The Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) had 28 member clubs at this time and these were devided into two divisions of 14 teams each.
The teams played a double round-robin to decide their table positions.
The champions would qualify for the 1960–61 European Cup and the last two teams in the league table at the end of the season were to be relegated.
Young Fellows Zürich and FC Fribourg finished level on points in joint first position and had both achieved promotion to 1960–61 Nationalliga A.
However, it required a play-off to decide the title as NLB champions and this took place on 15 June 1960 in Wankdorf Stadium, Bern.