The following is a summary of the 1962–63 season of competitive football in Switzerland.
Nationalliga A
Final league table
Nationalliga B
Final league table
1. Liga
Group West
Decider for first place The decider match for the group winners was played on 22 June at Stade de Frontenex in Genève.
Etoile Carouge won and advanced to play-offs. Versoix remained in the division.
Group Central
Group South and East
Promotion play-off The three group winners played single a round-robin for the two promotion slots and for the championship. Round-robin
Replay A replay round-robin was required, due to the egality of the teams
FC Solothurn became 1. Liga champions. The champions and the runners-up Etoile Carouge were promoted to 1963–64 Nationalliga B.
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: Basel-Black Stars 4:0. GC-St. Gallen 3:0. Fourth round: YB-Basel 0:2. GC-Dietikon 3:1 . Fifth round: Basel-Burgdorf 7:1. Baden-GC 0:4 Quarter-finals: Chiasso-Basel 1:2. GC-Sion 4:0. Semi-finals: Basel-Lausanne 1:0. GC-Servette 4:2.
Final The final was held in the former Wankdorf Stadium on Easter Monday 1963.
Basel won the cup and this was the club's third cup title to this date.
Swiss Clubs in Europe Servette as 1961–62 Nationalliga A champions: 1962–63 European Cup and entered 1962–63 Intertoto Cup Lausanne-Sport as 1961–62 Swiss Cup winners: 1962–63 Cup Winners' Cup La Chaux-de-Fonds: entered 1962–63 Intertoto Cup Young Boys: entered 1962–63 Intertoto Cup Basel: entered 1962–63 Intertoto Cup
Servette European Cup
Preliminary round
Servette 4–4 Feyenoord on aggregate; Therefore a play-off was required.
Feyenoord won play-off 3–1.
Intertoto Cup
Group A4
Quarter-final
Tatabánya win 6–1 on aggregate and continue to semi-finals.
Lausanne-Sport Cup Winners' Cup
Preliminary round
Lausanne Sports won 5–4 on aggregate.
First round
Slovan Bratislava won 2–1 on aggregate.
La Chaux-de-Fonds Intertoto Cup
Group A3
Young Boys Intertoto Cup
Group A1
Basel Intertoto Cup
Group B3
Matches
References
Sources Switzerland 1962–63 at RSSSF European Competitions 1962–63 at RSSSF.com Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz Intertoto history at Pawel Mogielnicki's Page