Swiss Football Championship 1996/97

The 100th Swiss football championship was 1996 / 97 instead. The Swiss champions this season were called FC Sion .

Qualifying round

The teams in places 1–8 contest the NLA final round. The teams in places 9-12 contest the NLA / NLB promotion / relegation round.

	society	R.	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Neuchâtel Xamax	22nd	12	8th	2	36:20	44
2.	Grasshopper Club Zurich	22nd	10	9	3	42:27	39
3.	FC Sion	22nd	9	10	3	33:21	37
4th	FC Aarau	22nd	9	8th	5	21:14	35
5.	Lausanne Sports	22nd	9	7th	6th	35:32	34
6th	FC St. Gallen	22nd	6th	10	6th	20:26	28
7th	FC Zurich	22nd	6th	9	7th	24:25	27
8th.	FC Basel	22nd	5	11	6th	32:32	26th
9.	Servette FC Genève	22nd	5	9	8th	24:25	24
10.	FC Luzern	22nd	4th	11	7th	27:32	23
11.	FC Lugano	22nd	2	9	11	14:32	15th
12.	BSC Young Boys	22nd	3	3	16	17:39	12

The first four teams contest the NLA / NLB promotion / relegation round. The rest of the NLB relegation round.

	society	R.	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Étoile Carouge FC	22nd	11	9	2	39:20	42
2.	FC Schaffhausen	22nd	12	6th	4th	32:18	42
3.	SC Kriens	22nd	12	5	5	40:25	41
4th	FC Solothurn	22nd	10	7th	5	28:26	37
5.	Yverdon Sports	22nd	9	8th	5	34:26	35
6th	FC Winterthur	22nd	9	7th	6th	30:21	34
7th	FC Locarno	22nd	7th	7th	8th	28:27	28
8th.	FC Wil	22nd	7th	6th	9	33:30	27
9.	FC Baden	22nd	7th	6th	9	29:30	27
10.	SR Delémont	22nd	5	5	12	30:44	20th
11.	FC Gossau	22nd	4th	4th	14th	29:50	16
12.	FC Meyrin	22nd	2	4th	16	15:50	10

	society	R.	S.	U	N	Gates	Points *
1.	FC Sion	14th	9	3	2	18:10	49 (19)
2.	Neuchâtel Xamax	14th	6th	6th	2	22:14	46 (22)
3.	Grasshopper Club Zurich	14th	7th	4th	3	37:18	45 (20)
4th	Lausanne Sports	14th	8th	2	4th	20:16	43 (17)
5.	FC Aarau	14th	3	4th	7th	17:22	31 (18)
6th	FC St. Gallen	14th	3	4th	7th	13:26	27 (14)
7th	FC Zurich	14th	1	7th	6th	9:18	24 (14)
8th.	FC Basel	14th	3	2	9	16:28	24 (13)

* Points from qualification halved in brackets

The top four will be in the NLA next year.

	society	R.	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Servette FC Genève	14th	7th	4th	3	18:10	25th
2.	Étoile Carouge FC	14th	7th	3	4th	15:13	24
3.	FC Luzern	14th	6th	5	3	16:12	23
4th	SC Kriens	14th	6th	4th	4th	22:16	22nd
5.	BSC Young Boys	14th	5	5	4th	19:17	20th
6th	FC Solothurn	14th	3	5	6th	9:17	14th
7th	FC Lugano	14th	2	5	7th	11:17	11
8th.	FC Schaffhausen	14th	2	5	7th	13:21	11

Servette FC Genève , Étoile Carouge FC , FC Luzern and SC Kriens are in the NLA next year, the rest in the NLB.

The two bottom of the table are relegated to the first division.

	society	R.	S.	U	N	Gates	Points *
1.	FC Winterthur	14th	8th	2	4th	21:13	43 (17)
2.	FC Baden	14th	7th	4th	3	28:20	39 (14)
3.	FC Wil	14th	6th	3	5	23:21	35 (14)
4th	Yverdon Sports	14th	4th	4th	6th	17:21	34 (18)
5.	FC Locarno	14th	4th	7th	3	14:14	33 (14)
6th	SR Delémont	14th	5	5	4th	28:24	30 (10)
7th	FC Gossau	14th	5	1	8th	15:23	24 (8)
8th.	FC Meyrin	14th	1	6th	7th	13:23	14 (5)

* Qualifying round points halved