The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1959–60 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 63rd season of top-tier and the 62nd 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 1958–59 season and the two newly promoted teams FC Winterthur and FC Biel-Bienne. The champions would qualify for the 1960–61 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, Urania Genève Sport and Young Fellows Zürich, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams FC Langenthal and SC Brühl. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the 1960–61 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 1960–61 Swiss 1. Liga.
The Swiss champions received a slot in the 1960–61 European Cup and the Swiss Cup winners this season qualified for the first edition of the Cup Winners' Cup which was to be contested in the following season.
Nationalliga A Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity FC Basel Basel Landhof AC Bellinzona Bellinzona Stadio Comunale Bellinzona FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne Stadion Gurzelen 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 FC Winterthur Winterthur Schützenwiese BSC Young Boys Bern Wankdorf Stadium FC Zürich Zürich Letzigrund
Final league table
Results
Topscorers Rank Player Nat. Goals Club1. Willy Schneider 25 Young Boys2.Eugen Meier 21 Young Boys3. Edgar Graf 19 Biel-Bienne Philippe Pottier 19 La Chaux-de-Fonds5. Peter Lüscher 18 Luzern Bruno Brizzi 18 Zürich 7. Kurt Sommerlatt 17 La Chaux-de-Fonds8. Jacques Fatton 16 Servette9. Josef Hügi 15 Basel Roberto Frigerio 15 Basel Miodrag Glišović 15 Grenchen Erich Hahn 15 Luzern13. Charles Antenen 13 La Chaux-de-Fonds Ernst Wechselberger 13 Young Boys
Nationalliga B Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity FC Aarau Aarau Stadion Brügglifeld FC Bern Bern Stadion Neufeld SC Brühl St. Gallen Paul-Grüninger-Stadion FC Cantonal Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière FC Fribourg Fribourg Stade Universitaire FC Langenthal Langenthal Rankmatte FC Lengnau Lengnau Moos Lengnau BE FC Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Stadion Breite FC Sion Sion Stade de Tourbillon FC Thun Thun Stadion Lachen Urania Genève Sport Genève Stade de Frontenex Vevey Sports Vevey Stade de Copet FC Young Fellows Zürich Utogrund Yverdon-Sport FC Yverdon-les-Bains Stade Municipal
Final league table
Play-off for title Young Fellows Zürich and FC Fribourg finished level on points in joint first position and had both achieved promotion to 1960–61 Nationalliga A. However, it required a play-off to decide the title as NLB champions and this took place on 15 June 1960 in Wankdorf Stadium, Bern.
FC Fribourg won the NLB championship.
Further in Swiss football 1959–60 Swiss Cup 1959–60 Swiss 1. Liga
References
Sources Switzerland 1959–60 at RSSSF