The following is a summary of the 1968–69 season of competitive football in Switzerland.
Nationalliga A
Final league table
Nationalliga B
Final league table
1. Liga
Group West
Decider for second place The decider match for second place was played on 2 June 1969 in Martigny
FC Monthey won and advanced to play-offs. Vevey-Sports remain in the division.
Play-out against relegation
FC Stade Nyonnais won remain in the division. The match Fontainemelon against Lausanne was not played. Both teams were relegated to 2. Liga Interregional.
Group Central
Group South and East
Promotion play-off The three group winners played a two legged tie against one of the runners-up to decide the three finalists. The games were played on 8 and 15 June 1969. Qualification round
FC Martigny-Sports won 3–2 on aggregate and continued to the finals.
3–3 on aggregate. Both teams continued to the finals.
FC Frauenfeld win 2–1 on aggregate and continued to the finals.
Final round The finals were played on 22 and 29 June 1969.
FC Martigny-Sports win 3–1 on aggregate, are declaired as 1. champions and are promoted to 1969–70 Nationalliga B.
FC Langenthal win 5–3 on aggregate and are promoted to 1969–70 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. Here, in case of a draw after extra time, the replay 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 a bye. Fourth round: St. Gallen-Wettingen 3:2. Bellinzona-Buochs 4:1. Fifth round: St. Gallen-YB 2:1. Bellinzona-Lausanne 3:2. Quarter-finals: Lugano-St. Gallen 0:1 . Bellinzona-Sion 3:1. Semi-finals: St. Gallen-Servette 3:0. Bellinzona-GC 2:1.
Final The final was held in the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern on Whit Monday 1969. Although Bellinzona had already been Swiss champions in 1948, neither club held ever won the Swiss Cup title before. St. Gallen had never won a title before and this was their first, both goals were scored by Rudolf Nafziger.
Swiss Clubs in Europe Zürich as 1967–68 Nationalliga A champions: 1968–69 European Cup Lugano as 1967–68 Swiss Cup winners: 1968–69 Cup Winners' Cup and entered 1968 Intertoto Cup Lausanne-Sport: Entered 1968 Intertoto Cup FC Biel-Bienne: Entered 1968 Intertoto Cup FC La Chaux-de-Fonds: Entered 1968 Intertoto Cup AC Bellinzona: Entered 1968 Intertoto Cup
Zürich
European Cup
First round
AB won 4–3 on aggregate.
Lugano
Cup Winners' Cup
First round
Intertoto Cup
Group A6
Lausanne-Sport
Intertoto Cup
Group B7
Biel-Bienne
Intertoto Cup
Group B1
La Chaux-de-Fonds
Intertoto Cup
Group B2
Bellinzona
Intertoto Cup
Group B8
References
Sources Switzerland 1968–69 at RSSSF European Competitions 1968–69 at RSSSF.com Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz Intertoto history at Pawel Mogielnicki's Page