# 1983–84 Nationalliga A

Statistics of the Swiss National League in the 1983–84 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 87th season of top-tier and the 86th 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 1984–85 European Cup, the runners-up and third placed team would qualify for the 1984–85 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 9 August 1983. There was to be a winter break between 27 November and 25 February 1984. The season was completed on 6 June 1984. Because the top two teams finished level on points, a championship play-off match was required and this took place on 15 June at the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern.

### Teams

| Team | Town | Canton | Stadium | Capacity |
| Aarau | Aarau | Aargau | Stadion Brügglifeld | 9,240 |
| Basel | Basel | Basel-Stadt | St. Jakob Stadium | 36,800 |
| Bellinzona | Bellinzona | Ticino | Stadio Comunale Bellinzona | 5,000 |
| Chiasso | Chiasso | Ticino | Stadio Comunale Riva IV | 4,000 |
| 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 |
| Xamax | Neuchâtel | Neuchâtel | Stade de la Maladière | 25,500 |
| Young Boys | Bern | Bern | Wankdorf Stadium | 56,000 |
| Zürich | Zürich | Zürich | Letzigrund | 25,000 |

### Final league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Grasshopper Club | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 59 | 32 | +27 | 44 | Championship play-off winners, qualified for 1984–85 European Cup |
| 2 | Servette | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 67 | 31 | +36 | 44 | Championship play-off loosers Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1984–85 Cup Winners' Cup |
| 3 | Sion | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 74 | 39 | +35 | 43 | qualified for 1984–85 UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Xamax | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 54 | 27 | +27 | 40 | qualified for 1984–85 UEFA Cup |
| 5 | St. Gallen | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 57 | 41 | +16 | 40 | entered 1984 Intertoto Cup |
| 6 | Lausanne-Sport | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 34 | |
| 7 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 33 | |
| 8 | Wettingen | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 30 | entered 1984 Intertoto Cup |
| 9 | Basel | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 55 | 59 | −4 | 28 | |
| 10 | Aarau | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 50 | 42 | +8 | 27 | |
| 11 | Young Boys | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 25 | |
| 12 | Zürich | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 24 | entered 1984 Intertoto Cup |
| 13 | Vevey-Sports | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 43 | 65 | −22 | 24 | |
| 14 | Luzern | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 35 | 52 | −17 | 22 | entered 1984 Intertoto Cup |
| 15 | Bellinzona | 30 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 30 | 79 | −49 | 12 | Relegated to 1984–85 Nationalliga B |
| 16 | Chiasso | 30 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 26 | 82 | −56 | 10 | Relegated to 1984–85 Nationalliga B |

### Results

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

### Championship play-off
## Nationalliga B

The first round was played on 9 August 1983. There was to be a winter break between 27 November and 25 February 1984. The season was completed on 6 June 1984. Because two teams finished level on points in 13th and 14th position, a relegation play-out match was required and this took place on 15 June at the Olympique de la Pontaise in Lausanne.

### Teams, locations

| Team | Town | Canton | Stadium | Capacity |
| FC Baden | Baden | Aargau | Esp Stadium | 7,000 |
| FC Biel-Bienne | Biel/Bienne | Bern | Stadion Gurzelen | 15,000 |
| FC Bulle | Bulle | Fribourg | Stade de Bouleyres | 7,000 |
| CS Chênois | Thônex | Geneva | Stade des Trois-Chêne | 8,000 |
| FC Fribourg | Fribourg | Fribourg | Stade Universitaire | 9,000 |
| 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 Nordstern Basel | Basel | Basel-Stadt | Rankhof | 7,600 |
| FC Red Star Zürich | Zürich | Zürich | Allmend Brunau | 2,000 |
| FC Winterthur | Winterthur | Zürich | Schützenwiese | 8,550 |
| Zug | Zug | Zug | Herti Allmend Stadion | 6,000 |

### Final league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | SC Zug | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 64 | 33 | +31 | 41 | Champions and promoted to 1984–85 Nationalliga A |
| 2 | FC Winterthur | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 56 | 43 | +13 | 41 | Promoted to 1984–85 Nationalliga A |
| 3 | Lugano | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 59 | 35 | +24 | 38 | |
| 4 | FC Martigny-Sports | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 33 | |
| 5 | FC Baden | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 60 | 53 | +7 | 33 | |
| 6 | FC Bulle | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 31 | |
| 7 | Mendrisiostar | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 41 | 35 | +6 | 30 | |
| 8 | FC Locarno | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 29 | |
| 9 | CS Chênois | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 42 | 51 | −9 | 29 | |
| 10 | FC Grenchen | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 28 | |
| 11 | FC Biel-Bienne | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 28 | |
| 12 | FC Laufen | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 28 | |
| 13 | FC Monthey | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 43 | −9 | 24 | To relegation play-out |
| 14 | FC Fribourg | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 24 | To relegation play-out |
| 15 | FC Nordstern Basel | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 38 | 60 | −22 | 23 | Relegated to 1984–85 Swiss 1. Liga |
| 16 | FC Red Star Zürich | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 48 | 64 | −16 | 20 | Relegated to 1984–85 Swiss 1. Liga |

### Play-out against relegation

The decider was played on 15 June in Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| FC Monthey | 1–1 a.e.t. 4–3 pen. | FC Fribourg |
FC Monthey win after penalty shoot-out and remain in division. FC Fribourg were relegated to 1984–85 Swiss 1. Liga.

## Further in Swiss football

* 1983–84 Swiss Cup
* 1983–84 Swiss 1. Liga