# 1938–39 Nationalliga

The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1938–39 football season. This was the 42nd season of top-tier football in Switzerland.

## Overview

At this time, the Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) had 12 member clubs in the top-tier and 24 clubs in the second-tier. The 12 top-tier teams played a double round-robin to decide their league table positions. Two points were awarded for a win and one point was awarded for a draw. The first placed team at the end of the season would be awarded the Swiss championship title and the last placed team would be relegated to the 1939–40 1. Liga.

## Nationalliga

The league season began with the first matchday on 4 September 1938 and was concluded with the last round on 30 April 1939.

### Teams, locations

| Team | Based in | Canton | Stadium | Capacity |
| FC Basel | Basel | Basel-Stadt | Landhof | 4,000 |
| FC Biel-Bienne | Biel/Bienne | Bern | Stadion Gurzelen | 5,500 |
| 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 | 12,700 |
| FC Lausanne-Sport | Lausanne | Vaud | Pontaise | 30,000 |
| FC Lugano | Lugano | Ticino | Cornaredo Stadium | 6,330 |
| FC Luzern | Lucerne | Lucerne | Stadion Allmend | 25,000 |
| FC Nordstern Basel | Basel | Basel-Stadt | Rankhof | 7,600 |
| Servette FC | Geneva | Geneva | Stade des Charmilles | 27,000 |
| Young Boys | Bern | Bern | Wankdorf Stadium | 56,000 |
| FC Young Fellows | Zürich | Zürich | Utogrund | 2,850 |

### Final league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Grasshopper Club | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 20 | +14 | 31 | Swiss Champions |
| 2 | Grenchen | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 27 | |
| 3 | Lugano | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 27 | |
| 4 | Servette | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 28 | +15 | 26 | |
| 5 | Nordstern Basel | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 23 | |
| 6 | Lausanne-Sport | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 22 | Swiss Cup winners |
| 7 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 22 | |
| 8 | Luzern | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 42 | 45 | −3 | 19 | |
| 9 | Young Fellows Zürich | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 31 | −2 | 18 | |
| 10 | Young Boys | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 35 | −13 | 17 | |
| 11 | Biel-Bienne | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 39 | −17 | 17 | |
| 12 | Basel | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 15 | Relegated to 1939–40 1. Liga |
For the Grasshopper Club this was their nineth championship title.

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAS | BB | CDF | GCZ | GRE | LS | LUG | LUZ | NOR | SER | YB | YFZ |
| Basel | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Biel-Bienne | 4–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| La Chaux-de-Fonds | 2–0 | 2–3 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Grasshopper Club | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Grenchen | 3–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 |
| Lausanne-Sports | 2–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| Lugano | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Luzern | 4–3 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 5–2 |
| Nordstern | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Servette | 2–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 2–5 |
| Young Boys | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 1–5 | 1–3 | | 0–3 |
| Young Fellows | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | |

### Topscorers

| Rank | Player | Goals | Club |
| 1. | Josef Artimovicz | 15 | Grenchen |
| 2. | Georges Aeby | 13 | Servette |
| 3. | Adolf Semp | 12 | Luzern |

## Further in Swiss football

* 1938–39 Swiss Cup
* 1938–39 Swiss 1. Liga