1961–62 in Swiss football

Football in Switzerland
Season	1961–62
Men's football
Nationalliga A	Servette
Nationalliga B	Sion
1. Liga	1. Liga champions:; FC Moutier; Group West:; Cantonal Neuchâtel; Group Cenral:; FC Moutier; Group South and East:; FC Baden
Swiss Cup	Lausanne-Sport

The following is a summary of the 1961–62 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Nationalliga A

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Servette^[1]	26	18	4	4	93	30	+63	40	Swiss Champions qualified for 1962–63 European Cup and entered 1962–63 Intertoto Cup
2	Lausanne-Sport	26	15	5	6	63	38	+25	35	Swiss Cup winners qualified for 1962–63 Cup Winners' Cup
3	La Chaux-de-Fonds	26	16	2	8	72	45	+27	34	Entered 1962–63 Intertoto Cup
4	Grasshopper Club	26	12	7	7	61	52	+9	31
5	Young Boys^[2]	26	13	3	10	61	51	+10	29	Entered 1962–63 Intertoto Cup
6	Luzern	26	11	6	9	45	38	+7	28
7	Basel^[3]	26	10	8	8	51	54	−3	28	Entered 1962–63 Intertoto Cup
8	Biel-Bienne	26	7	10	9	45	49	−4	24
9	Zürich^[4]	26	8	6	12	53	57	−4	22
10	Lugano	26	6	10	10	32	60	−28	22
11	Grenchen	26	7	7	12	39	59	−20	21
12	Young Fellows Zürich	26	7	6	13	53	63	−10	20

13	Schaffhausen	26	6	7	13	40	65	−25	19	Relegated to 1962–63 Nationalliga B
14	Fribourg	26	2	7	17	33	80	−47	11	Relegated to 1962–63 Nationalliga B

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

Nationalliga B

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Sion	26	14	7	5	62	36	+26	35	To play-off for title
2	FC Chiasso	26	14	7	5	54	30	+24	35	To play-off for title

3	FC Winterthur	26	13	6	7	56	37	+19	32
4	AC Bellinzona	26	11	7	8	56	46	+10	29
5	Urania Genève Sport	26	11	5	10	52	48	+4	27
6	FC Thun	26	10	7	9	50	47	+3	27
7	FC Aarau^[5]	26	9	8	9	37	39	−2	26
8	Vevey Sports	26	10	5	11	40	48	−8	25
9	FC Porrentruy	26	10	5	11	38	51	−13	25
10	SC Brühl	26	9	6	11	44	51	−7	24
11	FC Bern	26	8	6	12	59	48	+11	22
12	FC Bodio	26	6	10	10	38	47	−9	22

13	FC Martigny-Sports^[6]	26	5	9	12	29	58	−29	19	Relegated to 1962–63 1. Liga
14	Yverdon-Sport FC^[6]	26	4	8	14	36	65	−29	16	Relegated to 1962–63 1. Liga

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

Play-off for title

Sion and Chiasso finished level on points in joint first position and had both achieved promotion to 1962–63 Nationalliga A. However, it required a play-off to decide the title as NLB champions.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Chiasso	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Sion

Chiasso won the NLB championship.

1. Liga

Group West

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Cantonal Neuchâtel	22	17	4	1	55	15	+40	0	38	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	FC Le Locle	22	15	1	6	57	27	+30	0	31
3	FC Xamax	22	14	3	5	66	40	+26	−8	23	* See note below
4	FC Monthey	22	11	1	10	60	44	+16	0	23
5	Etoile Carouge FC	22	9	3	10	47	46	+1	0	21
6	FC Sierre	22	9	2	11	34	48	−14	0	20
7	FC Raron	22	7	5	10	38	44	−6	0	19
8	FC Forward Morges	22	7	5	10	29	41	−12	0	19
9	FC Versoix	22	8	1	13	32	45	−13	0	17
10	FC Lengnau	22	7	3	12	27	47	−20	0	17
11	ES FC Malley	22	5	5	12	22	43	−21	0	15
12	FC Bözingen 34^[6]	22	5	3	14	35	62	−27	0	13	Relegation to 2. Liga

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers.

Note: Xamax had 8 points deducted because they had been accused by former coach Vidjak of paying illegal bonuses to the players.

Group Central

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Moutier	22	13	6	3	52	32	+20	32	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	SR Delémont	22	13	3	6	43	32	+11	29
3	FC Nordstern Basel	22	9	8	5	31	17	+14	26
4	FC Alle	22	11	4	7	48	35	+13	26
5	FC Solothurn	22	7	10	5	27	25	+2	24
6	FC Concordia Basel	22	8	6	8	48	39	+9	22
7	FC Emmenbrücke	22	9	3	10	41	41	0	21
8	SC Burgdorf	22	7	6	9	41	47	−6	20
9	FC Wohlen	22	5	8	9	34	49	−15	18
10	FC Langenthal	22	6	5	11	32	39	−7	17
11	BSC Old Boys	22	4	8	10	23	40	−17	16
12	FC Breitenbach^[6]	22	6	1	15	37	61	−24	13	Relegation to 2. Liga

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers.

Group South and East

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Baden	22	15	4	3	63	28	+35	34	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	FC Dietikon	22	14	3	5	60	38	+22	31
3	FC St. Gallen	22	14	2	6	56	36	+20	30
4	FC Rapid Lugano	22	7	9	6	34	31	+3	23
5	FC Red Star Zürich	22	10	2	10	53	40	+13	22
6	FC Wettingen	22	9	4	9	42	40	+2	22
7	FC Locarno	22	8	5	9	40	40	0	21
8	FC Vaduz	22	8	5	9	44	50	−6	21
9	FC Oerlikon/Polizei ZH	22	8	4	10	37	46	−9	20
10	FC Blue Stars Zürich	22	7	4	11	42	54	−12	18
11	FC Solduno	22	5	2	15	30	58	−28	12
12	SV Höngg^[6]	22	4	2	16	24	64	−40	10	Relegation to 2. Liga

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers.

Promotion play-off

The three group winners played single a round-robin for the two promotion slots and for the championship.

Round-robin

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	MOU	CN	BAD
1	FC Moutier	2	2	0	3	1	+2	4	—	2–1	—
2	Cantonal Neuchâtel	2	1	1	4	3	+1	2	—	—	3–1
3	Baden	2	0	2	1	4	−3	0	0–1	—	—

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head 3) Decider.

FC Moutier were declaired 1. Liga champions. The champions and the runners-up Cantonal Neuchâtel were promoted to 1962–63 Nationalliga B.^[6]

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. In the replay, in case of a draw after extra time, a toss of the coin would decide which team progressed.

Early rounds

The routes of the finalists to the final were:

Second round: teams from the NLA and NLB with byes.
Third round: Versoix-Lausanne 0:11. Bellinzona-Emmenbrücke 3:1.
Fourth round: Lausanne-Martigny 5:1. Luzern-Bellinzona 0:3.
Fifth round: Lausanne-Alle 5:0. Solothurn-Bellinzona 1:1 (a.e.t.). Replay: Bellinzona-Solothurn 3:1.
Quarter-finals: Lausanne-Servette 5:1. Bellinzona-Basel 1:0.^[7]
Semi-finals: Lausanne-YB 1:1 (a.e.t.). Replay: YB-Lausanne 2:3. Bellinzona-La Chaux-de-Fonds 1:0.

Final

The final was held at the former Wankdorf Stadium on Easter Monday 1962.

23 April 1962

15:00

Lausanne-Sport	4–0 (a.e.t.)	Bellinzona
Hosp 93' Glisovic 98' Dürr 109' (pen.) Hosp 115'	Summary

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Attendance: 23,000

Referee:

Albert Guinnard (Gletterens)

Swiss Clubs in Europe

Servette as 1960–61 Nationalliga A champions: 1961–62 European Cup
La Chaux-de-Fonds as 1960–61 Swiss Cup winners: 1961–62 Cup Winners' Cup and entered 1961–62 Intertoto Cup
Zürich: entered 1961–62 Intertoto Cup
Grenchen: entered 1961–62 Intertoto Cup
Basel: entered 1961–62 Intertoto Cup

Servette

European Cup

Preliminary round

6 September 1961 First leg	Servette	5–0	Hibernians	Stade des Charmilles, Geneva
21:30 CET	Robbiani 3', 30' Németh 20' Georgy 57' (pen.), 70'	Report		Attendance: 14,739 Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)

20 September 1961 Second leg	Hibernians	1–2	Servette	Empire Stadium, Gżira
	Sultana 60'	Report	Wüthrich 42' Robbiani 78'	Attendance: 4,853 Referee: Gennaro Marchese (Italy)

Servette won 7–1 on aggregate.

First round

5 November 1961 First leg	Servette	4–3	Dukla Prague	Stade des Charmilles, Geneva
	Fatton 19', 67', 88' Robbiani 84'	Report	Adamec 7', 50' Vacenovský 37'	Attendance: 25,644 Referee: Gino Rigato (Italy)

22 November 1961 Second leg	Dukla Prague	2–0	Servette	Stadion Juliska, rague
13:30 CET	Kučera 24', 27'	Report		Attendance: 9,585 Referee: Giuseppe Adami (Italy)

Dukla Prague won 5–4 on aggregate.

La Chaux-de-Fonds

Cup Winners' Cup

Preliminary round

7 September 1961 First leg	La Chaux-de-Fonds	6–2	Leixões	Stade de la Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
	Antenen 8' Sommerlatt 25' Bertschi 51', 67' Jäger 52', 57'		Oliveirinha 42', 86'	Attendance: 3,194 Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)

5 October 1961 Second leg	Leixões	5–0	La Chaux-de-Fonds	Campo de Santana, Matosinhos
	Osvaldo Silva 24', 30' Oliveirinha 46', 71' Ventura 52'			Attendance: 3,747 Referee: Jean Tricot (France)

Leixões won 7–6 on aggregate.

Intertoto

Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	FEY	S04	GÖT	CDF
1	Feyenoord (A)	6	5	0	1	24	12	+12	10	—	1–3	4–1	3–2
2	Schalke 04	6	4	0	2	22	12	+10	8	1–5	—	4–1	8–0
3	IFK Göteborg	6	1	1	4	12	22	−10	3	3–6	2–4	—	3–2
4	La Chaux-de-Fonds	6	1	1	4	11	23	−12	3	2–5	3–2	2–2	—

Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Draw.
(A) Advance to a further round

Zürich

Intertoto

Group B2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AJA	MAL	PIR	ZÜR
1	Ajax	6	4	1	1	26	8	+18	9	Advanced to quarter-finals	—	1–0	9–1	9–1
2	Malmö FF	6	3	2	1	15	10	+5	8		1–1	—	4–2	4–1
3	Pirmasens	6	3	1	2	17	19	−2	7		4–2	3–3	—	5–0
4	Zürich	6	0	0	6	6	27	−21	0		1–4	2–3	1–2	—

Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Draw.

Matches

18 June 1961 Round 1	Zürich	2–3	Malmö FF	Letzigrund, Zürich
	Waldner 9' (1:0) Feller 79' (2:3)	FCZ summary	25' (1:1) Wendt 58' (1:2) Holmqvist 67' (1:3) Wendt	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Fritz Seipelt
Note: Malmö, due to the international match envolving Denmark, with the substitute players Ahlberg and Ekenberg (Helsingborgs IF), Pedersson and Wendt (Örebro SK) and Holmqvist (Saltö BK).

25 June 1961 Round 2	Zürich	1–2	Pirmasens	Hardturm, Zürich
	Fäh (1:0)	FCZ summary	(1:1) Weishaar 21' (1:2) Matischak	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: H. Martens
Note: Pirmasens played in the Oberliga Südwest in 1961.

2 July 1961 Round 3	Ajax	9–1	Zürich	Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
	Groot 2' (1:0) Keizer 15' (2:0) Groot 20' (3:0) Keizer 50' (4:0) Keizer 55' (5:0) Feldmann 62' (6:0) Swart 75' (7:0) Groot 82' (8:0) Groot 85' (9:0)	FCZ summary	90' (9:1) Kuhn	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Einar Boström
Note: The correct time of Kuhn's consolation goal remains unclear.

8 July 1961 Round 4	Zürich	1–4	Ajax	Hardturm, Zürich
	Waldner 44' (1:1)	FCZ summary	Petersen 34' (0:1) Petersen 65' (1:2) Groot 69' (1:3) Groot 85' (1:4)	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Albert Dusch

16 July 1961 Round 5	Pirmasens	5–0	Zürich	Stadion an der Zweibrücker Strasse, Pirmasens
	Hohmann 5' (1:0) Kapitulski 25' (2:0) Fritzsche (3:0) Kapitulski 67' (4:0) Kapitulski 87' (5:0)	FCZ summary		Attendance: 4,000 Referee: La Croix

23 July 1961 Round 6	Malmö FF	4–1	Zürich	Malmö Stadion, Malmö
	Gustafsson 44' (1:1) Gustafsson 47' (2:1) Granström 60' (3:1) Gustafsson 77' (4:1)	FCZ summary	18' (0:1) Zsámboki	Attendance: 3,700 Referee: Bogert

Grenchen

Intertoto

Group B3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	ÖRG	VVV	NEU	GRE
1	Örgryte (A)	6	4	2	0	15	7	+8	10	—	2–1	3–1	2–2
2	VVV-Venlo	6	3	1	2	13	12	+1	7	2–2	—	3–2	1–0
3	Borussia Neunkirchen	6	2	0	4	12	15	−3	4	1–3	5–3	—	2–0
4	Grenchen	6	1	1	4	6	12	−6	3	0–3	1–3	3–1	—

Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Draw.
(A) Advance to a further round

Basel

Intertoto

Group B4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	SPA	ELF	TAS	BAS
1	Sparta Rotterdam (A)	6	5	0	1	23	12	+11	10	—	4–3	4–1	5–2
2	Elfsborg	6	4	0	2	21	17	+4	8	2–5	—	5–2	2–1
3	Tasmania Berlin	6	1	1	4	11	16	−5	3	4–1	2–3	—	1–2
4	Basel	6	1	1	4	9	19	−10	3	0–4	3–6	1–1	—

Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Draw.
(A) Advance to a further round

Matches

17 June 1961 Round 1	Basel	0 – 4	Sparta Rotterdam	Landhof, Basel
18:00		Summary	(2x) van Miert (1x) de Vries (1x)} Janssen	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Carl Erich Steiner Wien

25 June 1961 Round 2	Elfsborg	2 – 1	Basel	Ryavallen, Borås, Sweden
	Raaberg (1x) Larsson (1x)	Summary	(1x) Hügi (II)	Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Johannes Malka Herten

2 July 1961 Round 3	Tasmania Berlin	1 – 2	Basel	Poststadion, Berlin
	Rosenfeldt 7' (1:0)	Summary	35' (1:1) Hügi (II) 46' (1:2) Stocker	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Johanesson

8 July 1961 Round 4	Basel	1 – 1	Tasmania Berlin	Landhof, Basel
18:30	Speidel (1x)	Summary	(1x o.g.)	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Friedrich Seipelt

15 July 1961 Round 5	Basel	3 – 6	Elfsborg	Landhof, Basel
18:30	Hügi (II) (1x) Von Krannichfeldt (1x) Walther (1x)	Summary	(3x) Larsson (2x) Raberg (1x) Bartholdsson	Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Friedrich Mayer

23 July 1961 Round 6	Sparta Rotterdam	5 – 2	Basel	Rotterdam
	Van Buuren 3' (1:1) De Vries 19' (2:1) Verhoeven 49' (3:2) Bosselaar 58' (4:2) Jansen 76' (5:2)	Summary	2' (0:1) Hügi (II) 31' (2:2) Burri	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Gösta Ackerborn

References

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^ (red) BSC Young Boys AG (2024). "YB Saison 1961/62" [YB season 1961/62] (in German). BSC Young Boys AG. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
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Sources

Switzerland 1961–62 at RSSSF
European Competitions 1961–62 at RSSSF.com
Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz
Intertoto history at Pawel Mogielnicki's Page
Josef Zindel (2018). FC Basel 1893. Die ersten 125 Jahre (in German). Basel: Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5.

Preceded by 1960–61	Seasons in Swiss football	Succeeded by 1962–63

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[BSC_Young_Boys_AG-1961/62-2] (red) BSC Young Boys AG (2024). "YB Saison 1961/62" [YB season 1961/62] (in German). BSC Young Boys AG. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

[fcb-achiv-Rangliste-1961/62-3] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (2024). "Rangliste 1961/62" [Ranking 1961/62] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2024-11-16.

[dbFCZ-FCZ-Rangliste-1961/62-4] (red) dbFCZ (2023). "FCZ Saison 1961/62" [FCZ season 1961/62] (in Swiss High German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

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[Erste_Liga-Statistik_der_Ersten_Liga_über_Aufstieg_und_Abstieg-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Erste Liga (SFV) (2018). "Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2018" [First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2018] (PDF). PDF page 5 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

[fcb-achiv-1961/62-Cup-Bellinzone-FCB-7] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (18 February 1962). "AC Bellinzona - FC Basel 1:0 (0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2024-11-16.

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