The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1952–53 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 56th season of top-tier and the 55th season of second-tier football in Switzerland.
Overview The Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) had 28 member clubs at this time which 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 Fribourg and FC Grenchen. 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 Biel-Bienne and FC Young Fellows, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams Wil and Solothurn. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1953–54 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1953–54 Swiss 1. Liga.
Nationalliga A Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity FC Basel Basel Landhof AC Bellinzona Bellinzona Stadio Comunale Bellinzona FC Bern Bern Stadion Neufeld FC Chiasso Chiasso Stadio Comunale Riva IV Grasshopper Club Zürich Zürich Hardturm FC Fribourg Fribourg Stade Universitaire 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 Zürich Zürich Letzigrund
Final league table
This was Basel's first championship title.
Results
Topscorers Rank Player Nat. Goals Club1. Josef Hügi 32 Basel Eugen Meier 32 Young Boys3. Roger Vonlanthen 23 Grasshopper Club4. Jacques Fatton 22 Servette5. Robert Ballaman 16 Grasshopper Club Miodrag Glišović 16 Lausanne-Sport 7. Ferdinando Riva 15 Chiasso 8. Ledio Zanetti 14 Bellinzona Hans Hagen 14 Grasshopper Club Raymond Morand 14 La Chaux-de-Fonds Heinz Pfister 14 Grenchen
Nationalliga B Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity FC Aarau Aarau Stadion Brügglifeld FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne Stadion Gurzelen FC Cantonal Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière FC Étoile-Sporting La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Foulets / Terrain des Eplatures / FC Luzern Lucerne Stadion Allmend ES FC Malley Malley Centre sportif de la Tuilière FC Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Stadion Breite FC Solothurn Solothurn Stadion FC Solothurn FC St. Gallen St. Gallen Espenmoos Urania Genève Sport Genève Stade de Frontenex FC Wil Wil Sportpark Bergholz FC Winterthur Winterthur Schützenwiese FC Young Fellows Zürich Utogrund SC Zug Zug Herti Allmend Stadion Final league table
Further in Swiss football 1952–53 Swiss Cup 1952–53 Swiss 1. Liga
References
Sources Switzerland 1952–53 at RSSSF