1972–73 in Swiss football

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The following is a summary of the 1972–73 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Season1972–73
Nationalliga ABasel
Nationalliga BXamax
1. Liga1. Liga champions:
FC Nordstern Basel
Group West:
FC Monthey
Group Cenral:
FC Nordstern Basel
Group South and East:
FC Tössfeld
Quick facts Season, Men's football ...
Football in Switzerland
Season1972–73
Men's football
Nationalliga ABasel
Nationalliga BXamax
1. Liga1. Liga champions:
FC Nordstern Basel
Group West:
FC Monthey
Group Cenral:
FC Nordstern Basel
Group South and East:
FC Tössfeld
1972–73 Swiss CupZürich
1972 Swiss League CupBasel
Women's football
Swiss Women's Super LeagueDFC Aarau
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Nationalliga A

Main article: 1972–73 Nationalliga A

Final league table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Basel[1] 26 17 5 4 57 30 +27 39 Champions qualified for 1973–74 European Cup
2 Grasshopper Club 26 14 7 5 54 32 +22 35 Qualified for 1973–74 UEFA Cup
and entered 1973 Intertoto Cup
3 Sion 26 13 7 6 35 30 +5 33 Qualified for 1973–74 UEFA Cup
4 Servette 26 14 3 9 41 23 +18 31
5 Winterthur 26 12 6 8 40 29 +11 30 Entered 1973 Intertoto Cup
6 Lausanne-Sport 26 11 6 9 46 27 +19 28
7 Zürich[2] 26 10 8 8 38 33 +5 28 Swiss Cup winners qualified for 1973–74 Cup Winners' Cup
and entered 1973 Intertoto Cup
8 Lugano 26 9 9 8 31 30 +1 27 Entered 1973 Intertoto Cup
9 Young Boys 26 9 5 12 39 40 −1 23
10 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 8 7 11 30 43 −13 23
11 Chiasso 26 8 5 13 21 48 −27 21
12 St. Gallen 26 7 5 14 31 49 −18 19
13 Fribourg 26 4 7 15 24 43 −19 15 Relegated to 1973–74 Nationalliga B
14 Grenchen 26 4 4 18 23 53 −30 12 Relegated to 1973–74 Nationalliga B
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Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

Nationalliga B

Main article: 1972–73 Nationalliga A § Nationalliga B

League table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Xamax 26 19 5 2 72 21 +51 43 NLB Champions and promoted to 1973–74 Nationalliga A
2 CS Chênois 26 15 7 4 44 24 +20 37 To promotion play-off
3 Luzern 26 15 7 4 60 26 +34 37 To promotion play-off
4 FC Biel-Bienne 26 11 6 9 45 35 +10 28
5 Vevey-Sports 26 11 5 10 50 40 +10 27
6 Mendrisiostar 26 9 9 8 30 34 −4 27
7 FC Young Fellows Zürich 26 11 4 11 35 37 −2 26
8 Etoile Carouge FC 26 8 8 10 36 51 −15 24
9 FC Wettingen 26 8 7 11 30 44 −14 23
10 FC Aarau[3] 26 7 8 11 29 42 −13 22
11 FC Martigny-Sports 26 6 9 11 27 45 −18 21
12 AC Bellinzona 26 7 6 13 30 41 −11 20
13 SC Brühl[4] 26 6 6 14 43 58 −15 18 Relegated to 1973–74 1. Liga
14 SC Buochs[4] 26 3 5 18 26 59 −33 11 Relegated to 1973–74 1. Liga
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Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

Promotion play-off

More information Team 1, Score ...
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Chênois 2–1 (a.e.t.) Luzern
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Chênois won and were promoted to 1973–74 Nationalliga A. Luzern remained in division.

1. Liga

Main article: 1972–73 Swiss 1. Liga

Group West

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Monthey 24 13 7 4 48 21 +27 33 Play-off to Nationalliga B
2 FC Dürrenast 24 11 8 5 43 31 +12 30
3 FC Raron 24 11 5 8 42 36 +6 27
4 FC Stade Nyonnais 24 11 4 9 43 31 +12 26
5 FC Le Locle 24 9 7 8 43 38 +5 25
6 Yverdon-Sport FC 24 10 5 9 35 38 −3 25
7 FC Meyrin 24 9 7 8 26 33 −7 25
8 Central Fribourg 24 10 4 10 45 43 +2 24
9 FC Thun 24 10 4 10 35 46 −11 24
10 Urania Genève Sport 24 7 9 8 34 37 −3 23
11 ASI Audax-Friul 24 8 4 12 35 41 −6 20
12 FC Fontainemelon[4] 24 5 6 13 33 47 −14 16 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
13 FC Renens[4] 24 3 8 13 27 47 −20 14
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Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Group Central

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Nordstern Basel 24 16 3 5 44 22 +22 35 Play-off to Nationalliga B
2 SR Delémont 24 13 4 7 41 29 +12 30
3 SC Kriens 24 11 7 6 46 32 +14 29
4 FC Solothurn 24 8 11 5 39 33 +6 27
5 FC Bern 24 8 9 7 47 47 0 25
6 FC Baden 24 9 6 9 31 35 −4 24
7 FC Porrentruy 24 9 6 9 29 34 −5 24
8 FC Moutier 24 7 9 8 46 39 +7 23
9 FC Emmenbrücke 24 9 4 11 42 40 +2 22
10 FC Laufen 24 8 6 10 37 40 −3 22
11 FC Concordia Basel 24 7 4 13 37 52 −15 18 Play-out against relegation
12 FC Turgi[4] 24 5 8 11 27 43 −16 18
13 FC Breite Basel[4] 24 5 5 14 33 53 −20 15 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
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Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Decider for eleventh place

The decider was played on 3 June in Solothurn.

More information Team 1, Score ...
Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Concordia Basel 2–2 (a.e.t.) FC Turgi
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The game was drawn, however, at this period in time, the extra-time as match extension had not yet been introduced. FC Concordia Basel were declaired winners due to the better goal-average of the regular season and, therefore, they remained in the division. FC Turgi were relegated to 2. Liga Interregional.

Group South and East

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Tössfeld 24 13 8 3 45 22 +23 34 Play-off to Nationalliga B
2 SC Zug 24 12 5 7 39 33 +6 29
3 FC Locarno 24 9 9 6 41 27 +14 27
4 FC Blue Stars Zürich 24 9 8 7 34 22 +12 26
5 FC Uzwil 24 9 7 8 36 39 −3 25
6 FC Gossau 24 9 6 9 35 34 +1 24
7 FC Red Star Zürich 24 7 8 9 28 28 0 22
8 US Giubiasco 24 6 10 8 21 28 −7 22
9 FC Frauenfeld 24 7 8 9 32 40 −8 22
10 FC Chur 24 6 9 9 27 36 −9 21
11 FC Rapid Lugano 24 7 7 10 30 41 −11 21
12 FC Vaduz[4] 24 7 6 11 38 44 −6 20 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
13 AS Gambarogno[4] 24 6 7 11 31 43 −12 19
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Source: RSSSF (which contains a mistake by SC Zug, number of wins +1, number of draws -1, but points are correctly stated)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Promotion play-off

The three group winners played a two legged tie against one of the runners-up to decide the three finalists. The games were played on 3 and 10 June.

Qualification round

More information Team 1, Score ...
Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Nordstern Basel 3–3 SC Zug
SC Zug 0–6 FC Nordstern Basel
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FC Nordstern Basel win 9–3 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Tössfeld 5–1 FC Dürrenast
FC Dürrenast 3–1 FC Tössfeld
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FC Tössfeld win 6–4 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Monthey 0–1 SR Delémont
SR Delémont 3–1 FC Monthey
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SR Delémont win 4–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Final round

The three first round winners competed in a single round-robin to decide the two promotion slots. The games were played on 17, 24 June and 1 July.

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts NOR TÖS DEL
1 FC Nordstern Basel 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 2 — 2–0 —
2 FC Tössfeld 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 2 — — 3–0
3 SR Delémont 2 1 0 1 1 3 −2 2 1–0 — —
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Source: RSSSF

FC Nordstern Basel are champions, because they beat Tössfeld in the head-to-head and Tössfeld are runners-up. These two teams are promoted.[4]

Swiss Cup

Main article: 1972–73 Swiss Cup

The competition was played in a knockout system. In the case of a draw, extra time was played. If the teams were still level after extra time, the match was replayed at the away team's ground. Here, in case of a draw after extra time, the replay was to be decided with a penalty shoot-out. The quarter- and semi-finals were played as two legged rounds, home and away. The final was held in the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern.

Early rounds

The routes of the finalists to the final were:

  • Third round: NLA teams with a bye.
  • Fourth round: Bellinzona-Zürich 1:4. Basel-Martigny 6.0.
  • Fifth round: Zürich-Lausanne 2:1. YB-Basel 0:4.
  • Quarterfinals: First leg: Zürich-Etoile Carouge 1:1. Return leg: Etoile Carouge-Zürich 0:4 (agg. 1:5). Chiasso-Basel 0:2. Basel-Chiasso 5:3 (agg. 7:3).
  • Semifinals: Winterthur-Zürich 1:1. Zürich-Winterthur 2:1 (a.e.t.). (agg. 3:2). Biel/Bienne-Basel 0:1. Basel-Biel/Bienne 5:1 (agg. 6:1).

Final

More information Zürich, 2–0 (a.e.t.) ...
Zürich2–0 (a.e.t.)Basel
Marti 92'
Künzli 101'		 FCB summary
FCZ summary
Summary
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Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Switzerland Roland Keller Bern

Swiss League Cup

Main article: 1972 Swiss League Cup

The 1972 League Cup was played as a pre-season tournament. The semi-finals and the final itself, however, was played after the season had commenced. The early stage was a group stage. The finalists Basel and Winterthur had a bye in this stage and they joined in the first round on 5 August.

Early rounds

The routes of the finalists to the final were:

Round 1

More information Team 1, Score ...
Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Basel 8–0 Servette FC Genève
FC Winterthur 4–1 FC Lugano
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Quarter-finals

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Basel 2–1 (aet) Lausanne-Sports
Grasshopper Club Zürich 1–2 FC Winterthur
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Semi-finals

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Basel 6–1 FC Sion
FC Luzern 0–2 FC Winterthur
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Final

Final
More information Basel, 4–1 ...
Basel4–1FC Winterthur
Hitzfeld 6' (1:0)
Hitzfeld 22' (2:0)
Balmer 40' (3:1)
Hitzfeld 90' (pen. 4:1)		 FCB summary
RSSSF summary		 25' (2:1) Nielsen
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Attendance: 7,600
Referee: Switzerland Jean Dubach Nidau

Swiss Clubs in Europe

Basel

European Cup

Main article: 1972–73 European Cup
First round
13 September 1972 First leg Újpesti Dózsa Hungary 2–0 Switzerland Basel Újpest
17:30 Bene Yellow card 39'
Horváth 57'
Zámbó 60'		 UEFA summary
FCB summary		 Yellow card 88' Ramseier Stadium: Ferenc Szusza Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Austria Paul Schiller
27 September 1972 Second leg Basel Switzerland 3–2 Hungary Újpesti Dózsa Basel
20:00 Hasler 65' (1:1)
Balmer 75' (2:1)
Balmer 83' (3:1)		 UEFA summary
FCB summary		 Yellow card 32' E. Dunai
46' (0:1) Bene
Yellow card 58' P. Juhász
89' (3:2) Bene		 Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: England Walker

Újpesti Dózsa won 4–3 on aggregate.

Zürich

Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup
First round
13 September 1972 First leg Zürich Switzerland 1–1 Wales Wrexham Letzigrund, Zürich
20:15 Kuhn Yellow card 34'
Künzli 47'		 FCZ summary 48' Kinsey Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Petar Kostovski
27 September 1972 Second leg Wrexham Wales 2–1 Switzerland Zürich Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
May Yellow card
Mostyn Yellow card
Ashcroft 63'
Sutton 74'		 FCZ summary Yellow card Zigerlig
48' Martinelli		 Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Norway Rolf Nyhus

Wrexham won 3–2 on aggregate

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 1972 Intertoto Cup
Group 5
More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts SLO FIR ZÜR[2] DJU
1 Czechoslovakia Slovan Bratislava 6 5 0 1 16 7 +9 10 — 5–0 0–3 4–1
2 Austria First Vienna 6 2 2 2 9 10 −1 6 0–1 — 2–2 3–0
3 Switzerland Zürich[2] 6 1 3 2 8 8 0 5 1–3 1–1 — 0–0
4 Sweden Djurgården 6 1 1 4 6 14 −8 3 2–3 1–3 2–1 —
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Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.
Results
24 June 1972 Round 1 Zürich Switzerland 0–0 Sweden Djurgården Letzigrund, Zürich
18:00 FCZ summary Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Switzerland Mario Clematide (Zollikofen)
1 July 1972 Round 2 First Vienna Austria 2–2 Switzerland Zürich Red Star-Platz, Vienna
Miss 21' (1:0)
Hevera 26' (2:0)		 FCZ summary 71' (2:1) Schweizer
81' (2:2) Schweizer		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Austria Paul Drabek
8 July 1972 Round 3 Slovan Bratislava Czechoslovakia 0–3 Switzerland Zürich Tehelné pole, Bratislava
FCZ summary 2' (0:1) Künzli
64' (0:2) Künzli
65' (0:3) Künzli		 Attendance: 4,000
15 July 1972 Round 4 Zürich Switzerland 1–1 Austria First Vienna Letzigrund, Zürich
Künzli 45' (1:0) FCZ summary 66' (1:1) Traxler
Yellow card Hevera		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Jean Dubach (Nidau)
22 July 1972 Round 5 Zürich Switzerland 1–3 Czechoslovakia Slovan Bratislava Letzigrund, Zürich
Künzli 25' (1:0) FCZ summary 42' (1:1) Pekárik
45' (1:2) Pekárik
87' (1:3) Čapkovič		 Attendance: 4,100
Referee: Switzerland Hans Wieland (Grenchen)
29 July 1972 Round 6 Djurgården Sweden 2–1 Switzerland Zürich Stockholm
Svensson 16' (1:0)
Svensson 71' (2:1)		 FCZ summary 48' (1:1) Künzli Attendance: 950
Referee: Sweden Sven Jonsson

Grasshopper Club

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1972–73 UEFA Cup
First round
13 September 1972 (1972-09-13) First leg Nîmes France 1–2 Switzerland Grasshoppers Stade Jean-Bouin, Nîmes
  • Dell'Oste 30'
 Report
Attendance: 8,569
Referee: Joaquim Fernandes Campos (Portugal)[citation needed]
26 September 1972 (1972-09-26) Second leg Grasshoppers Switzerland 2–1 France Nîmes Hardturm, Zürich
 Report
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)[citation needed]

Grasshoppers won 4–2 on aggregate.

25 October 1972 (1972-10-25) First leg Grasshoppers Switzerland 1–3 Soviet Union Ararat Yerevan Hardturm, Zürich
  • Citherlet 90' (pen.)
 Report
Attendance: 6,927
Referee: Jacques Colling (Luxembourg)[citation needed]
8 November 1972 (1972-11-08) Second leg Ararat Yerevan Soviet Union 4–2 Switzerland Grasshoppers Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan
 Report
Attendance: 12,486
Referee: Francis Rion (Belgium)[citation needed]

Ararat Yerevan won 7–3 on aggregate.

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 1972 Intertoto Cup
Group 7
More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts HAN GCZ STA HVI
1 West Germany Hannover 6 4 1 1 15 10 +5 9 — 3–2 4–1 3–2
2 Switzerland Grasshopper Club 6 2 3 1 12 7 +5 7 1–1 — 1–1 1–1
3 Poland Stal Mielec 6 3 1 2 13 12 +1 7 3–2 1–4 — 5–0
4 Denmark Hvidovre 6 0 1 5 5 16 −11 1 1–2 0–3 1–2 —
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Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Lausanne-Sport

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1972–73 UEFA Cup
First round
13 September 1972 (1972-09-13) First leg Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 5–1 Switzerland Lausanne-Sport Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
 Report
Attendance: 3,555
Referee: Ertuğrul Dilek (Turkey) [citation needed]
27 September 1972 (1972-09-27) Second leg Lausanne-Sport Switzerland 3–2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
 Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Pablo Sánchez Ibáñez (Spain) [citation needed]

Red Star Belgrade won 7–4 on aggregate.

Young Boys

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 1972 Intertoto Cup
Group 3
More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts STE WIS YB ÅTV
1 France Saint-Étienne 6 4 2 0 12 2 +10 10 — 0–0 0–0 3–0
2 Poland Wisła Kraków 6 2 3 1 12 3 +9 7 0–1 — 8–0 1–1
3 Switzerland Young Boys 6 1 2 3 4 17 −13 4 0–5 1–1 — 2–1
4 Sweden Åtvidaberg 6 1 1 4 6 12 −6 3 2–3 0–2 2–1 —
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Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Winterthur

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 1972 Intertoto Cup
Group 2
More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts NOR SAL WIN GWA
1 Sweden Norrköping 6 3 2 1 10 7 +3 8 — 2–1 0–2 1–1
2 Austria Austria Salzburg 6 4 0 2 11 9 +2 8 2–4 — 3–2 2–0
3 Switzerland Winterthur 6 2 2 2 9 8 +1 6 1–1 1–2 — 3–2
4 Poland Górnik Wałbrzych 6 0 2 4 3 9 −6 2 0–2 0–1 0–0 —
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Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

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