# 1999–2000 Nationalliga A

The 1999–2000 season of the Swiss Nationalliga contained two divisions, each with twelve clubs. The top tier was called Nationalliga A (NLA) (French: Ligue Nationale A, Italian: Lega Nazionale A) and the second tier was named Nationalliga B (NLB).

## Overview

The season was divided into two phases. The first of which was the qualification phase, and within the divisions the teams played a double round-robin, one at home and the other away. The divisions were then split. The first eight teams of the NLA then competed in the championship group and played a further double round-robin. The teams in ninth to twelfth position competed with the top four teams of the NLB in a promotion/relegation group to decide which four teams would play top tier next season. The other eight teams of the second tier competed in a play-out against relegation to the 1. Liga and the last two teams were to be relegated.

## Nationalliga A

At the end of the season FC St. Gallen won the championship.

### Qualification phase
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | St. Gallen | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 45 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 2 | Basel | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 37 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 3 | Lausanne-Sport | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 36 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 4 | Grasshopper Club | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 25 | +15 | 34 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 5 | Yverdon-Sport | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 30 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 6 | Xamax | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 28 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 7 | Luzern | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 28 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 8 | Servette | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 28 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 9 | Zürich | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 29 | −8 | 26 | Continue to promotion/relegation round |
| 10 | Aarau | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 42 | −12 | 26 | Continue to promotion/relegation round |
| 11 | Lugano | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 21 | Continue to promotion/relegation round |
| 12 | Delémont | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 48 | −24 | 17 | Continue to promotion/relegation round |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | AAR | BAS | DEL | GCZ | LS | LUG | LUZ | NX | SER | STG | YS | ZÜR |
| Aarau | | 1–3 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Basel | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Delémont | 4–2 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 |
| Grasshopper | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Lausanne-Sport | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Lugano | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Luzern | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 |
| Neuchâtel Xamax | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Servette | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–4 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| St. Gallen | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| Yverdon-Sport | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 |
| Zürich | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | |

### Champion Playoffs

The first eight teams of the qualification then competed in the Championship Round. They took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the Qualification as bonus with them.

#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | St. Gallen (C) | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 14 | +19 | 23 | 54 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Lausanne-Sport | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 13 | +9 | 18 | 44 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Basel | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 19 | 40 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Grasshopper Club | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 17 | 37 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 5 | Luzern | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 30 | −13 | 14 | 31 | |
| 6 | Servette | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 14 | 31 | |
| 7 | Xamax | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 29 | −4 | 14 | 29 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 8 | Yverdon-Sport | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 35 | −19 | 15 | 22 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | BAS | GCZ | LS | LUZ | NX | SER | STG | YS |
| Basel | | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Grasshopper | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 4–4 | 4–1 |
| Lausanne-Sport | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Luzern | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Neuchâtel Xamax | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | | 2–2 | 0–3 | 7–2 |
| Servette | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 6–0 | 3–3 | | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| St. Gallen | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 4–1 |
| Yverdon-Sport | 0–1 | 4–4 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | |

## Nationalliga B
### Qualification phase
#### Table

| 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 | Advance to promotion/relegation NLA/LNB round |
| 3 | Thun | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 24 | +10 | 38 | Advance to promotion/relegation NLA/LNB round |
| 4 | Baden | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 37 | Advance to promotion/relegation NLA/LNB round |
| 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 | Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 7 | Winterthur | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 33 | −3 | 30 | Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 8 | Wil | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 29 | Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 9 | Solothurn | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 23 | Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 10 | Young Boys | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 21 | Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 11 | Stade Nyonnais | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 30 | 53 | −23 | 18 | Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 12 | Schaffhausen | 22 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 50 | −34 | 12 | Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga halved points (rounded up) as bonus |

### Promotion/relegation group NLA/NLB

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Lugano | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 28 | Remain in NLA |
| 2 | Sion (P) | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 19 | +9 | 24 | Promoted to NLA |
| 3 | Zürich | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 24 | Remain in NLA |
| 4 | Aarau | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 22 | Remain in NLA |
| 5 | Bellinzona | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 20 | Remain in NLB |
| 6 | Thun | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 18 | −1 | 16 | Remain in NLB |
| 7 | Delémont (R) | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 29 | −11 | 14 | Relegated to NLB |
| 8 | Baden | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 31 | −24 | 5 | Remain in NLB |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | AAR | BAD | BEL | DEL | LUG | SIO | THU | ZÜR |
| Aarau | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Baden | 1–3 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Bellinzona | 2–2 | 3–1 | | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Delémont | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–4 | | 0–3 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 |
| Lugano | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Sion | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Thun | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | | 0–1 |
| Zürich | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | |

### Relegation group NLB/1. Liga

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Wil | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 15 | 39 | Remain in NLB |
| 2 | Kriens | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 19 | 38 | Remain in NLB |
| 3 | Winterthur | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 15 | 37 | Remain in NLB |
| 4 | Young Boys | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 13 | +9 | 11 | 35 | Remain in NLB |
| 5 | Étoile Carouge | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 18 | 29 | Remain in NLB |
| 6 | Solothurn | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 20 | −5 | 12 | 27 | Remain in NLB |
| 7 | Stade Nyonnais | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 27 | −8 | 9 | 23 | Relegated to 1. Liga |
| 8 | Schaffhausen | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 6 | 22 | Relegated to 1. Liga |