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1977–78 Nationalliga A

81st season of top-tier Swiss football

Field	Value
season	1977–78
competition	Nationalliga A
winners	Grasshopper Club
relegated	Étoile Carouge
Young Fellows
continentalcup1	European Cup
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Grasshopper Club
continentalcup2	Cup Winners' Cup
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Servette
continentalcup3	UEFA Cup
continentalcup3 qualifiers	Basel
Lausanne-Sport
league topscorer	Fritz Künzli (Zürich)
21 goals
prevseason	1976–77
nextseason	1978–79

Young Fellows Lausanne-Sport 21 goals Chiasso Bulle 27 goals

The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1977–78 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 81st season of top-tier and the 80th season of second-tier football in Switzerland.

Overview

The Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) had 28 members at this time. The clubs were divided into two tiers, the top tier Nationalliga A (NLA) with 12 teams and the second tier Nationalliga B (NLB) with 16. The format in both divisions was that 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. Each club playing every other club twice (home and away), for a total of 22 rounds in the NLA and 30 rounds in the NLB.

In the NLA following this first qualification stage the division was divided in two, the top placed six teams then played a championship stage and the other teams in a relegation play-out. In both groups each team took half of the points gained in the first stage, rounded up to complete units, as bonus with them. They played a further double round-robin within the group. The Swiss champions would qualify for the 1978–79 European Cup, the runners-up and third placed team would qualify for the 1978–79 UEFA Cup. From the play-out group the bottom two teams were relegated to the second-tier. From the NLB the top two teams were promoted and the bottom two teams relegated to the 1978–79 1. Liga.

Nationalliga A

The first round of the NLA was played on 13 August 1977. There was a winter break between 11 December and 26 February 1978. The qualifying phase was completed by 25 March and the second phase took place between 1 April and 27 May 1978.

Teams, locations

Team	Town	Canton	Stadium
FC Basel	Basel	Basel-Stadt	St. Jakob Stadium
CS Chênois	Thônex	Geneva	Stade des Trois-Chêne
Étoile Carouge FC	Carouge	Geneva	Stade de la Fontenette
Grasshopper Club Zürich	Zürich	Zürich	Hardturm
FC Lausanne-Sport	Lausanne	Vaud	Pontaise
Neuchâtel Xamax FC	Neuchâtel	Neuchâtel	Stade de la Maladière
FC St. Gallen	St. Gallen	St. Gallen	Espenmoos
Servette FC	Geneva	Geneva	Stade des Charmilles
FC Sion	Sion	Valais	Stade de Tourbillon
BSC Young Boys	Bern	Bern	Wankdorf Stadium
FC Young Fellows Zürich	Zürich	Zürich	Utogrund
FC Zürich	Zürich	Zürich	Letzigrund

Qualifying phase table

Results

Championship table

and entered 1978 Intertoto Cup

Results

Relegation play-out

Results

Nationalliga B

Teams, locations

Team	Town	Canton	Stadium
FC Aarau	Aarau	Aargau	Stadion Brügglifeld
AC Bellinzona	Bellinzona	Ticino	Stadio Comunale Bellinzona
FC Biel-Bienne	Biel/Bienne	Bern	Stadion Gurzelen
FC Bulle	Bulle	Fribourg	Stade de Bouleyres
FC Chiasso	Chiasso	Ticino	Stadio Comunale Riva IV
FC Fribourg	Fribourg	Fribourg	Stade Universitaire
FC Gossau	Gossau	St. Gallen	Sportanlage Buechenwald
FC Grenchen	Grenchen	Solothurn	Stadium Brühl
SC Kriens	Kriens	Lucerne	Stadion Kleinfeld
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	La Chaux-de-Fonds	Neuchâtel	Centre Sportif de la Charrière
FC Lugano	Lugano	Ticino	Cornaredo Stadium
FC Luzern	Lucerne	Lucerne	Stadion Allmend
FC Nordstern Basel	Basel	Basel-Stadt	Rankhof
Vevey-Sports	Vevey	Vaud	Stade de Copet
FC Wettingen	Wettingen	Aargau	Stadion Altenburg
FC Winterthur	Winterthur	Zürich	Schützenwiese

Final league table

Further in Swiss football

References

Sources

Switzerland 1977–78 at RSSSF

seasons in Switzerland

References

Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". (1978). "1977/78 Rangliste". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv".
(red) dbFCZ. (2006–2023). "FCZ 1977/1978". dbFCZ.
Beck, Stephan. (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1977/78 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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