# 1992–93 Nationalliga A

Statistics of Swiss National League in the 1992–93 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B.

## Overview

The 36 teams of the Swiss Football League (Nationalliga) were divided into two tiers. In the top-tier, there were 12 teams that played in the Nationalliga A (NLA). There were 24 teams in the Nationalliga B (NLB), the second tier, these were divided into two groups, a West and an East group. Each team in each group played a double round-robin in the qualification phase. Thereafter the divisions were divided into a Swiss championship group with the top eight teams from the qualification and two promotion/relegation groups (NLA/NLB), both with eight teams. These were the bottom four teams from the NLA qualification and the top six teams from both of the NLB qualification groups. Further, there were two relegation groups (NLB/1. Liga), each group with six teams.
Due to a system change in the Nationalliga, the format of the following NLB season was to reduce the number of teams from 24 to 20. This change would continue over the next few seasons. One season later the teams were to be reduced from 20 to 16. The final aim was to have 12 teams in the top tier and also 12 in the second tier. Therefore, this season there were to be seven relegations from the NLB to next season's 1. Liga (third tier), with only three promotions in the opposite direction.

## Nationalliga A
### Qualification phase

The first stage of the NLA began on 18 July 1992 and was completed on 6 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 | Young Boys | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 30 | +14 | 28 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 2 | Servette | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 18 | +14 | 27 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 3 | Sion | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 26 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 4 | Lausanne-Sport | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 24 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 5 | Aarau | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 24 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 6 | Zürich | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 23 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 7 | Xamax | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 22 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 8 | Lugano | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 22 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 9 | Grasshopper Club | 22 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 21 | Continue to promotion/relegation round |
| 10 | St. Gallen | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 28 | −7 | 18 | Continue to promotion/relegation round |
| 11 | Chiasso | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 26 | −11 | 16 | Continue to promotion/relegation round |
| 12 | Bulle | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 42 | −24 | 13 | Continue to promotion/relegation round |

#### Results

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

### 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. The championship group began on 28 February 1993 and was completed on 12 June.

#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Aarau | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 12 | 34 | Swiss champions, qualified for 1993–94 UEFA Champions League preliminary round and entered 1993 Intertoto Cup |
| 2 | Young Boys | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 28 | Qualified for 1993–94 UEFA Cup and entered 1993 Intertoto Cup |
| 3 | Servette | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 14 | 27 | Qualified for 1993–94 UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Lugano | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 11 | 27 | Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1993–94 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup |
| 5 | Zürich | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 12 | 26 | Entered 1993 Intertoto Cup |
| 6 | Sion | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 22 | −5 | 13 | 24 | |
| 7 | Xamax | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 24 | |
| 8 | Lausanne-Sport | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 23 | −12 | 12 | 21 | Entered 1993 Intertoto Cup |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | AAR | LS | LUG | NX | SER | SIO | YB | ZÜR |
| Aarau | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Lausanne-Sport | 2–1 | | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Lugano | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 1–4 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Neuchâtel Xamax | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Servette | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 5–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Sion | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 1–4 |
| Young Boys | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 0–0 |
| Zürich | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |

## Nationalliga B
### Qualification phase

The qualification of the NLB began on 28 July 1993 and was completed on 21 November. The top six teams in each group were qualified to play in the two promotion/relegation groups. The bottom six teams in each group then played in the newly drawn groups against relegation.

#### Table group East

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | FC Luzern | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 41 | 12 | +29 | 33 | Promotion round |
| 2 | FC Winterthur | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 21 | +25 | 32 | Promotion round |
| 3 | FC Locarno | 22 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 38 | 22 | +16 | 30 | Promotion round |
| 4 | FC Schaffhausen | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 23 | +15 | 29 | Promotion round |
| 5 | FC Wil | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 19 | +13 | 26 | Promotion round |
| 6 | SC Kriens | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 25 | Promotion round |
| 7 | FC Baden | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 23 | Relegation round |
| 8 | AC Bellinzona | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 44 | −16 | 14 | Relegation round |
| 9 | FC Chur | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 44 | −21 | 14 | Relegation round |
| 10 | FC Wettingen | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 39 | −21 | 13 | Relegation round |
| 11 | FC Emmenbrücke | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 42 | −22 | 13 | Relegation round |
| 12 | FC Brüttisellen | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 23 | 53 | −30 | 12 | Relegation round |

#### Table group West

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Yverdon-Sport FC | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 60 | 24 | +36 | 37 | Promotion round |
| 2 | FC Basel | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 54 | 10 | +44 | 36 | Promotion round |
| 3 | Etoile Carouge FC | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 48 | 32 | +16 | 28 | Promotion round |
| 4 | CS Chênois | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 26 | Promotion round |
| 5 | FC Grenchen | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 40 | 25 | +15 | 25 | Promotion round |
| 6 | SR Delémont | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 21 | Promotion round |
| 7 | Urania Genève Sport | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 18 | Relegation round |
| 8 | BSC Old Boys | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 17 | Relegation round |
| 9 | FC Fribourg | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 29 | 42 | −13 | 17 | Relegation round |
| 10 | SC Bümpliz 78 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 52 | −26 | 15 | Relegation round |
| 11 | FC Châtel-St-Denis | 22 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 47 | −22 | 12 | Relegation round |
| 12 | FC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 25 | 49 | −24 | 12 | Relegation round |

### Promotion/relegation groups NLA/NLB

The teams in the ninth to twelfth positions in Nationalliga A competed with the top six teams from each of the two Nationalliga B groups in a NLA/NLB promotion/relegation round. The teams were divided into two groups, each with eight teams, two from the NLA and six from the NLB. The stage began on 7 March 1993 and was completed on 12 June.

#### Group A
##### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 8 | +34 | 22 | Remain in NLA 1993–94 |
| 2 | FC Luzern | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 6 | +24 | 22 | Promoted to NLA 1993–94 |
| 3 | FC Bulle | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 20 | +8 | 19 | Relegation to NLB 1993–94 |
| 4 | FC Basel | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 17 | +8 | 18 | Remain in NLB 1993–94 |
| 5 | SR Delémont | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 28 | −14 | 10 | Remain in NLB 1993–94 |
| 6 | CS Chênois | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 29 | −20 | 9 | Remain in NLB 1993–94 |
| 7 | FC Locarno | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 31 | −15 | 7 | Remain in NLB 1993–94 |
| 8 | FC Wil | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 32 | −25 | 5 | Remain in NLB 1993–94 |

##### Results

| Home \ Away | BAS | BUL | CHÊ | DEL | GCZ | LOC | LUZ | WIL |
| Basel | | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Bulle | 1–3 | | 6–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Chênois | 0–1 | 4–0 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Delémont | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 |
| Grasshopper | 1–1 | 8–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | | 9–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Locarno | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Luzern | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 4–0 |
| Wil | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–3 | |

#### Group B
##### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Yverdon-Sport FC | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 21 | +11 | 21 | Promoted to NLA 1993–94 |
| 2 | SC Kriens | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 15 | +7 | 21 | Promoted to NLA 1993–94 |
| 3 | FC St. Gallen | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 12 | +22 | 20 | Relegation to NLB 1993–94 |
| 4 | FC Schaffhausen | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 17 | Remain in NLB 1993–94 |
| 5 | FC Chiasso | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 15 | +7 | 16 | Relegation to NLB 1993–94 |
| 6 | FC Winterthur | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 28 | −16 | 7 | Remain in NLB 1993–94 |
| 7 | Étoile Carouge FC | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 33 | −19 | 6 | Remain in NLB 1993–94 |
| 8 | FC Grenchen | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 26 | −18 | 4 | Remain in NLB 1993–94 |

##### Results

| Home \ Away | CHI | ÉTO | GRE | KRI | SHA | STG | WIN | YS |
| Chiasso | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 6–2 |
| Étoile Carouge | 0–3 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 |
| Grenchen | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Kriens | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–7 |
| Schaffhausen | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| St. Gallen | 3–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | | 1–0 | 7–1 |
| Winterthur | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–4 | | 0–0 |
| Yverdon-Sport | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |

### Relegation groups NLB/1. Liga

The last six teams in each of the two qualification phase groups competed in two relegation groups against relegation to the 1. Liga 1993–94. The teams were drawn into these two groups and received ranking bonus points from their qualifying groups (7th place 6 pts; 8th place 5 pts; 9th place 4 pts; etc). There were three direct relegations and a relegation play-out between the two fifth placed teams. This stage began on 28 February 1993 and was completed on 25 May.

#### Table group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | AC Bellinzona | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 5 | 20 | Remain in NLB 1993–94 |
| 2 | FC Fribourg | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 4 | 17 | Remain in NLB 1993–94 |
| 3 | Urania Genève Sport | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 6 | 17 | Play-out against relegation |
| 4 | FC Wettingen | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 3 | 15 | Relegation to 1. Liga 1993–94 |
| 5 | FC Châtel-Saint-Denis | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 24 | −10 | 2 | 7 | Relegation to 1. Liga 1993–94 |
| 6 | FC Brüttisellen | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 1 | 5 | Relegation to 1. Liga 1993–94 |

#### Table group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | BSC Old Boys | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 15 | +17 | 5 | 21 | Remain in NLB 1993–94 |
| 2 | FC Baden | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 6 | 17 | Remain in NLB 1993–94 |
| 3 | SC Bümpliz 78 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 13 | Play-out against relegation |
| 4 | FC Emmenbrücke | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 18 | −1 | 2 | 11 | Relegation to 1. Liga 1993–94 |
| 5 | FC Chur | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 4 | 10 | Relegation to 1. Liga 1993–94 |
| 6 | FC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 1 | 9 | Relegation to 1. Liga 1993–94 |

#### Relegation play-out

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Urania Genève Sport | 2–0 | SC Bümpliz 78 |
| SC Bümpliz 78 | 1–4 | Urania Genève Sport |
Urania Genève Sport win 6–1 on aggregate. SC Bümpliz 78 are relegated to 1. Liga 1993–94.

## Further in Swiss football

* 1992–93 Swiss Cup
* 1992–93 Swiss 1. Liga