# 1958–59 Nationalliga A

The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1958–59 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 62nd season of top-tier and the 61st 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 1957–58 season and the two newly promoted teams Zürich and Luzern. The champions would qualify for the 1959–60 European Cup and 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, Winterthur and Biel-Bienne, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams Vevey-Sports and Aarau. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1959–60 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1959–60 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 Chiasso | Chiasso | Ticino | Stadio Comunale Riva IV | 4,000 |
| Grasshopper Club Zürich | Zürich | Zürich | Hardturm | 20,000 |
| FC Grenchen | Grenchen | Solothurn | Stadium Brühl | 10,900 |
| 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 Lugano | Lugano | Ticino | Cornaredo Stadium | 6,330 |
| FC Luzern | Lucerne | Lucerne | Stadion Allmend | 25,000 |
| Servette FC | Geneva | Geneva | Stade des Charmilles | 27,000 |
| Urania Genève Sport | Genève | Geneva | Stade de Frontenex | 4,000 |
| BSC Young Boys | Bern | Bern | Wankdorf Stadium | 56,000 |
| 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 | Young Boys | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 79 | 42 | +37 | 38 | Swiss Champions qualified for 1959–60 European Cup |
| 2 | Grenchen | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 57 | 39 | +18 | 32 | Swiss Cup winners |
| 3 | Zürich | 26 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 30 | |
| 4 | Grasshopper Club | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 63 | 54 | +9 | 30 | |
| 5 | Lausanne-Sport | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 29 | |
| 6 | Basel | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 27 | |
| 7 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 26 | |
| 8 | Luzern | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 26 | |
| 9 | Servette | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 70 | 58 | +12 | 24 | |
| 10 | FC Chiasso | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 48 | 61 | −13 | 24 | |
| 11 | Lugano | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 23 | |
| 12 | Bellinzona | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 38 | 57 | −19 | 22 | |
| 13 | Urania Genève Sport | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 19 | Relegated to 1959–60 Nationalliga B |
| 14 | Young Fellows Zürich | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 33 | 72 | −39 | 14 | Relegated to 1959–60 Nationalliga B |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAS | BEL | CDF | CHI | GCZ | GRE | LS | LUG | LUZ | SER | UGS | YB | YFZ | ZÜR |
| Basel | | 6–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 5–2 | 2–1 |
| Bellinzona | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| La Chaux-de-Fonds | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Chiasso | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 0–3 | 2–6 | 3–2 | 3–1 |
| Grasshopper Club | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 6–0 | | 4–5 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–4 | 3–1 | 3–2 |
| Grenchen | 6–2 | 1–1 | 6–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Lausanne-Sports | 0–5 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 6–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Lugano | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| Luzern | 2–4 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 |
| Servette | 3–4 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 3–5 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 6–1 | | 4–3 | 2–3 | 9–2 | 3–1 |
| Urania | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–5 |
| Young Boys | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | | 4–0 | 6–2 |
| Young Fellows | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–6 | | 1–3 |
| Zürich | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 3–2 | |

### Topscorers

| Rank | Player | Goals | Club |
| 1. | Eugen Meier | 24 | Young Boys |
| 2. | Ernst Wechselberger | 21 | Young Boys |
| 2. | Jacques Fatton | 21 | Servette |
| 4. | Miodrag Glisovic | 20 | Grenchen |
| 4. | Erich Probst | 20 | Zürich |
| 6. | René Hamel | 19 | Grenchen |
| 7. | Marcel Mauron | 17 | Servette |
| 8. | Raymond Duret | 16 | Grasshopper Club |
| 9. | Horst Buhtz | 15 | Young Fellows Zürich |
| 10. | Walter Beerli | 13 | Luzern |
| 10. | Ferdinando Riva | 13 | Chiasso |

## 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 |
| FC Biel-Bienne | Biel/Bienne | Bern | Stadion Gurzelen | 5,500 |
| FC Cantonal Neuchâtel | Neuchâtel | Neuchâtel | Stade de la Maladière | 25,500 |
| FC Concordia Basel | Basel | Basel-Stadt | Stadion Rankhof | 7,000 |
| FC Fribourg | Fribourg | Fribourg | Stade Universitaire | 9,000 |
| FC Lengnau | Lengnau | Bern | Moos Lengnau BE | 3,900 |
| FC Schaffhausen | Schaffhausen | Schaffhausen | Stadion Breite | 7,300 |
| FC Sion | Sion | Valais | Stade de Tourbillon | 16,000 |
| FC Solothurn | Solothurn | Solothurn | Stadion FC Solothurn | 6,750 |
| FC Thun | Thun | Bern | Stadion Lachen | 10,350 |
| Vevey-Sports | Vevey | Vaud | Stade de Copet | 4,000 |
| FC Winterthur | Winterthur | Zürich | Schützenwiese | 8,550 |
| 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 or relegation |
| 1 | FC Winterthur | 26 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 70 | 32 | +38 | 38 | NLB Champions and promoted to 1959–60 Nationalliga A |
| 2 | FC Biel-Bienne | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 70 | 34 | +36 | 36 | Promoted to 1959–60 Nationalliga A |
| 3 | FC Cantonal Neuchâtel | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 64 | 50 | +14 | 32 | |
| 4 | FC Sion | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 47 | 52 | −5 | 29 | |
| 5 | Vevey-Sports | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 57 | 44 | +13 | 27 | |
| 6 | FC Bern | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 27 | |
| 7 | FC Schaffhausen | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 62 | 54 | +8 | 24 | |
| 8 | FC Lengnau | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 49 | 53 | −4 | 24 | |
| 9 | FC Aarau | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 24 | |
| 10 | FC Fribourg | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 24 | |
| 11 | FC Thun | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 45 | 58 | −13 | 24 | |
| 12 | Yverdon-Sport FC | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 22 | |
| 13 | FC Concordia Basel | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 42 | 71 | −29 | 19 | Relegated to 1959–60 1. Liga |
| 14 | FC Solothurn | 26 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 41 | 68 | −27 | 14 | Relegated to 1959–60 1. Liga |

## Further in Swiss football

* 1958–59 Swiss Cup
* 1958–59 Swiss 1. Liga