The following is a summary of the 1990–91 season of competitive football in Switzerland.
Nationalliga A
Qualification phase
Championship group The first eight teams of the qualification phase competed in the Championship round. The teams took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the qualification as bonus with them.
Nationalliga B Qualification phase Group East
Group West
Promotion/relegation round NLA/NLB Group A
Group B
Relegation round NLB/1. Liga The last six teams in each of the two qualification phase groups competed in two relegation groups against relegation to the 1. Liga 1991–92. The teams received ranking bonus points from their qualifying groups (7th place 6 pts; 8th place 5 pts; 9th place 4 pts; etc). There was to be one direct relegation in each group, plus a play-out against relegation between both second last placed teams.
Group A
Group B
Relegation play-out
FC Montreux-Sports won 4–3 on aggregate. Glarus were originally relegated, however, because Montreux-Sports had their license revoked, Glarus remained in NLB 1991–92 and Montreux-Sports were demoted to the 1991–92 1. Liga.
1. Liga
Group 1
Decider for second place The decider was played on 21 May in Montreux
FC Châtel-Saint-Denis win and advance to play-offs.
Decider for twelfth place The decider was played on 21 May in Renens
Concordia/Folgore Lausanne win and advance to play-outs. Vevey Sports are relegation to 2. Liga Interregional.
Group 2
Group 3
Decider for second place The decider was played on 21 May 1991 at the Stadion Schlottermilch in Sursee
FC Pratteln win and advance to play-offs.
Group 4
Decider for twelfth place The decider was played on 21 May in Altstetten (Zürich)
SC Veltheim win and advance to play-outs. FC Einsiedeln are relegation to 2. Liga Interregional.
Promotion play-off Qualification round
FC Brüttisellen win 3–2 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
SC Brühl win 1–0 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
SR Delémont win 8–2 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
FC Châtel-Saint-Denis win 5–2 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
Final round
FC Châtel-Saint-Denis win 2–1 on aggregate and are promoted to 1991–92 Nationalliga B.
SR Delémont win 8–1 on aggregate and are promoted to 1991–92 Nationalliga B.
Play-off for third place
FC Brüttisellen win after penalty shoot-out and are promoted to 1991–92 Nationalliga B.
Relegation play-out First round
Concordia/Folgore Lausanne win after penalty shoot-out. FC Beauregard Fribourg continue to the final.
FC Suhr win after penalty shoot-out. SC Veltheim continue to the final.
Final round
SC Veltheim win 4–3 on aggregate. FC Beauregard Fribourg are relegated to 2. Liga.
Swiss Cup
Early rounds The routes of the finalists to the final, played on 8 June 1992 at the Wankdorf in Bern:
Round 3
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|30 September 1990
Round 4
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|24 March 1991
Round 5
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|9 April 1991
Quarter-finals
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|23 April 1991
Semi-finals
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|7 May 1991
Final
Swiss Clubs in Europe Grasshopper Club as 1989–90 Nationalliga A champions: 1990–91 European Cup and entered 1990 Intertoto Cup Lausanne-Sport as league second placed team: 1990–91 UEFA Cup Xamax as Swiss Cup finalist qualified for 1990–91 Cup Winners' Cup and entered 1990 Intertoto Cup Luzern as league second placed team: 1990–91 UEFA Cup and entered 1990 Intertoto Cup St. Gallen: entered 1990 Intertoto Cup
Grasshopper Club European Cup
First round
Red Star Belgrade won 5–2 on aggregate.
Intertoto Cup
Group 10
Lausanne-Sport UEFA Cup
First round
3–3 on aggregate; Real Sociedad won on away goals.
Xamax Cup Winners' Cup
First round
2–2 on aggregate. Estrela da Amadora won 4–3 on penalties.
Intertoto Cup
Group 1
Luzern UEFA Cup
First round
Luzern won 3–2 on aggregate.
Second round
Admira Wacker won 2–1 on aggregate.
Intertoto Cup
Group 7
St. Gallen Intertoto Cup
Group 2
References
Sources Switzerland 1990–91 at RSSSF Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz Intertoto history at Pawel Mogielnicki's Page