1966–67 Nationalliga A

Statistics of Swiss Super League football (soccer) competition in the 1966–67 season.

Nationalliga A
Season1966–67

Overview edit

There were 14 teams contesting in the 1966–67 Nationalliga A and Basel finished the seasons as champions just one point clear of both FC Zürich in second position and FC Lugano who finished third. Basel won 16 of the 26 games, drawing eight, losing twice, and they scored 60 goals conceding just 20.[1] FC Moutier finished in last position and were relegated. FC Winterthur and FC La Chaux-de-Fonds finished level on points and thus played a relegation play-out. La Chaux-de-Fonds won 3–1 and Winterthur were also relegated.[2]

Basel 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]

League standings edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1FC Basel (C)2616826120+4140Swiss Champions, qualified for 1967–68 European Cup
Swiss Cup winners
2FC Zürich2618357031+3939
3FC Lugano2617545129+2239Entered 1967 Intertoto Cup
4Grasshopper Club Zürich2614486031+2932
5Servette FC Genève26106104935+1426
6FC Sion26106104838+1026Entered 1967 Intertoto Cup
7BSC Young Boys26106104448−426
8FC Grenchen26104124349−624
9Young Fellows Zürich2696113344−1124
10Lausanne Sports2693144644+221Swiss Cup runners-up, qualified for 1966–67 Cup Winners' Cup
Entered 1967 Intertoto Cup
11FC Biel-Bienne2685132542−1721
12FC La Chaux-de-Fonds2684143448−1420Won relegation play-off
13FC Winterthur2684143354−2120Lost relegation play-off, relegated to Nationalliga B
14FC Moutier26222216100−846Relegated to Nationalliga B
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results edit

Home \ AwayBASBBCDFGCZGRELSLUGMOUSERSIOWINYBYFZZÜR
Basel4–11–02–25–02–21–010–01–12–14–04–12–23–1
Biel-Bienne0–21–10–32–10–21–11–10–13–00–33–11–10–4
Chaux-de-Fonds0–20–13–10–21–31–23–13–10–00–24–01–10–2
Grasshopper0–21–05–20–10–01–12–11–00–16–04–00–12–1
Grenchen0–40–01–43–53–01–16–11–42–18–22–41–00–3
Lausanne-Sports0–21–25–11–51–25–30–10–23–24–01–14–01–2
Lugano3–11–02–13–00–03–24–11–03–01–03–02–11–4
Moutier0–11–00–22–100–41–30–10–81–31–50–12–30–3
Servette1–22–35–02–22–12–12–40–04–31–21–23–13–0
Sion0–00–11–13–04–13–02–27–00–03–01–35–02–3
Winterthur0–00–21–20–32–22–10–24–12–10–22–21–12–3
Young Boys1–13–13–00–30–13–23–26–12–22–32–00–03–3
Young Fellows2–13–22–31–02–00–41–25–02–01–10–22–00–5
Zürich2–25–03–11–42–01–01–38–01–16–02–12–12–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References edit

  1. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1966/67". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ^ a b Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1966/67". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  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.

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