1996–97 Nationalliga A

Statistics of Swiss National League A in the 1996–97 football season.

Nationalliga A

Season	1996–97
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and FC Sion won the championship.

First stage

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Neuchâtel Xamax	22	12	8	2	36	20	+16	44
2	Grasshopper Club Zürich	22	10	9	3	42	27	+15	39
3	FC Sion	22	9	10	3	33	21	+12	37
4	FC Aarau	22	9	8	5	21	14	+7	35
5	Lausanne Sports	22	9	7	6	35	32	+3	34
6	FC St. Gallen	22	6	10	6	20	26	−6	28
7	FC Zürich	22	6	9	7	24	25	−1	27
8	FC Basel	22	5	11	6	32	32	0	26
9	Servette FC	22	5	9	8	24	25	−1	24
10	FC Lucerne	22	4	11	7	27	32	−5	23
11	AC Lugano	22	2	9	11	14	32	−18	15
12	BSC Young Boys	22	3	3	16	17	39	−22	12

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	AAR	BAS	GCZ	LS	LUG	LUZ	NX	SIO	SER	STG	ZÜR	YB
Aarau		0–1	0–1	2–0	4–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0
Basel	2–0		4–5	2–4	2–0	2–2	0–1	0–3	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–1
Grasshopper	0–0	4–2		2–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	0–1	6–2
Lausanne-Sport	0–1	0–0	1–0		4–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	3–2	3–2
Lugano	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–2		2–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–1
Luzern	0–1	0–3	1–1	2–2	1–0		2–2	3–3	0–2	0–0	3–0	2–1
Neuchâtel Xamax	2–0	3–3	3–1	6–1	1–0	1–1		1–3	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–1
Sion	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1		3–1	3–1	0–1	1–0
Servette	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–2	2–0	1–2	0–0	0–0		1–1	0–0	2–0
St. Gallen	1–1	1–0	2–3	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–3	2–1	1–0		1–0	2–1
Zürich	1–1	1–1	2–4	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	3–1	0–0		0–1
Young Boys	1–1	0–3	0–4	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–2

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

Second stage

Championship group

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	FC Sion	14	9	3	2	18	10	+8	19	49
2	Neuchâtel Xamax	14	6	6	2	22	14	+8	22	46
3	Grasshopper Club Zürich	14	7	4	3	37	18	+19	20	45
4	Lausanne Sports	14	8	2	4	20	16	+4	17	43
5	FC Aarau	14	3	4	7	17	22	−5	18	31
6	FC St. Gallen	14	3	4	7	13	26	−13	14	27
7	FC Zürich	14	1	7	6	9	18	−9	14	24
8	FC Basel	14	3	2	9	16	28	−12	13	24

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	AAR	BAS	GCZ	LS	NX	SIO	STG	ZÜR
Aarau		2–1	0–1	2–0	2–3	1–1	1–2	1–1
Basel	3–2		3–3	3–2	1–3	0–1	1–2	1–0
Grasshopper	4–2	4–1		5–0	1–1	1–2	8–0	1–1
Lausanne-Sport	2–0	2–0	3–2		1–1	2–0	2–1	2–0
Neuchâtel Xamax	2–1	3–0	2–3	0–0		0–0	2–0	3–1
Sion	2–3	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1		2–1	3–1
St. Gallen	0–0	2–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–1		1–2
Zürich	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–1

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

Promotion/relegation group

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Servette FC	14	7	4	3	18	10	+8	25
2	Étoile Carouge FC	14	7	3	4	15	13	+2	24
3	FC Lucerne	14	6	5	3	16	12	+4	23
4	SC Kriens	14	6	4	4	22	16	+6	22
5	BSC Young Boys	14	5	5	4	19	17	+2	20
6	FC Solothurn	14	3	5	6	9	17	−8	14
7	AC Lugano	14	2	5	7	11	17	−6	11
8	FC Schaffhausen	14	2	5	7	13	21	−8	11

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	ÉTO	KRI	LUG	LUZ	SHA	SER	SOL	YB
Étoile Carouge		0–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–3	2–0	1–1
Kriens	0–0		2–1	3–0	6–2	1–2	2–0	1–1
Lugano	0–1	2–0		0–0	1–1	1–2	2–3	1–2
Luzern	0–1	2–0	3–0		0–3	0–0	2–0	1–1
Schaffhausen	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–3		1–0	0–0	1–3
Servette	0–1	4–0	0–0	1–3	2–0		1–0	0–0
Solothurn	0–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1		1–0
Young Boys	4–2	0–3	0–1	1–1	3–2	0–2	3–0

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

Sources

• Switzerland 1996–97 at RSSSF