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1971–72 Nationalliga A

75th season of top-tier Swiss football

Field	Value
season	1971–72
competition	Nationalliga A
winners	Basel
relegated	Luzern
Biel-Bienne
league topscorer	Herbert Dimmeler (Winterthur)
and Bernd Dörfel (Servette)
both 17 goals
prevseason	1970–71
nextseason	1972–73

Biel-Bienne and Bernd Dörfel (Servette) both 17 goals FC Fribourg AS Gambarogno 20 goals

The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1971–72 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 75th season of top-tier and the 74th 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 St. Gallen and FC Grenchen. This season's champions would qualify for the 1972–73 European Cup. The second and third placed teams were to be qualified for the 1972–73 UEFA Cup, but because second placed Zürich won the 1971–72 Swiss Cup, these UEFA rights were passed down to the third and fourth placed teams. The last two placed teams were to be relegated to the 1972–73 NLB.

The second-tier (NLB) was contested by the two teams that had been relegated from the NLA, Bellinzona and Fribourg, the teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams CS Chênois and AS Gambarogno. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1972–73 NLA and the last two teams would be relegated to the 1972–73 Swiss 1. Liga.

Nationalliga A

The first round of the NLA was played on 14 August 1971. After playing 13 rounds, completed on 12 December, there was a winter break until the 14th round was held on 5 March 1972. The season had 26 rounds and was completed on 10 June 1972.

Teams, locations

Team	Based in	Canton	Stadium
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
FC Luzern	Lucerne	Lucerne	Stadion Allmend
FC St. Gallen	St. Gallen	St. Gallen	Espenmoos
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 Zürich	Zürich	Zürich	Letzigrund

Final league table

and entered 1972 Intertoto Cup and entered 1972 Intertoto Cup

Relegation play out

The decider was played on 13 June 1972 at the Hardturm in Zürich.

St. Gallen won and remained in the top-level. Luzern were relegated to 1972–73 Nationalliga B.*

Results

Attendances

Source:

#	Club	Average attendance	Highest attendance
1	Basel	18,769	56,000
2	Young Boys	10,131	22,500
3	Zürich	9,662	32,000
4	Lausanne	7,885	18,000
5	GCZ	7,323	29,500
6	Luzern	6,582	15,000
7	Grenchen	5,731	10,500
8	Servette	5,723	13,000
9	Sion	5,492	9,500
10	St. Gallen	5,431	9,600
11	Winterthur	4,769	10,500
12	Biel-Bienne	4,038	8,500
13	La Chaux-de-Fonds	3,385	8,000
14	Lugano	3,054	8,000

Nationalliga B

Teams, locations

Team	Based in	Canton	Stadium	Capacity
FC Aarau	Aarau	Aargau	Stadion Brügglifeld
AC Bellinzona	Bellinzona	Ticino	Stadio Comunale Bellinzona
SC Brühl	St. Gallen	St. Gallen	Paul-Grüninger-Stadion
CS Chênois	Thônex	Geneva	Stade des Trois-Chêne
FC Chiasso	Chiasso	Ticino	Stadio Comunale Riva IV
Étoile Carouge FC	Carouge	Geneva	Stade de la Fontenette
FC Fribourg	Fribourg	Fribourg	Stade Universitaire
first =	last = (red) Federazione ticinese di calcio	author-link =	year = 2023	url = https://matchcenter-ftc.football.ch/default.aspx?v=1145603&oid=12&lng=3	title = AS Gambarogno	format =	work =	trans-title =	publisher = Federazione ticinese di calcio	language = it	access-date = 2023-11-16}}	Gambarogno	Ticino	Centro Sportivo Regionale Magadino
FC Martigny-Sports	Martigny	Valais	Stade d'Octodure
Mendrisiostar	Mendrisio	Ticino	Centro Sportivo Comunale
FC Monthey	Monthey	Valais	Stade Philippe Pottier
Vevey-Sports	Vevey	Vaud	Stade de Copet
FC Wettingen	Wettingen	Aargau	Stadion Altenburg
FC Xamax	Neuchâtel	Neuchâtel	Stade de la Maladière

Final league table

Further in Swiss football

References

Sources

Switzerland 1971–72 at RSSSF

seasons in Switzerland

References

(2018). "Switzerland 1971/72". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". (1972). "1971/72 Rangliste". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv".
(red) dbFCZ. (2023). "FCZ 1971/72". dbFCZ.
https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/sui/avesui72.htm
(red) Federazione ticinese di calcio. (2023). "AS Gambarogno". Federazione ticinese di calcio.
Beck, Stephan. (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1971/72 Nationalliga B". 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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