1999–2000 Nationalliga A

Swiss football season 1999–2000 Nationalliga A St. Gallen 2nd title Delémont Charles Amoah (25 goals) 1998–99 2000–01 The 1999–2000 season of the Swiss Nationalliga contained two divisions, each with twelve clubs. The top tier was called Nationalliga A (NLA) (fr Ligue Nationale A, it Lega Nazionale A) and the second tier was named Nationalliga B (NLB). Overview The season was divided into two phases. The first of which was the qualification phase, and within the divisions the teams played a double round-robin, one at home and the other away. The divisions were then split. The first eight teams of the NLA then competed in the championship group and played a further double round-robin. The teams in ninth to twelfth position competed with the top four teams of the NLB in a promotion/relegation group to decide which four teams would play top tier next season. The other eight teams of the second tier competed in a play-out against relegation to the 1. Liga and the last two teams were to be relegated. Nationalliga A At the end of the season FC St. Gallen won the championship. Qualification phase Table main WDL First stage 5 Q STG St. Gallen BAS Basel LS Lausanne-Sport GCZ Grasshopper Club YVE Yverdon-Sport NX Xamax LUC Luzern SER Servette ZÜR Zürich AAR Aarau LUG Lugano DEL Delémont 13 6 3 42 25 9 10 3 31 21 9 9 4 35 25 9 7 6 40 25 7 9 6 28 25 7 7 8 34 33 8 4 10 28 29 8 4 10 32 36 6 8 8 21 29 7 5 10 30 42 5 6 11 27 34 4 5 13 24 48 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 DEL GCZ LS LUG LUZ NX SER STG YS ZÜR Aarau 1–3 4–2 2–1 1–3 1–0 0–2 4–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 Basel 2–1 3–0 1–1 3–3 2–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 Delémont 4–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–3 1–3 1–3 2–2 Grasshopper 4–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 4–0 2–2 4–2 0–0 2–1 Lausanne-Sport 3–1 1–0 3–0 3–3 2–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 2–2 2–0 Luzern 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–2 2–4 4–1 0–1 Lugano 4–1 1–1 1–2 1–5 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 Neuchâtel Xamax 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–2 3–1 3–1 2–2 3–2 1–1 3–0 St. Gallen 4–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–2 3–0 Servette 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–3 2–4 2–1 3–1 3–0 Yverdon-Sport 1–1 0–1 3–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 Zürich 0–1 0–1 3–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–3 2–0 1–0 complete RSSSF Champion Playoffs The first eight teams of the qualification then competed in the Championship Round. They took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the Qualification as bonus with them. Table main WDL Championship playoffs 5 Q y STG St. Gallen LS Lausanne-Sport BAS Basel GCZ Grasshopper Club LUC Luzern SER Servette NX Xamax YVE Yverdon-Sport 9 4 1 33 14 23 C 8 2 4 22 13 18 5 6 3 16 16 19 5 5 4 30 26 17 5 2 7 17 30 14 4 5 5 25 21 14 4 3 7 25 29 14 2 1 11 16 35 15 green1 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round CL3 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round UCQR1 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round UCQR2 blue3 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round ICF1 blue3 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round ICF2 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification. complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey BAS GCZ LS LUZ NX SER STG YS Basel 2–2 0–3 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 Grasshopper 3–0 1–1 0–2 1–3 4–4 2–3 4–1 Lausanne-Sport 0–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 1–3 2–1 2–0 Luzern 3–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 Neuchâtel Xamax 1–2 1–3 1–2 3–1 0–3 2–2 7–2 St. Gallen 1–1 1–1 1–0 7–1 3–0 0–0 4–1 Servette 1–1 1–3 1–3 6–0 3–3 1–2 2–0 Yverdon-Sport 0–1 4–4 2–3 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–3 complete RSSSF Nationalliga B Qualification phase Table main WDL Regular season 5 Q n BEL Bellinzona 13 5 4 43 17 SIO Sion 12 4 6 41 21 THU Thun 10 8 4 34 24 BAD Baden 10 7 5 32 20 KRI Kriens 10 7 5 37 28 CAR Étoile Carouge 9 8 5 24 18 WIN Winterthur 9 3 10 30 33 WIL Wil 8 5 9 40 41 SOL Solothurn 7 2 13 29 37 YB Young Boys 5 6 11 31 45 NYO Stade Nyonnais 5 3 14 30 53 SCH Schaffhausen 2 6 14 16 50 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) number of goals scored. complete RSSSF 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 AB playoffs 5 PR LUG Lugano 8 4 2 26 18 SIO Sion 7 3 4 28 19 P ZÜR Zürich 7 3 4 17 12 AAR Aarau 6 4 4 23 16 BEL Bellinzona 4 8 2 21 14 THU Thun 4 4 6 17 18 DEL Delémont 4 2 8 18 29 R BAD Baden 1 2 11 7 31 yes yellow3 Remain in NLA RA RA RA green3 Promoted to NLA P yellow3 Remain in NLB RB RB RB red3 Relegated to NLB R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey AAR BAD BEL DEL LUG SIO THU ZÜR Aarau 2–0 1–1 5–2 2–2 3–1 2–0 0–0 Baden 1–3 0–0 0–2 0–3 1–3 1–1 0–1 Bellinzona 2–2 3–1 5–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 0–0 Delémont 0–1 3–0 0–4 0–3 3–2 2–3 0–2 Lugano 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–2 2–1 2–1 Sion 2–0 4–1 2–2 2–1 4–0 3–0 1–0 Thun 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 0–0 0–1 Zürich 1–0 1–2 4–0 0–3 2–1 2–2 2–1 complete RSSSF 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 Relegation playoffs B 5 R yes WIL Wil 6 6 2 20 12 15 KRI Kriens 5 4 5 17 19 19 WIN Winterthur 5 7 2 23 16 15 YB Young Boys 6 6 2 22 13 11 CAR Étoile Carouge 1 8 5 10 17 18 SOL Solothurn 4 3 7 15 20 12 NYO Stade Nyonnais 3 5 6 19 27 9 SCH Schaffhausen 3 7 4 20 22 6 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 St. Gallen 10,006 2 GCZ 7,700 3 Basel 7,684 4 Luzern 7,611 5 Xamax 5,834 6 Zürich 5,462 7 Servette 4,789 8 Lausanne 4,653 9 Yverdon 4,104 10 Aarau 3,627 11 Lugano 3,234 12 Delémont 3,106 Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/sui/avesui00.htm 2026-08-10 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk References Sources RSSSF Category:Swiss Football League seasons Swiss Category:1999–2000 in Swiss football