The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1953–54 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 57th season of top-tier and the 56th 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 Luzern and Biel-Bienne. 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 Lugano and Locarno, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams Thun and Yverdon-Sport. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1954–55 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1954–55 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 Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne Stadion Gurzelen 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 Luzern Lucerne Stadion Allmend Servette FC Geneva Stade des Charmilles BSC Young Boys Bern Wankdorf Stadium FC Zürich Zürich Letzigrund
Final league table
Results
Topscorers Rank Player Nat. Goals Club1. Josef Hügi 29 Basel2. Branislav Vukosavljević 28 Grasshopper Club3. Roger Vonlanthen 23 Grasshopper Club4. Eugen Meier 22 Young Boys5. Charles Antenen 17 La Chaux-de-Fonds Hans Hagen 17 Grasshopper Club7. Robert Ballaman 16 Grasshopper Club8. Res Kyd 15 Luzern9. Jacques Fatton 14 Servette Ferdinando Riva 14 Chiasso
Nationalliga B Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity FC Aarau Aarau Stadion Brügglifeld FC Cantonal Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière FC Locarno Locarno Stadio comunale Lido FC Lugano Lugano Cornaredo Stadium 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 FC Thun Thun Stadion Lachen Urania Genève Sport Genève Stade de Frontenex FC Wil Wil Sportpark Bergholz FC Winterthur Winterthur Schützenwiese FC Young Fellows Zürich Utogrund Yverdon-Sport FC Yverdon-les-Bains Stade Municipal
Final league table
Decider for NLB championship Lugano and FC Thun finished the season level on points in joint first position and both achieved promotion to 1954–55 Nationalliga A. However, it required a play-out to decide the division championship. The play-off was played on 16 May 1954 in the Stadion Allmend in Luzern.
Lugano won and were NLB champions.
Further in Swiss football 1953–54 Swiss Cup 1953–54 Swiss 1. Liga
References
Sources Switzerland 1953–54 at RSSSF