| Season | 1946–47 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Biel-Bienne |
| Relegated | Young Boys Urania Genève Sport |
| Top goalscorer | Lauro Amadò (GC) Hans Blaser (YB) both 19 goals |
1947–48 → | |
| Season | 1946–47 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Zürich |
| Promoted | Zürich La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| Relegated | Red Star FC Helvetia Bern |
1947–48 → | |
The following is the summary of theSwiss National League in the 1946–47 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 50th season of top-tier and the 49th 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 theprevious season and the two newly promoted teamsFC Basel andUrania Genève Sport. 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, these wereFC Zürich andFC La Chaux-de-Fonds, the ten teams that had been in third to twelfth position last season and the two newly promoted teams from the 1. LigaFC Red Star andFC Thun. The top two teams at the end of the season would be promoted to the1947–48 NLA and the two last placed teams would be relegated to the1947–48 1. Liga.[1]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Biel-Bienne | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 60 | 32 | +28 | 36 | Swiss Champions |
| 2 | Lausanne-Sport | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 44 | 25 | +19 | 35 | |
| 3 | Lugano | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 31 | |
| 4 | Basel[2] | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 60 | 45 | +15 | 29 | Swiss Cup winners |
| 5 | Servette[3] | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 54 | 49 | +5 | 28 | |
| 6 | Grasshopper Club | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 61 | 42 | +19 | 27 | |
| 7 | Grenchen | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 26 | |
| 8 | Young Fellows Zürich | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 26 | |
| 9 | Locarno | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 25 | |
| 10 | Bellinzona | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 49 | 51 | −2 | 23 | |
| 11 | FC Bern | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 21 | |
| 12 | Cantonal Neuchatel | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 53 | −25 | 21 | |
| 13 | Young Boys[4] | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 44 | 59 | −15 | 18 | Relegated to1947–48 NLB |
| 14 | Urania Genève Sport | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 33 | 68 | −35 | 18 | Relegated to1947–48 NLB |
| Home \ Away | BAS | BEL | BER | BB | CAN | GCZ | GRE | LS | LOC | LUG | SER | UGS | YB | YFZ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basel | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 8–2 | 8–1 | 3–2 | |
| Bellinzona | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 8–1 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 2–8 | |
| Bern | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
| Biel-Bienne | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | |
| Cantonal Neuchâtel | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |
| Grasshopper Club | 4–0 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 7–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 2–2 | 5–4 | |
| Grenchen | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | |
| Lausanne-Sports | 7–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
| Locarno | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–5 | |
| Lugano | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | |
| Servette | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–7 | 2–0 | |
| Urania | 0–0 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 0–2 | |
| Young Boys | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 2–3 | |
| Young Fellows | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Rank | Player | Nat. | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Lauro Amadò | 19 | Grasshopper Club | |
| Hans Blaser | 19 | Young Boys | ||
| 3. | Alessandro Frigerio | 17 | Bellinzona | |
| 4. | Jacques Fatton | 16 | Servette | |
| 5. | Jean Tamini | 15 | Servette | |
| 6. | Alfred Bickel | 14 | Grasshopper Club | |
| Numa Monnard | 14 | Lausanne-Sport | ||
| Josef Righetti | 14 | Grenchen | ||
| Arrigo Ruch | 14 | Bellinzona | ||
| 10. | Traugott Oberer | 13 | Basel | |
| Robert Hasler | 13 | Biel-Bienne | ||
| Walter Wälchli | 13 | Young Fellows |
| Team | Based in | Canton | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC Aarau | Aarau | Stadion Brügglifeld | 9,240 | |
| SC Brühl | St. Gallen | Paul-Grüninger-Stadion | 4,200 | |
| FC Fribourg | Fribourg | Stade Universitaire | 9,000 | |
| FC Helvetia Bern[5] | Bern | Spitalacker,Bern | 1,000 | |
| CS International Genève | Geneva | |||
| FC La Chaux-de-Fonds | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Centre Sportif de la Charrière | 10,000 | |
| FC Luzern | Lucerne | Stadion Allmend | 25,000 | |
| FC Nordstern Basel | Basel | Rankhof | 7,600 | |
| FC Red Star Zürich | Zürich | Allmend Brunau | 2,000 | |
| FC Schaffhausen | Schaffhausen | Stadion Breite | 7,300 | |
| FC St. Gallen | St. Gallen | Espenmoos | 11,000 | |
| FC Thun | Thun | Stadion Lachen | 10,350 | |
| SC Zug | Zug | Herti Allmend Stadion | 6,000 | |
| FC Zürich | Zürich | Letzigrund | 25,000 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Zürich[6] | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 73 | 27 | +46 | 41 | NLB champions and promoted to1947–48 NLA |
| 2 | FC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 26 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 92 | 33 | +59 | 40 | Promoted to1947–48 NLA |
| 3 | FC Aarau[7] | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 50 | 26 | +24 | 36 | |
| 4 | FC St. Gallen | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 47 | 38 | +9 | 29 | |
| 5 | FC Luzern | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 28 | |
| 6 | FC Fribourg | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 27 | |
| 7 | CS International Genève | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 27 | |
| 8 | FC Nordstern Basel | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 24 | |
| 9 | FC Schaffhausen | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 50 | 70 | −20 | 23 | |
| 10 | FC Thun | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 33 | 64 | −31 | 22 | |
| 11 | SC Brühl | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 39 | 49 | −10 | 21 | |
| 12 | SC Zug | 26 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 46 | 52 | −6 | 20 | |
| 13 | FC Red Star Zürich[1] | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 33 | 54 | −21 | 19 | Relegated to1947–48 1. Liga |
| 14 | FC Helvetia Bern[1] | 26 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 28 | 88 | −60 | 7 | Relegated to1947–48 1. Liga |
| Preceded by 1945–46 | Nationalliga seasons in Switzerland | Succeeded by 1947–48 |