2 3–1 1–1 2–0 Lausanne-Sports 4–3 1–2 1–1 4–0 6–1 Zürich 1–3 0–0 4–2 2–1 4–2 Sion 1–1 1–2 1–4 1–2 0–1 complete rsssf.com Relegation play-out main WDL QR Playout 5 2 y YB Young Boys CHÊ Chênois STG St. Gallen NX Xamax ÉTO Étoile Carouge YFZ Young Fellows Zürich 4 5 1 20 13 10 4 4 2 19 9 9 3 6 1 11 7 9 4 2 4 14 15 10 4 3 3 13 12 7 1 0 9 10 31 2 yes blue3 entered 1978 Intertoto Cup I1 red3 Relegated to 1978–79 Nationalliga B R1 red3 Relegated to 1978–79 Nationalliga B R2 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey CHÊ ÉTO NX STG YB YFZ Young Boys 0–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 3–1 Chênois 2–2 0–0 2–0 1–2 4–0 St. Gallen 2–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 Neuchâtel Xamax 0–3 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 Étoile Carouge 1–2 1–5 0–1 1–0 1–0 Young Fellows 2–4 1–5 1–0 3–4 1–5 complete rsssf.com Nationalliga B Teams, locations Team Town Canton Stadium Capacity FC Aarau Aarau Aargau Stadion Brügglifeld AC Bellinzona Bellinzona Ticino Stadio Comunale Bellinzona FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne Bern Stadion Gurzelen FC Bulle Bulle Fribourg Stade de Bouleyres FC ChiassoChiassoTicino Stadio Comunale Riva IV FC Fribourg Fribourg Fribourg Stade Universitaire FC Gossau Gossau St. Gallen Sportanlage Buechenwald FC Grenchen Grenchen Solothurn Stadium Brühl SC Kriens Kriens Lucerne Stadion Kleinfeld FC La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds Neuchâtel Centre Sportif de la Charrière FC Lugano Lugano Ticino Cornaredo Stadium FC Luzern Lucerne Lucerne Stadion Allmend FC Nordstern Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Rankhof Vevey-Sports Vevey Vaud Stade de Copet FC Wettingen Wettingen Aargau Stadion Altenburg FC Winterthur Winterthur Zürich Schützenwiese Final league table main WDL R Playout 5 2 NOR Nordstern Basel 18 9 3 69 23 CHI Chiasso 18 9 3 70 30 LUG Lugano 16 10 4 57 19 BIE Biel-Bienne 15 6 9 37 30 VEV Vevey-Sports 13 9 8 58 36 WIN Winterthur 11 10 9 44 44 GRE Grenchen 10 8 12 45 45 KRI Kriens 11 6 13 38 58 BEL Bellinzona 9 8 13 44 55 FRI Fribourg 9 8 13 35 46 AAR Aarau Stephan Beck 2023 https://www.arowa.ch/index.php?page=ligatabelle&saison=78 Schweizer Meisterschaft 1977/78 Nationalliga B Swiss Championship 1977/78 Nationalliga B arowa.ch de 2023-11-16 11 4 15 44 67 LUZ Luzern 7 11 12 34 39 WET Wettingen 9 7 14 36 48 CdF La Chaux-de-Fonds 7 9 14 44 56 GOS Gossau 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 8 16 36 64 BUL Bulle 6 6 18 37 68 green1 Champions promoted to 1978–79 Nationalliga A PC green1 Promoted to 1978–79 Nationalliga A PNLA red1 Relegated to 1978–79 1. Liga R1 R1 yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers; 3) Goals scored; complete rsssf.com Further in Swiss football 1977–78 Swiss Cup 1977–78 Swiss 1. Liga References Sources Switzerland 1977–78 at RSSSF Nationalligaseasons inSwitzerland 1976–77 1978–79 Category:Swiss Football League seasons Swiss Category:1977–78 in Swiss football