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 Stadio Comunale Bellinzona FC Bern Bern Stadion Neufeld FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne Stadion Gurzelen FC Cantonal Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière Grasshopper Club Zürich Zürich Hardturm FC Grenchen Grenchen Stadium Brühl FC La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds Centre Sportif de la Charrière FC Lausanne-Sport Lausanne Pontaise FC Locarno Locarno Stadio comunale Lido FC Lugano Lugano Cornaredo Stadium Servette FC Geneva Stade des Charmilles BSC Young Boys Bern Wankdorf Stadium FC Young Fellows Zürich Utogrund FC Zürich Zürich Letzigrund
Final league table
Results
Topscorers Rank Player Nat. Goals Club1. Hans-Peter Friedländer 25 Grasshopper Club2. Amedeo Canetti 17 Locarno3. Jacques Fatton 16 Servette4. Numa Monnard 15 Lausanne-Sport5. Alessandro Frigerio 14 Bellinzona 6. Georges Aeby 13 Lausanne-Sport7. Nando Albizatti 12 Lugano Robert Hasler 12 Biel-Bienne Josef Righetti 12 Grenchen 10. Demos Rossetti 11 Bellinzona André Belli 11 Servette André Facchinetti 11 Servette Walter Streun 11 Young Boys
Nationalliga B Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity FC Aarau Aarau Stadion Brügglifeld FC Basel Basel Landhof SC Brühl St. Gallen Paul-Grüninger-Stadion SC Derendingen Derendingen Heidenegg FC Étoile-Sporting La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Foulets / Terrain des Eplatures / FC Fribourg Fribourg Stade Universitaire FC Helvetia Bern Bern Spitalacker, Bern CS International Genève Geneva FC Luzern Lucerne Stadion Allmend FC Nordstern Basel Basel Rankhof FC Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Stadion Breite FC St. Gallen St. Gallen Espenmoos Urania Genève Sport Genève Stade de Frontenex SC Zug Zug Herti Allmend Stadion
Final league table
Decider for twelfth place The play-out against relegation was played on 7 July 1946 in Stadion Brügglifeld in Aarau.
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
References
Sources Switzerland 1945–46 at RSSSF