The following is the summary of the
Swiss National League in the 1945–46 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 49th season of top-tier and the 48th season of second-tier football in Switzerland.
Overview
The
Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) had 28 member clubs at this time and these were divided into two divisions of 14 teams each. The teams played a double
round-robin to decide their table positions. Two points were awarded for a win and one point was awarded for a draw. The top tier (NLA) was contested by the top 12 teams from the
previous season and the two newly promoted teams
FC Locarno
FC Locarno is a Swiss association football, football club based in Locarno in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino in southern Switzerland.
As of the 2019–20 season, Locarno play in the Swiss sixth level, 2. Liga (Switzerland), 2. Liga.
His ...
and
FC Bern
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In 1921, the club won the Och Cup (that was ...
. The last two teams in the league table at the end of the season were to be relegated.
The second-tier (NLB) was contested by the two teams that had been relegated from the NLA at the end of the last season, these were
FC Basel
Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel, FCB, or just Basel, is a Swiss professional Association football, football club based in Basel, in the Basel-Stadt, Canton of Basel-Stadt. Formed in 1893, the club has been List of Swiss footba ...
and
FC St. Gallen
Fussballclub St. Gallen 1879, commonly known as St. Gallen, is a Swiss professional football club based in the city of St. Gallen, Canton of St. Gallen. It is the oldest football club in continental Europe after Kjøbenhavns Boldklub. The tea ...
, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams from the 1. Liga
FC Schaffhausen
FC Schaffhausen is a Swiss Association football, football team from the town of Schaffhausen. The club set to plays in the Promotion League from 2025–26, the third tier of Swiss football after relegation from Challenge League (Switzerland), Ch ...
and Helvetia Bern. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the
1946–47 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the
1946–47 1. Liga.
Nationalliga A
Teams, locations
Final league table
Results
Topscorers
Nationalliga B
Teams, locations
Final league table
Decider for twelfth place
The play-out against relegation was played on 7 July 1946 in
Stadion Brügglifeld
Stadion Brügglifeld is a multi-purpose stadium in Aarau, Switzerland. It is primarily used for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Aarau. The current capacity is 9,249 seats, which include 1499 covered seats. 1,187 covered seats ar ...
in
Aarau
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.
SC Zug
Zug 94 is a Swiss football team based in Zug, in the Canton of Zug. The team competes in the 1. Liga Classic from 2025–26, the fourth tier of Swiss football after promotion from 2. Liga Interregional in 2024–25. It was formed in 1994 afte ...
won, were placed in twelfth position and remained in the division for the next season. SC Derendingen were classified as thirteenth and thus relegated to the
1946–47 1. Liga.
Further in Swiss football
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1945–46 Swiss Cup
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1945–46 Swiss 1. Liga
References
Sources
Switzerland 1945–46 at RSSSF
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Swiss Football League seasons
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1945–46 in Swiss football