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1981–82 Nationalliga A

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Nationalliga A
Season1981–82
ChampionsGrasshopper Club
(18th title)
RelegatedNordstern Basel
Chiasso
European CupGrasshopper Club
Cup Winners' CupSion
UEFA CupServette
Zürich
Top goalscorerClaudio Sulser
(GC) 23 goals
Nationalliga B
Season1981–82
ChampionsWinterthur
PromotedWinterthur
Wettingen
RelegatedFC Aurore Bienne
FC Altstätten
Frauenfeld
Top goalscorerRoger Vergères
(La Chaux-de-Fonds) 21 goals

Statistics of the Swiss National League in the 1981–82 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 85th season of top-tier and the 84th season of second-tier football in Switzerland.

Overview

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The Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) was expanded during the 1980–81 season from 28 to 32 member clubs. These were 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 (home and away) 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 1982–83 European Cup, the runners-up and third placed team would qualify for the 1982–83 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.[1]

Nationalliga A

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The top-tier, Nationalliga A (NLA), was contested by the top thirteen clubs from the previous season and three sides promoted from the second level 1980–81 Nationalliga B, these being Vevey-Sports, FC Aarau and FC Bulle. The first round was played on 15 August 1981. There was a winter break between 5 December and 27 February 1982. The season was completed on 9 June 1982.

Teams, locations

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Locations of teams' home cities in the 1981–82 Swiss Football Championship
Team Town Canton Position
in 1980–81 		Stadium Capacity
FC Aarau Aarau  Aargau 0152nd in NLB Stadion Brügglifeld 9,240
FC Basel Basel  Basel-Stadt 0066th St. Jakob Stadium 36,800
AC Bellinzona Bellinzona  Ticino 01212th Stadio Comunale Bellinzona 5,000
FC Bulle Bulle  Fribourg 0163rd in NLB Stade de Bouleyres 7,000
FC Chiasso Chiasso  Ticino 01313th Stadio Comunale Riva IV 4,000
Grasshopper Club Zürich  Zürich 0022nd Hardturm 20,000
Lausanne-Sports Lausanne  Vaud 0055th Pontaise 15,700
FC Luzern Lucerne  Lucerne 0099th Stadion Allmend 25,000
Neuchâtel Xamax Neuchâtel  Neuchâtel 0033rd Stade de la Maladière 25,500
Nordstern Basel Basel  Basel-Stadt 00311th Rankhof 7,600
FC St. Gallen St. Gallen  St. Gallen 01010th Espenmoos 11,000
Servette Geneva  Geneva 0077th Stade des Charmilles 27,000
FC Sion Sion  Valais 0088th Stade de Tourbillon 16,000
FC Vevey-Sports Vevey  Vaud 0141st in NLB Stade de Copet 4,000
Young Boys Bern  Bern 0044th Wankdorf Stadium 56,000
FC Zürich Zürich  Zürich 001Champions Letzigrund 25,000

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Grasshopper Club 30 21 7 2 72 24 +48 49 Swiss champions, qualified for 1982–83 European Cup
2 Servette 30 20 6 4 76 32 +44 46 Qualified for 1982–83 UEFA Cup
3 Zürich[2] 30 18 10 2 62 25 +37 46 Qualified for 1982–83 UEFA Cup
and entered 1982 Intertoto Cup
4 Xamax 30 18 9 3 67 30 +37 45
5 Young Boys 30 15 9 6 52 40 +12 39 Entered 1982 Intertoto Cup
6 Sion 30 12 7 11 51 46 +5 31 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1982–83 Cup Winners' Cup
7 Aarau[3] 30 10 8 12 51 55 −4 28
8 Basel[4] 30 11 6 13 47 51 −4 28
9 Luzern 30 10 7 13 54 59 −5 27 Entered 1982 Intertoto Cup
10 St. Gallen 30 10 5 15 40 45 −5 25 Entered 1982 Intertoto Cup
11 Vevey-Sports 30 6 11 13 44 57 −13 23
12 Bellinzona 30 7 7 16 34 66 −32 21
13 Lausanne-Sport 30 6 8 16 39 52 −13 20
14 Bulle 30 5 9 16 29 58 −29 19
15 Nordstern Basel 30 6 5 19 29 69 −40 17 Relegated to 1982–83 Nationalliga B
16 Chiasso 30 4 8 18 25 63 −38 16
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

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Home \ Away AAR BAS BEL BUL CHI GCZ LS LUZ NX NOR SER SIO STG VEV YB ZÜR
Aarau 2–1 3–0 4–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 5–1 0–3 4–0 2–6 0–2 2–0 2–2 2–4 1–1
Basel 2–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 1–3 1–3 2–2 1–1 3–0 0–1 2–1 5–2 4–2 1–1 0–2
Bellinzona 0–3 1–1 3–1 5–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–4 1–1 1–3 2–1 0–0 1–1
Bulle 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 3–6 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1
Chiasso 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–6 0–0 3–2 1–4 2–2 0–3 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–4
Grasshopper Club 3–1 3–0 4–1 5–2 2–0 3–1 3–1 2–2 1–0 3–0 2–2 3–2 5–1 3–0 2–2
Lausanne-Sports 2–2 2–3 5–1 4–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–5 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–2
Luzern 3–3 2–2 4–0 5–1 1–0 1–0 1–3 3–5 3–2 2–4 4–0 1–0 5–3 5–1 0–2
Neuchâtel Xamax 2–1 4–2 5–0 3–0 5–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 4–0 4–3 3–2 4–0 1–1 1–1 1–1
Nordstern Basel 0–1 3–4 1–2 1–2 0–3 0–4 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 4–0 3–1 4–1 0–3
Servette 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–0 4–0 4–0 2–2 4–1 3–0 4–1 1–1
Sion 4–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–2 3–2 3–1 2–4 3–2 0–1 3–1 1–3 1–1 1–1
St. Gallen 2–2 4–0 2–0 2–0 4–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 4–0 0–1 3–1 5–3 0–1 0–0
Vevey-Sports 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 3–2 0–0 5–2 3–0 0–2 5–1 1–1 0–4 0–0 2–2 0–1
Young Boys 5–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 0–3 1–0 3–3 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–1 5–1 3–0
Zürich 2–2 3–1 6–0 5–2 1–0 0–1 4–2 3–0 1–1 8–1 3–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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Rank Scorer Nat. Club Goals
1 Claudio Sulser   SUI Grasshopper Club 22
2 Marc Schnyder   SUI Servette 16
3 Jean-Paul Brigger   SUI Sion 15
Lucien Favre   SUI Servette 15
Angelo Elia   SUI Servette 15
6 Walter Seiler   SUI Zürich 14
Roger Hegi   SUI Aarau 14
8 Ottmar Hitzfeld  FRG Luzern 13
9 Franz Peterhans   SUI Young Boys 12
Peter Risi   SUI Luzern 12
Don Givens  IRL Xamax 12
Walter Pellegrini   SUI Xamax 12
13 Jurica Jerković  YUG Zürich 11
Alfred Herberth  FRG Aarau 11
Georges Bregy   SUI Sion 11
16 Hans-Peter Zwicker   SUI Zürich 10
Mustapha Yaghcha  MAR Servette 10
Gerhard Ritter  AUT St. Gallen 10
Claude Andrey   SUI Xamax 10

Nationalliga B

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The first round was played on 15 August 1981. There was a winter break between 5 December and 27 February 1982. The season was completed on 9 June 1982.

Teams, locations

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Team Town Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Altstätten (St. Gallen)[5] Altstätten  St. Gallen Grüntal Altstätten 1,000
FC Aurore Bienne[6] Biel/Bienne  Bern Tilleul-Linde 1,000
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 Frauenfeld Frauenfeld  Thurgau Kleine Allmend 6,370
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 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 Wettingen Wettingen  Aargau Stadion Altenburg 10,000
FC Winterthur Winterthur  Zürich Schützenwiese 8,550


Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Winterthur 30 19 7 4 65 26 +39 45 Promoted to 1982–83 Nationalliga A
2 Wettingen 30 17 10 3 60 29 +31 44
3 Chênois 30 16 8 6 52 30 +22 40
4 La Chaux-de-Fonds 30 14 9 7 64 36 +28 37
5 Grenchen 30 11 12 7 46 34 +12 34
6 Mendrisiostar 30 14 6 10 45 53 −8 34
7 Lugano 30 11 9 10 55 49 +6 31
8 Locarno 30 11 8 11 54 40 +14 30
9 Biel-Bienne 30 8 14 8 51 47 +4 30
10 Bern 30 9 8 13 45 57 −12 26
11 Ibach 30 6 13 11 36 47 −11 25
12 Fribourg 30 7 10 13 37 47 −10 24
13 Monthey 30 8 7 15 34 47 −13 23
14 FC Aurore Bienne[7] 30 7 8 15 26 64 −38 22 Relegated to 1982–83 1. Liga
15 FC Altstätten (St. Gallen)[7] 30 4 12 14 25 56 −31 20
16 Frauenfeld[7] 30 3 9 18 26 59 −33 15
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Further in Swiss football

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References

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  1. ^ "Switzerland Final League Tables of the Nationalliga A and B 1930-2000". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  2. ^ (red) dbFCZ (2006–2023). "FCZ 1981/1982" (in German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  3. ^ Beck, Stephan (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1981/82 Nationalliga B" [Swiss Championship 1981/82 Nationalliga B] (in German). arowa.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  4. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (1982). "1981/82 Rangliste" [1981/82 Ranking] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  5. ^ (red) Ostschweizer Fussballverband (2023). "FC Altstätten" (in German). Ostschweizer Fussballverband - ofv.swiss. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  6. ^ (red) Fussballverband Bern/Jura (2023). "FC Aurore Bienne" (in German). Fussballverband Bern/Jura. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  7. ^ a b c 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 9 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

Sources

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Preceded by
1980–81 		Nationalliga
seasons in
Switzerland 		Succeeded by
1982–83
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