1960–61 in Swiss football

Football in Switzerland
Season	1960–61
Men's football
Nationalliga A	Servette
Nationalliga B	Lugano
1. Liga	1. Liga champions:; FC Porrentruy; Group West:; SC Burgdorf; Group Cenral:; FC Porrentruy; Group South and East:; FC Bodio
Swiss Cup	La Chaux-de-Fonds

The following is a summary of the 1960–61 season of competitive football in Switzerland, including their times played, wins, draws, losses and more.

Nationalliga A

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Servette^[1]	26	23	0	3	77	29	+48	46	Swiss Champions qualified for 1961–62 European Cup
2	Young Boys^[2]	26	15	6	5	70	37	+33	36
3	Zürich^[3]	26	15	5	6	74	43	+31	35	Entered 1961–62 International Football Cup
4	Grenchen	26	12	6	8	68	49	+19	30	Entered 1961–62 International Football Cup
5	Basel^[4]	26	13	2	11	42	36	+6	28	Entered 1961–62 International Football Cup
6	Grasshopper Club	26	10	6	10	60	53	+7	26
7	La Chaux-de-Fonds	26	11	4	11	65	64	+1	26	Swiss Cup winners qualified for 1961–62 Cup Winners' Cup and entered 1961–62 International Football Cup
8	Luzern	26	9	6	11	37	45	−8	24
9	Lausanne-Sport	26	9	5	12	57	58	−1	23
10	Biel-Bienne	26	8	7	11	43	47	−4	23
11	Young Fellows Zürich	26	8	6	12	48	63	−15	22
12	Fribourg	26	7	6	13	30	55	−25	20

13	Winterthur	26	8	1	17	33	66	−33	17	Relegated to 1961–62 Nationalliga B
14	Chiasso	26	2	4	20	22	81	−59	8	Relegated to 1961–62 Nationalliga B

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

Nationalliga B

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Lugano	26	16	6	4	77	36	+41	38	NLB Champions and promoted to 1961–62 Nationalliga A

2	FC Schaffhausen	26	16	4	6	55	29	+26	36	Play off for second position
3	AC Bellinzona	26	14	8	4	52	30	+22	36	Play off for second position

4	Yverdon-Sport FC	26	17	1	8	51	37	+14	35
5	FC Thun	26	13	6	7	62	36	+26	32
6	FC Sion	26	11	5	10	51	51	0	27
7	FC Bern	26	9	7	10	55	59	−4	25
8	FC Martigny-Sports	26	7	10	9	36	48	−12	24
9	SC Brühl	26	8	5	13	46	50	−4	21
10	Vevey Sports	26	8	5	13	28	41	−13	21
11	FC Aarau^[5]	26	7	7	12	32	53	−21	21
12	Urania Genève Sport	26	7	6	13	39	47	−8	20

13	FC Cantonal Neuchâtel	26	6	5	15	44	72	−28	17	Relegated to 1961–62 1. Liga
14	FC Nordstern Basel	26	5	1	20	27	66	−39	11	Relegated to 1961–62 1. Liga

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers;

Decider for second place

Schaffhausen and Bellinzona ended the season level on points, therefore a play-off for promotion was required. The decider match for second place was played on 18 June 1961 at the Stadion Neufeld in Bern.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Schaffhausen	2–0 *	Bellinzona

* Note: The match was abandoned due to pitch invasion in the 68th Minute.

The replay was played on 23 July at Stadion Allmend in Lucerne.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Schaffhausen	4–0	Bellinzona

Schaffhausen won and were promoted to 1961–62 Nationalliga A. Bellinzona remained in the division.

1. Liga

Group West

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	SC Burgdorf	22	15	4	3	62	21	+41	34	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	FC Xamax	22	12	4	6	61	46	+15	28
3	FC Versoix	22	12	2	8	51	44	+7	26
4	Etoile Carouge FC	22	12	1	9	61	44	+17	25
5	FC Sierre	22	10	4	8	48	43	+5	24
6	FC Langenthal	22	9	5	8	51	43	+8	23
7	FC Bözingen 34	22	8	5	9	55	50	+5	21
8	FC Forward Morges	22	7	5	10	36	44	−8	19
9	FC Raron	22	6	7	9	41	56	−15	19
10	FC Monthey	22	7	5	10	36	52	−16	19
11	ES FC Malley	22	6	6	10	24	36	−12	18	Play-out against relegation
12	FC Stade Payerne^[6]	22	1	6	15	33	80	−47	8	Relegation to 2. Liga

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers.

Group Central

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Porrentruy	22	14	5	3	39	22	+17	33	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	FC Baden	22	13	5	4	53	38	+15	31
3	FC Concordia Basel	22	10	7	5	49	33	+16	27
4	FC Solothurn	22	9	7	6	47	37	+10	25
5	FC Moutier	22	7	8	7	42	36	+6	22
6	FC Dietikon	22	8	6	8	40	33	+7	22
7	BSC Old Boys	22	8	5	9	26	32	−6	21
8	FC Alle	22	7	6	9	31	41	−10	20
9	Lengnau	22	7	6	9	35	46	−11	20
10	FC Wettingen	22	6	7	9	34	35	−1	19
11	SR Delémont	22	5	4	13	43	60	−17	14	Play-out against relegation
12	FC Bassecourt^[6]	22	3	4	15	24	50	−26	10	Relegation to 2. Liga

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers.

Group South and East

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Bodio	22	15	5	2	50	24	+26	35	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	FC St. Gallen	22	13	6	3	77	36	+41	32
3	FC Locarno	22	11	7	4	47	35	+12	29
4	FC Blue Stars Zürich	22	10	7	5	56	32	+24	27
5	SV Höngg	22	7	8	7	40	42	−2	22
6	FC Red Star Zürich	22	6	9	7	31	34	−3	21
7	FC Emmenbrücke	22	7	5	10	39	47	−8	19
8	FC Solduno	22	6	7	9	34	47	−13	19
9	FC Vaduz	22	7	4	11	53	63	−10	18
10	FC Rapid Lugano	22	6	5	11	26	31	−5	17
11	FC Wil	22	4	6	12	27	46	−19	14	Play-out against relegation
12	AS Lamone-Cadempino^[6]	22	4	3	15	25	68	−43	11	Relegation to 2. Liga

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers.

Promotion, relegation

Promotion play-off

The three group winners played single a round-robin for the two promotion slots and for the championship. The games were played on 18 and 25 June and 2 July 1961.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	POR	BOD	BUR
1	FC Porrentruy	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	3	1. Liga champions and promotion to 1961–62 Nationalliga B	—	—	3–2
2	FC Bodio	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	Promotion to 1961–62 Nationalliga B	1–1	—	—
3	SC Burgdorf	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1		—	0–0	—

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head 3) Decider.

FC Porrentruy became 1. Liga champions. The champions and the runners-up FC Bodio were promoted to 1961–62 Nationalliga B. SC Burgdorf remained in the division.^[6]

Relegation play-out

The three second last placed teams in each group, contested a play-out to decide the fourth and last relegation slot. The games were played on 18 and 25 June and 2 July 1961.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation	DEL	ESM	WIL
1	SR Delémont	2	2	0	4	1	+3	4		—	—	3–1
2	ES FC Malley	2	1	1	2	1	+1	2		0–1	—	—
3	FC Wil	2	0	2	1	5	−4	0	Relegation to 2. Liga	—	0–2	—

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head 3) Decider.

Delémont and Malley remained in the division. FC Wil were relegated to 2. Liga.^[6]

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: ChdF-Delémont 3:1. Biel-Burgdorf 4:0.
Fourth round: ChdF-Lengnau 3:1. Biel-YB 3:1.
Fifth round: Urania Genf-ChdF 0:1. Thun-Biel 3:4 (a.e.t.).
Quarter-finals: ChdF-Lausanne 4:1. Chiasso-Biel 1:1 (a.e.t.). Replay: Biel-Chiasso 1:0.
Semi-finals: Schaffhausen-ChdF 0:2. Biel-Luzern 3:1.

Final

The final was held at the former Wankdorf Stadium on Sunday 23 April 1961.

23 April 1961

La Chaux-de-Fonds	1–0	Biel-Bienne
Frigerio 45'	Summary

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Fritz Schorer (Interlaken)

Swiss Clubs in Europe

This was the sixth season with the European Cup and it was the first season that the Cup Winners' Cup tournament took place.

Young Boys as 1959–60 Nationalliga A champions: 1960–61 European Cup
Luzern as 1959–60 Swiss Cup winners: 1960–61 Cup Winners' Cup

Young Boys

European Cup

Preliminary round

31 August 1960 First leg	Limerick	0–5	Young Boys	Thomond Park, Limerick
		Report	Wechselberger 54', 88' Schneider 70' Dürr 76' Meier 82'	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)

5 October 1960 Second leg	Young Boys	4–2	Limerick	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
20:15 CET	Allemann 40' Schneider 68', 72' Dürr 81'	Report	Lynam 36' O'Reilly 75'	Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Juan Gardeazabal Garay (Spain)

Young Boys won 9–2 on aggregate.

First round

2 November 1960 First leg	Young Boys	0–5	Hamburger SV	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
20:15 CET		Report	Stürmer 24', 52' Seeler 34', 39' Neisner 72'	Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Johan Bronkhorst (Netherlands)

27 November 1960 Second leg	Hamburger SV	3–3	Young Boys	Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
17:30 CET	Stürmer 13' Dörfel 72' Walker 86' (o.g.)	Report	Bigler 21' (pen.) Meier 25' Schneiter 48'	Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Pieter Paulus Roomer (Netherlands)

Hamburger SV won 8–3 on aggregate.

Luzern

Cup Winners' Cup

Quarter-finals

23 November 1960 (1960-11-23) First leg	Luzern	0–3	Fiorentina	Stadion Allmend, Lucerne
		Summary	Petris 32' Hamrin 35', 81'	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

28 December 1960 (1960-12-28) Second leg	Fiorentina	6–2	Luzern	Stadio Comunale, Florence
	Antoninho 28', 52', 75' Hamrin 33' (pen.), 46' Milan 38'	Summary	Frey 43' Hahn 55'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Alojz Obtulovič (Czechoslovakia)

Fiorentina won 9–2 on aggregate.

References

^ Reichmuth, Daniel (2024). "Servette 1960/61" (PDF) (in French). super-servette-ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
^ (red) BSC Young Boys AG (2024). "YB Saison 1960/61" [YB season 1960/61] (in German). BSC Young Boys AG. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
^ (red) dbFCZ (2023). "FCZ Saison 1960/61" [FCZ season 1960/61] (in Swiss High German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (2024). "Rangliste 1960/61" [Ranking 1960/61] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2024-11-16.
^ Beck, Stephan (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1960/61 FCA Rangliste" [Swiss Championship 1960/61 FCA Ranking] (in Swiss High German). arowa.ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Erste Liga (SFV) (2018). "Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2018" [First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2018] (PDF). PDF page 5 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

Sources

Switzerland 1960–61 at RSSSF
European Competitions 1960–61 at RSSSF.com
Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz
Intertoto history at Pawel Mogielnicki's Page
Josef Zindel (2018). FC Basel 1893. Die ersten 125 Jahre (in German). Basel: Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5.

Preceded by 1959–60	Seasons in Swiss football	Succeeded by 1961–62

[super-servette-Servette-1960/61-1] Reichmuth, Daniel (2024). "Servette 1960/61" (PDF) (in French). super-servette-ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

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[dbFCZ-FCZ-Rangliste-1960/61-3] (red) dbFCZ (2023). "FCZ Saison 1960/61" [FCZ season 1960/61] (in Swiss High German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

[fcb-achiv-Rangliste-FCB*1960/61-4] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (2024). "Rangliste 1960/61" [Ranking 1960/61] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2024-11-16.

[arowa-FCA-Rangliste-1960/61-5] Beck, Stephan (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1960/61 FCA Rangliste" [Swiss Championship 1960/61 FCA Ranking] (in Swiss High German). arowa.ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

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