1950–51 Nationalliga A

Nationalliga A
Season1950–51
ChampionsLausanne-Sport
RelegatedGrenchen
Cantonal Neuchâtel
Top goalscorerHans-Peter Friedländer]
(Lausanne-Sport)
22 goals
Nationalliga B
Season1950–51
ChampionsGrasshopper Club
PromotedGrasshopper Club
Bern
RelegatedConcordia
Moutier
Top goalscorerAlfred Bickel
(Grasshopper Club)
26 goals

The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1950–51 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 54th season of top-tier and the 53rd season of second-tier football in Switzerland.

Overview

The Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) had 28 member clubs at this time which were divided into two divisions of 14 teams each. The teams played a double round-robin to decide their table positions. Two points were awarded for a win and one point was awarded for a draw. The top tier (NLA) was contested by the top 12 teams from the previous season and the two newly promoted teams Cantonal Neuchâtel and Young Boys. The last two teams in the league table at the end of the season were to be relegated.

The second-tier (NLB) was contested by the two teams that had been relegated from the NLA at the end of the last season, these were Bern and St. Gallen, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams from the 1. Liga Winterthur and Concordia. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1951–52 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1951–52 Swiss 1. Liga.[1]

Nationalliga A

Teams, locations

Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Landhof 4,000
AC Bellinzona Bellinzona Ticino Stadio Comunale Bellinzona 5,000
FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne Bern Stadion Gurzelen 5,500
FC Cantonal Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière 25,500
FC Chiasso Chiasso Ticino Stadio Comunale Riva IV 4,000
FC Grenchen Grenchen Solothurn Stadium Brühl 15,100
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds Neuchâtel Centre Sportif de la Charrière 10,000
FC Lausanne-Sport Lausanne Vaud Pontaise 30,000
FC Locarno Locarno Ticino Stadio comunale Lido 5,000
FC Lugano Lugano Ticino Cornaredo Stadium 6,330
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
FC Zürich Zürich Zürich Letzigrund 25,000

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lausanne-Sport 26 14 6 6 58 31 +27 34 Swiss Champions
2 Chiasso 26 12 7 7 60 52 +8 31
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 11 8 7 72 64 +8 30 Swiss Cup winners
4 Basel[2] 26 12 4 10 62 51 +11 28
5 Zürich[3] 26 13 2 11 65 62 +3 28
6 Servette[4] 26 11 6 9 46 43 +3 28
7 Young Boys[5] 26 11 5 10 53 55 −2 27
8 Lugano 26 9 8 9 33 42 −9 26
9 Bellinzona 26 10 5 11 36 45 −9 25
10 Young Fellows Zürich 26 9 6 11 55 58 −3 24
11 Biel-Bienne 26 8 7 11 45 41 +4 23
12 Locarno 26 8 6 12 40 43 −3 22 Play-out against relegation
13 Grenchen 26 8 6 12 31 47 −16 22
14 Cantonal Neuchâtel 26 4 8 14 41 63 −22 16 Relegated to 1951–55 NLB
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

Results

Home \ Away BAS BEL BB CAN CDF CHI GRE LS LOC LUG SER YB YFZ ZUR
Basel 3–0 2–2 2–3 4–1 6–2 0–2 1–4 2–1 1–1 4–2 5–1 3–0 5–1
Bellinzona 2–4 0–3 1–0 2–2 0–3 2–1 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–3 3–0 2–2 2–2
Biel-Bienne 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–3 8–0 3–1 1–2 2–0 3–3 0–2 0–0 4–1
Cantonal Neuchâtel 0–2 1–2 2–0 3–3 3–1 1–1 0–6 1–1 0–1 4–5 0–0 1–3 1–3
La Chaux-de-Fonds 4–3 3–0 3–0 3–5 4–3 1–2 5–5 4–2 5–2 2–1 1–1 4–1 6–1
Chiasso 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 5–2 3–2 0–5 1–2 2–0 5–1 5–0 3–1 4–0
Grenchen 0–1 1–2 0–2 2–1 3–3 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 0–4 2–2 2–0
Lausanne-Sports 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–2 6–2 0–0 0–0 4–1 2–1 1–2 4–1 4–1
Locarno 5–0 0–1 1–2 4–3 2–2 3–0 3–1 0–1 1–3 0–2 0–3 2–1 4–2
Lugano 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 4–0
Servette 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–3 3–1 1–1 2–2 3–0 2–1 4–0 3–1
Young Boys 3–6 1–0 2–2 7–2 4–3 3–3 2–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 4–5 1–3
Young Fellows 6–2 3–1 2–3 6–1 3–6 2–2 0–2 3–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 2–3 4–5
Zürich 2–1 4–2 5–2 3–2 8–0 2–2 3–0 1–2 2–0 5–1 3–0 5–2 1–3
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-out against relegation

Locarno and Grenchen ended the season level on points in joint twelfth/thirteenth position. Therefore, a play-out against relegation was required to decide the relegation slot. The decider match was played on 21 June at the Letzigrund in Zürich.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Locarno 4–2 (a.e.t.) Grenchen

Locarno won and remained in the division for the next season. Grenchen were relegated to 1951–52 NLB.

Topscorers

Rank Player Nat. Goals Club
1. Hans-Peter Friedländer 22 Lausanne-Sport
2. Josef Hügi 21 Basel
3. Charles Antenen 20 La Chaux-de-Fonds
4. Jacques Fatton 22 Servette
5. Walter Beerli 17 Young Boys
Hans Siegenthaler 17 Young Fellows Zürich
7. Walter Fink 15 Young Fellows Zürich
Ferdinando Riva 15 Chiasso
9. Traugott Oberer 14 Chiasso
Ezio Sormani 14 Bellinzona
Giovanni Zanollo 14 Chiasso

Nationalliga B

Teams, locations

Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Aarau Aarau Aargau Stadion Brügglifeld 9,240
FC Bern Bern Bern Stadion Neufeld 14,000
FC Concordia Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Stadion Rankhof 7,000
FC Étoile-Sporting[6] La Chaux-de-Fonds Neuchâtel Les Foulets / Terrain des Eplatures 1,000 / 500
FC Fribourg Fribourg Fribourg Stade Universitaire 9,000
Grasshopper Club Zürich Zürich Zürich Hardturm 20,000
FC Luzern Lucerne Lucerne Stadion Allmend 25,000
FC Mendrisio Mendrisio Ticino Centro Sportivo Comunale 4,000
FC Moutier[7] Moutier Bern Stade de Chalière 5,000
FC Nordstern Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Rankhof 7,600
FC St. Gallen St. Gallen St. Gallen Espenmoos 11,000
Urania Genève Sport Genève Geneva Stade de Frontenex 4,000
FC Winterthur Winterthur Zürich Schützenwiese 8,550
SC Zug Zug Zug Herti Allmend Stadion 6,000

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Grasshopper Club Zürich 26 25 0 1 116 21 +95 50 NLB champions and promoted to 1951–52 Nationalliga A
2 FC Bern 26 16 5 5 62 36 +26 37 Promoted to 1951–52 Nationalliga A
3 FC Étoile-Sporting 26 12 5 9 66 48 +18 29
4 FC Nordstern Basel 26 13 3 10 52 59 −7 29
5 FC Winterthur 26 8 10 8 38 29 +9 26
6 FC Fribourg 26 9 7 10 40 45 −5 25
7 FC St. Gallen 26 10 4 12 46 43 +3 24
8 FC Aarau[8] 26 10 3 13 46 49 −3 23
9 FC Luzern 26 8 6 12 39 48 −9 22
10 Urania Genève Sport 26 8 5 13 38 52 −14 21
11 SC Zug 26 8 5 13 41 67 −26 21
12 FC Mendrisio 26 7 6 13 49 70 −21 20
13 FC Moutier[1] 26 7 5 14 34 65 −31 19 Relegated to 1951–52 1. Liga
14 FC Concordia Basel[1] 26 5 8 13 53 88 −35 18 Relegated to 1951–52 1. Liga
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

Further in Swiss football

References

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  4. ^ Reichmuth, Daniel (2024). "Servette 1950/51" (PDF) (in French). super-servette-ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  5. ^ (red) BSC Young Boys AG (2024). "YB Saison 1950/51" [YB season 1950/51] (in Swiss High German). BSC Young Boys AG. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  6. ^ (red) Association neuchâteloise de football (2024). "FC Étoile-Sporting'" (in French). Association neuchâteloise de football. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
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Sources

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