1978–79 Nationalliga A season
The 1978/79 season was the 41st regular hosting of the National League A, the top Swiss league in hockey. For total sixth time in their history of SC Bern Swiss champion, while the HC Sierre descent into NLB.
Mode
In a joint main round played each of the eight teams in four games against each group opponent, bringing the total number of matches per team was 28. The winner of the main round was champion. The last placed the main round rose from the NLB. For a win, each team was given two points, a draw one point. At a loss to give any points.
Main Round
Final Table
Champion team SC Bern
Goalkeepers: Roland Gerber, Daniel Hirt, Jürg Jaeggi
Defender: Ladislav Beňačka, Jürg Bigler, Andreas Gurtner, Ueli Hofmann, Beat Kaufmann, Hugo Leuenberger
Attacker: Roland Dellsperger, Riccardo Fuhrer, Renzo Holzer, Jarmo Koivunen, Samuel Lappert, Serge Martel, Rolf Mäusli, Lauri Mononen, Peter Ronner, Jürg Schneeberger, Bernhard Wist, Bruno Wittwer, Fritz Wyss, Bruno Zahnd
Head Coach: Xavier nonsense