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1978–79 Nationalliga A

82nd season of top-tier Swiss football

Field	Value
season	1978–79
competition	Nationalliga A
winners	Servette
relegated	Nordstern
continentalcup1	European Cup
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Servette
continentalcup2	Cup Winners' Cup
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Young Boys
continentalcup3	UEFA Cup
continentalcup3 qualifiers	Zürich
Grasshopper Club
league topscorer	Peter Risi (Zürich)
16 goals
prevseason	1977–78
nextseason	1979–80

Grasshopper Club 16 goals Luzern Lugano Young Fellows

The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1978–79 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 82nd season of top-tier and the 81st 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 others 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 1979–80 European Cup, the runners-up and third placed team would qualify for the 1979–80 UEFA Cup.

In the following season the format was changed and both tiers would have 14 teams. Therefore, only one team from the NLA was relegated and the top three teams in the NLA were promoted. The bottom two teams in the NLB were relegated to the 1979–80 1. Liga.

Nationalliga A

The first round of the NLA was played on 12 August 1978. There was a winter break between 3 December and 4 March 1979. The qualifying phase was completed by 8 April and the second phase took place between 21 April and 23 June 1997.

Teams, locations

Team	Town	Canton	Stadium
FC Basel	Basel	Basel-Stadt	St. Jakob Stadium
CS Chênois	Thônex	Geneva	Stade des Trois-Chêne
FC Chiasso	Chiasso	Ticino	Stadio Comunale Riva IV
Grasshopper Club Zürich	Zürich	Zürich	Hardturm
FC Lausanne-Sport	Lausanne	Vaud	Pontaise
Neuchâtel Xamax FC	Neuchâtel	Neuchâtel	Stade de la Maladière
FC Nordstern Basel	Basel	Basel-Stadt	Rankhof
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 Zürich	Zürich	Zürich	Letzigrund

Qualifying phase table

Results

Championship group table

and entered 1979 Intertoto Cup and entered 1979 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 Bern	Bern	Bern	Stadion Neufeld
FC Biel-Bienne	Biel/Bienne	Bern	Stadion Gurzelen
Étoile Carouge FC	Carouge	Geneva	Stade de la Fontenette
FC Frauenfeld	Frauenfeld	Thurgau	Kleine Allmend
FC Fribourg	Fribourg	Fribourg	Stade Universitaire
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
Lugano	Lugano	Ticino	Cornaredo Stadium
Luzern	Lucerne	Lucerne	Stadion Allmend
Vevey-Sports	Vevey	Vaud	Stade de Copet
FC Wettingen	Wettingen	Aargau	Stadion Altenburg
FC Winterthur	Winterthur	Zürich	Schützenwiese
FC Young Fellows Zürich	Zürich	Zürich	Utogrund

Final league table

Further in Swiss football

References

Sources

Switzerland 1978–79 at RSSSF

seasons in Switzerland

References

(red) dbFCZ. (2006–2023). "FCZ 1978/1979". dbFCZ.
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". (1979). "1978/79 Rangliste". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv".
Beck, Stephan. (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1978/79 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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