1963–64 in Swiss football

Football in Switzerland
Season	1963–64
Men's football
Nationalliga A	La Chaux-de-Fonds
Nationalliga B	Lugano
1. Liga	1. Liga champions:; FC Le Locle; Group West:; FC Le Locle; Group Cenral:; SC Burgdorf; Group South and East:; FC Baden
Swiss Cup	Lausanne-Sport

The following is a summary of the 1963–64 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Nationalliga A

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	La Chaux-de-Fonds	26	17	5	4	68	36	+32	39	Swiss champions, qualified for 1964–65 European Cup and entered 1964–65 Intertoto Cup
2	Zürich^[1]	26	18	2	6	84	37	+47	38
3	Grenchen	26	17	4	5	57	35	+22	38	Entered 1964–65 Intertoto Cup
4	Servette^[2]	26	18	0	8	74	33	+41	36
5	Lausanne-Sport	26	13	4	9	61	52	+9	30	Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup and entered 1964–65 Intertoto Cup
6	Young Boys^[3]	26	11	5	10	56	54	+2	27	Entered 1964–65 Intertoto Cup
7	Basel^[4]	26	10	6	10	42	48	−6	26
8	Luzern	26	10	3	13	44	52	−8	23
9	Chiasso	26	8	7	11	40	54	−14	23
10	Sion	26	9	3	14	52	58	−6	21
11	Grasshopper Club	26	8	3	15	42	64	−22	19
12	Biel-Bienne	26	8	2	16	52	68	−16	18

13	Schaffhausen	26	3	7	16	32	69	−37	13	Relegated: to 1964–65 Nationalliga B
14	Cantonal Neuchatel	26	4	5	17	38	82	−44	13	Relegated: 1964–65 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	Lugano	26	16	5	5	53	26	+27	37	NLB Champions and promoted to 1964–65 Nationalliga A
2	AC Bellinzona	26	15	4	7	44	37	+7	34	Promoted to 1964–65 Nationalliga A

3	FC Thun	26	13	7	6	55	40	+15	33
4	Urania Genève Sport	26	14	3	9	54	45	+9	31
5	SC Brühl	26	11	8	7	50	37	+13	30
6	Young Fellows Zürich	26	11	7	8	52	37	+15	29
7	FC Solothurn	26	9	8	9	42	31	+11	26
8	FC Winterthur	26	9	8	9	48	47	+1	26
9	FC Porrentruy	26	10	6	10	47	52	−5	26
10	FC Aarau^[5]	26	7	7	12	45	49	−4	21
11	FC Bern	26	8	5	13	40	53	−13	21
12	FC Moutier	26	8	4	14	34	54	−20	20

13	Etoile Carouge FC^[6]	26	5	9	12	38	49	−11	19	Relegated to 1964–65 1. Liga
14	Vevey Sports^[6]	26	3	5	18	23	68	−45	11	Relegated to 1964–65 1. Liga

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

1. Liga

Group West

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Le Locle	24	17	5	2	51	19	+32	39	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	FC Fribourg	24	15	3	6	47	25	+22	33
3	FC Raron	24	10	8	6	23	26	−3	28
4	Yverdon-Sport FC	24	10	6	8	54	36	+18	26
5	FC Xamax	24	11	4	9	43	33	+10	26
6	ES FC Malley	24	7	11	6	32	31	+1	25
7	FC Versoix	24	8	6	10	35	36	−1	22
8	FC Forward Morges	24	6	8	10	29	36	−7	20
9	FC Stade Lausanne	24	6	8	10	35	46	−11	20
10	FC Renens	24	8	4	12	31	43	−12	20
11	FC Martigny-Sports	24	9	2	13	25	41	−16	20
12	FC Hauterive^[6]	24	7	3	14	39	48	−9	17	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
13	FC Assens^[6]	24	4	8	12	23	47	−24	16	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional

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	SC Burgdorf	24	16	4	4	55	25	+30	36	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	FC Concordia Basel	24	16	3	5	54	29	+25	35
3	SR Delémont	24	12	4	8	48	45	+3	28
4	FC Alle	24	9	7	8	35	34	+1	25
5	FC Emmenbrücke	24	9	6	9	43	39	+4	24
6	FC Nordstern Basel	24	10	4	10	47	44	+3	24
7	FC Olten	24	9	6	9	43	41	+2	24
8	FC Minerva Bern	24	7	8	9	41	41	0	22
9	FC Langenthal	24	9	4	11	55	56	−1	22
10	FC Wohlen	24	9	4	11	37	46	−9	22
11	FC Gerlafingen	24	8	5	11	35	46	−11	21
12	FC Kickers Luzern^[6]	24	7	4	13	35	52	−17	18	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
13	BSC Old Boys^[6]	24	4	3	17	26	56	−30	11	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional

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 Baden	24	14	7	3	61	28	+33	35	To decider for first place
2	FC Blue Stars Zürich	24	15	5	4	48	21	+27	35	To decider for first place
3	FC Red Star Zürich	24	11	6	7	45	39	+6	28
4	FC Vaduz	24	12	2	10	46	40	+6	26
5	FC Bodio	24	10	6	8	25	24	+1	26
6	FC St. Gallen	24	11	3	10	54	42	+12	25
7	FC Locarno	24	9	7	8	32	31	+1	25
8	FC Wettingen	24	10	4	10	50	29	+21	24
9	FC Oerlikon/Polizei ZH	24	8	5	11	33	46	−13	21
10	FC Widnau	24	7	6	11	31	45	−14	20
11	FC Dietikon	24	7	6	11	29	44	−15	20
12	FC Küsnacht^[6]	24	7	4	13	31	48	−17	18	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
13	FC Rapid Lugano^[6]	24	2	5	17	23	71	−48	9	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional

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

Decider for first place

The decider match for the group championship was played on 20 June at Stadion Brügglifeld in Aarau.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Baden	3–2	Blue Stars

FC Baden won and advanced to play-offs. Blue Stars remained in the division.

Promotion play-off

The three group winners played single a round-robin for the two promotion slots and for the championship.

Round-robin

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LeL	BUR	BAD
1	Le Locle	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5	4	1. Liga champions, promoted to 1964–65 Nationalliga B	—	—	5–2
2	Burgdorf	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	1	To decider for second place	0–2	—	—
3	Baden	2	0	1	1	5	8	−3	1	To decider for second place	—	3–3	—

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

FC Le Locle were declaired 1. Liga champions and were promoted to 1964–65 Nationalliga B.^[6]

Decider for second place

The decider match for second place was played on 12 July 1964 in Olten.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Burgdorf	1–3	Baden

Baden won and were promoted to 1964–65 Nationalliga B. Burgdorf remained in the division.^[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: Lausanne-Visp 10:3. Alle-ChdF 0:2.
Fourth round: Urania-Lausanne 0:1. ChdF-Cantonal 4:0.
Fifth round: Chiasso-Lausanne 1:7 (a.e.t.). ChdF-Biel 3:2.
Quarter-finals: Zürich-Lausanne 1:2.^[7] ChdF-YB 5:1.
Semi-finals. Lausanne-Pruntrut 6:0. ChdF-GC 3:0.

Final

The final was held in the former Wankdorf Stadium on Easter Monday 1964.

30 March 1964

Lausanne-Sport	2–0	La Chaux-de-Fonds
Eschmann 25' Gottardi 88'	Fussball Schweiz

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Attendance: 51,000

Referee: Josef Heymann (Arlesheim)

Best crowd attendance at a Swiss Cup final to this date

Lausanne-Sport won the cup and this was the club's sixth cup title to this date.^[8]

Swiss Clubs in Europe

Zürich as 1962–63 Nationalliga A champions: 1963–64 European Cup and entered 1963–64 Intertoto Cup
Basel as 1962–63 Swiss Cup winners: 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup
Lausanne-Sport: entered 1963–64 Intertoto Cup
La Chaux-de-Fonds: entered 1963–64 Intertoto Cup
Young Boys: entered 1963–64 Intertoto Cup

Zürich

European Cup

Preliminary round

11 September 1963 First leg	Dundalk	0–3	Zürich	Dalymount Park, Dublin
22:00 CET		Report	Feller 15' Von Burg 58', 68'	Attendance: 17,052 Referee: Manuel Gómez Arribas (Spain)

25 September 1963 Second leg	Zürich	1–2	Dundalk	Letzigrund, Zürich
	Feller 79'	Report	Cross 20' Hasty 60'	Attendance: 14,500 Referee: José María Ortiz (Spain)

Zürich won 4–2 on aggregate.

First round

14 November 1963 First leg	Zürich	2–0	Galatasaray	Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00 CET	Martinelli 20' Stürmer 83'	Report		Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Tage Sørensen (Denmark)

27 November 1963 Second leg	Galatasaray	2–0	Zürich	Mecidiyeköy Stadı, Istanbul
13:30 CET	Oktay 9' (pen.), 50' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 22,987 Referee: Kostadin Dinov (Bulgaria)

Zürich 2–2 Galatasaray on aggregate; play-off needed.

Play-off

11 December 1963	Zürich	2–2 Decided by a coin flip. (a.e.t.)	Galatasaray	Stadio Flaminio, Rome
14:30 CET	Von Burg 77' Leimgruber 118'	Report	Oktay 85', 92'	Attendance: 602 Referee: Giuseppe Adami (Italy)

Zürich 2–2 Galatasaray in play-off match. Zürich qualified on a coin toss.

Quarter-finals

4 March 1964 First leg	PSV Eindhoven	1–0	Zürich	Philips Sportpark, Eindhoven
	Theunissen 85'	Report		Attendance: 8,589 Referee: Arthur Holland (England)

11 March 1964 Second leg	Zürich	3–1	PSV Eindhoven	Letzigrund, Zürich
	Stürmer 2' Brizzi 18' Rüfli 56'	Report	Verdonk 35'	Attendance: 15,452 Referee: Juan Gardeazábal (Spain)

Zürich won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

22 April 1964 First leg	Zürich	1–2	Real Madrid	Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00 CET	Brizzi 71'	Report	Di Stéfano 16' Felo 25'	Attendance: 28,394 Referee: Joseph Hannet (Belgium)

7 May 1964 First leg	Real Madrid	6–0	Zürich	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
20:00 CET	Zoco 9' Felo 14' Muller 16' Puskás 70' Di Stéfano 79' Amancio 87'	Report		Attendance: 110,000 Referee: Jean Tricot (France)

Real Madrid won 8–1 on aggregate.

Intertoto Cup

Group A1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	STA	FIO	SED	ZÜR
1	Standard Liège (A)	6	2	3	1	8	8	0	7	—	1–1	1–3	1–0
2	Fiorentina	6	2	2	2	8	9	−1	6	0–1	—	5–4	1–0
3	Sedan	6	2	2	2	12	16	−4	6	2–2	2–0	—	1–1
4	Zürich	6	1	3	2	11	6	+5	5	2–2	1–1	7–0	—

Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.
(A) Advance to a further round

Basel

European Cup Winners' Cup

First round

17 September 1963 First leg	FC Basel	1 – 5	Celtic	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:45	Blumer 78'	Summary	21' Divers 43', 65', 77' Hughes 53' Lennox	Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Manuel Gómez Arribas

9 October 1963 Second leg	Celtic	5 – 0	FC Basel	Celtic Park, Glasgow
19:30	Johnstone 3' Divers 42', 88' Murdoch 62' Chalmers 78'	Summary		Attendance: 7,909 Referee: Frede Hansen

Celtic won 10 – 1 on aggregate.

Lausanne-Sport

Intertoto Cup

Group A2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	SAM	NÎM	ANT	LS
1	Sampdoria (A)	6	4	1	1	13	3	+10	9	—	0–2	5–0	5–0
2	Nîmes	6	4	1	1	13	7	+6	9	1–1	—	3–2	5–1
3	Royal Antwerp	6	2	0	4	9	14	−5	4	0–1	3–1	—	2–0
4	Lausanne-Sports	6	1	0	5	5	16	−11	2	0–1	0–1	4–2	—

Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.
(A) Advanced to first round

La Chaux-de-Fonds

Intertoto Cup

Group A4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	ROU	VEN	LIE	CDF
1	Rouen (A)	6	4	0	2	18	13	+5	8	—	2–1	2–0	4–3
2	Venezia	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3	7	3–1	—	2–0	2–1
3	Lierse	6	3	1	2	7	8	−1	7	3–2	1–0	—	2–1
4	La Chaux-de-Fonds	6	0	2	4	11	18	−7	2	3–7	2–2	1–1	—

Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.
(A) Advanced to first round

Young Boys

Intertoto Cup

Group A3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	MOD	GAN	TOU	YB
1	Modena (A)	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	8	—	1–1	2–0	3–1
2	La Gantoise	6	2	3	1	10	9	+1	7	0–0	—	2–1	2–0
3	Toulouse	6	3	0	3	14	10	+4	6	3–0	5–3	—	3–0
4	Young Boys	6	1	1	4	7	14	−7	3	1–2	2–2	3–2	—

Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.
(A) Advanced to first round

References

^ (red) dbFCZ (2023). "FCZ Saison 1963/64" [FCZ season 1963/64] (in Swiss High German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
^ Reichmuth, Daniel (2024). "Servette 1963/64" (PDF) (in French). super-servette-ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
^ (red) BSC Young Boys AG (2024). "YB Saison 1963/64" [YB season 1963/64] (in German). BSC Young Boys AG. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (2024). "Rangliste 1963/64" [Ranking] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2024-11-16.
^ Beck, Stephan (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1963/64 FCA Rangliste" [Swiss Championship 1963/64 FCA Ranking] (in Swiss High German). arowa.ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j 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 2024-11-16.
^ (red) dbFCZ (2023). "FCZ - Lausanne-Sports 1:2 (0:2)" (in Swiss High German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
^ Schweizer Filmwochenschau (SFW), (red) (1964). "Fussball-Cupfinal in Bern" (in German). memobase.ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

Sources

Switzerland 1963–64 at RSSSF
European Competitions 1963–64 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 1962–63	Seasons in Swiss football	Succeeded by 1964–65

[dbFCZ-FCZ-Rangliste-1963/64-1] (red) dbFCZ (2023). "FCZ Saison 1963/64" [FCZ season 1963/64] (in Swiss High German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

[super-servette-Servette-1963/64-2] Reichmuth, Daniel (2024). "Servette 1963/64" (PDF) (in French). super-servette-ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

[BSC_Young_Boys_AG-1963/64-3] (red) BSC Young Boys AG (2024). "YB Saison 1963/64" [YB season 1963/64] (in German). BSC Young Boys AG. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

[fcb-achiv-Rangliste-1963/64-4] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (2024). "Rangliste 1963/64" [Ranking] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2024-11-16.

[arowa-FCA-Rangliste-1963/64-5] Beck, Stephan (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1963/64 FCA Rangliste" [Swiss Championship 1963/64 FCA Ranking] (in Swiss High German). arowa.ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

[Erste_Liga-Statistik_der_Ersten_Liga_über_Aufstieg_und_Abstieg-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j 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 2024-11-16.

[dbFCZ-FCZ-Lausanne-Cup-1963/64-7] (red) dbFCZ (2023). "FCZ - Lausanne-Sports 1:2 (0:2)" (in Swiss High German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

[Memobase-1963/64-Cup-8] Schweizer Filmwochenschau (SFW), (red) (1964). "Fussball-Cupfinal in Bern" (in German). memobase.ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]