The following is a summary of the 1963–64 season of competitive football in Switzerland.
Nationalliga A
Final league table
Nationalliga B
Final league table
1. Liga
Group West
Group Central
Group South and East
Decider for first place The decider match for the group championship was played on 20 June at Stadion Brügglifeld in Aarau.
FC Baden won and advanced to play-offs. Blue Stars remained in the division.
Promotion play-off The three group winners played single a round-robin for the two promotion slots and for the championship.
Round-robin
FC Le Locle were declaired 1. Liga champions and were promoted to 1964–65 Nationalliga B.
Decider for second place The decider match for second place was played on 12 July 1964 in Olten.
Baden won and were promoted to 1964–65 Nationalliga B. Burgdorf remained in the division.
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: Lausanne-Visp 10:3. Alle-ChdF 0:2. Fourth round: Urania-Lausanne 0:1. ChdF-Cantonal 4:0. Fifth round: Chiasso-Lausanne 1:7 . ChdF-Biel 3:2. Quarter-finals: Zürich-Lausanne 1:2. ChdF-YB 5:1. Semi-finals. Lausanne-Pruntrut 6:0. ChdF-GC 3:0.
Final The final was held in the former Wankdorf Stadium on Easter Monday 1964.
Best crowd attendance at a Swiss Cup final to this date
Lausanne-Sport won the cup and this was the club's sixth cup title to this date.
Swiss Clubs in Europe Zürich as 1962–63 Nationalliga A champions: 1963–64 European Cup and entered 1963–64 Intertoto Cup Basel as 1962–63 Swiss Cup winners: 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup Lausanne-Sport: entered 1963–64 Intertoto Cup La Chaux-de-Fonds: entered 1963–64 Intertoto Cup Young Boys: entered 1963–64 Intertoto Cup
Zürich European Cup
Preliminary round
Zürich won 4–2 on aggregate.
First round
Zürich 2–2 Galatasaray on aggregate; play-off needed.
Play-off
Zürich 2–2 Galatasaray in play-off match. Zürich qualified on a coin toss.
Quarter-finals
Zürich won 3–2 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
Real Madrid won 8–1 on aggregate.
Intertoto Cup
Group A1
Basel European Cup Winners' Cup
First round
Celtic won 10 – 1 on aggregate.
Lausanne-Sport Intertoto Cup
Group A2
La Chaux-de-Fonds Intertoto Cup
Group A4
Young Boys Intertoto Cup
Group A3
References
Sources Switzerland 1963–64 at RSSSF European Competitions 1963–64 at RSSSF.com Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz Intertoto history at Pawel Mogielnicki's Page