1966–67 Nationalliga A

Nationalliga A
Season1966–67
ChampionsBasel
RelegatedWinterthur
FC Moutier
Top goalscorerRolf Blättler (Grasshopper Club)
and Fritz Künzli (Zürich)
both 28 goals
Nationalliga B
Season1966–67
ChampionsLuzern
PromotedLuzern
Bellinzona
RelegatedFC Le Locle
Blue Stars
Top goalscorerHeinz Bertschi (Luzern)
22 goals

The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1966–67 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 71st season of top-tier and the 70th season of second-tier football in Switzerland.

Overview

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The Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) had 28 member clubs at this time and these were devided 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 1965–66 season and the two newly promoted teams Winterthur and FC Moutier. The champions would qualify for the 1967–68 European Cup and the last two teams in the league table at the end of the season were to be relegated.

The second-tier (NLB) was contested by the two teams that had been relegated from the NLA, FC Luzern and Urania Genève Sport, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams FC Wettingen and FC Xamax.[1] The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1967–68 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1967–68 Swiss 1. Liga.[2]

The Swiss champions received a slot in the 1967–68 European Cup and the Cup winners a slot in the 1967–68 Cup Winners' Cup. Basel won the championship and also won the Swiss Cup. In the Cup final Basel's opponents were Lausanne-Sports. In the former Wankdorf Stadium on 15 May 1967, Helmut Hauser scored the decisive goal via penalty. The game went down in football history due to the sit-down strike that followed this goal. After 88 minutes of play, with the score at 1–1, referee Karl Göppel awarded Basel a controversial penalty. André Grobéty had pushed Hauser gently in the back and he let himself drop theatrically. Subsequent to the 2–1 for Basel the Lausanne players refused to resume the game and they sat down demonstratively on the pitch. The referee had to abandon the match. Basel were awarded the cup with a 3–0 forfait.[3][4] Basel won the double for the first time in the club's history.[2] Basel participated in the European Cup in the following season and the slot in the Cup Winner's Cup was past on to Lausanne as losing finalist.

Nationalliga A

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The first round of the NLA was played on 20 August 1966. After playing 14 rounds, from 4 December until 3 March 1967 as the 15th round was held, there was a winter break. Four games from the first half of the season had been delayed and these were played at the end of February. The season had 26 rounds and was completed on 11 June 1967.

Teams, locations

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Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Basel Basel  Basel-Stadt St. Jakob Stadium 36,800
FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne  Bern Stadion Gurzelen 15,000
Grasshopper Club Zürich Zürich  Zürich Hardturm 20,000
FC Grenchen Grenchen  Solothurn Stadium Brühl 15,100
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds  Neuchâtel Centre Sportif de la Charrière 12,700
FC Lausanne-Sport Lausanne  Vaud Pontaise 15,700
FC Lugano Lugano  Ticino Cornaredo Stadium 6,330
FC Moutier[5] Moutier  Bern Stade de Chalière 5,000
Servette FC Geneva  Geneva Stade des Charmilles 27,000
FC Sion Sion  Valais Stade de Tourbillon 16,000
FC Winterthur Winterthur  Zürich Schützenwiese 8,550
BSC Young Boys Bern  Bern Wankdorf Stadium 56,000
FC Young Fellows Zürich Zürich  Zürich Utogrund 2,850
FC Zürich Zürich  Zürich Letzigrund 25,000

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Basel[6] 26 16 8 2 61 20 +41 40 Swiss Champions, qualified for 1967–68 European Cup
and Swiss Cup winners
2 Zürich[7] 26 18 3 5 70 31 +39 39
3 Lugano 26 17 5 4 51 29 +22 39 Entered 1967 Intertoto Cup
4 Grasshopper Club 26 14 4 8 60 31 +29 32 Entered 1967 Intertoto Cup
5 Servette[8] 26 10 6 10 49 35 +14 26
6 Sion 26 10 6 10 48 38 +10 26 Entered 1967 Intertoto Cup
7 Young Boys[9] 26 10 6 10 44 48 −4 26 Entered 1967 Intertoto Cup
8 Grenchen 26 10 4 12 43 49 −6 24 Entered 1967 Intertoto Cup
9 Young Fellows Zürich 26 9 6 11 33 44 −11 24 Entered 1967 Intertoto Cup
10 Lausanne-Sport 26 9 3 14 46 44 +2 21 Swiss Cup finalist, qualified for 1967–68 Cup Winners' Cup
and entered 1967 Intertoto Cup
11 Biel-Bienne 26 8 5 13 25 42 −17 21
12 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 8 4 14 34 48 −14 20 To relegation play-out
13 Winterthur 26 8 4 14 33 54 −21 20 To relegation play-out
14 FC Moutier 26 2 2 22 16 100 −84 6 Relegated to 1967–68 Nationalliga B
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

Results

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Home \ Away BAS BB CDF GCZ GRE LS LUG MOU SER SIO WIN YB YFZ ZÜR
Basel 4–1 1–0 2–2 5–0 2–2 1–0 10–0 1–1 2–1 4–0 4–1 2–2 3–1
Biel-Bienne 0–2 1–1 0–3 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 0–3 3–1 1–1 0–4
La Chaux-de-Fonds 0–2 0–1 3–1 0–2 1–3 1–2 3–1 3–1 0–0 0–2 4–0 1–1 0–2
Grasshopper Club 0–2 1–0 5–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 6–0 4–0 0–1 2–1
Grenchen 0–4 0–0 1–4 3–5 3–0 1–1 6–1 1–4 2–1 8–2 2–4 1–0 0–3
Lausanne-Sports 0–2 1–2 5–1 1–5 1–2 5–3 0–1 0–2 3–2 4–0 1–1 4–0 1–2
Lugano 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 3–2 4–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–4
Moutier 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–10 0–4 1–3 0–1 0–8 1–3 1–5 0–1 2–3 0–3
Servette 1–2 2–3 5–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–4 0–0 4–3 1–2 1–2 3–1 3–0
Sion 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 4–1 3–0 2–2 7–0 0–0 3–0 1–3 5–0 2–3
Winterthur 0–0 0–2 1–2 0–3 2–2 2–1 0–2 4–1 2–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 2–3
Young Boys 1–1 3–1 3–0 0–3 0–1 3–2 3–2 6–1 2–2 2–3 2–0 0–0 3–3
Young Fellows 2–1 3–2 2–3 1–0 2–0 0–4 1–2 5–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–5
Zürich 2–2 5–0 3–1 1–4 2–0 1–0 1–3 8–0 1–1 6–0 2–1 2–1 2–1
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-out

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Because two teams ended the season level on points in joint twelfth position a decider against relegation was required. This was played on 14 June 1967 at Wankdorf Stadium in Bern.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
La Chaux-de-Fonds 3–1 Winterthur

La Chaux-de-Fonds won and remained in the top tier. Winterthur were relegated to 1967–68 Nationalliga B.

Nationalliga B

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Teams, locations

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Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Aarau Aarau  Aargau Stadion Brügglifeld 9,240
FC Baden Baden  Aargau Esp Stadium 7,000
AC Bellinzona Bellinzona  Ticino Stadio Comunale Bellinzona 5,000
FC Blue Stars Zürich[10] Zürich  Zürich Hardhof 1,000
SC Brühl St. Gallen  St. Gallen Paul-Grüninger-Stadion 4,200
FC Chiasso Chiasso  Ticino Stadio Comunale Riva IV 4,000
FC Le Locle[11] Le Locle  Neuchâtel Installation sportive - Jeanneret 3,142
FC Luzern Lucerne  Lucerne Stadion Allmend 25,000
FC Solothurn Solothurn  Solothurn Stadion FC Solothurn 6,750
FC St. Gallen St. Gallen  St. Gallen Espenmoos 11,000
FC Thun Thun  Bern Stadion Lachen 10,350
Urania Genève Sport Genève  Geneva Stade de Frontenex 4,000
FC Wettingen Wettingen  Aargau Stadion Altenburg 10,000
FC Xamax Neuchâtel  Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière 25,500

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Luzern 26 17 7 2 68 25 +43 41 NLB Champions and promoted to 1967–68 Nationalliga A
2 AC Bellinzona 26 16 6 4 47 43 +4 38 Promoted to 1967–68 Nationalliga A
3 FC Wettingen 26 14 4 8 53 36 +17 32
4 FC Aarau[12] 26 10 12 4 39 29 +10 32
5 FC St. Gallen 26 10 7 9 51 46 +5 27
6 FC Xamax 26 11 5 10 42 40 +2 27
7 FC Thun 26 9 8 9 38 43 −5 26
8 Urania Genève Sport 26 10 4 12 33 47 −14 24
9 FC Chiasso 26 7 8 11 31 34 −3 22
10 FC Baden 26 7 8 11 35 34 +1 22
11 FC Solothurn 26 8 5 13 27 36 −9 21
12 SC Brühl 26 5 9 12 32 52 −20 19
13 FC Le Locle[1] 26 6 5 15 42 54 −12 17 Relegated to 1967–68 1. Liga
14 FC Blue Stars Zürich[1] 26 5 6 15 28 47 −19 16 Relegated to 1967–68 1. Liga
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

Further in Swiss football

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Erste Liga (SFV) (2018). "Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2018" [First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2018] (PDF). PDF page 6 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  2. ^ a b Garin, Erik (2018). "Switzerland 1966/67". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  3. ^ Schmid, Andreas W. (2010). ""Ein klarer Penalty!" "Nein, eine klare Schwalbe!"" (in German). Basler Zeitung. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
  4. ^ dsc (2010). "Der legendäre Sitzstreik im Final 1967" (in German). sport.sf.tv. Archived from the original on 2010-05-11. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
  5. ^ (red) Fussballverband Bern/Jura (2024). "FC Moutier" (in German). Fussballverband Bern/Jura - fvbj-afbj.ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  6. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (2024). "Rangliste 1966/67" [Ranking 1966/67] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  7. ^ (red) dbFCZ (2023). "FCZ Saison 1966/67" [FCZ season 1966/67] (in Swiss High German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  8. ^ Reichmuth, Daniel (2024). "Servette 1966/67" (PDF) (in French). super-servette-ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  9. ^ (red) BSC Young Boys AG (2024). "YB Saison 1966/67" [YB season 1966/67] (in German). BSC Young Boys AG. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  10. ^ (red) Fussballverband Region Zürich (2024). "FC Blue Stars Zürich" (in German). Fussballverband Region Zürich. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  11. ^ (red) Association neuchâteloise de football (2024). "FC Le Locle" (in French). Association neuchâteloise de football - anf.football.ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  12. ^ Beck, Stephan (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1966/67 FCA Rangliste" [Swiss Championship 1966/67 FCA Ranking] (in Swiss High German). arowa.ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

Sources

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Preceded by
1965–66 		Nationalliga
seasons in
Switzerland 		Succeeded by
1967–68
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