The following is the summary of the
Swiss Nationalliga in the 1931–32 football season. This was the 35th season of top-tier football in Switzerland.
Overview
Preamble
The
Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) were modifying the formats in the football league system. Last season the top-tier (called Serie A) had 33 Clubs, which had been divided into three regional groups. From here onwards, the top-tier was now named Nationalliga and the number of clubs had been reduced. This season the top-tier had only 18 teams which were divided into two groups and in the following season would be reduced to 16 clubs, also in two groups. From the
1931–32 Nationalliga
The following is the summary of the Swiss Super League, Swiss Nationalliga in the 1931–32 football season. This was the 35th season of top-tier football in Switzerland.
Overview Preamble
The Swiss Football Association, Swiss Football Associati ...
season the Nationalliga would be contested in one national division with 16 clubs.
This season a new second division was created,
1931–32 Swiss 1. Liga, with 18 teams divided into two regional groups. The former second-tier which had been 54 teams in 6 regional groups, now became the third-tier. The season was played from 30 August 1931 to 1 May 1932, with a few rescheduled games being played later in May. The championship play-off rounds took place from 29 May to 26 June 1932.
Format
The 18 teams were divided into two groups and within the each group the teams played a double
round-robin to decide their league table positions. Two points were awarded for a win and one point was awarded for a draw. Four teams qualified for the championship play-offs. The first placed team in each group at the end of the qualification stage were qualified directly for the play-offs. The two second placed teams competed a decider for the third qualification slot. The fourth contender of the final group was the curiosity here, because the second-tier champions were also qualified for this championship group. The play-off was contested as a single round robin. The winners of the play-offs were awarded the Swiss championship title.
The last two placed teams in each qualification group were relegated to the
1932–33 Swiss 1. Liga. Only the two group winners in the second-tier, 1. Liga, would both achieve promotion this season, thus reducing the top-tier to 16 teams for the
1932–33 season.
Nationalliga
Group 1
Teams, locations
League table
Results
Group 2
Teams, locations
League table
Results
Decider against relegation
The eighth position in the table was the second relegation slot. Because
Servette
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and
Étoile-Sporting ended the qualification stage level on points in joint seventh/eighth position a decider against relegation was required. This match was played on 29 May 1932 at the
Stade de la Maladière
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in
Neuchâtel
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.
Servette
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won and were in seventh position, therefore they remained in the division for the next season.
Étoile-Sporting were in eighth position and were relegated to
1933–34 1. Liga.
Championship play-offs
Decider for play-off
The two second placed teams
Urania Genève Sport
Urania Genève Sport is a Swiss omnisport club based in Geneva. Its football section was founded in 1896.
The current club was born in 1922 through a merger between FC Urania and FC Genève.
Its main title is the Swiss cup, won in 1929 against ...
and
Biel-Bienne
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contested a play-off to decide who would qualify for the final round. The match took place at the
Pontaise in
Lausanne
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on 29 May 1932.
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Urania Genève Sport
Urania Genève Sport is a Swiss omnisport club based in Geneva. Its football section was founded in 1896.
The current club was born in 1922 through a merger between FC Urania and FC Genève.
Its main title is the Swiss cup, won in 1929 against ...
won and continued to the final round,
Biel-Bienne
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's season was finished.
Championship group
Championship final
Because Lausanne-Sports and Zürich
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ended the play-off group level on points in joint first position a decider for the championship was required. This final was played at the Stadion Neufeld
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BSC Young Boys used the stadium from 2001 ...
in Bern
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on 3 July 1932.
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Because Lausanne-Sports won the play-off final, the curiosity of the season had occurred, the winners of the very first 1. Liga season also became Swiss champions. This was the first and only time that a team from the second-tier won the championship title. This was the clubs second championship title to this date.
Further in Swiss football
* 1931–32 Swiss Cup
* 1931–32 Swiss 1. Liga
References
Sources
Switzerland 1931–32 at RSSSF
{{DEFAULTSORT:1931–32 Nationalliga
Swiss Football League seasons
Swiss
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1931–32 in Swiss football