1989–90 Nationalliga A

Swiss football season 1989–90 Nationalliga A Grasshopper Club Bellinzona Iván ZamoranoSt. Gallen (23 goals) 1988–89 1990–91 1989–90 Nationalliga B No team was declared champions Zürich FC ZugFC BrüttisellenFC Martigny-Sports n/a 1988–89 1990–91 Statistics of the Swiss National League in the 1989–90 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. Overview The 36 clubs of the Swiss Football League (Nationalliga) were divided into two tiers. In the top-tier, there were 12 teams that played in the Nationalliga A (NLA). There were 24 teams in the Nationalliga B (NLB), the second tier, these were divided into two groups, a West and an East group. Each team in each group played a double round-robin in the qualification phase. Thereafter the divisions were divided into a Swiss championship group with the top eight teams from the qualification and two promotion/relegation groups (NLA/NLB), both with eight teams. These were the bottom four teams from the NLA qualification and the top six teams from both of the NLB qualification groups. Further, there were two relegation groups (NLB/1. Liga), each group with six teams. The last team in each NLB relegation group were to be relegated directly and the two fifth placed teams in 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 22 July 1989 and was completed on 10 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 Q 5 2 STG St. Gallen 9 10 3 40 24 NX Xamax 11 5 6 38 32 GCZ Grasshopper Club 9 7 6 31 24 LUZ Luzern 9 6 7 39 29 SIO Sion 9 5 8 29 31 LS Lausanne-Sport 6 10 6 28 27 LUG Lugano 8 6 8 36 35 YB Young Boys 7 7 8 29 29 SER Servette 7 7 8 34 36 WET Wettingen 7 5 10 18 27 AAR Aarau 5 7 10 20 30 BEL Bellinzona 5 5 12 31 49 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 BEL GCZ LS LUG LUZ NX SER SIO STG WET YB St. Gallen 2–0 0–0 3–1 2–2 2–2 3–1 5–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 Neuchâtel Xamax 3–4 1–1 3–2 2–1 1–0 4–2 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 Grasshopper Club 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 5–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 Luzern 1–1 1–0 4–2 2–2 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 2–2 Sion 1–1 2–4 0–0 0–4 2–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 Lausanne-Sport 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–2 2–3 1–0 0–0 5–1 Lugano 2–1 6–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 Young Boys 1–1 0–2 2–1 5–3 1–0 0–1 3–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–3 Servette 2–3 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–0 1–1 4–1 Wettingen 0–3 0–4 1–3 3–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 Aarau 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–3 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 Bellinzona 2–1 0–0 4–2 1–3 1–2 2–2 2–2 2–1 2–5 0–2 2–3 complete rsssf.com Championship group 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. The championship group began on 25 February 1990 and was completed on 30 May. Final league table main WDL Champions group Q 5 2 y GCZ Grasshopper Club 9 0 5 28 15 13 LS Lausanne-Sport 7 6 1 23 9 11 NX Xamax 5 6 3 18 14 14 LUZ Luzern 6 4 4 20 22 12 STG St. Gallen 4 5 5 19 15 14 LUG Lugano 4 4 6 11 23 11 YB Young Boys 2 6 6 11 20 11 SIO Sion 1 5 8 10 22 12 green1 Swiss champions, qualified for 1990–91 European Cupand entered 1990 Intertoto Cup EC blue1 Qualified for 1990–91 UEFA Cup UC1 yellow1 as Swiss Cup finalist qualified for 1990–91 Cup Winners' Cupand entered 1990 Intertoto Cup CWC blue1 Qualified for 1990–91 UEFA Cupand entered 1990 Intertoto Cup UC2 blue3 Entered 1990 Intertoto Cup IT1 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification. complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey GCZ LS LUG LUZ NX SIO STG YB Grasshopper 1–0 5–0 5–1 2–0 3–0 1–2 4–2 Lausanne-Sport 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 Neuchâtel Xamax 2–1 1–3 4–0 0–3 0–0 0–0 1–0 Luzern 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 3–1 2–0 3–0 St. Gallen 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 0–2 Lugano 1–0 0–3 0–5 4–0 1–4 1–1 1–0 Young Boys 0–1 2–2 0–3 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 Sion 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–3 0–0 1–1 complete RSSSF Nationalliga B Qualification phase The qualification of the NLB began on 21 July 1989 and was completed on 3 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. Table group East <onlyinclude>main WDL First stage 5 Q 2 BAD FC Baden 14 4 4 46 25 FCZ FC Zürich 13 4 5 45 24 WIN FC Winterthur 12 5 5 45 30 FCS FC Schaffhausen 8 10 4 36 26 LOC FC Locarno 7 10 5 36 31 CHU FC Chur 7 9 6 28 26 CHI FC Chiasso 8 6 8 24 27 EMM FC Emmenbrücke 6 6 10 38 40 SCZ SC Zug 4 10 8 28 39 GLA FC Glarus 3 9 10 27 41 ZUG FC Zug 4 6 12 23 52 BRU FC Brüttisellen 5 3 14 33 48 yes green3 Promotion round QP QP QP QP QP QP red3 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 Table group West <onlyinclude>main WDL First stage 5 Q 2 FRI FC Fribourg 13 5 4 43 38 BUL FC Bulle 12 6 4 46 23 YVE Yverdon-Sport FC 10 8 4 39 21 CHE CS Chênois 10 7 5 38 24 BAS FC Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 1990 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1989/90 1989/90 Rangliste Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" de-ch 1989/90 Ranking 2023-11-16 11 5 6 40 29 GRE FC Grenchen 8 9 5 38 21 ETO Etoile Carouge FC 9 4 9 35 35 CdF FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 8 3 11 41 37 MOS FC Montreux-Sports 5 8 9 27 38 OBO BSC Old Boys 5 6 11 27 40 ESM ES Malley 3 5 14 18 53 MAS FC Martigny-Sports 1 8 13 26 59 yes green3 Promotion round QP QP QP QP QP QP red3 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 Promotion/relegation round NLA/NLB The promotion/relegation stage began on 24 February 1990 and was completed on 30 May. Table group A main WDL Group A Q 5 2 SER Servette 8 4 2 29 13 ZUR Zürich 8 4 2 30 17 BAS Basel 6 5 3 27 17 BEL Bellinzona 5 5 4 19 16 YVE Yverdon-Sports 3 7 4 14 16 FRI Fribourg 4 3 7 17 27 CHU Chur 3 3 8 9 21 SCH Schaffhausen 2 3 9 15 33 yes green2 Remain in Nationalliga A 1990–91 A green1 Promoted to Nationalliga A 1990–91 P red3 Remain in NLB 1990–91 B B B B B red1 Relegated to NLB 1990–91 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 BAS BEL CHU FRI SHA SER YS ZÜR Servette 4–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 Zürich 1–2 3–1 1–0 3–1 3–2 2–1 4–0 Basel 1–1 3–3 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 Bellinzona 2–1 0–0 1–4 0–0 4–1 4–1 2–0 Yverdon-Sport 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 Fribourg 3–3 0–4 0–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 2–0 Chur 0–0 1–4 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 Schaffhausen 4–2 2–2 0–5 0–2 2–3 3–0 0–1 complete RSSSF Table group B main WDL Group A Q 5 2 AAR Aarau 10 2 2 35 10 WET Wettingen 9 4 1 29 9 BUL Bulle 6 5 3 24 18 BAD Baden 6 4 4 31 25 LOC Locarno 4 5 5 15 17 GRE Grenchen 2 5 7 18 28 WIN Winterthur 2 3 9 15 38 CHE Chênois 1 4 9 12 34 yes green2 Remain in Nationalliga A 1990–91 A A red3 Remain in NLB 1990–91 B B B B B B 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 BAD BUL CHÊ GRE LOC WET WIN Aarau 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 6–0 Wettingen 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 5–1 5–0 Bulle 1–3 1–1 2–5 2–0 2–2 3–0 3–1 Baden 2–5 1–3 1–1 0–2 4–1 4–0 1–1 Locarno 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 Grenchen 2–0 0–1 1–3 1–4 2–3 1–1 1–1 Winterthur 1–7 0–2 1–3 2–3 3–3 0–4 3–0 Chênois 0–3 1–2 0–0 2–3 2–1 1–1 2–3 complete RSSSF 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 1990–91. The teams received ranking bonus points from their qualifying groups (7th place 6 pts; 8th place 5 pts; 9th place 4 pts; etc). There was to be one direct relegation in each group, plus a play-out against relegation between both second last placed teams. Table group A main WDL Group A Q 2 y ETO Etoile Carouge FC 5 5 0 19 8 6 GLA FC Glarus 2 7 1 11 10 3 EMM FC Emmenbrücke 1 7 2 14 15 5 ESM ES FC Malley 4 2 4 13 16 2 MOS FC Montreux-Sports 2 4 4 14 18 4 BRU FC Brüttisellen 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 1 5 4 11 15 1 yes green3 Remain in NLB 1990–91 RB RB RB RB red3 Play-out against relegation PO red1 Relegated to 1990–91 1. Liga R1L 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete RSSSF Table group B main WDL Group A Q 2 y CdF FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 5 3 2 18 14 5 CHI FC Chiasso 3 5 2 21 12 6 OBO BSC Old Boys 2 6 2 14 12 3 SCZ SC Zug 3 3 4 13 19 4 ZUG FC Zug 2 5 3 7 12 2 MAS FC Martigny-Sports 1 6 3 17 21 1 yes green3 Remain in NLB 1990–91 RB RB RB RB red3 Play-out against relegation PO red1 Relegated to 1990–91 1. Liga R1L 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete RSSSF Relegation play-out FC Zug 0–2 FC Montreux-Sports FC Montreux-Sports 5–1 FC Zug FC Montreux-Sports won 7–1 on aggregate and FC Zug were relegated to 1990–91 1. Liga. Attendances # Club Average 1 Luzern 11,444 2 Xamax 11,200 3 St. Gallen 10,433 4 Sion 8,194 5 GCZ 7,639 6 Lausanne 7,278 7 Servette 6,884 8 Young Boys 6,356 9 Lugano 5,256 10 Aarau 4,261 11 Wettingen 3,369 12 Bellinzona 2,794 Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/sui/avesui90.htm 2026-09-15 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk Further in Swiss football 1989–90 Swiss Cup 1989–90 Swiss 1. Liga 1989 Klötzli incident References Sources Switzerland 1989–90 at RSSSF Nationalligaseasons inSwitzerland 1988–89 1990–91 Category:Swiss Football League seasons Swiss Category:1989–90 in Swiss football