1947–48 Nationalliga A

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The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1947–48 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 51st season of top-tier and the 50th season of second-tier football in Switzerland.

Season1947–48
ChampionsBellinzona
RelegatedBern
Cantonal Neuchâtel
Top goalscorerJosef Righetti (Grenchen)
26 goals
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Nationalliga A
Season1947–48
ChampionsBellinzona
RelegatedBern
Cantonal Neuchâtel
Top goalscorerJosef Righetti (Grenchen)
26 goals
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Season1947–48
ChampionsUrania Genève Sport
PromotedUrania Genève Sport
Chiasso
RelegatedConcordia
Schaffhausen
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Nationalliga B
Season1947–48
ChampionsUrania Genève Sport
PromotedUrania Genève Sport
Chiasso
RelegatedConcordia
Schaffhausen
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Overview

The Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) had 28 member clubs at this time which were divided into two divisions of 14 teams each. The teams played a double round-robin to decide their table positions. Two points were awarded for a win and one point was awarded for a draw. The top tier (NLA) was contested by the top 12 teams from the previous season and the two newly promoted teams FC Zürich and FC La Chaux-de-Fonds. The last two teams in the league table at the end of the season were to be relegated.

The second-tier (NLB) was contested by the two teams that had been relegated from the NLA at the end of the last season, these were Urania Genève Sport and BSC Young Boys, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams from the 1. Liga FC Chiasso and FC Concordia Basel. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1948–49 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1948–49 Swiss 1. Liga.[1]

Nationalliga A

Teams, locations

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Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Landhof 4,000
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 5,500
FC Cantonal Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière 25,500
Grasshopper Club Zürich Zürich Zürich Hardturm 20,000
FC Grenchen Grenchen Solothurn Stadium Brühl 15,100
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds Neuchâtel Centre Sportif de la Charrière 10,000
FC Lausanne-Sport Lausanne Vaud Pontaise 30,000
FC Locarno Locarno Ticino Stadio comunale Lido 5,000
FC Lugano Lugano Ticino Cornaredo Stadium 6,330
Servette FC Geneva Geneva Stade des Charmilles 27,000
FC Young Fellows Zürich Zürich Utogrund 2,850
FC Zürich Zürich Zürich Letzigrund 25,000
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Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bellinzona (C) 26 15 8 3 58 28 +30 38 Swiss Champions
2 Biel-Bienne 26 16 5 5 57 38 +19 37
3 Lausanne-Sport 26 16 2 8 59 32 +27 34
4 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 12 4 10 73 54 +19 28 Swiss Cup winners
5 Servette[2] 26 10 6 10 61 51 +10 26
6 Grenchen 26 10 6 10 53 58 −5 26
7 Locarno 26 10 5 11 43 45 −2 25
8 Grasshopper Club 26 9 6 11 60 52 +8 24
9 Zürich[3] 26 10 4 12 54 60 −6 24
10 Basel[4] 26 7 10 9 44 51 −7 24
11 Lugano 26 9 6 11 34 44 −10 24
12 Young Fellows Zürich 26 9 5 12 41 45 −4 23
13 Bern (R) 26 8 5 13 28 56 −28 21 Relegated to 1948–49 NLB
14 Cantonal Neuchatel (R) 26 2 6 18 34 85 −51 10
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Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

This was Bellinzona's first championship title.

Results

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Home \ Away BAS BEL BER BB CAN CDF GCZ GRE LS LOC LUG SER YFZ ZÜR
Basel 5–1 1–2 3–3 4–1 2–2 2–2 2–2 1–3 2–1 0–1 3–2 2–0 3–3
Bellinzona 0–0 6–0 1–0 6–1 3–2 2–1 4–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 5–1 5–3
Bern 2–0 1–4 0–2 0–1 1–3 0–5 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–4 1–0 1–3
Biel-Bienne 1–0 4–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 4–1 4–7 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 4–1 4–1
Cantonal Neuchâtel 0–2 1–1 0–3 2–2 2–3 1–6 3–5 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–3 2–2 1–2
La Chaux-de-Fonds 1–5 1–4 5–0 2–0 13–0 3–3 4–0 2–3 5–1 2–0 1–1 2–3 4–1
Grasshopper Club 3–0 1–2 1–1 1–3 1–3 1–5 5–3 1–2 3–1 6–0 4–3 2–2 4–2
Grenchen 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–3 2–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 2–4 3–0 4–3 2–0 2–0
Lausanne-Sports 5–0 1–5 2–3 6–1 8–1 0–3 2–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 5–0 1–4 3–1
Locarno 3–0 1–1 4–0 2–0 3–2 4–2 1–0 5–2 1–3 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–3
Lugano 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–3 4–0 6–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–1
Servette 1–1 0–0 4–1 2–3 4–1 4–2 6–4 3–1 0–1 2–0 8–1 3–0 3–4
Young Fellows 5–0 3–1 0–0 0–3 4–2 1–4 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 5–2
Zürich 3–3 0–1 3–1 1–2 1–4 2–2 3–1 2–2 0–1 5–1 3–1 3–2 2–1
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Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Topscorers

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RankPlayerNat.GoalsClub
1.Josef RighettiSwitzerland26Grenchen
2.Charles AntenenSwitzerland20La Chaux-de-Fonds
3.Ledio ZanettiSwitzerland18Zürich
4.Jacques FattonSwitzerland17Servette
5.Milorad NikolićSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia16Lausanne-Sport
6.Hans SiegenthalerSwitzerland15Young Fellows Zürich
Jean TaminiSwitzerland15Servette
8.Walter BosshardSwitzerland14Zürich
Willy KernenSwitzerland14La Chaux-de-Fonds
10.Augusto SatoriSwitzerland13Bellinzona
René MaillardSwitzerland13Lausanne-Sport
Lauro AmadòSwitzerland13Grasshopper Club
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Nationalliga B

Teams, locations

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Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Aarau Aarau Aargau Stadion Brügglifeld 9,240
SC Brühl St. Gallen St. Gallen Paul-Grüninger-Stadion 4,200
FC Chiasso Chiasso Ticino Stadio Comunale Riva IV 4,000
FC Concordia Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Stadion Rankhof 7,000
FC Fribourg Fribourg Fribourg Stade Universitaire 9,000
CS International Genève Geneva Geneva
FC Luzern Lucerne Lucerne Stadion Allmend 25,000
FC Nordstern Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Rankhof 7,600
FC Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Stadion Breite 7,300
FC St. Gallen St. Gallen St. Gallen Espenmoos 11,000
FC Thun Thun Bern Stadion Lachen 10,350
Urania Genève Sport Genève Geneva Stade de Frontenex 4,000
BSC Young Boys Bern Bern Wankdorf Stadium 56,000
SC Zug Zug Zug Herti Allmend Stadion 6,000
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Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Urania Genève Sport 26 17 2 7 57 28 +29 36 To play-off for NLB championship
2 FC Chiasso 26 15 6 5 63 34 +29 36
3 FC Fribourg 26 13 8 5 54 42 +12 34
4 Young Boys[5] 26 10 10 6 55 39 +16 30
5 FC St. Gallen 26 11 6 9 55 43 +12 28
6 FC Nordstern Basel 26 12 4 10 54 48 +6 28
7 SC Brühl 26 10 6 10 57 49 +8 26
8 Luzern 26 9 8 9 46 42 +4 26
9 FC Aarau[6] 26 10 6 10 40 42 −2 26
10 CS International Genève 26 8 8 10 35 39 −4 24
11 SC Zug 26 7 9 10 38 49 −11 23
12 FC Thun 26 4 10 12 24 60 −36 18
13 FC Concordia Basel[1] 26 7 1 18 38 66 −28 15 Relegated to 1948–49 1. Liga
14 FC Schaffhausen[1] 26 4 6 16 34 69 −35 14 Relegated to 1948–49 1. Liga
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Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

Decider for NLB championship

Urania Genève Sport and FC Chiasso finished the season level on points in joint first position and both achieved promotion to 1948–49 Nationalliga A. However, it required a play-off to decide the division championship. The play-off was played on 20 June 1948 at the Letzigrund in Zürich.

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Urania Genève Sport 4–3 FC Chiasso
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Urania Genève Sport won and were NLB champions.

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