1966–67 Nationalliga A

Statistics of Swiss Super League football (soccer) competition in the 1966–67 season.

Nationalliga A

Season	1966–67
← 1965–66 1967–68 →

Overview

There were 14 teams contesting in the 1966–67 Nationalliga A and Basel finished the seasons as champions just one point clear of both FC Zürich in second position and FC Lugano who finished third. Basel won 16 of the 26 games, drawing eight, losing twice, and they scored 60 goals conceding just 20.^[1] FC Moutier finished in last position and were relegated. FC Winterthur and FC La Chaux-de-Fonds finished level on points and thus played a relegation play-out. La Chaux-de-Fonds won 3–1 and Winterthur were also relegated.^[2]

Basel also won the Swiss Cup. In the Cup final Basel's opponents were Lausanne-Sports. In the former Wankdorf Stadium on 15 May 1967, Helmut Hauser scored the decisive goal via penalty. The game went down in football history due to the sit-down strike that followed this goal. After 88 minutes of play, with the score at 1–1, referee Karl Göppel awarded Basel a controversial penalty. André Grobéty had pushed Hauser gently in the back and he let himself drop theatrically. Subsequent to the 2–1 for Basel the Lausanne players refused to resume the game and they sat down demonstratively on the pitch. The referee had to abandon the match. Basel were awarded the cup with a 3–0 forfait.^[3][4] Basel won the double for the first time in the club's history.^[2]

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Basel (C)	26	16	8	2	61	20	+41	40	Swiss Champions, qualified for 1967–68 European Cup Swiss Cup winners
2	FC Zürich	26	18	3	5	70	31	+39	39
3	FC Lugano	26	17	5	4	51	29	+22	39	Entered 1967 Intertoto Cup
4	Grasshopper Club Zürich	26	14	4	8	60	31	+29	32
5	Servette FC Genève	26	10	6	10	49	35	+14	26
6	FC Sion	26	10	6	10	48	38	+10	26	Entered 1967 Intertoto Cup
7	BSC Young Boys	26	10	6	10	44	48	−4	26
8	FC Grenchen	26	10	4	12	43	49	−6	24
9	Young Fellows Zürich	26	9	6	11	33	44	−11	24
10	Lausanne Sports	26	9	3	14	46	44	+2	21	Swiss Cup runners-up, qualified for 1966–67 Cup Winners' Cup Entered 1967 Intertoto Cup
11	FC Biel-Bienne	26	8	5	13	25	42	−17	21
12	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	26	8	4	14	34	48	−14	20	Won relegation play-off
13	FC Winterthur	26	8	4	14	33	54	−21	20	Lost relegation play-off, relegated to Nationalliga B
14	FC Moutier	26	2	2	22	16	100	−84	6	Relegated to Nationalliga B

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion

Results

Home \ Away	BAS	BB	CDF	GCZ	GRE	LS	LUG	MOU	SER	SIO	WIN	YB	YFZ	ZÜR
Basel		4–1	1–0	2–2	5–0	2–2	1–0	10–0	1–1	2–1	4–0	4–1	2–2	3–1
Biel-Bienne	0–2		1–1	0–3	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	0–3	3–1	1–1	0–4
Chaux-de-Fonds	0–2	0–1		3–1	0–2	1–3	1–2	3–1	3–1	0–0	0–2	4–0	1–1	0–2
Grasshopper	0–2	1–0	5–2		0–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	6–0	4–0	0–1	2–1
Grenchen	0–4	0–0	1–4	3–5		3–0	1–1	6–1	1–4	2–1	8–2	2–4	1–0	0–3
Lausanne-Sports	0–2	1–2	5–1	1–5	1–2		5–3	0–1	0–2	3–2	4–0	1–1	4–0	1–2
Lugano	3–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	3–2		4–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–4
Moutier	0–1	1–0	0–2	2–10	0–4	1–3	0–1		0–8	1–3	1–5	0–1	2–3	0–3
Servette	1–2	2–3	5–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	2–4	0–0		4–3	1–2	1–2	3–1	3–0
Sion	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	4–1	3–0	2–2	7–0	0–0		3–0	1–3	5–0	2–3
Winterthur	0–0	0–2	1–2	0–3	2–2	2–1	0–2	4–1	2–1	0–2		2–2	1–1	2–3
Young Boys	1–1	3–1	3–0	0–3	0–1	3–2	3–2	6–1	2–2	2–3	2–0		0–0	3–3
Young Fellows	2–1	3–2	2–3	1–0	2–0	0–4	1–2	5–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0		0–5
Zürich	2–2	5–0	3–1	1–4	2–0	1–0	1–3	8–0	1–1	6–0	2–1	2–1	2–1

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

1. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bilanz Saison 1966/67". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
2. Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1966/67". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
3. Schmid, Andreas W. (2010). ""Ein klarer Penalty!" "Nein, eine klare Schwalbe!"" (in German). Basler Zeitung. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
4. dsc (2010). (in German). sport.sf.tv. Archived from the original on 2010-05-11. Retrieved 2010-11-16.

Sources

• Switzerland 1966–67 at RSSSF