1972–73 in Swiss football

Nationalliga A

Main article: 1972–73 Nationalliga A

Final league table

and entered 1973 Intertoto Cup and entered 1973 Intertoto Cup

Nationalliga B

Main article: 1972–73 Nationalliga A#Nationalliga B

League table

Promotion play-off

• Chênois won and were promoted to 1973–74 Nationalliga A. Luzern remained in division.*

1. Liga

Main article: 1972–73 Swiss 1. Liga

Group West

Group Central

Decider for eleventh place

The decider was played on 3 June in Solothurn. The game was drawn, however, at this period in time, the extra-time as match extension had not yet been introduced. FC Concordia Basel were declaired winners due to the better goal-average of the regular season and, therefore, they remained in the division. FC Turgi were relegated to 2. Liga Interregional.

Group South and East

Promotion play-off

The three group winners played a two legged tie against one of the runners-up to decide the three finalists. The games were played on 3 and 10 June.

Qualification round

• FC Nordstern Basel win 9–3 on aggregate and continue to the finals.*
• FC Tössfeld win 6–4 on aggregate and continue to the finals.*
• SR Delémont win 4–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.*

Final round

The three first round winners competed in a single round-robin to decide the two promotion slots. The games were played on 17, 24 June and 1 July.

FC Nordstern Basel are champions, because they beat Tössfeld in the head-to-head and Tössfeld are runners-up. These two teams are promoted.

Swiss Cup

Main article: 1972–73 Swiss Cup

The competition was played in a knockout system. In the case of a draw, extra time was played. If the teams were still level after extra time, the match was replayed at the away team's ground. Here, in case of a draw after extra time, the replay was to be decided with a penalty shoot-out. The quarter- and semi-finals were played as two legged rounds, home and away. The final was held in the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern.

Early rounds

The routes of the finalists to the final were:

• Third round: NLA teams with a bye.
• Fourth round: Bellinzona-Zürich 1:4. Basel-Martigny 6.0.
• Fifth round: Zürich-Lausanne 2:1. YB-Basel 0:4.
• Quarterfinals: First leg: Zürich-Etoile Carouge 1:1. Return leg: Etoile Carouge-Zürich 0:4 (agg. 1:5). Chiasso-Basel 0:2. Basel-Chiasso 5:3 (agg. 7:3).
• Semifinals: Winterthur-Zürich 1:1. Zürich-Winterthur 2:1 . (agg. 3:2). Biel/Bienne-Basel 0:1. Basel-Biel/Bienne 5:1 (agg. 6:1).

Final

23 April 1973 FCZ summary Summary Künzli

Swiss League Cup

Main article: 1972 Swiss League Cup

The 1972 League Cup was played as a pre-season tournament. The semi-finals and the final itself, however, was played after the season had commenced. The early stage was a group stage. The finalists Basel and Winterthur had a bye in this stage and they joined in the first round on 5 August.

Early rounds

The routes of the finalists to the final were:

Round 1

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

RSSSF summary Hitzfeld Balmer Hitzfeld

Swiss Clubs in Europe

• Basel as 1971–72 Nationalliga A champions: 1972–73 European Cup
• Zürich as 1971–72 Swiss Cup winners: 1972–73 Cup Winners' Cup and entered 1972 Intertoto Cup
• Grasshopper Club as league third placed team: 1972–73 UEFA Cup and entered 1972 Intertoto Cup
• Lausanne-Sport as league fourth placed team: 1972–73 UEFA Cup
• Young Boys: entered 1972 Intertoto Cup
• Winterthur: entered 1972 Intertoto Cup

Basel

European Cup

Main article: 1972–73 European Cup

First round

FCB summary Horváth Zámbó FCB summary Balmer Balmer Bene P. Juhász Bene Újpesti Dózsa won 4–3 on aggregate.

Zürich

Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup

First round

Künzli Mostyn Ashcroft Sutton Martinelli Wrexham won 3–2 on aggregate

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 1972 Intertoto Cup

Group 5

;Results Hevera Schweizer Künzli Künzli Hevera Pekárik Čapkovič Svensson

Grasshopper Club

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1972–73 UEFA Cup

First round

• Dell'Oste

• Müller

• Winiger

• Müller

• Citherlet

• Adams Grasshoppers won 4–2 on aggregate.

• Citherlet

• Kazaryan

• Ishtoyan

• Andreasyan

• Kazaryan

• Markarov

• Gröbli

• Müller Ararat Yerevan won 7–3 on aggregate.

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 1972 Intertoto Cup

Group 7

Lausanne-Sport

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1972–73 UEFA Cup

First round

• Karasi
• Lazarević
• Janković
• Grahn
• Cucinotta
• Grahn
• García
• Janković Red Star Belgrade won 7–4 on aggregate.

Young Boys

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 1972 Intertoto Cup

Group 3

Winterthur

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 1972 Intertoto Cup

Group 2

References

Sources

• Switzerland 1972–73 at RSSSF
• League Cup finals at RSSSF
• European Competitions 1972–73 at RSSSF.com
• Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz
• Intertoto history at Pawel Mogielnicki's Page

Swiss football

References

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4. Erste Liga (SFV). (2018). "Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2018". Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV.