1981–82 Nationalliga A

The 1981–82 National League A (German: Nationalliga A, French: Ligue Nationale A, Italian: Lega Nazionale A) was the 51st season of the top level association football competition in Switzerland since the establishment of the national league in 1931. Grasshopper, led by Timo Konietzka, won their 18th national title three points ahead of Servette and previous season's champions and cross-town rivals Zürich.

National League A

Season	1981–82
Champions	Grasshopper (18th title)
Relegated	Nordstern Basel Chiasso
European Cup	Grasshopper
Cup Winners' Cup	Sion
UEFA Cup	Servette Zürich
Matches played	240
Goals scored	772 (3.22 per match)
Top goalscorer	Claudio Sulser (23)
← 1980–81 1982–83 →

National League A

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Grasshopper Club Zürich won the championship.

The league championship format was expanded from the 1980–81 season to include sixteen teams, including 13 clubs from the previous season and three sides promoted from the 1980–81 Nationalliga A. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 30 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.

Aarau

Basel

Bellinzona

Bern

Bulle

Chiasso

Geneva

Lausanne

Lucerne

Neuchâtel

St. Gallen

Sion

Vevey

Zürich

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Locations of teams' home cities in the 1981–82 Swiss Football Championship

Team	Town	Canton	Position in 1980–81
FC Aarau	Aarau	Aargau	0152nd in National League B
FC Basel	Basel	Basel-Stadt	0066th
AC Bellinzona	Bellinzona	Ticino	01212th
FC Bulle	Bulle	Fribourg	0163rd in National League B
FC Chiasso	Chiasso	Ticino	01313th
Grasshopper	Zürich	Zürich	0022nd
FC Lausanne-Sports	Lausanne	Vaud	0055th
FC Luzern	Lucerne	Lucerne	0099th
Neuchâtel Xamax	Neuchâtel	Neuchâtel	0033rd
Nordstern Basel	Basel	Basel-Stadt	01111th
FC St. Gallen	St. Gallen	St. Gallen	01010th
Servette	Geneva	Geneva	0077th
FC Sion	Sion	Valais	0088th
FC Vevey-Sports	Vevey	Vaud	0141st in National League B
Young Boys	Bern	Bern	0044th
FC Zürich	Zürich	Zürich	0011st

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Grasshopper Club Zürich	30	21	7	2	72	24	+48	49	1982–83 European Cup
2	Servette	30	20	6	4	76	32	+44	46	1982–83 UEFA Cup
3	Zürich	30	18	10	2	62	25	+37	46
4	Neuchâtel Xamax	30	18	9	3	67	30	+37	45
5	Young Boys	30	15	9	6	52	40	+12	39
6	Sion	30	12	7	11	51	46	+5	31	1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup
7	Aarau	30	10	8	12	51	55	−4	28
8	Basel	30	11	6	13	47	51	−4	28
9	Luzern	30	10	7	13	54	59	−5	27
10	St. Gallen	30	10	5	15	40	45	−5	25
11	Vevey-Sports	30	6	11	13	44	57	−13	23
12	Bellinzona	30	7	7	16	34	66	−32	21
13	Lausanne-Sport	30	6	8	16	39	52	−13	20
14	Bulle	30	5	9	16	29	58	−29	19
15	Nordstern Basel	30	6	5	19	29	69	−40	17	1982–83 Nationalliga B
16	Chiasso	30	4	8	18	25	63	−38	16

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	AAR	BAS	BEL	BUL	CHI	GCZ	LS	LUZ	NX	NOR	SER	SIO	STG	VEV	YB	ZÜR
Aarau		2–1	3–0	4–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	5–1	0–3	4–0	2–6	0–2	2–0	2–2	2–4	1–1
Basel	2–0		3–1	1–0	3–0	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–1	5–2	4–2	1–1	0–2
Bellinzona	0–3	1–1		3–1	5–1	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–4	1–1	1–3	2–1	0–0	1–1
Bulle	2–1	1–0	2–2		1–1	0–2	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	3–6	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–1
Chiasso	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–0		0–6	0–0	3–2	1–4	2–2	0–3	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	1–4
Grasshopper	3–1	3–0	4–1	5–2	2–0		3–1	3–1	2–2	1–0	3–0	2–2	3–2	5–1	3–0	2–2
Lausanne-Sports	2–2	2–3	5–1	4–0	2–2	1–1		1–0	1–1	0–0	2–5	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–2
Luzern	3–3	2–2	4–0	5–1	1–0	1–0	1–3		3–5	3–2	2–4	4–0	1–0	5–3	5–1	0–2
Neuchâtel Xamax	2–1	4–2	5–0	3–0	5–0	0–0	2–0	1–0		4–0	4–3	3–2	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1
Nordstern Basel	0–1	3–4	1–2	1–2	0–3	0–4	1–0	0–1	0–0		0–2	1–0	4–0	3–1	4–1	0–3
Servette	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	3–0	4–0	4–0		2–2	4–1	3–0	4–1	1–1
Sion	4–0	3–2	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–2	3–2	3–1	2–4	3–2	0–1		3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1
St. Gallen	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	4–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	4–0	0–1	3–1		5–3	0–1	0–0
Vevey-Sports	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	5–2	3–0	0–2	5–1	1–1	0–4	0–0		2–2	0–1
Young Boys	5–1	3–1	3–1	1–0	3–1	0–3	1–0	3–3	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	3–1	5–1		3–0
Zürich	2–2	3–1	6–0	5–2	1–0	0–1	4–2	3–0	1–1	8–1	3–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0

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

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Nat.	Club	Goals
1	Claudio Sulser	SUI	Grasshopper	22
2	Marc Schnyder	SUI	Servette	16
3	Jean-Paul Brigger	SUI	Sion	15
	Lucien Favre	SUI	Servette	15
	Angelo Elia	SUI	Servette	15
6	Walter Seiler	SUI	Zürich	14
	Roger Hegi	SUI	Aarau	14
8	Ottmar Hitzfeld	FRG	Luzern	13
9	Franz Peterhans	SUI	Young Boys	12
	Peter Risi	SUI	Luzern	12
	Don Givens	IRL	Neuchâtel Xamax	12
	Walter Pellegrini	SUI	Neuchâtel Xamax	12
13	Jurica Jerković	YUG	Zürich	11
	Alfred Herberth	FRG	Aarau	11
	Georges Bregy	SUI	Sion	11
16	Hans-Peter Zwicker	SUI	Zürich	10
	Mustapha Yaghcha	MAR	Servette	10
	Gerhard Ritter	AUT	St. Gallen	10
	Claude Andrey	SUI	Neuchâtel Xamax	10

National League B

National League B

Season	1981–82
Promoted	Winterthur Wettingen
Relegated	Aurore Altstätten Frauenfield
Matches played	240
Goals scored	721 (3 per match)
← 1980–81 1982–83 →

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Winterthur (P)	30	19	7	4	65	26	+39	45	1982–83 National League A
2	Wettingen (P)	30	17	10	3	60	29	+31	44
3	Chênois	30	16	8	6	52	30	+22	40
4	Chaux-de-Fonds	30	14	9	7	64	36	+28	37
5	Grenchen	30	11	12	7	46	34	+12	34
6	Mendrisiostar	30	14	6	10	45	53	−8	34
7	Lugano	30	11	9	10	55	49	+6	31
8	Locarno	30	11	8	11	54	40	+14	30
9	Biel-Bienne	30	8	14	8	51	47	+4	30
10	Bern	30	9	8	13	45	57	−12	26
11	Ibach	30	6	13	11	36	47	−11	25
12	Fribourg	30	7	10	13	37	47	−10	24
13	Monthey	30	8	7	15	34	47	−13	23
14	Aurore (R)	30	7	8	15	26	64	−38	22	1982–83 1. Liga
15	Altstätten (R)	30	4	12	14	25	56	−31	20
16	Frauenfeld (R)	30	3	9	18	26	59	−33	15

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

References

• Table at RSSSF