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1973–74 Nationalliga A

The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1973–74 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 77th season of top-tier and the 76th season of second-tier football in Switzerland.

Nationalliga A
Season1973–74
ChampionsZürich
RelegatedLa Chaux-de-Fonds
Chiasso
Top goalscorerDaniel Jeandupeux (Zürich)
22 goals
Nationalliga B
Season1973–74
ChampionsLuzern
PromotedLuzern
Vevey-Sports
RelegatedYoung Fellows
FC Tössfeld
Top goalscorerPierre-Albert Waeber
(FC Grenchen)
19 goals

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 1972–73 season and the two newly promoted teams Xamax and Chênois. The champions would qualify for the 1974–75 European Cup. The second and third placed teams were qualified for the 1974–75 UEFA Cup. The last two placed teams were relegated.

The second-tier (NLB) was contested by the two teams that had been relegated from the NLA, FC Grenchen and FC Fribourg, the teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams FC Nordstern Basel and FC Tössfeld. The top two teams would be promoted and the last two teams relegated.[1]

Nationalliga A

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The first round of the NLA was played on 18 August 1973. There was a winter break between 9 December and 2 March 1974. The season was completed on 1 June 1974.

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
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 12,700
FC Lausanne-Sport Lausanne   Vaud Pontaise 15,700
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
FC Winterthur Winterthur   Zürich Schützenwiese 8,550
BSC Young Boys Bern   Bern Wankdorf Stadium 56,000
FC Zürich Zürich   Zürich Letzigrund 25,000

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Zürich[2] 26 20 5 1 67 20 +47 45 Champions, qualified for 1974–75 European Cup
and entered 1974 Intertoto Cup
2 Grasshopper Club 26 12 9 5 41 27 +14 33 Qualified for 1974–75 UEFA Cup
and entered 1974 Intertoto Cup
3 Servette 26 12 8 6 49 35 +14 32 Qualified for 1974–75 UEFA Cup
4 Winterthur 26 13 6 7 42 29 +13 32 Entered 1974 Intertoto Cup
5 Basel[3] 26 13 3 10 57 39 +18 29
6 Young Boys 26 10 8 8 52 38 +14 28
7 Xamax 26 10 6 10 38 38 0 26 Entered 1974 Intertoto Cup
8 Lausanne-Sport 26 9 8 9 45 48 −3 26
9 St. Gallen 26 10 5 11 38 48 −10 25
10 Sion 26 5 12 9 24 31 −7 22 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1974–75 Cup Winners' Cup
11 Chênois 26 7 8 11 30 48 −18 22
12 Lugano 26 4 9 13 20 44 −24 17
13 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 3 10 13 28 51 −23 16 Relegated to 1974–75 Nationalliga B
14 Chiasso 26 2 7 17 18 53 −35 11 Relegated to 1974–75 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 CDF CHÊ CHI GCZ LS LUG NX SER SIO STG WIN ZÜR YB
Basel 4–2 6–0 3–1 1–3 8–2 3–0 1–2 5–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–3
La Chaux-de-Fonds 0–2 2–2 0–2 1–3 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–4 0–0 0–2 3–1
Chênois 0–1 1–0 4–0 0–0 1–2 3–1 3–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–2 2–2
Chiasso 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–3 0–0 1–3 3–1 1–2 0–1 0–3
Grasshopper Club 2–1 2–0 5–2 2–1 2–2 2–0 3–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2
Lausanne-Sports 2–0 3–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 4–2 2–2 5–0 0–2 1–3 2–4
Lugano 0–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 4–0 2–3 0–1 1–2 0–0
Neuchâtel Xamax 0–5 0–0 5–0 2–1 0–0 4–0 5–0 0–3 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–3 0–3
Servette 2–3 3–2 3–1 7–1 2–2 3–2 4–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–2
Sion 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1
St. Gallen 2–1 2–0 1–0 4–1 3–2 2–1 5–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 0–4 2–3 3–1
Winterthur 3–2 1–3 5–1 1–0 0–4 1–1 1–3 3–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 1–1 2–1
Zürich 5–1 8–1 4–0 5–1 1–0 4–2 4–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–0
Young Boys 3–1 4–2 0–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–3 6–0 2–3 2–2
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Daniel Jeandupeux Zurich 22
2   Walter Müller Lausanne-Sport 21
3   Ottmar Hitzfeld Basel 19
4   Peter Risi Winterthur 17
5   Ilija Katić Zurich 16
  Miodrag Petrović Servette 16
7   Jean-Michel Elsig Xamax 15
8   Rolf Blättler St. Gallen 12
9   Marcel Cornioley Young Boys 10
  Serge Muhmenthaler Young Boys 10
  Adolf Noventa Grasshopper Club 10
  Hansjörg Pfister Servette 10

Nationalliga B

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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
Étoile Carouge FC Carouge   Geneva Stade de la Fontenette 3,690
FC Fribourg Fribourg   Fribourg Stade Universitaire 9,000
FC Grenchen Grenchen   Solothurn Stadium Brühl 15,100
FC Luzern Lucerne   Lucerne Stadion Allmend 25,000
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 Tössfeld[4] Winterthur   Zürich Talgut 1,000
Vevey-Sports Vevey   Vaud Stade de Copet 4,000
FC Wettingen Wettingen   Aargau Stadion Altenburg 10,000
FC Young Fellows Zürich Zürich   Zürich Utogrund 2,850


League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Luzern 26 16 6 4 60 24 +36 38 NLB Champions and promoted to 1974–75 Nationalliga A
2 Vevey Sports 26 15 7 4 48 28 +20 37 Promoted to 1974–75 Nationalliga A
3 FC Grenchen 26 14 8 4 59 47 +12 36
4 FC Aarau[5] 26 9 10 7 34 29 +5 28
5 FC Nordstern Basel 26 9 9 8 37 36 +1 27
6 AC Bellinzona 26 10 7 9 41 44 −3 27
7 FC Wettingen 26 8 10 8 49 42 +7 26
8 FC Fribourg 26 10 5 11 36 32 +4 25
9 FC Biel-Bienne 26 7 11 8 33 37 −4 25
10 FC Martigny-Sports 26 7 8 11 24 35 −11 22
11 Mendrisiostar 26 6 10 10 28 41 −13 22
12 Etoile Carouge FC 26 7 7 12 30 38 −8 21
13 FC Young Fellows Zürich[6] 26 7 4 15 41 54 −13 18 Relegated to 1974–75 1. Liga
14 FC Tössfeld[4][6] 26 3 6 17 23 56 −33 12 Relegated to 1974–75 1. Liga
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

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 1973/74" (in Swiss High German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  3. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (1974). "1973/74 Rangliste" [1973/74 Ranking] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  4. ^ a b (red) Fussballverband Region Zürich (2023). "FC Tössfeld" (in German). Fussballverband Region Zürich. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  5. ^ Beck, Stephan (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1973/74 Nationalliga B" [Swiss Championship 1973/74 Nationalliga B] (in German). arowa.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  6. ^ 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 7 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

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