The following is a summary of the 1964–65 season of competitive football in Switzerland.
Nationalliga A
Final league table
Nationalliga B
Final league table
1. Liga
Group West
Decider for second place The decider match for second place was played on 6 June at Stade Municipal in Yverdon-les-Bains.
FC Fribourg win and advance to play-offs. FC Forward Morges remain in the division.
Group Central
Group South and East
Promotion play-off The three group winners and the runners-up played a round-robin against the four teams who had not been in their group. The teams did not play against the team that had been in the same group.
Matches The first games were played on 13 June 1965.
The second round was played on 20 June.
The third round was played on 27 June.
The final round was played on 4 July.
Final league table
St. Gallen were declaired 1. Liga champions due to their position in the regular season.
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: Renens-Sion 0:7. Servette-Vevey-Sports 12:2. Fourth round: Sion-Urania Genf 2:1. Grenchen-Servette 0:6. Fifth round: Sion-Young Fellows 2:0 . Servette-Chiasso 8:0. Quarter-finals: Sion-Minerva Bern 4:1. Servette-Le Locle 2:1. Semi-finals: Basel-Sion 2:3. YB-Servette 0:2.
Final The final was held in the former Wankdorf Stadium on Easter Monday 1965.
Sion won the cup and this was the club's first cup title to this date.
Swiss Clubs in Europe La Chaux-de-Fonds as 1963–64 Nationalliga A champions: 1964–65 European Cup and entered 1964–65 Intertoto Cup Lausanne-Sport as 1963–64 Swiss Cup winners: 1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup and entered 1964–65 Intertoto Cup Grenchen: Entered 1964–65 Intertoto Cup Young Boys: Entered 1964–65 Intertoto Cup
La Chaux-de-Fonds
European Cup
Preliminary round
La Chaux-de-Fonds won 4–3 on aggregate.
First round
Benfica won 6–1 on aggregate.
Intertoto Cup
Group A2
Lausanne-Sport
Cup Winners' Cup
First round
Lausanne Sports won 2–1 on aggregate.
Second round
Lausanne Sports 2–2 Slavia Sofia on aggregate. A play-out on neutral grounds was required.
Lausanne Sports won 3–2 in the play-off.
Quarter-finals
West Ham United won 6–4 on aggregate.
Intertoto Cup
Group A1
Grenchen Intertoto Cup
Group A3
Young Boys Intertoto Cup
Group A4
References
Sources Switzerland 1964–65 at RSSSF European Competitions 1964–65 at RSSSF.com Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz Intertoto history at Pawel Mogielnicki's Page