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1936–37 Nationalliga

40th season of top-tier Swiss football

Field	Value
competition	Nationalliga
season	1936–37
winners	Grasshopper Club
relegated	La Chaux-de-Fonds
St. Gallen
league topscorer	Alessandro Frigerio
(Young Fellows)
23 goals
dates	30 August 1936 to
6 June 1937
matches	144
prevseason	1935–36
nextseason	1937–38

St. Gallen (Young Fellows) 23 goals 6 June 1937

The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1936–37 football season. This was the 40th season of top-tier football in Switzerland.

Overview

For this season, the Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) had been reduced from 14 to 13 member clubs in the top-tier and 24 clubs in the second-tier. This was one Nationalliga team fewer than in the previous season, this because the league format was being modified. Next season would see the number of teams in the top-tier again reduced to just 12 teams. From then onwards the format would remain unchanged.

The 13 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 two placed teams would be relegated to the 1937–38 1. Liga. As only one team from the second tier 1. Liga would achieve promotion this season, the ASF/SFV would complete their modification of the Nationalliga for next season.

Nationalliga

The league season began with the first matchday on 30 August 1936 and was concluded with the last round on 6 June 1937.

Teams, locations

Team	Based in	Canton	Stadium
FC Basel	Basel	Basel-Stadt	Landhof
FC Bern	Bern	Bern	Stadion Neufeld
FC Biel-Bienne	Biel/Bienne	Bern	Stadion Gurzelen
Grasshopper Club Zürich	Zürich	Zürich	Hardturm
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	La Chaux-de-Fonds	Neuchâtel	Centre Sportif de la Charrière
FC Lausanne-Sport	Lausanne	Vaud	Pontaise
FC Lugano	Lugano	Ticino	Cornaredo Stadium
FC Luzern	Lucerne	Lucerne	Stadion Allmend
FC Nordstern Basel	Basel	Basel-Stadt	Rankhof
Servette FC	Geneva	Geneva	Stade des Charmilles
FC St. Gallen	St. Gallen	St. Gallen	Espenmoos
BSC Young Boys	Bern	Bern	Wankdorf Stadium
FC Young Fellows	Zürich	Zürich	Utogrund

Final league table

As Grasshopper Club had already won the Swiss Cup three months earlier, on 29 March, the team won the domestic Double in this season. This was the clubs eighth league title and their second Double to this date.

Results

Play-out against relegation

The twelfth position was the relegation slot. Because Basel and La Chaux-de-Fonds ended the season level on points in joint eleventh/twelfth position, a play-out against relegation was required. The play-out took place on 13 June 1937 at the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern.

Because the match ended in a draw after extra time and since practices such as penalty shootouts or the "golden goal" were still unknown at the time, a replay was required. The replay took place at the Stadion Neufeld in Bern one week later.

Basel won and remained in the division for the next season. La Chaux-de-Fonds were relegated to 1937–38 1. Liga.

Topscorers

Rank	Player	Nat.	Goals	Club
1.	Alessandro Frigerio		23	Young Fellows
2.	Willy Jäggi		21	Lausanne-Sports
2.	István Grósz		19	Servette
4.	Xam Abegglen		18	Grasshopper Club
Albert Büche		18	Nordstern Basel
Eugen "Genia" Walaschek		18	Servette
7.	Aldo Poretti		15	Young Boys
Stefanovic		15	Lugano

Further in Swiss football

References

Sources

Switzerland 1936–37 at RSSSF

seasons in Switzerland

References

Erste Liga (SFV). (2022). "Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2022". Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV.

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