1971–72 in Swiss football

Football in Switzerland
Season	1971–72
Men's football
Nationalliga A	Basel
Nationalliga B	Chiasso
1. Liga	1. Liga champions:; Young Fellows; Group West:; Stade Nyonnais; Group Central:; SC Buochs; Group South and East:; Young Fellows
Swiss Cup	Zürich
Women's football
Swiss Women's Super League	DFC Aarau

The following is a summary of the 1971–72 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Nationalliga A

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Basel^[1]	26	18	7	1	66	28	+38	43	Swiss champions, qualified for 1972–73 European Cup
2	Zürich^[2]	26	17	5	4	55	28	+27	39	Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1972–73 Cup Winners' Cup and entered 1972 Intertoto Cup
3	Grasshopper Club	26	16	6	4	56	24	+32	38	Qualified for 1972–73 UEFA Cup and entered 1972 Intertoto Cup
4	Lausanne-Sport	26	11	8	7	50	36	+14	30	Qualified for 1972–73 UEFA Cup
5	Young Boys	26	12	5	9	46	31	+15	29	Entered 1972 Intertoto Cup
6	Winterthur	26	12	4	10	37	32	+5	28	Entered 1972 Intertoto Cup
7	Sion	26	9	8	9	37	36	+1	26
8	Servette	26	10	5	11	39	47	−8	25
9	Lugano	26	8	7	11	33	39	−6	23
10	Grenchen	26	6	11	9	27	40	−13	23
11	La Chaux-de-Fonds	26	7	7	12	25	45	−20	21

12	St. Gallen	26	4	7	15	27	46	−19	15	To relegation play-out
13	Luzern	26	6	3	17	24	49	−25	15	To relegation play-out

14	Biel-Bienne	26	2	5	19	26	67	−41	9	Relegated to 1972–73 Nationalliga B

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

Relegation play out

The decider was played on 13 June 1972 at the Hardturm in Zürich.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
St. Gallen	4–1	Luzern

St. Gallen won and remain in the top-level. Luzern are relegated to 1972–73 Nationalliga B.

Nationalliga B

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Chiasso	26	17	3	6	45	25	+20	37	NLB Champions and promoted to 1972–73 Nationalliga A
2	FC Fribourg	26	15	4	7	41	22	+19	34	Promoted to 1972–73 Nationalliga A

3	Xamax	26	12	9	5	59	41	+18	33
4	Vevey-Sports	26	12	8	6	44	39	+5	32
5	FC Martigny-Sports	26	9	10	7	46	37	+9	28
6	AC Bellinzona	26	10	6	10	48	39	+9	26
7	Mendrisiostar	26	8	10	8	36	30	+6	26
8	FC Wettingen	26	9	7	10	34	42	−8	25
9	CS Chênois	26	10	5	11	39	54	−15	25
10	FC Aarau^[3]	26	8	7	11	32	31	+1	23
11	Etoile Carouge FC	26	6	11	9	31	34	−3	23
12	SC Brühl	26	7	8	11	35	49	−14	22

13	FC Monthey^[4]	26	7	7	12	35	49	−14	21	Relegated to 1972–73 1. Liga
14	AS Gambarogno^[4]	26	0	9	17	21	54	−33	9	Relegated to 1972–73 1. Liga

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

1. Liga

Group West

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Stade Nyonnais	24	17	4	3	51	22	+29	38	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	FC Raron	24	15	4	5	45	29	+16	34	Play-off to Nationalliga B
3	FC Bern	24	12	8	4	49	30	+19	32
4	FC Meyrin	24	12	2	10	35	38	−3	26
5	ASI Audax-Friul	24	10	5	9	41	35	+6	25
6	Yverdon-Sport FC	24	9	5	10	36	40	−4	23
7	FC Le Locle	24	6	10	8	31	30	+1	22
8	Central Fribourg	24	8	6	10	39	53	−14	22
9	Urania Genève Sport	24	8	5	11	41	34	+7	21
10	FC Dürrenast	24	7	7	10	39	41	−2	21
11	FC Thun	24	9	3	12	42	44	−2	21
12	CS La Tour-de-Peilz^[4]	24	8	4	12	40	49	−9	20	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
13	FC Minerva Bern^[4]	24	1	5	18	19	63	−44	7	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 Central

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	SC Buochs	24	14	7	3	49	31	+18	35	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	FC Emmenbrücke	24	14	5	5	67	38	+29	33	Play-off to Nationalliga B
3	FC Concordia Basel	24	14	4	6	48	35	+13	32
4	FC Laufen	24	11	6	7	51	36	+15	28
5	FC Breite Basel	24	11	4	9	42	40	+2	26
6	FC Solothurn	24	11	4	9	43	41	+2	26
7	FC Porrentruy	24	9	6	9	37	28	+9	24
8	FC Nordstern Basel	24	9	5	10	45	37	+8	23
9	FC Baden	24	8	6	10	42	40	+2	22
10	SR Delémont	24	9	3	12	34	36	−2	21
11	FC Turgi	24	5	7	12	34	52	−18	17
12	FC Breitenbach^[4]	24	4	5	15	23	63	−40	13	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
13	SC Burgdorf^[4]	24	3	6	15	31	69	−38	12	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 South and East

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Young Fellows Zürich	24	17	3	4	64	29	+35	37	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	FC Vaduz	24	11	6	7	47	35	+12	28	To decider for second place
3	SC Zug	24	10	8	6	27	19	+8	28	To decider for second place
4	US Giubiasco	24	11	5	8	36	32	+4	27
5	FC Locarno	24	11	5	8	36	32	+4	27
6	FC Frauenfeld	24	11	4	9	37	34	+3	26
7	FC Gossau	24	8	8	8	45	40	+5	24
8	FC Blue Stars Zürich	24	10	4	10	43	47	−4	24
9	FC Red Star Zürich	24	9	5	10	33	39	−6	23
10	FC Chur	24	8	4	12	24	29	−5	20
11	FC Tössfeld	24	8	3	13	30	44	−14	19
12	FC Rorschach^[4]	24	6	4	14	28	43	−15	16	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
13	FC Amriswil^[4]	24	4	5	15	23	50	−27	13	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Decider for second place

The decider match for second place was played on 30 May 1972 in Küssnacht.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
SC Zug	4–1	FC Vaduz

SC Zug win and advance to play-offs. FC Vaduz remain in the division.

Promotion play-off

The three group winners played a two legged tie against one of the runners-up to decide the three finalists. The games were played on

Qualification round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Emmenbrücke	0–3	FC Young Fellows Zürich
FC Young Fellows Zürich	4–1	FC Emmenbrücke

FC Young Fellows Zürich win 7–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Raron	3–3	SC Buochs
SC Buochs	1–1	FC Raron

SC Buochs win on away goals and continue to the finals.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Stade Nyonnais	1–1	SC Zug
SC Zug	1–1	FC Stade Nyonnais

FC Stade Nyonnais qualified as better classed team in the regular season and continue to the finals.

Final round

The three first round winners competed in a single round-robin to decide the two promotion slots. The games were played on

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	YFJ	BUO	NYO
1	FC Young Fellows Zürich	2	2	0	7	3	+4	4	—	2–1	—
2	SC Buochs	2	1	1	4	4	0	2	—	—	3–2
3	FC Stade Nyonnais	2	0	2	4	8	−4	0	2–5	—	—

Source: RSSSF

FC Young Fellows Zürich are 1. Liga champions, SC Buochs are runners-up and these two teams are promoted.^[4]

Swiss Cup

The competition was played in a knockout system. In the case of a draw, extra time was played. If the teams were still level after extra time, the match was replayed at the away team's ground. Here, in case of a draw after extra time, the replay was to be decided with a penalty shoot-out. The final was held in the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern.

Early rounds

The routes of the finalists to the final were:

Third round: NLA teams with a bye.
Fourth round: Zürich-Bellinzona 5:2. Basel-Monthey 3:1.
Fifth round: Brühl-Zürich 0:2. La Chaux-de-Fonds-Basel 0:3.
Quarter-finals: Zürich-Fribourg 2:1. GC-Basel 1:1 (a.e.t.). Replay: Basel-GC 3:2.
Semi-finals: St. Gallen-Zürich 2:3.^[5] YB-Basel 0:2.^[6]

Final

22 May 1972

14:30

Zürich	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Basel
Jeandupeux 45' Jeandupeux 90+1'	FCB summary FCZ summary Fussball-Schweiz

Wankdorf, Bern

Attendance: 45,000

Referee:

Rudolf Scheurer (Bettlach)

Swiss Clubs in Europe

Grasshopper Club as 1970–71 Nationalliga A champions: 1971–72 European Cup and entered 1971 Intertoto Cup
Servette as 1970–71 Swiss Cup winners: 1971–72 Cup Winners' Cup and entered 1971 Intertoto Cup
Basel as league runners-up team: 1971–72 UEFA Cup
Lugano as league third placed team: 1971–72 UEFA Cup and entered 1971 Intertoto Cup
Zürich: entered 1971 Intertoto Cup
Young Boys: entered 1971 Intertoto Cup

Grasshopper Club

European Cup

First round

15 September 1971 First leg	Reipas Lahti	1–1	Grasshopper Club	Lahden kisapuisto, Lahti
	Lindholm 75'	Report	Ohlhauser 63'	Attendance: 1,276 Referee: Einar Boström (Sweden)

29 September 1971 Second leg	Grasshopper Club	8–0	Reipas Lahti	Hardturm, Zürich
	Müller 1', 39', 71', 85' Gröbli 31' Schneeberger 45' Meier 70' Mayer 77'	Report		Attendance: 4,941 Referee: Franz Wöhrer (Austria)

Grasshopper won 9–1 on aggregate.

Second round

20 October 1971 First leg	Grasshopper Club	0–2	Arsenal	Hardturm, Zürich
		Report	Kennedy 2' Graham 88'	Attendance: 14,964 Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)

3 November 1971 Second leg	Arsenal	3–0	Grasshopper Club	Highbury, London
	Kennedy 40' George 47' Radford 84'	Report		Attendance: 31,106 Referee: Ove Dahlberg (Sweden)

Arsenal won 5–0 on aggregate.

Intertoto Cup

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	SAL	DJU	BRA	GCZ
1	Austria Salzburg	6	5	1	0	16	3	+13	11	—	1–1	2–0	3–0
2	Djurgården	6	3	1	2	8	8	0	7	0–3	—	2–3	1–0
3	Inter Bratislava	6	2	0	4	17	16	+1	4	1–4	1–2	—	9–2
4	Grasshopper Club	6	1	0	5	7	21	−14	2	1–3	0–2	4–3	—

Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Servette

Cup Winners' Cup

First round

15 September 1971 First leg	Servette	2–1	Liverpool	Stade des Charmilles, Geneva
	Dörfel 25' Barriquand 48'	Report	Lawler 80'	Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

29 September 1971 Second leg	Liverpool	2–0	Servette	Anfield, Liverpool
	Hughes 27' Heighway 59'	Report		Attendance: 38,591 Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany)

Liverpool won 3–2 on aggregate.

Intertoto Cup

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	SER	SZB	LIN	B03
1	Servette	6	3	2	1	13	4	+9	8	—	2–0	7–0	0–1
2	Szombierki Bytom	6	3	1	2	13	7	+6	7	0–1	—	4–1	3–0
3	LASK	6	1	3	2	8	16	−8	5	2–2	2–2	—	0–0
4	B 1903	6	1	2	3	4	11	−7	4	1–1	4–1	1–3	—

Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Basel

UEFA Cup

First round

15 September 1971 First leg	Basel	1–2	Real Madrid	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Hasler 32' Ramseier 48'	UEFA report FCB Summary	27' Grosso 33' Aguilar 75' Santillana	Attendance: 32,059 Referee: Kenneth Howard Burns

29 September 1971 Second leg	Real Madrid	2–1 (4–2 agg.)	Basel	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
21:00	Aguilar 48' Santillana 78'	UEFA report FCB Summary	57' Siegenthaler	Attendance: 61,861 Referee: Aurelio Angonese

Real Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.

Lugano

UEFA Cup

First round

15 September 1971 (1971-09-15) First leg	Lugano	1–3	Legia Warsaw	Cornaredo Stadium, Lugano
	Luttrop 83' (pen.)	Report	Ćmikiewicz 20' Stachurski 61' Nowak 88'	Attendance: 3,000

29 September 1971 (1971-09-29) Second leg	Legia Warsaw	0–0	Lugano	Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw
		Report		Attendance: 10,000

Legia Warsaw won 3–1 on aggregate.

Zürich

Intertoto Cup

Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	HER	ZÜR	TRE	AB
1	Hertha Berlin	6	5	0	1	16	7	+9	10	—	3–2	2–1	4–0
2	Zürich	6	4	1	1	13	8	+5	9	3–2	—	1–0	2–1
3	Jednota Trenčín	6	2	1	3	9	7	+2	5	0–2	1–1	—	4–0
4	AB	6	0	0	6	4	20	−16	0	1–3	1–4	1–3	—

Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Young Boys

Intertoto Cup

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	EIN	MAL	ZWA	YB
1	Eintracht Braunschweig	6	5	1	10	2	+8	10	—	0–1	1–0	2–0
2	Malmö FF	6	4	2	15	8	+7	8	0–1	—	4–0	6–3
3	Zagłębie Wałbrzych	6	2	4	3	8	−5	4	0–1	2–0	—	1–0
4	Young Boys	6	1	5	8	18	−10	2	1–5	2–4	2–0	—

Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

References

^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (1972). "1971/72 Rangliste" [1971/72 Ranking] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2023-11-16.
^ (red) dbFCZ (2023). "FCZ 1971/72" (in Swiss High German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
^ Beck, Stephan (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1971/72 Nationalliga B" [Swiss Championship 1971/72 Nationalliga B] (in German). arowa.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ 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.
^ (red) dbFCZ (2023). "St. Gallen - FCZ 2:3 (0:3)" (in German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
^ (red) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (3 April 1972). "BSC Young Boys - FC Basel 0:2 (0:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2023-11-16.

Sources

Switzerland 1971–72 at RSSSF
League Cup finals at RSSSF
European Competitions 1971–72 at RSSSF.com
Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz
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 1970–71	Seasons in Swiss football	Succeeded by 1972–73

[fcb-achiv-FCB-1971/72_Rangliste-1] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (1972). "1971/72 Rangliste" [1971/72 Ranking] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2023-11-16.

[dbFCZ-FCZ-1971/72-2] (red) dbFCZ (2023). "FCZ 1971/72" (in Swiss High German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

[arowa-FCA-1971/72_Rangliste-3] Beck, Stephan (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1971/72 Nationalliga B" [Swiss Championship 1971/72 Nationalliga B] (in German). arowa.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

[Erste_Liga-Statistik_der_Ersten_Liga_über_Aufstieg_und_Abstieg-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ 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.

[dbFCZ-1971/72-Cup-FCSG-FCZ-5] (red) dbFCZ (2023). "St. Gallen - FCZ 2:3 (0:3)" (in German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

[fcb-achiv-1971/72-Cup-YB-FCB-6] (red) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (3 April 1972). "BSC Young Boys - FC Basel 0:2 (0:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2023-11-16.

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