1964–65 in Swiss football

Football in Switzerland
Season	1964–65
Men's football
Nationalliga A	Lausanne-Sport
Nationalliga B	Urania Genève Sport
1. Liga	1. Liga champions:; St. Gallen; Group West:; Etoile Carouge; Group Cenral:; FC Langenthal; Group South and East:; St. Gallen
Swiss Cup	Sion

The following is a summary of the 1964–65 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Nationalliga A

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lausanne-Sport	26	15	6	5	61	32	+29	36	Swiss Champions, qualified for 1965–66 European Cup
2	Young Boys^[1]	26	14	4	8	59	43	+16	32
3	Servette^[2]	26	14	3	9	59	30	+29	31
4	Grasshopper Club	26	11	7	8	54	47	+7	29	Entered 1965–66 Intertoto Cup
5	Lugano	26	9	11	6	29	30	−1	29	Entered 1965–66 Intertoto Cup
6	La Chaux-de-Fonds	26	12	3	11	52	39	+13	27	Entered 1965–66 Intertoto Cup
7	Luzern	26	9	9	8	33	38	−5	27	Entered 1965–66 Intertoto Cup
8	Basel^[3]	26	11	5	10	44	54	−10	27
9	Sion	26	10	5	11	42	34	+8	25	Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup
10	Zürich^[4]	26	8	7	11	41	38	+3	23
11	Grenchen	26	6	9	11	35	43	−8	21
12	Biel-Bienne	26	8	5	13	35	56	−21	21

13	Bellinzona	26	5	9	12	21	42	−21	19	Relegated to 1965–66 Nationalliga B
14	Chiasso	26	6	5	15	22	61	−39	17	Relegated to 1965–66 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	Urania Genève Sport	26	16	5	5	59	30	+29	37	NLB Champions and promoted to 1965–66 Nationalliga A
2	Young Fellows Zürich	26	14	6	6	48	32	+16	34	Promoted to 1965–66 Nationalliga A

3	FC Thun	26	11	8	7	60	52	+8	30
4	FC Porrentruy	26	11	8	7	40	40	0	30
5	FC Aarau^[5]	26	12	5	9	59	42	+17	29
6	FC Cantonal Neuchâtel	26	12	4	10	49	39	+10	28
7	FC Winterthur	26	11	6	9	43	40	+3	28
8	SC Brühl	26	10	6	10	47	47	0	26
9	FC Le Locle	26	10	6	10	48	50	−2	26
10	FC Solothurn	26	9	5	12	42	48	−6	23
11	FC Moutier	26	6	10	10	40	51	−11	22
12	FC Baden	26	6	8	12	41	49	−8	20

13	FC Bern^[6]	26	7	4	15	36	46	−10	18	Relegated to 1965–66 1. Liga
14	FC Schaffhausen^[6]	26	4	5	17	30	76	−46	13	Relegated to 1965–66 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	Etoile Carouge FC	24	15	4	5	61	33	+28	34	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	FC Fribourg	24	12	9	3	39	19	+20	33	To decider for second place
3	FC Forward Morges	24	14	5	5	47	31	+16	33	To decider for second place
4	FC Xamax	24	12	8	4	49	37	+12	32
5	FC Raron	24	11	7	6	47	37	+10	29
6	Vevey-Sports	24	10	5	9	55	52	+3	25
7	CS Chênois	24	9	5	10	39	32	+7	23
8	Yverdon-Sport FC	24	9	5	10	39	48	−9	23
9	FC Versoix	24	6	7	11	36	46	−10	19
10	FC Martigny-Sports	24	6	7	11	23	30	−7	19
11	FC Stade Lausanne	24	7	5	12	40	56	−16	19
12	ES FC Malley^[6]	24	5	6	13	38	52	−14	16	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
13	FC Renens^[6]	24	2	3	19	22	62	−40	7	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 second place

The decider match for second place was played on 6 June at Stade Municipal in Yverdon-les-Bains.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Fribourg	3–0	FC Forward Morges

FC Fribourg win and advance to play-offs. FC Forward Morges remain in the division.

Group Central

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Langenthal	24	15	6	3	43	21	+22	36	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	SC Burgdorf	24	16	3	5	50	23	+27	35	Play-off to Nationalliga B
3	FC Minerva Bern	24	14	6	4	45	21	+24	34
4	SR Delémont	24	9	7	8	40	40	0	25
5	FC Concordia Basel	24	8	6	10	39	39	0	22
6	FC Emmenbrücke	24	8	6	10	38	40	−2	22
7	FC Alle	24	9	4	11	39	43	−4	22
8	FC Wohlen	24	10	2	12	45	50	−5	22
9	FC Nordstern Basel	24	7	7	10	29	41	−12	21
10	FC Olten	24	7	6	11	36	39	−3	20
11	FC Fontainemelon	24	7	6	11	34	54	−20	20
12	FC Breitenbach^[6]	24	7	3	14	46	50	−4	17	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
13	FC Gerlafingen^[6]	24	6	4	14	32	55	−23	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 South and East

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	St. Gallen	24	16	4	4	79	41	+38	36	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	FC Blue Stars Zürich	24	15	5	4	52	36	+16	35	Play-off to Nationalliga B
3	FC Wettingen	24	15	3	6	64	30	+34	33
4	SC Zug	24	9	8	7	53	47	+6	26
5	FC Red Star Zürich	24	10	6	8	48	43	+5	26
6	FC Widnau	24	9	6	9	32	38	−6	24
7	FC Oerlikon/Polizei ZH	24	9	5	10	43	49	−6	23
8	FC Vaduz	24	9	4	11	44	62	−18	22
9	FC Locarno	24	5	9	10	31	34	−3	19
10	FC Dietikon	24	8	3	13	36	43	−7	19
11	FC Rorschach	24	6	6	12	33	52	−19	18
12	FC Bodio^[6]	24	5	7	12	37	54	−17	17	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
13	FC Turgi^[6]	24	4	6	14	30	53	−23	14	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional

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

Promotion play-off

The three group winners and the runners-up played a round-robin against the four teams who had not been in their group. The teams did not play against the team that had been in the same group.

Matches

The first games were played on 13 June 1965.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Burgdorf	3–0	Fribourg
Blue Stars	3–1	Etoile Carouge
Langenthal	1–1	St. Gallen

The second round was played on 20 June.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Etoile Carouge	0–2	Langenthal
Fribourg	2–3	Blue Stars
St. Gallen	4–2	Burgdorf

The third round was played on 27 June.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Burgdorf	1–2	Etoile Carouge
Langenthal	4–4	Blue Stars
St. Gallen	1–0	Fribourg

The final round was played on 4 July.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Blue Stars	1–0	Burgdorf
Etoile Carouge	2–3	St. Gallen
Fribourg	0–3	Langenthal

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	St. Gallen^[6]	4	3	1	0	9	5	+4	7	1. Liga champions, promoted to 1965–66 Nationalliga B
2	FC Blue Stars Zürich^[6]	4	3	1	0	11	7	+4	7	Promoted to 1965–66 Nationalliga B
3	FC Langenthal	4	2	2	0	10	5	+5	6
4	Etoile Carouge FC	4	1	0	3	5	9	−4	2
5	SC Burgdorf	4	1	0	3	6	7	−1	2
6	FC Fribourg	4	0	0	4	2	10	−8	0

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

St. Gallen were declaired 1. Liga champions due to their position in the regular season.^[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: Renens-Sion 0:7. Servette-Vevey-Sports 12:2.
Fourth round: Sion-Urania Genf 2:1. Grenchen-Servette 0:6.
Fifth round: Sion-Young Fellows 2:0 (a.e.t.). Servette-Chiasso 8:0.
Quarter-finals: Sion-Minerva Bern 4:1. Servette-Le Locle 2:1.
Semi-finals: Basel-Sion 2:3.^[7] YB-Servette 0:2.

Final

The final was held in the former Wankdorf Stadium on Easter Monday 1965.^[8]

19 April 1965

15:00

Sion	2–1	Servette
Georgy 13' Gasser 84'	Fussball Schweiz	89' Daina

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Karl Keller (Basel)

Sion won the cup and this was the club's first cup title to this date.^[9]

Swiss Clubs in Europe

La Chaux-de-Fonds as 1963–64 Nationalliga A champions: 1964–65 European Cup and entered 1964–65 Intertoto Cup
Lausanne-Sport as 1963–64 Swiss Cup winners: 1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup and entered 1964–65 Intertoto Cup
Grenchen: Entered 1964–65 Intertoto Cup
Young Boys: Entered 1964–65 Intertoto Cup

La Chaux-de-Fonds

European Cup

Preliminary round

9 September 1964 First leg	Saint-Étienne	2–2	La Chaux-de-Fonds	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
18:00 CET	Mekhloufi 18' Guy 60'	Report	Bertschi 32', 43'	Attendance: 17,412 Referee: Aníbal Oliveira (Portugal)

16 September 1964 Second leg	La Chaux-de-Fonds	2–1	Saint-Étienne	Stade de la Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
21:30 CET	Skiba 46' Trivellin 70'	Report	Guy 10'	Attendance: 9,242 Referee: Manuel Gómez Arribas (Spain)

La Chaux-de-Fonds won 4–3 on aggregate.

First round

4 November 1964 First leg	La Chaux-de-Fonds	1–1	Benfica	Stade de la Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
20:30 CET	Antenen 37'	Report	Torres 6'	Attendance: 6,482 Referee: Raoul Righi (Italy)

9 December 1964 Second leg	Benfica	5–0	La Chaux-de-Fonds	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
22:00 CET	Coluna 35' Torres 40', 66', 85' Eusébio 53'	Report		Attendance: 54,471 Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)

Benfica won 6–1 on aggregate.

Intertoto Cup

Group A2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	DWS	CDF	EIN	BER
1	DWS	6	4	0	2	14	6	+8	8	—	1–2	4–0	5–0
2	La Chaux-de-Fonds	6	3	1	2	9	10	−1	7	0–1	—	2–1	3–1
3	Eintracht Braunschweig	6	3	1	2	9	10	−1	7	2–0	1–1	—	2–1
4	Beringen	6	1	0	5	11	17	−6	2	2–3	5–1	2–3	—

Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Draw.

Lausanne-Sport

Cup Winners' Cup

First round

2 September 1964 First leg	Lausanne Sports	2–0	Budapest Honvéd	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
	Kerkhoffs 62', 70'			Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

9 September 1964 Second leg	Budapest Honvéd	1–0	Lausanne Sports	Népstadion, Budapest
	Vági 27'			Referee: Alojz Obtulovič (Czechoslovakia)

Lausanne Sports won 2–1 on aggregate.

Second round

18 November 1964 First leg	Slavia Sofia	1–0	Lausanne Sports	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
	Vasilev 50'			Referee: Paul Bonett (Malta)

6 December 1964 Second leg	Lausanne Sports	2–1	Slavia Sofia	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
	Kerkhoffs 7' Hosp 43'		Krastev 20'	Referee: Antonio Sbardella (Italy)

Lausanne Sports 2–2 Slavia Sofia on aggregate. A play-out on neutral grounds was required.

29 December 1964 Play out	Lausanne Sports	3–2	Slavia Sofia	Stadio Flaminio, Rome
	Eschmann 30' Kerkhoffs 35', 80'		Hristov 15' Gugalov 70'	Referee: Antonio Sbardella (Italy)

Lausanne Sports won 3–2 in the play-off.

Quarter-finals

16 March 1965 First leg	Lausanne Sport	1–2	West Ham United	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
	Hosp 80'		Dear 21' Byrne 53'	Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)

23 March 1965 Second leg	West Ham United	4–3	Lausanne Sport	Boleyn Ground, London
	Tacchella 42' (o.g.) Dear 43', 89' Peters 59'		Kerkhoffs 37' Hertig 48' Eschmann 80'	Attendance: 31,780 Referee: Piet Roomer (Netherlands)

West Ham United won 6–4 on aggregate.

Intertoto Cup

Group A1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	HER	FEY	LS	STA
1	Hertha Berlin	6	2	3	1	12	12	0	7	—	1–0	4–4	2–1
2	Feyenoord	6	2	2	2	9	7	+2	6	1–1	—	0–2	2–0
3	Lausanne-Sports	6	1	4	1	14	14	0	6	3–3	3–3	—	1–1
4	Standard Liège	6	2	1	3	8	10	−2	5	3–1	0–3	3–1	—

Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Draw.

Grenchen

Intertoto Cup

Group A3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	KAI	ENS	BEE	GRE
1	Kaiserslautern	6	4	2	0	8	0	+8	10	—	0–0	1–0	3–0
2	Twente Enschede	6	2	3	1	11	7	+4	7	0–2	—	1–1	5–0
3	Beerschot	6	1	4	1	5	5	0	6	0–0	2–2	—	1–1
4	Grenchen	6	0	1	5	3	15	−12	1	0–2	2–3	0–1	—

Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Draw.

Young Boys

Intertoto Cup

Group A4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	LIÈ	NAC	YB	SAA
1	Liège	6	4	2	0	10	3	+7	10	—	0–0	3–3	3–0
2	NAC Breda	6	3	2	1	17	8	+9	8	0–1	—	6–2	3–0
3	Young Boys	6	1	2	3	13	21	−8	4	0–2	3–6	—	3–2
4	Saarbrücken	6	0	2	4	6	14	−8	2	0–1	2–2	2–2	—

Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Draw.

References

^ (red) BSC Young Boys AG (2024). "YB Saison 1964/65" [YB season 1964/65] (in German). BSC Young Boys AG. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
^ Reichmuth, Daniel (2024). "Servette 1964/65" (PDF) (in French). super-servette-ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (2024). "Rangliste 1964/65" [Ranking 1964/65] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2024-11-16.
^ (red) dbFCZ (2023). "FCZ Saison 1964/65" [FCZ season 1964/65] (in Swiss High German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
^ Beck, Stephan (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1964/65 FCA Rangliste" [Swiss Championship 1964/65 FCA Ranking] (in Swiss High German). arowa.ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k 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 6 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (7 March 1965). "FC Basel - FC Sion 2:3 (0:2)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2024-11-16.
^ Reichmuth, Daniel (19 April 1965). "Finale de la Coup Suisse, Programme officielle" [Swiss Cup Final, official program] (PDF) (in French). super-servette-ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
^ Reichmuth, Daniel (2024). "1964/65 Cup Sion-Servette" (PDF) (in French). super-servette-ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

Sources

Switzerland 1964–65 at RSSSF
European Competitions 1964–65 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 1963–64	Seasons in Swiss football	Succeeded by 1965–66

[BSC_Young_Boys_AG-1964/65-1] (red) BSC Young Boys AG (2024). "YB Saison 1964/65" [YB season 1964/65] (in German). BSC Young Boys AG. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

[super-servette-Servette-1964/65-2] Reichmuth, Daniel (2024). "Servette 1964/65" (PDF) (in French). super-servette-ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

[fcb-achiv-Rangliste-1964/65-3] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (2024). "Rangliste 1964/65" [Ranking 1964/65] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2024-11-16.

[dbFCZ-FCZ-Rangliste-1964/65-4] (red) dbFCZ (2023). "FCZ Saison 1964/65" [FCZ season 1964/65] (in Swiss High German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

[arowa-FCA-Rangliste-1964/65-5] Beck, Stephan (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1964/65 FCA Rangliste" [Swiss Championship 1964/65 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 ^k 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 6 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

[fcb-achiv-1964/65-Cup-FCB-Sion-7] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (7 March 1965). "FC Basel - FC Sion 2:3 (0:2)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2024-11-16.

[super-servette-1964/65-Cup-Servette-Sion-8] Reichmuth, Daniel (19 April 1965). "Finale de la Coup Suisse, Programme officielle" [Swiss Cup Final, official program] (PDF) (in French). super-servette-ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

[super-servette-1964/65-Cup-Sion-Servette-9] Reichmuth, Daniel (2024). "1964/65 Cup Sion-Servette" (PDF) (in French). super-servette-ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

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