The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1956–57 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 60th season of top-tier and the 59th 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 1955–56 season and the two newly promoted teams Winterthur and Young Fellows. The champions would qualify for the 1957–58 European Cup and 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 Grenchen and Fribourg, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams Brühl and Yverdon-Sport. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1957–58 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1957–58 Swiss 1. Liga.

Nationalliga A Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity FC Basel Basel Landhof AC Bellinzona Bellinzona Stadio Comunale Bellinzona FC Chiasso Chiasso Stadio Comunale Riva IV Grasshopper Club Zürich Zürich Hardturm FC La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds Centre Sportif de la Charrière FC Lausanne-Sport Lausanne Pontaise FC Lugano Lugano Cornaredo Stadium FC Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Stadion Breite Servette FC Geneva Stade des Charmilles Urania Genève Sport Genève Stade de Frontenex FC Winterthur Winterthur Schützenwiese BSC Young Boys Bern Wankdorf Stadium FC Young Fellows Zürich Utogrund FC Zürich Zürich Letzigrund

Final league table

Results

Relegation play-out FC Zürich and Young Fellows Zürich finished level on points in joint twelfth position. Therefore, it required a play-out against relegation and for twelfth position. This took place on 23 June 1957 at the Hardturm in Zürich.

Young Fellows won and remained in the top-tier. Zürich were relegated to 1957–58 Nationalliga B.

Topscorers Rank Player Nat. Goals Club1. Adrien Kauer 29 La Chaux-de-Fonds2. Branislav Vukosavljević 26 Grasshopper Club3. Josef Hügi 22 Basel4. Eugen Meier 18 Young Boys5. Raymond Duret 17 Grasshopper Club6. Arturo Capoferri 16 Bellinzona Charles Antenen 16 La Chaux-de-Fonds René Hamel 16 Young Boys Robert Ballaman 16 Grasshopper Club10. Raymond Morand 14 La Chaux-de-Fonds

Nationalliga B Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity FC Bern Bern Stadion Neufeld FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne Stadion Gurzelen SC Brühl St. Gallen Paul-Grüninger-Stadion FC Cantonal Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière FC Fribourg Fribourg Stade Universitaire FC Grenchen Grenchen Stadium Brühl FC Lengnau Lengnau Moos Lengnau BE FC Luzern Lucerne Stadion Allmend ES FC Malley Malley Centre sportif de la Tuilière FC Nordstern Basel Basel Rankhof FC Solothurn Solothurn Stadion FC Solothurn FC St. Gallen St. Gallen Espenmoos FC Thun Thun Stadion Lachen Yverdon-Sport FC Yverdon-les-Bains Stade Municipal

Final league table

Play-off for title FC Biel-Bienne and FC Grenchen finished level on points in joint first position and had both achieved promotion to 1957–58 Nationalliga A. However, it required a play-off to decide the title as NLB champions and this took place on 23 June 1957 at the Stadion Neufeld in Bern.

Biel-Bienne won the NLB championship.

Relegation play-out FC Bern and FC St. Gallen finished level on points in joint twelfth position. Therefore, it required a play-out against relegation and for twelfth position. This took place on 23 June 1957 at the Hardturm in Zürich.

Due to the egality a replay was required and this was played on 30 June at the Stadion Allmend in Luzern.

Bern won and remained in the second-tier. St. Gallen were relegated to 1957–58 1. Liga.

Further in Swiss football 1956–57 Swiss Cup 1956–57 Swiss 1. Liga

References

Sources Switzerland 1956–57 at RSSSF