The following is a summary of the 1995–96 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
Promotion/relegation group NLA/NLB The teams in the ninth to twelfth positions in Nationalliga A competed with the top four teams of Nationalliga B in a Nationalliga A/B promotion/relegation round.
Relegation group NLB/1. Liga The last eight teams of the qualification phase competed in the relegation group against relegation to the 1. Liga. The teams took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the qualification as bonus with them.
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1. Liga
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Decider The decider for second position in the table was played 21 May 1996 in Stadio Comunale Bellinzona.
FC Ascona advance to play-offs.
Group 4
Promotion play-off Qualification round
AC Bellinzona win 2–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
FC Gossau win 5–4 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
1–1 on aggregate. FC Renens win 6–5 in penalties and continue to the finals.
FC Meyrin win 2–0 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
Final round
FC Gossau win 4–0 on aggregate and are promoted to Nationalliga B.
FC Meyrin win 8–4 on aggregate and are promoted to Nationalliga B.
Relegation play-out First round
FC Emmenbrücke continue to the finals.
Vevey Sports continue to the finals.
Final round
Vevey Sports win 7–2 on aggregate and remain in the 1. Liga. FC Emmenbrücke are relegated to 2. Liga.
Swiss Cup
The route of the finalists to the final: Round 3: Sion bye. CS Chênois-Servette 0–2. Round 4: Sion-FC Bulle 3–0. FC Renens-Servette 0–1. Round 5: SR Delémont-Sion 1–2 . Servette-BSC Young Boys 3–1. Quarter-finals: Sion-FC Luzern 2–0. FC Aarau-Servette 1–4. Semi-finals: Sion-FC St. Gallen 2–1. Neuchâtel Xamax FC-Servette 0–1 a.e.t. The winners of the first drawn semi-final is considered as home team in the final.
Final
Swiss Clubs in Europe Grasshopper Club as 1994–95 Nationalliga A champions: 1995–96 UEFA Champions League qualifying round Lugano as league runners-up: 1995–96 UEFA Cup Preliminary round Xamax as third placed team: 1995–96 UEFA Cup Preliminary round Sion as 1994–95 Swiss Cup winners: 1995–96 Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round Aarau: 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup Luzern: 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup Basel: 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup Vaduz as 1994–95 Liechtenstein Cup winners: 1995–96 Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
Grasshopper Club Champions League
Qualifying round
Grasshopper Club won 2–1 on aggregate
Group stage
Final table
Lugano UEFA Cup
Preliminary round
Lugano won 4-0 on aggregate.
First round
Lugano won 2–1 on aggregate.
Second round
Slavia Prague won 3–1 on aggregate.
Xamax UEFA Cup
Preliminary round
Xamax won 1–0 on aggregate.
First round
Roma won 5–1 on aggregate.
Sion Cup Winners' Cup
Qualifying round
Sion won 3–2 on aggregate.
First round
AEK Athens won 4–2 on aggregate.
Aarau Intertoto Cup
Group 3
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Round of 16
Luzern Intertoto Cup
Group 2
1Played at Brighton & Hove Albion's Goldstone Ground as White Hart Lane was unavailable
Final table
Basel Intertoto Cup
Group 1
Final table
Vaduz Cup Winners' Cup
Qualifying round
Hradec Králové won 14–1 on aggregate.
References
Sources Switzerland 1995–96 at RSSSF Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz UEFA Intertoto Cup 1995 at RSSSF