The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1958–59 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 62nd season of top-tier and the 61st 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 1957–58 season and the two newly promoted teams Zürich and Luzern. The champions would qualify for the 1959–60 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, Winterthur and Biel-Bienne, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams Vevey-Sports and Aarau. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1959–60 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1959–60 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 Chiasso Chiasso  Ticino Stadio Comunale Riva IV 4,000
Grasshopper Club Zürich Zürich  Zürich Hardturm 20,000
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 Luzern Lucerne  Lucerne Stadion Allmend 25,000
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 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 Young Boys[2] 26 16 6 4 79 42 +37 38 Swiss Champions qualified for 1959–60 European Cup
2 Grenchen 26 12 8 6 57 39 +18 32 Swiss Cup winners
3 Zürich[3] 26 14 2 10 55 45 +10 30
4 Grasshopper Club 26 12 6 8 63 54 +9 30
5 Lausanne-Sport 26 11 7 8 40 41 −1 29
6 Basel[4] 26 11 5 10 54 48 +6 27
7 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 8 10 8 44 44 0 26
8 Luzern 26 8 10 8 40 45 −5 26
9 Servette[5] 26 10 4 12 70 58 +12 24
10 FC Chiasso 26 10 4 12 48 61 −13 24
11 Lugano 26 6 11 9 27 33 −6 23
12 Bellinzona 26 8 6 12 38 57 −19 22
13 Urania Genève Sport 26 6 7 13 41 50 −9 19 Relegated to 1959–60 Nationalliga B
14 Young Fellows Zürich 26 5 4 17 33 72 −39 14 Relegated to 1959–60 Nationalliga B
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 CDF CHI GCZ GRE LS LUG LUZ SER UGS YB YFZ ZÜR
Basel 6–1 1–3 0–0 2–4 1–4 4–0 2–2 2–2 0–3 2–2 2–3 5–2 2–1
Bellinzona 0–0 2–0 2–3 3–3 5–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–2 1–0 3–2 2–1 2–1
La Chaux-de-Fonds 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 3–2 5–1 2–3 2–2 0–1
Chiasso 1–2 4–1 1–1 3–0 1–3 3–2 2–1 2–5 4–3 0–3 2–6 3–2 3–1
Grasshopper Club 1–2 2–0 1–3 6–0 4–5 5–1 2–2 2–2 0–0 2–2 4–4 3–1 3–2
Grenchen 6–2 1–1 6–3 1–3 3–1 0–0 0–0 4–0 1–3 0–0 2–2 3–1 1–1
Lausanne-Sports 0–5 4–0 3–3 6–2 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–3 2–0 1–0 1–4 3–0 1–0
Lugano 0–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 3–1 0–0 4–1
Luzern 2–4 3–2 0–0 1–1 1–3 1–3 1–1 2–0 4–0 3–2 2–1 1–3 0–0
Servette 3–4 5–1 2–3 3–5 2–3 3–1 2–4 2–2 6–1 4–3 2–3 9–2 3–1
Urania 1–3 3–0 0–0 4–1 1–2 0–2 2–3 3–0 0–1 3–3 2–2 4–0 1–5
Young Boys 1–0 3–0 4–1 3–2 3–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 3–0 2–2 5–0 4–0 6–2
Young Fellows 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 3–4 0–4 0–2 3–1 1–1 1–3 2–3 0–6 1–3
Zürich 3–1 3–2 4–2 2–1 5–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 3–2 2–1 2–0 5–2 3–2
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Topscorers

Rank Player Nat. Goals Club
1. Eugen Meier Switzerland 24 Young Boys
2. Ernst Wechselberger Germany 21 Young Boys
Jacques Fatton Switzerland 21 Servette
4. Miodrag Glisovic Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 20 Grenchen
Erich Probst Austria 20 Zürich
6. René Hamel Switzerland 19 Grenchen
7. Marcel Mauron Switzerland 17 Servette
8. Raymond Duret Switzerland 16 Grasshopper Club
9. Horst Buhtz Germany 15 Young Fellows Zürich
10. Walter Beerli Switzerland 13 Luzern
Ferdinando Riva Switzerland 13 Chiasso

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
FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne  Bern Stadion Gurzelen 5,500
FC Cantonal Neuchâtel Neuchâtel  Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière 25,500
FC Concordia Basel Basel  Basel-Stadt Stadion Rankhof 7,000
FC Fribourg Fribourg  Fribourg Stade Universitaire 9,000
FC Lengnau[6] Lengnau  Bern Moos Lengnau BE 3,900
FC Schaffhausen Schaffhausen  Schaffhausen Stadion Breite 7,300
FC Sion Sion  Valais Stade de Tourbillon 16,000
FC Solothurn Solothurn  Solothurn Stadion FC Solothurn 6,750
FC Thun Thun  Bern Stadion Lachen 10,350
Vevey-Sports Vevey  Vaud Stade de Copet 4,000
FC Winterthur Winterthur  Zürich Schützenwiese 8,550
Yverdon-Sport FC Yverdon-les-Bains  Vaud Stade Municipal 6,600

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Winterthur 26 18 2 6 70 32 +38 38 NLB Champions and promoted to 1959–60 Nationalliga A
2 FC Biel-Bienne 26 16 4 6 70 34 +36 36 Promoted to 1959–60 Nationalliga A
3 FC Cantonal Neuchâtel 26 14 4 8 64 50 +14 32
4 FC Sion 26 12 5 9 47 52 −5 29
5 Vevey-Sports 26 11 5 10 57 44 +13 27
6 FC Bern 26 10 7 9 35 41 −6 27
7 FC Schaffhausen 26 9 6 11 62 54 +8 24
8 FC Lengnau 26 10 4 12 49 53 −4 24
9 FC Aarau[7] 26 10 4 12 32 39 −7 24
10 FC Fribourg 26 9 6 11 31 38 −7 24
11 FC Thun 26 8 8 10 45 58 −13 24
12 Yverdon-Sport FC 26 7 8 11 44 55 −11 22
13 FC Concordia Basel[1] 26 6 7 13 42 71 −29 19 Relegated to 1959–60 1. Liga
14 FC Solothurn[1] 26 6 2 18 41 68 −27 14 Relegated to 1959–60 1. Liga
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

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 4 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  2. ^ (red) BSC Young Boys AG (2024). "YB Saison 1958/59" [YB season 1958/59] (in German). BSC Young Boys AG. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  3. ^ (red) dbFCZ (2023). "FCZ Saison 1958/59" [FCZ season 1958/59] (in Swiss High German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  4. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (2024). "FCB Rangliste 1958/59" [Ranking 1958/59] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  5. ^ Reichmuth, Daniel (2024). "Servette 1958/59" (PDF) (in French). super-servette-ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  6. ^ (red) Fussballverband Bern/Jura (2024). "FC Lengnau" (in German). Fussballverband Bern/Jura. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  7. ^ Beck, Stephan (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1958/59 FCA Rangliste" [Swiss Championship 1958/59 FCA Ranking] (in Swiss High German). arowa.ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

Sources

Preceded by
1957–58 		Nationalliga
seasons in
Switzerland 		Succeeded by
1959–60
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Nationalliga_A
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