The following is a summary of the 1970–71 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Nationalliga A

Final league table

Championshio play-off

Grasshopper Club won the championship play-off, thus they qualified for 1971–72 European Cup. Basel as runners-up qualified for 1971–72 UEFA Cup.

Relegation play-out

Sion won the play-out and remained in the top-level. Fribourg relegated to 1971–72 Nationalliga B

Nationalliga B

League table

1. Liga

Group West

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 6 and 13 June 1971. Qualification round

AS Gambarogno win 2–0 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

SC Buochs win 7–3 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

CS Chênois win 6–2 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Final round The three first round winners competed in a single round-robin to decide the two promotion slots. The games were played on 20 and 27 June and on 4 July 1971.

CS Chênois won 1. Liga championship and promotion to 1971–72 Nationalliga B. AS Gambarogno were runners-up and were also promoted to 1971–72 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. The final was held in the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern.

Early rounds The routes of the finalists to the final were: Third round: NLA teams with a bye. Fourth round: Servette-Etoile Carouge 2:1. Lugano-Young Fellows 1:1 . Replay: Young Fellows-Lugano 0:2. Fifth round: Servette-YB 5:1. Luzern-Lugano 1:2 . Quarter-finals: Zürich-Servette 1:2. Lugano-GC 2:1. Semi-finals: Servette-Lausanne 2:1. Mendrisiostar-Lugano 0:2.

Final

Swiss Clubs in Europe Basel as 1969–70 Nationalliga A champions: 1970–71 European Cup Zürich as 1969–70 Swiss Cup winners: 1970–71 Cup Winners' Cup Lausanne-Sport: Entered 1970 Intertoto Cup Grasshopper Club: Entered 1970 Intertoto Cup Servette: Entered 1970 Intertoto Cup Winterthur: Entered 1970 Intertoto Cup

Basel European Cup

First round

Spartak Moscow 4–4 Basel on aggregate. Basel won on away goals.

Second round

Ajax won 5–1 on aggregate.

Zürich Cup Winners' Cup

First round

Zürich won 14–1 on aggregate

Second round

Lausanne Intertoto Cup

Group B3

Grasshopper Club Intertoto Cup

Group B1

Servette Intertoto Cup

Group B2

Winterthur Intertoto Cup

Group B5

References

Sources Switzerland 1970–71 at RSSSF European Competitions 1970–71 at RSSSF.com Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz Intertoto history at Pawel Mogielnicki's Page