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1979–80 Nationalliga A

83rd season of top-tier Swiss football

Field	Value
season	1979–80
competition	Nationalliga A
winners	Basel
relegated	La Chaux-de-Fonds
Lugano
continentalcup1	European Cup
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Basel
continentalcup2	Cup Winners' Cup
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Sion
continentalcup3	UEFA Cup
continentalcup3 qualifiers	Grasshopper Club
Servette
league topscorer	Claudio Sulser
(GC) 25 goals
prevseason	1978–79
nextseason	1980–81

Lugano Servette (GC) 25 goals Nordstern FC Baden (Nordstern) 17 goals

This is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1979–80 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 83rd season of top-tier and the 82nd 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, both tiers with of 14 teams each, the top tier Nationalliga A (NLA) had been increased by two and the second tier Nationalliga B (NLB) decreased by two. The format in both divisions was that the teams played a double round-robin to decide their table positions. Each club playing every other club twice (home and away) for a total of 26 rounds. Two points were awarded for a win and one point was awarded for a draw. The top placed six teams then played a championship stage. For all others teams the season was complete. In the championship group the teams played another double round-robin and each team took half of the points gained in the first stage, rounded up to complete units, as bonus with them.

The Swiss champions would qualify for the 1980–81 European Cup, the runners-up and third placed team would qualify for the 1980–81 UEFA Cup. The last two teams of the NLA were relegated to the second-tier. The top two teams in the NLB were promoted to top-level. The bottom two teams were relegated to the 1980–81 1. Liga.

Nationalliga A

The first round of the NLA was played on 11 August 1979. There was a winter break between 2 December and 2 March 1980. The season was completed on 20 May and the championship group on 30 June 1980.

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 La Chaux-de-Fonds	La Chaux-de-Fonds	Neuchâtel	Centre Sportif de la Charrière
FC Lausanne-Sport	Lausanne	Vaud	Pontaise
FC Luzern	Lucerne	Lucerne	Stadion Allmend
FC Lugano	Lugano	Ticino	Cornaredo Stadium
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 Zürich	Zürich	Zürich	Letzigrund

Qualifying phase table

halved points (rounded up) as bonus

Results

Championship table

and entered 1980 Intertoto Cup

Results

Nationalliga B

Teams, locations

Team	Town	Canton	Stadium	Capacity
FC Aarau	Aarau	Aargau	Stadion Brügglifeld
FC Baden	Baden	Aargau	Esp Stadium
AC Bellinzona	Bellinzona	Ticino	Stadio Comunale Bellinzona
FC Bern	Bern	Bern	Stadion Neufeld
FC Biel-Bienne	Biel/Bienne	Bern	Stadion Gurzelen
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 Nordstern Basel	Basel	Basel-Stadt	Rankhof
last = (red) Walliser Fussballverband	author-link =	year = 2023	url = https://matchcenter.avf-wfv.ch/default.aspx?v=989&oid=17&lng=1	title = FC Raron	format =	trans-title =	publisher = Walliser Fussballverband - avf-wfv.ch	language = fr	access-date = 2023-11-16}}	Raron	Valais	Sportplatz Rhoneglut
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 1979–80 at RSSSF

seasons in Switzerland

References

Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". (1988). "1979/80 Rangliste". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv".
(red) dbFCZ. (2006–2023). "1979/1980". dbFCZ.
(red) Walliser Fussballverband. (2023). "FC Raron". Walliser Fussballverband - avf-wfv.ch.
Beck, Stephan. (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1979/80 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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