1931–32 Nationalliga

Swiss football season Nationalliga 1931–32 Lausanne-SportsGroup 1 winners:ZürichGroup 2 winners:Grasshopper Club BernSt. GallenOld BoysÉtoile-Sporting 30 August 1931 to3 July 1932 2x 72 and 1 deciderplus 7 play-offsand 1 final 1930–31 1932–33 The following is the summary of the Swiss Nationalliga in the 1931–32 football season. This was the 35th season of top-tier football in Switzerland. Overview Preamble The Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) were modifying the formats in the football league system. Last season the top-tier (called Serie A) had 33 Clubs, which had been divided into three regional groups. From here onwards, the top-tier was now named Nationalliga and the number of clubs had been reduced. This season the top-tier had only 18 teams which were divided into two groups and in the following season would be reduced to 16 clubs, also in two groups. From the 1931–32 Nationalliga season the Nationalliga would be contested in one national division with 16 clubs. This season a new second division was created, 1931–32 Swiss 1. Liga, with 18 teams divided into two regional groups. The former second-tier which had been 54 teams in 6 regional groups, now became the third-tier. The season was played from 30 August 1931 to 1 May 1932, with a few rescheduled games being played later in May. The championship play-off rounds took place from 29 May to 26 June 1932. Format The 18 teams were divided into two groups and within the each group the teams played a double round-robin to decide their league table positions. Two points were awarded for a win and one point was awarded for a draw. Four teams qualified for the championship play-offs. The first placed team in each group at the end of the qualification stage were qualified directly for the play-offs. The two second placed teams competed a decider for the third qualification slot. The fourth contender of the final group was the curiosity here, because the second-tier champions were also qualified for this championship group. The play-off was contested as a single round robin. The winners of the play-offs were awarded the Swiss championship title. The last two placed teams in each qualification group were relegated to the 1932–33 Swiss 1. Liga. Only the two group winners in the second-tier, 1. Liga, would both achieve promotion this season, thus reducing the top-tier to 16 teams for the 1932–33 season. 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 1 First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2022 Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV de 2024-11-16 Nationalliga Group 1 Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity FC Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Landhof FC Bern Bern Bern Stadion Neufeld FC La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds Neuchâtel Centre Sportif de la Charrière FC Lugano Lugano Ticino Cornaredo Stadium FC Nordstern Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Rankhof FC St. Gallen St. Gallen St. Gallen Espenmoos Urania Genève Sport Genève Geneva Stade de Frontenex FC Young Fellows Zürich Zürich Utogrund FC Zürich Zürich Zürich Letzigrund League table main WDL Group 1 5 QR 2 ZÜR Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=91 FCZ Saison 1931/32 de-ch FCZ season 1931/32 dbFCZ 2024-11-16 UGS Urania Genève Sport YFZ Young Fellows Zürich LUG Lugano NOR Nordstern Basel CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2024 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1931/32 FCB Rangliste 1931/32 de-ch FCB Ranking 1931/32 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2024-11-16 BER Bern STG FC St. Gallen 13 0 3 44 17 9 1 6 34 24 8 2 6 44 36 7 3 6 31 22 7 2 7 28 35 7 1 8 35 34 7 1 8 35 48 4 3 9 28 43 2 3 11 35 55 green1 Qualified for play-offs QF green3 To decider for play-offs QP red1 Relegated to 1933–34 1. Liga R1 red1 Relegated to 1933–34 1. Liga R2 yes yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers; complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey BAS BER CDF LUG NOR STG UGS YFZ ZÜR Basel 2–2 2–5 3–0 3–1 3–2 0–6 1–4 0–3 Bern 3–4 5–0 1–3 2–0 1–5 0–3 0–8 1–0 La Chaux-de-Fonds 2–6 2–0 3–0 3–1 10–2 1–2 3–0 0–3 Lugano 8–1 3–1 2–0 1–2 6–1 1–2 3–2 0–1 Nordstern 2–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 4–1 4–2 2–1 St. Gallen 2–4 3–3 2–2 1–3 8–1 0–1 1–2 3–4 Urania 4–1 0–3 3–2 0–0 1–0 5–0 2–3 0–1 Young Fellows 0–4 3–3 3–0 1–1 6–4 6–2 3–2 0–2 Zürich 4–1 5–2 0–1 2–0 5–2 4–2 5–2 4–1 complete rsssf.com Group 2 Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity FC Aarau Aarau Aargau Stadion Brügglifeld FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne Bern Stadion Gurzelen 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 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 / Grasshopper Club Zürich Zürich Hardturm BSC Old Boys Basel Basel-Stadt Stadion Schützenmatte Servette FC Geneva Geneva Stade des Charmilles Young Boys Bern Bern Wankdorf Stadium League table main WDL Group 2 5 QR 2 GCZ Grasshopper Club BIE Biel-Bienne YB Young Boys ÉTO Étoile Carouge AAR Aarau BSZ Blue Stars SER Servette Daniel Reichmuth 2024 https://super-servette.ch/Doku/Resultate_Servette_1931-32.pdf Servette Rangliste 1931/32 Servette ranking 1931/32 super-servette-ch fr 2024-11-16 ÉCF Étoile-Sporting OBB Old Boys 12 2 2 54 12 8 4 4 26 23 7 5 4 29 22 4 7 5 33 30 6 3 7 21 32 6 2 8 26 24 5 2 9 18 33 5 2 9 21 41 3 5 8 20 31 green1 Qualified for play-offs QF green3 To decider for play-offs QP red3 To play-out against relegation RPO RPO red1 Relegated to 1933–34 1. Liga R2 yes yes yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers; complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey AAR BSZ BIE ÉTC ÉTS GCZ OBB SER YB Aarau 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–4 0–8 2–1 0–1 3–2 Blue Stars 0–1 1–3 2–0 3–1 2–0 5–0 1–1 2–0 Biel-Bienne 1–1 0–0 1–4 2–1 0–4 5–2 0–2 2–0 Étoile Carouge 2–0 5–3 1–3 5–2 1–1 3–3 2–2 0–0 Étoile-Sporting 2–1 0–3 0–2 3–3 0–4 1–0 2–0 1–4 Grasshopper Club 0–1 3–4 4–1 1–0 9–0 1–2 5–1 2–2 Old Boys 0–0 1–2 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–2 Servette 4–1 2–0 1–2 3–1 0–2 0–4 5–2 2–0 Young Boys 3–1 3–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–5 1–1 4–1 complete rsssf.com Decider against relegation The eighth position in the table was the second relegation slot. Because Servette and Étoile-Sporting ended the qualification stage level on points in joint seventh/eighth position a decider against relegation was required. This match was played on 29 May 1932 at the Stade de la Maladière in Neuchâtel. Servette 5–1 Étoile-Sporting Servette won and were in seventh position, therefore they remained in the division for the next season. Étoile-Sporting were in eighth position and were relegated to 1933–34 1. Liga. Championship play-offs Decider for play-off The two second placed teams Urania Genève Sport and Biel-Bienne contested a play-off to decide who would qualify for the final round. The match took place at the Pontaise in Lausanne on 29 May 1932. Urania Genève Sport 4–3 Biel-Bienne Urania Genève Sport' won and continued to the final round, Biel-Bienne's season was finished. Championship group <onlyinclude>main WDL Q Playoff 2 LS Lausanne-Sports ZÜR Zürich GCZ Grasshopper Club UGS Urania Genève Sport 1 2 0 6 4 2 0 1 6 6 1 1 1 4 3 0 1 2 4 7 4–2 2–2 — — 1–0 3–2 — — 3–1 1–1 — — green3 Play-off for championship QF green3 Play-off for championship QP y noflag 1) Points; 2) Play-off. complete rsssf.com Championship final Because Lausanne-Sports and Zürich ended the play-off group level on points in joint first position a decider for the championship was required. This final was played at the Stadion Neufeld in Bern on 3 July 1932. 3 July 1932 17:00 Lausanne-Sports 5–2 FCZ summary Zürich Widmer ogGerhold 52Leonhardt 64Kramer 82Tschirren 86 30 Lehmann64 Humenberger Stadion Wankdorf, Bern 10,000 SUI Hans Wüthrich Because Lausanne-Sports won the play-off final, the curiosity of the season had occurred, the winners of the very first 1. Liga season also became Swiss champions. This was the first and only time that a team from the second-tier won the championship title. This was the clubs second championship title to this date. Further in Swiss football 1931–32 Swiss Cup 1931–32 Swiss 1. Liga References Sources Switzerland 1931–32 at RSSSF Nationalligaseasons inSwitzerland 1930–31 1932–33 Category:Swiss Football League seasons Swiss Category:1931–32 in Swiss football