1982–83 Nationalliga A

Statistics of the Swiss National League in the 1982–83 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 86th season of top-tier and the 85th season of second-tier football in Switzerland.

Nationalliga A

Season	1982–83
Champions	Grasshopper Club (19th title)
Relegated	Bulle Winterthur
European Cup	Grasshopper Club
Cup Winners' Cup	Servette
UEFA Cup	St. Gallen Zürich
Top goalscorer	Jean-Paul Brigger (Servette) 23 goals
← 1981–82 1983–84 →

Nationalliga B

Season	1982–83
Champions	La Chaux-de-Fonds
Promoted	La Chaux-de-Fonds Chiasso
Relegated	Bern Ibach FC Rüti
Top goalscorer	Mongi Ben Brahim (La Chaux-de-Fonds) 25 goals
← 1981–82 1983–84 →

Overview

There were 32 member clubs in the Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV), divided into two tiers of 16 teams each. The top tier was named Nationalliga A (NLA) and the second tier was named Nationalliga B (NLB).

The format in both divisions was that the teams played a double round-robin to decide their table positions. Each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 30 rounds. Two points were awarded for a win and one point was awarded for a draw. The Swiss champions would qualify for the 1983–84 European Cup, the runners-up and third placed team would qualify for the 1983–84 UEFA Cup. The last two placed teams in the NLA were relegated to the NLB for the following season. The top two placed teams in the NLB would be promoted to the top tier. The last three teams in the NLB were relegated to next season's 1. Liga and would be replaced by the best three teams from this season's 1. Liga.

Nationalliga A

The top-tier, Nationalliga A (NLA), was contested by the top fourteen clubs from the previous season and the two sides promoted from the second level 1981–82 Nationalliga B (these being Winterthur and Wettingen). The first round was played on 14 August 1982. There was to be a winter break between 28 November and 27 February 1983. The season was completed on 11 June 1983.

Teams, locations

Aarau

Basel

Bellinzona

Bern

Bulle

Geneva

Lausanne

Lucerne

Neuchâtel

St. Gallen

Sion

Vevey

Wettingen

Winterthur

Zürich

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Locations of teams' home cities in the 1981–82 Swiss Football Championship

Team	Town	Canton	Position in 1981–82	Stadium	Capacity
FC Aarau	Aarau	Aargau	0077th	Stadion Brügglifeld	9,240
FC Basel	Basel	Basel-Stadt	0088th	St. Jakob Stadium	36,800
AC Bellinzona	Bellinzona	Ticino	01212th	Stadio Comunale Bellinzona	5,000
FC Bulle	Bulle	Fribourg	01414th	Stade de Bouleyres	7,000
FC Winterthur	Winterthur	Zürich	0151st in NLB	Schützenwiese	8,550
Grasshopper Club	Zürich	Zürich	001Champions	Hardturm	20,000
Lausanne-Sports	Lausanne	Vaud	01313th	Pontaise	15,700
FC Luzern	Lucerne	Lucerne	0099th	Stadion Allmend	25,000
Neuchâtel Xamax	Neuchâtel	Neuchâtel	0044th	Stade de la Maladière	25,500
FC Wettingen	Wettingen	Aargau	0162nd in NLB	Stadion Altenburg	10,000
FC St. Gallen	St. Gallen	St. Gallen	01010th	Espenmoos	11,000
Servette	Geneva	Geneva	0022nd	Stade des Charmilles	27,000
FC Sion	Sion	Valais	0066th	Stade de Tourbillon	16,000
Vevey-Sports	Vevey	Vaud	01111th	Stade de Copet	4,000
Young Boys	Bern	Bern	0055th	Wankdorf Stadium	56,000
FC Zürich	Zürich	Zürich	0033rd	Letzigrund	25,000

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Grasshopper Club	30	24	1	5	86	29	+57	49	Swiss champions, qualified for 1983–84 European Cup
2	Servette	30	22	4	4	65	24	+41	48	Swiss Cup finalist, qualified for 1983–84 Cup Winners' Cup
3	St. Gallen	30	17	6	7	61	31	+30	40	qualified for 1983–84 UEFA Cup and entered 1983 Intertoto Cup
4	Zürich	30	17	4	9	55	39	+16	38	qualified for 1983–84 UEFA Cup and entered 1983 Intertoto Cup
5	Lausanne-Sport	30	15	7	8	51	28	+23	37
6	Xamax	30	15	7	8	61	40	+21	37
7	Sion	30	12	11	7	51	36	+15	35
8	Luzern	30	14	3	13	57	56	+1	31	entered 1983 Intertoto Cup
9	Young Boys	30	11	8	11	35	42	−7	30	entered 1983 Intertoto Cup
10	Wettingen	30	8	9	13	40	47	−7	25
11	Basel	30	10	5	15	47	56	−9	25
12	Vevey	30	9	4	17	42	61	−19	22
13	AC Bellinzona	30	8	5	17	36	74	−38	21
14	Aarau	30	8	4	18	32	52	−20	20
15	Bulle	30	4	4	22	27	87	−60	12	Relegated to 1983–84 Nationalliga B
16	Winterthur	30	2	6	22	30	74	−44	10	Relegated to 1983–84 Nationalliga B

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

Results

Home \ Away	AAR	BAS	BEL	BUL	GCZ	NX	LS	LUZ	SER	SIO	STG	VEV	WET	WIN	YB	ZÜR
Aarau		1–2	0–0	4–0	0–2	1–5	2–0	1–2	0–3	1–5	2–1	2–0	1–3	3–0	2–0	0–1
Basel	2–1		2–3	3–1	3–1	0–4	1–0	3–0	1–3	2–2	2–2	5–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1
Bellinzona	1–0	0–3		4–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–4	2–2	0–4	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–3	1–0
Bulle	0–0	2–1	4–1		0–1	0–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–5	1–5	1–1	1–0	1–3	0–2
Grasshopper	7–0	1–0	6–0	6–2		4–1	3–0	5–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	6–0	3–1	6–1	4–0	2–1
Neuchâtel Xamax	4–1	3–2	4–2	4–1	2–1		2–0	4–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–0
Lausanne-Sports	3–0	7–0	1–1	4–2	2–0	1–0		4–0	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–0
Luzern	2–1	4–3	4–0	8–0	2–3	5–2	2–0		1–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	4–1	0–1	0–2
Servette	1–0	2–0	4–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–0		1–0	3–1	2–0	5–1	5–1	3–0	2–3
Sion	1–0	1–0	6–1	4–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–1		1–1	3–1	6–2	3–1	1–0	0–1
St. Gallen	2–0	2–0	2–1	5–1	5–1	1–0	0–0	4–1	4–1	1–1		4–3	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–0
Vevey-Sports	2–4	3–3	1–2	6–1	0–1	0–4	3–2	0–2	0–1	1–1	2–1		0–2	3–0	1–1	0–1
Wettingen	0–0	1–0	4–1	4–0	0–3	1–1	4–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–3		3–2	0–0	3–1
Winterthur	0–3	1–1	7–5	1–1	1–5	2–2	0–1	2–4	0–2	1–2	1–2	0–1	1–1		3–1	2–2
Young Boys	1–0	4–2	2–0	3–2	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–4	3–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–0		2–2
Zürich	2–2	4–3	4–0	2–1	2–3	3–2	0–2	5–1	2–1	2–1	0–4	4–1	2–0	4–1	2–0

Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Nationalliga B

The Nationalliga B (NLB) was contested by the clubs in third to thirteenth position last season, further by the two clubs relegated from the top-tier last season (Nordstern Basel and Chiasso) and by the three clubs that had been promoted from the 1981–82 1. Liga at the end of the previous season (these being FC Rüti, FC Baden and Laufen. The first round was played on 14 August 1982. There was to be a winter break between 28 November and 27 February 1983. The season was completed on 11 June 1983.

Teams, locations

Team	Town	Canton	Stadium	Capacity
FC Baden	Baden	Aargau	Esp Stadium	7,000
FC Bern	Bern	Bern	Stadion Neufeld	14,000
FC Biel-Bienne	Biel/Bienne	Bern	Stadion Gurzelen	15,000
CS Chênois	Thônex	Geneva	Stade des Trois-Chêne	8,000
FC Chiasso	Chiasso	Ticino	Stadio Comunale Riva IV	4,000
FC Fribourg	Fribourg	Fribourg	Stade Universitaire	9,000
FC Grenchen	Grenchen	Solothurn	Stadium Brühl	15,100
FC Ibach	Ibach	Schwyz	Gerbihof	3,300
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	La Chaux-de-Fonds	Neuchâtel	Centre Sportif de la Charrière	12,700
FC Laufen	Laufen	Basel-Landschaft	Sportplatz Nau	3,000
FC Locarno	Locarno	Ticino	Stadio comunale Lido	5,000
Lugano	Lugano	Ticino	Cornaredo Stadium	6,330
Mendrisiostar	Mendrisio	Ticino	Centro Sportivo Comunale	4,000
FC Monthey	Monthey	Valais	Stade Philippe Pottier	1,800
FC Nordstern Basel	Basel	Basel-Stadt	Rankhof	7,600
FC Rüti	Rüti	Zürich	Schützenwiese	1,200

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	30	22	4	4	76	20	+56	48	Promotion to 1983–84 Nationalliga A
2	FC Chiasso	30	18	7	5	62	35	+27	43
3	CS Chênois	30	17	6	7	62	39	+23	40
4	Lugano	30	15	6	9	65	49	+16	36
5	FC Biel-Bienne	30	16	4	10	64	51	+13	36
6	FC Nordstern Basel	30	11	13	6	55	43	+12	35
7	FC Fribourg	30	12	10	8	56	43	+13	34
8	FC Monthey	30	12	7	11	63	51	+12	31
9	FC Laufen	30	11	9	10	43	49	−6	31
10	FC Grenchen	30	9	10	11	35	43	−8	28
11	Mendrisiostar	30	9	10	11	40	50	−10	28
12	FC Baden	30	9	9	12	35	48	−13	27
13	FC Locarno	30	8	8	14	40	57	−17	24
14	FC Bern	30	9	3	18	45	63	−18	21	Relegation to 1983–84 Swiss 1. Liga
15	FC Ibach	30	4	5	21	29	75	−46	13
16	FC Rüti	30	1	3	26	31	85	−54	5

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

Further in Swiss football

• 1982–83 Swiss Cup
• 1982–83 Swiss 1. Liga

Sources

• Switzerland 1982–83 at RSSSF

Preceded by 1981–82

Nationalliga seasons in Switzerland

Succeeded by 1983–84