1997–98 Nationalliga A

Swiss football season 1997–98 Nationalliga A Grasshoppers 25th title Étoile CarougeKriens Shabani Nonda (24 goals) 1996–97 1998–99 1997–98 Nationalliga B Lugano WinterthurSV Schaffhausen 1996–97 1998–99 Statistics of the Swiss National Leagues in the 1997–98 football season. Overview Both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B were contested by 12 teams, with each team playing a double round-robin in the qualification phase. There after the divisions were divided into a championship group, a NLA/NLB promotion/relegation group and a relegation group NLB/1. Liga. Nationalliga A At the end of the season Grasshopper Club won the championship. Qualification phase The top eight teams in the qualification phase would advance to the championship group and the last four teams would play against relegation. Table main WDL First stage 5 Q GCZ Grasshopper Club LS Lausanne-Sport SER Servette AAR Aarau STG St. Gallen ZÜR Zürich SIO Sion LUC Luzern NX Xamax KRI Kriens BAS Basel ÉTO Étoile Carouge 14 4 4 59 23 12 6 4 45 27 11 6 5 45 33 10 5 7 38 31 7 9 6 38 34 7 9 6 31 28 7 9 6 30 27 7 8 7 26 28 7 5 10 37 39 5 7 10 23 41 5 4 13 28 46 1 6 15 20 63 yes green3 Advance to championship roundhalved points (rounded up) as bonus CP CP CP CP CP CP CP CP red3 Continue to promotion/relegation round RP RP RP RP 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey AAR BAS ÉTO GCZ KRI LS LUZ NX SER SIO STG ZÜR Grasshopper 5–1 4–0 4–1 2–2 3–1 2–1 3–0 7–2 1–0 3–2 6–0 Lausanne-Sport 1–1 3–2 2–1 3–0 4–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 3–0 2–2 Servette 3–2 3–0 2–1 2–2 4–1 1–0 3–5 2–0 2–2 4–1 5–1 Aarau 0–2 4–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–2 3–0 1–0 3–0 St. Gallen 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 3–0 3–1 3–2 Zürich 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 4–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 5–3 Sion 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–3 2–4 3–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–2 1–1 Luzern 3–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 Neuchâtel Xamax 1–2 0–2 1–2 3–0 2–2 1–1 1–4 1–0 4–1 3–0 6–2 Kriens 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–5 1–5 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 Basel 1–0 0–1 1–3 2–1 3–2 3–3 1–3 3–4 1–4 4–1 0–0 Étoile Carouge 0–6 3–7 1–2 1–1 3–3 1–3 0–1 0–1 0–4 0–2 2–1 complete rsssf.com 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 main WDL Champions group 5 Q y GCZ Grasshopper Club SER Servette LS Lausanne-Sport ZÜR Zürich SIO Sion STG St. Gallen AAR Aarau LUC Luzern 11 1 2 39 16 23 C 5 6 3 18 15 20 5 4 5 17 17 21 6 5 3 27 17 15 6 4 4 23 21 15 4 5 5 12 17 15 1 4 9 13 27 18 1 5 8 10 29 15 yes green1 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round CL1 blue2 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round UC2 UC2 yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round UCWCQ #CCCCFF Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round IC1 #CCCCFF Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round IC2 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification. complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey AAR GCZ LS LUZ SER SIO STG ZÜR Grasshopper 4–2 3–0 2–1 5–2 2–2 5–3 4–0 Servette 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 Lausanne-Sport 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 4–1 4–1 2–0 Zürich 0–2 1–1 2–2 4–0 3–0 3–2 4–0 Sion 1–2 2–0 3–0 3–2 0–0 0–0 5–2 St. Gallen 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 Aarau 0–3 1–3 2–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 Luzern 0–3 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–3 0–2 0–0 complete rsssf.com Nationalliga B Qualification phase The NLB was contested by 12 teams with each team playing each other twice in the qualification phase. Then the division was separated into a NLA/NLB promotion/relegation group and a relegation group to the 1. Liga. The top four teams would play for promotion and the last eight teams would play against relegation. Table main WDL QR n YB Young Boys 13 3 6 48 22 LUG Lugano 11 7 4 44 21 BAD Baden 12 3 7 42 31 SOL Solothurn 9 10 3 31 19 DEL Delémont 11 3 8 47 31 LOC Locarno 9 7 6 46 36 WIL Wil 8 10 4 31 26 FCS FC Schaffhausen 9 6 7 35 32 YVE Yverdon-Sport 7 9 6 37 33 WIN Winterthur 3 7 12 22 41 SVS SV Schaffhausen 1 6 15 12 63 THU Thun 1 5 16 18 58 yes green3 Advance to promotion/relegation NLA/LNB round CPR CPR CPR CPR red3 Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Ligahalved points (rounded up) as bonus RP RP RP RP RP RP RP RP 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete rsssf.com 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 main WDL Relegation group Q 5 NX Xamax LUG Lugano BAS Basel YB BSC Young Boys SOL Solothurn KRI Kriens BAD Baden ÉTO Étoile Carouge 7 5 2 35 22 6 5 3 15 12 6 4 4 27 22 6 4 4 20 23 6 3 5 17 15 4 4 6 19 25 3 3 8 15 23 3 2 9 13 19 yes yellow3 Remain in 1998–99 Nationalliga A S1 green1 Promoted P1 yellow3 Remain in 1998–99 Nationalliga A S2 green1 Promoted P2 yellow3 Remain in 1998–99 Nationalliga B RB1 red1 Relegated R1 yellow3 Remain in 1998–99 Nationalliga B RB2 red1 Relegated R2 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey BAD BAS ÉTO KRI NX LUG SOL YB Neuchâtel Xamax 3–0 2–1 6–1 2–1 1–1 5–0 0–0 Lugano 3–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 Basel 3–6 0–0 4–1 3–0 4–2 0–0 3–1 Young Boys 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 3–2 2–1 Solothurn 2–2 0–0 2–3 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 Kriens 4–4 3–0 1–3 0–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 Baden 5–1 1–2 3–1 2–1 0–1 0–2 1–3 Étoile Carouge 1–2 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–3 2–0 0–0 complete rsssf.com 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 main WDL QR y YVE Yverdon-Sport 9 3 2 33 14 15 DEL Delémont 7 5 2 34 12 18 FCS FC Schaffhausen 5 5 4 17 17 17 WIL Wil 4 5 5 23 17 17 LOC Locarno 5 1 8 17 24 17 THU Thun 8 3 3 17 12 4 WIN Winterthur Erste Liga (SFV) 2018 https://www.el-pl.ch/PortalData/3/Resources/saison_2019_2020/Statistik-Auf-Absteiger-Juni-2019.pdf Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2018 PDF page 13 First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2018 Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV de 2023-11-16 4 3 7 17 22 8 SVS SV Schaffhausen 1 1 12 11 51 5 yes yellow3 Remain in NLB RB RB RB RB RB RB red3 Relegated to 1. Liga R1 R1 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification. complete RSSSF</onlyinclude> Attendances # Club Average 1 Basel 10,128 2 St. Gallen 9,474 3 Sion 9,094 4 Zürich 8,161 5 GCZ 7,653 6 Luzern 7,219 7 Lausanne 6,598 8 Xamax 6,317 9 Servette 5,305 10 Aarau 4,267 11 Kriens 3,081 12 Carouge 1,827 Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/sui/avesui98.htm Historical attendances www.european-football-statistics.co.uk References Sources Switzerland 1997–98 at RSSSF Category:Swiss Football League seasons Swiss Category:1997–98 in Swiss football