# 1962–63 Nationalliga A

The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1962–63 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 66th season of top-tier and the 65th 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 1961–62 season and the two newly promoted teams FC Sion and FC Chiasso. The champions would qualify for the 1963–64 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, Schaffhausen and Fribourg, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams FC Cantonal Neuchâtel and FC Moutier. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1963–64 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1963–64 Swiss 1. Liga.
The Swiss champions received a slot in the 1963–64 European Cup and the Cup winners received a slot in the 1964–65 Cup Winners' Cup.

## Nationalliga A
### Teams, locations

| Team | Based in | Canton | Stadium | Capacity |
| FC Basel | Basel | Basel-Stadt | St. Jakob Stadium | 36,800 |
| FC Biel-Bienne | Biel/Bienne | Bern | Stadion Gurzelen | 15,000 |
| FC Chiasso | Chiasso | Ticino | Stadio Comunale Riva IV | 4,000 |
| Grasshopper Club Zürich | Zürich | Zürich | Hardturm | 20,000 |
| FC Grenchen | Grenchen | Solothurn | Stadium Brühl | 15,100 |
| FC La Chaux-de-Fonds | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Neuchâtel | Centre Sportif de la Charrière | 12,700 |
| FC Lausanne-Sport | Lausanne | Vaud | Pontaise | 15,700 |
| 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 |
| FC Sion | Sion | Valais | Stade de Tourbillon | 16,000 |
| 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 or relegation |
| 1 | Zürich | 26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 81 | 33 | +48 | 44 | Swiss Champions qualified for 1963–64 European Cup and entered 1963–64 Intertoto Cup |
| 2 | Lausanne-Sport | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 81 | 30 | +51 | 40 | Entered 1963–64 Intertoto Cup |
| 3 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 55 | 44 | +11 | 32 | Entered 1963–64 Intertoto Cup |
| 4 | Young Boys | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 62 | 49 | +13 | 31 | Entered 1963–64 Intertoto Cup |
| 5 | Servette | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 26 | |
| 6 | Basel | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 59 | 51 | +8 | 26 | Swiss Cup winners qualified for 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup |
| 7 | Grasshopper Club | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 57 | 51 | +6 | 25 | |
| 8 | Biel-Bienne | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 24 | |
| 9 | Grenchen | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 23 | |
| 10 | Luzern | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 41 | 54 | −13 | 23 | |
| 11 | Chiasso | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 69 | −36 | 20 | |
| 12 | Sion | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 37 | 69 | −32 | 19 | |
| 13 | Young Fellows Zürich | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 34 | 58 | −24 | 17 | Relegated to 1963–64 Nationalliga B |
| 14 | Lugano | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 53 | −32 | 14 | Relegated to 1963–64 Nationalliga B |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAS | BB | CDF | CHI | GCZ | GRE | LS | LUG | LUZ | SER | SIO | YB | YFZ | ZÜR |
| Basel | | 3–2 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–5 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 8–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Biel-Bienne | 1–2 | | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 6–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 |
| La Chaux-de-Fonds | 3–2 | 3–1 | | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–4 |
| Chiasso | 2–4 | 0–1 | 3–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–6 |
| Grasshopper Club | 3–0 | 0–0 | 5–4 | 9–1 | | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–3 |
| Grenchen | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–6 |
| Lausanne-Sport | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 6–2 | 3–0 | | 3–2 | 6–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 9–1 |
| Lugano | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 0–0 |
| Luzern | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 1–3 | 3–5 |
| Servette | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 0–0 | | 6–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Sion | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Young Boys | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–4 | 6–3 | 6–0 | 1–6 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 1–2 | 1–5 |
| Young Fellows | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–3 | | 3–3 |
| Zürich | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 7–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |

### Topscorers

| Rank | Player | Goals | Club |
| 1. | von Burg Peter | 24 | FC Zürich |
| 2. | Bertschi Heinz | 22 | FC La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| 3. | Frigerio Roberto | 21 | FC La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| 4. | Meier Eugen | 18 | BSC Young Boys |
| 5. | Blumer Heinz | 16 | FC Basel |
| 5. | Heuri Walter | 16 | Servette Genève |
| 5. | Anker Francis | 16 | FC Sion |
| 5. | Stürmer Klaus (GER) | 16 | FC Zürich |
| 9. | Daina André | 15 | BSC Young Boys |
| 10. | Odermatt Karl | 14 | FC Basel |
| 10. | Kunz Georg | 14 | Grasshopper Club |
| 12. | Charly Hertig | 13 | Lausanne-Sports |
| 12. | Fischer Paul | 13 | FC Luzern |
| 13. | Dürr Richard | 12 | Lausanne-Sports |
| 13. | Brizzi Bruno | 12 | FC Zürich |
| 15. | Hosp Robert | 11 | Lausanne-Sports |
| 15. | Wechselberger Ernst (GER) | 11 | BSC Young Boys |
| 15. | Benkö Josef (HUN) | 11 | Young Fellows |
| 18. | Graf Edgar | 10 | FC Biel-Bienne |
| 18. | Bergna Enzo | 10 | FC Chiasso |
| 18. | Gronau Rolf | 10 | Grasshopper Club |
| 18. | Duret Raymond | 10 | Grasshopper Club |

## Nationalliga B
### Teams, locations

| Team | Based in | Canton | Stadium | Capacity |
| FC Aarau | Aarau | Aargau | Stadion Brügglifeld | 9,240 |
| AC Bellinzona | Bellinzona | Ticino | Stadio Comunale Bellinzona | 5,000 |
| FC Bern | Bern | Bern | Stadion Neufeld | 14,000 |
| FC Bodio | Bodio | Ticino | Campo comunale Pollegio | 1,000 |
| 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 |
| FC Moutier | Moutier | Bern | Stade de Chalière | 5,000 |
| FC Porrentruy | Porrentruy | Jura | Stade du Tirage | 4,226 |
| FC Schaffhausen | Schaffhausen | Schaffhausen | Stadion Breite | 7,300 |
| FC Thun | Thun | Bern | Stadion Lachen | 10,350 |
| Urania Genève Sport | Genève | Geneva | Stade de Frontenex | 4,000 |
| Vevey Sports | Vevey | Vaud | Stade de Copet | 4,000 |
| FC Winterthur | Winterthur | Zürich | Schützenwiese | 8,550 |

### Final league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | FC Schaffhausen | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 55 | 31 | +24 | 35 | NLB Champions and promoted to 1963–64 Nationalliga A |
| 2 | FC Cantonal Neuchâtel | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 52 | 39 | +13 | 31 | Promoted to 1963–64 Nationalliga A |
| 3 | FC Winterthur | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 28 | |
| 4 | AC Bellinzona | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 28 | |
| 5 | SC Brühl | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 27 | |
| 6 | Urania Genève Sport | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 27 | |
| 7 | FC Thun | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 27 | |
| 8 | Vevey Sports | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 26 | |
| 9 | FC Porrentruy | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 46 | 57 | −11 | 25 | |
| 10 | FC Aarau | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 24 | |
| 11 | FC Bern | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 24 | |
| 12 | FC Moutier | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 51 | −20 | 24 | |
| 13 | FC Bodio | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 41 | −19 | 22 | Relegated to 1963–64 1. Liga |
| 14 | FC Fribourg | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 41 | 55 | −14 | 16 | Relegated to 1963–64 1. Liga |

## Further in Swiss football

* 1962–63 Swiss Cup
* 1962–63 Swiss 1. Liga