1995–96 Nationalliga A

99th season of top-tier Swiss football

Football league season

Nationalliga A
Season	1995–96
Champions	Grasshopper Club
Relegated	none
Top goalscorer	Viorel Moldovan and Petar Aleksandrov (both 27 goals)
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

Football league season

Nationalliga B
Season	1995–96
Champions	Yverdon-Sport
Promoted	none
Relegated	Naters Chiasso
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

Statistics of the two divisions of the Swiss National League in the 1995–96 football season.

Overview

The 24 teams of the Swiss Football League (Nationalliga) were devided into two divisions. Both Nationalliga A (NLA) and Nationalliga B (NLB) were contested by 12 teams, with each team playing a double round-robin in the qualification phase. Thereafter the divisions were divided into a championship group, a NLA/NLB promotion/relegation group and a relegation group NLB/1. Liga, each group with eight teams.

Nationalliga A

Qualification phase

The first stage of the NLA began on 22 July 1995 and was completed on 3 December. The top eight teams in the qualification phase would advance to the championship group and the last four teams would play against relegation.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Grasshopper Club	22	13	4	5	38	22	+16	43	Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus
2	Sion	22	13	3	6	37	28	+9	42
3	Xamax	22	12	5	5	40	24	+16	41
4	Luzern	22	11	7	4	36	25	+11	40
5	Basel	22	9	3	10	23	29	−6	30
6	Servette	22	7	7	8	28	28	0	28
7	Aarau	22	7	6	9	36	27	+9	27
8	St. Gallen	22	6	9	7	26	24	+2	27

9	Lausanne-Sport	22	6	9	7	25	25	0	27	Continue to promotion/relegation round
10	Lugano	22	5	6	11	21	42	−21	21
11	Zürich	22	4	6	12	17	32	−15	18
12	Young Boys	22	4	5	13	14	35	−21	17

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Results

Home \ Away	AAR	BAS	GCZ	LS	LUG	LUZ	NX	SER	SIO	STG	YB	ZÜR
Aarau		2–0	1–1	3–0	5–0	1–1	2–2	2–4	0–1	5–1	0–0	2–0
Basel	2–1		1–3	0–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–3
Grasshopper	2–1	1–3		1–1	1–0	4–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	3–0	2–0
Lausanne-Sport	0–2	1–0	1–2		3–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	3–0
Lugano	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–1		1–1	0–3	0–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–1
Luzern	3–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1		3–2	2–1	3–2	1–1	3–1	1–0
Neuchâtel Xamax	3–2	1–0	2–1	4–2	4–0	1–1		1–0	3–0	3–0	0–1	0–2
Servette	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–3	1–0	3–0		0–1	2–2	0–0	0–0
Sion	2–1	4–1	2–1	1–0	5–2	1–3	1–1	3–1		1–0	0–1	2–2
St. Gallen	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	3–0		0–0	1–0
Young Boys	0–4	1–4	0–1	1–1	3–1	0–4	1–2	1–2	1–4	2–0		2–0
Zürich	1–1	0–0	1–4	3–1	1–2	0–1	1–3	2–1	0–1	0–4	0–0

Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship group

The first eight teams of the qualification phase competed in the Championship round. The teams took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the qualification as bonus with them.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Grasshopper Club	14	8	6	0	26	7	+19	22	52	Swiss champions, qualified for 1996–97 Champions League
2	Sion	14	8	2	4	20	14	+6	21	47	Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1996–97 Cup Winners' Cup
3	Xamax	14	5	7	2	21	16	+5	21	43	qualified for 1996–97 UEFA Cup
4	Aarau	14	7	4	3	23	18	+5	14	39	qualified for 1996–97 UEFA Cup
5	Luzern	14	4	3	7	23	19	+4	20	35	entered 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup
6	Basel	14	3	4	7	11	20	−9	15	28	entered 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup
7	Servette	14	2	5	7	18	25	−7	14	25
8	St. Gallen	14	2	3	9	11	34	−23	14	23

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification.

Results

Home \ Away	AAR	BAS	GCZ	LUZ	NX	SER	SIO	STG
Aarau		1–0	0–0	2–2	3–2	3–0	1–0	4–0
Basel	1–3		0–2	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–1
Grasshopper	0–0	3–0		2–1	3–3	2–0	3–0	3–0
Luzern	4–0	1–1	1–2		0–1	2–1	2–3	5–0
Neuchâtel Xamax	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–1		1–1	2–0	3–0
Servette	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–4	4–1		0–1	3–2
Sion	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–2		3–1
St. Gallen	3–4	3–0	0–4	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–4

Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Nationalliga B

Qualification phase

The NLB was contested by 12 teams with each team playing each other twice in the qualification phase. The first stage began on 13 July 1996 and was completed on 23 November. The division was then separated into a NLA/NLB promotion/relegation group and a relegation group to the 1. Liga. The top four teams would play for promotion and the last eight teams would play against relegation.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kriens	22	14	2	6	43	23	+20	44	Advance to promotion/relegation NLA/LNB round
2	Yverdon-Sport	22	11	5	6	41	23	+18	38
3	Delémont	22	11	5	6	40	33	+7	38
4	Étoile Carouge	22	9	8	5	26	24	+2	35

5	Winterthur	22	9	5	8	26	21	+5	32	Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga halved points (rounded up) as bonus
6	Baden	22	9	5	8	31	27	+4	32
7	FC Schaffhausen	22	7	7	8	33	31	+2	28
8	Wil	22	7	7	8	34	36	−2	28
9	Chiasso	22	6	7	9	19	25	−6	25
10	Solothurn	22	6	5	11	26	37	−11	23
11	Locarno	22	5	6	11	20	33	−13	21
12	Naters	22	4	6	12	16	42	−26	18

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Promotion/relegation group NLA/NLB

The teams in the ninth to twelfth positions in Nationalliga A competed with the top four teams of the Nationalliga B in a Nationalliga A/B promotion/relegation round. The top four teams would play in the top-tier the following season, the other four would play in the second tier.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Young Boys	14	10	3	1	28	13	+15	33	Remain in 1996–97 Nationalliga A
2	Zürich	14	8	4	2	21	12	+9	28
3	Lausanne-Sport	14	7	6	1	24	10	+14	27
4	Lugano	14	4	5	5	13	17	−4	17

5	Yverdon-Sport	14	3	4	7	16	22	−6	13	Remain in Nationalliga B
6	Delémont	14	3	4	7	17	26	−9	13
7	Kriens	14	2	5	7	14	22	−8	11
8	Etoile-Carouge	14	1	5	8	9	20	−11	8

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Results

Home \ Away	DEL	ÉTO	KRI	LS	LUG	ZÜR	YB	YS
Delémont		1–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–3
Étoile Carouge	4–2		1–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–4	0–0
Kriens	4–1	0–0		0–5	0–1	0–1	1–3	2–2
Lausanne-Sport	2–0	1–0	0–0		3–0	2–0	1–1	1–0
Lugano	2–1	1–0	0–0	3–3		0–2	0–0	2–1
Zürich	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–1		4–1	1–1
Young Boys	3–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–2	2–1		3–0
Yverdon-Sport	1–2	3–2	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	0–2

Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation group NLB/1. Liga

The last eight teams of the qualification phase competed in the relegation group against relegation to the 1. Liga. The teams took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the qualification as bonus with them. At the end of the season the two bottom placed teams would be relegated to the 1996–97 Swiss 1. Liga.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Winterthur	14	7	5	2	27	18	+9	16	42	Remain in NLB
2	Baden	14	7	1	6	21	22	−1	16	38
3	Wil	14	6	5	3	28	18	+10	14	37
4	FC Schaffhausen	14	6	4	4	15	16	−1	14	36
5	Solothurn	14	4	4	6	13	23	−10	12	28
6	Locarno	14	3	6	5	18	17	+1	11	26

7	Naters^[1]	14	4	5	5	13	14	−1	9	26	Relegated to 1. Liga
8	Chiasso^[1]	14	1	6	7	13	20	−7	13	22	Relegated to 1. Liga

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification.

Further in Swiss football

References

^ ^a ^b 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 13 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

Sources

Switzerland 1995–96 at RSSSF

Seasons of the Swiss Football League

Serie A era, 1897–1931
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League cups	England Finland '95 '96 France Iceland Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
Supercups	England Germany
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup