The following is a summary of the 1973–74 season of competitive football in

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Nationalliga A

League table

Nationalliga B

League table

1. Liga

Group West

Decider for eleventh place

The decider was played on 1 June in

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. '' Yverdon-Sport FC win and remain in division.

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are relegated directly to 2. Liga Interregional.''

Group Cenral

Group South and East

Promotion play-off

The three group winners played a two legged tie against one of the runners-up to decide the three finalists. The games were played on 1 and 8 June.

First round

'' FC Brunnen win 2–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.'' '' FC Raron win 2–0 on aggregate and continue to the finals.'' '' 2–2 on aggregate. Giubiasco qualified as best classed in the regular season and continue to the finals.''

Final round

'' FC Raron are 1. Liga champions, US Giubiasco are runners-up and these two teams are promoted.''

Swiss Cup

The competition was played in a

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system. In the case of a draw,

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was played. If the teams were still level after extra time, the match was replayed at the away team's ground. In case of a draw after extra time, the replay was to be decided with a penalty shoot-out. The Quarter- and Semi-finals were played as two legged rounds, home and away. The final was held in

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Early rounds

The routes of the finalists to the final were: * Third round: NLA teams with a bye. * Fourth round: Bulle Sion 1:4. Martigny Xamax 0:6. * Fifth round: Sion Servette 3:0. Xamax Chiasso 2:0. * Quarter-finals: First leg: Sion Basel 1:0. Return leg: Basel Sion 2:2 (agg. 2:3). First leg: Xamax Chênois 5:1. Return leg: Chênois Xamax 0:2 (agg. 1:7). * Semi-finals: First leg: Sion Lausanne 0:0. Return leg: Lausanne Sion 1:1 (agg 1:1, Sion won on

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). First leg: Xamax GC 0:0. Return leg: GC Xamax 1:1 (agg. 1:1, Xamax won on

Final

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Swiss League Cup

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. In the case of a draw,

was played. If the teams were still level after extra time, the decision was brought about with a penalty shoot-out. The final took place on 10 October 1973 at

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Early rounds

The routes of the finalists to the final were: * First round: GC bye. Winterthur bye. * Second round: Zürich-GC 1:1 3:4 . Winterthur-Luzern 1:0. * Quarter-finals: Vevey-GC 1:4. St. Gallen-Winterthur 1:2. * Semi-finals: GC-Servette 2:0. Biel-Bienne-Winterthur 1:3.

Final

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Swiss Clubs in Europe

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as 1972–73 Nationalliga A champions: 1973–74 European Cup *

as 1972–73 Swiss Cup winners: 1973–74 Cup Winners' Cup and entered 1973 Intertoto Cup * Grasshopper Club as league runners-up:

1973–74 UEFA Cup The 1973–74 UEFA Cup was the third season of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by UEFA. The final was played over two legs at White Hart Lane, London, England, and at De Kuip, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. It was wo ...

and entered 1973 Intertoto Cup * Sion as league third placed team:

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: entered 1973 Intertoto Cup *

Lugano Lugano ( , , ; ) is a city and municipality within the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. It is the largest city in both Ticino and the Italian-speaking region of southern Switzerland. Lugano has a population () of , and an u ...

: entered 1973 Intertoto Cup

Basel

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European Cup

=First round

= ''Basel won 11–2 on aggregate

=Second round

= ''Basel won 7–6 on aggregate''

=Quarter-final

= ''Celtic won 6–5 on aggregate''

Zürich

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Cup Winners' Cup

=First round

= ''3-3 on aggregate, Zürich won on away goals.''

=Second round

= ''1-1 on aggregate, Zürich won on away goals.''

=Quarter-final

= ''Sporting CP won 4-1 on aggregate.''

Intertoto Cup

=Group 4

Grasshopper Club

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UEFA Cup

=First round

= ''Tottenham Hotspur won 9–2 on aggregate.''

Intertoto Cup

=Group 3

Sion

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UEFA Cup

=First round

= ''Lazio won 4–3 on aggregate.''

Winterthur

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Intertoto Cup

=Group 1

Lugano

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Intertoto Cup

=Group 5

References

Sources

Switzerland 1973–74 at RSSSF

Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz

Intertoto history at Pawel Mogielnicki's Page
* {{DEFAULTSORT:1973-74 in Swiss football Seasons in Swiss football