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1952–53 Nationalliga A

57th season of top-tier Swiss football

Field	Value
season	1952–53
competition	Nationalliga A
winners	Basel
relegated	Lugano
Locarno
league topscorer	Josef Hügi (Basel)
Eugen Meier (Young Boys)
both 30 goals
prevseason	1951–52
nextseason	1953–54

Locarno Eugen Meier (Young Boys) both 30 goals Biel-Bienne Étoile-Sporting 26 goals

The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1952–53 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 56th season of top-tier and the 55th 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 FC Fribourg and FC Grenchen. 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 FC Biel-Bienne and FC Young Fellows, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams Wil and Solothurn. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1953–54 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1953–54 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 Bern	Bern	Bern	Stadion Neufeld
FC Chiasso	Chiasso	Ticino	Stadio Comunale Riva IV
Grasshopper Club Zürich	Zürich	Zürich	Hardturm
FC Fribourg	Fribourg	Fribourg	Stade Universitaire
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
BSC Young Boys	Bern	Bern	Wankdorf Stadium
FC Zürich	Zürich	Zürich	Letzigrund

Final league table

This was Basel's first championship title.

Results

Topscorers

Rank	Player	Nat.	Goals	Club
1.	Josef Hügi		32	Basel
Eugen Meier		32	Young Boys
3.	Roger Vonlanthen		23	Grasshopper Club
4.	Jacques Fatton		22	Servette
5.	Robert Ballaman		16	Grasshopper Club
Miodrag Glišović		16	Lausanne-Sport
7.	Ferdinando Riva		15	Chiasso
8.	Ledio Zanetti		14	Bellinzona
Hans Hagen		14	Grasshopper Club
Raymond Morand		14	La Chaux-de-Fonds
Heinz Pfister		14	Grenchen

Nationalliga B

Teams, locations

Team	Based in	Canton	Stadium	Capacity
FC Aarau	Aarau	Aargau	Stadion Brügglifeld
FC Biel-Bienne	Biel/Bienne	Bern	Stadion Gurzelen
FC Cantonal Neuchâtel	Neuchâtel	Neuchâtel	Stade de la Maladière
first =	last = (red) Association neuchâteloise de football	author-link =	year = 2024	url = https://matchcenter-anf.football.ch/default.aspx?v=900&oid=15&lng=2	title = FC Étoile-Sporting'	format =	work =	trans-title =	publisher = Association neuchâteloise de football	language = fr	access-date = 2024-11-16}}	La Chaux-de-Fonds	Neuchâtel	Les Foulets / Terrain des Eplatures	/
FC Luzern	Lucerne	Lucerne	Stadion Allmend
ES FC Malley	Malley	Vaud	Centre sportif de la Tuilière
FC Schaffhausen	Schaffhausen	Schaffhausen	Stadion Breite
FC Solothurn	Solothurn	Solothurn	Stadion FC Solothurn
FC St. Gallen	St. Gallen	St. Gallen	Espenmoos
Urania Genève Sport	Genève	Geneva	Stade de Frontenex
FC Wil	Wil	St. Gallen	Sportpark Bergholz
FC Winterthur	Winterthur	Zürich	Schützenwiese
FC Young Fellows	Zürich	Zürich	Utogrund
SC Zug	Zug	Zug	Herti Allmend Stadion

Final league table

Further in Swiss football

References

Sources

Switzerland 1952–53 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.
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". (2024). "Rangliste 1952/53". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv".
(red) BSC Young Boys AG. (2024). "YB Saison 1952/53". BSC Young Boys AG.
Reichmuth, Daniel. (2024). "Servette 1952/53". super-servette-ch.
(red) dbFCZ. (2023). "FCZ Saison 1952/53". dbFCZ.
(red) Association neuchâteloise de football. (2024). "FC Étoile-Sporting'". Association neuchâteloise de football.
Beck, Stephan. (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1952/53 FCA Rangliste". arowa.ch.

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