1956–57 Nationalliga A

Nationalliga A
Season1956–57
ChampionsYoung Boys
RelegatedZürich
Schaffhausen
Top goalscorerAdrien Kauer
(La Chaux-de-Fonds)
29 goals
Nationalliga B
Season1956–57
ChampionsBiel-Bienne
PromotedBiel-Bienne
Grenchen
RelegatedSt. Gallen
Brühl
Top goalscorerWalter Beerli (Luzern)
Günter Sosna (Cantonal)
22 goals

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 and these 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 4,000
AC Bellinzona Bellinzona  Ticino Stadio Comunale Bellinzona 5,000
FC Chiasso Chiasso  Ticino Stadio Comunale Riva IV 4,000
Grasshopper Club Zürich Zürich  Zürich Hardturm 20,000
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds  Neuchâtel Centre Sportif de la Charrière 10,000
FC Lausanne-Sport Lausanne  Vaud Pontaise 30,000
FC Lugano Lugano  Ticino Cornaredo Stadium 6,330
FC Schaffhausen Schaffhausen  Schaffhausen Stadion Breite 7,300
Servette FC Geneva  Geneva Stade des Charmilles 27,000
Urania Genève Sport Genève  Geneva Stade de Frontenex 4,000
FC Winterthur Winterthur  Zürich Schützenwiese 8,550
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 Young Boys 26 21 3 2 76 22 +54 45 Swiss Champions qualified for 1957–58 European Cup
2 Grasshopper Club 26 19 3 4 82 30 +52 41
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 17 4 5 87 35 +52 38 Swiss Cup winners
4 Basel 26 15 4 7 53 38 +15 34
5 Urania Genève Sport 26 12 6 8 38 34 +4 30
6 Bellinzona 26 10 8 8 37 42 −5 28
7 Lausanne-Sport 26 11 5 10 44 37 +7 27
8 Servette 26 9 8 9 40 44 −4 26
9 Chiasso 26 10 5 11 46 62 −16 25
10 Lugano 26 6 5 15 39 51 −12 17
11 Winterthur 26 6 4 16 43 67 −24 16
12 Young Fellows Zürich 26 4 6 16 30 67 −37 14 to play-out against relegation
13 Zürich 26 5 4 17 34 61 −27 14
14 Schaffhausen 26 1 7 18 26 85 −59 9 Relegated to 1957–58 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 BEL CDF CHI GCZ LS LUG SHA SER UGS WIN YB YFZ ZÜR
Basel 3–0 4–3 3–0 1–3 1–0 3–0 4–1 0–0 2–1 3–2 3–4 3–1 3–0
Bellinzona 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–4 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–2
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
Chiasso 1–1 3–2 1–4 1–2 1–1 3–2 2–2 1–1 3–1 3–1 0–8 5–0 2–1
Grasshopper Club 1–0 7–2 2–2 8–1 4–2 3–2 9–0 1–1 1–2 5–1 2–0 2–2 2–1
Lausanne-Sports 7–1 0–1 3–2 1–0 1–2 3–2 3–0 2–0 2–2 3–1 0–1 3–1 1–2
Lugano 1–1 0–0 1–0 4–1 1–2 3–0 6–0 3–1 0–0 2–3 0–2 3–1 1–3
Schaffhausen 0–2 0–4 1–5 3–4 0–5 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–4 2–6 1–1 1–1
Servette 1–0 4–0 2–2 2–2 1–5 0–2 2–2 3–1 1–2 4–3 0–2 1–0 2–1
Urania Genève Sport 1–0 3–1 0–0 4–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 5–3 3–0
Winterthur 0–1 2–3 1–3 2–5 0–4 2–3 2–0 6–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–3 2–0
Young Boys 2–2 2–1 4–3 4–0 2–0 0–0 5–1 3–2 2–0 5–0 7–1 5–1 2–0
Young Fellows Zürich 0–3 2–2 0–5 2–4 1–6 2–1 3–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–2
Zürich 3–5 1–1 1–6 0–3 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–4 1–2 4–1 1–5 0–1
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Young Fellows 2–1 (a.e.t.) Zürich

Young Fellows won and remained in the top-tier. Zürich were relegated to 1957–58 Nationalliga B.

Topscorers

Rank Player Nat. Goals Club
1. Adrien Kauer 29 La Chaux-de-Fonds
2. Branislav Vukosavljević 26 Grasshopper Club
3. Josef Hügi 22 Basel
4. Eugen Meier 18 Young Boys
5. Raymond Duret 17 Grasshopper Club
6. Arturo Capoferri 16 Bellinzona
Charles Antenen 16 La Chaux-de-Fonds
René Hamel 16 Young Boys
Robert Ballaman 16 Grasshopper Club
10. Raymond Morand 14 La Chaux-de-Fonds

Nationalliga B

Teams, locations

Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Bern Bern  Bern Stadion Neufeld 14,000
FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne  Bern Stadion Gurzelen 5,500
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 Grenchen Grenchen  Solothurn Stadium Brühl 10,900
FC Lengnau Lengnau  Bern Moos Lengnau BE 3,900
FC Luzern Lucerne  Lucerne Stadion Allmend 25,000
ES FC Malley Malley  Vaud Centre sportif de la Tuilière 1,500
FC Nordstern Basel Basel  Basel-Stadt Rankhof 7,600
FC Solothurn Solothurn  Solothurn Stadion FC Solothurn 6,750
FC St. Gallen St. Gallen  St. Gallen Espenmoos 11,000
FC Thun Thun  Bern Stadion Lachen 10,350
Yverdon-Sport FC Yverdon-les-Bains  Vaud Stade Municipal 6,600

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Biel-Bienne 26 18 4 4 64 25 +39 40 To play-off for title
2 FC Grenchen 26 19 2 5 73 34 +39 40
3 FC Fribourg 26 10 11 5 47 27 +20 31
4 FC Solothurn 26 12 5 9 31 40 −9 29
5 Yverdon-Sport FC 26 11 6 9 53 46 +7 28
6 FC Cantonal Neuchâtel 26 10 7 9 41 46 −5 27
7 FC Luzern 26 11 4 11 47 43 +4 26
8 ES FC Malley 26 10 6 10 49 50 −1 26
9 FC Nordstern Basel 26 8 8 10 45 48 −3 24
10 FC Thun 26 9 4 13 45 48 −3 22
11 FC Lengnau 26 8 6 12 38 55 −17 22
12 FC Bern 26 6 7 13 29 33 −4 19 to play-out against relegation
13 FC St. Gallen 26 5 9 12 27 43 −16 19
14 SC Brühl 26 4 3 19 23 74 −51 11 Relegated to 1957–58 1. Liga
Source: rsssf
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

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.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Biel-Bienne 3–1 Grenchen

' 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.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Bern 1–1 (a.e.t.) FC St. Gallen

Due to the egality a replay was required and this was played on 30 June at the Stadion Allmend in Luzern.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
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

References

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Sources

Preceded by
1955–56 		Nationalliga
seasons in
Switzerland 		Succeeded by
1957–58