| Season | 1958–59 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Young Boys |
| Relegated | Urania Genève Sport Young Fellows |
| Top goalscorer | Eugen Meier (Young Boys) 24 goals |
1959–60 → | |
| Season | 1958–59 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Winterthur |
| Promoted | Winterthur Biel-Bienne |
| Relegated | Concordia Solothurn |
| Top goalscorer | Edgar Graf (Biel-Bienne) 23 goals |
1959–60 → | |
The following is the summary of theSwiss National League in the 1958–59 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 62nd season of top-tier and the 61st season of second-tier football in Switzerland.
TheSwiss 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 doubleround-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 previous1957–58 season and the two newly promoted teamsZürich andLuzern. The champions would qualify for the1959–60 European Cup and the last two teams in the league table at the end of the season were to be relegated.
The second-tier (NLB) was contested by the two teams that had been relegated from the NLA at the end of the last season,Winterthur andBiel-Bienne, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teamsVevey-Sports andAarau. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the1959–60 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the1959–60 Swiss 1. Liga.[1]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Young Boys[2] | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 79 | 42 | +37 | 38 | Swiss Champions qualified for1959–60 European Cup |
| 2 | Grenchen | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 57 | 39 | +18 | 32 | Swiss Cup winners |
| 3 | Zürich[3] | 26 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 30 | |
| 4 | Grasshopper Club | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 63 | 54 | +9 | 30 | |
| 5 | Lausanne-Sport | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 29 | |
| 6 | Basel[4] | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 27 | |
| 7 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 26 | |
| 8 | Luzern | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 26 | |
| 9 | Servette[5] | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 70 | 58 | +12 | 24 | |
| 10 | FC Chiasso | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 48 | 61 | −13 | 24 | |
| 11 | Lugano | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 23 | |
| 12 | Bellinzona | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 38 | 57 | −19 | 22 | |
| 13 | Urania Genève Sport | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 19 | Relegated to1959–60 Nationalliga B |
| 14 | Young Fellows Zürich | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 33 | 72 | −39 | 14 | Relegated to1959–60 Nationalliga B |
| Home \ Away | BAS | BEL | CDF | CHI | GCZ | GRE | LS | LUG | LUZ | SER | UGS | YB | YFZ | ZÜR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basel | 6–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 5–2 | 2–1 | |
| Bellinzona | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| La Chaux-de-Fonds | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | |
| Chiasso | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 0–3 | 2–6 | 3–2 | 3–1 | |
| Grasshopper Club | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 6–0 | 4–5 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–4 | 3–1 | 3–2 | |
| Grenchen | 6–2 | 1–1 | 6–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |
| Lausanne-Sports | 0–5 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 6–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
| Lugano | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | |
| Luzern | 2–4 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | |
| Servette | 3–4 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 3–5 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 9–2 | 3–1 | |
| Urania | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–5 | |
| Young Boys | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 6–2 | |
| Young Fellows | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–6 | 1–3 | |
| Zürich | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 3–2 |
| Rank | Player | Nat. | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Eugen Meier | 24 | Young Boys | |
| 2. | Ernst Wechselberger | 21 | Young Boys | |
| Jacques Fatton | 21 | Servette | ||
| 4. | Miodrag Glisovic | 20 | Grenchen | |
| Erich Probst | 20 | Zürich | ||
| 6. | René Hamel | 19 | Grenchen | |
| 7. | Marcel Mauron | 17 | Servette | |
| 8. | Raymond Duret | 16 | Grasshopper Club | |
| 9. | Horst Buhtz | 15 | Young Fellows Zürich | |
| 10. | Walter Beerli | 13 | Luzern | |
| Ferdinando Riva | 13 | Chiasso |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Winterthur | 26 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 70 | 32 | +38 | 38 | NLB Champions and promoted to1959–60 Nationalliga A |
| 2 | FC Biel-Bienne | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 70 | 34 | +36 | 36 | Promoted to1959–60 Nationalliga A |
| 3 | FC Cantonal Neuchâtel | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 64 | 50 | +14 | 32 | |
| 4 | FC Sion | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 47 | 52 | −5 | 29 | |
| 5 | Vevey-Sports | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 57 | 44 | +13 | 27 | |
| 6 | FC Bern | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 27 | |
| 7 | FC Schaffhausen | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 62 | 54 | +8 | 24 | |
| 8 | FC Lengnau | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 49 | 53 | −4 | 24 | |
| 9 | FC Aarau[7] | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 24 | |
| 10 | FC Fribourg | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 24 | |
| 11 | FC Thun | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 45 | 58 | −13 | 24 | |
| 12 | Yverdon-Sport FC | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 22 | |
| 13 | FC Concordia Basel[1] | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 42 | 71 | −29 | 19 | Relegated to1959–60 1. Liga |
| 14 | FC Solothurn[1] | 26 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 41 | 68 | −27 | 14 | Relegated to1959–60 1. Liga |
| Preceded by 1957–58 | Nationalliga seasons in Switzerland | Succeeded by 1959–60 |