The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1958–59 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 62nd season of top-tier and the 61st 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 1957–58 season and the two newly promoted teams Zürich and Luzern. The champions would qualify for the 1959–60 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, Winterthur and Biel-Bienne, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams Vevey-Sports and Aarau. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1959–60 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1959–60 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 Grenchen Grenchen Stadium Brühl 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 Luzern Lucerne Stadion Allmend Servette FC Geneva Stade des Charmilles Urania Genève Sport Genève Stade de Frontenex 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. Eugen Meier 24 Young Boys2. Ernst Wechselberger 21 Young Boys Jacques Fatton 21 Servette4. Miodrag Glisovic 20 Grenchen Erich Probst 20 Zürich6. René Hamel 19 Grenchen7. Marcel Mauron 17 Servette8. Raymond Duret 16 Grasshopper Club9. Horst Buhtz 15 Young Fellows Zürich10. Walter Beerli 13 Luzern Ferdinando Riva 13 Chiasso
Nationalliga B Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity FC Aarau Aarau Stadion Brügglifeld FC Bern Bern Stadion Neufeld FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne Stadion Gurzelen FC Cantonal Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière FC Concordia Basel Basel Stadion Rankhof FC Fribourg Fribourg Stade Universitaire FC Lengnau Lengnau Moos Lengnau BE FC Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Stadion Breite FC Sion Sion Stade de Tourbillon FC Solothurn Solothurn Stadion FC Solothurn FC Thun Thun Stadion Lachen Vevey-Sports Vevey Stade de Copet FC Winterthur Winterthur Schützenwiese Yverdon-Sport FC Yverdon-les-Bains Stade Municipal
Final league table
Further in Swiss football 1958–59 Swiss Cup 1958–59 Swiss 1. Liga
References
Sources Switzerland 1958–59 at RSSSF