1995–96 Swiss 1. Liga

1. Liga

Season	1995–96
Champions	Overall Gossau Group 1: FC Renens Group 2: Fribourg Group 3: Bellinzona Group 4: Gossau
Promoted	Gossau FC Meyrin
Relegated	Group 1: FC Fully FC Raron Group 2: Old Boys FC Le Locle Group 3: Tresa-Monteggio FC Kölliken Emmenbrücke Group 4: SC Brühl FC Stäfa
Matches played	4 times 182 and 1 decider plus 12 play-offs and 4 play-outs
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The 1995–96 Swiss 1. Liga was the 64th 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.

Format

There were 56 clubs in the 1. Liga, divided into four regional groups of 14 teams. Within each group, the teams would play a double round-robin to decide their league position. The four group winners and the four runners-up then contested a play-off for the two promotion slots. The two last placed teams in each group were directly relegated to the 2. Liga (fourth tier). The four third-last placed teams would compete a play-out against the ninth relegation place.

Group 1

Teams

Club	Canton	Stadium	Capacity
FC Bulle	Fribourg	Stade de Bouleyres	7,000
CS Chênois	Geneva	Stade des Trois-Chêne	8,000
FC Echallens	Vaud	Sportplatz 3 Sapins	2,000
FC Fully[1]	Valais	Stade de Charnot	1,000
Grand-Lancy FC	Geneva	Stade de Marignac	1,500
FC Martigny-Sports	Valais	Stade d'Octodure	2,500
FC Meyrin	Geneva	Stade des Arbères	9,000
FC Monthey	Valais	Stade Philippe Pottier	1,800
FC Montreux-Sports	Vaud	Stade de Chailly	1,000
FC Raron[2]	Valais	Sportplatz Rhoneglut	1,000
FC Renens[3]	Waadt	Zone sportive du Censuy	2,300
FC Stade Lausanne	Vaud	Centre sportif de Vidy	1,000
FC Stade Nyonnais	Vaud	Stade de Colovray	7,200
Vevey Sports	Vaud	Stade de Copet	4,000

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Renens	26	16	8	2	57	23	+34	56	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	FC Meyrin	26	18	2	6	57	25	+32	56
3	CS Chênois	26	17	4	5	56	26	+30	55
4	FC Stade Nyonnais	26	15	7	4	69	30	+39	52
5	FC Bulle	26	12	6	8	42	33	+9	42
6	FC Monthey	26	11	8	7	52	36	+16	41
7	FC Martigny-Sports	26	10	8	8	52	49	+3	38
8	Grand-Lancy FC	26	10	6	10	39	43	−4	36
9	FC Echallens	26	9	4	13	37	50	−13	31
10	FC Stade Lausanne	26	8	6	12	29	42	−13	30
11	FC Montreux-Sports	26	7	5	14	30	48	−18	26
12	Vevey Sports	26	5	7	14	31	53	−22	22	Play-out against relegation
13	FC Fully[4]	26	4	4	18	37	80	−43	16	Relegation to 2. Liga
14	FC Raron[4]	26	1	3	22	19	69	−50	6

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but play-off for qualifiers.

Group 2

Teams

Club	Canton	Stadium	Capacity
FC Biel-Bienne	Bern	Stadion Gurzelen	15,000
SC Bümpliz 78	Bern	Bodenweid	4,000
FC Colombier	Neuchâtel	Stade des Chézards	2,500
FC Concordia Basel	Basel-City	Stadion Rankhof	7,000
FC Fribourg	Fribourg	Stade Universitaire	9,000
FC Grenchen	Solothurn	Stadium Brühl	15,100
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	Neuchâtel	Centre Sportif de la Charrière	12,700
FC Le Locle[5]	Neuchâtel	Installation sportive - Jeanneret	3,142
SV Lyss[6]	Bern	Sportzentrum Grien	2,000
FC Münsingen	Bern	Sportanlage Sandreutenen	1,400
BSC Old Boys	Basel-City	Stadion Schützenmatte	8,000
FC Riehen[7]	Basel-City	Sportplatz Grendelmatte	2,500
FC Serrières	Neuchâtel	Pierre-à-Bot	1,700
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 Fribourg	26	21	3	2	66	18	+48	66	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	FC Münsingen	26	14	5	7	47	30	+17	47
3	FC Grenchen	26	12	10	4	42	26	+16	46
4	FC Thun	26	14	2	10	46	38	+8	44
5	FC Biel-Bienne	26	11	6	9	40	28	+12	39
6	FC Colombier	26	11	6	9	38	30	+8	39
7	SV Lyss	26	9	11	6	39	39	0	38
8	FC Serrières	26	9	7	10	43	36	+7	34
9	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	26	9	4	13	33	46	−13	31
10	SC Bümpliz 78]	26	8	6	12	38	44	−6	30
11	FC Concordia Basel	26	9	2	15	40	58	−18	29
12	FC Riehen	26	7	7	12	44	46	−2	28	Play-out against relegation
13	BSC Old Boys[4]	26	6	5	15	30	58	−28	23	Relegation to 2. Liga
14	FC Le Locle[4]	26	2	6	18	13	62	−49	12

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but play-off for qualifiers.

Group 3

Teams

Club	Canton	Stadium	Capacity
FC Ascona[8]	Ticino	Stadio Comunale Ascona	1,400
AC Bellinzona	Ticino	Stadio Comunale Bellinzona	5,000
SC Buochs	Nidwalden	Stadion Seefeld	5,000
FC Emmenbrücke	Lucerne	Stadion Gersag	8,700
FC Freienbach	Schwyz	Chrummen	4,500
FC Hochdorf	Lucerne	Arena	3,150
FC Kölliken[9]	Aargau	Sportstätte Walke	2,000
FC Klus-Balsthal[10]	Solothurn	Sportplatz Moos	4,000
FC Mendrisio	Ticino	Centro Sportivo Comunale	4,000
FC Muri[11]	Aargau	Stadion Brühl	2,350
FC Suhr[12]	Aargau	Hofstattmatten	2,000
FC Sursee[13]	Lucerne	Stadion Schlottermilch	3,500
FC Tresa-Monteggio	Ticino	Cornaredo Stadium	6,330
Zug 94	Zug	Herti Allmend Stadion	6,000

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AC Bellinzona	26	20	5	1	66	13	+53	65	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	FC Ascona	26	15	7	4	44	23	+21	52	Decider winners, play-off to Nationalliga B
3	SC Buochs	26	15	7	4	50	22	+28	52	Decider for play-off
4	Zug 94	26	12	7	7	35	24	+11	43
5	FC Freienbach	26	11	8	7	40	38	+2	41
6	FC Muri	26	9	4	13	29	35	−6	31
7	FC Suhr	26	6	13	7	28	34	−6	31
8	FC Klus-Balsthal	26	7	10	9	36	43	−7	31
9	FC Sursee	26	8	6	12	29	36	−7	30
10	FC Hochdorf	26	7	8	11	25	33	−8	29
11	FC Mendrisio	26	8	5	13	25	41	−16	29
12	FC Emmenbrücke	26	8	4	14	29	47	−18	28	Play-out against relegation
13	FC Tresa-Monteggio[4]	26	6	6	14	25	35	−10	24	Relegation to 2. Liga
14	FC Kölliken[4]	26	3	4	19	19	56	−37	13

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but play-off for qualifiers.

Decider

The decider for second position in the table was played 21 May 1996 in Stadio Comunale Bellinzona.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Ascona	2–0	SC Buochs

FC Ascona advance to play-offs.

Group 4

Teams

Club	Canton	Stadium	Capacity
FC Altstetten[14]	Zürich	Buchlern	1,000
SC Brühl	St. Gallen	Paul-Grüninger-Stadion	4,200
FC Bülach	Zürich	Stadion Erachfeld	3,500
FC Dübendorf[15]	Zürich	Zelgli	1,500
FC Frauenfeld	Thurgau	Kleine Allmend	6,370
FC Glarus[16]	Glarus	Buchholz	800
FC Gossau	St. Gallen	Sportanlage Buechenwald	3,500
FC Red Star Zürich	Zürich	Allmend Brunau	2,000
FC Rorschach[17]	Schwyz	Sportplatz Kellen	1,000
SV Schaffhausen	Schaffhausen	Sportplatz Bühl	1,000
FC Stäfa[18]	Zürich	Sportanlage Frohberg	1,500
FC Tuggen	Schwyz	Linthstrasse	2,800
FC Vaduz	Liechtenstein	Rheinpark Stadion	7,584
SC YF Juventus	Zürich	Utogrund	2,850

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Gossau	26	16	4	6	66	29	+37	52	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	FC Altstetten	26	13	8	5	53	28	+25	47
3	FC Tuggen	26	13	6	7	46	31	+15	45
4	FC Frauenfeld	26	10	10	6	33	26	+7	40
5	FC Rorschach	26	10	8	8	40	37	+3	38
6	FC Dübendorf	26	10	6	10	46	49	−3	36
7	FC Red Star Zürich	26	10	6	10	40	44	−4	36
8	SC Young Fellows Juventus	26	9	8	9	36	35	+1	35
9	FC Glarus	26	9	8	9	40	46	−6	35
10	FC Bülach	26	9	7	10	36	44	−8	34
11	SV Schaffhausen	26	8	8	10	29	36	−7	32
12	FC Vaduz	26	7	8	11	26	38	−12	29	Play-out against relegation
13	SC Brühl[4]	26	6	5	15	34	60	−26	23	Relegation to 2. Liga
14	FC Stäfa[4]	26	4	4	18	26	48	−22	16

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but play-off for qualifiers.

Promotion play-off

Qualification round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Altstetten	0–1	AC Bellinzona
AC Bellinzona	1–1	FC Altstetten

AC Bellinzona win 2–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Ascona	1–1	FC Gossau
FC Gossau	4–3	FC Ascona

FC Gossau win 5–4 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Münsingen	1–0	FC Renens
FC Renens	1–0	FC Münsingen

1–1 on aggregate. FC Renens win 6–5 in penalties and continue to the finals.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Meyrin	0–0	FC Fribourg
FC Fribourg	0–2	FC Meyrin

FC Meyrin win 2–0 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Final round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Gossau	1–0	AC Bellinzona
AC Bellinzona	0–3	FC Gossau

FC Gossau win 4–0 on aggregate and are promoted to Nationalliga B.[4]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Meyrin	2–2	FC Renens
FC Renens	2–6	FC Meyrin

FC Meyrin win 8–4 on aggregate and are promoted to Nationalliga B.[4]

Relegation play-out

The first round in the play-outs were played on 25 May as single legged semi-finals on neutral grounds. The first match at the Linthstrasse in Tuggen and the other at the Stadion Gurzelen in Biel/Bienne. The final was played two legged at home and away.

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Vaduz	5–0	FC Emmenbrücke

FC Emmenbrücke continue to the finals.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Riehen	4–0	Vevey Sports

Vevey Sports continue to the finals.

Final round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Vevey Sports	1–1	FC Emmenbrücke
FC Emmenbrücke	1–6	Vevey Sports

Vevey Sports win 7–2 on aggregate and remain in the 1. Liga. FC Emmenbrücke are relegated to 2. Liga.[4]

See also

• 1995–96 Nationalliga A
• 1995–96 Nationalliga B
• 1995–96 Swiss Cup

References

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Sources

• Switzerland 1995–96 at RSSSF

Preceded by 1994–95

Seasons in Swiss 1. Liga

Succeeded by 1996–97