1998–99 Nationalliga A

Swiss football season July 2020 1998–99 Nationalliga A Servette 17th title SionYoung Boys Alexandre Rey (19 goals) 1997–98 1999–2000 thumb | right | 1999 Championship Title Trophy Presentation 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 main WDL First stage 5 Q SER Servette GCZ Grasshopper Club ZÜR Zürich LS Lausanne-Sport NX Xamax BAS Basel LUC Luzern STG St. Gallen SIO Sion LUG Lugano YB Young Boys AAR Aarau 12 8 2 38 24 11 5 6 37 25 10 8 4 33 21 10 8 4 36 33 7 11 4 30 23 8 4 10 21 34 6 9 7 26 25 7 6 9 31 31 5 8 9 22 36 5 7 10 35 43 4 7 11 33 34 3 7 12 28 41 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) number of goals scored. complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey AAR BAS GCZ LS LUG LUZ NX SER SIO STG YB ZÜR Servette 2–0 3–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 3–2 Grasshopper 3–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 4–1 4–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 Zürich 0–1 0–0 3–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–0 4–1 3–2 1–0 Lausanne-Sport 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–2 1–0 2–1 3–2 1–0 2–1 Neuchâtel Xamax 1–1 0–2 1–1 4–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 Basel 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–0 Luzern 0–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–2 St. Gallen 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 4–4 3–1 4–3 Sion 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–4 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 Lugano 3–3 1–1 0–0 1–2 4–3 5–1 0–3 2–2 2–2 2–2 0–2 Young Boys 3–4 3–1 1–2 7–2 2–3 1–2 1–2 0–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 Aarau 1–4 0–3 0–2 2–2 0–2 5–0 0–0 2–6 2–2 2–0 1–1 Match awarded. complete 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 Championship playoff 5 Q y SER Servette GCZ Grasshopper Club LS Lausanne-Sport ZÜR Zürich BAS Basel NX Xamax LUC Luzern STG St. Gallen 7 3 4 19 14 22 8 3 3 31 11 19 8 2 4 28 20 19 7 2 5 24 15 19 5 4 5 18 19 14 2 6 6 12 27 16 4 2 8 13 27 14 2 4 8 13 25 14 green1 Swiss champions, qualified for Champions League third qualifying round CL3 blue1 qualified for UEFA Cup qualifying round UCQR1 yellow1 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup first round UC1 blue1 qualified for UEFA Cup qualifying round UCQR2 blue3 qualified for Intertoto Cup first round IC1 blue3 qualified for Intertoto Cup first round IC2 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification. complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey BAS GCZ LS LUZ NX SER STG ZÜR Servette 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 Grasshopper 0–1 5–0 0–2 4–2 5–0 4–0 4–0 Lausanne-Sport 2–5 2–3 3–1 3–0 4–0 5–1 4–1 Zürich 4–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 3–0 0–2 Basel 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–3 Neuchâtel Xamax 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 3–2 Luzern 2–1 1–4 0–1 1–3 0–2 2–0 2–1 St. Gallen 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–2 0–0 0–2 complete Nationalliga B Qualification phase Table main WDL QR n WIL Wil 12 7 3 45 27 DEL Delémont 12 4 6 43 27 CAR Étoile Carouge 11 7 4 29 19 YVE Yverdon-Sport 11 4 7 33 28 SCH Schaffhausen 10 5 7 36 31 KRI Kriens 9 7 6 30 29 LOC Locarno 8 4 10 21 26 THU Thun 6 7 9 28 33 NYO Stade Nyonnais 4 10 8 33 36 BAD Baden 6 4 12 31 36 SOL Solothurn 4 6 12 27 40 CHI Chiasso 2 9 11 14 38 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 LUG Lugano DEL Delémont YVE Yverdon-Sport AAR Aarau SIO Sion YB Young Boys WIL Wil ÉTO Étoile Carouge 9 2 3 19 10 7 2 5 23 20 6 3 5 22 17 6 2 6 24 24 6 1 7 16 17 5 2 7 25 31 5 1 8 26 30 4 3 7 18 24 yes green1 Promoted to NLA P P yellow3 Remain in NLA RA RA yellow3 Remain in NLB RB RB red1 Relegated to NLB R R 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete RSSSF Results main FBR grey AAR DEL ÉTO LUG SIO YB YS WIL Lugano 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 Delémont 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 5–3 1–2 1–1 Yverdon-Sport 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 5–1 1–4 1–0 Aarau 0–1 1–3 2–1 4–1 1–1 3–1 3–1 Sion 0–2 3–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 Young Boys 0–3 0–1 1–2 4–1 3–1 3–2 1–1 Wil 3–0 1–4 1–1 2–3 1–0 3–4 3–4 Étoile Carouge 0–2 1–2 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–3 1–3 complete 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 BAD Baden 7 4 3 25 18 11 THU Thun 6 4 4 30 20 13 NYO Stade Nyonnais 7 3 4 29 22 11 KRI Kriens 5 3 6 19 18 17 SCH Schaffhausen 4 2 8 15 25 18 SOL Solothurn 5 6 3 20 19 9 LOC Locarno 3 3 8 14 29 14 CHI Chiasso 3 7 4 14 15 8 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 Attendances # Club Average 1 Basel 8,141 2 GCZ 7,767 3 St. Gallen 7,256 4 Xamax 6,978 5 Sion 6,242 6 Luzern 6,190 7 Lausanne 6,136 8 Zürich 5,596 9 Servette 5,513 10 Young Boys 4,755 11 Lugano 2,706 12 Aarau 2,705 Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/sui/avesui99.htm 2026-08-10 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk Sources Switzerland 1998–99 at RSSSF References Category:Swiss Football League seasons Swiss Category:1998–99 in Swiss football