1968–69 Nationalliga A

The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1968–69 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 72nd season of top-tier and the 71st season of second-tier football in Switzerland.

Nationalliga A

Season	1968–69
Champions	Basel
Relegated	Sion Luzern
Top goalscorer	Hans-Otto Peters (Biel-Bienne) 24 goals
← 1967–68 1969–70 →

Nationalliga B

Season	1968–69
Champions	Wettingen
Promoted	Wettingen Fribourg
Relegated	Baden Solothurn
Top goalscorer	Karl Messerli (SC Brühl) 16 goals
← 1967–68 1969–70 →

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 1967–68 season and the two newly promoted teams FC Winterthur and FC St. Gallen. The champions would qualify for the 1969–70 European Cup and 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, Young Fellows and FC Grenchen, the teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams Mendrisiostar and Etoile Carouge FC. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1969–70 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1969–70 Swiss 1. Liga.^[1]

Nationalliga A

Teams, locations

Team	Based in	Canton	Stadium	Capacity
FC Basel	Basel	Basel-Stadt	St. Jakob Stadium	36,800
AC Bellinzona	Bellinzona	Ticino	Stadio Comunale Bellinzona	5,000
FC Biel-Bienne	Biel/Bienne	Bern	Stadion Gurzelen	15,000
Grasshopper Club Zürich	Zürich	Zürich	Hardturm	20,000
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	La Chaux-de-Fonds	Neuchâtel	Centre Sportif de la Charrière	12,700
FC Lausanne-Sport	Lausanne	Vaud	Pontaise	15,700
FC Lugano	Lugano	Ticino	Cornaredo Stadium	6,330
FC Luzern	Lucerne	Lucerne	Stadion Allmend	25,000
Servette FC	Geneva	Geneva	Stade des Charmilles	27,000
FC Sion	Sion	Valais	Stade de Tourbillon	16,000
FC St. Gallen	St. Gallen	St. Gallen	Espenmoos	11,000
FC Winterthur	Winterthur	Zürich	Schützenwiese	8,550
BSC Young Boys	Bern	Bern	Wankdorf Stadium	56,000
FC Zürich	Zürich	Zürich	Letzigrund	25,000

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Basel[2]	26	13	10	3	48	28	+20	36	Swiss Champions, qualified for 1969–70 European Cup
2	Lausanne-Sport	26	15	5	6	70	43	+27	35
3	Zürich[3]	26	12	6	8	61	37	+24	30
4	Young Boys[4]	26	12	6	8	49	36	+13	30	Entered 1969 Intertoto Cup
5	Lugano	26	11	7	8	37	26	+11	29	Entered 1969 Intertoto Cup
6	Bellinzona	26	10	8	8	38	41	−3	28	Entered 1969 Intertoto Cup
7	Biel-Bienne	26	9	8	9	52	59	−7	26
8	Servette[5]	26	9	7	10	32	39	−7	25	Entered 1969 Intertoto Cup
9	Grasshopper Club	26	7	9	10	43	47	−4	23
10	St. Gallen	26	6	11	9	29	37	−8	23	Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1969–70 Cup Winners' Cup
11	Winterthur	26	5	12	9	28	43	−15	22
12	La Chaux-de-Fonds	26	5	11	10	51	53	−2	21	Entered 1969 Intertoto Cup
13	Sion	26	7	6	13	39	52	−13	20	Relegated to 1969–70 Nationalliga B
14	Luzern	26	6	4	16	35	71	−36	16	Relegated to 1969–70 Nationalliga B

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	CDF	GCZ	LS	LUG	LUZ	SER	SIO	STG	WIN	YB	ZÜR
Basel		1–1	4–2	5–0	1–1	4–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	3–2	1–1	2–1	2–1
Bellinzona	2–1		5–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	4–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	3–2	1–1	0–3
Biel-Bienne	1–1	2–2		3–2	4–1	3–2	0–2	2–1	2–2	5–2	1–0	5–1	2–5	1–1
La Chaux-de-Fonds	1–1	6–2	1–2		2–2	2–3	1–0	6–2	3–5	7–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–2
Grasshopper Club	2–2	0–0	6–2	0–0		3–5	1–2	4–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	0–1	3–1	0–1
Lausanne-Sport	5–0	1–0	3–1	3–1	4–1		2–0	5–1	4–0	7–2	3–0	2–2	1–3	4–2
Lugano	1–0	4–0	0–0	2–2	2–3	1–1		3–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	3–1
Luzern	2–3	0–0	3–1	3–1	2–2	1–3	2–1		3–3	0–2	1–3	2–0	1–5	1–5
Servette	0–2	1–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–2		2–0	1–0	4–1	0–0	1–1
Sion	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	4–2		2–4	4–0	3–0	0–2
St. Gallen	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–4	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–1		1–1	1–1	0–0
Winterthur	0–0	2–1	3–3	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	3–0		1–1	1–1
Young Boys	0–2	2–3	6–2	1–1	3–1	4–3	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	3–0		2–1
Zürich	0–3	2–2	3–5	6–2	2–3	5–1	1–3	6–0	3–0	4–1	4–0	1–0	3–0

Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Nationalliga B

Teams, locations

Team	Based in	Canton	Stadium	Capacity
FC Aarau	Aarau	Aargau	Stadion Brügglifeld	9,240
FC Baden	Baden	Aargau	Esp Stadium	7,000
SC Brühl	St. Gallen	St. Gallen	Paul-Grüninger-Stadion	4,200
FC Chiasso	Chiasso	Ticino	Stadio Comunale Riva IV	4,000
Étoile Carouge FC	Carouge	Geneva	Stade de la Fontenette	3,690
FC Fribourg	Fribourg	Fribourg	Stade Universitaire	9,000
FC Grenchen	Grenchen	Solothurn	Stadium Brühl	15,100
Mendrisiostar	Mendrisio	Ticino	Centro Sportivo Comunale	4,000
FC Solothurn	Solothurn	Solothurn	Stadion FC Solothurn	6,750
FC Thun	Thun	Bern	Stadion Lachen	10,350
Urania Genève Sport	Genève	Geneva	Stade de Frontenex	4,000
FC Wettingen	Wettingen	Aargau	Stadion Altenburg	10,000
FC Xamax	Neuchâtel	Neuchâtel	Stade de la Maladière	25,500
FC Young Fellows Zürich	Zürich	Zürich	Utogrund	2,850

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Wettingen	26	15	6	5	47	24	+23	36	NLB Champions and promoted to 1969–70 Nationalliga A
2	FC Fribourg	26	12	10	4	43	24	+19	34	Promoted to 1969–70 Nationalliga A
3	SC Brühl	26	10	11	5	50	36	+14	31
4	FC Xamax	26	12	4	10	42	35	+7	28
5	FC Chiasso	26	10	8	8	32	38	−6	28
6	FC Grenchen	26	10	7	9	45	34	+11	27
7	FC Aarau[6]	26	9	8	9	33	32	+1	26
8	Young Fellows Zürich	26	8	10	8	31	38	−7	26
9	Mendrisiostar	26	9	7	10	25	36	−11	25
10	FC Thun	26	10	3	13	31	31	0	23
11	Etoile Carouge FC	26	7	9	10	27	33	−6	23
12	Urania Genève Sport	26	6	9	11	22	34	−12	21
13	FC Baden[7]	26	6	8	12	19	33	−14	20	Relegated to 1969–70 1. Liga
14	FC Solothurn[7]	26	6	4	16	27	46	−19	16	Relegated to 1969–70 1. Liga

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

Further in Swiss football

• 1968–69 Swiss Cup
• 1968–69 Swiss 1. Liga