1897–98 Swiss Serie A

The first Swiss football championship was held 1897–98. The championship was not organized by the Swiss Football Association (SFA; founded in 1895) and is therefore considered as unofficial. The tournament was organized by the Geneva newspaper La Suisse Sportive and its editors François-Jean Dégérine and Dr. Aimé Schwob. The championship trophy was donated by the company Ruinart.[1] Only four of the clubs competing were members of the SFA; FC Château de Lancy, Grasshopper Club Zürich, Neuchâtel FC and La Villa Ouchy).[2] The series A was divided into three regional groups, group A in the north, group B the district around Lausanne and group C district of Genève). The winner of each group qualified for the finals.

Swiss Serie A
Season1897–98

The following are the statistics to the first Swiss national football (soccer) competition (later Swiss Super League).

Group A
ClubScoreClub
Grasshopper Club Zürich7-2FC Zürich

Group B
ClubScoreClub
Villa Longchamp Lausanne1-0FC Yverdon
Lausanne Football and Cricket Club4-0Maison Neuve Vevey
Lausanne Football and Cricket Club5-2Villa d'Ouchy (Lausanne)
Villa Longchamp Lausanne1-0Lausanne FC et CC

Group C
ClubScoreClub
Le Château de Lancy4-0Racing Club de Geneve
La Châtelaine Genève9-2Le Château de Lancy

Final
ClubScoreClub
Grasshopper Club Zürich6-1Villa Longchamp Lausanne
Grasshopper Club Zürich2-0La Châtelaine Genève

Grasshopper Club Zürich won the championship.

References
  1. Daniel Schaub (2014). "Wie die Old Boys zu den ersten Forfait-Siegern der Schweizer Fussballgeschichte wurden". tageswoche.ch. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
  2. Paul Ruoff, Das goldene Buch des Schweizer Fussballs, Basel 1953

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