The 1978–79 1. Liga was the 47th season of this league since its creation in 1931. At this time, the 1. Liga was the third tier of the Swiss football league system and it was the highest level of amateur football.
Format There were 56 clubs in the 1. Liga. These were divided into four regional groups, each with 14 teams. Within each group, the teams would play a double round-robin to decide their league position. Two points were awarded for a win. The four group winners and the four runners-up contested a play-off round to decide the two promotion slots. The two last placed teams in each group were directly relegated to the 2. Liga (fourth tier).
Group 1 Teams ClubCantonStadiumCapacity FC Boudry Neuchâtel Stade des Buchilles FC Leytron Valais Stade Saint-Martin FC Le Locle Neuchâtel Installation sportive - Jeanneret ES FC Malley Vaud Centre sportif de la Tuilière FC Martigny-Sports Valais Stade d'Octodure FC Meyrin Geneva Stade des Arbères FC Monthey Valais Stade Philippe Pottier FC Orbe Vaud Stade du Puisoir FC Raron Valais Sportplatz Rhoneglut FC Renens Waadt Zone sportive du Censuy FC Stade LausanneVaud Centre sportif de Vidy FC Stade Nyonnais Vaud Stade de Colovray FC Visp Valais Sportplatz Mühleye Yverdon-Sport FC Vaud Stade Municipal
Final league table
Group 2 Teams ClubCantonStadiumCapacity FC Aurore Bienne Bern Tilleul-Linde US Boncourt Jura Stade Communal Léon Burrus FC Bulle Fribourg Stade de Bouleyres FC Central Fribourg Fribourg Guintzet SR Delémont Jura La Blancherie SC Derendingen Solothurn Heidenegg FC Dürrenast Bern Stadion Lachen FC Fétigny Fribourg Stade Communal Fétigny FC Herzogenbuchsee Bern Waldäcker FC Köniz Bern Sportplatz Liebefeld-Hessgut FC Laufen Basel-Country Sportplatz Nau FC Lerchenfeld canton of Bern Sportanlagen Waldeck FC Rapid Ostermundigen Bern Oberfeld FC Solothurn Solothurn Stadion FC Solothurn
Final league table
Group 3 Teams ClubCantonStadiumCapacity FC Allschwil Basel-Country Im Brüel, Allschwil FC Baden Aargau Esp Stadium FC Birsfelden Basel-Country Sternenfeld FC Blue Stars Zürich ZürichHardhof SC Brühl St. Gallen Paul-Grüninger-Stadion FC Concordia Basel Basel-City Stadion Rankhof FC Glattbrugg Zürich Sportanlage Au FC Gossau St. Gallen Sportanlage Buechenwald SV Muttenz Basel-Country Sportplatz Margelacker FC Red Star Zürich Zürich Allmend Brunau FC Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Stadion Breite FC Suhr Aargau Hofstattmatten FC Turicum Zürich Hardhof FC Unterstrass Zürich Steinkluppe
Final league table
Group 4 Teams ClubCantonStadiumCapacity FC Balzers Liechtenstein Sportplatz Rheinau FC Chur Grisons Ringstrasse SC Emmen Lucerne Sportanlage Feldbreite FC Emmenbrücke Lucerne Stadion Gersag US Giubiasco Ticino Campo Semine FC Ibach Schwyz Gerbihof FC Locarno Locarno, Ticino Stadio comunale Lido Mendrisiostar Ticino Centro Sportivo Comunale FC Morbio Ticino Campo comunale Balerna FC Rüti Zürich Schützenwiese FC Stäfa Zürich Sportanlage Frohberg FC Vaduz Liechtenstein Rheinpark Stadion FC Zug Zug Herti Allmend Stadion SC Zug Zug Herti Allmend Stadion
Final league table
Promotion play-off Qualification round
FC Ibach win 6–2 on aggregate and continue to the semi-finals.
FC Baden win 3–2 on aggregate and continue to the semi-finals.
FC Raron win 4–2 on aggregate and continue to the semi-finals.
SR Delémont win 4–2 on aggregate and continue to the semi-finals.
Semi-final round
FC Raron win 6–2 on aggregate and are promoted to 1979–80 Nationalliga B. FC Ibach remain in the division.
FC Baden win 2–1 on aggregate and are promoted to 1979–80 Nationalliga B. SR Delémont remain in the division.
Final for 1. Liga championship The final was played on 1 July in Baden.
FC Raron win and became 1. Liga champions.
Further in Swiss football 1978–79 Nationalliga A 1978–79 Nationalliga B 1978–79 Swiss Cup
References
Sources Switzerland 1978–79 at RSSSF