The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1954–55 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 58th season of top-tier and the 57th season of second-tier football in Switzerland.

Overview

The Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) had 28 member clubs at this time and these 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 1953–54 season and the two newly promoted teams Lugano and Thun. 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 Bern and Biel-Bienne, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams Blue Stars and Nordstern. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1955–56 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1955–56 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 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 Luzern Lucerne  Lucerne Stadion Allmend 25,000
Servette FC Geneva  Geneva Stade des Charmilles 27,000
FC Thun Thun  Bern Stadion Lachen 10,350
BSC Young Boys Bern  Bern Wankdorf Stadium 56,000
FC Zürich Zürich  Zürich Letzigrund 25,000

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 19 4 3 99 46 +53 42 Swiss Champions and Swiss Cup winners
2 Lausanne-Sport 26 16 6 4 75 35 +40 38
3 Grasshopper Club 26 14 5 7 80 43 +37 33
4 Zürich[2] 26 13 4 9 52 48 +4 30
5 Young Boys[3] 26 10 8 8 65 53 +12 28
6 Servette[4] 26 11 4 11 54 53 +1 26 Selected for the 1955–56 European Cup first round
7 Bellinzona 26 8 10 8 28 29 −1 26
8 Chiasso 26 10 5 11 48 58 −10 25
9 Basel[5] 26 10 4 12 47 52 −5 24
10 Fribourg 26 9 3 14 40 61 −21 21
11 Lugano 26 8 4 14 47 79 −32 20
12 Grenchen 26 7 5 14 35 48 −13 19
13 Thun 26 6 6 14 35 65 −30 18 Relegated to 1955–56 Nationalliga B
14 Luzern 26 6 2 18 38 73 −35 14 Relegated to 1955–56 Nationalliga B
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

Results

Home \ Away BAS BEL CDF CHI FRI GCZ GRE LS LUG LUZ SER THU YB ZÜR
Basel 1–1 4–3 0–2 2–0 3–2 3–1 5–2 4–1 3–1 3–2 3–2 1–1 0–3
Bellinzona 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 3–0 0–0 4–2 3–1 2–0
La Chaux-de-Fonds 4–1 2–2 2–2 3–2 6–1 5–2 3–1 7–2 5–0 3–2 7–1 7–2 8–3
Chiasso 3–1 0–0 2–4 2–0 2–2 3–0 0–1 5–2 4–2 2–1 1–2 1–6 4–1
Fribourg 2–0 3–0 1–6 2–0 3–3 2–3 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–3 3–1 3–2 2–2
Grasshopper Club 3–1 3–3 4–1 7–0 10–0 3–0 1–1 2–2 5–2 5–1 3–1 3–2 2–3
Grenchen 3–1 0–1 0–2 5–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–2
Lausanne-Sports 1–1 1–0 4–4 6–0 6–0 3–1 3–1 5–1 9–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 4–3
Lugano 2–3 0–2 1–3 4–3 3–2 0–5 1–2 1–3 5–2 4–3 1–1 3–3 2–1
Luzern 2–1 3–1 1–2 4–2 1–3 0–2 2–2 0–3 4–4 3–0 1–2 1–2 1–2
Servette 2–2 1–1 2–4 1–5 2–1 2–1 2–3 4–3 4–0 2–1 6–1 4–2 4–3
Thun 2–1 1–1 2–4 0–0 3–1 1–5 1–2 0–6 4–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 0–3
Young Boys 2–1 5–0 4–2 2–2 2–0 3–2 4–3 2–2 7–0 1–3 1–2 2–2 4–2
Zürich 3–1 1–1 0–2 3–2 1–0 3–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 4–1 2–0 3–2 2–2
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Topscorers

Rank Player Nat. Goals Club
1. Marcel Mauron Switzerland 30 La Chaux-de-Fonds
2. Kurt Scheller Switzerland 23 Young Boys
3. Josef Hügi Switzerland 20 Basel
4. Branislav Vukosavljević Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 18 Grasshopper Club
5. Ferdinando Riva Switzerland 17 Chiasso
6. Charles Antenen Switzerland 16 La Chaux-de-Fonds
7. Bram Appel Switzerland 15 Lausanne-Sport
8. Augusto Satori Switzerland 14 Bellinzona
Hans-Peter Friedländer Switzerland 14 Servette
Gilbert Fesselet Switzerland 14 La Chaux-de-Fonds
Francesco Chiesa Switzerland 14 Chiasso

Nationalliga B

Teams, locations

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 Locarno Locarno  Ticino Stadio comunale Lido 5,000
ES FC Malley Malley  Vaud Centre sportif de la Tuilière 1,500
FC Nordstern Basel Basel  Basel-Stadt Rankhof 7,600
FC Schaffhausen Schaffhausen  Schaffhausen Stadion Breite 7,300
FC Solothurn Solothurn  Solothurn Stadion FC Solothurn 6,750
FC St. Gallen St. Gallen  St. Gallen Espenmoos 11,000
Urania Genève Sport Genève  Geneva Stade de Frontenex 4,000
FC Winterthur Winterthur  Zürich Schützenwiese 8,550
FC Young Fellows Zürich  Zürich Utogrund 2,850
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
1 Urania Genève Sport 26 16 5 5 51 35 +16 37 NLB Champions and promoted to 1955–56 Nationalliga A
2 FC Schaffhausen 26 13 6 7 50 37 +13 32 Play-off for promotion
3 FC Biel-Bienne 26 15 2 9 63 40 +23 32
4 FC Nordstern Basel 26 14 3 9 54 43 +11 31
5 ES FC Malley 26 13 4 9 64 54 +10 30
6 Young Fellows Zürich 26 11 6 9 51 45 +6 28
7 FC Winterthur 26 12 3 11 72 66 +6 27
8 FC Cantonal Neuchâtel 26 11 3 12 54 56 −2 25
9 FC St. Gallen 26 11 2 13 49 57 −8 24
10 FC Blue Stars Zürich 26 6 11 9 44 51 −7 23
11 FC Solothurn 26 8 6 12 49 52 −3 22
12 FC Bern 26 7 6 13 37 48 −11 20 Play-out against relegation
13 FC Locarno 26 5 10 11 39 54 −15 20
14 Yverdon-Sport FC[1] 26 3 7 16 25 64 −39 13 Relegated to 1955–56 1. Liga
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

Play-off for promotion

The decider match for second place was played on 19 June 1955 at the Landhof in Basel.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Schaffhausen 2–1 Biel-Bienne

Schaffhausen won and achieved promotion to 1955–56 Nationalliga A. Biel-Bienne remain in the division for the next season.

Play-out against relegation

The decider match against relegation was played on 19 June at the Stadion Allmend in Luzern.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Bern 2–1 Locarno

Bern won and remained in division for the next season. Locarno were relegated to 1955–56 1. Liga.[1]

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. ^ (red) dbFCZ (2023). "FCZ Saison 1954/55" [FCZ season 1954/55] (in Swiss High German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  3. ^ (red) BSC Young Boys AG (2024). "YB Saison 1954/55" [YB season 1954/55] (in Swiss High German). BSC Young Boys AG. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  4. ^ Reichmuth, Daniel (2024). "Servette 1954/55" (PDF) (in French). super-servette-ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  5. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (2024). "Rangliste 1954/55" [Ranking 1954/55] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  6. ^ (red) Fussballverband Region Zürich (2024). "FC Blue Stars Zürich" (in German). Fussballverband Region Zürich. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

Sources

Preceded by
1953–54 		Nationalliga
seasons in
Switzerland 		Succeeded by
1955–56
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954%E2%80%9355_Nationalliga_A
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