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1952–53 Nationalliga A

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Nationalliga A
Season1952–53
ChampionsBasel
RelegatedLugano
Locarno
Top goalscorerJosef Hügi (Basel)
Eugen Meier (Young Boys)
both 30 goals
Nationalliga B
Season1952–53
ChampionsLuzern
PromotedLuzern
Biel-Bienne
RelegatedSC Zug
Étoile-Sporting
Top goalscorerJacques Guhl (Malley)
26 goals

The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1952–53 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 56th season of top-tier and the 55th season of second-tier football in Switzerland.

Overview

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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 season and the two newly promoted teams FC Fribourg and FC Grenchen. 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 Biel-Bienne and FC Young Fellows, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams Wil and Solothurn. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1953–54 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1953–54 Swiss 1. Liga.[1]

Nationalliga A

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Teams, locations

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Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Basel Basel  Basel-Stadt Landhof 4,000
AC Bellinzona Bellinzona  Ticino Stadio Comunale Bellinzona 5,000
FC Bern Bern  Bern Stadion Neufeld 14,000
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 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
BSC Young Boys Bern  Bern Wankdorf Stadium 56,000
FC Zürich Zürich  Zürich Letzigrund 25,000

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Basel[2] 26 17 8 1 72 38 +34 42 Swiss Champions
2 Young Boys[3] 26 16 6 4 61 39 +22 38 Swiss Cup winners
3 Grasshopper Club 26 14 4 8 73 39 +34 32
4 Servette[4] 26 12 8 6 61 38 +23 32
5 Chiasso 26 9 8 9 38 52 −14 26
6 Bellinzona 26 9 7 10 45 45 0 25
7 Lausanne-Sport 26 8 8 10 52 45 +7 24
8 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 8 7 11 53 61 −8 23
9 Fribourg 26 10 3 13 35 53 −18 23
10 Zürich[5] 26 7 8 11 45 48 −3 22
11 Bern 26 6 10 10 40 53 −13 22
12 Grenchen 26 6 8 12 38 54 −16 20 Play-out against relegation
13 Lugano 26 5 10 11 38 53 −15 20
14 Locarno 26 5 5 16 33 66 −33 15 Relegated to 1953–54 Nationalliga B
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

This was Basel's first championship title.

Results

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

Topscorers

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Rank Player Nat. Goals Club
1. Josef Hügi Switzerland 32 Basel
Eugen Meier Switzerland 32 Young Boys
3. Roger Vonlanthen Switzerland 23 Grasshopper Club
4. Jacques Fatton Switzerland 22 Servette
5. Robert Ballaman Switzerland 16 Grasshopper Club
Miodrag Glisovic Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 16 Lausanne-Sport
7. Ferdinando Riva Switzerland 15 Chiasso
8. Ledio Zanetti Switzerland 14 Bellinzona
Hans Hagen Switzerland 14 Grasshopper Club
Raymond Morand Switzerland 14 La Chaux-de-Fonds
Heinz Pfister Switzerland 14 Grenchen

Nationalliga B

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Teams, locations

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Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Aarau Aarau  Aargau Stadion Brügglifeld 9,240
FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne  Bern Stadion Gurzelen 5,500
FC Cantonal Neuchâtel Neuchâtel  Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière 25,500
FC Étoile-Sporting[6] La Chaux-de-Fonds  Neuchâtel Les Foulets / Terrain des Eplatures 1,000 / 500
FC Luzern Lucerne  Lucerne Stadion Allmend 25,000
ES FC Malley Malley  Vaud Centre sportif de la Tuilière 1,500
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 Wil Wil  St. Gallen Sportpark Bergholz 6,048
FC Winterthur Winterthur  Zürich Schützenwiese 8,550
FC Young Fellows Zürich  Zürich Utogrund 2,850
SC Zug Zug  Zug Herti Allmend Stadion 6,000

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Luzern 24 15 5 4 56 25 +31 35 NLB champions and promoted to 1953–54 Nationalliga A
2 FC Biel-Bienne 24 15 4 5 57 30 +27 34 Promoted to 1953–54 Nationalliga A
3 ES FC Malley 24 12 7 5 59 40 +19 31
4 FC Winterthur 24 13 5 6 50 42 +8 31
5 FC St. Gallen 24 11 5 8 43 40 +3 27
6 FC Cantonal Neuchâtel 24 10 5 9 35 34 +1 25
7 FC Solothurn 24 10 3 11 37 37 0 23
8 FC Wil 24 7 7 10 36 36 0 21
9 Urania Genève Sport 24 8 3 13 46 48 −2 19
10 Young Fellows Zürich 24 7 5 12 33 42 −9 19
11 FC Schaffhausen 24 6 5 13 28 43 −15 17
12 FC Aarau[7] 24 7 3 14 29 62 −33 17
13 SC Zug[1] 24 5 3 16 30 60 −30 13 Relegated to 1953–54 1. Liga
14 FC Étoile-Sporting[1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew and were relegated to 1953–54 1. Liga
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

Further in Swiss football

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References

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  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 1952/53" [Ranking 1952/53] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  3. ^ (red) BSC Young Boys AG (2024). "YB Saison 1952/53" [YB season 1952/53] (in Swiss High German). BSC Young Boys AG. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  4. ^ Reichmuth, Daniel (2024). "Servette 1952/53" (PDF) (in French). super-servette-ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  5. ^ (red) dbFCZ (2023). "FCZ Saison 1952/53" [FCZ season 1952/53] (in Swiss High German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  6. ^ (red) Association neuchâteloise de football (2024). "FC Étoile-Sporting'" (in French). Association neuchâteloise de football. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  7. ^ Beck, Stephan (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1952/53 FCA Rangliste" [Swiss Championship 1952/53 FCA Ranking] (in Swiss High German). arowa.ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

Sources

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Preceded by
1951–52 		Nationalliga
seasons in
Switzerland 		Succeeded by
1953–54
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