# 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.

## 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.

## Nationalliga A

At the end of the season Servette won the championship.

### Qualification phase
#### Table

| 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 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 3 | Zürich | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 33 | 21 | +12 | 38 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 4 | Lausanne-Sport | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 38 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 5 | Xamax | 22 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 30 | 23 | +7 | 32 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 6 | Basel | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 34 | −13 | 28 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 7 | Luzern | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 27 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 8 | St. Gallen | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 27 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 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 | Continue to promotion/relegation round |
| 11 | Young Boys | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 19 | Continue to promotion/relegation round |
| 12 | Aarau | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 16 | Continue to promotion/relegation round |

#### 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 | |
* ↑ Match awarded.

### Championship round

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

| 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 | |

#### 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 | |

## 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 | 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 | Promoted to NLA |
| 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 | Relegated to NLB |
| 7 | Wil | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 16 | Remain in NLB |
| 8 | Étoile Carouge | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 24 | −6 | 15 | Remain in NLB |

#### 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 | |

### 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 | 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 | Remain in NLB |
| 3 | Stade Nyonnais | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 11 | 35 | Remain in NLB |
| 4 | Kriens | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 17 | 35 | Remain in NLB |
| 5 | Schaffhausen | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 25 | −10 | 18 | 32 | Remain in NLB |
| 6 | Solothurn | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 9 | 30 | Remain in NLB |
| 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 | Relegated to 1. Liga |

## Sources

* Switzerland 1998–99 at RSSSF
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vteSwiss Challenge League seasons :