1976–77 Nationalliga A

Statistics of Swiss Super League in the 1976–77 season.

Overview

The Swiss Football Association had reformed the Swiss football league system that year, reducing the number of teams in the Nationalliga A from 14 to 12 and increasing the Nationalliga B teams from 14 to 16. The Nationalliga A season 1976–77 was contested by the first 11 teams from the 1975–76 season and the sole promoted team from Nationalliga B AC Bellinzona. The Nationalliga A was played in two stages. The qualification phase was played by all teams in a round robin and after completion was dived into two groups. The first six teams contended in the championship group (with half the obtained points as bonus) and the positions seventh to twelth contended the relegation group (also with half the obtained points as bonus). Servette FC Genève and Basel finished the qualification phase in first and second position with 35 and 33 points from 22 games and so entered the championship group with a bonus of 18 and 17. At the end of the championship phase these two teams were level on 29 points. Therefore they had to compete a play-off match for champions. This play-off was held at the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern in front of 55,000 supporters. Basel won the match 2–1 and were awarded the championship.

The playout round ended with FC Winterthur and AC Bellinzona being relegated.

First stage

Qualification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Remarks
1	Servette FC Genève	22	14	7	1	68	27	35	To championship round
2	FC Basel	22	14	5	3	54	30	33	To championship round
3	FC Zürich	22	12	7	3	49	18	31	To championship round
4	Neuchâtel Xamax	22	10	7	5	37	27	27	To championship round
5	BSC Young Boys	22	8	9	5	37	34	25	To championship round
6	Grasshopper Club Zürich	22	7	8	7	41	28	22	To championship round
7	Lausanne Sports	22	8	6	8	39	31	22	To playout round
8	CS Chênois	22	6	8	8	29	39	20	To playout round
9	FC Sion	22	4	10	8	19	32	18	To playout round
10	FC St. Gallen	22	5	6	11	26	40	16	To playout round
11	AC Bellinzona	22	3	2	17	19	73	8	To playout round
12	FC Winterthur	22	1	5	16	19	58	7	To playout round

Second stage

Championship Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	(B)	Remarks
1	FC Basel	10	5	2	3	19	16	29	(17)	Play-off match
2	Servette FC Genève	10	5	1	4	16	14	29	(18)	Play-off match
3	FC Zürich	10	5	1	4	24	18	27	(16)
4	Grasshopper Club Zürich	10	5	2	3	15	10	23	(11)
5	Neuchâtel Xamax	10	3	1	6	14	18	21	(14)
6	BSC Young Boys	10	3	1	6	12	24	20	(13)

Playoff match

Basel v Servette

28 June 1977
Play-Off

Basel	2 – 1	Servette
Mundschin 37' von Wartburg 75'	[ Report]	30' Müller

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Attendance: 55,000
Referee:

Ruedi Renggli

Playout Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	(B)	Remarks
1	Lausanne Sports	10	7	3	0	24	7	28	(11)
2	CS Chênois	10	5	4	1	24	13	24	(10)
3	FC Sion	10	5	0	5	18	17	19	(9)
4	FC St. Gallen	10	3	2	5	18	19	16	(8)
5	FC Winterthur	10	3	3	4	11	14	13	(4)	Relegated
6	AC Bellinzona	10	0	2	8	7	32	6	(4)	Relegated

Sources and references

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
Switzerland 1976–77 at RSSSF

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