1970–71 Nationalliga A

Statistics of Swiss Super League in the 1970–71 season.

Nationalliga A
Season1970–71

Overview

14 teams contested in the 1970–71 Nationalliga A. These were the top 12 teams from the previous 1969–70 season and the two newly promoted teams Sion and Luzern. The championship was played in a double round robin. The champions would qualify for the 1971–72 European Cup and the last two teams in the league table at the end of the season were to be relegated. FC Basel finished the regular season level on points with Grasshopper Club Zürich and so these two teams had to contest a play-off game on 8 June 1971 to decide the title winners. Grasshopper won the play-off 4–3 after extra time.[1] Bellinzona finished last and the table and were relegated. Sion and Fribourg, level on points, were both second last and thus they had to have a play-off against relegation. Sion won 1–0, so Fribourg were relegated.[2]

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Basel 26 18 6 2 67 26 +41 42 Championship play-off
2 Grasshopper Club Zürich (C) 26 20 2 4 59 21 +38 42 Championship play-off winners, thus qualified for 1971–72 European Cup
and entered 1971 Intertoto Cup
3 FC Lugano 26 11 9 6 50 34 +16 31 Entered 1971 Intertoto Cup
4 Lausanne Sports 26 12 6 8 51 43 +8 30
5 FC Zürich 26 11 6 9 41 42 −1 28 Entered 1971 Intertoto Cup
6 FC Winterthur 26 11 5 10 36 38 −2 27
7 Servette FC Genève 26 8 10 8 39 36 +3 26 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1971–72 Cup Winners' Cup
and entered 1971 Intertoto Cup
8 BSC Young Boys 26 10 6 10 43 46 −3 26
9 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 26 9 6 11 46 47 −1 24
10 FC Biel-Bienne 26 6 9 11 32 43 −11 21
11 FC Lucerne 26 8 4 14 39 48 −9 20
12 FC Sion 26 5 9 12 32 46 −14 19 Relegation play-off winners
13 FC Fribourg (R) 26 6 7 13 35 63 −28 19 Relegation play-off losers, relegated to Nationalliga B
14 AC Bellinzona (R) 26 1 7 18 24 61 −37 9 Relegated to Nationalliga B
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Championship play-off
Grasshopper4 – 3 (a.e.t.)Basel
Ohlhauser  16'
Ove Grahn  75', 97'
Peter Meier  106'		 Mundschin  21'
Wenger  70'
Benthaus  119' (pen.)

Relegation play-off
Sion1 – 0Fribourg
Elsig  13'
Lausanne

References
  1. "Grasshopper Club - FC Basel 4:3 n.V. (2:2, 1:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A 1970/71". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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