1972–73 Swiss 1. Liga Explained

The 1972–73 1. Liga was the 41st season of this league since its creation in 1931. At this time, the 1. Liga was the third tier of the Swiss football league system and it was the highest level of amateur football.

Format

There were 39 clubs in the 1. Liga. These were divided into three regional groups, each with 13 teams. Within each group, the teams would play a double round-robin to decide their league position. Two points were awarded for a win. The three group winners and the runners-up contested a play-off round to decide the two promotion slots. The last two placed teams in each group were directly relegated to the 2. Liga (fourth tier).

Group West

Teams

Club	Canton	Stadium	Capacity
ASI Audax-Friul[1]	Neuchâtel	Pierre-à-Bot
FC Central Fribourg[2]	Fribourg	Guintzet
FC Dürrenast[3]	Bern	Stadion Lachen
FC Fontainemelon[4] [5]	Neuchâtel	Centre Sportif Fontainemelon
FC Le Locle[6]	Neuchâtel	Installation sportive - Jeanneret
FC Meyrin	Geneva	Stade des Arbères
FC Monthey	Valais	Stade Philippe Pottier
FC Raron[7]	Valais	Sportplatz Rhoneglut
FC Renens[8]	Waadt	Zone sportive du Censuy
FC Stade Nyonnais	Vaud	Stade de Colovray
FC Thun	Bern	Stadion Lachen
Urania Genève Sport	Geneva	Stade de Frontenex
Yverdon-Sport FC	Vaud	Stade Municipal

Final league table

Group Central

Teams

Club	Canton	Stadium	Capacity
FC Baden	Aargau	Esp Stadium
FC Bern	Bern	Stadion Neufeld
FC Breite Basel[9]	Basel-City	Stadion Schützenmatte / Landhof	/
FC Concordia Basel	Basel-City	Stadion Rankhof
SR Delémont	Jura	La Blancherie
FC Emmenbrücke	Lucerne	Stadion Gersag
SC Kriens	Lucerne	Stadion Kleinfeld
FC Laufen	Basel-Country	Sportplatz Nau
FC Moutier[10]	Bern	Stade de Chalière
FC Nordstern Basel	Basel-Stadt	Rankhof
FC Porrentruy[11]	Jura	Stade du Tirage
FC Solothurn	Solothurn	Stadion FC Solothurn
FC Turgi[12]	Aargau	Sportanlage Oberau

Decider for eleventh place

The decider was played on 3 June in Solothurn. The game was drawn, however, at this period in time, the extra-time as match extension had not yet been introduced. FC Concordia Basel were declaired winners due to the better goal-average of the regular season and, therefore, they remained in the division. FC Turgi were relegated to 2. Liga Interregional.

Group South and East

Teams

Club	Canton	Stadium	Capacity
FC Blue Stars Zürich[13]	Zürich	Hardhof
FC Chur	Grisons	Ringstrasse
FC Frauenfeld	Thurgau	Kleine Allmend
AS Gambarogno[14]	Ticino	Centro Sportivo Regionale Magadino
US Giubiasco[15]	Ticino	Campo Semine
FC Gossau	St. Gallen	Sportanlage Buechenwald
FC Locarno	Locarno, Ticino
FC Rapid Lugano[16]	Ticino	Cornaredo Stadium
FC Red Star Zürich	Zürich	Allmend Brunau
FC Tössfeld[17]	Zürich	Talgut
FC Uzwil[18]	St. Gallen	Rüti
FC Vaduz	Liechtenstein	Rheinpark Stadion
SC Zug	Zug	Herti Allmend Stadion

Final league table

Promotion play-off

The three group winners played a two legged tie against one of the runners-up to decide the three finalists. The games were played on 3 and 10 June.

Qualification round

FC Nordstern Basel win 9–3 on aggregate and continue to the finals. FC Tössfeld win 6–4 on aggregate and continue to the finals. SR Delémont win 4–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Final round

The three first round winners competed in a single round-robin to decide the two promotion slots. The games were played on 17, 24 June and 1 July.FC Nordstern Basel are champions, because they beat Tössfeld in the head-to-head and Tössfeld are runners-up. These two teams are promoted.

Further in Swiss football

• 1972–73 Nationalliga A
• 1972–73 Nationalliga B
• 1972–73 Swiss Cup

Sources

• Switzerland 1972–73 at RSSSF

Notes and References

1. Web site: (red) Association neuchâteloise de football . 2023 . ASI Audax-Friul . Association neuchâteloise de football - anf.football.ch . fr . 2023-11-16.
2. Web site: (red) Freiburger Fussballverband . 2023 . FC Central Fribourg . Association fribourgeoise de football . fr . 2023-11-16.
3. Web site: Fussballverband Bern/Jura . 2023 . FC Dürrenast . Fussballverband Bern/Jura . de . 2023-11-16.
4. Web site: FC Val-de-Ruz (red) . 2022 . Histoire . History . fcvdr.ch . fr . 2023-11-16.
5. Web site: (red) Association neuchâteloise de football . 2023 . FC Val-de-Ruz . Association neuchâteloise de football . fr . 2023-11-16.
6. Web site: (red) Association neuchâteloise de football . 2023 . FC Le Locle . Association neuchâteloise de football - anf.football.ch . fr . 2023-11-16.
7. Web site: (red) Walliser Fussballverband . 2023 . FC Raron . Walliser Fussballverband - avf-wfv.ch . fr . 2023-11-16.
8. Web site: (red) Association cantonale vaudoise de football . 2023 . FC Renens . Association cantonale vaudoise de football - acvf.football.ch . de . 2023-11-16.
9. Web site: fussballstarbasel.ch (red) . 2023 . Fussballstadt Basel / FC Breite . Football city Basel . fussballstarbasel.ch . de-ch . 2023-11-16.
10. Web site: (red) Fussballverband Bern/Jura. 2023 . FC Moutier . Fussballverband Bern/Jura - fvbj-afbj.ch . de . 2023-11-16.
11. Web site: (red) Association de football Berne/Jura . 2023 . FC Porrentruy . Association de football Berne/Jura . fr . 2023-11-16.
12. Web site: (red) Aargauer Fussballverband . 2023 . FC Turgi . Aargauer Fussballverband . de . 2023-11-16.
13. Web site: (red) Fussballverband Region Zürich . 2023 . FC Blue Stars Zürich . Fussballverband Region Zürich . de . 2023-11-16.
14. Web site: (red) Federazione ticinese di calcio . 2023 . AS Gambarogno . Federazione ticinese di calcio . it . 2023-11-16.
15. Web site: (red) Federazione ticinese di calcio . 2023 . US Giubiasco . Federazione ticinese di calcio . it . 2023-11-16.
16. Web site: (red) Federazione ticinese di calcio . 2023 . FC Rapid Lugano . Federazione ticinese di calcio . it . 2023-11-16.
17. Web site: (red) Fussballverband Region Zürich . 2023 . FC Tössfeld . Fussballverband Region Zürich . de . 2023-11-16.
18. Web site: (red) Ostschweizer Fussballverband . 2023 . FC Uzwil . Ostschweizer Fussballverband . de . 2023-11-16.