1980–81 Nationalliga A

84th season of top-tier Swiss football

Football league season

Nationalliga A
Season	1980–81
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

Statistics of Swiss Super League in the 1980–81 season.

Overview

It was contested by 14 teams, and FC Zürich won the championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Zürich (C)	26	18	4	4	57	28	+29	40	1981–82 European Cup
2	Grasshopper Club Zürich	26	11	12	3	45	24	+21	34	1981–82 UEFA Cup
3	Neuchâtel Xamax	26	14	6	6	44	25	+19	34	1981–82 UEFA Cup
4	BSC Young Boys	26	11	11	4	46	33	+13	33
5	Lausanne Sports	26	12	6	8	40	29	+11	30	Swiss Cup winners: 1981–82 Cup Winners' Cup
6	FC Basel	26	9	10	7	48	44	+4	28
7	Servette FC Genève	26	8	10	8	38	36	+2	26
8	FC Sion	26	8	8	10	35	42	−7	24
9	FC Lucerne	26	6	10	10	39	46	−7	22
10	FC St. Gallen	26	7	8	11	35	42	−7	22
11	FC Nordstern Basel	26	6	7	13	28	37	−9	19
12	AC Bellinzona	26	7	5	14	25	46	−21	19
13	FC Chiasso	26	5	8	13	28	46	−18	18
14	CS Chênois	26	3	9	14	23	53	−30	15	Relegated

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

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

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

v t e 1980–81 in European football (UEFA)
« 1979–80 1981–82 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '80 '81 England Faroe Islands '80 '81 Finland '80 '81 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '80 '81 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '80 '81 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '80 '81 Spain Sweden '80 '81 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '80 '81 Finland '80 '81 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '80 '81 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '80 '81 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '81 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland
Super cups	Soviet Union '81
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup