1956–57 Nationalliga A

60th season of top-tier Swiss football

Football league season

Nationalliga A
Season	1956–57
← 1955–56 1957–58 →

Statistics of Swiss Super League in the 1956–57 season.

Overview

It was contested by 14 teams, and BSC Young Boys won the championship. FC Zürich and FC Schaffhausen were both relegated down to the second division.^[1]

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	BSC Young Boys	26	21	3	2	76	22	+54	45
2	Grasshopper Club Zürich	26	19	3	4	82	30	+52	41
3	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	26	17	4	5	87	35	+52	38
4	FC Basel	26	15	4	7	53	38	+15	34
5	Urania Genève Sport	26	12	6	8	38	34	+4	30
6	AC Bellinzona	26	10	8	8	37	42	−5	28
7	Lausanne Sports	26	11	5	10	44	37	+7	27
8	Servette FC Genève	26	9	8	9	40	44	−4	26
9	FC Chiasso	26	10	5	11	46	62	−16	25
10	FC Lugano	26	6	5	15	39	51	−12	17
11	FC Winterthur	26	6	4	16	43	67	−24	16
12	Young Fellows Zürich	26	4	6	16	30	67	−37	14
13	FC Zürich	26	5	4	17	34	61	−27	14
14	FC Schaffhausen	26	1	7	18	26	85	−59	9

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	BAS	BEL	CDF	CHI	GCZ	LS	LUG	SHA	SER	UGS	WIN	YB	YFZ	ZÜR
Basel		3–0	4–3	3–0	1–3	1–0	3–0	4–1	0–0	2–1	3–2	3–4	3–1	3–0
Bellinzona	3–1		1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–4	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–2
Chaux-de-Fonds	2–3	3–0		1–0	4–2	5–2	7–2	4–0	4–1	4–0	5–2	2–0	4–0	6–2
Chiasso	1–1	3–2	1–4		1–2	1–1	3–2	2–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	0–8	5–0	2–1
Grasshopper	1–0	7–2	2–2	8–1		4–2	3–2	9–0	1–1	1–2	5–1	2–0	2–2	2–1
Lausanne-Sports	7–1	0–1	3–2	1–0	1–2		3–2	3–0	2–0	2–2	3–1	0–1	3–1	1–2
Lugano	1–1	0–0	1–0	4–1	1–2	3–0		6–0	3–1	0–0	2–3	0–2	3–1	1–3
Schaffhausen	0–2	0–4	1–5	3–4	0–5	1–3	1–1		1–1	0–2	1–4	2–6	1–1	1–1
Servette	1–0	4–0	2–2	2–2	1–5	0–2	2–2	3–1		1–2	4–3	0–2	1–0	2–1
Urania	1–0	3–1	0–0	4–0	0–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–1		1–1	0–1	5–3	3–0
Winterthur	0–1	2–3	1–3	2–5	0–4	2–3	2–0	6–2	1–1	2–1		0–2	2–3	2–0
Young Boys	2–2	2–1	4–3	4–0	2–0	0–0	5–1	3–2	2–0	5–0	7–1		5–1	2–0
Young Fellows	0–3	2–2	0–5	2–4	1–6	2–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–1		0–2
Zürich	3–5	1–1	1–6	0–3	1–2	1–1	3–1	1–2	2–4	1–2	4–1	1–5	0–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

^ Radnedge, Keir (1998). The Complete Encyclopedia of Football.

Sources

Switzerland 1956–57 at RSSSF

Seasons of the Swiss Football League

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