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Football league season
1. Liga
Season1954–55
Champions1. Liga champions:
FC Lengnau
Group West:
FC Montreux-Sports
Group Cenral:
FC Lengnau
Group South and East:
FC Rapid Lugano
PromotedFC Lengnau
FC Rapid Lugano
RelegatedGroup West:
FC Aigle
Central Fribourg
Group Central:
FC Nidau
Group South and East:
FC Küsnacht
Matches played3 times 132
and 3 deciders
plus 3 play-offs
and 3 play-outs
← 1953–54 1955–56 →

The 1954–55 1. Liga season was the 23rd season of the 1. Liga since its creation in 1931. At this time, the 1. Liga was the third-tier of the Swiss football league system and it was the highest level of totally amateur football, because at this time, the clubs in the two higher divisions in Switzerland were starting to employ semi-professional and even professional players.

Format

There were 36 teams competing in the 1. Liga this season. They were divided into three regional groups, each group with 12 teams. Within each group, the teams would play a double round-robin to decide their league position. Two points were awarded for a win and one point was awarded for a draw. The three group winners then contested a play-off round to decide the two promotion slots. The last placed team in each group were directly relegated to the 2. Liga (fourth tier). The three second last placed teams were to contest a play-out to decide the fourth relegation slot.

Group West

Teams, locations

Club Based in Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Aigle Aigle  Vaud Les Glariers 1,000
US Bienne-Boujean Biel/Bienne  Bern
FC Central Fribourg Fribourg  Fribourg Guintzet 2,000
FC La Tour/Le Pâquier La Tour-de-Trême (Bulle)  Fribourg Stade de Bouleyres 7,000
US Lausanne Lausanne  Vaud
FC Martigny-Sports Martigny  Valais Stade d'Octodure 2,500
FC Monthey Monthey  Valais Stade Philippe Pottier 1,800
FC Montreux-Sports Montreux  Vaud Stade de Chailly 1,000
FC Forward Morges Morges  Vaud Parc des Sports 600
FC Sierre Sierre  Valais Complexe Ecossia 2,000
FC Sion Sion  Valais Parc des sports (Tourbillon) 8,000
Vevey Sports Vevey  Vaud Stade de Copet 4,000

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Montreux-Sports 22 12 7 3 44 24 +20 31 To promotion play-off
2 US Bienne-Boujean 22 13 4 5 69 39 +30 30
3 FC Sion 22 13 2 7 56 46 +10 28
4 Vevey Sports 22 10 5 7 37 26 +11 25
5 FC Sierre 22 10 5 7 33 35 −2 25
6 FC Martigny-Sports 22 10 4 8 60 37 +23 24
7 FC Forward Morges 22 8 4 10 36 41 −5 20
8 US Lausanne 22 7 6 9 37 43 −6 20
9 FC Monthey 22 8 4 10 41 49 −8 20
10 CS La Tour-de-Peilz 22 9 1 12 44 45 −1 19
11 FC Aigle 22 5 5 12 38 69 −31 15 Play-out against relegation
12 Central Fribourg 22 2 3 17 36 77 −41 7 Relegation to 2. Liga
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers.

Group Central

Teams, locations

Club Based in Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Aarau Aarau  Aargau Stadion Brügglifeld 9,240
SC Burgdorf Burgdorf  Bern Stadion Neumatt 3,850
FC Concordia Basel Basel  Basel-Stadt Stadion Rankhof 7,000
SR Delémont Delémont  Jura La Blancherie 5,263
FC Helvetia Bern Bern  Bern Spitalacker, Bern 1,000
SC Kleinhüningen Basel  Basel-Stadt Sportplatz Schorenmatte 300
FC Lengnau Lengnau  Bern Moos Lengnau BE 3,900
FC Moutier Moutier  Bern Stade de Chalière 5,000
FC Nidau| Nidau  Bern Burgerallee 1,000
FC Olten Olten  Solothurn Sportanlagen Kleinholz 8,000
FC Porrentruy Porrentruy  Jura Stade du Tirage 4,226
Saint-Imier-Sports Saint-Imier  Bern Terrain de Fin-des-Fourches 1,000

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Lengnau 22 19 1 2 82 23 +59 39 To promotion play-off
2 FC Porrentruy 22 16 4 2 74 22 +52 36
3 FC Moutier 22 12 5 5 53 38 +15 29
4 FC Concordia Basel 22 11 6 5 58 41 +17 28
5 FC Aarau 22 8 6 8 38 25 +13 22
6 SC Kleinhüningen 22 9 4 9 52 48 +4 22
7 SC Burgdorf 22 6 8 8 47 47 0 20
8 FC Olten 22 8 4 10 36 43 −7 20
9 SR Delémont 22 8 2 12 38 45 −7 18
10 Saint-Imier-Sports 22 6 3 13 43 60 −17 15
11 FC Helvetia Bern 22 5 4 13 34 57 −23 14 Play-out against relegation
12 FC Nidau 22 0 1 21 18 124 −106 1 Relegation to 2. Liga
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers.

Group South and East

Teams, locations

Club Based in Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Baden Baden  Aargau Esp Stadium 7,000
FC Bodio Bodio  Ticino Campo comunale Pollegio 1,000
SC Brühl St. Gallen  St. Gallen Paul-Grüninger-Stadion 4,200
FC Küsnacht Küsnacht  Zürich Sportanlage Heslibach 2,300
FC Mendrisio Mendrisio  Ticino Centro Sportivo Comunale 4,000
FC Oerlikon Oerlikon (Zürich)  Zürich Sportanlage Neudorf 1,000
US Pro Daro Bellinzona  Ticino Campo Geretta / Stadio Comunale Bellinzona 500 / 5,000
FC Rapid Lugano Lugano  Ticino Cornaredo Stadium 6,330
FC Red Star Zürich Zürich  Zürich Allmend Brunau 2,000
FC Rorschach Rorschach  Schwyz Sportplatz Kellen 1,000
FC Wil Wil  St. Gallen Sportpark Bergholz 6,048
SC Zug Zug  Zug Herti Allmend Stadion 6,000

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Rapid Lugano 22 14 3 5 53 24 +29 31 To promotion play-off
2 FC Mendrisio 22 11 6 5 39 30 +9 28
3 SC Zug 22 13 2 7 41 33 +8 28
4 FC Wil 22 9 7 6 38 33 +5 25
5 FC Oerlikon 22 11 2 9 37 31 +6 24
6 FC Bodio 22 9 3 10 32 32 0 21
7 FC Baden 22 9 2 11 39 38 +1 20
8 SC Brühl 22 8 4 10 30 38 −8 20
9 FC Rorschach 22 7 5 10 30 43 −13 19
10 US Pro Daro 22 8 2 12 28 30 −2 18 To decider for tenth place
11 FC Red Star Zürich 22 6 6 10 26 32 −6 18
12 FC Küsnacht 22 5 2 15 30 59 −29 12 Relegation to 2. Liga
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers.

Decider for tenth place

The deciders were played on 9 and 26 June 1955.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Red Star Zürich 1–0 US Pro Daro
US Pro Daro 2–0 FC Red Star Zürich

The result was 2–2 on aggregate, therefore a replay was required. This was played on 3 July in Lucerne.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Red Star Zürich 2–1 US Pro Daro

FC Red Star Zürich win and remain in division. US Pro Daro continue in the play-outs against relegation.

Promotion, relegation

Promotion play-off

The three group winners played a single round-robin to decide the two promotion slots. The promotion play-offs were held 19 and 26 June and 3 July.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LEN RALU MOS
1 FC Lengnau 2 2 0 0 10 2 +8 4 Champions and promoted — 1–0 —
2 FC Rapid Lugano 2 1 0 1 6 2 +4 2 Promoted — — 6–1
3 FC Montreux-Sports 2 0 0 2 3 15 −12 0 2–9 — —
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head 3) Decider.

FC Lengnau are 1. Liga Champions and together with runners-up FC Rapid Lugano were promoted to 1955–56 Nationalliga B.

Relegation play-out

The three second last placed teams from each group contested a play-out to decide the fourth and final relegation slot. The matches in the play-outs were held on 26 June, 10 and 17 July.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation PRO HEL AIG
1 US Pro Daro 2 1 1 0 8 2 +6 3 — 6–0 —
2 FC Helvetia Bern 2 1 0 1 6 9 −3 2 — — 6–3
3 FC Aigle 2 0 1 1 5 8 −3 1 Relegated to 2. Liga 2–2 — —
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head 3) Decider.

US Pro Daro and Helvetia Bern remained in the division, FC Aigle were relegated to 2. Liga.

Further in Swiss football

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Sources

Preceded by
1953–54 		Seasons in
Swiss 1. Liga 		Succeeded by
1955–56
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