The 1948–49 1. Liga season was the 17th 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 36 teams competing in the 1. Liga this season. They were divided into three regional groups, each group with 12 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 overall championship and the two promotion slots to the second-tier (NLB). The last placed team in each group were directly relegated to the
2. Liga (fourth tier). The second last placed team from each group then contested a play-out to decide the fourth and final relegation slot.
Group West
Teams, locations
Final league table
Group Central
Teams, locations
Final league table
Group South and East
Teams, locations
Final league table
Decider for tenth place
The decider was played on 19 June in
Zürich
Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The ...
.
Zofingen
Zofingen () is a city in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is the capital of the district of Zofingen. Zofingen is a walled city and home to an ancient monastic settlement.
History
In ancient times Zofingen was a settlement of the Celtic ...
won and were placed tenth, thus they remained in the division for the following season. FC Altstetten were placed as eleventh and thus continued to the relegation play-outs.
Promotion, relegation
Promotion play-off
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 12, 19 and 26 June 1949.
Étoile-Sporting became 1. Liga Champions and together with runners-up
Moutier
Moutier () is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in Switzerland. Currently, the town belongs to the Jura bernois (administrative district), Jura bernois administrative district of the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Bern (canton), Ber ...
were promoted to
1949–50 Nationalliga B.
Winterthur
Winterthur (; ) is a city in the canton of Zurich in northern Switzerland. With over 120,000 residents, it is the country's List of cities in Switzerland, sixth-largest city by population, as well as its ninth-largest agglomeration with about 14 ...
remained in the division for the next season.
Relegation play-out
The three second last placed teams from each group contested a play-out to decide the fourth and final relegation slot. The matches in the play-outs were held on 19 and 26 June 1949. The third match was not played.
The match Altstetten against
Stade Lausanne was not played. Both teams remained in the division for the next season,
Allschwil
Allschwil () is a List of towns in Switzerland, village and a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Arlesheim (district), Arlesheim in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.
Allschwil is a sea ...
were relegated to
2. Liga.
Further in Swiss football
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1948–49 Nationalliga A
The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1948–49 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 52nd season of top-tier and the 51st season of second-tier football in Switzerland.
Overview
The ...
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1948–49 Nationalliga B
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1948–49 Swiss Cup
References
Sources
Switzerland 1948–49 at RSSSF
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1948–49 in Swiss football
Swiss 1. Liga (football) seasons
Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...