The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1972–73 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 76th season of top-tier and the 75th season of second-tier football in Switzerland.

Overview

The Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) had 28 member clubs at this time which 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 1971–72 season and the two newly promoted teams

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. The champions would qualify for the

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. The second and third placed teams were qualified for the

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. The last two placed teams were to be relegated. The second-tier (NLB) was contested by the two teams that had been relegated from the NLA,

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, the teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams

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and

SC Buochs SC Buochs is a Swiss football club, founded in 1934 (officially). The club colours are blue and white derived from the town Buochs's coat of arms. Their home ground is Stadion Seefeld, which has a proclaimed capacity of 5,000 (1,000 seats, 4,000 s ...

. The top two teams would be promoted and the last two teams relegated.

Nationalliga A

The first round of the NLA was played on 14 August 1972. After playing 13 rounds, there was a winter break, held between 5 December and the 14th round on 5 March 1973. The season had 26 rounds and was completed on 10 June 1973.

Teams, locations

Final league table

Results

Nationalliga B

Teams, locations

Final league table

Decider for second place

The decider match for second place was played on ''

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won and were promoted to

1973–74 Nationalliga A The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1973–74 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 77th season of top-tier and the 76th season of second-tier football in Switzerland. Overview The ...

remain in the division.''

Further in Swiss football

1972–73 Swiss Cup The 1972–73 Swiss Cup was the 48th season of Switzerland's football cup competition, organised annually since 1925–26 by the Swiss Football Association. Overview This season's cup competition began on the weekend of 2 and 3 September 1972, wit ...

* 1972–73 Swiss 1. Liga

References

Sources

Switzerland 1972–73 at RSSSF
* {{DEFAULTSORT:1972-73 Nationalliga A Swiss Football League seasons

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1972–73 in Swiss football