The following is a summary of the 1975–76 season of competitive football in

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Nationalliga A

League table

Nationalliga B

League table

Play-off for promotion

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1. Liga

Group West

Group Central

Group East

Promotion play-off

Qualification round

'' SC Kriens win 4–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.'' '' Mendrisiostar win 3–2 on aggregate and continue to the finals.'' '' SC Zug win 3–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.''

Final round

The three first round winners competed in a single round-robin to decide the two promotion slots. The games were played on 20 June, 27 June and 4 July. '' Mendrisiostar are 1. Liga champions, SC Kriens are runners-up and these two teams are promoted.''

Relegation play-out

The three second last placed teams from each group competed in a single round-robin play-out to decide the fourth and last relegation slot. ''FC Tössfeld are relegated to 2. Liga Interregional.''

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: Zug-Zürich 0:2. Etoile Carouge-Servette 1:3. * Fifth round: Frauenfeld-Zürich 0:2. Servette-Xamax 2:1. * Quarter-finals: First leg: Zürich-YB 3:1. Return leg: YB-Zürich 0:2 (agg 1:5). First leg: Fribourg-Servette 0:2. Return leg: Fribourg-Servette 0:3 (agg 0:5). * Semi-finals: First leg: Biel-Zürich 1:0. Return leg: ZürichBiel 7:2 (agg 7:3). First leg: Servette-GC 6:2. Return leg: GC-Servette 2:1 (agg 4:7).

Final

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Swiss League Cup

The League Cup was played in a

system with all 28 league clubs plus four selected teams from the 1. Liga. 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 was played in

Early rounds

The routes of the finalists to the final were: * First round: Aarau-YB 3:5 . Zürich-GC 2:2 4:2 . * Second round: YB-La Chaux-de-Fonds 4-0. Laufen-Zürich 1:7. * Quarter-finals: Raron-YB 0:3. Lugano-Zürich 0:1 . * Semi-finals: Basel-YB 3:5 . Zürich-Sion 5:0

Final

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Swiss Clubs in Europe

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1974–75 Nationalliga A The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1974–75 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 78th season of top-tier and the 77th season of second-tier football in Switzerland. Overview The ...

champions:

1975–76 European Cup The 1975–76 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the third consecutive time by Bayern Munich in the final against Saint-Étienne at Hampden Park, Glasgow. This was the first time that Bayern Munich participated as la ...

and entered 1975 Intertoto Cup *

Basel Basel ( ; ), also known as Basle ( ), ; ; ; . is a city in northwestern Switzerland on the river Rhine (at the transition from the High Rhine, High to the Upper Rhine). Basel is Switzerland's List of cities in Switzerland, third-most-populo ...

as 1974–75 Swiss Cup winners: 1975–76 Cup Winners' Cup * Young Boys as league runners-up:

1975–76 UEFA Cup The 1975–76 UEFA Cup was the fifth season of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by UEFA. The final was played over two legs at Anfield, Liverpool, England and at the Olympiastadion, Bruges, Belgium. It was won by ...

and entered 1975 Intertoto Cup * Grasshopper Club as league third placed team:

and entered 1975 Intertoto Cup *

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 ...

: entered 1975 Intertoto Cup

Zürich

European Cup

=First round

= ''5–5 on aggregate; Újpesti Dózsa won on away goals.''

Intertoto Cup

=Group 3

Basel

Cup Winners' Cup

=First round

= ''Atlético Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.''

Young Boys

UEFA Cup

=First round

= ''Hamburg won 4–2 on aggregate.''

Intertoto Cup

=Group 8

Grasshopper Club

UEFA Cup

=First round

= ''4–4 on aggregate; Real Sociedad won on away goals.''

Intertoto Cup

=Group 6

Winterthur

Intertoto Cup

=Group 2

References

Sources

Switzerland 1975–76 at RSSSF

Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz

Intertoto history at Pawel Mogielnicki's Page
* {{DEFAULTSORT:1975-76 in Swiss football Seasons in Swiss football