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1948–49 Nationalliga A

52nd season of top-tier Swiss football

Field	Value
season	1948–49
competition	Nationalliga A
winners	Lugano
relegated	Grasshopper Club
Urania Genève Sport
league topscorer	Jacques Fatton (Servette)
21 goals
prevseason	1947–48
nextseason	1949–50

Urania Genève Sport 21 goals Bern International Genève 23 goals

The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1948–49 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 52nd season of top-tier and the 51st 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 Urania Genève Sport and Chiasso. 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 Cantonal Neuchâtel, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams from the 1. Liga Mendrisio and Vevey-Sports. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1949–50 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1949–50 Swiss 1. Liga.

Nationalliga A

Teams, locations

Team	Based in	Canton	Stadium
FC Basel	Basel	Basel-Stadt	Landhof
AC Bellinzona	Bellinzona	Ticino	Stadio Comunale Bellinzona
FC Biel-Bienne	Biel/Bienne	Bern	Stadion Gurzelen
FC Chiasso	Chiasso	Ticino	Stadio Comunale Riva IV
Grasshopper Club Zürich	Zürich	Zürich	Hardturm
FC Grenchen	Grenchen	Solothurn	Stadium Brühl
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	La Chaux-de-Fonds	Neuchâtel	Centre Sportif de la Charrière
FC Lausanne-Sport	Lausanne	Vaud	Pontaise
FC Locarno	Locarno	Ticino	Stadio comunale Lido
FC Lugano	Lugano	Ticino	Cornaredo Stadium
Servette FC	Geneva	Geneva	Stade des Charmilles
Urania Genève Sport	Genève	Geneva	Stade de Frontenex
FC Young Fellows	Zürich	Zürich	Utogrund
FC Zürich	Zürich	Zürich	Letzigrund

Final league table

Results

Topscorers

Rank	Player	Nat.	Goals	Club
1.	Jacques Fatton		21	Servette
2.	Charles Antenen		19	La Chaux-de-Fonds
3.	Hans Siegenthaler		18	Young Fellows Zürich
4.	Erich Andres		17	Zürich
5.	Sergio Bernasconi		15	Lugano
6.	Hans Hügi		14	Basel
Ledio Zanetti		14	Zürich
8.	Milorad Nikolić		13	Lausanne-Sport
9.	Ezio Sormani		12	Bellinzona
Alessandro Righetti		12	Grenchen
Hans-Peter Friedländer		12	Lausanne-Sport
Walter Bosshard		12	Zürich

Nationalliga B

Teams, locations

Team	Based in	Canton	Stadium
FC Aarau	Aarau	Aargau	Stadion Brügglifeld
FC Bern	Bern	Bern	Stadion Neufeld
SC Brühl	St. Gallen	St. Gallen	Paul-Grüninger-Stadion
FC Cantonal Neuchâtel	Neuchâtel	Neuchâtel	Stade de la Maladière
FC Fribourg	Fribourg	Fribourg	Stade Universitaire
CS International Genève	Geneva	Geneva
FC Luzern	Lucerne	Lucerne	Stadion Allmend
FC Mendrisio	Mendrisio	Ticino	Centro Sportivo Comunale
FC Nordstern Basel	Basel	Basel-Stadt	Rankhof
FC St. Gallen	St. Gallen	St. Gallen	Espenmoos
FC Thun	Thun	Bern	Stadion Lachen
Vevey-Sports	Vevey	Vaud	Stade de Copet
BSC Young Boys	Bern	Bern	Wankdorf Stadium
SC Zug	Zug	Zug	Herti Allmend Stadion

Final league table

Decider for NLB championship

FC St. Gallen and FC Bern finished the season level on points in joint first position and both achieved promotion to 1949–50 Nationalliga A. However, it required a play-off to decide the division championship. The play-off was played on 19 June 1949 at the Hardturm in Zürich. The replay was also played at the Hardturm on 26 June. St. Gallen won and became NLB champions.

Further in Swiss football

References

Sources

Switzerland 1948–49 at RSSSF

seasons in Switzerland

References

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Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". (2024). "Rangliste 1948/49". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv".
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