1962–63 Nationalliga A

Nationalliga A
Season1962–63
ChampionsZürich
RelegatedYoung Fellows
Lugano
Top goalscorerPeter von Burg (Zürich)
24 goals
Nationalliga B
Season1962–63
ChampionsFC Schaffhausen
PromotedFC Schaffhausen
Cantonal Neuchâtel
RelegatedMoutier
Bodio
Top goalscorerAdolf Tochtermann (Winterthur)
22 goals

The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1962–63 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 66th season of top-tier and the 65th season of second-tier football in Switzerland.

Overview

The Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) had 28 member clubs at this time and these were devided 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 1961–62 season and the two newly promoted teams FC Sion and FC Chiasso. The champions would qualify for the 1963–64 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, Schaffhausen and Fribourg, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams FC Cantonal Neuchâtel and FC Moutier. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1963–64 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1963–64 Swiss 1. Liga.[1]

The Swiss champions received a slot in the 1963–64 European Cup and the Cup winners received a slot in the 1964–65 Cup Winners' Cup.

Nationalliga A

Teams, locations

Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Basel Basel  Basel-Stadt St. Jakob Stadium 36,800
FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne  Bern Stadion Gurzelen 15,000
FC Chiasso Chiasso  Ticino Stadio Comunale Riva IV 4,000
Grasshopper Club Zürich Zürich  Zürich Hardturm 20,000
FC Grenchen Grenchen  Solothurn Stadium Brühl 15,100
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds  Neuchâtel Centre Sportif de la Charrière 12,700
FC Lausanne-Sport Lausanne  Vaud Pontaise 15,700
FC Lugano Lugano  Ticino Cornaredo Stadium 6,330
FC Luzern Lucerne  Lucerne Stadion Allmend 25,000
Servette FC Geneva  Geneva Stade des Charmilles 27,000
FC Sion Sion  Valais Stade de Tourbillon 16,000
BSC Young Boys Bern  Bern Wankdorf Stadium 56,000
FC Young Fellows Zürich  Zürich Utogrund 2,850
FC Zürich Zürich  Zürich Letzigrund 25,000

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Zürich[2] 26 20 4 2 81 33 +48 44 Swiss Champions qualified for 1963–64 European Cup
and entered 1963–64 Intertoto Cup
2 Lausanne-Sport 26 18 4 4 81 30 +51 40 Entered 1963–64 Intertoto Cup
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 12 8 6 55 44 +11 32 Entered 1963–64 Intertoto Cup
4 Young Boys[3] 26 13 5 8 62 49 +13 31 Entered 1963–64 Intertoto Cup
5 Servette[4] 26 11 4 11 54 39 +15 26
6 Basel[5] 26 10 6 10 59 51 +8 26 Swiss Cup winners qualified for 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup
7 Grasshopper Club 26 9 7 10 57 51 +6 25
8 Biel-Bienne 26 9 6 11 38 44 −6 24
9 Grenchen 26 8 7 11 40 49 −9 23
10 Luzern 26 7 9 10 41 54 −13 23
11 Chiasso 26 7 6 13 33 69 −36 20
12 Sion 26 6 7 13 37 69 −32 19
13 Young Fellows Zürich 26 7 3 16 34 58 −24 17 Relegated to 1963–64 Nationalliga B
14 Lugano 26 4 6 16 21 53 −32 14 Relegated to 1963–64 Nationalliga B
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

Results

Home \ Away BAS BB CDF CHI GCZ GRE LS LUG LUZ SER SIO YB YFZ ZÜR
Basel 3–2 3–4 2–2 1–2 3–5 3–1 3–0 0–2 3–2 8–1 2–2 2–1 0–1
Biel-Bienne 1–2 4–3 1–1 0–3 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–3 6–1 3–2 1–0 1–4
La Chaux-de-Fonds 3–2 3–1 4–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 4–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 6–4
Chiasso 2–4 0–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 2–4 2–0 2–4 2–4 0–2 2–2 2–0 0–6
Grasshopper Club 3–0 0–0 5–4 9–1 1–1 4–2 0–0 4–1 0–3 6–1 0–0 3–3 1–3
Grenchen 3–2 1–0 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 3–1 5–0 2–4 1–0 0–6
Lausanne-Sport 0–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 6–2 3–0 3–2 6–2 2–1 5–0 4–0 6–0 9–1
Lugano 0–3 0–2 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 5–1 0–0
Luzern 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 4–2 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–5 1–3 3–5
Servette 3–1 4–1 3–1 0–0 3–1 4–1 1–3 5–1 0–0 6–0 2–3 3–0 0–1
Sion 3–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–5 7–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–1
Young Boys 2–2 3–0 3–0 3–4 6–3 6–0 1–6 4–1 3–0 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–5
Young Fellows 2–4 1–0 1–2 3–0 1–5 1–1 0–4 3–0 3–2 1–3 4–1 1–3 3–3
Zürich 3–2 3–1 0–0 7–0 4–0 2–1 1–1 5–0 4–1 3–1 6–2 2–0 1–0
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Topscorers

Rank Player Goals Club
1. von Burg Peter 24 FC Zürich
2. Bertschi Heinz 22 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
3. Frigerio Roberto 21 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
4. Meier Eugen 18 BSC Young Boys
5. Blumer Heinz 16 FC Basel
Heuri Walter 16 Servette Genève
Anker Francis 16 FC Sion
Stürmer Klaus (GER) 16 FC Zürich
9. Daina André 15 BSC Young Boys
10. Odermatt Karl 14 FC Basel
Kunz Georg 14 Grasshopper Club
12. Charly Hertig 13 Lausanne-Sports
Fischer Paul 13 FC Luzern
13. Dürr Richard 12 Lausanne-Sports
Brizzi Bruno 12 FC Zürich
15. Hosp Robert 11 Lausanne-Sports
Wechselberger Ernst (GER) 11 BSC Young Boys
Benkö Josef (HUN) 11 Young Fellows
18. Graf Edgar 10 FC Biel-Bienne
Bergna Enzo 10 FC Chiasso
Gronau Rolf 10 Grasshopper Club
Duret Raymond 10 Grasshopper Club

Nationalliga B

Teams, locations

Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Aarau Aarau  Aargau Stadion Brügglifeld 9,240
AC Bellinzona Bellinzona  Ticino Stadio Comunale Bellinzona 5,000
FC Bern Bern  Bern Stadion Neufeld 14,000
FC Bodio[6] Bodio  Ticino Campo comunale Pollegio 1,000
SC Brühl St. Gallen  St. Gallen Paul-Grüninger-Stadion 4,200
FC Cantonal Neuchâtel Neuchâtel  Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière 25,500
FC Fribourg Fribourg  Fribourg Stade Universitaire 9,000
FC Moutier[7] Moutier  Bern Stade de Chalière 5,000
FC Porrentruy[8] Porrentruy  Jura Stade du Tirage 4,226
FC Schaffhausen Schaffhausen  Schaffhausen Stadion Breite 7,300
FC Thun Thun  Bern Stadion Lachen 10,350
Urania Genève Sport Genève  Geneva Stade de Frontenex 4,000
Vevey Sports Vevey  Vaud Stade de Copet 4,000
FC Winterthur Winterthur  Zürich Schützenwiese 8,550

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Schaffhausen 26 14 7 5 55 31 +24 35 NLB Champions and promoted to 1963–64 Nationalliga A
2 FC Cantonal Neuchâtel 26 13 5 8 52 39 +13 31 Promoted to 1963–64 Nationalliga A
3 FC Winterthur 26 12 4 10 53 37 +16 28
4 AC Bellinzona 26 9 10 7 41 33 +8 28
5 SC Brühl 26 11 5 10 51 46 +5 27
6 Urania Genève Sport 26 9 9 8 40 37 +3 27
7 FC Thun 26 11 5 10 51 50 +1 27
8 Vevey Sports 26 11 4 11 47 46 +1 26
9 FC Porrentruy 26 11 3 12 46 57 −11 25
10 FC Aarau[9] 26 8 8 10 46 49 −3 24
11 FC Bern 26 9 6 11 37 41 −4 24
12 FC Moutier 26 9 6 11 31 51 −20 24
13 FC Bodio[1] 26 8 6 12 22 41 −19 22 Relegated to 1963–64 1. Liga
14 FC Fribourg[1] 26 6 4 16 41 55 −14 16 Relegated to 1963–64 1. Liga
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

Further in Swiss football

References

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Sources

Preceded by
1961–62 		Nationalliga
seasons in
Switzerland 		Succeeded by
1963–64