1987–88 Nationalliga A

Swiss football season 1987–88 Nationalliga A Xamax(3rd title) BaselZürich John EriksenServette (36 goals) 1986–87 1988–89 1987–88 Nationalliga B No team was declared champions WettingenLugano FC SolothurnFC OltenVevey Sports n/a 1986–87 1988–89 Statistics of the Swiss National League in the 1987–88 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. Overview There had been modifications to the Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) in advance of this season and the format of the Swiss Football League (Nationalliga) was changed accordingly. Until last season, there had been 32 member clubs in the association, divided into two tiers of 16 teams each. Now the number of clubs had now been increased to 36. As of this season there were 12 teams in the top-tier, the Nationalliga A (NLA). There were 24 teams in the second-tier, Nationalliga B (NLB), and these were divided into two groups, a West and an East group. The season was divided into two stages. In the first stage, the qualification phase, each team in each group played a double round-robin to decide their table positions. The top eight teams from the qualification phase of the NLA would advance to the championship group. The last four teams would play against relegation, this against the top six teams in each group of the NLB who were also qualified to play in two promotion/relegation groups. Therefore, in the second stage the divisions were divided again. The top eight teams from the NLA qualification competed a double round-robin in the championship group to decide championship and over the qualification slots to next season's UEFA European competitions. The bottom four teams from the NLA qualification and the top six teams from both of the NLB qualification groups were drawn into two promotion/relegation groups (NLA/NLB). The top two teams in each of these groups would play the following season in the NLA, the others would contest in the NLB. There were also two relegation groups (NLB/1. Liga), each group with six teams. The last team in each NLB relegation group was to be relegated directly to the 1. Liga and the two fifth placed teams from each group played a play-out against relegation to decide the third relegation slot. Nationalliga A Qualification phase The qualification stage of the NLA began on 8 August 1987 and was completed on 13 December. 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 NX Xamax GCZ Grasshopper Club YB Young Boys AAR Aarau STG St. Gallen LUC Luzern SER Servette LS Lausanne-Sport SIO Sion BEL Bellinzona BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 1988 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1987/88 1987/88 Rangliste Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" de-ch 1987/88 Ranking 2023-11-16 ZÜR Zürich 13 5 4 53 28 12 6 4 30 16 7 12 3 37 28 9 7 6 28 24 9 5 8 28 27 7 9 6 30 29 8 7 7 32 31 8 7 7 39 39 8 6 8 42 36 3 8 11 25 38 4 5 13 27 55 4 3 15 26 46 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 BEL GCZ LS NX LUZ SER SIO STG YB ZÜR Xamax 2–1 2–2 1–1 4–1 2–1 3–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 9–1 5–2 Grasshopper Club 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 5–1 1–0 Young Boys 2–2 2–2 1–2 1–0 3–1 2–2 5–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 Aarau 0–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–1 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 Servette 3–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 4–0 2–1 Luzern 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 St. Gallen 1–3 0–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 4–1 Lausanne-Sport 2–2 0–0 2–0 4–1 4–2 3–1 4–0 4–4 0–1 5–0 3–1 Sion 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 4–1 3–1 4–0 5–2 4–1 3–1 2–0 Bellinzona 3–1 0–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 4–0 2–4 2–2 1–2 Basel 1–2 0–1 1–4 0–1 0–0 3–3 2–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 5–4 Zürich 0–2 0–1 2–3 2–0 0–1 0–3 1–3 0–0 3–0 4–2 0–4 complete rsssf.com Championship group The first eight teams from 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. Final league table main WDL Champions group 5 Q 2 y NX Xamax SER Servette AAR Aarau GCZ Grasshopper Club LUC Luzern STG St. Gallen LS Lausanne-Sport YB Young Boys 6 4 4 29 19 16 7 4 3 38 23 12 6 5 3 24 17 13 6 3 5 23 21 15 5 5 4 19 19 12 4 3 7 16 25 12 3 5 6 18 30 12 4 1 9 18 31 13 green1 Swiss champions, qualified for 1988–89 European Cup EC blue1 Qualified for 1988–89 UEFA Cup UC1 blue1 Qualified for 1988–89 UEFA Cupand entered 1988 Intertoto Cup UC2 yellow1 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1988–89 Cup Winners' Cupand entered 1988 Intertoto Cup CW blue3 Entered 1989 Intertoto Cup IT1 blue3 Entered 1989 Intertoto Cup IT2 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 GCZ LS LUZ NX SER STG YB Xamax 2–4 2–0 4–0 1–1 2–0 6–1 3–2 Servette 3–3 1–5 1–0 1–2 4–1 4–0 6–0 Aarau 2–2 2–2 2–2 3–1 1–0 3–1 3–1 Grasshopper Club 1–0 3–3 2–1 1–2 4–1 3–1 3–0 Luzern 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 St. Gallen 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 4–2 1–1 2–1 Lausanne-Sport 1–3 2–2 0–0 1–2 4–2 2–1 2–1 Young Boys 1–0 1–5 1–2 2–0 2–0 5–1 1–1 complete rsssf.com Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/sui/avesui88.htm Historical attendances www.european-football-statistics.co.uk # Club Average attendance Highest attendance 1 Xamax 12,456 21,500 2 Aarau 9,272 13,300 3 Luzern 8,828 15,900 4 St. Gallen 8,756 13,500 5 Young Boys 8,019 13,500 6 Servette 6,761 15,000 7 Lausanne 6,483 16,000 8 Sion 6,422 11,000 9 GCZ 6,417 27,500 10 Basel 4,978 10,000 11 Zürich 3,928 11,800 12 Bellinzona 3,694 10,800 Nationalliga B Qualification phase The qualification of the NLB began on 5 August 1987 and was completed by 13 December. The top six teams in each group were qualified to play in the two promotion/relegation groups. The bottom six teams in each group then played in newly drawn groups against relegation. Three teams were to be relegated. Table group East main WDL First stage 5 Q LUG Lugano 16 3 3 74 28 WET FC Wettingen 15 3 4 53 16 LOC FC Locarno 14 5 3 47 29 FCS FC Schaffhausen 11 5 6 48 31 CHI FC Chiasso 10 7 5 34 28 OBO BSC Old Boys 10 3 9 35 36 SCZ SC Zug 8 4 10 32 40 WIN FC Winterthur 6 8 8 28 44 CHU FC Chur 5 6 11 27 39 OLT FC Olten 3 5 14 24 52 SOL FC Solothurn 3 4 15 26 56 BAD FC Baden 3 3 16 23 52 yes green3 Advance to promotion round QP QP QP QP QP QP red3 Continue in relegation round QR QR QR QR QR QR 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete rsssf.com Table group West main WDL First stage 5 Q ETO Etoile Carouge FC 14 2 6 54 34 GRE FC Grenchen 12 5 5 56 25 BUL FC Bulle 13 3 6 43 29 CHE CS Chênois 11 6 5 45 29 ESM ES FC Malley 11 5 6 50 35 MAS FC Martigny-Sports 8 8 6 29 31 YVE Yverdon-Sport FC 10 4 8 36 43 BIE FC Biel-Bienne 5 9 8 38 48 VEV Vevey Sports 6 4 12 34 53 REN FC Renens 4 6 12 34 47 MOS FC Montreux-Sports 4 5 13 27 49 CdF FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 5 1 16 24 47 yes green3 Advance to promotion round QP QP QP QP QP QP red3 Continue in relegation round QR QR QR QR QR QR 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete rsssf.com Promotion/relegation round The promotion/relegation stage began on 5 March 1988 and was completed by 23 May. Table group A main WDL Group A Q 2 WET Wettingen BEL Bellinzona SCH FC Schaffhausen MAL ES Malley BAS Basel BUL Bulle ÉTO Etoile Carouge OBB Old Boys 11 0 3 32 16 8 1 5 29 20 7 1 6 25 22 7 1 6 21 20 5 4 5 27 20 7 0 7 28 25 4 1 9 14 33 2 2 10 11 31 green1 Promotion to Nationalliga A 1988–89 P green3 Remain in Nationalliga A 1988–89 A yellow3 Remain in Nationalliga B 1988–89 B B B B B red1 Relegation to Nationalliga B1988–89 R 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 BAS BEL BUL ÉTO MAL OBB SHA WET Wettingen 4–2 1–2 2–1 3–2 3–2 1–0 2–1 Bellinzona 2–1 1–0 3–4 4–1 5–1 1–1 2–0 Schaffhausen 1–2 4–2 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–2 Malley 1–0 0–3 0–3 2–2 1–0 2–0 4–0 Basel 0–2 0–2 4–1 1–0 1–2 4–0 1–1 Bulle 0–3 1–0 3–4 2–1 0–2 5–0 4–1 Étoile Carouge 2–4 3–1 3–2 2–3 0–6 0–3 2–0 Old Boys Basel 0–4 0–1 2–1 0–1 3–3 1–4 0–1 complete Table group B main WDL Group A Q 2 LUG Lugano SIO Sion GRE Grenchen CHÊ Chênois CHI Chiasso ZÜR Zürich MAR Martigny-Sports LOC Locarno 13 0 1 47 15 11 1 2 49 14 7 1 6 27 24 6 2 6 21 30 5 1 8 21 34 4 1 9 24 34 3 2 9 16 37 1 4 9 16 33 green1 Promotion to Nationalliga A 1988–89 P green3 Remain in Nationalliga A 1988–89 A yellow3 Remain in Nationalliga B 1988–89 B B B B B red1 Relegation to Nationalliga B 1988–89 R 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 CHÊ CHI GRE LOC LUG MAR SIO ZÜR Lugano 3–2 2–0 5–0 3–0 2–1 6–0 5–2 Sion 3–0 5–0 1–1 3–0 6–1 8–0 6–1 Grenchen 1–4 5–1 4–1 2–0 3–2 1–1 3–0 Chênois 1–2 0–5 2–4 3–1 3–2 2–0 3–2 Chiasso 1–5 1–2 2–1 1–0 5–3 4–1 1–1 Zürich 0–2 2–3 2–0 1–2 3–2 3–1 3–1 Martigny-Sports 1–4 0–3 0–2 1–2 5–0 4–1 0–0 Locarno 3–4 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 0–0 1–2 complete Relegation round NLB/1. Liga The last six teams in each of the two qualification phase groups competed in two relegation groups against relegation to the 1. Liga 1988–89. There was to be one direct relegation in each group, plus a play-out against relegation between both second last placed teams. This stage began on 19 March 1988 and was completed on 24 May. Table group A main WDL Group A Q 2 CdF FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 6 3 1 15 11 SCZ SC Zug 4 2 4 17 12 BIE FC Biel-Bienne 4 2 4 11 11 CHU FC Chur 1 7 2 7 8 REN FC Renens 3 2 5 12 15 SOL FC Solothurn 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 11 First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2018 Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV de 2023-11-16 3 2 5 11 16 yes green3 Remain in NLB 1989–90 RB RB RB RB red3 Play-out against relegation PO red1 Relegated to 1989–90 1. Liga R1L 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete rsssf.com Table group B main WDL Group A Q 2 YVE Yverdon-Sport FC 4 4 2 19 12 WIN FC Winterthur 4 3 3 14 10 BAD FC Baden 3 4 3 17 15 MOS FC Montreux-Sports 4 2 4 10 11 VEV Vevey Sports 3 3 4 12 13 OLT FC Olten 2 4 4 12 23 yes green3 Remain in NLB 1989–90 RB RB RB RB red3 Play-out against relegation PO red1 Relegated to 1989–90 1. Liga R1L 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete rsssf.com Decider against relegation The decider was played on in . FC Renens 1–1 Vevey Sports Vevey Sports 1–3 FC Renens FC Renens won 4–2 on aggregate and remain in the division. Vevey Sports are relegated to 2. Liga Interregional. Further in Swiss football 1987–88 Swiss Cup 1987–88 Swiss 1. 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