1976–77 Nationalliga A

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Nationalliga A
Season1976–77
Champions Basel
Relegated Winterthur
Bellinzona
European Cup Basel
Cup Winners' Cup Young Boys
UEFA Cup Servette
Zürich
Grasshopper Club
Top goalscorer Franco Cucinotta (Zürich)
28 goals
1977–78 →
Nationalliga B
Season1976–77
Champions Etoile Carouge
Promoted Etoile Carouge
Young Fellows Zürich
Relegated Mendrisiostar
FC Raron
Top goalscorerStefan Fischer (SC Kriens)
19 goals
1977–78 →

The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1976–77 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 80th season of top-tier and the 79th season of second-tier football in Switzerland.

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Overview

The Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) had 28 members at this time and they had just reformed the Swiss football league system in advance of this season. The number of teams in the top tier (NLA) had been reduced from 14 to 12 and increased the second-tier (NLB) from 14 to 16 teams.

The NLA was contested by the first 11 teams from the previous season and the sole promoted team AC Bellinzona. The NLA was played in two stages. The first phase was the qualification and was played by all 12 teams in a double round-robin to decide their table positions. Two points were awarded for a win and one point was awarded for a draw. After completion of the qualification phase, the division was divided into two groups. The first six teams contended in the championship group and the teams in positions seventh to twelfth contended the relegation group. The teams took half of the points obtained in the qualification as bonus into the second stage. The first stage had 22 rounds, the second stage had 10 rounds. The champions would qualify for the 1977–78 European Cup and the Swiss Cup winners would qualify for 1977–78 Cup Winners' Cup. The UEFA modified the entry rules for Switzerland, therefore, this season three teams would qualify for the 1977–78 UEFA Cup. The last two teams in the relegation group dropped to the second-tier.

The NLB was contested 11 teams from that division the previous season, the three relegated teams Lugano, La Chaux-de-Fonds and Biel-Bienne and the two promoted teams Mendrisiostar and SC Kriens. The teams in the NLB played in just one stage, a total of 30 rounds. The top two teams achieved promotion, the bottom two teams were relegated to the 1. Liga.

Nationalliga A

The first round of the NLA was played on 14 August 1976. There was a winter break between 5 December and 26 February 1977. The qualifying phase was completed by 16 April and the second phase took place between 30 April and 25 June. A championship play-off was required and this took place on 28 June 1977 at the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern in front of 55,000 supporters.

Teams, locations

TeamTown Canton StadiumCapacity
FC Basel Basel Flag of Canton of Basel.svg Basel-Stadt St. Jakob Stadium 36,800
AC Bellinzona Bellinzona Flag of Canton of Ticino.svg Ticino Stadio Comunale Bellinzona 5,000
CS Chênois Thônex Flag of Canton of Geneva.svg Geneva Stade des Trois-Chêne8,000
Grasshopper Club Zürich Zürich Flag of Canton of Zurich.svg Zürich Hardturm 20,000
FC Lausanne-Sport Lausanne Flag of Canton of Vaud.svg Vaud Pontaise 15,700
Neuchâtel Xamax FC Neuchâtel Flag of Canton of Neuchatel.svg Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière 25,500
FC St. Gallen St. Gallen Flag of Canton of Sankt Gallen.svg St. Gallen Espenmoos 11,000
Servette FC Geneva Flag of Canton of Geneva.svg Geneva Stade des Charmilles 27,000
FC Sion Sion Flag of Canton of Valais.svg Valais Stade de Tourbillon 16,000
FC Winterthur Winterthur Flag of Canton of Zurich.svg Zürich Schützenwiese 8,550
BSC Young Boys Bern Flag of Canton of Bern.svg Bern Wankdorf Stadium 56,000
FC Zürich Zürich Flag of Canton of Zurich.svg Zürich Letzigrund 25,000

Qualifying stage

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Servette 2214716827+4135To championship round
halved points (rounded up) as bonus
2 Basel [1] 2214535430+2433
3 Zürich [2] 2212734918+3131
4 Neuchâtel Xamax 2210753727+1027
5 Young Boys 228953734+325
6 Grasshopper Club 227874128+1322
7 Lausanne-Sport 228683931+822To relegation play-out round
halved points (rounded up) as bonus
8 Chênois 226882939−1020
9 Sion 2241081932−1318
10 St. Gallen 2256112640−1416
11 Bellinzona 2232171973−548
12 Winterthur 2215161958−397
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored;

Results

Home \ Away BAS BEL CHÊ GCZ LS NX SER SIO STG YB WIN ZÜR
Basel 4–34–13–22–23–14–12–14–21–46–11–3
Bellinzona 1–21–11–31–02–20–42–10–10–24–10–3
Chênois 1–22–10–01–11–51–41–02–04–43–11–0
Grasshopper Club 1–18–21–14–00–11–10–21–11–34–02–2
Lausanne-Sports 0–15–03–01–21–23–73–05–00–03–01–1
Neuchâtel Xamax 0–25–00–03–20–21–10–01–02–22–02–1
Servette 2–210–02–12–13–01–16–04–13–12–02–1
Sion 0–02–11–11–32–20–31–13–10–02–01–1
St. Gallen 1–14–00–30–01–42–03–51–10–02–01–3
Young Boys 0–65–05–21–02–00–40–20–01–15–21–1
Winterthur 2–32–02–21–41–21–14–41–10–30–00–1
Zürich 1–06–02–01–11–16–11–13–02–15–14–0
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship stage

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDBPPtsQualification
1 Basel] [1] 105231916+31729Championship winners, qualified for 1977–78 European Cup
2 Servette 105141614+21829Play-off losers, qualified for 1977–78 UEFA Cup
3 Zürich [2] 105142418+61627qualified for 1977–78 UEFA Cup
and entered 1977 Intertoto Cup
4 Grasshopper Club 105231510+51123qualified for 1977–78 UEFA Cup
and entered 1977 Intertoto Cup
5 Xamax 103161418−41421
6 Young Boys 103161224−121320Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1977–78 Cup Winners' Cup
and entered 1977 Intertoto Cup
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but play-off for the title.


Championship play-off

Play-Off
Basel 2–1 Servette
Mundschin Soccerball shade.svg37'
von Wartburg Soccerball shade.svg75'		 FCB report Soccerball shade.svg30' Müller
Yellow card.svg 66' Thouvenel
Yellow card.svg 77' Guyot
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Ruedi Renggli

Results

Home \ Away BAS GCZ NX SER YB ZÜR
Basel 2–33–12–02–03–1
Grasshopper Club 6–12–10–00–00–2
Neuchâtel Xamax 0–00–14–22–02–0
Servette 2–03–03–14–11–0
Young Boys 0–30–32–12–11–5
Zürich 3–31–05–24–03–6
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-out

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDBPPtsQualification or relegation
1 Lausanne-Sport 10730247+171128
2 Chênois 105412413+111024Entered 1977 Intertoto Cup
3 Sion 105051817+1919
4 St. Gallen 103251819−1816
5 Winterthur 103341114−3413Relegated to 1977–78 Nationalliga B
6 Bellinzona 10028732−2546Relegated to 1977–78 Nationalliga B
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored;

Results

Home \ Away BEL CHÊ LS SIO STG WIN
Bellinzona 0–10–01–21–30–0
Chênois 6–21–13–20–14–0
Lausanne-Sports 5–02–22–03–11–0
Sion 7–11–10–43–11–1
St. Gallen 5–11–32–43–11–0
Winterthur 3–13–31–22–11–0
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Nationalliga B

Teams, locations

TeamTown Canton StadiumCapacity
FC Aarau Aarau Flag of Canton of Aargau.svg Aargau Stadion Brügglifeld 9,240
FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne Flag of Canton of Bern.svg Bern Stadion Gurzelen 15,000
FC Chiasso Chiasso Flag of Canton of Ticino.svg Ticino Stadio Comunale Riva IV 4,000
Étoile Carouge FC Carouge Flag of Canton of Geneva.svg Geneva Stade de la Fontenette 3,690
FC Fribourg Fribourg Flag of Canton of Fribourg.svg Fribourg Stade Universitaire 9,000
FC Gossau Gossau Flag of Canton of Sankt Gallen.svg St. Gallen Sportanlage Buechenwald3,500
FC Grenchen Grenchen Flag of Canton of Solothurn.svg Solothurn Stadium Brühl 15,100
SC Kriens Kriens Flag of Canton of Lucerne.svg Lucerne Stadion Kleinfeld5,100
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds Flag of Canton of Neuchatel.svg Neuchâtel Centre Sportif de la Charrière 12,700
FC Lugano Lugano Flag of Canton of Ticino.svg Ticino Cornaredo Stadium 6,330
FC Luzern Lucerne Flag of Canton of Lucerne.svg Lucerne Stadion Allmend 25,000
Mendrisiostar Mendrisio Flag of Canton of Ticino.svg Ticino Centro Sportivo Comunale4,000
FC Nordstern Basel Basel Flag of Canton of Basel.svg Basel-Stadt Rankhof 7,600
FC Raron [3] Raron Flag of Canton of Valais.svg Valais Sportplatz Rhoneglut1,000
Vevey-Sports Vevey Flag of Canton of Vaud.svg Vaud Stade de Copet 4,000
FC Young Fellows Zürich Zürich Flag of Canton of Zurich.svg Zürich Utogrund 2,850

Final league table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsRelegation
1 Etoile Carouge 3019655832+2644NLB Champions promoted to 1978–79 Nationalliga A
2 FC Young Fellows Zürich 30151145225+2741Promoted to 1978–79 Nationalliga A
3 Nordstern Basel 30151055328+2540
4 Lugano 3013983730+735
5 FC Chiasso 30121083724+1334
6 La Chaux-de-Fonds 30145115541+1433
7 FC Grenchen 30111183129+233
8 SC Kriens 30117124245−329
9 Luzern 30910113543−828
10 Vevey-Sports 3098133847−926
11 FC Fribourg 30712113242−1026
12 FC Gossau 3088143044−1424
13 FC Aarau [4] 3095163443−923
14 FC Biel-Bienne 30610143049−1922
15 Mendrisiostar 3085172846−1821Relegated to 1978–79 1. Liga
16FC Raron3077162852−2421Relegated to 1978–79 1. Liga
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers; 3) Goals scored;

Attendances

#ClubAverage
1Basel11,219
2Servette10,381
3Young Boys10,031
4Zürich8,219
5Xamax6,528
6Grasshopper6,225
7Lausanne4,469
8St. Gallen3,794
9Sion2,975
10Bellinzona2,501
11Chênois2,381
12Winterthur2,281

Source: [5]

Further in Swiss football

References

  1. 1 2 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (1977). "1976/77 Rangliste" [1976/77 Ranking] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  2. 1 2 (red) dbFCZ (2006–2023). "FCZ 1976/1977" (in German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  3. ↑ (red) Walliser Fussballverband (2023). "FC Raron" (in French). Walliser Fussballverband - avf-wfv.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  4. ↑ Beck, Stephan (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1976/77 Nationalliga B" [Swiss Championship 1976/77 Nationalliga B] (in German). arowa.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  5. ↑ https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/sui/avesui77.htm

Sources

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1975–76 		Nationalliga
seasons in
Switzerland		Succeeded by
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