# 1984–85 Nationalliga A

Statistics of the Swiss National League in the 1984–85 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 88th season of top-tier and the 87th season of second-tier football in Switzerland.

## Overview

There were 32 member clubs in the Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV), divided into two tiers of 16 teams each. The top tier was named Nationalliga A (NLA) and the second tier was named Nationalliga B (NLB). In both divisions the teams played a double round-robin to decide their table positions. The Swiss champions would qualify for the 1985–86 European Cup, the runners-up and third placed team would qualify for the 1985–86 UEFA Cup. The last two placed teams in the NLA were relegated to the NLB for the following season. The top two placed teams in the NLB would be promoted to the top tier. The last three teams in the NLB were relegated to next season's 1. Liga.

## Nationalliga A

The first round was played on 15 August 1984. There was to be a winter break between 9 December and 2 March 1985. The season was completed on 19 June 1986.

### Teams, Locations

| Team | Town | Canton | Stadium | Capacity |
| Aarau | Aarau | Aargau | Stadion Brügglifeld | 9,240 |
| Basel | Basel | Basel-Stadt | St. Jakob Stadium | 36,800 |
| Grasshopper Club | Zürich | Zürich | Hardturm | 20,000 |
| La Chaux-de-Fonds | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Neuchâtel | Centre Sportif de la Charrière | 12,700 |
| Lausanne-Sports | Lausanne | Vaud | Pontaise | 15,700 |
| Luzern | Lucerne | Lucerne | Stadion Allmend | 25,000 |
| St. Gallen | St. Gallen | St. Gallen | Espenmoos | 11,000 |
| Servette | Geneva | Geneva | Stade des Charmilles | 27,000 |
| Sion | Sion | Valais | Stade de Tourbillon | 16,000 |
| Vevey-Sports | Vevey | Vaud | Stade de Copet | 4,000 |
| Wettingen | Wettingen | Aargau | Stadion Altenburg | 10,000 |
| FC Winterthur | Winterthur | Zürich | Schützenwiese | 8,550 |
| Xamax | Neuchâtel | Neuchâtel | Stade de la Maladière | 25,500 |
| Young Boys | Bern | Bern | Wankdorf Stadium | 56,000 |
| Zug | Zug | Zug | Herti Allmend Stadion | 6,000 |
| Zürich | Zürich | Zürich | Letzigrund | 25,000 |

### Final league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Servette | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 71 | 28 | +43 | 46 | Swiss Champions qualified for 1985–86 European Cup |
| 2 | Aarau | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 62 | 43 | +19 | 42 | Swiss Cup winners qualified for 1985–86 Cup Winners' Cup and entered 1985 Intertoto Cup |
| 3 | Xamax | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 59 | 34 | +25 | 39 | Qualified for 1985–86 UEFA Cup |
| 4 | St. Gallen | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 66 | 32 | +34 | 37 | Qualified for 1985–86 UEFA Cup and entered 1985 Intertoto Cup |
| 5 | Sion | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 56 | 49 | +7 | 36 | Entered 1985 Intertoto Cup |
| 6 | Grasshopper Club | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 32 | |
| 7 | Zürich | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 59 | 52 | +7 | 31 | |
| 8 | Basel | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 31 | |
| 9 | Young Boys | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 45 | −3 | 30 | Entered 1985 Intertoto Cup |
| 10 | Lausanne-Sport | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 50 | 57 | −7 | 29 | |
| 11 | Wettingen | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 26 | |
| 12 | Luzern | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 53 | −20 | 26 | |
| 13 | Vevey-Sports | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 24 | |
| 14 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 41 | 54 | −13 | 24 | |
| 15 | SC Zug | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 71 | −44 | 14 | Relegated to 1985–86 Nationalliga B |
| 16 | Winterthur | 30 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 32 | 72 | −40 | 13 | Relegated to 1985–86 Nationalliga B |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AAR | BAS | CDF | GCZ | LS | LUZ | NX | SER | SIO | STG | VEV | WET | WIN | YB | ZUG | ZÜR |
| Aarau | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 |
| Basel | 0–1 | | 4–1 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Chaux-de-Fonds | 5–4 | 1–1 | | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–6 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| Grasshopper | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Lausanne-Sports | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 5–4 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Luzern | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Neuchâtel Xamax | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 4–4 | 2–0 | 4–0 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 |
| Servette | 4–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 5–2 | | 4–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Sion | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 8–2 | | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| St. Gallen | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| Vevey-Sports | 2–3 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| Wettingen | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 |
| Winterthur | 1–6 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 |
| Young Boys | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | | 4–2 | 1–1 |
| Zug | 0–3 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | | 1–5 |
| Zürich | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 6–2 | |

## Nationalliga B

The first round was played on 15 August 1984. There was to be a winter break between 9 December and 3 March 1985. The season was completed on 19 June 1986.

### Teams, locations

| Team | Town | Canton | Stadium | Capacity |
| FC Baden | Baden | Aargau | Esp Stadium | 7,000 |
| Bellinzona | Bellinzona | Ticino | Stadio Comunale Bellinzona | 5,000 |
| FC Biel-Bienne | Biel/Bienne | Bern | Stadion Gurzelen | 15,000 |
| FC Bulle | Bulle | Fribourg | Stade de Bouleyres | 7,000 |
| Étoile Carouge FC | Geneva | Geneva | Stade de la Fontenette | 3,690 |
| CS Chênois | Thônex | Geneva | Stade des Trois-Chêne | 8,000 |
| Chiasso | Chiasso | Ticino | Stadio Comunale Riva IV | 4,000 |
| FC Grenchen | Grenchen | Solothurn | Stadium Brühl | 15,100 |
| FC Laufen | Laufen | Basel-Landschaft | Sportplatz Nau | 3,000 |
| FC Locarno | Locarno | Ticino | Stadio comunale Lido | 5,000 |
| Lugano | Lugano | Ticino | Cornaredo Stadium | 6,330 |
| FC Martigny-Sports | Martigny | Valais | Stade d'Octodure | 2,500 |
| Mendrisiostar | Mendrisio | Ticino | Centro Sportivo Comunale | 4,000 |
| FC Monthey | Monthey | Valais | Stade Philippe Pottier | 1,800 |
| FC Schaffhausen | Schaffhausen | Schaffhausen | Stadion Breite | 7,300 |
| 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 |
| 1 | FC Grenchen | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 55 | 28 | +27 | 40 | Promotion to 1985–86 Nationalliga A |
| 2 | FC Baden | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 61 | 41 | +20 | 40 | Promotion to 1985–86 Nationalliga A |
| 3 | Etoile Carouge FC | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 58 | 40 | +18 | 37 | |
| 4 | FC Biel-Bienne | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 58 | 43 | +15 | 37 | |
| 5 | FC Schaffhausen | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 35 | |
| 6 | Lugano | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 34 | |
| 7 | FC Bulle | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 34 | |
| 8 | FC Martigny-Sports | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 33 | |
| 9 | FC Locarno | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 42 | 37 | +5 | 31 | |
| 10 | CS Chênois | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 31 | |
| 11 | FC Chiasso | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 29 | |
| 12 | AC Bellinzona | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 47 | 52 | −5 | 29 | |
| 13 | FC Laufen | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 29 | |
| 14 | Mendrisiostar | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 28 | Relegation to 1985–86 1. Liga |
| 15 | Yverdon-Sport FC | 30 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 29 | 84 | −55 | 9 | Relegation to 1985–86 1. Liga |
| 16 | FC Monthey | 30 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 30 | 98 | −68 | 4 | Relegation to 1985–86 1. Liga |

## Further in Swiss football

* 1984–85 Swiss Cup
* 1984–85 Swiss 1. Liga