1937–38 Nationalliga

Nationalliga
Season1937–38
Dates29 August 1937 to
15 May 1938
ChampionsLugano
RelegatedBern
Matches played132
Top goalscorerNuma Monnard (Basel)
20 goals

The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1937–38 football season. This was the 41st season of top-tier football in Switzerland.

Overview

For this season, the Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) had been reduced to from 13 to just 12 member clubs in the top-tier and 24 clubs in the second-tier. This was one Nationalliga team fewer than in the last season and two teams less than the previous season. This happened because the league format had been modified. From here onwards the format would remain unchanged.

The 12 top-tier teams played a double round-robin to decide their league table positions. Two points were awarded for a win and one point was awarded for a draw. The first placed team at the end of the season would be awarded the Swiss championship title and the last placed team would be relegated to the 1939–40 1. Liga.[1]

Nationalliga

The league season began with the first matchday on 29 August 1937 and was concluded with the last round on 15 May 1938.

Teams, locations

Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Landhof 4,000
FC Bern Bern Bern Stadion Neufeld 14,000
FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne Bern Stadion Gurzelen 5,500
Grasshopper Club Zürich Zürich Zürich Hardturm 20,000
FC Grenchen Grenchen Solothurn Stadium Brühl 15,100
FC Lausanne-Sport Lausanne Vaud Pontaise 30,000
FC Lugano Lugano Ticino Cornaredo Stadium 6,330
FC Luzern Lucerne Lucerne Stadion Allmend 25,000
FC Nordstern Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Rankhof 7,600
Servette FC Geneva Geneva Stade des Charmilles 27,000
BSC Young Boys Bern Bern Wankdorf Stadium 56,000
FC Young Fellows Zürich Zürich Utogrund 2,850

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lugano 22 12 6 4 46 28 +18 30 Swiss Champions
2 Grasshopper Club 22 13 3 6 50 26 +24 29 Swiss Cup winners
3 Young Boys[2] 22 11 6 5 39 29 +10 28
4 Basel[3] 22 12 3 7 48 31 +17 27
5 Nordstern Basel 22 11 4 7 32 29 +3 26
6 Lausanne-Sport 22 10 5 7 46 39 +7 25
7 Servette[4] 22 9 7 6 39 34 +5 25
8 Young Fellows Zürich 22 9 6 7 46 32 +14 24
9 Biel-Bienne 22 6 4 12 23 36 −13 16
10 Grenchen 22 4 7 11 31 51 −20 15
11 Luzern 22 5 3 14 37 55 −18 13
12 Bern[1] 22 0 6 16 18 65 −47 6 Relegated to 1938–39 1. Liga
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

Results

Home \ Away BAS BER BB GCZ GRE LS LUG LUZ NOR SER YB YFZ
Basel 6–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 4–0 0–2 3–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0
Bern 2–7 1–3 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–5 0–3 1–1 0–1 1–7
Biel-Bienne 1–3 2–0 0–1 2–0 0–3 0–0 4–2 0–0 1–3 2–0 0–2
Grasshopper Club 4–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 4–2 1–0 7–2 1–0 4–1 3–3 1–1
Grenchen 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–7 2–4 2–2 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–5
Lausanne-Sports 2–3 4–2 1–2 1–0 3–1 4–3 2–1 6–1 2–2 3–1 3–3
Lugano 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 4–3 0–0 3–1 3–0 4–2 4–3 3–1
Luzern 1–6 2–2 4–1 1–3 1–2 4–2 2–2 0–2 2–3 0–3 1–2
Nordstern 4–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 5–3 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 3–1 1–0
Servette 1–1 5–1 4–1 0–4 3–0 2–0 1–3 2–0 2–0 2–2 0–3
Young Boys 1–0 0–0 4–2 1–0 2–2 1–0 4–3 1–1 2–1 1–0 4–0
Young Fellows 3–1 7–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–3 1–2 0–0 2–4
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Topscorers

Rank Player Nat. Goals Club
1. Numa Monnard 20 Basel
2. Lauro Amadò 18 Lugano
3. Willy Jäggi 17 Lausanne-Sports
István Grósz 17 Servette

Further in Swiss football

References

  1. ^ a b Erste Liga (SFV) (2022). "Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2022" [First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2022] (PDF). PDF page 1 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  2. ^ (red) BSC Young Boys AG (2024). "YB Saison 1937/38" [YB season 1937/38] (in Swiss High German). BSC Young Boys AG. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  3. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (2024). "FCB Rangliste 1937/38" [FCB Ranking 1937/38] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  4. ^ Reichmuth, Daniel (2024). "Servette Rangliste 1937/38" [Servette ranking 1937/38] (PDF) (in French). super-servette-ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

Sources

Preceded by
1936–37 		Nationalliga
seasons in
Switzerland 		Succeeded by
1938–39
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