1988–89 Nationalliga A

Swiss football season 1988–89 Nationalliga A Luzern None Karl-Heinz RummeniggeServette (18 goals) 1987–88 1989–90 1988–89 Nationalliga B No team was declared champions None FC RenensUrania Genève SportFC Biel-Bienne n/a 1987–88 1989–90 Statistics of the Swiss National League in the 1988–89 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 23 July 1988 and was completed on 11 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 LUZ Luzern 10 8 4 27 25 GCZ Grasshopper Club 10 7 5 41 29 BEL Bellinzona 9 7 6 34 27 SIO Sion 8 8 6 25 21 WET Wettingen 5 14 3 23 21 YB Young Boys 8 7 7 45 36 NX Xamax 7 9 6 39 33 SER Servette 8 6 8 39 34 AAR Aarau 5 8 9 27 29 LS Lausanne-Sport 5 8 9 27 34 STG St. Gallen 5 6 11 29 44 LUG Lugano 3 10 9 23 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 BEL GCZ LS LUG LUZ NX SER SIO STG WET YB Luzern 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–2 2–1 Grasshopper 4–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–2 4–0 1–0 3–2 3–0 3–0 Bellinzona 3–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 3–0 2–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 Sion 3–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 Wettingen 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 Young Boys 0–2 4–3 4–1 0–0 1–2 2–2 2–3 4–0 3–1 2–0 3–3 Neuchâtel Xamax 0–0 4–0 2–2 3–1 2–2 2–5 2–1 1–1 0–2 3–1 5–1 Servette 0–1 2–1 2–3 0–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 7–1 1–1 Aarau 1–1 1–2 2–1 4–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 5–0 2–2 Lausanne-Sport 0–0 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–4 2–4 1–4 0–2 2–1 4–0 St. Gallen 0–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–3 0–1 2–2 1–2 4–1 Lugano 3–3 2–2 0–2 0–3 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–6 2–1 0–2 3–1 complete 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. Final league table <onlyinclude>main WDL Champions group Q 5 2 y LUZ Luzern 7 5 2 17 11 14 GCZ Grasshopper Club 7 2 5 20 18 14 SIO Sion 6 5 3 22 15 12 WET Wettingen 7 2 5 22 14 12 YB Young Boys 6 3 5 36 22 12 NX Xamax 4 3 7 23 26 12 BEL Bellinzona 2 4 8 9 26 13 SER Servette 3 4 7 25 42 11 green1 Swiss champions, qualified for 1989–90 European Cupand entered 1989 Intertoto Cup EC yellow1 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1989–90 Cup Winners' Cupand entered 1989 Intertoto Cup CW blue1 Qualified for 1989–90 UEFA Cup UC1 blue1 Qualified for 1989–90 UEFA Cupand entered 1989 Intertoto Cup UC2 blue3 Entered 1989 Intertoto Cup IT1 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification. complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey BEL GCZ LUZ NX SER SIO WET YB Luzern 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 Grasshopper 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–4 2–1 2–0 6–1 Sion 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 3–2 Wettingen 1–0 2–0 0–2 3–1 1–2 3–0 6–2 Young Boys 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 5–1 6–0 7–0 Neuchâtel Xamax 0–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 3–2 3–0 6–3 Bellinzona 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–0 2–5 Servette 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–2 3–2 4–2 complete Nationalliga B Qualification phase The qualification of the NLB began on 23 July 1988 and was completed by 11 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 main WDL Q 2 BSL Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 1990 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1988/89 1988/89 Rangliste Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" de-ch 1988/89 Ranking 2023-11-16 LOC Locarno ZÜR Zürich BAD Baden OBB Old Boys CHI Chiasso SCH FC Schaffhausen WIN Winterthur EMM Emmenbrücke CHU Chur ZUG SC Zug GLA FC Glarus 14 4 4 48 23 12 6 4 58 28 11 8 3 62 32 10 4 8 44 29 10 4 8 37 29 8 8 6 35 33 9 6 7 32 36 8 6 8 39 36 7 5 10 31 41 4 8 10 27 54 3 5 14 14 47 2 4 16 19 58 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 Q 2 YVE Yverdon-Sport FC 13 7 2 51 25 GRE FC Grenchen 14 2 6 51 23 ETO Etoile Carouge FC 12 4 6 45 32 ESM ES FC Malley 11 5 6 39 29 BUL FC Bulle 11 4 7 49 25 CHE CS Chênois 11 3 8 29 28 UGS Urania Genève Sport 7 7 8 39 34 REN FC Renens 7 5 10 28 36 CdF FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 6 6 10 26 37 MAS FC Martigny-Sports 5 6 11 29 48 MOS FC Montreux-Sports 3 5 14 31 61 BIE FC Biel-Bienne 3 4 15 30 69 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 NLA/NLB The promotion/relegation stage began on 18 March 1989 and was completed by 7 June. Table group A main WDL Group A Q 5 2 STG FC St. Gallen LS Lausanne Sports ZUR FC Zürich BAS FC Basel CHE CS Chênois GRE FC Grenchen MAL ES Malley OBB BSC Old Boys Basel 10 3 1 30 13 9 4 1 42 8 6 2 6 29 23 4 6 4 19 21 4 4 6 22 29 3 4 7 17 26 2 6 6 15 29 3 1 10 13 38 yes #D0F0C0 Remain in Nationalliga A 1989–90 A A inherit Remain in Nationalliga B 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.com Results main FBR grey BAS CHÊ GRE LS MAL OBB STG ZÜR St. Gallen 0–2 2–1 3–0 5–2 1–1 1–1 5–1 Lausanne-Sport 0–1 6–1 4–1 6–1 5–0 1–1 6–0 Zürich 2–3 1–1 0–2 3–0 2–1 9–1 2–1 Basel 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 Chênois 0–2 0–3 2–0 2–2 3–3 3–0 1–2 Grenchen 0–1 0–3 2–0 2–2 0–0 2–4 2–0 Malley 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–3 1–0 1–1 Old Boys Basel 0–2 0–3 1–6 0–2 1–4 2–3 3–1 complete Table group B main WDL Group B Q 5 2 LUG AC Lugano AAR FC Aarau LOC FC Locarno BAD FC Baden YVE Yverdon-Sport FC BUL FC Bulle CHI FC Chiasso ÉTO Étoile Carouge FC 10 3 1 29 10 11 1 2 24 9 6 3 5 22 16 6 3 5 22 24 4 6 4 9 9 3 3 8 19 28 0 7 7 15 30 1 4 9 8 22 yes #D0F0C0 Remain in Nationalliga A 1989–90 C C inherit Remain in Nationalliga B D D D D D D 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 BAD BUL CHI ÉTO LOC LUG YS Lugano 3–1 2–1 4–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 Aarau 1–4 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 Locarno 0–0 0–2 6–3 0–0 3–2 2–2 1–0 Baden 1–2 0–3 1–0 0–0 4–1 5–3 3–0 Yverdon-Sport 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 Bulle 4–2 1–2 0–3 2–0 0–2 2–2 1–1 Chiasso 0–1 0–3 1–4 1–2 1–1 2–3 1–1 Étoile Carouge 1–5 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 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 1991–92. 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 23 March and was completed on 27 May. Table group A main WDL Group A Q 2 n FCS FC Schaffhausen 5 3 2 17 13 SCZ SC Zug 3 5 2 20 13 MAS FC Martigny-Sports 4 3 3 18 23 EMM FC Emmenbrücke 4 2 4 23 18 BIE FC Biel-Bienne 3 2 5 16 18 REN FC Renens 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 8 First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2018 Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV de 2023-11-16 2 3 5 12 21 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 n GLA FC Glarus 7 1 2 16 9 WIN FC Winterthur 5 2 3 19 11 MOS FC Montreux-Sports 5 1 4 14 15 CdF FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 3 3 4 11 13 CHU FC Chur 1 5 4 13 16 UGS Urania Genève Sport 2 2 6 9 18 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 Relegation play-out The two games of the two-legged play-out against relegation between both second last placed teams were played on 3 and 10 June 1989. FC Biel-Bienne 0–1 FC Chur FC Chur 2–1 FC Biel-Bienne FC Chur won 3–1 on aggregate and FC Biel-Bienne were relegated to 1989–90 1. Liga. Attendances # Club Average 1 Luzern 12,439 2 Xamax 10,144 3 Sion 8,772 4 GCZ 7,494 5 St. Gallen 7,158 6 Young Boys 6,839 7 Aarau 5,511 8 Bellinzona 5,197 9 Servette 4,600 10 Wettingen 4,589 11 Lausanne 4,006 12 Lugano 3,778 Source:Switzerland 1988–89 average attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/sui/avesui89.htm European Football Statistics 22 May 2026 Further in Swiss football 1988–89 Swiss Cup 1988–89 Swiss 1. Liga References Sources Switzerland 1988–89 at RSSSF Nationalligaseasons inSwitzerland 1987–88 1989–90 Category:Swiss Football League seasons Swiss Category:1988–89 in Swiss football