1995–96 Nationalliga A

Statistics of the two divisions of the Swiss National League in the 1995–96 football season.

Nationalliga A
Season1995–96
ChampionsGrasshopper Club
Relegatednone
Top goalscorerViorel Moldovan and
Petar Aleksandrov
(both 27 goals)
Nationalliga B
Season1995–96
ChampionsYverdon-Sport
Promotednone
RelegatedNaters
Chiasso

Overview

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The 24 teams of the Swiss Football League (Nationalliga) were divided into two divisions. Both Nationalliga A (NLA) and Nationalliga B (NLB) were contested by 12 teams, with each team playing a double round-robin in the qualification phase. Thereafter the divisions were divided into a championship group, a NLA/NLB promotion/relegation group and a relegation group NLB/1. Liga, each group with eight teams.

Nationalliga A

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Qualification phase

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The first stage of the NLA began on 22 July 1995 and was completed on 3 December. The top eight teams in the qualification phase would advance to the championship group and the last four teams would play against relegation.

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Grasshopper Club 22 13 4 5 38 22 +16 43 Advance to championship round
halved points (rounded up) as bonus
2 Sion 22 13 3 6 37 28 +9 42
3 Xamax 22 12 5 5 40 24 +16 41
4 Luzern 22 11 7 4 36 25 +11 40
5 Basel 22 9 3 10 23 29 −6 30
6 Servette 22 7 7 8 28 28 0 28
7 Aarau 22 7 6 9 36 27 +9 27
8 St. Gallen 22 6 9 7 26 24 +2 27
9 Lausanne-Sport 22 6 9 7 25 25 0 27 Continue to promotion/relegation round
10 Lugano 22 5 6 11 21 42 −21 21
11 Zürich 22 4 6 12 17 32 −15 18
12 Young Boys 22 4 5 13 14 35 −21 17
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Results

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Home \ Away AAR BAS GCZ LS LUG LUZ NX SER SIO STG YB ZÜR
Aarau 2–0 1–1 3–0 5–0 1–1 2–2 2–4 0–1 5–1 0–0 2–0
Basel 2–1 1–3 0–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–3
Grasshopper 2–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 4–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 3–0 2–0
Lausanne-Sport 0–2 1–0 1–2 3–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–0
Lugano 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–2 1–3 1–1 2–0 1–1
Luzern 3–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–1 3–2 1–1 3–1 1–0
Neuchâtel Xamax 3–2 1–0 2–1 4–2 4–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 0–1 0–2
Servette 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–3 1–0 3–0 0–1 2–2 0–0 0–0
Sion 2–1 4–1 2–1 1–0 5–2 1–3 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 2–2
St. Gallen 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 3–0 0–0 1–0
Young Boys 0–4 1–4 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–4 1–2 1–2 1–4 2–0 2–0
Zürich 1–1 0–0 1–4 3–1 1–2 0–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 0–4 0–0
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship group

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The first eight teams of the qualification phase competed in the Championship round. The teams took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the qualification as bonus with them.

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification
1 Grasshopper Club 14 8 6 0 26 7 +19 22 52 Swiss champions, qualified for 1996–97 Champions League
2 Sion 14 8 2 4 20 14 +6 21 47 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1996–97 Cup Winners' Cup
3 Xamax 14 5 7 2 21 16 +5 21 43 qualified for 1996–97 UEFA Cup
4 Aarau 14 7 4 3 23 18 +5 14 39 qualified for 1996–97 UEFA Cup
5 Luzern 14 4 3 7 23 19 +4 20 35 entered 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup
6 Basel 14 3 4 7 11 20 −9 15 28 entered 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup
7 Servette 14 2 5 7 18 25 −7 14 25
8 St. Gallen 14 2 3 9 11 34 −23 14 23
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification.

Results

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Home \ Away AAR BAS GCZ LUZ NX SER SIO STG
Aarau 1–0 0–0 2–2 3–2 3–0 1–0 4–0
Basel 1–3 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–1
Grasshopper 0–0 3–0 2–1 3–3 2–0 3–0 3–0
Luzern 4–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–3 5–0
Neuchâtel Xamax 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–0
Servette 1–1 1–1 2–2 3–4 4–1 0–1 3–2
Sion 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–2 3–1
St. Gallen 3–4 3–0 0–4 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–4
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Nationalliga B

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Qualification phase

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The NLB was contested by 12 teams with each team playing each other twice in the qualification phase. The first stage began on 13 July 1996 and was completed on 23 November. The division was then separated into a NLA/NLB promotion/relegation group and a relegation group to the 1. Liga. The top four teams would play for promotion and the last eight teams would play against relegation.

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kriens 22 14 2 6 43 23 +20 44 Advance to promotion/relegation NLA/LNB round
2 Yverdon-Sport 22 11 5 6 41 23 +18 38
3 Delémont 22 11 5 6 40 33 +7 38
4 Étoile Carouge 22 9 8 5 26 24 +2 35
5 Winterthur 22 9 5 8 26 21 +5 32 Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga
halved points (rounded up) as bonus
6 Baden 22 9 5 8 31 27 +4 32
7 FC Schaffhausen 22 7 7 8 33 31 +2 28
8 Wil 22 7 7 8 34 36 −2 28
9 Chiasso 22 6 7 9 19 25 −6 25
10 Solothurn 22 6 5 11 26 37 −11 23
11 Locarno 22 5 6 11 20 33 −13 21
12 Naters 22 4 6 12 16 42 −26 18
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Promotion/relegation group NLA/NLB

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The teams in the ninth to twelfth positions in Nationalliga A competed with the top four teams of the Nationalliga B in a Nationalliga A/B promotion/relegation round. The top four teams would play in the top-tier the following season, the other four would play in the second tier.

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Young Boys 14 10 3 1 28 13 +15 33 Remain in 1996–97 Nationalliga A
2 Zürich 14 8 4 2 21 12 +9 28
3 Lausanne-Sport 14 7 6 1 24 10 +14 27
4 Lugano 14 4 5 5 13 17 −4 17
5 Yverdon-Sport 14 3 4 7 16 22 −6 13 Remain in Nationalliga B
6 Delémont 14 3 4 7 17 26 −9 13
7 Kriens 14 2 5 7 14 22 −8 11
8 Etoile-Carouge 14 1 5 8 9 20 −11 8
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Results

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Home \ Away DEL ÉTO KRI LS LUG ZÜR YB YS
Delémont 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–3
Étoile Carouge 4–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–4 0–0
Kriens 4–1 0–0 0–5 0–1 0–1 1–3 2–2
Lausanne-Sport 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–0
Lugano 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–3 0–2 0–0 2–1
Zürich 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 4–1 1–1
Young Boys 3–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–2 2–1 3–0
Yverdon-Sport 1–2 3–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–2
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation group NLB/1. Liga

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The last eight teams of the qualification phase competed in the relegation group against relegation to the 1. Liga. The teams took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the qualification as bonus with them. At the end of the season the two bottom placed teams would be relegated to the 1996–97 Swiss 1. Liga.

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Winterthur 14 7 5 2 27 18 +9 16 42 Remain in NLB
2 Baden 14 7 1 6 21 22 −1 16 38
3 Wil 14 6 5 3 28 18 +10 14 37
4 FC Schaffhausen 14 6 4 4 15 16 −1 14 36
5 Solothurn 14 4 4 6 13 23 −10 12 28
6 Locarno 14 3 6 5 18 17 +1 11 26
7 Naters[1] 14 4 5 5 13 14 −1 9 26 Relegated to 1. Liga
8 Chiasso[1] 14 1 6 7 13 20 −7 13 22
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification.

Further in Swiss football

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References

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  1. ^ a b 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 13 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

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