1992–93 in Swiss football

The following is a summary of the 1992–93 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Championship group
The first eight teams of the qualification phase competed in the Championship round. The teams took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the qualification as bonus with them.

Qualification phase

 * Group East


 * Group West

Promotion/relegation round NLA/NLB

 * Group A


 * Group B

Relegation round NLB/1. Liga
The last six teams in each of the two qualification phase groups competed in two relegation groups against relegation to the 1. Liga 1993–94. The teams received ranking bonus points from their qualifying groups (7th place 6 pts; 8th place 5 pts; 9th place 4 pts; etc). There were to be three direct relegations in each group and a play-out against relegation between the two third placed teams.


 * Group A


 * Group B

Relegation play-out
'' Urania Genève Sport win 6–1 on aggregate. SC Bümpliz 78 are relegated to 1. Liga 1993–94. ''

Promotion play-off

 * Qualification round

 FC Gossau win 4–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

 FC Monthey win 10–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

 FC Renens win 8–3 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

 FC Sursee win 7–3 on aggregate and continue to the finals.


 * Final round

'' 2–2 on aggregate, FC Gossau win 7–6 on penalties and are promoted to 1993–94 Nationalliga B. ''

'' FC Sursee win 2–1 on aggregate and are promoted to 1993–94 Nationalliga B. ''


 * Decider for promotion

'' FC Monthey win and are promoted to 1993–94 Nationalliga B. ''

Relegation play-out

 * First round

FC Glarus continue to the final.

SC Burgdorf continue to the final.


 * Final round

'' FC Glarus win 4–2 on aggregate and remain in 1993–94 1. Liga. SC Burgdorf are relegated to 2. Liga. ''

Swiss Cup
The routes of the finalists to the final, played on 31 May 1993 at the Wankdorf in Bern:

Early rounds

 * Round 3


 * colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|3 October 1992


 * colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|4 October 1992
 * colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|4 October 1992


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 * Round 4


 * colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|21 March 1993


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 * Round 5


 * colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|6 April 1993


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 * Quarter-finals


 * colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|20 April 1993


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 * Semi-finals


 * colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|4 May 1993


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Swiss Clubs in Europe

 * Sion as 1991–92 Nationalliga A champions: 1992–93 UEFA Champions League first round
 * Luzern as 1991–92 Swiss Cup winners: 1992–93 Cup Winners' Cup first round
 * Xamax as league second placed team: 1992–93 UEFA Cup
 * Grasshopper Club as league third placed team: 1992–93 UEFA Cup and entered 1992 Intertoto Cup
 * Young Boys entered 1992 Intertoto Cup
 * Lausanne Sports entered 1992 Intertoto Cup
 * St. Gallen entered 1992 Intertoto Cup
 * Vaduz as 1991–92 Liechtenstein Cup winners: 1992–93 Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round

First round
Sion won 7–2 on aggregate.

Second round
Porto won 6–2 on aggregate.

First round
''2–2 on aggregate. Luzern won on away goals.''

Second round
Feyenoord won 4–2 on aggregate.

First round
BK Frem won 6–3 on aggregate.

First round
Grasshopper won 4–3 on aggregate.

Second round
Roma won 6–4 on aggregate.

Qualifying round
Chornomorets Odesa won 12–1 on aggregate.