The 1961–62 1. Liga season was the 30th 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 ...
and it was the highest level of total amateur football. At this time the clubs in the two higher divisions in Switzerland were beginning to employ professional or moreover semi-professional players.
Format
There were 36 teams competing in the 1. Liga 1961–62 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. The three group winners then contested a play-off round to decide the two promotion slots. The last placed team in each group were relegated to the
2. Liga (fourth tier). The groups were to be stocked up, each with one additional club for the next season, therefore these three relegated teams would be replaced by six promoted teams from the
2. Liga.
Group West
Teams, locations
Final league table
''Xamax had 8 points deducted because they had been accused by former coach Vidjak of paying illegal bonuses to the players.''
Group Central
Teams, locations
Final league table
Group South and East
Teams, locations
Final league table
Promotion play-off
The three group winners played single a
round-robin for the two promotion slots and for the championship.
Round-robin
''FC Moutier were declaired 1. Liga champions. The champions and the runners-up
Cantonal Neuchâtel
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the Swiss Confederation. The nucleus of the Swiss Confederacy in the form of the first three confederate allies used to be referred to as the . Two important periods in the development of ...
were promoted to
1962–63 Nationalliga B.''
Further in Swiss football
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1961–62 Nationalliga A
The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1961–62 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 65th season of top-tier and the 64th season of second-tier football in Switzerland.
Overview
The ...
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1961–62 Nationalliga B
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1961–62 Swiss Cup
The 1961–62 Swiss Cup was the 37th season of Switzerland's football cup competition, organised annually since 1925–26 by the Swiss Football Association.
Overview
This season's cup competition began with the games of the first round, played o ...
References
Sources
Switzerland 1961–62 at RSSSF
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1961–62 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 ...