1998–99 Nationalliga A

Teams in the Swiss National League A played 22 games in the 1998–99 football season, with an eight-team playoff.

Nationalliga A
Season1998–99
ChampionsServette
17th title
RelegatedSion
Young Boys
Top goalscorerAlexandre Rey (19 goals)

Overview

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The Qualification Round to the League season 2001–02 was contested by twelve teams. The first eight teams of the First Stage (or Qualification) were then to compete in the Championship Playoff Round. The teams in ninth to twelfth position completed with the top four teams of the Nationalliga B in a Nationalliga A/B Playoff round.

Nationalliga A

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At the end of the season Servette won the championship.

Qualification phase

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Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Servette 22 12 8 2 38 24 +14 44 Advance to championship round
halved points (rounded up) as bonus
2 Grasshopper Club 22 11 5 6 37 25 +12 38
3 Zürich 22 10 8 4 33 21 +12 38
4 Lausanne-Sport 22 10 8 4 36 33 +3 38
5 Xamax 22 7 11 4 30 23 +7 32
6 Basel 22 8 4 10 21 34 −13 28
7 Luzern 22 6 9 7 26 25 +1 27
8 St. Gallen 22 7 6 9 31 31 0 27
9 Sion 22 5 8 9 22 36 −14 23 Continue to promotion/relegation round
10 Lugano 22 5 7 10 35 43 −8 22
11 Young Boys 22 4 7 11 33 34 −1 19
12 Aarau 22 3 7 12 28 41 −13 16
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

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Home \ Away AAR BAS GCZ LS LUG LUZ NX SER SIO STG YB ZÜR
Aarau 5–0 0–3 2–2 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–4 2–2 2–6 1–1 0–2
Basel 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1
Grasshopper 2–0 2–1 2–2 3–2 2–0 1–1 3–0 4–1 4–1 2–1 1–2
Lausanne-Sport 2–1 0–2 3–1 3–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1
Lugano 0–2 5–1 1–1 1–2 0–3[a] 4–3 3–3 2–2 2–2 2–2 0–0
Luzern 2–2 4–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 3–2
Neuchâtel Xamax 0–0 3–1 0–2 4–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–1
Servette 3–2 3–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 3–1
Sion 3–2 1–0 0–1 0–4 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–0
St. Gallen 4–3 0–1 3–1 0–1 4–4 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 0–0
Young Boys 1–1 1–2 3–1 7–2 0–1 1–2 2–3 3–4 3–0 0–1 1–2
Zürich 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–3 4–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 3–1 3–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match awarded.

Championship round

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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.

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification
1 Servette 14 7 3 4 19 14 +5 22 46 Swiss champions, qualified for Champions League third qualifying round
2 Grasshopper Club 14 8 3 3 31 11 +20 19 46 qualified for UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Lausanne-Sport 14 8 2 4 28 20 +8 19 45 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup first round
4 Zürich 14 7 2 5 24 15 +9 19 42 qualified for UEFA Cup qualifying round
5 Basel 14 5 4 5 18 19 −1 14 33 qualified for Intertoto Cup first round
6 Xamax 14 2 6 6 12 27 −15 16 28 qualified for Intertoto Cup first round
7 Luzern 14 4 2 8 13 27 −14 14 28
8 St. Gallen 14 2 4 8 13 25 −12 14 24
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification.

Results

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Home \ Away BAS GCZ LS LUZ NX SER STG ZÜR
Basel 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–3 1–0
Grasshopper 4–2 5–0 4–0 5–0 0–1 4–0 0–2
Lausanne-Sport 3–0 2–3 5–1 4–0 2–5 4–1 3–1
Luzern 0–2 1–4 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–3
Neuchâtel Xamax 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–3 3–2 1–3
Servette 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–1
St. Gallen 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–3
Zürich 2–1 0–1 0–1 3–0 2–2 4–0 0–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Nationalliga B

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Qualification phase

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Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Bellinzona 22 13 5 4 43 17 +26 44 Advance to promotion/relegation NLA/LNB round
2 Sion 22 12 4 6 41 21 +20 40
3 Thun 22 10 8 4 34 24 +10 38
4 Baden 22 10 7 5 32 20 +12 37
5 Kriens 22 10 7 5 37 28 +9 37 Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga
halved points (rounded up) as bonus
6 Étoile Carouge 22 9 8 5 24 18 +6 35
7 Winterthur 22 9 3 10 30 33 −3 30
8 Wil 22 8 5 9 40 41 −1 29
9 Solothurn 22 7 2 13 29 37 −8 23
10 Young Boys 22 5 6 11 31 45 −14 21
11 Stade Nyonnais 22 5 3 14 30 53 −23 18
12 Schaffhausen 22 2 6 14 16 50 −34 12
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Promotion/relegation group NLA/NLB

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The teams in the ninth to twelfth positions in Nationalliga A competed with the top four teams of Nationalliga B in a Nationalliga A/B promotion/relegation round.

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Lugano 14 9 2 3 19 10 +9 29 Remain in NLA
2 Delémont 14 7 2 5 23 20 +3 23 Promoted to NLA
3 Yverdon-Sport 14 6 3 5 22 17 +5 21
4 Aarau 14 6 2 6 24 24 0 20 Remain in NLA
5 Sion 14 6 1 7 16 17 −1 19 Relegated to NLB
6 Young Boys 14 5 2 7 25 31 −6 17
7 Wil 14 5 1 8 26 30 −4 16 Remain in NLB
8 Étoile Carouge 14 4 3 7 18 24 −6 15
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Results

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Home \ Away AAR DEL ÉTO LUG SIO YB YS WIL
Aarau 1–3 3–1 0–1 4–1 1–1 2–1 3–1
Delémont 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 5–3 0–0 1–2
Étoile Carouge 3–1 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–3 2–1 1–3
Lugano 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0
Sion 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–2 3–1 2–1 2–0
Young Boys 4–1 0–1 1–1 0–3 3–1 1–2 3–2
Yverdon-Sport 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 5–1 1–4
Wil 2–3 1–4 3–4 3–0 1–0 3–4 1–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation group NLB/1. Liga

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The last eight teams of the qualification phase competed in the relegation group against relegation to the 1. Liga. The teams took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the qualification as bonus with them.

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Baden 14 7 4 3 25 18 +7 11 36 Remain in NLB
2 Thun 14 6 4 4 30 20 +10 13 35
3 Stade Nyonnais 14 7 3 4 29 22 +7 11 35
4 Kriens 14 5 3 6 19 18 +1 17 35
5 Schaffhausen 14 4 2 8 15 25 −10 18 32
6 Solothurn 14 5 6 3 20 19 +1 9 30
7 Locarno 14 3 3 8 14 29 −15 14 26 Relegated to 1. Liga
8 Chiasso 14 3 7 4 14 15 −1 8 24
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification.

Sources

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