1971–72 Nationalliga A

Statistics of Swiss Super League in the 1971–72 season.

Nationalliga A
Season1971–72

Overview

14 teams contested in the 1971–72 Nationalliga A. These were the top 12 teams from the previous 1970–71 season and the two newly promoted teams St. Gallen and Grenchen. The championship was played in a double round robin. The champions would qualify for the 1972–73 European Cup and the last two teams in the table at the end of the season were to be relegated. Basel remained undefeated in the league during the first 24 rounds. Of their 26 league games Basel won 18, drawing seven, losing just once, scoring 66 goals conceding 28.[1] Basel won the championship four points ahead of Zürich and five points ahead of the Grasshoppers.[2] Zürich were Swiss Cup winners and qualified for 1972–73 Cup Winners' Cup. Grasshopper Club and Lausanne-Sport qualified for 1972–73 UEFA Cup. Luzern and Biel-Bienne suffered relegation.

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Basel (C) 26 18 7 1 66 28 +38 43 Swiss champions, qualified for 1972–73 European Cup
2 Zürich 26 17 5 4 55 28 +27 39 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1972–73 Cup Winners' Cup
and entered 1972 Intertoto Cup
3 Grasshopper Club 26 16 6 4 56 24 +32 38 Qualified for 1972–73 UEFA Cup
and entered 1972 Intertoto Cup
4 Lausanne-Sport 26 11 8 7 50 36 +14 30 Qualified for 1972–73 UEFA Cup
5 Young Boys 26 12 5 9 46 31 +15 29 Entered 1972 Intertoto Cup
6 Winterthur 26 12 4 10 37 32 +5 28
7 Sion 26 9 8 9 37 36 +1 26
8 Servette 26 10 5 11 39 47 −8 25
9 Lugano 26 8 7 11 33 39 −6 23
10 Grenchen 26 6 11 9 27 40 −13 23
11 La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 7 7 12 25 45 −20 21
12 St. Gallen 26 4 7 15 27 46 −19 15
13 Luzern 26 6 3 17 24 49 −25 15 Relegated to Nationalliga B
14 Biel-Bienne 26 2 5 19 26 67 −41 9
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results
Home \ Away BAS BB CDF GCZ GRE LS LUG LUZ SER SIO STG WIN YB ZÜR
Basel 6–2 6–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 5–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 4–0
Biel-Bienne 1–2 2–2 1–2 2–2 1–5 1–3 0–1 0–2 2–4 2–1 1–3 0–3 1–4
Chaux-de-Fonds 1–3 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–2 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–2
Grasshopper 1–2 1–1 5–0 4–0 4–1 2–0 3–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–2
Grenchen 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 3–2 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 2–2 3–3 1–1
Lausanne-Sports 1–1 4–0 1–1 3–3 2–1 2–0 4–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 3–2 3–1 2–0
Lugano 0–3 2–2 0–1 1–2 3–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 3–3 0–0 1–0 1–3
Luzern 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 2–2 0–3 2–0 0–2 1–2 0–4
Servette 0–2 2–1 3–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 3–1 3–0 4–0 3–2 0–3 2–1 1–2
Sion 3–3 4–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–2 2–2 1–0 3–1 0–1 0–1 1–1
St. Gallen 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–4 0–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–4
Winterthur 2–4 2–0 1–1 0–2 3–0 0–3 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–3 0–1
Young Boys 4–1 3–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 2–2 0–0 2–3 6–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–2
Zürich 3–3 4–1 4–0 1–1 3–1 2–3 0–1 3–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References
  1. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz saison 1971/72". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A 1971/72". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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