The following is a summary of the 1961–62 season of competitive football in Switzerland.
Nationalliga A
Final league table
Nationalliga B
Final league table
Play-off for title Sion and Chiasso finished level on points in joint first position and had both achieved promotion to 1962–63 Nationalliga A. However, it required a play-off to decide the title as NLB champions.
Chiasso won the NLB championship.
1. Liga
Group West
Note: Xamax had 8 points deducted because they had been accused by former coach Vidjak of paying illegal bonuses to the players.
Group Central
Group South and East
Promotion play-off The three group winners played single a round-robin for the two promotion slots and for the championship. Round-robin
FC Moutier were declaired 1. Liga champions. The champions and the runners-up Cantonal Neuchâtel were promoted to 1962–63 Nationalliga B.
Swiss Cup
The competition was played in a knockout system. In the case of a draw, extra time was played. If the teams were still level after extra time, the match was replayed at the away team's ground. In the replay, in case of a draw after extra time, a toss of the coin would decide which team progressed.
Early rounds The routes of the finalists to the final were: Second round: teams from the NLA and NLB with byes. Third round: Versoix-Lausanne 0:11. Bellinzona-Emmenbrücke 3:1. Fourth round: Lausanne-Martigny 5:1. Luzern-Bellinzona 0:3. Fifth round: Lausanne-Alle 5:0. Solothurn-Bellinzona 1:1 . Replay: Bellinzona-Solothurn 3:1. Quarter-finals: Lausanne-Servette 5:1. Bellinzona-Basel 1:0. Semi-finals: Lausanne-YB 1:1 . Replay: YB-Lausanne 2:3. Bellinzona-La Chaux-de-Fonds 1:0.
Final The final was held at the former Wankdorf Stadium on Easter Monday 1962.
Swiss Clubs in Europe Servette as 1960–61 Nationalliga A champions: 1961–62 European Cup La Chaux-de-Fonds as 1960–61 Swiss Cup winners: 1961–62 Cup Winners' Cup and entered 1961–62 Intertoto Cup Zürich: entered 1961–62 Intertoto Cup Grenchen: entered 1961–62 Intertoto Cup Basel: entered 1961–62 Intertoto Cup
Servette European Cup
Preliminary round
Servette won 7–1 on aggregate.
First round
Dukla Prague won 5–4 on aggregate.
La Chaux-de-Fonds Cup Winners' Cup
Preliminary round
Leixões won 7–6 on aggregate.
Intertoto
Group
Zürich Intertoto
Group B2
Matches
Grenchen Intertoto
Group B3
Basel Intertoto
Group B4
Matches
References
Sources Switzerland 1961–62 at RSSSF European Competitions 1961–62 at RSSSF.com Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz Intertoto history at Pawel Mogielnicki's Page