1984–85 in Swiss football

Football in Switzerland
Season	1984–85
Men's football
Nationalliga A	Servette
Nationalliga B	FC Grenchen
1. Liga	Overall champions; FC Zug; Group 1:; FC Le Locle; Group 2:; FC Lengnau; Group 3:; SC Kriens; Group 4:; FC Red Star Zürich
Swiss Cup	Aarau
Women's football
Swiss Women's Super League	SV Seebach Zürich
Swiss Cup	FFC Bern

The following is a summary of the 1984–85 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Nationalliga A

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Servette	30	19	8	3	71	28	+43	46	Swiss Champions qualified for 1985–86 European Cup
2	Aarau	30	16	10	4	62	43	+19	42	Swiss Cup winners qualified for 1985–86 Cup Winners' Cup and entered 1985 Intertoto Cup
3	Xamax	30	14	11	5	59	34	+25	39	Qualified for 1985–86 UEFA Cup
4	St. Gallen	30	13	11	6	66	32	+34	37	Qualified for 1985–86 UEFA Cup and entered 1985 Intertoto Cup
5	Sion	30	14	8	8	56	49	+7	36	Entered 1985 Intertoto Cup
6	Grasshopper Club	30	11	10	9	53	47	+6	32
7	Zürich	30	11	9	10	59	52	+7	31
8	Basel^[1]	30	11	9	10	46	49	−3	31
9	Young Boys	30	10	10	10	42	45	−3	30	Entered 1985 Intertoto Cup
10	Lausanne-Sport	30	10	9	11	50	57	−7	29
11	Wettingen	30	7	12	11	31	35	−4	26
12	Luzern	30	9	8	13	33	53	−20	26
13	Vevey-Sports	30	9	6	15	40	47	−7	24
14	La Chaux-de-Fonds	30	6	12	12	41	54	−13	24

15	SC Zug	30	4	6	20	27	71	−44	14	Relegated to 1985–86 Nationalliga B
16	Winterthur	30	4	5	21	32	72	−40	13	Relegated to 1985–86 Nationalliga B

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.

Nationalliga B

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Grenchen	30	15	10	5	55	28	+27	40	Promotion to 1985–86 Nationalliga A
2	FC Baden	30	17	6	7	61	41	+20	40	Promotion to 1985–86 Nationalliga A

3	Etoile Carouge FC	30	16	5	9	58	40	+18	37
4	FC Biel-Bienne	30	14	9	7	58	43	+15	37
5	FC Schaffhausen	30	13	9	8	47	41	+6	35
6	Lugano	30	13	8	9	53	36	+17	34
7	FC Bulle	30	13	8	9	46	38	+8	34
8	FC Martigny-Sports	30	12	9	9	61	47	+14	33
9	FC Locarno	30	10	11	9	42	37	+5	31
10	CS Chênois	30	12	7	11	45	44	+1	31
11	FC Chiasso	30	12	5	13	44	42	+2	29
12	AC Bellinzona	30	9	11	10	47	52	−5	29
13	FC Laufen	30	9	11	10	41	48	−7	29

14	Mendrisiostar	30	11	6	13	39	37	+2	28	Relegation to 1985–86 1. Liga
15	Yverdon-Sport FC	30	3	3	24	29	84	−55	9
16	FC Monthey	30	1	2	27	30	98	−68	4

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.

1. Liga

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Le Locle	26	16	7	3	69	36	+33	39	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	FC Renens	26	13	7	6	56	38	+18	33	Play-off to Nationalliga B
3	FC Fribourg	26	12	9	5	47	32	+15	33
4	FC Stade Lausanne	26	14	3	9	51	36	+15	31
5	FC Saint-Jean GE	26	10	9	7	40	33	+7	29
6	FC Montreux-Sports	26	8	11	7	35	35	0	27
7	FC Stade Payerne	26	6	13	7	25	28	−3	25
8	ES FC Malley	26	8	9	9	37	42	−5	25
9	FC Savièse	26	9	6	11	44	44	0	24
10	FC Vernier	26	7	10	9	42	44	−2	24
11	FC Leytron	26	8	8	10	40	44	−4	24
12	FC Echallens	26	7	10	9	32	44	−12	24	Play-out against relegation
13	FC Fétigny^[2]	26	3	10	13	25	51	−26	16	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
14	FC Lalden^[2]	26	3	4	19	22	58	−36	10	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional

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

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Lengnau	26	17	4	5	68	32	+36	38	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	BSC Old Boys	26	13	7	6	53	35	+18	33	To decider for second place
3	FC Concordia Basel	26	13	7	6	49	38	+11	33	To decider for second place
4	SR Delémont	26	11	7	8	42	39	+3	29
5	FC Köniz	26	9	10	7	37	38	−1	28
6	FC Langenthal	26	11	4	11	49	50	−1	26
7	SC Burgdorf	26	11	4	11	32	39	−7	26
8	FC Breitenbach	26	9	7	10	41	45	−4	25
9	FC Bern	26	9	7	10	34	40	−6	25
10	FC Nordstern Basel	26	9	6	11	35	40	−5	24
11	FC Solothurn	26	7	9	10	43	47	−4	23
12	FC Thun	26	7	8	11	41	49	−8	22	Play-out against relegation
13	US Boncourt^[2]	26	6	9	11	34	39	−5	21	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
14	FC Rapid Ostermundigen^[2]	26	5	1	20	22	49	−27	11	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional

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

Decider for second position

The decider was played on 21 May 1985 in the Stadion Rankhof in Basel.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
BSC Old Boys	1–1 a.e.t. 4–2 Pen.	FC Concordia Basel

BSC Old Boys win after penalty shoot-out and advance to play-offs.

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	SC Kriens	26	16	8	2	54	26	+28	40	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	FC Zug	26	16	7	3	50	23	+27	39	Play-off to Nationalliga B
3	FC Suhr	26	11	9	6	51	36	+15	31
4	FC Sursee	26	10	10	6	56	46	+10	30
5	FC Olten	26	11	7	8	46	28	+18	29
6	FC Ibach	26	8	10	8	40	42	−2	26
7	FC Klus-Balsthal	26	9	8	9	32	38	−6	26
8	FC Emmenbrücke	26	7	11	8	39	34	+5	25
9	SC Buochs	26	8	7	11	45	41	+4	23
10	FC Ascona	26	5	13	8	25	29	−4	23
11	SC Reiden	26	7	8	11	28	42	−14	22
12	FC Brugg	26	4	10	12	28	49	−21	18	Play-out against relegation
13	FC Littau^[2]	26	7	4	15	32	62	−30	18	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
14	FC Bremgarten^[2]	26	4	6	16	28	58	−30	14	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional

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

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Red Star Zürich	26	18	8	0	51	15	+36	44	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	FC Stäfa	26	11	11	4	36	30	+6	33	Play-off to Nationalliga B
3	FC Gossau	26	13	6	7	46	31	+15	32
4	FC Altstätten (St. Gallen)	26	11	9	6	52	34	+18	31
5	FC Dübendorf	26	8	11	7	31	32	−1	27
6	FC Brüttisellen	26	10	6	10	41	38	+3	26
7	FC Vaduz	26	7	10	9	30	36	−6	24
8	FC Rorschach	26	7	10	9	25	31	−6	24
9	FC Frauenfeld	26	6	11	9	29	36	−7	23
10	FC Rüti	26	8	6	12	30	35	−5	22
11	FC Küsnacht	26	7	8	11	20	33	−13	22
12	FC Einsiedeln	26	7	6	13	42	49	−7	20	Play-out against relegation
13	FC Kreuzlingen^[2]	26	5	9	12	31	44	−13	19	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
14	FC Turicum^[2]	26	3	11	12	25	45	−20	17	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional

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

Promotion play-off

Qualification round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Renens	3–2	FC Lengnau
FC Lengnau	0–2	FC Renens

FC Renens win 5–2 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Red Star Zürich	1–3	FC Zug
FC Zug	1–2	FC Red Star Zürich

FC Zug win 4–3 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
BSC Old Boys	1–0	FC Le Locle
FC Le Locle	4–0	BSC Old Boys

FC Le Locle win 4–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
SC Kriens	2–1	FC Stäfa
FC Stäfa	1–2	SC Kriens
SC Kriens	1–2	FC Stäfa

3–3 on aggregate. FC Stäfa win the replay and continue to the finals.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Le Locle	3–1	FC Stäfa
FC Stäfa	2–1	FC Le Locle

FC Le Locle win 4–3 on aggregate and are promoted to 1985–86 Nationalliga B.^[2]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Zug	1–0	FC Renens
FC Renens	1–0	FC Zug
FC Zug	3–0	FC Renens

1–1 on aggregate. FC Zug the replay and are promoted to 1985–86 Nationalliga B.^[2]

Decider for third place

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Renens	4–0	FC Stäfa
FC Stäfa	0–4	FC Renens

FC Renens win 8–0 on aggregate and are promoted to 1985–86 Nationalliga B. FC Stäfa remain in 1. Liga.^[2]

Decider for 1. Liga championship

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Le Locle	2–5	FC Zug

FC Zug win and are declaied 1. Liga champions.^[2]

Relegation play-out

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Echallens	3–0	FC Thun

FC Thun continue to the play-out final.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Brugg	1–5	FC Einsiedeln

FC Brugg continue to the play-out final.

Final round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Brugg	3–2	FC Thun
FC Thun	2–1	FC Brugg

FC Thun win and FC Brugg are relegated to 2. Liga.^[2]

Swiss Cup

Early rounds

The routes of the finalists to the final were:

Round 3: Baden-Aarau 1:2. Fribourg-Xamax 1:5.
Round 4: Kriens-Aarau 0:1. Le Locle-Xamax 0:4.
Round 5: YB-Aarau 2:3 a.e.t. Schaffhausen-Xamax 0:4.
Quarter-finals: Aarau-Grenchen 2:0. Xamax-Vevey-Sports 4:1.
Semi-finals: Aarau-Servette 3:1. Xamax-Lausanne 3:2.

Final

Whit Monday 27 May 1985

Aarau	1–0	Xamax
Iselin 86'	Report

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Attendance: 32,000

Referee:

Willi Jaus

Note: Fair game no bookings, yellow cards

Swiss Clubs in Europe

Grasshopper Club as 1983–84 Nationalliga A champions: 1984–85 European Cup
Servette as 1983–84 Swiss Cup winners: 1984–85 Cup Winners' Cup
Sion: as league third placed team: 1984–85 UEFA Cup
Xamax: as league fourth placed team: 1984–85 UEFA Cup
St. Gallen: entered 1984 Intertoto Cup
Wettingen: entered 1984 Intertoto Cup
Zürich: entered 1984 Intertoto Cup
Luzern: entered 1984 Intertoto Cup

Grasshopper Club

European Cup

First round

19 September 1984 First leg	Grasshopper Club	3–1	Budapesti Honvéd	Hardturm, Zürich
20:00	Jara 31' Müller 68', 72'	Report	Dajka 30'	Attendance: 4,467^[3] Referee: José Pes Pérez (Spain)

3 October 1984 Second leg	Budapesti Honvéd	2–1	Grasshopper Club	Szent Imre herceg útjai Stadion, Budapest
14:00	Dajka 44' Varga 52' (pen)	Report	Ponte 13'	Attendance: 6,483^[4] Referee: Franz Wöhrer (Austria)

Grasshopper Club won 4–3 on aggregate.

Second round

24 October 1984 First leg	Juventus	2–0	Grasshopper Club	Stadio Comunale, Turin
20:30	Vignola 26' Rossi 28'	Report		Attendance: 39,804^[5] Referee: Bob Valentine (Scotland)

7 November 1984 Second leg	Grasshopper Club	2–4	Juventus	Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00	Koller 30' Schällibaum 71'	Report	Briaschi 21' Vignola 40' Platini 61', 85' (pen.)	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)

Juventus won 6–2 on aggregate.

Servette

Cup Winners' Cup

First round

19 September 1984 First leg	APOEL	0–3	Servette	Makario Stadio, Nicosia
		Report	Decastel 40' Brigger 79' Favre 84'	Attendance: 7,779 Referee: Mircea Neşu (Romania)

3 October 1984 Second leg	Servette	3–1	APOEL	Stade des Charmilles, Geneva
	Kok 6' Barberis 14' Brigger 31'	Report	Moores 82'	Attendance: 2,909 Referee: Paul Rion (Luxembourg)

Servette won 6–1 on aggregate.

Second round

24 October 1984 First leg	AEL	2–1	Servette	Alkazar, Larissa
	Patsiavouras 53' Kmiecik 65' (pen.)	Report	Kok 13'	Attendance: 11,620 Referee: Bogdan Dochev (Bulgaria)

7 November 1984 Second leg	Servette	0–1	AEL	Stade des Charmilles, Geneva
		Report	Valaoras 60'	Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Vítor Fernandes (Portugal)

AEL won 3–1 on aggregate.

Sion

UEFA Cup

First round

19 September 1984 First leg	Sion	1–0	Atlético Madrid	Stade de Tourbillon, Sion
20:15	Cina 75'	UEFA report		Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (West Germany)

3 October 1984 Second leg	Atlético Madrid	2–3	Sion	Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid
21:00	Sánchez 16' (pen.) Pedraza 38'	UEFA report	Marina 1' (o.g.) Cina 4', 14'	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Alan Robinson (England)

Sion won 4–2 on aggregate.

Second round

24 October 1984 First leg	Željezničar	2–1	Sion	Stadion Grbavica, Sarajevo
17:00	Bahtić 25', 84'	UEFA report	Šabanadžović 75' (o.g.)	Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Yusuf Namoğlu (Turkey)

7 November 1984 Second leg	Sion	1–1	Željezničar	Stade de Tourbillon, Sion
20:00	Cina 88'	UEFA reprt	Ćurić 76'	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Gerard Geurds (Netherlands)

Željezničar won 3–2 on aggregate.

Xamax

UEFA Cup

First round

19 September 1984 First leg	Olympiacos	1–0	Neuchâtel Xamax	O.A.K.A "Spyros Louis", Athens
19:30	Mitropoulos 2'	UEFA report		Attendance: 61,978 Referee: Vladimir Kuznetsov (Soviet Union)

3 October 1984 Second leg	Neuchâtel Xamax	2–2	Olympiacos	Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
20:00	Lüthi 25' Zaugg 71'	UEFA report	Anastopoulos 53', 89'	Attendance: 11,200 Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany)

Olympiacos won 3–2 on aggregate.

St. Gallen

Intertoto Cup

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	B05	STG	MÖN	LYN
1	Bohemians Prague	6	5	0	1	20	7	+13	10	—	5–0	4–2	5–1
2	St. Gallen	6	2	2	2	8	13	−5	6	3–2	—	1–2	2–1
3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6	2	1	3	11	12	−1	5	0–2	1–1	—	5–0
4	Lyngby	6	1	1	4	8	15	−7	3	1–2	1–1	4–0	—

Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goals; 5) Draw.

Wettingen

Intertoto Cup

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	MNE	ADM	WET	BEI
1	Maccabi Netanya	6	4	1	1	13	13	0	9	—	2–1	2–2	4–3
2	Admira/Wacker Wien	6	3	2	1	15	6	+9	8	6–0	—	3–1	2–2
3	Wettingen	6	2	2	2	8	9	−1	6	0–3	1–1	—	1–0
4	Beitar Jerusalem	6	0	1	5	6	14	−8	1	1–2	0–2	0–3	—

Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goals; 5) Draw.

Zürich

Intertoto Cup

Group 9

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	ZÜR	TRV	FER	KLA
1	Zürich	6	4	0	2	7	7	0	8	—	2–1	1–0	2–0
2	Spartak Trnava	6	3	1	2	12	9	+3	7	2–0	—	1–1	3–1
3	Ferencváros	6	2	2	2	9	6	+3	6	3–0	3–1	—	0–0
4	Austria Klagenfurt	6	1	1	4	7	13	−6	3	1–2	2–4	3–2	—

Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goals; 5) Draw.

Luzern

Intertoto Cup

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	MAL	KMS	STU	LUZ
1	Malmö FF	6	4	1	1	10	4	+6	9	—	3–0	1–0	1–0
2	Karl-Marx-Stadt	6	3	2	1	12	8	+4	8	2–1	—	2–1	5–0
3	Sturm Graz	6	1	2	3	6	8	−2	4	2–2	1–1	—	1–0
4	Luzern	6	1	1	4	4	12	−8	3	0–2	2–2	2–1	—

Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goals; 5) Draw.

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m 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 10 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
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Sources

Switzerland 1984–85 at RSSSF
Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz
European Competitions 1984–85 at RSSSF.com
Intertoto history at Pawel Mogielnicki's Page
Josef Zindel (2018). FC Basel 1893. Die ersten 125 Jahre (in German). Basel: Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5.

Preceded by 1983–84	Seasons in Swiss football	Succeeded by 1985–86

[fcb-achiv-FCB-1984/85_Rangliste-1] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (1985). "1984/85 Rangliste" [1984/85 Ranking] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2023-11-16.

[Erste_Liga-Statistik_der_Ersten_Liga_über_Aufstieg_und_Abstieg-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m 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 10 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

[3] "Grasshopper v Budapesti Honvéd, 19 September 1984" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

[4] "Budapesti Honvéd v Grasshopper, 3 October 1984" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

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