# 1963–64 Swiss 1. Liga

The 1963–64 1. Liga season was the 32nd season of the 1. Liga 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 total amateur football. At this time, the clubs in the two higher divisions in Switzerland were beginning to employ professional or semi-professional players.

## Format

There were 39 teams competing in the 1. Liga 1963–64 season. They were divided into three regional groups, each group 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 then contested a play-off round to decide the two promotion slots. The last two placed teams in each group were relegated to the 2. Liga (fourth tier).

## Group West
### Teams, locations

| Club | Based in | Canton | Stadium | Capacity |
| FC Assens | Assens | Vaud | Terrain FC Assens | 1,000 |
| FC Fribourg | Fribourg | Fribourg | Stade Universitaire | 9,000 |
| FC Hauterive | Hauterive, Neuchâtel | Neuchâtel | Vieilles Carrières | 1,000 |
| FC Le Locle | Le Locle | Neuchâtel | Installation sportive - Jeanneret | 3,142 |
| ES FC Malley | Malley | Vaud | Centre sportif de la Tuilière | 1,500 |
| FC Martigny-Sports | Martigny | Valais | Stade d'Octodure | 2,500 |
| FC Forward Morges | Morges | Vaud | Parc des Sports | 600 |
| FC Raron | Raron | Valais | Sportplatz Rhoneglut | 1,000 |
| FC Renens | Renens | Vaud | Zone sportive du Censuy | 2,300 |
| FC Stade Lausanne | Ouchy, Lausanne | Vaud | Centre sportif de Vidy | 1,000 |
| FC Versoix | Versoix | Geneva | Centre sportif de la Bécassière | 1,000 |
| FC Xamax | Neuchâtel | Neuchâtel | Stade de la Maladière | 25,500 |
| Yverdon-Sport FC | Yverdon-les-Bains | Vaud | Stade Municipal | 6,600 |

### Final league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | FC Le Locle | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 51 | 19 | +32 | 39 | Play-off to Nationalliga B |
| 2 | FC Fribourg | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 47 | 25 | +22 | 33 | |
| 3 | FC Raron | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 28 | |
| 4 | Yverdon-Sport FC | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 54 | 36 | +18 | 26 | |
| 5 | Xamax | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 26 | |
| 6 | ES FC Malley | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 25 | |
| 7 | FC Versoix | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 36 | −1 | 22 | |
| 8 | FC Forward Morges | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 20 | |
| 9 | FC Stade Lausanne | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 20 | |
| 10 | FC Renens | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 20 | |
| 11 | FC Martigny-Sports | 24 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 25 | 41 | −16 | 20 | |
| 12 | FC Hauterive | 24 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 39 | 48 | −9 | 17 | Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional |
| 13 | FC Assens | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 47 | −24 | 16 | Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional |

## Group Central
### Teams, locations

| Club | Based in | Canton | Stadium | Capacity |
| FC Alle | Alle | Jura | Centre Sportif Régional | 2,000 |
| SC Burgdorf | Burgdorf | Bern | Stadion Neumatt | 3,850 |
| FC Concordia Basel | Basel | Basel-Stadt | Stadion Rankhof | 7,000 |
| SR Delémont | Delémont | Jura | La Blancherie | 5,263 |
| FC Emmenbrücke | Emmen | Lucerne | Stadion Gersag | 8,700 |
| FC Gerlafingen | Gerlafingen | Solothurn | Kirchacker | 1,000 |
| FC Kickers Luzern | Lucerne | Lucerne | Stadion Auf Tribschen | 2,950 |
| FC Langenthal | Langenthal | Bern | Rankmatte | 2,000 |
| FC Minerva Bern | Bern | Bern | Spitalacker | 1,450 |
| FC Nordstern Basel | Basel | Basel-Stadt | Rankhof | 7,600 |
| BSC Old Boys | Basel | Basel-Stadt | Stadion Schützenmatte | 8,000 |
| FC Olten | Olten | Solothurn | Sportanlagen Kleinholz | 8,000 |
| FC Wohlen | Wohlen | Aargau | Stadion Niedermatten | 3,734 |

### Final league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | SC Burgdorf | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 55 | 25 | +30 | 36 | Play-off to Nationalliga B |
| 2 | FC Concordia Basel | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 54 | 29 | +25 | 35 | |
| 3 | SR Delémont | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 28 | |
| 4 | FC Alle | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 25 | |
| 5 | FC Emmenbrücke | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 24 | |
| 6 | FC Nordstern Basel | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 24 | |
| 7 | FC Olten | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 24 | |
| 8 | FC Minerva Bern | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 22 | |
| 9 | FC Langenthal | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 55 | 56 | −1 | 22 | |
| 10 | FC Wohlen | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 22 | |
| 11 | FC Gerlafingen | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 21 | |
| 12 | FC Kickers Luzern | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 35 | 52 | −17 | 18 | Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional |
| 13 | BSC Old Boys | 24 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 26 | 56 | −30 | 11 | Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional |

## Group South and East
### Teams, locations

| Club | Based in | Canton | Stadium | Capacity |
| FC Baden | Baden | Aargau | Esp Stadium | 7,000 |
| FC Blue Stars Zürich | Zürich | Zürich | Hardhof | 1,000 |
| FC Bodio | Bodio | Ticino | Campo comunale Pollegio | 1,000 |
| FC Dietikon | Dietikon | Zürich | Fussballplatz Dornau | 1,000 |
| FC Küsnacht | Küsnacht | Zürich | Sportanlage Heslibach | 2,300 |
| FC Locarno | Locarno | Ticino | Stadio comunale Lido | 5,000 |
| FC Oerlikon/Polizei ZH | Oerlikon (Zürich) | Zürich | Sportanlage Neudorf | 1,000 |
| FC Rapid Lugano | Lugano | Ticino | Cornaredo Stadium | 6,330 |
| FC Red Star Zürich | Zürich | Zürich | Allmend Brunau | 2,000 |
| FC St. Gallen | St. Gallen | St. Gallen | Espenmoos | 11,000 |
| FC Vaduz | Vaduz | Liechtenstein | Rheinpark Stadion | 7,584 |
| FC Wettingen | Wettingen | Aargau | Stadion Altenburg | 10,000 |
| FC Widnau | Widnau | St. Gallen | Sportanlage Aegeten | 2,000 |

### Final league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | FC Baden | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 61 | 28 | +33 | 35 | To decider for first place |
| 2 | FC Blue Stars Zürich | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 21 | +27 | 35 | To decider for first place |
| 3 | FC Red Star Zürich | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 45 | 39 | +6 | 28 | |
| 4 | FC Vaduz | 24 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 26 | |
| 5 | FC Bodio | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 26 | |
| 6 | FC St. Gallen | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 54 | 42 | +12 | 25 | |
| 7 | FC Locarno | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 25 | |
| 8 | FC Wettingen | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 50 | 29 | +21 | 24 | |
| 9 | FC Oerlikon/Polizei ZH | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 21 | |
| 10 | FC Widnau | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 20 | |
| 11 | FC Dietikon | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 44 | −15 | 20 | |
| 12 | FC Küsnacht | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 18 | Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional |
| 13 | FC Rapid Lugano | 24 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 71 | −48 | 9 | Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional |

### Decider for first place

The decider match for the group championship was played on 20 June at Stadion Brügglifeld in Aarau.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| FC Baden | 3–2 | Blue Stars |
FC Baden won and advanced to play-offs. Blue Stars remained in the division.

## Promotion play-off

The three group winners played single a round-robin for the two promotion slots and for the championship.

### Round-robin

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | LeL | BUR | BAD |
| 1 | Le Locle | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 4 | — | — | 5–2 |
| 2 | Burgdorf | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 | 0–2 | — | — |
| 3 | Baden | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 1 | — | 3–3 | — |
FC Le Locle won, were declaired 1. Liga champions and were promoted to 1964–65 Nationalliga B.

### Decider for second place

The decider match for second place was played on 12 July 1964 in Olten.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Burgdorf | 1–3 | Baden |
Baden won and were promoted to 1964–65 Nationalliga B. Burgdorf remained in the division.

## Further in Swiss football

* 1963–64 Nationalliga A
* 1963–64 Nationalliga B
* 1963–64 Swiss Cup