The 1945–46 1. Liga season was the 14th season of the 1. Liga since its creation in 1931. At this time, the
1. Liga was the third-tier of the
Swiss football league system
The Swiss football league system, is a series of interconnected leagues for association football clubs in Switzerland, with seven teams from Liechtenstein, and one each from exclaves of Germany and Italy, also competing. The system has a hierarchi ...
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Format
There were 33 teams competing in the 1. Liga this season. They were divided into three regional groups, each group with 11 teams. Within each group, the teams would play a double
round-robin to decide their league position. Two points were awarded for a win and one point was awarded for a draw. The three group winners then contested a play-off round to decide the two promotion slots to the second-tier (NLB). The last placed team in each group was directly relegated to the
2. Liga (fourth tier). The season started on 9 September 1945, was completed by 23 June 1946 with two of the games in the promotion play-off being held in July.
The following season would see the 1. Liga with the addition of three further clubs, thus the number of teams in each group was to be new twelve teams, therefore six clubs from the 2. Liga (fourth tier) would be promoted this season.
Group West
Teams, locations
Final league table
Group Central
Teams, locations
Final league table
Group South and East
Teams, locations
Final league table
Promotion
The three group winners played a single round-robin to decide the overall championship and the two promotion slots. The promotion play-offs were held on 16 June, 21 and 28 July 1946.
Promotion play-off
Red Star
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became overall 1. Liga Champions and together with runners-up
Thun
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were promoted to
1946–47 Nationalliga B.
Concordia remained in the division for the next season.
Further in Swiss football
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1945–46 Nationalliga A
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 ...
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1945–46 Nationalliga B
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1945–46 Swiss Cup
References
Sources
Switzerland 1945–46 at RSSSF
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1945–46 in Swiss football
Swiss 1. Liga (football) seasons
Switzerland
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