1981–82 Nationalliga A
The 1981–82 National League A (German: Nationalliga A, French: Ligue Nationale A, Italian: Lega Nazionale A) was the 51st season of the top level association football competition in Switzerland since the establishment of the national league in 1931. Grasshopper, led by Timo Konietzka, won their 18th national title three points ahead of Servette and previous season's champions and cross-town rivals Zürich.
Season | 1981–82 |
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Champions | Grasshopper (18th title) |
Relegated | Nordstern Basel Chiasso |
European Cup | Grasshopper |
Cup Winners' Cup | Sion |
UEFA Cup | Servette Zürich |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 772 (3.22 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Claudio Sulser (23) |
← 1980–81 1982–83 → |
National League A
Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and Grasshopper Club Zürich won the championship.
The league championship format was expanded from the 1980–81 season to include sixteen teams, including 13 clubs from the previous season and three sides promoted from the 1980–81 Nationalliga A. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 30 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.
Team | Town | Canton | Position in 1980–81 |
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FC Aarau | Aarau | Aargau | 2nd in National League B |
FC Basel | Basel | Basel-Stadt | 6th |
AC Bellinzona | Bellinzona | Ticino | 12th |
FC Bulle | Bulle | Fribourg | 3rd in National League B |
FC Chiasso | Chiasso | Ticino | 13th |
Grasshopper | Zürich | Zürich | 2nd |
FC Lausanne-Sports | Lausanne | Vaud | 5th |
FC Luzern | Lucerne | Lucerne | 9th |
Neuchâtel Xamax | Neuchâtel | Neuchâtel | 3rd |
Nordstern Basel | Basel | Basel-Stadt | 11th |
FC St. Gallen | St. Gallen | St. Gallen | 10th |
Servette | Geneva | Geneva | 7th |
FC Sion | Sion | Valais | 8th |
FC Vevey-Sports | Vevey | Vaud | 1st in National League B |
Young Boys | Bern | Bern | 4th |
FC Zürich | Zürich | Zürich | 1st |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 72 | 24 | +48 | 49 | 1982–83 European Cup |
2 | Servette | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 76 | 32 | +44 | 46 | 1982–83 UEFA Cup |
3 | Zürich | 30 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 62 | 25 | +37 | 46 | |
4 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 67 | 30 | +37 | 45 | |
5 | Young Boys | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 39 | |
6 | Sion | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 31 | 1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup |
7 | Aarau | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 51 | 55 | −4 | 28 | |
8 | Basel | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 28 | |
9 | Luzern | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 54 | 59 | −5 | 27 | |
10 | St. Gallen | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 25 | |
11 | Vevey-Sports | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 23 | |
12 | Bellinzona | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 34 | 66 | −32 | 21 | |
13 | Lausanne-Sport | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 20 | |
14 | Bulle | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 58 | −29 | 19 | |
15 | Nordstern Basel | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 29 | 69 | −40 | 17 | 1982–83 Nationalliga B |
16 | Chiasso | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 63 | −38 | 16 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results
Top scorers
Rank | Scorer | Nat. | Club | Goals |
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1 | Claudio Sulser | SUI | Grasshopper | 22 |
2 | Marc Schnyder | SUI | Servette | 16 |
3 | Jean-Paul Brigger | SUI | Sion | 15 |
Lucien Favre | SUI | Servette | 15 | |
Angelo Elia | SUI | Servette | 15 | |
6 | Walter Seiler | SUI | Zürich | 14 |
Roger Hegi | SUI | Aarau | 14 | |
8 | Ottmar Hitzfeld | FRG | Luzern | 13 |
9 | Franz Peterhans | SUI | Young Boys | 12 |
Peter Risi | SUI | Luzern | 12 | |
Don Givens | IRL | Neuchâtel Xamax | 12 | |
Walter Pellegrini | SUI | Neuchâtel Xamax | 12 | |
13 | Jurica Jerković | YUG | Zürich | 11 |
Alfred Herberth | FRG | Aarau | 11 | |
Georges Bregy | SUI | Sion | 11 | |
16 | Hans-Peter Zwicker | SUI | Zürich | 10 |
Mustapha Yaghcha | MAR | Servette | 10 | |
Gerhard Ritter | AUT | St. Gallen | 10 | |
Claude Andrey | SUI | Neuchâtel Xamax | 10 | |
National League B
Season | 1981–82 |
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Promoted | Winterthur Wettingen |
Relegated | Aurore Altstätten Frauenfield |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 721 (3 per match) |
← 1980–81 1982–83 → |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Winterthur (P) | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 65 | 26 | +39 | 45 | 1982–83 National League A |
2 | Wettingen (P) | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 60 | 29 | +31 | 44 | |
3 | Chênois | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 52 | 30 | +22 | 40 | |
4 | Chaux-de-Fonds | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 64 | 36 | +28 | 37 | |
5 | Grenchen | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 34 | |
6 | Mendrisiostar | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 34 | |
7 | Lugano | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 49 | +6 | 31 | |
8 | Locarno | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 54 | 40 | +14 | 30 | |
9 | Biel-Bienne | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 30 | |
10 | Bern | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 45 | 57 | −12 | 26 | |
11 | Ibach | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 25 | |
12 | Fribourg | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 24 | |
13 | Monthey | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 23 | |
14 | Aurore (R) | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 64 | −38 | 22 | 1982–83 1. Liga |
15 | Altstätten (R) | 30 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 25 | 56 | −31 | 20 | |
16 | Frauenfeld (R) | 30 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 59 | −33 | 15 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated