1998–99 Nationalliga A

Nationalliga A

Season	1998–99
Champions	Servette 17th title
Relegated	Sion Young Boys
Top goalscorer	Alexandre Rey (19 goals)
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

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

Overview

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. At the end of the season Servette FC won the championship.

First stage

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Servette FC	22	12	8	2	38	24	+14	44
2	Grasshopper Club Zürich	22	11	5	6	37	25	+12	38
3	FC Zürich	22	10	8	4	33	21	+12	38
4	Lausanne Sports	22	10	8	4	36	33	+3	38
5	Neuchâtel Xamax	22	7	11	4	30	23	+7	32
6	FC Basel	22	8	4	10	21	34	−13	28
7	FC Lucerne	22	6	9	7	26	25	+1	27
8	FC St. Gallen	22	7	6	9	31	31	0	27
9	FC Sion	22	5	8	9	22	36	−14	23
10	AC Lugano	22	5	7	10	35	43	−8	22
11	BSC Young Boys	22	4	7	11	33	34	−1	19
12	FC Aarau	22	3	7	12	28	41	−13	16

Source: rsssf.com

Results

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	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:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

Second stage

The first eight teams of the regular season (or Qualification) competed in the Championship Playoff Round. They took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the Qualification as Bonus with them

Championship group

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Servette FC (C)	14	7	3	4	19	14	+5	22	46	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2	Grasshopper Club Zürich	14	8	3	3	31	11	+20	19	46	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Lausanne Sports	14	8	2	4	28	20	+8	19	45	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	FC Zürich	14	7	2	5	24	15	+9	19	42	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
5	FC Basel	14	5	4	5	18	19	−1	14	33	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
6	Neuchâtel Xamax	14	2	6	6	12	27	−15	16	28	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
7	FC Lucerne	14	4	2	8	13	27	−14	14	28
8	FC St. Gallen	14	2	4	8	13	25	−12	14	24

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions
Notes:

Results

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:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion/relegation group

The teams in ninth to twelfth position in the Nationalliga A completed with the top four teams of the Nationalliga B in a Nationalliga A/B Playoff round (promotion/relegation).

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AC Lugano	14	9	2	3	19	10	+9	29
2	SR Delémont (P)	14	7	2	5	23	20	+3	23
3	Yverdon-Sport FC (P)	14	6	3	5	22	17	+5	21
4	FC Aarau	14	6	2	6	24	24	0	20
5	FC Sion (R)	14	6	1	7	16	17	−1	19
6	BSC Young Boys (R)	14	5	2	7	25	31	−6	17
7	FC Wil	14	5	1	8	26	30	−4	16
8	Étoile Carouge FC	14	4	3	7	18	24	−6	15

Source: rsssf.com
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

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:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Sources

• Switzerland 1998–99 at RSSSF