The following is a summary of the 1979–80 season of competitive football in Switzerland.
Nationalliga A
League table Qualifying phase table
Championship table
Nationalliga B
League table
1. Liga
Group 1
Group 2
Decider for second place The decider match for second place was played on 28 May in La Blancherie in Delémont
SV Muttenz win after the penalty shoot-out and advance to play-offs. FC Aurore Bienne remain in the division.
Group 3
Decider for twelfth place The decider was played on 1 June in Baden.
FC Herzogenbuchsee win and remain in the division. FC Glattbrugg are relegated to 2. Liga Interregional.
Group 4
Decider for twelfth place The decider was played on 1 June in Zürich.
SC Zug win and remain in division. SC Brühl are relegated to 2. Liga Interregional.
Promotion play-off Qualification round
FC Bulle win 5–3 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
Mendrisiostar win 5–0 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
FC Emmen win 3–2 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
FC Laufen win 5–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
Final round
FC Bulle win 3–0 on aggregate and are promoted to 1980–81 Nationalliga B. FC Emmen remain in the division.
1st match abandoned after 6' due to rainfall: replay June 29 in Laufen. Mendrisiostar win 4–2 on aggregate and are promoted to 1980–81 Nationalliga B. FC Laufen remain in the division.
Swiss Cup
Early rounds The routes of the finalists to the final were: Round of 32: Bern-Sion 2:3 . Estavayer-le-Lac-YB 0:1. Round of 16: GC-Sion 3:3 4:5 . YB-Basel 2:0. Quarter-finals: Sion-Luzern 4:1. Chênois-YB 0:1. Semi-finals: Sion-Servette 2:1. Neuchâtel Xamax-YB 0:1.
Final
Swiss League Cup
Early rounds The routes of the finalists to the final were: Round 1: Servette-Sion 1:0. Lerchenfeld-Grasshopper Club 1:6 Round 2: FC Bern-Servette 0:3. Frauenfeld-Grasshopper Club 1:2 Quarter-finals: BSC Young Boys-Servette 0:2. Lausanne-Sports-Grasshopper Club 1:2. Semi-finals: Servette-Luzern 6:0. Grasshopper Club-FC Zürich 2:1.
Final
Swiss Clubs in Europe Servette as 1978–79 Nationalliga A champions: 1979–80 European Cup Young Boys as Swiss Cup finalist: 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup Zürich as league runners-up: 1979–80 UEFA Cup and entered 1979 Intertoto Cup Grasshopper Club as league third placed team: 1979–80 UEFA Cup and entered 1979 Intertoto Cup St. Gallen: entered 1979 Intertoto Cup CS Chênois: entered 1979 Intertoto Cup
Servette European Cup
First round
Servette won 4–2 on aggregate.
Second round
BFC Dynamo won 4–3 on aggregate.
Young Boys Cup Winners' Cup
First round
Steaua București won 8–2 on aggregate.
Zürich UEFA Cup
First round
Kaiserslautern won 8–2 on aggregate.
Intertoto Cup
Group 4 Matches
Final table
Grasshopper Club UEFA Cup
First round
Grasshopper Club won 6–0 on aggregate.
Second round
1–1 on aggregate; Grasshopper Club won on away goals.
Third round
Stuttgart won 5–0 on aggregate.
Intertoto Cup
Group 2
St. Gallen Intertoto Cup
Group 3
Chênois Intertoto Cup
Group 6
References
Sources Switzerland 1979–80 at RSSSF Swiss League Cup at RSSSF European Competitions 1979–80 at RSSSF.com Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz Intertoto history at Pawel Mogielnicki's Page