# 1945–46 Nationalliga A

The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1945–46 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 49th season of top-tier and the 48th season of second-tier football in Switzerland.

## Overview

The Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) had 28 member clubs at this time and these 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 FC Locarno and FC Bern. 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 FC Basel and FC St. Gallen, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams from the 1. Liga FC Schaffhausen and Helvetia Bern. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1946–47 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1946–47 1. Liga.

## Nationalliga A
### Teams, locations

| Team | Based in | Canton | Stadium | Capacity |
| AC Bellinzona | Bellinzona | Ticino | Stadio Comunale Bellinzona | 5,000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Servette | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 55 | 33 | +22 | 36 | Swiss Champions |
| 2 | Lugano | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 40 | 27 | +13 | 35 | |
| 3 | Lausanne-Sport | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 53 | 31 | +22 | 30 | |
| 4 | Grasshopper Club | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 56 | 44 | +12 | 29 | Swiss Cup winners |
| 5 | Biel-Bienne | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 28 | |
| 6 | Bellinzona | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 26 | |
| 7 | Young Fellows Zürich | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 26 | |
| 8 | Cantonal Neuchâtel | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 25 | |
| 9 | Locarno | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 25 | |
| 10 | Bern | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 25 | |
| 11 | Grenchen | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 23 | |
| 12 | Young Boys | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 22 | |
| 13 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 70 | −38 | 18 | Relegated to 1946–47 NLB |
| 14 | Zürich | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 16 | Relegated to 1946–47 NLB |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BEL | BER | BB | CAN | CDF | GCZ | GRE | LS | LOC | LUG | SER | YB | YFZ | ZÜR |
| Bellinzona | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| Bern | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 4–1 |
| Biel-Bienne | 1–5 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| FC Cantonal Neuchâtel | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 |
| La Chaux-de-Fonds | 4–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 2–1 |
| Grasshopper Club | 3–0 | 5–1 | 9–2 | 4–2 | 4–1 | | 1–1 | 4–0 | 5–5 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Grenchen | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Lausanne-Sports | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Locarno | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Lugano | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–0 | | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Servette | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Young Boys | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| Young Fellows | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 4–3 | | 2–1 |
| Zürich | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |

### Topscorers

| Rank | Player | Goals | Club |
| 1. | Hans-Peter Friedländer | 25 | Grasshopper Club |
| 2. | Amedeo Canetti | 17 | Locarno |
| 3. | Jacques Fatton | 16 | Servette |
| 4. | Numa Monnard | 15 | Lausanne-Sport |
| 5. | Alessandro Frigerio | 14 | Bellinzona |
| 6. | Georges Aeby | 13 | Lausanne-Sport |
| 7. | Nando Albizatti | 12 | Lugano |
| 7. | Robert Hasler | 12 | Biel-Bienne |
| 7. | Josef Righetti | 12 | Grenchen |
| 10. | Demos Rossetti | 11 | Bellinzona |
| 10. | André Belli | 11 | Servette |
| 10. | André Facchinetti | 11 | Servette |
| 10. | Walter Streun | 11 | Young Boys |

## Nationalliga B
### Teams, locations

| Team | Based in | Canton | Stadium | Capacity |
| FC Aarau | Aarau | Aargau | Stadion Brügglifeld | 9,240 |
| FC Basel | Basel | Basel-Stadt | Landhof | 4,000 |
| SC Brühl | St. Gallen | St. Gallen | Paul-Grüninger-Stadion | 4,200 |
| SC Derendingen | Derendingen | Solothurn | Heidenegg | 1,500 |
| FC Étoile-Sporting | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Neuchâtel | Les Foulets / Terrain des Eplatures | 1,000 / 500 |
| FC Fribourg | Fribourg | Fribourg | Stade Universitaire | 9,000 |
| FC Helvetia Bern | Bern | Bern | Spitalacker, Bern | 1,000 |
| CS International Genève | Geneva | Geneva | | |
| FC Luzern | Lucerne | Lucerne | Stadion Allmend | 25,000 |
| FC Nordstern Basel | Basel | Basel-Stadt | Rankhof | 7,600 |
| FC Schaffhausen | Schaffhausen | Schaffhausen | Stadion Breite | 7,300 |
| FC St. Gallen | St. Gallen | St. Gallen | Espenmoos | 11,000 |
| Urania Genève Sport | Genève | Geneva | Stade de Frontenex | 4,000 |
| 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 | Basel | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 87 | 21 | +66 | 43 | NLB champions and promoted to 1946–47 NLA |
| 2 | Urania Genève Sport | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 53 | 30 | +23 | 39 | Promoted to 1946–47 NLA |
| 3 | St. Gallen | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 58 | 32 | +26 | 35 | |
| 4 | CS International Genève | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 30 | |
| 5 | Aarau | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 28 | |
| 6 | Nordstern Basel | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 54 | 55 | −1 | 28 | |
| 7 | Fribourg | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 27 | |
| 8 | Brühl | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 22 | |
| 9 | Luzern | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 22 | |
| 10 | Schaffhausen | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 44 | 50 | −6 | 22 | |
| 11 | FC Helvetia Bern | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 26 | 57 | −31 | 20 | |
| 12 | SC Zug | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 63 | −35 | 18 | To play-out against relegation |
| 13 | SC Derendingen | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 18 | To play-out against relegation |
| 14 | Étoile-Sporting | 26 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 57 | −30 | 12 | Relegated to 1946–47 1. Liga |

### Decider for twelfth place

The play-out against relegation was played on 7 July 1946 in Stadion Brügglifeld in Aarau.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| SC Zug | 2–1 | SC Derendingen |
SC Zug won, were placed in twelfth position and remained in the division for the next season. SC Derendingen were classified as thirteenth and thus relegated to the 1946–47 1. Liga.

## Further in Swiss football

* 1945–46 Swiss Cup
* 1945–46 Swiss 1. Liga