National League A (handball) 2014/15

National League A
master	Cadets Schaffhausen
Cup winners	Pathfinder Winterthur
Relegation ↑	Lakers Stafa
Relegation ↓	TV Endingen
Relegated	HSC Suhr Aarau
Teams	10
Games	155 + 2 relegation games  (155 played)
Gates	8221  (ø 53.04 per game)
spectator	101888  (ø 657 per game)
Top scorer	Tomáš Babák  (182 goals)
yellow cards	801  (ø 5.17 per game)
Time penalties	1135  (ø 7.32 per game)
Red cards	17  (ø 0.11 per game)
← National League A 2013/14 National League A 2015/16 →
National League B 2014/15 ↓

Teams

The 2014/15 season was the 66th regular time of the Swiss National League A in handball . The season started on September 3 and ended on May 26, 2015. The play-offs and play-outs began on May 6, 2015.

mode

The 10 teams play 2 double rounds of 18 games each.

Then a final round is played with the best 6 teams from the main round. The best four teams will determine the Swiss in play-off style. The semi-finals and the final are played according to the best-of-five mode .

The other 4 teams from the main round determine the direct relegated team in a relegation round. The penultimate team of the relegation round played two barrage games against the second of the National League B.

Main round

Ranking list

League leader

Bottom of the table

Pl.		society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.		Pathfinder Winterthur	18th	14th	00	04th	0517: 4440	+73	0028: 8000
02.		Cadets Schaffhausen (M, C, SC)	18th	13	00	05	0533: 4710	+62	0026:1000
03.		Wacker Thun	18th	11	03	04th	0514: 4420	+72	0025:1100
04th		TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	18th	09	03	06th	0472: 4510	+21	0021:1500
05.		GC Amicitia Zurich	18th	10	00	08th	0475: 4850	−10	0020:1600
06th		HC Kriens-Lucerne	18th	08th	01	09	0476: 4730	+3	0017:1900
07th		BSV Bern Muri	18th	07th	01	10	0470: 5020	−32	0015:2100
08th.		TSV Fortitudo Gossau	18th	05	01	12	0459: 5240	−65	0011:2500
09.		Lakers Stäfa (R)	18th	04th	01	13	0450: 5170	−67	0009:2700
10.		HSC Suhr Aarau (A)	18th	02	04th	12	0457: 5140	−57	0008:2800

As of April 30, 2015

At the end of the main round 2014/15:
	Qualification for the final round
	Relegation round
At the end of the 2013/14 season:
(M, C, SC)	Swiss champions , cup winners and SuperCup winners 2013/14: Kadetten Schaffhausen
(R)	Winner of the promotion / relegation round 2013/14 : Lakers Stäfa
(A)	Newcomers from the National League B 2013/14 : HSC Suhr Aarau

Crosstab

The crosstab shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column, the visiting team in the top row.

2014/15
BSV Bern Muri		24:29	20:19	26:23	24:31	31:29	22:29	21:25	24:30	27:27
GC Amicitia Zurich	30:27		27:25	28:25	26:29	32:25	23:28	28:29	26:25	30:28
HC Kriens-Lucerne	28:25	22:19		19:21	27:26	27:21	23:27	36:23	26:26	33:31
HSC Suhr Aarau	30:32	23:27	33:28		28:34	25:25	28:36	28:31	20:30	28:28
Cadets Schaffhausen	34:23	33:24	29:28	36:26		30:22	32:25	30:22	22:25	25:32
Lakers Stafa	25:31	26:25	23:30	22:31	28:35		26:28	28:30	25:22	27:25
Pathfinder Winterthur	30:27	32:30	32:23	33:22	23:26	32:25		35:22	25:19	22:20
TSV Fortitudo Gossau	28:31	21:25	30:34	26:26	28:30	28:24	24:32		22:27	26:28
TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	30:31	26:27	27:22	27:27	31:26	33:31	24:22	26:25		22:22
Wacker Thun	25:24	37:19	33:26	26:23	29:25	32:18	28:26	35:19	28:22
As of April 30, 2015

Table history

	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th
Pathfinder Winterthur	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Cadets Schaffhausen	7th	4th	2	4th	3	3	2	2	3	4th	4th	5	4th	3	3	3	3	2
Wacker Thun	2	6th	4th	5	6th	6th	5	5	4th	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3
TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	5	7th	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	4th	5	4th	4th	4th
GC Amicitia Zurich	4th	3	5	6th	4th	4th	4th	4th	5	5	5	4th	5	5	4th	5	5	5
HC Kriens-Lucerne	8th	8th	7th	3	5	5	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th
BSV Bern Muri	1	1	6th	7th	7th	7th	7th	9	9	7th	7th	7th	7th	7th	7th	7th	7th	7th
TSV Fortitudo Gossau	6th	5	8th	8th	9	9	10	8th	9	9	8th	8th	8th	8th	8th	8th	8th	8th
Lakers Stafa	10	9	9	9	8th	8th	8th	7th	8th	8th	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
HSC Suhr Aarau	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
As of April 30, 2015

List of goalscorers

If the number of hits is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.

Pl.	player	Gates	cut	team
1.	Tomáš Babák	182	5.1	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen
2.	Lukas von Deschwanden	175	6.5	Wacker Thun
3.	Filip Ivano Maros	159	5.5	Lakers Stafa
4th	Vedran Banic	157	4.4	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen
5.	Christoph Piske	152	5.1	TSV Fortitudo Gossau
6th	Ljubomir Josic	151	5	HSC Suhr Aarau
7th	Manuel Liniger	149	4.7	Cadets Schaffhausen
8th.	Mario Jelinic	147	5.2	GC Amicitia Zurich
9.	Julian war	139	4.3	Pathfinder Winterthur
10.	Jakub Szymanski	139	3.9	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen

Spectator table

	society	spectator	per game	workload	sold out
01.	Wacker Thun	18646	1165	58.25%	0/9
02.	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	16384	963	27.51%	0/9
04th	Cadets Schaffhausen	13536	796	23.41%	0/9
07th	Pathfinder Winterthur	12630	742	32.26%	0/9
06th	HC Kriens-Lucerne	8969	640	49.23%	0/9
05.	Lakers Stafa	9010	600	30.00%	0/9
03.	HSC Suhr Aarau	8636	575	28.75%	0/9
08th.	BSV Bern Muri	5730	382	25.47%	0/9
09.	GC Amicitia Zurich	4120	294	11.76%	0/9
10.	TSV Fortitudo Gossau	4227	281	33.06%	0/9
total		101888	657	31.97%	0/90
As of May 1, 2015

Relegation round

Ranking list

League leader

Bottom of the table

Pl.		society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.		BSV Bern Muri	30th	15th	03	12	0812: 8010	+11	0033:2700
02.		TSV Fortitudo Gossau	30th	09	03	18th	0769: 8300	−61	0021:3900
03.		Lakers Stafa	30th	08th	03	19th	0754: 8460	−92	0019:4100
04th		HSC Suhr Aarau	30th	06th	06th	18th	0746: 8250	−79	0018:4200

As of May 6, 2015

At the end of the 2014/15 season:
	End of season
	Promotion / Relegation Round
	Direct relegation to the National League B 2015/16

Final round

Ranking list

Pl.		society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.		Pathfinder Winterthur	28	23	00	05	0804: 6620	+142	0046:1000
02.		Wacker Thun	28	19th	03	06th	0788: 6810	+107	0041:1500
03.		Cadets Schaffhausen (M, C, SC)	28	16	00	12	0794: 7260	+68	0032:2400
04th		TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	28	13	03	12	0739: 7200	+19	0029:2700
05.		HC Kriens-Lucerne	28	14th	01	13	0736: 7360	± 0	0029:2700
06th		GC Amicitia Zurich	28	10	00	18th	0688: 8030	−115	0020:3600

As of May 6, 2015

At the end of the main round 2014/15:
	Qualification for the playoff
	End of season

Promotion / Relegation Round

The first leg took place on May 6, the second leg on May 13, 2015.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Lakers Stafa	52:49	TV Endingen	28:30	24:19

May 6, 2015 8:00 p.m.	TV Endingen	30: 28	Lakers Stafa	Tägerhard , Wettingen Spectators: 1600 Referee: Bär , Süess
	Sudzum (9)	(16: 14)	Maros (7)
	3 ×  8 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

May 13, 2015 7:30 p.m.	Lakers Stafa	24:19	TV Endingen	Frohberg , Stäfa Spectators: 1400 Referees: Baumann , Cristallo
	Milicic (8)	(14: 7)	Leitner (6)
	3 ×  5 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

Playoff

Play-off tree

	Semifinals					final
	1	Pathfinder Winterthur	2
	4th	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	3
						4th	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	0
						3	Cadets Schaffhausen	3
	2	Wacker Thun	0
	3	Cadets Schaffhausen	3

Semifinals

The semifinal series took place from May 6th to 19th, 2015.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	[MR]	[FR]
Pathfinder Winterthur	-	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	2: 3	28:16	21:27	25:20	16:25	22:37	[1: 1]	[2: 0]
Wacker Thun	-	Cadets Schaffhausen	0: 3	24:29	19:27	28:30	-	-	[2: 0]	[2: 0]

HR = main round , FR = final round

final

May 21, 2015 7:30 p.m.	Cadets Schaffhausen	31: 13	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	BBC-Arena , Schaffhausen Spectators: 1450 Referees: Boskosi , Stalder
	Csaszar (6)	(16: 9)	Banic , bridge (3)
	2 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

May 23, 2015 5:30 p.m.	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	25:26	Cadets Schaffhausen	Kreuzbleiche sports facility , St. Gallen Spectators: 1400 Referees: Baumann , Cristallo
	Babak (8)	(16: 13)	Csaszar , Graubner (4)
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	2 ×  2 ×

May 26, 2015 7:30 p.m.	Cadets Schaffhausen	37:22	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	BBC-Arena , Schaffhausen Spectators: 2130 Referees: Meyer , Buache
	Stojanović (6)	(18: 13)	Babak , Szymanski (6)
	3 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×

Master team of the cadet Schaffhausen

Swiss master cadets Schaffhausen

Goalkeepers: Nikola Portner , Nenad Puljezevic , Jonas Maier Left wing: Manuel Liniger , Leszek Starczan Right wing: Nikola Cvijetic , Markus Richwien Back left: David Graubner , Marko Mamic , Ruben Schelbert , Albin Alili Center back: Peter Kukucka , Andrija Pendic , Gábor Császár , Sergio Muggli Right back: Dimitrij Küttel , Aleksandar Stojanović , Rares Jurca Circular runner: Benjamin Geisser , Anton Månsson , Lucas Meister Head coach: Markus Bauer   Assistant coach: Markus Krauthoff

Venues

The venues are arranged according to the capacity of the stadiums.

society	Stadion	capacity
TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	Kreuzbleiche sports facility	3500
Cadets Schaffhausen	BBC arena	3400
GC Amicitia Zurich	Sports hall	2500
Pathfinder Winterthur	Eulachhalle	2300
Wacker Thun	Sports hall laughter	2000
Lakers Stafa	Hall for everyone	2000
HSC Suhr Aarau	Schachen sports hall	2000
BSV Bern Muri	Sports hall Moos Gümligen	1500
HC Kriens-Lucerne	Mourning Hall	1300
TSV Fortitudo Gossau	Oberbüren Thurzelg	850

Individual evidence

1. ↑ table. (No longer available online.) In: handball.ch. SHV, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved April 30, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Games. (No longer available online.) In: handball.ch. SHV, archived from the original on May 22, 2015 ; Retrieved April 30, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ table history. (No longer available online.) In: handball.ch. SHV, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved April 30, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Audience statistics main round. (No longer available online.) In: handball.ch. SHV, formerly in the original ; accessed on May 1, 2015 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
5. ↑ Table of relegation round. (No longer available online.) In: handball.ch. SHV, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on May 6, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ Final round table. (No longer available online.) In: handball.ch. SHV, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on May 6, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ The TV Endingen can continue to dream of the NLA. In: Aargauer Zeitung . AZ Medien , May 6, 2015, accessed May 18, 2015 . 
8. ↑ Hall directory. (No longer available online.) In: handball.ch. SHV, archived from the original on October 18, 2015 ; accessed on May 1, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.