Football league season
The 1983–84 Swiss 1. Liga was the 52nd season of this league since its creation in 1931. At this time, the 1. Liga was the third tier of the Swiss football league system and it was the highest level of amateur football.
There were 56 clubs in the 1. Liga, divided into four regional groups, each with 14 teams. Within each group, the teams would play a double round-robin to decide their league position. Two points were awarded for a win. The four group winners and the four runners-up contested a first play-off round to decide three promotion slots. The two last placed teams in each group were directly relegated to the 2. Liga (fourth tier).
Group 1
Teams
Club
Canton
Stadium
Capacity
FC Boudry
Neuchâtel
Stade des Buchilles
1,500
Étoile Carouge FC
Geneva
Stade de la Fontenette
3,690
FC Fétigny
Fribourg
Stade Communal - Fétigny
500
FC Leytron
Valais
Stade Saint-Martin
1,000
ES FC Malley
Vaud
Centre Sportif de la Tuilière
1,500
FC Montreux-Sports
Vaud
Stade de Chailly
1,000
FC Raron [ 4]
Valais
Sportplatz Rhoneglut
1,000
FC Renens
Waadt
Zone sportive du Censuy
2,300
FC Saint-Jean GE
Geneva
Centre sportif de Varembé[ 6]
3,000
FC Savièse
Valais
Stade St-Germain
2,000
FC Stade Lausanne
Vaud
Centre sportif de Vidy
1,000
FC Stade Nyonnais
Vaud
Stade de Colovray
7,200
FC Stade Payerne [ 8]
Vaud
Stade Municipal
1,100
Yverdon-Sport FC
Vaud
Stade Municipal
6,600
Final league table
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1
Etoile Carouge FC
26
16
5
5
58
25
+33
37
Play-off to Nationalliga B
2
Yverdon-Sport FC
26
16
4
6
61
34
+27
36
3
FC Leytron
26
13
9
4
54
34
+20
35
4
FC Montreux-Sports
26
13
6
7
48
39
+9
32
5
ES FC Malley
26
11
7
8
54
42
+12
29
6
FC Renens
26
10
7
9
36
40
−4
27
7
FC Saint-Jean GE
26
10
6
10
53
51
+2
26
8
FC Stade Lausanne
26
9
7
10
34
39
−5
25
9
FC Fétigny
26
9
6
11
39
44
−5
24
10
FC Savièse
26
12
0
14
54
62
−8
24
11
FC Stade Payerne
26
8
8
10
40
49
−9
24
12
FC Raron
26
7
6
13
28
39
−11
20
Play-out against relegation
13
FC Boudry[ 9]
26
6
5
15
28
52
−24
17
Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
14
FC Stade Nyonnais [ 9]
26
3
2
21
33
70
−37
8
Source:
RSSSF Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers.
Group 2
Teams
Club
Canton
Stadium
Capacity
FC Allschwil [ 10]
Basel-Country
Im Brüel, Allschwil
1,700
FC Aurore Bienne [ 11]
Bern
Tilleul-Linde
1,000
FC Bern
Bern
Stadion Neufeld
14,000
FC Breitenbach [ 12]
Solothurn
Grien
2,000
US Boncourt
Jura
Stade Communal Léon Burrus
1,640
SC Burgdorf [ 14]
canton of Bern
Stadion Neumatt
3,850
FC Concordia Basel
Basel-Stadt
Stadion Rankhof
7,000
SR Delémont
Jura
La Blancherie
5,263
FC Köniz [ 15]
Bern
Sportplatz Liebefeld-Hessgut
2,600
FC Le Locle
Neuchâtel
Installation sportive - Jeanneret
3,142
FC Lengnau [ 17]
Bern
Moos Lengnau BE
3,900
BSC Old Boys
Basel-Stadt
Stadion Schützenmatte
8,000
FC Solothurn
Solothurn
Stadion FC Solothurn
6,750
FC Thun
Bern
Stadion Lachen
10,350
Final league table
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1
FC Köniz
26
16
5
5
44
28
+16
37
Play-off to Nationalliga B
2
FC Breitenbach
26
14
3
9
45
36
+9
31
3
FC Concordia Basel
26
12
6
8
35
28
+7
30
4
FC Lengnau
26
9
11
6
42
34
+8
29
5
SR Delémont
26
10
8
8
44
36
+8
28
6
US Boncourt
26
9
8
9
40
31
+9
26
7
FC Bern
26
9
8
9
37
43
−6
26
8
BSC Old Boys
26
9
7
10
35
30
+5
25
9
SC Burgdorf
26
8
9
9
39
37
+2
25
10
FC Thun
26
8
9
9
48
48
0
25
11
FC Le Locle
26
8
9
9
41
42
−1
25
12
FC Solothurn
26
9
7
10
40
50
−10
25
Play-out against relegation
13
FC Allschwil[ 9]
26
7
7
12
32
45
−13
21
Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
14
FC Aurore Bienne[ 9]
26
3
5
18
18
52
−34
11
Source:
RSSSF Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers.
Group 3
Teams
Club
Canton
Stadium
Capacity
FC Bremgarten [ 18]
Aargau
Bärenmatt
2,000
FC Brugg
Aargau
Stadion Au
3,300
SC Buochs
Nidwalden
Stadion Seefeld
5,000
SC Emmen [ 19]
Lucerne
Sportanlage Feldbreite
500
FC Emmenbrücke
Lucerne
Stadion Gersag
8,700
FC Ibach
Schwyz
Gerbihof
3,300
FC Klus-Balsthal [ 20]
Solothurn
Sportplatz Moos
4,000
SC Kriens
Lucerne
Stadion Kleinfeld
5,100
FC Oberentfelden [ 21]
Aargau
Schützenrain
1,500
FC Olten [ 22]
Solothurn
Sportanlagen Kleinholz
8,000
SC Reiden [ 23]
Lucerne
Kleinfeld
1,000
FC Sursee [ 24]
Lucerne
Stadion Schlottermilch
3,500
FC Suhr [ 25]
Aargau
Hofstattmatten
2,000
FC Zug
Zug
Herti Allmend Stadion
6,000
Final league table
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1
SC Kriens
26
15
7
4
70
29
+41
37
Play-off to Nationalliga B
2
FC Zug
26
14
9
3
58
22
+36
37
3
FC Olten
26
12
9
5
42
30
+12
33
4
FC Suhr
26
12
7
7
43
32
+11
31
5
FC Emmenbrücke
26
12
6
8
44
39
+5
30
6
FC Klus-Balsthal
26
10
9
7
42
39
+3
29
7
FC Bremgarten
26
11
5
10
41
49
−8
27
8
FC Ibach
26
6
11
9
32
33
−1
23
9
SC Reiden
26
7
9
10
29
38
−9
23
10
FC Sursee
26
8
7
11
39
50
−11
23
11
SC Buochs
26
5
12
9
28
33
−5
22
12
FC Brugg
26
8
6
12
27
47
−20
22
Play-out against relegation
13
FC Emmen[ 9]
26
7
4
15
42
52
−10
18
Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
14
FC Oberentfelden[ 9]
26
2
5
19
19
63
−44
9
Source:
RSSSF Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers.
Group 4
Teams
Club
Canton
Stadium
Capacity
FC Altstätten (St. Gallen)[ 26]
St. Gallen
Grüntal Altstätten
1,000
FC Balzers
Liechtenstein
Sportplatz Rheinau
2,000
FC Brüttisellen [ 27]
Zürich
Lindenbuck
1,000
FC Dübendorf [ 28]
Zürich
Zelgli
1,500
FC Einsiedeln [ 29]
Schwyz
Rappenmöösli
1,300
FC Frauenfeld
Thurgau
Kleine Allmend
6,370
FC Kreuzlingen
Thurgau
Sportplatz Hafenareal
1,200
FC Küsnacht [ 30]
Zürich
Sportanlage Heslibach
2,300
FC Rorschach [ 31]
Schwyz
Sportplatz Kellen
1,000
FC Rüti [ 32]
Zürich
Schützenwiese
1,200
FC Schaffhausen
Schaffhausen
Berformance Arena Schaffhausen
8,200
FC Turicum [ 33]
Zürich
Hardhof
1,000
FC Uzwil [ 34]
St. Gallen
Rüti
1,000
FC Vaduz
Liechtenstein
Rheinpark Stadion
7,584
Final league table
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1
FC Schaffhausen
26
18
5
3
60
25
+35
41
Play-off to Nationalliga B
2
FC Vaduz
26
15
5
6
54
36
+18
35
3
FC Kreuzlingen
26
14
5
7
54
42
+12
33
4
FC Rüti
26
13
7
6
33
21
+12
33
5
FC Brüttisellen
26
12
8
6
38
24
+14
32
6
FC Altstätten (St. Gallen)
26
11
4
11
55
52
+3
26
7
FC Dübendorf
26
10
6
10
35
35
0
26
8
FC Einsiedeln
26
11
4
11
45
51
−6
26
9
FC Frauenfeld
26
9
6
11
40
37
+3
24
10
FC Turicum
26
6
9
11
42
55
−13
21
11
FC Küsnacht
26
6
6
14
20
39
−19
18
12
FC Rorschach
26
5
8
13
35
55
−20
18
Play-out against relegation
13
FC Balzers [ 9]
26
6
5
15
25
42
−17
17
Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
14
FC Uzwil[ 9]
26
4
6
16
33
56
−23
14
Source:
RSSSF Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers.
Qualification round
Yverdon-Sport FC win 4–3 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
FC Zug win 6–4 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
FC Schaffhausen win 7–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
Etoile Carouge FC win 3–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
Final round
FC Schaffhausen win 5–2 on aggregate and are promoted to 1984–85 Nationalliga B .[ 9]
Etoile Carouge FC win on away goals and are promoted to 1984–85 Nationalliga B .[ 9]
Decider for third place
Yverdon-Sport FC win 3–2 on aggregate and are promoted to 1984–85 Nationalliga B . FC Zug remain in 1. Liga.[ 9]
Decider for 1. Liga championship
FC Schaffhausen win and are 1. Liga champions.[ 9]
Relegation play-out
First round
FC Raron continue to the final.
Team 1
Score
Team 2
FC Brugg
1–0
FC Rorschach
FC Rorschach continue to the final.
Final round
Team 1
Score
Team 2
FC Raron
1–1
FC Rorschach
FC Rorschach
2–0
FC Raron
FC Rorschach win 3–1 on aggregate and remain in division. FC Raron are relegated to 2. Liga .[ 9]
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