Football league season
The 1949–50 1. Liga season was the 18th 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 .
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 to the second-tier (NLB). The last placed team in each group were directly relegated to the 2. Liga (fourth tier). The second last placed team from each group then contested a play-out to decide the fourth and last relegation slot.
Group West
Club
Based in
Canton
Stadium
Capacity
Ambrosiana Lausanne
Lausanne
Vaud
FC Central Fribourg [ 1] Fribourg
Fribourg
Guintzet
2,000
FC Gardy-Jonction
Geneva
Geneva
CS International Genève
Geneva
Geneva
FC La Tour/Le Pâquier [ 2] La Tour-de-Trême (Bulle)
Fribourg
Stade de Bouleyres
7,000
ES FC Malley
Malley
Vaud
Centre sportif de la Tuilière
1,500
FC Montreux-Sports
Montreux
Vaud
Stade de Chailly
1,000
FC Sierre [ 3] Sierre
Valais
Complexe Ecossia
2,000
FC Stade Lausanne
Ouchy , Lausanne
Vaud
Centre sportif de Vidy
1,000
FC Stade Nyonnais
Nyon
Vaud
Stade de Colovray
7,200
Vevey Sports
Vevey
Vaud
Stade de Copet
4,000
Yverdon-Sport FC
Yverdon-les-Bains
Vaud
Stade Municipal
6,600
Final league table
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1
ES FC Malley
22
18
2
2
73
17
+56
38
To promotion play-off
2
Vevey Sports
22
12
2
8
42
30
+12
26
3
CS International Genève
22
9
7
6
42
27
+15
25
4
CS La Tour-de-Peilz
22
9
6
7
37
39
−2
24
5
FC Stade Nyonnais
22
8
6
8
29
35
−6
22
6
FC Montreux-Sports
22
8
5
9
24
30
−6
21
7
FC Sierre
22
7
6
9
45
37
+8
20
8
FC Ambrosiana Lausanne
22
8
4
10
34
41
−7
20
9
Yverdon-Sport FC
22
6
7
9
33
41
−8
19
10
Central Fribourg
22
5
8
9
33
44
−11
18
Decider for tenth place
11
FC Stade Lausanne
22
7
4
11
30
41
−11
18
12
FC Gardy-Jonction[ 4]
22
3
7
12
21
61
−40
13
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 18 and 25 June 1950.
The teams were level with one win each and, therefore, a replay was required. This took place on 2 July in Payerne .
Central Fribourg won and remained in the division for the following season. Stade Lausanne continued in the play-outs.
Group Central
Club
Based in
Canton
Stadium
Capacity
FC Birsfelden [ 5] Birsfelden
Basel-Landschaft
Sternenfeld
9,400
FC Concordia Basel
Basel
Basel-Stadt
Stadion Rankhof
7,000
SC Derendingen [ 6] Derendingen
Solothurn
Heidenegg
1,500
FC Helvetia Bern [ 7] Bern
Bern
Spitalacker, Bern
1,000
SC Kleinhüningen [ 8] [ 9] Basel
Basel-Stadt
Sportplatz Schorenmatte
300
FC Lengnau [ 10] Lengnau
Bern
Moos Lengnau BE
3,900
FC Olten [ 11] Olten
Solothurn
Sportanlagen Kleinholz
8,000
FC Porrentruy
Porrentruy
Jura
Stade du Tirage
4,226
FC Pratteln [ 13] Pratteln
Basel-Landschaft
In den Sandgruben
5,000
Saint-Imier-Sports
Saint-Imier
Bern
Terrain de Fin-des-Fourches
1,000
FC Solothurn
Solothurn
Solothurn
Stadion FC Solothurn
6,750
SC Zofingen
Zofingen
Aargau
Sportanlagen Trinermatten
2,000
Final league table
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1
FC Concordia Basel
22
18
2
2
73
18
+55
38
To promotion play-off
2
FC Lengnau
22
10
7
5
46
32
+14
27
3
FC Helvetia Bern
22
9
8
5
46
34
+12
26
4
SC Derendingen
22
8
8
6
39
33
+6
24
5
FC Solothurn
22
9
6
7
32
44
−12
24
6
FC Olten
22
7
9
6
40
29
+11
23
7
SC Kleinhüningen
22
6
10
6
40
35
+5
22
8
FC Porrentruy
22
7
8
7
39
40
−1
22
9
Saint-Imier-Sports
22
6
5
11
33
56
−23
17
10
FC Birsfelden
22
4
7
11
30
46
−16
15
Decider for tenth place
11
FC Pratteln
22
3
9
10
24
45
−21
15
12
SC Zofingen [ 4] 22
4
3
15
32
62
−30
11
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 18 and 25 June 1950.
FC Pratteln FC Birsfelden continued in the play-outs.
Group South and East
Club
Based in
Canton
Stadium
Capacity
FC Altstetten (Zürich)[ 14] Altstetten
Zürich
Buchlern
1,000
FC Arbon [ 15] Arbon
Thurgau
Stacherholz
1,000
FC Baden
Baden
Aargau
Esp Stadium
7,000
FC Blue Stars Zürich [ 16] Zürich
Zürich
Hardhof
1,000
FC Emmenbrücke
Emmen
Lucerne
Stadion Gersag
8,700
FC Kreuzlingen
Kreuzlingen
Thurgau
Sportplatz Hafenareal
1,200
FC Red Star Zürich
Zürich
Zürich
Allmend Brunau
2,000
FC Schaffhausen
Schaffhausen
Schaffhausen
Stadion Breite
7,300
SC Schöftland [ 17] Schöftland
Aargau
Sportanlage Rütimatten
2,000
FC Uster |[ 18] Uster
Zürich
Sportanlage Buchholz
7,000
FC Wil
Wil
St. Gallen
Sportpark Bergholz
6,048
FC Winterthur
Winterthur
Zürich
Schützenwiese
8,550
Final league table
Source:
RSSSF Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but decider play-off for qualifiers.
The three group winners played a single round-robin to decide the two promotion slots. The promotion play-offs were held on 18, 25 June and 2 July 1950.
Source:
RSSSF Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head 3) Decider.
Winterthur Concordia were promoted to 1950–51 Nationalliga B . ES Malley remained in the division for the next season.[ 4]
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 2 and 9 July.
Source:
RSSSF Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head 3) Decider.
The match Birsfelden against Stade Lausanne was not played. Both teams remained in the division for the next season, Kreuzlingen were relegated to 2. Liga .[ 4]
References
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