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1956–57 Nationalliga A

60th season of top-tier Swiss football

Field	Value
season	1956–57
competition	Nationalliga A
winners	Young Boys
relegated	Zürich
Schaffhausen
league topscorer	Adrien Kauer
(La Chaux-de-Fonds)
29 goals
prevseason	1955–56
nextseason	1957–58

Schaffhausen (La Chaux-de-Fonds) 29 goals Grenchen Brühl Günter Sosna (Cantonal) 22 goals

The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1956–57 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 60th season of top-tier and the 59th 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 1955–56 season and the two newly promoted teams Winterthur and Young Fellows. The champions would qualify for the 1957–58 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 at the end of the last season, these were Grenchen and Fribourg, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams Brühl and Yverdon-Sport. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1957–58 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1957–58 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 Chiasso	Chiasso	Ticino	Stadio Comunale Riva IV
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 Schaffhausen	Schaffhausen	Schaffhausen	Stadion Breite
Servette FC	Geneva	Geneva	Stade des Charmilles
Urania Genève Sport	Genève	Geneva	Stade de Frontenex
FC Winterthur	Winterthur	Zürich	Schützenwiese
BSC Young Boys	Bern	Bern	Wankdorf Stadium
FC Young Fellows	Zürich	Zürich	Utogrund
FC Zürich	Zürich	Zürich	Letzigrund

Final league table

Results

Relegation play-out

FC Zürich and Young Fellows Zürich finished level on points in joint twelfth position. Therefore, it required a play-out against relegation and for twelfth position. This took place on 23 June 1957 at the Hardturm in Zürich.

Young Fellows won and remained in the top-tier. Zürich were relegated to 1957–58 Nationalliga B.

Topscorers

Rank	Player	Nat.	Goals	Club
1.	Adrien Kauer		29	La Chaux-de-Fonds
2.	Branislav Vukosavljević		26	Grasshopper Club
3.	Josef Hügi		22	Basel
4.	Eugen Meier		18	Young Boys
5.	Raymond Duret		17	Grasshopper Club
6.	Arturo Capoferri		16	Bellinzona
Charles Antenen		16	La Chaux-de-Fonds
René Hamel		16	Young Boys
Robert Ballaman		16	Grasshopper Club
10.	Raymond Morand		14	La Chaux-de-Fonds

Nationalliga B

Teams, locations

Team	Based in	Canton	Stadium
FC Bern	Bern	Bern	Stadion Neufeld
FC Biel-Bienne	Biel/Bienne	Bern	Stadion Gurzelen
SC Brühl	St. Gallen	St. Gallen	Paul-Grüninger-Stadion
FC Cantonal Neuchâtel	Neuchâtel	Neuchâtel	Stade de la Maladière
FC Fribourg	Fribourg	Fribourg	Stade Universitaire
FC Grenchen	Grenchen	Solothurn	Stadium Brühl
FC Lengnau	Lengnau	Bern	Moos Lengnau BE
FC Luzern	Lucerne	Lucerne	Stadion Allmend
ES FC Malley	Malley	Vaud	Centre sportif de la Tuilière
FC Nordstern Basel	Basel	Basel-Stadt	Rankhof
FC Solothurn	Solothurn	Solothurn	Stadion FC Solothurn
FC St. Gallen	St. Gallen	St. Gallen	Espenmoos
FC Thun	Thun	Bern	Stadion Lachen
Yverdon-Sport FC	Yverdon-les-Bains	Vaud	Stade Municipal

Final league table

Play-off for title

FC Biel-Bienne and FC Grenchen finished level on points in joint first position and had both achieved promotion to 1957–58 Nationalliga A. However, it required a play-off to decide the title as NLB champions and this took place on 23 June 1957 at the Stadion Neufeld in Bern. Biel-Bienne won the NLB championship.

Relegation play-out

FC Bern and FC St. Gallen finished level on points in joint twelfth position. Therefore, it required a play-out against relegation and for twelfth position. This took place on 23 June 1957 at the Hardturm in Zürich.

Due to the egality a replay was required and this was played on 30 June at the Stadion Allmend in Luzern.

Bern won and remained in the second-tier. St. Gallen were relegated to 1957–58 1. Liga.*

Further in Swiss football

References

Sources

Switzerland 1956–57 at RSSSF

seasons in Switzerland

References

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Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". (2024). "FCB Rangliste 1956/57". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv".
Reichmuth, Daniel. (2024). "Servette 1956/57". super-servette-ch.
(red) dbFCZ. (2023). "FCZ Saison 1956/57". dbFCZ.
(red) Fussballverband Bern/Jura. (2024). "FC Lengnau". Fussballverband Bern/Jura.
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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