1993–94 Nationalliga A

Statistics of the Swiss National League in the 1993–94 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B.

Nationalliga A

Season	1993–94
Champions	Servette
Relegated	Kriens Yverdon-Sport
Top goalscorer	Giovane Élber, Grasshopper Club (21 goals)
← 1992–93 1994–95 →

Nationalliga B

Season	1993–94
Champions	Basel
Promoted	Basel St. Gallen
Relegated	Old Boys Bulle Urania Genève Sport Monthey FC Sursee Fribourg Chiasso
← 1992–93 1994–95 →

Overview

The 32 teams of the Swiss Football League (Nationalliga) were divided into two tiers. In the top-tier, there were 12 teams that played in the Nationalliga A (NLA). There were 20 teams in the Nationalliga B (NLB), the second tier, these were divided into two groups, a West and an East group. Each team in each group played a double round-robin in the qualification phase. Thereafter the divisions were divided into a Swiss championship group, a promotion/relegation group (NLA/NLB) and two relegation groups (NLB/1. Liga), each group with eight teams. Due to a system change, the format of the following NLB season was to reduce the number of teams to just 16. Therefore, there were to be seven relegations from the NLB to next season's 1. Liga (third tier), with only three promotions in the opposite direction.

Nationalliga A

Qualification phase

The qualification of the NLA began on 28 July 1993 and was completed on 12 December. Twelve teams competed in this first NLA stage. The top eight teams in the qualification phase then advanced to the championship group and the last four teams played against relegation.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Grasshopper Club	22	12	7	3	37	15	+22	43	Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus
2	Sion	22	11	9	2	34	14	+20	42
3	Young Boys	22	9	7	6	37	25	+12	34
4	Servette	22	9	7	6	38	37	+1	34
5	Lausanne-Sport	22	9	6	7	28	27	+1	33
6	Lugano	22	7	8	7	23	27	−4	29
7	Luzern	22	8	5	9	26	32	−6	29
8	Aarau	22	8	5	9	24	31	−7	29
9	Zürich	22	6	8	8	25	22	+3	26	Continue to promotion/relegation round
10	Xamax	22	4	9	9	24	31	−7	21
11	Yverdon-Sport	22	3	8	11	19	33	−14	17
12	Kriens	22	3	7	12	17	38	−21	16

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Results

Home \ Away	AAR	GCZ	KRI	LS	LUG	LUZ	NX	SER	SIO	YB	YS	ZÜR
Aarau		2–1	2–0	0–0	0–2	1–2	4–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–1	1–0
Grasshopper	1–1		1–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	5–1	1–0	1–1	3–3	3–3	2–0
Kriens	0–1	0–2		1–3	0–3	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–4	2–0	0–2
Lausanne-Sport	2–0	2–1	2–1		1–2	0–2	2–0	2–3	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0
Lugano	1–3	0–3	0–0	0–0		1–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–1	2–2
Luzern	5–2	0–1	2–1	3–1	2–2		1–0	0–4	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–1
Neuchâtel Xamax	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–2		4–1	0–0	2–2	5–0	0–0
Servette	1–1	1–3	3–2	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–0		3–4	1–1	2–0	4–2
Sion	4–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–1		1–0	4–1	3–1
Young Boys	2–0	0–0	6–0	1–4	3–0	3–1	2–3	4–2	0–2		1–0	0–0
Yverdon-Sport	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–1	1–2	2–2	2–0	5–1	1–1	0–0		1–1
Zürich	3–1	0–1	0–1	4–0	1–1	4–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–2	0–0

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship group

The first eight teams of the qualification phase competed in the Championship round. The teams took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the qualification as bonus with them. The championship group began on 20 February 1994 and was completed on 10 May.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Servette	14	8	5	1	29	14	+15	13	34	Swiss champions, qualified for 1994–95 Champions League and entered 1994 Intertoto Cup
2	Grasshopper Club	14	6	5	3	28	17	+11	16	33	Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1994–95 Cup Winners' Cup and entered 1994 Intertoto Cup
3	Sion	14	5	5	4	21	15	+6	16	31	qualified for 1994–95 UEFA Cup first round and entered 1994 Intertoto Cup
4	Aarau	14	7	4	3	23	16	+7	11	29	qualified for 1994–95 UEFA Cup preliminary round
5	Lugano	14	5	5	4	21	19	+2	11	26
6	Young Boys	14	2	6	6	13	23	−10	13	23	entered 1994 Intertoto Cup
7	Lausanne-Sport	14	4	1	9	14	28	−14	12	21	entered 1994 Intertoto Cup
8	Luzern	14	2	3	9	15	32	−17	11	18

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification.

Results

Home \ Away	AAR	GCZ	LS	LUG	LUZ	SER	SIO	YB
Aarau		1–1	0–1	4–3	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–2
Grasshopper	1–1		3–0	3–3	3–0	4–2	3–1	4–0
Lausanne-Sport	1–0	2–3		0–2	1–3	0–3	1–1	1–2
Lugano	1–2	1–1	2–1		4–1	1–1	1–0	0–4
Luzern	1–3	3–1	1–2	1–3		2–4	2–2	0–0
Servette	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	3–0		4–3	1–1
Sion	1–1	1–0	5–0	0–0	2–0	0–0		1–1
Young Boys	1–2	0–0	0–4	0–0	1–1	1–4	1–3

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Nationalliga B

Qualification phase

The qualification of the NLB began on 28 July 1993 and was completed on 21 November. The top two teams in each group were qualified for the promotion/relegation group. The bottom eight teams in each group then played in newly drawn groups against relegation.

Table group West

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Schaffhausen	18	13	3	2	41	21	+20	29	Advance to promotion/relegation NLA/LNB round
2	St. Gallen	18	9	5	4	35	21	+14	23
3	Baden	18	9	3	6	38	30	+8	21	Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga according to their rank, the teams would receive bonus points in the next stage
4	Bellinzona	18	8	5	5	33	30	+3	21
5	Locarno	18	7	6	5	23	20	+3	20
6	Chiasso	18	6	5	7	15	23	−8	17
7	Winterthur	18	5	5	8	29	35	−6	15
8	Wil	18	4	6	8	20	22	−2	14
9	Gossau	18	1	9	8	15	29	−14	11
10	FC Sursee	18	2	5	11	16	34	−18	9

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Table group East

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Étoile Carouge	18	11	5	2	33	13	+20	27	Advance to promotion/relegation NLA/LNB round
2	Basel	18	12	1	5	39	14	+25	25
3	Chênois	18	8	6	4	31	20	+11	22	Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga according to their rank, the teams would receive bonus points in the next stage
4	Old Boys	18	6	8	4	27	31	−4	20
5	Monthey	18	6	6	6	25	23	+2	18
6	Bulle	18	7	3	8	28	24	+4	17
7	Grenchen	18	7	3	8	25	24	+1	17
8	Delémont	18	7	3	8	24	29	−5	17
9	Fribourg	18	6	1	11	21	28	−7	13
10	Urania Genève Sport	18	2	0	16	11	58	−47	4

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Promotion/relegation group NLA/NLB

The teams in the ninth to twelfth positions in Nationalliga A competed with the top two teams of both Nationalliga B groups in a NLA/NLB promotion/relegation round. The stage began on 20 February and was completed on 9 May 1994.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Basel	14	7	6	1	22	7	+15	20	Promoted to NLA 1994–95
2	St. Gallen	14	8	4	2	28	14	+14	20
3	Xamax	14	9	2	3	21	12	+9	20	Remain in NLA 1994–95
4	Zürich	14	7	4	3	24	15	+9	18
5	Kriens	14	4	4	6	21	20	+1	12	Relegated to NLB 1994–95
6	Étoile Carouge	14	3	5	6	14	24	−10	11	Remain in NLB 1994–95
7	FC Schaffhausen	14	2	3	9	14	31	−17	7
8	Yverdon-Sport	14	1	2	11	8	29	−21	4	Relegated to NLB 1994–95

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	BAS	ÉTO	KRI	NX	STG	SHA	YS	ZÜR
Basel		0–0	1–0	3–1	3–0	3–0	1–1	1–1
Étoile Carouge	1–1		2–2	0–2	3–0	2–2	2–0	0–0
Kriens	0–1	3–0		0–0	1–1	5–0	2–0	1–2
Neuchâtel Xamax	1–0	2–1	2–0		1–1	1–0	3–1	1–0
St. Gallen	0–0	5–1	3–0	3–1		4–1	3–1	3–0
Schaffhausen	1–4	1–2	2–2	1–3	0–1		2–0	0–1
Yverdon-Sport	0–3	1–0	1–4	0–2	1–1	1–2		1–2
Zürich	1–1	5–0	5–1	2–1	1–3	2–2	2–0

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation groups NLB/1. Liga

The last eight teams in each of the two qualification phase groups competed in two relegation groups against relegation to the 1. Liga 1994–95. The teams were drawn into these two groups and received ranking bonus points from their qualifying groups (3rd place 8 pts; 4th place 7 pts; 5th place 6 pts; etc). There were three direct relegations and a relegation play-out between the two fifth placed teams. This stage began on 5 March 1993 and was completed on 25 May.

Table group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Baden	14	8	2	4	29	12	+17	8	26	Remain in NLB
2	Locarno	14	8	3	3	22	19	+3	6	25
3	Delémont	14	8	3	3	25	19	+6	3	22
4	Winterthur	14	6	4	4	28	24	+4	4	20
5	Gossau	14	7	2	5	21	13	+8	2	18	Play-out against relegation
6	Old Boys	14	4	2	8	17	24	−7	7	17	Relegation to 1. Liga 1994–95
7	Bulle	14	1	5	8	9	22	−13	5	12
8	Urania Genève Sport	14	2	3	9	17	35	−18	1	8

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Table group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Wil	14	9	3	2	22	12	+10	3	24	Remain in NLB
2	Chênois	14	6	4	4	18	15	+3	8	24
3	Grenchen	14	7	5	2	22	12	+10	4	23
4	Bellinzona	14	6	3	5	22	17	+5	7	22
5	Chiasso	14	4	7	3	17	9	+8	5	20	Play-out against relegation
6	Monthey	14	5	4	5	26	20	+6	6	20	Relegation to 1. Liga 1994–95
7	FC Sursee	14	3	3	8	13	27	−14	1	10
8	Fribourg	14	1	1	12	9	37	−28	2	5

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Play-out against relegation

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Gossau	1–0	Chiasso
Chiasso	1–1	Gossau

Gossau win 2–1 on aggregate. Chiasso is relegated to 1. Liga 1994–95.

Further in Swiss football

• 1993–94 Swiss Cup
• 1993–94 Swiss 1. Liga

Sources

• Switzerland 1993–94 at RSSSF