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1962–63 in Swiss football

Field	Value
country	Switzerland
season	1962–63
division1	Nationalliga A
champions1	Zürich
division2	Nationalliga B
champions2	Lugano
division3	1. Liga
champions3	1. Liga champions:
FC Solothurn
Group West:
Etoile Carouge
Group Cenral:
FC Solothurn
Group South and East:
FC Locarno
domestic	Swiss Cup
dchampions	Basel
prevseason	1961–62
nextseason	1963–64
flagicon	yes

FC Solothurn Group West: Etoile Carouge Group Cenral: FC Solothurn Group South and East: FC Locarno

The following is a summary of the 1962–63 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Nationalliga A

Main article: 1962–63 Nationalliga A

Final league table

and entered 1963–64 Intertoto Cup

Nationalliga B

Main article: 1962–63 Nationalliga A#Nationalliga B

Final league table

1. Liga

Main article: 1962–63 Swiss 1. Liga

Group West

Decider for first place

The decider match for the group winners was played on 22 June at Stade de Frontenex in Genève.

Etoile Carouge won and advanced to play-offs. Versoix remained in the division.*

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

Replay

A replay round-robin was required, due to the egality of the teams

FC Solothurn became 1. Liga champions. The champions and the runners-up Etoile Carouge were promoted to 1963–64 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: Basel-Black Stars 4:0. GC-St. Gallen 3:0.
Fourth round: YB-Basel 0:2. GC-Dietikon 3:1 .
Fifth round: Basel-Burgdorf 7:1. Baden-GC 0:4
Quarter-finals: Chiasso-Basel 1:2. GC-Sion 4:0.
Semi-finals: Basel-Lausanne 1:0. GC-Servette 4:2.

Final

The final was held in the former Wankdorf Stadium on Easter Monday 1963.

Otto Ludwig

Basel won the cup and this was the club's third cup title to this date.

Swiss Clubs in Europe

Servette as 1961–62 Nationalliga A champions: 1962–63 European Cup and entered 1962–63 Intertoto Cup
Lausanne-Sport as 1961–62 Swiss Cup winners: 1962–63 Cup Winners' Cup
La Chaux-de-Fonds: entered 1962–63 Intertoto Cup
Young Boys: entered 1962–63 Intertoto Cup
Basel: entered 1962–63 Intertoto Cup

Servette

European Cup

Main article: 1962–63 European Cup

Preliminary round

Bennaars Heuri Desbiolles Servette 4–4 Feyenoord on aggregate; Therefore a play-off was required.

Bouwmeester Van der Gijp Feyenoord won play-off 3–1.

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 1962–63 International Football Cup

Group A4

Quarter-final

Bíró Sátori Csernai

Tatabánya win 6–1 on aggregate and continue to semi-finals.*

Lausanne-Sport

Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup

Preliminary round

Frigerio ter Horst van Miert Hertig Lausanne Sports won 5–4 on aggregate.

First round

Slovan Bratislava won 2–1 on aggregate.

La Chaux-de-Fonds

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 1962–63 International Football Cup

Group A3

Young Boys

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 1962–63 International Football Cup

Group A1

Basel

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 1962–63 International Football Cup

Group B3

Matches

Kerkhoffs Svensson Kerkhoffs Meier Meier Burri Zadel K.H. Feldkamp Oberer Stöckli Ludwig Michaud Burri Laszig Barwenzik K.H.Feldkamp Lukaric Zadel Naumovic Medle Stocker Odermatt Pfirter Brussalers Brussalers

References

Sources

Swiss football

References

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