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1953–54 Nationalliga A

57th season of top-tier Swiss football

Field	Value
season	1953–54
competition	Nationalliga A
winners	La Chaux-de-Fonds
relegated	FC Bern
Biel-Bienne
league topscorer	Josef Hügi (Basel)
29 goals
prevseason	1952–53
nextseason	1954–55

Biel-Bienne 29 goals Thun Aarau 17 goals

The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1953–54 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 57th season of top-tier and the 56th 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 Luzern and Biel-Bienne. 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 Lugano and Locarno, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams Thun and Yverdon-Sport. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1954–55 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1954–55 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 Biel-Bienne	Biel/Bienne	Bern	Stadion Gurzelen
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 Luzern	Lucerne	Lucerne	Stadion Allmend
Servette FC	Geneva	Geneva	Stade des Charmilles
BSC Young Boys	Bern	Bern	Wankdorf Stadium
FC Zürich	Zürich	Zürich	Letzigrund

Final league table

Results

Topscorers

Rank	Player	Nat.	Goals	Club
1.	Josef Hügi		29	Basel
2.	Branislav Vukosavljević		28	Grasshopper Club
3.	Roger Vonlanthen		23	Grasshopper Club
4.	Eugen Meier		22	Young Boys
5.	Charles Antenen		17	La Chaux-de-Fonds
Hans Hagen		17	Grasshopper Club
7.	Robert Ballaman		16	Grasshopper Club
8.	Res Kyd		15	Luzern
9.	Jacques Fatton		14	Servette
Ferdinando Riva		14	Chiasso

Nationalliga B

Teams, locations

Team	Based in	Canton	Stadium
FC Aarau	Aarau	Aargau	Stadion Brügglifeld
FC Cantonal Neuchâtel	Neuchâtel	Neuchâtel	Stade de la Maladière
FC Locarno	Locarno	Ticino	Stadio comunale Lido
FC Lugano	Lugano	Ticino	Cornaredo Stadium
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
FC Thun	Thun	Bern	Stadion Lachen
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
Yverdon-Sport FC	Yverdon-les-Bains	Vaud	Stade Municipal

Final league table

Decider for NLB championship

Lugano and FC Thun finished the season level on points in joint first position and both achieved promotion to 1954–55 Nationalliga A. However, it required a play-out to decide the division championship. The play-off was played on 16 May 1954 in the Stadion Allmend in Luzern. Lugano won and were NLB champions.

Further in Swiss football

References

Sources

Switzerland 1953–54 at RSSSF

seasons in Switzerland

References

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