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1959–60 Nationalliga A

63rd season of top-tier Swiss football

Field	Value
season	1959–60
competition	Nationalliga A
winners	Young Boys
relegated	Lugano
Bellinzona
league topscorer	Willy Schneider (Young Boys)
25 goals
prevseason	1958–59
nextseason	1960–61

Bellinzona 25 goals Young Fellows Lengnau 21 goals

The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1959–60 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 63rd season of top-tier and the 62nd 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 1958–59 season and the two newly promoted teams FC Winterthur and FC Biel-Bienne. The champions would qualify for the 1960–61 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, Urania Genève Sport and Young Fellows Zürich, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams FC Langenthal and SC Brühl. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1960–61 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1960–61 Swiss 1. Liga.

The Swiss champions received a slot in the 1960–61 European Cup and the Swiss Cup winners this season qualified for the first edition of the Cup Winners' Cup which was to be contested in the following season.

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 Lugano	Lugano	Ticino	Cornaredo Stadium
FC Luzern	Lucerne	Lucerne	Stadion Allmend
Servette FC	Geneva	Geneva	Stade des Charmilles
FC Winterthur	Winterthur	Zürich	Schützenwiese
BSC Young Boys	Bern	Bern	Wankdorf Stadium
FC Zürich	Zürich	Zürich	Letzigrund

Final league table

Results

Topscorers

Rank	Player	Nat.	Goals	Club
1.	Willy Schneider		25	Young Boys
2.	Eugen Meier		21	Young Boys
3.	Edgar Graf		19	Biel-Bienne
Philippe Pottier		19	La Chaux-de-Fonds
5.	Peter Lüscher		18	Luzern
Bruno Brizzi		18	Zürich
7.	Kurt Sommerlatt		17	La Chaux-de-Fonds
8.	Jacques Fatton		16	Servette
9.	Josef Hügi		15	Basel
Roberto Frigerio		15	Basel
Miodrag Glišović		15	Grenchen
Erich Hahn		15	Luzern
13.	Charles Antenen		13	La Chaux-de-Fonds
Ernst Wechselberger		13	Young Boys

Nationalliga B

Teams, locations

Team	Based in	Canton	Stadium	Capacity
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
last = (red) Fussballverband Bern/Jura	author-link =	year = 2024	url = https://matchcenter.fvbj-afbj.ch/default.aspx?lng=1&cxxlnus=1&v=1412&	title = FC Langenthal	format =	trans-title =	publisher = Fussballverband Bern/Jura - fvbj-afbj.ch	language = de	access-date = 2024-11-16}}	Langenthal	Bern	Rankmatte
FC Lengnau	Lengnau	Bern	Moos Lengnau BE
FC Schaffhausen	Schaffhausen	Schaffhausen	Stadion Breite
FC Sion	Sion	Valais	Stade de Tourbillon
FC Thun	Thun	Bern	Stadion Lachen
Urania Genève Sport	Genève	Geneva	Stade de Frontenex
Vevey Sports	Vevey	Vaud	Stade de Copet
FC Young Fellows	Zürich	Zürich	Utogrund
Yverdon-Sport FC	Yverdon-les-Bains	Vaud	Stade Municipal

Final league table

Play-off for title

Young Fellows Zürich and FC Fribourg finished level on points in joint first position and had both achieved promotion to 1960–61 Nationalliga A. However, it required a play-off to decide the title as NLB champions and this took place on 15 June 1960 in Wankdorf Stadium, Bern. FC Fribourg won the NLB championship.

Further in Swiss football

References

Sources

Switzerland 1959–60 at RSSSF

seasons in Switzerland

References

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(red) dbFCZ. (2023). "FCZ Saison 1959/60". dbFCZ.
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Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". (2024). "Rangliste 1959/60". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv".
(red) Fussballverband Bern/Jura. (2024). "FC Langenthal". Fussballverband Bern/Jura - fvbj-afbj.ch.
(red) Fussballverband Bern/Jura. (2024). "FC Lengnau". Fussballverband Bern/Jura.
Beck, Stephan. (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1959/60 FCA Rangliste". arowa.ch.
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