1996–97 Nationalliga A
# 1996–97 Nationalliga A

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

## 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 |

### 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 | |

## 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 |

**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 | |

### 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 |

**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 | |

## Sources

* Switzerland 1996–97 at RSSSF

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