1995–96 in Swiss football explained

Country:	Switzerland
Season:	1995–96
Division1:	Nationalliga A
Champions1:	Grasshopper Club
Division2:	Nationalliga B
Champions2:	Yverdon-Sport
Division3:	1. Liga
Champions3:	Overall Gossau Group 1: FC Renens Group 2: Fribourg Group 3: Bellinzona Group 4: Gossau
Domestic:	Swiss Cup
Wdivision1:	Swiss Women's Super League
Wchampions1:	FFC Bern
Wdomestic:	Swiss Cup
Wdchampions:	FFC Bern
Prevseason:	1994–95
Nextseason:	1996–97
Flagicon:	yes

The following is a summary of the 1995–96 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Nationalliga A

See main article: 1995–96 Nationalliga A.

Qualification phase

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.

Nationalliga B

Promotion/relegation group NLA/NLB

The teams in the ninth to twelfth positions in Nationalliga A competed with the top four teams of Nationalliga B in a Nationalliga A/B promotion/relegation round.

Relegation group NLB/1. Liga

The last eight teams of the qualification phase competed in the relegation group against relegation to the 1. Liga. The teams took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the qualification as bonus with them.

1. Liga

See main article: 1995–96 Swiss 1. Liga.

Group 3

Decider

The decider for second position in the table was played 21 May 1996 in Stadio Comunale Bellinzona. FC Ascona advance to play-offs.

Promotion play-off

Qualification round AC Bellinzona win 2–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals. FC Gossau win 5–4 on aggregate and continue to the finals. 1–1 on aggregate. FC Renens win 6–5 in penalties and continue to the finals. FC Meyrin win 2–0 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Final round FC Gossau win 4–0 on aggregate and are promoted to Nationalliga B. FC Meyrin win 8–4 on aggregate and are promoted to Nationalliga B.

Relegation play-out

First round FC Emmenbrücke continue to the finals. Vevey Sports continue to the finals.

Final round Vevey Sports win 7–2 on aggregate and remain in the 1. Liga. FC Emmenbrücke are relegated to 2. Liga.

Swiss Cup

See main article: 1995–96 Swiss Cup. The route of the finalists to the final:

• Round 3: Sion bye. CS Chênois-Servette 0–2.
• Round 4: Sion-FC Bulle 3–0. FC Renens-Servette 0–1.
• Round 5: SR Delémont-Sion 1–2 . Servette-BSC Young Boys 3–1.
• Quarter-finals: Sion-FC Luzern 2–0. FC Aarau-Servette 1–4.
• Semi-finals: Sion-FC St. Gallen 2–1. Neuchâtel Xamax FC-Servette 0–1 a.e.t.

The winners of the first drawn semi-final is considered as home team in the final.

Final

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Swiss Clubs in Europe

• Grasshopper Club as 1994–95 Nationalliga A champions: 1995–96 UEFA Champions League qualifying round
• Lugano as league runners-up: 1995–96 UEFA Cup Preliminary round
• Xamax as third placed team: 1995–96 UEFA Cup Preliminary round
• Sion as 1994–95 Swiss Cup winners: 1995–96 Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
• Aarau: 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup
• Luzern: 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup
• Basel: 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup
• Vaduz as 1994–95 Liechtenstein Cup winners: 1995–96 Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round

Grasshopper Club

Champions League

See main article: 1995–96 UEFA Champions League.

Qualifying round

Grasshopper Club won 2–1 on aggregate

Group stage

Final table

Lugano

UEFA Cup

See main article: 1995–96 UEFA Cup.

Preliminary round

Lugano won 4-0 on aggregate.

First round

Lugano won 2–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Slavia Prague won 3–1 on aggregate.

Xamax

UEFA Cup

See main article: 1995–96 UEFA Cup.

Preliminary round

Xamax won 1–0 on aggregate.

First round

Roma won 5–1 on aggregate.

Sion

Cup Winners' Cup

See main article: 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

Qualifying round

Sion won 3–2 on aggregate.

First round

AEK Athens won 4–2 on aggregate.

Aarau

Intertoto Cup

See main article: 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup.

Group 3

Final table

Round of 16

Luzern

Intertoto Cup

See main article: 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup.

Group 2

¹Played at Brighton & Hove Albion's Goldstone Ground as White Hart Lane was unavailable

Final table

Basel

Intertoto Cup

See main article: 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup.

Group 1

Final table

Vaduz

Cup Winners' Cup

See main article: 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

Qualifying round

Hradec Králové won 14–1 on aggregate.

Sources

• Switzerland 1995–96 at RSSSF
• Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz
• UEFA Intertoto Cup 1995 at RSSSF
• Book: FC Basel 1893. Die ersten 125 Jahre . Josef Zindel . Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag . Basel . 2018 . 978-3-7245-2305-5 . de.