1956–57 Nationalliga A

Swiss football season 1956–57 Nationalliga A Young Boys ZürichSchaffhausen Adrien Kauer(La Chaux-de-Fonds)29 goals 1955–56 1957–58 1956–57 Nationalliga B Biel-Bienne Biel-BienneGrenchen St. GallenBrühl Walter Beerli (Luzern)Günter Sosna (Cantonal)22 goals 1955–56 1957–58 The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1956–57 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 60th season of top-tier and the 59th 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 1955–56 season and the two newly promoted teams Winterthur and Young Fellows. The champions would qualify for the 1957–58 European Cup and 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 Grenchen and Fribourg, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams Brühl and Yverdon-Sport. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1957–58 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1957–58 Swiss 1. Liga. Nationalliga A Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity FC Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Landhof AC Bellinzona Bellinzona Ticino Stadio Comunale Bellinzona FC Chiasso Chiasso Ticino Stadio Comunale Riva IV Grasshopper Club Zürich Zürich Zürich Hardturm FC La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds Neuchâtel Centre Sportif de la Charrière FC Lausanne-Sport Lausanne Vaud Pontaise FC Lugano Lugano Ticino Cornaredo Stadium FC Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Stadion Breite Servette FC Geneva Geneva Stade des Charmilles Urania Genève Sport Genève Geneva Stade de Frontenex FC Winterthur Winterthur Zürich Schützenwiese BSC Young Boys Bern Bern Wankdorf Stadium FC Young Fellows Zürich Zürich Utogrund FC Zürich Zürich Zürich Letzigrund Final league table main WDL QR 5 2 YB Young Boys (red) BSC Young Boys AG 2024 https://www.bscyb.ch/archiv-1956-57#mnc_395 YB Saison 1956/57 YB season 1956/57 BSC Young Boys AG de 2024-11-16 GCZ Grasshopper Club CDF La Chaux-de-Fonds BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2024 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1956/57 FCB Rangliste 1956/57 de-ch Ranking 1956/57 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2024-11-16 UGS Urania Genève Sport BEL Bellinzona LS Lausanne-Sport SER Servette Daniel Reichmuth 2024 https://super-servette.ch/Doku/Resultate_Servette_1956-57.pdf Servette 1956/57 super-servette-ch fr 2024-11-16 CHI Chiasso LUG Lugano WIN Winterthur YFZ Young Fellows Zürich ZÜR Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=62 FCZ Saison 1956/57 de-ch FCZ season 1956/57 dbFCZ 2024-11-16 SCH Schaffhausen 21 3 2 76 22 19 3 4 82 30 17 4 5 87 35 15 4 7 53 38 12 6 8 38 34 10 8 8 37 42 11 5 10 44 37 9 8 9 40 44 10 5 11 46 62 6 5 15 39 51 6 4 16 43 67 4 6 16 30 67 5 4 17 34 61 1 7 18 26 85 green1 Swiss Champions qualified for 1957–58 European Cup A yellow1 Swiss Cup winners C red3 to play-out against relegation RPO1 RPO1 red1 Relegated to 1957–58 Nationalliga B R 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 BEL CDF CHI GCZ LS LUG SHA SER UGS WIN YB YFZ ZÜR Basel 3–0 3–0 1–3 4–3 1–0 3–0 4–1 0–0 2–1 3–2 3–4 3–1 3–0 Bellinzona 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–4 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 Chiasso 1–1 3–2 1–2 1–4 1–1 3–2 2–2 1–1 3–1 3–1 0–8 5–0 2–1 Grasshopper Club 1–0 7–2 8–1 2–2 4–2 3–2 9–0 1–1 1–2 5–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 La Chaux-de-Fonds 2–3 3–0 1–0 4–2 5–2 7–2 4–0 4–1 4–0 5–2 2–0 4–0 6–2 Lausanne-Sports 7–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 3–2 3–2 3–0 2–0 2–2 3–1 0–1 3–1 1–2 Lugano 1–1 0–0 4–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 6–0 3–1 0–0 2–3 0–2 3–1 1–3 Schaffhausen 0–2 0–4 3–4 0–5 1–5 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–4 2–6 1–1 1–1 Servette 1–0 4–0 2–2 1–5 2–2 0–2 2–2 3–1 1–2 4–3 0–2 1–0 2–1 Urania Genève Sport 1–0 3–1 4–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 5–3 3–0 Winterthur 0–1 2–3 2–5 0–4 1–3 2–3 2–0 6–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–3 2–0 Young Boys 2–2 2–1 4–0 2–0 4–3 0–0 5–1 3–2 2–0 5–0 7–1 5–1 2–0 Young Fellows Zürich 0–3 2–2 2–4 1–6 0–5 2–1 3–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 Zürich 3–5 1–1 0–3 1–2 1–6 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–4 1–2 4–1 1–5 0–1 complete rsssf.com Relegation play-out FC Zürich and Young Fellows Zürich finished level on points in joint twelfth position. Therefore, it required a play-out against relegation and for twelfth position. This took place on 23 June 1957 at the Hardturm in Zürich. Young Fellows 2–1 Zürich Young Fellows won and remained in the top-tier. Zürich were relegated to 1957–58 Nationalliga B. Topscorers Rank Player Nat. Goals Club1. Adrien Kauer SUI 29 La Chaux-de-Fonds2. Branislav Vukosavljević YUG 26 Grasshopper Club3. Josef Hügi SUI 22 Basel4. Eugen Meier SUI 18 Young Boys5. Raymond Duret SUI 17 Grasshopper Club6. Arturo Capoferri SUI 16 Bellinzona Charles Antenen SUI 16 La Chaux-de-Fonds René Hamel SUI 16 Young Boys Robert Ballaman SUI 16 Grasshopper Club10. Raymond Morand SUI 14 La Chaux-de-Fonds Nationalliga B Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity FC Bern Bern Bern Stadion Neufeld FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne Bern Stadion Gurzelen SC Brühl St. Gallen St. Gallen Paul-Grüninger-Stadion FC Cantonal Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière FC Fribourg Fribourg Fribourg Stade Universitaire FC Grenchen Grenchen Solothurn Stadium Brühl FC Lengnau (red) Fussballverband Bern/Jura 2024 https://matchcenter.fvbj-afbj.ch/default.aspx?v=1295&oid=6&lng=1 FC Lengnau Fussballverband Bern/Jura de 2024-11-16 Lengnau Bern Moos Lengnau BE FC Luzern Lucerne Lucerne Stadion Allmend ES FC Malley Malley Vaud Centre sportif de la Tuilière FC Nordstern Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Rankhof FC Solothurn Solothurn Solothurn Stadion FC Solothurn FC St. Gallen St. Gallen St. Gallen Espenmoos FC Thun Thun Bern Stadion Lachen Yverdon-Sport FC Yverdon-les-Bains Vaud Stade Municipal Final league table main WDL QR 5 2 BIE FC Biel-Bienne 18 4 4 64 25 GRE FC Grenchen 19 2 5 73 34 FRI FC Fribourg 10 11 5 47 27 SOL FC Solothurn 12 5 9 31 40 YVE Yverdon-Sport FC 11 6 9 53 46 CN FC Cantonal Neuchâtel 10 7 9 41 46 LUZ FC Luzern 11 4 11 47 43 ESM ES FC Malley 10 6 10 49 50 NOR FC Nordstern Basel 8 8 10 45 48 THU FC Thun 9 4 13 45 48 LEN FC Lengnau 8 6 12 38 55 BER FC Bern 6 7 13 29 33 STG FC St. Gallen 5 9 12 27 43 BRÜ SC Brühl 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 4 3 19 23 74 green3 To play-off for title QP2 QP2 red3 to play-out against relegation RPO1 RPO1 red1 Relegated to 1957–58 1. Liga R2 yes yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers; complete rsssf Play-off for title FC Biel-Bienne and FC Grenchen finished level on points in joint first position and had both achieved promotion to 1957–58 Nationalliga A. However, it required a play-off to decide the title as NLB champions and this took place on 23 June 1957 at the Stadion Neufeld in Bern. Biel-Bienne 3–1 Grenchen Biel-Bienne won the NLB championship. Relegation play-out FC Bern and FC St. Gallen finished level on points in joint twelfth position. Therefore, it required a play-out against relegation and for twelfth position. This took place on 23 June 1957 at the Hardturm in Zürich. Bern 1–1 FC St. Gallen Due to the egality a replay was required and this was played on 30 June at the Stadion Allmend in Luzern. Bern 2–1 St. Gallen Bern won and remained in the second-tier. St. Gallen were relegated to 1957–58 1. Liga. Further in Swiss football 1956–57 Swiss Cup 1956–57 Swiss 1. Liga References Sources Switzerland 1956–57 at RSSSF Nationalligaseasons inSwitzerland 1955–56 1957–58 Category:Swiss Football League seasons Swiss Category:1956–57 in Swiss football