# 1948–49 Nationalliga A

The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1948–49 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 52nd season of top-tier and the 51st season of second-tier football in Switzerland.

## Overview

The Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) had 28 member clubs at this time which were divided into two divisions of 14 teams each. The teams played a double round-robin to decide their table positions. Two points were awarded for a win and one point was awarded for a draw. The top tier (NLA) was contested by the top 12 teams from the previous season and the two newly promoted teams Urania Genève Sport and Chiasso. The last two teams in the league table at the end of the season were to be relegated.
The second-tier (NLB) was contested by the two teams that had been relegated from the NLA at the end of the last season, these were Bern and Cantonal Neuchâtel, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams from the 1. Liga Mendrisio and Vevey-Sports. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1949–50 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1949–50 Swiss 1. Liga.

## Nationalliga A
### Teams, locations

| Team | Based in | Canton | Stadium | Capacity |
| FC Basel | Basel | Basel-Stadt | Landhof | 4,000 |
| AC Bellinzona | Bellinzona | Ticino | Stadio Comunale Bellinzona | 5,000 |
| FC Biel-Bienne | Biel/Bienne | Bern | Stadion Gurzelen | 5,500 |
| FC Chiasso | Chiasso | Ticino | Stadio Comunale Riva IV | 4,000 |
| Grasshopper Club Zürich | Zürich | Zürich | Hardturm | 20,000 |
| FC Grenchen | Grenchen | Solothurn | Stadium Brühl | 15,100 |
| FC La Chaux-de-Fonds | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Neuchâtel | Centre Sportif de la Charrière | 10,000 |
| FC Lausanne-Sport | Lausanne | Vaud | Pontaise | 30,000 |
| FC Locarno | Locarno | Ticino | Stadio comunale Lido | 5,000 |
| FC Lugano | Lugano | Ticino | Cornaredo Stadium | 6,330 |
| Servette FC | Geneva | Geneva | Stade des Charmilles | 27,000 |
| Urania Genève Sport | Genève | Geneva | Stade de Frontenex | 4,000 |
| FC Young Fellows | Zürich | Zürich | Utogrund | 2,850 |
| FC Zürich | Zürich | Zürich | Letzigrund | 25,000 |

### Final league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Lugano | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 18 | +23 | 40 | Swiss Champions |
| 2 | Basel | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 58 | 37 | +21 | 33 | |
| 3 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 54 | 50 | +4 | 29 | |
| 4 | Servette | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 27 | Swiss Cup winners |
| 5 | Zürich | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 65 | 59 | +6 | 27 | |
| 6 | Bellinzona | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 27 | |
| 7 | Locarno | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 27 | |
| 8 | Lausanne-Sport | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 26 | |
| 9 | Biel-Bienne | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 25 | |
| 10 | Grenchen | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 23 | |
| 11 | Chiasso | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 55 | −20 | 22 | |
| 12 | Young Fellows Zürich | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 45 | 66 | −21 | 21 | |
| 13 | Grasshopper Club | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 51 | −9 | 20 | Relegated to 1949–50 NLB |
| 14 | Urania Genève Sport | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 17 | Relegated to 1949–50 NLB |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAS | BEL | BB | CDF | CHI | GCZ | GRE | LS | LOC | LUG | SER | UGS | YFZ | ZÜR |
| Basel | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 3–1 |
| Bellinzona | 3–3 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 |
| Biel-Bienne | 2–0 | 4–0 | | 3–2 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 |
| La Chaux-de-Fonds | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–4 | 5–2 |
| Chiasso | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Grasshopper Club | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 7–0 | | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Grenchen | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | | 4–5 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 |
| Lausanne-Sports | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| Locarno | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Lugano | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Servette | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 0–3 | | 6–1 | 8–2 | 4–3 |
| Urania | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 4–0 | 1–6 |
| Young Fellows | 3–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 6–1 | | 0–0 |
| Zürich | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 2–6 | 5–3 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 5–0 | |

### Topscorers

| Rank | Player | Goals | Club |
| 1. | Jacques Fatton | 21 | Servette |
| 2. | Charles Antenen | 19 | La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| 3. | Hans Siegenthaler | 18 | Young Fellows Zürich |
| 4. | Erich Andres | 17 | Zürich |
| 5. | Sergio Bernasconi | 15 | Lugano |
| 6. | Hans Hügi | 14 | Basel |
| 6. | Ledio Zanetti | 14 | Zürich |
| 8. | Milorad Nikolić | 13 | Lausanne-Sport |
| 9. | Ezio Sormani | 12 | Bellinzona |
| 9. | Alessandro Righetti | 12 | Grenchen |
| 9. | Hans-Peter Friedländer | 12 | Lausanne-Sport |
| 9. | Walter Bosshard | 12 | Zürich |

## Nationalliga B
### Teams, locations

| Team | Based in | Canton | Stadium | Capacity |
| FC Aarau | Aarau | Aargau | Stadion Brügglifeld | 9,240 |
| FC Bern | Bern | Bern | Stadion Neufeld | 14,000 |
| SC Brühl | St. Gallen | St. Gallen | Paul-Grüninger-Stadion | 4,200 |
| FC Cantonal Neuchâtel | Neuchâtel | Neuchâtel | Stade de la Maladière | 25,500 |
| FC Fribourg | Fribourg | Fribourg | Stade Universitaire | 9,000 |
| CS International Genève | Geneva | Geneva | | |
| FC Luzern | Lucerne | Lucerne | Stadion Allmend | 25,000 |
| FC Mendrisio | Mendrisio | Ticino | Centro Sportivo Comunale | 4,000 |
| FC Nordstern Basel | Basel | Basel-Stadt | Rankhof | 7,600 |
| FC St. Gallen | St. Gallen | St. Gallen | Espenmoos | 11,000 |
| FC Thun | Thun | Bern | Stadion Lachen | 10,350 |
| Vevey-Sports | Vevey | Vaud | Stade de Copet | 4,000 |
| BSC Young Boys | Bern | Bern | Wankdorf Stadium | 56,000 |
| SC Zug | Zug | Zug | Herti Allmend Stadion | 6,000 |

### Final league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | FC St. Gallen | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 51 | 34 | +17 | 34 | To play-off for NLB championship |
| 2 | FC Bern | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 34 | To play-off for NLB championship |
| 3 | BSC Young Boys | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 53 | 26 | +27 | 33 | |
| 4 | FC Aarau | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 45 | 31 | +14 | 32 | |
| 5 | FC Cantonal Neuchâtel | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 57 | 35 | +22 | 31 | |
| 6 | FC Fribourg | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 47 | 43 | +4 | 31 | |
| 7 | FC Luzern | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 30 | |
| 8 | FC Mendrisio | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 28 | |
| 9 | SC Brühl | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 24 | |
| 10 | FC Thun | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 40 | −11 | 21 | |
| 11 | SC Zug | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 36 | 59 | −23 | 21 | |
| 12 | FC Nordstern Basel | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 37 | 55 | −18 | 18 | |
| 13 | Vevey-Sports | 26 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 32 | 56 | −24 | 16 | Relegated to 1949–50 1. Liga |
| 14 | CS International Genève | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 28 | 61 | −33 | 11 | Relegated to 1949–50 1. Liga |

### Decider for NLB championship

FC St. Gallen and FC Bern finished the season level on points in joint first position and both achieved promotion to 1949–50 Nationalliga A. However, it required a play-off to decide the division championship. The play-off was played on 19 June 1949 at the Hardturm in Zürich.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| St. Gallen | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Bern |
The replay was also played at the Hardturm on 26 June.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| St. Gallen | 5–2 | Bern |
St. Gallen won and became NLB champions.

## Further in Swiss football

* 1948–49 Swiss Cup
* 1948–49 Swiss 1. Liga