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1974–75 Nationalliga A

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Nationalliga A
Season1974–75
ChampionsZürich
RelegatedLuzern
Vevey-Sports
Top goalscorerIlija Katić (Zürich)
23 goals
Nationalliga B
Season1974–75
ChampionsBiel-Bienne
PromotedBiel-Bienne
La Chaux-de-Fonds
RelegatedUS Giubiasco
Mendrisiostar
Top goalscorerHeinz-Joachim Dries
(La Chaux-de-Fonds)
24 goals

The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1974–75 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 78th season of top-tier and the 77th season of second-tier football in Switzerland.

Overview

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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 1973–74 season and the two newly promoted teams Luzern and Vevey-Sports. The champions would qualify for the 1975–76 European Cup. The second and third placed teams were qualified for the 1975–76 UEFA Cup. The last two placed teams were relegated.

The second-tier (NLB) was contested by the two teams that had been relegated La Chaux-de-Fonds and Chiasso, the teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams FC Raron and US Giubiasco. The top two teams would be promoted and the last two teams relegated. Because at the top of the table three teams ended the NLB level on points, in second position, a promotion play-off was required. Further, because at the bottom of the table three teams finished level on points, in second last position, a relegation play-out was also required.[1]

Nationalliga A

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The first round of the NLA was played on 17 August 1974. There was a winter break between 17 November and 15 March 1975. The season was completed on 14 June 1976.

Teams, locations

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Team Town Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Basel Basel  Basel-Stadt St. Jakob Stadium 36,800
CS Chênois Thônex  Geneva Stade des Trois-Chêne 8,000
Grasshopper Club Zürich Zürich  Zürich Hardturm 20,000
FC Lausanne-Sport Lausanne  Vaud Pontaise 15,700
FC Lugano Lugano  Ticino Cornaredo Stadium 6,330
FC Luzern Lucerne  Lucerne Stadion Allmend 25,000
Neuchâtel Xamax FC Neuchâtel  Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière 25,500
FC St. Gallen St. Gallen  St. Gallen Espenmoos 11,000
Servette FC Geneva  Geneva Stade des Charmilles 27,000
FC Sion Sion  Valais Stade de Tourbillon 16,000
Vevey-Sports Vevey  Vaud Stade de Copet 4,000
FC Winterthur Winterthur  Zürich Schützenwiese 8,550
BSC Young Boys Bern  Bern Wankdorf Stadium 56,000
FC Zürich Zürich  Zürich Letzigrund 25,000

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Zürich[2] 26 19 1 6 63 19 44 39 Swiss Champions, qualified for 1975–76 European Cup
and entered 1975 Intertoto Cup
2 Young Boys 26 12 9 5 59 32 27 33 Qualified for 1975–76 UEFA Cup
and entered 1975 Intertoto Cup
3 Grasshopper Club 26 13 7 6 50 45 5 33 Qualified for 1975–76 UEFA Cup
and entered 1975 Intertoto Cup
4 Basel[3] 26 11 9 6 49 33 16 31 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1975–76 Cup Winners' Cup
5 FC Sion 26 12 7 7 45 30 15 31
6 Lausanne-Sport 26 10 9 7 40 35 5 29
7 Servette 26 10 7 9 43 35 8 27
8 Winterthur 26 9 8 9 36 31 5 26
9 Xamax 26 9 6 11 47 47 0 24 Entered 1975 Intertoto Cup
10 Lugano 26 8 6 12 34 40 −6 22
11 Chênois 26 6 8 12 27 55 −28 20
12 St. Gallen 26 6 8 12 42 72 −30 20
13 Luzern 26 5 6 15 33 58 −25 16 Relegated to 1975–76 Nationalliga B
14 Vevey-Sports 26 3 7 16 31 67 −36 13 Relegated to 1975–76 Nationalliga B
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

Results

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Home \ Away BAS CHÊ GCZ LS LUG LUZ NX SER SIO STG VEV YB WIN ZÜR
Basel 2–0 0–1 3–2 2–2 3–0 2–2 1–0 2–3 8–2 3–0 0–0 5–0 1–0
Chênois 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–4 2–0 1–3 1–1 1–4 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–1
Grasshopper Club 1–1 3–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 4–2 4–0 0–2 1–1 1–3
Lausanne-Sports 1–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 4–2 3–2 3–2 1–4 0–0 0–1
Lugano 2–0 0–1 1–3 3–0 2–2 1–3 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 3–1
Luzern 1–2 1–4 1–2 2–2 0–2 2–4 0–1 0–1 3–1 4–0 3–1 0–0 0–2
Neuchâtel Xamax 2–2 5–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 5–1 2–0 0–1 2–2 3–2 1–2 2–1 4–1
Servette 2–1 3–0 6–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 3–3 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–3
Sion 1–1 1–1 4–1 0–0 4–2 5–0 3–2 6–5 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–0
St. Gallen 2–0 1–2 2–2 2–2 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–0 0–7 3–2 1–5
Vevey-Sports 1–2 1–2 3–7 1–4 2–1 2–2 4–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–4 0–4
Young Boys 4–4 2–0 6–1 2–1 2–1 5–3 1–1 0–3 0–0 9–0 5–2 1–1 2–2
Winterthur 2–0 8–0 1–1 1–2 3–3 1–2 3–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 0–1 0–1
Zürich 1–2 5–0 4–0 2–0 1–0 5–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 5–0 3–0 4–1 2–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ilija Katić FC Zurich 23
2 Switzerland Hans-Jörg Pfister Servette 17
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Santrač Grasshopper Club 17
Switzerland Hanspeter Schild BSC Young Boys 17
5 Italy Franco Cucinotta FC Sion 14
6 Germany Ottmar Hitzfeld FC Basel 13
7 Switzerland Guy Mathez Neuchâtel Xamax 12
Switzerland Peter Risi FC Winterthur 12
9 Italy Rosario Martinelli FC Zurich 11
Switzerland Daniel Jeandupeux FC Zurich 11
Switzerland Anton Schaller FC Luzern 11
Switzerland Claudio Sulser Vevey-Sports 11
13 Sweden Ove Grahn Grasshopper Club 10

Nationalliga B

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The first round of the NLB was played on 17 August 1974. There was a winter break between 17 November and 15 March 1975. The season was completed on 14 June 1976.

Teams, locations

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Team Town Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Aarau Aarau  Aargau Stadion Brügglifeld 9,240
AC Bellinzona Bellinzona  Ticino Stadio Comunale Bellinzona 5,000
FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne  Bern Stadion Gurzelen 15,000
FC Chiasso Chiasso  Ticino Stadio Comunale Riva IV 4,000
Étoile Carouge FC Carouge  Geneva Stade de la Fontenette 3,690
FC Fribourg Fribourg  Fribourg Stade Universitaire 9,000
US Giubiasco[4] Ticino Campo Semine 1,000
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 Martigny-Sports Martigny  Valais Stade d'Octodure 2,500
Mendrisiostar Mendrisio  Ticino Centro Sportivo Comunale 4,000
FC Nordstern Basel Basel  Basel-Stadt Rankhof 7,600
FC Raron[5] Raron  Valais Sportplatz Rhoneglut 1,000
FC Wettingen Wettingen  Aargau Stadion Altenburg 10,000

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Biel-Bienne 26 14 6 6 57 31 26 34 NLA Champions and promoted to 1975–76 Nationalliga A
2 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 13 6 7 60 35 25 32 To play-off for promotion
3 FC Chiasso 26 14 4 8 45 29 16 32 To play-off for promotion
4 FC Nordstern Basel 26 13 6 7 48 38 10 32 To play-off for promotion
5 Etoile Carouge FC 26 14 3 9 56 34 22 31
6 AC Bellinzona 26 12 7 7 47 30 17 31
7 FC Fribourg 26 13 5 8 38 33 5 31
8 FC Grenchen 26 12 4 10 36 36 0 28
9 FC Aarau[6] 26 10 5 11 42 45 −3 25
10 FC Martigny-Sports 26 8 5 13 41 53 −12 21
11 FC Wettingen 26 7 4 15 37 55 −18 18 To relegation play-out
12 Mendrisiostar 26 5 8 13 18 38 −20 18 To relegation play-out
13 FC Raron 26 4 10 12 19 40 −21 18 To relegation play-out
14 US Giubiasco[7] 26 4 5 17 23 70 −47 13 Relegated to 1975–76 1. Liga
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

Promotion play-off

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Because at the top of the table three teams ended the NLB level on points, in second position, a promotion play-off was required. These games took place on neutral grounds on 21, 25 and 28 June.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CdF NOR CHI
1 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 2 2 0 0 6 3 3 4 promoted to 1975–76 Nationalliga A — 3–2 —
2 FC Nordstern Basel 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 1 — — 1–1
3 FC Chiasso 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1 1–3 — —
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Relegation play-out

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Because at the bottom of the table three teams finished level on points, in second last position, a relegation play-out was also required. These games took place on neutral grounds on 21, 25 and 28 June.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RAR WET MEN[7]
1 FC Raron 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 — — 1–0
2 FC Wettingen 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 n/p — —
3 Mendrisiostar[7] 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1 Relegated to 1975–76 1. Liga — 2–2 —
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Raron-Wettingen was not played (Mendrisiostar withdrew)

Further in Swiss football

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References

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  1. ^ Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A 1974/75". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ^ (red) dbFCZ (2023). "FCZ 1974/75" (in Swiss High German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  3. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (1975). "1974/75 Rangliste" [1974/75 Ranking] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  4. ^ (red) Federazione ticinese di calcio (2023). "US Giubiasco" (in Italian). Federazione ticinese di calcio. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  5. ^ (red) Walliser Fussballverband (2023). "FC Raron" (in French). Walliser Fussballverband - avf-wfv.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  6. ^ Beck, Stephan (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1974/75 Nationalliga B" [Swiss Championship 1974/75 Nationalliga B] (in German). arowa.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  7. ^ a b Erste Liga (SFV) (2018). "Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2018" [First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2018] (PDF). PDF page 8 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

Sources

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1973–74 		Nationalliga
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