The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1948–49 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 52nd season of top-tier and the 51st season of second-tier football in Switzerland.

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 Urania Genève Sport and Chiasso. 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 Bern and Cantonal Neuchâtel, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams from the 1. Liga Mendrisio and Vevey-Sports. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1949–50 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1949–50 Swiss 1. Liga.[1]

Nationalliga A

Teams, locations

Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Basel Basel  Basel-Stadt Landhof 4,000
AC Bellinzona Bellinzona  Ticino Stadio Comunale Bellinzona 5,000
FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne  Bern Stadion Gurzelen 5,500
FC Chiasso Chiasso  Ticino Stadio Comunale Riva IV 4,000
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
Urania Genève Sport Genève  Geneva Stade de Frontenex 4,000
FC Young Fellows Zürich  Zürich Utogrund 2,850
FC Zürich Zürich  Zürich Letzigrund 25,000

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Lugano 26 18 4 4 41 18 +23 40 Swiss Champions
2 Basel[2] 26 13 7 6 58 37 +21 33
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 11 7 8 54 50 +4 29
4 Servette[3] 26 10 7 9 59 43 +16 27 Swiss Cup winners
5 Zürich[4] 26 10 7 9 65 59 +6 27
6 Bellinzona 26 9 9 8 31 33 −2 27
7 Locarno 26 10 7 9 32 40 −8 27
8 Lausanne-Sport 26 11 4 11 52 41 +11 26
9 Biel-Bienne 26 10 5 11 39 38 +1 25
10 Grenchen 26 6 11 9 39 42 −3 23
11 Chiasso 26 8 6 12 35 55 −20 22
12 Young Fellows Zürich 26 8 5 13 45 66 −21 21
13 Grasshopper Club 26 7 6 13 42 51 −9 20 Relegated to 1949–50 NLB
14 Urania Genève Sport 26 4 9 13 32 51 −19 17 Relegated to 1949–50 NLB
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

Results

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

Topscorers

Rank Player Nat. Goals Club
1. Jacques Fatton Switzerland 21 Servette
2. Charles Antenen Switzerland 19 La Chaux-de-Fonds
3. Hans Siegenthaler Switzerland 18 Young Fellows Zürich
4. Erich Andres Switzerland 17 Zürich
5. Sergio Bernasconi Switzerland 15 Lugano
6. Hans Hügi Switzerland 14 Basel
Ledio Zanetti Switzerland 14 Zürich
8. Milorad Nikolić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 13 Lausanne-Sport
9. Ezio Sormani Switzerland 12 Bellinzona
Alessandro Righetti Switzerland 12 Grenchen
Hans-Peter Friedländer Switzerland 12 Lausanne-Sport
Walter Bosshard Switzerland 12 Zürich

Nationalliga B

Teams, locations

Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Aarau Aarau  Aargau Stadion Brügglifeld 9,240
FC Bern Bern  Bern Stadion Neufeld 14,000
SC Brühl St. Gallen  St. Gallen Paul-Grüninger-Stadion 4,200
FC Cantonal Neuchâtel Neuchâtel  Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière 25,500
FC Fribourg Fribourg  Fribourg Stade Universitaire 9,000
CS International Genève Geneva  Geneva
FC Luzern Lucerne  Lucerne Stadion Allmend 25,000
FC Mendrisio Mendrisio  Ticino Centro Sportivo Comunale 4,000
FC Nordstern Basel Basel  Basel-Stadt Rankhof 7,600
FC St. Gallen St. Gallen  St. Gallen Espenmoos 11,000
FC Thun Thun  Bern Stadion Lachen 10,350
Vevey-Sports Vevey  Vaud Stade de Copet 4,000
BSC Young Boys Bern  Bern Wankdorf Stadium 56,000
SC Zug Zug  Zug Herti Allmend Stadion 6,000

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC St. Gallen 26 13 8 5 51 34 +17 34 To play-off for NLB championship
2 FC Bern 26 14 6 6 46 31 +15 34
3 BSC Young Boys[5] 26 15 3 8 53 26 +27 33
4 FC Aarau[6] 26 14 4 8 45 31 +14 32
5 FC Cantonal Neuchâtel 26 11 9 6 57 35 +22 31
6 FC Fribourg 26 13 5 8 47 43 +4 31
7 FC Luzern 26 12 6 8 32 28 +4 30
8 FC Mendrisio 26 10 8 8 46 37 +9 28
9 SC Brühl 26 8 8 10 34 37 −3 24
10 FC Thun 26 6 9 11 29 40 −11 21
11 SC Zug 26 9 3 14 36 59 −23 21
12 FC Nordstern Basel 26 6 6 14 37 55 −18 18
13 Vevey-Sports[1] 26 7 2 17 32 56 −24 16 Relegated to 1949–50 1. Liga
14 CS International Genève[1] 26 4 3 19 28 61 −33 11 Relegated to 1949–50 1. Liga
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

Decider for NLB championship

FC St. Gallen and FC Bern finished the season level on points in joint first position and both achieved promotion to 1949–50 Nationalliga A. However, it required a play-off to decide the division championship. The play-off was played on 19 June 1949 at the Hardturm in Zürich.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
St. Gallen 1–1 (a.e.t.) Bern

The replay was also played at the Hardturm on 26 June.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
St. Gallen 5–2 Bern

St. Gallen won and became NLB champions.

Further in Swiss football

References

  1. ^ a b c Erste Liga (SFV) (2022). "Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2022" [First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2022] (PDF). PDF page 3 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  2. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (2024). "Rangliste 1948/49" [Ranking 1948/49] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  3. ^ Reichmuth, Daniel (2024). "Servette 1948/49" (PDF) (in French). super-servette-ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  4. ^ (red) dbFCZ (2023). "FCZ Saison 1948/49" [FCZ season 1948/49] (in Swiss High German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  5. ^ (red) BSC Young Boys AG (2024). "YB Saison 1948/49" [YB season 1948/49] (in Swiss High German). BSC Young Boys AG. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  6. ^ Beck, Stephan (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1948/49 FCA Rangliste" [Swiss Championship 1948/49 FCA Ranking] (in Swiss High German). arowa.ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

Sources

Preceded by
1947–48 		Nationalliga
seasons in
Switzerland 		Succeeded by
1949–50
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948%E2%80%9349_Nationalliga_A
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