The following is a summary of the 1981–82 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Nationalliga A

League table

Nationalliga B

League table

1. Liga

Group 1

Decider for second place The decider match for second place was played on 26 May in Martigny.

Yverdon-Sport FC win and advance to play-offs. FC Renens remain in the division.

Decider for twelfth place The decider match for twelfth was played on 26 May in Nyon.

FC Stade Lausanne win and continue in the play-outs. FC Onex are relegated directly to 2. Liga Interregional.

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Decider for second place The decider match for second place was played on 26 May in Wallisellen

FC Rüti win and advance to play-offs. FC Blue Stars Zürich remain in the division.

Promotion play-off Qualification round

FC Laufen win on away goals and continue to the finals.

FC Baden win 5–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

FC Rüti win 4–3 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

SR Delémont win on away goals and continue to the finals.

Final round

FC Laufen win 3–1 on aggregate and are promoted to 1982–83 Nationalliga B.

FC Baden win the replay and are promoted to 1982–83 Nationalliga B.

Decider for third place

FC Rüti win 4–2 on aggregate and are promoted to 1982–83 Nationalliga B. SR Delémont remain in 1. Liga.

Decider for 1. Liga championship

FC Laufen win and are 1. Liga champions.

Relegation play-out First round

FC Stade Lausanne win 4–3 on aggregate and remain in division. FC Breitenbach continue to the final.

SC Buochs win 4–1 on aggregate and remain in division. FC Young Fellows Zürich continue to the final.

Final round

FC Breitenbach win 4–1 on aggregate and remain in division. FC Young Fellows Zürich are relegated to 2. Liga.

Swiss Cup

Early rounds The routes of the finalists to the final were: Round 3: Monthey-Sion 0:1. Sursee-Basel 1:9. Round 4: Sion-Servette 3:2 n.V. Bellinzona-Basel 0:1. Round 5: Sion-Winterthur 3:1. Aarau-Basel 2:3. Quarter-finals: Sion-Wettingen 2:0. Basel-Lausanne 2:1. Semi-finals: Sion-YB 2:0. Basel-Delémont 3:0.

Final

Swiss League Cup

Early rounds The routes of the finalists to the final were: Round 1: Bern-Aarau 1:2. Zürich-St. Gallen 0:1 Round 2: Aarau-GC 4:3 a.e.t. St. Gallen-Mendrisiostar 4:2 Quarter-finals: Aarau-Basel 1:0. Servette-St. Gallen 1:2 Semi-finals: Aarau-Luzern 4:1. St. Gallen-Winterthur 1:1 a.e.t. 4:3 penalties.

Final

Swiss Clubs in Europe Zürich as 1980–81 Nationalliga A champions: 1981–82 European Cup and entered 1981 Intertoto Cup Lausanne-Sport as 1980–81 Swiss Cup winners: 1981–82 Cup Winners' Cup Grasshopper Club as league runners-up: 1981–82 UEFA Cup and entered 1981 Intertoto Cup Xamax as league third placed team: 1981–82 UEFA Cup Young Boys entered: 1981 Intertoto Cup Luzern entered: 1981 Intertoto Cup

Zürich European Cup

First round

3–3 on aggregate; BFC Dynamo won on away goals.

Intertoto Cup

Group 3

Lausanne Cup Winners' Cup

First round

4–4 on aggregate; Lausanne won on away goals.

Second round

Legia Warsaw won 3–2 on aggregate.

GC UEFA Cup

First round

Grasshoppers won 4–1 on aggregate.

Second round

2–2 on aggregate; Radnički Niš won 3–0 on penalties.

Intertoto Cup

Group 7

Xamax UEFA Cup

First round

Neuchâtel Xamax won 6–3 on aggregate.

Second round

Neuchâtel Xamax won 2–0 on aggregate.

Third round

Neuchâtel Xamax won 1–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Hamburger SV won 3–2 on aggregate.

Young Boys Intertoto Cup

Group 6

Luzern Intertoto Cup

Group 9

References

Sources Switzerland 1981–82 at RSSSF Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz European Competitions 1981–82 at RSSSF.com Intertoto history at Pawel Mogielnicki's Page