1996–97 Nationalliga A

100th season of top-tier Swiss football

Football league season

Nationalliga A
Season	1996–97
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

Statistics of Swiss National League A in the 1996–97 football season.

Overview

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

First stage

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Neuchâtel Xamax	22	12	8	2	36	20	+16	44
2	Grasshopper Club Zürich	22	10	9	3	42	27	+15	39
3	FC Sion	22	9	10	3	33	21	+12	37
4	FC Aarau	22	9	8	5	21	14	+7	35
5	Lausanne Sports	22	9	7	6	35	32	+3	34
6	FC St. Gallen	22	6	10	6	20	26	−6	28
7	FC Zürich	22	6	9	7	24	25	−1	27
8	FC Basel	22	5	11	6	32	32	0	26
9	Servette FC	22	5	9	8	24	25	−1	24
10	FC Lucerne	22	4	11	7	27	32	−5	23
11	AC Lugano	22	2	9	11	14	32	−18	15
12	BSC Young Boys	22	3	3	16	17	39	−22	12

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	AAR	BAS	GCZ	LS	LUG	LUZ	NX	SIO	SER	STG	ZÜR	YB
Aarau		0–1	0–1	2–0	4–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0
Basel	2–0		4–5	2–4	2–0	2–2	0–1	0–3	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–1
Grasshopper	0–0	4–2		2–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	0–1	6–2
Lausanne-Sport	0–1	0–0	1–0		4–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	3–2	3–2
Lugano	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–2		2–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–1
Luzern	0–1	0–3	1–1	2–2	1–0		2–2	3–3	0–2	0–0	3–0	2–1
Neuchâtel Xamax	2–0	3–3	3–1	6–1	1–0	1–1		1–3	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–1
Sion	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1		3–1	3–1	0–1	1–0
Servette	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–2	2–0	1–2	0–0	0–0		1–1	0–0	2–0
St. Gallen	1–1	1–0	2–3	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–3	2–1	1–0		1–0	2–1
Zürich	1–1	1–1	2–4	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	3–1	0–0		0–1
Young Boys	1–1	0–3	0–4	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–2

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

Second stage

Championship group

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	FC Sion	14	9	3	2	18	10	+8	19	49
2	Neuchâtel Xamax	14	6	6	2	22	14	+8	22	46
3	Grasshopper Club Zürich	14	7	4	3	37	18	+19	20	45
4	Lausanne Sports	14	8	2	4	20	16	+4	17	43
5	FC Aarau	14	3	4	7	17	22	−5	18	31
6	FC St. Gallen	14	3	4	7	13	26	−13	14	27
7	FC Zürich	14	1	7	6	9	18	−9	14	24
8	FC Basel	14	3	2	9	16	28	−12	13	24

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	AAR	BAS	GCZ	LS	NX	SIO	STG	ZÜR
Aarau		2–1	0–1	2–0	2–3	1–1	1–2	1–1
Basel	3–2		3–3	3–2	1–3	0–1	1–2	1–0
Grasshopper	4–2	4–1		5–0	1–1	1–2	8–0	1–1
Lausanne-Sport	2–0	2–0	3–2		1–1	2–0	2–1	2–0
Neuchâtel Xamax	2–1	3–0	2–3	0–0		0–0	2–0	3–1
Sion	2–3	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1		2–1	3–1
St. Gallen	0–0	2–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–1		1–2
Zürich	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–1

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

Promotion/relegation group

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Servette FC	14	7	4	3	18	10	+8	25
2	Étoile Carouge FC	14	7	3	4	15	13	+2	24
3	FC Lucerne	14	6	5	3	16	12	+4	23
4	SC Kriens	14	6	4	4	22	16	+6	22
5	BSC Young Boys	14	5	5	4	19	17	+2	20
6	FC Solothurn	14	3	5	6	9	17	−8	14
7	AC Lugano	14	2	5	7	11	17	−6	11
8	FC Schaffhausen	14	2	5	7	13	21	−8	11

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	ÉTO	KRI	LUG	LUZ	SHA	SER	SOL	YB
Étoile Carouge		0–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–3	2–0	1–1
Kriens	0–0		2–1	3–0	6–2	1–2	2–0	1–1
Lugano	0–1	2–0		0–0	1–1	1–2	2–3	1–2
Luzern	0–1	2–0	3–0		0–3	0–0	2–0	1–1
Schaffhausen	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–3		1–0	0–0	1–3
Servette	0–1	4–0	0–0	1–3	2–0		1–0	0–0
Solothurn	0–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1		1–0
Young Boys	4–2	0–3	0–1	1–1	3–2	0–2	3–0

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

Sources

Switzerland 1996–97 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 1996–97 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '96 '97 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina (Herzeg-Bosnia, Republika Srpska) Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '96 '97 Finland '96 '97 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '96 '97 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '96 '97 Latvia '96 '97 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '96 '97 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '96 '97 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '96 '97 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '96 '97 Finland '96 '97 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '96 '97 Israel Italy Latvia '96 '97 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '96 '97 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland '96 '97 France Iceland '96 '97 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
Supercups	England Germany
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup