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1969–70 in Swiss football

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Field	Value
country	Switzerland
season	1969–70
division1	Nationalliga A
champions1	Basel
division2	Nationalliga B
champions2	Sion
division3	1. Liga
champions3	1. Liga champions:
Vevey-Sports
Group West:
Vevey-Sports
Group Central:
SR Delémont
Group South and East:
FC Baden
domestic	Swiss Cup
dchampions	Zürich
prevseason	1968–69
nextseason	1970–71
flagicon	yes

Vevey-Sports Group West: Vevey-Sports Group Central: SR Delémont Group South and East: FC Baden

The following is a summary of the 1969–70 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Nationalliga A

Main article: 1969–70 Nationalliga A

Final league table

Nationalliga B

Main article: 1969–70 Nationalliga A#Nationalliga B

Final league table

1. Liga

Main article: 1969–70 Swiss 1. Liga

Group West

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 finalists. The games were played on 7 and 14 June 1970.

Qualification round

FC Monthey won 7–1 on aggregate and continued to the finals. FC Baden remain in the division.*
SC Buochs won 6–4 on aggregate and continued to the finals. SR Delémont qualified for finals as lucky loser*
Vevey-Sports won 6–3 on aggregate and continued to the finals. FC Moutier remain in the division.*

Final round

The matches were played on 21 and 28 June.

Vevey-Sports declaired 1. Liga champions and were promoted to 1970–71 Nationalliga B.*

Play-off for second place

This took place on 5 July at Stadion Neufeld in Bern

FC Monthey won and were promoted to 1970–71 Nationalliga B. SR Delémont remain in the division.*

Relegation play-out

First round

The play-outs took place on 21 June.

ES FC Malley won and continued in the final. US Campagnes GE were relegated directly to 2. Liga Interregional.*
FC Concordia Basel continued in the final. SCI Juventus Zürich were directly relegated to 2. Liga Interregional.*

Final

The final took place on 28 June 1970.

FC Concordia Basel remain in the division. ES FC Malley were relegated to 2. Liga Interregional.*

Swiss Cup

Main article: 1969–70 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. This season would enclude a first test with two legged quarter- and semi-finals. The final was held in the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern.

Early rounds

The routes of the finalists to the final were:

Third round: teams from the NLA with a bye.
Fourth round: Küsnacht-Zürich 1:8. Basel-Minerva 10:0.
Fifth round: Zürich-GC 5:1. Basel-Grenchen 3:2.
Quarter-finals: First leg: Zürich-Mendrisio 1:1; Return leg: Mendrisio-Zürich 1:3 . (agg. 2:4). Xamax-Basel 0:2. Basel-Xamax 5:2 (agg. 7:2).
Semi-finals: First leg: Lugano-Zürich 0:2 Return leg: Zürich-Lugano 3:1 (agg. 5:1). Servette-Basel 0:2 Basel-Servette 4:1 (agg. 6:1).

Final

FCZ summary Fussball-Schweiz Quentin Künzli Künzli Corti

Zürich won 4–1 after extra time.

Swiss Clubs in Europe

Basel as 1968–69 Nationalliga A champions: 1969–70 European Cup
St. Gallen as 1968–69 Swiss Cup winners: 1969–70 Cup Winners' Cup
Young Boys: Entered 1969 Intertoto Cup
Lugano: Entered 1969 Intertoto Cup
Bellinzona: Entered 1969 Intertoto Cup
Servette: Entered 1969 Intertoto Cup
La Chaux-de-Fonds: Entered 1969 Intertoto Cup

Basel

European Cup

Main article: 1969–70 European Cup

First round

Gemmell Celtic won 2–0 on aggregate.

St. Gallen

Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup

First round

Second round

Young Boys

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 1969 Intertoto Cup

Group 5

Lugano

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 1969 Intertoto Cup

Group 2

Bellinzona

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 1969 Intertoto Cup

Group 4

Servette

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 1969 Intertoto Cup

Group 1

La Chaux-de-Fonds

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 1969 Intertoto Cup

Group 9

References

Sources

Swiss football

References

Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". (1923). "1969/70 Rangliste". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv".
(red) dbFCZ. (2023). "1969/70". dbFCZ.
Beck, Stephan. (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1969/70 Nationalliga B". arowa.ch.
Erste Liga (SFV). (2018). "Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2018". Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV.
(red) dbFCZ. (2024). "Lugano - FCZ 0:2 (0:1)". dbFCZ.
(red) dbFCZ. (2024). "FCZ - Lugano 3:1 (2:1)". dbFCZ.
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". (2024). "Servette FC - FC Basel 0:2 (0:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv".
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". (2024). "FC Basel - Servette FC 4:1 (2:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv".

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