The following is a summary of the 1960–61 season of competitive football in Switzerland, including their times played, wins, draws, losses and more.
Nationalliga A
Final league table
Nationalliga B
Final league table
Decider for second place Schaffhausen and Bellinzona ended the season level on points, therefore a play-off for promotion was required. The decider match for second place was played on 18 June 1961 at the Stadion Neufeld in Bern.
* Note: The match was abandoned due to pitch invasion in the 68th Minute.
The replay was played on 23 July at Stadion Allmend in Lucerne.
Schaffhausen won and were promoted to 1961–62 Nationalliga A. Bellinzona remained in the division.
1. Liga
Group West
Group Central
Group South and East
Promotion, relegation Promotion play-off The three group winners played single a round-robin for the two promotion slots and for the championship. The games were played on 18 and 25 June and 2 July 1961.
FC Porrentruy became 1. Liga champions. The champions and the runners-up FC Bodio were promoted to 1961–62 Nationalliga B. SC Burgdorf remained in the division.
Relegation play-out The three second last placed teams in each group, contested a play-out to decide the fourth and last relegation slot. The games were played on 18 and 25 June and 2 July 1961.
Delémont and Malley remained in the division. FC Wil were relegated to 2. Liga.
Swiss Cup
The competition was played in a knockout system. In the case of a draw, extra time was played. If the teams were still level after extra time, the match was replayed at the away team's ground. In the replay, in case of a draw after extra time, a toss of the coin would decide which team progressed.
Early rounds The routes of the finalists to the final were: Second round: teams from the NLA and NLB with byes. Third round: ChdF-Delémont 3:1. Biel-Burgdorf 4:0. Fourth round: ChdF-Lengnau 3:1. Biel-YB 3:1. Fifth round: Urania Genf-ChdF 0:1. Thun-Biel 3:4 . Quarter-finals: ChdF-Lausanne 4:1. Chiasso-Biel 1:1 . Replay: Biel-Chiasso 1:0. Semi-finals: Schaffhausen-ChdF 0:2. Biel-Luzern 3:1.
Final The final was held at the former Wankdorf Stadium on Sunday 23 April 1961.
Swiss Clubs in Europe This was the sixth season with the European Cup and it was the first season that the Cup Winners' Cup tournament took place. Young Boys as 1959–60 Nationalliga A champions: 1960–61 European Cup Luzern as 1959–60 Swiss Cup winners: 1960–61 Cup Winners' Cup
Young Boys European Cup
Preliminary round
Young Boys won 9–2 on aggregate.
First round
Hamburger SV won 8–3 on aggregate.
Luzern Cup Winners' Cup
Quarter-finals
Fiorentina won 9–2 on aggregate.
References
Sources Switzerland 1960–61 at RSSSF European Competitions 1960–61 at RSSSF.com Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz Intertoto history at Pawel Mogielnicki's Page