1973–74 Nationalliga A

77th season of top-tier Swiss football

Football league season

Nationalliga A
Season	1973–74
← 1972–73 1974–75 →

Statistics of Swiss Super League in the 1973–74 season.

Overview

The Nationalliga A season 1973–74 was contested under 14 teams. These were the top 12 teams from the previous 1972–73 season and the two newly promoted teams Xamax and Chênois. The championship was played in a double round robin. The champions would qualify for the 1974–75 European Cup, the second and third placed teams were to qualify for 1974–75 UEFA Cup and the last two teams in the table at the end of the season were to be relegated. Zürich won the championship 12 points ahead of Grasshopper Club, 13 ahead of the Servette and Winterthur. La Chaux-de-Fonds and Chiasso suffered relegation.^[1]

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zürich (C)	26	20	5	1	67	20	+47	45	Champions, qualified for 1974–75 European Cup and entered 1974 Intertoto Cup
2	Grasshopper Club	26	12	9	5	41	27	+14	33	Qualified for 1974–75 UEFA Cup and entered 1974 Intertoto Cup
3	Servette	26	12	8	6	49	35	+14	32	Qualified for 1974–75 UEFA Cup
4	Winterthur	26	13	6	7	42	29	+13	32	Entered 1974 Intertoto Cup
5	Basel	26	13	3	10	57	39	+18	29
6	Young Boys	26	10	8	8	52	38	+14	28
7	Xamax	26	10	6	10	38	38	0	26	Entered 1974 Intertoto Cup
8	Lausanne-Sport	26	9	8	9	45	48	−3	26
9	St. Gallen	26	10	5	11	38	48	−10	25
10	Sion	26	5	12	9	24	31	−7	22	Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1974–75 Cup Winners' Cup
11	Chênois	26	7	8	11	30	48	−18	22
12	Lugano	26	4	9	13	20	44	−24	17
13	La Chaux-de-Fonds	26	3	10	13	28	51	−23	16	Relegated to Nationalliga B
14	Chiasso	26	2	7	17	18	53	−35	11	Relegated to Nationalliga B

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	BAS	CDF	CHÊ	CHI	GCZ	LS	LUG	NX	SER	SIO	STG	WIN	ZÜR	YB
Basel		4–2	6–0	3–1	1–3	8–2	3–0	1–2	5–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	2–3
Chaux-de-Fonds	0–2		2–2	0–2	1–3	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–4	0–0	0–2	3–1
Chênois	0–1	1–0		4–0	0–0	1–2	3–1	3–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	2–2
Chiasso	1–1	0–0	0–1		0–0	1–1	0–2	0–3	0–0	1–3	3–1	1–2	0–1	0–3
Grasshopper	2–1	2–0	5–2	2–1		2–2	2–0	3–2	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2
Lausanne-Sports	2–0	3–2	1–1	2–0	2–0		3–0	1–0	4–2	2–2	5–0	0–2	1–3	2–4
Lugano	0–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–0	2–0		0–0	0–0	4–0	2–3	0–1	1–2	0–0
Neuchâtel Xamax	0–5	0–0	5–0	2–1	0–0	4–0	5–0		0–3	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–3	0–3
Servette	2–3	3–2	3–1	7–1	2–2	3–2	4–0	3–1		1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	3–2
Sion	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	0–0		0–0	0–0	2–1	1–1
St. Gallen	2–1	2–0	1–0	4–1	3–2	2–1	5–1	1–1	1–3	0–1		0–4	2–3	3–1
Winterthur	3–2	1–3	5–1	1–0	0–4	1–1	1–3	3–0	2–0	4–0	1–0		1–1	2–1
Zürich	5–1	8–1	4–0	5–1	1–0	4–2	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	2–1		3–0
Young Boys	3–1	4–2	0–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–3	6–0	2–3	2–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Daniel Jeandupeux	FC Zurich	22
2	Walter Müller	Lausanne-Sports	21
3	Ottmar Hitzfeld	FC Basel	19
4	Peter Risi	FC Winterthur	17
5	Ilija Katić	FC Zurich	16
5	Miodrag Petrović	Servette	16
7	Jean-Michel Elsig	Xamax	15
8	Rolf Blättler	St. Gallen	12
9	Marcel Cornioley	BSC Young Boys	10
	Serge Muhmenthaler	BSC Young Boys	10
	Adolf Noventa	Grasshopper Club	10
	Hansjörg Pfister	Servette	10

References

^ Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A 1973/74". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

Sources

Switzerland 1973–74 at RSSSF

Seasons of the Swiss Football League

Serie A era, 1897–1931
Seasons	1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31

Nationalliga era, 1931–1944
Seasons	1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44

Nationalliga A era, 1944–2003
Seasons	1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03

Nationalliga A era, 1944–2003

Seasons

1944–45
1945–46
1946–47
1947–48
1948–49
1949–50
1950–51
1951–52
1952–53
1953–54
1954–55
1955–56
1956–57
1957–58
1958–59
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03

Super League era, 2003–present
Seasons	2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e 1973–74 in European football (UEFA)
« 1972–73 1974–75 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '73 '74 England Faroe Islands '73 '74 Finland '73 '74 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '73 '74 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '73 '74 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '73 '74 Spain Sweden '73 '74 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '73 '74 Finland '73 '74 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '73 '74 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '73 '74 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia '73 '74
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '73 '74