1968–69 in Swiss football

Nationalliga A

Main article: 1968–69 Nationalliga A

Final league table

Nationalliga B

Main article: 1968–69 Nationalliga A#Nationalliga B

Final league table

1. Liga

Main article: 1968–69 Swiss 1. Liga

Group West

Decider for second place

The decider match for second place was played on 2 June 1969 in Martigny

• FC Monthey won and advanced to play-offs. Vevey-Sports remain in the division.*

Play-out against relegation

• FC Stade Nyonnais won remain in the division. The match Fontainemelon against Lausanne was not played. Both teams were relegated to 2. Liga Interregional.*

Group Central

Group South and East

Promotion play-off

The three group winners played a two legged tie against one of the runners-up to decide the three finalists. The games were played on 8 and 15 June 1969.

Qualification round

• FC Martigny-Sports won 3–2 on aggregate and continued to the finals.*
• 3–3 on aggregate. Both teams continued to the finals.*
• FC Frauenfeld win 2–1 on aggregate and continued to the finals.*

Final round

The finals were played on 22 and 29 June 1969.

• FC Martigny-Sports win 3–1 on aggregate, are declaired as 1. champions and are promoted to 1969–70 Nationalliga B.*
• FC Langenthal win 5–3 on aggregate and are promoted to 1969–70 Nationalliga B.*

Swiss Cup

Main article: 1968–69 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. Here, in case of a draw after extra time, the replay was to be decided with a penalty shoot-out.

Early rounds

The routes of the finalists to the final were:

• Third round: teams from the NLA with a bye.
• Fourth round: St. Gallen-Wettingen 3:2. Bellinzona-Buochs 4:1.
• Fifth round: St. Gallen-YB 2:1. Bellinzona-Lausanne 3:2.
• Quarter-finals: Lugano-St. Gallen 0:1 . Bellinzona-Sion 3:1.
• Semi-finals: St. Gallen-Servette 3:0. Bellinzona-GC 2:1.

Final

The final was held in the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern on Whit Monday 1969. Although Bellinzona had already been Swiss champions in 1948, neither club held ever won the Swiss Cup title before. St. Gallen had never won a title before and this was their first, both goals were scored by Rudolf Nafziger.

Swiss Clubs in Europe

• Zürich as 1967–68 Nationalliga A champions: 1968–69 European Cup
• Lugano as 1967–68 Swiss Cup winners: 1968–69 Cup Winners' Cup and entered 1968 Intertoto Cup
• Lausanne-Sport: Entered 1968 Intertoto Cup
• FC Biel-Bienne: Entered 1968 Intertoto Cup
• FC La Chaux-de-Fonds: Entered 1968 Intertoto Cup
• AC Bellinzona: Entered 1968 Intertoto Cup

Zürich

European Cup

Main article: 1968–69 European Cup

First round

Wiberg Petersen AB won 4–3 on aggregate.

Lugano

Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup

First round

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 1968 Intertoto Cup

Group A6

Lausanne-Sport

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 1968 Intertoto Cup

Group B7

Biel-Bienne

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 1968 Intertoto Cup

Group B1

La Chaux-de-Fonds

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 1968 Intertoto Cup

Group B2

Bellinzona

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 1968 Intertoto Cup

Group B8

References

Sources

• Switzerland 1968–69 at RSSSF
• European Competitions 1968–69 at RSSSF.com
• Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz
• Intertoto history at Pawel Mogielnicki's Page

Swiss football

References

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5. (red) FC St.Gallen Event AG. (11 August 2020). "Rudolf Nafziger". fcsg.ch.