1983–84 Nationalliga A

Nationalliga A
Season1983–84
ChampionsGrasshopper Club
(20th title)
RelegatedBellinzona
Chiasso
Top goalscorerGeorges Bregy
(Sion) 21 goals
Nationalliga B
Season1983–84
ChampionsSC Zug
PromotedSC Zug
FC Winterthur
RelegatedFC Fribourg
FC Nordstern Basel
FC Red Star Zürich
Top goalscorerMartin Wiggemansen
(Lugano) 19 goals

Statistics of the Swiss National League in the 1983–84 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 87th season of top-tier and the 86th season of second-tier football in Switzerland.

Overview

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There were 32 member clubs in the Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV), divided into two tiers of 16 teams each. The top tier was named Nationalliga A (NLA) and the second tier was named Nationalliga B (NLB). In both divisions the teams played a double round-robin to decide their table positions. The Swiss champions would qualify for the 1984–85 European Cup, the runners-up and third placed team would qualify for the 1984–85 UEFA Cup. The last two placed teams in the NLA were relegated to the NLB for the following season. The top two placed teams in the NLB would be promoted to the top tier. The last three teams in the NLB were relegated to next season's 1. Liga.[1]

Nationalliga A

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The first round was played on 9 August 1983. There was to be a winter break between 27 November and 25 February 1984. The season was completed on 6 June 1984. Because the top two teams finished level on points, a championship play-off match was required and this took place on 15 June at the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern.

Teams

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Team Town Canton Stadium Capacity
Aarau Aarau  Aargau Stadion Brügglifeld 9,240
Basel Basel  Basel-Stadt St. Jakob Stadium 36,800
Bellinzona Bellinzona  Ticino Stadio Comunale Bellinzona 5,000
Chiasso Chiasso  Ticino Stadio Comunale Riva IV 4,000
Grasshopper Club Zürich  Zürich Hardturm 20,000
La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds  Neuchâtel Centre Sportif de la Charrière 12,700
Lausanne-Sports Lausanne  Vaud Pontaise 15,700
Luzern Lucerne  Lucerne Stadion Allmend 25,000
St. Gallen St. Gallen  St. Gallen Espenmoos 11,000
Servette Geneva  Geneva Stade des Charmilles 27,000
Sion Sion  Valais Stade de Tourbillon 16,000
Vevey-Sports Vevey  Vaud Stade de Copet 4,000
Wettingen Wettingen  Aargau Stadion Altenburg 10,000
Xamax Neuchâtel  Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière 25,500
Young Boys Bern  Bern Wankdorf Stadium 56,000
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 Grasshopper Club 30 19 6 5 59 32 +27 44 Championship play-off winners,
qualified for 1984–85 European Cup
2 Servette 30 19 6 5 67 31 +36 44 Championship play-off loosers
Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1984–85 Cup Winners' Cup
3 Sion 30 18 7 5 74 39 +35 43 qualified for 1984–85 UEFA Cup
4 Xamax 30 15 10 5 54 27 +27 40 qualified for 1984–85 UEFA Cup
5 St. Gallen 30 16 8 6 57 41 +16 40 entered 1984 Intertoto Cup
6 Lausanne-Sport 30 13 8 9 49 37 +12 34
7 La Chaux-de-Fonds 30 12 9 9 52 47 +5 33
8 Wettingen 30 12 6 12 43 43 0 30 entered 1984 Intertoto Cup
9 Basel[2] 30 11 6 13 55 59 −4 28
10 Aarau[3] 30 9 9 12 50 42 +8 27
11 Young Boys 30 8 9 13 39 40 −1 25
12 Zürich[4] 30 8 8 14 39 56 −17 24 entered 1984 Intertoto Cup
13 Vevey-Sports 30 9 6 15 43 65 −22 24
14 Luzern 30 9 4 17 35 52 −17 22 entered 1984 Intertoto Cup
15 Bellinzona 30 4 4 22 30 79 −49 12 Relegated to 1984–85 Nationalliga B
16 Chiasso 30 4 2 24 26 82 −56 10
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers;

Results

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Home \ Away AAR BAS BEL CDF CHI GCZ LS LUZ NX SER SIO STG VEV WET YB ZÜR
Aarau 4–0 8–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–2 0–2 1–2 7–0 2–2 0–0 4–1
Basel 0–0 5–1 0–1 4–1 0–0 1–0 5–2 4–2 3–2 1–1 4–2 5–2 0–2 2–0 3–0
Bellinzona 1–1 4–2 0–2 4–1 0–2 0–0 0–3 1–3 0–2 3–4 1–2 0–1 1–3 0–3 2–2
Chaux-de-Fonds 6–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 3–2 3–2 1–1 1–3 2–0 3–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–2
Chiasso 0–2 1–3 2–1 0–4 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–3 0–3 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–3 2–2 3–3
Grasshopper 4–1 4–1 1–0 4–1 2–0 4–1 3–0 3–2 0–3 2–2 1–2 3–1 3–1 3–2 1–0
Lausanne-Sports 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 7–2 1–1 3–1 2–0 2–2 3–3 4–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–1
Luzern 2–1 4–1 1–2 3–2 2–0 0–2 1–2 1–4 0–3 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–0
Neuchâtel Xamax 2–1 2–0 8–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 3–1 3–0 2–1 2–1
Servette 2–0 3–1 1–2 5–1 5–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 4–2 2–0 5–3
Sion 2–1 5–3 5–1 4–2 1–0 3–3 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–3 2–0 7–1 4–0 2–1 6–1
St. Gallen 3–2 4–2 2–0 2–2 5–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–0
Vevey-Sports 0–0 2–2 4–1 3–1 3–2 3–2 0–0 3–1 3–1 3–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 0–3 4–1
Wettingen 1–2 0–0 5–1 2–0 4–1 0–3 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–3 2–1 1–1 4–3
Young Boys 0–1 2–0 2–2 3–3 2–0 2–3 1–3 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 2–2 4–1 0–2 0–0
Zürich 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 5–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–4 0–0 3–0 0–2 0–1
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.


Championship play-off

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Play-off
Grasshopper Club1 – 0 (a.e.t.)Servette
Egli 109' (pen.) RSSSF summary
Attendance: 30,000

Nationalliga B

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The first round was played on 9 August 1983. There was to be a winter break between 27 November and 25 February 1984. The season was completed on 6 June 1984. Because two teams finished level on points in 13th and 14th position, a relegation play-out match was required and this took place on 15 June at the Olympique de la Pontaise in Lausanne.

Teams, locations

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Team Town Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Baden Baden  Aargau Esp Stadium 7,000
FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne  Bern Stadion Gurzelen 15,000
FC Bulle Bulle  Fribourg Stade de Bouleyres 7,000
CS Chênois Thônex  Geneva Stade des Trois-Chêne 8,000
FC Fribourg Fribourg  Fribourg Stade Universitaire 9,000
FC Grenchen Grenchen  Solothurn Stadium Brühl 15,100
FC Laufen Laufen  Basel-Landschaft Sportplatz Nau 3,000
FC Locarno Locarno  Ticino Stadio comunale Lido 5,000
Lugano Lugano  Ticino Cornaredo Stadium 6,330
FC Martigny-Sports Martigny  Valais Stade d'Octodure 2,500
Mendrisiostar Mendrisio  Ticino Centro Sportivo Comunale 4,000
FC Monthey Monthey  Valais Stade Philippe Pottier 1,800
FC Nordstern Basel Basel  Basel-Stadt Rankhof 7,600
FC Red Star Zürich Zürich  Zürich Allmend Brunau 2,000
FC Winterthur Winterthur  Zürich Schützenwiese 8,550
Zug Zug  Zug Herti Allmend Stadion 6,000

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 SC Zug 30 16 9 5 64 33 +31 41 Champions and promoted to 1984–85 Nationalliga A
2 FC Winterthur 30 16 9 5 56 43 +13 41 Promoted to 1984–85 Nationalliga A
3 Lugano 30 13 12 5 59 35 +24 38
4 FC Martigny-Sports 30 13 7 10 49 40 +9 33
5 FC Baden 30 13 7 10 60 53 +7 33
6 FC Bulle 30 12 7 11 48 45 +3 31
7 Mendrisiostar 30 9 12 9 41 35 +6 30
8 FC Locarno 30 9 11 10 44 49 −5 29
9 CS Chênois 30 10 9 11 42 51 −9 29
10 FC Grenchen 30 8 12 10 41 45 −4 28
11 FC Biel-Bienne 30 8 12 10 45 51 −6 28
12 FC Laufen 30 8 12 10 38 47 −9 28
13 FC Monthey 30 7 10 13 34 43 −9 24 To relegation play-out
14 FC Fribourg 30 8 8 14 38 51 −13 24
15 FC Nordstern Basel[5] 30 7 9 14 38 60 −22 23 Relegated to 1984–85 Swiss 1. Liga
16 FC Red Star Zürich[5] 30 8 4 18 48 64 −16 20
Source: rsssf
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers;

Play-out against relegation

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The decider was played on 15 June in Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Monthey 1–1 a.e.t.
4–3 pen. 		FC Fribourg

FC Monthey win after penalty shoot-out and remain in division. FC Fribourg were relegated to 1984–85 Swiss 1. Liga.[5]

Further in Swiss football

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References

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  1. ^ "Switzerland Final League Tables of the Nationalliga A and B 1930-2000". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  2. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (1984). "1983/84 Rangliste" [1983/84 Ranking] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  3. ^ Beck, Stephan (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1983/1984 Nationalliga B" [Swiss Championship 1983/1984 Nationalliga B] (in German). arowa.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  4. ^ (red) dbFCZ (2006–2023). "FCZ 1983/1984" (in German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  5. ^ 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 10 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

Sources

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Preceded by
1982–83 		Nationalliga
seasons in
Switzerland 		Succeeded by
1984–85
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