The following is a summary of the 1966–67 season of competitive football in Switzerland.
Nationalliga A
Final league table
Relegation play-out The decider against relegation was played on 14 June 1967 at Wankdorf Stadium in Bern.
La Chaux-de-Fonds win and remain in the top tier. Winterthur are relegated to 1967–68 Nationalliga B.
Nationalliga B
Final league table
1. Liga
Group West
Group Central
Decider for eleventh place The decider was played on 4 June in Burgdorf.
FC Dürrenast win and remain in the division. FC Olten are relegated directly to 2. Liga Interregional.
Group South and East
Promotion play-off The three group winners and the runners-up played a round-robin against the four teams who had not been in their group.
Matches The first games were played on 4 June.
The second round was played on 11 June.
The next games were played on 18 June.
The final round were played on 25 June 1967.
Final table
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, it was to be decided with a penalty shoot-out.
Early rounds The routes of the finalists to the final were: Third round: teams from the NLA with byes. Fourth round: Basel–Blue Stars ZH 6:0. Urania Genf–Lausanne 0:3. Fifth round: Basel–Zürich 3:2. Lausanne–La Chaux-de-Fonds 2:0. Quarter-finals: Basel–Biel 2:2 , Replay: Biel–Basel 1:2. Winterthur-Lausanne 0:3. Semi-finals. Lugano–Basel 0:0 , Replay: Basel–Lugano 2:1. Sion-Lausanne 0:1.
Final The final was held in the former Wankdorf Stadium on Whit Monday 15 May 1967. The opponents were Basel and Lausanne-Sports. The game went down in football history due to the sit-down strike that followed a penalty goal shortly before the end of the match. After 88 minutes of play, with the score at 1–1, referee Karl Göppel awarded Basel a controversial penalty. André Grobéty had pushed Helmut Hauser gently in the back and he had let himself drop theatrically. Hauser scored the decisive penalty. Subsequent to the 2–1 lead for Basel the Lausanne players refused to resume the game and they sat down demonstratively on the pitch. The referee had to abandon the match. Basel were awarded the cup with a 3–0 forfeit.
The final was abandoned in 89' at 2-1 and awarded 3-0 in favour of Basel: Lausanne-Sports protested by a sit-in against the penalty decision that led to 2-1.
Swiss Clubs in Europe Zürich as 1965–66 Nationalliga A champions: 1966–67 European Cup Servette as 1965–66 Swiss Cup runner-up: 1966–67 Cup Winners' Cup La Chaux-de-Fonds: entered 1966–67 Intertoto Cup Sion: entered 1966–67 Intertoto Cup Biel-Bienne: entered 1966–67 Intertoto Cup Grenchen: entered 1966–67 Intertoto Cup
Zürich European Cup
First round
Celtic won 5–0 on aggregate.
Servette Cup Winners' Cup
First round
Second round
Quarter-final
La Chaux-de-Fonds Intertoto Cup
Group A1
Notes
Sion Intertoto Cup
Group A3
Biel-Bienne Intertoto Cup
Group A4
Grenchen Intertoto Cup
Group A2
References
Sources Switzerland 1966–67 at RSSSF European Competitions 1967–68 at RSSSF.com Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz Intertoto history at Pawel Mogielnicki's Page