The following is a summary of the 1981–82 season of competitive football in Switzerland.
Nationalliga A
League table
Nationalliga B
League table
1. Liga
Group 1
Decider for second place The decider match for second place was played on 26 May in Martigny.
Yverdon-Sport FC win and advance to play-offs. FC Renens remain in the division.
Decider for twelfth place The decider match for twelfth was played on 26 May in Nyon.
FC Stade Lausanne win and continue in the play-outs. FC Onex are relegated directly to 2. Liga Interregional.
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Decider for second place The decider match for second place was played on 26 May in Wallisellen
FC Rüti win and advance to play-offs. FC Blue Stars Zürich remain in the division.
Promotion play-off Qualification round
FC Laufen win on away goals and continue to the finals.
FC Baden win 5–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
FC Rüti win 4–3 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
SR Delémont win on away goals and continue to the finals.
Final round
FC Laufen win 3–1 on aggregate and are promoted to 1982–83 Nationalliga B.
FC Baden win the replay and are promoted to 1982–83 Nationalliga B.
Decider for third place
FC Rüti win 4–2 on aggregate and are promoted to 1982–83 Nationalliga B. SR Delémont remain in 1. Liga.
Decider for 1. Liga championship
FC Laufen win and are 1. Liga champions.
Relegation play-out First round
FC Stade Lausanne win 4–3 on aggregate and remain in division. FC Breitenbach continue to the final.
SC Buochs win 4–1 on aggregate and remain in division. FC Young Fellows Zürich continue to the final.
Final round
FC Breitenbach win 4–1 on aggregate and remain in division. FC Young Fellows Zürich are relegated to 2. Liga.
Swiss Cup
Early rounds The routes of the finalists to the final were: Round 3: Monthey-Sion 0:1. Sursee-Basel 1:9. Round 4: Sion-Servette 3:2 n.V. Bellinzona-Basel 0:1. Round 5: Sion-Winterthur 3:1. Aarau-Basel 2:3. Quarter-finals: Sion-Wettingen 2:0. Basel-Lausanne 2:1. Semi-finals: Sion-YB 2:0. Basel-Delémont 3:0.
Final
Swiss League Cup
Early rounds The routes of the finalists to the final were: Round 1: Bern-Aarau 1:2. Zürich-St. Gallen 0:1 Round 2: Aarau-GC 4:3 a.e.t. St. Gallen-Mendrisiostar 4:2 Quarter-finals: Aarau-Basel 1:0. Servette-St. Gallen 1:2 Semi-finals: Aarau-Luzern 4:1. St. Gallen-Winterthur 1:1 a.e.t. 4:3 penalties.
Final
Swiss Clubs in Europe Zürich as 1980–81 Nationalliga A champions: 1981–82 European Cup and entered 1981 Intertoto Cup Lausanne-Sport as 1980–81 Swiss Cup winners: 1981–82 Cup Winners' Cup Grasshopper Club as league runners-up: 1981–82 UEFA Cup and entered 1981 Intertoto Cup Xamax as league third placed team: 1981–82 UEFA Cup Young Boys entered: 1981 Intertoto Cup Luzern entered: 1981 Intertoto Cup
Zürich European Cup
First round
3–3 on aggregate; BFC Dynamo won on away goals.
Intertoto Cup
Group 3
Lausanne Cup Winners' Cup
First round
4–4 on aggregate; Lausanne won on away goals.
Second round
Legia Warsaw won 3–2 on aggregate.
GC UEFA Cup
First round
Grasshoppers won 4–1 on aggregate.
Second round
2–2 on aggregate; Radnički Niš won 3–0 on penalties.
Intertoto Cup
Group 7
Xamax UEFA Cup
First round
Neuchâtel Xamax won 6–3 on aggregate.
Second round
Neuchâtel Xamax won 2–0 on aggregate.
Third round
Neuchâtel Xamax won 1–0 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
Hamburger SV won 3–2 on aggregate.
Young Boys Intertoto Cup
Group 6
Luzern Intertoto Cup
Group 9
References
Sources Switzerland 1981–82 at RSSSF Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz European Competitions 1981–82 at RSSSF.com Intertoto history at Pawel Mogielnicki's Page