SAFV Swiss American Football Federation Nationalliga A 1986-1990

SAFV Meisterschaft 1986

SAFV Schweizerischer American Football Verband Ost 1986

Pos	Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	Net Pts	Streak
1	Lugano Seagulls	6	0	1.000	271	6	265	W6
2	Zurich Bay Bandits	4	2	0.667	115	95	20	W2
3	Bienna Jets	2	4	0.333	92	109	-17	L2
4	Muralto Unicorns	0	6	0.000	14	282	-268	L6

Division Champions and Qualify for Playoff Semi-Finals

Qualify for Playoff Semi-Finals

Replaced for 1987 by Mendrisio Smugglers, also based in Ticino canton

SAFV Schweizerischer American Football Verband West 1986

Pos	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Net Pts	Streak
1	Zurich Renegades	5	0	1	0.833	114	30	84	W2
2	St. Gallen Raiders	3	1	2	0.500	92	43	49	W2
3	Basilisk Mean Machine	2	3	1	0.333	100	49	51	L2
4	Bülach Giants	0	6	0	0.000	8	192	-184	L6

Division Champions and Qualify for Playoff Semi-Finals

Qualify for Playoff Semi-Finals

SAFV Scweizerischer American Football Verband Playoffs 1986

Date	Event	Results	Venue	Match Day
1986-06-22 00:00:35June 22, 1986	Lugano Seagulls vs St. Gallen Raiders	18 - 12	N/A	Play - Off
1986-06-22 00:00:03June 22, 1986	Zurich Renegades vs Bienna Jets	34 - 0	N/A	Play - Off
1986-06-29 00:00:18June 29, 1986	St. Gallen Raiders vs Bienna Jets	28 - 8	N/A	3./4. Platz
1986-06-29 00:00:36June 29, 1986	Lugano Seagulls vs Zurich Renegades	9 - 6	N/A	1986 Final

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Ost
*Lugano Seagulls	6	6	0	0	271	6	1.000
*Zurich Bay Bandits	6	4	2	0	115	95	.667
Bienna Jets	6	2	4	0	92	109	.333
Muralto Unicorns	6	0	6	0	14	282	.000
West
*Zurich Renegades	6	5	0	1	114	30	.917
*St. Gallen Raiders	6	3	1	2	92	43	.667
Basilisk Mean Machine	6	2	3	1	100	49	.417
Bulach Giants	6	0	6	0	8	192	.000

SAFV Nationalliga A Standings 1986 [Ref: 1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoffs
22.06.1986	Lugano Seagulls	18	St. Gallen Raiders	12
22.06.1986	Zurich Renegades	34	Bienna Jets	0
	3rd Place
29.06.1986	St. Gallen Raiders	28	Bienna Jets	8
	Final
29.06.1986	Lugano Seagulls	9	Zurich Renegades	6

SAFV Nationalliga A Playoffs 1986 [Ref: 2]

SAFV Meisterschaft 1987

SAFV Switzerland Meisterschaft Ost 1987

Pos	Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	Pts
1	Lugano Seagulls	7	1	0.875	304	19	14
2	Zurich Renegades	7	1	0.875	213	15	14
3	Bülach Giants	3	5	0.375	102	126	6
4	Zurich Bay Bandits	2	6	0.250	69	184	4
5	Aarau Outlaws	1	7	0.125	23	367	2

Division Champions and Qualify for Playoff Semi-Finals

Qualify for Playoff Semi-Finals

Relegated to Nationalliga B for 1988

SAFV Switzerland Meisterschaft West 1987

Pos	Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	Pts
1	Bienna Jets	8	0	1.000	264	42	16
2	Basilisk Mean Machine	5	3	0.625	154	122	10
3	St. Gallen Raiders	5	3	0.625	143	92	10
4	Berner Grizzlies	1	7	0.125	50	172	2
5	Mendrisio Smugglers	1	7	0.125	48	231	2

Division Champions and Qualify for Playoff Semi-Finals

Qualify for Playoff Semi-Finals

Relegated to Nationalliga B for 1988

SAFV Switzerland Meisterschaft Playoffs 1987

Date	Event	Results	Venue	Match Day
1987-07-05 00:00:22July 5, 1987	Zurich Renegades vs Basilisk Mean Machine	42 - 6	N/A	Play-Off
1987-07-05 00:00:59July 5, 1987	Bienna Jets vs Lugano Seagulls	6 - 8	N/A	Play-Off
1987-07-12 00:00:16July 12, 1987	Bienna Jets vs Basilisk Mean Machine	36 - 6	N/A	3./4. Platz
1987-07-12 00:00:36July 12, 1987	Zurich Renegades vs Lugano Seagulls	8 - 0	N/A	1987 Final

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Ost
*Lugano Seagulls	8	7	1	0	304	19	.875
*Zurich Renegades	8	7	1	0	213	15	.875
Bulach Giants	8	3	5	0	102	126	.375
Zurich Bay Bandits (R)	8	2	6	0	69	184	.250
Aarau Outlaws (R)	8	1	7	0	23	367	.125
West
*Bienna Jets	8	8	0	0	264	42	1.000
*St. Gallen Raiders	8	5	3	0	143	92	.625
Basilisk Mean Machine	8	5	3	0	154	122	.625
Berner Grizzlies (R)	8	1	7	0	50	172	.125
Mendrisio Smugglers (R)	8	1	7	0	48	231	.125

SAFV Nationalliga A Standings 1987 [Ref: 1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoffs
05.07.1987	Zurich Renegades	42	Basilisk Mean Machine	6
05.07.1987	Bienna Jets	6	Lugano Seagulls	8
	3rd Place
12.07.1987	Bienna Jets	36	Basilisk Mean Machine	6
	Final
12.07.1987	Zurich Renegades	8	Lugano Seagulls	0

SAFV Nationalliga A Playoffs 1987 [Ref: 3]

SAFV NLA 1988

1988 Switzerland SAFV Schweizerischer American Football Verband NLA Nationalliga A

Pos	Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	Net Pts	Pts
1	Bienna Jets	7	0	1.000	185	65	120	14
2	St. Gallen Raiders	5	2	.714	114	91	23	10
3	Basilisk Mean Machine	5	3	.625	153	95	58	10
4	Zurich Renegades	1	7	.125	99	175	-76	2
5	Bülach Giants	1	7	.125	52	177	-125	2
6	Lugano Seagulls	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0

Division Champions and Qualify for Playoff Semi-Finals

Qualify for Playoff Semi-Finals

To Aufsgtiegsrunde (Relegation/Promotion)

Did not Compete in 1988 and Relegated to NLB for 1989

1988 Switzerland SAFV Schweizerischer American Football Verband NLA Nationalliga A

Pos	Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	Net Pts	Pts
1	Bienna Jets	3	0	1.000	90	50	40	6
2	Zurich Renegades	1	2	.333	50	43	7	2
3	Basilisk Mean Machine	1	2	.333	71	68	3	2
4	St. Gallen Raiders	1	2	.333	24	74	-50	2

Playoff Gruppe Champions and Qualify for 1988 Swiss Super Bowl

Qualify for 1988 Swiss Super Bowl

Qualify for 3./4. Platz Playoff

1988 SAFV Schweizerischer American Football Verband Nationalliga A Playoffs

Date	Event	Results	Venue	Match Day
1988-10-30 12:00:09October 30, 1988	St. Gallen Raiders vs Basilisk Mean Machine	20 - 8	N/A	3./4. Platz
1988-10-30 15:00:17October 30, 1988	Bienna Jets vs Zurich Renegades	6 - 14	N/A	1988 Swiss Super Bowl

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Bienna Jets	7	7	0	0	185	65	1.000
*St. Gallen Raiders	7	5	2	0	114	91	.714
*Basilisk Mean Machine	8	5	3	0	153	95	.625
*Zurich Renegades	8	1	7	0	99	175	.125
Bulach Giants (R)	8	1	7	0	52	177	.125

SAFV Nationalliga A Standings 1988 [Ref: 1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoffs
02.10.1988	Bienna Jets	38	Basilisk Mean Machine	36
02.10.1988	St. Gallen Raiders	18	Zurich Renegades	12
09.10.1988	Bienna Jets	18	Zurich Renegades	14
09.10.1988	St. Gallen Raiders	6	Basilisk Mean Machine	28
16.10.1988	Bienna Jets	34	St. Gallen Raiders	0
16.10.1988	Basilisk Mean Machine	7	Zurich Renegades	24
	3rd Place
30.10.1988	St. Gallen Raiders	20	Basilisk Mean Machine	8
	Swiss Super Bowl ’88
30.10.1988	Bienna Jets	6	Zurich Renegades	14

SAFV Nationalliga A Playoffs 1988 [Ref: 4]

SAFV NLA 1989

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Basilisk Mean Machine	10	8	2	0	279	124	.800
*Berner Grizzlies	10	8	2	0	248	120	.800
*Mendrisio Smugglers	10	7	3	0	249	138	.700
*Zurich Renegades	10	4	6	0	95	159	.400
St. Gallen Raiders	10	2	7	1	97	221	.250
Bienna Jets (R)	10	0	9	1	62	268	.050

SAFV Nationalliga A Standings 1989 [Ref: 1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoffs
20.08.1989	Basilisk Mean Machine	8	St. Gallen Raiders	0
20.08.1989	Berner Grizzlies	27	Mendrisio Smugglers	26
27.08.1989	Basilisk Mean Machine	14	Mendrisio Smugglers	0
27.08.1989	Berner Grizzlies	6	St. Gallen Raiders	16
03.09.1989	Basilisk Mean Machine	14	Berner Grizzlies	6
03.09.1989	Mendrisio Smugglers	44	St. Gallen Raiders	0
	3rd Place
10.09.1989	Mendrisio Smugglers	13	St. Gallen Raiders	6
	Swiss Super Bowl ’89
10.09.1989	Basilisk Mean Machine	22	St. Gallen Raiders	35

SAFV Nationalliga A Playoffs 1989 [Ref: 5]

SAFV NLA 1990

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Bulach Giants	6	6	0	0	147	52	1.000
*Geneva Seahawks	6	5	1	0	134	50	.833
*Basilisk Mean Machine	6	4	2	0	150	65	.667
*St. Gallen Raiders	6	4	2	0	146	62	.667
Bienna Jets	6	3	3	0	80	87	.500
Zurich Bay Bandits (R)	6	1	5	0	100	114	.167
Mendrisio Smugglers (R)	6	1	5	0	50	215	.167
Berner Grizzlies (R)	6	0	6	0	34	196	.000

SAFV Nationalliga A Standings 1990 [Ref: 1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoffs
24.06.1990	Bulach Giants	36	Basilisk Mean Machine	8
24.06.1990	Geneva Seahawks	9	St. Gallen Raiders	7
08.07.1990	Bulach Giants	23	Geneva Seahawks	14
08.07.1990	Basilisk Mean Machine	8	St. Gallen Raiders	14
15.07.1990	Bulach Giants	7	St. Gallen Raiders	44
15.07.1990	Geneva Seahawks	34	Basilisk Mean Machine	0
	3rd Place
02.09.1990	Geneva Seahawks	0	Basilisk Mean Machine	46
	Swiss Super Bowl ’90
02.09.1990	St. Gallen Raiders	36	Bulach Giants	0

SAFV Nationalliga A Playoffs 1990 [Ref: 6]

Legend: Ost = East, West = West. (R) To Relegation / Promotion Playoff with Champions of Nationalliga B

Report

The Swiss American Football Federation (SAFV / Schweizerischer American Football Verband / Federation Suisse de Football Americain / Federazione Svizzera Football Americano) was established in 1986.

The first Championship (Meisterschaft) featured 8 teams in two divisons, Ost (East) and West, with Lugano Seagulls defeating Zurich Renegades 9-6 in the Final. Two new teams were added in 1987, and Zurich Renegades got their revenge, defeating Lugano Seagulls 8-0 in the Final.

The Nationalliga was split into two Leagues A and B for 1988, with Zurich Renegades repeating as Champions, winning the Swiss Super Bowl, as it was now known 14-8 against Bienna Jets. 1989 was the first year there was no Zurich Renegades in the Swiss Super Bowl, as St. Gallen Raiders defeated Basilisk Mean Machine 35-22. St. Gallen were the champions again in 1990, beating Bulach Giants 36-0 in Swiss Super Bowl ’90.

References

Internet Archive

[1] SAFV | Wayback Machine (2005) Meisterschaft: Rangliste / Classement [1986][1987][1988][1989][1990] [internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20051228232142/http://www.safv.ch/ [Accessed 5 June 2020]

[2] SAFV | Wayback Machine (1999) Meisterschaft American Football 1986 [internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/19990220113617/http://www.safv.ch/mei1986.htm [Accessed 5 June 2020]

[3] SAFV | Wayback Machine (1999) Meisterschaft American Football 1987 [internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/19990221194445/http://safv.ch/mei1987.htm [Accessed 5 June 2020]

[4] SAFV | Wayback Machine (1999) Meisterschaft American Football 1988 [internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/19990221212614/http://safv.ch/mei1988.htm [Accessed 5 June 2020]

[5] SAFV | Wayback Machine (1999) Meisterschaft American Football 1989 [internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/19990221231856/http://safv.ch/mei1989.htm [Accessed 5 June 2020]

[6] SAFV | Wayback Machine (1999) Meisterschaft American Football 1990 [internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/19990222003404/http://safv.ch/mei1990.htm [Accessed 5 June 2020]

Images

[7] Super Bowl (2020) unnamed [Internet] Available from: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/c_4SewkEavDIBdu6ZK-XxZ09K36U0WFvc0LSq-wC6auI107zwrwUlgSdrHuXWiP_jo0Is3o3u8zPK1Hn7m_mObYFBh0S [accessed 5 June 2020]