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1961–62 Nationalliga A

65th season of top-tier Swiss football

Field	Value
season	1961–62
competition	Nationalliga A
winners	Servette
relegated	Schaffhausen
Fribourg
league topscorer	Jacques Fatton (Servette)
25 goals
prevseason	1960–61
nextseason	1962–63

Fribourg 25 goals Sion Yverdon-Sport 23 goals

The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1961–62 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 65th season of top-tier and the 64th 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 1960–61 season and the two newly promoted teams FC Lugano and FC Schaffhausen. The champions would qualify for the 1962–63 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, FC Winterthur and FC Chiasso, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams FC Porrentruy and FC Bodio. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1962–63 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1962–63 Swiss 1. Liga.

The Swiss champions received a slot in the 1962–63 European Cup and the Cup winners received a slot in the 1962–63 Cup Winners' Cup.

Nationalliga A

Teams, locations

Team	Based in	Canton	Stadium
FC Basel	Basel	Basel-Stadt	Landhof
FC Biel-Bienne	Biel/Bienne	Bern	Stadion Gurzelen
FC Fribourg	Fribourg	Fribourg	Stade Universitaire
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
FC Schaffhausen	Schaffhausen	Schaffhausen	Stadion Breite
Servette FC	Geneva	Geneva	Stade des Charmilles
BSC Young Boys	Bern	Bern	Wankdorf Stadium
FC Young Fellows	Zürich	Zürich	Utogrund
FC Zürich	Zürich	Zürich	Letzigrund

Final league table

and entered 1962–63 Intertoto Cup

Results

Topscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Club
1.	Jacques Fatton	25	Servette
2.	Roberto Frigerio	22	La Chaux-de-Fonds
3.	Eugen Meier	19	Young Boys
Peter von Burg	19	Grasshopper Club
5.	Heinz Bertschi	18	La Chaux-de-Fonds

Nationalliga B

Teams, locations

Team	Based in	Canton	Stadium	Capacity
FC Aarau	Aarau	Aargau	Stadion Brügglifeld
AC Bellinzona	Bellinzona	Ticino	Stadio Comunale Bellinzona
FC Bern	Bern	Bern	Stadion Neufeld
first =	last = (red) Federazione ticinese di calcio	author-link =	year = 2024	url = https://matchcenter-ftc.football.ch/default.aspx?v=545&oid=12&lng=3	title = FC Bodio	format =	work =	trans-title =	publisher = Federazione ticinese di calcio	language = de	access-date = 2024-11-16}}	Bodio	Ticino	Campo comunale Pollegio
SC Brühl	St. Gallen	St. Gallen	Paul-Grüninger-Stadion
FC Chiasso	Chiasso	Ticino	Stadio Comunale Riva IV
FC Martigny-Sports	Martigny	Valais	Stade d'Octodure
first =	last = (red) Association de football Berne/Jura	author-link =	year = 2024	url = https://matchcenter.fvbj-afbj.ch/default.aspx?v=1247&oid=6&lng=2	title = FC Porrentruy	format =	work =	trans-title =	publisher = Association de football Berne/Jura	language = fr	access-date = 2024-11-16}}	Porrentruy	Jura	Stade du Tirage
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 Winterthur	Winterthur	Zürich	Schützenwiese
Yverdon-Sport FC	Yverdon-les-Bains	Vaud	Stade Municipal

Final league table

Play-off for title

Sion and Chiasso finished level on points in joint first position and had both achieved promotion to 1962–63 Nationalliga A. However, it required a play-off to decide the title as NLB champions.

Chiasso won the NLB championship.*

Further in Swiss football

References

Sources

Switzerland 1961–62 at RSSSF

seasons in Switzerland

References

Reichmuth, Daniel. (2024). "Servette 1961/62". super-servette-ch.
(red) BSC Young Boys AG. (2024). "YB Saison 1961/62". BSC Young Boys AG.
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". (2024). "Rangliste 1961/62". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv".
(red) dbFCZ. (2023). "FCZ Saison 1961/62". dbFCZ.
(red) Federazione ticinese di calcio. (2024). "FC Bodio". Federazione ticinese di calcio.
(red) Association de football Berne/Jura. (2024). "FC Porrentruy". Association de football Berne/Jura.
Beck, Stephan. (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1961/62 FCA Rangliste". arowa.ch.
Erste Liga (SFV). (2018). "Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2018". Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV.

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