1961–62 in Swiss football

Nationalliga A

Main article: 1961–62 Nationalliga A

Final league table

and entered 1962–63 Intertoto Cup

Nationalliga B

Main article: 1961–62 Nationalliga A#Nationalliga B

Final league table

Play-off for title

Sion and Chiasso finished level on points in joint first position and had both achieved promotion to 1962–63 Nationalliga A. However, it required a play-off to decide the title as NLB champions.

• Chiasso won the NLB championship.*

1. Liga

Main article: 1961–62 Swiss 1. Liga

Group West

• Note: Xamax had 8 points deducted because they had been accused by former coach Vidjak of paying illegal bonuses to the players.

Group Central

Group South and East

Promotion play-off

The three group winners played single a round-robin for the two promotion slots and for the championship.

Round-robin

FC Moutier were declaired 1. Liga champions. The champions and the runners-up Cantonal Neuchâtel were promoted to 1962–63 Nationalliga B.

Swiss Cup

Main article: 1963–64 Swiss Cup

The competition was played in a knockout system. In the case of a draw, extra time was played. If the teams were still level after extra time, the match was replayed at the away team's ground. In the replay, in case of a draw after extra time, a toss of the coin would decide which team progressed.

Early rounds

The routes of the finalists to the final were:

• Second round: teams from the NLA and NLB with byes.
• Third round: Versoix-Lausanne 0:11. Bellinzona-Emmenbrücke 3:1.
• Fourth round: Lausanne-Martigny 5:1. Luzern-Bellinzona 0:3.
• Fifth round: Lausanne-Alle 5:0. Solothurn-Bellinzona 1:1 . Replay: Bellinzona-Solothurn 3:1.
• Quarter-finals: Lausanne-Servette 5:1. Bellinzona-Basel 1:0.
• Semi-finals: Lausanne-YB 1:1 . Replay: YB-Lausanne 2:3. Bellinzona-La Chaux-de-Fonds 1:0.

Final

The final was held at the former Wankdorf Stadium on Easter Monday 1962.

Glisovic Dürr Hosp

Swiss Clubs in Europe

• Servette as 1960–61 Nationalliga A champions: 1961–62 European Cup
• La Chaux-de-Fonds as 1960–61 Swiss Cup winners: 1961–62 Cup Winners' Cup and entered 1961–62 Intertoto Cup
• Zürich: entered 1961–62 Intertoto Cup
• Grenchen: entered 1961–62 Intertoto Cup
• Basel: entered 1961–62 Intertoto Cup

Servette

European Cup

Main article: 1961–62 European Cup

Preliminary round

Németh Georgy Robbiani Servette won 7–1 on aggregate.

First round

Robbiani Vacenovský Dukla Prague won 5–4 on aggregate.

La Chaux-de-Fonds

Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup

Preliminary round

Sommerlatt Bertschi Jäger Oliveirinha Ventura

• Leixões won 7–6 on aggregate.*

Intertoto

Main article: 1961–62 Intertoto Cup

Group

Zürich

Intertoto

Main article: 1961–62 Intertoto Cup

Group B2

Matches

Feller Holmqvist Wendt Matischak Keizer Groot Keizer Keizer Feldmann Swart Groot Groot Petersen Groot Groot

Kapitulski Fritzsche Kapitulski Kapitulski

Gustafsson Granström Gustafsson

Grenchen

Intertoto

Main article: 1961–62 Intertoto Cup

Group B3

Basel

Intertoto

Main article: 1961–62 Intertoto Cup

Group B4

Matches

de Vries } Janssen Larsson Stocker Von Krannichfeldt Walther Raberg Bartholdsson De Vries Verhoeven Bosselaar Jansen Burri

References

Sources

• Switzerland 1961–62 at RSSSF
• European Competitions 1961–62 at RSSSF.com
• Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz
• Intertoto history at Pawel Mogielnicki's Page

Swiss football

References

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