1985–86 Nationalliga A

Statistics of the Swiss National League in the 1985–86 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. This was the 89th season of top-tier Swiss football.

Nationalliga A

Season	1985–86
Champions	Young Boys
Relegated	Grenchen Baden
Top goalscorer	Steen Thychosen Lausanne-Sport (21 goals)
← 1984–85 1986–87 →

Nationalliga B

Season	1985–86
Champions	FC Locarno
Promoted	FC Locarno AC Bellinzona
Relegated	FC Zug FC Laufen FC Le Locle
Top goalscorer	Wolfgang Vöge Lugano (29 goals)
← 1984–85 1986–87 →

Overview

There were 32 member clubs in the Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV), divided into two tiers of 16 teams each. The top tier was named Nationalliga A (NLA) and the second tier was named Nationalliga B (NLB). In both divisions the teams played a double round-robin to decide their table positions. The Swiss champions would qualify for the 1986–87 European Cup, the runners-up and third placed team would qualify for the 1986–87 UEFA Cup. The last two placed teams in the NLA would be directly relegated to the NLB for the following season. The top two placed teams in the NLB would be promoted to the top tier. The last three teams in the NLB would be relegated to next season's 1. Liga.^[1]

Nationalliga A

The first round was played on 7 August 1985. There was to be a winter break between 23 November and 2 March 1986. The season was completed on 27 May 1987.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Young Boys	30	18	8	4	72	28	+44	44	Swiss champions, qualified for 1986–87 European Cup and entered 1986 Intertoto Cup
2	Xamax	30	18	6	6	78	32	+46	42	Qualified for 1986–87 UEFA Cup
3	Luzern	30	16	9	5	56	39	+17	41	Qualified for 1986–87 UEFA Cup and entered 1986 Intertoto Cup
4	Zürich[2]	30	15	9	6	64	43	+21	39	Entered 1986 Intertoto Cup
5	Grasshopper Club	30	15	8	7	64	32	+32	38	Entered 1986 Intertoto Cup
6	Lausanne-Sport	30	13	9	8	59	50	+9	35	Entered 1986 Intertoto Cup
7	Aarau[3]	30	14	6	10	62	47	+15	34
8	Sion	30	14	5	11	54	39	+15	33	Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1986–87 Cup Winners' Cup
9	Servette	30	14	3	13	49	50	−1	31
10	Basel[4]	30	10	10	10	44	40	+4	30
11	St. Gallen	30	12	6	12	48	46	+2	30	Entered 1986 Intertoto Cup
12	Wettingen	30	8	8	14	35	42	−7	24
13	La Chaux-de-Fonds	30	3	12	15	24	61	−37	18
14	Vevey-Sports	30	6	5	19	36	76	−40	17
15	Grenchen	30	5	6	19	33	81	−48	16	Relegated to 1986–87 Nationalliga B
16	Baden	30	1	6	23	14	86	−72	8

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	BAD	BAS	CHF	GCZ	GRE	LS	LUZ	NX	SER	SIO	STG	VEV	WET	YB	ZÜR
Aarau		4–0	2–1	5–1	1–2	6–2	2–2	5–1	0–1	1–3	2–0	2–1	3–1	4–0	0–4	1–2
Baden	0–1		1–3	1–1	1–8	1–6	2–2	0–1	0–2	1–4	0–2	0–1	2–3	0–5	0–2	0–2
Basel	4–1	5–0		2–0	2–2	3–0	0–3	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	5–2	0–3	0–1	3–3
Chaux-de-Fonds	1–1	1–1	0–0		1–1	2–0	0–4	1–3	0–3	1–1	2–1	1–2	3–1	0–1	1–1	0–0
Grasshopper Club	3–0	3–0	0–0	5–1		6–0	1–0	5–0	2–3	0–1	2–1	0–0	5–1	2–1	2–0	1–3
Grenchen	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–2		1–1	2–2	1–3	4–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	0–6	1–8
Lausanne-Sports	2–1	2–0	2–2	2–2	1–0	3–0		0–1	0–2	3–0	3–6	1–0	5–2	0–0	3–3	5–2
Luzern	1–1	3–0	4–0	3–0	0–0	4–0	5–1		2–7	1–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–0
Xamax	1–1	8–0	4–0	4–2	4–2	4–1	4–0	0–0		0–1	2–1	2–1	5–1	2–0	1–4	9–1
Servette	4–2	1–1	1–2	3–1	3–0	2–1	3–1	0–4	2–1		0–2	4–1	4–1	3–1	1–4	1–2
Sion	4–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	6–1	1–2	1–2	3–1	2–1		2–0	2–0	2–1	2–3	1–1
St. Gallen	1–2	4–0	1–1	4–0	2–2	3–2	2–2	2–2	2–1	4–1	2–0		2–0	4–2	2–5	1–1
Vevey-Sports	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	0–3	3–0	0–3	4–2	2–2	1–0	0–5	1–2		1–1	3–2	2–4
Wettingen	1–6	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	4–1	1–1	0–0	0–3	1–2	3–0	4–0		0–0	2–1
Young Boys	2–0	0–1	1–1	4–0	3–0	6–3	2–2	3–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	2–1		3–0
Zürich	0–2	8–0	1–0	4–0	2–2	2–1	2–3	1–1	0–0	3–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0

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

Nationalliga B

The first round was played on 3 August 1985. There was to be a winter break between 24 November and 2 March 1986. The season was completed on 28 May 1986.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Locarno	30	20	5	5	96	33	+63	45	NLB champions, promoted to 1986–87 Nationalliga A
2	AC Bellinzona	30	18	9	3	58	24	+34	45	Promoted to 1986–87 Nationalliga A
3	Lugano	30	19	5	6	74	45	+29	43
4	CS Chênois	30	15	11	4	71	44	+27	41
5	FC Chiasso	30	13	9	8	48	41	+7	35
6	FC Winterthur	30	12	7	11	57	56	+1	31
7	FC Bulle	30	10	8	12	45	51	−6	28
8	FC Biel-Bienne	30	9	9	12	45	55	−10	27
9	FC Martigny-Sports	30	10	6	14	48	56	−8	26
10	SC Zug	30	8	9	13	41	49	−8	25
11	FC Renens	30	10	5	15	42	53	−11	25
12	Etoile Carouge FC	30	8	9	13	34	47	−13	25
13	FC Schaffhausen	30	8	9	13	36	51	−15	25
14	FC Zug[5]	30	7	9	14	39	51	−12	23	Relegated to 1986–87 1. Liga
15	FC Laufen[5]	30	6	8	16	42	70	−28	20
16	FC Le Locle[5]	30	7	2	21	39	89	−50	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.

Further in Swiss football

• 1985–86 Swiss Cup
• 1985–86 Swiss 1. Liga

References

1. "Switzerland Final League Tables of the Nationalliga A and B 1930-2000". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
2. (red) dbFCZ (2006–2023). "FCZ 1985/1986" (in German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
3. Beck, Stephan (2023). "Schweizer Meisterschaft 1985/1986 Nationalliga B" [Swiss Championship 1985/1986 Nationalliga B] (in German). arowa.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
4. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (1986). "1985/86 Rangliste" [1985/86 Ranking] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2023-11-16.
5. Erste Liga (SFV) (2018). "Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2018" [First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2018] (PDF). PDF page 8 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

Sources

• Switzerland 1985–86 at RSSSF

Preceded by 1985–86

Nationalliga seasons in Switzerland

Succeeded by 1987–88