1965–66 in Swiss football

Football in Switzerland
Season	1965–66
Men's football
Nationalliga A	Zürich
Nationalliga B	Winterthur
1. Liga	1. Liga champions:; FC Wettingen; Group West:; Etoile Carouge; Group Cenral:; FC Langenthal; Group South and East:; FC Wettingen
Swiss Cup	Zürich

The following is a summary of the 1965–66 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Nationalliga A

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zürich^[1]	26	18	6	2	73	25	+48	42	Swiss Champions, qualified for 1966–67 European Cup and Swiss Cup winners,
2	Servette^[2]	26	14	7	5	57	45	+12	35	Swiss Cup finalist, qualified for 1966–67 Cup Winners' Cup
3	Lausanne-Sport	26	12	8	6	72	46	+26	32
4	La Chaux-de-Fonds	26	12	7	7	53	42	+11	31	Entered 1966–67 Intertoto Cup
5	Young Boys^[3]	26	11	7	8	72	47	+25	29
6	Basel^[4]	26	10	7	9	64	57	+7	27
7	Grasshopper Club	26	11	5	10	55	54	+1	27
8	Sion	26	9	8	9	36	36	0	26	Entered 1966–67 Intertoto Cup
9	Lugano	26	6	10	10	27	37	−10	22
10	Biel-Bienne	26	6	10	10	38	56	−18	22	Entered 1966–67 Intertoto Cup
11	Grenchen	26	8	6	12	42	65	−23	22	Entered 1966–67 Intertoto Cup
12	Young Fellows Zürich	26	7	7	12	46	62	−16	21

13	Luzern	26	4	10	12	36	56	−20	18	Relegated to 1966–67 Nationalliga B
14	Urania Genève Sport	26	3	4	19	35	78	−43	10	Relegated to 1966–67 Nationalliga B

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

Nationalliga B

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Winterthur	26	17	3	6	52	29	+23	37	NLB Champions and promoted to 1966–67 Nationalliga A
2	FC Moutier	26	16	2	8	47	46	+1	34	Promoted to 1966–67 Nationalliga A

3	SC Brühl	26	12	7	7	55	33	+22	31
4	AC Bellinzona	26	10	8	8	48	33	+15	28
5	St. Gallen	26	10	7	9	51	46	+5	27
6	FC Thun	26	11	4	11	45	39	+6	26
7	FC Chiasso	26	11	3	12	39	42	−3	25
8	FC Blue Stars Zürich	26	11	3	12	51	58	−7	25
9	FC Solothurn	26	10	5	11	34	44	−10	25
10	FC Aarau^[5]	26	11	2	13	43	43	0	24
11	FC Le Locle	26	10	4	12	38	38	0	24
12	FC Baden	26	7	9	10	35	38	−3	23

13	FC Porrentruy^[6]	26	9	4	13	29	44	−15	22	Relegated to 1966–67 1. Liga
14	FC Cantonal Neuchâtel^[6]	26	3	7	16	26	60	−34	13	Relegated to 1966–67 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	Etoile Carouge FC	24	16	5	3	54	21	+33	37	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	FC Xamax	24	11	10	3	47	23	+24	32	Play-off to Nationalliga B
3	FC Fribourg	24	11	6	7	52	29	+23	28
4	CS Chênois	24	10	8	6	39	34	+5	28
5	FC Versoix	24	10	7	7	38	31	+7	27
6	Yverdon-Sport FC	24	11	3	10	44	37	+7	25
7	FC Raron	24	9	6	9	34	40	−6	24
8	FC Stade Lausanne	24	9	5	10	41	47	−6	23
9	Vevey-Sports	24	9	3	12	39	41	−2	21
10	FC Forward Morges	24	7	6	11	25	34	−9	20
11	FC Martigny-Sports	24	7	4	13	25	54	−29	18
12	FC Meyrin^[6]	24	6	5	13	30	38	−8	17	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
13	FC Montreux-Sports^[6]	24	4	4	16	29	68	−39	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 Central

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Langenthal	24	18	4	2	73	21	+52	40	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	FC Olten	24	14	4	6	39	27	+12	32	Play-off to Nationalliga B
3	FC Concordia Basel	24	12	3	9	59	44	+15	27
4	FC Bern	24	12	3	9	58	46	+12	27
5	FC Wohlen	24	12	3	9	48	40	+8	27
6	SC Burgdorf	24	11	4	9	40	34	+6	26
7	FC Minerva Bern	24	8	6	10	44	39	+5	22
8	FC Fontainemelon	24	9	5	10	39	46	−7	23
9	SR Delémont	24	9	3	12	49	61	−12	21
10	FC Alle	24	9	2	13	40	50	−10	20
11	FC Nordstern Basel	24	8	3	13	26	49	−23	19
12	FC Trimbach^[6]	24	6	4	14	25	49	−24	16	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
13	US Bienne-Boujean^[6]	24	3	6	15	31	65	−34	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 Wettingen	24	17	3	4	61	15	+46	37	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	SC Zug	24	11	8	5	33	28	+5	30	Play-off to Nationalliga B
3	FC Küsnacht	24	9	8	7	29	23	+6	26
4	FC Vaduz	24	11	4	9	54	53	+1	26
5	FC Locarno	24	7	11	6	24	19	+5	25
6	FC Red Star Zürich	24	10	4	10	39	36	+3	24
7	FC Emmenbrücke	24	8	8	8	37	37	0	24
8	FC Schaffhausen	24	8	7	9	32	40	−8	23
9	FC Rorschach	24	9	3	12	27	40	−13	21
10	FC Widnau	24	7	6	11	37	44	−7	20
11	FC Amriswil	24	4	11	9	39	46	−7	19	Play-out against relegation
12	FC Dietikon	24	6	7	11	20	41	−21	19	Play-out against relegation
13	FC Oerlikon/Polizei ZH^[6]	24	8	2	14	42	52	−10	18	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 twelfth place

The decider was played in Frauenfeld.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Amriswil	3–0	FC Dietikon

FC Amriswil win and remain in the division. FC Dietikon were relegated to 2. Liga Interregional.^[6]

Promotion play-off

The three group winners played a round-robin against the four teams who had not been in their group. The teams did not play against the team that had been in the same group.

Matches

The first games were played on 5 June.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Wettingen	4–2	Etoile Carouge FC
SC Zug	1–0	FC Olten
FC Xamax	3–2	FC Langenthal

The second round was played on 12 June.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Langenthal	3–0	FC Wettingen
FC Olten	1–2	FC Xamax
Etoile Carouge FC	3–3	SC Zug

The third round was played on 19 June.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Langenthal	1–1	Etoile Carouge FC
FC Olten	2–4	FC Wettingen
FC Xamax	5–0	SC Zug

The final round was played on 26 June.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Wettingen	3–0	FC Xamax
Etoile Carouge FC	5–1	FC Olten
SC Zug	2–3	FC Langenthal

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Wettingen^[6]	4	3	0	1	11	7	+4	6	1. Liga champions promoted to 1966–67 Nationalliga B
2	FC Xamax^[6]	4	3	0	1	10	6	+4	6	Promoted to 1966–67 Nationalliga B
3	FC Langenthal	4	2	1	1	9	6	+3	5
4	Etoile Carouge FC	4	1	2	1	11	9	+2	4
5	SC Zug	4	1	1	2	6	11	−5	3
6	FC Olten	4	0	0	4	4	12	−8	0

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.

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. In the replay, in case of a draw after extra time, it was to be decided with a penalty shoot-out.

Early rounds

The routes of the finalists to the final were:

Third round: teams from the NLA with byes.
Fourth round: Blue Stars-Zürich 1:6. Servette-Fontainemelon 5:2.
Fifth round: Lugano-Zürich 1:2. Servette-Lausanne 1:0
Quarter-finals. Zürich-Bellinzona 5:1. Servette-La Chaux-de-Fonds 2:1.
Semi-finals: Zürich-Cantonal Neuchâtel 4:2. Basel-Servette 1:3.^[7]

Final

The final was held in the former Wankdorf Stadium on Easter Monday 11 April 1966.

11 April 1966

Zürich	2–0	Servette
Winiger 32' Künzli 65'	FCZ summary Fussball Schweiz

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Attendance: 54,000 (sold out)

Referee: Anton Bucheli (Lucerne)

Comments: The largest attendance to date for a Swiss Cup final. First ever final appearance for FC Zurich.

Swiss Clubs in Europe

Lausanne-Sport as 1964–65 Nationalliga A champions: 1965–66 European Cup
Sion as 1964–65 Swiss Cup winners: 1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup
Grasshopper Club: Entered 1965–66 Intertoto Cup
Lugano: Entered 1965–66 Intertoto Cup
La Chaux-de-Fonds: Entered 1965–66 Intertoto Cup
Luzern: Entered 1965–66 Intertoto Cup

Lausanne

European Cup

Preliminary round

22 September 1965 First leg	Lausanne-Sports	0–0	Sparta Prague	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
		Report		Attendance: 25,614 Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)

29 September 1965 Second leg	Sparta Prague	4–0	Lausanne-Sports	Stadion Letná, Prague
	Mráz 20', 24', 76' Dyba 82'	Report		Attendance: 14,659 Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

Sparta Prague won 4–0 on aggregate.

Sion

Cup Winners' Cup

First round

25 August 1965 First leg	Sion	5–1	Galatasaray	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
	Eschmann 12' Eschmann 50' Quentin 55' Stockbauer 80' Stockbauer 89'	Summary	43' Kutver	Attendance: 7,558 Referee: Alessandro D'Agostini

29 September 1965 Second leg	Galatasaray SK	2–1	FC Sion	Istanbul
EET	Uğur Köken 33' Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu 59'	(Report)	Claude Sixt 50'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadi Attendance: 20,049 Referee: Zivko Bajic

Sion won 6–3 on aggregate

Second round

17 November 1965 First leg	1. FC Magdeburg	8–1	Sion	Ernst-Grube-Stadion, Magdeburg
	Eckhardt 9', 25' Stöcker 45', 57' Kubisch 53', 63' Walter 69', 77'	Summary	35' Eschmann	Attendance: 8,720 Referee: Toimi Olkku

24 November 1965 Second leg	Sion	2–2	1. FC Magdeburg	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
	Desbiolles 56', 72'	Summary	1', 35' Wiedemann	Attendance: 2,979 Referee: Stjepan Varadinec

Magdeburg won 10-3 on aggregate

Grasshopper Club

Intertoto Cup

Group A2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	F54	KAI	DJU	GCZ
1	Fortuna '54	6	5	0	1	10	3	+7	10	—	2–0	3–0	2–1
2	Kaiserslautern	6	2	2	2	8	10	−2	6	2–1	—	0–3	1–1
3	Djurgården	6	2	1	3	9	11	−2	5	0–1	1–1	—	3–2
4	Grasshopper Club	6	1	1	4	10	13	−3	3	0–1	2–4	4–2	—

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

Lugano

Intertoto Cup

Group A1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	LUG	MAL	ADO	NEU
1	Lugano	6	3	2	1	9	4	+5	8	—	1–0	3–0	1–2
2	Malmö FF	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	6	1–1	—	2–1	2–0
3	ADO Den Haag	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	5	0–2	1–1	—	2–1
4	Borussia Neunkirchen	6	2	1	3	7	10	−3	5	1–1	3–1	0–3	—

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

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Fortuna '54	1–1	Lugano
Lugano	1–0	Fortuna '54

Lugano won 2–1 on aggregate and continued to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Lugano	0–0	Norrköping
Norrköping	1–1	Lugano

Drawn 1–1 on aggregate. Norrköping progressed to the final on toss of a coin.

La Chaux-de-Fonds

Intertoto Cup

Group A3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	NOR	PSV	EIN	CDF
1	Norrköping	6	4	1	1	16	7	+9	9	—	2–3	1–0	7–1
2	PSV	6	4	0	2	15	12	+3	8	1–3	—	3–0	2–1
3	Eintracht Frankfurt	6	2	0	4	11	11	0	4	1–2	4–2	—	4–0
4	La Chaux-de-Fonds	6	1	1	4	8	20	−12	3	1–1	2–4	3–2	—

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

Luzern

Intertoto Cup

Group A4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	ÖRG	SPA	EIN	LUZ
1	Örgryte	6	3	2	1	16	9	+7	8	—	1–1	3–1	8–1
2	Sparta Rotterdam	6	2	4	0	10	6	+4	8	2–2	—	3–0	0–0
3	Eintracht Braunschweig	6	2	1	3	16	12	+4	5	3–0	1–2	—	7–0
4	Luzern	6	0	3	3	8	23	−15	3	1–2	2–2	4–4	—

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

References

^ (red) dbFCZ (2023). "FCZ Saison 1965/66" [FCZ season 1965/66] (in Swiss High German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
^ Reichmuth, Daniel (2024). "Servette 1965/66" (PDF) (in French). super-servette-ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
^ (red) BSC Young Boys AG (2024). "YB Saison 1965/66" [YB Season 1965/66] (in German). BSC Young Boys AG. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (2024). "Rangliste 1965/66" [Ranking 1965/66] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2024-11-16.
^ Beck, Stephan (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1965/66 FCA Rangliste" [Swiss Championship 1965/66 FCA Ranking] (in Swiss High German). arowa.ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j 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 6 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (20 March 1966). "FC Basel - Servette FC 1:3 (1:2)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2024-11-16.

Sources

Switzerland 1965–66 at RSSSF
European Competitions 1965–66 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 1964–65	Seasons in Swiss football	Succeeded by 1966–67

[dbFCZ-FCZ-Rangliste-1965/66-1] (red) dbFCZ (2023). "FCZ Saison 1965/66" [FCZ season 1965/66] (in Swiss High German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

[super-servette-Servette-1965/66-2] Reichmuth, Daniel (2024). "Servette 1965/66" (PDF) (in French). super-servette-ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

[BSC_Young_Boys_AG-YB-1965/66-3] (red) BSC Young Boys AG (2024). "YB Saison 1965/66" [YB Season 1965/66] (in German). BSC Young Boys AG. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

[fcb-achiv-Rangliste-1965/66-4] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (2024). "Rangliste 1965/66" [Ranking 1965/66] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2024-11-16.

[arowa-FCA-Rangliste-1965/66-5] Beck, Stephan (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1965/66 FCA Rangliste" [Swiss Championship 1965/66 FCA Ranking] (in Swiss High German). arowa.ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

[Erste_Liga-Statistik_der_Ersten_Liga_über_Aufstieg_und_Abstieg-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j 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 6 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

[fcb-achiv-1965/66-Cup-FCB-Servette-7] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (20 March 1966). "FC Basel - Servette FC 1:3 (1:2)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2024-11-16.

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