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1955–56 Nationalliga A

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The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1955–56 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 59th season of top-tier and the 58th season of second-tier football in Switzerland.

Season1955–56
ChampionsGrasshopper Club
RelegatedGrenchen
Fribourg
Top goalscorerBranislav Vukosavljević (GC)
33 goals
Quick facts Season, Champions ...
Nationalliga A
Season1955–56
ChampionsGrasshopper Club
RelegatedGrenchen
Fribourg
Top goalscorerBranislav Vukosavljević (GC)
33 goals
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Season1955–56
ChampionsWinterthur
PromotedWinterthur
Young Fellows
RelegatedBlue Stars
Rapid Lugano
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Nationalliga B
Season1955–56
ChampionsWinterthur
PromotedWinterthur
Young Fellows
RelegatedBlue Stars
Rapid Lugano
Top goalscorerWalter Beerli (Luzern)
Günter Sosna
both 22 goals
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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 1954–55 season and the two newly promoted teams Urania Genève Sport and FC Schaffhausen. The champions would qualify for the 1956–57 European Cup and 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 FC Thun and FC Luzern, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams FC Rapid Lugano and FC Lengnau. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1956–57 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1956–57 Swiss 1. Liga.[1]

Nationalliga A

Teams, locations

More information Team, Based in ...
Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Landhof 4,000
AC Bellinzona Bellinzona Ticino Stadio Comunale Bellinzona 5,000
FC Chiasso Chiasso Ticino Stadio Comunale Riva IV 4,000
Grasshopper Club Zürich Zürich Zürich Hardturm 20,000
FC Fribourg Fribourg Fribourg Stade Universitaire 9,000
FC Grenchen Grenchen Solothurn Stadium Brühl 10,900
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 Lugano Lugano Ticino Cornaredo Stadium 6,330
FC Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Stadion Breite 7,300
Servette FC Geneva Geneva Stade des Charmilles 27,000
Urania Genève Sport Genève Geneva Stade de Frontenex 4,000
BSC Young Boys Bern Bern Wankdorf Stadium 56,000
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
1 Grasshopper Club 26 19 4 3 94 36 +58 42 Swiss Champions qualified for 1956–57 European Cup
and Swiss Cup winners
2 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 14 6 6 65 46 +19 34
3 Young Boys[2] 26 12 8 6 60 41 +19 32
4 Servette[3] 26 12 6 8 53 51 +2 30
5 Bellinzona 26 11 6 9 39 45 −6 28
6 Chiasso 26 12 3 11 48 47 +1 27
7 Basel[4] 26 10 6 10 47 50 −3 26
8 Lausanne-Sport 26 10 5 11 40 50 −10 25
9 Lugano 26 7 9 10 38 46 −8 23
10 FC Schaffhausen 26 7 8 11 30 44 −14 22
11 Urania Genève Sport 26 8 6 12 34 51 −17 22
12 Zürich[5] 26 8 5 13 55 53 +2 21
13 Grenchen 26 7 4 15 39 55 −16 18 Relegated to 1956–57 Nationalliga B
14 Fribourg 26 5 4 17 32 59 −27 14 Relegated to 1956–57 Nationalliga B
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Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

Results

More information Home \ Away, BAS ...
Home \ Away BAS BEL CDF CHI FRI GCZ GRE LS LUG SHA SER UGS YB ZÜR
Basel 2–2 2–0 2–1 9–1 2–5 4–2 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–2 3–2
Bellinzona 2–0 2–0 4–2 3–2 2–1 1–3 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–3 3–1 1–1 1–1
La Chaux-de-Fonds 6–2 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–5 5–3 3–1 6–3 3–0 4–2 6–2 0–0 7–3
Chiasso 2–0 2–3 0–0 4–1 3–3 2–0 6–0 0–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–3 1–2
Fribourg 1–0 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–2 0–1 2–4 6–3 0–3 2–1
Grasshopper Club 4–2 6–0 3–1 6–1 2–1 6–0 6–2 2–2 2–2 7–2 6–0 3–1 1–2
Grenchen 4–2 1–2 1–3 0–1 2–1 2–3 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–3 2–0 3–0 2–0
Lausanne-Sports 0–1 1–2 2–2 4–1 2–0 0–3 2–0 2–4 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–5 3–1
Lugano 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–3 3–0 0–2 0–2 2–1
Schaffhausen 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–3 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1
Servette 3–0 1–0 4–1 2–3 3–3 3–2 2–0 2–4 2–1 1–4 3–2 3–2 2–1
Urania 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–5 2–1 1–1 0–1 3–2 1–1 4–2 1–0
Young Boys 4–1 3–0 1–3 7–3 2–1 2–2 5–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 4–2
Zürich 1–1 5–0 4–4 3–3 5–0 1–4 2–3 1–3 4–0 7–1 2–2 1–2 2–1
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Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Topscorers

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RankPlayerNat.GoalsClub
1.Branislav VukosavljevićSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia33Grasshopper Club
2.Robert BallamanSwitzerland19Grasshopper Club
Charles AntenenSwitzerland19La Chaux-de-Fonds
5.Werner LeimgruberSwitzerland17Zürich
Eugen MeierSwitzerland17Young Boys
6.Francis AnkerSwitzerland15Servette
7.Arturo CapoferriSwitzerland14Bellinzona
Josef HügiSwitzerland14Basel
9.Raymond DuretSwitzerland13Grasshopper Club
Kurt SchellerSwitzerland13Young Boys
Gottlieb StäubleSwitzerland13Basel
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Nationalliga B

Teams, locations

More information Team, Based in ...
Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Bern Bern Bern Stadion Neufeld 14,000
FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne Bern Stadion Gurzelen 5,500
FC Blue Stars Zürich[6] Zürich Zürich Hardhof 1,000
FC Cantonal Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière 25,500
FC Lengnau[7] Lengnau Bern Moos Lengnau BE 3,900
FC Luzern Lucerne Lucerne Stadion Allmend 25,000
ES FC Malley Malley Vaud Centre sportif de la Tuilière 1,500
FC Nordstern Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Rankhof 7,600
FC Rapid Lugano[8] Lugano Ticino Cornaredo Stadium 6,330
FC Solothurn Solothurn Solothurn Stadion FC Solothurn 6,750
FC St. Gallen St. Gallen St. Gallen Espenmoos 11,000
FC Thun Thun Bern Stadion Lachen 10,350
FC Winterthur Winterthur Zürich Schützenwiese 8,550
FC Young Fellows Zürich Zürich Utogrund 2,850
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Final league table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Winterthur 26 14 8 4 60 33 +27 36 NLB Champions and promoted to 1956–57 Nationalliga A
2 Young Fellows Zürich 26 13 8 5 58 45 +13 34 Promoted to 1956–57 Nationalliga A
3 FC Luzern 26 14 5 7 61 43 +18 33
4 ES FC Malley 26 12 7 7 57 42 +15 31
5 FC Cantonal Neuchâtel 26 13 4 9 65 46 +19 30
6 FC Biel-Bienne 26 11 6 9 43 36 +7 28
7 FC Nordstern Basel 26 11 4 11 63 57 +6 26
8 FC Bern 26 8 9 9 46 51 −5 25
9 FC Solothurn 26 7 10 9 42 53 −11 24
10 FC Lengnau 26 7 9 10 39 63 −24 23
11 FC St. Gallen 26 6 8 12 48 45 +3 20
12 FC Thun 26 5 9 12 38 59 −21 19
13 FC Rapid Lugano[1] 26 5 8 13 31 62 −31 18 Relegated to 1956–57 1. Liga
14 FC Blue Stars Zürich[1] 26 7 3 16 58 74 −16 17 Relegated to 1956–57 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;

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