1971–72 Nationalliga A

Statistics of Swiss Super League in the 1971–72 season.

Nationalliga A
Season1971–72

Overview edit

14 teams contested in the 1971–72 Nationalliga A. These were the top 12 teams from the previous 1970–71 season and the two newly promoted teams St. Gallen and Grenchen. The championship was played in a double round robin. The champions would qualify for the 1972–73 European Cup and the last two teams in the table at the end of the season were to be relegated. Basel remained undefeated in the league during the first 24 rounds. Of their 26 league games Basel won 18, drawing seven, losing just once, scoring 66 goals conceding 28.[1] Basel won the championship four points ahead of Zürich and five points ahead of the Grasshoppers.[2] Zürich were Swiss Cup winners and qualified for 1972–73 Cup Winners' Cup. Grasshopper Club and Lausanne-Sport qualified for 1972–73 UEFA Cup. Luzern and Biel-Bienne suffered relegation.

League standings edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Basel (C)2618716628+3843Swiss champions, qualified for 1972–73 European Cup
2Zürich2617545528+2739Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1972–73 Cup Winners' Cup
and entered 1972 Intertoto Cup
3Grasshopper Club2616645624+3238Qualified for 1972–73 UEFA Cup
and entered 1972 Intertoto Cup
4Lausanne-Sport2611875036+1430Qualified for 1972–73 UEFA Cup
5Young Boys2612594631+1529Entered 1972 Intertoto Cup
6Winterthur26124103732+528
7Sion269893736+126
8Servette26105113947−825
9Lugano2687113339−623
10Grenchen2661192740−1323
11La Chaux-de-Fonds2677122545−2021
12St. Gallen2647152746−1915
13Luzern2663172449−2515Relegated to Nationalliga B
14Biel-Bienne2625192667−419
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results edit

Home \ AwayBASBBCDFGCZGRELSLUGLUZSERSIOSTGWINYBZÜR
Basel6–26–22–10–01–13–11–05–13–03–02–11–14–0
Biel-Bienne1–22–21–22–21–51–30–10–22–42–11–30–31–4
Chaux-de-Fonds1–31–21–20–02–10–23–21–12–01–01–11–00–2
Grasshopper1–21–15–04–04–12–03–03–10–02–03–01–11–2
Grenchen0–21–11–00–23–21–11–02–20–12–12–23–31–1
Lausanne-Sports1–14–01–13–32–12–04–11–20–21–13–23–12–0
Lugano0–32–20–11–23–13–11–13–02–23–30–01–01–3
Luzern1–22–12–02–10–10–20–12–20–32–00–21–20–4
Servette0–22–13–02–21–21–03–13–04–03–20–32–11–2
Sion3–34–12–21–21–12–13–22–21–03–10–10–11–1
St. Gallen1–11–01–21–40–00–12–03–02–21–10–12–11–4
Winterthur2–42–01–10–23–00–33–12–12–01–03–11–30–1
Young Boys4–13–01–01–23–12–20–02–36–01–03–12–10–2
Zürich3–34–14–01–13–12–30–13–13–12–11–11–02–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References edit

  1. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz saison 1971/72". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ^ Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A 1971/72". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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