# 1985–86 Nationalliga A

Statistics of the Swiss National League in the 1985–86 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 89th season of top-tier Swiss football.

## 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 1986–87 European Cup, the runners-up and third placed team would qualify for the 1986–87 UEFA Cup. The last two placed teams in the NLA would be directly 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 would be relegated to next season's 1. Liga.

## Nationalliga A

The first round was played on 7 August 1985. There was to be a winter break between 23 November and 2 March 1986. The season was completed on 27 May 1987.

### Final league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Young Boys | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 72 | 28 | +44 | 44 | Swiss champions, qualified for 1986–87 European Cup and entered 1986 Intertoto Cup |
| 2 | Xamax | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 78 | 32 | +46 | 42 | Qualified for 1986–87 UEFA Cup |
| 3 | Luzern | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 56 | 39 | +17 | 41 | Qualified for 1986–87 UEFA Cup and entered 1986 Intertoto Cup |
| 4 | Zürich | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 64 | 43 | +21 | 39 | Entered 1986 Intertoto Cup |
| 5 | Grasshopper Club | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 64 | 32 | +32 | 38 | Entered 1986 Intertoto Cup |
| 6 | Lausanne-Sport | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 59 | 50 | +9 | 35 | Entered 1986 Intertoto Cup |
| 7 | Aarau | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 62 | 47 | +15 | 34 | |
| 8 | Sion | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 33 | Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1986–87 Cup Winners' Cup |
| 9 | Servette | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 31 | |
| 10 | Basel | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 30 | |
| 11 | St. Gallen | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 48 | 46 | +2 | 30 | Entered 1986 Intertoto Cup |
| 12 | Wettingen | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 24 | |
| 13 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 30 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 24 | 61 | −37 | 18 | |
| 14 | Vevey-Sports | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 36 | 76 | −40 | 17 | |
| 15 | Grenchen | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 33 | 81 | −48 | 16 | Relegated to 1986–87 Nationalliga B |
| 16 | Baden | 30 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 14 | 86 | −72 | 8 | Relegated to 1986–87 Nationalliga B |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AAR | BAD | BAS | CHF | GCZ | GRE | LS | LUZ | NX | SER | SIO | STG | VEV | WET | YB | ZÜR |
| Aarau | | 4–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 6–2 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 |
| Baden | 0–1 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–8 | 1–6 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Basel | 4–1 | 5–0 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–3 |
| Chaux-de-Fonds | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Grasshopper Club | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | | 6–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Grenchen | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–6 | 1–8 |
| Lausanne-Sports | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–6 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 5–2 |
| Luzern | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | | 2–7 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Xamax | 1–1 | 8–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 9–1 |
| Servette | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 |
| Sion | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| St. Gallen | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 1–1 |
| Vevey-Sports | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–4 |
| Wettingen | 1–6 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Young Boys | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 6–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 3–0 |
| Zürich | 0–2 | 8–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |

## Nationalliga B

The first round was played on 3 August 1985. There was to be a winter break between 24 November and 2 March 1986. The season was completed on 28 May 1986.

### Final league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | FC Locarno | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 96 | 33 | +63 | 45 | NLB champions, promoted to 1986–87 Nationalliga A |
| 2 | AC Bellinzona | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 58 | 24 | +34 | 45 | Promoted to 1986–87 Nationalliga A |
| 3 | Lugano | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 74 | 45 | +29 | 43 | |
| 4 | CS Chênois | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 71 | 44 | +27 | 41 | |
| 5 | FC Chiasso | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 35 | |
| 6 | FC Winterthur | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 57 | 56 | +1 | 31 | |
| 7 | FC Bulle | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 28 | |
| 8 | FC Biel-Bienne | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 45 | 55 | −10 | 27 | |
| 9 | FC Martigny-Sports | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 48 | 56 | −8 | 26 | |
| 10 | SC Zug | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 25 | |
| 11 | FC Renens | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 25 | |
| 12 | Etoile Carouge FC | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 25 | |
| 13 | FC Schaffhausen | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 36 | 51 | −15 | 25 | |
| 14 | FC Zug | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 23 | Relegated to 1986–87 1. Liga |
| 15 | FC Laufen | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 42 | 70 | −28 | 20 | Relegated to 1986–87 1. Liga |
| 16 | FC Le Locle | 30 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 39 | 89 | −50 | 16 | Relegated to 1986–87 1. Liga |

## Further in Swiss football

* 1985–86 Swiss Cup
* 1985–86 Swiss 1. Liga