# 1995–96 Nationalliga A

Statistics of the two divisions of the Swiss National League in the 1995–96 football season.

## Overview

The 24 teams of the Swiss Football League (Nationalliga) were divided into two divisions. Both Nationalliga A (NLA) and Nationalliga B (NLB) were contested by 12 teams, with each team playing a double round-robin in the qualification phase. Thereafter the divisions were divided into a championship group, a NLA/NLB promotion/relegation group and a relegation group NLB/1. Liga, each group with eight teams.

## Nationalliga A
### Qualification phase

The first stage of the NLA began on 22 July 1995 and was completed on 3 December. The top eight teams in the qualification phase would advance to the championship group and the last four teams would play against relegation.

#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Grasshopper Club | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 22 | +16 | 43 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 2 | Sion | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 42 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 3 | Xamax | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 24 | +16 | 41 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 4 | Luzern | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 40 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 5 | Basel | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 29 | −6 | 30 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 6 | Servette | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 28 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 7 | Aarau | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 27 | +9 | 27 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 8 | St. Gallen | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 27 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 9 | Lausanne-Sport | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 27 | Continue to promotion/relegation round |
| 10 | Lugano | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 42 | −21 | 21 | Continue to promotion/relegation round |
| 11 | Zürich | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 32 | −15 | 18 | Continue to promotion/relegation round |
| 12 | Young Boys | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 35 | −21 | 17 | Continue to promotion/relegation round |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | AAR | BAS | GCZ | LS | LUG | LUZ | NX | SER | SIO | STG | YB | ZÜR |
| Aarau | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Basel | 2–1 | | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Grasshopper | 2–1 | 1–3 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Lausanne-Sport | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Lugano | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Luzern | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Neuchâtel Xamax | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Servette | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Sion | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| St. Gallen | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Young Boys | 0–4 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | | 2–0 |
| Zürich | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | |

### Championship group

The first eight teams of the qualification phase competed in the Championship round. The teams took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the qualification as bonus with them.

#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Grasshopper Club | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 7 | +19 | 22 | 52 | Swiss champions, qualified for 1996–97 Champions League |
| 2 | Sion | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 21 | 47 | Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1996–97 Cup Winners' Cup |
| 3 | Xamax | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 21 | 43 | qualified for 1996–97 UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Aarau | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 14 | 39 | qualified for 1996–97 UEFA Cup |
| 5 | Luzern | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 20 | 35 | entered 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup |
| 6 | Basel | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 20 | −9 | 15 | 28 | entered 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup |
| 7 | Servette | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | −7 | 14 | 25 | |
| 8 | St. Gallen | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 34 | −23 | 14 | 23 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | AAR | BAS | GCZ | LUZ | NX | SER | SIO | STG |
| Aarau | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Basel | 1–3 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Grasshopper | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Luzern | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 5–0 |
| Neuchâtel Xamax | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Servette | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 4–1 | | 0–1 | 3–2 |
| Sion | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | | 3–1 |
| St. Gallen | 3–4 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | |

## Nationalliga B
### Qualification phase

The NLB was contested by 12 teams with each team playing each other twice in the qualification phase. The first stage began on 13 July 1996 and was completed on 23 November. The division was then separated into a NLA/NLB promotion/relegation group and a relegation group to the 1. Liga. The top four teams would play for promotion and the last eight teams would play against relegation.

#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Kriens | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 43 | 23 | +20 | 44 | Advance to promotion/relegation NLA/LNB round |
| 2 | Yverdon-Sport | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 23 | +18 | 38 | Advance to promotion/relegation NLA/LNB round |
| 3 | Delémont | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 38 | Advance to promotion/relegation NLA/LNB round |
| 4 | Étoile Carouge | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 35 | Advance to promotion/relegation NLA/LNB round |
| 5 | Winterthur | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 32 | Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 6 | Baden | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 32 | Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 7 | FC Schaffhausen | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 28 | Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 8 | Wil | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 28 | Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 9 | Chiasso | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 25 | −6 | 25 | Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 10 | Solothurn | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 23 | Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 11 | Locarno | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 33 | −13 | 21 | Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 12 | Naters | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 42 | −26 | 18 | Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga halved points (rounded up) as bonus |

### Promotion/relegation group NLA/NLB

The teams in the ninth to twelfth positions in Nationalliga A competed with the top four teams of the Nationalliga B in a Nationalliga A/B promotion/relegation round. The top four teams would play in the top-tier the following season, the other four would play in the second tier.

#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Young Boys | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 13 | +15 | 33 | Remain in 1996–97 Nationalliga A |
| 2 | Zürich | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 28 | Remain in 1996–97 Nationalliga A |
| 3 | Lausanne-Sport | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 10 | +14 | 27 | Remain in 1996–97 Nationalliga A |
| 4 | Lugano | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 17 | Remain in 1996–97 Nationalliga A |
| 5 | Yverdon-Sport | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 13 | Remain in Nationalliga B |
| 6 | Delémont | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 26 | −9 | 13 | Remain in Nationalliga B |
| 7 | Kriens | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 22 | −8 | 11 | Remain in Nationalliga B |
| 8 | Etoile-Carouge | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 20 | −11 | 8 | Remain in Nationalliga B |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | DEL | ÉTO | KRI | LS | LUG | ZÜR | YB | YS |
| Delémont | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Étoile Carouge | 4–2 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 |
| Kriens | 4–1 | 0–0 | | 0–5 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 |
| Lausanne-Sport | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Lugano | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Zürich | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Young Boys | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | | 3–0 |
| Yverdon-Sport | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | |

### Relegation group NLB/1. Liga

The last eight teams of the qualification phase competed in the relegation group against relegation to the 1. Liga. The teams took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the qualification as bonus with them. At the end of the season the two bottom placed teams would be relegated to the 1996–97 Swiss 1. Liga.

#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Winterthur | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 16 | 42 | Remain in NLB |
| 2 | Baden | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 16 | 38 | Remain in NLB |
| 3 | Wil | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 18 | +10 | 14 | 37 | Remain in NLB |
| 4 | FC Schaffhausen | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 14 | 36 | Remain in NLB |
| 5 | Solothurn | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 23 | −10 | 12 | 28 | Remain in NLB |
| 6 | Locarno | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 11 | 26 | Remain in NLB |
| 7 | Naters | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 9 | 26 | Relegated to 1. Liga |
| 8 | Chiasso | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 20 | −7 | 13 | 22 | Relegated to 1. Liga |

## Further in Swiss football

* 1995–96 Swiss Cup
* 1995–96 Swiss 1. Liga