# 1981–82 in Swiss football

The following is a summary of the 1981–82 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

## Nationalliga A
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Grasshopper Club | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 72 | 24 | +48 | 49 | Swiss champions, qualified for 1982–83 European Cup |
| 2 | Servette | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 76 | 32 | +44 | 46 | Qualified for 1982–83 UEFA Cup |
| 3 | Zürich | 30 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 62 | 25 | +37 | 46 | Qualified for 1982–83 UEFA Cup and entered 1982 Intertoto Cup |
| 4 | Xamax | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 67 | 30 | +37 | 45 | |
| 5 | Young Boys | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 39 | Entered 1982 Intertoto Cup |
| 6 | Sion | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 31 | Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1982–83 Cup Winners' Cup |
| 7 | Aarau | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 51 | 55 | −4 | 28 | |
| 8 | Basel | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 28 | |
| 9 | Luzern | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 54 | 59 | −5 | 27 | Entered 1982 Intertoto Cup |
| 10 | St. Gallen | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 25 | Entered 1982 Intertoto Cup |
| 11 | Vevey-Sports | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 23 | |
| 12 | Bellinzona | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 34 | 66 | −32 | 21 | |
| 13 | Lausanne-Sport | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 20 | |
| 14 | Bulle | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 58 | −29 | 19 | |
| 15 | Nordstern Basel | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 29 | 69 | −40 | 17 | Relegated to 1982–83 Nationalliga B |
| 16 | Chiasso | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 63 | −38 | 16 | Relegated to 1982–83 Nationalliga B |

## Nationalliga B
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Winterthur | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 65 | 26 | +39 | 45 | Promoted to 1982–83 Nationalliga A |
| 2 | Wettingen | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 60 | 29 | +31 | 44 | Promoted to 1982–83 Nationalliga A |
| 3 | Chênois | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 52 | 30 | +22 | 40 | |
| 4 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 64 | 36 | +28 | 37 | |
| 5 | Grenchen | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 34 | |
| 6 | Mendrisiostar | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 34 | |
| 7 | Lugano | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 49 | +6 | 31 | |
| 8 | Locarno | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 54 | 40 | +14 | 30 | |
| 9 | Biel-Bienne | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 30 | |
| 10 | Bern | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 45 | 57 | −12 | 26 | |
| 11 | Ibach | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 25 | |
| 12 | Fribourg | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 24 | |
| 13 | Monthey | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 23 | |
| 14 | FC Aurore Bienne | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 64 | −38 | 22 | Relegated to 1982–83 1. Liga |
| 15 | FC Altstätten (St. Gallen) | 30 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 25 | 56 | −31 | 20 | Relegated to 1982–83 1. Liga |
| 16 | Frauenfeld | 30 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 59 | −33 | 15 | Relegated to 1982–83 1. Liga |

## 1. Liga
### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Etoile Carouge FC | 26 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 68 | 31 | +37 | 38 | Play-off to Nationalliga B |
| 2 | Yverdon-Sport FC | 26 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 51 | 32 | +19 | 36 | To decider for second place |
| 3 | FC Renens | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 48 | 35 | +13 | 36 | To decider for second place |
| 4 | FC Martigny-Sports | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 64 | 45 | +19 | 30 | |
| 5 | FC Orbe | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 68 | 59 | +9 | 29 | |
| 6 | FC Boudry | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 28 | |
| 7 | FC Leytron | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 50 | 56 | −6 | 26 | |
| 8 | FC Raron | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 25 | |
| 9 | FC Montreux-Sports | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 24 | |
| 10 | FC Stade Nyonnais | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 23 | |
| 11 | ES FC Malley | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 44 | 58 | −14 | 21 | |
| 12 | FC Stade Lausanne | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 38 | 61 | −23 | 19 | Decider for twelfth place |
| 13 | FC Onex | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 39 | −13 | 19 | Decider for twelfth place |
| 14 | CS La Tour-de-Peilz | 26 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 39 | 77 | −38 | 10 | Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional |

#### Decider for second place

The decider match for second place was played on 26 May in Martigny.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Yverdon-Sport FC | 1–0 | FC Renens |
Yverdon-Sport FC win and advance to play-offs. FC Renens remain in the division.

#### Decider for twelfth place

The decider match for twelfth was played on 26 May in Nyon.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| FC Stade Lausanne | 5–1 | FC Onex |
FC Stade Lausanne win and continue in the play-outs. FC Onex are relegated directly to 2. Liga Interregional.

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | FC Laufen | 26 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 50 | 16 | +34 | 41 | Play-off to Nationalliga B |
| 2 | SR Delémont | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 57 | 27 | +30 | 36 | Play-off to Nationalliga B |
| 3 | SC Burgdorf | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 56 | 39 | +17 | 35 | |
| 4 | BSC Old Boys | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 62 | 50 | +12 | 26 | |
| 5 | FC Allschwil | 26 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 31 | 30 | +1 | 26 | |
| 6 | FC Köniz | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 26 | |
| 7 | FC Superga | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 25 | |
| 8 | FC Solothurn | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 24 | |
| 9 | US Boncourt | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 23 | |
| 10 | FC Fétigny | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 23 | |
| 11 | FC Birsfelden | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 22 | |
| 12 | FC Breitenbach | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 21 | Play-out against relegation |
| 13 | FC Estavayer-le-Lac | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 43 | 67 | −24 | 20 | Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional |
| 14 | SC Derendingen | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 50 | −23 | 16 | Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | FC Baden | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 56 | 30 | +26 | 34 | Play-off to Nationalliga B |
| 2 | SC Zug | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 53 | 28 | +25 | 34 | Play-off to Nationalliga B |
| 3 | FC Emmenbrücke | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 52 | 33 | +19 | 33 | |
| 4 | FC Sursee | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 29 | |
| 5 | SC Kriens | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 28 | |
| 6 | FC Emmen | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 51 | 48 | +3 | 28 | |
| 7 | FC Suhr | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 27 | |
| 8 | FC Zug | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 26 | |
| 9 | FC Olten | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 26 | |
| 10 | FC Oberentfelden | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 24 | |
| 11 | US Giubiasco | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 21 | |
| 12 | SC Buochs | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 21 | Play-out against relegation |
| 13 | Morobbia Giubiasco | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 59 | −25 | 20 | Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional |
| 14 | FC Buchs (AG) | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 26 | 64 | −38 | 13 | Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional |

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | FC Schaffhausen | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 49 | 21 | +28 | 36 | Play-off to Nationalliga B |
| 2 | FC Red Star Zürich | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 52 | 30 | +22 | 34 | To decider for second place |
| 3 | FC Rüti | 26 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 34 | To decider for second place |
| 4 | FC Kreuzlingen | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 30 | |
| 5 | FC Balzers | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 27 | |
| 6 | FC Blue Stars Zürich | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 27 | |
| 7 | FC Turicum | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 36 | +1 | 25 | |
| 8 | FC Brüttisellen | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 25 | |
| 9 | FC Vaduz | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 25 | |
| 10 | FC Küsnacht | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 23 | |
| 11 | FC Uzwil | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 39 | −16 | 20 | |
| 12 | FC Young Fellows Zürich | 26 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 38 | 58 | −20 | 20 | Play-out against relegation |
| 13 | FC Gossau | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 19 | Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional |
| 14 | FC Stäfa | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 42 | −14 | 19 | Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional |

#### Decider for second place

The decider match for second place was played on 26 May in Wallisellen
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| FC Rüti | 2–1 a.e.t. | FC Blue Stars Zürich |
FC Rüti win and advance to play-offs. FC Blue Stars Zürich remain in the division.

### Promotion play-off
#### Qualification round

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| SC Zug | 1–1 | FC Laufen |
| FC Laufen | 0–0 | SC Zug |
FC Laufen win on away goals and continue to the finals.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| FC Baden | 3–1 | Yverdon-Sport FC |
| Yverdon-Sport FC | 0–2 | FC Baden |
FC Baden win 5–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| FC Rüti | 0–0 | Etoile Carouge FC |
| Etoile Carouge FC | 3–4 | FC Rüti |
FC Rüti win 4–3 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| FC Schaffhausen | 1–1 | SR Delémont |
| SR Delémont | 0–0 | FC Schaffhausen |
SR Delémont win on away goals and continue to the finals.

#### Final round

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| FC Laufen | 3–1 | SR Delémont |
| SR Delémont | 0–0 | FC Laufen |
FC Laufen win 3–1 on aggregate and are promoted to 1982–83 Nationalliga B.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| FC Baden | 1–0 | FC Rüti |
| FC Rüti | 1–0 | FC Baden |
| FC Baden | 1–0 | FC Rüti |
FC Baden win the replay and are promoted to 1982–83 Nationalliga B.

#### Decider for third place

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| FC Rüti | 3–1 | SR Delémont |
| SR Delémont | 1–1 | FC Rüti |
FC Rüti win 4–2 on aggregate and are promoted to 1982–83 Nationalliga B. SR Delémont remain in 1. Liga.

#### Decider for 1. Liga championship

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| FC Laufen | 3–1 | FC Baden |
FC Laufen win and are 1. Liga champions.

### Relegation play-out
#### First round

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| FC Breitenbach | 3–1 | FC Stade Lausanne |
| FC Stade Lausanne | 3–0 | FC Breitenbach |
FC Stade Lausanne win 4–3 on aggregate and remain in division. FC Breitenbach continue to the final.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| SC Buochs | 1–1 | FC Young Fellows Zürich |
| FC Young Fellows Zürich | 0–3 | SC Buochs |
SC Buochs win 4–1 on aggregate and remain in division. FC Young Fellows Zürich continue to the final.

#### Final round

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| FC Young Fellows Zürich | 0–2 | FC Breitenbach |
| FC Breitenbach | 2–1 | FC Young Fellows Zürich |
FC Breitenbach win 4–1 on aggregate and remain in division. FC Young Fellows Zürich are relegated to 2. Liga.

## Swiss Cup
### Early rounds

The routes of the finalists to the final were:
* Round 3: Monthey-Sion 0:1. Sursee-Basel 1:9.
* Round 4: Sion-Servette 3:2 n.V. Bellinzona-Basel 0:1.
* Round 5: Sion-Winterthur 3:1. Aarau-Basel 2:3.
* Quarter-finals: Sion-Wettingen 2:0. Basel-Lausanne 2:1.
* Semi-finals: Sion-YB 2:0. Basel-Delémont 3:0.

### Final
## Swiss League Cup
### Early rounds

The routes of the finalists to the final were:
* Round 1: Bern-Aarau 1:2. Zürich-St. Gallen 0:1
* Round 2: Aarau-GC 4:3 a.e.t. St. Gallen-Mendrisiostar 4:2
* Quarter-finals: Aarau-Basel 1:0. Servette-St. Gallen 1:2
* Semi-finals: Aarau-Luzern 4:1. St. Gallen-Winterthur 1:1 a.e.t. 4:3 penalties.

### Final
## Swiss Clubs in Europe

* Zürich as 1980–81 Nationalliga A champions: 1981–82 European Cup and entered 1981 Intertoto Cup
* Lausanne-Sport as 1980–81 Swiss Cup winners: 1981–82 Cup Winners' Cup
* Grasshopper Club as league runners-up: 1981–82 UEFA Cup and entered 1981 Intertoto Cup
* Xamax as league third placed team: 1981–82 UEFA Cup
* Young Boys entered: 1981 Intertoto Cup
* Luzern entered: 1981 Intertoto Cup

### Zürich
#### European Cup
##### First round

3–3 on aggregate; BFC Dynamo won on away goals.

#### Intertoto Cup
##### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | BRE | MAL | SPL | ZÜR |
| 1 | Werder Bremen | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 11 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 2–2 | — | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Spartak Pleven | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 4 | 2–3 | 2–0 | — | 4–1 |
| 4 | Zürich | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 3 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 3–0 | — |

### Lausanne
#### Cup Winners' Cup
##### First round

4–4 on aggregate; Lausanne won on away goals.

##### Second round

Legia Warsaw won 3–2 on aggregate.

### GC
#### UEFA Cup
##### First round

Grasshoppers won 4–1 on aggregate.

##### Second round

2–2 on aggregate; Radnički Niš won 3–0 on penalties.

#### Intertoto Cup
##### Group 7

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | GÖT | HER | B05 | GCZ |
| 1 | IFK Göteborg | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 10 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Hertha Berlin | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 8 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Bohemians Prague | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 6 | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Grasshopper Club | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 19 | −14 | 0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | — |

### Xamax
#### UEFA Cup
##### First round

Neuchâtel Xamax won 6–3 on aggregate.

##### Second round

Neuchâtel Xamax won 2–0 on aggregate.

##### Third round

Neuchâtel Xamax won 1–0 on aggregate.

##### Quarter-finals

Hamburger SV won 3–2 on aggregate.

### Young Boys
#### Intertoto Cup
##### Group 6

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | MOL | BRY | SPA | YB |
| 1 | Molenbeek | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 8 | — | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Bryne | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 | 0–0 | — | 0–3 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Sparta Prague | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3–2 | 0–2 | — | 0–1 |
| 4 | Young Boys | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 5 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — |

### Luzern
#### Intertoto Cup
##### Group 9

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | CHE | ANT | NÆS | LUZ |
| 1 | Cheb | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 8 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Royal Antwerp | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 7 | 4–1 | — | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| 3 | Næstved | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 7 | 2–3 | 0–3 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Luzern | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | — |