From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

1966–67 Nationalliga A

70th season of top-tier Swiss football

Field	Value
season	1966–67
competition	Nationalliga A
winners	Basel
relegated	Winterthur
FC Moutier
league topscorer	Rolf Blättler (Grasshopper Club)
and Fritz Künzli (Zürich)
both 28 goals
prevseason	1965–66
nextseason	1967–68

FC Moutier and Fritz Künzli (Zürich) both 28 goals Bellinzona Blue Stars 22 goals

The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1966–67 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 71st season of top-tier and the 70th 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 1965–66 season and the two newly promoted teams Winterthur and FC Moutier. The champions would qualify for the 1967–68 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, FC Luzern and Urania Genève Sport, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams FC Wettingen and FC Xamax. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1967–68 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1967–68 Swiss 1. Liga.

The Swiss champions received a slot in the 1967–68 European Cup and the Cup winners a slot in the 1967–68 Cup Winners' Cup. Basel won the championship and also won the Swiss Cup. In the Cup final Basel's opponents were Lausanne-Sports. In the former Wankdorf Stadium on 15 May 1967, Helmut Hauser scored the decisive goal via penalty. The game went down in football history due to the sit-down strike that followed this goal. After 88 minutes of play, with the score at 1–1, referee Karl Göppel awarded Basel a controversial penalty. André Grobéty had pushed Hauser gently in the back and he let himself drop theatrically. Subsequent to the 2–1 for Basel the Lausanne players refused to resume the game and they sat down demonstratively on the pitch. The referee had to abandon the match. Basel were awarded the cup with a 3–0 forfait. Basel won the double for the first time in the club's history. Basel participated in the European Cup in the following season and the slot in the Cup Winner's Cup was past on to Lausanne as losing finalist.

Nationalliga A

The first round of the NLA was played on 20 August 1966. After playing 14 rounds, from 4 December until 3 March 1967 as the 15th round was held, there was a winter break. Four games from the first half of the season had been delayed and these were played at the end of February. The season had 26 rounds and was completed on 11 June 1967.

Teams, locations

Team	Based in	Canton	Stadium	Capacity
FC Basel	Basel	Basel-Stadt	St. Jakob Stadium
FC Biel-Bienne	Biel/Bienne	Bern	Stadion Gurzelen
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
first =	last = (red) Fussballverband Bern/Jura	author-link =	year = 2024	url = https://matchcenter.fvbj-afbj.ch/default.aspx?lng=1&cxxlnus=1&v=1243&	title = FC Moutier	format =	work =	trans-title =	publisher = Fussballverband Bern/Jura - fvbj-afbj.ch	language = de	access-date = 2024-11-16}}	Moutier	Bern	Stade de Chalière
Servette FC	Geneva	Geneva	Stade des Charmilles
FC Sion	Sion	Valais	Stade de Tourbillon
FC Winterthur	Winterthur	Zürich	Schützenwiese
BSC Young Boys	Bern	Bern	Wankdorf Stadium
FC Young Fellows Zürich	Zürich	Zürich	Utogrund
FC Zürich	Zürich	Zürich	Letzigrund

Final league table

and Swiss Cup winners and entered 1967 Intertoto Cup

Results

Relegation play-out

Because two teams ended the season level on points in joint twelfth position a decider against relegation was required. This was played on 14 June 1967 at Wankdorf Stadium in Bern.

La Chaux-de-Fonds won and remained in the top tier. Winterthur were relegated to 1967–68 Nationalliga B.*

Nationalliga B

Teams, locations

Team	Based in	Canton	Stadium	Capacity
FC Aarau	Aarau	Aargau	Stadion Brügglifeld
FC Baden	Baden	Aargau	Esp Stadium
AC Bellinzona	Bellinzona	Ticino	Stadio Comunale Bellinzona
first =	last = (red) Fussballverband Region Zürich	author-link =	year = 2024	url = https://matchcenter.fvrz.ch/default.aspx?v=1573&oid=11&lng=1	title = FC Blue Stars Zürich	format =	work =	trans-title =	publisher = Fussballverband Region Zürich	language = de	access-date = 2024-11-16}}	Zürich	Zürich	Hardhof
SC Brühl	St. Gallen	St. Gallen	Paul-Grüninger-Stadion
FC Chiasso	Chiasso	Ticino	Stadio Comunale Riva IV
first =	last = (red) Association neuchâteloise de football	author-link =	year = 2024	url = https://matchcenter-anf.football.ch/default.aspx?v=919&oid=15&lng=2	title = FC Le Locle	format =	work =	trans-title =	publisher = Association neuchâteloise de football - anf.football.ch	language = fr	access-date = 2024-11-16}}	Le Locle	Neuchâtel	Installation sportive - Jeanneret
FC Luzern	Lucerne	Lucerne	Stadion Allmend
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 Wettingen	Wettingen	Aargau	Stadion Altenburg
FC Xamax	Neuchâtel	Neuchâtel	Stade de la Maladière

Final league table

Further in Swiss football

References

Sources

Switzerland 1966–67 at RSSSF

seasons in Switzerland

References

Erste Liga (SFV). (2018). "Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2018". Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV.
(2018). "Switzerland 1966/67". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
Schmid, Andreas W.. (2010). ""Ein klarer Penalty!" "Nein, eine klare Schwalbe!"". Basler Zeitung.
dsc. (2010). "Der legendäre Sitzstreik im Final 1967". sport.sf.tv.
(red) Fussballverband Bern/Jura. (2024). "FC Moutier". Fussballverband Bern/Jura - fvbj-afbj.ch.
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". (2024). "Rangliste 1966/67". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv".
(red) dbFCZ. (2023). "FCZ Saison 1966/67". dbFCZ.
Reichmuth, Daniel. (2024). "Servette 1966/67". super-servette-ch.
(red) BSC Young Boys AG. (2024). "YB Saison 1966/67". BSC Young Boys AG.
(red) Fussballverband Region Zürich. (2024). "FC Blue Stars Zürich". Fussballverband Region Zürich.
(red) Association neuchâteloise de football. (2024). "FC Le Locle". Association neuchâteloise de football - anf.football.ch.
Beck, Stephan. (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1966/67 FCA Rangliste". arowa.ch.

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

swiss-football-league-seasons 1966–67-in-european-association-football-leagues 1966–67-in-swiss-football

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 1966–67 Nationalliga A — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report