The following is a summary of the 1975–76 season of competitive football in Switzerland.
Nationalliga A
League table
Nationalliga B
League table
Play-off for promotion
1. Liga
Group West
Group Central
Group East
Promotion play-off Qualification round
SC Kriens win 4–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
Mendrisiostar win 3–2 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
SC Zug win 3–1 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 June, 27 June and 4 July.
Mendrisiostar are 1. Liga champions, SC Kriens are runners-up and these two teams are promoted.
Relegation play-out The three second last placed teams from each group competed in a single round-robin play-out to decide the fourth and last relegation slot.
FC Tössfeld are relegated to 2. Liga Interregional.
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 case of a draw after extra time, the replay was to be decided with a penalty shoot-out. The Quarter- and Semi-finals were played as two legged rounds, home and away. The final was held in Bern.
Early rounds The routes of the finalists to the final were: Third round: NLA teams with a bye. Fourth round: Zug-Zürich 0:2. Etoile Carouge-Servette 1:3. Fifth round: Frauenfeld-Zürich 0:2. Servette-Xamax 2:1. Quarter-finals: First leg: Zürich-YB 3:1. Return leg: YB-Zürich 0:2 (agg 1:5). First leg: Fribourg-Servette 0:2. Return leg: Fribourg-Servette 0:3 (agg 0:5). Semi-finals: First leg: Biel-Zürich 1:0. Return leg: ZürichBiel 7:2 (agg 7:3). First leg: Servette-GC 6:2. Return leg: GC-Servette 2:1 (agg 4:7).
Final
Swiss League Cup
The League Cup was played in a knockout system with all 28 league clubs plus four selected teams from the 1. Liga. In the case of a draw, extra time was played. If the teams were still level after extra time, the decision was brought about with a penalty shoot-out. The final was played in Bern.
Early rounds The routes of the finalists to the final were: First round: Aarau-YB 3:5 . Zürich-GC 2:2 4:2 . Second round: YB-La Chaux-de-Fonds 4–0. Laufen-Zürich 1:7. Quarter-finals: Raron-YB 0:3. Lugano-Zürich 0:1 . Semi-finals: Basel-YB 3:5 . Zürich-Sion 5:0
Final
Swiss Clubs in Europe Zürich as 1974–75 Nationalliga A champions: 1975–76 European Cup and entered 1975 Intertoto Cup Basel as 1974–75 Swiss Cup winners: 1975–76 Cup Winners' Cup Young Boys as league runners-up: 1975–76 UEFA Cup and entered 1975 Intertoto Cup Grasshopper Club as league third placed team: 1975–76 UEFA Cup and entered 1975 Intertoto Cup Winterthur: entered 1975 Intertoto Cup
Zürich European Cup
First round
5–5 on aggregate; Újpesti Dózsa won on away goals.
Intertoto Cup
Group 3
Basel Cup Winners' Cup
First round
Atlético Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.
Young Boys UEFA Cup
First round
Hamburg won 4–2 on aggregate.
Intertoto Cup
Group 8
Grasshopper Club UEFA Cup
First round
4–4 on aggregate; Real Sociedad won on away goals.
Intertoto Cup
Group 6
Winterthur Intertoto Cup
Group 2
References
Sources Switzerland 1975–76 at RSSSF League Cup finals at RSSSF European Competitions 1975–76 at RSSSF.com Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz Intertoto history at Pawel Mogielnicki's Page