1979–80 Nationalliga A

83rd season of top-tier Swiss football

Football league season

Nationalliga A
Season	1979–80
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

Statistics of Swiss Super League in the 1979–80 season.

Overview

It was contested by 14 teams, and FC Basel won the championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Servette FC Genève	26	16	7	3	61	25	+36	39	To championship round
2	FC Basel	26	15	7	4	67	27	+40	37
3	Grasshopper Club Zürich	26	14	8	4	61	21	+40	36
4	FC Lucerne	26	14	4	8	44	44	0	32
5	FC Zürich	26	13	5	8	56	42	+14	31
6	FC Sion	26	11	9	6	47	37	+10	31
7	FC St. Gallen	26	11	6	9	48	37	+11	28
8	FC Chiasso	26	6	11	9	27	43	−16	23
9	Lausanne Sports	26	8	6	12	35	38	−3	22
10	BSC Young Boys	26	8	5	13	34	49	−15	21
11	CS Chênois	26	4	12	10	32	45	−13	20
12	Neuchâtel Xamax	26	8	4	14	33	48	−15	20
13	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	26	5	7	14	24	57	−33	17	Relegated
14	FC Lugano	26	1	5	20	18	74	−56	7	Relegated

Source: rsssf.com

Home \ Away	BAS	CDF	CHÊ	CHI	GCZ	LS	LUG	LUZ	NX	SER	SIO	STG	YB	ZÜR
Basel		6–0	0–0	6–1	2–0	3–1	7–0	8–2	6–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	4–1	3–1
Chaux-de-Fonds	1–1		2–2	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	0–1	4–1	0–5	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–0
Chênois	1–1	4–2		0–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	3–0	0–2	2–2	2–2	3–0	2–2	2–4
Chiasso	1–1	2–1	2–1		1–1	1–0	3–3	2–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	2–1	1–0
Grasshopper	4–1	5–0	5–0	6–2		4–0	4–0	5–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	0–0
Lausanne-Sports	0–3	5–1	4–0	1–1	1–1		2–1	1–3	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	3–1	3–0
Lugano	2–5	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–1		1–4	2–5	0–1	0–4	2–2	1–3	0–2
Luzern	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–1		1–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	2–1
Neuchâtel Xamax	0–1	4–0	3–1	1–0	0–3	0–1	2–0	1–1		1–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–3
Servette	0–0	4–0	4–1	2–1	4–2	3–1	8–0	3–2	6–0		2–3	4–1	1–0	0–4
Sion	1–2	1–1	2–1	4–0	2–1	0–3	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1		2–2	3–1	3–2
St. Gallen	3–0	6–0	1–1	2–1	1–4	1–0	4–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	4–0		2–3	4–0
Young Boys	1–3	0–3	0–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	3–1	3–2	1–2	0–3	4–2		1–2
Zürich	1–1	3–1	0–0	7–2	2–2	3–2	5–1	3–1	4–2	1–3	4–2	0–3	4–1

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Basel (C)	10	6	2	2	24	11	+13	19	33	1980–81 European Cup
2	Grasshopper Club Zürich	10	5	3	2	21	11	+10	18	31	1980–81 UEFA Cup
3	Servette FC Genève	10	5	1	4	18	11	+7	20	31	1980–81 UEFA Cup
4	FC Zürich	10	5	1	4	17	15	+2	16	27
5	FC Sion	10	4	2	4	22	20	+2	16	26	Swiss Cup winners: 1980–81 Cup Winners' Cup
6	FC Lucerne	10	0	1	9	4	38	−34	16	17

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Home \ Away	BAS	GCZ	LUZ	SER	SIO	ZÜR
Basel		0–0	5–0	2–0	3–2	2–0
Grasshopper	3–1		8–0	2–1	2–2	0–1
Luzern	0–4	0–1		0–2	3–5	0–2
Servette	2–1	1–1	6–0		2–0	3–0
Sion	2–2	0–3	4–0	3–1		3–2
Zürich	2–4	5–1	1–1	2–0	2–1

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

Serie A era, 1897–1931
Seasons	1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31

Nationalliga era, 1931–1944
Seasons	1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44

Nationalliga A era, 1944–2003
Seasons	1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03

Nationalliga A era, 1944–2003

Seasons

Super League era, 2003–present
Seasons	2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e 1979–80 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '79 '80 England Faroe Islands '79 '80 Finland '79 '80 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '79 '80 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '79 '80 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '79 '80 Spain Sweden '79 '80 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '79 '80 Finland '79 '80 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '79 '80 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '79 '80 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup