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1979–80 Nationalliga A

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This is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1979–80 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 83rd season of top-tier and the 82nd season of second-tier football in Switzerland.

Season1979–80
ChampionsBasel
RelegatedLa Chaux-de-Fonds
Lugano
European CupBasel
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Nationalliga A
Season1979–80
ChampionsBasel
RelegatedLa Chaux-de-Fonds
Lugano
European CupBasel
Cup Winners' CupSion
UEFA CupGrasshopper Club
Servette
Top goalscorerClaudio Sulser
(GC) 25 goals
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Season1979–80
ChampionsBellinzona
PromotedBellinzona
Nordstern
RelegatedFC Raron
FC Baden
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Nationalliga B
Season1979–80
ChampionsBellinzona
PromotedBellinzona
Nordstern
RelegatedFC Raron
FC Baden
Top goalscorerRoger Ries
(Nordstern) 17 goals
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Overview

The Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) had 28 members at this time. The clubs were divided into two tiers, both tiers with of 14 teams each, the top tier Nationalliga A (NLA) had been increased by two and the second tier Nationalliga B (NLB) decreased by two. The format in both divisions was that the teams played a double round-robin to decide their table positions. Each club playing every other club twice (home and away) for a total of 26 rounds. Two points were awarded for a win and one point was awarded for a draw. The top placed six teams then played a championship stage. For all others teams the season was complete. In the championship group the teams played another double round-robin and each team took half of the points gained in the first stage, rounded up to complete units, as bonus with them.

The Swiss champions would qualify for the 1980–81 European Cup, the runners-up and third placed team would qualify for the 1980–81 UEFA Cup. The last two teams of the NLA were relegated to the second-tier. The top two teams in the NLB were promoted to top-level. The bottom two teams were relegated to the 1980–81 1. Liga.

Nationalliga A

The first round of the NLA was played on 11 August 1979. There was a winter break between 2 December and 2 March 1980. The season was completed on 20 May and the championship group on 30 June 1980.

Teams, locations

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Team Town Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Basel Basel Basel-Stadt St. Jakob Stadium 36,800
CS Chênois Thônex Geneva Stade des Trois-Chêne 8,000
FC Chiasso Chiasso Ticino Stadio Comunale Riva IV 4,000
Grasshopper Club Zürich Zürich Zürich Hardturm 20,000
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 Luzern Lucerne Lucerne Stadion Allmend 25,000
FC Lugano Lugano Ticino Cornaredo Stadium 6,330
Neuchâtel Xamax FC Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière 25,500
FC St. Gallen St. Gallen St. Gallen Espenmoos 11,000
Servette FC Geneva Geneva Stade des Charmilles 27,000
FC Sion Sion Valais Stade de Tourbillon 16,000
BSC Young Boys Bern Bern Wankdorf Stadium 56,000
FC Zürich Zürich Zürich Letzigrund 25,000
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Qualifying phase table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Servette 26 16 7 3 61 25 +36 39 Advance to championship round
halved points (rounded up) as bonus
2 Basel[1] 26 15 7 4 67 27 +40 37
3 Grasshopper Club 26 14 8 4 61 21 +40 36
4 Luzern 26 14 4 8 44 44 0 32
5 Zürich[2] 26 13 5 8 56 42 +14 31
6 Sion 26 11 9 6 47 37 +10 31
7 St. Gallen 26 11 6 9 48 37 +11 28 entered 1980 Intertoto Cup
8 Chiasso 26 6 11 9 27 43 −16 23
9 Lausanne-Sport 26 8 6 12 35 38 −3 22
10 Young Boys 26 8 5 13 34 49 −15 21 entered 1980 Intertoto Cup
11 Chênois 26 4 12 10 32 45 −13 20
12 Xamax 26 8 4 14 33 48 −15 20 entered 1980 Intertoto Cup
13 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 5 7 14 24 57 −33 17 Relegated to 1980–81 Nationalliga B
14 Lugano 26 1 5 20 18 74 −56 7
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Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored;

Results

More information Home \ Away, BAS ...
Home \ Away BAS CDF CHÊ CHI GCZ LS LUG LUZ NX SER SIO STG YB ZÜR
Basel 6–0 0–0 6–1 2–0 3–1 7–0 8–2 6–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 3–1
La Chaux-de-Fonds 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 0–1 4–1 0–5 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–0
Chênois 1–1 4–2 0–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 3–0 0–2 2–2 2–2 3–0 2–2 2–4
Chiasso 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–3 2–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–0
Grasshopper Club 4–1 5–0 5–0 6–2 4–0 4–0 5–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 0–0
Lausanne-Sports 0–3 5–1 4–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 3–1 3–0
Lugano 2–5 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–4 2–5 0–1 0–4 2–2 1–3 0–2
Luzern 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 2–1
Neuchâtel Xamax 0–1 4–0 3–1 1–0 0–3 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–3
Servette 0–0 4–0 4–1 2–1 4–2 3–1 8–0 3–2 6–0 2–3 4–1 1–0 0–4
Sion 1–2 1–1 2–1 4–0 2–1 0–3 1–1 3–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 3–1 3–2
St. Gallen 3–0 6–0 1–1 2–1 1–4 1–0 4–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 4–0 2–3 4–0
Young Boys 1–3 0–3 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 3–1 3–2 1–2 0–3 4–2 1–2
Zürich 1–1 3–1 0–0 7–2 2–2 3–2 5–1 3–1 4–2 1–3 4–2 0–3 4–1
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Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification
1 Basel[1] 10 6 2 2 24 11 +13 19 33 Champions, qualified for 1980–81 European Cup
2 Grasshopper Club 10 5 3 2 21 11 +10 18 31 qualified for 1980–81 UEFA Cup
3 Servette 10 5 1 4 18 11 +7 20 31 qualified for 1980–81 UEFA Cup
4 Zürich[2] 10 5 1 4 17 15 +2 16 27
5 Sion 10 4 2 4 22 20 +2 16 26 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1980–81 Cup Winners' Cup
and entered 1980 Intertoto Cup
6 Luzern 10 0 1 9 4 38 −34 16 17
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Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored;

Results

More information Home \ Away, BAS ...
Home \ Away BAS GCZ LUZ SER SIO ZÜR
Basel 0–0 5–0 2–0 3–2 2–0
Grasshopper Club 3–1 8–0 2–1 2–2 0–1
Luzern 0–4 0–1 0–2 3–5 0–2
Servette 2–1 1–1 6–0 2–0 3–0
Sion 2–2 0–3 4–0 3–1 3–2
Zürich 2–4 5–1 1–1 2–0 2–1
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Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Nationalliga B

Teams, locations

More information Team, Town ...
Team Town 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 Bern Bern Bern Stadion Neufeld 14,000
FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne Bern Stadion Gurzelen 15,000
FC Frauenfeld Frauenfeld Thurgau Kleine Allmend 6,370
FC Fribourg Fribourg Fribourg Stade Universitaire 9,000
FC Grenchen Grenchen Solothurn Stadium Brühl 15,100
SC Kriens Kriens Lucerne Stadion Kleinfeld 5,100
FC Nordstern Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Rankhof 7,600
FC Raron[3] Raron Valais Sportplatz Rhoneglut 1,000
Vevey-Sports Vevey Vaud Stade de Copet 4,000
FC Wettingen Wettingen Aargau Stadion Altenburg 10,000
FC Winterthur Winterthur Zürich Schützenwiese 8,550
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Final league table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 AC Bellinzona 26 12 14 0 37 14 +23 38 NLB Champions promoted to 1980–81 Nationalliga A
2 FC Nordstern Basel 26 15 7 4 63 32 +31 37 Promoted to 1980–81 Nationalliga A
3 FC Winterthur 26 13 7 6 46 32 +14 33
4 Vevey-Sports 26 12 7 7 46 27 +19 31
5 FC Fribourg 26 11 7 8 30 24 +6 29
6 FC Bern 26 11 7 8 44 41 +3 29
7 FC Frauenfeld 26 9 10 7 30 26 +4 28
8 FC Grenchen 26 9 8 9 38 40 −2 26
9 FC Aarau[4] 26 8 8 10 43 52 −9 24
10 FC Biel-Bienne 26 6 11 9 24 29 −5 23
11 FC Wettingen 26 6 8 12 47 46 +1 20
12 SC Kriens 26 6 6 14 29 51 −22 18
13 FC Raron[5] 26 5 5 16 21 47 −26 15 Relegated to 1980–81 1. Liga
14 FC Baden[5] 26 5 3 18 29 66 −37 13 Relegated to 1980–81 1. Liga
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Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored;

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