1978–79 Nationalliga A

82nd season of top-tier Swiss football

Football league season

Nationalliga A
Season	1978–79
← 1977–78 1979–80 →

Statistics of Swiss Super League in the 1978–79 season.

Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and Servette FC Genève won the championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Zürich	22	13	6	3	51	19	+32	32	To championship round
2	Servette FC Genève	22	12	6	4	56	23	+33	30
3	Grasshopper Club Zürich	22	9	9	4	35	24	+11	27
4	FC Basel	22	10	6	6	36	29	+7	26
5	BSC Young Boys	22	11	4	7	39	34	+5	26
6	FC St. Gallen	22	11	4	7	34	34	0	26
7	Neuchâtel Xamax	22	8	8	6	42	33	+9	24	To playout round
8	CS Chênois	22	9	4	9	30	32	−2	22
9	Lausanne Sports	22	6	3	13	28	40	−12	15
10	FC Chiasso	22	5	3	14	20	46	−26	13
11	FC Nordstern Basel	22	2	8	12	19	44	−25	12
12	FC Sion	22	3	5	14	20	52	−32	11

Source: rsssf.com

Home \ Away	BAS	CHÊ	CHI	GCZ	LS	NX	NOR	SER	SIO	STG	YB	ZÜR
Basel		2–1	4–0	3–2	2–0	5–2	1–1	4–1	2–0	4–2	2–2	1–0
Chênois	1–0		3–0	0–0	3–0	1–3	1–1	1–5	3–0	2–1	2–2	3–0
Chiasso	2–1	0–2		1–1	1–0	0–3	2–2	2–2	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–2
Grasshopper	2–1	1–0	4–0		3–0	2–2	3–1	0–0	2–1	2–3	2–2	2–1
Lausanne-Sports	0–1	1–4	4–3	2–0		0–2	2–0	1–2	4–2	1–2	0–1	1–2
Neuchâtel Xamax	2–0	2–0	4–2	0–0	2–2		2–1	0–3	8–0	1–1	0–1	0–2
Nordstern	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–1		0–5	1–2	2–4	1–2	0–1
Servette	6–0	5–1	4–0	0–0	1–1	2–2	4–0		2–0	4–1	2–0	1–1
Sion	0–0	1–1	0–3	2–4	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–5		0–1	4–1	2–2
St. Gallen	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–1	3–2	2–0	2–1	3–0		6–0	0–2
Young Boys	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–2	4–1	1–2	3–1	2–0	1–1		1–3
Zürich	1–1	6–0	2–0	1–1	3–3	1–1	5–0	3–0	4–0	5–0	4–1

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

Source: rsssf.com

Home \ Away	BAS	GCZ	STG	SER	YB	ZÜR
Basel		2–3	2–0	1–4	6–0	1–3
Grasshopper	2–1		0–1	0–1	0–0	2–1
St. Gallen	4–1	0–0		0–1	1–1	1–2
Servette	2–0	3–1	2–0		4–1	1–0
Young Boys	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–2		0–1
Zürich	4–2	3–3	2–1	2–3	1–0

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

Source: rsssf.com

Home \ Away	CHÊ	CHI	LS	NX	NOR	SIO
Chênois		1–0	3–3	6–3	3–1	1–1
Chiasso	1–1		3–1	3–1	2–0	2–0
Lausanne-Sports	2–4	2–0		1–0	4–0	1–2
Neuchâtel Xamax	1–0	1–1	1–2		2–3	0–2
Nordstern	1–1	2–3	1–2	0–2		0–3
Sion	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–0

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

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

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

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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '78 '79 England Faroe Islands '78 '79 Finland '78 '79 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '78 '79 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '78 '79 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '78 '79 Spain Sweden '78 '79 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '78 '79 Finland '78 '79 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '78 '79 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '78 '79 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
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 '77–'78 '79–'80